At this point, Ian suddenly changed his tone: "But my friends, aren’t you also the guardians of South Ridge?"
"Those of you who are watching this screen now, no matter who you are, aren’t you all the foundation of this society, the ones producing components, ammunition, and weapons and armor, the people who ensure everyone can be fed, and that the soldiers can fight without worries?"
"In this world, everyone is connected to everyone else, just like in this war, everyone is connected—facing the cruel Demonic Army, we who dare to resist are all heroes!"
"So, right now...let us salute the heroes’ expedition!"
"Salute to the soldiers who protect us, to all those who are still working hard, to all the guardians of peace, and the defenders of all prosperity and strength!"
Listening to Ian’s proclamation and speech, the screen quickly switched to show the marching Nanling 19th Legion chanized Troops and the elite troops of Silverpeak Domain, their solid armor and powerful postures evoking in everyone a sudden sense of confidence—an unbreakable confidence!
And this confidence is the best redy against fear and despair!
Witnessing this magnificent wave of steel, the iron fragnts and components indeed produced by their hands recently, in this instant, a sudden sense of achievent and participation filled most people in South Ridge, prompting them to clench their fists and then salute!
In that mont, within the Domain of Void, Adalbert sensed an incredibly imnse and vast tide!
Because the ancestors of South Ridge residents ca from various places, and the salutes from everywhere were different, but the action itself held no particular aning.
But what Ian wanted was rely an effort, a resonance and acknowledgnt from all those listening to his proclamation.
A sort of ’direction of thought’!
"Protect our holand!"
"Go and wipe out those demon spawn from Fiery Fla Land!"
"I will work hard too, and fight the intruders in my own way!"
Within the Domain of Void, listening to all this, feeling all this.
Adalbert, feeling his Spirit Energy ’Collective Heart’ rapidly charging, found it hard to evaluate Ian’s actions.
In his view, Ian was deceiving, deceiving everyone in South Ridge.
Yet this deceit was also a form of protection.
If not for deceit, then South Ridge might truly lose an entire task force, or have a city destroyed, and only after so many sacrifices would it awaken everyone’s desire to protect, the desire for power, to unite their minds, and align them in the sa direction.
Such sacrifices are necessary, when ’the enemy has destroyed many things’, then people will start to ’fear’, and thus act.
Only after beauty is destroyed, after the ordinary and joy are shattered, will those who have lost everything long for everything to be restored.
But Ian does not want any sacrifices even a little bit. He’d rather use lies, fake images, a form of deceit and deception to gain people’s true hearts than to let real death fall upon even a single domain resident.
Of course, in the upcoming direct war, people will definitely die, and ordinary soldiers will certainly fall—but that is another matter.
If not necessary, Ian absolutely won’t let others die.
"The power to know the truth..."
Adalbert murmured: "Is this a benevolent lie? Or just a re ’maximization of interests’... the Ian of now can perhaps still say he’s lying to protect people, but in the future..."
"No. Ian is the future."
"In the end, I also do not want anyone to die, even if they are deceived by lies."
——If I were deceived by Ian, then I am willing.
Adalbert believes in Ian. Just as Ian believes he can complete the task.
So, in this mont.
——Call out, call out the na of light!
——Its na is Multitude Heart, the hero of gathered hearts!
South Ridge, Domain of Void.
The Giant of Light, ford by endless radiance, was slowly taking shape, supported by the silver sun, the center of this giant’s body also lit up with a brilliant silver-blue glow!
At this mont, with the silver sun and the Giant of Light existing together, endless light illuminated the darkness of the Cursed Soil, forcing the Demonic Army, who originally circumvented artillery by the Subspace Labyrinth, to make a choice.
——Is it in the Domain of Void, facing the Giant of Light’s strongest and most terrifying strike after forming; or returning to the material world, facing the synchronized heavy artillery barrage of the Nineteenth Legion capable of flattening cities and mountains!
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