Three days passed in the blink of an eye. The 1,500 Paladins from the Alinx Church headquarters had also arrived at the Great Rift Valley. The size of the camp had further expanded.
Perhaps because the news from Salatimore was too shocking, Tang En did not do much in the next few days. He let the Paladins and the Ellington Guards work together to clean up the demons.
Although Tang En did not do anything, he personally made ten electromagnetic sniper rifles. He gave five to the rangers and five to the soldiers so that they could try using this weapon.
The soldiers who had undergone assault rifle training quickly grasped the knack of using this weapon. However, the range of thousands of meters was a little too difficult for them to control in a mobile battle. It was better to shoot in a stationary battle.
The rangers did not have so much trouble. They could easily use the electromagnetic sniper rifle in a mobile battle.
In addition to the fact that this new weapon could not be attached to the wind element and could not use special arrows, it had many advantages. It was also very powerful and easy to use.
After being blessed by the Holy Light, the electromagnetic sniper rifle's power against the demons became even more terrifying.
Thanks to the help of the new weapon, they killed all the demons in the vicinity after a week. A total of 182 demons had escaped.
The number of demons in the vicinity was indeed less than 200.
However, no one could guarantee that these were all the demons.
The demons that were killed had sent a message to the Purgatory Abyss. This meant that it was very likely that some of the demons had left the Great Rift Valley area and moved to other areas.
Today might be the last day of this hunting operation. After a whole day of searching, Salatimore did not find any traces of the demons.
After returning to the camp, everyone was relieved of the heavy burden on their shoulders. They planned to discuss what to do next.
However, Tang En just frowned and sat there in a daze. He seemed to be thinking about something that was difficult to explain.
He had been like this for the past few days.
Elsa's heart clenched as she watched.
Salatimore was even more worried.
"So, do as I say. You will definitely make him look at you in a different light!"
It had instigated Elsa to seduce Tang En more than once, and even taught her many seduction techniques that it had learned from the Lustful Demons. However, the girl was too thin-skinned to summon up the courage, so Salatimore's plan had been delayed.
Shikarin asked Leon, "What is he thinking?"
Without Tang En's help, the efficiency of clearing out the demons became much slower.
"Perhaps what we heard that day reminded him of something."
Lyon looked at Tang En from afar. He didn't know what Tang En was thinking about.
Demons were originally devils? It didn't matter at all. No matter what they were originally, as long as they appeared, they would just kill them!
How could Lyon understand Tang En's mission?
The world was becoming stranger and stranger, and Tang En was becoming more and more unfathomable.
The Gate of Chaos had appeared ten thousand years ago, and at that time, Prandal didn't even have races like humans, elves, orcs, nagas, Dragons, and so on.
Since that was the case, why didn't the gods choose another planet when they created life? Why did they choose Prandal?
Tang En looked at the dark night sky, and a deep worry flashed in his eyes.
Unless the current universe …
Tang En shook his head. Some things were really terrifying.
"Brother, if you have any worries, you can tell me …"
Elsa stammered as she moved to Tang En's side. She said a little shyly, "Although, although Elsa doesn't understand many things, I can be a listener …"
Tang En was stunned, and he couldn't help but laugh. He rubbed Elsa's hair and said with a smile, "I'm fine. Don't worry."
Elsa looked at Tang En in confusion. She wasn't stupid. Of course, she could see that Tang En didn't want her to worry, so he was hiding something.
"Speaking of which," Tang En added some firewood to the bonfire, "how is the electromagnetic sniper rifle?"
Elsa looked at Danny in the distance and said, "Little Danny is very satisfied. He thinks that this weapon is more suitable for them than assault rifles."
The electromagnetic sniper rifle had an extremely long range, and the trajectory was stable enough. As long as the rangers could adapt to the trajectory correction value, they would definitely fall in love with this weapon.
After all, in a way, rangers with excellent dynamic vision and long-range observation were simply natural snipers.
If the electromagnetic sniper rifle was equipped with a special warhead, the electromagnetic sniper rifle might really become an unexpected weapon of mass destruction.
"Didn't he suggest any improvements?"
"Improvements?"
Elsa tilted her head and thought for a while. Then, she said, "He did say that the Detection and Eagle Eye used for aiming were a little awkward, and that it was better not to use them."
Tang En said weakly, "That's because his own talent is Eagle Eye. Of course, he's not used to it … What else?"
"Well … I think that's it."
"Understood. Then, when we go back, we'll start preparing for production. At the same time, we'll select a group of people from the newly recruited rangers for individual training. About a hundred people, they will use this new weapon in the future."
Tang En planned to form a sniper team, but there was no need for too many. After all, when fighting against Chaos, snipers were not very useful, and sniping Chaos creatures was not very effective. These snipers were more to guard against the means of other countries.
"Okay."
Elsa nodded and said, "I'll start after I go back."
"Tang En Majesty."
When Leon saw that Tang En seemed to have returned to normal, he walked over and asked, "What are your plans next?"
"Next?"
"The Great Rift Valley has closed. We've searched hundreds of kilometers around here, and there are no traces of demons at all. We have to discuss our next move."
Leon picked up the firewood in the bonfire, and the light of the fire reflected on his face. He said very seriously, "Although there are no demons nearby, we can't eliminate the threat of the demons. So, I personally suggest that we split into two groups, one to the west and the other to the east, and continue to search for demons along the original path of the Great Rift Valley."
"To be honest, it's not a good suggestion."
Tang En raised his eyebrows and said, "But it seems to be the only way for now."
"That's right."
Tang En proposed his idea. "But after the Ellington Guards left the Templars, their lethality against demons has been greatly reduced. So, I hope that both sides can be mixed to maintain a high level of combat power and endurance."
Leon was stunned and nodded. "That's what I wanted to say too."
"The Ellington Guards have more than 4,000 people, and the Templars have 2,000 people. The two sides will be mixed two to one. One side will be led by Depp and will head west, while the other side will be led by you and will head east."
Tang En thought for a moment and said, "Although it's important to search for demons, we can't keep searching like this. Let's temporarily end the search at the end of the month."
It was now the middle of summer (July), and the temperature during the day had reached more than 30 degrees. A long march would make the soldiers anxious, and they would need a lot of water. Every day, they would need to find a water source or a village to camp, which was very troublesome.
"Of course."
Leon nodded. "Your Majesty, your team has a lot of spatial equipment. If there's a need, I hope that Your Majesty can help the Templars with some supplies."
"Since the two groups have been reorganized, the supplies of the two groups will be shared. You don't have to worry about supplies."
"That's great. At the same time, I'd like to ask Your Majesty to make an announcement in your name. Merchants and adventurers should be on the lookout for traces of demons. If you find any clues, don't act rashly.
Tang En smiled. "Of course, that's not a problem."
That night, Tang En, Elsa, Depp, Locke, Lyon, Shikarin, Olar and the others sat together and reorganized the main forces into two temporary demon crusaders.
The next morning, after breakfast, they began to reorganize the troops. Two hours later, the two temporary troops were reorganized.
"I'm sure you're all wondering why we've reorganized the troops."
Tang En stood on the high platform and said to the crowd below, "It's because all the demons in the vicinity have been cleared out. However, to ensure our safety, we have to continue marching in another direction.
"Taris is in the north, and Alinx is in the south. There are patrols on the main road, so there's no need to investigate. However, the east and the west are different.
"Now, I announce that the western army of the demon crusaders will be led by Depp, the commander of the Ellington Guards, and will set off to the west. The eastern army of the demon crusaders will be led by Lyon, the commander of the Paladins, and set off to the east. The two armies will closely investigate the demons' traces and look for them. If you find any traces of demons, you must cooperate with them. If you find a large group of demons, remember to send a message immediately.
Although mobile phones had not been developed yet, Olar and Lyon could communicate with each other through theurgy. Olar was assigned to the western army so that he could send a message immediately.
Salatimore said that he would follow Elsa, while Eluri would follow Tang En back to Ellington to receive messages from Olar and Lyon.
If it was necessary, Twain would teleport her to either side of the two armies at any time. He had left a magic mark on Elsa and Leon's bodies.
What? Why did he leave a magic mark on Lyon?
Well, it's really just for the convenience of teleportation. Believe it or not.
After everything was arranged, Tang En and the rest split up. The temporary camp was left to Taris' transport team. Although there was no need to continue transporting supplies, due to the foundation they had built over the past few days and the excellent geographical location, the place quickly became a camp for traveling merchants to spend the night. Slowly, it developed into a city.
As soon as he returned to Ellington, Tang En heard a rare piece of good news.
With the joint efforts of Estisa and Elijah, through the technical improvement of artificial souls and alchemy puppets, the miniature magic array replication technology had been successfully conquered!
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