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[In May, the disease became more and more contagious, and more than 5 soldiers showed the same symptoms. You immediately ordered all patients to be arranged together, and all those who showed symptoms were isolated. Except for three meals a day and treatment arrangements, no contact was allowed at other times.]

[The isolated soldiers showed signs of resistance.]

Ash glanced at the morale which was continuously decreasing. Fortunately, it had not yet dropped to a dangerous level.

Morale plays a big role. High morale can provide additional bonus to soldiers’ combat effectiveness and increase the probability of triggering skills. When morale is reduced, soldiers’ fighting will will also be reduced. Not only will their attributes be weakened, but it will also affect their loyalty and trigger rebellion.

After a little thought, he pulled the fifty warships of the Holy Legion out of the fleet to prevent the disease from spreading within the Holy Legion.

In this world, the most troublesome thing is not the treatment, but the fact that no one knows what disease you have. Many diseases are not recorded at all. Some people die when they get it, and when they die, they are gone. As long as it is not a plague that causes large-scale deaths, it will basically not be taken seriously.

But even if there is a plague, the main way this world deals with it is to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, prescribing the right medicine and having the priest treat it, but in the end whether you live or die depends on yourself.

The main theme is that life is up to fate.

Moreover, this world is too dependent on magic. If there is an illness that cannot be cured by either magic or alchemy, then the only thing one can do is reincarnate as a skeleton soldier and continue living.

This also led to the fact that pharmacology research in Rhea was quite backward.

[In mid-May, the number of people infected with the unknown disease did not decrease, and the first group of people who got sick died one after another after treatment failed.]

The number of deaths caused by the unknown disease exceeded one thousand.

And the number of people infected to varying degrees has reached three thousand.

More importantly, the speed of infection did not decrease much, which made Ash realize that either there was some source of disease in this sea area, or he was accidentally infected while in contact with the patient.

Isolation does not mean no contact. After all, people in this world have no idea about infectious diseases such as viruses and bacteria, so even if Ash gives an order, it may not be fully executed.

“What kind of disease is this? Is it really that dangerous at sea?”

Irelia stared at the simulation interface and rubbed her temples with a headache.

She never thought that natural weather and illness would cause so much trouble to the Allied Forces.

“I hope Ash can come up with a solution.”

Irelia thought secretly.

【At the end of May 1787, as the sick people died one after another, it began to spread in the fleet that the source of the disease was the “Poseidon Curse.”】

[The fleet’s stability decreased and panic began to spread. ]

[In early June, Ash issued the order to sink the ship.]

“Eh?”

Irelia thought she was seeing things.

Sinking…ship?

It wasn’t until the interface showed the warships of the Holy Legion beginning to attack the ship full of patients that she finally realized what Ash was going to do.

Ash wants to kill everyone infected with the disease!!

Bang bang bang!

The warships’ guns roared, and the hot magic shells bombarded the deck, creating sparks. Those who were still recuperating on the ship had no idea what was going on before they were directly killed by the power of the magic cannons.

The screams are endless!

[Felice: I found out… Compared to Ash, I am not worthy of being called a Khorne cultist. ]

[Vine: Woohoo… My prince, he even killed his own soldiers? Isn’t this a bad thing to do?]

Before this, no matter how cruel Ash’s methods were, they didn’t say anything.

After all, you have to be ruthless when facing the enemy on the battlefield. Showing mercy to one more enemy may result in the death of one more soldier.

but now…

This was the first time on the Rhea continent that an order was issued to kill one’s own soldiers.

If this happened in an inland area, I’m afraid Ash would have been labeled a heretic.

[Anonymous: Although it is indeed shocking, Ash’s choice is correct. The spread of this disease cannot be stopped at all. If it continues like this, the casualties will only increase. Maybe this southern expedition will fail.]

[Weinei: Perhaps those with mild symptoms can still be saved? ]

[Anonymous: Naive! Saving one person will result in the death of a hundred. Indecision will only lead to greater casualties! ]

The princesses remained silent.

Everyone understands the truth, but if they were in their shoes, they would find themselves unable to do it.

First of all, I never thought that it would be handled this way. I can only say that the morals of these princesses are too high.

But, for Ash, every order he issued was to minimize the losses, whether it was isolation and treatment or reorganization and rest, it was all to keep the fleet’s combat capability as much as possible.

In short, it is to make the decision that is best for him.

So when he found that simple isolation and treatment was no longer effective, he had no choice.

There is one thing that the anonymous princess did not mention. The reason why Ash ordered the ship to be sunk was because the fleet could no longer afford the consumption. With an army of more than 200,000, the amount of supplies consumed every day was astonishing.

Before that, the fleet was affected by a series of bad weather and its supplies were running low. If he didn’t make any changes, he would have to return home.

We are forced to go back without even seeing the sea clan army?

Ash doesn’t even dare to tell others that he is a Paradox player! How embarrassing!

He knew that if other seniors from Paradox were here, they would definitely make the same choice as him.

However, the side effects of the sinking order soon emerged.

[In June 1787, a shipwreck killed nearly 6 Allied troops. Commanders from various countries questioned your decision, believing that you were too extreme in dealing with the patients.]

[The next day, rumors began to circulate in the fleet that you were a follower of Khorne.]

[Your reputation in the fleet has been reduced.]:

[Your credibility is decreasing, please deal with it in time.]⑻

Convincingness is related to the soldiers’ execution of Ash’s orders, and is highly correlated with loyalty.

Once it falls below a certain value, you will be unable to command the team.

However, the targets whose credibility was reduced were the Alliance Army, and the Holy Legion was not affected at all.

After all, this army is an iron-blooded team led by Ash, and their loyalty is unique to him. Even Irelia, as the queen, is not capable of commanding the Holy Legion.

“This group of unruly people.”

Ash snorted and saw that someone had already proposed “rebellion” in the intelligence column.

He was only concerned about the army, but someone wanted to harm him?

Is there still justice?

“Come on, you suspect I am Khorne, right? Then I will show you the real Khorne!”

Ash immediately gave the order to kill the people who led the questioning and sink their bodies into the sea!

Then stifle all dissenting voices!

Ten, a hundred, a thousand!

These people are very likely to choose to avoid fighting or directly desert for their own interests at the critical moment of the war.

In that case, it is better to solve it in advance.

All unstable factors will be dealt with!

It turns out that the iron-blooded approach is still useful in this situation, because this is the sea, and some soldiers can’t escape even if they want to. If they don’t obey? Then kill them! If they can’t escape, they can only obey.

[‘They always have a choice, surrender, or die.’ – Pope Khorne]

[Because of your decision, your credibility in the army has increased. ]

The situation of the fleet began to improve slowly.

“Humph! Troublemakers.”

After resolving the civil unrest, Ash immediately gave the order to set off.

It was not until several days had passed since they set sail again and there was no further news about the patient that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Internal rebellion is not scary, this disease is really fatal.

[You have entered the mermaid territory.]

On the strategic map, after more than two months of travel, the Allied Fleet finally reached the sea clan’s territory.

Before officially entering, Ash let the fleet anchor for two days to rest. Fortunately, the bad weather seemed to have passed, and there were no more storms and waves. The condition of the fleet’s soldiers also remained within a normal range.

[Your fleet is being attacked by the mermaids. ]

On the map, a large number of mermaids emerged from all directions.

“That’s interesting.”

Ash raised the corner of his mouth and led the warship into the battle.

The mermaid territory is very large and is located on the outermost defense line of the entire sea kingdom. It consists of a large island connected by several small islands.

In addition to the patrolling mermaid guards in the territory, there is even a magic tower that has the ability to stimulate the blood of the sea creatures within range. In simple terms, it is a range-based group buff.

[Your fleet defeated the mermaid team and killed 800 mermaid guards.]

[Your fleet defeated the mermaid team and killed 1000 mermaid guards.]

【…】

【…】

[Felice: There are too many mermaids, aren’t there? We’ve just entered the territory and we’ve encountered so many attacks.]

[Irelia: This is normal. You are not in the coastal area so you don’t understand. Every year, more than 80% of the sea tribe troops that attack the border are mermaids. I even suspect that the sea tribe is deliberately depleting the number of mermaids, because they will not retreat unless more than half of their troops are dead.]

[Phyllis: She’s so fertile.]

[Weinei: I gave you a comfortable environment without natural enemies, and you are still able to reproduce. ]

[Phyllis (angry): Do you think I am you? ]

[Weinei: I have never given birth.]

[Phyllis: Indeed, your prince had two children with someone else, but you have none.]

【Weinei: …】

“…”

Irelia’s mouth twitched slightly. Can you two Khorne shut up?

The scene changes.

The fleet led by Ash has entered the inner area of ​​the mermaid territory.

He divided the entire fleet into four teams, three of which consisted of ten Holy Army ships and twenty Alliance Army ships, and the rest was led by him personally.

The four teams separated into a fan shape, with the three in front leading the way and Ash leading the troops in the back to support them.

“Are we going to attack the island directly?”

Irelia nodded slightly.

It is not feasible to fight a naval battle with the sea clan. The only thing to do is to land as soon as possible, destroy the sea clan’s core base, and lure them up.

But the sea creatures are not stupid. After Ash’s fleet appeared in the territory, a large number of sea creatures appeared from the back of the mermaid territory, including sea witches and dragon-scale people, as well as a considerable number of siren troops.

[In July 1787, the Sea Tribe commander Ernia led an army of 7 to fight against the Alliance fleet.]

“Two hundred thousand…”

Irelia’s face changed slightly. It should be said that they were worthy of being the sea tribe. They sent out an army of 200,000. It was hard to imagine how many sea tribe warriors there were.

On the strategic map, the Dragon Scale Commander Ernia held a trident, bared his ferocious fangs and roared—

◇÷ Group: ‘【㈦∞久ˉ７呜≌兀∨％⑷∵衣欺诱【’Brave warriors of the sea clan, kill these lowly humans! ‘】

[The Sea Clan Commander Ernia uses the famous general skill ‘Raging Waves’, which increases the morale of all Sea Clan soldiers by 5 and adds water element damage to their attacks.]

[Felice: Why can the sea people also use famous general skills? Are they human? ]

[Weinei: It should just be a general term for the game mechanics. Are orcs human? ]