Bang!
As a small villa appeared on the ground, an Imperial Guard walked up to Zhong Chen and Rimuru, who were lying on beach chairs and drinking juice, and respectfully said:
"Lord Zhong Chen, Lord Rimuru, the house is ready. You can move in anytime."
"Alright, thank you for your trouble."
Zhong Chen, hearing the report, waved his hand casually and said.
"Don't mention it, it's my duty."
The Imperial Guard quickly placed his right hand over his chest and shouted loudly.
"Haha, you go get busy."
"Yes!"
Zhong Chen watched the Imperial Guard leave and couldn't help but ask Rimuru beside him:
"Rimuru, aren't these subordinates a bit too respectful? I think we're already approachable enough!"
Hearing Zhong Chen's confusion, Rimuru narrowed his small eyes and glanced at Zhong Chen with an expression that said, 'You don't understand.'
"A Chen, they're not afraid of you, they respect you."
Zhong Chen stroked his chin, shaking his head helplessly.
Zhong Chen felt that he was already nonsensical enough every day, but he didn't expect these low-level subordinates to still be so apprehensive when facing him.
"Forget it, let nature take its course."
"By the way, Esdeath, whom you want to see, is a hundred miles away. Are you sure you're not going to check it out?"
As soon as Zhong Chen arrived in this world, he discovered Esdeath and her large army not far away.
"Hehe, no rush. Let her lead her army and fight the alien race, then we'll lead our army in and make it a three-army battle!"
"Oh, that's a good idea. Grayfia, what do you think?"
Zhong Chen asked Grayfia, who was pouring black tea.
"It is not appropriate for a subordinate to comment on Lord Rimuru's idea, but since it is the decision of the Lords, I believe it must be correct."
Grayfia answered respectfully, and Zhong Chen, seeing this, immediately felt bored.
"Grayfia, you don't have to be so reserved. What, after all this time, you still haven't adjusted?"
"Haha, this is all part of a subordinate's duty."
"Alright, as long as you're happy."
Seeing that it was useless to say anything, Zhong Chen stopped trying to persuade her.
"Sakuya, I want iced watermelon juice!"
"Okay, Master, please wait a moment!"
... The next day, on a vast plain, armies gathered, with the two opposing sides being Esdeath's 200,000 Imperial Army.
And Numa Seca, the Prince of the Northern Foreign ethnic groups, leading 600,000 Foreign ethnic groups troops.
And then there was the 15,000-strong Imperial Guard, unseen by everyone, but already waiting on the sidelines of the battlefield to play the role of a sneaky third party.
"Why aren't these two sides fighting yet? What are they dragging their feet for?"
Zhong Chen held his camera, closely watching the situation on the field.
"Although I don't want to say much, A Chen, how long do you plan to use that broken camera of yours?"
Hearing Rimuru's words, Zhong Chen immediately became unhappy. You can insult me, but you cannot insult my little camera.
"Rimuru, I don't like what you just said. What do you mean 'broken camera'? It's full of classic moments I've recorded!"
Hearing Zhong Chen's words, Rimuru sneered, reached into his pocket, and pulled out a stack of lime coins.
He lightly fanned Zhong Chen's face with them, and said with a grand air:
"Here are five thousand lime coins. To buy your camera, I wonder if that's enough?"
At this moment, Zhong Chen didn't care at all that his face was being fanned by Rimuru with money.
His eyes were constantly moving with the stack of lime coins.
"These are my dearest friends, my brothers!"
Zhong Chen put on a look of not bending for money, while Rimuru continued to say:
"What, waiting for me to add more money? Do you think I don't know that meme? This price, are you selling?"
"How could I possibly..."
"Five!"
"Sell, sell, sell!"
Zhong Chen instantly put on a fawning expression, snatched the lime coins from Rimuru's hand and began counting them. As for the camera? Who cares where it goes.
Rimuru took the camera, opened it, saw various classic scenes inside, and nodded with satisfaction, feeling that he hadn't lost out.
However, his thoughts immediately changed. After Zhong Chen put away the money, he conjured another identical camera out of thin air.
"No, A Chen, how do you still have one?"
"I was afraid this camera would suddenly break, so I backed up hundreds of them. Do you still want one? Your market price, five thousand lime coins each!"
"Go to hell! Give me back my money!"
Hearing this, Rimuru instantly felt cheated and immediately lunged at Zhong Chen, baring his fangs and claws.
"Hey, hey, hey, stop messing around, they're starting to fight!!!"
Hearing this, Rimuru indeed stopped and quickly looked towards the battlefield.
The two armies began to slowly advance towards each other.
As far as Zhong Chen's eyes could see, there were only human figures; he couldn't see any other moving creatures.
As the saying goes, when people number over ten thousand, they are boundless, let alone eighty thousand people combined from both sides.
"Don't panic, we have more people, the other side will not be our opponents. Charge with His Royal Highness the Prince!"
Numa Seca's adjutant was boosting morale on the side.
Numa Seca, on the other hand, was seriously watching the Imperial Army, which was advancing in an orderly fashion.
Although there were only 200,000 of them, it was clear that they were well-trained and definitely elite troops.
They were completely different from the armies he had routed before.
Especially the blue figure riding a horse at the very front, who gave him a feeling of having met a worthy opponent.
Esdeath, whom he was watching, also saw this fellow known as the Hero of the North.
"General, that should be Numa Seca, who uses the fortress city as his base and constantly harasses our country's borders."
"He once routed 120,000 border troops, becoming famous in one battle, and is revered by those Foreign ethnic groups as the 'Hero of the North'!"
Esdeath listened, then said with disdain:
"I know all this. I thought he was someone formidable, but he's just this kind of trash."
"The Imperial border troops are all useless now, they can't even deal with this kind of trash."
Liva heard this and was about to say something, but seeing Esdeath, he held his words back.
He had wanted to say that the border troops weren't that weak, it was just that the opponent was too strong.
But then he remembered that his boss was an even more invincible monster, and realized that to Esdeath, everyone else was trash except herself.
"Dragging their feet. Order the troops to charge directly. Liva, the troops are yours to command!"
With that, Esdeath charged out first, and Liva had no time to stop her, so he could only helplessly give the order:
"Order all troops to charge! Follow the General's pace and crush the enemy!"
"Yes!"
The orderlies scattered to relay the military order after receiving it.
"The General has ordered! All troops charge!"
"The General has ordered! All troops charge!"
... As the military order was relayed, the army, which had initially advanced slowly, immediately broke into a jog and charged.
As for why they didn't run at full speed, are you kidding? If they ran at full speed, it would be a miracle if the formation didn't break.
Unless you're the Monster Country Federation's monstrous army, who can even maintain formation while flying.
"Oh, oh, oh, worthy of Esdeath! She's so bold in battle, going for an all-out rush."
"200,000 against 600,000, the advantage is with her!"
Zhong Chen commented with a look of admiration.
At this moment, Esdeath had already charged to within a short distance of the 600,000-strong army. She made a big leap, dismounting her steed and landing on the ground.
"Freeze all before me!!!"
With this shout, the temperature of the entire battlefield began to drop.
Ice layers began to appear continuously on the ground and were rapidly spreading towards the 600,000-strong army in front of her...