Chapter 767 - 47 Unfurling the Banner (5) (Supplement for Yesterday)

The air current passed through the wind tunnel, the gale roared, sonic booms echoing across the sky!

The land of Latovia awakened under Lille’s banner, and he could overlook the entire nation from here!

This land that had been asleep, the people oppressed for centuries were now taking up arms to rebel against the tyrant!

[Johnny: That’s more like it! That’s more like it!]

[Johnny: Awesome, Lille!]

Lille remained calm, but the Johnny in his head was practically in ecstasy—

What Lille was doing was essentially what Johnny Silverhand had craved to do his entire life but could never achieve:

Rush like the wind, ignite the spirit of rebellion in people’s hearts like fire!

Lille was doing even better: He was faster than the wind, even the wind could only howl behind him!

The raging wind in the micro wind tunnel seemed to genuinely strike him, this intense airflow could kill someone in moments, but hitting Lille’s metallic body, it was just like a tickle!

Johnny felt for the first time, a metallic body is amazing!

As Johnny went berserk, Lille instantly locked onto one of the Duke’s strongholds; Rhino Mecha and Death Warriors lifted their heads to target him—

But on this land, with nearly five Mach mobility, Lille could not be targeted by any of their weapons!

Hundreds of meters were closed instantly, missiles and shells fired into empty space, as exploding fireballs blossomed in the air, the blade in Lille’s hand had already completely cut through the Rhino Armor!

Boom!

As he ascended, the Iron Knights used by the Duke to bully others became scrap metal!

The King’s elite, long prepared outside the camp, mounted on enhanced horses, raised their banner high, shouting fiercely to the civilians behind:

"The King has crushed the enemy’s Iron Knights! Take back your homeland!"

"For the King!"

Lille’s round of attacks directly disabled the Iron Knights, just the sonic boom made those cowardly Duke soldiers collapse to the ground, paralyzed with fear unable to move—

Only the bullets from an AK could rouse them a bit, but not much, because they’re about to die soon!

[Johnny: Lille, you’re fucking awesome! You broke your awesomeness!]

Johnny cheered wildly inside Lille’s head like an excited monkey: Back at the mountain base, he thought his partner was a street kid like himself, only to find he was the leader of a big company.

Before he could accept this ridiculous identity, expose Lille’s shady dealings, he became a King...

That’s literally a King, who the hell likes kneeling to say "Long live the King"?

But the situation changed immediately: Whether King or whatever, in this situation now, he loved Lille!

Perhaps Johnny’s emotions influenced Lille, at this moment he too began to reminisce:

Yes, this is the feeling he wanted!

He wanted this world to have no more parasites like Vladimir, no more cold-hearted consortiums like Rocksen who treated lives like grass, he wanted to change the world with new technology and scientific progress, using this power to crush those guys, then to forge a different path!

First, starting in Latovia, starting with these people who trust him, revere him, worship him—

Starting with these people who have been oppressed, living in backwardness, fear, and ignorance for centuries!

This will be a new era!

But firstly, this dawn cannot be a dawn created by only him—

Taking down the Grand Duke of Latovia directly is absolutely the most efficient way, but also definitely the way Latovia’s people would feel the least.

When freedom and a new life come too easily and mysteriously, when battles only occur in the hands of two power holders, how would they feel their lives are in their control?

Even if Lille took out Vladimir single-handedly and lifted the armed oppression on these civilians, they would only be at a loss:

Is this how the world works? Bad today, good tomorrow, how does it get good, how does it get bad, isn’t it all up to those King and Duke’s words?

As for how the Grand Duke became the King, how would they know? Maybe tomorrow, the King turns into the President or something else, what does it have to do with them?

As a lowly person, they simply hide in the hills, if the guards pull them to work, they go work; if they don’t care, then hide and scurry among the hills, living day by day.

Such people will only sink into numbness, praise when there’s good, curse when there’s bad, but never change anything.

Lille indeed doesn’t need civilians to pick up weapons, but he needs civilians to have the courage to pick up weapons—

Only the brave can rise to build tomorrow!

Lille tirelessly eliminated every Iron Knight blocking the stronghold, brutally yet seemingly effortlessly, but actually consuming huge energy, just to let those courageous enough to pick up weapons, run towards the victory he envisions under his banner!

[Lille: Christopher, report on the battle situation, how many people do we have?]

Christopher, like other Latovia people, felt invigorated!

The King’s direct participation in battle was always better than the King’s assassination of enemies!

Even more touching was that Lille could’ve ended this charade more easily, but he chose to exhaust a vast amount of energy to nurture these people’s confidence—

He was cultivating the backbone of this nation!

All civilians turning to battle would carry electronic tactical markers, these markers would be directly integrated into the combat network.

As a country with a population not exceeding 500,000, Vladimir’s regular army was a mere 5,000, but in this super cleansing, he summoned tens of thousands to join the search!

Lille’s personal involvement in battle rendered all Iron Knights meaningless, and wherever this banner went, people would unhesitatingly join this resistance:

Aside from the forcibly transformed transhumans temporarily unable to participate in combat, almost all young adults forced into the army joined this battle!

Tens of thousands of troops were advancing towards Vladimir Castle!

[Christopher: Your Majesty, all Latovia people are raising your banner!]

[Christopher: But the populace needs time to gather at the Capital, I implore you...]

[Lille: No need to say more, launch the offensive in two days, deploy drones, ensure sufficient supplies.]

[Lille: Meanwhile, inject information inside, convey only one message: Vladimir must die, whatever he does, he will die.]

[Christopher: Yes!]

Lille darted through the skies, meanwhile, a call came from the European Union.

[President Schulz: Lille... you are... intervening in Latovia’s internal affairs, the United Nations has something to say...]

[Lille: I am Latovian, not only Latovian, I am also their King.]

[Lille: If the United Nations criticizes my actions, they are the ones interfering in internal affairs.]

[Lille: Meanwhile, any military unit planning to approach or enter our borders will be indiscriminately attacked...]

[Lille: I make good on my word.]

After saying this, he lowered his head to begin scanning the ground:

The border line was nearby, and surrounding Latovia were countries embroiled in conflicts, with Hydra involved in most of them.

Using puppet regime armies to invade sovereignty was the norm...

But will they be tougher than the Space Airship?

Thinking like this, Lille locked onto a small armored unit about to enter Latovia’s borders.

It seems to be coming from Sokovia.

"Courting death."