I'm on the Ark, and I started as a succubus.

"Call us anytime if you need us."

Shuangxing opened the car door, left a message in the wind and snow, and then jumped into the car, leaving Bai Chen alone outside.

"go."

Bai Chen waved his hand, and the other functions of this little gift from the system were activated. The hideous monster stone statues that were sitting in the four corners of the carriage as decorations instantly came to life, expanded and grew in an instant, and finally transformed into a terrifying monster the size of a large beast.

Its appearance is deformed and bizarre, with huge bat wings, but its appearance is a twisted humanoid shape that combines the features of a reptile, and its body surface has an eerie purple-pink color.

It can disguise its appearance like a skin, and it can also release a fragrant mist that makes people feel drowsy.

That's all.

In short, they look terrifying, but their actual strength is pitifully weak.

If it were a head-on collision, the stone statues made by Mudrock using Originium Arts could even be reduced to dust. If Bai Chen destroyed them, he would have to spend points to allow them to slowly self-repair on the roof of the carriage.

Its only current function is to conduct reconnaissance and assist in spellcasting.

Bai Chen can gain their vision and use them to cast spells belonging to the succubus family, such as hypnosis, paralysis, and alteration of common sense.

Hmm... how should I put it?

The four gargoyle-like monsters at the four corners of the luxurious carriage were not actually monsters used for combat.

These are accessories used to complement the Succubus series' abilities and to earn points. To put it more simply, they are little servants used to invite people to the fun space inside the carriage for a joyful party.

Earn points for emotions like fear and apprehension when someone invites you to their home; continue earning other points after they arrive; and finally, earn points for happiness and joy.

After accumulating a series of points, one can have these four servants escort them home, treating it all as a bizarre, terrifying yet blissful and indulgent dream.

016 Powerful Hypnosis

The gargoyle flapped its wings and flew against the wind and snow into the sky, providing Bai Chen with a view of the surrounding roads and forests.

Bai Chen wasn't too worried about the upcoming battle.

He felt that even if the old Ursus heroes wanted to kill him, they wouldn't send too many troops.

The old nobles of Ursus were not prepared to bring their conflicts and disputes to the forefront, to make them public, to completely abandon all pretense, and to directly engage in a head-on battle with the new emperor and nobles of Ursus.

No matter how much they disliked the current 'weak and powerless' ruler who was unable to lead them in launching war after war to strengthen the new emperor of Ursus, and the weak and incompetent new nobles full of compromise mentality, they were still subjects of Ursus. They still had to pay attention to the influence from all sides and do a good job of putting on a show.

Even if the old nobles of Ursus wanted to keep him forever in the ice and snow of northern Ursus, they wouldn't send too many people, nor would they dispatch a large legion to wipe him out.

At the very least, it wouldn't reach the level of a regimental-level or higher regular Ursus army; that wouldn't be called assassination, that would be called war.

The encounter with the assassins sent by the old nobles of Ursus occurred earlier than Bai Chen had anticipated, and the location was not an ambush in the mountains, but rather in the snowstorm.

The gargoyles he sent out encountered the drones he had deployed in the air to search for his whereabouts, and without any further ado, they engaged in a direct aerial battle.

With a slight advantage, he shot down the batch of drones released by the local sorcerers, but also lost a gargoyle.

Bai Chen immediately realized that his approximate location might have been exposed to the enemy.

Amidst the howling wind sweeping across the plains, more sounds came from afar. Following the sounds carried by the wind and snow, Bai Chen scanned his vision and saw more drones slowly taking off from the snow-covered coniferous forest on the distant mountainside.

High above, strange sounds appeared in the wind, including long, sharp whistles that grew increasingly urgent over time.

Bai Chen recognized the sound—

—Originium shell.

He realized that he had underestimated his standing among the Ursus veterans and misjudged the Ursus assassination methods.

Ursus-style assassinations are probably the kind of assassinations where the motto is, "If I kill everyone, then no one will know about the assassination, and that's the perfect assassination."

A burst of firelight erupted on either side of the road, the shockwave stirring up the wind and snow, temporarily dispelling the cold of the plains. The sound waves pushed the snow, which had been shattered into dust, adding a touch of warmth to the area.

After one spark ignited, more flames suddenly rose into the air across the plain, their brightness almost illuminating the gray-cone sky.

Bai Chen remained calm and did not attempt to evade the carriage.

The test firing was a large-scale event without a target, but the Originium shells landed at intervals of about one or two kilometers.

Ursus's formal artillery attack will follow this round of artillery fire. More precise, blanket artillery attacks will follow after the drone pioneers occupy the airspace and establish a central hub for reconnaissance drones, army warlocks, and artillerymen.

Bai Chen ignored the falling shells and continued driving the carriage at high speed across the plains. The remaining three gargoyles sped past in the wind and snow, rushing towards the reconnaissance drone and the Precursor Artillery Central Drone that had already risen high into the sky.

As the second round of artillery fire fell, the flames from the explosions moved even closer to the location of the carriage, so close that Bai Chen could clearly feel the ground trembling violently.

Bai Chen felt no fear whatsoever; in fact, he felt a little excited and a sense of familiarity.

After crossing over to this land full of beautiful girls, he also accumulated enough experience in various conflicts and disputes; on the Ursus tundra, thanks to the Patriot's Shield Guard and the little rabbit Frostnova, he gained military experience that was in line with the conditions of this land.

Originium shells... These things don't scare him at all, and can't even get his attention. If it were a land-based ship's cannon or a mobile city's defensive cannon, he would probably pay a little more attention to them.

'It was also equipped with observers.'

Listening to the pounding of his own heart, Bai Chen looked up and glanced at the coniferous forest on the mountainside in the distance. After a brief search, he spotted a reflection that looked like a telescope.

He was still not worried about the Ursus Originium Artillery.

There won't be a third round of artillery fire, even if the calculations are wrong... it doesn't really matter. This isn't a world of mortals; this land is imbued with magic, a world where individual high-level combat power can truly defy the heavens.

Even if the location is truly locked, and Originium shells rain down from the sky, so what? We can still withstand it by setting up spells.

No third round of Originium shells landed.

Bai Chen did not give the Ursus artillerymen hidden in the coniferous forest another chance to launch an attack. The gargoyles speeding through the sky had already approached the reconnaissance drones and the Precursor drones.

Since it's a device used for reconnaissance and establishing battlefield communication, it naturally needs a terminal to receive battlefield information. On this land filled with beautiful girls, this terminal is usually filled by sorcerers.

These devices, which use Originium and are powered by magic, often require mental manipulation. Hypnotizing the caster at the end of the caster's life through them is much easier than simply watching a screen and using a remote control.

Bai Chen activated his hypnosis technique.

His hypnosis technique isn't the kind where you take out a clock and slowly wave it in front of the target. His hypnosis technique involves a strange light coming from a phone, flipping the phone towards the target, and the target will immediately exclaim, "Oh, oh, oh! What? What?! I can't move my body..."

Even more impressively, after multiple transmissions through communication devices, he can still hypnotize the target in front of the screen.

There are only two conditions for hypnosis to be achieved: either the target sees the eerie purple-pink light emanating from the phone, or the target is within the range of the spell's casting.

If there were one more condition, it would be that when hypnosis is applied to a powerful individual with exceptional mental strength and willpower, the hypnosis level must be high enough, and the higher the hypnosis level, the higher the probability of successful hypnosis.

The sorcerers hidden in the taiga forest were easily tricked. Under the influence of hypnosis, their colleagues were transformed into various terrifying monsters and demons.

Driven by fear and in a state of confusion, the warlocks unleashed their spells on the artillerymen and the Originium shells piled up in the position.

Chaos, explosions, and death instantly filled the artillery positions in the coniferous forest.

A succubus of his caliber, a powerful succubus specializing in mental attacks, is never afraid of having many enemies. In fact, the more enemies he has, the more helpers he can mobilize, making him even more powerful and difficult to deal with.

017 is a group hypnosis session~

The snow fell even heavier.

The Ursus officer who had set up a roadblock suddenly felt a chilling silence all around him; all the sounds that had been blasting earlier had suddenly become desolate.

The snow swirled in the air, and the road ahead was nothing but a gray-white expanse. The dense, fine snowflakes looked like a huge, pale white cloth, rolling along with the wind.

The Ursus officer frowned deeply. He suddenly felt as if he had overlooked something, forgotten something of utmost importance.

He turned his head to look at the small hill to his upper left. For some reason, the coniferous forest on the hillside suddenly burst into flames. The flames licked at the trees, and the orange light and shadows stood out starkly against the pale white snow.

The feeling of having forgotten something of utmost importance has become even stronger.

The Ursus officer felt a sharp pain deep in his brain, so intense that he wanted to scream.

what is it then?

He became even more puzzled, and then suddenly realized that there seemed to be some subtle sounds in the wind and snow that shouldn't have been there.

Tick, tick, tick...

It's like the clicking sound of the mechanical rack and pinion mechanism when the hands of an old clock turn.

The Ursus officer frowned deeply and instinctively went out to find the source of the ticking sound.

It was as if something was pulling me forward.

A sharp ringing sound suddenly came into his ears, and the Ursus officer paused. He vaguely felt that the communicator hanging on his ear was extremely annoying, like a fool shouting madly into a microphone.

In a moment of terror, the Ursus officer felt a chill run down his spine. Years of experience fighting on the battlefield made him realize that something was wrong.

His broad shoulders trembled violently, jolting him awake from his sleepwalking state.

He suddenly turned his head and looked around, only to find that he had left the checkpoint, left behind his comrades who had fought alongside him for many years, and was all alone on the snow-covered road.

The Ursus officer turned around abruptly, only to find that he could not see the sentry post behind him at all; all he could see was a vast expanse of howling snow and a terrifying, desolate landscape.

After a moment of slight surprise, the Ursus officer suddenly took off running backward, his tall body moving rapidly through the snow that was almost knee-deep.

He ran back for a distance, then suddenly stopped and looked around. He still couldn't see the road checkpoints, nor could he see his comrades who had fought alongside him for many years.

The heavy snow covered everything, submerged everything, and it seemed that only the sound of the wind, sometimes high and sometimes low, and the rustling sound of the falling snow could be heard between heaven and earth.

The Ursus officer gasped for breath. After a moment's hesitation, he suddenly pulled out the dagger hanging on his leg, slashed his palm, and blood instantly gushed out. The pain shot straight to his head, the sensation incredibly real.

But he still couldn't wake up, and all around him was still a desolate and chilling expanse.

"corporal!?"

The Ursus officer roared at the vast expanse of white.

There was no response, not even an echo, only the sound of wind and snow.

Until the Ursus officer heard a violent roar, as if something was pounding the ground and speeding along the road.

Yet the source of the sound was impossible to discern; it seemed to be on the left, on the right, or from all directions, almost filling the entire space.

In a sudden moment, the Ursus officer turned around and was shocked to find that a tall figure blocked his view, shrouding him in shadow.

A strange-looking, yet incredibly large beast.

Without hesitation or pause, the pack animals rammed the Ursus officer forward, then continued to neigh and roar as they charged forward, raising their heavy hooves high and slamming the officer's head into the snow-covered road.

The white snow instantly burst into a crimson hue.

A sharp pain swept through the Ursus officer's entire body.

In the final moments before his death, he finally awoke from that terrifying state and watched as a strangely shaped carriage ran over him and then hurtled at high speed into the soldiers behind him.

He had actually stayed in the same place the whole time, and his colleagues had been by his side the whole time. However, without exception, they were trapped in the same terrible nightmare as him, standing there blankly.

Above the carriage, a white-haired, red-eyed Sarkaz wielded an exceptionally large lance, reaping lives with abandon, like a bloodthirsty demon.

The Ursus officers realized that they had long been ensnared in an extremely terrifying Originium Arts.