I am a director in Ark. If I am not banned, I will be considered successful.

"…Surprised, frightened?"

“Yes, the power of the Fearful Court—but that’s all.” Lord Blood Demon nodded and said calmly, “They will only be more wary of us. Just because of the extremely strong power displayed by me alone, they will not change their opinion of the Sarkaz.”

"But what would you think if, with the help of our Sarkaz Corps, we shared the same hatred with the Victorian Army and together repelled the attack of the Ursus Army and recaptured Duolun County step by step?"

"Of course you will still be afraid, but you are not just afraid of me, but the power of the entire Sarkaz clan. This is why the general wants me to come to calm the situation, but wants to send the Sarkaz army along."

"What we want to show is the victory of the Sarkaz. Only in this way can we prove the strength of our clan. Only in this way can we force the Dukes of Victoria to support us and stand up for the 'great cause'."

The Blood Demon Lord naturally understood Tracy's approach. It would be better to say that he now understood more and more the path Tracy wanted to lead the Sarkaz on - although he did not agree with it very much, but if it could make the Sarkaz clan stronger, he had no objection.

The only thing that the Blood Demon Lord is worried about... is that in the future, their regent will take action against the royal court... The royal court's support for Tracys is actually not very high now. In fact, because of Tracys's actions in Londinium during this period, the kings of the royal court who cannot see any actual results have already complained about the regent.

And that director named Chen Qi... The Regent seemed to want to use him to integrate the Sarkaz into this land, making the Sarkaz an existence on par with other clans rather than rulers.

This was unacceptable to the Blood Demon Lord. He couldn't bear to see any race being on equal footing with the Sarkaz... He wanted to fight a battle to establish the Sarkaz nation in this battle! Let the other races on this land remember the horror of the Sarkaz!

"——Tell everyone in our legion to show no mercy to the enemy. Use our usual tactics as the Sarkaz and let fear consume our enemies, even if it consumes our allies."

"Strive to injure those who are injured, and then kill them. Let this battlefield... be filled with the wailing and pain of those Ursus people!"

The Blood Demon Lord gave such an order, and at the same time, in the mobile city where Leitania and Victoria were confronting each other, the oppressive feeling of the Scavenger King was no less cruel than that of the Blood Demon Lord.

"Come, your flesh and blood will become nutrients for our clan."

"Feed on death, drink on fear, howl and cry."

"This is what the scavengers will bring to you."

The Scavenger King did not bring his own army of scavengers, but like the Blood Demon Lord, he could grant new life - he only needed to release his Originium skills on some corpses, and he could create a large "army of scavengers".

Of course, they are the lowest type. The King of Scavengers is unwilling to admit that these are his blood relatives. They are just creations of Originium technology that can be created at will.

However, the Scavenger King's Originium Skills, at first glance, look very similar to those of Abrana, the leader of the Deep Pool - but his existence can really affect the outcome of a war, it is a true war-level Originium Skill!

"Do we really want to work with this monster?!"

The Victorian soldiers who saw this scene found it extremely difficult to accept that their allies were actually the Sarkaz. What was even more difficult to accept was that the commander of the Sarkaz could actually control corpses!

However, the joining of the Scavenger King really brought an overwhelming qualitative change to the battlefield here. Under Tracy's instructions, the Scavenger King did not choose to manipulate the corpses of civilians and soldiers on Victoria's side to create a scavenger army.

But the oppression brought by the Scavenger King alone is enough to shock all Victorians. In response to this, the Sarkaz Corps replied to the Victorian officers:

"That's also a monster that is cruel to the enemy. You should be thankful that we are on your side now, Victorians."

"So, do you want to help and fight back now, or do you feel like not wanting to be around the enemy's corpses? Is your determination to protect Victoria just a joke?"

"——Everyone, prepare to cooperate with the Scavenger Army. We are about to launch our first counterattack against the Leitania Legion!"

However, Sarkaz's words made Officer Victoria react immediately, and almost in an instant, rationality suppressed the discomfort brought by emotion, and he immediately ordered everyone to prepare for the attack.

"Don't feel uncomfortable. These corpses belong to the enemy. To protect our Victoria - suppress your discomfort!"

"That's more like it." The Sarkaz nodded upon seeing this. However, many Sarkaz were actually a little uncomfortable with such a scene. But the Sarkaz who were already accustomed to the cruelty of the battlefield did not react as violently as the soldiers of Victoria.

The intervention of the Sarkaz clan undoubtedly gave Victoria a huge boost, but it also invisibly increased the pressure on everyone on both sides... the pressure of war.

For them, the war has only truly begun at this point.

The gates of hell have just opened to them, and after witnessing hell, how many of them will not go crazy in the war...they can only pray that this war will end soon.

Chapter 102: Maenna's penultimate scene, Neville's attack

The war in the outside world is intensifying due to the participation of the Sarkaz, and the Sarkaz's declaration of war on Lethania and Ursus is quite explosive news for the two countries, especially the successive entry of the Blood Demon Lord and the Scavenger King, which makes the two countries that are still holding on quite nervous.

However, their reaction was also very quick. The pro-war nobles on the Ursus side immediately sent the Fourth Army to support the front line, while the Eighth Army was responsible for suppressing the Victorian territory captured by the Ursus Army in the rear, consolidating the logistical support and the logistics work of the civilians captured from Victoria in the industrial and agricultural areas.

It can be said that now the entire country of Ursus is working for the battle on the front line. The captured civilians and infected people are fully engaged in logistics. The front battlefield cannot be lost. Even if there is no way to continue advancing, the position must be held.

Ursus now has only one principle, which is to transfer as many Victorian civilians and infected people in the occupied areas as possible to the rear of Ursus, so that they can use their manpower in logistics and industrial areas to support the operation of the war machine.

This is different from Casimir's side where they robbed a mobile city and immediately ran away. What Ursus lacks most is people, the productivity and security brought by the population.

This is also the reason why Ursus was not afraid of razing half of Doron County to the ground. They never thought of moving the city. What they needed most were captives who could provide productivity.

Now that the two armies have joined, it can be said that the war has officially started - although the pressure on the front line has not increased, there is no doubt that a more cruel and unscrupulous war will torture everyone's nerves day after day.

As for the Leitanian side, the Leitanian Legion, which had been unable to make a breakthrough, welcomed not only more baggage, but also Leitania's true elite - the Golden Law Guards.

It is conceivable to what extent the war situation in Victoria has evolved to. The two-front battle has put Victoria in a dilemma. Fortunately, the eight dukes are each doing their job and are now united against the outside world. Coupled with the continuous influx of Victoria's citizens and the support of the Sarkaz, this war has begun an endless war of attrition.

As time goes by, the uplifting effect that "Darkest Hour" can bring to the people of Victoria is slowly dissipating. The cruelty of war is also constantly awakening the fantasies of civilians and soldiers who have the passion to defend their country and even hope to make achievements on the battlefield.

The cruelty of war has just begun...and the same is true for Chen Qi and his group on the other side who are not in reality.

Chen Qi's crew and the main actors almost forgot how long they had been in the scroll.

As the filming progressed, the situation on the battlefield became worse and worse. The crew members had the opportunity to take a breather outside the scroll to avoid being completely immersed in this painted war.

However, none of the four main actors, Maina, Patriot, Margaret and Maria, were willing to leave the painting on their own initiative.

It's not that Chen Qi didn't allow them to do so. In fact, Chen Qi had hoped several times that they would temporarily leave the scroll and go to Rhodes Island's Kal'tsit for psychological guidance, but the four leading actors refused one after another.

"The war is getting more intense now... If we delay here any longer, one more person may die on the battlefield."

"If we can't stop this before the real war starts, if we can't stop this before the balance is broken... our performance now is extremely important."

"We are filming what may be the greatest anti-war movie on earth. How can we collapse here after such a small difficulty?"

The two sisters of the Linguang family are both very conscious. Even though they are almost tortured by the battlefield painted by Xi and can no longer distinguish between reality and the painting, they still choose to immerse themselves in the battlefield. They know that only in this way can they give the best performance.

"What we are facing are just harmless paintings. But more people are killed in reality."

"What we are doing is a great thing, Director Chen Qi, there is no need to worry."

Even Patriot, who had suffered countless attacks of PTSD during this period, still answered Chen Qi in the same way. In the end, Chen Qi had no choice but to agree to continue filming, but asked Shuangxing to take care of Patriot as much as possible.

Chen Qi has decided that after the filming of "Brave Heart" is finished, he will take everyone in the crew away from the war for a while. After that, he may shoot some TV series or movies with lighter themes. At least he will not be exposed to this kind of war theme for a short time.

If we were to ask who in the crew was the most tortured by the war in this painting, some might think it was Maria, who had just started out and was experiencing this, or some might think it was the patriot who had PTSD from being frequently punished. But in fact, the person who was tortured the most was Mainna.

But Mainna never spoke a word. He knew that now was not the time for him to say that he was tired... Everyone was working hard to complete this unprecedented film, so he naturally would not relax at this time.

But after countless days of war, the ranger was extremely exhausted both physically and mentally...but he couldn't even find a way to vent.

In a scene yesterday, Emile, played by Mainna, was sent to the tunnel to rescue the Gallic soldiers who were digging the tunnel and burying explosives. They were trapped in the tunnel due to continuous explosions, and his job was to rescue them.

In this section, for the best filming effect, Chen Qi even did not give Ma Enna the direction of the script. He only gave him some lines and asked him to say these lines according to the appropriate situation. The rest was for him to act according to his own wishes.

Mainna did not refuse at that time. His mind had already been exhausted by this simulated battlefield - he knew that everything around him was fake, but sometimes... even if you know it is fake, people will feel more stressed because of fake things, not to mention that these lives are so vivid.

This kind of rescue plot actually made him feel relaxed. He rescued many soldiers in that scene - both from Gaul and Leitania.

After being rescued, one of the Leitanian officers even worked together with Mainna to escape from the tunnel where explosions were frequent. Even when the Leitanian soldiers saw Mainna, this brief acquaintance stepped forward to stop them.

He released Mayna, and just as Mayna had saved his life, he repaid Mayna with the same favor.

But after Mainna climbed out of the tunnel, what he saw was a Gallic soldier detonating all the Originium explosives buried in the tunnel.

Accompanied by a violent explosion, everything under the tunnel was buried... naturally including the Leitanian officer whom Mainna had briefly met but whose name she did not know.

At that time, facing the Gallic officers who were celebrating the victory of the bombing operation, Mainna did not speak a word for the whole day.

The medal that the Gallic officer had personally put on him to encourage his bravery was thrown away by Mainna into the fire.

"This damn war..." The only time Mainna spoke was when he watched the medal burning in the fire. It was a complaint mixed with countless anger and suppressed emotions.

After a few days of rest, Mainna also came out of the shadow of that incident. This time, Chen Qi also started to find Mainna and asked him to shoot his penultimate scene.

"The second to last scene? Is my part almost over?"

"Yes, after this scene, Mr. Mahenna, your war scenes will be over. When we finish the last scene, the core content of our movie will be over."

Chen Qi also nodded, looking at Mainna, who looked much more haggard during this period, with his slightly pale cheeks, his hair that looked gray and dull due to makeup, his messy beard and bloodshot eyes. Everything about him perfectly portrayed the image of a veteran who had been severely tortured by the war.

But unfortunately, Chen Qi can only torture Mainna once more. Mainna's current depressed state is very rare. What Chen Qi wants is the scene where Mainna is suppressed to the extreme and finally explodes.

This kind of effect is the most classic scene in "Brave Heart". It can allow the audience's emotions to burst out and is the best foreshadowing for the emotional release in the final plot.

"...Still no script?" Mainna nodded, but probably realized what Chen Qi was going to do. After all, everyone was already familiar with the "immersive" performance method that Chen Qi used during his time in the scroll.

"Yes, everything is up to you, Mr. Mainna. You just need to carry out the tasks assigned to you by the officers inside and try your best to ensure that you don't die."

Chen Qi still gave Mainna this non-disclosure approach, and this time, he didn't even prepare any lines for Mainna.

After receiving these instructions, Mayna nodded in understanding. After Mayna stepped into the battlefield where no one was moving at the moment, Xi's figure slowly emerged from beside Chen Qi.

"...Is this okay?" Xi watched Maenna's back as she left. For the first time, hesitant expression appeared on his face. He asked Chen Qi beside him:

"I think his spirit is about to collapse. If he is forced to experience such a high-intensity battlefield situation again... no one knows what will happen."

"——When necessary, we may have to trouble you, Xi, to get us all out of the painting." Chen Qi had obviously prepared a backup plan, and said to Xi with an embarrassed smile:

"If Mr. Mainna really explodes in the scroll, we will leave him alone in the scroll first. When he is almost emotionally stable, we will take him out."

"...Should I say that I'm glad that I'm just painting and don't have to make so many cruel choices?" Xi was speechless at the moment. She knew that Chen Qi was pursuing the best effect. In fact, Xi was the same as Chen Qi. She was a person who did everything she could to pursue the best effect for her work.

During this period of filming, Xi admired Chen Qi very much. She also witnessed many emotions that painting could not bring her in another way.

"We can only hope that all this makes sense - shall we begin?" Xi also nodded, signaling Chen Qi that he could start filming. She only needed to wave the sword in her hand, and all the soldiers here would move like real people, and in this way, the filming would officially begin.

"Okay, everyone, get ready! The Battle of Lady's Pass, the Raid on Nivelle! Get ready to shoot!"

Following Chen Qi's order, Xi's sword was swung down again, and in an instant, all the lives on the battlefield where Mainna was located came back to life.

Facing everything that was too real around him, and the chilly wind blowing from the battlefield littered with corpses, the normally healthy Maenna couldn't help but cough a few times...

When he heard that this was his second scene, even though Chen Qi didn't give him a script, Maenna knew that the character he was playing would probably die on the battlefield soon - he didn't feel anything about it, and even felt a little fortunate that he was finally going to escape from this hellish place.

After staying in such a place for a long time, death has become a kind of relief. Mainna knows that he cannot die now because there is still one last scene, but now he has prepared himself for the inevitable death.

He has endured all this, so there probably won’t be any scenes that can irritate his nerves more... Mainna prayed sincerely in his heart, but it was obvious that Chen Qi would not let Mainna get his wish.

Chapter 103: Maenna's anger

Chen Qi was naturally aware of the Battle of Noble Trail, which was a battle that caused mutiny among several French regiments during World War I in his world. And now, Chen Qi has brought it to the big screen, and even if he doesn't specifically mention which battle it was, there are still countless such battles in the Four Emperors' Battle.

This has nothing to do with which world Chen Qi is in. In any world, war is brutal, and in war, human life is the least valuable.

And Emil, played by Maenna, once again felt the cruelty of war. In the movie, Emil's illness has not yet healed, and the battle has been going on for a long time. Many of his comrades are still wearing belts and ragged clothes, and even bleeding...

But at this moment, an uninvited guest broke the peace, an aggressive Gallic general.

"Hurry up and move! You bunch of lazy guys! I am General Nivelle! I order you now, any soldier who can stand up and fight, any soldier who can still hold a weapon! Stand up!"

"We are about to launch a battle that could end the war! I command you all to stand up! Follow me and charge into battle! As long as we can bypass the Leitania Legion's defenses and attack them from the flank, we can march straight into their front line!"

"--This is courting death." Mainna was unusually stunned by the large-scale attack plan of the general who called himself Nivelle, because even if such a plan was feasible, how many soldiers would be alive when they rushed to the position of the Leitania Legion?

How many times would they face the attacks of the "Golden Law Guards" along the way? How many bombardments of the Originium skills of the Poletanian Warlocks? This was a complete suicide attack!

"*Gallic slang*! Who allowed you to question my decision?! A soldier's mission is to execute! Not to question!"

However, Mainna's words made the Gallic general furious. In an instant, a Gallic saber was less than a centimeter away from Mainna's nose. The Gallic general shouted:

"Gather the soldiers! Follow me and attack! Go!"

"..."

Mainna did not answer. He just turned his head silently but extremely tiredly. He randomly called a few soldiers who seemed to be able to move and asked them to join him in this war that was destined to be a life-or-death war.

"Shhh!!"

With a whistle, the general launched an attack, waving his Gallic saber. Under the general's order, all soldiers capable of attacking continued to charge despite dragging their injured bodies. However, the general was still standing in the rear, strictly protected by a dozen Gallic soldiers.

Almost until all the soldiers had rushed forward, the general and the soldiers around him rushed forward after making sure that it was basically safe.

By the time he rushed forward, countless Gallic soldiers had already died under the bombardment of the Letanian warlock's Originium skills.

Along the way, the dark sky, the continuous explosions of Originium skills, and even the constant charges and counterattacks launched by the knights of the Leitanian army - all of this caused heavy casualties to the Gallic army that launched this attack.

"Don't retreat! Keep charging!"

Behind the scenes, the Gallic general's intense supervision made the Gallic soldiers dare not retreat. And people around Mayenna kept falling down, dying at the hands of Originium skills or the enemies of Leitania.

Everyone is going crazy, everyone is desperate - here, cowardice seems to have become a shame, and death has become the most weightless existence.

"Don't retreat! Attack! Attack!"

At the general's rebuke, a Gallic soldier stepped forward to cut the barbed wire that blocked the road, but he had just started to move when he was bombarded all over by the warlocks of Letania.

"come over!"

Mainna rushed out almost subconsciously. At this moment, his body functions almost forgot to conceal themselves, and he rescued his comrade from the Leitania Warlock's Originium skills as quickly as possible.