87 – Bonuses and Rewards!

The reaction I imagined the soldiers would have to seeing the demons would be the same as ordinary people seeing zombies in my previous world.

Disgust, fear, repulsion, but what I saw was completely different.

When I saw demons with red skin, just like the images I had posted to represent the target of their invasion, the soldiers' eyes began to glow with an even greater greed than when they saw the commoners they could invite to the Internet.

The soldiers closest to the demons didn't even wait for the command from the leaders to attack, they were already rushing out, swords in hand, ready to strike.

Noticing the commotion of the soldiers running, other soldiers also noticed the demons and soon there were thousands of people running towards the demons.

The group of demons was small, consisting of only a few dozen demons compared to the thousands of soldiers running towards them, even though their strength was slightly greater than that of the humans, it was impossible for them to compensate for this huge difference in numbers on both sides.

In desperation, some of the more mentally developed demons even tried to turn around and run away, but when they turned around and saw that there were soldiers approaching them from behind, the scene that followed was not pretty.

"I killed them! Damn, I got 100 internet coins for killing a demon!" A soldier shouted excitedly.

"Damn, I only got a small cut on the demon, when it died, I only got 10 Internet Coins..." Another soldier shouted in frustration.

Hearing that there were soldiers who had already killed the demons, other soldiers got excited and continued to march forward, wanting to get some Internet Coins as well to buy the buffs at the [War Store].

Unfortunately, there weren't enough demons for all the soldiers to kill, so only a small number of soldiers managed to get Internet Coins from this little battle.

But instead of being discouraged, the soldiers were even more excited, because even if they didn't get any Internet Coins now, they would have plenty of opportunities to get more in the future, since there were thousands of enemies for them to fight.

With this motivation, the advance of the army went smoothly.

The soldiers advancing to attack the demons without waiting for orders from their superiors was something to criticize, but it didn't result in any heavy consequences, just some light punishments and warnings not to do it again.

One idea that Arthur had was that each unit of 10,000 soldiers would raise and feed an iMonster together, so that they would have 5 powerful creatures to help them in battles.

Since each soldier only had to feed the iMonsters once a day, this meant that each iMonster would receive 10,000 feedings daily, which in a week would mean that each unit would control an iMonster with the power of a Low Master Mage.

Even if each unit had a few mages enrolled as soldiers, with powers ranging from Apprentice Mage to a few Sage Mages, while the mages' lives were precious and fragile, the iMonsters were more resilient and could be resurrected with enough PIC, so in certain situations an iMonster with the power of a Master Mage could be several times more useful than a Sage Mage.

The only confusion this idea caused was whether it was better for each of the six units to feed an iMonster 10,000 times a day, or to feed a single iMonster 60,000 times a day, making that iMonster six times stronger.

There were many factors involved in the discussion, but considering that each unit of 10,000 would have at least one Sage Mage accompanying them, it was ultimately decided that it would be better for each unit to have its own iMonster.

Observing their decision and considering how useful the iMonsters would be in battle, I decided to add a 50% exp bonus to each cookie the soldiers bought for the army's iMonsters, which would increase the iMonsters' power more quickly.

Even though this meant that I would have to spend more divine power when summoning them, since I was in a war, I was willing to spend such money.

Not to mention, with the millions of Divine Power points I received every day, I could afford to spend Divine Power to help my followers not die in battle.

...

The deeper the army went into Galvaris, the more demons appeared, and as a result, the fewer villages and towns with survivors appeared, indicating that even if the war was won, the benefits might not be as great as I had imagined. ...

True, I had received tens of thousands of new believers over the past few days, both from the other kingdoms I controlled and from the survivors my soldiers had found, but the number of new believers was dwindling by the day.

I looked at the battle below me and sighed.

At that moment, we were in Galvaris County, a city that should have held at least thirty thousand people, but was completely devoid of human life.

Judging from the state of the city, at least half of the people in this county had fled when they got the news about the demons, while the other half had decided to stay for various reasons and had turned into demons...

At this point, the 60,000-strong army under me was in direct confrontation with these more than 10,000 demons.

With the difference in numbers, the outcome of the battle was clear, especially since the demons were very weak, with only a few elite knights among them, making them easy prey for the soldiers in my army.

Within two hours, all 10,000 demons were killed.

With the lure of Internet Coins to spend in the [War Shop], even the powerful soldiers and mages in my army joined the battle, competing with the weaker soldiers for Internet Coins.

Since they had to compete with the more powerful knights and mages, the weaker soldiers even summoned their personal iMonsters to help in the battle and secure some Internet Coins for themselves.

With the personal iMonsters in play, even though the strength of these iMonsters was very weak and the cost in PIC to summon these creatures was high, it was still very useful to guarantee the lives of their masters who were about to die.

This meant that even though a battle of thousands took place, only a few hundred soldiers died, making this an absolute victory.

Happy, I decided to reward the soldiers with a bonus.

[Well done XXXX, the God of the Internet was very pleased with the first major battle you fought and has decided to reward all soldiers with a 50% bonus on all Internet Coins earned in this battle, use these Internet Coins wisely].

This message was sent to each of the soldiers personally, with their name written at the beginning of the message.

When the soldiers saw that the God of the Internet was watching them and was pleased with the battle, they were already extremely happy, but when they saw that they would even receive bonus Internet Coins for it, their excitement for the next battle became even greater.

With such a high morale, the chances of success for the next battle became even greater.

Having an army with low morale was a harbinger of disaster, so seeing how happy and excited they were for this battle made me smile.

With the internet coins earned from this battle, some soldiers started spending them to buy blessings to improve themselves, either to learn magic faster, or to use these blessings with the battles to try to increase their knight level, even some soldiers used this blessing to try to learn to read as fast as possible out of envy to see how the other soldiers were enjoying and having fun with the internet, while they had to rely on the other soldiers to get the news.

Seeing this, I had an idea: just as Arcantor National provided news from all my kingdoms via text publications, couldn't I also create a radio station to broadcast this to the illiterate?

With Lucy's divinity, this was now much easier and cheaper, so this idea was very feasible.

When this war was over, I could focus on developing entertainment and facilities for the faithful, but for now, I would only focus on developing my power and that of the soldiers.

The investment of a few million Divine Power Points with their blessings and Bonus Internet Coins or Premium Internet Coins was not an unfounded expenditure, and this would prove itself in the next battle the army would face.

Unlike those few weak demons, as I flew above the army, I could see an army of demons as large as my own closing in on them, ready for a desperate battle.

And to my surprise, I could even sense some demons with the power of an embryonic god in the enemy army...

Perhaps I should join this next battle?