Chapter 1121: Chapter 1121
One building upgrade after another, or preparation for upgrades. Research on the new fifth-tier troops still needed to be prepared, so the territory became busy once again. Amidst this busyness, the war with the Sandpeople gradually came to an end.
"What, the southern war zone has already concluded? Our forces, out of a hundred, actually lost fifty, reaching half the number. What on earth happened, didn’t Luo Jia keep a close eye on them?"
"No, Luo Jia has been very attentive. It’s just that the Divine Flame Empire has been greedily overstepping bounds," Shaliya said with an unhappy expression on her face.
After all, they were her territory’s strongest branch of the armed forces, having reached a fifth-tier level of existence. In this battle, in the southern war zone, the number of fifth-tier troops she lost was almost catching up to the losses suffered by the empire. This was still due to the difference in base numbers, where almost any dangerous missions would naturally fall onto her troops as expected.
Although these types of troops didn’t mean much in Du You’s mind now, since the numbers had increased, yet they were still the top-tier troops under his command, the overt losses were too great.
The key issue was the attitude of the Divine Flame Empire, which caused Du You great dissatisfaction. "It seems the Divine Flame Empire indeed cannot be deeply confided in," Du You said indifferently, regretting that now was not the time to fight with the Divine Flame Empire.
"I’ve already made a protest using the foreign minister, and I will stir up a public opinion storm next, though it won’t be very useful."
"It doesn’t matter, even if it’s pointless, let’s do it anyway, at least to make them underestimate us a bit."
"Lord, with our current strength, we don’t have to be so afraid of the Divine Flame Empire anymore, right?"
"We don’t need to be afraid, but to act recklessly would bring too great a loss. Our strength is still not enough to make the enemy fear treading on a tiger’s tail. If a sixth-tier expert were to come and harm our territory, that would be a loss greater than the gain."
Fifth-tier buildings in the territory simply couldn’t withstand the devastation of a sixth-tier expert, not to mention that the fifth-tier Giants could threaten a sixth-tier master, but it would be hard to resist the destruction caused by the adversaries in a short period of time.
Shaliya nodded lightly: "My lord, please rest assured, I will take care of this matter."
Du You nodded, he had great confidence in Shaliya. As time went by, another month or so passed, and the war finally ended. Various reports from the Divine Flame Empire also gradually came back.
This time, the Quicksand Empire’s plan didn’t have much impact, just sandifying some of the land on the borders of the Grey Elf Forest and the Beastman Kingdom in the north, causing high vigilance among these two races, and it wouldn’t be easy to do anything in the near future.
The Divine Flame Empire and the Shenghai Kingdom didn’t suffer much, as their main forces were blocked in the desert. However, it wasn’t without losses, as some Sandpeople slipped through and caused some impact.
On the Divine Flame Empire’s side, the number of fifth-tier masters lost amounted to several hundreds, enough to cause them heartache for a long time. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡~𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚~𝙣𝙚𝙩
But because the human professions were diverse and coordinated well with each other, the loss of fifth-tier masters in the Quicksand Empire almost reached two to three times that of the Divine Flame Empire’s, indicating significant losses for the Quicksand Empire.
As for the situation in the Krus Empire, although Du You didn’t know the details, he knew the Quicksand Empire’s losses there must have been even greater. Because so far, there have been no sightings of Quicksand Priests coming to the south or the Snake Nest. All the Quicksand Empire’s experts have fully retracted and are hidden near the capital.
If any empire were to attack the capital now, the loss would certainly be huge, and they wouldn’t be able to annihilate them. According to past records, the Quicksand Empire would maintain this state for at least a few years.
That is to say, for at least the next few years, it would be safe for Du You to develop his own affairs.
Last of all were the skeleton soldiers Du You had released. The Demonic Flame Skeletons, as powerful skeletons, pushed forward everywhere, cutting down the Sandpeople indiscriminately, causing large numbers of Sandpeople to resist and launch sneak attacks.
But since the Sandpeople lacked strong warriors, their losses were huge. A vast number of Sandpeople left the southern region and migrated in other directions. In the end, not many were left.
Because Du You could feel that, although many of his skeletons had died, some still remained. These skeletons were dying at a very slow rate. At this pace, it could take years for them to be completely wiped out. This could only mean that there were few Sandpeople left, and the skeletons could hardly find any opponents.
Having almost turned this area into a vacuum, the situation became much more stable. With this in mind, Du You no longer paid attention to those skeletons of his.
With the war over, a massive construct
ion began in the desert. On his side, the huge fortress city at the mountain pass had already been half-built and should be fully completed before long if everything went according to plan.
These illogical craftsmen combined with their unscientific construction methods meant that even without the support of their own territory’s rules, the construction speed was incredibly fast. Although the Divine Flame Empire was also building desert cities, their speed was much slower.
It was said that the Divine Flame Empire had even set up several marquesses for the desert areas, planning to let these nobles go there and defend the region.
But the selection of which nobles to send was problematic, as most nobles were unwilling to go there.
Moving on, the unexpected joy in Du You’s territory was the experience gain, which had already passed more than halfway. If there was another great war, his territory would surely reach the sixth-tier limit. The only issue now was that his Black Crystal Coins were not in place. There were plenty of Blue Crystal Coins, but Black Crystal Coins were not so easy to obtain.
"The business here is finished, let’s head back now."
Looking at his own gains, they were quite satisfying. After such a long period of cultivation, apart from the Night Body, all his other advanced skills had reached level 43. And the Night Body, thanks to the absorption of a stream of dark power in the Snake Nest, had been upgraded to level 40, just enough to keep up with his current situation.
Looking at the two sisters, it was the same, all skills had been improved to level 43. Going forward, there wasn’t much left to upgrade, so next, perhaps they could continue to raise their levels.
The sisters exchanged glances and nodded lightly. In fact, if it weren’t for the sudden attack by the Sandpeople, they would have been ready to hunt Giant Beasts in the Giant Beast world. That world was very beneficial for their advancement.
Like before, after giving some instructions, the three of them passed through the spatial passage and left. Having a spatial passage was convenient, just one step through and they would be back on Earth. Du You returned quietly, without alarming anyone, and went back to his own residence on his own.