Chapter 485: Chapter 485
With only a month left until the real siege, Du You didn’t know what to expect, but he knew he must complete the construction as fast as possible within this time.
Therefore, once the slaves have basically built their homes by tomorrow, they will be thrown entirely into the wall construction. They must speed up, and within the shortest time, finish building the two sections of the wall first.
By evening, Du You, Lin Yushi and Lin Yucha sat in front of the fire. With the houses not finished yet, even they could only stay in tents temporarily.
"So, have you found out everything?" Du You didn’t participate in the construction during the day, but the two sisters were constantly mingling amongst Shaliya and the other purchased women.
"We have found everything out, they are all quite pitiful," Lin Yucha whispered.
It turned out, during the day, the two had discreetly inquired about these people. Their suspicions confirmed, these people indeed hailed from the Millet Flower Duchy. The Millet Flower Duchy was some distance away and was not located near White Stone City. However, they had been recently attacked and wiped out by their arch-enemies, along with other Duchies, forcing them to flee.
On their escape, they ran all the way to White Stone City but fell into an ambush and were wiped out by a troop from the Divine Flame Empire.
However, the Divine Flame Empire did not want to openly carry out such actions, so they arranged for some connected slave trading merchants to scatter and sell these people. They also selected some people to take away.
Shaliya was rather lucky, because at the time she had hidden her appearance, and due to the urgency of the situation, she was not chosen. As a result, she ended up in White Stone City, being sold as a slave.
Such a good deal is rare; if not for Du You’s good luck in stumbling upon her, it would have been impossible to buy.
As for the others, they were aristocrats of the Millet Flower Duchy, including daughters of nobles, their lovers or other relatives, in short, all sorts of people.
But because they had been roughly chosen, although they all were beautiful, they were not top-notch, because those at the top had been chosen and taken away.
Still, these people were nobility, so their abilities and vision were not lacking. They were more than enough to assist Shaliya.
Du You was just building a small territory, not something like a kingdom or a duchy, so these people were more than enough. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲·𝗻𝗲𝘁
It’s a pity that those capable men, the nobles, and their members were killed. To keep their identities hidden, those people would never survive, or else there would have been more talent here.
Since they were once nobles, many people had undergone cultivation.
But after being captured, in order to dispose of them as quickly as possible, there was not much time to train these people any further. Those with Dou Qi or magic power would simply be discarded.
Shaliya was originally a 9th-tier mage, but now she was just an ordinary person without any rank.
"Were you a mage before? Can you start cultivation again?" Du You asked indifferently. Since he didn’t deliberately lower his voice, Shaliya heard him. Hearing Du You speak , Shaliya’s ears perked up, her breathing speeding up.
"No problem, they just used a very crude method to destroy their magic power. As long as they recover, they can cultivate again. If the master provides us with resources, their cultivation speed will be even faster."
The "resources" referred to came from the Professionals, not existing items in this world. Providing these to Tier 1 natives for cultivation has an extremely notable effect.
"If so, let them cultivate well. They can’t be without real power. With strength, they can protect both themselves and the territories. It will be a big help."
"Thank you very much, my master," Shaliya suddenly stood up, bending down to Du You and saying.
It doesn’t matter," Du You said casually. "It’s just allowing you to cultivate, after all, I’m not afraid of you regaining your powers, I have that confidence." Thinking of Du You’s actions before, many people could still feel the fear in their hearts.
"No need to promise me anything, I just need to see your performance. If you perform well and the stronger you are, the happier I’ll be. Even helping you to seek revenge in the future isn’t out of the question."
Hearing the phrase "seek revenge," even Shaliya couldn’t stay calm. When she thought of those enemies who had ruined her home, making her fall into her current conditions, and of her dead family members, Shaliya found it hard to let go.
"If you can help me seek revenge, I will belong to only you from then on. I’ll do anything, and never betray you."
Du You rolled his eyes, as if she could betray him now. However, sincere submission, for a manager, obviously has a greater effect than forced submission.
As for the enemy of a Duchy, to tell the truth, although Du You’s current strength wasn’t strong enough, he didn’t take it too seriously. He believed that sooner or later, he would be able to easily wipe out that so-called Duchy.
"Rest assured, it will happen. But if you want to seek revenge, you must strive hard to develop the territory. This is the important foundation to whether I can help you seek revenge." Du You’s lips curled up, he had seen the raging fire in Shaliya’s eyes.
In contrast with her somewhat disheartened demeanor during the day, this was precisely how an ambitious person should act.
Just as Du You thought, starting from that night, these people were completely roused to work passionately.
The slaves continued to work as they did before, but with management, their efficiency had improved by at least twice. In the evening, Shaliya and the others began to cultivate. Even those who had never cultivated before were now learning meditation from scratch.
The enthusiasm of the work during the day was very high. Those who didn’t know how to manage were now learning from Shaliya. They were born noble, with a vision far beyond ordinary people, so they learn very fast.
When these women really got serious, they finally regained their noble female grace.
Even Du You began to gradually discover these women’s charm. The only downside was that this phenomenon made Lin Yucha and Lin Yushi both somewhat jealous, fearing he might be swayed.
Such a feeling, it really gives one comfort. Starting from the second day, the manpower for wall construction increased, and the construction speed also sped up.
By evening, Du You gave orders. "You two stay here and guard, I’m going to find some Griffin eggs. Don’t be capricious, there are only ordinary people here, I’m not comfortable if you two are not watching this place."