Chapter 655: Chapter 655
The order was quickly issued, but before it reached, Du You had finally helped scattered the goblins at the other junctions. Of course, Du You primarily lent his aid to two junctions and provided some help to a third junction.
As for the rest, they were aided by the troops sent by South Mountain City, Du You believed he had played his part to the fullest extent.
"Another two hundred crystal coins, it’s less this time, but it’s still quite good." Du You opened the reward chest from the completed mission.
Orchard Blueprint (Second Tier, Permanent): Establish a large fruit orchard in the forest.
"Another permanent blueprint, quite nice, and it’s a second-tier production type. When I return, I will have Shaliya organize its construction at an appropriate location. I just don’t know if it can alleviate the food problem."
Du You was somewhat doubtful, after all, the orchard would produce fruits, and he had no idea what they would be processed into at the food processing plant. If it could produce grains, then the food problem for the next upgrade could be resolved.
But all of these, they would know only after it’s built.
News came from the rear line. After several days of construction, the first segment of the tunnel had been completed, and they were now working on the second segment. A considerable amount of materials for the construction of the Ice Tower had been collected, and construction could begin at any time.
As for the original border towns, the vacant areas, that used to contain defence buildings, were now being constructed with ordinary first-tier Arrow Towers. Second-tier Rune City Walls were also under construction, which further enhanced the city’s defence. Thıs content belongs to 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⚑𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖⚑𝕟𝕖𝕥
Currently, in terms of population and prosperity, the area controlled by Du You was in no way inferior to the territories of the Counts in the empire’s inner circles. Perhaps the only downside was a slightly smaller control area.
However, with Du You’s continuous expansion, his control area would eventually surpass the others. It had never been heard of that the territories along the border had smaller surface areas than those within the empire’s inner regions, this was their advantage.
When Du You received the order, he knew that the time for the attack had come.
He was unaware that it was a ploy by a group of people from South Mountain City aiming to weaken his forces. Even if he knew about it, he wouldn’t care. His territory could incessantly produce various branches of the armed forces, he was not afraid of depletion. With the passage of time, the number of higher-tier troops would only increase. What he needed now was to transform this military power into his own influence.
As for troop losses, Du You truly didn’t care. Despite hating gratuitous carnage, whether it’s military or civilian, it was different on the battlefield.
He wouldn’t skimp on wars in order to save troops, because only through unending wars could his territory grow at the best rate. The looting ability of the territory also required war to support.
"In accordance with the previous team, let’s launch our attack on coastal towns. Regardless of whether they are human or Murlocs, we will attack, starting from the outskirts." For the Griffin Knights, dealing with small towns was much easier. At least compared to dealing with those goblins, as there were too many goblin and they didn’t have any important structures.
"Yucha, Yu Shi, the three of us will form a team, and we will not take anyone else along. We will directly attack this place."
"No way, I object. As the Lord of the territory, how can you risk your own life?" Luo Jia was the first to object.
The place chosen by Du You was in the centre, and was also the frontline confronting a large island closest to the mainland, in the Kingdom of Hanhai. Soldiers stationed in that place, whether human or Murlocs, were the strongest.
Du You waved his hand dismissively: "I am the strongest and also a Mage, best suited for dealing with Murlocs. There are too many Murlocs here; they must be cleaned up. If we leave them be, the numbers of Murlocs will only grow. According to you all, they pose a great threat in some unknown manner. If we have an increase of Murlocs in the future, we all will be in danger."
Du You continued: "Moreover, you don’t need to worry. With my strength, if I want to leave, no one can stop me."
This was not boastful. The border was a place where currently no one could stop Du You from leaving, not even those at the fourth tier. Even though they all were at the fourth tier, their methods were too limited, and their ranks weren’t high.
Possibly Anlute, who Du You considered the most dangerous, could hold him back. But Anlute was on Du You’s side. Unless Du You provoked this City Lord, he wouldn’t harm him.
Regardless of Luo Jia’s objections, in the end, they dissipated. Dealing with such a Lord was a headache, who led by example which could bring about a phase of rapid development in the army and among the civilians. It was a spirit of pioneering which could lead to rapid development of the territory. In the future, the territories would be unmeasurable.
However, such a Lord had its downsides, constantly leaving everyone on tenterhooks. If any issue arose with the Lord, there would be no one to inherit the entire territory, which would undoubtedly fall apart and become a feast for the others.
"No way, a plan must be devised to make the Lord leave a progeny behind, so the territory has an heir." In this moment Luo Jia was resolved, which he would discuss with Shaliya after returning. Because Shaliya would be better than him at this and would not face any punishment if discovered.
Du You was unaware that he was being schemed by his subordinates because he was ready to set out.
The Griffin team, with their maps, prepared to obliterate the small towns beginning from the outskirts. As they all were flying teams, the Goblin Forest didn’t stand in their way.
The goblins inside the Goblin Forest were not a hindrance to them. There were flying Magical Beasts in the sky, but they weren’t powerful enough. High ranking Magical Beasts wouldn’t choose to stay with Goblins.
The speed of Du You and the two sisters was even faster because they did not have the second-tier Griffin Knights to slow them down. Soon, the people behind lost sight of them.
"Our main target is here, this area is almost entirely comprised of Salted fish villages established by Murlocs, we don’t know how many there are. If this task is completed, the rewards certainly wouldn’t be small. We just don’t know how they managed to turn Murlocs into a threat."
"There’s only a few methods they could’ve used, we can’t deny, even if there are powerful warriors amongst the Murlocs, they can only be at most third-tier, definitely no match for us." Lin Yucha was confident in their team. Their confidence was not blind, it was cultivated through ceaseless fights.
Having experienced the brutal slaughter in the Demon Calamity World, dealing with a large quantity of people weaker than them is something the trio could handle with ease.
"Look quickly, we’ve arrived. There’s so many fish here, I can smell the salted fish from so far." Lin Yu Shi shouted pointing ahead.