Chapter 956: Chapter 956
With the Empire’s approval, the territory began to declare all-out war on the Kingdom of Hanhai under the name of the City of Mountains.
Just as Du You and others had speculated, the Kingdom of Hanhai worried that this was a scheme by the Divine Flame Empire. They fully believed that it was the Divine Flame Empire using the name of the City of Mountains to intentionally weaken them.
Even if they mobilized fully, they could only contend with the City of Mountains, not the Divine Flame Empire.
If too much was exposed, it would likely be hard to manage later. As a result, in the subsequent war, the Kingdom of Hanhai could be said to be fighting very stifled and cautious, which let the City of Mountains fully unleash itself.
The City of Mountains wasn’t just made up of its own recruited forces. In reality, mixed with a large number of animal branches of the armed forces, as well as those foreign populations and the military forces trained by the territory’s own citizens, had also joined.
These forces wouldn’t be counted toward the territory’s military strength, but they had combat capability all the same. They primarily served to bolster their presence and do some peripheral tasks. The main, more intense battles were still carried out by the territory’s own forces.
After such a long period of combat, the high-tier branches of the armed forces in the territory had not suffered much, with mostly low-tier forces experiencing losses. Now, when the territory once again deployed a large amount of high-tier forces, it indeed made the Kingdom of Hanhai even more worried. They thought these were forces sent by the Divine Flame Empire and were cautious about provoking the Divine Flame Empire, so they essentially stuck to a tight defense. Content orıginally comes from 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮※𝓷𝓮𝓽
The Divine Flame Empire too was frightened by the power of the City of Mountains—so many tier-four branches of the armed forces were no small feat. In the eyes of the Divine Flame Empire, the power of the City of Mountains was now comparable to that of the Kingdom of Hanhai.
But they lacked tier-five branches of the armed forces, and they were wearing each other down in mutual stalemates with the Kingdom of Hanhai, which benefited the Divine Flame Empire. So the forces from South Mountain City were completely pulled back to watch from the sidelines.
The other lords left one after another, taking their achievements elsewhere to establish new territories. The Divine Flame Empire encouraged this, turning a blind eye without making any public announcements.
Currently on the offensive, Du You did not fully unleash his attacks, knowing his own inadequacies.
In the plan devised by Luo Jia and Shaliya, they were only making a show of attacking and achieved some results. The main defensive effort in the territory relied on the Flame Giants and the Ice Towers.
Then, on other broader battlefronts, was where the territory’s military forces were deployed, but they basically struck and then retreated, never pushing deep, making it look very intense, but actually, the losses on both sides were not very large.
Only if they could find the enemy’s tier-four forces did Du You order a full-blown attack to eliminate the enemy’s living forces. But who knew that the Kingdom of Hanhai had completely pulled back, merely using low-level forces as a feint.
As for the seas, that was the Murlocs’ battlefield. Two groups of Murlocs slaughtering each other—that was an affair for the Empire and unrelated to himself.
This battle, it was unknown how long it would last, but as long as there were no special changes, this kind of combat wouldn’t face any unexpected developments in the short term. However, in the short term, the upgrade experience of his own territory kept increasing.
"Lord, if you’re busy with other matters, go ahead and leave; there won’t be any problems here. But after the territory upgrades, the military infrastructure will need some solutions from you, Lord," Shaliya said to Du You.
"Don’t worry, I already have a rough plan in mind, and I’ll bring it when the time comes."
Du You was indeed very busy and no longer had the time to wait here. For instance, the City of Islands had already been built up. In just a few days, the coastal land Du You had bought in the name of the company was already filled with large buildings.
He also had students and Professionals under his name stationed there to fend off the beasts that emerged, as well as the underground organizations hidden away from the city. This initial framework was now essentially complete.
Of course, it was just a coastal city; as for those sea islands, there was no solution at the moment. But even so, the speed of construction gave Du You quite a shock; it was truly terrifying.
If left after Du You and his sisters arrived in the city overnight. Because the city’s power wasn’t being shown, the underground passages wouldn’t open. These underground passages, Xi Qianxue and Li Mengyao had already coordinated, but it still depended on his side.
When Du You and his group arrived at the City of Islands, it happened to be when a wave of Magical Beasts was being eliminated. "Junior is here, we’ve been here for several days now, let’s get the passage open." The company’s development was of great benefit to them. As the company continued to grow, they would be the Elders of the company, how could they not value it?
"We should call him Boss, how could we call him Junior?" someone spoke up.
Du You frowned slightly, unaccustomed to such flattery, but still spoke up, "Thanks for the hard work, everyone. I’ll get the passage opened now." He didn’t say much, but no one dared to offend Du You, their immediate superior.
Coming to the already-prepared site, Du You didn’t hesitate, spreading his hands and directly initiating the construction of the passage. In front of him, a vortex appeared instantaneously, but this vortex wasn’t instantaneously stable. After a full hour, the vortex finally began to fade, and it seemed to transform into a giant mirror before his eyes.
On the other side, he could see his own Central City, connected to the world of Giants. From here, he could also see the massive Guardian Giant moving about, the two worlds finally connected by a single passage.
The others cheered, this signified that his company had finally been established in a practical sense.
No sooner had the passage opened than a massive amount of military forces rushed over from the other side. There were tier-five forces as well as tier-four ones. With a Guardian Giant on the other side, these forces had no problems crossing over.
Of course, there were restrictions—the forces could reach Earth but couldn’t roam around everywhere. Within the territory, they only had a range of one-tenth of the original territory size allowed on Earth; within this range, they could move around.
Central City now had no confined area, but with a tier-five territory spanning 10,000 square kilometers, the soldiers’ activity area was a hundred square kilometers centered around the passage. Since Central City was already at full level in the desired world, this range would be even larger than this limit.
The specific range depended on Central City’s influence in the world of Giants, then converted to this world was still one percent.
Likewise, Professionals, when permitted, could also travel directly between the two worlds through the passage, much like using the "World Boat." Moreover, traveling through the passage reduced the presence of Law markings on them.