Chapter 63 Bad News

  In the midst of the Thundercliff, Mo Yan had finished his training with the human-faced bird and went to the barracks in the suburbs of the city. It had been nearly ten days since the battle near Robito. The First Legion and Second Legion had already returned, bringing back most of the bodies of the Allied Council's army.

  Lei Fu also acknowledged that he didn't have any good ideas, and could only use that method to exchange for the enemy's casualties. As for the reward being cancelled, he didn't have any complaints.

  According to Reforla's description, although the monsters after training are much stronger than before, they are still no match for the Salt Warriors. The goblins are too weak on the battlefield and once scattered, it is difficult to form a fighting force, while the Minotaurs, despite their great strength, are too clumsy and inflexible, making them easy prey for the Salt Warriors who can dodge their attacks and kill them.

  Looking at the overall battle, the loss ratio of monsters to Salt people is five to one. It takes the lives of five monsters to take down a single Salt warrior. This result did not disappoint Mo Yan too much, although he had invested a lot of effort in giving the monsters good equipment and nearly half a year of training.

  However, the monsters cannot be compared to the Salters, who are warriors that have been killing monsters since they were adults. The gap between them cannot be filled with just half a year of training. Being able to exchange five monsters for one Salter warrior is still an acceptable outcome for Mo Yan.

  Moreover, the growth rate of demons is much faster than that of humans. An excellent Salter warrior needs to go through at least seventeen years to experience enough things to grow up. Demons, on the other hand, only need more than ten days to be born from an originally empty forest. Such a comparison would have been a cost-effective deal for a long time.

  "Lately, there have been very few monsters appearing in the vicinity." Refora said to Mo Yan who had come for an inspection: "The closer we get to Thunder Ridge, the fewer monsters there are. Now, if we want to replenish our monster supply, we need to travel two hours on foot before we can find a place where monsters appear."

  "Is that so?" Mo Yan asked strangely after hearing Leifeng's words, "Why would such a situation occur? Didn't you say that demons are endless? No matter how they are eradicated, they will reappear."

  "Yes." Reforra said with some difficulty: "Because I am not a scholar, so I don't know how to explain it specifically. The law masters of the Central Plains countries have studied these demons before. Although they didn't figure out why the demons appeared, they also came to some conclusions. Simply put, that is, the number of demons in each place is fixed. Although no matter how much you exterminate, it will gradually increase, but if you leave it alone, the number will not increase once it reaches its limit."

  "Is that so? It sounds reasonable." Mo Yan nodded and said, "If the demons are really growing endlessly, then shouldn't they be everywhere in places where people rarely go? Recently, the demons near Thunder Cliff have stopped growing, perhaps it's because there are too many demons stationed at Thunder Cliff."

  "I think so too," said Leifora. "So if the First Legion wants to replenish quickly, the Second Legion needs to be dispatched to other places for garrison. The two legions can take turns to exchange and supplement each other better. Moreover, the commander of the Second Legion has not completed the training you required, they still need to continue their training."

  "Then let's first station the First Legion in the forest to recover and prepare." Mo Yan thought for a moment and proposed another idea, "The Second Legion hasn't suffered much loss, and the demons near Thunder Cliff are enough for them to replenish. As for going into the forest, the First Legion should be able to recover faster, while the Second Legion can train after you've finished preparing."

  "Alright." Lefuola thought for a moment and nodded, saying: "Then let's proceed according to your wishes."

  "By the way, find some clever demons from the legion and teach them the knowledge of combat command." Mo Yan continued: "The combat effectiveness of demons is not as good as that of the Salter people, which is a very difficult thing. For now, we can only use numbers to make up for this point, I need you to help me train some demons that can give simple commands and form two affiliated legions, the third and fourth."

  "Affiliated legions? But the corner demons and minotaurs in the legion are not very clever." Refora heard Mo Yan's words with some surprise, saying: "It is unrealistic to want them to command battles, they only know simple charging."

  "So for now, they will follow the legion." Mo Yan also nodded and said somewhat helplessly: "I know their intelligence is not enough to become a legion commander. But they only need to be able to follow your legion, in a state of accompaniment nearby, following you when you attack and retreating with you. Until I find some high-intelligence demons, and formally divide them into a legion level."

  "Really." Reforla stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and finally confirmed: "If it's just about grasping the opportunity to attack and retreat, I think I can train a batch of magic creatures that can command."

  "This time, it's like this. The training matters are handed over to you." Mo Yan nodded and walked out of the command post of the military camp, saying: "The progress doesn't need to be so urgent, the Council City won't recover so quickly, you will have at least five or six months to complete the preparations."

  "Three months later, I can train the Legion to follow me." Refor nodded and said. Moyan nodded after listening, left the military camp where Leifeng Cliff was stationed, and returned to his own residence. Next to the office on the second floor of Moyan's villa is where Meili Lilith, Vivian, and Emily process documents. They are now calculating the income from the first batch of debt certificates issued by Leifeng Cliff.

  "In just a few short days, we've sold two thousand gold coins." Emily looked at the statistics handed over by Lilith and Vivian, saying with some disbelief: "Not only has our financial situation improved, but there's even a surplus. It's truly unbelievable that people would spend money on those pieces of parchment with just words written on them."

  "That's not just a simple IOU." Mo Yan, who had just returned to the upstairs, overheard Emily's words and leaned against the door frame, smiling and saying: "What I'm selling is my credit, which will be repaid with interest in three months. If there's any breach of trust, then the business of Thunder Cliff will be finished."

  "It's really a strange method to sell credit." Emily looked at Mo Yan and said, "How did you come up with this approach? Now the Thunder Fortress is full of technologies that don't even exist in the Central Plains countries. Did you really think all these up by yourself?"

  "Although I'd like to say it was me who created it, my face isn't that thick." Mo Yan shrugged and said: "As for who specifically did it, I think even if I told you, you wouldn't know, so there's no way for me to explain it to you."

  "Master, what should be done with the corpses of those Salters?" Vivian looked up from the documents and asked: "The places for storing corpses are all filled up, and since there are very few people handling them, most of the corpses have already started to rot."

  "Yes." Emily said to Mo Yan at this time, "Since you brought all those corpses back to Thunder Cliff, you must have a use for them. I think it can't be that you brought them back as food for the demons, if so, I won't allow it! Those are the bodies of brave warriors from Sart who died in battle."

  "How could that be possible, to feed it to the monster." Mo Yan looked at Emily who was sitting up straight and smiled: "If that's the case, then we could have done it on the battlefield back then, why bother bringing it all the way back to Thunder Peak. Lirici, let the people repairing the corpse sprinkle some quicklime, it will have a certain disinfecting effect."

  "Also, how's the preparation of wooden coffins going? Over a thousand coffins is still a lot of work. Fortunately, it was those earth spirits who did them, otherwise it would have been another huge expense."

  "Last time I reported, the coffins were already half-prepared." Liriel heard Mo Yan's words and replied: "However, the craftsmanship of the earth spirits is not very good. Those coffins are more like four wooden planks made into square boxes than coffins."

  "It doesn't matter anyway." Mo Yan shook his head indifferently and said, "As long as it can hold the corpse, this is a pretty good emotional card. As an evil demon, I not only respected the corpse of the Sart warrior but also collected and returned it. The people of Council City should have a very different view of Thunder Cliff."

  "Shut up! Where are you?" At this time, Aruba's voice echoed from downstairs. He was usually very calm, but this time he seemed exceptionally anxious, and even his voice showed obvious irritation.

  "I'm upstairs, come up." Mo Yan walked to the door and shouted into the corridor: "What's going on? Don't tell me it's bad news again."

  "I'm going to be away from here for a while." Aruba, carrying only a simple luggage and an axe, walked up the stairs with a serious face and said to Mo Yan who was smiling: "Something very important has happened in Elan, the village chief asked me to return to the village immediately. Emily is left to you to take care of, maybe I won't be back for a long time."

  "What's going on?" Upon hearing Aruba's words, Mo Yan's expression also turned solemn and he said: "What big thing could have happened in Eran to make you so flustered? Is it that the Malo people are planning to attack Eran?"

  "No, it's even worse than that." Aruba gritted her teeth as she recalled the events: "The Speaker of Parliament dissolved the City Council of Parliament and declared himself Emperor of Elen!"

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