Chapter 176: Building an army, building a city (Part 2)

"My enemy is far stronger than you think. Even myself, I am not sure to survive. You first followed me because there was no choice. Now, I will give you a chance to choose." Salin's expression was like retelling something that had nothing to do with him. His blue eyes were as pure as the lake water in spring. It was clear and cold.

The four monster swordsmen looked at each other and suddenly didn't know how to answer. In fact, even if they left Salin, they would not have any good days unless Jupiter did not look for them anymore.

Zola asked seriously: "If I choose to leave, this sword will be taken back, right?"

The sword Zola mentioned was the tears that Aini refined for him.

"That's for sure." Salin answered firmly.

"Then I won't leave." Zola answered very firmly. He had his own plot in his heart, and the three powerful undead were controlled by Salin. If he left, Salin would be inconsistent with his heart, and he might end up like the three kings. That was the worst result.

"Lord, we are willing to follow us until death." The four monster swordsmen answered together.

"Okay, you can live here for the time being. I will make another set of equipment for you in front of me for four hours every day."

"Master!" A white figure rushed into the gate and threw herself into Salin's arms. Salin's perception of over the level 6 magician did not predict in advance. Naris hugged Salin tightly, felt Salin's heartbeat, but said, "It's really not dead, nothing is dead!"

The four monster swordsmen were stunned. Zola's eyes became hot, but Enni shrank and tried to stay away from Neris as far as possible. As a necromancer, he didn't know why he was afraid of a maid without any rank. Enni suspected that this was the psychological shadow at that time. At that time, Neris was indeed a terrifying existence. But now, he still couldn't understand Neris' strength.

Zola had never seen the violent side of Neris. He looked at Salin with a smile and pushed Neris away and asked, "Sir, who is this beautiful lady?"

Salin pushed Nalis away, Nalis was not angry. She pressed her back, took Salin's hand and looked up and down.

"Nelise!" Salin raised his voice, and he had to maintain some majesty in front of his new followers.

"Master, are you going to punish me?" Neris's voice was full of temptation, and Salin's heart suddenly jumped. He remembered Neris' interpretation of punishment. At this moment, he saw Zola's hot gaze.

Oh no, Zola, even the daughter of Jupiter, would definitely tangle Neris. With Nelise's personality, she would probably eat Zola to experience the taste of the Sword Saint. Salin remembers very clearly that Nelise is very interested in the body of a strong man, and this interest is based on her appetite.

"This is my servant, Neris. This is Zola, Wei'an, Xingiers, Gauss, Lola, my followers. You should protect me while protecting Neris' safety."

"I swear with my life..."

Salin interrupted Zola's oath and said, "Your life is mine."

Zola looked at Neris with some loss, and he also realized that Salin had a very different relationship with his maid. But he didn't mind that if Nalis favored him, he wouldn't care who Nalis was before. What made him disappointed was that Nalis never looked at him from beginning to end. To be precise, after Nalis walked into this room, he kept focusing on Salin.

"You guys have a rest first." Salin's thought to say was interrupted by Neris, and he felt that he was not in a hurry. He wanted to train the army according to his plan, and it would take more than a year to form. It would probably take ten times more time to reach the level of elite troops under Rex.

After Zola and others left, Salin said to Nalis: "Nelis, Zola is the Black Iron Sword Saint, but she has the combat power of the Silver Sword Saint, so don't harm him."

"Thank him? How could it be?" Nelise replied with a smile. Zola looked like a lustful stick and didn't have to do it by herself. When Rex came back, he would be very happy.

Seeing that Nelis looked naughty, Salin was helpless. She couldn't guarantee that Nelis would do nothing.

"Eni, I have something to say to Salin, you go out." Nari gave an order to Ari without hesitation. Arishi moved his mouth, without refuting, and was not angry. He obediently left Salin's room. If there is anyone in this world that he is afraid of, it is Narishi.

Even when facing the Three Kings, Eni was just excited and nervous. Only when facing Neris could he feel an indescribable fear in his heart. He didn't know why, nor did he want to know. Fortunately, Salin was his friend, which made him feel a little better.

Enni left, and Nelise said seriously: "Master, you have to speed up your action."

"What?"

"The progress of urban construction is too slow, and our army is too small."

"I know, but this time, Aini and I subjugated the three kings. From now on, we will have about 5,000 undead spirits to summon and use at any time. As for urban construction, I think we can start building the magic tower."

"Master, do you really think Eni is reliable?"

"Reliable, did you notice something?" Salin asked back.

"No, I found that he always avoided me." Nelise said in confusion. She didn't know that Enni was hiding from her because she had an indescribable fear of her from the bottom of her heart. This was the sensitive intuition of a necromancer.

"Don't think too much. Aini is about the same level of reliability as Rex. Not as good as you and Shika."

"That's of course." Nelise straightened her chest. But she thought to herself, the master thinks I'm reliable? This is not a good thing. I'm afraid there will be more work to do in the future. How good was it before, the master was worried about doing many things by himself, and he had enough time to sleep and evolve.

"How is Jupiter?" Salin asked Neris as he remembered the pirates he left behind.

"Very good, he is very active in training soldiers."

"Where are the five hundred swordsmen that Aini brought?"

"It's not bad, but their strength..."

"The strength is trained, just have a few battles. Their foundation is good." Salin asked one by one. After he left, Neris was actually in charge of the city base, and she was also the highest commander among the people who were left behind.

The two of them talked until late at night, and Salin sorted out everything after he left and began his future plans.

First, you need to name the city. This is not a very important matter, and you don’t have to wait for Rex to come back to discuss it. Then there is the issue of the size of the army. This city is four miles wide from north to south and six miles long from east to west, and is not very large. At least compared with some central cities of the empire, it can only be considered smaller in medium-sized cities.

Despite this, if you want to defend this city, you will not need too few soldiers. At least one swordsman battalion is needed on the east defense line, three swordsman battalions are needed in the north and south directions, and the coast on the east side, in addition to a necessary swordsman battalion, also requires a navy.

No matter how simple it is, such a big city requires more than 60,000 soldiers to guard it. If it is less than this number, when a fierce battle occurs, the soldiers will have no chance of changing defenses and will completely collapse in a few days.

This number is not an exaggeration. Although when building this city, magic towers were considered as the main defense, magicians needed to rest and could not fight uninterruptedly. Even Srieg Island has swordsmen, let alone the land city of Salin.

The alchemy crossbow of the city defense requires four soldiers to use. No matter how Salin calculates, his basic defense power cannot be less.

Rex promised to bring 10,000 people. If he had the opportunity to go out to sea next spring, he could continue to seize the pirates and gather 10,000 people. The gap for the remaining 40,000 warriors would be difficult to make up.

The three kings can summon about 5,000 undead and station in the Meers continent for a long time. This is the limit of their current strength. If Rex can create a large number of combat puppets, plus the undead, you can also gather the power of a battalion. The combat power of this battalion is equivalent to two elite swordsman camps, but it consumes more. The combat puppets are driven by low-level magic cores. If five thousand undeads want to form combat power, they also need to have a magician to command it.

While Salin asked the three kings to command the undead to start expanding the city, he then summoned everyone around him to discuss the expansion of the army.

"Master, if Sister Shika brings back enough people, she can form a battalion alone." Neris said to Salin seriously this time. Salin was a little reluctant. He felt that he owed Sika too much and did not want to involve the people of Sika in conflict with the Holy See.

"Master, even without you, the Caucasians will have a hard time. If they can reproduce in the north, sacrifice is necessary." Neris' tone was exactly the same as some great scholars in history books. Salin pointed it out, knowing that Neris was right, but he was awkward.

"There are many priests among the Caucasians. If they let them mix with the barbarians, their combat effectiveness will be greatly improved." Nelise kept encouraging them.

"I understand, this is feasible."

"Sir, we can also acquire the mercenary group." Zola made an idea. He now knew that Salin was very rich, but there were not many people at the moment.

"Acquiring the Mercenary Group?"

"Yes, some emerging aristocrats cannot have any background. Private soldiers are obtained by acquiring mercenaries."

"What about loyalty?" Salin thought to himself that even if the mercenaries have credibility, they will not be loyal. His city is very important, and he will never be relieved to hand it over to the mercenaries. If the Nut Mercenary Group had not been plotted by Enni, he and Enni would have died in Baron Cook's castle, and they would not have been today at all.
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