Section 316, stalemate war

The Demon King Army ushered in a great news, the golden wheat of the Fairy Plains Farm has been harvested! This news, in such a tense situation, is really exciting!

What makes the whole army of the Demon King Army even more happy is that during the time of harvesting wheat, the weather is also very good, there is no wind or rain, it is very sunny, which creates very good conditions for harvesting wheat.

The weather was already relatively hot at this time, and the Demon King Army mainly relied on those human refugees and small monsters to harvest wheat in the evening.

In the evening, Dante and Gade go to a wheat field at the Fairy Plains Farm to check on the situation. The minotaur Druid Pushkin, together with his wife, led the farmers to hurry up for the harvest.

Standing on the edge of a field of yellow wheat, "the master ......," said to Dante, "this is a great harvest of wheat thanks to the golden wheat seed." ”

Dante looked at Pushkin, the minotaur who was directing the farmers in the wheat field, and said, "God help me." We've been traumatized a lot, but the overall situation is good. ”

Gade continued, "Master, Miss Ash will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. Are you going to continue to take her to battle? ”

Dante thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Not yet." Let her preside over the affairs of the castle. If I were king, she would be queen. ”

"Oh, oh......" said Gad with a smile when he heard him say this, "Queen? That's a good statement, it's good, hehe. ”

Dante nodded and said, "You know best how important Ash is to me. I don't want her to go to war all the time. Let Aunt Coffeemaker help her preside over the affairs of the castle. ”

Speaking of which. He breathed a deep sigh of relief, pointed to the vast wheat field and the people busy in the wheat field, and said to Gade, "Gade. We were poor at first. Now that it has developed to such a point, it feels very good. ”

"Thank you for your courage and skill." Gade flattered, "It's all up to your efforts." All of this is due to you. ”

"Huh." Dante smiled and said disapprovingly, "By the way, what about the occupation on the side of the Kingdom of Gilneth?" Did Ariuzer find more werewolves? Our previous casualties were so heavy. ”

Gad helped the pumpkin head. After thinking about it, he said, "Aleuzer is working on it. It's not that simple for him to recruit werewolves on Gilneth's side. You need to know. Originally, those mutated werewolves were all irrational bloodthirsty monsters. Aleuzhe needs to fight for them one by one, and if he can't win it, he will beat him hard, and if he is not convinced, he will do it. lest there be evil. It's not a good job. ”

"Uh-huh......" Dante nodded. He said, "Ariuzer is our rare fierce general, and with him alone, I can be left with a lot of things." Have all the treasures of the royal palace of the Kingdom of Gilneth been recovered? ”

"It's still going on." Gade said, "The recovery of the treasures of the Gilneth Palace was originally going relatively well, but the undead monsters have begun to invade Gilneth territory. Our men must spare their forces to wipe out the undead monsters and ensure that the occupation of the palace is in the hands of the Demon King's army. This one. You know, a few battles before. Our attrition is very high. ”

Dante asked, "What happened to the griffon kingdom?" There must have been plenty of treasure in the palace as well. Karazan too. I wish I could bring all the treasures back. ”

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, master." After listening to Dante's complaints, Gade said, "The so-called speed is not enough, and the main problem we are facing now is not the shortage of materials, but the lack of population." We also need a large number of people to replenish it. Labor on farms like this one already accounts for 80% of our labor force, not counting other labor related to agriculture. The castle's blacksmith shop, alchemy room, and tech lab all need manpower, and the castle itself needs a lot of workers to maintain, otherwise those defensive weapons will fail. ”

“……”

After listening to what Ged said, Dante thought for a moment and said, "How about going to Grandet?" How about recruiting some labor, or, through the Gear Expedition Society, attracting some immigrants to come over? ”

Gade thought for a moment and said, "It's a solution, but it will take time." If we are to maintain enough troops now, we will have to affect the number of laborers. Otherwise, I'll try to figure out a way to recruit some youkai or something to serve you. ”

"Beware of the conflict between youkai and humans." Dante reminded Gade, "You need skill to do things. Let's let the yokai do the manual work at first. Humans are better suited to technical work. You're going to have to sort out these trivial things and don't get me in trouble, understand? ”

"Yes, master!" Gade replied in the affirmative.

"What about the Scarlet Crusaders you joined before?" Dante asked, "Can't they be made to be peasant labourers." They must participate in the battle, and those who do not accept it will all be used as coolies, and they will never be able to turn over! ”

"Yes, master." Gade replied, "That's easy. I'll go. Master, those crusaders are relatively strong in combat, what position are you going to let them occupy in the army? ”

"They're strong, but they're human after all. Let me think about it......" Dante thought for a moment and said, "Next, Gade, what do you think we should do?" ”

Gade seemed to have thought about Dante for a long time, and immediately replied: "Master, the psychic academy and the hand of Tyr, these two thorns in the flesh, quickly pull them out." ”

"Hmmm! Just what the doctor ordered. Dante heard its suggestion and said, "Is there any information about the Psychic Academy and the Hand of Tyr?" ”

"Yes, master." Gade replied, "I'll tell you a little bit about it. I will give you the information before the expedition. ”

Then he took out a map from his clothes, pointed to the markings on it, and said to Dante, "Master, look at the markers." ”

Dante looked down where Gade was pointing and saw that the marked place was near Lake Griffon, in the Kingdom of Griffons. That's where the Psychic Academy is located.

Gad drew a patch of the area around the Psychic Academy in purple, indicating the undead army's sphere of influence there.

Dante took a look at this sphere of influence, and felt that it didn't seem to be very wide, so he asked Gad: "This undead army force doesn't seem to be very strong, right?" The range is not very large. What are they doing? ”

Gade replied, "This undead army is led by Gardin, the dean of the Psychic Academy, however, it seems that the main force of the undead army has begun to shrink and retreat, and those who remain here are not very strong. ”

"Retreat?" Dante asked, "Where to retreat?" Is it to the Arctic continent? I didn't expect that. ”

Gade said, "It should be like this. Master, do you remember Kel'thugad and his skeletal warriors? ”

"Remember, what's wrong?" Dante was puzzled.

Gad helped the pumpkin head and said, "When we fight the undead army, we usually kill those zombies and flesh beasts that have mutated from human corpses, and at most add some spider beasts and batmons. These monsters are just the lowest combat power in the undead army, and no matter how much they kill, it will have no effect on their true strength. ”

"What do you mean......" Dante said thoughtfully, as he seemed to understand, "you mean, that kind of bone warrior, and the bone dragon that Kel'thugad turned into, is the main force of the undead army?" Is that what it means? ”

"Yes." Gad nodded and said, "This bone warrior, the bone technology used, was developed by Gardin. When he was a human magician, he had the same virtue as Kel'thugad, both of whom were obsessed with the study of shadow magic, and as a result, shadow magic was studied to the highest level, which was death magic, which can turn living creatures into undead monsters. ”

"I see." Dante said, "I remember that bones can absorb the energy of their own companions and the corpses of their enemies to strengthen their own strength, and this feels very powerful. ”

Gade said, "Yes. That's where the undead army is truly terrifying. How much energy the bones can absorb to strengthen themselves mainly depends on their own endurance. Like those skeleton warriors, their own size is relatively small, their ability to withstand is relatively poor, and they will not be strengthened to any extent if they want to absorb energy. But the bone dragon is different, the bone dragon is extremely enduring, almost bottomless. If Kel'thugad leads a large group of bone warriors and then turns into a bone dragon to absorb energy......"

"Then it's invincible." Dante remembered that when he rescued Antonidas, the Kel'thugad bone dragon had shown a terrifying ability to absorb energy, but the number of undead monsters at that time was not enough, so it had not absorbed enough energy.

In this way, if you want to fight the undead army head-on, you may not have any new enemies.

Dante asked Gad, "Is there any reconnaissance by the undead forces of the Psychic Academy?" We don't have enough troops now. ”

"About 10,000." Gad said, "Master, you can sweep away a large area of undead monsters alone, don't worry too much about that. The undead army of the Psychic Academy is now at the end of its power. We brought 20,000 troops to exterminate, which was more than enough. 20,000 horses, I can still make it up for you. ”

"The ......," Dante asked Gad, "you said the skeleton technology was made by the Psychic Academy?" ”

Gade said, "Yes, but the bone technology should have been taken by Kel'thugad. This time, we mainly focused on destroying the undead. That Dean Garding, just dispose of it. ”

"Hmm." Dante nodded and said, "What about the hand of Tyr?" How's that Mograine doing now? (To be continued......)

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