After cleaning up the battlefield, the mercenary group rested at the foot of the mountain for the night.

Early the next morning, John reported the casualties to Jiang Feng.

"A total of 570 mercenaries were killed, 1,200 were seriously wounded, and only about 3,300 were left who could still fight...... With our current strength, it is difficult to support another big war, do we want to find some reinforcements to come over? ”

John's way of expressing it is tactful, but the meaning is clear.

If the enemy they were about to face was as powerful as the Chaos army they encountered yesterday, the rest of them would probably not be enough to fill their teeth on the other side.

"Don't worry, the morning is almost over, only the final touches remain. Chaos is not in the habit of sending forward troops to test the world, and yesterday was the full force with which they landed in this world. ”

After a pause, Jiang Feng continued.

"The portal of Chaos is in the middle of the half-elf village, and I have a map here that you can use, and the exact location has been marked on it. In order to avoid complications, it is best to address the source of the disaster as soon as possible. Before noon today, you will lead people to kill them, and you must end this war in the shortest possible time! ”

"Yes, sir."

Hearing that the wizards had said this, John stopped insisting, made a knightly salute, and turned and walked out of the tent.

……

As Jiang Feng said, the war has entered its final stage.

Hearing that these human soldiers were going to fight against the barbarians who had occupied the half-elf village, about a hundred half-elves who had fled to the side of the Samun tribe picked up their bows and arrows and joined the mercenary group as guides and scouts.

In addition, there were also a thousand musketeers who were also sent by Jiang Feng to John's men, and they were temporarily mixed into the ranks of the mercenary group.

In this way, a team of nearly 5,000 people entered the forest in a mighty way.

In order to prevent those barbarian tribes from dying and counterattacking, Jiang Feng ordered all those immigrants and caravans to be moved to the open land under the mountain, and at the same time sent the militia group to the camp at the bottom of the mountain, replacing those mercenaries who entered the forest, responsible for the defense of this area.

After arranging all this, Jiang Feng returned to the shelter.

He didn't have to worry about the rest of the war, and he could use the time to do something more meaningful before the good news of victory came.

As he reached the door of the shelter, he saw Emily sitting on a nearby stone.

I saw the little girl holding her chin with both hands, swaying her white and tender calves, looking at the white mist under the mountain with great attention.

That was the direction of the half-elf village, and from the previous view here, I could clearly see the canopy of the ancient trees that covered the sky, and now I could only see a white fog, and the ominous red glow faintly through the thick fog......

Looking at that heartbreaking pretty face, Jiang Feng couldn't help but sigh and stepped forward.

Maybe it was because she could see it, or maybe she was thinking about it, Emily didn't notice Jiang Feng's footsteps, and it wasn't until the big hand was gently placed on her head that she let out a small exclamation, her lowered cheeks turned crimson, but she didn't look back.

“…… What are you thinking? Jiang Feng asked softly.

His lips pursed slightly, and his jewel-like pupils filled with tears, but soon, the sadness in his starry eyes was replaced by a touch of stubbornness.

"It's nothing ......" wiped the corners of her eyes, Emily climbed down from the stone, lowered her little head to face Jiang Feng, suddenly hugged him, buried her face in his chest, and sobbed quietly.

Jiang Feng didn't speak, because he really didn't know how to comfort others, he just patted her hair gently.

After a long while, the gently trembling shoulders finally stopped.

Burying her face in Jiang Feng's chest and rubbing it hard, Emily quickly escaped from Jiang Feng's arms, taking two steps back and standing still.

The cute pretty face was full of strength and stubbornness, but the long eyelashes were stuck together by the tears that had not yet had time to wipe away.

"I, I didn't cry just now."

"Hmm." Jiang Feng smiled.

Emily...... Emily wants to be a strong girl. ”

"I'm sure you can do it."

With encouraging eyes, affirming her childish declaration, Jiang Feng said softly.

"And ...... The ......'s slender fingers stirred together, and Emily looked to the side embarrassedly and whispered, "Thank you......"

Thank you.

Gave me a hug when I needed it most.

It's just that she didn't say these words, but hid them in her heart.

……

Entering the experimental area of the shelter, Jiang Feng turned on the star printer, looked at the blueprints listed on the holographic screen, and fell into thought.

The crisis on Crocodile Island has been resolved, and as long as the industrial machine in this territory and the thorny wasteland is well managed, the gold and all the other metal resources he needs in the hands of the aboriginal will continue to flow into his hands.

These resources will help him develop, but if he wants to become stronger, these "ordinary" resources alone are not enough. So Jiang Feng set his eyes on that little secret realm.

In that subspace, which was no larger than the Aditya continent on the other side of the sea, the abundance of stardust was several times that of the planet under his feet.

Although there is no way to mine these stardust energies directly, it means that there will be many precious magical resources and special minerals that are scarce on ordinary planets in that subspace......

These resources are the key to his strength.

Whether it is the sorcerer or the science on which materialist civilization depends, although they are fundamentally two completely different paths, one thing is the same.

That is the growth of strength, which is directly related to the amount of resources.

Whether it is the promotion of wizards or the expansion of colonies, it is essentially the result of resource accumulation.

The reason why the academy on the wizard continent is awe-inspiring by the creatures of countless worlds (planets) is because of their vast knowledge of the sea of stars and the power to destroy mountains and rivers between their hands, but in essence, it is because their tentacles cover countless worlds and take the resources of thousands of worlds into their arms. As for being strong, it is just an inevitable result.

However, in Jiang Feng's opinion, the development route of "plundering all worlds" taken by the various academies on the wizard continent had finally come to an end. Plundering a world's resources is far less profitable than using reasonable methods to develop a world.

A very simple example, a Stone Age civilization and an Industrial Age civilization, the wealth produced and accumulated by the two are completely not on the same level. It is far more efficient to rob a Stone Age civilization than to raise it to the Atomic Age or beyond, and then rationally harvest the wealth and resources in their hands.

However, it's no wonder that those wizards can't think of this, after all, the wizarding continent pursues the law of the jungle where the strong are respected, whether it is a white wizard or a black wizard, in their eyes, mortals are like ants.

And most importantly, many wizarding towers control the world (planet) coordinates that are also controlled by other wizarding towers. You've worked hard for hundreds of years, and others have come over and plundered it, patted your ass and left.

Instead of farming and making other people's wedding dresses, it is better to find more unknown worlds and plunder those untapped resources before others......

However, Jiang Feng didn't have that concern, the coordinates of that little secret realm were only known to him.

Whether silver or gold is grown in this field, he is the only one who reaps the harvest.

Thinking of this, Jiang Feng's last gaze stayed on the last page of the holographic list, the first line of the colony construction blueprint.

AE.1 nano drone building module.

Stardust ...... required

One hundred points!