Fourth update.
Of the troops in Metatlin, only Shika's personal guards were well-equipped. The rest of the soldiers couldn't even wear the same uniform. The soldiers of the royal swordsmen's camp were still wearing the same clothes. Their equipment had been transferred to the second camp.
The worst thing was that Rex had already set off to come to Metatlin City personally. He would arrive in seven days at most. Salin had to prepare enough equipment in these seven days.
This expansion was of great importance to Rex. Her army would soon expand to 300,000 people. At that time, she could cooperate with Sacred Rock City and launch an attack towards the west.
What should he do? Salin didn't know what to do. Rex's equipment was from the regular army. Even if he didn't have alchemy arrows, the arrowheads had to be made of steel. Armor was much more difficult to make than other equipment.
Gathering equipment for 100,000 people in seven days was a difficult problem for Salin. Salin regretted selling a large amount of equipment for gold coins. In fact, he'd already made a large number of armor and weapons in the past year and shipped them to Jiaroulan. In the army of the northern nobles, one in ten soldiers was using Metatlin's weapons.
Salin could only call all his trusted aides over to study this problem together.
Nicholas unexpectedly took out forty thousand sets of equipment. These were the excess equipment that the expeditionary army had prepared for their departure and were left with him. When the expeditionary army was wiped out, these things were left in Nicholas' spatial equipment. Only a ninth-level Mage like him could use such a large spatial equipment.
These 40,000 sets of equipment couldn't be given to Rex directly. The Church's insignia had to be polished off and replaced with the Kushui Prefecture's insignia. But they were still short of 60,000 sets of armor. This was still a large number.
Eleanor was sent to the alchemy factory to help make arrows. Salin's followers couldn't do anything about the armor problem.
In the end, it was Zola who came up with an idea. The soldiers of the Church who died outside Metatlin had left tens of thousands of sets of armor. Although they were all damaged, it was much easier to repair them than remake them.
Salin had originally thrown the broken armor in the warehouse, planning to smelt it later and recycle the metal.
There wasn't a lot of ready-made fine steel in Metatlin right now. Every day, the merchant ships would transport the ores away. Only a small amount of ores would be left behind by Salin to be refined and made into armors.
"Your Highness, we don't need the defense of West Town for the time being. Why don't we move the armor over there for the time being?" Isabella came up with another not-so-good idea, but Salin could only insist on robbing Peter to pay Paul.
There were 50,000 soldiers in West Town now, and 10,000 of them belonged to Rex. The equipment of these 10,000 troops could be used directly. As for the other 40,000 troops, they could still take out 20,000 sets of armor. As for the auxiliary soldier's equipment, it was barely passable when defending a city, but if it was used in a field battle, it was completely unqualified.
That way, he would immediately have an additional 30,000 sets of armor. The remaining 30,000 sets were much easier.
The spoils of war left behind by the seventy to eighty thousand Church expeditionary troops that had died in Metatlin City could repair about twenty thousand sets. Salin realized that he really could gather more than ninety thousand sets of armor and equipment after pooling them together.
He had to help Rex on this matter. Otherwise, Rex would have no choice but to seek help from Holy Rock City. Although Holy Rock City seemed to have the intention of reconciling, Salin didn't want Rex to owe them any favors.
Thinking of this, Salin felt a little emotional. If the old emperor was still alive, these 100,000 sets of armor would be no problem for Holy Rock City.
The broken armor that had been piled up as scrap in the warehouse was pulled out again. Daniel even personally instructed the revenants to carry out the sorting process. Because there wasn't a single piece of armor that wasn't broken, they had to be broken down and pieced together. This was also a huge project.
They only had seven days. They could rely on skeletons to break down the armor, but they would have to rely on experienced craftsmen or elite soldiers to reassemble the armor. Ordinary soldiers couldn't even assemble the parts into armor. This required at least a year of specialized training.
Other than the heavy-armored cavalry and heavy-armored infantry, Qin Yin's soldiers all had to use bows and arrows or crossbows. Salin had to make bolts for almost twenty thousand people and arrows for more than forty thousand people.
Salin had to prepare more than 10 days of arrows for 40,000 arrows. Every battle day, he had to make at least two bags. According to Rex's standards, one bag was 24 arrows, and two bags were 48 arrows. He had to prepare 480 arrows for each soldier. The number of nearly 20 million arrows made Salin want to vomit blood.
The consumption of crossbows was relatively low. A soldier probably couldn't use more than three crossbows in a battle. But even if it was within 20 times, Salin still had to prepare millions of crossbows to be enough for Rex.
The only thing Salin didn't worry about was the cavalry's equipment, including the horse armor, saddle, horseshoes, greaves, and the cavalry's luggage. Salin didn't have more than 5,000 cavalry on hand. Because he lacked warhorses, he could only prepare the equipment first and train with ordinary horses of inferior quality.
In the battle with the Church's expeditionary army, he had also obtained a lot of equipment, enough for Rex.
Metatlin City had a reserve of 10 million arrows, and the army also had about 3 million for training. This was because they had obtained too much equipment from the battle with the Church.
Salin thought to himself that he would be in trouble if anyone took advantage of this opportunity to attack Metatlin City.
He gathered arrows from North Town and West Town, leaving only one quiver for each soldier. The rest had to be handed over. Salin gathered 15 million arrows, and these arrows piled up like a mountain.
The materials for arrows that Salin had stored in the alchemy factory were also taken out. Metatlin City never lacked wood. The entire north, including the wilderness and hills, was filled with towering ancient trees.
Seven days passed by quickly. Rex returned to Metatlin City at noon on the seventh day.
Rex went directly to the king's palace that Salin had built for her. Metatlin City was Salin's capital, and Rex couldn't build a temporary palace. The palace was very small.
Rex only brought a level-7 Magic Shooter with her. The two used the Wind Walking Spell to fly back to Metatlin. Rex was so tired that she didn't want to move after returning to the palace. But Salin still paid a visit immediately.
Salin brought along his two new followers, Nicholas and Isabella. These two Tanggulas people had now become important figures by Salin's side.
Needless to say, Isabella had always been against the Church. Nicholas had completely fallen and become a fallen priest. The Church would definitely want to kill him as soon as possible, leaving no room for negotiation.
Salin introduced the two new followers to Rex. Rex had already found out about their existence from their correspondence. Now, he just wanted to meet them in person to avoid any future conflicts.
Seeing Rex's haggard appearance, Salin swallowed his complaints. He only said, "Why are you in such a hurry? I'm sending troops from two directions now. I've already sent 100,000 people. "
"I know." Rex hated that she couldn't lie down and talk to Salin. The fatigue from continuous flying was beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Rex had never worked so hard before. A distance of over 20,000 kilometers meant that she had to spend at least half of her time on the road every day. She didn't have much time to eat or rest.
But she had to come back personally. Only her Shenluo Ring could take all the equipment away. If Salin were to transport the equipment for 100,000 people, it would take at least a few months to reach her. If there were any mistakes or problems along the way, it would probably take at least half a year for Salin's assistance.
"Salin, I have to attack before October. After that, Jialoulan will be cold too. I need to take down at least three cities. The army of the Church … You must have experienced it. If I attack in winter, my losses will be great. "
"We should build a Teleportation Formation between Kushui Prefecture and Metatlin."
"We'll talk about it later." Rex thought that it was better not to build a Teleportation Formation before the mages of Seriger Island arrived. That would become a loophole for Metatlin City. Only when there were sufficiently powerful mages in the city could others not use this Teleportation Formation.
"How's the equipment preparation going?" Rex leaned on the chair tiredly. He really wanted to sleep.
"Just give me seven days. Everyone is busy with this. It definitely won't be enough for 100,000 people, but it should be enough for 90,000 people."
"Hmm …" Rex finally closed his eyes after hearing Salin's answer. He didn't say anything else. The equipment that Salin had prepared for 90,000 people had exceeded Rex's expectations. Once she let go of her worries, she could no longer resist the urge to sleep. She fell asleep in front of Salin.
Salin sighed. He couldn't leave yet. There weren't many guards in the king's mansion. This was just a place for Rex to stay. Everyone in Metatlin City was busy. Rex might not trust Nicholas and Isabella. Rex might not be able to sleep well if they were to protect Rex.
Neris wasn't back. Those demons definitely couldn't do it. If they ate Rex, he wouldn't have a place to cry.
Sicar? Salin would never let Sicar stand guard for Rex. Even if Sicar didn't mind, he couldn't do it.
The only one who had some free time was Zola. The problem was that Salin knew Zola's temper. He was afraid that this guy's lust would act up. Zola definitely had the guts to take advantage of Rex.
He was a Silver Sword Saint. Rex wouldn't be his match in a face-to-face battle.
In the end, Salin could only choose to stay here and wait for Rex to wake up. Salin threw a Spring Rain on him. Rex slept even more soundly. Isabella watched from the side and was envious.
Rex looked very good lying on the chair. The colorful magic robe couldn't hide the curves of her figure. Her long hair was loose and swaying in the wind. There was a sweet smell in the room. Who knew what magic potion Rex was using?
She trusted the lord so much!
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