"Fourth update, those who still have monthly votes, come up. I'm very motivated after seeing the monthly votes this month. I wonder if I can enter the top ten next month if I work harder. Sigh, it's a bit illusory, but if I don't work hard, I'll never improve."
Salin rushed back to the Castle of Bones with all his might. The first thing he did was to call Sue into the Necromancy Magic Tower to treat her injuries.
Su's injuries were worse than the winged skeletons and demons. First, he killed the level-seven Magic Shooter and broke the Crystal Shield, but he was injured. Then, the attack from the level-seven Magic Shooter's equipment seriously burned his left hand. Then, he used his sword aura to attack the level-eight Magic Shooter by force. Su's body was already showing signs of danger. His eyes were bloodshot, and his muscles were too excited to relax. However, the sword aura was getting more and more scattered.
Salin gave Su a whole bottle of magic fluid, which was twelve units, to absorb. Only then did his injuries stop worsening.
Then, Salin prepared a large bucket of Healing Water for Su and told him to lie in it and not come out. This treatment method was extravagant and the fastest. Although the Healing Water was made with a level-one spell, it was more effective than any magic potion. Unfortunately, it couldn't be stored for too long, and the amount that could be made each time was limited.
Then, Salin wrote a letter to Rex using the teleportation magic circle. The letter described the details of the two battles, and specially asked Nicholas to come to the Castle of Bones.
In order to help Su recover as soon as possible without leaving any side effects, Salin could only rest assured if the level-nine Mage took action.
Salin didn't expect Nicholas to fight the Vatican. Nicholas was probably under a lot of pressure. However, Nicholas' healing skills were unmatched by anyone around Salin. Fallen Magic could also save people, and the effect was even more ideal.
Then, Salin asked the Mages to calculate the losses. He gathered the four generals of Rex and described the battle in detail to them.
Salin's fleet had been completely wiped out. There were still three Skeleton Battleships left on the sea. It was impossible for them to attack on the water. The four experienced generals were half happy and half worried when they heard the result of today's ambush.
They were happy that Salin had killed an enemy Magic Shooter, which was a huge victory. What was worrying was that the number of enemies was still huge, and their combat power did not decrease because of this sneak attack.
According to Salin's battle records, the four generals began to analyze Cloud Flow's army composition, combat capabilities, and strategic possibilities.
A battalion commander opened the combat notes organized by the magician, flipped it to the middle, and pointed to a line of words: "Your Highness, please look here, the enemy's camp ground has reached the third level of hardness, this is the standard for building a city!"
"What do you mean?"
"The Cloud Flow people took so long to arrive because they want to build a city by the lake. Your Highness, if the Cloud Flow people build a city here, with its back facing the sea, they can continuously replenish their troops. What should we do then?"
The four generals looked at Salin. Their analysis of the details of the war was not as good as a Magician's, and they immediately saw the most crucial point. Yun Liu's people didn't want to attack Great Liang City immediately, but wanted to build a militarized city by the lake. If so, Great Liang City would be in danger.
The lakeside was less than two hundred miles away from Great Liang City. If such a city were to appear, Great Liang City would have to station a large number of soldiers for a long time and could no longer expand outwards. The land that Rex had fought so hard to conquer had to be given up, and the soldiers had to be withdrawn to ensure the safety of Great Liang City.
The Cloud Flow people could continuously transport supplies from the sea, and when they were fully prepared, they could attack Great Liang City.
Salin was a little annoyed. This was the consequence of him killing more than four hundred thousand enemy troops! Although the Cloud Flow people were not brave enough, they were very ruthless in terms of strategy.
Salin and Rex only had a little more than a hundred thousand people now. If they directly attacked the camp by the lake, the effect would not be as good as today. But if they didn't fight, the Cloud Flow people would slowly build, and put a nail in the back of Great Liang City.
Salin thought of the scoundrel in Ceylon City. After being beaten, he didn't retaliate, but just looked at your home from afar every day, making you very annoyed. If this scoundrel really gathered a group of people, it would be even more dangerous.
Salin somewhat regretted not bringing Zola here. If Zola was here, he might be able to analyze more useful things. After all, Zola used to be a sword teacher in the Cloud Flow court, and he was more familiar with the Cloud Flow people's methods.
Salin was actually helpless against the Cloud Flow people's scoundrel methods. The battle at the sea proved that it was impossible for Salin to destroy the Cloud Flow fleet with his current strength.
"Master, we still have to listen to the princess' opinion on this matter." Eleanor spoke up from the side. "Building a city looks like a tactical method on the surface, but in fact, it definitely has strategic significance. The Cloud Flow people's actions are related to the situation of the entire continent. How do they plan to deal with the Qinyin Empire and the Tanggulas Empire? "
Salin nodded. Indeed, none of the people around him were good at politics. They could only analyze the Cloud Flow people's actions from a tactical point of view. Rex would definitely have an idea on this matter. Rex seemed to have a deeper meaning for keeping Nania by his side! It was a mistake for Salin not to bring Nania this time.
Seeing that Salin also had no idea, the generals could only continue to discuss the Cloud Flow people's tactics.
This time, Salin sent out more than eleven thousand soldiers to suddenly attack the Cloud Flow people's camp. Among them, sixteen heavy cavalry died in battle, and none of the heavy infantry. A total of 234 light infantry and support soldiers died, and a total of 1606 people were injured, of which 170 were seriously injured.
Judging from the number of soldiers who died, Salin had obtained a huge victory. However, this did not include the casualties of the undead.
Less than half of the five thousand undead returned to the Castle of Bones. Every undead was valuable, except for the low-level skeleton soldiers in the Castle of Bones and some low-level zombies. The more powerful undead summoned by the Wing Skeletons required magic cores to be summoned.
The Castle of Bones was huge. To defend it, Salin's seventy thousand soldiers weren't enough. They had to rest, fight in shifts, and have reserve troops. Each round, they could only send twenty thousand people, which was already very dangerous. That was why the Wing Skeletons had built the Castle of Bones and used the low-level undead as cannon fodder.
The low-level skeleton soldiers weren't fast, but they were stronger than humans. They were more useful than ordinary human swordsmen in defense on the narrow walls. A battle on the battlefield was a matter of a sword and a spear. If it was a life for a life, the skeletons didn't feel pain or fear.
Salin killed a level-seven Magic Shooter and used six hundred alchemy arrows. Not counting the cost of the Divine Cherry Wood, just the cost of refining the arrows, each alchemy arrow would use a level-four magic core. The market price was two hundred gold coins, and Salin had spent more than a hundred thousand gold coins to recycle the arrow shafts.
But the truth was that the alchemy arrows that hit the Magic Shooter were completely destroyed and had no value. The Crystal Reflection spell would reflect the attack power back. Every alchemy arrow that hit the crystal would turn into ashes after being retrieved.
Salin wouldn't sell this kind of arrow shafts with spatial attributes for any price. The number of shipwrecks in the sea was limited, and Salin couldn't make this kind of alchemy arrow infinitely.
After thinking for a while, Salin said, "No, I have to go back to Great Liang City. After I leave, this place … will be handled by Mu En. Don't leave the castle to fight. Defend to the death! "
Salin was a bit pessimistic. He didn't know how long he could defend the Bitter Water Prefecture if the powerful Cloud Flow Empire went all out against it. Only now did he understand what the four generals meant.
Military morale was useless!
In the end, only honor and loyalty would keep the soldiers fighting.
In Scotia, boosting morale was the best way to increase the combat power of mercenaries. This method wouldn't work in the Castle of Bones, because his enemy was a huge empire that had more people than the Qin Yin Empire and controlled tens of thousands of miles of sea. The army of this huge empire might look ridiculous, but they had the advantage in numbers. The Cloud Flow Empire could drown Great Liang City with hundreds of thousands of troops.
Perhaps Rex had a way, and that was to ask Holy Rock City for help. There were still more than two million Qin Yin soldiers in Jialou Lan. The problem was, would Holy Rock City help Rex? Or in other words, if Rex asked for help, would her prefecture be swallowed by the Qin Yin like Phoenix?
Rex indeed had a strategic vision. The land controlled by Great Liang City was strategically located and fertile. If the Li Sea wasn't behind it, it would be the best place to develop his own forces. The problem was that the Cloud Flow Emperor seemed to have some mental problems. He didn't fight the Tanggulas Empire that occupied half of the Titan Duchy, but attacked the Bitter Water Prefecture from behind.
Damn it! Salin could only curse helplessly in his heart. Then, he brought his two most capable subordinates, Eleanor and Trish, to Great Liang City. He did not dare to fly. Instead, he brought two hundred of his bodyguards and rode on skeleton warhorses from the White Bones Castle towards Great Liang City.
If it was an army, it would take about a day to travel a distance of two hundred kilometers. However, Salin only took three hours to arrive. Great Liang City was heavily guarded. Before Salin even got close, patrolling soldiers greeted him. Salin discovered that there were small bunkers on both sides of the road.
"It's Your Highness Salin!" The patrolling soldiers happened to recognize Salin, and quickly sent someone to bring Salin into the city. Rex had already announced Salin's battle report, but he didn't mention Salin's specific losses. The people of Great Liang City only knew that Salin had won. He had sunk more than eighty enemy warships, ambushed the camp, and killed more than ten thousand people. His biggest victory was killing a Magic Shooter from the Cloud Flow Empire.
The news of Salin's arrival quickly spread among the army. The nearby soldiers all gathered by the roadside to see this amazing king.
Salin didn't dare to show his worry. He greeted the people on both sides of the road with a face full of sunshine. This was the behavior of the nobles of the Fourth Dynasty. In the eyes of the Bitter Water Prefecture's soldiers, Salin's behavior showed that he was a noble king with perfect and noble character.
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