Gu Xin read the contract and heaved a sigh of relief. It was his first time reading a mage's contract, and he was afraid that there would be the legendary soul control or master and servant requirements.
In the end, Salin gave his followers excellent conditions. In the future, Salin would take care of all his high-level equipment and armor. He didn't need to care about ordinary battles at all. Those of a lower level would take care of them. He only needed to protect Salin, lead the army in battle, and train hard. He didn't need to worry about the other interpersonal relationships.
Gu Xin's talent was fully displayed in battle. However, being the commander took up his time to socialize with the nobles and make a living for his subordinates. When he dripped his blood on the contract, he suddenly felt much more relaxed.
Rex also signed a contract with two Magic Shooters. Then, he arranged for the 20,000 mercenaries outside the city to enter separately.
Gu Xin's men were left to Salin, and the rest of the mercenaries were with Rex's army. The mercenaries didn't suspect anything. After all, those who joined the Dragon Slayer Mercenary Corp later knew that their families had all gone to Metatlin City.
Emperor Donnie of Scotia's gift was really light, but these 20,000 people were what Rex urgently needed. Also, these mercenaries were ostracized in Scotia. Before they left, they even had to use their savings to buy Donnie's equipment. These mercenaries were well-equipped, but they were exchanged with years of wealth. They weren't gifts from Donnie at all.
They didn't succeed in Scotia, and the mercenaries assigned to Rex didn't stick together. They were scattered by Rex's men and sent to the recruit camp to train again. They didn't resist at all. Anyway, it was much easier to earn money here than in Scotia. At least the food in Rex's army was good.
Salin met with Rex to discuss this matter. After all, two level-8 Magic Shooters and a silver Sword Saint were already very powerful. Rex was also afraid that there was something fishy.
Because Salin had planned to deal with Count Alphonso, he studied the relationship between the nobles and the mercenaries in Scotia in detail. He wasn't worried about this matter. He knew people like Gu Xin too well. In Scotia, everything depended on money. It was the same among the nobles.
Gu Xin wasn't good at socializing, and he didn't know how to bribe the nobles. He would definitely be suppressed if he set up camp. Since they couldn't receive any good missions, they had to change their base. Once they managed to make some progress, it would be occupied by another mercenary group.
Gu Xin had only become a Silver Sword Saint two years ago. Before that, it had been very difficult for a Black Iron Sword Saint to support a mercenary group.
In Scochenya, only the strong were respected. Money spoke for them. It was a miracle that someone like Gu Xin could survive. The so-called noble demeanor, benevolence, and pride of the Qinyin people did not exist in Scotia. Even the Tanggulas people laughed at the vulgarity of the Skochinyans.
As for the two High Mages, they were under the control of the contract, so they were very safe.
Not to mention these two Magic Shooters, most mages were not very worldly. The teacher of the two High Mages probably had some savings. After his death, he made his two disciples persist until they reached the 8th Rank before running out of money.
What made people uneasy were the mercenaries. There weren't any powerful people among the mercenaries. There was only a Level-4 Mage and a few Sword Saints in the Dragon Slaying Mercenary Group. This kind of strength was about the same as a flag regiment in Rex's army. It was barely above average among the mercenary groups above the 7th Rank.
Among the mercenaries that were defeated, there were most likely spies of Scochenya. These people came from different mercenary groups. The smallest mercenary group only had seven people. They didn't know each other well. It was too easy to hide a few spies.
But Rex couldn't ignore these people. She urgently needed ready-made soldiers. If she rejected these mercenaries, it would cause a negative impact. It would cause those who wanted to rely on her to become wait-and-see. She and Salin already had more than 20 million people. Conscription wasn't a problem. The problem was that they would have to deal with the attack of the Yun Liu people during their wedding in April.
The Yun Liu people had already expanded that small city by the sea and were prepared to station troops there for a long time. There was no point in attacking now. They could only wait for Salin to figure out a way to deal with the fleet. Only then could they cut off the Yun Liu people's retreat and change the situation.
Now, the logistics of the Yun Liu people were continuously sending resources over. It would be very costly to attack the new city. Rex didn't have as many soldiers as the Yun Liu people, so she could only take a defensive position.
In the end, it was Salin who came up with an idea. He was born in Scochenya and knew that the Scochenya people loved fame and wealth. Thus, he suggested that Rex establish a new corps.
The stronger the mercenary group, the higher the number. If the 100th corps was a regular army, it would be a bit of a mess. If it was a mercenary group, they would be very satisfied.
After Rex issued the order to establish a large-scale army, the mercenaries' thoughts were completely stopped. They would train with the new soldiers. Those with good results would be prioritized into the 100th corps.
Qin Yin's basic organization was a battalion. A battalion had 10,000 main forces and about 5,000 to 15,000 support soldiers. During field battles, the support soldiers wouldn't be deployed. Only in battles like defending and attacking cities would the support soldiers play a main role. But the newly established large corps had 30,000 people. There was only a difference in the types of soldiers. There was no difference between the main forces and support soldiers.
Rex and Salin's decision allowed more stragglers to join them. Rex now had money and equipment. Most importantly, he had enough food to support his soldiers. Most of these people were defeated soldiers from Jia Loulan. There were also mercenaries looking for opportunities in Jia Loulan.
The situation in Jia Loulan was too complicated. There were many unorganized small armies, and all the countries were recruiting.
Salin and Rex didn't expect that taking in the Dragon Slaying Mercenary Group would have such a big impact. Daliang City had 90,000 elite soldiers and 70,000 support soldiers. After taking in the people brought by the Dragon Slaying Mercenary Group, there were close to 200,000 people. Those who came later came one after another. Soon, there were close to 100,000 people, and this was the result of selection. Including the craftsmen and military families, the population in the city was about 400,000. Based on this rate of recruitment, it wouldn't be a problem to break through 500,000.
What comforted the two the most was that there were many low-level mages in the city. Most of these low-level mages were trained by Rex. After leaving Kushui Commandery, they were scattered around Qin Yin. Some mid-level mages entered Alchemy City and had returned to Kushui Commandery.
Not only Rex, but Salin also had mages coming to join him. News came from Metatlin City. More than 200 necromancers escaped from the Tanggulas Empire, Yunliu Empire, and Scotia Empire and came to Metatlin.
These necromancers all knew that Metatlin City had taken them in. There were many undead there, and mages could bring their own undead around.
Now, the Tanggulas Empire was hunting for necromancers. The people of the Inquisition even infiltrated other empires to carry out assassinations. These mages escaped to Metatlin one after another. When they heard that the king was fighting in Kushui Commandery, most of them rushed here.
This was because Shika had made a very good condition. After coming to Daliang City to fight, they could get a chance to purify the necromancers' Flames of Death.
The quality of most necromancers' Flames of Death wasn't high, and it was difficult for them to advance. If they could purify it again, it would be easier for these necromancers to advance. As for how to purify the Flames of Death, that was Wing Skeleton's problem. After absorbing the Undead Monarch's Fire of Death, it would be easy for him to do this.
These necromancers didn't doubt him. The most recent news was that an archmagus necromancer had appeared by King Metatlin's side. Therefore, these necromancers believed Shika's words without a doubt.
Mu En still didn't know that he was acting as a lighthouse. In the Castle of Bones, he learned necromancy and swordsmanship under Isabella's guidance and Wing Skeleton's guidance every day.
This kind of dual training was even more difficult than elemental magic and swordsmanship. Fortunately, Wing Skeleton had the most suitable Mu En's Flames of Death, so Mu En became a level one necromancer very quickly.
Isabella taught Kind Tree how to fuse the two skills together so that they wouldn't clash. This was the work of grinding stones. Mu En was now a senior swordsman, so he had to slow down on his swordsmanship and slowly advance to necromancy.
Qin Yin had brought too many resources, and at least half of them had to be held back in Kushui Commandery. The officials of Daliang City were a bit surprised by the gifts from the nobles. These nobles hadn't been so enthusiastic when the prince had set up an army.
Rex sighed inwardly. His father didn't just rely on martial arts to subdue the local nobles. His father was dead, but there were still many people who were grateful to him.
Basically, the ones who gave the most gifts were the nobles who were close to Emperor Chanak. The gift list also had ciphers that Rex could understand. Some of the important resources weren't written directly on the list.
Rex also understood that these people thought highly of him. Once his territory expanded and became an empire, these people's descendants would have another path of advancement. However, this kind of high-risk investment had to be done for his father's sake. These nobles were just taking a gamble. Even if they lost, they would be returning a favor to the deceased emperor.
After he had enough manpower, Rex immediately built a small town east of Daliang City. This small town was only fifteen miles away from Daliang City, and was near a mountainous area. In this mountainous area, there were two small roads that led to Kushui Commandery. They were the closest roads between Kushui Commandery and Daliang City.
It was because of this road that Rex could quickly conquer a more fertile piece of land in Jia Loulan and build Daliang City. When Daliang City was built, all the resources were transported from Kushui Commandery. The straight-line distance was only about four hundred miles. If they took the mountain roads, it would only be about six hundred miles.
The only problem now was that there were too many people seeking refuge, and there were many problems in management. The quality of the new soldiers wasn't good, and fights were common. Luckily, Rex had a large number of sorcerers, and he could suppress them.
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