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In the end, Faka still didn't come back. Salin's battle lasted until midnight. It wasn't because the Skocynthians were strong, but because Salin's elemental creatures needed to rest. This wasn't the Abyss King's City. The elemental creatures couldn't recover as fast as they could in the city. Salin didn't want to lose cannon fodder when Faka came back.
The camp in the north was broken through by Salin and Ainphent. The third camp in the south simply chose to retreat.
The Skocynthians, who claimed to have a million troops, collapsed after fighting for ten hours. The elemental creatures were exhausted. Salin had to leave six spares for each type of elemental creature. Thirty-six blue Icemen were left. Gloria couldn't help Salin fight for a year. She couldn't recover his elemental creatures. Salin calculated carefully.
Less than a thousand demons died. After the battle expanded, elemental creatures couldn't take all the battles. Under the attack of the Skocynthians, the main force of the Temple of God's army inevitably suffered casualties.
There was always a huge disparity between the casualties of demons. For every demon that died, more than five would be seriously injured. As long as demons didn't die, they could recover on their own even without doctors and mages.
Salin only brought two battalions of the Temple of God's army. There were four thousand magic infantry. They didn't suffer many losses, but most of their armor was broken. More than one-fifth of their magic armor was completely destroyed. They had to leave the battle.
In Lonely Star City, tens of thousands of troops came out one after another to clean up the battlefield. The wounded were carried into the city in an orderly manner for treatment. Salin had brought a hundred thousand troops, but only eight thousand were lost. They were mostly support soldiers.
However, one out of ten was still a big loss. If not for the fact that more enemies died, Salin would have lost this battle. Salin calculated in his mind. His Temple of God's army was the strongest. One battalion could take on five battalions. The main force was much weaker, but they could still fight one against two.
Salin didn't want to clean up the battlefield. Faka's appearance made him very uncomfortable. He entered Lonely Star City directly. After leaving his army to Nicholas, Salin and Ainphent went to Rex's magic tower after saying goodbye to each other.
Rex didn't show up in such an intense battle. She was calmly doing magic experiments in the Magic Tower, and there were more than a dozen great Magicians serving her.
Seeing Salin come in, the mages were about to leave. Rex, however, said, "Continue with your business."
Salin was no longer the boy he used to be. Of course, he could tell that Rex was unhappy. It must be because his decision hurt the Qin Yin Empire.
It was useless to reason with him now. It wasn't that Rex didn't understand the situation on the continent, it was just that he couldn't accept it emotionally. Salin walked to Rex's side and called, "Lace."
"Yes," Rex replied calmly.
"I'm here."
"I've known for a long time," Rex said angrily. Salin laughed. Rex finally understood that he was doing this because of the contract with the goddess. He couldn't possibly lead an army to overthrow Holy Rock City's rule. That would be too bloody. Rex completely understood Salin. He was just frustrated and wanted to find someone to vent his anger on.
The problem was that Salin wasn't someone he could vent his anger on. Both of them had signed a contract, and there was no distinction between them. There were some things that Rex had to do in the future, such as occupying Phoenix first and making Guderian City the border between Metatlin and Qin Yin.
"What should we do, Lace?" Salin asked deliberately.
"What do you mean?"
The surrounding Great Magicians also pricked up their ears to listen, but Salin glanced at them. These Great Magicians had no choice but to turn around and leave. It would not be good for the couple to talk about something. After all, Salin was their Highness. Rex didn't call them again this time.
"I've attracted the Vatican's attention, but I haven't killed the Iron Blood Duke yet."
"That's nothing. Qin Yin spent more than a hundred years to build an empire. Including the first Glax, it's been more than 800 years. How long has it been since you founded the country? "
"More than 800 years. Aren't you going to die of old age?"
"You're always looking at what's in front of you," Rex said gloomily. She didn't mean for that to be the case, but all the things that Salin did recently weren't considered long-term plans. This made Rex feel a little tired. Salin didn't care about some of the arrangements she made.
"I have to look at what's in front of me, Lace," Salin said as he took out his Drum of Fear and placed it in front of Rex.
The horrifying face on the Drum of Fear was still grinning, as if it wanted to swallow Salin whole.
"This … was it made by that thing you mentioned?" Rex was a mage. His interest in magic equipment rose, and he immediately forgot about his quarrel with Salin.
"Yes, the skin of a level-12 creature, the Dread Angel. There's a trace of the Dread Angel's accompanying soul in it," Salin said as he took out the broken jade. Two souls of the Dread Angel were imprisoned in this broken jade.
Rex took the broken jade in his hand, studied it for a while, and said, "We can't do anything about it …"
"Yes, these two things won't fall for it. We can't fool them no matter what. It'll be a waste to forcefully refine them. Unless we put one of their souls in it, this Drum of Fear can only be level-9 equipment. "
"What does this have to do with our matter?" Rex suddenly remembered that his train of thought had been taken away by Salin.
"Remember the first expeditionary army that the Vatican sent out?"
"Yes, there weren't many strong people in Metatlin City then."
"Do you know why Dinicio sent an army to attack Metatlin City?"
"Don't beat around the bush, just say it." Rex glared.
"Nicholas told me. Back then, Pope Dinicio had a dream, and he dreamt of me …"
"Dreamt of you?" Rex was shocked. She was sure that Salin had never met Dinicio.
"Not only did he dream of me, but he also dreamed of this Drum of Fear. In my dream, I used this equipment to kill countless of his believers. "
"Oracle?" Rex spat out the word with difficulty.
"Yes, Oracle. I tested the power of this drum in the battle with the Iron Duke. Although it's a level-9 equipment, the attack it unleashes is very terrifying. I didn't use it this time because I couldn't control it well enough, and I was afraid of hurting the revenant. "
Rex fell silent. The Iron Duke must have sent the news to the Vatican. If the Pope knew of the existence of this thing, he would be even more certain of the Oracle. Wouldn't this ruin both his and Sala's plans?
"Grace, don't be angry now. The Vatican will see me as a more important target, sigh …"
Salin sighed deeply. Back then, he had tested this equipment for a moment of pleasure. He never thought that this would happen.
"How about … I exchange the city of Great Liang for Phoenix, okay?" Rex finally said this after a long while. She knew that if she occupied all of Phoenix, she only needed to build a pass at the mountain pass in the southwest of Phoenix, and the Metatlin Kingdom would be much safer.
Salin was touched. Liang City was developed by Rex with great difficulty. Although the land wasn't as big as Phoenix, it was related to the development of the Kushui Prefectural Kingdom. Rex gave it up just like that, all for the sake of protecting the Metatlin Kingdom.
"Grace, you can't do that. Liang City is the place of our wedding. No matter what, you can't use it for trade. In the future, it will be your capital, the center of a new empire. "
"Sure … we can fight back." Rex was no longer angry at Salin. All she could think about now was how to protect the Metatlin Kingdom.
"Then why don't we attack Phoenix directly?"
"What?"
Salin took out the magic map and unfolded it. He pointed out, "You mean that if we build a pass here, the whole of Phoenix will be hard to enter. This is the area controlled by the Qinyin Empire now. You'll lose out if you use it to exchange for Liang City. What I mean is here. "
Salin pointed at the other side of the mountain pass and said, "This is surrounded by plains. It's hard to defend. But if I build a city here, do you think the Vatican will attack by force? Or bypass this place and attack Phoenix? "
Rex stared at the magic map in a daze. Salin saw that she didn't reply for a long time, so he patted her shoulder. Rex finally came back to her senses. He pointed at the Rhine Duchy on the map. "Why build a city? I think you're addicted to building cities. Take down the Rhine Duchy, and we'll occupy it directly. Then, we'll enter Didips from the Chaos Swamp and swallow the Rhine Duchy. With your power, can't you do that?"
Salin smiled bitterly. He indeed wanted to do that. Rex's strategic vision was good. Taking down the Rhine Duchy was easier than defending Phoenix. At least he had so many level-nine subordinates by his side, and the Rhine Duchy couldn't resist. But there was still Faka in the Chaos Swamp.
Joey had gone after Faka, and Salin couldn't be sure of the outcome.
If Faka didn't die, it would be a joke for him to cross the Chaos Swamp. If he couldn't cross the Chaos Swamp and occupy Didips, he wouldn't be able to defend Rhine.
He had signed a contract with Faka, and Faka was in the Chaos Swamp. Even Joey couldn't break this contract. It was a hundred times more restrictive on him than on Faka. He could only blame himself for not being able to resist back then!
Seeing Salin's bitter smile, Rex also remembered the strange contract. She pointed at the Chaos Swamp on the map and said, "We can't cross here, can we?"
Salin shook his head, and then nodded. Rex already knew that they could build a smuggling channel here, but if it was really for the army to enter and leave, Faka wouldn't guarantee the safety of the soldiers. The contract they had signed back then didn't include this. Seeing Salin waving his left hand, Rex became anxious.
Faka had to borrow the power of Salin's Left Hand of the God and the power of her Divine Sieve Ring. Now that the goddess' life force had been taken away from Salin's left hand, there was already a problem with the contract between him and Faka.
Rex looked at the magic map and controlled the magic array. The details on the magic map were revealed bit by bit. Every mountain and river was marked on it. Only the Chaos Swamp was a blur.
"Salin, can Master Jason defend Metatlin City?" Rex asked a question that seemed to be irrelevant.
"Absolutely," Salin answered confidently.
"Then let's attack here. Why not?" The magic map quickly shrank and enlarged. Rex's finger pointed upwards, and it landed in Scotia's territory.
Salin looked at Rex in shock. "Iron Wall City?"
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