It would be great if there was no need to compensate the dead.
Such a thought flashed through Breen's mind.
Of course, it was just a thought. The contract had been set, and the other party was an ally in the Oracle. The elves obviously had not reached their limits, so he did not dare to fall out with them.
Of course, with the elves' sacrifice, Breen would not do that.
He was not those cunning humans!
The reason why Blade City could become one of the famous commercial centers of the underground world was because the Dark Dwarves and Gnomes here were more trustworthy than other places.
Moreover, although the elves suffered heavy casualties, they also caused great damage to the undead army.
Looking out from the city wall, the number of undead army had been reduced by almost half!
After all, the Dark Alliance had mobilized close to 100,000 Undead Soldiers!
The army formed by the fallen undead was different from the shadow monsters. They were controllable. Before every war, the Dark Coalition would spend a lot of time and energy to prepare the fallen undead as an important force in the army.
Directly destroying the undead was far more useful than exhausting the magic power of the other party who controlled the undead army. This meant that once this war ended, the other party would not be able to summon the undead army for a short period of time!
In addition, the purpose of the Dark Coalition's attack on Blade City was to occupy the city, not to destroy it. Therefore, it was unlikely that they would summon the shadow army because no one knew what kind of things would be summoned in the end.
Therefore, once the undead army was destroyed, this war would be half won.
As long as the high-end forces won another battle, the tone of this war would be more or less set.
Thinking of this, Breen took a deep breath, squeezed out a smile, and asked,
"Tucker, how much money do we have left?"
Tucker was not only responsible for calculating the remuneration of the elves this time, but he was also the chief financial officer of Blade City.
After hearing the chief's words, the old dwarf wiped his sweat again and replied, "Chief, we still have 10 million left.
"Lord Chief, if you must say, we still have 10 million left. However … we can only use another 5 million at most. Otherwise, it will affect the normal operations of our city and business."
After hearing the chief financial officer's words, Breen fell silent.
5 million …
At this rate, they could only hold on for a day.
Although the money could always be earned back, they could not be so extravagant.
Now that he thought about it, he might as well hire mercenaries from the Underground World to help him defend!
Hiring a large professional mercenary group with an average strength of Iron rank and more than fifty thousand experienced members to participate in the war would only earn fifty thousand pounds a day.
And even if a mercenary group was hired to participate in the war, it was impossible to hire them for a single day. Usually, it would be calculated on a monthly basis, and a month would only cost 1.5 million gold pounds.
Of course, this was just a thought.
Putting aside the fact that the Dark Alliance had cut off the source of mercenaries hired by Blade City in the Underworld, even if they were hired, could they do better than the Elves?
No matter how elite the mercenaries were, if more than thirty to forty percent of them died, they would collapse.
However, the death rate of these elves had already reached more than 80%, but they were still ferocious …
Moreover, if they had not fought desperately, the Undead Army would not have suffered such great losses.
If ordinary mercenaries were to replace them, they would probably have to fight a long war. It might even take a few years or more.
That kind of expenditure and loss would also be an astronomical figure.
War … had always been a money-burning thing.
Actually, in the beginning, Breen was able to agree to exchange equipment for the support of the elves because he considered that this war that the Dark Alliance had been preparing for for a long time might become a long war.
And a set of equipment to hire the elves to fight for a few years or even more than ten years was simply too profitable.
The ideal was perfect, but the reality was cruel.
Who knew … that the death rate of these elves would be so high!
After getting a set of equipment, they died in the blink of an eye.
Although he had killed the enemy, he had died a little too quickly ….
They were caught off guard.
Of course, it was not without benefits.
Based on Breen's experience, the Undead Army had lost nearly half of its forces in a short period of time. It was estimated that this siege would last for a few more days before the other party retreated.
Although the Dark Alliance still had an army formed by the Dark Dwarves and Spirit-Suckers, with the Undead Army's losses, Breen did not believe that the other party could not see that Blade City had become a tough nut to crack.
Under such circumstances, the other party would most likely choose to give up on besieging Blade City.
Breen took a deep breath. He already had a plan in his mind.
He turned around and looked at the Chief of Foreign Affairs, who was standing on the other side, in charge of negotiating with the elves.
He said, "Go and inform the other city-states, this war … is the war of the entire Dark Still Alliance! The elven allies were invited by everyone, and the Oracle was also issued to all the city-states!
"If they want to win, if they still have respect for the Goddess, they have to bear the compensation of the elven allies!
"Blade City has already paid enough as a battlefield. They have considered their own safety and did not send a large number of reinforcements. We can understand, but this is no longer a war of Blade City!"
Hmm …
If Blade City could not bear it, then he would pull the other city-states to bear it together.
As long as he could end this war as soon as possible, spending more money would be worth it in the long run.
After instructing the Chief of Foreign Affairs, Breen looked at the city wall that was still in battle with a heavy expression.
Sigh …
They were clearly at an advantage.
But his heart was in pain …
Perhaps, he should persuade these elves not to fight so aggressively?
At this time, Breen suddenly saw the Chief of Finance, Tucker, hesitate for a moment. He wanted to say something but stopped.
His heart skipped a beat.
He asked, "Tucker, what do you want to say?"
Tucker hesitated for a moment and said tactfully,
"Lord Chief, I don't know if it's my illusion, but there were many times when I felt that I had seen the elves who came to participate in the war somewhere before. Hmm … How should I put it? Some of the elves who joined the war later looked very familiar to me … I even felt that I had seen them a few times.
"I specially asked them, and they said that the elves from before were their relatives. They said that they were either their brothers or sisters. Some even said that they were twins …
"It's just that one or two of them are fine, but such elves … seem to be a little too many."
Tucker smiled bitterly after he finished speaking.
He had kept this matter in his heart for a long time. Now, he finally could not hold it in anymore and brought it up to the Chief.
After hearing his words, Breen frowned slightly.
"You mean … after the elves joined the war, they came back and received their compensation again?"
Tucker hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Breen frowned even deeper.
He glanced at the city wall and then at the teleportation portal. After pondering for a moment, he gently shook his head.
"It shouldn't be possible.
"The elves who came to participate in the war all came through the teleportation portal. The long-distance teleportation portal is connected to Black Rock City. After the elves fought on the city wall, very few came down, except for those who died in battle …
"If it's really like what you said, can they teleport to Black Rock City, which is hundreds of kilometers away, and then teleport back?"
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