#57 - Chapter 57 His Goal

On the Trial Continent.

As more and more lords poured in, the conflicts between various regions began to become more and more frequent.

But at the same time, trade and exchanges between lords, and between lords and the natives of the Trial Continent, also became more frequent.

This originally undeveloped virgin land is now changing almost every day under the tireless efforts of countless lords.

Countless farmlands have been reclaimed, countless mines have become mine shafts, and countless forests have become logging camps.

The emergence of roads and the establishment of bases have made the Trial Continent begin to show signs of civilization and prosperity.

However, these lords, who appeared like locusts, turned a blind eye to the changes in the Trial Continent.

Because they knew very well that their "farming" and "developing" behaviors on the Trial Continent were ultimately aimed at better warfare.

And the ultimate purpose of war is to obtain more resources.

War and construction thus formed a strange vicious circle.

Although most lords were caught in such a cycle, some special lords saw the essence of things and had their own unique insights into this cycle.

In the eyes of these special lords, jumping out of meaningless wars and maintaining the trade and development of their own territories was the most important thing.

In their thinking, war is just a tool to achieve their goals, and developing and strengthening themselves is everything, which is the original meaning of the Lord Era.

And they are destined to become the strongest group of lords.

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"You are back? Has the human town called Morston been captured? What are the casualties?"

Lord Su Yingxue looked at the map in front of her and said to her best friend Li Sinuo, who was teaming up with her.

"The casualties are very small, almost negligible."

Li Sinuo, dressed in tight clothes, threw her blood-stained helmet aside casually and slumped on the chair.

"After all, with Lady Xia'er, a level 5 magician, a small town in the agricultural age is basically undefended, and it can be taken down in no time."

"Although the battle is not tiring, Lady Xia'er's enthusiasm is unbearable. I really don't know how you avoided her harassment, but then again, having such a hero by your side, hehe...."

Su Yingxue turned her head and said helplessly.

"I didn't ask you about the casualties of you and your warriors, I asked about the casualties of the residents of Morston."

"When you attacked this town, you didn't hurt too many innocent people, did you?"

Hearing this, Li Sinuo rolled her eyes directly and raised her hands in a gesture of surrender.

"I swear, absolutely not! No innocent people were involved in this attack."

"Except for a few townspeople who were too panicked and fled, the remaining three thousand townspeople were all completely incorporated into your territory, oh yes, including two hundred and thirty surrendered guard soldiers."

"Last time I only killed two farmers, and you sprayed me for an hour, so this time I was especially, especially careful."

Speaking of this, Li Sinuo said a little puzzled.

"Say, my dear Su Yingxue, why can't you treat these people as slaves like other lords?"

"You know, we are now in a period of expansion. It is a losing business to keep so many people for nothing."

"Turning them into slaves can not only save a lot of food, but also let them directly mine and chop trees, isn't this better than collecting taxes?"

Su Yingxue heard this, turned her head away, and said while looking at the map.

"What you said makes sense."

"But this is not what a qualified lord should do."

"Lord, lord, only with people can you be called a lord. If you only treat the people under your command as slaves, you might as well change your name to slave owner."

"Only when your people recognize you and accept you..."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Li Sinuo couldn't stand this human-like holy mother's murmur and quickly called the other party to stop. "I know I was wrong, please stop talking!"

"Although I can't understand your way of ruling, but seeing that your territory is expanding rapidly now, I admit that what you said is right."

After speaking, Li Sinuo came over and shared the changed system map with Su Yingxue.

"By the way, after we took down Morston, the Xionglu Principality, which previously occupied the northern part of the Trial Continent, only has two cities and six towns left."

"And we own more than 80% of the entire plain. Now we are the largest force in the entire Trial Continent in terms of territory area. We are number one."

In fact, what Li Sinuo said about being number one was not wrong at all.

Because although Wu Wei quickly captured the entire Dwarf Kingdom, his occupied land area was not that large because the Dwarf Kingdom was located underground.

In addition, Wu Wei's current expansion has begun to be targeted, so in terms of territory area expansion, Su Yingxue and Li Sinuo, who are located in the westernmost part of the continent, are the fastest, at least for now.

"Next, where do we need to attack?"

"Is it to continue attacking the Xionglu Principality to bring the entire kingdom's land under our command, or to change our target and attack the orc tribes in the Bitter Sea Desert?"

"Anyway, my suggestion is to attack the Bitter Sea Desert, because the Xionglu Principality has now received the full support of more than a dozen lords."

"These lords are unwilling to see our forces continue to expand, so they have accumulated tens of thousands of soldiers in the territory of the Xionglu Kingdom, just waiting for us to come to their door."

"The situation in the Bitter Sea Desert is a bit special. Although the Bitter Sea Desert itself does not have much land value, the several oases inside are very lush, and in the center of the desert, there are three iron mines and a gold mine that can be mined."

"More importantly, because the orc tribes that rule this desert, that is, the Black Blade Clan, are particularly aggressive and powerful, most lords have chosen to avoid developing in the Bitter Sea Desert and have no intention of occupying the Bitter Sea Desert for the time being."

"So this is a golden opportunity for us!"

Li Sinuo explained.

"Although the Black Blade Clan is very powerful in combat, my mutant troops - the Silver Radiance Cavalry - can perfectly restrain these orcs."

"They are not too difficult for us to chew."

"What do you think, should we take this opportunity to occupy the Bitter Sea Desert first?"

Hearing this, Su Yingxue glanced at the map.

She was hesitating.

But after hesitating for a while, she rejected Li Sinuo's suggestion.

"No, we will not attack the Bitter Sea Desert for the time being. On the contrary, we will actively avoid that area, and then concentrate our superior forces to break through the last few towns of the Xionglu Principality as soon as possible, and drive those dozen lords back to their hometowns."

Hearing Su Yingxue say this, Li Sinuo couldn't help but ask.

"What? If you don't want to fight, why do you want to actively avoid the Bitter Sea Desert! Why?"

Su Yingxue took a deep breath and pointed to the Tiandao system map and said to Li Sinuo.

"Because I have a feeling."

"The Bitter Sea Desert is likely to be his potential target of attack, so I will actively avoid this area."

"His? His target? Who is he." Li Sinuo was completely confused.

Su Yingxue slowly uttered a name.

"Wu Wei."

"Wu Wei's target!"