Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 507: Make A Big Fuss

"Lord Allen, please take a look. This is the latest income and expenditure." Jordak handed Ellen a book and frowned, "I know your lordship wants to help the hungry wolf up, but you seem to be dumping it a little too hard." If this continued, it would soon affect the territory's balance of payments. Although you have invested your own private property these past few days, and your selflessness and generosity are admirable, I must remind you that it is time to gather resources for export. "

Alan opened the book and saw that in these three days, he had spent nearly 1.7 million gold coins, which was about half of his private property. He nodded and said to Geordak, "Your proposal is timely. I know what to do. However, in the next few days, we have to do what we need to do. The territory will have to operate on its own. The construction and income will not be visible in a short period of time."

'"Indeed. Our Dawn Castle was managed by our ancestors for several generations to reach its current scale. From what I see, the resources you invested in the early stage are already sufficient. With the Hungry Wolf Territory's condition, it is entirely possible to support their early stage development. As for their future operation, it will take time to test it out."

Alan nodded and said, "Then it's time to expand the army. Jodak, sort out the information about the army for me in the next two days. Including numbers, equipment, etc. I'll decide on the size of the expansion according to the situation."

"I will take care of it for you, my lord."

Alan stretched lazily as he watched Jordak descend. Jodak was also considered a talented person. He knew a lot about the management of the territory, but what he lacked was experience. Now was the time for him to train, and Alan needed such talent. After the forces here stabilized and continued to expand into the empire's hinterland, his center of gravity would definitely tilt. In that case, the territory behind him would need someone like Geordak to take care of it.

Although Edward was a suitable helper, Edward's ability was not limited to the management of one or two territories. Allen needed him to contribute more. He had already thought about it, and after everything had been arranged, he would return to Storm City. First, Edward would conceal his identity. The second was to transfer Lin Si and the weapons workshop. Third, Edward, Father Miro, and the others were allowed to move to the new territory.

Here, there was more room for Edward and Father Miro to play. The latter, in particular, believed that the soil here was more suitable for the growth of the Church and the Crusaders.

Jodak's efficiency was undeniable. Two days later, he made a detailed and accurate statement of the army for Alan. From the current situation, it was clear that Allen's army was a little too small. After all, compared to the vast space of the three territories, an army of less than 1,500 people could not help but feel that they were strong from the outside. Amongst them, the miscellaneous soldier that Alan had pulled over earlier was counted as one of them.

Allen could only smile bitterly after reading it. The army that had previously dragged fewer than a thousand men to the various territories did not feel anything. Now that they had stabilized, the number of troops was too small. Normally speaking, the number of troops needed for the three territories should be around three thousand. In the worst case scenario, there would need to be around two thousand troops to be able to deploy flexibly when needed.

Now, Allen's army was clearly not up to standard in numbers. Although there was no doubt about the quality of the army, when the territory was expanded, a corresponding number of soldiers would be required. Therefore, Allen decided to speed up the expansion of the army. He waved his pen and took out the million gold coins in his name, which he needed for the early stage of the expansion of the army. Under the operation of this fund, a wave of conscription started quickly throughout the territory.

Allen's army is well-off, and this has been widely circulated. The most interesting thing to talk about was the battle outside Sunset City with the two knights' coalition forces. Allen's miscellaneous soldiers erupted with a terrifying aura. Among them, gold coins were at work. After all, it wasn't an army that could offer a bounty of one person's first gold coin. At that time, Lafus' army had used the reward of ten people for one gold coin to boost their morale. Unexpectedly, when they heard that the enemy's reward was ten times higher than their own, they had to say that the morale of Dawn Castle had been severely damaged once.

Now, Ellen removed the special reward of a thousand gold coins from the hundred people. After all, with the expansion of power in the future, the scale of the war would only grow larger and larger. Killing a hundred enemies in a battle was not an exception. If the reward was retained, Alan's purse would have to shrink. However, the most basic reward was still preserved. It was a reward for an enemy soldier to exchange for a gold coin. Many hot-blooded Fang Gang youths enthusiastically signed up to join the army.

In a few days, Allen had added 500 new recruits. This was the blood of almost all the recruits in the three territories, but it wasn't enough for Alan. After a few meetings, the content of the draft was adjusted. The army opened the door wide, not only to ordinary citizens, but also to slaves. In Allen's territory, as long as slaves were willing to join the army, they could get rid of the status of slaves. But also after three years of service. At that time, they could choose to retire or stay in the army, enjoy the treatment of regular soldiers and be able to participate in the competitive system.

As soon as the news spread, the territory almost exploded. Slaves weren't fools, as long as normal people knew how to choose. However, not everyone supported Allen's policy, and the big merchants and slave owners strongly opposed it. In the end, Allen and the others came to an agreement that as long as the slave was willing to join the army, he could pay the redemption money for the slave first. As for the money, after the slaves joined the army, it was repaid to Allen in the form of service.

As a result, the merchants did not have much objection. After all, they did not necessarily have much to lose. After a large number of slaves joined the army, they first brought Allen nearly five hundred new recruits. At the same time, it also indirectly created a large number of jobs for ordinary citizens. After all, the slaves were gone, but the business of the merchants still needed to be maintained. However, the work that was done by the slaves in the past was now done by the citizens. Inadvertently, it also stimulated the development of various industries in the territory.

In this way, Allen had a thousand more recruits. They were dispersed to the two barracks of Dawn Castle and Sunset City for training. They were trained by Roy and Broy. When the training was over, Alan's army had reached about 2,500 men. This amount was enough to maintain the security of the territory.

Among these people, Broyle could choose someone he thought was suitable to join the Mountain King and become a new member of that special squad. As for Inch Fire, Allen didn't think it was necessary to expand. Currently, there were about a hundred Inch Fire soldiers, and one set of equipment for each Blazing Battle Soldier was not something Heaven Star could obtain. However, setting up a reserve force was a good choice. Once an Inch Fire Warrior died in battle, as long as their equipment wasn't damaged too much, they could be replaced by a reserve force, thus maintaining the combat effectiveness of this force.

In fact, it was the Dark Blade army that needed to be expanded urgently. Currently, there weren't enough Dark Blade members to train the army, but since Belmond hadn't returned yet, Alan had no choice but to give up. When Belmond returned, he had to choose his own qualified members to join the expansion. He had to expand the Dark Blade to at least fifty people before it would be in line with Allen's ideal.

Fifty highly skilled Dark Blade Warriors could act as assassins and scouts. Whether it was assassinating important members of the enemy, scouting for information, or spying on military intelligence, they all played a vital role.

It was only now that Alan felt that his Paradise Star career had finally taken a turn for the better. However, it was unknown how long it would take to turn Heaven's Planet into his own colonial planet. At the very least, without putting this human empire in his pocket, it could not be said to be a true colony.

This planet was unexpectedly vast. Apart from the known Bailey Empire, there were also monsters like the Goblin Royal Court and Shadow Park. Such a vast planet, even if it was left to the Federation to develop, would still take many years. Moreover, since Allen was only a member of a family, the conquest process would be even longer. However, it was precisely the hardships of the process that caused the fruits to be even more memorable.

Allen made a big fuss. When he was fully developing his territory in commerce, agriculture, and even the military, Jorah, who had already arrived at the Bauhinia Territory, seemed to be letting the territory go. She left a large amount of civil affairs work to Grar, either entering and leaving the barracks every day, or hiding in a small three-story building prepared for her. This made Grail miserably tired, thinking that the Viscount had just lost a large sum of money for no reason, and was in a bad mood. Helplessly because of Ou Ban's orders to come to the Bauhinia, but still have to fight against the endless work every day.

Fortunately, Ou Ban sent out his own aides to help, otherwise, Glar would not know how busy he was. Bauhinia was much larger than Sunset City's territory. A larger territory naturally meant more work. When he thought about how he didn't have any real power here, he regretted that he shouldn't have agreed to Ou Ban taking the job.

But complaining was complaining, and the work was always done, and Glar rose up early and fell into darkness, and the last of his diligence was active in front of him. Ruo La was not unaware of it, she was just smiling in her heart and looking at it in her eyes.

Originally, he thought that his days would go on like this, but when Ou Ban sent Daniel a third invitation to negotiate, the situation in the Bauhinia Collar changed drastically.

It was evening, and the afterglow of the setting sun would dyed the mountains and fields golden. A farmer who had finished another day's work in his field was planning to go home for a warm dinner and then go to bed early to recover his strength for the next day's work. Ordinary people's lives were so ordinary and repetitive. However, in this seemingly dull life, they had their own fun.

For those who did not possess formidable strength, knowledge, or military talent. Living a good life, allowing his family to eat and drink, was the greatest achievement of his life.

When the setting sun gradually disappeared and the sky turned red, three or five farmers walked out of the field. Say hello to each other, not forgetting to make a few jokes, they want to go home. Suddenly, a man stopped. He seemed to have heard something and turned to look at the other side of the mountain. There, the setting sun gathered everything into a silhouette. The silhouette was originally dark, but under the silhouette, a darker figure appeared.

A horse hissed.

The rest of the peasants turned their heads back, and the expressions on these plain faces gradually changed from astonishment to panic. A terrifying scene appeared in their eyes. In the silhouette of the setting sun, there was first a pitch-black warhorse covered in black iron harness. There was a knight sitting on the horse. The knight wore a black cloak with a scarlet interior.

When the warhorse turned sideways, the cloak rose in the sunlight, and from within the scarlet red cloak, dense blood energy seemed to gush out like a tidal wave.

His body was covered in ferocious spikes, and his armor, decorated with dark red curves, made the knight look like a devil god from hell. He pulled out the colorfully decorated black sword from his waist and pointed in the direction of the village.

It was like a signal, an offensive signal!

Suddenly, more black-armored cavalry surged out from behind the knight. A total of nine black-armored knights rode their horses at full gallop. Behind them were more infantry soldiers. They raised their banners and spears to form a moving steel forest and charged at the small village that belonged to the Bauhinia Domain at a constant speed.

The black steel forest quickly spread to the village. The small village disappeared like a wave in the sea of rage and was quickly drowned by the steel army. Village houses were razed, rebellious men killed, women and children gathered together like wolves and tigers, and then imprisoned in jail cars that followed the army. Then, the demonic leader personally set the village chief's house on fire. Very quickly, the village was torched, including the fields that had gathered the farmers' hearts and minds. They were also burned to the ground by a fire.

When the black iron forest moved again, the village had already turned into ruins under the flames.

Three villages were razed under the iron hooves of the army, and soon the news reached Jorah's ears the next day. As soon as it was dawn, Glar was woken up and invited to the meeting room. As soon as he stepped into the meeting room, he felt that the atmosphere was heavy. Especially the Countess, who had been lazy since arriving at the territory, had to be fully armed today. Gral knew that something big must have happened.

After he sat down, Ruo La's sword-like gaze swept across the faces on both sides of the table and said in a low voice, "Just last night, three villages in our territory suffered a devastating attack." According to the information we have, the other party is under the banner of Daniel. As for the real situation, we are still investigating. But according to the trajectory of the army, they would eventually arrive here. "So everyone, we need to prepare for war!"

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