Chapter 14: You're looking for death!

  The social structure of the Sart people and the kingdoms of Zhongyuan are very different. Due to the hilly geographical environment, communication between villages is not smooth, so they do not have a concept of kingdom. Each village is a relatively independent entity. They don't have kings, no need to pay taxes to anyone, and are responsible for their own village's finances. Of course, the safety of the village is also their own responsibility.

  The Sault people have a council, but its role is not great when there are no external enemies invading. It's just dealing with some handling of conflicts between villages and investigating the distribution changes of demons. Only when the people of the Central Plains suddenly launch a brainless attack on Eran or a particularly powerful demon appears, destroying many villages. This council will convene all its members to elect a leader to fight against the invaders or demons.

  It is only at this time that each village has to fulfill its ancient obligations. Sending twenty percent of the warriors from the village, equipped with their own weapons and equipment, as well as delivering war materials collected by the village, such as crossbows and food, to the gathering place. This is somewhat like ancient Greece, but there are also great differences, because the Sart people do not have the concept of slaves.

  Santa Fe is a relatively prosperous city of the Sault people. It has a population of 30,000 people and nearly 2,000 Sault warriors. A five-meter-high city wall encloses a block of the city district, standing near a cliff. There is a not-so-wide moat, which often emits a foul odor, because all the domestic sewage in the city will be discharged into this river through the sewer.

  From the three large iron foundries in the city, as well as countless small blacksmith shops, and the mines to the north of the city, it can be seen that this is a city mainly engaged in the sale of ironware. Most of Eran's weapons and armor, as well as some agricultural tools, are produced here.

  Such a city, not far from Cabinda. From Santa Fe to Cabinda, it takes about four or five days to arrive. And if there are no monsters on the road, you can even get there a day earlier. It was such a city that sent out an army of 1,000 people two days ago to conquer Mo Yan near Cabinda.

  Due to the abundance of iron ore, this legion's equipment is very well-made. Each person is equipped with a breastplate, as well as some leg and wrist guards. Although the equipment is not uniform, which is a common problem among Sault warriors, this situation also allows each Sault warrior to use their most skilled weapons and equipment, bringing out their personal maximum combat effectiveness.

  "Did you feel threatened by Carvenda?" After listening to Aruba's introduction to Sanfei, Mo Yan roughly understood this city he had never been in contact with before. Why would they send troops from far away to conquer him, this "peace-loving" demon? Apparently, the iron-famous city of Sanfei did not want another village that produced a lot of iron to appear.

  However, due to the provisions of the council, it is not possible to launch a village war without blood feud. Saint Fei set his target on the demon that provided iron ore to Carvinda, eliminating one of the demons with some power did not violate any laws, and even Carvinda had to provide necessary support for Saint Fei's army.

  Once Mo Yan was defeated, the iron ore supply from Kabinda would naturally disappear. Although there were many demons that could communicate with humans, they were all powerful beings like demon lords or evil dragons. Those who would cooperate with humans were extremely rare, and the strong ones did not deign to cooperate with humans who were like food to them.

  "Yes." Aruba nodded and said, "The village chief also made the same guess. The people of Sanfei should have inquired about you from Lobito, which is closer to him. A thousand fully armed warriors have already set out from the city two days ago. If it weren't for Sal who was handling affairs in Sanfei and informed me, we might have received this news even later."

  "What's your village planning?" Mo Fei took out a map of the nearby villages and said, "They probably have already fallen somewhere by now."

  "Here." Aruba pointed to a small lake near the village of Barchik on the map, where Sal was. "They should now be stationed near Barchik, after all, the road from Kabin to Barchik is not easy to walk. The meaning of the village is that we will not provide support to Sanfi, nor will we let them station in the village. At the same time, we can provide you with some weapons and equipment.

  And because of what happened earlier, you defeated both Lobito and Baruchik's warriors. So they probably won't join Sanfi's army either."

  "So we just need to deal with the people from Santa Fe now." Mo Yan stroked his chin, looking at the map and said: "What equipment can you provide?"

  "Fifty or sixty crossbows, and if we squeeze them tight, we can provide you with a thousand crossbow arrows." Aruba took out the list he had been carrying with him and handed it to Mo Yan, saying: "Over a hundred swords, a dozen battle axes, probably fifty or more daggers, and a small number of war hammers. We can only offer you these, as the village's inventory has been emptied. Because there aren't many suitable armor for monsters, we've only brought some leather armor that the earth spirits can wear."

  "It's almost enough." Mo Yan calculated the demons under his command, nodded after checking the list and said: "After you go back, hurry up and transport these things over. If possible, can you also bring some oil?"

  "As for the weapons, the village chief has already brought them this time," Aruba said: "As for the oil, there is no reserve in the village, but it can probably squeeze out about ten cans, can it help you?"

  "Ah, let's hurry up and get there. At their speed, we'll probably arrive at Kabinda village by tomorrow noon." Mo Yan put away the map and thanked Aruba: "Thanks for reminding me, otherwise it would have been a bit of trouble."

  "Not at all." Aruba said with a smile: "Sarute warriors would never abandon their allies. Moreover, we have also gained quite a few benefits, haven't we?"

  After seeing off Aruba, Mo Yan gathered the leaders of all the demon groups and distributed the weapons and equipment brought by Aruba in the cave. Now Mo Yan has more than 20 Minotaur under his command, not counting the Cave Goblins who are mining for minerals, there are four thousand usable goblins. More than fifty werewolves, as well as a hundred horned demons.

  Crossbows were given to sixty selected earth elementals, the strongest among all of Mo Yan's earth elementals. They could pull open these crossbows after wearing Salter armor and became the most powerful combat force of the earth elementals.

  Over a hundred long swords were allocated to the horned demons. These brainless but strong-armed demons should be able to wield the long swords effectively. Finally, over twenty minotaurs received over ten battle axes. Although not every minotaur got a weapon, Mo Yan's suggestion was that if one of them died, the ones behind could pick up the fallen weapons and continue using them.

  More than 50 daggers, except for the two given to Vivian, were distributed among a group of specially selected Tree Sprites. These agile creatures, skilled at climbing trees, could move nimbly through the branches and jump down from above to launch surprise attacks on enemies below. This proved particularly useful in dense forests, especially during intense battles, where a single surprise attack by a sprite unit could have a significant impact.

  "Do you all understand your tasks?" Mo Yan looked at the demon leaders in front of him and asked with a smile.

  "We're in charge of charging, constantly coming and going." The Minotaur patted his own chest with a loud crash, saying in a rough voice.

  "Shooting arrows, someone chases and runs away, then shoots arrows again." Number One said with a sharp voice, holding the dagger in his hand.

  "Kill the enemy! Keep killing!" The corner devil waved his long sword and shouted loudly.

  "On the tree, jump down, take a dagger and stab!" The brown-skinned treant said with a playful tone, fiddling with the dagger in his hand.

  "Night, harassment, assassination." The werewolf who didn't get a weapon also means I'm not just a burden.

  "Alright, disperse then." Mo Yan waved his hand at the demonic leaders and sat back down in the high stone chair in the great hall, taking out a map to continue studying it. "Continue on your way, train your troops according to the methods I taught you. I don't want to see any disobedience on the battlefield, do you understand?"

  "Yes! Master." The demons all bowed their heads in unison, as if saluting, and one by one left the grand hall of the cave.

  "A thousand Saltre warriors." Lirien leaned against Mo Yan's body and laughed: "Master, aren't you worried at all?"

  "Worried?" Mo Yan sneered and said with an evil smile: "Hehe... I will make them never return..."

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