Before the war started, Chen Yu transferred a thousand soul crystals.
By the time the war ended, Li Siya had consumed over 1000 more soul crystals and had transferred the remaining 3000-plus back.
In other words, it only cost a total of over 2000 soul crystals?
"That's it?"
It was Chen Yu's turn to be stunned. Looking at the over 3000 soul crystals Li Siya transferred back, he couldn't help but scratch his head.
Finally, he blurted out, "Fighting doesn't seem to cost that much money, does it?"
Seeing this message,
Li Siya was also taken aback and replied with two "??".
No way...
Over 2000 soul crystals, isn't that enough money?
That's over 2000!
Do you not know what over 2000 means? As expected, men spend money easily and extravagantly, without any restraint. Do they really think money is that easy to earn?
Li Siya couldn't help but want to complain.
But then she thought, all these soul crystals were earned by Chen Yu himself. Logically, he should be much clearer about the difficulty of earning money than she was.
Could it be that he was trying to comfort her, telling her not to feel bad about these soul crystals, and so he spoke so casually?
Hmm, it must be like that!
Li Siya inexplicably concocted a whole scenario in her mind.
After all, in her understanding,
Over 2000 soul crystals was definitely a huge sum in this initial area.
Any War Lord who obtained this fund could change his future achievements in this area.
It has to be said.
Self-concoction is the most fatal, and in a few moments, she had completely deluded herself.
Unfortunately, what she didn't know was...
Chen Yu genuinely thought it was cheap.
Fighting a war only costs this little amount of soul crystals, and it can be earned back in two or three hours, right?
So, if I were to use a day's worth of income,
Which is 30,000 soul crystals, what would happen then?
Li Siya probably wouldn't even be able to handle it; it would overflow.
The current War Mill's troop-spawning capability is limited, and it can't spawn too many troops at once.
And soldiers cannot be hoarded too much.
Hoarding too many can easily lead to population overload, low morale, and eventually, a mutiny.
In other words, in the short term, your population can exceed the current load, and as long as you have enough food in your warehouse, you can maintain this overloaded state.
But once food runs out, or the population load lasts too long,
The soldiers below are prone to mutiny.
Li Siya's current population cap is roughly 300, and after taking down the Level 7 Secret Realm, it should reach 500.
A population cap of 500 high-level troops is already quite good for a War Lord.
However, Chen Yu still thought it was too little.
Originally, he had planned to summon 1000 Golden Holy Lions from Li Siya in one go to assist him in attacking the Goblin Kingdom.
But now it seems that if he really brought over 1000 Golden Holy Lions, after taking down the Goblin Kingdom, these 1000 Golden Holy Lions would become a hot potato, and he wouldn't know what to do with them.
Li Siya simply couldn't handle that many.
Chen Yu shook his head helplessly.
It seems this ally hasn't developed enough yet; he still needs to nurture her.
Chen Yu then transferred the over 3000 soul crystals back and sent a message:
"Take these soul crystals and spend them. Quickly take down that Level 7 Secret Realm to increase your population, and then send 500 Golden Holy Lions to me to assist me in attacking the Goblin Kingdom."
Seeing the money return,
Li Siya's heart skipped a beat again.
No choice...
She also wanted to maintain her composure, but Chen Yu simply gave too much, making it impossible for her to remain calm.
In the input box, Li Siya's thoughts typed many words.
Then deleted them.
She really didn't know what to say.
Finally, she only replied with one word.
"Okay!"
While the two of them were talking,
The Contract Adventurer had already scavenged all the valuable magic crystals on the field and returned via the Alliance Teleportation Array.
Only corpses were left on the ground for the Golden Holy Lion Legion to handle.
There were still many magic crystals in these corpses, some of low quality, but still usable.
Their own people's bodies would not be dug up; they would generally be brought back to the War Mill for burial.
But the enemies' bodies would definitely not be let go.
This was also one of the benefits of war.
Waging war to sustain war, harvesting magic crystals, this was also the main theme among War Lords.
The victorious side could harvest soul crystals to make up for the losses of the war, while the defeated side...
Was much worse off...
On a plain opposite the Starlight Forest.
Raymond sat on the throne in his castle.
He said nothing.
His face was terribly gloomy.
Just now,
He tried to command a messenger through the War Lord's unique remote command system, asking them to report on the current battle situation.
This was also a common tactic used by War Lords; they would specifically keep several messengers, teaching them how to use certain signals, such as attack, retreat, assembly, and so on.
Although there weren't many types of signals, if used skillfully, they could convey a lot of meaning, somewhat similar to Morse code, transmitting information through signals.
But what Raymond didn't expect was...
He didn't get a response from the messenger.
It was as if they had disappeared from this world, with no reaction at all.
"What's going on?"
Raymond's expression darkened.
According to his estimation, the war should have just begun.
The One-Eyed Giants were all in position, the Two-Winged Angel had ordered the siege, Li Siya's troops were fighting to the death, and his subordinates were plundering wantonly in this frenzy.
This should be what was happening at this stage.
Could it be that...
That woman's city walls were so fragile that they had already been destroyed by the One-Eyed Giants?
And my subordinates are currently busy charging and plundering, with no time to respond to me?
The more Raymond thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.
However, as messengers, such negligence was unacceptable.
Raymond was a little angry.
After this army returned, he would definitely replace a few messengers and severely punish these negligent fellows.
After a moment of contemplation,
Raymond was still a little uneasy and tried to call out to his Half-Orc Overlord again.
The result...
Still no response.
"No, you're an Overlord, you don't need to charge into battle, why are you unavailable?"
Raymond's expression was displeased.
He continued to call out to other Half-Orc leaders, as well as some higher-ranking Shamans and Voodoo Warlocks. Surely, not all of you are unavailable, right?
Raymond called them one by one.
The result...
These call signals were like stones sinking into the sea; not a single one responded to him.
By now,
Raymond finally realized that something was wrong.
One or two not responding was normal.
But he had already called dozens, and not a single one responded, which was abnormal.
Raymond no longer cared if it would affect the battle this time, and directly sent a warning signal, initiating a global call.
1500 Half-Orcs.
No matter how busy they were, surely one of them would respond to him, right?
Raymond thought this.
And kept calling.
However...
One minute passed.
Two minutes passed.
Three minutes passed.
Raymond didn't know how many call signals he had sent, but not a single response appeared.
What's going on?
What exactly is going on...?