Chen Yu was too lazy to spend time managing "Battle Royale"; anyway, the quality was there, so he didn't need to operate it himself. He'd deal with it in a few days.
Today, he could only earn 1,000 soul crystal.
Tomorrow, he could earn 2,000.
The day after tomorrow, he would naturally earn 3,000.
The most important thing now was to arrange the future development strategy in the Dark World, thoroughly support Li Siya, and let her conquer territory for him.
In the future, he would only need to provide financial support from the rear, and a continuous stream of territory would come in. By utilizing the power of the Great Xia Alliance well, he wouldn't need to fight any more battles.
Occasionally, when encountering trouble, he could just send Contract Adventurer to deal with it.
"First, thoroughly clear the surrounding areas. If there's territory, use it to supplement the current Dungeon territory. If there's no territory, she can also build some watchtowers to establish defensive positions belonging to the Great Xia Alliance."
Chen Yu pondered in his mind.
War Lord had the ability to construct buildings in the wilderness, but only defensive structures.
For example, watchtowers, defensive towers, or city walls.
If funds were sufficient, building a Great Wall wouldn't be difficult.
Chen Yu planned to build a Great Wall in the future.
He would enclose all his current territories, saving him the trouble of dealing with some brain-dead individuals who might come to attack his protective shield.
Although he could counterattack and directly strike the opponent's base.
This would always result in some loss of income.
Now that everyone had developed almost equally, they would enter the war phase. It was inevitable that opponents would use harassment tactics. In short, defend if possible; first, build the watchtowers within the Starlight Forest.
This way, he would know if there was any movement.
After the watchtowers were built, he would have Li Siya expand towards the Giant Stone Hills in the northeast and the Blazing Wind Grasslands in the south, striving to secure these three areas first.
After much deliberation.
Chen Yu sent a message to Li Siya, instructing her to dispatch her Golden Holy Lion to prioritize exploration and watchtower construction.
He also told her not to worry about money.
The watchtowers absolutely had to be built well.
In specific areas, some military fortresses could also be built to serve as buffers and supply points during war.
Upon receiving Chen Yu's message, Li Siya replied, "The Starlight Forest is quite large; it might take two days to explore. Also, one more question... If I encounter other lords and indigenous tribes, how should I handle them?"
"Indigenous tribes should be incorporated. To control so much territory, relying solely on your own troops is very difficult; you need the assistance of these indigenous tribes.
As for other lords, you are the leader of the Great Xia Alliance; you can decide how to handle them, but my suggestion is... 'befriend distant enemies and attack nearby ones' to facilitate our expansion."
Whether to kill or to spare.
Chen Yu wasn't too concerned. Killing had its benefits; there was a chance to obtain a castle.
Sparing them also had its benefits; if they joined the Great Xia Alliance and genuinely worked for him, they could also provide equal value.
With Chen Yu saying this, Li Siya understood.
"Then leave it to me, I'll get the defensive infrastructure done!" In this regard, Li Siya was very confident. She had specifically studied infrastructure in school and personally enjoyed building such defensive bases.
After replying, a few seconds later, Li Siya said again, "Oh, right, there's one more thing."
"Go on!"
Li Siya hesitated for a moment, "Actually, it's not a big deal. In this siege, didn't Zhang Tianle lose over 400 Blackrock Troll? He means... although this isn't the primary contribution, he did put in some hard work, and he's asking if I can give him some compensation."
Chen Yu frowned, "Didn't he already receive the magic crystals obtained from the battlefield and some resources from the Goblin Kingdom's warehouse?"
Blackrock Troll were not high-level troops.
Chen Yu had estimated that the given items were enough to compensate, with even some surplus.
After all, that was nearly 10,000 Goblin and eight or nine hundred Harpy corpses. They could at least produce 2,000 magic crystals. Chen Yu gave Li Siya 1,500, and the remaining 500 went to Zhang Tianle.
The value of the magic crystals alone was enough to make up for the loss of over 400 Blackrock Troll, not to mention other supplies.
This guy...
He better not be insatiably greedy, that would be very displeasing.
Although soul crystal was indeed more valuable than magic crystals and one of the most desired resources for all War Lord.
Low-level, low-quality magic crystals would become useless in the later stages, while soul crystal always remained universally usable.
But if the due compensation and rewards had already been given, asking for more was highly unwelcome.
Li Siya hesitated for a moment and said, "I also think the resources given are sufficient, but this time, he lost a supervisor on the battlefield. That was a trusted subordinate he had trained for a long time, and he had a very deep emotional bond with him, treating him like a brother or close relative. It cannot be measured in magic crystals."
After a pause, Li Siya said directly, "In short, I saw him say he was heartbroken, but what he implied... was probably that he wanted some soul crystal as compensation, right?"
Chen Yu's gaze darkened slightly.
What's going on?!
He wants more money?
He had just spent tens of thousands of soul crystal building his territory; where would he have so many remaining soul crystal now?
"Go ask him how much he wants."
Chen Yu replied indifferently.
If this guy dared to make an exorbitant demand, then he shouldn't blame him for thinking, "This person must not be kept."
Although the saying goes, 'the squeaky wheel gets the grease,' if he dared to use this method to corner him, making him give a few thousand soul crystal...
That would be a bit too much.
Hearing Chen Yu's words, Li Siya immediately sent a message to Zhang Tianle.
"How much do you want?"
As a qualified housekeeper, Li Siya added, "I'm telling you, you need to weigh it carefully. If you dare to ask for a few hundred or a few thousand, you'll be kicked out..."
She hadn't finished typing this sentence.
Zhang Tianle had already sent a reply, "50 soul crystal, is that okay?"
Seeing this sentence.
Li Siya, who was about to press the send button, froze.
She silently chose to delete the conversation in the input box.
Then she pondered for a long time.
Seeing her not reply for a long time, Zhang Tianle couldn't help but feel anxious.
It's over!
Did I ask for too much?
They won't get angry, will they?
Zhang Tianle couldn't help but feel worried.
He typed in the chat box, "Or 30 soul crystal is fine too..."
Li Siya: "...Wait, let me ask."
Two minutes later.
Looking at Li Siya's reply, Chen Yu had a strange expression...
Brothers!
Beloved relatives!
Was it only worth 30 soul crystal?