Chapter 541: The Forces Set Out

A thick smell of sulfur filled the air near the fortress city gate, and a group of demons consisting of thousands of hellhounds and hellhounds gathered outside the city.

The pendants on the collars of these hellhounds are inlaid with adventurer's certificates. Logically speaking, even if the Adventurer's Guild can certify some demons, they usually will not issue them adventurer's certificates.

If this situation occurs, it usually means that a large number of demons controlled by humans are about to launch a long-term, large-scale invasion of monsters in the courtyard that are not controlled by humans. In order to prevent adventurers in the wild from misjudging them as enemies, this temporary adventurer certificate is issued.

Today, the buses from the fortress city to various monster areas have stopped running, and the adventurers, who should have been complaining, are very calm today.

A large number of mid- and low-level adventurers squatted on the city wall and watched the hellhounds outside the city. Some talked in a low voice, while others checked their weapons and equipment with excitement.

"You said that fat boy is a Cerberus?" Some adventurers on the city wall discussed.

But among the hellhounds lying or squatting under the city, there was a chubby, fair-skinned little boy about ten years old riding on the back of a ground-splitting goat and shaking his little feet.

The boy is very cute, and the pure white ground-breaking goat was obviously specially selected. Against the backdrop of the dogs' dark eyes and ferocious faces, the boy and the ground-breaking goat look weird and abrupt among the dogs.

"Didn't you see the promotional video of the puppet march? I heard people in the union discussing it earlier. He seems to be called Monday. Cerberus can transform into this character, so he should have a good character. How about we follow them?" he asked the person next to him.

"Look, it looks like they are heading to the Snow Ridge Ranch. Even if they pass by there, the danger level of the monsters is still quite high. Let's go to the Goblin Kingdom."

"Tell me, does what the union said count? If we advance into the safe zone, will those brigades really exclude us from their control?" Pointing at the humans gathered on the other side of the city, some adventurers were skeptical.

Control and protection are basically the same thing at times. However, some people do not like or need protection from others.

"I heard that Mu Hua proposed to go deeper into the front half of the courtyard. If those brigades agree, they will definitely not have time to pay attention to us. However, there must be a lot of people going to the Goblin Kingdom to claim land. I'm afraid that place will not be peaceful for a while." When the man said this, there were many adventurers around him who seemed to be thinking about something.

At this time, there was a commotion on the city wall, and a large group of adventurers riding earth dragons were seen leaving the city. The earth dragon riders and those who were obviously necromancers seemed to be saying something to the people who gathered outside the city to discuss things.

After a while, the Earth Dragon Knights with the "Qin Chu" flag dispersed in groups of three or five, riding the Earth Dragons they were sitting on, and "drilled" into the direction of the Goblin Kingdom.

Well, "diamond" should be used as an adjective. There is a large area of ​​flat land in front of us. However, even if it is just an area of ​​the Goblin Kingdom, its vast east-west direction is almost across provinces.

The earth dragons were large in size, and they were quite powerful when gathered in groups. But even if hundreds of them headed to the Goblin Kingdom and spread out, it would be more appropriate to describe them as burrowing in rather than running.

"Are those people from Caines City? Damn, I heard it's hard to guard the earth dragon in the familiar market, right?" Someone on the city wall was talking.

"Oh, citizens of Cairns, you have the nerve to call yourself a resident."

"The city of Caines is Mu Hua's territory, and those familiars were all created by Mu Hua. Dragon beasts of this quality, such as earth dragons, will definitely be given priority to his subjects."

"Tsk, it's a ghost town that no one wanted to approach before. I heard it's hard to become a citizen of it recently?"

"Ha, if you died near that place and became a ghost, it would not be difficult to become a naturalized citizen. Last month, the city of Cairns relaxed its policy on the naturalization of ghosts." A man raised his chin and pointed at Mu Hua in the crowd below the city, jokingly but not daring to point.

"The development focus of ghosts and gods is still in the courtyard. It is a routine operation to limit the population of the human world and introduce more people into the courtyard."

"However, Mu Hua is really bold. Are those necromancers going to Death Canyon? He is even sending people to other areas. It's hard to say who will be the final winner between those brigades and him."

There was a lot of discussion in the city. After the Brotherhood of the Dragon, the members of the Undead Mage Mutual Aid Association also left in the direction of the Artificial Forest. Needless to say, people also knew that they were probably going to the Death Canyon in the northeast of the Artificial Forest.

The people from Cuiyu Cangting have been exploring the Jiqiao Forest area for a year. If this organized group of necromancers went there to release the undead, the other party would probably cause trouble for them.

The Dragon Brotherhood came here to let their dragons run wild. They don't have any clear combat goals for now, and they won't go deep into the Goblin Kingdom area.

At most, they would let their earth dragons bully low- and middle-level goblins, clear out some monsters in the wild, and probably avoid monster castles if they encountered them. This would help clear up some road troubles for subsequent adventurer groups that planned to go deep into the Goblin Kingdom.

The Undead Mages Mutual Aid Association aims to establish a sphere of influence in the courtyard, but they are not essentially Mu Hua's subordinates.

At this time, Mu Hua only agreed that they should go to Death Canyon to establish a foundation. As the saying goes, it depends on the time and circumstances. If they encounter any difficulties in the future, depending on how much help Mu Hua provides them, whether they will submit or be conquered, that will be decided at that time.

Expressions and gestures have always been present in human groups since ancient times. Even when facing the disaster of Purgatory, "raising one's arms and calling out" is an immediate phenomenon that only occurs after a lot of gestures have been completed. Mu Hua wants to develop in the courtyard, and in fact, he also has the intention of occupying the courtyard. But even if he can fight against the monsters in the courtyard, it is impossible for him to shout the slogan "for humanity" to make everyone follow him.

Not to mention "come on", even if you say "follow me", not many people will respond, including people in Cairns City.

Many things cannot be taken for granted. Humans need to possess something before they will cherish it, make compromises, and be respectful in order to keep it.

Just like the Dragon Brotherhood and the Undead Mages Mutual Aid Society, Mu Hua will not have any demands or orders on them now, and when they encounter difficulties, Mu Hua will also provide them with seemingly cost-effective help.

And when they made profits in the courtyard, when they controlled their own territory in the courtyard and built their own home, when they enjoyed the comfort that power and strength brought them.

At that time, whenever any crisis situation arose, Mu Hua could make demands on them and even make them dependent on him.

Possess, then be obedient, it is not the same as being obedient first and then talking about possession.

This order cannot be reversed. If it is reversed, it will be a bit confusing.

If one insists that the same effect can be achieved by doing the opposite, then even if some of the people under one's rule are really fooled and follow suit, the best result is probably a loss of social trust and moral degradation.

Simply put, they don't actually enjoy anything now, they don't own anything, and they're not afraid of losing it. No matter whether they respect Mu Hua or not, if they really encounter something that makes them unhappy, they will be very stubborn.

This is human nature, and it is also a normal process that is easy to understand once it is explained. As for abnormal situations, well, it’s all because of the winner.

Including those beast masters in Caines City who come to the courtyard whenever they have time. Compared with these people who cannot be taken care of for the time being, the targets of Mu Hua's direct subordinates are clearer.

At this time, after the discussion between Cuiyu Cangting, Fuhuo and Disaster Annihilation Brigade and Mu Hua.

As Mu Hua works on the Snow Ridge Ranch area, if they can clear out a habitable area, some teams from the Galaposo Kingdom are interested in building a city and developing there.

Fuhuo, Disaster Annihilation and Dandelion jointly advance into the Goblin Kingdom area, with the Black Crow Knights temporarily providing support. They divide the area and govern it separately. For a hundred years, they will jointly attack and defend and not invade each other.

Cuiyu Cangting and Mu Hua's forces jointly attack the Jiqiao Forest. If mineral resources are discovered there, whoever sets up the flag first will get it, and both sides will help each other for a fee.

As for the Death Canyon area, anyone who wants to mess around can do so, but if Death Canyon sends troops, all parties are obliged to intercept the Undead army that wants to flee from their respective occupied areas to other areas.

As for the direction of Bloody Hills, no one has even mentioned occupying the Valley of the Dead for the time being. After everyone has achieved their own goals, they will work together to push forward the Valley of the Dead.

Not to mention attacking Bloody Hill, as for controlling Bloody Hill and going south through the Valley of the Dead, everyone only made a temporary verbal agreement to unite and resist the enemy.

At the beginning of the year 2085 of the Imperial Calendar, with Mu Hua as the source, various forces in the Caines Courtyard drafted a joint agreement outside the fortress city, confirming a full-scale war against the first half of the Caines Courtyard.

Although it was notarized by the Adventurer's Guild, this was mainly an agreement related to demon hunting. Everyone knew very well that if the situation stabilized in the future, some mediation would inevitably be required regarding the establishment of a nation by these adventurer forces.

Well, it should be considered as promoting the development of human beings in the courtyard. The Adventurer's Guild cannot interfere in the national affairs of other countries, even those in the courtyard.

This is a courtyard, a world of its own. Even if someone were to skirt the rules and build a slave city-state, the federal government could not directly interfere.

Of course, if you really start a slave city-state, if someone is upset and wants to tear you apart, no one will care about your life or death except you other slave owners.

However, nothing is perfect at this level of discussion, and people will not expect any guarantees. We will have to wait and see about the future.

At this moment, the crowd set out, followed by the vagrants. The fat boy riding a goat drove the pack of dogs towards the Snow Ridge. The adventurers in the city who wanted to follow behind to get some free money all avoided the direction the dogs left.

The Adventurer's Guild has already issued a notice that the advancement of other areas may be gradual. The battle in the Snow Ridge Ranch area is expected to be more intense, and if you try to take advantage of the fierce fight, you might end up going to Caines City to become a ghost citizen.

In this atmosphere of unity, different emotional energies intertwined and emerged, but as an emerging courtyard, the real chaotic period of Caines Courtyard had just arrived.

(End of this chapter)