Chapter 54 of 100

Chapter 54

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Why do you ask why I want to massacre the city? Wouldn't it be better to recruit the heroes of the orc race under my command?

Liu Siyi doesn't want to massacre the city either. He also hopes to recruit the heroes of the orc race under his command. He can first suppress the orcs with his strength to make them temporarily submit, and then gradually tame them, ultimately gaining loyal subordinates.

However, this is too troublesome. Everyone has their own thoughts, which means he needs to consider every aspect. Even if he doesn't have to do everything perfectly, he at least needs to do it. Relying on himself alone to complete such a grand project is something even Liu Siyi himself doesn't believe he can achieve. Moreover, the time required to complete everything is too long, and his current time is too tight, leaving no spare time.

But after the massacre, things become easier. Breaking the old order and establishing a new one, the most important thing is that the troops recruited by Liu Siyi himself are completely loyal to him, and even heroes won't easily betray him.

Furthermore, after so many years of development, although the castle level hasn't increased, the resources and treasures obtained by the heroes are certainly not few.

After occupying the city, the major project is to build the city, which requires a large amount of funds to recruit a sufficiently powerful army, then continue to occupy other cities, and continue to build... This can form a good cycle.

The idea is good, but the amount of funds required to build a city is too large. How can someone who has only been in this world for less than a week and has only a few thousand gold coins get so many resources?

Therefore, he can only say sorry to the heroes of the orc race.

Of course, there is another possibility: the orc heroes are all selfless, and all the treasures they use are surrendered, and their wealth is confiscated. In that case, there's nothing he can do.

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Like Wall Nest, every city has a city hall, where the city's heart is located. Whoever controls the city's heart can control the city. Therefore, Liu Siyi launched his attack at the center of the orc castle, killing all the orcs around the city hall.

The city hall is the hub of controlling the city, and the orcs naturally know its importance. Although the attacker is powerful, their counterattack is also very strong.

As the slaughter continued, time passed unnoticed. The summoned creatures, Phoenix and Lexus, disappeared one after another, and Liu Siyi had to summon them again.

Everywhere was a sea of fire, mainly caused by the firebirds setting fires everywhere. Liu Siyi knew he couldn't continue killing like this. No matter what, there would always be some orcs who escaped. Therefore, he signaled the thunder eagle to lower its altitude and fly into the city hall.

The city hall is very large. From a distance, it doesn't seem like much, but up close, its grandeur is evident.

Hundreds of meters high, with a spacious interior, the orcs' characteristic roughness is fully displayed, giving a sense of grandeur. The walls and floors are painted with scenes of various orc races and troops in battle, highlighting the orcs' heroic and indomitable spirit.

In the center of the innermost part of the city hall, there is a stone platform about two meters high, on which a crystal ball the size of a basketball, emitting a rainbow glow, is placed.

The city's heart!

This is the city's heart. As long as he controls this crystal ball, he can control the city.

However, at this moment, an old goblin wearing loose mage robes stands in front of the city's heart, eyes closed, one hand holding a staff, the other hand on the city's heart, doing something unknown.

"Whoosh!" Liu Siyi signaled the thunder eagle to land directly in front of the goblin. The thunder eagle understood and flapped its wings, instantly creating a strong gust of wind that blew the goblin away.

Riding on the thunder eagle's back, Liu Siyi didn't get off but coldly watched the goblin, who was startled and panicked by the sudden flight.

The goblin is old, completely due to his white eyebrows and aged face. Even in the lineage, Liu Siyi has never seen such a case. The reason he can stand next to the city's heart is that a step has been placed there; otherwise, with the goblin's height, he wouldn't be able to reach the two-meter-high platform.

Eagle Eye.

Being able to be alone in the city hall indicates that this goblin is not simple. Moreover, sending all the guards to resist the invaders shows that he has a lot of courage, which makes Liu Siyi interested in him.

Advanced Second-Class Goblin Hero.

Racial Talent: Financial Management, +125 gold coins and +1 primary resource per day.

Intermediate Financial Management: +250 gold coins per day.

Basic Diplomacy: +10% chance for fleeing wild troops to join the army, -10% cost.

Basic Mobility: +1 speed for all allied troops.

What a find! Seeing the attributes of this goblin hero, it would be a waste to kill him. Liu Siyi suddenly had other ideas.

The talent of financial management plus the intermediate financial management skill means an additional 375 gold coins per day, plus an additional +1 primary resource, which is wood or stone, randomly +1 per day, equivalent to getting half a lumber mill or a quarry. Whichever it is, it's no less valuable than gold.

As for the basic diplomacy skill, it's garbage in the game, but in reality, it's almost a god-like skill, of course, with certain conditions.

A 10% chance for wild troops to join the army may not seem high, especially for fleeing wild monsters, but there is always a possibility. As long as you encounter enough wild monsters, you can naturally form a large army. This is unlike Liu Siyi's previous misunderstanding that you can form a powerful army by simply overwhelming them with strength. Diplomacy is that powerful; it can work on anyone.

However, there is a prerequisite: you must be powerful enough to scare the wild monsters into fleeing, which gives them a chance to join your army.

For example, when Liu Siyi was traveling with the Behemoth, he scared away many wild monsters along the way. Only such wild monsters have a chance to join the army. Without powerful strength, not only can you not scare away wild monsters, but the more wild monsters you encounter, the greater the chance of being killed.

But now it's different. If this goblin hero is under his command, riding a mantis can scare away many wild monsters. The flying troops' speed is fast, and a low-level army can be gathered in a short time.

As for the basic mobility skill that increases the speed of all allied troops by +1, it is also very powerful, at least for low-level troops, possibly increasing their speed by at least 20%.

Without the wisdom skill, this goblin cannot cast spells above level two. Even if he has magic scrolls, with the thunder eagle watching, he can't pose much of a threat. Besides, aren't goblins all cowards? Even if he has a way to threaten me, would he dare to use it in this situation?

Liu Siyi ignored the goblin who was still on the ground and didn't get up, walked straight to where the goblin was standing, and placed his hand on the city's heart.

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