Chapter 1145 - 612: Reflections on the "Human Nature" of Subjects, Receiving Unclaimed Territories

He planned to head east first, as there were fewer unclaimed territories in that direction.

After selecting the nearest target, Zong Shen instructed Xiaoheizi to set off.

Tonight, he was destined to be sleepless, and the temporary combat squads he dispatched were almost ready to return to the territory.

During Xiaoheizi’s flight, he took out two portions of pancakes and two portions of jerky.

One portion for Reese, and one for himself.

After working for half a day, his hunger level had dropped below 65 points.

As for Xiaoheizi, its hunger level was still full.

Previously, during rampage mode, the Lord and escort warriors fed it to its fill...

With this hunger level standard, flying until tomorrow wouldn’t be a problem, Zong Shen could skip a meal for it.

Thus, Zong Shen abandoned strangling the Little Flame Demon, forsaking the subjects in the territory, and embarked on a solitary journey to acquire unclaimed territories.

It couldn’t be helped.

Regarding the matter of acquiring territories, even if he wanted his heroes to take over, it wouldn’t work.

Firstly, only he possessed the guide module for navigation.

Secondly, the territory only had one intermediate spatial mage capable of opening the "Shadow Wormhole."

Having heroes handle it, without his real-time guidance for directions, was simply not feasible.

Instead of that, it was more efficient for him to handle it completely by himself.

"The Lord suffers, the Lord is weary, the Lord sleeps poorly every night..."

Zong Shen lamented while chewing on jerky, shaking his head.

Reese Ulysses ignored his flamboyant and crude tune, quietly chewing on a piece of pancake.

Thus, one dragon and two people headed towards the unclaimed territories in the east!

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After nightfall, the moonlight became the world’s sole color artist.

The colors of heaven and earth suddenly turned monotonous.

The campfires in the territory became distinct sources of light.

Under such circumstances, the earth turned mottled.

At this time, it was already past eleven at night, with half an hour left until midnight.

All temporary combat squads sent out from the Zong Shen Territory returned.

Including those from the Poisonous Mist Swamp area.

Favide and Hoy completed Zong Shen’s instructions.

Now only a squad of Lion Charge Knights, a squad of Lion Guard Knights, and those Lion Skeleton Knights patrolled outside the poison swamp.

After Little Black Dragon departed, the Red-Scaled Dogmen and Lizard People in the poison swamp quickly returned to normal under Ulysses and Douglas Stone’s proxy rule.

With ample food within the Poisonous Mist Swamp, the Eight-Whiskered Catfish were the best food source, all they needed was to quietly lick their wounds and gradually restore their population.

From an aerial view of the ground, besides the bonfires in the territory, scattered Little Flame Demons could be seen, their bodies formed by demon power condensing into fire elemental bodies.

The lively fire elements constantly emitted an orange-red glow.

Like torches made of lava, conspicuous under the night sky.

After half a day’s struggle, the number of Little Flame Demons decreased significantly.

The distribution density also became much sparser.

Now that all temporary combat squads have returned to the territory, based on Wenresa’s report moments ago,

This operation resulted in the death of four Wolf Cavalry, one Avalon Light Crossbowman, one Thunder Mage Apprentice, and one Water Mage injured.

The casualties mostly occurred during battles with the Little Flame Demons.

In the absence of clear command and high-tier combat power overseeing, casualties were inevitable.

Little Flame Demons may not be strong, but they’re still special high-level Captain monsters.

Each temporary combat squad’s mission wasn’t just to face one Little Flame Demon.

Hence, casualties were quite normal.

Although Zong Shen felt a bit distressed and lamented, he could accept it.

Additionally, it’s important to emphasize that the "Rescue" skill is a passive skill, and requires a Lord or Heroic Level who has learned the "Rescue" skill to accompany the team for it to activate.

Therefore, these casualties are mostly irreversible.

Considering this time, the warriors in the territory dispersed into dozens of squads.

There simply weren’t enough Heroic Level talents who had learned "Rescue" to accompany the teams.

However, the temporary combat squads with casualties all brought back the bodies of their comrades.

The "Tower of Warrior Heroic Souls" in the territory successfully received the heroic souls of the fallen warriors.

When necessary, they will reappear in soul body form to protect the territory again.

As for the bodies, they will temporarily be frozen by Frost Raven, Zong Shen plans to hold a memorial service tomorrow, selecting a place near the territory as the final resting place for the heroic souls.

Including the Wolf Cavalry Amato who sacrificed in the mine.

Commemorate fallen comrades, enhance the territory’s team spirit.

Moreover, this casualty should count as the largest since descending.

In the past, under his coordination, there were mostly no injuries or minimal injuries.

In times of danger, he usually took action personally.

Apart from the casualties brought by eliminating the Little Flame Demons, this time the collection of Flame Demon Keys is still being counted, each squad will gather the obtained Flame Demon Keys to Luna.

From the changes in points, Zong Shen can mostly derive a rough estimate.

In these four or five hours, he himself was not idle,

The unclaimed territories in the east were all accepted, the final total being 118.

At present, he’s acquiring in the north, having just accepted nearly 50.

The resources transferred are practically piling up like mountains, and Storage Box is completely full.

Later on, the transferred resources were simply piled in the territory’s open space.

The defense arrow towers of various tiers and types relocated had several hundred in total.

Additionally such as "Market," "Tier Two Technology Research Institute," "Tier Three Technology Research Institute," low and intermediate workshops, good fields, and the like, he relocated quite a few.

Any useful ones, Zong Shen did not miss them!