Chapter Thirty-Fifth: Disposal and Kalgou

  The next day after the battle with the cannibal demons, Louis sent a few guards back to Earthfire Fortress to report everything to King Crow. When they returned to the main camp, two messengers also brought orders from King Crow.

  The entire army of Bimon was awarded a military merit, and the corresponding reward will be given later in the Fire Fortress. Meanwhile, a ninth-level law-abiding mage, Liu Yu's former magic teacher, Elder Tuo, was dispatched to lead a group of warriors to clear out the high-level magical beasts in the Desa Mountains, and the beast groups would be slowly cleaned up afterwards.

  Military achievements are very important for every soldier of the Bimon tribe, and rewards such as land and servants will be given within the tribe based on military achievements. Whether or not one can become an officer in the future is also an important factor. Therefore, when King Kuro's order was issued, many Bimon warriors began to celebrate that they had gained some military achievements, but inside the wooden house of the camp lieutenant, the situation was not like that.

  In the first-floor hall of the Ptolemaic wooden house, he and Louis stood with their heads bowed in front of an old golden-faced man, both of them with a guilty look on their faces.

  "You two are actually using each other as practice in battle, quite an improvement. Ptolemy, have you been staying in the mountains for too long that even your brain has become dull? Louis, haven't you fought anyone in a long time, to the point where you can't even tell heavy from light?"

  Two Dou Huangs against one Man-Eating Dou Huang, and one of them was actually heavily injured. If it weren't for the medicine from Prince Gong's mansion, you would have been crippled or dead, Tolomy. Was the high-grade Ling armor given to you by Louis just for show? Did you have to wait until something happened before using it? If Tolomy were to be crippled, the Council of Elders might let you off?"

  The old man sitting in the main seat didn't give the two Dou Huang any face as soon as he opened his mouth, and he was the Tuluo elder who came with the herald this time.

  "Elder, this is my fault. It was I who initially signaled to Louis to help me stir up the array and let me practice." Ptolemy's face still looked a bit pale, apparently not fully recovered yet.

  "The fault is mine, I should have done everything in my power earlier. I am willing to accept the punishment." Louis and Ptolemy both showed great magnanimity by taking responsibility voluntarily.

  "Alright, as a public figure, I am not an elder of the Council of Elders, so I don't have the authority to punish you two honorable Dukes. As a private individual, I am a member of the Di La family, so how can I possibly punish you two members of the Wei Lin family? His Majesty only entrusted me with cleaning up this mess because I'm close to him." The elder Tu Luo continued to mock the two Dukes with an icy expression.

  "Knowing one's mistakes is a virtue." Ptolemy and Louis hastily bowed their heads in acknowledgment.

  "Alright, I've taken care of those monsters. His Majesty the King will personally inquire about this matter, and when the time comes, you can apologize then. Louis gathered a hundred guards from the guard squad, and brought several familiar camp warriors. Tomorrow morning, I'll set out early to finish off those monsters so that I can return early to cultivate." Elder Tuiro seemed unwilling to stay in the camp for too long.

  "Let's go with you, elder," Louis said cautiously.

  "Do I need your help?" The old man stared at Louis with a glare.

  "Ah, I was wrong." Louis bowed his head again in admission of his mistake.

  "How is the injury of that cannibalistic demon king?" Pusha Elder said after thinking for a moment.

  "Returning to the elder, both of his hands' fingers and palm bones were almost all shattered. I had infused a burst of Qi into his body, severely damaging his meridians. It's estimated that he won't be able to recover his strength in this lifetime. Even if his external injuries heal, he'll at most have the strength of a 5th-stage Dou General." Louis spoke out the situation of the Cannibal Demon Dou Huang.

  "Hmm, Alexander's idea is also agreed upon by His Majesty, but according to the rules, handling prisoners of war requires the commanding officer to personally apply to him and the Council of Elders. Everything will have to wait until you return to Earthfire Fortress. For now, let them stay here." The old man said with a slightly calmer expression.

  "Obey orders."

  A few days later, Louis returned to the Earthfire Fortress with a traveling retinue of guards to report back to King Croak. The 2nd Battalion of Ptolemy's 10th Regiment remained in the camp to assist Bloodfurnace and develop the Desa Mountains, and Galin formally became the battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion.

  Two months later, Tyrone and a hundred guards returned to the Blood Refining Camp with the corpse of an eighth-tier Dark Shadow Leopard and several sixth- and seventh-tier magical beasts. He announced to the entire camp that there were no longer any magical beasts above seventh tier in the Desa Mountains, and that he had also killed all the beast kings of fifth tier or higher.

  By this time, the Beastman Kingdom had almost completed the development of clearing obstacles in the Desa Mountains. Without the disturbance of cannibals and magical beasts, the development of the beast tribe went more smoothly, and King Kero once again transferred about 30,000 mouse people from the eastern part of the kingdom to the Desa Mountains. Those cannibals captured by the beast tribe were also responsible for many heavy tasks that were difficult for the mouse people to complete under the supervision of the Bimon warriors. By late autumn, another big harvest was obtained in the Blood Refining Camp, which made Tolomei, who was in charge of development, quite excited.

  However, it's no longer appropriate to call this place a campsite. With over 40,000 mouse people and more than 1,000 cannibal demons, plus 7-8,000 from the Bimon region, this has already become a small city. It just doesn't have any city walls because there aren't any powerful enemies around.

  In the midst of a chilly autumn wind, in the center of the campsite not far from Ptolemy's lieutenant's wooden hut, stood another tall wooden hut. Around the hut were several robust mouse people roasting meat. A burly man in black clothes, Huang Jin Bimeng, stood aside eating freshly roasted meat while directing the mouse people to increase the amount of roasted meat.

  This unimpressive gold mine was naturally Liu Yu, and at this time the battle with the man-eating demons had already passed for more than seven months. Not long after Liu Yu returned to the camp, King Kero's order came down, allowing the captured man-eating demons to be used for development in the Desa mountain range instead of being taken to the vicinity of the Earthfire Fortress to mine.

  His own plan's first step was successfully implemented, which further increased Liu Yu's interest in the Cannibal Demon. He proactively requested Ptolemy to hand over the task of taking care of the Cannibal Demon Emperor to him. Ptolemy was originally resentful for being severely injured by that Cannibal Demon Emperor, but he agreed due to the face given by that precious medicine from Liu Yu. Additionally, he assigned a few mouse people to take care of the Cannibal Demon Emperor's daily life.

  For these seven months, Liu Yu has been practicing and every day he comes to let the mouse people hand over the finished meal to him, and he goes to deliver it to the Foodie Demon King himself. In order to communicate with that big guy, Liu Yu even learned some simple greetings in the language of the Foodie Demons from a few Bi-Mon warriors and mouse people who understand some of the language.

  It didn't take long for the mouse to be roasted, and a large wooden basin was filled with meat. Looking at the basin filled with fragrant roasted meat, Liu Yu's heart moved slightly, and he casually took a big piece from the basin and took a bite.

  "Hmm, the roast is done, it's all cooked and can be served." Liu Yu ate his meat while pretending to check if it was roasted well, trying to cover up his gluttony. The mouse people beside him, although weak in strength, understood human emotions and smiled at each other without exposing this lord's petty thievery.

  After finishing the roasted meat in his hands, Liu Yu picked up the wooden basin holding the meat and walked towards a nearby wooden house. This wooden house was specially built to hold the cannibalistic demon king. As he entered the house, it was a room about ten meters long and wide, with a massive body lying at the far end of the room, looking like a large piece of fatty meat from afar.

  Liu Yu walked quietly to a distance of about two meters from the body and stopped, putting down the roasted meat. This man-eating demon king was severely injured by Louis last time, with severe damage to his meridians, and his hands were also crippled. After his external injuries healed, his strength dropped to the level of a fifth-rank Doujiang. However, his powerful physique still existed, so for safety reasons, Tolomei ordered people to forge an iron chain to lock up all four limbs.

  "Kao'er, meal time." Liu Yu tried to communicate with the Foodie Demon King every day when he delivered food. At first, it was not smooth sailing, and the big guy either ignored him or yelled loudly. However, Liu Yu did not give up and persisted for over three months. Perhaps it was because of the long-term isolation and inability to cultivate that made him feel bored, or maybe he sensed that Liu Yu didn't have much malicious intent towards him. In the fourth month of his imprisonment, he finally agreed to have a simple conversation with Liu Yu.

  This achievement made Liu Yu's originally somewhat depressed mood surge again, and he stayed in the wooden house for a longer period every day to communicate with everyone. In more than three months, Liu Yu not only knew that everyone's name was called Kao Er Ge, but also spoke the language of the man-eating demons more fluently.

  Every time Liu Yu communicated with Kao Ge in relatively fluent Orcish, he couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion. He thought that having a stable language environment was the key to learning a foreign language quickly. In his previous life, his poor English grades were a lifelong regret, and he had no interest in learning at all. As a result, he could only console himself by saying that Chinese people should focus on studying their own language well, using patriotism as an excuse. Now, thinking back, if he had a stable language environment every day, things might have turned out differently.

  When Liu Yu's voice was heard, Kao Er slowly got up. After his body was severely injured, Kao Er generally only ate and spoke with Liu Yu, otherwise he was always sleeping. And Liu Yu could clearly feel a sense of despair emanating from Kao Er's body. As a strong fighter, becoming a useless person overnight, even if the man-eating demon had low intelligence and not so rich emotions, this blow that had been worked hard for decades was still very painful.

  Looking at the roasted meat in the basin, Kou Er Ge's expression was slightly excited. This guy could eat a lot and two basins of roasted meat every day were indispensable. In order to make it convenient for him to eat, Liu Yu asked the mouse people to cut all the roasted meat into small pieces, so that he, who had disabilities in both hands, could hold them in his mouth and eat.

  "It smells so good, it smells so good." Kao Ge said while eating barbecue and talking to Liu Yu.

  "Eat a bit more, if it's not enough I'll get some for you." Liu Yu never hesitated when killing someone, but those were situations where he had no choice. He didn't have the heart to mistreat others. Seeing this once powerful and unyielding hero reduced to this state still left him with some lingering sorrow. Sometimes Liu Yu would even doubt whether his original plan to subdue the cannibal demons for the Beastman Kingdom was right.