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  The hobbits' roasted meats were indeed delicious, and even Anduril the elder, normally calm and composed, ate with gusto.

  Several militia leaders of Feilongcui also came in with new equipment, excited and delighted, but were shocked by Andur's eating appearance.

  The lord leaned against the wall, looking at these monks with a sigh. He felt that these monks were not going to join the army, but rather like a group of beggars who had just escaped from a famine and were stretching out their hands for alms.

  "What kind of meat is this? Delicious!" The elder gnawed on a large, golden-roasted leg in his hand, the crispy skin crackling "crunch crunch".

  "Venison." The chubby, apron-clad chef, with a cigar tucked behind his ear and his sleeves rolled up to reveal oily forearms, proudly flipped over the sizzling pan containing a beautifully marbled piece of meat, its fatty streaks glistening like marble. He let out a low whistle.

  Guo Guo wore a tall, papal-like bear skin hat, puffed out his belly, and proudly led the ring-tailed Kachusha and the fairy dragon into the grand dining hall. Seeing the elder, he let out a loud whoop, dropped the begging staff in his hand, and jumped into the elder's arms.

  Anduo Lan elder heartily shouted, rummaged through his bosom and pulled out a handful of desert specialty dates, gave a big handful to Guoguo and a small handful to Kaituo Sha.

  Although the dates are a bit dry and wrinkled, with skin like a desiccated mummy, they still manage to exude some fragrance.

  "This is indeed a good thing that can flow with sweet juice even without bees flying over!" Elder Anduril pinched the small faces of Qiuqiu and Guoguo, his old face smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum.

  Several landladies and Director Choi Beom-soon, as well as Knight Song Tani, also came down from the cave and entered the cafeteria to greet Elder Andur.

  Avril saw that Guo Guo's belly pocket was full of dates, and she summoned Huo He to share them together. She even stuffed a few into the mouth of the immortal dragon, but in front of Kachusha, there were only a small handful, which made her frown and think that this old man was indeed biased towards boys over girls.

  "Where did the venison come from?" The elder asked with a smile, greeting everyone while looking at the chubby half-human chef in surprise.

  "This is the tribute of the earth spirits. Next to Razorback Mountain is Taemu Raya Snow Mountain, after snowfall, the mountain is sealed off by heavy snow, and reindeer and deer come down to the prairie to forage, we took advantage of it. Not only did we hunt and kill a lot, but also froze some with ice beads. We also caught over a hundred live ones and raised them on the back of Red Earth Slope. From now on, we can drink deer milk every day." Liu Zhen helped the old fellow sprinkle some fig powder into his flatbread.

  "Didn't the goblins put up a resistance?" The elder was clearly enjoying the lord's filial piety, with a pleased expression.

  "Rebellion?" Liu Zhen was amused: "Why rebel? What can they use to rebel? Courage is just a noble quality, not combat power. Desperate resistance may win respect on the battlefield, but what follows is slaughter."

  "This is the pitiful state of a weak and small ethnic group." Elder Anduril's mouth was full of venison and bread, but he still managed to lament the heavens and sympathize with the people.

  "They have officially registered as citizens of the Kingdom of Bimon. From now on, they are members of the Kingdom of Bimon and no longer bandits under the jurisdiction of the 'Wanted Order'. If they don't behave themselves, don't blame me for being ruthless. For the sake of the earth spirit's registration, Master Cui Peishan and I even went to the Northeastern Divine Temple to report it once, and the master took on a lot of black pot for me."

  "Wouldn't the Bhikkhus be unable to accept the transformation of robbers into civilians?" The elder suddenly felt that the food in front of him was a bit tasteless. In the eyes of the monks, life is precious, and the elder pushed away the plate and asked again: "But how did they accept it later?"

  "I was also being unreasonable, and I actually made up some nonsense about the earth spirit being a mouse-like creature from the Mong tribe. Why couldn't they be registered as ordinary citizens of Bimon? As a result, that holy Kailuo tribe's marsupial person wanted to duel with me, and my nonsense had linked the earth spirit and him together as relatives. Haha, one was a mouse-like Bimon, and the other was a marsupial Bimon." Liu Zhenshen shook his head with a bitter smile.

  "What's next?"

  "Richard and Guagua are two super bastards, who actually dared to duel with the Kangaroo Tribe's Quan Zhuang Viduka, turning Viduka's magical pet Koala into a stone statue, covered in wounds. The Temple of God is even more resentful towards him now. Before even participating in the National Olympics, the Northeastern Temple already has two Quan Zhuang's magical pets injured and withdrawn from the candidate list at Richard's hands."

  "Oh..." Elder Anduo's expression was one of expectedness: "The petrified Koala bear is just an earth-type magical beast, it's only natural that it would be at a disadvantage against the Fire Crane."

  "With the help of Huo He, Wei An Da Shaman wouldn't get angry, but Li Cha was cunning and let Guo Guo and Shi Hua Kao La Xiong have a one-on-one fight. The duel took place on the eight-blade high performance stage in the arena. Unexpectedly, Li Cha helped Guo Guo make a pair of eight-edged copper hammers, Kampas, each weighing 150 pounds! That stone-hardened Kao La bear was beaten badly, no one expected the demonic pet to use heavy weapons! After Guo Guo finished fighting, he pointed with the copper hammer and that broken-blooded stone-hardened Kao La bear jumped down from the eight-blade high performance stage. Although it had thick skin, it finally broke a leg." The beautiful snake instructor sighed repeatedly.

  "My little heart." An Duolan's white beard fluttered as he fondled Guo Guo's tender face, and again a burst of endearing terms of endearment.

  Guo Guo "whooshed" out, and in no time, he swaggered back in with a gigantic eight-sided bronze mallet in hand, looking very pleased with himself. The mallet was as big as two of his heads put together, and judging from the bronze material, it was probably forged from the confiscated copper weapons during the last great battle against the bandits.

  "What happened afterwards? How did the temple agree to let him join?" asked the elder.

  "I reported to the temple that Helen naturally evolved into a better dancer than Mong, and as a result, the anger of the Great Shaman Vian instantly disappeared." Liu Zhen said with a smile, "The Great Shaman privately invited me and my mentor, inviting me to participate in the National Olympic Sacrifice Festival next year. Now I don't need to find a backdoor to sign up. As I said earlier, Guoguo doesn't need anyone's help, and it's still the best demon beast."

  "But this has made your reputation in the Northeast Temple even more notorious." The beautiful snake girl shook her head with a sigh: "Now everyone calls you the Robber Governor."

  "Wei An Da Shaman is a super-intelligent being, and Guo Guo has consecutively defeated two powerful demon pets. He should have the right." Elder Andu Lan was also quite pleased.

  "Let's compare hearts. My painstaking efforts have finally paid off, and in the process of refining weapons, we've even benefited from these earth spirits. Our furnace's wood charcoal has always failed to reach the melting point. Originally, I was about to use the pure alcohol from the turtle pearl to accelerate the fire in anger, but the earth spirits contributed two 'oil gourds'. Damn! The juice of this oil gourd is fierce. It ignites upon meeting fire and combines with wood charcoal, immediately purifying the firepower.

  Liu Zhen looked at Xian Nü Long with a deep and profound gaze: "When we attacked Razorback Mountain that day, the Lord was alone, riding into the dragon pool without an Avoid Fire Pearl on him. He fell for this oil gourd early on."

  "The oil melon was found by me in the depths of the snowy mountain's coniferous forest, unfortunately I only managed to gather eight, if there were twenty oil melons. I would definitely let Deke bring a few onto the battlefield, then when Deke and you fight, I believe your casualties will double." The fairy dragon coldly snorted.

  "That's for sure." Liu Zhen also acknowledged this. When the heavenly generals only used burning long tree guns to torment the Mammoth Riders, and added ten oil gourds, it was really hard to say who would win.

  However, Liu Zhen had one more thing to say. He had already collected the seeds of the oil melon.

  "The calabaza was also brought by the earth spirits at my order. Without my command, you think they would give it to you?" The fairy dragon sneered.

  "You don't want to make good weapons as soon as possible so that you can be free, why are you being so proactive?" Liu Zhen's words hit the nail on the head of Xian Nv Long's intention.

  The fairy dragon was suddenly speechless.

  "Elder, is the frontline battle over?" Cui Pei asked, opening the conversation. She glared at Liu Zhen, implying that he should not make light of Xian Nü Long's demonic pet status.

  "Never mind, it's been two months of coming and going, and more than half the time was spent on the road. I almost got my old bones all shaken up. And in the end, we didn't even stay for half a month before the war ended." Elder Anduril rubbed his waist with a worried expression.

  On the same day, the beautiful snake guide sent the monk team contributed by Feilong to Witherston. The governor of Witherston and the command of the Turen army were overjoyed, although Liu Zhen arranged for several slaves to take care of the monks along the way. The highest official in the province finally arranged a luxurious elephant carriage to send the monk team to the front line, and the army command even arranged a small team of wild boar cavalry to escort them along the way. This treatment is rare, not to mention that it's not wartime, let alone the monks who possess "Prayer Light", which is comparable to the healing ability of human priests.

  "Have you conquered the human kingdom in the depths of the desert so quickly?" Liu Zhen was a bit unbelievable.

  At that time, he studied jungle warfare. At that time, the country had just begun to establish formal subjects for combat, and desert warfare, plateau warfare, and jungle warfare were all in their infancy. Compared with jungle warfare, desert warfare and plateau warfare require more physical fitness, personal willpower is an important option, and national logistics support is also an important link.

  That year, in the army group where he was located in the green mountains and sparkling waters, there was a mysterious unit that was trained in the Taklamakan Desert. Every day, only using Rhodiola rosea to stew nourishing soup for soldiers to supplement their bodies, it was a huge expense.

  Did the Beamon army have such systematic targeted training, and yet in less than half a year, the desert human nation hidden in the vast expanse of the desert was conquered?

  "Conquer the desert human kingdom? The sea kind Amphitrite is above, this battle was fought to the end without finding the opponent's capital, just occupying several oases along the way. Alas... my dates were picked from there." Andurand Elder sighed, "There are too few oases in the desert, it's too dry, the Smay tribe's amphibious troops withdrew from the battlefield early on. But we have three more border legions than Mong, plus a brigade of War God's Whip, and the nobles' private armies, as well as a brigade of Haos tribe horse warriors and Austriet tribe ostrich warriors from the oasis city of Mong, the number of soldiers is too large, with the advancement of the front line, although we occupied several small oases, it was not enough to distribute among the troops... In the end, even water had to be rationed, you can see how troublesome our logistics supply was. What's more, the desert is still okay during the day, but at night it's extremely cold, many soldiers were frozen and injured, we cannot stay."

  "It's fortunate that the lord gave us the night pearl to keep warm, or we would have suffered even more." Elder Anduril blinked his small green eyes and asked: "Lord, how did you know that the desert gets very cold at night?"

  Night Pearl? The Fairy Dragon looked at Liu Zhen with a dull expression, feeling a bit unbelievable. Is this guy really so generous?

  "Just guessing." Liu Zhenhong burst out laughing and pretended to be mysterious.

  "What's the kingdom going to do now? Are you just going to abandon the princess?" Helen asked with some urgency.

  "I don't know." Elder Anduril shook his head: "According to rumors, after the winter has passed. It is possible that the war will continue next summer, His Majesty the King is currently discussing with the High Priest of the Main Temple, and it is likely that one of the twelve main priests, Lord Muri Vanio, will be summoned to participate in the war next year."

  "Your father Xin Zhenbul! Even the king has to negotiate with him." Liu Zhen looked at Gotani, clicking his tongue.

  "There's a world of difference between hereditary nobles and self-made ones. Do you understand?" The Swan Knightess dodged and weaved, leaving the lord with a nose full of dust.

  "That was the case, in the Western Line War, where the distinction between noble and commoner warriors was too great. Our monk troops took care of the wounded with hard work, but the ratio of food and clean water was still far from that of the nobles." said Elder Andurin in a gloomy tone.

  The face of the Swan Knightess suddenly turned red.

  "There are several nobles who have invited me and my disciples to pledge our loyalty to their families, how ridiculous." An Duolan chuckled: "The lord I follow may be a bit of a fool, but at least he knows how to take care of his subordinates. After all, he's a grassroots noble. He still has some conscience."

  "What's the combat strength of the desert humans like? Are they formidable or not?" Liu Zhen asked, "If possible, I'd like to enlist in the army next year and take a shot at these desert humans who have a deep blood feud with Helen."

  "I'm going too," Helen said.

  "The desert humans are not to be underestimated!" Andu Lan elder nodded and said: "They never engage in direct combat with us, always suddenly appearing from nowhere to launch a surprise attack. Their weapons are extremely excellent, curved knives that can cut through our armor like water. Riding on camels, they come and go swiftly, leaving us no time to react. When our soldiers clash with them, they often get their heads chopped off in one swing. The desert humans' Fire Worshiping Ah-tuo is also very formidable, they use fire elements with great skill, making it difficult for our priests to gain the upper hand when fighting against them."

  "I have a Desert Curved Sword, and yesterday I had a Corina Twin Swords, but one of them was cut off by a Golden Steel Long Sword." Liu Zhen shook his head with a smile: "It seems that the Baihuo Sect's Ah Tou is indeed a fire-attribute magician. I wonder who would win in a fight between him and Huo He?"

  "The warriors of Bimon are strong, but these desert humans are too cunning. They seem to think that ambushes are the norm in war and never launch large-scale frontal assaults. Fighting them is a real ordeal." Elder Andurin shook his head.

  "It's a pity that our tribe doesn't have an air force now. If the Bird Tribe were still around, they would definitely be able to find the desert humans' lair and we wouldn't be so passive." Kotani said coldly.

  "Didn't I tell you, the swans of Meishan, in the vast underground world beneath the plain of Karim, there still lives a tribe of eagle-bodied people." The fairy dragon said with a smile.

  "I already sent a letter through the flying geese postal service to inform my father of this matter a month ago. I should be receiving a reply soon." Song Tanni said proudly.

  "What?" Liu was startled and jumped up, his face filled with anger.

  "Don't worry, I didn't say in the letter that you have a dragon fairy and a Far Eastern fire crane as your magical pets." The Swan Maiden Knight hastily explained. Now Ge Tan Ni has been much more restrained in her attitude towards Liu Zhen ever since that incident last time, although it can't be said to be respectful.

  "I'm not a demon pet!" The fairy dragon's face was also filled with anger.

  "Miss Kotane is not very kind, I've seen her use the 'Forbidden Sky Song' to make wild geese fall from the sky, why doesn't she bring down a flock of wild geese and albatrosses every day for us to eat? Now that the albatrosses have been eating grass seeds for a year, it's the perfect season when their meat is tender and delicious."

  A halfling cook also picked up a rice bowl and sat down beside Elder Anduril, eating his extra meal with gusto. Hobbits typically eat six meals a day, and this little fellow was no exception, one small foot kicked high, revealing the soles of his feet covered in black hair.

  Guo Guo also leaned her little head over and sniffed with her little nose.

  The half-bodied chef immediately picked up the basin and slipped away.

  "Dear Zola, the Swan Tribe's racial ability 'Empty Sky Song' isn't for hunting." Gotanei said proudly to the half-human chef.

  "Li Cha plans to form an air militia team. Next time you use 'The Forbidden Sky Song' to deal with him." Jing Yu covered her mouth and giggled on the side.

  "Do you want to form an air militia team?" Everyone except for the three bosses looked at Old Liu.

  The fairy dragon sneered coldly and looked at him as if he was an idiot.

  "You... you're not also one of those Eagle-bodied Lords from the underground world of Rheimdor, are you?! I'm telling you, the hereditary lord of the Boged tribe is our Swan of Smay! You have no right to do this!" Gotanni's face turned bright red with agitation.

  "Nonsense." Liu Zhenhong said: "Are you as foolish as me? Go to the underground world to save a person with an eagle body? I don't have that kind of leisure time."

  "What kind of air force do you want to build?" Cui Peishan thought for a moment and said, "The idea of rebuilding the air force was once implemented by my mentor, Murini, ten years ago, but it was later suspended. Richard, you have this idea is great, I know you look stupid, but actually more clever than anyone else, I want to hear your thoughts."

  "Humans didn't used to have Griffin squads, did they? What's wrong with having one now? Are you stuck on traditional views? An aerial squad doesn't necessarily need bird-type Bimon." Liu Zhenhua pulled out a piece of linen and carefully wiped the massive and heavy tiger-headed hook in his hand.

  "Kotane's father, my mentor Lord Murineo, had the same idea as you back then, to reorganize the Vimont Air Force using mounts, but unfortunately, although it was a good idea, it couldn't be implemented." The beautiful snake instructor shook her head.

  "Where did you fail? Tell me about it." Liu was shocked and came back to his senses.

  "There is no suitable aerial mount." The beautiful snake instructor said: "We are too heavy for the body of Momo, except for Griffin and Chimera, only two-legged flying dragons can carry our massive bodies. But Richard, do you know that even in the birthplace of Griffin Knights, the human kingdom in the central region of the Aegean continent, the method of training Griffins has long been lost."

  "Why do you need such a powerful flying beast as a mount? Why not choose those with huge bodies but no combat power?" Liu Zhen said, "Aerial cavalry can select some slender ones in the misty mountains, and then they can soar in the blue sky."

  The beautiful snake guide burst out laughing, and the fairy dragon also laughed.

  "What's the point of having an aerial unit with no combat power, and aerial troops with no combat power? Are they just going to take a beating without fighting back?" The beautiful snake instructor said: "I didn't expect your common sense to be so shallow. If we were to form such an incompetent air force, which country would be willing to support us? Air forces are generally formed around aerial snipers, their sole purpose and reason for existence is to use bows and arrows to pick off the enemy's mages, priests or commanders, and also deal with the enemy's air cavalry. If the mount doesn't have strong attacking power, it's hard to safely retreat from the battlefield."

  And because of the heavy armor and saddle, plus the weight of the knight, these flying magical beasts can only fly short distances, at most between 50 to 100 kilometers, before they need to rest. This makes them unsuitable for use as air scouts or reconnaissance.

  The fairy dragon also chimed in, usually refuting Liu's opinions on military matters: "Unless each aerial cavalry is equipped with a mount like the Borangsha Fire Crane, then there would be absolutely no problem."

  "What flying magical beast did Lord Murini use for experimentation back then?" Liu Zhen asked with a smile, having just taken two muffled blows.

  "Kakabeka." Gotane said: "It's Kakabeka."

  "That's a creature with the head of an elk and the body of a large bird, right? But it seems that the Horned Eagle Beast isn't a magical beast either." Liu Zhen asked.