Chapter 639 - Population Is Also a Resource (1/2)

Chapter 639 Population Is Also a Resource

It was not surprising that there were cities in the Realm of Devils.

After all, there were numerous intelligent races here anyhow, even if the environment was quite harsh.

But what made players like Roland wonder was what the city did.

They had the city gates wide open and had raised a white flag.

On the hard rock walls made of black material, a large white flag fluttered in the wind.

At first, the players thought this was a ploy; after all, the devils were so famed for their fighting prowess that everyone on the main plane feared them.

Almost all devils were warrior races, and even the service industry ones like the succubi were quite strong in battle.

So when the human soldiers were under the city, the battle hadn’t even been fought yet and the other side was flying a white flag—who would believe it.

The people of several guilds were placed about 500 meters away from the city walls.

Because of the relatively flat terrain, those on the walls could see these regiments stationed a short distance away.

“It’s most likely a trap.” In the conference room of the vanguard army meeting room, Solisa of the Phoenix Guild shrugged. “Most of the devils we’ve come into contact with recently have fought to their deaths, except for the succubi.”

Speaking of the succubi, Solisa’s expression soured a little.

She had noticed that there seemed to be more succubi in the human world now.

Although it was true that there were no succubi on the front line, the male players were clearly in an exuberant mood.

What they were looking forward to, one could guess without thinking.

“How about we send someone to scout?” Moogle of Fatter Cat looked at Roland. “After all, we also have professional scouts.”

Indeed, Roland’s three little spiders were now well known to everyone.

Many Mage players were on their knees in the forums begging Roland to post the spell model, but Roland wasn’t willing to do so anymore. This kind of improved spell with special functions was better kept for himself.

“There is no problem with reconnaissance…”

Roland was talking, when a player in charge of passing along orders came in from outside and said urgently, “The enemy has sent a messenger, a human.”

Hmm?

The crowd was a little surprised, then nodded and agreed to let this messenger in.

After all, only one person from the other side had come, and it was indeed bad form not to greet them.

Slightly tidying up the council chamber, a dozen players sat in the rocky stone chairs they had just made.

Then someone guided the messenger in.

This messenger was a male with a long black beard. His face was barely visible, his figure was lanky, and he looked deeply fatigued.

But when he saw the crowd of players, his eyes instantly became joyful.

Even his expression was ecstatic.

“You are the messenger sent out from that city ahead?” Moogle asked. “What is your reason for coming?”

The man didn’t speak but simply dropped to one knee.

His expression was reverent and there were tears in his eyes. “Is it true that humans have attacked the Realm of Devils?” “It is.” Moogle pointed to the dozen players around him. “You should have seen the army outside. You still don’t believe it?”

It wasn’t a surprise that there were humans in the Realm of Devils; after all, there had always been plenty of humans taken captive by devils in previous invasions.

Especially women.

The man tried to speak, but when he did, it turned into a cry of pain.

The players looked at each other.

After waiting for a while, the man held back his emotions, he wiped his tears with his patched-up sleeve, and then said, “Sorry for making your excellencies laugh. Since you are here, would you take us back to the main plane? We’d even be willing to be your servants.”

The players were astonished… They weren’t stupid, and they were keen enough to notice a word in this man’s words.

We!

“Are most of the people in that city ahead of us human?”

The man nodded vigorously. “Yes, a total of eighty-three thousand people, all of them are humans.”

“You guys are impressive, to be able to build a city in the Realm of Devils.” The crowd was quite impressed. It was a very impressive thing.

Unexpectedly, the players’ praise instead made the man’s mood sink even lower.

He said despondently, “We’re not impressive, and we didn’t build that city. It’s just a cage.”

“What do you mean?”

The messenger’s eyes were red and he almost cried again.

But soon he suppressed his sorrow and spoke of the city.

It turned out that every time the devils invaded, a large number of people would be taken captive to the Realm of Devils.

These humans would then be concentrated in captivity.

If the vampires kept humans just for blood, then the devils kept humans purely for meat.

There wasn’t much atmosphere of the dead in the Realm of Devils, and there was a small rainy season every year, after which a black moss was born that could be eaten raw or dried in the sun, but only humans could eat it.

For the devils, that thing was a nasty-smelling poison. It was just like how people could eat chocolate but dogs couldn’t.

The annual production of this moss was so much that the devils came up with an idea… To raise humans as pigs, and when there was no food, they would take them and slaughter them for food.

The city had an almost constant population of over 80,000 people, and not a single human could live past the age of twenty.

And sometimes the devils would eat children and babies in pursuit of fresher and tastier food. It was quite cruel.

“F*ck!”

Hearing this, a dozen commanders were seething with rage.

Each one of them was in a murderous mood.

At this time, a question suddenly occurred to Moogle. “Will the succubi also eat you guys?”

“No.” This messenger shook his head. “Succubi are the only devils that don’t eat us. They are only interested in our essence. Before, the happiest thing for us was to be bought by the succubi. Even if they fed on our essence every day, we could at least live until we were thirty or forty years old.”

Many men sighed in relief.

Solisa grunted in displeasure.

“So, are there any devils in the city now?” Roland asked.

This messenger shook his head. “There were originally some bone devils and mind flayers, but they all ran away a few days ago, and then we learned that some of our kin from the main plane had invaded.”

“Are there many human cities like this?”

“Many!” The messenger nodded vigorously. “There is a human breeding city about three hundred kilometers away.” Solisa stood up. “There is no time to lose. Organize a rescue escort team immediately and transfer all the humans in the cities ahead back to the human world.”

“People should be saved, but there is a problem.” Roland gently tapped the table and said, “More than eighty thousand people… Wetland City can take them, but how many breeding cities are there in the Realm of Devils? With so many people… Wetland City can’t fit all of them, and other cities may not be willing to take them.” The crowd was a little dismayed.

Needless to say, this was a very real problem.

It was Solisa who finally asked, “So we’re just going to stand by and let the other breeding cities go?” Roland thought for a moment and said, “No matter how many people there are, let’s save as many as we can. First, we will escort all the people in this city in front of us to the teleportation array, then pull them back to the main plane and put them in Wetland City. As for the rest… I will go to Fareins and contact the royal family there to see if they have any need for people.”

Fareins, as the world’s largest human country, had a lot of lands, so there probably wouldn’t be a problem putting in an extra 100 or 200 million people.