Chapter 38 (1/2)

Chapter 38

Everyone in Lion town felt that they were going through the calm before the storm. If they were able to resist the storm then they would go through the rainy day and see a beautiful rainbow.

Xiao Yu’s warriors had reached 1000 strong in this period of time. Xiao Yu sighed in relief since the combat effectiveness of his troops would weaken if there weren’t enough warriors produced by the time of the battle.

He looked at the 500 grunts, 100 footmen, 200 archers, 100 hunters and 100 riflemen. Xiao Yu was full of confidence as his eyes swept over his troops.

Xiao Yu ordered Grom, Tyrande, and Antonidas to lead the Warriors into the depth of the Angaken Mountains to kill demonic beasts and upgraded the levels of the new warriors.

Xiao Yu knew that the new warriors had to be baptized by war to gain experience.

Xiao Yu knew that it was hard to use new grunts to fight small bandit groups. However, in the case of grunts, they leveled up then they were able to sweep through bandits without any damage. Moreover, the intelligence of the warriors increased with constant battles and fights. Strength upgrade was important but intelligence was much more influential in battle. He didn’t want to have robots that would be destroyed by tricks of humans. He wanted to have warriors that could think and react according to the situation instead of blindly charging forward.

As a result, he decided to send the Warriors into the mountains for training and to gain experience.

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The spies sent by Captain Hui reported that Carrie would begin the large-scale attack in four days. Everyone was relieved to know the date of the attack as they were mentally suffering by blindly waiting for the enemy’s charge.

Xiao Yu recalled all the warriors back to the Lion town. In addition, he sent hunters to investigate and send feedback regarding the position of the enemy.

Xiao Yu’s fourth sister-in-law Suesha was still wearing her armor and planned to participate in the war. Xiao Yu asked Captain Hui to secretly send people to protect her.

Carrie was coming with 20,000 troops— a much larger number compared to last time. People knew about the facts but they hoped that their Lord will create another miracle with the orcs and elves to destroy the enemy.

After 4 days, the hunters reported that Carrie’s army had left their base. Xiao Yu had given snacks and wine to the soldiers on the wall so they could relax until the battle begins.

Captain Hui was against Xiao Yu’s idea about providing soldiers with wine as it would affect their morale before the battle. Xiao Yu didn’t insist on his decision. Instead, he began to train grunts in playing chess to develop their intelligence. He wanted them to be able to think for themselves and become real orcs and elves rather than robots that could only follow his orders.

It was a fun game that even the regular soldiers joined to play. The rude and blunt grunts held pieces with their huge fingers as they shook their heads and pondered their next move.

“You can’t do that! How can you take back a move you’ve already played? Master, this one is shameless and trying to cheat!” Beast 18 loudly protested against Beast 50’s behavior and asked Xiao Yu to make the judgment.

“Play fair and act like gentlemen.” Xiao Yu said as he sat in his chair. He held a history book in one hand while holding a glass of red wine with the other. Tyrande and Antonidas were also drinking wine and playing Go as they sat by the table next to Xiao Yu.

Originally, the soldiers of the Lion town were nervous when they heard that Carrie was coming with a troop of 20,000 soldiers. However, their mood relaxed when they saw Xiao Yu eat and drink at ease as if he would win without a problem.

Some soldiers didn’t dare to come over because in fear of Captain Hui but quietly watched the game from the side. Clever soldiers quickly understood the rules of the chess and often told the stupid orcs which move they should make.

Boom~