Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1996 Follow-up Arrangements
At the same time as the formal incorporation of the harpies was confirmed, the total population of the dark elves outside was also basically counted.

Including the elderly, women, and children, the total population of the Dark Elves reached 5,792.

It may not seem like much, but in reality, this number has already exceeded the total number of elves in their Great Zhou several times over, which can be considered as a significant expansion of the elf population within their Great Zhou.

However, to be honest, what Zhou Xu really wanted were the elves from other branches, because those elves could engage in 'clerical work'.

Their Great Zhou Dynasty has many departments, such as the Enchanting Department, the Population Survey Bureau, and the Greening and Environmental Protection Bureau, all of which need members who can meet the conditions and use incantations.

A product that only lasts one or two uses is useless and doesn't meet the standard at all.

Within the human race, it's considered good if one person out of several thousand, or even tens of thousands, has the talent and aptitude to consistently cast incantations.

But for the elves, they already meet the requirements the moment they are born.

Therefore, within the Great Zhou Dynasty, the small number of elves have always been the main force in these departments.

However, dark elves are a special group within the elven race. While they are warlike, their talent stats also differ from most elves. They tend to be warriors, with a base rank of three-star bravery, and their physical attributes are stronger than those of other branches of elves.

From this perspective, dark elves are basically all military material, and it's difficult to assign them to work in other departments.

If you force a martial artist into an office job, it will likely backfire, which is not a good thing.

However, if we don't dwell on this issue, from the perspective of incorporating the Elven race, this can be considered a big step forward.

At least for now, the number of spirits in their Great Zhou is increasing.

Under this premise, it is highly likely that some of the Dark Elves' existing forces can be eliminated.

However, Zhou Xu did not intend to bring up this matter immediately.

The Eredar just surrendered with his dark elves, and you want to disband his army?

Wouldn't that be forcing them to betray us on the spot?
Things like this have to be done step by step.

While he needed to gain a deeper understanding of these troops, he also needed to make Eredar personally experience the gap between the two sides' troops, realize that some troops had no room to play a role in their Great Zhou, and also come up with the idea of ​​making adjustments.

During this period, the relevant staff members successfully arrived at Dark Spirit Island.

While developing the island's construction plan, resource exploration and inventory on the island were undoubtedly one of their main tasks.

Some of these resources have already been discovered by the dark elves, and some have even been mined.

This was within Zhou Xu's expectations; otherwise, the equipment worn by the dark elves couldn't have appeared out of thin air.

At this moment, Zhou Xu was carefully examining a crystal in his hand.

Name: Dark Crystal
Description: Crystals containing dark element energy; when added, they can imbue metals with special dark element energy.

The key to crafting weapons and equipment with this elemental crystal lies in two points: first, it must match the user's attributes. In this way, using spells or attacks of the same attribute will consume less energy and have greater power.

Secondly, it imparts attribute traits to equipment, which are essentially elemental erosion effects.

Of course, when one's strength is insufficient and the equipment level is low, the effect of this elemental erosion is mostly superficial and cannot be compared with the effect formed by a martial artist in the Transcendent Realm or a mage in the Nascent Soul Realm.

The elemental erosion effect of dark elements was already known before; it would cause the wounds of those affected to fester and spread continuously.

The Dark Elf forces have undoubtedly already used this Dark Crystal to forge their weapons and equipment.

"Your Thorn Greatsword and Thorn Armor were also forged from this dark crystal?"

At the mention of this, a hint of heartache flashed across Ereda's face. "Those two pieces of equipment were not crafted by our artisans, but obtained by me after passing the trials. They are both of excellent quality."

At this point, Eredar felt even more pain as he thought of his shattered Thorn Armor.

Zhou Xu seemed somewhat embarrassed by this.

"Ahem! I'll have the craftsmen do some research later, and use this dark crystal again to see if we can make another one for you."

Zhou Xu didn't seem very confident when he said this.

Thanks to the high-quality raw materials they had previously used, and combined with the enchantments from his 'Bloodthirst' series and the 'Crimson Flame' series created through his research on the Blazing Blade, their Great Zhou's forging department had already forged some high-quality enchanted weapons.

However, they haven't made much progress in the area of ​​armor, mainly because they don't have any corresponding enchantments to use.

At this moment, the enchanted armor worn by Jie Liancheng and Zhou Chongshan is only of excellent quality.

Therefore, Zhou Xu didn't dare to add the words "excellent grade" to his previous statement.

Ereda himself was clearly aware of this.

You don't know the cost of firewood and rice until you're in charge of a household. Over the years, he has been in charge of the household for a while, so he naturally understands the difficulty of making a high-quality piece of equipment.

Simply put, he was the only one among them who obtained two items through the trial.

Let them build their own high-quality equipment?

Sorry, I can't forge any of them; the best I can manage is an excellent-grade equipment.

Ereda's reaction and attitude relieved Zhou Xu. As long as there were materials, it would be easy for their Great Zhou's forging department to forge a high-quality piece of armor.

Aside from the dark crystal, iron ore and coal ore have also been discovered on Dark Spirit Island. The dark elf craftsmen use the iron ore to forge equipment for them.

For an island that isn't particularly large, having this much mineral deposit is quite impressive. At least Zhou Xu is very satisfied with this harvest.

After making some arrangements here, Zhou Xu prepared to lead the Dark Elf forces, led by Eredar, back to the new district.

Dark elves, capable of assembling their own fleets, might possess a certain talent for naval warfare.

But at this stage, the most important thing for Zhou Xu is to reform the Dark Elf army and at the same time make the Dark Elves feel convinced, so as to increase their loyalty and make the Dark Elves, led by Eredar, truly submit.

To achieve this goal, the dark elves would need to make deep contact with their Great Zhou; simply leaving them on this Dark Spirit Island would definitely not work.

During this time, Eredar and his companions were not particularly keen to leave Darkspirit Island.

But considering they had just submitted, and given Zhou Xu's strength—which Eredar had personally experienced—

Naturally, they wouldn't disobey orders over something so trivial, so they decided to follow their new emperor's arrangements for the time being.

From a population perspective, there are fewer than six thousand dark elves, which is not many!
But the Dark Elves are basically all soldiers.

With the current transport capacity, it will be quite a challenge to move nearly 6,000 troops from Dark Spirit Island to the new district.

Zhou Xu somewhat regretted sinking all those black-sailed warships.

But this can't really be considered his doing. Who would have thought that Delar would put in so much effort?
When it comes to dealing with his former employer, he shows absolutely no mercy? And he's so efficient at it too?

(End of this chapter)