Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 2048 New Arrangements
The subsequent maritime reconnaissance and expansion of the sea monster force went smoothly, as they didn't encounter any major problems.

However, they didn't encounter any more formidable opponents.

After Kraken, the most powerful one was a Megalodon whose strength reached the peak of the Hundred Refinements Realm, and he became the third leader of their sea beast force.

His sea beast force had two leaders, the first and second leaders, who were both at the Vajra Realm level. However, by the time the third leader came along, there was only a little Karami at the Hundred Refinement Realm. This immediately weakened his momentum.

Zhou Xu had also examined the Megalodon. It was rated as a three-star Valiant. Considering its aptitude, it wasn't entirely impossible for it to break through the bottleneck and reach the Vajra Realm. However, whether it could break through the bottleneck and cultivate to the Vajra Realm was largely a matter of fate.

Adjusting his mindset, Zhou Xu had to admit that extraordinary creatures were not as common as cabbages on the roadside. This voyage had already yielded a huge gain by recruiting Kraken, a Vajra Realm level sea combatant.

He can't ask for too much in this kind of thing.

As the new day dawned, looking out into the distant void, Zhou Xu clearly realized that he had explored this side of the sea to its limit.

Before the world fragments are pieced together, there is no more space for them to explore.

Aside from the sea creatures still hiding, they have already recruited all the ones they could in this wave.

As for those guys who are still hiding and not showing themselves, they probably can't be a match for Delar and Kraken. They can be left for the sea monster troops to practice on. Whether I'm here or not doesn't matter much anymore.

"Let's go back."

By the time Zhou Xu and his group returned to the elven port, winter had already arrived.

Zhou Xu estimated that the dark elf forces, led by Eredar, had become completely familiar with the training procedures of their Great Zhou, and their loyalty had been tested.

Under this premise, Eredar has a four-star leadership rating, indicating that he possesses exceptional military leadership abilities.

At the same time, through this maritime exploration operation, Zhou Xu could also feel that Ereda was very well adapted to the maritime environment, and he had enough experience in stationing, training and living at sea. It would be a waste to leave this experience unused.

With this in mind, Zhou Xu quickly made a decision.

"Ereda, from this day forward, you will lead the Dark Elf forces back to Dark Spirit Island for garrisoning, and will be incorporated into the Great Zhou Navy. Major Lin Youshu will be your superior."

"I obey my orders!"

Hearing this, Eredar was also excited, at least he was back on Darkspirit Isle to lead the army.

Zhou Xu's mobilization at this time also incidentally solved the problem of Lin Youshu's lack of fierce generals.

Needless to say, Eredar's strength is top-tier; even within the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, they are among the most powerful forces.

Under this premise, Eredar's deputy was also a dark elf with a silver level of Vajra Realm. Although his strength was a bit low, he was still a Vajra Realm expert. It can be said that he added two warriors to Lin Youshu at once.

However, Zhou Xu is obviously going to transfer Hilke, who was originally stationed on Dark Spirit Island to replace Eredar.

This was also one of his main purposes in transferring Eredar back to Darkspire Isle.

Hilke's talent lies in cavalry, but due to his personal strength, leaving him stationed on Dark Spirit Island makes it difficult for him to fully utilize his abilities.

At the time, he made this arrangement out of necessity.

Now that their internal forces have been replenished, according to Zhou Xu's plan, he intends to transfer Hilke to the border of the new district to guard against the Orc Alliance.

Then, Yarvet was transferred to the Barton Islands to guard against the North Sea Dragon Palace.

This was, for the sake of argument, the result of his careful consideration. The potential threat of the Orcish Alliance could not be ignored, but now, in the new region, the Elven race had submitted.

In other words, they already have three combatants at the Transcendent Realm level within the region: Hilke, Wright, and Eredar!
Although the three of them are usually located in three different places, they can still provide support relatively quickly during wartime.

As long as the Orc Alliance doesn't go too far, it should be sufficient in most cases.

The move to send Yarvet to the Barton Islands was particularly important to Zhou Xu.

As mentioned before, the situation on the Barton Islands is very passive. Zhou Xu's biggest reliance is the Black Dragon Restriction, and other than that, he can only pray that the North Sea Dragon Palace will not attack.

If the enemy attacks while he is not present, and the North Sea Dragon Palace sends out combat power at the Transcendent Realm or Nascent Soul Realm level, even with the Black Dragon's restriction, it will be useless. At most, it can buy him some time, but that time is unlikely to be enough for him to launch a support from Black Moon City.

But if you add Jarvet, the situation will be completely different.

The sea creatures were in the sea, but the Pegasus Knights, led by Yarvit, could fly in the sky, so neither side could do anything about the other.

Under this premise, if the North Sea Dragon Palace only has one combatant at the Transcendent Realm or the Nascent Soul Realm, then Yarvit, who is of the same level, can directly form a balance against the opponent.

With Gungnir in hand, Yarvet is ready to instantly kill any opponent who dares to show their face.

To some extent, as long as Yarvet is stationed in the Barton Islands, stability there can be basically guaranteed.

Now Zhou Xucai could finally relax and focus on developing the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Their Great Zhou now has both resources and land; what they lack is time to develop.

The longer they develop, the greater their advantage will become.

This is also the main reason why Zhou Xu has been single-mindedly focused on development all these years, and has not been interested in doing anything else.

While Dark Spirit Isle isn't strictly speaking the ancestral home of the Eredar, it does contain the ancestral monument of the Dark Elves, and the Eredar have long considered it their stronghold.

Now that he has the opportunity to return to Dark Spirit Island for garrison duty, he naturally obeys without question.

The entire transfer was carried out quickly and required almost no effort. When passing through the Elf Forest, Zhou Xu didn't forget to stop by the Elf King's Castle to tell Wright about the matter.

The main purpose was to make arrangements in advance, inform Wright, and also to go to the Elf Forest to discuss the supply of spirit wood.

Following Zhou Xu's line of thinking, their Great Zhou would definitely stop building Black Sail Vanguard Ships with a lifespan of 300 years.

Despite the fact that the Black Sail Vanguard ship, which is 300 years old, performed well in previous combat exercises, Zhou Xu also said that if we really want to compare them, it would be fair to have three destroyers against one Black Sail Vanguard ship.

After all, the manufacturing costs of the ships on both sides are what they are. The time it takes to build one Black Sail Vanguard is enough for them to build three or four destroyers.

Meanwhile, the raw materials for destroyers are supplied stably, unlike the spirit wood needed to build Black Sail warships, which requires a lot of time to grow and cultivate, at least three hundred years.

Within the original framework of the Dark Elves, they might need some Blacksail warships of three hundred years or more to form a fleet or to assist in combat.

But the situation in Great Zhou is different. If they need scale and support, their destroyers on the technology side are more than enough.

Under this premise, when building the Black Sail Fleet, Zhou Xu planned to take the elite route directly, using only high-aged spirit wood to build the Black Sail Fleet into their Great Zhou's ace fleet at sea!

(End of this chapter)