Rise from the coffin and rebuild the vampire empire

Chapter 213 Salt Land

"General Hubbard, the task of pacifying and recruiting the soldiers from the Kalkanni Province is now yours. This is a very important matter, and it is the key to your future success under the Blood King."

Uther spoke, and his words could be said to be very sincere, which was of great help to Hubbard, who had just joined the "Blood King"'s army.

After Utherkop had a real understanding of the forces under the command of the "Blood King", Hubbard was very confused. He had never expected that the water behind this "Wangbo Port" was so deep!
Before coming to the "New World", they originally thought that "Wangbo Port" was just an ordinary colonial city. Even if it had some strength, it would not be exaggerated. But the facts proved that they were wrong.

"Wangbo Port" not only has "some strength", but also has a deep background. Their original attack had no possibility of winning because "Wangbo Port" still had many cards to play.

If they pulled out any of those cards, how could the "Carkanni Province" possibly win? They couldn't win, right?!

Hubbard felt that he was still very rational. More than 10,000 high elves and more than 20,000 lizardmen, were they going to fight with their heads?

"Governor Uther, please rest assured. I will convince them. I have a good reputation in the army, and the soldiers are all very convinced of me."

Faced with Uther's kindness, Hubbard chose to listen very seriously. This kind of advice from an experienced person must make sense.

Moreover, even if Uther didn't tell him to do this, Hubbard would definitely do it himself. The reason is simple. The more soldiers from the "Province of Kalkanni" join the "Blood King", the more people will naturally support him.

His strength and status are there, there is no reason why he should not be valued. He is now taking the initiative to recruit the soldiers of the "Carkanni Province", which is essentially paving the way for his own future.

"Work hard. Under the Blood King, ability comes first, of course, after loyalty, which comes second.

Loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely not loyal. Now that you have decided to join us, don't think about anything else. Otherwise, believe me, you will die miserably."

Uther finally gave Hubbard a piece of advice, because Hubbard now seemed to have chosen to surrender in anger, so Uther naturally had to emphasize to him the importance of loyalty to prevent this guy from suddenly turning against him later.

But Uther was just worrying too much. Hubbard didn't make the decision on impulse. He was really prepared.

The actions of Erlin and Duke Dorian Kalka have cut off his retreat. Even if he is a born bitch, he will no longer stand on the side of the "Kalkaenni Province". Others don't treat them as human beings, so why should they rush to lick them?

Hubbard did not achieve his current success by licking others. People like them who have the strength of a "Champion Knight" were all young geniuses when they were young.
Their lives are basically a rush all the way. At least in a city or a province, they are considered geniuses. Some of them may have suffered some hardships when they were young, but as their strength increases, they will basically quickly enter the upper class of the province and become part of the people in power.

For Hubbard, being deceived by Erling and being abandoned by Duke Dorian Kalka was undoubtedly a great humiliation. It was impossible for him to swallow his pride and return to the "Province of Kalkaenni".

After being accepted by Uther and accepting the mission, Hubbard immediately summoned all the captives in the "Province of Calcane", including those troublemakers who were sent to mine.

The transportation of the prisoners' families this time had a great impact on those troublemakers, because some of them refused to surrender because they were worried about their families.

This is actually very reasonable. If the news of their surrender gets back, their families will suddenly become the families of traitors, and they will probably not have a good ending.

Although "Wangbo Port" had previously promised to help them bring their families back, who would dare to take a gamble on such a thing?

Rather than believing this, it is better to believe that Duke Dorian Kalka will redeem all two thousand soldiers.

But now, after learning about the choices and operations of the "Carkanni Province", these stubborn elements who had previously refused to surrender because of their families immediately became the vanguard of surrender.

"Carcaenni Province" abandoned them and their families were sent here. Now "Wangbo Port" has become the one who has the power of life and death over their families, so of course they have to surrender to "Wangbo Port". Do they have to be loyal to Duke Dorian Carca?
Even the generals and non-commissioned officers above them were unable to be loyal to Dorian Kalka, so naturally, the soldiers at the bottom would not have such an idea.

So, after Hubbard raised his call, a lot of people immediately responded to him, chose to surrender to "Wangbo Port", and chose to join "Wangbo Port" without Hubbard having to say much.

Hubbard was not surprised by this. After all, he was the absolute leader. During the days when they were waiting to be redeemed, the captives had firmly centered around him.

Let's put it this way, Hubbard knew why most people didn't surrender, so he wasn't surprised by this situation.

"It was Dorian Kalka who abandoned us, even our loved ones and families. Such a person is not worthy of our loyalty!"

A soldier shouted from below, his words filled with anger. The greater his previous expectations, the greater his anger now.

In Hubbard's opinion, if he said now that he would take these people back to the "Province of Kalkaenni" and kill Duke Dorian Kalka, more than half of them would be willing to respond.

Of course, he definitely couldn't do that, and it was impossible for them to do it with so few people. If they really went back, they would just be giving away their military merits to others.

Thanks to Hubbard's efforts, two thousand soldiers from the "Province of Calcane" chose to surrender and join "Port of Hope" together.

All of a sudden, the "Karkanni Legion" became the largest in number, and the "Magras Legion" could no longer compare.

Moreover, with the arrival of the soldiers' families, the number of people from the "Carkanni Province" in "Wangbo Port" has also increased sharply, and will even exceed the total number of people from other regions.

Two thousand soldiers, plus more than eight thousand family members, already exceed ten thousand people. The total number of other humans in Wangbo Port is less than ten thousand.

But after all, they are new here and cannot cause much impact for the time being.

Moreover, although the people of the "Province of Carkanni" are called "Yankees" and the people of the "Province of Magras" are called "Yankees", in fact, there is not much difference between them in terms of race, and there is not much difference between the "Yankees", "Yankees" and other races in the empire.

If anything, the difference between them and the Yankees was greater. The Yankees in Wangbo Harbor were generally tall and strong, even without much training. In this respect, the Imperials still lagged behind. So, to the Yankees, the entire Empire was Yankees, and they didn't make the distinctions between "Yankees" and "Southern Yankees." Even the Laliers were Yankees in their eyes; they were all short and skinny.

Therefore, even if a bunch of people from the "Kalkanni Province" came at once, integration would not be a problem, especially with the help of Karen's amazing system, there was no need to worry about this problem at all.

One [blood clan identity] and the other [racial harmony] directly helped Karen solve the problem of over-expansion. "Wangbo Port" only needed to grab land and absorb population crazily. The rest was left to time, and the system would take effect.

As long as time permits, even the high elves will be able to integrate well into "Port Wangbo", let alone the people of "Kalkanni Province".

With the influx of more than 8,000 people from the "Province of Calcane", housing became a problem.

But fortunately, the high elves have gradually moved out, and they have begun to return to "Silver Leaf Port" in large numbers, and they are almost gone.

As soon as they left, the houses they had built before naturally became empty, just right for the new people from the "Province of Calcane" to live in.

These houses were never idle for a moment, and new residents came almost immediately. The "High Elf Residential Area" became history, and now this place has been named the "New City Area".

In fact, "Wangbo Port" has never stopped building houses because the population has been growing rapidly. So far, "Wangbo Port" has entered the Karen era for nearly ten months. The population has expanded from a few hundred people at the beginning to nearly 20,000. It is already a large city.

Together with the lizardmen and high elves of "Obsidian City", "Hellrank City" and "Silverleaf Port", the number of people under Karen's command has officially exceeded 50,000. In the New World, this is definitely a strong force.

Even if Karen did not exist, few colonial cities in the New World could match this force in terms of combat effectiveness.

If I have to say, "Shilin Port" is probably one of them. After all, it is rich, famous, backed by the empire, and has cooperation with several churches. The city's foundation is still very good.

As an upstart, "Wangbo Port" still has a long way to go, but everyone is very confident and thinks that it is only a matter of time before it surpasses "Shilin Port". Once they have more powerful vampires and powerful mages, they will be able to compete with "Shilin Port". Sooner or later, they will take over "Shilin Port".

"[Ding! The population of the faction has expanded to 50,000.

Obtain destiny rewards.

Salt Land: Increases salt production by 15%.]

When the population of the faction reaches 50,000, the destiny reward appears. This time the reward is a bit disappointing. It’s not to say that it’s bad, in fact it’s already very abnormal, but compared with the previous two, it is indeed a little less interesting.

However, Wangbo Port can indeed be called a land of salt, because the climate environment here is indeed very suitable for salt drying, which is also the main reason why the salt production of "Wangbo Port" is so large.

Looking at the system panel, Karen discovered the characteristics of this "destiny reward". This "destiny reward" seemed to be distributed according to the characteristics and needs of the current forces.

For example, at the beginning, Wangbo Port had few people and insufficient food, so it obtained the [Starting from Scratch] to provide food production.

Later, when there were enough people and more people came, [blood clan identity] emerged, which made it easier for people to accept the blood clan's rule.

Later, as the number of non-humans under Karen's command increased and the number of different races increased, [racial harmony] emerged, allowing different races to get along better.

Now, as the power of Karen's forces grows, the situation gradually stabilizes, and they begin to trade with the outside world on a large scale. The "Destiny Reward" has given them another [Salt Land] to increase salt production. This is not giving salt, but giving money.

It can be said that the effects of "Destiny Rewards" are actually quite powerful, and they are all abilities that can help forces develop rapidly.

"At what point will the next destiny reward appear?"

Karen had a hunch that it was very likely to be 100,000 people. The further it developed, the more people would be needed for the "Destiny Reward" to appear.

There were only a few thousand people at the beginning, but later it became tens of thousands, and maybe even hundreds of thousands in the future. After all, once the population really starts to develop, the population size will just be a number, not to mention that this system does not only count a single race.

If the population of this system only counts vampires, then Karen will be in trouble.

As for the "heavenly reward", we can only wait. Karen cannot influence it. He has been healing his wounds in the "Bloodstone Castle" recently.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but as his subordinates become more powerful, his injuries seem to be gradually improving. Maybe he really has received some power from faith?

To be honest, Karen himself was a little confused. Even if there really was power of faith, it was very weak. After all, there were only more than 50,000 people in total, and there wasn't necessarily many who truly believed in him. The power of faith provided was certainly very weak, so weak that Karen himself couldn't even notice it.

But Karen might have felt the divine curse cast down by the "Lord of Dawn" in his body. Karen's own strength could only suppress the curse with difficulty, while the power of faith could consume the divine power in the curse, so Karen felt that his injuries were getting better.

"So, I really have to work hard to get more people to believe in me. If I don't become a god, I will always be an ant. If I become a god, even the weakest god will have super strong suppression power over creatures below the god level."

Karen took a deep breath and stretched his body. He could feel that the time he could exert his full strength had become longer. This was proof that the curse of the Lord of Dawn had weakened.

"More people, more faith"

Karen sighed. Neither of these two things was easy to achieve, especially faith. If these 50,000 people were all fanatics, he couldn't even imagine the benefits that would be brought.

(End of this chapter)