Rise from the coffin and rebuild the vampire empire

Chapter 238: Skyrocketing
Shilin Shiyue was captured and became a member of the "blood clan". The "Governor of Shilin Port" calmly accepted this reality and adapted to his new identity extremely quickly.

"I need to get my people back, otherwise I'm in control of the situation."

Shilin Shiyue spoke up and said that his request was very reasonable. He needed his capable subordinates to cooperate with him to help him control the entire "Shilin Port". There was no doubt that his situation in "Shilin Port" was very dangerous.

"No problem. Of course all your people will be returned to you, and it will be you who redeemed them at a great price."

Uther had no objection to this and was even very considerate and willing to cooperate.

"Thank you very much."

Shilin Shiyue was also very sensible and immediately accepted Uther's kindness. If they did this, the rescued soldiers would definitely thank him, because he had no such obligation.

"Actually, I have an idea that might be even better."

Hai Lien followed up with some advice. He felt that this was far from enough, because those soldiers might think that Shi Lin Shi Yue was just paying for his own safety, and they, the soldiers, were Shi Lin Shi Yue's safety guarantee.

Shilin Shiyue lost his army and suffered a great defeat. If he returns alone, his position in the entire "Shilin Port" will become unstable. Of course, he will not be overthrown, after all, he is the founder of "Shilin Port", but his ruling power will definitely be greatly weakened.

Other forces in "Shilin Port" will definitely take this opportunity to expand and will definitely find ways to obtain more privileges from him. Yes, he is talking about those religious forces.

Those religious forces always wanted to obtain privileges and always wanted to erode his power as governor, which was something Shilin Shiyue could not tolerate.

Relying on his control over "Shilin Port", his prestige, his status as the founder and city builder, and the army in his hands, Shilin Shiyue firmly holds all power and only gives those religions the power to preach.

This time when he goes back, Shilin Shiyue doesn't want to be threatened by those religious forces. As long as the power in his hands is not seriously damaged, he can still sit firmly on the position of "Governor of Shilin Port".

Of the 4,000 troops directly under the "Shilingang" command, 700 to 800 were lost, leaving more than 3,000. They were not seriously injured yet. By taking these people back with him, he could still seize the initiative.

As for those "mercenaries", that is not something Shilin Shiyue needs to worry about. He only needs to take care of his own business.

Soon, on the second night, the prisoners who had been detained together were all pulled out with nervous, uneasy and frightened faces. They were terrified at first and thought they were being pulled out to be beheaded, but they didn't expect that they were going to be released.

They all thought they were going to die, and even if they didn't die, they might become slaves and be forced to do hard labor until they died.

Unexpectedly, there was a sudden turn of events and there was hope of survival again.

After being pulled out of the prison, the soldiers of "Shilin Port" saw their governor and the staff around the governor. Some of Shilin Shiyue's staff had died, but many were still alive and were all released together.

Under the dim light of the fire, they could see that their governor was in good condition and could even smile at others.

"Your governor was very generous. He paid ten gold royals for each of you and redeemed your lives."

After being released, the soldiers learned the reason for their release, which was told to them by the jailers.

Therefore, when the soldiers saw Earl Shilin, they were very grateful. That was ten gold royals, which they could not save up even after working for several years. The soldiers simply could not afford it.

"I'll take you home."

Shilin Shiyue's words made the soldiers excited. Their governor did not give up on them and did not redeem only himself. No matter what the reason was, Earl Shilin really used real money to exchange their lives. Therefore, most of the soldiers were very moved.

"But that's not enough."

However, when Shilin Shiyue wanted to take them away, Hailian and his men stopped them and began to deliberately make things difficult for them.

"Marshal Hellion, what do you mean by that? We agreed that as long as I pay, you can let us go back."

Shilin Shiyue stood up and confronted Hailian. His body, which had been a little fat, now looked particularly tall.

"Are you going to go back on your word?!"

Next to Shilin Shiyue, his eldest son had an angry look on his face. Shilin Shiyue was already in his forties, almost fifty. His eldest son already had a son, and his eldest son also followed him to the battle this time, and luckily survived.

"No, we are true to our word. If you pay the money, you can be spared from death. However, we still need to avenge the soldiers who died because of you. Earl Shilin, you must leave a small price, otherwise I will not let you go."

Hellion's face was ferocious, as if he wanted to bite a piece of flesh off Earl Shilin. It seemed that this matter could not be resolved peacefully.

At this moment, the soldiers behind were all angry. They were immediately excited and rushed out to protect Earl Shilin even at the cost of their own lives. They had just seen hope and had just received favor from Earl Shilin. How could they just watch Earl Shilin being humiliated?
Most of the soldiers were quite naive. They didn't think too much about it and just felt that they should repay Earl Shilin.

"Everyone be quiet!"

Fortunately, Earl Shilin spoke out in time to stop the riot before it happened. His loud roar quieted down the soldiers of "Shilin Port".

Now, Earl Shilin's prestige in the soldiers' hearts is even higher than before. He has always been very respected, and after experiencing what happened today, he is naturally even more respected.

"Pfft!"

Facing Hellion, Earl Shilin had a resolute look on his face. He gouged out one of his eyes and threw it to the ground.

"Marshal Hellion, are you satisfied with this?" Hellion asked, his right eye hollow and bleeding.

His actions shocked the staff and soldiers behind him, leaving them speechless. Even his eldest son did not expect the plot to turn out this way. He opened his mouth wide and could only stare at his father in amazement.

The soldiers at the back couldn't figure out what was going on and kept asking questions, while the people in the front kept passing the news on. The more than 3,000 soldiers were all stunned.

"Alright! Earl Shilin, you're a real man! I'm convinced. You can go now. I hope you won't cause us trouble again. I think we can be friends."

Hellion's acting skills were also good. His expression changed from surprise at the beginning to appreciation quickly. Then he led his men to make way and even declared that he was willing to be friends with Earl Shilin.

"We have witnessed your strength. As long as we are not stupid, we will definitely not offend you again. Perhaps you are right. We should be friends, not enemies."

There was blood flowing from his right eye socket, but Earl Shilin didn't care. He had a smile on his face and pretended to be friendly with Hellion.

At least in the eyes of others, Earl Shilin was just being servile. After all, they were living under someone else's roof, and their lives now depended on him. They couldn't just say they'd go back and regroup and fight back, right? Wouldn't that be like an old man hanging himself because he thought his life was too long?
"Okay, Earl Shilin, we'll meet again. I hope our next meeting isn't on the battlefield."

Hellion laughed a few times, then let Earl Shilin go and take his men away. At the same time, he did not forget to remind Earl Shilin to pick up his eyeballs, as they would be useless to him, so Earl Shilin should keep them as a souvenir.

"Thanks."

Earl Shilin picked up the eyeball from the ground. At this time, a doctor from the [Blood Oath Covenant] came forward and took the initiative to bandage Earl Shilin's wound to stop the bleeding, which was also a way of expressing respect for him.

While Earl Shilin was bandaging the wound, the soldiers from "Shilin Port" who were released walked past him one by one. Every soldier who passed by would bow to Earl Shilin who was bandaging the wound, which represented their gratitude and loyalty.

Earl Shilin left only after all the soldiers had left. The [Blood Oath Covenant] was so considerate as to send him a carriage so that the injured Earl Shilin didn't have to travel long distances and could sit in the carriage to save some energy.

This is really thoughtful and makes everything go smoothly. It not only protects Shilin Shiyue from being exposed to the sun during the day, but also reduces other people's suspicion. He has already had one of his eyes dug out, so can't he be allowed to sit in the carriage all the time?
In short, after this series of operations, Shilin Shiyue was successfully sent away, and there will definitely be no problems in the short term.

Having lost an eye and experienced such a huge change in life, and suffered such a heavy blow, it would make sense for Shilin Shiyue to stay deep in "Shilin Fort" after returning.

In fact, before this, Earl Shilin rarely left "Shilin Castle". It was his old nest where he enjoyed himself.

This time when he went back, he became a little more of a homebody, and no one could say anything.

Shilin Shiyue's departure with the main force of Shilin Port had the mercenaries terrified, hadn't they?! Were they even human?! Why were they just left behind?!
Of course, they also knew that it was obviously unrealistic to expect Earl Shilin to redeem them. After all, they were in an employment relationship and were hired for money. Earl Shilin had no obligation to guarantee their safety or redeem them.

As for redeeming themselves, that's even more ridiculous. Everything they have has been confiscated. What can they use to redeem themselves?
In short, these mercenaries also understood that what awaited them next was definitely endless labor and a life like slavery. These people from the [Blood Oath Covenant] were obviously not prepared to treat them well and had a very bad attitude towards them.

This is natural. These mercenaries who live on the edge of life cannot be conquered directly. They must be tempered first.

If these 5,000 people were to directly mix into the current [Blood Oath Covenant], there would definitely be some trouble, which is something Uther and the others don't want to see, so they can only slowly temper them, and then slowly absorb them into the organization after they have tempered themselves.

【Internal test:
Current power size: City Alliance

Number of forces: 300231

Available internal test quota: 4005
The number of internal test participants has been released: 1205

In the "Blood Stone Castle", Karen opened the system panel. After subduing Shilin Shiyue, the system panel changed again.

This time, the number of forces has made a big leap, soaring directly from more than 80,000 to 300,000. The permanent population of "Shilin Port" is even more than imagined. It can only be said that it is worthy of being the trade center of the "New World". The city of "Shilin Port" does have huge development advantages.

Immigrants from the empire continued to come to "Shilin Port" in search of opportunities, and more and more people came to "Shilin Port" to settle down and start a new life in the "New World". Although "Shilin Port" was a mixed bag, it still could not change the fact that it was constantly absorbing the empire's population.

No, "Stone Forest Port" not only absorbs the population of the empire, but also people from the "Old World" such as the "Northern Kingdom" and the Lalier people in the south. They all choose "Stone Forest Port" as their place of residence in the "New World", and there are even adventurers of other races.

As a true "first-mover city in the New World", "Shilin Port" has a first-mover advantage that is so huge that other cities cannot catch up. Unless there is strong support from some force, it is absolutely impossible to catch up with the development speed of "Shilin Port".

The population of 300,000 also caused the number of internal test quotas in Karen's hands to soar, directly from more than 1,000 to more than 4,000. As a result, the power of the "strangers" also expanded, but it is unknown when they will be able to find their own position.

"We have to open up slowly and not too hastily."

Although there are more than 4,000 spots available for the internal test, which can summon more than 4,000 players, Karen is not planning to summon them all at once. That would be too stressful. Even if Wangchuan Qiuku had three heads and six arms, he would not be able to lead so many newcomers at once.

If the newcomers are not led well, these "strangers" will definitely cause big trouble, which is something Karen absolutely does not want to see.

Therefore, the best way is to summon them in batches and give [Wangchuan Qiuku] some time to train these newcomers and let them understand how to play the game.

This also makes it easier to screen players, and players who don't meet the requirements can be kicked out in time to prevent them from causing any damage.

"For the next period of time, Wangchuan Qiuku will be very busy."

Karen smiled, but he was actually quite looking forward to it. He was looking forward to the player's operation. Of course, he could also see that [Wangchuan Qiuku] already had some ambitions to move to a higher level.

(End of this chapter)