It doesn't matter what the lord is.

As I was talking, I stopped and said doubtfully:

"That's not right. In theory, only armies with more than a hundred people can have formations and protection."

Alaia said calmly beside him:

"Master, I once expanded the army. I established a reserve force of 40 people. I did not intend to disobey your orders, but many people volunteered to join the war, and we were in urgent need of manpower at that time. Please punish me, Master."

I patted her shoulder and said:

"You did nothing wrong. There were originally eighty-one people, and after holding out for so long, there are still sixty-three left. Adding forty more people, there are still more than a hundred people, and we can indeed obtain the protection of the territory... Or rather, if there is no protection, such a small number of people will not be enough for the enemy."

With Fileta launching area attacks, Alayya doing covert assassinations, and nearly a hundred soldiers with protection constantly harassing and attacking, if the enemy is determined to storm Yuxi City regardless of casualties, there is probably nothing they can do with such a guerrilla lineup.

He Yue frowned and said:

"Didn't those forty people go to the battlefield?"

Alaiya said calmly:

"They are not well trained. If we hastily add them to the original team, we will be sending them to their deaths. For the time being, let them follow and provide cover on the flanks."

He Yue thought for a long time and said:

"If there are no casualties, we will only recruit 60 people this time. In this way, we can still recruit 100 people."

Luger didn't look very happy.

I knocked on the table and asked:

“Are those forty people crucial?”

He Yue nodded and explained:

"I don't mean to suppress the military power. In fact, the army is also something that Yuxi City urgently needs now. However, there is one thing I hope everyone knows. No matter if we recruit another 60, 100, or 500 people as the city lord said, we are not sure to defeat the army outside the city. Considering the threat of the demons, Miss Fileta can't always be in a state of exhaustion of magic power, and she needs to be reserved. Miss Alaiya has tried to assassinate the other party several times but failed, and she has suffered several injuries. She should know how powerful they are. Before, they were worried that the army from the east would come to support them, so they had been holding back. But if we open the city gate and fight the other side in close combat, Fang Shisan will definitely go all out. By then, let alone 500 people, even another 1,000 people will not be enough for her to fight. Do you think Fang Lita was sealed up ten cities in one breath when he first received the title? He was the lord of a city just like us at the beginning, and it was Fang Shisan who took the army, which was still old, weak and sick at the time, and conquered the cities one by one. She is not an easy bone to chew."

Luger smiled bitterly and said:

"Okay. Let's just bear with it for a while."

He bowed to He Yue and said:

"Don't blame me, Lord Assistant Minister. I've just been acting like a grandson too much lately. I always want to be proud and avenge my dead brothers."

He Yue crossed his hands and said:

"It doesn't matter. There's always a chance."

He continued:

"Don't underestimate the fact that there are only forty people. These forty people may not necessarily play any role in the front battlefield, but if they are used in construction, they will be a force that cannot be underestimated. After all, Yuxi City is so small, and there are not as many young and strong people in it as imagined. The strength needs to be used to the cutting edge."

My favorable impression of He Yue has increased slightly.

In fact, the scene just now is bound to happen in the future, a clash between power and power.

He Yue is in charge of the entire internal affairs, and Lu Ge is now in control of the military power. It is normal for the two to clash. Although I can intervene at any time to mediate the situation, it is He Yue's ability and Lu Ge's understanding that they can explain things clearly without me having to do anything.

This kind of environment is the most suitable for slacking off.

After everyone discussed for a while, He Yue suddenly said:

"Speaking of which, there was a problem at the previous demon breeding farm recently, and the person in charge said that he hopes to contact you alone. It seems to be a serious problem."

10. Mutation! Colorless Slime Appears

The demon breeding farm is one of the cornerstones of Yuxi City’s current economic development, and it has broad prospects, so I also attach great importance to this project.

After the meeting, I went to find the person in charge of the demon breeding farm.

The person in charge of the demon breeding farm is a 42-year-old middle-aged man named Hantu.

At first glance, Hantu looks like a rather fierce man, with small eyes, broad shoulders, a sturdy body, and a face full of flesh. His skin is greasy, and he always carries a machete in his hand. If he gets a few tattoos on his body, he will look like a local tyrant. But he is actually a good man with a sense of justice. The reason why he looks a bit scary is that his family has been butchers for generations, and it is still the same in his generation.

Before I asked him to be in charge of the demon breeding farm, Hantu spent his days raising and slaughtering pigs. That's right, he was not only a butcher, but the pigs he slaughtered were also raised by himself, and they committed suicide by raising themselves. From breeding to raising and dissecting, it was a complete one-stop service.

To some extent, he is a rare talent.

Seeing me coming, this simple man first wiped the sweat from his forehead, then smiled on his greasy face, showing his white teeth, and said eagerly:

"Lord, you are here. Everything is going well at the demon breeding farm, but there is one thing..."

At this time, we just walked to the entrance of the farm, and I raised my hand to stop him:

"It's okay, don't worry. Take me around the farm."

The demon breeding farm is located in the southeast of the city, which could be considered a slum. Even in Yuxi City, which is not wealthy, the people there are relatively rich and relatively poor. The relatively rich people can fill their stomachs to some extent, have fields to farm and houses to live in, and can still survive if they save money. The relatively poor people are more miserable, most of their houses have been sold, and their fields have been mortgaged. They are basically homeless and can only work for others to make money.

Most of these people live in slums, where they are poorly clothed and hungry, and they eat, drink, defecate and urinate in the same place. Every year, epidemics occur, causing deaths.

By building the farm, I completely renovated this stinking, smoky slum and built a new residential area on another undeveloped land. Poor people who are willing to live there can move in, and those who don't want to live there can pay a sum of money to make a living on their own. Anyway, this piece of land was freed up for me, and the scale of the farm is also larger than I imagined.

With the use of cement and blue bricks, the buildings became much more regular. Although the walls were not painted with lime water, the entire farm still looked a bit ugly, but at least it was acceptable.

Hantu led the way in front of me, while introducing me in a rambling way:

"I received the offspring of ten common demons from Goblin. They are Goblin, Horned Rabbit, Demon Wolf, Thorn Spider, Sharp-beaked Sparrow, Salamander, Slime, Piranha Plant, and Arbok."

Why is Arbok still here? !

I resisted the urge to complain and continued to listen to Hantu:

"Among them, [Slime] is undoubtedly the fastest-reproducing creature. Moreover, this creature does not need normal mating. Each individual can split into new individuals. I often wake up in the morning and see a room full of slimy creatures, almost pouring out of the fence. It's a pity that this thing is not valuable, and the price of buying it outside is also very low."

Hantu said as he grabbed a handful of feed and threw it into the single room where slimes were raised. The room where slimes were raised had no windows, and the door was a wire mesh with tiny gaps. As long as the gaps between the wires were smaller than the slime's core, the creature would not be able to escape. The feed looked similar to pig swill, which were all leftovers from human consumption. After it was thrown in, the blue slimes fought for it for a while.

At this time, I found that there seemed to be nothing in the room next to it, but there were a few talismans pasted on the wall inside.

After taking another look at the already crowded slime room, I pointed to the empty room and asked:

"Why not move some slimes in there?"

Hantu wiped the sweat from his face and said:

"My Lord City Lord, this is one of the things I want to report to you. My Lord, please take a look at that corner..."

What the hell is this? Why are you making such a fuss?

I looked in the corner and found a slime core floating in the inconspicuous corner. If I looked more closely, I found that there was indeed a slime there, but it was not blue, but completely colorless. In the relatively dim environment, it was not noticeable at all.

This is a rare species.

Khantu explained:

"We discovered it by accident. The slime was splitting, and somehow this thing appeared."

I asked:

"Other demons don't have this phenomenon?"

Hantu shook his head and said:

"Not at all! And the slime has split and grown countless times this month, but only this one has appeared. I asked Lady Fileta, and she said that among the thousands of low-level demons she has killed over the years, she has never seen a completely colorless slime."

I squatted outside the empty room and looked at the slime inside with interest.

Its core was glowing with light and trembling slightly, as if it was looking at me.

11. Food or pets depends on your performance

After watching for a while, I asked:

"Does it show any abnormality?"

Hantu nodded fiercely and said with lingering fear:

"My Lord, this thing is very cunning. After it was born, it has been hiding quietly in the corner, without making any sound or moving. At that time, the whole room was full of slimes, and we didn't notice it. We opened the door normally and prepared to kill the slimes. Unexpectedly, as soon as we opened the door, this guy rushed out and almost let it run away."

I asked with great interest:

"Oh? Then why was he caught again?"

Khantu smiled and said:

"It was a coincidence. Lord Alayya was inspecting the farm that day, and the colorless creature just pounced out, but Lord Alayya kicked it back."

I glanced at the colorless slime in the corner.

Then he turned to Khantu and asked:

"The other slimes didn't show any aggression?"

Hantu nodded and said:

"They have no intelligence. They only know how to eat. When we catch them, they will instinctively ooze out corrosive fluid, but it won't matter as long as we wear special gloves. Lady Fileta said that these low-level demons without intelligence attack humans either for food or to obey the orders of higher-level demons. Now that they have enough food and there are no higher-level demons to teach them how to kill, they have become stupid and dumb, just like the pigs I raised before."

I said:

"So, this colorless creature is naturally aggressive? Or does it have a certain intelligence and can understand that it is about to be slaughtered?"

This question is rather profound and Khantu cannot answer it.

I asked:

"Any more?"

Hantu continued nodding and said:

"It's a big eater and loves to eat! You didn't see it, but when we first locked it up in this room, it was very well behaved. But not long after, we discovered that the entire room, from the walls to the floor to the ceiling, had been corroded by it, leaving several pits. We initially thought it was trying to escape, but it didn't keep digging in one direction. Instead, it corroded everywhere randomly. Later, we saw it swallowing a brick, and then we realized it was eating."

I picked up a talisman, looked at it, and said:

"Is that why you put the spell on it? This must have been done by Fileta."

Hantu nodded:

"We didn't know what to do with this guy, so we thought it was pretty interesting and wanted you to see it. But this little thing was too greedy, and it ate up most of the room. We had no choice but to give it more food every day, and it would be quieter. But this thing's appetite is simply a bottomless pit, and sometimes it will eat even if it's not hungry. We had no choice but to ask Lady Fileta to make a spell, and if it gnaws the room again, it will be electrocuted. That's how it got quieter."

I scratched my head:

"It eats everything! This is too much. Other slimes weigh at most one kilogram now, but it looks like it's almost two kilograms. We can't keep it going like this. We might as well... turn it into braised slime."

The colorless guy shuddered violently.

I immediately cast my gaze over there, looked at it coldly, and asked:

"Can you understand?"

The colorless guy didn't move again.

It was as if I had just imagined it.

I frowned and said to myself:

"Oh. What a pity. I was thinking if you could really understand, I would let you out."

The colorless guy ran to the front of the cage, and his transparent body kept bouncing on the ground, as if saying to me, "I understand, I understand."

I turned to Hantu and said:

"Write this down. This creature has some intelligence, but it's pretty dumb."

Khantu nodded seriously.

The colorless guy realized that I was lying to him, and angrily hit the door made of wire mesh, which triggered the thunder spell on it. With a flash of golden light, he rolled back to the corner, trembling at the door. No matter how special it is, it is just a slime of the lowest level of the demon clan. Fileta is a fifth-level magician. Although the power of magic engraved on the spell will be greatly reduced, it is still easy to deal with this kind of small demon clan with little combat power.

I asked Khantu:

"Have you ever tried feeding it other demons?"

Khantu explained:

"I wanted to try it originally. But first, I didn't ask you for permission, and second... it can't beat other demons. Even the weakest [Stinging Spider] can hunt it down if provoked. And except for other slimes, the rest of the demons seem to have a natural hostility towards it, and we don't know why."

I pointed at the colorless creature and said to it:

"Did you hear me? The entire demon tribe is your enemy, so just stay here and behave yourself. Once you get out, if you fall into the hands of humans, you might be braised, steamed, stir-fried, roasted, or even breaded and fried in a frying pan. It's even worse if you fall into the hands of demons. You'll be eaten without even having to go through the formalities."

The colorless guy doesn't want to pay attention to me anymore.

I said to Khantu:

"Don't feed it live demons. But you can give it some of the precious materials produced by other demons. Don't feed it too much, once a week is enough. Children are in the stage of growing up, so it's normal for them to eat more. But..."

I turned to the colorless guy and said: