Tauren Overlord

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291. The Rage of the Giant Squid

Many dwarves were about to go into the sea to feed the giant squid, but when they opened their eyes they suddenly discovered:

"Ah? How did we get saved?"

Not only were they saved, they suddenly appeared on a large wooden island, and the translucent figure of a minotaur appeared in the sky.

Lu Heng introduced himself to the dwarves just like before and continued to ask questions:

"Great dwarf warriors, are you willing to cooperate with me and defeat the empire together?"

"The only thing that needs to be exchanged is that since I saved your life, you should obey my command."

"Of course, this does not mean that you have to obey everything unconditionally."

"I will not let you turn your axes against your fellow countrymen, but continue to aim at the Empire you need to deal with in the first place."

"And after we achieve complete victory over the Empire, I will return your freedom. Do you think this is a fair deal?"

Although dwarves are stubborn, they are not stupid.

They soon realized that even if they were not rescued by Lu Heng, they would die in vain.

Choosing death at this time is a true coward and an escape from unfulfilled obligations.

So 98% of the dwarves joined the Tauren Overlord's team.

Only 2% of the dwarves seem to have sworn to die in this sea, rather than choosing to be saved.

This is what dwarves are like. Once they make a promise, they will never break it.

This stubborn character directly led to the fact that the Imperial God-Emperor rarely spent his limited spiritual energy to seduce them, because he had tried it before and it was useless.

To Lu Heng, these dwarves were obviously more powerful than the human sailors he had just subdued.

What's more coincidental is that Lu Heng's current battalions basically use long-range weapons such as Rat-type machine guns, rocket launchers and handguns as their main output.

When it comes to fighting a tough battle, the lack of frontline troops is very dangerous.

These dwarf heavy infantry just happened to provide Lu Heng with the melee troops that he was in short supply of.

Lu Heng counted the number of these dwarves and found that there were as many as seven or eight hundred of them, enough for him to form two camps.

This would be perfectly coordinated with his two existing weapons group battalions.

Even if we don't use them as warriors, we can still use them as good craftsmen.

By joining the magic industrial system, they may create some inventions that human and rat engineers have not yet come up with.

Lu Heng had just recruited five to six hundred human leaders.

The reason why their number is smaller than that of the dwarves is mainly because the ones rescued by Lu Heng only account for 1% of these leaders.

Most of the human consumables of the Imperial Navy were blasted into the seabed by the golden dragons of the Sea Alliance or beaten into the sea by the dwarves.

Those who were rescued by Lu Heng were not only good at swimming, but were also lucky people. At least they were not directly hit by the rune bombs.

Otherwise, no matter how good they are at swimming, they will surely die.

The same cannot be said for the Dwarves, whose Giant Squids attempt to drag every Dwarven warship to the bottom of the ocean.

Lu Heng naturally could not do as they wish, but had to rescue all the dwarves.

As for the very few Taimenia people who were rescued by Lu Heng...

Even if we put aside their abilities, releasing them to Thessaloniki would help to publicize how the empire "cares" for humanity.

Having practical examples is always better than Lu Heng's theoretical propaganda.

……

While Lu Heng was saving humans and dwarves, the Empire's Navy Marshal also discovered something unusual on the sea.

The Empire's Admiral Augustus is also a giant squid.

As a fifth-rank spellcaster, his status in the empire is no less than that of Field Marshal Selron.

The core ability that supports him to gain the favor of the God-Emperor is his exclusive skill - "Sea Surface Perception".

At first, his ability was simply to have stronger perception than an ordinary giant squid.

But as his rank increased, his range of perception was gradually not limited to the ships on the sea.

He could also sense birds flying hundreds of meters above the sea, but the sense became blurrier the higher he went.

His perception range also extended from the top of his head to dozens of kilometers with the top of his head as the center.

This capability also extends to several hundred meters below the ocean surface, but again becomes more ambiguous the deeper you go.

However, if he only had this ability, he might only be able to serve as an underwater scout under the command of the Divine Emperor.

His real strength lies in his ability to project the images he observes into other people's minds.

With this ability, Augustus is really suitable to hide under the sea and "sit" in command.

Even if the golden dragon threw a rune bomb right above him, the power of the explosion was completely unable to hurt this diving squid.

As usual, Admiral Augustus saw the scene on the sea again.

I saw a minotaur building roads and bridges on the sea from time to time to gather people together;

Sometimes a portal is opened to send humans and dwarves away, but no one knows where they are going.

What upset him the most was that the group of troublesome dwarves actually ran away with the minotaur!

In order to destroy these dwarves and consume the rune bombs of the Sea Alliance, these giant squids were finally gathered together.

Even in the vast Holy Blessing Empire, the number of these giant squids is very limited.

Among them, there are basically only dozens of adult giant squids that can actually fight.

Once they are involved in the battle on the coast of Cat Earvia, they cannot appear in other sea areas at the same time.

After fighting for so long, have we only consumed the empire's human supplies, but not killed many dwarves?

Although Augustus also felt that human consumables were really useful.

He even told his subordinates that up to now in the naval battle, no one from our imperial headquarters had died.

It just consumed some leaders who were supposed to die... but his human supplies were limited and could not be exploited endlessly.

He only brought a total of 100,000 human supplies, but now he has consumed 50,000 or 60,000 of them.

If consumption continues like this, what will we do if the supplies run out?

Won’t the Empire headquarters suffer losses then?

What should I do if the Emperor of the Empire blames me?

What's more, if the giant squid wants to maintain its huge size and powerful combat capability, it really cannot do without eating good food.

Ordinary deep-sea fish may temporarily fill their stomachs, but they cannot make them feel truly full.

So what should I eat?

Of course, they need to consume a large amount of creatures rich in psychic energy, such as humans and dwarves.

Generally speaking, dwarves, who have a longer lifespan, tend to have more spiritual energy in their bodies and taste better than humans, who have a shorter lifespan.

However, more and more giant squids realized that something was wrong:

"It's strange, why is it that the small meat I eat is mainly human meat, and I hardly taste the flavor of dwarf?"

"Yeah, it's so weird. I came to the battle with the mentality of eating dwarves, but now I feel like I have no strength left in my body."

As the saying goes, man is iron and food is steel.

If these greedy giant squids cannot eat the dwarves they want to eat, it will indeed make them lack the ability to fight.

Of course, their combat morale also declined along with it - and what naturally increased was the management cost of the Admiral of the Navy.

The thought of this made Augustus angry and embarrassed.

Because he found that he had no way to stop the minotaur at all.

The admiral could only swear in his heart:

"You minotaur who stole the dwarves, one day I will wrap myself around you and taste your flesh and blood myself!"

……

At the same time, Lu Heng also realized that the empire's consumption of the Taimenian people would sooner or later backfire.

If humans are simply afraid of death, surrendering and running away would be enough.

In comparison, being a puppet soldier is something that requires a lot of "courage".

The reason is simple. If you fight against the invaders, you will die. But if you fight for the invaders, will you not die?

As more and more Tymenians are consumed and killed by the Empire, the Empire will increase the cost of conquering the Tymenian provinces.

Lu Heng also believes that more people will realize this.

They will also become more like the humans of Thessaloniki, knowing that abandoning the empire is the only way to survive.

If these humans feel that surrendering will not bring them quick salvation, they will choose to rebel.

Lu Heng still felt that these people were too slow to rebel, so he came up with a new idea:

"Should I take the initiative to add fuel to the fire of the empire?"

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292. Plant a Seed

As for how to ignite the fire of uprising in the Empire's Taimenia provinces, what Lu Heng had to do was also very simple.

He has recorded a lot of what the Empire has done to the Temenians through the abilities of "Projector" Valentine.

Also recorded was that the rulers who surrendered in the city of Thessaloniki were treated far more fairly than they had been in the Empire.

As long as Lu Heng shows them the relevant images, they will naturally know what choice they should make.

Of course, this is easier said than done, but if one really wants to spread the idea of ​​rebellion, or even lead them in it, one must send people deep into the field.

Who should be sent? Lu Heng has a ready-made candidate.

For example, Serena, Lilia and Elsa who stayed in the New City Republic, and most importantly himself, that is, "Woziki Shuode".

The little green dragon Melodia will also go with them. After all, she is somewhat of a strong person and might be able to perform miraculous functions.

In order to avoid exposing the action, Lu Heng brought only a small number of people, only 5 in total.

As for how to deploy this undercover team to the provinces of Taimenia in the Western Continent, this is the easiest.

Although the Empire's naval marshal has the ability to monitor the water surface, Lu Heng does not have to take a boat.

Wouldn't it be enough for him to use the portal to teleport the undercover agents, including himself, to a small village in the western continent, and then slowly integrate them into the big city?

He immediately began to arrange undercover agents to be planted in the Western Continent. He wanted to plant the seeds of resistance in the hearts of the people of Taimenia.

Of course it is impossible for Serina and the others to arrive in the Western Continent today and start rebelling tomorrow. This is a process.