Tauren Overlord

Lu Heng couldn't say how the fighting was going on the front line, but the governor only gave the leaders seven days to prepare, which showed that the war situation was really critical.

This also meant that Lu Heng had no time to train new recruits, and could only use the more than 200 people who died in the last battle to defend the home and maintain the front line at the same time.

So, could Lu Heng refuse the call?

If you can defeat the other 32 lords at the same time, then yes.

Although the other 32 lords may not be so willing to participate in this battle.

After all, they are responsible for all the expenses of the war.

To the empire, these lords were nothing more than foreign thugs with their own bones. They were not fed when alive, and were not buried when dead.

Last time, more than half of Qunshan Territory’s troops died, and the empire didn’t give any compensation.

But even so, the lords did not dare to use the military strength of one family to fight against the other 32 families. That would be a dead end.

So they all wanted to stand among the 32 families loyal to the empire, rather than the one that took the lead in causing trouble.

The danger of colluding to rebel may not be low either - who knows if the lord you are colluding with is a lord loyal to the empire who is fishing for him?

Therefore, Lu Heng did not think that looking for other noble lords who wanted to rebel against the empire was a smart strategy.

As for rebelling on my own... I can't defeat him at all.

There are 32 lords, and each lord has an average of 600 to 700 people, which means an imperial legion of more than 2 people.

Although the ratio of infantry to cavalry in the Qunshanling troops has soared to nearly 1:1, it is still not enough in the face of huge numbers.

Even though this is a world with psychic powers, the military can still play a big role.

Just like the battle of the White Legion, were the winners decided only by Ruby and the Minotaur Lord, the strongest fighters on both sides?

no.

If the battle was a one-on-one duel between the two of them, Ruby could use the Shield of Gaia to block all of Lu Heng's attacks.

Lu Heng had no chance of winning, but he could use a portal to trap the Lock Gun, and then run away through the portal.

If he doesn't run away, Ruby can just summon a few more Gaia Shields to kill Lu Heng with one shot.

So why did the White Legion lose?

It was the power of the rat that changed the outcome of this battle!

The rats are not naturally strong. They also need Lu Heng's organization and the logistical assistance of Agnes, Douglas and even Christina to become a real army.

But no matter what, the power of the army is enormous and cannot be completely replaced by one or two powerful spellcasters.

Besides, Lu Heng is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of the number of spellcasters.

There are 32 lords, and each of them provides 5 spellcasters, which means there are 160 spellcasters in total.

This is still taking into account the fact that many lords did not give their best efforts.

At present, Lu Heng’s number of people is too weak, not to mention compared to the entire empire...even if it is just compared to the power of the Empire’s Beast Suppression Province.

There is no need to think about resisting conscription, at least not at this stage.

What Lu Heng needed to think about more quickly was the issue of political power after this expedition.

As the lord of the Mountains, he must lead the troops to the battle. Then who will be in charge of the Mountains?

Give it to his sister who has a man's body and a woman's heart?

According to the empire's legal system, this is indeed the person.

If we have to choose the second best, then it would be Pierre from Wormwood Town.

Unless Lu Heng can find a girl to marry on the spot within 7 days and create a lord's wife for Qunshan Territory, he can get the most legally suitable regent.

So the next question can be simplified to - which girl should I find?

According to common logic, he should marry someone from the imperial headquarters and produce mixed-race offspring.

So is Di Yao and so is William.

This is why the original lord of the Mountain Territory never arranged a personal maid for his son's enjoyment.

No matter how poor the Breos branch of the Mountain Territory is, they can easily afford one or two high-end maids from Taimenia.

What the former lord really cared about was for his son to marry a noblewoman from the imperial headquarters.

If complications arise at this time and his son has a lover and an illegitimate child before marrying a woman from the imperial headquarters, that would undoubtedly be a minus point.

This was all part of the original lord's grand plan, but he died too quickly, so none of this could be implemented.

But Lu Heng had no interest in the women in the imperial headquarters - precisely because the women in the empire were superior to him in status.

The imperial woman knows very well that you came to her in order to hybridize with her to produce more privileged offspring. How can you still look at her in a good mood?

They will only think that you are not worthy of an imperial woman, and even if you marry her, they will feel very aggrieved!

What would happen if Lu Heng really married her?

Marry an ancestor and bring him home to worship him?

So Lu Heng first ruled out the option of marrying an imperial woman.

Then, can I find a female noble who owns a territory and marry her, and then form a powerful alliance?

Since the customs of the Taimenians do not completely exclude female heirs, the situation of women becoming lords, although rare, still exists.

However, Lu Heng thought about it again and found that this was also difficult to do.

Most of the female lords who own territories are widows.

The legendary young lady lord...did appear briefly in the history of the Kingdom of Taimenia, but there is no such person among the other 32 lords now.

Regardless of whether they have reached menopause or not, they are used to giving orders in the territory.

If they get married, won't she continue to look to Lu Heng for orders?

Anyway, in terms of strength, the Qunshan Territory is at the bottom, and it is really difficult for Lu Heng to subdue them, so he also decided to go in this direction.

Then comes the most common marriage option - to find the noble girl from Taimenia.

Now he can finally have sex with teenage girls - in the Empire, boys and girls aged 15 are considered adults.

However, at what cost?

The price is that although you don’t have to listen to middle-aged aunts, you still have to listen to middle-aged uncles!

After you marry someone's daughter, your wife will listen to her father very much.

As a powerful middle-aged lord, he would naturally think:

I have married my daughter to you, so am I not your father?

As a weak lord, the more Lu Heng wanted to marry the daughter of a wealthy family, the more likely he would be treated like a dog by the head of the wealthy family.

No matter how aggrieved you are, you will feel more aggrieved.

What's more, Lu Heng has a different problem from ordinary imperial nobles - is he an imperial noble?

He is not.

It’s just that his anthropomorphic skills have always been stable, which is why his Minotaur identity has never been exposed.

If he marries a woman who is close to him and represents another force, it will inevitably create more unnecessary variables.

So Lu Heng narrowed down his choices again.

This woman must be loyal to herself and there must not be any other forces behind her.

Then could Lu Heng just find a subordinate, or let his maid...such as Rosa, marry him?

It is technically possible, but if Lu Heng marries a peasant woman, it will be difficult for him to integrate into the aristocratic circle.

Even if those nobles did not have the ability to directly declare Lu Heng's marriage invalid, they could still collectively exclude him as a "degenerate" aristocrat.

After all, the nobles who were high and mighty came together to exclude the old farmer's daughter. This did not require any mobilization at all; it was simply a consensus among all the nobles.

Therefore, it would be best if the girl was a noble. Considering this point alone, a down-and-out noble like Di Yao could be considered.

After all, she is the daughter of the Porporo family. Marrying her will allow Lu Heng to better carry out aristocratic diplomacy in the Beast Suppression Province.

The forces supporting her had also been devastatingly weakened. At least in the early stages of the marriage, Lu Heng did not have to worry about being backlashed by the woman's power.

Even if Lu Heng managed to make Di Yao the new head of the Bolbolo family with his own ability, the forces that began to support Di Yao again would more or less acknowledge Lu Heng's contribution.

The same principle applies to Barbaris. The blonde maid seems to be a descendant of a noble family, but she has to hide her identity due to some pressure.

But Barbaris's case is more special. Her public identity is the old farmer's daughter.

Marrying her might have potential in the long run, but in the short term he might just gain recognition from the nobles in the eastern part of the empire.

Each option has pros and cons.

Who should I choose?

60. Why do I feel like the more I describe it, the worse it gets…

At night, oil lamps were lit in the manor, creating a completely different scene from the small town under construction in the surrounding mountains.

This oil lamp is not as bright as the electric light in Lu Heng’s hometown, but it is much better than an ordinary candle.

Whether it's for work or entertainment, there's no problem.

The old farmers in the town cannot afford the oil lamps, and their nights are always filled with deeper darkness.

Walking through the corridor of the lord's mansion, Lu Heng once again saw Barbaris's pink eyes and her longing for tonight.

However, Lu Heng was busy thinking about his lifelong affairs and was not in the mood to have sex with her again.

Of course, there is another reason that cannot be told.

As he acquired the exclusive skill of manipulating his puppet substitute, the Minotaur Overlord was now in the middle of a fierce battle with the elf girl Enis.

Although he can "see" two worlds at the same time, if the war really breaks out at the same time, will it affect the performance of the Minotaur Overlord?

It's really hard to say.

So he bypassed Barbaris and returned to the bedroom with his personal maid Chloe, then undressed and received the little loli's intimate massage.

Well, it's really just a relaxing massage.

There is also a bed in the study, but the room is still too small.

Unlike the bedroom, where two large beds can be joined together to form a larger happy bed.

This would allow Chloe to sleep within three meters of him and replenish his Yin energy.

And at the Suspension Bridge Monastery, it was Agnes who fell asleep with him.

Of course, relying solely on Chloe and Ennis to replenish the feminine energy is definitely not enough.

The main source of feminine power is still the vast number of female residents of the mountain town and the suspension bridge monastery.

This also means that after he reaches rank three, he will have to further expand the number of his subjects in order to offset the strange negative effects of his exclusive talent.

Fortunately, he now has a puppet dummy, and the "dummy" also has many functions similar to those of a real person, such as allowing Lu Heng to add a channel to obtain negative power.

If the Empire asked him to go to war before he acquired the ability to manipulate puppets, he would have to take the five maids with him.

And every night he had to sleep with these five maids in a small space of less than 5 meters.

There are stunning maids all around me, even on my body... How much will this affect my sleep quality?

With the ability to manipulate puppets, Lu Heng can replenish a large amount of negative energy in the Suspension Bridge Monastery to avoid disintegration due to the imbalance of yin and yang.

However, if you go out on a war, it is better to bring one or two maids with you to supplement your feminine power.

For example, Chloe, who was giving him a massage, made him feel very comfortable.

If it weren't for Rosa's pain, he probably wouldn't have thought that the little Lolita next to him could do so well.

Wait... When Lu Heng thought of Rosa, he suddenly had an idea. He said to his personal maid Chloe:

"Next, it's your turn to lie on the bed and loosen your clothes."

Chloe did as she was told obediently... Although no matter whether she undressed herself or not, Lu Heng would not be able to see her non-existent little breasts.

When she found that Lu Heng pointed his hand at her lower abdomen, her face turned red as if she had finally realized something, and she said in a somewhat embarrassed voice: