Paradox players' simulation game

Compared to mermaids, mermen are much more beautiful. Their upper bodies are not much different from humans. If they are so beautiful, they must be delicious if they are made into canned fish.

One hundred mermaids were shot to death without any resistance.

This place is outside the sea clan's territory, so there are basically no sea clan troops, only occasional small-scale encounters.

The fleet is slow.

The sea is calm most of the time.

Before entering the sea clan's territory, Ash simply switched to hosting mode, keeping an eye on and handling matters at Youyue Castle.

There was another disturbance during the previous caravan, and after Helen went to investigate, she found out that the other party was a wealthy businessman who frequently went in and out of Baron Monica's territory.

As we all know, collusion between wealthy businessmen and nobles is commonplace.

Nobles and wealthy businessmen of the same gender hold a party to get together.

Nobles and wealthy businessmen of different genders climbed on their own.

In short, the scene was chaotic and messy, just like a fat pig seeing wild vegetables, and its impatience was something Ash had experienced in the past two days - three businessmen had already invited him and a banquet was specially held for him tonight.

These three merchants were not locals, they just passed by here frequently on their business trips. Two of them were slave traders and one was an ore merchant. The slave traders were attracted by Helen's large purchase of slaves. As for the one who worked with ore, Ash was surprised to find that there was a mineral vein about ten kilometers northeast of Satika.

However, this mineral vein was discovered not long ago, and now only a few people go to pick up the minerals. This guy came here just to see if there are any business opportunities.

According to the information he sent people to inquire about, the nobles of several surrounding territories are now eyeing that place, and Monica is the most powerful among them. This woman relies on her relationship with the big nobles to make other nobles very wary.

In addition, Monica's manor has 500 elite soldiers and generals. Such strength is already very powerful in the border town of Avalon.

Ash found out that the surrounding cities generally have between two and three thousand soldiers. There are many towns and villages under one city, so the total number of soldiers would not exceed five thousand.

It sounds like a lot, but basically everyone is in charge of their own business, scattered like a pile of sand. In other words, the main route of the orcs' attack in winter is not here, otherwise even their pants would be taken away.

This time, Monica sent someone to find him again under the pretext of the caravan incident, saying that she would help investigate which bandits were responsible for the caravan's death. In fact, she vaguely mentioned the dispute over the mineral vein, and roughly meant "I want this mine, don't fight for it." Then she also sent ten beautiful female slaves to Ash.

In general, he is quite tactful in his work, worthy of being able to take advantage of opportunities in the aristocratic circles of big cities.

Ash agreed and accepted the slave girl.

Then he asked Helen to buy a large number of slaves and then go back to seize the mineral veins.

So, the two slave traders were not originally from this place, but when they heard that there was a big business, they rushed to Baron Ash to start a party.

According to Helen, the two slave traders had at least 1,500 slaves, including more than 100 strong orcs, 500 to 600 strong men, and the rest were mostly female slaves. The pretty ones were sold for one silver coin, and the not-so-pretty ones were buy one get one free.

The price of orc warrior slaves is particularly high, generally selling for five silver coins or more, and for powerful captains, it can go up to one gold coin.

The reason why orcs are so popular in the slave market is mainly because the purchasing power of those young noble women is too strong. Ash is speechless. A market is actually lifted up by young women. Can you believe it?

The reason is that orcs are strong and have great endurance. Even though they look ugly... some people really like them!

"I estimated that it would cost about fifty gold coins to buy a slave suitable for combat, one hundred gold coins including a female slave, and two hundred gold coins including an orc... My lord, do you want to buy an orc?" Helen asked.

"Buy, of course I want to buy them all. I want all the orc warriors." Ash said without hesitation.

"But if we buy a large number of orcs, it will easily lead to criticism. After all, they are a foreign race..."

"Do you think that the wolves, tigers and leopards we raise are wild beasts? They are called poultry." Ash grinned, "The female slaves are fine, but we must get the orcs. Ask them to bring all the slaves to Satika first and tell them that I want them all."

Don't want female slaves, want orcs?

It was the first time Helen had seen such a strange noble like Ash.

She tilted her head: "But we don't have that many gold coins."

Ash asked back, "Who said I have to pay?"

I have guns and cannons, and I am a lord. Why do I have to pay for things from my own territory? Is there still a king's law? Is there still law?

"I see."

Helen thought about it and felt that, Lord Ash worked hard for the territory, so what was wrong with taking something from others?

The efficiency of the lord's personal guard was quite good. That evening, the slave trader transferred the "goods" over, and then according to Ash's wishes, a wonderful banquet was held directly in the castle. In order to show their sincerity, the two slave traders also brought a dozen beautiful female slaves each.

These female slaves have been specially trained, their tempers have been polished, they are very obedient, not to mention they are beautiful, they are all virgins, because the price of virgins is high, and slave traders are not stupid, when they see beautiful slaves, they are usually very careful, for fear that they will be damaged and worthless.

As for those who have no face or body, just throw them there and treat it as buy one get one free. It doesn’t matter if they die.

This world is very cruel.

Ash thought to himself that for a kind person like himself, the thing he couldn't bear to see was others suffering.

So he made a decision.

The people of Satika were horrified to find that the town's guards had taken massive action tonight, shouting, "The lord has been stabbed, seal off the scene!"

Then the next day, two corpses were hung in front of Youyue Castle - two slave traders had evil intentions towards the Baron and tried to assassinate him at the banquet, but they were discovered in time by Helen, the chief guard, who killed them on the spot.

Afterwards, Lord Ash ordered a search of the two men's residence and found a large number of very dangerous slaves. It was obvious that the two men had planned this. Once he was killed, the town of Satika would be swept away overnight.

"Robbers! These two slave traders are bandits in disguise!" Lord Ash cursed angrily, "They actually dared to covet my territory and wanted to kill my people. I will never allow such a thing!... Bandits! We must eliminate them at all times! Therefore, this lord declares that we will start preparing to clear out the bandits around Satika today and bring peace to everyone!" ㈡

"However, given my limited ability, I hope everyone can contribute to the suppression of bandits. You don't need to contribute manpower, just money. I will have people announce the relevant policies when the time comes!"

Helen was stunned.

She turned her head and looked at Baron Ash, who was radiating justice. For the first time, she felt that a person could be so... Sorry, this is not what I, Helen, think at the moment. Helen's body and soul belong to the Lord, and I will never criticize the Lord.

Although there was some chaos in the town of Satika at the beginning, after all, it involved the issue of money, so it was normal for the people to be emotional. However, after the merchants took the lead in paying the money, other ordinary civilians also behaved obediently one by one - they had to be obedient, because didn’t they see that the lord’s guards were walking around with knives in their hands all day?

Facts have proved that making money in the name of suppressing bandits is very fast, so my friends are not deceiving me.

Satika is located in the border area, it is chaotic and has average resources. Civilians don’t actually have much money, but merchants do.

Therefore, Yaxiu's policy of donating money to suppress bandits tends to favor those who have money to give more. When the civilians saw that the wealthy businessmen paid so much, they suddenly felt relieved for some reason.

But Ash didn't care about just borrowing the name. He wanted to use the money to quickly arm the team and then seize the mine. In the process, it was also necessary to clear out the surrounding bandits.

After all, a robber always has some money on him, even if it is a copper coin, it belongs to him.

Soon, the armed forces of the entire Tissaka were improved.

It has to be said that the businessmen in this world are indeed rich.

"The number of ordinary guards has reached fifteen thousand, which is enough. Unfortunately, the combat effectiveness of these guys is not much different from that of the militia... Fortunately, there are a hundred orcs."

Without the combat effectiveness of trained soldiers, they are just ordinary mobs.

Without quality, Ash can only work hard to increase quantity and defeat his opponents by numbers.

In addition, the hundred orc warriors are now his trump cards. These guys can be loyal in exchange for enough food, and it is very easy to tame them.

Orcs will never be slaves?

Huh~

Would you like to do it if food and accommodation are provided?

Of course, to be on the safe side, Ash still used the effect of New Thought to guide it.

"One hundred fully-armed elite beast warriors."

Looking at the guard army that had begun to take shape, Ash smiled.

Next, let’s speed up this country.

...

While Ash was distracted with developing his territory, Irelia was keeping a close eye on the Alliance's situation at sea.

With more than a thousand warships out to sea, it is impossible for the sea people to be unaware of such a large-scale attack.

But up to now, there have not been many encounters with the sea tribes. Instead, the bad weather at sea has caused a lot of trouble to the march.

[The fleet was affected by the storm and the warships were damaged. ]

[Due to continuous heavy rain, three warships were damaged and unable to move forward, 1,000 soldiers were killed or injured, a large number of soldiers became ill, supplies were depleted rapidly, and the morale of the army declined.]

[Due to the impact of the waves, the warship was pitched too far, causing some soldiers to vomit and feel dizzy, resulting in 500 casualties.]

[The fleet was attacked by a group of mermaids, resulting in 200 casualties.]

【…】

【…】

The weather at sea was very bad.

As far as Irelia knew, the waters surrounding the Rhea continent were a special area, not an ordinary sea area. It was full of unknowns and dangers, and all those who had tried to explore the open sea had never returned.

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Initially, the same was true for the waters outside the South Continent, but as the continental plate sank, the sunken area was occupied by the sea people. They came from the outer sea and later established a kingdom in the South China Sea region, occupying the twelve huge islands that had not yet sunk.

It can be said that the sea people were not originally creatures from the Rhea continent, but were real alien invaders.

Although the weather in the South China Sea is not as bad as that in the open sea, sometimes the boat capsizes faster than your fate. If you are unlucky and encounter this, what can you do?

[Phyllis: If this continues, half of the people will be dead before they even arrive.]

[Weinei: Yes, it is not that easy to go to sea. ]

Every time bad weather hits, people die, and those who remain are mostly mentally exhausted and their fighting capacity is greatly reduced.

At this time, the gap in the quality of warships and the quality of soldiers was reflected.

Among the damaged warships, those with problems were all from the Alliance, and 99% of the soldiers were killed or wounded. For example, even if the soldiers of the Holy Legion felt unwell, at most they would be given a debuff, and death was extremely rare.

[Anonymous: Without a priest accompanying us, the effect of the medicine is limited and slow. I am afraid it will not be able to alleviate the impact of the weather. In a few more rounds of action, the small problems accumulated before will explode.]

Many of the symptoms and discomforts occur on a large scale.

These symptoms are not fatal, but if they are not relieved for a long time, the situation will get worse and worse. Considering the base of more than 100,000 or 200,000 people, it is not surprising that one or two thousand people die.

The most terrible thing is that the combat capability has declined and the warships have been damaged. How can we fight against the sea creatures?

【Ash orders the fleet to stop and rest.】

Here, Ash also noticed the overall situation of the fleet.

Before entering the sea clan's territory, eight warships were destroyed, and the total number of casualties reached more than 3,000 soldiers. In addition, tens of thousands of soldiers suffered from various debuffs, and the consumption of supplies was twice as fast as expected.

If this continues, there will be only a bunch of defeated soldiers left in front of the sea tribe, and there will be no point in fighting.

"I really misunderstood Irelia."

Looking at the fifty intact warships, these ships have not yet triggered the effect of the magic circle, but they are still as strong as usual in the storm.

It was clear that, despite Ash's disdain for the attributes of these ships, Irelia had indeed built them with great care, and they might have gone through some functional testing before being put into mass production.

"It's much more useful than Wei Nei."

Yaxiu thought that if it were Wei Nei, she would probably leave everything to him and then stay at home to take care of the baby.

Wait... So, isn't that what happened to Asuna? The difference is that Asuna didn't play the game online with him.

All in all, Queen Irelia did a great job.

Irelia: I am at peace.

【At the end of April 1787, you ordered the fleet to anchor and rest at a nearby island.】

[The next day, you found that a large number of crew members had headaches and fever symptoms, and they were also contagious.]

"I'm really sick."

Ash frowned slightly. What he was most worried about was not the losses caused by the bad weather. The loss of a few ships and hundreds or thousands of people would not have much impact. Originally, these soldiers of the Alliance Army mainly served as cannon fodder.

but.

Being sick is troublesome.

Especially some infectious diseases, the slightest carelessness can lead to the annihilation of the entire army.

The conditions at sea are poor, and the medicines carried are not enough to deal with all illnesses. The symptoms of diseases at sea are different from those on land, and they are the most troublesome to deal with.

[You ordered the sick soldiers to be separated and isolated, and all of them to be assigned to the same ship.]

【Phyllis: Why is that? 】

There is no such thing as isolating sick people on the continent of Rhea.

[Anonymous: I have heard people say that separating sick people is the most effective way to deal with the plague. This should be related to the infectiousness of the plague. However, the priests of the Holy See also said that the plague is a punishment for those who are sinful. Isolation is useless. It is a curse, and those who are doomed cannot escape it.]

[Felice: The Holy See must be talking nonsense. Separation is indeed useful. Ash did it.]

Although I don't know how the plague is transmitted, this statement should be correct, huh? The priests of the Holy See? Their biggest role is to release a purification or recovery spell when the Holy See is deceiving people, dispel the fatigue of the believers, and then tell them that this is the glory of the Mother Goddess of Life shining.