Summoning Total War

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Military camp, outside the city of Athens, sixteen riders rode away.

At the same time, troops distributed across Athens ordered by Murphy also took action. They were led by their respective centurions and divided into sixteen squads, each with more than two hundred people. According to the plan drawn up by the governor in advance, they began a comprehensive encirclement and suppression of the goblin kobold bandits roaming around Athens. Long before the operation, Murphy told them the locations of all the alien bandits within Athens.

And what they have to do is to work with the aboriginal mercenaries to wipe out all these alien bandits!

The clean-up operation has begun in full force!

Shortly after Murphy ordered the start of the clearing operation, the team dispatched to the Harpy tribe also brought back new news. The Harpy Queen Evana agreed to negotiate outside the Karazhan Mountains, and the time was set for tomorrow afternoon, about fifty miles away from where the Athenian army was stationed.

When this was confirmed, Murphy felt relieved.

Since the other party agrees to engage in diplomatic negotiations, the Harpy tribe will not become the enemy of Athens for the time being. With such a large harpy group, if a war really breaks out, it will definitely be a lose-lose situation. At that time, Murphy may have to give up the White Dragon's treasure. After all, for Athens now, population is the greatest wealth. If the money is gone, you can make money and rob it, but if the population is gone, it will take time to accumulate bit by bit.

Athenian warriors should not be wasted in such a war.

In the afternoon.

After handing over the command of the comprehensive clearing operation to several generals in Athens, Murphy took the time to visit the Temple of War.

Now the citizen population of Athens has reached 12,000. Once these things are dealt with, the next thing is to expand the outer city of Athens and build new buildings that can only be built in big cities. Moreover, many of the original buildings also needed to be expanded after Athens was upgraded to a big city. The most important among them are undoubtedly the temple and the military camp.

The Great Temple of War, the Great Temple of Leadership, the Great Temple of Love, urban military camps, and large ports all require a large amount of funds.

The second phase of the refitting and rest of the Athenian legions also required a large amount of money to support them. Although the Athens treasury collected a lot of loot after the Orc War, it also gained a lot of income from trade with Centaurs and barbarian humans. But compared to the cost of upgrading Athens to a big city, it is far from enough. Although Mrs. Elizabeth's family is quite wealthy, they probably spent a lot of money setting up the mercenary union. Mrs. Elizabeth's greatest wealth comes from land, but for Murphy, selling land in exchange for wealth is absolutely beyond his control. Accepted.

Although the spirits trade has begun, since the dwarves have now cut off external trade, relying solely on the consumption of barbarian humans, I am afraid that the funds that can be obtained for the time being are still quite limited.

As for the internal sales of human city-states, I am afraid that effective results will not be achieved in a short time.

Unlike those third-rate novels in the previous life that made a fortune as soon as the spirits came out, as a practical operator, Murphy knew exactly what kind of talents needed spirits.

Not many people like high-alcohol spirits. Even in previous lives, there were many people who believed that liquor was spicy and had nothing to do with its taste.

I'm afraid not many people like liquor just for the sake of getting drunk, right?

The market for liquor is very broad, but it is also very limited.

First of all, most women will not like such high-alcohol spirits. And those nobles with effeminate faces may not be able to drink such strong wine. There are actually only a few groups of people that spirits are aimed at. Soldiers. The more warriors have experienced war, the more likely they are to drink spicy spirits. The other group is the group that likes spirits.

For example, barbarian humans, or dwarves.

At least a race like half-elves cannot accept a high-altitude drink like liquor.

Things are rare and valuable.

The trade income brought by spirits can amount to tens of thousands of silver coins a month, but it is still far from enough to cover the expenses required to upgrade a big city.

If the trade with the Harpies cannot be negotiated this time, then there are only two options left that Murphy can think of.

One is to become a mercenary, charge a fee from nobles everywhere, and then help them kill those goblin kobold bandits. The other one is to rob. It doesn’t matter who you rob, because at that time, whoever has the money will rob.

He couldn't afford to wait for the long-term accumulation of wealth. If he was really desperate, robbery would be within his scope of consideration.

At this point, Murphy isn't the type to have too many moral scruples.

Time is very important to him!

He told the chief priest of the God of War some of his thoughts, and what he didn't expect was that the chief priest of the God of War was quite supportive of the plunder. Sparta was a fighting nation, and all men were trained to be warriors. War was something they were born to face. Since it is a war, it is nothing more than two kinds, one is to protect, and the other is to plunder.

Therefore, plundering wealth is a very normal thing for the God of War Priest who has a very pure Spartan mentality.

After coming out of the War Temple, before Murphy could return to the Archon's Palace, the herald came over on a fast horse.

"Your Majesty the Governor, there is important news from the Centaur." The herald handed a parchment into Murphy's hands and said urgently.

Centaur?

Did something happen to the west?

Murphy frowned slightly, unfolded the parchment in his hand, and looked at it carefully.

The text used on the parchment is Elven script, and the handwriting is quite graceful. It seems to have been written by the beautiful little mare Elune. The above information is also very simple, that is, after occupying the Centaur Sharma Basin, the Mammoths expelled all surrounding races. Now many aboriginal races that once lived in the Salma Basin are moving around.

The powerful mammoths defeated the former centaur tribe, and many races living in the surrounding areas had to avoid their edge and began a long migration process.

Some of the migrating humanoid species chose to join the Centaur tribe in order to one day regain their territory. The other part chose to move to the south of the mainland, where Athens is located. The ferocity and tyranny of the mammoths has made many humanoid creatures share the same hatred. Many humanoid creatures living in the surrounding areas, such as porcupines (a branch of the wild boar people, larger in size), hobgoblins, hyenas, etc., have chosen to side with the centaurs. This way.

The mammoths even clashed with two steppe elves distributed near the Salma Basin.

The race that migrated towards Athens was bugbears, which were a variant of goblin-like creatures. They were very strong, far beyond the comparison of their shorter counterparts. These bugbears are greedy, cruel, and born bandits. They will attack and plunder any race as long as they think they can win. Bugbears are agile and tall (about 2.2 meters), but they do not have much intelligence and appear to be very stupid, far inferior to the IQ of other goblin-like creatures.

Because bugbears are born with no good goods, after learning that bugbears were migrating toward Athens, the beautiful little mare Elune immediately wrote a letter to notify Murphy, asking him to take precautions in advance.

"Bugbug?" Murphy's brows widened when he read the end of the letter.

"These are the slaves that came to your doorstep! These bugbears are stupid in nature, but they are tall and burly and have a lot of brute strength. Athens is going to expand into a big city, so why does it lack such coolies?" Murphy couldn't help but think in his mind.

Slaves were a very important resource for Athens' cash.

There are about six groups of bugbears migrating to Athens. Except for the most powerful bugbear group, which has a population of thousands, the other groups have populations of around five to six hundred.

In terms of strength alone, it is no match for Athens at all.

There are about 3,500 bugbears, which means more than 2,000 strong slaves! After reading the letters sent by the little mare Elune, Murphy immediately decided to eat them in one bite!

"How many troops are currently stationed in Athens?" Returning to the Consul's Palace, Murphy immediately asked General Jerry Rivard.

"There are only fifteen phalanx infantry, about 1,200 people. Lord Governor? What's the matter?" General Jerry Rivard asked this when he saw Murphy entering the door in a hurry, and immediately replied with some strangeness. .

"Only 1,200 people? Too few." Murphy handed the parchment in his hand to General Jerry Rivard, and said to himself: "It seems that General Leo Darius's First Athenian Army must be Bring back some of it.”

If you want to capture slaves, you naturally need to have a numerical advantage. Otherwise, if you cannot use force to overwhelm others, the bugbears may not succumb.

In that case, a lot of people will be lost.

Although the migrating bugbears were still on their way, Murphy had already included them in the demographics of Athens.

General Jerry Rivard took the parchment with some doubts. He frowned at first, but then his eyes lit up and became brighter and brighter. He put down the parchment and said excitedly: "This is Slaves delivered to your door!”

"The Governor is planning to catch them all?"

"That's right! Athens is about to expand. Although there are a lot of goblin slaves, they are short in stature and not very strong. Their role is quite limited. And these bugbears are strong and tall, and they are definitely good at doing hard labor. Two choices!" Murphy replied.

"But with only the 1,200-man army in Athens, it is not difficult to defeat these bugbears, but it may not be easy to capture them." After thinking for a moment, General Jerry Rivard said: " Lord Governor, if we want to capture them all, I'm afraid we have to bring back the First Army of Athens. In order to avoid casualties, it's best to bring back the long archers."

"Yes. They are still some distance away from Athens. It should not be too late to deploy them tomorrow afternoon."

General Jerry Rivard had the same idea as Murphy.

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"Lord Governor! Peer wants to see you."

Not long after Murphy sat down, the attendant at the door ran up to him and said.

Peer is a newly trained spy in Athens, but now he serves in the security force. Because of the growth of Athens, more and more spies are sent by the Parliament of Nobles. In order to prevent these spies from causing any damage, they are also included in the Athens security force. Several spies conduct counter-reconnaissance. Most of these spies who were sent had disguised identities as businessmen. Without causing trouble, Murphy couldn't do anything to them even if he knew their identities.

Therefore, we can only send people to keep an eye on them.

"Let him in." Murphy said softly.

"yes."

After a while, a middle-aged man with a round face and quite rich appearance walked into the room.

"Mr. Governor." Seeing Murphy sitting inside, the rich middle-aged man quickly greeted him.

"No need to be polite, what's the matter?" Murphy waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to be polite. As a modern man from Earth, he always pursues efficiency in his actions, and he doesn't like these red tapes.

"A strange person came into the tavern. I was afraid something would happen, so I hurried over to report to the Governor." Although Peer did not salute again, he lowered his head very respectfully and said.

"A strange person? What a strange method?" Murphy became interested immediately after hearing this and asked.

"Very tall! Very strong! Also very fat!" Peer wiped the sweat from his forehead, gestured to the size of a ball, and then continued: "That person is probably taller than an ogre, like a giant. !”

"He was wearing a very large cloak that covered his whole body. He also had a hat on his face and covered it with a veil. He couldn't see his appearance at all. He was carrying a three-meter long cloak. The oak stick was almost as thick as my thigh, and there was a big wooden barrel on the long stick, and I didn’t know what was in it.”

"Oh?" Murphy's face changed after hearing this, and he asked, "Where is he?"

"Tavern!"

Tavern?

Murphy was taken aback by this return.

"His drinking capacity was astonishing. He almost drank a large tank of spirits by himself. Because he was so tall, the bartender didn't even dare to go up to him and ask for money. Later, when he stopped serving wine, he actually drank a lot of it with the palm of his hand. A hole was made in the wall of the tavern. With no other choice, the bartender had no choice but to send it up one jar at a time." Peer wiped the sweat from his forehead again, and continued: "The wine in our tavern is almost gone. He drank it all.”

Speaking of this, Peer looked mournful. Although the tavern was Murphy's private property, it was run by his brother-in-law. Now he was drunk by such a guy who suddenly appeared and drank thousands of silver coins. Liquor, if he can't get his money back, his brother-in-law will inevitably be punished. Originally, this kind of thing should be solved by the port security team, but because that guy's physique is too oppressive.

With no other option, he had no choice but to come to the inner city of Athens to find the governor to deal with the matter.

"Punched a hole in the wall of the tavern with one palm?" Murphy looked surprised and couldn't help but ask again: "Are you sure!"

"The villain is absolutely true! He really made a hole in the half-foot-thick wall with one palm!" Peer wiped his cold sweat, as if he still had lingering fears.

So perverted?

If arcane magic can blast a hole out of a wall, Murphy believes it. But it is really unbelievable for Murphy to be able to punch a hole in a wall just by relying on human power. Perhaps even the most powerful war-god priest in Athens cannot do this casually, right?

There is no internal power in this world. Before the tide of elements stabilizes, the power used by each race in battle comes from the body.

The strength of the body determines the level of power.

Unless it is a creature with the blood of a giant, like other intelligent species, there is simply no way to do this with physical power alone.

The houses in Athens are all built uniformly, with a thickness of about sixteen to twenty centimeters. Being able to punch a hole in such a thick wall at once is beyond the scope of ordinary humanoids.

Could it be that a creature with giant blood really came to Athens?

"Let's go! Take me to have a look." After saying that, Murphy immediately stood up and went to the port to have a look.

"Yes. Lord Governor." Peer followed cautiously.

As soon as Murphy went out, his accompanying general's guards followed him on horseback. Considering the guy's strange strength, Murphy was hesitating whether he should let the chief priest of the God of War go with him.

But just as he thought this, the chief priest of the God of War rushed over with an entourage.

Not only did the priest of the God of War come over, but the two magicians who should be teaching the magic apprentices at the moment also came over.

"Why are you here too?" Murphy looked at the three people who came over unexpectedly and asked doubtfully.

These three are considered to be Athens' current top combat capabilities. It's just that they didn't get the news, so why did they come over at the same time?

"Mr. Governor, there are elemental energy fluctuations in the direction of the port. It is very strong! It is likely that other magicians have arrived." Merlin, the chief mage of the Evocation Department, bowed slightly to Murphy and said.

"My Lord told me that a powerful fighting species has come to Athens." The war priest said coldly with an expressionless face.

But in him, Murphy actually felt an inexplicable desire for fighting.

That feeling is like a master who finally meets an opponent worthy of his action, that kind of desire to fight when he meets his opponent!

"Since we are all here, let's go and see it together."

At this moment, Murphy was even more curious about the mysterious being who suddenly visited Athens.

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(This chapter is 5,000 words. I will continue to write the second update. If after twelve o'clock, I feel sleepy and can't bear it, everyone will explain it. But I am in good condition and I should be able to code out a chapter.

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