Chapter 135: The Head of the Devil
Chapter 133 – Head of the Demons
“Massacre, plague, disappearance, what the fuck is all this?!” Owen slammed the intel down hard on the table and walked around the study with his hands behind his back.
Although it was just a line of text, Owen knew that this was the tragedy that happened not far from the territory, so how could he be in a good mood.
Of course, he is not sympathetic, intends to be the Northland police, but knows very well that if this goes on, the territory will not be spared, it is only a matter of time.
Thinking of this, Owen came to the sand table, according to the approximate direction provided by the intelligence, where to insert a skeleton flag.
To the entire Northland, these skeleton flags are insignificant, but how many noble territories are there in the Northland, how many people are there, if this goes on, there will be no one left in a few years.
What’s worse, this trend was spreading in the direction of his territory, and it was obvious that Akita Town’s fame was attracting these troubles.
Owen began to calculate the troop strength of his territory, as he didn’t need to waste any more progress value on ordinary farmers, and with the gradual assimilation of the barbarian tribes and nomadic tribes in the north, the sense of identity increased, and the stability of his territory had been on the rise, so that he could focus on the outside world.
The population of the territory is not too large, just a few thousand people, but the proportion of young men is very high, excluding the old, young and women, the proportion of adult men is more than one-third, and this is also the result of a large number of babies being born, so the territory is not short of troops, and can always pull out thousands of troops.
Moreover, there are only three places in the territory that need to station soldiers, the territory, the wooden village, and the town of Mara.
Owen considered for a while, and first transferred the farmers who were responsible for the local construction back, and then mobilized the original residents of Mara Town back, as for the garrison, considering the special location of Mara Town, he decided to deploy 50 light cavalry and 50 nomadic cavalry.
This arrangement was mainly because Owen had never considered taking Mara Town to a hard fight, so the light cavalry and nomadic cavalry that could scout and run away were perfect, because once they found out that something was wrong, they could immediately escort the residents of Mara Town to retreat.
Moreover, most of the residents of Mara Town can herd and ride horses, so they can also pretend to be cavalry when necessary.
As for the wooden fortress, Owen was a bit torn because the location of the wooden fortress was a bit ribald.
In the beginning, it was used as a support and a surprise troop when the territory was surrounded, but later, with the construction of Green Shade Town, the wooden fortress became a gatekeeper, or a dispensable kind.
In the end, Owen decided to evacuate the soldiers and expand it as a place for the Northland barbarian tribe, as for the soldiers, every adult Northland barbarian is a qualified warrior, so there is no need to station soldiers.
The territory was the focus, Owen divided the soldiers into four main categories, one for the main regiment, the second for the vigilante, the third for the reserve, and the fourth for the secret force, to strengthen the territory’s war potential in all aspects.
Main Corps:
Scouts 20, Longswordsmen 100, Riflemen 100, Crossbowmen 100, Lancers 100, Barbarian Heavy Infantry 100.
Scout Cavalry 30, Nomad Cavalry 100, Bow Cavalry 50, Rifle Cavalry 50, Breastplate Cavalry 50, Knights 2.
Security patrols: longsword sergeants 50, spear throwers 50.
Clandestine forces: ninja squads, witch hunter squads, Teutonic warriors.
The main regiment is the largest and has the most complex composition of troops, so it is headed by Howard, the experienced city defense officer, assisted by Bella, who leads the cavalry, and is the strongest, as the main regiment will also be tasked with expeditions when necessary.
The patrols are mainly responsible for the security of the territory, and they are composed of agile longswordsmen and spear throwers who have the ability to throw fatally, which is more intimidating.
The reservists are all adult males in the territory, who are given equipment and regular training, and have low combat power, but will become a force to be reckoned with when necessary.
The secret force is made up of elites, responsible for the security of the castle, the territory and the town of Green Shade in the dark. However, the number of people is a bit small, and the strength is also a bit insufficient in Owen’s opinion, and he is planning to strengthen it.
Seeing the strength of the territory now, Owen more or less put down his heart.
Every night, the entire territory will fall into a deep sleep, only to receive the outsiders hotel is still brightly lit, but these outsiders are very clear about the territory’s curfew, will only stay in the hotel to drink and make merry, do not dare to go out, or else the security team will be happy to patrol them arrested and hanged.
But rules are meant to be broken, and there will always be those who are restless, like Polly and Corrie.
Polly and Curly are disguised as adventurers, but in reality they are members of the Devil’s Head.
The Demon’s Head is an evil organization composed of demonic warlocks and demonic sorcerers, specializing in summoning and enslaving demons, and proficient in the creation of demonic eggs, preferring to spread them, and then harvesting them after they mature, to cultivate high-quality demonic fighters or fodder.
The warlocks that Amelia encountered before, as well as some of the recent village massacres in the Northland, were all the work of them.
However, the Head of Demons sounded quite powerful, not only being able to enslave demons, but also using them as fodder, but in reality, they could only be considered second-rate among the evil organizations.
In this world, because of the existence of transcendent power, the ability of an individual is infinitely elevated, so the upper limit of an organization is not based on how many people there are and how much wealth they possess, but the strength of the strongest person and the number of masters.
It’s similar to the Hiroshi organization in Naruto, not many people, but who dares to underestimate, not afraid of this gang of professional demolition psychopaths coming to the door.
Because the main members of the devil’s head are demon warlocks and demon sorcerers, the upper limit of the strength of the two is limited by their own magical bloodline, resulting in the strength of the middle layer and the bottom layer is good, but the top layer is too pulling the crotch, so the head of the devil’s head is not rated very high.
Of course, because like to spread chaos and create massacres, the head of the devil suffered a lot of blow, in the empire is difficult to mix, so ran to the north of the land, really like a fish out of water.
This time the members of the Demon’s Head in the Northlands heard about the reputation of Akita Town and came over to take a look, and it really suited them, so they decided to act tonight.
Polly was a middle level member of the Demon’s Head, and his strength wasn’t bad, while Keri was a new wild warlock who had joined not long ago, so any dirty work was his.
Right now, Polly was slowly drawing the summoning array with the blood of the black lamb, and Cori was grunting and panting as he placed the quietly kidnapped residents of Akita Town in the place of the sacrifice, tired and sweaty, but happy in his heart.
“This place is really nice, there are no nasty adventurers and no priesthood holders that make people feel sick, the residents are all in good health and still have no bad hobbies, it’s just great to be used as sacrifices!” Ke Li, who was busy resisting people, said excitedly.
As a newcomer to the Demon’s Head, although it wasn’t his first time to offer a summoning, it was his first time to offer such a high-quality sacrifice, in the past, he either dragged away vomit covered drunkards from the back of the tavern, or kidnapped a few withered serfs, and if he wanted to find a decent sacrifice, he didn’t only have to guard against the town guards, but he also had to risk the danger of being killed by pervasive adventurers, so it can be said that every sacrifice was stained with his blood and tears.
What’s even more demoralizing is that this kind of garbage sacrifice can’t even summon a powerful demon, and it’s hard to even hit a farmer.
This time, it was not easy for Boss Polly to take him, he must perform well, maybe he will be rewarded with a powerful demon, if it is a chimera, it will be great.
Compared to the excited Keri, Poli is much calmer, because he is not looking at this sacrifice, but the whole Akita Town.
As long as he is given enough time, he will be able to sacrifice the entire Akita Town to a certain demon lord in exchange for great power, and then he may not be unable to sit in the position of the head of the demons.
(End of chapter)