Banner of the Evil God

Sui Xiong was already very satisfied with being able to recruit Leonard, a powerful evil god, but he later discovered that the good news was far more than that.

As an evil god, Leonard is not a mere commander, but has a group of subordinates.

His subordinates are mainly rangers - not the kind of "rangers" who are good at riding horses and archery, wearing light armor and using short weapons, but wandering knights in the general sense. Many of these people are literate, especially the rangers, many of whom have a fairly high level of education and considerable social experience, and are fully qualified to work as civil servants.

Although most young rangers express no interest in settling down, rangers will eventually grow old, and the older rangers are happy to have a stable job and be able to use their wisdom to do something when their strength has declined. Things that benefit people and society.

These rangers have been in the world for many years, often dealing with many troublesome things alone, and have accumulated a lot of experience. Even those who have reached their twilight years and have no energy to deal with government affairs can still work as teachers in schools and pass on their experience, like a firewood, from generation to generation.

The Rangers are very satisfied with this result, and so is Leonard.

He has been less active in recent years. The main reason is that the number of elderly subordinates has gradually increased, and he can't worry about it. Most of these knights worshiped the hero Paul when they were young, and then followed in the footsteps of their idol to become a hero who performed chivalry and righteousness. Regardless of emotion or reason, he could not ignore these people.

Leonard is really happy to be able to find a good home for them.

Sui Xiong was also very happy.

The Rangers are very capable, but Leonard's is even more amazing.

This relatively young evil god - perhaps even the youngest evil god in the contemporary era - is quite capable, and that's all in civil affairs. His most important ability lies in the military.

In the entire Northwest Republic and among all Sui Xiong's subordinates, he was the only one who had truly commanded an army, fought a battle, and won a battle.

Leonard, the "heavy lion" of the past, was one of the marshals in the southern theater of the Orc Empire. Although he usually defended rather than attacked, he had commanded tens of thousands of huge armies many times and fought with the Eagle Kingdom. Fighting in the field. There were wins and losses in each of them, but there was never a real big loss.

This military ability cannot even be compared to Leon, who almost became the king of the Eagle Kingdom.

For Sui Xiong, this meant that he finally had a serious "senior officer" in his camp.

So the job he assigned to Leonard was that of an instructor.

"You want me to give lessons to those soldiers, teach them military discipline, art of war and tactics?" After listening to his arrangement, Leonard was silent for a moment and asked, "How many soldiers do you have?"

Sui Xiong made an estimate and said, "There are probably...three to four hundred people."

"This scale is too small." Leonard sighed. "For officers below the centurion captain, don't ask me to teach you. I'm really not good at small-scale combat."

"Didn't you work as a ranger for a while?"

"At that time, I was a lone ranger." Leonard shook his head. "I have experience in commanding large armies. I also have experience in fighting alone. But I have no experience at all in commanding small armies, thirty or fifty of them." No."

"...You have never commanded an army of this size?"

"No, I joined the army when I was a boy, and I have always been in charge. Although I have a high military rank, I am actually just a common man. It was not until I entered the legendary realm that I actually led the army, and directly took charge of half of the southern theater." Leonard said with a smile, " The minimum number of troops under my command was more than 10,000. "

Sui Xiong was silent for a while and sighed deeply.

The Northwest Republic is still too small!

But he was not depressed for long and soon cheered up again.

"Don't worry, your experience will be useful one day." He said, "The Ash Forest is actually very big. As long as all the negative energy is purified, it can accommodate a huge country."

Leonard was surprised and asked: "Do you have a way to purify the entire Ash Forest?"

"My leader of the mage group has been studying this." Sui Xiong smiled, "The effect is not bad."

Leonard's eyes lit up. As a strong man who was good at fighting, his ideas were much sharper than Sui Xiong's on many issues.

"This is a talent worthy of vigorous cultivation!" He said, "If he can really develop a method to purify the entire Ash Forest, he may very well be able to become a god through it. The priesthood of 'Purification' does not have a corresponding god, so you can compete for it. Fight!"

"Huh? Aren't you an evil god? I remember that you don't encourage others to become gods, right?"

Leonard smiled: "Occupying the priesthood does not mean becoming a god. On the contrary, possessing the priesthood without becoming a god can prevent latecomers from taking this wrong path."

Sui Xiong was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is this okay?"

"Of course. The priesthood is essentially the embodiment of 'mastery'. You can choose to let it manifest, or you can choose not to let it manifest. But whether it manifests or not, the point of 'mastery' will not change. "Reynard said, "As long as the forerunners have enough 'mastery', there is no hope for the latecomers to replace them - for example, do you think there are gods in the world such as machines, mechanisms, and constructed creatures?"

Sui Xiong thought for a while and shook his head.

"That's because these aspects have been controlled so much by the 'Great Evil God of the Mechanical Realm' that it is impossible for latecomers to compete with him for a share in the source of the world. This situation is no different from those gods who monopolize the priesthood. It’s just that one is in the dark and the other is in the light.”

Sui Xiong suddenly realized this and couldn't help but admire Leonard's thinking.

Leonard may not be particularly strong, but his level of thinking has far surpassed that of many veteran experts.

The other evil gods only want to live in seclusion and live freely, and those with far-sighted visions only want to form their own family and dominate the world, but Leonard wants to control the priesthood, and promote this practice to reduce the number of gods in the future... Can they think of such a thing? Profound, no wonder he was able to become so powerful in just over a thousand years!

He admired it for a while, and then asked Leonard what opinions and suggestions he had for the current Northwest Republic.

"In my opinion, the biggest problem in this country is insufficient output." Leonard said, "It is true that Void City's daily income is more than enough to support a country. But if a country wants to develop, it cannot just rely on The central government is assisting localities, and each locality should also have its own competitive industry to support itself. At first glance, only Gold Rush Town in the Northwest Republic is relatively backward. In fact, if it really wants to develop according to the standards of Void City, it may have to retreat. If we develop according to the standards of Huishi Town, all the other three towns will fail!"

"The most troublesome thing is that there is no way to solve the problems of these three towns for the time being." Leonard sighed, "The output of Long Roar Town comes from the hunting of Warcraft. Even if the number of Warcraft can be increased, the Warcraft hunters will not be able to solve the problem for the time being." It is impossible to increase much in a short while; the output of Rye Town comes from agriculture and commerce, and it is impossible to increase significantly in a short period of time; in contrast, the already somewhat depressed Gold Rush Town can increase its output in a short period of time. It has developed rapidly over time because it has enough miners and can also operate a negative energy crystal mine.”

Sui Xiong pondered, carefully considering Leonard's words.

After thinking for a while, he asked: "In your opinion, how should we solve it?"

"Merge." Leonard said, "There are too many four towns. Just discard some and merge the population into others. In my opinion, you can transform Rye Town into a fortress and cancel the agriculture there. So many The remaining population will be merged into the other three towns, especially Gold Rush Town, which will quickly develop Gold Rush Town. As for Long Roar Town, it is recommended not to promote the living standards of Void City there and let it continue to maintain its original barbaric appearance. , This way you can also train your troops.”

Sui Xiong was stunned. He had never thought of doing this. After pondering for a while, he asked: "Why should I transform Rye Town into a fortress? The Gold Coin Federation opposite has a good relationship with the Republic."

"The relationship is good now." Leonard said lightly. "As the Republic grows stronger, more and more civilians from the Gold Coin Federation will immigrate here, and the relationship between them will become worse and worse, and sooner or later there will be a fight. . There’s nothing wrong with getting ready now.”

Sui Xiong was even more surprised: "Why should I go to war with an ally's country?"

"We are just allies now." Leonard said, "The Goddess of Wealth is a god of faith, and she must obey the will of the merchants. Today's Void City, and the Republic with Void City as its core, have formed an independent and huge business System. This system continues to make huge profits, but other businessmen can get relatively little profit from it. Sooner or later, the greed of businessmen will force him to change his attitude."

"He's not that kind of person."

"This has nothing to do with who He is. God of faith has no choice in the face of faith." Leonard sighed, "The God of Justice is like this, let alone the goddess of wealth?"

Sui Xiong thought of Leonard's experience back then and couldn't help but sigh deeply.

It can be seen that this evil god still has a grudge in his heart, which has led to strong prejudice.

"Don't worry, I will find a way to solve the conflict before it intensifies." He said with a smile, "After the conflict intensifies to a certain extent, there is really no way out, but I will not let the conflict intensify to that point."

"The greed and sinisterness of people's hearts are not so easy to solve." Leonard said coldly, "Even if you have the power to reach heaven and earth, you won't be able to use it in this regard."

"Human beings essentially pursue stability and peace, and survival is their greatest desire." Sui Xiong had seen people discuss this issue on the forum back then. He had also sorted it out before when he was sorting out the information. Now he talks about it, " There are certainly cases where other desires overwhelm the desire to survive, but they are not the majority.”

"The people who died were civilians and soldiers, and what was gained was the ruler's power and wealth. How could this be prevented?" Leonard asked.

"Just let those rulers die first." Sui Xiong replied with a smile.

Leonard was silent. He looked at Sui Xiong deeply, as if he was meeting this jellyfish god for the first time.

"You're right! Why have I never thought about this choice!" After a long time, he sighed deeply and said, "Now I am really curious about how you will lead this unprecedented country. Which direction you go, what kind of achievements you achieve..."