Chapter 699 – Dwarf Race
Citizens of Demon City have already withdrawn, so even if the army had moved in, there were still a lot of unoccupied space inside the City. Because of this, it didn't take too long for Besmir to arrange three separate areas for the reinforcements to settle in.
Moreover, Besmir has sent word that the Dwarves will be coming soon. He told the people to not provoke the Dwarves since their temperaments aren't very good.
When this information spread in the city, the people immediately expressed their reaction. All of them had the same idea as Besmir. Although it was said that there was an alliance between the Humans and the other races in order to resist the Demons, a long time has passed without any reinforcements coming. This made the defenders think that this was just a rumor that was disseminated by the major empires of the continent. And at the same time, Zhao Hai's presence here was only to calm their worries. They didn't think that the other races would actually send some troops to help defend the city.
Zhao Hai didn't care about these reactions. After Besmir arranged the living areas, he immediately took Berry to inspect them. When there weren't any problems, Zhao Hai led Berry outside the city as he opened a spatial rift allowing the Dwarf passage towards Demon City.
The one who led the Dwarven Army was an elder, Zhao Hai believes that the name of this elder should be Julian. He was quite a young elder and his relationship with Zhao Hai was quite good.
When Julian came out of the rift, he bowed to Zhao Hai and said, "Mister, we have fifty thousand soldiers here as well as ten thousand iron beasts."
After Zhao Hai returned the courtesy, he smiled and said, "Alright. Follow me, I'll be taking you to your area."
Julian nodded, then he turned around to give orders to the army. These people were the most outstanding soldiers of the Dwarven Race. All of them had their war hammers, full iron armor, and iron shield. Besides these, they also had a set of small hatchets for long-distance attacks.
Before long, the fifty thousand troops and ten thousand iron beasts are ready to move. Zhao Hai looked at them and said, "Brothers, we'll be heading to the battle quite soon. This will be the first time that we will have a cooperation with the Humans after a long time. Don't be surprised of their gazes, they are just curious. We'll just shock them when the battle comes. Still, if people dared to laugh at you, then don't punch them immediately, report the matter to me first and I shall deal with it myself!"
This was how Zhao Hai always talked to the Dwarves, so they were already quite used to it. When Zhao Hai finished talking, all of them issued a shout. Then they followed Zhao Hai to Demon City. While heading there, all of them were curiously looking around. Nobody could blame them, after all, they had been inside Dwarf Mountain for a very long time. It wouldn't be strange if they were to be interested in this new place.
Before long, the large unit approached Demon City. When the soldiers in the city spotted Zhao Hai's group, they didn't move and just stood there because of the instruction that they had just received. However, all of them couldn’t help but stretch their necks in curiosity. On the other hand, the adventurers weren't very disciplined and just went towards the walls and looked at the Dwarves. But nobody dared to say a word, all of them knew about the temperament of the Dwarves as well as Zhao Hai's orders. If they dared to say anything, then Zhao Hai definitely wouldn't let them off.
In fact, these adventurers were extremely afraid of Zhao Hai. He was known to be very vicious and merciless, turning several hundred thousand Aksu Empire soldiers into undead in a single night. This was something that cannot be simply forgotten.
Therefore, these adventurers just looked at the Dwarves without making a single noise nor gesture. Zhao Hai was very satisfied with this result. He quickly brought the Dwarves to their area before taking Julian to see Besmir. After all, it was impossible for Zhao Hai to be here all the time, so Julian and Besmir needed to be acquainted to each other for future cooperation.
When Zhao Hai took Julian to the General's residence, Besmir immediately gave them a cordial welcome. Besmir looked at Julian with curiosity while Zhao Hai gave Besmir a salute and said, "General, let me introduce you to the Dwarven Elder Julian. Julian, this is General Besmir, Buddha Empire's general for Demon City's defense army."
Julian and Besmir gave each other a salute, then Zhao Hai said, "Alright, then let's head in." After that, the three of them went inside the General's residence.
Inside the residence, there was a large topographic map of Demon City. Zhao Hai went towards the map and pointed at something and said, "We're here in Demon City in order to defend against the Demon advance. At this time, the Demons are still busying themselves by building their city. However, I believe that they have their own mages, so it wouldn't take too long before they finish. When the city gets built, I believe that God-ranked experts of the Demon Realm will start to make a move. Although they are suppressed by the Ark Continent and cannot stay here for too long, they can still pose a threat to our position. Now that the Dwarves have come, I have one request for you to do. We need tunnels going from the city towards an area outside of it, we need them as soon as possible. They should be deep and large enough for our purpose of using them as our escape passage. Julian, what do you think?" Julian nodded and said, "This is not a problem, leave it to us."
Zhao Hai nodded, then he turned to Besmir and said, "You coordinate with the Dwarves, this is something important for us. If a God-ranked expert comes, we can use that tunnel in order to escape."
Besmir nodded, "Mister, you can feel relieved. I know what to do, there's no need to worry about it." Zhao Hai nodded, then he turned his head back to Julian and said, "Julian, you should restrain the tempers of the Dwarves as well. We need a harmonious environment in this alliance. If we have some fights, then it would be disadvantageous for us in the future."
Julian nodded, "I understand. We came this time to wage war with the Demons, not with the Humans Race." Zhao hai nodded, then he looked at Besmir and said, "General, restrain the mercenaries and adventurers as well. Don't make them go too far. If they do, then there would be no need to wait for the Dwarves to retaliate, I will do the job for them."
Besmir nodded, he knew the importance of the current matter. The entire continent needed to be unified right now. If these fellows were to go too far, then Zhao Hai certainly wouldn't let them off.
Zhao Hai looked at the two and said, "The Dwarf tunnel must be made as secretly as possible. We want the entrance to be well hidden, even to our own people. With this, we can also use those tunnels in order to stage a counter-attack."
Julian nodded, "I understand. Don't worry, we know what to do."
Zhao Hao nodded, "Then that's good. Julian, you go back and take a rest first. You can start working tomorrow. I still need to go out of the city to take a look at things. General, make the soldiers pay more attention. In the next few days, the Elves will be arriving, extreme discipline will be needed in order to peacefully cooperate with them."
Besmir nodded and said, "Alright, mister doesn't need to worry about it."
Zhao Hai nods, then the looked at Julian and said, "Let's go. After I take you back, I'll be leaving some liquor for your men as well. Let them enjoy their stay here in the meantime."
Julian laughed and replied, "That would be good. We didn't bring any liquor this time, we're expecting that you would provide for us." Zhao Hai laughed as well as he led Julian out of the General's residence.
While Besmir looked at Zhao Hai and Julian's backs, he finally understood how Zhao Hai could have a good relationship with the other races. This was because Zhao Hai didn't treat them as another race, his treatment of them wasn't different from his treatment towards the Humans. It was this easy.
However, even if this was easy to do, only a few can manage to do it. The Humans of the continent were too used to feeling superior. They have always looked down at the other races. This made the other races dislike them in turn. In the end, nobody liked anybody, making it impossible for them to cooperate.
Besmir sighed, then he turned around and went back to his room. To be honest, he was also looking down on the other races, but Zhao Hai woke him up. The situation was now very different, they couldn't just look down on different races anymore.
When Zhao Hai escorted Julian to his camp, he also left behind a lot of liquor. As for the other necessities, there was no need to worry about them, Besmir already prepared it for the Dwarves. This made Zhao Hai commend Besmir deep inside.
Zhao Hai looked at the busy Demons in the distance and couldn't help but sigh. He really wanted to call all of his undead and then kill them directly. However, Zhao Hai knew that this wasn't going to work. It was for certain that experts were already stationed there. Although Zhao Hai can overwhelm them with his undead, he also knew that the Demons were surely prepared. If Zhao Hai attacked them, then he would certainly suffer huge losses in the long run.
Moreover, Zhao Hai had some suspicions that the God-ranked experts had already arrived. It was only because of the current construction that the God-ranked experts decided to stay put.
The reason why Zhao Hai had this idea was because of a certain person, and this was none other than the Demon Dragon King. The information that Cai'er was able to get about the Demon Dragon King was too small. In fact, there wasn't much information that Cai'er can get regarding the God-ranked experts of the Demon Realm. These God-ranked experts were very well-hidden.
And this Demon Dragon King was quite a low-key expert as well. And since Cai'er was unable to find out what his strength was, Zhao Hai believed that the Demon Dragon King was a God-ranked expert himself!
Chapter 700 – Consummate the Marriage
Although Zhao Hai hadn't fought with the Demon Dragon king, he just had this feeling that the other party was a God-ranked expert. He can't really describe this feeling, but it was there, this was also the reason why Zhao Hai didn't act rashly.
On the other hand, Zhao Hai also believed that the Demon Dragon King had sensed his strength. Therefore, he wasn't quick to advance and just stayed to construct their city. It seems like both sides are dreading the ability of the other.
If the other party just had the Demon Dragon King as the God-ranked expert, then Zhao Hai wouldn't be polite and just attacked them. But now it seems like the enemy doesn’t have the Demon Dragon King as its only God-ranked expert. Zhao Hai has the feeling that there were at least five God-ranked experts in the enemy's army. If he dared to attack, then he might be besieged by those God-ranked experts. However, even if Zhao Hai didn't attack, those five God-ranked experts can just make a move on Demon City. If they did it this way, then Zhao Hai's prior preparations might be placed in a precarious position.
As to why the other party didn't attack, Zhao Hai was not sure. Maybe they still aren't adapted to the Ark Continent? Who knows.
In fact, Zhao Hai was correct in his guess, these experts still needed to familiarize themselves with the Ark Continent, this was the reason why they decided to refrain from making any actions in the meantime.
The Ark Continent had its own laws, one of them forbade the long-term existence of God-ranked experts. The suppression of this law gets more powerful as the violating party gets stronger. Therefore, these God-ranked Demons needed to adapt their strength in order to perform at their full strength.
Because of this, in addition to Zhao Hai's existence as well as his undead, the Demon Dragon King decided to stay back and refrain from attacking Demon City immediately.
Berry was currently right by Zhao Hai, at this moment, she turned to him and said, "Brother Hai, there's no need to worry too much. Although there are a lot of Demons that would come to invade, it would still need some time before all of them manages to come out of the spatial rift. I've gotten a whiff of their plans before. They would have several God-ranked experts take command of the vanguard in order to construct their city, after that, they would proceed to attack the Ark Continent bit by bit."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "I was thinking the same thing. But how many God-ranked experts do they have? And since they have God-ranked experts, why haven't they made an attack yet?"
Berry smiled and said, "Things aren't as easy as that. Although they are God-ranked experts, I heard that they would still need to adapt after arriving at the Ark Continent. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to show their full strength. And the time it takes for them to adapt isn't short. Therefore, it would still take quite some time before they can express their full abilities. We can definitely resist them for a long time."
Zhao Hai frowned and said, "I'm afraid that the Demon Realm would have a lot of God-ranked experts. If all of them were to arrive at the Ark Continent, then we would be in deep trouble."
When Berry heard this, she couldn't help but frown as well, "This is also an issue. I know that there are quite a number of God-ranked experts in the Demon Realm. If they attack, then it would indeed be very troublesome."
Zhao Hai sighed, then he said, "It looks like we need to start our plan soon. There are a lot of herbs in the Space, but the herbs that we need to make a God-ranked potion is really a lot. At the same time, the growth time of those plants is too long. Our rate of making God-ranked potions is just too low."
Zhao Hai was quick to discover that the Processing Machine was now able to make God-ranked potions. At that time, he also noted which herbs were needed and planted them. However, he didn't think about how many were needed to make a single potion.
It was only afterwards that Zhao Hai discovered how much herbs he needed to promote a 9th rank to God-rank. Also, the herbs that were needed to make the potion were very demanding. Take a certain ginseng, for example. In the past, Zhao Hai was able to plant ginseng in a very simple manner, and he was also able to harvest them in large quantities. But now, the ginseng needed for the potion required a hundred mu of farming ground. And in this 100 mu, no other plant must be present in order for this special ginseng to grow. And after this ginseng gets planted, extreme attention needed to be made in order to nurture it. It needed to be watered in a specific time or else the land would get dry. Although the ginseng still wouldn't die then, but it would lose its potency to be used for the God-ranked potion. This made it hard to cultivate this herb.
More importantly, the God-ranked potion didn't need one or two of this ginseng, but instead it needed 81. And this was only the ginseng, the other herbs still weren't calculated.
If one wanted to make the potion, then one would need to grow more than 100 herbs. Each of then unique and each of them needed special ways of growing. Some of these were present on Earth, while some have already been acquired by Zhao Hai, like the Goldmetal fruit. And the amount of Goldmetal Fruit needed was actually more than the ginseng.
Because of all these limitations, Zhao Hai was still unable to make Green and the others into God-ranked experts. With the materials he currently had, Zhao Hai only has enough to make a single God-ranked potion.
Therefore, for Zhao Hai, what he needed the most at this moment was time. As long as he has enough time, then he would be able to raise a lot of God-ranked experts. And when that time comes, whether they be Demons or the Divine Race, all of them weren't going to be problems anymore.
Another reason why Zhao Hai was unwilling to fight the Demons was the existence of the Divine Race. The Radiant Empire has become more and more mysterious as the days passed. And since Zhao Hai couldn't go there to scout, he was getting more and more anxious as time goes by.
When the Divine Race comes, Zhao Hai didn't know what plans they would have. Therefore, Zhao Hai decided to refrain from going all out against the Demons. He was afraid that if he lost too much in fighting the Demons, then he wouldn't have anything to resist the Divine Race with.
Although Zhao Hai hoped that the Divine Race would divert the Demons' attention, it seems like there weren't any movements coming from the Divine Race. This gave Zhao Hai a sense of dread. This was why Zhao Hai thought of making the Buddha Empire into a huge battlefield. Not only would it help in fighting the Demons, it would also prove useful when the Radiant Empire attacks.
When Berry heard Zhao Hai mention the promotion of 9th ranks into God-ranked experts, she was immediately startled, she seemed to have remembered something. Berry looked embarrassingly at Zhao Hai and said with a shy voice, "Brother Hai, I'm a 9th rank Succubus. When a Succubus consummates her marriage, she will gain a huge boost in her strength."
Berry was blushing as she stared downward. Zhao Hai looked at Berry and immediately understood what she wanted to convey.
Berry was a 9th rank expert, if her marriage goes official, then her strength would gain a huge promotion, it might even be possible for her to advance to God-rank. When he thought of this Zhao Hai's eyes couldn't help but shine.
As for consummating the marriage, Zhao Hai was quick to understand what it was. Although Berry had become Zhao Hai's wife and had people recognize her status, the two of them had yet to make the marriage 'official'. In other words, they haven't done what married people tended to do.[1]
Zhao Hai looked at Berry and said, "Are you sure?"
Berry gave a shy nod. This made Zhao Hai laugh and said, "Then what are we waiting for, let's go." Then he pulled Berry as they flashed to the Space. However, he didn't go through the villa's entrance but instead appeared directly inside his room.
Berry knew what would happen so she didn't have any intentions to resist. She just lowered her head in embarrassment, making her much more charming for Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai held Berry's hand as he said, "Berry, I apologize. The situation is quite hectic and I am not able to hold a wedding for you."
Berry looked at Zhao Hai as she shook her head and said, "You didn't do anything wrong, Brother Hai. I don't really care about a ceremony. As long as you treat me as your wife, then that would already suffice."
Zhao Hai patted Berry's head and whispered, "Silly girl." Zhao Hai pulled Berry into his bosom as he gently kissed her forehead. Berry gently closed her eyes as Zhao Hai went down to kiss her eyes, her nose, her cheek, her neck……"
When Berry felt Zhao Hai's lips on her own, she couldn't help but feel an electric current going through her whole body. Her body tingled with numbness, sapping all of her energy away.
Zhao Hai gently removed Berry's clothes as he proceeded to kiss her whole body. In the end his mouth reached Berry's sensitive breasts, he continue to tease it until Berry made a delighted moan.
Zhao Hai didn't expect Berry to taste this good, he was unable to stop himself. He couldn't help but nib lightly on the tip as Berry gave a tender sound, arousing Zhao Hai even more.
Zhao Hai's tongue explored Berry's peaks for a moment before he went and kissed Berry lips. Berry curled her tongue as she met Zhao Hai's lips, the two of them played around before Zhao Hai removed all of his clothes and started to work on Berry's figure.
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