"Your Excellency, can that cowardly Kobold Mage really become the chief of the entire Horde?"
After Kao was completely gone, the tall and thick knight immediately couldn't help but raise a question.
In his opinion, waste like this has no other value at all except for humane destruction and burial in the soil as fertilizer.
But Allen's view was just the opposite. He stroked his chin and explained with a smile, "Don't underestimate this kind of guy who is Infinity afraid of death and extremely selfish. Maybe they will only hinder others at the critical moment, but they are not willing to engage in brutal and high-pressure rule internally. An expert of no deduction. If Kao really understands what I told him, then he should soon be able to control the entire Horde, and we will also get a safe mine and a total number of tens of thousands of free Kobolds workers."
"Sir, if we have these Kobolds miners, will we no longer need so many slaves and can we sell the excess to other lords?" Lyle asked with bright eyes.
"No! I plan to gather these extra slaves and open some workshops with poor working conditions to further make business and trade prosperous. In short, for a long time to come, the entire workforce of the Empire will be in a state of It's in very short supply, so filling the gap with slaves like Trolls and Fish-Men is the only way. Let's go outside and wait for the news. If nothing happens, the result should be available in a few hours at most."
After saying that, Allen turned around and walked out of the mine.
Although he himself has never been afraid of killing, the smell of corpses everywhere in a closed environment is really unbearable.
Other soldiers dug a hole with the tools left behind by the miners after they evacuated, threw all the bodies in, and then buried them with soil and slag.
In any case, this mine will continue to be mined in the future.
If the corpses were left here without being processed, it would be very fun to accidentally cause a plague.
Just as Allen and his party were sitting at the door admiring the magnificent scenery formed by the steep mountains, in the huge underground maze located in the deepest part of the mine, Kao had successfully brought half of the chief's head back to Horde and told the story he had made up in advance.
In the version it describes, it does its best to magnify the stupid, arrogant and ignorant behavior of Chief Kobolds, and states that it was the Chief who caused all these tragedies to occur.
He bravely fought to the death and snatched half of the chief's head back from the powerful human, and almost lost his life for it.
It has to be said that although Kobold Mage was overly nervous, the preface and the follower were often mismatched, and there were many mistakes in wording and sentence formation.
But ordinary Kobolds, who has a low IQ, actually understood it!
Especially the killing of the two Shamans who could treat injuries and diseases caused the Koboldss to have strong resentment and dissatisfaction with the chief.
Suddenly, the entire cave was filled with noisy animals.
The chief's sons have become the targets of Horde members to vent their anger.
In just a few seconds, twelve young Kobolds, who had the blood of the chief flowing in their bodies, were smashed to pieces alive. One of them was a newborn baby.
There is no doubt that Kao's first step to instigate confrontation was successful.
However, he did not stop, but stood on the high platform and continued to guide the contradiction from the chief's stupidity to the system and tradition that Horde has always been led by Warrior.
He also lashed out at Warrior for his simple mind and well-developed limbs. He does not have enough wisdom to handle complex situations and only knows how to use violence indiscriminately.
Although some Warrior want to stand up and refute, they don't know how to say it.
As a result, I just watched helplessly as Kao aroused the emotions of all Koboldss, and reduced those Warriors who had a higher status than ordinary Koboldss to nothing.
Some Warrior were so angry that they raised their fists and wanted to use "physical" methods to reason with him, but were killed instantly by the powerful Lightning Wand produced by Allen, and even the corpse was electrocuted into black coke.
After killing more than a dozen "challengers" in a row, all Kobolds were in awe of this mage who suddenly became extremely powerful, and no one dared to stand up and challenge him again.
When it came time to elect the next chief, Kao took the position as expected and made changes overnight.
First, it disarmed those Koboldss with the title of Warrior, re-issued weapons, collected them, distributed them to those who were willing to be loyal to them, and ordered them to select new people from civilians to form a guard.
Secondly, the Warrior class that originally opposed us, along with their relatives and family members, were directly moved to the bottom of the Horde class to do hard and tiring work. Let everyone see the consequences of being your enemy.
Finally, and most importantly. Kao introduces the concept of class, divides Kobolds in Horde into three, six or nine grades, and solidifies them permanently.
With the powerful deterrence of Lightning Wand, he quickly took control of the real power.
He even ordered the craftsmen to build himself a flame crown enchanted with Bloodstone Ore as a symbol of his strength and power.
At this moment, Kao finally understood the meaning of what Allen said to him before.
He can really become the supreme "king" of this Kobolds Horde and build a huge underground Kingdom of his own.
As for using these unknowing Kobolds coolies to mine for free for humans and severely squeezing the fruits of their labor, it is simply an indifferent matter.
What's more, Allen also promised to provide part of the food for Kobolds Horde after the autumn harvest.
Having solved the problems of food and survival, Kao feels that he can rule the entire Horde until he dies of old age.
Just like that, with Infinity's expectations, it secretly shook off all Horde's kind, came to the door of the surface mine alone, knelt on the ground in an extremely humble manner, and slowly spit out two words from its mouth. "Master!"
That unprecedented surrender attitude instantly surprised the humans around him.
Especially Lyle, whose mouth is so long that it can almost fit a fist into it.
He knew very well how much trouble Kobolds's stubborn and continuous harassment caused some time ago to the troops who went to clear it up first.
But now, his lord, the Duke, only brought a dozen or so people with him, and he easily solved this troublesome matter.
No!
Not just done!
By controlling a timid Kobold Mage, he held the entire Horde in the palm of his hand.
"Very good! It seems that you have succeeded and have not let me down. From now on, my people will not be close to this mine to prove that it was under your leadership that humans were repelled. I believe that with this achievement, those Kobolds will support your rule even more. But there is one thing, you must be on every planet Mine a sufficient amount of ore and deliver it to the mine door. Later, I will let someone give you an exact number. Remember, if you can't complete the task I assigned, then I don't mind replacing you with another Kobolds who can do it." Allen threatened unceremoniously.
"Ming... understand! I swear, even if more than half of Kobolds is exhausted, I will give priority to fulfilling the tasks you assigned."
Kao gives guarantees without thinking.
His words fully reflect the extent to which a scum who betrays his own race can have no bottom line.
"Great! This is exactly the purpose of my trip. Now, you can continue to rule your own underground Kingdom. Don't worry, I won't interfere with what you do down there."
While saying this, Allen stood up and gently patted Kobold Mage on the shoulder.
The latter immediately lowered his head, not daring to look at him at all.
It can be said that the relationship between the two was completely settled from this moment on.
"Thank you for your generosity and kindness!"
Kao used the few human Common Tongue words he knew to compliment the man in front of him who controlled his life and death.
He knew very well that the humility he felt now was so that he could continue to enjoy everything that power brought when he returned.
Those stupid fellows don't know this relationship at all.
We will only know that the great Kobolds hero Kao successfully repelled the human invasion and established the first country in Kobolds history.
Lies, deception and killing allowed Kobold Mage to learn how to be a dictator without a teacher.
Compared to the magical power he possesses, he obviously prefers the wonderful taste of power, and does not realize that in this crisis-ridden world, power is the most unreliable thing.
Only strong personal strength is the real trump card that can fight against those terrible enemies.
Soon, after agreeing on the contact information, time and place, Kao immediately returned to the Horde gathering place along the tunnel.
Since it had only just come into power, it was very afraid of someone launching a rebellion while it was away, so it did not dare to stay outside for too long.
Similarly, Allen was not interested in dealing with a group of insignificant Kobolds in this mine, so he took the mage and Shaman captives and returned to the ruling center of the territory.
As for the rest, Lyle, who is the territory manager, will naturally take over.
A few days later, when the news came that the largest mine had restored its ore supply, everyone was excited.
Especially the blacksmiths and apprentices responsible for smelting and fabrication almost burst into tears with excitement.
The tight supply of ore during intermittent periods almost made them think they would lose their jobs.
But now, as pots of hot molten iron poured out of the furnace and the sound of hammers striking blanks came again from the anvils, all the uneasy emotions disappeared.
As a saying goes, all fear comes from insufficient firepower.
In the same way, the current Arathor Empire lords who are full of martial virtue are most afraid of insufficient steel production.
Without enough steel, they would not be able to arm their own armies and ensure security around their territory;
It is even more impossible to provide farmers with a variety of agricultural tools, which greatly reduces agricultural production efficiency.
The location of the territory entrusted by Allen happens to be the place with the highest quality and richest reserves of iron ore in the entire Arathi Highlands. Many surrounding lords rely on buying iron ingots from here, or directly custom-made weapons, armors and agricultural tools to meet their own needs.
It's just that it's far less easy to mine than near Imperial Capital Stromgarde.
When they heard that Empire's only Duke, Allen, had returned to the territory and easily solved the crisis caused by Kobolds in the mine, they all prepared gifts and set off, planning to pay a visit to Condominian in person.
But they obviously didn't know that the first thing Allen did after returning to his territory was to order someone to dig a basement dozens of meters deep in his residence and throw all the captured Kobold Mage and Shaman into it.
At this moment, he was holding a sharp short knife in his hand, cutting open one of the Kobold Mage skulls that was firmly fixed on the wooden board, revealing the beating brain inside.
Perhaps because there was no anesthesia, this Kobold Mage was shaking violently and struggling in pain, and he opened his mouth and tried to scream.
What a pity...
His vocal cords had been removed long ago and he couldn't make any sound at all.
Next to it, there are several other dead Kobolds corpses.
You don't need to ask to know that these unlucky guys have all been dissected repeatedly and died in pain.
Allen completely turned a blind eye to the struggle of the last Kobold Mage. Instead, he stared at the exposed cerebral cortex and murmured to himself with interest, "Interesting! These Kobolds spellcasters are different from ordinary Kobolds, in terms of physiological structure, especially brain structure, can almost be regarded as two kinds of creatures. They are also Kobolds, why are there such huge differences? Or is it that magic energy will cause mutations in all creatures of Azerath?
No doubt about it!
If the true body comes, the truth can be found out in a variety of ways within minutes.
But unfortunately, the body currently used by Allen is just a mortal body. It is a container that carries Consciousness Projection, and it does not have any of the power it had before.
Even the Life Energy surrounding the body and the magic in the body are all trained from scratch bit by bit.
So if he wanted to find out the truth, he would have to do more dissections.
Through a large number of comparisons, we can slowly summarize the rules and experiences.
However, compared to the few casters born by Kobolds Horde, Trolls from the Amani Empire in the north has more casters and is more suitable as a research object.
Thinking of this, Allen suddenly had the idea to go through the forest and go to the High Elf Kingdom Quel'Thalas to have a look.
Unfortunately, Soladin would not agree.
This Rider stared at him and came up with more ways to solve various problems faced by the Empire.
Just when Allen was about to kill the last prisoner and dispose of the corpses that had begun to smell a little bit, there was a sudden knock on the closed door.
Then, a servant's voice came through the crack in the door.
"Your Excellency, our neighbor Baron Barov sent a generous gift and expressed his desire to meet you."
"Baron Barov? Barov family?"
In Allen's mind, the ancient family with Arathi's bloodline, which was once prosperous and extremely wealthy, but eventually inevitably declined.
I just didn't expect that during the reign of Emperor Thoradin, this family had already established a firm foothold within the top ranks of mankind.