Returning to the Tavern (Second Update, Please Subscribe)

In the provincial capital, on Drum Tower Road.

As the source of the troop-swarm counteroffensive, the streets near Drum Tower Road were the first to be cleared.

After clearing the area, the soldiers began heading toward several predetermined strategic locations. Their top priority now was restoring production capacity related to combat power.

With the three hundred mages Li Yao had brought back, plus the personnel previously trained in producing psionic creations, they could manufacture even more combat supplies.

And after large numbers of troops surged away from this place,

Li Yao and Old Man Lu also emerged from the Shelter Base.

Chen Xi, Lin Xiaoxi, Maeve, and Sauron came out with them as well.

As for Big Sis Feng Li, Ye Yu, Shuisheng Ge, Wang Meiling, and Xiao Zhao, they had all headed to the front lines to fight.

Since Shuisheng Ge and Wang Meiling were somewhat weaker, Li Yao had Sauron grant each of them a portion of his "authority" for protection.

Within a certain range,

they could borrow part of Sauron's abilities.

They only needed to recite Sauron's true name when using them.

As a monster that had once roamed the Northwest Great Wasteland, Sauron's origins and traits gave him an authority similar to that of a deity—well, not a proper god, but more like an evil god or demon god.

Back when he was in the Northwest Great Wasteland, he had some followers.

Those evil people who craved power would conduct rituals, offer sacrifices, and request the monster's power.

Most of the time, they merely asked the monster to enchant certain objects and grant them extraordinary properties.

Others hoped to become his followers, and for that, they were even willing to offer up their souls.

In Sauron's eyes, those were all fairly reasonable requests.

If there were