Chapter 715

Ordinary territory inhabitants summoned to the Chaotic Continent usually weren't very intelligent and could only perform simple tasks.

Only after receiving the enhancement of certain Special Buildings or Territory Traits would ordinary territory inhabitants gain greater intelligence.

Of course, the Council of Truth had recently developed a project for enlightening the populace, and it was said to have achieved some results.

However, for most lords, this method not only consumed manpower and resources, but also took a very long time. They simply had no energy to devote to it.

In fact, most territories didn't place much importance on ordinary territory inhabitants. As far as they were concerned, it was enough if these people could farm, mine, chop wood, and break stones.

The troops could handle combat, while territory construction could be left to Specialist Class users and mages. To them, ordinary territory inhabitants had little significance.

This was why in most territories, the ratio of troops to ordinary territory inhabitants was generally no more than one to five.

Some territories even had more troops than ordinary territory inhabitants.

With the Chaos Mall, the consequences of militarism weren't particularly severe. As long as they had Soul Crystals, food, equipment, potions, Profession Scrolls, and so on, they had little to worry about.

The Chaotic Continent also had abundant wild monster resources. The corpses harvested from the weekly Beast Tide alone were enough to sustain an ordinary territory for a day or two.

However, Huang Yu had recently begun to sense that the number of wild monsters on the Chaotic Continent was rapidly declining.

Once the wild monsters of the Chaotic Continent could no longer form large groups, the lords would have accumulated enough capital to turn their attention back to improving the basic qualities of their territory inhabitants, with the time and