Caster Empires often recruited servant armies on a massive scale to conceal their own shortage of cannon fodder, using those armies to shield themselves and wear down the enemy's strength.
The former Arcane Empire, the Ofalanmu Third Republic, the (human casters), the Blood Dragon Dynasty, and the Boken Dynasty of Lundeork (vampire casters)...
Generation after generation of caster-centered empires had proven just how useful the servant army system was.
The Anse Elves, Danauk Frost Demons, Veldor Witches (official designation: Veldor-Witchgci), and Vantort Crystal Dragons were the most powerful Caster Empires in the entire multiversal cosmos. They possessed flawless servant army systems and control bonds passed down for eternity.
Foremost among them were the Veldor Witches and Vantort Crystal Dragons. These two empires possessed the strongest and wealthiest servant armies, and could both be said to have mastered methods of replenishing their own forces from those armies. The Danauk Frost Demons and Anse Elves were somewhat inferior, but they would not excessively squeeze outstanding servant armies either. Rewards and favor naturally would not be lacking.
The giant cats and witches' haul... was enormous.
A small chest of Anse gold coins.
Several dozen magic scrolls.
Large quantities of enchanted cold weapons and gunpowder firearms.
As well as several thousand vine arrows, an Anse specialty. After striking a target, these arrows continuously drew upon the victim's life force and energy to grow, while their arrowheads dissolved into vine cells of the same kind and entered the bloodstream... They could truly be called exceedingly sinister arrows. But cats loved them! Even in the markets of witches whose psychological depravity was no less than that of the Anse Elves, these arrows could fetch a high price!
Jiang Han and the battle-hardened Storm Giant Cat Lamp discussed it with a chorus of meow-aows, deciding to quietly