The Black Iron Castle
Chapter 354

Spearman Phalanx

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After purchasing over 59 female slaves, Zhang Tie's time in Lost Paradise went smoothly, and he encountered nothing else to trouble him. After wandering through Lost Paradise for just half an hour, Zhang Tie spent another massive sum of 15,000 gold coins.

Zhang Tie spent this money to buy himself a small phalanx of spearmen composed of 100 Level 2 Battle Soldier slaves.

You read that right—it was a phalanx of spearmen that actually looked the part, or at least one far more formidable than the phalanx Zhang Tie and his peers had formed back at school a year ago.

Lost Paradise was a place where you could buy anyone as long as you had the money; naturally, you could also buy military force here.

Level 2 warriors were often considered cannon fodder in many places, but Zhang Tie didn't intend to send them to the battlefield. He only wanted them to guard his castle, so even if their strength was lacking, it didn't matter as long as they could intimidate others and weren't plants sent by someone else.

Zhang Tie had originally intended to hire people from the Long Wind Merchant Group to guard his castle on Hidden Dragon Island. However, after the incident a few days ago, Zhang Tie had changed his mind. Guarding the castle required at least 80 people, and Zhang Tie didn't want to harbor guys in his own castle who might leak his information at any moment or stab him in the back when it mattered most.

After seeing that woman of Zhang Taibai, Zhang Tie felt extreme wariness toward the Long Wind Merchant Group. Therefore, rather than living in constant fear of being plotted against or betrayed, it was better to break the Binding, start from scratch, and begin cultivating a force loyal

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