The Ratmen's numbers grew rapidly.
The outstanding young Ratmen were used for breeding, and even the ordinary young Ratmen were not wasted.
They began building their own camp.
They started learning all kinds of knowledge from scratch.
Charles even bought some slaves from Mark to teach the Ratmen various subjects.
At first, only a dozen or so Ratmen possessed imp-level strength.
But very quickly, that number surged into the hundreds.
Atop a tall tower built by the Ratmen, Charles looked down below.
At that moment, a three-hundred-strong Ratman army was undergoing training.
These Ratmen had already reached adulthood, but their talents were not particularly good.
At most, they could grow to the level of imps.
Yet to Charles, strength at that level was better than nothing.
So he kept some female Ratmen and some gifted male Ratmen behind for breeding.
All the other Ratmen were assigned to the army.
These Ratmen needed to temper themselves in battles of blood and fire, using slaughter to raise their strength.
The outstanding among them, those who earned military merits, could likewise receive female Ratmen as rewards for breeding.
By now, this Ratman army had begun to look the part.
They wore armor made from imp hides, wielded weapons hammered out by imp blacksmiths, and trained on the drill grounds under several Fallen slave instructors.
These Ratman soldiers knew three languages: Demonic, Ratman, and the common tongue.
Once the three-hundred-man Ratman army completed its training, it was directly incorporated into the slave-catching corps.
Bruce led the demons in capturing all powerful demons, such as lower demons and middle demons.
These Ratmen, meanwhile, were responsible for capturing imps.
They had abundant experience dealing with imps.
Though the army's quality was not high, it had everything it should have.
There were infantry, archers, and even cavalry.