Tauren Overlord

"But since we were born, we can only act according to the will of the empire. What can we do about it?"

Cecilia blinked her confused eyes, expecting her brother to give her and Wormwood Town a chance to break the impasse.

In fact, for Lu Heng, it is hard to say that he has any family affection for this sister who suddenly appeared.

But seeing how she depended on him, Lu Heng still had a subtle feeling in his heart that he "didn't want to abandon her".

Of course, even if we put aside the fact that she is a lovely girl, if we only consider the interests, he should try his best to win over the people of the Burios family.

Of course, there was no need to kill them all. After all, he was a member of the Burios family. He couldn't just say, "Someone, come and chop me up!"

The more Breos people stand on his side, the more meaningful it will be for him to integrate the family.

If he could really create a Burios dynasty, then Cecilia would be the relative he most needed to win over.

So Lu Heng told Cecilia about the new laws of the Qunshan Territory...

Cecilia soon realized that the Artemisia-ization of the Qunshanling Road could indeed quickly solve the labor shortage problem in Artemisia Town.

Problems such as innocent prisoners being released too quickly, causing Wormwood Town to be unable to keep up with the production of arrows, were also solved.

In addition, the only places where this policy is currently implemented are the poorer mountain territories, so Cecilia is not worried that the freed serfs will run away.

However, there have been many unfortunate things happening in Aicao Town, which has resulted in a terrible "reputation for immigrants" here, and it is also difficult to attract people from the Mountains.

This makes it seem that Lu Heng’s suggestion is not so strange.

In short, these two poor places are banding together for warmth.

But Cecilia still found a potential crisis in this legal system:

"What if one day the Empire opposes our actions?"

Lu Heng's approach might not be a problem in the era of the Kingdom of Taimenia.

At that time, there was also a king as the center of power, but legally, King Taimenia was only the chief knight of many knights.

The entire Kingdom of Taimenia is an alliance of knights.

If the kingdom arbitrarily interferes in the affairs of other lords, it will most likely be opposed by the entire Knights' Alliance.

This made it difficult for the king to implement his autocratic policies, or if they were forced through, they would lead to civil war.

The final demise of the Kingdom of Taimenia was also related to the lack of coordination between the local and central governments.

But now is the era of empire, and all the lords and knights, big and small, are essentially satellite territories of the Holy Blessing Empire.

If the Empire finds out that some small lords are not focusing on how to deal with the Taimenians, but are trying their best to win the hearts of the people...

Then the empire can ask the ruler to stop this policy at any time, or use this power to stop to further threaten the lord who has other ideas.

Once a lord's policies change overnight, his credibility as a ruler will collapse.

In the end, this ambitious lord was either eliminated by imperial force or collapsed on his own.

At this time, the lord's only way to survive is to work harder for the empire than ordinary rulers, and this depends on whether the empire will give him a chance to survive.

Regarding this question, Lu Heng could only say that Cecilia was quite smart, but he couldn't explain it to her honestly now.

He could only smile and say:

"At least solve the problem at hand first. Only when you stand firm can you have a future."

Cecilia nodded thoughtfully, as if she had really been fooled by Lu Heng.

What Lu Heng didn't tell her was that by the time the empire really realized what was happening, he might not want to be a little baron of the empire anymore.

The purpose of making suggestions to Cecilia now is not to help her solve the current crisis, but to absorb Artemisia Town into her own power as soon as possible.

Of course, Lu Heng's digestion of Aicao Town is not entirely risk-free.

At least Cecilia's dear father, Pierre, is still alive, which is a significant variable.

We have to find a way to kill him.

At this moment, Pierre's troops had not gone far.

Of course, it didn't matter whether he went far or not, as he was always within Lu Heng's transmission range.

As long as Lu Heng is willing, it will not be difficult to catch up with him.

He did not immediately destroy Pierre's troops, mainly because he was worried that his vulnerable comrades would be discovered by imperial elites like Gaspard, the "Reappearing Old One".

Currently, the Tauren Overlord only has a ratman reconnaissance company, a combat company, and a war machinery team that is being formed.

The war machinery team is imitating Christina's crossbow cart. After all, that big baby has been teleported back to the mountain town and followed Lu Heng to the battle.

However, when all is said and done, Lu Heng's ratmen troops only have about 300 people in total, which is not very strong.

In order to prevent this vulnerable ratman army from being discovered and annihilated by the Empire, Lu Heng adjusted his strategy.

He withdrew the ratman combat company that was originally going to directly participate in the battle back to the Suspension Bridge Monastery, and asked them to shoot crossbows into the portal opened by Lu Heng.

This strange way of fighting, in essence, still involves everyone attacking together - but only Lu Heng is the one who comes out.

Another ratman reconnaissance company went along the mountains and went around to the southwest of Wormwood Town to conduct pre-war reconnaissance for the ambush on Pierre.

By the way, lay mines on the path that Pierre must take.

In this way, the number of ratmen operating outside was reduced to about 100 people.

Even if they were discovered by imperial elites like Gaspard, the "Reappearing Old One", Lu Heng had enough psychic power to lead them to evacuate.

This is to ensure that the ratmen comrades remain intact as much as possible and to minimize any "helpless choices" or "necessary sacrifices".

After Lu Heng had accumulated a lot of fired crossbow arrows in his teleportation space, he planned to attack tonight.

But in the afternoon before the attack, things seemed to change.

Through psychic vision, he discovered that a group of unidentified psychic flying objects were hovering over him and the Ratman reconnaissance company.

96. The Energetic Harpy Witch

Lu Heng made the first judgment that the person coming this time was unlikely to be Scarlett Specter from the Lily Corps, because her floating ability did not include invisibility.

So who is coming this time, a friend or an enemy?

With this question in mind, Lu Heng used his psychic vision to take a closer look and found that the other party's outlines also looked like several harpy witches.

The harpy witch, or harpy man, is one of the many races in the Luna Academy, just like the minotaur.

If they are really friendly forces from the west coast, that would be great; if not, Lu Heng must be prepared for both scenarios.

Once the battle started, he would immediately open the portal and fight with the crossbows that were in firing position in the teleportation space;

At the same time, he held out his palm to the sky, inviting those who might be friendly forces from the West Coast to appear and land before his eyes.

As Lu Heng made his move, the figures of seven harpy witches emerged in the void one after another.

The leading harpy witch had orange-red hair as bright as maple leaves. She landed gently in front of Lu Heng without raising too much dust.

Lu Heng switched to normal vision and found that the harpy witch in front of him seemed to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, with a beauty between youthfulness and maturity.

But Lu Heng also quickly realized that it would be very easy to go wrong if he used the inherent concepts of humans, especially the humans in his hometown, to evaluate the age of the Eagle People.

The life span of the Eagle People is roughly the same as that of humans, but most of the time they look like human girls between the ages of 14 and 19.

The only exceptions are the Eagle People in their childhood and old age.

Another physiological feature that is very different from humans is that they only have females.

What should we do if we want to have a baby or simply desire that wonderful pleasure?

That’s easy, just find a man of another race!

Humans, dwarves, tauren... as long as they're tough enough, they can all be exploited.

It is said that in the tribal era before the establishment of Lunayuan State, these female thieves from the eagle tribe were almost the common natural enemies of wives of all tribes.

They especially like to steal other people's men. After all, other people's husbands are proven and usually really capable.

Because the act of stealing men was so rampant, their behavior undoubtedly caused great indignation among other races, especially wives.

It's not just married women. Some single men also find it intolerable to see this kind of behavior of stealing others but not themselves, and they want to join the crusade!

In short...people often gather together for various purposes to fight against those thieves who like to steal men.

But the Eagle People showed great military potential in that era.

Since they can fly, they can naturally catch men and bring them to their nests on the mountains to enjoy them slowly.

If men don't perform well, they will be punished by them...

As for those who want to rescue men from female thieves, they often have to cross mountains and rivers.

What’s even more terrifying is that even if the rescuers win the fight, the Eagle People can still fly away.

This has led to the Eagle People always surviving in this mountainous land.

Some of the men whose essences were stolen by the female thieves gradually lay down and began to enjoy this forced pleasure...

However, as the various academies eventually formed the Luna Academy, spellcasters in each location became increasingly powerful.

The customs of the old times are gradually fading away from people.

Only on certain festivals will the Eagle People invite men from other races to relive their traditional way of life together.

In fact, even if there were no males of other races, the Eagle People would not be extinct, as they could still have children.

As for the specific method... one harpy witch would expel the egg-shaped egg from her body and then insert it into the body of another harpy witch.

The main difference between this process and having a baby with a man of a different race is that it is... not as joyful.

About eight or nine months later, the process of the harpy witch giving birth to a baby is almost the same as that of a human woman.

They also have plump breasts to feed their daughters.

It's just that their limbs are a bit like birds, and there's always a kind of... slightly Fury beauty.

In addition to the differences in physiological characteristics, another difference between them and ordinary humans is that they live in a society completely dominated by women.

Then, it is natural that sisters will compete with each other for beauty, and they often pay more attention to their understanding of fashion than their contemporaries.

For example, the eagle-like girl with orange-red hair in front of you, her underwear is essentially a small cherry-red ribbon covering her chest.

On the one hand, this reduces the weight of the flight, and on the other hand, it is particularly eye-catching in this seemingly "medieval" world.

Her tail feathers naturally surround her hips, forming a natural short skirt.

Further down, there is her pair of well-shaped white legs.

This looks just like the attire of a high school girl from an island country on Earth.

The only part that Lu Heng didn't like was probably the eagle claws under her calves.

However, Lu Heng could not continue to admire the beauty of this "maple leaf girl" because she was asking him:

"I am Diana, the Battle Sister of the Sky Dance Monastery. Are you evacuating to the west? Do you need our guidance?"

Lu Heng was delighted, and after considering his thoughts over the past few days, he answered happily:

"I am Lucius, the Restorer of Shanhai College. I am working to take back the campus from the invaders."

"I do need your cooperation—but not guidance in retreat, but assistance in battle!"

Lu Heng's words stunned the battle nun Diana. She calmed down and asked back:

"I'm in awe of your courage...but honestly, where are you going to strike first? How are you going to counterattack?"

What Battle Sister Diana said was actually more polite than Lu Heng had expected.

In fact, from a purely technical point of view, Lu Heng could have teleported directly to the West Coast long ago and established contact with the resistance organization on the West Coast.

But this involves an important question - in what capacity should Lu Heng contact the resistance forces on the west coast?

A minotaur refugee? Or the "great" lord of a small monastery in a conquered area?

So far, Lu Heng’s power as the Tauren Overlord is still too small.

The total population of the Suspension Bridge Monastery under his command is nearly 3000, and almost all of them are ratmen with poor combat effectiveness.

The main reason why there are so few people is that the Suspension Bridge Monastery is located at the northern border of Shanhai College, not a densely populated area.

This group of less than 3000 people is the result of Lu Heng constantly gathering refugees from the surrounding areas.