Chapter 83: Chapter 81: Efficiency of Political Systems
They say life is like something you can’t resist, so you have to enjoy it.
Actually, thinking about it seriously, it’s really nothing. Most of the things left in that cave by the Gold Level Great Mage have rotted away, indicating that several hundred to thousands of years have passed. Unless he advanced to Legendary, he would have been long gone by now.
And all these years, there’s been no sign of him returning to that cave, it’s almost certain that he didn’t survive.
With the death of that Gold Level Great Mage, as for the things at the bottom of the nearby lake reservoir, as long as I don’t say anything, how would others know? Even if there’s some godforsaken big secret hidden there, so what?
Thinking like this, Austin’s mood improved a lot.
At least it seems safe for now, and Austin has no need to explore that lake reservoir any further. At least for now, knowing more is unnecessary. The most important thing is to vigorously develop the Clan Tribe.
As for that ghost grass in the notebook, a strange plant that only grows at the borders of the two worlds when the Power of the World is revealed... Austin was a bit intrigued by that part, but with his current strength, no matter how intrigued he was, it was useless. He could only bury it in his heart and wait for the day to explore.
However, Austin was a bit interested in some information mentioned in the beast skin notes about that legendary Beastman Empire. After all, the notes speculate that after the collapse of the colossal Beastman Empire, the remnants entered this Barbaric Land of the Kawa Great Forest.
After all, I’ve taken root in this place. Although the entire Kawa Great Forest spans millions of square kilometers, comparable to the size of Russia from Austin’s past life, the area under my control is only around ten to twenty kilometers, just the scope of a small village. The chances of encountering others are quite slim, but if I start expanding my development outward, there will always be a chance to meet them, right?
And from the records, there seems to be a distinction between true pure-blooded beastmen and half-beastmen?
If the history explored in the notes truly exists, then where did the pure-blooded beastmen go? Are all my clan beastmen merely half-beastmen?
"Interesting..."
The inherited memories of the Giant Dragon are not all-encompassing, at most tracing back about ten generations. Coupled with the nature of the Giant Dragon, showing no concern for the evolution of human world dynasties, Austin isn’t clear about those histories and can only rely on himself to uncover them.
Thinking about it, Austin put the beast skin notes away and stepped outside, pondering if Quik might know something about the Beastman Empire.
The sky was clear and cloudless at this moment, and the people of the Dragon Nest Tribe were busy working steadily.
Unlike other beastman tribes, which would have nothing else to do except bask idly in the village when not out hunting or gathering food, the Dragon Nest Tribe is different. Due to strict military training and various political courses, the beastmen were instilled from the start with the idea that obedience to orders is their utmost duty. Moreover, daily tasks were uniformly arranged by the command hall, which greatly utilized the labour of the beastmen and was one of the reasons why the Dragon Nest Tribe could develop rapidly in a short period.
In nearly a year’s time, the Dragon Nest Tribe rapidly expanded from seven kobolds to over fourteen hundred people, cultivated over a thousand acres of land, built forty-seven houses, and expanded the village site to over a hundred acres. The beastman teams behaved in an orderly manner, all thanks to this highly efficient military-political system.
Of course, Austin, having experienced the changes in military and political systems across countries in his past life, knew that this efficient system would be hard to maintain indefinitely. But at least for a long time to come, there shouldn’t be any problems.
Moreover, with the increase in the tribe’s population, Austin planned to start detailing the management of the clan gradually, hoping to further improve the efficiency of the beastman clan.
After all, the strengths of each race are not the same. For example, goblins are relatively weak in strength, but they have certain talents in manufacturing and construction. Austin selected talented goblins to form a manufacturing workshop, specializing in the making of weapons, stone tools, and other items, while others were assigned to tasks like building houses and constructing walls.
Aside from goblins, there were kobolds, minotaurs, jackal wolf people, and many other races, each with their own strengths. However, to fully exploit their strengths, Austin needed to explore by himself, and it couldn’t be rushed; he could only proceed with reforms slowly.
Walking down the spacious passage, the beastman squads passing by greeted Austin one after another.
Before long, Austin found Quik on the training ground.
At this moment, the fox-faced man Quik was practicing a magic item he had just acquired in the open area.
Vine Technique!
Quik raised his palm, a ring on his finger emanated a wave, manipulating the magic power in the surrounding air, making it seem as if the air was twisting around.
The next moment,
Beneath a large stone about ten meters in front, several thick, dark vines suddenly burst out of the ground, intertwining like living creatures, binding the rock firmly in no time.
Meanwhile, two beastmen walked over and tried to pull but couldn’t break the dark vines ensnaring the rock.
Until a moment later, the magic power dissipated, and the vines intertwined on the stone surface crumbled away like dust in the wind.
"Not bad."
Seeing this scene, Austin nodded silently to himself.
The ring with the Vine Technique, even using it himself would require some effort to break free. Plus, with another magic item in Quik’s hand now, first binding the enemy with the Vine Technique and then using the Red Crystal Staff for a mini Flame Burst Technique to obliterate the enemy completely, the lethality would be much greater.
If he had these two magic items, a year ago, to deal with the Ghost-headed Crocodile leader and the Blood Wolf Leader, Quik along with a squad of elite beastmen might just be enough.
Of course, Austin was different from a year ago. If faced with the enemies from a year ago now, he might easily bite their heads off. Despite Quik having two magic items, compared to Austin’s combat power, there’s still a significant difference, but it’s something to be delighted about.
Initially, when modifying Quik, without meditation techniques, magic structure runes, and other mage knowledge, it seemed his extraordinary talent was unused, wasting a magic stone.
Now, it seems the Warrior Talent awakened Dragon Vein Attendant is lagging behind instead.
"Quik,"
Many thoughts traversed his mind, as Austin approached Quik and asked.
"Have you ever heard of the Beastman Empire?"