Yuan Tong

Chapter 452 A Million Strong Army Appears

Chapter 298 Troops

To be honest, Hao Ren's chest was pounding when he arrived, but he still felt a little embarrassed to speak when he was actually in front of Hilda—because he wasn't there to collect rent, but to ask for an army.

Although he felt that this armed escort wouldn't be too dangerous if everything went smoothly (after all, few of the races in Izhaks' old home were capable of aerial combat, and even fewer could operate in space), he was still asking them to send their people to another world to risk their lives, which was easier said than done. And along the way, Hao Ren had seen the situation on New Aierim: this was a critical moment for the home's initial construction, with the elves busy establishing themselves on this unfamiliar planet. How much surplus manpower could they spare for outsiders at this crucial time?

Hao Ren had only thought about having a billion tenants before he came, and only now did he realize that these billion tenants were actually refugees...

Hilda's light flickered for a moment. She hadn't thought much when she first heard that Hao Ren wanted to borrow some people for armed escort, but when she heard the number "eight million," she nearly vanished: "What did you poke a hole in?"

Hao Ren sighed. "It wasn't me—it was Lao Wang, that Transformer who helped you move back then, the one who kept bumping his head everywhere. He poked a hole in the whole world. These two beside me are his subordinates. Lao Wang is currently cleaning up his family's mess back home..."

Hao Ren then recounted Izhaks' glorious achievements to Hilda, telling the story of how a demon had skewed the tech tree and began exploring the stars, then warped his worldview and began pursuing the unification of all races, and then strayed from the military path and tried to overturn the world, only to be overturned by the world, and finally, in this skewed timeline, had to apply for a galactic coalition to come to his rescue.

He hadn't realized it until he summarized it, but after summarizing it, Hao Ren realized that Izhaks' oddity in this life was probably the most abnormal among his group of abnormal creatures: was there anything he did that wasn't crooked? He himself grew up perfectly avoiding all human traits, and his daughter's genetic inheritance was even more skewed!

Hilda listened in a daze, and even Vimm beside her gradually showed a strange light on her face: in all fairness, the commotion that Izhaks caused in his old home might not have been as great as that of the Aierim elves. Even in their current state of decline, these elves had declined in space. The Aierim island chains and stellar fleet groups back then were still the zenith of civilization in Izhaks' old home. But the most magnificent thing about Izhaks' life was not his family fortune, but his ambition to bury his head and charge forward, fighting against everyone—daring to drag everyone to study the stars in the midst of a world war, something that no ordinary barbarian could have imagined.

"Now Izhaks can be considered to have retired successfully," Hao Ren exhaled. "According to him, he has done everything he could, and experiencing all those things in his life is worth it. Now he wants to seek a stable and long-term path for the last remaining people around him, which can be regarded as a demon king's apology to his people. Of course, this matter is officially recorded as the 'armed escort' of important scientific research materials. I will register Izhaks' subordinates as escorts for scientific research materials, and they will be mixed with yours, so they can be transported here legitimately."

"I have a deep impression of that big guy," Hilda nodded gently. "I didn't expect him to have such a foundation..."

Then she looked up at Hao Ren: "How many people do you think you need to complete this armed escort?"

"To be honest, even Izhaks isn't sure about this," Hao Ren could only smile bitterly. "Because no one knows how much the combat power of Aierim's warships differs from the three-shot Greater Fireball spell in the magical world. Now we can only infer from the data that your spaceships are all legendary monsters in that place, which is why I dared to come to you with such confidence—I won't let your people die for nothing. But at the same time, I have to explain: there will definitely be danger, and we can't underestimate those 'ancient people'. Magic is hard to predict, and their productivity and combat power can't be measured by common sense. They have big moves like space folding, supergravity, and electromagnetic storms."

Hilda suddenly laughed: "We are not unfamiliar with magic—according to the classification you mentioned, we are a magical civilization, but after developing to a certain extent, the forms of magic and technology have become blurred."

Hao Ren thought it was right and nodded without saying anything.

"Vimm," Hilda suddenly turned to look at her son, "Stop the construction of the Third Spaceport and the synchronous orbit transfer station, and also stop the large-scale exploration project in the Western Continent. Call the people back."

Hao Ren knew that the Queen was really going to spend a lot of money, and his heart trembled: "Is this okay?! What you're talking about sounds like a major project!"

"It is indeed a major project, but it can be stopped," Hilda smiled. "Our exploration and infrastructure construction on the continent are not finished yet, and the space facilities won't be used for a while. Those spaceports are just to give idle spaceships something to do so they won't be wasted, and the exploration of the Western Continent can be postponed... it won't have much impact. These two items should be able to provide you with some manpower. You can also take half of the spaceships in space: we won't be using them for a while anyway. Those spaceships should be called warships... in fact, we have never fought anyone in space. The armaments on those spaceships are for hypothetical enemies. When we were back home, they were basically used to destroy those malfunctioning sun stations and floating island components."

Hao Ren nodded repeatedly: "That's enough, that's enough, that combat power is enough! By the way, how many people can you send in total?"

"One million people, plus thousands of spaceships—including small cruisers and things like that. You also know that our technology is limited, and we don't have many large spaceships, and they are only interstellar models."

"Enough, enough!" Hao Ren clapped his hands, and he was excited when he heard these numbers. When he came, he said he would bring back an army of eight million—but that was said to be eight million. When he really saw the situation of the Aierim elves, he no longer expected the group of refugees who were already struggling to provide much labor. And to be honest, a mere armed escort was not a frontal battle with others. How could he really need so many people? It would be enough to protect the wreckage of the spaceship and the Demon King's castle, and to suppress the coalition of the Holy See and the demon army!

In fact, Hao Ren didn't have much of a concept of a few million people at all—since he finished his student days doing morning exercises, he hadn't seen more than a thousand people gathered together for a long time. He came to Hilda's place to pull military supplies with the experience of pulling cabbage, and fortunately the Queen had a good relationship with him and didn't care too much...

"Can these people fight?" Hao Ren asked pretending to be very professional. "Although your spaceships are superior in terms of technology, the mages who can go to heaven and earth on the other side are not targets... it's best to find some veterans, it's safer."

"In addition to the elite Royal Guards who are full-time, there is little difference between other civilians and soldiers in Aierim," Hilda laughed. "In the floating island era, in order to cope with various emergencies, every elf had to receive training in all skills, and then arrange suitable jobs according to their specialties, so ordinary civilians can also skillfully operate various weapons and equipment, including warships."

That's the good thing about long-lived races. They have hundreds of years of childhood, and as long as they don't have a tumor on their necks, they can learn all 360 lines—you wouldn't dare to have school-age education like the Aierim elves...

Three hundred years of class, Hao Ren felt like he wanted to die when he thought about it.

"I thank you for Lao Wang." Hao Ren thanked Hilda very sincerely. He knew that it was no joke to let millions of people go to another world to work for a group of strangers. That was not a simple number. Hilda shook her head: "All one billion elves were rescued by you. The Aierim elves have always been grateful. Everyone on this planet will be happy to help you with this. But before that, I want to understand the situation of the Demon King's castle you mentioned. After all, I only know Izhaks, but I don't know his people."

Hao Ren pointed to the two elf followers behind him, and finally knew what these two could do: "These two are folk representatives, and they are familiar with the situation of the Demon King's castle. I can guarantee that these two will not lie. Well, let's use Izhaks' character as a guarantee."

Hao Ren originally wanted to say that he would use his own character, but after seeing Yos and Ailu, he immediately changed his mind to Izhaks: his own character probably wouldn't have much effect in the eyes of these two elves, but using their boss's reputation would definitely have an extraordinary effect. These two looked like Izhaks' brainless fans, and Hao Ren even maliciously guessed that these two were the kind of people who could change their sexual orientation with a single order from the Demon King... anyway, he couldn't stand that a man was actually more handsome than all the men, women, old and young in his family combined!

Oh right, Ailu was originally a girl.

The two elf followers didn't know what Hao Ren was thinking. At this time, they had already entered the role with serious faces and began to communicate with Hilda. Hao Ren saw that there was nothing for him to do, so he got up and went to the terrace in the back to see the scenery.

After a while, Vimm also came out.

"Mother is learning about the situation of the Demon King's castle," Vimm said with a smile. "I guess there will be no problem. After you leave with the people, she will probably start helping the Demon King's castle choose a location."

Hao Ren nodded happily, and then suddenly saw a group of workers who had just come down from the construction site surrounding a man in a white robe on the newly paved street in the city. He asked curiously, "What is that?"

"Another spiritual guide," Vimm smiled. "A new religion established under the instruction of the Mother, believing in the creator god of this planet."

Hao Ren thought for a while: "...What?"