Era of the transmigrating earth-Chapter 2014: The Isolated Wildgrass Clan

While Du You was training the air force, the Wildgrass Clan’s actions were also unfolding.

Of course, on the surface, they sent people to congratulate the establishment of the new empire, which was also the first empire in this world. After those surrounding cities surrendered and joined, the number of cities controlled by Du You unexpectedly increased to nearly five hundred.

Such a vast number of cities was quite shocking, and now they somewhat understood the meaning of an empire. However, whether an empire could operate was still a bit unclear.

This world had never seen a similar organization before, so many people were watching.

If it succeeded, many might start establishing their own empires.

But afterwards, they discovered the methods of the united empire, so no one thought like that anymore. Because Du You directly mobilized a large number of doppelgangers, and started producing holy water continuously on a large scale.

Then Du You began clearing all the underground spaces within range and even surrounding the empire, actively attacking and eliminating all demons. Then, he cleansed the underground caverns thoroughly with holy water.

All the way, Du You used the method of holy water washing to dispel all demon auras, then the engineering team advanced to modify these underground caverns, connecting them to form layers of passages.

With these passages, they could accommodate more people and ensure ordinary people could walk more securely. However, traveling could be a bit troublesome, as it added many more routes.

Meanwhile, the army that Du You dispatched was like elite soldiers in iron armor.

These were all made using points; this world’s smelting technology and iron ores were not abundant, so not everyone could establish this branch of armed forces. Seeing these, most people abandoned the idea of establishing empires.

Because they lacked manpower and holy water, without these two elements, there was no way to expand. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Along the way, Du You’s elite troops killed countless demons; without the protection of iron armor, if it were an ordinary army, losses would have been considerable, with the possibility of being entirely wiped out.

At this moment, the Wildgrass Clan was gathered together. As the current head of the Wildgrass Clan, how could they join another force? He had ambition and wanted to continue expanding his territory.

"What’s the situation with the investigation?" Since Du You announced the establishment of the nation, they had always been observing the surrounding circumstances.

"The united empire hasn’t invaded our territory but has strictly occupied the outside according to our delineated borders. However, much of the holy water they used has invaded our side, solving lingering issues on our side."

"Hahaha, they are really kind people, even helping us solve such problems. We should really thank them."

A minister laughed loudly, and everyone else was filled with joy and laughter.

"Hmph, I knew they would mind their reputation. If they lost their good reputation, those cities would definitely become independent." After all, everyone was originally independent cities and was used to it.

Integrating them was never an easy task. Once control is lost, these cities would definitely rebel immediately; this was clear to the controllers of the Wildgrass Clan.

"However, they are now constructing walls at the border, seemingly wanting to enclose us inside."

"Enclose us then, as long as there aren’t dangerous things like demons, we’ll only be safer."

Although others said this, the Wildgrass Clan leader’s face looked a bit odd. Somehow, the method seemed not so simple; would these people be so kind-hearted to protect them?

"What about the things we need, will they sell them to us?"

"They’ve already been sold, a large amount of holy water has been transported at a very low price. We can use it to clean up the last internal issues. However, they don’t sell large weapons."

"It’s normal; if it were me, I wouldn’t sell them either. Selling us ordinary weapons is already very generous."

At this moment, suddenly someone said in panic, "It’s bad, something terrible has happened."

"What’s going on, what happened?" Everyone looked towards the door as a messenger soldier rushed in, panting and anxious. Seeing his urgency, there might indeed be trouble; could the united empire be attacking them?

The soldier quickly said, "Our people sent out have all been captured."

"Who has been captured?" An official stood up, staring fiercely at the soldier.

The soldier continued, "It’s the ones we used for espionage." Now everyone understood that earlier, to counter the united kingdom and to imitate their expansion, the Wildgrass Clan sent many people out to gather intelligence.

One purpose was to obtain the method of producing holy water, and another was to figure out how the united empire manufactured so many weapons and troops, as these were the foundation of a force. If discovered, it would be equivalent to provocation; even if attacked, there’d be no options.

A reputation is just that; under the guise of an excuse, would the opponent still care?

"Damn it, continue the investigation." Tensions escalated.

But after a few days, everyone found that Du You had no intention of attacking them. It seemed the leader of the united kingdom cherished his reputation more; after all, they were the first force surrounded.

The united kingdom only issued a condemnation statement, then accelerated the construction of the border city walls, sealing off both above and underground. They also implemented a trade embargo against the Wildgrass Clan, refusing to interact with them in any way, and that’s all.

Once they learned this, the Wildgrass Clan relaxed. So what if there was an embargo; they were often sealed off by demons this way anyway, gaining nothing from exchanges with other cities.

Everyone always believed other cities were taking advantage of them.

Now, couldn’t they just openly declare independence? Besides, since the united empire had declared, it was unlikely they’d attack; otherwise, they would have attacked from the start, and reputation would be slightly better.

But they didn’t know Du You’s plan, and thus the five cities of the Wildgrass Clan fell into a sea of joy. With no battles, everyone partied at home, and these days continued for a long time.

Meanwhile, the empire kept expanding. Once the air force was established, the interior became more stable, allowing more manpower to be used for expansion; the pace quickened.