The Lord's Empire (Part 2)

Chapter 567-571

Chapter 567: Great City

Hearing Xianru's words, Zhao Fu let out a slight sigh of relief and said, "Help me up!"

Hearing this, Xianru put one of Zhao Fu's arms around her and helped him to his feet.

After standing up, Zhao Fu looked at the tragic scene around him and felt some pain within his heart. It was the first time that so many people from Great Qin had died - 240,000 in total - and before, he would not have even dared to think of such a number. Also, he had lost five Generals, and it was the first time that he had lost so many.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing that Zhao Fu had gotten up, Ge Nia walked over and paid his respects as he looked at Zhao Fu with concern.

Zhao Fu feebly smiled and said, "Ge Nia, you've made great contributions this time. If it wasn't for your help, Great Qin would have lost much more people against those armies!"

Ge Nia slightly lowered his head and said in a caring tone, "That was simply what I should have done, Your Majesty. Now that the battlefield has been cleared, we should return. You must take care of your body!"

Hearing this, Zhao Fu felt a warmth within his body, and he nodded before all of them returned to the Great Qin City.

All of the soldiers' corpses, as well as system main city corpses, equipment, and items, had been collected and brought back to Great Qin.

Following this, Bai Qi and the others brought the system main city City Creation Stones to Great Qin.

Great Qin had lost 240,000 soldiers, and 90% of them were soldiers who were not yet Stage 1. Now, the army of 800,000 had become an army of 560,000.

The five Generals who had died were also ordinary Generals, but Zhao Fu still had some impressions of them. Zhao Fu felt quite bad about the deaths of the soldiers and Generals.

Zhao Fu had never viewed them as tools. He had always seen them as people - people with their own thoughts and feelings; people who had given up everything for Great Qin. Zhao Fu could treat outsiders coldly, but he could not do so to his own people.

After these soldiers' corpses were brought back, some were buried, and others were turned into Skeletons, while the Stage 1 soldiers' corpses were refined before being buried.

Zhao Fu gave all of his soldiers the choice to choose what would happen to them if they died in battle. They could either choose to be buried or be turned into Skeletons; perhaps they would be able to regain their consciousness in the future.

As for the refining of corpses, that policy had been set when Stage 1 soldiers were rare and they had to best use their resources. Regardless, none of the soldiers minded.

Of course, no matter what they chose, since they had died in battle, their families would be taken care of by Great Qin. They were given large sums of money as consolation money.

In terms of their gains, Great Qin had gained seven system main cities, and with Battle City, Great Qin had obtained eight system main cities in total.

Now, within the four regions around Great Qin, whether they were players or system main cities, none of them could form any threat against Great Qin, and Great Qin's path in the future would be very smooth. After Great Qin finished clearing the Forest of Horrors, it would clear out the surrounding four regions.

It was just that even though they had relocated seven system main cities, they had not been able to move many residents, as this would require a large number of soldiers to escort them. The resistance from the residents was also quite heavy, and after going through a big battle, Great Qin had to rest, so it had only taken the City Creation Stones and not the residents.