Chapter 587

Chapter 587: Trouble in the Great Forest

Successfully incorporating the Wolfmen living in that great forest.

For Li Kuo, this was undoubtedly a good thing.

After sending a Wolfman to inform Zhou Yi outside that the matter had been resolved.

Li Kuo also began counting numbers, preparing to bring these Wolfmen back to the tribal settlement.

In his view, the now-developed Wolfman tribe was vastly superior to living in that great forest.

After a round of counting, including the elderly, the weak, women, and children, there were a total of 531 Wolfmen.

This number was fairly considerable.

But it was not enough to truly surprise Li Kuo.

After all, the Wolfmen had originally been Li Yuanjie’s core race and had always received focused cultivation and development.

Even after successive wars and casualties.

The total Wolfman population had consistently remained above 5,000.

While accepting this batch of new Wolfmen, Li Kuo naturally also explained the current situation of the Wolfman tribe.

After entering Myriad Worlds Civilization, all kinds of rules had to be clearly explained to them as well.

Otherwise, if these bumpkins who had never seen the world caused trouble later on, it would be a headache.

However, his explanation caused the expressions of these former forest-dwelling Wolfmen to become rather subtle.

Wolfmen peacefully coexisting with Humans?

And even obeying the orders of a Human called “The Emperor”?

What kind of nonsense was this supposed to be?

Looking at those confused faces.

Li Kuo did not expect them to understand everything all at once.

In any case, after bringing them back to the tribe, he could slowly educate them.

During this time, Li Kuo naturally also learned quite a bit about that great forest from these Wolfmen.

After hearing it all, Li Kuo’s expression changed dramatically.

Not daring to linger any longer, he instructed part of the Swift Wolf Warriors to first escort the newly submitted Wolfmen back to the tribe, while he himself traveled day and night to Mirror City to report the situation to Luo Ji.

Listening to Li Kuo’s report below.

Luo Ji, who was looking at the map in front of him, had his brows nearly twisted together.

The great forest outside Yellow Sand City was unexpectedly a massive problem!

According to the intelligence Li Kuo brought back, that great forest was essentially completely occupied by Beastmen.

And the Wolfmen were merely one of the Beastman tribes living within that forest.

Besides the Wolfmen, there was also an extremely powerful Beastman tribe entrenched deep within the forest.

That was the Tigerman tribe!

Just hearing about it already gave Luo Ji a headache.

The Tigermen were an exceptionally powerful race even among the entire Beastman population.

If one had to name a weakness, it would be their low numbers.

Generally, a single tribe would have only dozens of Tigermen at most.

And it was precisely because of this.

Powerful Tigermen often enslaved other weaker Beastman tribes, forcing them to serve as their subordinates.

As a result, the weaker Beastmen in that great forest had either fled or been enslaved by the Tigermen.

The Wolfmen could be considered one of the stronger Beastman tribes.

Coupled with their obvious numerical advantage.

The Wolfmen that originally lived on the outskirts of the forest had maintained a clear boundary with the Tigermen living deep within the forest.

Neither side provoked the other, maintaining a delicate balance.

After confirming this situation, Luo Ji rubbed his temples.

He did not want to be neighbors with a group of Tigermen.

Clearly, the Beastman tribes within that great forest had to be dealt with.

But before that, Luo Ji needed to obtain more intelligence from Li Kuo.

For example, whether it was possible to subdue the Tigerman tribe.

Faced with this question, Li Kuo thought about it for a long time.

In the Beastman world, the Tiger-men were famously powerful.

They could be described as a hegemonic race within the Beastman world.

Any Beastman that angered them usually met only a dead end.

As for subduing them…

To be honest, Li Kuo had difficulty imagining the proud Tigermen lowering their heads in submission.

After all, according to his common sense.

It had always been the Tigermen enslaving other races.

There had never really been a race that enslaved them.

This topic was somewhat beyond his usual understanding.

But on second thought.

Ever since submitting to Myriad Worlds Civilization, everything that had happened was already far beyond his common sense.

If it were this Emperor before him.

Subduing the Tigerman tribe did not seem entirely impossible.

That said, the first step would be to thoroughly crush them.

Only by making them realize they were in a disadvantaged position would there be a chance of subduing them.

After listening to Li Kuo’s thoughts, Luo Ji rubbed his chin and nodded.

“I more or less have an idea now.”

“Your Majesty, if we are to encircle and eliminate the Beastman tribes in the great forest, our Wolfman tribe’s Swift Wolf Warrior force is willing to serve!”

Looking at Luo Ji seated above, Li Kuo proactively volunteered for battle.

He knew that Luo Ji would never tolerate having such a dangerous tribe as a neighbor.

So troops would definitely be dispatched.

Either the other side would submit and be incorporated, or they would be wiped out directly.

There would basically be no third path.

Under this premise, establishing more merit, obtaining more rewards, and further accelerating the development of his tribe became Li Kuo’s primary objective.

Facing Li Kuo’s proactive request.

Luo Ji naturally did not refuse.

Moreover, the agile Swift Wolf Warriors were indeed well-suited for forest combat.

Thus, Luo Ji decisively instructed Li Kuo to first concentrate his forces at Yellow Sand City.

He did not plan to drag this matter out.

The sooner it was resolved, the better.

However, relying on only a few hundred Swift Wolf Warriors to deal with the Tigerman tribe entrenched in the great forest felt somewhat insufficient to Luo Ji.

With that thought, he decisively issued another order.

Instructing Luo Yong to lead the Xuanjia Army to Yellow Sand City.

Over the next few days, for reasons unknown.

After tasting the benefits from the previous battle, the Elephantmen and Minotaurs both came to request deployment, wanting to participate as well.

Meanwhile, the Kobolds and Foxkin remained completely quiet.

After some consideration, Luo Ji first offered some reassurance to the Minotaur tribe.

Then he politely declined their proposal.

As the main infantry force in the previous battle, the Minotaurs had suffered quite heavy casualties.

They needed more time to recover, to avoid damaging their foundations.

As for the Elephantmen’s combat power, Luo Ji was quite tempted.

But after all, two had been injured previously and were still recovering.

Luo Ji did not dare to send another two so rashly.

There were only 4 Elephantman soldiers in service.

If all 4 were injured, and when the time came to rely on this unit there were none available, wouldn’t that be disastrous?

After some internal struggle, Luo Ji ultimately decided to dispatch one Elephantman to reinforce Yellow Sand City.

Naturally, the Elephantman Chieftain had no objections to this decision.

Since only one could be sent, the Chieftain Xiang Yan simply rolled up his sleeves and went personally.

Aiming to earn more merit.

So that the Elephantman tribe could achieve even better development.