The elders said it easily, but Xia Duo understood that only by putting yourself in the shoes of a high mage and fighting against him can you understand how strong the opponent is.
Xia Duo also defeated the high mage when he was in the main plane, but that was because he took advantage of the floating city's war spells. In a real one-on-one battle or even a desperate battle, he was not very sure that he would be able to win.
However, it is not easy for him to lose. Even as long as he prepares the saint form in advance, the chance of winning is still not small.
It's just that Xia Duo never thought about fighting like a barbarian. Being able to use the power of external objects has been the privilege of intelligent creatures for countless years of evolution, so why give up!
That is to say, the demon descendant is almost in a state of poverty at the moment, otherwise he will definitely arm these elders to the teeth, and also equip them with special war weapons before letting them go to fight.
Duels and the like, in Xia Duo's view, are just a sideshow. They may be a way to entertain the public, enlighten people's thinking, and promote force, but they can never be the right path to war.
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Ever since a few elders killed the two high mages, the rest of the journey has become much easier. Almost all demon descendants are soldiers. As long as the pure-blooded elves are cut off from their prying eyes and ability to track them, a lot can be done in the vast world.
"Marun, as you said, we have collected a large number of elven civilians who were scattered in the wild due to the war. Thousands of years have passed, many of them have lost their civilization and become wild elves in the ground. We really have to take them with us.
Did they migrate together?”
It has been ten days since Xia Duo arrived. With Xia Duo's continuous performance, he has gradually won the trust of the seven elders and became the de facto leader of this demon tribe.
But in recent days, as more and more elven civilians have gathered along the way, the team's progress has been continuously slowed down. In addition, there are also food problems, which have become more and more serious these days.
At this time, many demons had begun to complain, and this sentiment was quickly reflected to the elders, so the elders asked this question.
However, Shado did not directly answer the elder's inquiry. Instead, he asked the elder a question: "Elder Kurumet, do you think the population of demons or pure-blood elves is greater?"
"Of course the population of pure-blooded elves is large."
Elder Kurumet knew what Sha Duo wanted to say as soon as he heard it, but he still shook his head firmly, "But what does this have to do with migrating with those wild elves? Can we still transform them all into demons?"
Can’t do it?”
Normal pure-blood elves can of course be transformed into demon descendants, but the transformation is not 100% successful. These demon descendants are victims of their bloodline, so why bother forcing these civilians to forcibly transform into demon descendants!
At first, when infected with the devil's aura, there was no choice, but now there is a choice. Most demons do not want their children to look like themselves, and even their birth depends on luck.
What's more, the demons were the victims of the unrestricted battle between Arivanda and Elisri. If the elves are forcibly converted into demons now, they will become the perpetrators. Can the demons who have achieved this be of one heart and one mind?
?
From the first day when Xia Duo gathered the civilians, the elders knew what Xia Duo was thinking, but out of trust in Xia Duo, they never mentioned it before. But if they continue to gather the civilians now, they might hurt the demons.
It's fundamental.
Xia Duo actually knew the elders' concerns, but if the demons wanted to grow stronger, there was no other shortcut except transforming other elves.
Even if the hidden dangers of natural reproduction are solved, if he encourages procreation, the elves can definitely follow suit, and it will be difficult to widen the gap.
What's more, the hidden dangers of natural reproduction may not be solved even in thousands of years. For now, the only way to achieve rapid population growth is by transforming elves!
Even if they are collected and taken away without being transformed into demons, it is much better than leaving it to those high-ranking elven families to found the country!
But now food is indeed a problem. In addition to food, so many civilians are on the road together, which will also greatly delay the arrival of the large army at the scheduled development point.
Xia Duo thought about it for a long time and felt that it was a headache, but it was inevitable to consolidate, and the civilian policy could not be shaken, "Elder Kurumet, even if those wild elves do not transform into demons, they cannot give up. In the future, competition will be based on population.
What can ten thousand demons accomplish? At the very least, we have to build a country that can accept us. Elder, please think twice."
"Then how to solve the food problem now? The little food we brought here is not enough to open our mouths late, and how to solve the problem of those wild elves slowing down our progress?"
"I'll figure it out!"
After speaking, Xia Duo asked the elder again, "How is the mood of the tribesmen? How long can they hold on?"
"Solmant and Cashmont have gone to appease the tribe, but if the fundamental problem is not solved, even if the elders go out, it won't work. You still have three days at most."
"Three days?"
Xia Duo thought about it for a while and nodded firmly, "I will definitely be able to solve it within three days! Elders, please believe me!"
"If I didn't believe you, I wouldn't be here." Kurumet sighed and said helplessly.
At this moment, Xia Duo suddenly remembered that his incarnation of Marun was not without his feet. This guy was the descendant of a student of Kurumet's brother.
Later, Marun also learned magic from Kurumet. However, although Marun was quite smart before, he did not have much talent in magic.
It wasn't until Xia Duo came that there was a qualitative change. He was sorting out bloodline spells and discussing future plans for the demon descendants, which brought a great shock to Kurumet.
"Elder, don't worry, I said three days means three days."
"Um."
Kurumet didn't say much after that, but just reminded Xia Duo that if he needs anything, he can always come to him or other elders.
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After Kurumet left, Xia Duo no longer had the confidence he had before. As the saying goes, "Food is the most important thing for the people." As long as it is a living creature, it must eat as long as it still has breath.
Although there is still a lot of food in his personal space, which is really a lot for an individual, but if he is facing tens of thousands of mouths waiting to be fed, it will be completely stretched, not to mention the source of the food is difficult to explain.
"Disaster!"
Xia Duo thought for a long time, but in the end he just sighed, "It seems that we can only advance the plan."
Originally, he planned to gather the elven civilians along the way. After Irfaran reached an alliance agreement with the other party, he would go to the future location of Sruvend to open up a new home.
But he had ignored the food issue before, and now he had to contact Irfaran in advance. Food would become an important factor in the alliance agreement.
Thinking of this, Xia Duo no longer hesitated. It was indeed his lack of thinking, and it was not too late to find the problem and deal with it in time.
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Next, Xia Duo found several elders and asked them to arrange for people to search for food nearby, including but not limited to the storage of wild elves, wild fruits, wild beasts, etc., as long as they were edible, they could find them.
After that, he found Eastdog and asked him to help arrange the magic circle. Although the demon was expelled and almost destitute, the high mage's special freedom allowed him to ignore most of the materials in the form of a one-time mystery lock.
With a few words from Eastdog, Chateau figured out what was going on and promised that it would be completed before he came back. So Chateau chose to trust the other party and left the main force to go west alone in search of Irfalan.