Today's Withollands is less than one-third of its size in its heyday. No one is willing to rebuild this place, and few people even mention this place.
What was once a magnificent temple is now only a pitiful ruin. The gaps between the stones are covered with weeds, and the mottled traces tell people about the brutal battles that took place here.
There are still bullet holes in the walls, and some stone pillars still have shrapnel that spattered after the bomb explosion.
The demon clan rebuilt their home here, but they received almost no help. Although the Ailanshir Empire was willing to provide food and supplies, even the demons themselves were unwilling to invest too much in this place.
The high-ranking demons in power don't have much favorable impressions of this city. They are either demons who have been squeezed out by the origin of magic, or they are people with vested interests who rely on the Ilandhill Empire to promote themselves to power. Therefore, they are unwilling to cooperate with the powerful demons.
Tehorans got involved.
The former capital city of demons, once the largest city in the demon world, has now come to a tragic end with ruins all over the place.
On the contrary, it is Angershal that has become the new largest city in the Demon World, it is the prosperity of the port Santoba, it is the prosperity of Manito, and it is the scale of Stoffel.
No one dares to allocate funds to this sin-filled city, and no one dares to transport supplies to this city. The demons all instinctively resist this place, let alone humans and other races.
In short, the prosperity of the Eilanhir Empire seems to be incompatible with this place. There are dilapidated scenes everywhere. Walking on the streets is like walking in an ancient ruins.
Frankly speaking, nowadays, even the ancient elven city on Yue Siris has been renovated and is far more pleasing to the eye than this former giant demon city.
Not to mention, it took less than three years for the previous Airanthil Empire to rebuild Bellevue, the capital of the Holy Demon Empire, which was completely in ruins, into Ironforge, which is world-famous in industry today.
Of course, keeping it secret does not mean giving up completely. Every once in a while, there will still be some food of unknown origin, as well as some other brands of mustard pickles and other foods flowing into the city to meet the city's basic needs.
As for development, it can only be described as haha - this city is dead, this is the consensus of everyone.
A shirtless demon walked listlessly through the middle of the street. He was one of the few craftsmen in the city. He and several demons helped other demons repair their houses, thereby earning some food as reward to support their own family.
It is absolutely forbidden to eat the same kind of people. The Eilanhir Empire has clearly stated that it prohibits eating the same kind of people under any circumstances.
Once discovered, he will be executed immediately, and possibly his family as well. In this case, even a devil has to abide by such a rule.
Even if there is no worry about lack of food, the city's population has not changed at all in three years. It has even declined slightly compared to three years ago.
Because every once in a while, a troop carrier from the Ilanthil Empire would pass by, forcibly requisition some demons, and escort them away to other planets to reclaim wasteland.
Demons have a very strong reproductive capacity, so many places are willing to introduce demons to enrich the local population.
Because there is a population, there will be taxation and a real economic environment will be formed: no matter how many puppet robots there are, they are just labor force and cannot revitalize the local economic environment and make a certain area prosperous.
However, due to the restrictive laws of the empire, there is an absolute limit on the number of demons introduced to each planet, so it is impossible to fill a planet with a large number of demons in one go.
Unless there are special planets protected by a single race of demons, there will be situations where the number of demons is greater than other races.
On other planets, according to imperial laws, the rule that only two other races can introduce a demon to colonize the wasteland must be strictly implemented.
"Hey! Mr. Ludy...when will our house be repaired?" A devilish woman sitting on the roadside, washing her dirty clothes, shouted to the construction worker Ludy at the top of her lungs.
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Lu Di, who had been working for two days in a row and repaired a two-story building, didn't even stop and answered: "Morning! There are still two blocks to go before we get here."
No way, this is already his fastest working speed. In the past, when the origin of magic ruled, building a house would have taken almost two or three times as long as it does now.
"Buzz..." A car engine roared and drove from the other side of the street. Everyone on both sides of the road stood up subconsciously.
This kind of gasoline engine car can no longer be found in most cities in the Elanshir Empire, because most cars now use pure electric power.
Only in cities like Withollands, which are backward and have no possibility of development in a short period of time, would there be people using gasoline engine cars.
Finally, an obsolete old jeep with the golden eagle's wings emblem scratched off the door stopped. A senior devil stepped on the brakes, returned the gear to neutral, pulled the handbrake, and jumped out of the car.
"Huh!" All the demons breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that it was not the car that was arresting people. Then, happy expressions appeared on the faces of these demons.
Since it is not a car that comes to arrest people, it is a car that comes to deliver food! This is a rule they have mastered over the past year or so.
Sure enough, the devil grabbed two sacks marked with military food reserves from the car and threw them at his feet: "Hand over the valuable things you dug out from the ruins, and you can take these food away!"
The demon who drove up shouted loudly. Because he had a long sword hanging on his waist and was a high-level demon who knew magic, he was not worried about anyone robbing him of his food.
Moreover, the demons here no longer dare to steal anything. They are afraid that their barbarism will scare away the "merchants" who come to exchange food for things.
A handful of gems of different sizes were taken out by Ludy from his trousers pocket and poured into the cloth pocket of the demon who drove up.
Then Ludi took the two bags of instant noodles and several bags of pickles handed to him by the other party.
Who would have thought that nowadays, gems and other precious metals can only be exchanged for so little food in the dilapidated Withollands?
"Give me more." Lu Di touched his empty pocket and begged.
The devil who drove up was not stingy either. He grabbed another bag of Sanwu mustard produced in a small place and threw it to Ludi: "Next time! Find something good and come back!"
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Make up for the update, but I still owe one update.
