“What the hell does ‘the body dictates the mind’ even mean?”
Xia Jin was speechless after hearing that absurd conversation.
How did that guy come up with such melodramatic nonsense? A magic beast king falling for her?
Though, one thing was true: if a magic beast king turned into a super cute girl around her age, she might actually be tempted.
It didn't really matter what those lords gossiped about. In time, when the terrifying Swarm swallowed the entire kingdom—and even the whole continent—those guys would realize that the Swarm was never just a group of magic beasts, but a true calamity.
...
That night, the sky was covered in dark clouds.
Specks of stars filled the night sky; looking up, one could see the magnificent Milky Way stretching across the heavens.
This battle became the fuse, forcing more of the gnoll main forces to move toward this area.
Because to them, this was their home.
The human kingdom considered this their territory, but the gnolls also felt this was the home where they had lived for generations.
The two sides were fraught with conflict.
Xia Jin felt that her current forces were actually a bit insufficient.
In the day's battle, she had lost a total of 6,000 insects.
It was unexpectedly high.
Only when truly fighting did she realize that there were still many strong individuals among these gnolls.
As for the weak... they were truly too weak.
Those at Tier 1 and Tier 2 provided very few resources; after a wave of fighting, the energy earned wasn't much.
Yet the gnolls held an absolute advantage in numbers.
Thinking of this, Xia Jin looked up at Amelo across the table.
“Count Amelo, how many days do you think this battle will take?”
Amelo was silent for a moment before speaking. “I estimate that unless large scale decisive battles occur consecutively over the next few days, this war will last at least several weeks, if not months.”
“Fine.”
It seemed the number of gnolls was still far beyond imagination.
After this fight, even excluding the cost of producing new insects, she had gained at least a million points of ordinary energy.
The biggest problem was that there were no high energy crystals.
If she wanted to upgrade the Zerg Hive to the next level, she certainly couldn't rely solely on the gnolls.
“The gnolls definitely can't win a war of attrition against me. I should start considering the war with the kingdom.”
The kingdom's official government controlled the most powerful army.
Xia Jin only had a general understanding of it. In reality, the lowest level of the largest standing legions had to be Tier 3 or higher.
Of course, Tier 3 soldiers were only the second line troops of the main force, and it was impossible for every single soldier to be at that level.
In a truly first rate legion, the proportion of Tier 4, Tier 5, and Tier 6 soldiers was very high.
Not to mention the kingdom's Imperial Guard.
Conversely, only the various local garrisons and youth training corps throughout the kingdom would be composed of a large number of Tier 1 and Tier 2 warriors.
It could be said that the official forces of the Kingdom of Clear had selected almost all the strong individuals in the entire country.
Xia Jin's first step was to mobilize 3,000 insects from her territory to the various cities and rural thoroughfares of the Countdom. The purpose was to strengthen control over this area and station guards in various places.
Once an army appeared from another direction, she could react in time.
The next phase was to slowly amass troops.
She estimated that after Amelo's surrender, the kingdom would soon notice something was wrong.
Once war broke out, Xia Jin would have to face hundreds of thousands of elite troops, so what she needed to do now was stall.
She would stall for as long as possible.
As she was thinking, a transmission suddenly appeared in her mind.
It was Linya.
She was still at Star Rain Academy.
“Princess, I've received news that the academy has obtained information about the northern creatures—that is, intelligence on our Zerg. They seem to be planning to discuss methods to counter the Zerg in their classes.”
“I see. Wait there for a bit; I'll send my projection to your side.”
“Eh?”
Linya hadn't expected this.
The Princess's projection?
...
Almost that same day, Xia Jin's black haired projection set off.
Led by the insects, she headed toward Star Rain Academy.
In fact, along the way, she would also search for information or have her insects break into some of the kingdom's important facilities and bases to gather intelligence.
For example, at a lord's army base, a few zerglings took advantage of loose security to slip into an office and snatch up all the documents inside.
As it turned out, upon closer inspection, there really was information regarding “suspicions about Count Amelo.”
It speculated that Amelo had encountered a magic beast attack and concluded that there were unusual movements in the forest, requiring the entire kingdom to be on high alert.
“They really aren't ill informed.”
Calculating the time, the war had only been going on for a few days.
Not long after, having traveled the whole way, Xia Jin arrived at the city where Star Rain Academy was located.
Compared to other places, the grand city before her was clearly exceptionally prosperous.
Walking on the streets, the beautiful Xia Jin immediately attracted the gaze of many passersby.
“Hi, beautiful lady, may I invite you to dinner?”
After only a few minutes, a man dressed like a member of the upper class came over to flirt.
Looking at his lecherous eyes, Xia Jin immediately dodged to the side, on her guard.
This guy was clearly just pretending to be high class.
Ignoring these people, she arrived at the academy's entrance.
She thought for a moment and decided to use money to open the school's gates.
Money makes the world go round!
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