Chapter 858 Section 89 Tower of Desire

Chapter 858 Section 89. Tower of Desire

The shells fell into the rats with a shrill scream.

The terrifying impact instantly turned the ratmen around the shells into minced meat, and the ratmen who were close to them were also blown to pieces and their internal organs flew everywhere.

Continue to fire aimlessly.

The soldiers didn't even need to aim, there was nothing here except rats. A shot fired, and some unlucky ratmen would always be killed.

But this matter itself is as meaningless as standing on the beach and throwing stones into the sea...

The great, approachable, idol of teenagers and middle-aged women, the lord of the floating city, Annan Reeves, looked at the endless tide of rats, and even despair became a luxury.

"How can this be completely eliminated..."

They urgently need "rat killer".

Rely on plague and disease? But the ratmen themselves are the breeding ground for various germs, and they have more germs than alchemical elements.

Forget it, this is not something I should consider...

When the gods were still around, they were helpless with the ratmen. At most, they were driven to a corner of the Allen continent. During the turbulent period of the gods, it was already very good to suppress them.

When the floating city has three arcane energy cores, the wizard tower is built to the sixth floor, the magic gunpowder has a breakthrough, the total population reaches 300,000, and the Holy Council sits in the first three rows, Annan will be slightly qualified to care about world news.

When he turned around, Annan noticed that there were many people standing behind the turret.

"You want to fire too?"

Annan smelled their eager emotions.

"We also want the ratmen to bloom! Lord Annan, can we?"

"Let me think about it..."

After a few minutes, the people in the city were surprised to find that a sign was erected in front of each turret in the Free City: [Fire 3 silver, package 7 silver]

This is a win-win situation. For people, killing ratmen in person can greatly enhance their confidence. For soldiers, firing is just lighting the fuse, which does not require much technology, so they are happy to be lazy. Annan not only received the gratitude of the soldiers and people, but also brought income to Free City.

Only the ratmen didn't think so.

In the past, the bombardment was somewhat regular. It was okay to stay away from the elite rats and wild rats. They were slave rats and not as valuable as the big iron ball. But those artillery suddenly fired everywhere without a target, and countless lone ratmen suffered unexpectedly.

Fortunately, the floating city looks bulky and slow, but it can actually climb a mountain in a few minutes, so it won't poison the same group of rats for too long.

Before noon, Free City approached the last coalition army.

Annan asked the wizard tower to be on guard, and the scavengers should stop hiding underground and come out to patrol the streets with the Guards and Hellfire Legion.

Their vigilance was unnecessary until the last broken coalition army took them back to Free City and confirmed that they were not pretending to be ratmen. The two advanced troops mentioned by the centurion did not appear.

It seems that the McKeon clan knew very well that the floating city above was just thunder and rain.

So far, Liberty City spent half a day to bring back all the survivors.

Now the remaining question is whether they should continue to wander on the battlefield or just go back.

Annan was unsure, so he simply gathered the officials together to vote. To his surprise, the vast majority of people, including the two deputy city lords, thought they should go back.

Although they did not make any military achievements, just rescuing the coalition forces surrounded by ratmen was enough to make people excited.

Annan did not obey the majority, but first asked the only legend in the city who voted against it: Skeleton King Leonefa.

The Skeleton King's answer was very funny: "I am an undead. If you die, I will have many more of my kind."

It seems that the Skeleton King voted against it on the surface, but actually stood in favor.

"Okay, just do as you say."

After all, Liberty City has all of Annan's wealth, just like no knight would bring his parents, wife, and children to fight with his opponent on his back when conquering an enemy country.

But retreating is one thing, and preparing for armaments is another.

Then they talked heatedly about the need for more people, more soldiers, and more weapons in Liberty City.

First, the Hellfire Legion must be replenished with 5,000 people, and then the Guards Legion and the Third Legion must be expanded to 2,000 people each.

As for the Foreign Aid Legion... if they are willing to stay, they can keep their numbers, and at the same time, the reinforcements willing to stay will also be incorporated into the Foreign Aid Legion.

There are no secrets in the Liberty City Lord's Mansion. As soon as they finalized the strategy, the city discussed the details.

The radicals in the city thought that this was it? Although we only have a population of 80,000, there are 60,000 young men among them, which is enough to expand the Hellfire to 10,000!

The conservatives thought that the proportion of the radicals was too conservative. 10,000 people were just a wave in the rat tide. Why not expand to 30,000 in one go?

"I don't understand."

Lionheart Sergeant Anthony was invited by Annan to visit the Lord's Mansion and talked about the people outside: "Why are they so warlike?"

"Have you heard of the Tower of Desire theory?" Annan asked him.

"Tower of desires..."

"The bottom layer of the tower is our basic desires: appetite, sleep, and reproduction. When we satisfy these, our desires will rise to the second layer, and we will seek a safer and warmer place to live and a better life. When this layer is satisfied, we will have new desires, such as faith, honor, and sympathy..."

"I don't understand."

Annan likes him. He is surrounded by smart people, and he looks like Martin: "Because the people of Liberty City have satisfied the first two levels of the Tower of Desire, they have plenty of time to satisfy their spiritual desires."

"I still don't understand."

"... That is to say, the people of Liberty City have enough food and clothing, so they want to protect all of this."

"I understand."

Sergeant Anthony, the Lionheart, left.

He still didn't understand, otherwise he would know the purpose of Annan asking him to talk about this.

But there is no rush, they still have plenty of time to get in touch.

"Tower of Desire? Interesting description..."

Evelyn suddenly climbed in from the window.

Annan looked at the stairs and then at the window: "Why are you--"

"I said I had something urgent to talk to you about. Lilith cast a levitation spell on me. When I came here, I wanted to try to jump to the second floor and then..."

Annan tilted his head and asked the maid Abby: "Who is on duty today?"

"It's still Luo Xi."

"Tell him that he will clean the toilet today."

Annan retracted his gaze, watched Evelyn hide her joy, and took out a newspaper: "Oh, this is not important, you should read this."

...

Rekanel Kingdom, New Capital, Royal Palace.

Klo threw away the "Twin Ministers Weekly" angrily, and the newspaper on the carpet showed a line of words: Free City Sets Sail.

The accompanying picture is a picture of Free City floating up from the Free Port.

"You didn't tell me that Free City has reached the Gray Mountain Range!" Clo shouted out of control.

The minister who came over lowered his head: "Your Majesty, we just saw it in the newspaper."