The old city lord was defeated.
The army was almost completely annihilated.
The bad tidings were immediately brought back to Berserk Beast City by the Winged Beast Rider Mages who fled.
It promptly led an unprecedented turmoil within the Berserk Beast City, and a fierce infighting took place between the three remaining Masters of Ten Thousand.
The final outcome was the two defeated Masters of Ten Thousand left the city along with their subordinates.
Gorr, the strongest amongst the three, had emerged victorious and taken control of the city.
Right after Gorr became the new lord of Berserk Beast City, he urgently ordered the orcs to strengthen the defenses of the city, preparing a large number of arrow towers, heavy ballistas and setting up the defensive parameter.
Although the forces of Berserk Beast City were severely depleted.
Especially the elite forces who were almost completely wiped out.
However, the city possessed the advantage of treacherous terrains and the number of orcs residing within was still huge.
Gorr believed that as long as he could put up a last-ditch resistance and repel the upcoming assault, he would officially become the lord of Berserk Beast City.
This was his opportunity to soar to the top position.
While Gorr was busy laying out the city's defenses, an orc soldier rushed over in panic.
"Master of Ten Thousand..."
Gorr responded with a hard slap, "How dare you call me Master of Ten Thousand still? Do you want to die!?"
The orc soldier had half of his teeth knocked out.
He hurriedly corrected his words, and continued with a slurred speech,"Cwity lawd! Mah lord! Dwagon! Thwer...ther...there's a dragon!"
Gorr's eyes widened, before he could fly into another rage, a frightening aura enveloped the whole city.
Gorr's expression distorted, he picked up his battle ax and stormed out of the fortress. Before he could give out orders to his men, a huge and terrifying shadow hung over him.
A dragon!
There was really a dragon!
And a massive one at that!
After Zhang Nu advanced into level 4.
The dragon form grew to a length of over 80 meters. His dark golden scales were now palm sized, and across the surface of every scale were mystical and intricate golden patterns, exuding a sense of mystery and pressure.
The orcs attacked in haste.
The heavy ballistas fired out black iron bolts in rapid succession.
The ballista bolts were two to three meters long and were forged from precious black iron. Paired with the firing force of heavy ballistas, these black iron bolts could deal serious damage to most level 4 magical beasts.
Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!
Sparks burst out from the collisions.
The heavy bolts shattered on impact and bounced off one after another.
These weapons had little effect on the massive dragon, the damage dealt was nothing more than being bitten by a mosquito.
Boom!
The dragon landed precisely in front of Gorr, creating a large crater.
Smoke and dust permeated the air.
And the silhouette of the massive dragon disappeared.
Out of it came a three meter tall humanoid figure.
Zhang Nu walked up to Gorr, the oppressive feeling he was giving off became even heavier. He stared down at the orc lord in front of him, whose legs were giving away from terror.
"From today onwards!"
"I shall be the master of this city!"
"Those who obey shall live and prosper, those who don't shall meet their demise. Live or die! Make your choice!"
Gorr refused to accept this outcome.
His eyes turned bloodshot.
"Fucking bullshit! I've only been the city lord for a single fucking day! No one can take the throne from me! Die!"
His lust for power completely blinded his reasoning and overwhelmed his rationality.
Gorr let out an angry roar and swung his ax at Zhang Nu.
Just then, five Draconian Warmonger Royal Guards were instantly summoned to the Demon King's side.
"Kill him."
Zhang Nu issued an order.
Gorr was a level 3 Lord orc.
Five level 4 Elite units were more than enough to deal with a single level 3 Lord.
Moreover, the Draconian Warmonger Royal Guards were not ordinary Elite units. They activated their battle formation, which greatly strengthened each other's combat prowess.
After a dozen rounds of clashing steel.
Gorr was clearly suppressed.
He finally felt the dread of dying.
Compared to power and authority, it seemed life was weighted heavier in his mind.
Gorr quickly pleaded for mercy, "I surrender....."
"Too late!"
Five large blades wreathing in Qi, swiftly landed on Gorr.
The self proclaimed city lord was then brutally dismantled by the five royal guards in front of the countless orcs, who rushed to the scene at the news of an attacking dragon.
'Not bad at all!!'
For an elite unit, the royal guard's strength was satisfactory.
If five royal guards could completely crush a Lord unit of a lower level, or restrain a Lord unit of the same level. Then, what about fifty or even five hundred of them?
The more royal guards there were, the more powerful the battle formation would be.
The limit of this unit was boundless.
There was no flaw with this unit, except for being a little too expensive.
Zhang Nu unleashed a wave of Dragon Fear, and with his current level 4 strength, the range of Dragon Fear could easily cover most of the city.
Dragon Fear was essentially a psychic attack.
It affects all hostile entities within its effective range, as well as Zhang Nu's specified targets. If the targets' strength or psychic resistance were too weak, they would be critically damaged and fall unconscious.
"Ahhhhhh!!"
Some ordinary orcs were perhaps too close to the Demon King, and sustained exceptionally high damage.
The orcs were struck with extreme fear and let out blood curdling screams. They started to bleed profusely from every orifice, dropped to the ground and died violently.
[You've slain an orc. Gold +10!]
[You've slain an orc. Gold +10!]
[You've slain an orc warrior. Gold +25!]
[You've slain an orc warrior. Gold +25!]
[You've slain an orc warrior. Gold +25!]
[...]
A single wave of Dragon Fear.
It took out nearly a hundred of orcs within the close vicinity. In addition, thousands of orcs inside the skill's effective range had fallen unconscious on the spot, and even more orcs were in a temporary state of daze.
This was a crowd control skill.
It unexpectedly exerted the force of a mass destruction skill.
This was something even Zhang Nu himself did not anticipate. It seems that after becoming a level 4 Demon King, all of his skills have been greatly enhanced.
While the orcs were still being disoriented by the Dragon Fear.
Li Si descended from the sky and landed beside Zhang Nu. He deployed a teleportation field, and hundreds of Draconian units came through. Among them was an orc, it was Gru, the Master of Ten Thousand who surrendered.
Zhang Nu said indifferently, "Let's see your performance."
Gru noticed the former Master of Ten Thousand, Gorr, who had been torn into pieces, as well as the orcs who were either collapsed on the ground or outright dead.
"Understood. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, this subordinate will not let you down."
Gru had experienced the terrible might of the Demon King firsthand and knew there was no other choice for Berserk Beast City.
It was better to submit than being razed to the ground.
Gru was different from other orc leaders. When he was young, he had traveled across many lands, and even visited human capital cities. Thus, he had a deeper understanding and broader view of the world.
Serving the strong would do no harm to the orcs.
Gru stepped up and ordered the orcs to submit.
He had a high reputation in the Berserk Beast City, and the orcs were trustful of him. He first took command of a group of Chiefs of Thousands, then instructed the same group to oversee the Captains of Hundreds.
Eventually.
Under the command and supervision of Gru.
Hundreds of thousands of orcs submitted to Zhang Nu one after another.
[165233 orcs have surrendered to you. Accept?]
Only 160 thousand orcs?
The number was lower than Zhang Nu imagined.
According to his intelligence, It was understood that Berserk Beast City had a population slightly larger than that of Giantree City.
Noticing that the Demon King seemed dissatisfied, Gru immediately explained, "Your Majesty, after Grey's defeat, the three Masters of Ten Thousand fought among themselves. The two defeated ones took their soldiers with them when they left the city."
That explained it.
The two Masters of Ten Thousand each took away ten thousand troops with them.
Furthermore, there were orcs who had secretly fled the city due to fear.
In the end, only a little more than 160 thousand orcs left.
No matter.
Berserk Beast City was surrounded by barren mountains.
It would be difficult to even find suitable land for farming.
Although the food consumption of orcs was only a quarter of that of the draconians, it would still be a burden to feed them all if there were too many. 160 thousand was indeed not a small number.
Zhang Nu accepted their surrender.
A notification appeared.
[You've conquered Berserk Beast City!]
[You gained Shining Mithril Chest x1]
Berserk Beast City's level was slightly higher than that of Giantree City. Although it had greater military strength, it did not have any defense facilities like city barriers or magic towers. So, the difficulty of both cities was roughly on the same level.
Hence the rewards of both cities had the same modifier.
However, the quantity of Berserk Beast City rewards should be slightly higher.
Zhang Nu did not hesitate and opened up the treasure chest.
[You opened the Mithril Treasure Chest. You've gained "Gold" x 400000, "Blueprint: Temple of War" x 1, "Blueprint: Orc Base Camp" x 1, "Blueprint: Advanced Beast Pen" x 1, "Castle Leveling Scroll" x 1 , "Strength Crystal" x 10, "Constitution Crystal" x 10! ]
As expected, there was a lot of gold in the chest.
In addition, three blueprints were obtained.
[Blueprint: Temple of War] Level 3 Blueprint. Costs gold x120000, wind gems x50, fire gems x50. You may summon a Temple of War within your territory.
[Blueprint: Orc Base Camp] Level 3 Structure. Costs gold x150000, fire gems x50, dark gems x50, stone x10000, steel x10000, wood x10000. You may summon an Orc Base Camp within your territory.
[Blueprint: Advanced Beast Pen] Level 2 Structure. Costs gold x40000, life gems x10, stone x1000, steel x1000, wood x1000. You may summon an Advanced Beast Pen within your territory.
The Temple of War was a structure dedicated to the Goddess of War.
It should be similar in effect to the Temple of Nature which was dedicated to the Goddess of Nature.
When built, the whole army could be bestowed blessings.
Very practical and worth building it.
The latter two were barrack-type buildings.
The Orc Base Camp was definitely used for orc troops recruitment, which should include level 1, 2 and 3 units. While the Advanced Beast Pen was probably for summoning level 1 and 2 tamed magical beasts.
The value of these three blueprints was definitely satisfactory.
In addition, there was a Castle Leveling Scroll from the treasure chest.
But, since Zhang Nu's castle had already been upgraded before, it was not possible to level up the castle again using this scroll of the same rank.
The only choice was to sell it to other Demon Kings.
The scroll was an exceptional item, it should be able to fetch a good price.
Lastly, there were these 10 Strength Crystals and 10 Constitution Crystals.
These crystals were extremely valuable for stat growth, each of them could increase 10 corresponding stats. Zhang Nu used them all on himself without hesitation.
[Strength +100 permanently!
[Constitution +100 permanently!]
This was a huge boost even for Zhang Nu.
This batch of crystals was no less valuable than the blueprints.
"My Master, all of the orcs have been gathered."
Zhang San and Li Si came to report the situation.
Now, it was time to seek out the rats.
Zhang Nu roughly screened through gathered orcs, and found hundred or so Heroes who failed to flee in time hiding amongst the orcs.
Most of these Heroes were weak.
They were generally level 1 or 2.
Zhang Nu took advantage of his cheat ability of seeing through hidden information to check the Heroes' biography for their characters and personalities. Among them, those who were sinister, cunning or devious according to their description were picked out and executed on the spot.
As for the remaining Heroes, they were taken back to the dungeons by his Draconians.
Maybe some of them could be recruited into the Dragon's Shadow Heroes Guild in the future.
Of course, there may still be some Heroes lurking in Berserk Beast City. After all, it would take Zhang Nu a lot of time to sift through hundreds of thousands of orcs one by one.
Even if there were any who may have slipped through the net.
They were also unlikely to pose any threat to the Demon King.
Zhang Nu decided to take his time and gradually sort out the orcs thereafter. Now, the utmost important issue that needed to be addressed at the moment was how to manage and utilize the orcs of Berserk Beast City.
In the past, the Berserk Beast City looted and plundered for a living.
They did not farm or produce at all.
The orcs relied upon looting, robbing, pillaging and exhorting to make ends meet, which was the reason why Berserk Beast City was so notorious.
Now that Zhang Nu has become the owner of this city.
He did not wish for such practices to continue.
Sooner or later, the entire Chaos Forest would be his territory.
By allowing the orcs to continue their plundering, it would be no different than ransacking his own territory. Not only would it not create any value, it would also heavily affect development.
This was not desirable.
These 160 thousand orcs.
They must look for another way of living.