Star Iron, conquer the world from Omphalos

Kasa had to tell a white lie to his tribesmen. He knew these people too well. If he said that Ash was half an invitation and half a threat, the irritable brother Trevi would rather die in battle than surrender.

But they can be irritable, but Kasa cannot. He is the patriarch and must consider the interests of everyone.

Of course, his decision to go to Tilkas wasn't entirely out of fear of Ash, but rather because he truly saw Tilkas's potential. Given the Trevi's strength, going there would still give them a place to thrive and avoid being used as cannon fodder. It was definitely better than going to Ohma anyway.

If they stay here and are constantly being consumed by the Xuanfeng people, they will sooner or later be unable to bear it.

In addition, Kasa's personal feeling is that he always feels that Ash is different from other golden people.

Like the Golden Descendants of Ohma, who spend their days dreaming about following the oracle's guidance to save the world. Their slogans are loud and clear, but Kasa always feels uneasy. There is no kindness in this world without reason. All kindness towards you has a hidden price.

If there is no price, then he is just a pure good person. Such a person is very good, but following such a person is not good at all. Helping everyone will only hurt yourself.

And Ash obviously wasn't.

After comprehensive consideration, Casa decided to go to Tilkas.

In the end times, there is always an invisible force pushing everyone forward.

After some discussion, Kasa successfully persuaded the other tribesmen.

If Tilkas is not a wise choice for them, the worst that can happen is that they can just run away later.

...

The joining of the Trevi people was undoubtedly good news. Ash originally thought that he would have to stay here for at least a while to reason with them, but he didn't expect that Chief Casa was also a hero and directly persuaded the others for him.

But if you think about it carefully, these tribes were originally carefully selected by Wan Di, and they are more likely to join Tilkas.

No matter how much you say it, it all comes down to one sentence - the world has been suffering from the pressure for a long time!

Like the Trevi people, they are natural enemies of the Xuanfeng people. Every Xuanfeng person with a conscience has been thinking about how to fight with Xuanfeng City since birth.

Over the years, they have experienced countless disasters. The worst time was when the village was burned down. However, they tenaciously found a new place to take root and slowly developed.

The Trevi were also straightforward and would fight to the death if they weren't convinced. Together with the Kalos tribe, whom Ash had previously recruited, they were the two greatest warriors of this land. Rumor had it that capturing either of them would annihilate Xuanfeng City. Now that Ash had both, the outcome seemed certain.

But before that, he had to find a way to take over the mineral vein.

The army of Xuanfeng City slowed down upon reaching the Ketchir Mountains, cautiously groping their way forward. They were led by a renowned Xuanfeng general named Katia, rumored to be the champion of the previous Xuanfeng Games. Upon learning of Ash's discovery of the mineral vein, King Olipon was so enraged he nearly saw his queen. He then ordered Katia, with over a thousand Xuanfeng soldiers, to attack, seeking revenge both old and new.

However, with only a thousand men, including the Trevi, it was somewhat of a stretch. Katia also knew the situation in Xuanfeng City. Due to the Xuanfeng Festival, a large number of personnel had been assigned to maintain law and order, while others were busy with the Xuanfeng clan's major undertakings. How could there be any extra troops to assign to him?

Thinking of this, Katia wanted to curse. "Why didn't you stay in Tilkas for a good reason, Yaxiu, and come to Xuanfeng? If you don't come, then there will be no fight, right?"

It wasn't that Katia lacked confidence, but rather because of Cornelli's previous experience. Although he had nearly doubled the number of men, the opposing team was also larger. Not to mention that Ash had blocked Nicardori's attack. He estimated that in a head-on fight, the probability of losing in a single fight was slightly higher.

The Xuanfeng people were skilled fighters, but they were not fools. King Olipon was blinded by anger, but the others were clear-headed. At least Priest Luca privately told him to act according to circumstances. What did "act according to circumstances" mean? It meant to fight if you can win, but don't surrender if you can't.

Once the Xuanfeng Festival is over and we can mobilize more troops, wouldn't it be easy to defeat a small Golden Clan member?

So Katia thought about it and decided to seize the opportunity.

"What on earth are these Xuanfeng people doing? Why are they still circling the outskirts of the mountain range for so long? Do they think we're setting an ambush?"

On the hillside near the mine, two Tilkas people who were in charge of surveillance muttered.

"Who knows? They say the Xuanfeng people are brave and good at fighting. They fought fiercely last time, but why are they so timid when they reach their territory? Could it be that the ones sent out are brave, while the ones guarding at home are just empty talk, good-looking but useless?"

"Don't jump to conclusions. The Xuanfeng people are also capable of conspiracy. Maybe this is their tactic. Keep a close eye on them."

The two sentries stared with wide eyes, watching Xuan Fengjun going back and forth again and again at the foot of the mountain, as if looking for something.

As a result, almost half a day passed and the Xuanfeng people did not come up. Suddenly, they set up camp in an open space and made a fire to cook.

Now Ash was puzzled. For a moment he even thought that this group of Xuanfeng people had read the Thirty-Six Strategies of War and were plotting some big conspiracy.

But he sent out sand soldiers to check the surroundings, but there were no traps or support.

Considering that this was the territory of the Xuanfeng people after all, Yaxiu did not attack rashly. Instead, he took advantage of the time to quickly summon sand soldiers, accumulate more troops, and wait for the enemy to tire themselves out.

Then...

The Xuanfeng Army retreated.

"Um..."

Ash thought for a moment and tried to light a cigarette to try and understand this behavior, but he failed.

First, there were no cigarettes, and second, he found that he couldn't seem to understand.

"Forget it, let's start mining."

Without the threat of the Xuanfeng people, Ash immediately ordered the excavation to begin and entered the mine to do something big.

...

"Lord Katia, why are we withdrawing? Aren't those Trevi people on the mountain?"

A soldier in the Xuanfeng Army asked.

Katia said calmly, "What do you know? The Trevi aren't a concern. The real threat lies with the Golden Descendant of Tilcace. He can summon sand soldiers. You see, there are only two or three hundred of them, but they're actually an endless supply. They're occupying the mountain, waiting for us to tire out. If we charge in, we'll end up like Cornelli."

The soldier suddenly realized.

"But the king has issued an order that we must kill the Golden Ash."

"Orders are dead, but people are alive. We Xuanfeng people don't fear death, but we must use our brains." Katia suddenly sneered. "Why did Ash come? The fundamental reason is still that mine, but the mine cannot be dug out in a day or two, which means they will have to stay in the mountains for a long time. By then, the Xuanfeng Festival will be over long ago, and by then, it will be easy to withdraw troops from Xuanfeng City to surround and wipe them out."

"All we have to do now is defend the outskirts of the mountains and keep a close eye on this place. That Ash, can he even move the mine? Just wait, he'll pay the price for his greed."

As long as the mine is still there and the mine is still there, then it's fine.

The soul casting of Xuanfeng and the Legion of Heavenly Punishment require a large amount of ores, which are the treasures of Xuanfeng City.

Ash?

Sooner or later, I will deal with him.

"Lord Katia is wise!"

Results one day later.

"Oh no, Lord Katia, Tilkas has retreated!"

"Huh? They're retreating now? It seems they've abandoned the mine. That's good, as long as we hold the mine, we'll have done nothing wrong."

"No, they emptied the mine!"

"This is impossible!!!"

When Katia climbed up the cliff and saw the yellow sand army coming down the mountain one after another from afar, and the sand soldiers walking side by side holding ore, he fell into a long silence.

"Chase! Chase them! We must take the mine back!"

...

Chapter 2! I've been really busy during the Chinese New Year, but I can still maintain a stable update every day. After the Chinese New Year, it will be almost online, and I have to save some manuscripts. After it's online, I will have to update at least 10,000 times a day. In short, everyone, please support me~~

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Omfalos's Journey: Chapter 34: Unlimited Troop Explosion and That's It!

On the plains outside the Ketchir Mountains, a faint light appeared under the starry sky shrouded in darkness. The sand soldiers worked diligently and moved forward silently with the ore in their arms.

The Trevi people walking in the front always felt that something was wrong. They looked back at the group of sand soldiers from time to time, and they didn't know why it seemed a little strange.

Sand soldiers, moving bricks?

"Chief, do you think these sand soldiers have consciousness? Are they like Nicardoli's Scourge Legion?"

A Trevi couldn't help asking.

Kasa thought to himself, I don’t even know where the end of the night is, how could I know something like this?

Sand soldier, do you have any thoughts?

He would rather believe that these sand soldiers were all controlled by Ash alone.

However, this number is somewhat terrifying. He did not count them carefully, but it was definitely more than a thousand. There are so many sand soldiers and they can be replenished continuously. It is terrifying to think about it.

With this scale, as long as we are not attacking Xuanfeng City or Ohma, we will kill indiscriminately any tribe we go to.

Casa suddenly felt fortunate for his decision. The Trevi people were not afraid of death, but exchanging their lives with a group of sand made them feel that death was worthless.

What would Trevi's ancestors say when they returned to the Styx and saw him? "Grandpa, although I'm dead, I killed hundreds of kilograms of sand."

Kasa suspected that the ancestors might be so angry that they would rush out of Senatos' arms.

All in all, he didn't have any ideas at the moment, and would wait until he got to Tilkas to decide everything.

Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta.

Troops of Sand Soldiers and Trevi walked the land.

Ash raised his scepter high and released the power of authority to help the sand soldiers maintain their existence. He could only summon one sun disc at a time, but the effect would not be much different if he did so.

Moreover, Huangsha's power was indeed very useful for mining. He took the ore out of the mine and moved it away with sand soldiers. A total of 1,500 sand soldiers plus Trevi people helped. After emptying the equipment in the mine to load the ore, he brought out almost 80% of the ore.

Unfortunately, the time for the second-level power to settle is not enough. If he is given another half a month to increase his strength, he can dig out this mine.

"With these ores, we will have a place to start with our early weapons and equipment."

"And even if we don't use it for forging, it's enough to exchange for things like supplies."

Ash was thinking in his mind.

Suddenly, he became alert and looked back at the land shrouded in darkness. In the place where the light could not reach, he could vaguely see a group of figures chasing out from the Ketchir Mountains.

"You despicable Tilkas bandit, stop right there!!!"

shhhhhh!

Arrows were shot out one after another.

The sand soldiers were carrying the ore and were not walking very fast, so Katya and his men would naturally catch up with them quickly if they gave their all.

At this time, a wave of arrows was shot out, and some of the sand soldiers at the rear of the march were directly killed. But before Katia could be happy, those sand soldiers who were originally advancing as a whole suddenly put down the ores they were carrying and turned towards them.

dong dong!

The soldiers were arrayed in formation, and their spears were spinning in unison.

"Uh..."

Katya was startled by this momentum.

But he had received intelligence that Tilkas's sand soldiers only looked intimidating but were not very strong.

Cornelli's death was caused by the fact that he brought only a few people with him. He thought he was just going to massacre a village, but he didn't expect to mention the iron plate. But it was different for him. He had a full thousand people on his side.

As long as they can destroy a large number of sand soldiers in a short period of time and capture or kill Ash before they regroup, they will still win the battle.

Thinking of this, Katia gave an order: "Warriors of Xuanfeng, do not be frightened by these things that are not even warriors. You are the people of Nicadori, heroes on the battlefield, following the footsteps of Strife... Kill them!!"

"Kill, kill, kill!!"

The deafening roar of killing echoed across the earth shrouded in darkness. The starry night sky cast a faint light, shining on the swinging blade, emitting an icy cold glow.

"Die!"

Katya rushed to the front, using a scimitar, and slashed the sand soldiers with the blade, killing them with one blow.

His sword moves quickly, accurately and fiercely, and with great power. His strength is not inferior to Cornelli's.

However, the brief lag made Katia frown... "These sand soldiers."

No, nine out of ten things were wrong. Judging from the intelligence, this shouldn't be the feeling he had when he killed a Sand Soldier. As a warrior who had fought for years, his feelings in this regard were never wrong.

Soon, Katia's guess was confirmed.

There were screams in my ears.

The brave Xuanfeng soldiers rushed forward, but the result was different from what he had expected, where they would easily wipe out the Sand Soldiers. Instead, a brief stalemate formed between the two sides.

Although the Xuanfeng Army still had the upper hand, the enemy was just a bunch of sand! Even a 10:1 casualty ratio would still be a loss!

"Heh~ idiot, you thought my sand soldiers were as easy to bully as before." Ash stood in the distance and watched, sneering.

After unlocking the second-level power, the attributes of the sand soldiers are comprehensively improved. Although they are still no match for the Xuanfeng people when fighting alone, they are better in number and can be summoned quickly.

Seeing that the sand soldiers in the first array were almost dead, Ash moved his mind and controlled the ones behind to rush forward. Then he waved his hand and released his power. The yellow sand condensed into sand soldiers again to fill the positions.

He stood far away and didn't have to do anything.

Wave, wave, wave again, call, call, call again!