Chapter 696: Chapter 696 – Sort Things Out
The Kobolds finally won. This was something that no one had expected. At least until now, no one could have imagined this outcome.
After all, compared to the Centaurs, the Kobold Kingdom was still a little weak in the eyes of others. The impression of the Kobolds being weak had long been deeply rooted in the people’s hearts.
Compared to the naturally powerful Centaurs, a race like the Kobolds was synonymous with ants in the eyes of many powerhouses. Even an ordinary human farmer could be considered powerful in front of the Kobolds, not to mention the Centaurs.
However, even such a weak Kobold managed to obtain the final victory. It had to be said that this was a surprise.
For many people in the outside world, the Kobolds’victory was a surprise. However, for those who truly understood the Kobold Kingdom, the victory of the Kobold Kingdom was not strange.
Only those who truly understood the Kobold Kingdom would be able to understand the power hidden beneath the Kobold Kingdom. It was a powerful force formed when tens of millions of Kobolds gathered together, fusing the essence of various races.
This force usually didn’t seem to be much, as it didn’t truly reveal its power. It hid its claws and teeth on the surface and didn’t reveal them. However, the final result would be extremely shocking once it was revealed.
The Centaur tribe was only the first enemy to test its power. If others went up against it later, they would be able to know a pleasant surprise.
However, no matter what, the failure of the Centaur tribe made people have to think about the next few things.
For example, the ownership of the desert.
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The Centaur tribe lay in the desert. They had always been the overlord of the desert, but now they were defeated and destroyed by the Kobold Kingdom.
After this, the entire desert might change. Everyone who knew about this thought and was watching.
In the desert, the Kobold army was still advancing. Fighting the centaurs and destroying their army was just the beginning.
The number of centaurs was around three to four million in this desert. In terms of numbers, they were relatively rare. Not to mention the Kobolds, who were extremely fertile. Even if it were a human kingdom, its population would probably be comparable to the entire population of the Centaurs.
This was a very normal thing. After all, the stronger the race, the weaker their reproduction ability would be.
For a powerful race like the Centaurs, who only needed to reach adulthood to have the strength of an apprentice class professional, if their reproduction ability was strong enough, it probably wouldn’t take long for them to take over the entire desert.
Three to four million centaurs were scattered throughout the desert, but not all of them were hostile to the Kobold Kingdom.
Half of the Centaurs maintained their past habits and lived quietly in the desert. They did not believe in that Evil God and had never participated in the blood sacrifices of the Centaurs.
Centaurs fighting against the Kobold Kingdom should be around a million.
A million centaurs might seem terrifying, but that was not the case. In the past few decades, compared to the increasing number of Kobolds in the Kalunu Kingdom, the number of Centaurs in the Centaurs tribe was becoming fewer and fewer.
There was already a huge difference in the number of people between the two sides, not to mention the difference in their reproductive ability. Under the same conditions, a Kobold couple raising ten children to adulthood might only be enough for a Centaur couple to raise one child to adulthood.
This was the most obvious contrast. Thus, under the tug-of-war and consumption of both sides, the power within the centaurs was constantly being consumed.
Under such circumstances, these two hundred Centaurs were the last of their elite forces. When this force was completely defeated and captured by the Kalunu Kingdom, the entire Centaur tribe no longer had the strength to resist.
The elites had all died in battle or were captured. The only ones left were the old and weak.
Of course, the Centaurs were Centaurs, after all, and even the old and weak among them possessed considerable combat strength.
But so what? The battle in front of them had consumed countless lives and many other things. The armor and weapons were used to arm themselves. The priests used to cast divine spells and boost divine power.
These things had been exhausted in this battle. They couldn’t appear out of thin air again.
Especially the priests of the Centaur tribe. Because of the backlash from the divine power, they were directly turned into monsters, and their minds were distorted.
Without sufficient weapons and armor, without priests who cast divine spells, even if they still had considerable combat strength? They couldn’t fight against steel with their bare hands.
In Kalunu’s view, the only way out for the Centaurs was to take advantage of the moment when the battle had just ended, and the Kalunu Kingdom had no time to care about anything else.
This dessert was very large, and there were many mysterious regions. Many places didn’t have many people.
With the mobility and strength of the Centaurs, as long as they were willing to leave, they could reproduce in other regions. There wouldn’t be any problems in the short term.
Unfortunately, at this moment, they could not even do this. Countless small Centaur tribes formed the Centaur tribe. It was an alliance within the Centaurs and did not have any subordinates.
Among these scattered tribes, the strongest ones were the ones in charge of the priests in charge of the sacrifices. Both of them had lost their lives in this battle.
Without leadership, these Centaur tribes were disorganized. They were stuck in a quagmire, unable to escape. The choice to retreat under such circumstances, abandon everything, and go to the depths of the desert was too difficult for them.
But if they stayed where they were, the outcome was also doomed. Following that, the battle situation continued to evolve.
After that battle ended, the army of the Kalunu Kingdom rested on the spot for more than a month. In that one month, it was destined that the Kobolds would work together to clean up the battlefield and sweep away all the obstacles around them.
After that, they continued to attack and charge forward. Within a short period of time, the few cities that the Centaur tribe had built over the past ten years changed hands and fell into the hands of the Kalunu Kingdom.
This speed was extremely fast. Before many Centaur tribes could react, they had already become the Kalunu Kingdom’s captives. The outcome that awaited them would be extremely miserable.
Along the way, the Kalunu Kingdom did not create too many massacres. However, everything that happened along the way was not good either.
War was never a beautiful thing. It destroyed the achievements of past construction, ravaged innocent people, and destroyed the existing order. It was not a good thing.
However, there were times when only this kind of destruction could do something.
At this moment, many cities were occupied by the Kalunu Kingdom, and areas were incorporated into the territory of the Kalunu Kingdom.
Along with this came a large number of Centaur captives.
There were different opinions within the Kalunu Kingdom regarding these centaur captives.
Some people advocated slaughtering all the centaurs to pay tribute to the spirits of the dead who had died at the hands of the centaurs.
Some people believed they should be treated as slaves and allowed to participate in the construction of the Kalunu Kingdom.
Although the kobolds were useful and plentiful, they were not as useful as the centaurs in some fields.
If they could obtain a large number of Centaur slaves that were free and could be used to death, then the construction of the Kalunu Kingdom would undoubtedly be greatly accelerated and reach a higher level.
This was undoubtedly very beneficial to the Kalunu Kingdom. Some people did not express their opinions and waited for Kalunu’s decision, remaining silent.
Kalunu quickly replied to this.
“Let them make their own choices.”
On the golden chariot, Kalunu quietly said, “Everyone has the freedom to make their own choices. This is the right bestowed by the world itself.
“Now, I will grant this right to them. How they choose is their own business.”
He replied.
Kanulu had never thought of massacring a million Centaurs at the same time. This was because not only would it be a waste, but it would also leave a bad impression.
In this desert, besides the Centaurs who believed in the Evil God, there were many other Centaurs. These centaurs did not believe in the Evil God and had never been enemies with the Kalunu Kingdom. To the Kalunu Kingdom, they were a force that they could fight for in the future.
If he killed all the captured Centaurs now, it would be difficult to recruit other Centaurs in the future. Even with this consideration, he couldn’t kill all the centaurs. Thus, he gave the centaur captives a choice to consider for themselves.
Those who chose to follow and continue to believe in the Evil God would be immediately dragged out and sacrificed in blood using the way they sacrificed the evil god.
Those who chose to give up the Evil God faith would be given hope of survival and would live as slaves in the Kalunu Kingdom.
Because they had given up on following the Evil God, Kalunu promised to release them when they performed well, and they would live as free citizens in the Kalunu Kingdom.
This was equivalent to giving them a bit of hope so that they would not sink into the darkness forever.
Faced with the choice of life and death, the Centaurs who still insisted on their faith ultimately chose to follow the Evil God. Not many centaurs chose to follow the Evil God, only ten to twenty thousand.
Ultimately, these Centaurs were sacrificed in blood under everyone’s gaze. They were devoured with their flesh and soul, completely becoming one with Kalunu.