Chapter 45: The Task of Restoring the Country

  Looking at the woman in front of him, who suddenly seemed charming and alluring, Lin Tian didn't feel any dislike. Although he knew she was using him, wasn't this also a way of indirectly showing her true feelings? From her perspective, as a princess, so many people had died to protect her, she indeed had the duty to reclaim her country. This intelligent woman had found a balance point, which made him look at her in a new light.

  It's an opportunity! Why shouldn't it be for the husband of your future, to create a once-in-a-lifetime chance to rise to the top?

  As long as he can restore the country successfully, the princess can marry him properly and then naturally transfer the throne to him. He will become a legitimate king from a small lord, what a clever idea! The Earl secretly praised his future wife, but it's not time to show his hand yet, some things still need to be handled.

  "What made you choose me? Choose me to help you reclaim your country, choose me as your husband!"

  "Choosing you as my husband was something I did with a willing heart. And choosing to let you help me reclaim the throne is because I hope that my husband can achieve even greater things. On this point, I know you have hidden many things from me, and I can understand it very well, but I still have faith in you!"

  The little woman blinked her wise black eyes, which shone brightly under the magical candlelight.

  "Really? Then I accept your proposal!" Lin Tian walked up to the princess, staring into her black gemstone-like eyes, sincerely and domineeringly agreeing to this condition: "Then, let's take some betrothal gifts first..."

  The guy kissed Princess Irene's cherry lips in the maid's astonished gaze, and after a brief awkwardness, she also began to blushingly respond, adding a sentence in her heart: "It's settled then, my lecherous husband!"

  Shut up and get out of here, don't disturb me when I'm hitting on a chick!

  It comes from the heart and stops at propriety! The scene you are expecting will not be written here.

  After dinner, the two of us chatted intimately for a while before going back to our respective rooms to sleep.

  Lying in bed and resting, Lin Tian finally opened the system prompt.

  Reminder: The quest to reclaim the kingdom has been accepted. The completion condition is to occupy the capital city of Lionheart Kingdom, Lionheart City, and re-establish a new Lionheart Kingdom within 3 months. Upon completion, you will be rewarded with 50,000 experience points and 10,000 fame points. If failed, an equal amount of experience points and fame points will be deducted.

  Wow, this is a huge task recognized by the system! If it's not completed, the consequences will be severe. 50,000 experience points are okay, but 10,000 reputation points? Is that enough to deduct from my old man's account? Won't I end up with negative points? Anyway, someone who has made up their mind to do this task for the sake of his future wife won't back down now. Well, time to sleep!

  The 1st day of the 5th week.

  Although still unable to build anything, today is Lin Tian's long-awaited harvest day.

  Reminder: Day 1 of Week 5, today is the harvest day. All unlocked troops will be forced to refresh, and all troops that were not recruited last week will be eliminated!

  Tip: Harvested 28,000 gold from Human Kingdom's Ministry of Internal Affairs and 28,000 gold from Elf Kingdom's Ministry of Internal Affairs. Remaining 126,000 gold.

  Hint: Harvested 5600 gold from 0-tier troops. Remaining 131600 gold.

  "Mobilize all recruitable troops of the human race! - 48,700!" Remaining 82,900 gold.

  "Mobilize all recruitable forces of the Elf tribe! - 42,000!" Remaining 40,900 gold.

  Hint: Hero's hometown binding point, found 1.2 million gold coins, receive now?

  Confirmed receipt! Remaining 160,900 gold.

  Currently, Hero Space has the following total forces:

  0-level farmer 500, small elf 500

  1st level Long Spear Soldier 260, Forest Monster 290

  2nd Tier Archer 170, Dwarf Warrior 70, War Dancer 115

  3rd-tier Crusaders 110, Forest Archers 150, Guards 50

  Royal Lion 80, Silver Flying Horse Knight 80, Great Druid 80

  5th-level Cleric 40, Golden Unicorn 40, Arhat 40

  6th Holy Knight 16, War Ancient Tree 16

  At this time, the situation on the mainland changed again. The six kingdoms of the human-rich plain were all destroyed. The 2 million-strong beast tribe army continued to advance, divided into two armies in the south and north, attacking the only 1 million-strong Human Alliance defending the Bright Highlands.

  The Bright Highlands are located in the heart of the human territory, consisting of 8 kingdoms: Bluefish Kingdom, Bronze Kingdom, Black Iron Kingdom, White Silver Kingdom, Light Kingdom, Holy Grace Kingdom, Sunny Day Kingdom, and Silent Forest Kingdom. The three kingdoms on the front line are: Bluefish Kingdom, Bronze Kingdom, and White Silver Kingdom. Among them, White Silver Kingdom, Light Kingdom, and Holy Grace Kingdom are all brother kingdoms that reverence the Church of Light, so the White Silver Empire has the power of the church intervening, with heavy troops guarding it. The other two kingdoms, Bluefish and Bronze, were miserable, being squeezed like soft persimmons by the Southern and Northern Legions.

  The Bronze Kingdom was occupied by the Northern Legion and destroyed! The Azure Fish Kingdom was occupied by the Southern Legion and destroyed!

  The total number of human kingdoms is 20. Now, 8 kingdoms have been successively destroyed, and humans are now in a crisis of survival.

  Three thousand wolf riders, under the leadership of General Lang Ping, still managed to annihilate the remote and small county of Xianlin. This made the triumphant Tiger General feel like a thorn in his back. He often stared at the map, gazing at this small place, unable to figure out what had happened.

  He was eager to lead his army to conquer this small city directly, but unfortunately, if he and the main force had already advanced to the front line, and there were more important tasks behind, far water couldn't save the nearby fire, this sense of powerlessness made him somewhat melancholy.

  He composed himself and ordered his deputy to summarize the current positions of all troops and present them. After the order was given, the deputies were busy, and soon many small flags were inserted on the huge military strategist's sandbox in front of him...

  De Shang's eyes lit up, and he saw that at the border of the Beastman Empire and the Lion Eagle Kingdom, there were actually two small flags inserted, as the commander-in-chief, he naturally knew what this meant.

  There were actually two troops under his command there, and he hastily ordered his deputy to report the detailed situation of these two troops.

  "The first Eagleman unit was formed when the Eagle tribe responded to the Empire's first call to arms, but they didn't send enough troops. Your Majesty scolded the Eagle tribe leader for being inefficient, so he hastily assembled this small unit to meet your demands. Since they departed late, they are still on the border of Imperial territory, heading towards our Northern Legion. As it was hastily assembled, the quality is not high, with a number around 3,000." A deputy officer reported the military situation succinctly.

  "The second contingent is the Minotaur Regiment, which was a unit from the first Imperial Conscription, but this Minotaur tribe is far away in the western border of the Empire, and our army moved too fast, they rushed to catch up and only just entered human territory. This is an elite regiment with around 3000 men."

  The Marshal of the Tiger People's eyes narrowed!