43. Hell came for them

"Then summon them. Troops that aren't summoned cannot defend us, my lord. We need to do it fast before the next raid comes."

Carlos looked toward the Blue Water Slime Barrack.

He had restricted its summons because each slime consumed two Slime Cores every day.

That resource was still limited.

But he could obtain more through conquest.

"At the next daily reset, we summon another Bearkin and another slime."

Kaia nodded.

"I will place them when they arrive."

Her direct confidence made it easy to imagine the territory with real ranks of defenders instead of a few people running between fields.

Carlos opened the Rankings.

His military position had improved, but Kaia was right. Five guards and two troops were only the beginning.

Conquest remained the fastest source of rare resources, equipment and materials.

It was also the only place he had found Slime Cores in large quantities.