Chapter 1046

Li Ruanyu shook her head:

"It's nothing, no need to thank me. You should know a bit more as well.

"It's been roughly twenty days since the war broke out. The nobles have all retreated to defend the central nine districts now—everyone knows this.

"The central nine districts are the nobles' stronghold. Three of them have been occupied by the alien races, and the nobles are still holding out in the remaining six.

"Each of these central nine districts has a formation array—the highest-authority formation arrays in our Snowfield City, second only to the city's great array.

"Combined with the nobles' truly substantial family resources, those alien races still haven't been able to chew through those remaining six districts.

"The alien races are using the power of the three central formation arrays to pour massive numbers of demonic beasts into the nobles' six districts, but the nobles have dispersed and dealt with all of them.

"The nobles' situation really isn't good, but in the short term—even over a fairly long period—they can still hold on.

"They're even constantly looking for chances to break out at any moment, which has also tied down a large amount of the alien races' combat strength.

"Both sides are exhausting each other.

"Now it's just a matter of seeing who gives out first.

"So the alien races are indeed strong, but they're all tied down and can't get away at all.

"Moreover, when the war first started, it was the Resistance Army joining forces with the alien races to jointly attack the nobles.

"But later the alien races turned around and attacked the Resistance Army, so the alien races and the Resistance Army have also split now.

"Our Resistance Army wants to take advantage of the moment to develop ourselves.

"The alien races also want more strength, to keep crushing the nobles to death.

"So our Resistance Army and the alien races are bound to fight.

"This is beyond doubt.

"That's why yesterday's battle happened.

"Yesterday it wasn't just us—other Resistance Armies also struck everywhere.

"Just like when the war broke out twenty days ago, except this time the target was the alien races.

"Of course there were wins and losses, but overall we won more.

"So the alien races aren't having an easy time of it either.

"Even if they want revenge, they don't have much capacity for it right now."

"And all the Resistance Armies are their enemies. They won't come after us first—after all, we're considered a fairly strong force among the Resistance Armies."

"Do you roughly understand now?"

So that's how it is.

Zhao Chi only knew some vague bits of news.

Only now did he learn the situation of the nobles' battle with the alien races.

And he had also just learned that yesterday had actually been another great battle.

Zhao Chi nodded: "Understood."

Li Ruanyu said again: You know the five human cities of our Northern Border, right? Tell me which ones they are."

Zhao Chi said: "Snowfield City, White Grass City, Ice Mountain City, Withered Leaf City, Sky Peak City."

Li Ruanyu nodded.

"Right. What about their locations? Do you still remember?"

"I remember. Taking Snowfield City as the center point, White Grass City is to the northeast, Ice Mountain City is further northeast, Sky Peak City is due south, and Withered Leaf City is due east."

|————Ice Mountain City|

|——White Grass City——|

|Snowfield City—Withered Leaf City|

|Sky Peak City————|

"Correct. What about Moon-Gazing City?"

Zhao Chi recalled: "Mm… no impression. I only learned yesterday that these alien-race wolf-men came from Moon-Gazing City, but I haven't looked up the information yet."

Li Ruanyu nodded: "Moon-Gazing City is to the east of Withered Leaf City—you have to cross the Cloud Platform Mountain Range."

|Withered——Cloud———|

|Leaf——Platform——Moon|

|City——Mountain——Gazing|

|———Range——City|

Zhao Chi said: "Understood"

Li Ruanyu smiled and said:

"Not knowing is fine—it wasn't originally content you初级领主-level lords were supposed to learn.

"These wolf-men's Moon-Gazing City is the closest to Withered Leaf City, and Withered Leaf City is basically considered to have fallen now.

"The nobles there are mostly dead too, and the remaining nobles, just like the Resistance Army back then, are hiding everywhere.

"There are even nobles who have allied with the local Resistance Army to resist the wolf-men together…

"And the situation in the remaining four human cities is about the same—maybe a bit better than Snowfield City, but the nobles are all at a disadvantage, all struggling to hold on.

"The wolf-men hold the advantage and want to crush the nobles to death, but it's very hard to wipe them out completely in a short time.

"Resistance Armies everywhere are seizing every opportunity, prying out benefits from the wolf-men's hands.

"So right now it's a stalemate.

"The wolf-men are strong, but the nobles also have the ability to resist.

"The two sides are locked in stalemate—neither can move on a large scale. Whoever moves first dies.

"So… now is precisely the opportunity for people like us.

"What we need to do is develop as quickly as possible.

"If you run into small packs of werewolves, don't be afraid—wipe them out.

"Understood?"

Zhao Chi nodded repeatedly: "Understood, very clearly explained."

Li Ruanyu smiled and said: "Repeat it back."

Why is it still just like back in school…

Back then, Li Ruanyu always liked making people repeat her words.

Zhao Chi smiled and said: "The werewolves and the nobles are both very strong right now, but they're locked in a bloody fight with each other, and neither side can spare their main forces. This is the perfect time for us to develop—we should build up our strength as much as possible."

"Exactly right!" Li Ruanyu nodded.

"Thank you, Instructor Li."

"No need to thank me. Anything else you want to ask?"

"Nothing else."

Li Ruanyu smiled and said: "If you have questions later, feel free to ask me. We're all in Horn Cliff Town now, and we can keep in touch through communication."

Zhao Chi thanked her again, and the two of them left.

After coming out of the auditorium, Zhao Chi first reported the situation to Su Qin.

Su Qin was cooking in her territory.

"Zhao Chi, come on over. Let's talk while we eat."

Gu Qing and the others had actually already finished cooking too.

But it didn't matter which side they ate at.

Arriving at Su Qin's territory, the scent of bamboo was everywhere.

"Come quick, bamboo-tube rice."

Su Qin pulled Zhao Chi to the table.

Sitting at the side were four female elves: Li Qi, Li Hua, Li Mei, and Li Zhu.

The moment they saw Zhao Chi, they immediately stood up to greet him.

Soft-spoken and graceful as blooming flowers.

"Hello, everyone. Sit down and eat."

All four of them were a bit nervous.

Su Qin laughed and said: "What are you nervous about? Zhao Chi isn't going to eat you. Besides, he'll be coming by often from now on—you'll see each other a lot."

They all nodded, but were still very nervous.

Zhao Chi smiled and said: "How about the two of us go inside to eat? Otherwise they won't be able to eat properly."