New Emperor Of Ghouls

General Cheng was adamant on his side of the argument "Your majesty, with everything happening and much much stronger forces at work. We should be worrying about bolstering our forces, strengthening the ones we have and aggressively expanding."

"How would you even turn them into soldiers when you require money to do so. By doing this, you would have a constant stream of soldiers and supplies to work with,"

"We worked just fine with what we have and with the blood pills and all the money from the city could cover our expenses for another few months, our soldiers will be even stronger and conquering the nightmare forest will open up opportunities for us. This is the nightmare forest, beasts are in abundance. Untapped resources are waiting to be exploited and you, You want to farm!." argued the general.

"You idiot, didn't you hear me. That source of money isn't sustainable and the concentration of spirit energy within our territory has risen because of the activation of the Spire of dominion. Plants absorb the spirit energy making them more nutritious in value and long-term consumption of such plants would be beneficial for everyone in the Empire. Not. Just. Soldiers!"

The minister was also looking at the general as if he was an idiot. The hard-headedness running in the family was simply aggravating to deal with.

"Aggressively expanding is beneficial for everyone!" retorted General Cheng

Zhong Yi sat at the head of the table with Zhong Mei on his l.a.p listening in on the argument. The amus.e.m.e.nt in his eyes showed he was enjoying watching each other get under the others skin. From his little girl's slight jumps and how she laughed at both the siblings when they raised their voices, she was enjoying it just as much as he was.

"Uncle Cheng." Despite the words being quiet both minister and general turned to look at the princess to hear what she had to say. However, they froze when they heard her simple solution to both their problems.

"Why not do both."

The emperor laughed at their reactions and General Hong snickered, if only he could capture this moment. The redness of both Cheng brothers' necks and the proud expression on his daughter's face from beating two a.d.u.l.ts would forever be ingrained into the a.d.u.l.ts' minds for arguments later.

"You have been super quiet General Hong, what do you think on the matter." Asked the Sacred Ghoul Emperor. He wanted to make sure everyone was included, because this should determine the near future of the growing empire.

"I agree with the princess. I fail to see why doing both wasn't considered to begin with, instead of the long and tedious back and forth.

As a general, I think the takeover of nightmare forest should increase. The faster we get rid of the hostile influences inside the region, the more time we would have for our other goals."

Zhong Yi's face took on a thoughtful look.

"With our current numbers and how big the nightmare forest is, How long do you think it would take to take it?"

Minister Cheng was first to answer. "Well, the other villages are at an advanced level and have reached the maximum to upgrade to beginner level towns, They summon 35-40 ghouls each coming to 140-160 ghouls a day, plus the 210-215 ghouls summoned from the city and the 45-50 ghouls from the main village. This means we have 395 to 425 being summoned every day."

"From that amount only 2/10 go to the army. If we continue to take over villages and towns of the goblins and other… Exotic races here, then depending on how much more joins the army, we should be able to take it in a few weeks or less, If we factor in the Linthos in, maybe 2 weeks." Added General Cheng.

His head turned slightly to General Hong, who lay comfortably to the side with its ears perked up to show he was listening. 'This could work'.

"How many dens did we recover." Questioned Zhong Yi.

"24." Replied Minister Cheng.

"Leave 2 dens for void magic beasts. Another 6 will be spares and the rest will go the Hong Tribe."

The Lintho leader, now Chief of the Hong tribe, jumped out of his comfortable spot, mouth gaping wide from disbelief "Y-Your majesty, Thank you, thank you. I…"

"You do not need to thank me, you and your tribe are now my people and I take care of my people and to show a new beginning, what better than a new name."

General Hong wanted to keep thanking him to show his gratitude, but he was just told not to.

The other occupants of the village hall laughed at his grateful expression

Yan Zhong Yi decided to put one a performance for his daughter. "If you want to show me how grateful you are Then protect the Sacred Ghoul Empire. Lead the soldiers to victories in every battle, Live through those battles to win more, Lead your tribesmen to prosperity because only that will show me how truly grateful you are!"

Instead of replying, The chieftain of the Hong tribe went to the chair of his emperor and laid beside it. he used his actions to convey that he would stay at the royal families side.

knowing something good happened for uncle Hong, Zhong Mei cheered with both hands raised in the air. Her antics drew a chuckle from her father and fond smiles from both her uncles.

"With the dens in Chief Hong's hands. There will be a sharp increase in the Hong tribe, luckily, they are omnivores so an increase in agriculture should be able to bear the pressure of the increased food consumption. Minister Cheng I want a plan on how you plan to accommodate the linthos and future Ghouls' needs.

I want quicksilver to be mined for the palladium armour for our army, it is time we got our own equipment. General Hong, the entire event region is to house your people. However, all other natural teleportation portals are to be guarded heavily.

I want every soldier cultivating. They will be switching roles so everyone gets down to train and cultivate harder. There are 2 million blood pills. It should help them cultivate faster. 500,000 pills to both branches of the army.

I want you to go over the finer details yourselves and add to them as you see fit. When every Ghoul soldier is outfitted with the Sacred Ghoul Palladium Armour Set, we will have another war council at Mina village. Any questions?"

Minister Cheng, General Cheng and General Hong didn't reply.

"Dismissed."

He turned to address his daughter who had been quiet the entire time and found her asleep in his arms.

She looked so peaceful. It was times like this that reminded him what he now had to protect.

'Soon, you will be sleeping in a large king-sized bed inside a large palace like a princess should.' Thought Zhong Yi as he kissed her on the forehead before bringing her to her bedroom.