With the addition of hundreds of Ogres, the territory's construction projects have effectively gained more than a hundred engineering machines.

These gigantic beings from the Fantasy World have efficiency that ordinary human slaves can't compare to. Their massive bodies and powerful muscles allow them to easily transport items that would be nearly impossible for regular people to move.

In the construction of buildings within the territory, they can easily lift large stones and timbers and accurately place them where needed. Their thick arms are like cranes, swiftly moving building materials from one place to another.

In terms of digging, the efficiency of the Ogres is equally astounding. They use large shovels or simple tools to quickly dig deep trenches, working as efficiently as Dwarven excavation equipment.

And because of their simple-mindedness, they do not slack off. They almost never need breaks and can work continuously for several hours or even a whole day.

With the inclusion of these Ogres, the territory successfully constructed a knight arena in just three days, and Su Li personally named this arena "Lion Ring."

This also successfully attracted the proud Flying Horse Knight, Fastrick, to visit.

This powerful champion-level knight is unbelievably young, only 20 years old. However, he has traveled to many territories and, due to his extreme hatred and uncontrollable anger toward the undead and vampires, he has earned the famous title of Corpse Slayer.

However, Su Li gets along very well with him; in just a few days, their relationship has progressed rapidly, surpassing Su Li's relationship with most knights.

Mainly because this Fastrick knight is also a playboy; his greatest hobby every day is asking Su Li to admire the scenic beauty with him.

What is scenic beauty? Naturally, it's the female knight's long and rounded beautiful legs, the girl's graceful and curvaceous figure, and the mature woman's full bosom.

In his words, am I lecherous? I don't know, it's just that the flowers are in full bloom; not appreciating them would make me seem unromantic.

So besides combat, he often seeks out beauty from the skies, calling on Su Li to admire it with him at the first sight of it.

This was the method he devised after observing the territory for some time to defeat Jerald most quickly.

That's right, in the knight arena, he was soundly defeated by Jerald.

And for this, he was very angry and unsatisfied! Jerald's possession of two Dragon Blood Stones, along with various magical beast meats, made him exceptionally strong, his Bloodline Power boiling. Fastrick was not satisfied, neither in heart nor verbally. If he had so many powerful items, he could also crush Jerald!

However, Su Li didn't pay much attention to the disputes between the knights. Competition is a good thing; it can encourage them to improve together.

These knights, each proud and arrogant, with bad temperaments, made Su Li not expect them to live in harmony and love one another.

In the past few days, Su Li's energy has been focused on two matters, namely dealing with the impending disaster.

Agriculture and water resources are in Su Li's blood due to his racial genes, and preventing flooding is of utmost importance.

At this time, lying flat is not something his genes can tolerate.

Therefore, he has been personally stationed near Jorn Shallow Bay these past few days, overseeing the progress of the projects there.

The results are also very pleasing; with the addition of a large number of Ogres, the progress of the projects has been greatly accelerated. Dwarf Engineering Master Kurgan is full of energy every day.

At this moment, the sky has become gloomy, and dark clouds are spreading from the southeast. The storm brought by Tal seems to be imminent.

Su Li, patrolling the dam, called Kurgan over and asked him, "How is the project progressing?"

Kurgan immediately responded confidently, "We have reinforced the dam and trenches in this direction, ensuring that even if there is a torrential downpour, the dam can hold back the floodwaters. Even if it exceeds the warning line, the empty trenches below can drain the water. It absolutely will not flood the farmland we have reclaimed."

"And overall, the dam has been built for 180 miles; although the latter part is not as solid as the front, it is sufficient to ensure that Jorn Shallow Bay below will not experience major flooding."

"Hmm, not bad." Su Li nodded approvingly, saying, "Comprehensive improvement and key defense, this idea is very good. The territory's farmland is related to our food supply for the upcoming period and must not be allowed to fail."

Whether the territory can expand its population and strengthen its power depends on whether these more than two thousand acres of fertile fields can yield a good harvest.

Kurgan, invigorated, said, "We have made the most thorough preparations. As long as we can smoothly weather this storm, Tal's Divine Grace will then descend upon the land, making Jorn Shallow Bay below softer and more fertile. We can take this opportunity to attract refugees and cultivate fields, allowing the territory to develop more fully. We might gain tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and by autumn, the territory's grain will be enough to support thousands of people for half a year."

"We can even use some of the grain to trade with the Dwarves, gaining more Dwarf friendships."

Su Li nodded, acknowledging that the issue Kurgan mentioned is exactly the other aspect Su Li has been concerned about these days.

In the northern Gray Mountain Range, things are not peaceful. A cult organization called Red Crown is digging for something inside. They are exploring everywhere, already having multiple skirmishes with the Shepherd and knight patrols of the Black Forest Territory.

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The mountain people are also getting restless, their food supplies are not sufficient. They might rush out during the summer harvest to raid the fertile lands and estates of the Border Prince's Territory.

Most importantly, there's the dwarf expedition team. They are exploring the area and have been attacked by various monsters and traps along the way. Su Li has already dispatched a patrol team to assist them, but it hasn't been smooth.

The treacherous mountains are filled with all sorts of dangerous creatures, green skins, giants, mountain bandits, beastmen, and some terrifying magical beasts, and undead. These form an ocean of monsters, isolating the dwarves in the mountains from the human territories on the plains.

The Hesse Territory's army hasn't gone in for a sweep, so getting a dwarf expedition team out is not easy.

Su Li has already sent out the powerful Flying Horse Knight Fastrick, promising him that if he brings back the expedition team made up of dwarf rangers, he will be rewarded with a Dragon Blood Stone.

Motivated by this, Fastrick has been gone for two or three days, swearing he will find those dwarves hidden in the mountain valley.

Su Li indeed has quite a number of Dragon Blood Stones on hand. Even after renting out a hundred stones to the knights, he still has over a hundred left.

With the progress of the ogres' excavation projects, he would every now and then have a few Dragon Blood Stones dug up for him.

The system's initial hint of a Dragon Blood Stone vein below was not exaggerated at all.

While Su Li was still pondering the dwarves' situation, a thunderclap roared in the sky, and Kurgan exclaimed: "It's raining! It's raining! Tal's storm is coming."

The summer rain came incredibly fast. With a clap of thunder echoing the sky and earth, the black clouds quickly enveloped the skies above the Hesse Territory. Under the howling winds, the world turned dim, and then the rain poured down in torrents.

This rain brought by magic was indeed different from natural rain—it arrived extremely fast and fiercely, suddenly reaching a climax, as if a great flood from the black clouds poured down onto the earth.

Originally, Su Li intended to stay near the dike for monitoring and warning, but with such a heavy downpour, it was impossible to keep one's eyes open, making warnings meaningless, relying solely on the already constructed water facilities.

So Su Li had to return to the castle in the rain. This castle can't be considered particularly comfortable; it's usually quite gloomy, and with the rain, it became even more damp, with the blankets soaked with humidity, sticking uncomfortably at night while sleeping.

If it weren't for Avril drying them daily, the four of them sleeping in one bed along with the intense knightly training, the female courtiers covered in fragrant sweat, the blankets and sheets would be impossible to sleep on.

With this torrential rain, there's no way to dry blankets, making it difficult to have a peaceful sleep in the coming days.

Not wanting to bring the damp into the bedroom, Su Li stripped off all his clothes as he returned to the castle, exposing his chest and said to Avril: "Have you checked our castle? I don't want it raining heavily outside while it drizzles inside."

Avril wanted to speak, but before she could, he had already taken off the pants soaked by the rain.

In this desolate and remote territory, people unknowingly become more primitive and rough. When in the castle, Su Li often wandered around at night, bare-bottomed, casually swinging his remarkably robust assets.

After all, no one else would come here at night—he could do whatever he pleased in his room.

Now that he had taken off all his soaked clothes, he couldn't help but wiggle his butt, imitating a playful tone, and said: "Elephant, elephant, why is your trunk so long?"

"Avril, would you like to play with my elephant trunk? You can give it a kiss, you know."

Avril blushed and whispered under Su Li: "Lord, we have guests moved into the castle, Lady Ingrid is sitting in the back."

Su Li looked up and, beyond Avril, indeed saw the beautiful Lady Ingrid the Forest Witch sitting with her legs crossed on a wide chair in the grand hall. Today, she was wearing a dark blue silk magic robe, her lush black hair draped over her shoulders, her features exquisite and expressive, her demeanor carefree, her gaze lofty as she looked ahead, not sparing even a glance his way.

Su Li was momentarily surprised, but he was thick-skinned, stretched out his arms, waited for Avril to tie a towel around him and dry him off before he calmly walked into the hall, asking the beautiful and aloof witch, "Ingrid, what brings you here?"

Ingrid slowly lifted her head, her expression indifferent, and asked, "Did I interrupt your life with the courtiers?"

"Haha, how could you?" Su Li laughed and said, "Don't you know me well? It doesn't affect my training at all, you know?"

On the contrary, it makes me more motivated.

Ingrid withdrew her gaze and looked at the torrential rain outside the window, speaking quietly, "The heavy rain might cause the swamps to flood."

Su Li's face lit up with delight. Does that mean Lady Ingrid would stay in his castle for a few days?

In what circumstances would a girl move into a man's home during times of danger?

There's no need to say more about what this implies!

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