Doctor of Science's Journey into Another World

Chapter 215 The Beginning of Reconstruction

Although the Krey United Army has decided to withdraw from the front line, it will take at least a week for tens of thousands of troops to return to the Krey Territory. The large amount of baggage and siege chariots means that the marching speed cannot be too fast.

Therefore, after arranging many matters concerning the evacuation, Duke Krey chose to lead a regiment of guards back to Krey Territory first. After all, rebuilding Krey Territory was the top priority.

High above the ruins of Krey Territory, Duke Krey looked down silently at the huge amount of chaotic building wreckage below. This was originally the most prosperous street in the inner city of Krey Territory.

However, before Duke Krey could sigh and lament, a huge abyss the size of several football fields suddenly jumped into his sight. Looking at this bottomless darkness, Duke Krey knew that the library he was so proud of was definitely reduced to ashes.

"Ugh……"

Duke Krey's magnificent manor, his auction house that made thousands of gold a day, and the library of such a scale that more than a dozen generations of Duke Krey had spent tremendous effort to build, all of these were destroyed in this unexpected disaster.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Duke Krey discovered that there were many people digging on the ruins of the inner and outer city areas. The Duke knew that these people were probably digging for their gold and silver that they had not had time to remove.

After all, the evacuation time is only a few hours, and many wealthy nobles and wealthy people simply cannot transfer all their assets.

Therefore, there are too many gold and silver treasures buried in the ruins of this Krey territory, and these nobles are so anxious now, probably because they are worried about a second collapse, by which time the money they buried in the ruins will sink completely into the earth.

However, in the ruins of the inner city there were still many civilians digging with all kinds of crude tools. Most of them were ordinary people who could not use magic, and the best were just low-level wizards.

If a second collapse occurs here again, these people who cannot fly will all fall into the abyss along with the ruins!

Duke Krey did not order the capture of these civilians for questioning, because he knew that these powerless civilians would never have the courage to dig up the ruins of the nobles' buildings.

"Tell the Knight Commander to come over to see me immediately!" Duke Krey said coldly to the guards beside him. Although his emotions did not seem to fluctuate much, the guards around him all knew that the Duke was very angry at the moment.

Soon, the Grand Master of the Knights flew over in a hurry. When this mature and steady Grand Master of the Knights learned that Duke Krey had already arrived here, he was so scared that the teacup in his hand fell to the ground.

Seeing the Knight Commander flying close to him and saluting, Duke Krey did not say anything but continued to look at the civilians below, who were sweating profusely as they carried out inefficient digging work with the most primitive shovels under the scorching sun.

The Knight Commander immediately understood Duke Krey's intention and wanted to arrange for the knights to drive away the civilians who were digging. But then he saw the Duke's calm eyes. The Knight Commander, who was well versed in the ways of a man, did not dare to act rashly.

"Let me ask you," Duke Krei glanced at the Knight Commander and said, "What is the most important thing in Krei Territory right now?"

The Knight Commander was very smart and immediately replied, "It's people! Only with a sufficient population can we quickly carry out reconstruction work!"

However, Duke Krey did not show any good face to the Knight Commander. He just asked, "So what have you done in the past two days?"

"The first thing I did was to set up a cordon around the ruins of Kled Territory to prevent other people from entering these dangerous ruins."

Seeing that the Duke still had a calm face, the Knight Commander swallowed subconsciously and continued, "Then I set up a temporary Bright Moon Church and Knight Guard Station to treat the injured and maintain order."

"anything else?"

"I, we also had a detailed discussion about the abyss that suddenly appeared yesterday, and finally decided to explore further down..."

At this point, the Knight Commander did not dare to continue, because he saw the corners of Duke Krey's mouth twitching, which was a sign of the Duke's extreme anger.

As expected, Duke Krey immediately scolded the Knight Commander: "Kvester, you are so stupid that you can't even figure out the priority of post-disaster treatment. If I hadn't returned early, the Krey Territory would have been completely destroyed!"

Then, Duke Krey pointed at the civilians below and asked angrily, "Is this what you call a cordon? There are at least thousands of civilians digging on the ruins! Don't they know that a large area collapsed yesterday? Do they want money over their lives?"

This series of questions confused the Knight Commander. Kvist just whispered, "He, they were all hired by the nobles or wealthy businessmen. This was decided in our meeting yesterday, although Viscount Campbell and the Moon Goddess Sect strongly opposed it..."

"Hmph! Gather all the high-ranking members of the Knights immediately. There's no need to call on those nobles or wealthy businessmen. It's not their place to dictate the policies of the Kled Territory!"

Soon, a group of knights in thick armor gathered above the ruins of the Kled Territory. They didn't understand why the Duke chose to hold a meeting here. They had become accustomed to the safe and comfortable Campbell Fortress.

Duke Krey looked at the knights indifferently. His extremely cold gaze made everyone shiver, and every second of the silent atmosphere made the knights feel tortured.

Finally, Duke Krey spoke, and his tone was unquestionable, mixed with anger and helplessness.

"First, make all civilians and mages who can't fly leave the ruins. This is a death order, and there is no room for negotiation. I don't want to see anyone who can't fly above the ruins in an hour!"

"Secondly, all the earth and wood mages in Kled Territory will be mobilized and managed by the Knight Commander of Civil Engineering. In a week, I hope that all civilians will have a place to shelter from the wind and rain. The magic potion reservoir in the northern suburbs is at your disposal. Don't use the lack of magic power as an excuse anymore!"

"Third, open the granary in the southern suburbs. Use the money in the treasury to buy food from the surrounding noble territories and set up temporary porridge sheds. Let the logistics knight captain be responsible for this. I don't want any civilians in Krey Territory to starve to death within a month!"

"Fourth, you must keep an eye on those merchants and slave owners who are taking advantage of the situation. The prices of all goods must not be higher than before, at least not now!"

"Fifth, do everything you can to reduce population loss and keep a close eye on those fire sculpture merchants. If they dare to transport my subjects to other noble territories..." Duke Krey looked at the knights around him with murderous intent on his face, and the knights nodded in agreement. This was the Duke's bottom line that could not be compromised.

"Sixth, the site selection work for Kled Territory will be suspended for the time being. We will make a final decision after we have explored the abyss."

"Seventh, work-for-relief..."

Duke Krey issued more than a dozen orders to the knight commanders according to their importance, which made the commander of the knights beside him look ashamed. He believed that he was definitely not as thoughtful as the duke.