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T/N - Here's chapter 408. I apologize for the mix up. This probably happened because I was stressed due to my exams but worry not as I'll make sure something like this never happens again. Now let's stop my yapping and begin the chapter...
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"A direct territory with a 500-kilometer diameter!" Looking towards his territory's status panel that had just leveled up, Haru could not help but take a deep breath, "This area is too large, it is almost 196,350 square kilometers. Such a large city could probably house hundreds of millions, potentially even billions of people!"
{T/N - For perspective, Tokyo's metropolitan area (the largest in the world) has around 14,000 people/km². If Angel City had that density, it could hold about 2.75 billion people—way more than the current population of India or China!}
{This Data comes from ChatGPT but I've checked and Mogadishu in Somalia is the most densely populated city in the world, with 33,244 people per square kilometer but I think ChatGPT was talking about the most densely populated area of Tokyo city.}
Not to mention, after the Angel City was upgraded to an Advanced City, its sphere of influence had expanded to two thousand kilometers in diameter. Haru's castle was exactly at the center of Angel City. Any area within a thousand kilometers of his castle was his territory.
This was too terrifying and Haru had reason to believe that when his territory would be upgraded to a Capital City, the Dark Forest, which was thousands of kilometers in diameter, would be incorporated into his territory.
Haru thought, "With a population of more than 50,000 people, my city finally became a little lively, but now, after upgrading to an Advanced City, the city has become even more spacious…"
Haru stood above Angel City with Sylvana by his side and both of them were looking down at the huge castle. The one that attracted the most attention the most was naturally Haru's personal castle. It was two hundred meters tall and looked like it was made of white jade, giving off a Holy Light.
Whether it was day or night, the magnificent castle stood like the brightest star in the Dark Forest. Next were [Angel Reincarnation Pool], [Elven Mother Tree], [Holy Light Temple], [Altar of Faith], and other important buildings that were located in the core area of Angel City.
The next most eye-catching thing were the four walls of Angel City. From inside, the entire city was divided into four areas. After Haru upgraded the Angel City into an Advanced City, the four city walls also became taller, wider, and more majestic. According to a rough estimate, they were now about three hundred meters tall.
They were not just getting taller and wider, their defense was also greatly enhanced. As for the outermost city wall, there was also a large amount of special metal mixed within. It was densely covered with various anti-magic runes, making its defense extremely terrifying.
The walls of an Intermediate City were hard to break. Now, for an Advanced City's walls, even if a Saint wanted to destroy it, it would not be an easy task. It could be said that as long as Haru closed all the gates, it would be extremely difficult for the 100 million troops of the various alliances to enter Angel City.
The Flying enemies could rely on their flying abilities to charge into his city. However, it would be very difficult for the land troops to breach his city's defenses.
There were many benefits to leveling up Angel City, but the weakness was obvious - his territory had become too large. With his city's current population, it was impossible for Haru to fully defend the territory with a diameter of 500 kilometers. Even the Gnomes and Dwarves were struggling to build enough defensive structures on the City Walls.
Sylvana looked at the upgraded Angel City. After a long silence, she also said, "My Lord, your city's population must be at least a million in order to fully defend the outermost walls."
At this moment, Sylvana's green eyes were filled with shock. As compared to the current Angel City, their previous Elf tribe was truly pitiful. In fact, their tribe's encampment had ceased to exist after the Angel City was upgraded to an Advanced City.
The reason was simple. Previously, the Elf tribe was about 180 kilometers away from the original Angel Castle, but now the direct territory of Angel City had a radius of 250 kilometers. In other words, the outermost walls of the city had already reached the original Elf tribe.
Countless trees, rocks, lakes, and even mountains had disappeared. Everything within this range had turned into a flat ground. The same was true for the original base of the Elf Tribe. It had already disappeared. The area that she used to be in had become a part of Angel City's territory.
"Your territory might even rival a large city from the Elf Empire!" Sylvana sighed. Of course, she was referring to Angel City's size. If one was to discuss the prosperity of the city, Angel City definitely could not compare to the Elf Empire. The main reason was once again the population. This was a serious problem that needed to be solved urgently!
Initially, Haru felt that the migration of tens of thousands of Gnomes and Dwarves could temporarily make up for the lack of population in the Angel City but he now realized that he was still too naive.
Haru knew that very well that the direct reason for this problem was that his leveling speed was too fast. The increase in population was not as fast as the castle. Compared to those Castle Lords who leveled up their territory too slowly, they would have had more time to recruit a large amount of troops while conquering the local forces.
"The population problem will be solved later." Haru said, "After all, there's nothing we can do now. Even if hundreds of thousands of troops appear out of thin air, after the City becomes a Capital City, this will happen again. Right now, my first priority should be to destroy the Dragon Nest and establish a Kingdom. We'll find a way to replenish the population after that!"
There were many ways to replenish the population. First was recruiting troops. Second was recruiting the local intelligent creatures while the third was natural breeding.
The third method was a long-term sustainable plan but it could not show results in the short term. Recruitment was the key and it was also very important to recruit the local intelligent creatures while killing those who refused to submit.
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