Li De also deeply appreciated this approach. Niko's methods fit his style perfectly.
It had always been about dividing and transforming, turning enemies into allies.
This not only solved the problem of supervising the beastmen but also turned them into Dawn City's low-tier labor force, enabling them to contribute more to the city.
After living here for a while, these beastmen who integrated into Dawn City's system would undoubtedly become the city's staunch supporters.
Because everything they had was built upon the foundation provided by Dawn City, if Dawn City ceased to exist, all their efforts would be wasted.
This was the power of the Third-Class Citizen system.
However, although the idea was good, there were still quite a few flaws that needed improvement.
After pondering for a moment, Li De slowly spoke.
"Designate a specific area within Dawn City for the beastmen to live in. Until they pass the trial and become formal residents, they are not permitted to leave."
"And the formal trial must be conducted within the Dawn Order, with Dawn Priests performing the assessment."
In Li De's eyes, the beastmen were of rather ordinary value. They were only meant to perform hard labor, so he did not intend to grant them much power.
If they wanted to earn the treatment of formal residents, they would have to put in far more effort.
If Dawn City did not currently need manpower and he could spare the forces to manage the beastmen, the mines would have been their only destination.
Niko's methods seemed too gentle to Li De, but since the policy was already established, he decided to let her handle it.
A few hundred beastmen couldn't stir up much trouble.
As for the dwarves, Niko's approach was also quite interesting.
The dwarves were a good-aligned, orderly race, fundamentally different from dark creatures. Dwarves would never slaughter the innocent. They only loved mining, forging, and fine ale.
Niko cleverly took advantage of this. She dispersed all the dwarves, thoroughly integrating them into Dawn City's population.
The dwarves' residences were completely scattered, no dwarven household lived next to another. All of their neighbors were either devout followers of the Dawn Order or the most loyal humans to Dawn City.
The warm, open-hearted residents of Dawn City were very accepting of the dwarves. After all, dwarves had always maintained a close relationship with humans.
With the residents' own enthusiastic efforts to promote the city, the dwarves, now scattered among them, heard every day about how wonderful their new lives were and how great Dawn City was.
A lie repeated a thousand times becomes truth.
All the more so when it was true.
The dwarves' initial resistance quickly dissolved under the residents' genuine kindness, and their straightforward, exuberant personalities made them easy to like.
In just a month, the dwarves had already formed friendships with the locals.
For a good-aligned, orderly race, emotions were their strongest bonds.
The neighbor who greeted them every morning was a patrol squad member; the friend who drank with them every evening was a City Hall employee. If they ever thought to rebel, the first enemy they'd face would be their own friends. For dwarves, that was simply unacceptable.
So, even those dwarves who still harbored some resistance quickly lost their hostility once integrated into Dawn City.
This city, brimming with inclusive charm, was embracing the dwarves with astonishing speed.
Here, the dwarves found their own way of life.
Those who loved mining would ride Whispering Bats to Giant Valley each morning to dig. Those who loved forging weapons were assigned to blacksmith shops. Even the Construction Department had large numbers of dwarves at work.
This group, once the most stubborn, under Niko's simple yet thorough measures, was successfully assimilated into Dawn City.
Though the Copperhammer clan's potential rescue still lay buried deep in their hearts, at this moment, Dawn City no longer needed to fear sudden rebellion from the dwarves.
Even the senior members of the dwarven clan: Masi, Valen, and Anakin, had quietly settled into life in the city.
Most of the restrictions on them had been lifted. Other than prohibitions against using force and gathering other dwarves, they had begun to enjoy their new lives.
After learning all this, Li De couldn't help but nod slightly.
That little Niko truly had an exceptional instinct. The best way to solve a problem was not through grand displays, but silently, so silently that the other side never even realized it had been resolved.
In truth, handling the dwarves and beastmen was both easy and difficult.
Easy, because Dawn City held all the initiative. The others had no room to resist, and they could be dealt with in any manner.
Difficult, because unless they were all simply exterminated, these races, who possessed a certain degree of power, could always rise up in rebellion at any time.
Niko applied the right remedy for the situation. This plan, which seemed simple and even riddled with flaws, was in fact the most suitable.
There was no such thing as a perfect, flawless plan, only the most appropriate way of handling things.
On the contrary, the plan he had originally devised might not have been as effective as Niko's.
"Not bad. Then I'll leave this matter entirely in Niko's hands. There's so much work in Dawn City, you'll need someone to share the burden with you."
Hearing this, Harrison nodded. Although City Hall was continuously expanding, as Li De conquered more territory, their power also grew even greater, and there were simply too many affairs to handle.
Even as an energetic vampire, he sometimes felt it was all too much.
And there were many decisions he could not feel at ease entrusting to subordinates. Having someone reliable to assist was truly rare, Niko had earned his approval.
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After Li De finished speaking, his thoughts shifted to the two beastman warriors who had been brought back to Dawn City.
"Where are the two beastmen we captured being held?"
He was, of course, referring to Craig and Kap.
"In the prison."
Dawn City's prison was built in a cave beneath the western mountain, facing the Holy Land where the Blood Pool lay on the eastern side of the city.
"Bring Craig here, the Level 16 wolfman."