Crossing The Dragon: The King Sacrifices The Princess At The Beginning

"this……"

"City Lord, you, how could you do this?"

The mages and soldiers around were stunned.

They mustered up their momentum and were originally waiting for the city lord's order. Even if they were not the opponents of the Black Nest Lord, they would swarm up to give the Black Nest Lord a good look and show off their courage as soldiers of the Saint Lotia Empire. However, now they are waiting. What happened was that Antonio surrendered, which was not in line with Antonio’s style at all!

What happened to this world?

His Majesty Leighton surrendered, and Antonio, who was highly respected by everyone, was also afraid...

Su Nian was also surprised by the reaction of Lord Cecilia.

His right hand was already on the hilt of the sword, ready to kill, but this was the result? !

He nodded to Antonio and said with a smile: "Your soldiers don't seem to agree with you. Do you want to consider changing your answer? I am a very democratic king, and I think the will of the people is very important!"

The corners of Antonio's mouth twitched, and the gray beard on his chin twitched.

In fact, his hatred for the Lord of the Black Nest is no less than those of these soldiers.

But he knew very well that there was absolutely no benefit in going against the Lord of the Black Nest at this time.

He knew better than the soldiers, and he knew very well what kind of desperate power the black-armored knight in front of him contained.

"Your Majesty, Lord of the Black Nest, are you joking? Your Majesty, Layton, has given us full authority to cooperate with you. We should follow His Majesty's orders!"

Seeing that the old city lord was arrogant and firm, and obviously unable to fight, Su Nian couldn't help curling his lips in boredom. He said bluntly to Antonio: "I will stay at Cecilia Port for two days, and you need to help me and my subordinates." The monster prepares a fleet that can accommodate 100,000 troops!”

A fleet that accommodates 100,000 troops? Furion is on! What does the Lord of the Black Nest want to do?

Antonio didn't have time to think about it, and immediately shook his head and said:

"This... this requires too much manpower. We..."

"I will order the monsters to cooperate with you in building the big ship. You don't need to worry about this." Su Nian was too lazy to talk nonsense to Antonio: "But I want to see the big ship built within half a month."

Antonio thought that the monsters of the Black Nest Empire were all a group of huge guys. If those monsters were willing to help collect and transport materials, it seemed that it would not be difficult to build several large ships in half a month.

So he thought for a moment and nodded: "Yes, but you have to deal with the food for the monsters yourself. Cecilia is not rich in food. Our food is shipped from other cities."

Su Nian was a little surprised. This Cecilia was a city near the sea.

Even if the food production is not high, the fishing industry should be able to solve the problem of food and clothing. Why does it need to transport food from other cities?

"Aren't there any fish in your bay?"

He looked suspicious, feeling that the old man just didn't want to produce food on purpose.

Antonio saw the doubt in Su Nian's eyes, and he said helplessly: "Of course there are fish in the bay, but the ocean belongs to the Nagas. If fishermen want to catch big edible fish, they must enter Naga waters. Those Nagas are not allowed to When humans are fishing, once discovered by the Naga Siren, the entire fleet will be wiped out..."

Su Nian looked at Cecilia Port in the distance and saw no fishing boats, but mostly merchant ships transporting goods.

Antonio followed Su Nian's gaze and saw that the merchant ships at the port were unloading goods. Many of them were goods from the Northern Continent, such as equipment made by dwarves and black cow milk, a specialty of Winter City. He turned around and explained:

"Naga will not intercept our merchant ships, but merchant ships need to pay sea fees when passing through specific sea areas. Generally, if we are lucky, we can keep two-thirds of the goods. In most cases, half of the goods have to be handed over. .”

Antonio couldn't help but sigh when he said this.

The surrounding soldiers and mages also showed resentment. It was obvious that Naga's behavior had been going on for a long time, and even Cecilia as a whole was very helpless about it.

Su Nian couldn't understand even more. The Saint Lotia Empire was so tough that ordinary soldiers dared to stop his black dragon, but they couldn't handle the Naga Siren in the sea?

"Where are your apostles? Where are all the mages? Why don't you go to the sea to fight Naga?"

Antonio smiled bitterly and said: "His Majesty Leighton has led us to encircle and suppress Naga many times, but Naga's territory is the entire vast Naga sea area. It is impossible for us to turn the sea over. Besides, Naga has a home field advantage in the sea and is not weak in strength. , when our strong men are dispatched, they will immediately retreat. We have also sent mages to squat in the sea all day long, but it is too labor-intensive and can only be ignored. Therefore, most of the time, by the time we arrive, the merchant ships have been Robbery, fishing boats have been overturned... This kind of thing has been going on for hundreds of years, and I'm slowly getting used to it."

Speaking of this, Su Nian knew that Antonio meant to take care of the food matter. If the food supply could not be provided, it would be difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw.

Antonio saw the Lord of the Black Nest looking thoughtful, and he moved in his heart and said:

"Since you want to build a large ship to go to the Northern Continent, it will inevitably cause friction for these greedy Nagas. They will definitely rob you if you see the size of your ship. Moreover, you want to build a fleet that can accommodate 100,000 monster legions. The construction site cannot be set up in Sai Celia Bay, otherwise your ship will most likely not be able to sail out, so..."

"So you want me to compete with these Naga Sirens?!"

Su Nian took over the conversation.

Antonio nodded and said:

"This is just a small reminder. Of course, you don't have to take it seriously. I've just said what I need to say. If you encounter an accident in the future, I hope you won't blame Cecilia City."

After saying this, Antonio waved to the surrounding soldiers and mages, motioning them to get out of the way: "Go back to your posts, don't block here! The Lord of the Black Nest is our guest now!"

Although the surrounding soldiers and mages felt uncomfortable, they still obediently moved out of the way, but they still looked at Su Nian with unfriendly eyes.

Su Nian didn't care about this either.

He only half-believed Antonio's words.

Seeing is believing, and hearing is believing. He will always have a skeptical and wait-and-see attitude until he actually meets those greedy Nagas.

…

The construction work of the fleet was carried out that night in the Naga waters outside Cecilia Port.

The monsters are responsible for going to the forest near Cecilia City to cut down trees and transport the wood back to the city. At the same time, some monsters need to transport iron ore and stone, and the shipbuilders of Cecilia City with the help of mages To build a ship, assemble the frame and planks crafted by the blacksmith.

It is said that there will be enchanting and magic circle construction work later.

But that's something you do after a ship is completely built.

The final product will be several mana warships that can operate normally without sails.

And the magic crystal Leighton King that needs to be used on the ship has been prepared.

When I heard that Su Nian was about to take the monsters to the Northern Continent.

King Leighton almost lost his breath with joy.

Hearing that Su Nian needed magic crystals as the energy source for the magic battleship, and Cecilia City didn't have that much, he took the initiative to send someone over without saying a word.