Demon Royal Family

The dwarves brought a large amount of high-quality ore, and with the help of the dwarf blacksmith, they greatly enriched the weapons and armor.

These dwarf craftsmen speeded up the construction of Liema Town, and the town's development was on the right track. They reinforced the city wall, not only dug out a moat, but also set up three rows of iron spikes to resist carbine a few hundred meters away from the city wall.

As the days passed, groups of refugees came to Liema Town, and the manpower gradually became abundant. Along with this, the living area began to become insufficient.

Ivo wanted to tear down the inner wall, but on second thought he decided not to do so.

He divided Liema Town into inner and outer urban areas, with the inner wall as the boundary. The area that had been demolished into open space was the outer urban area. He placed the subsequent refugees in the outer urban area, allowing them to set up their own camps and receive food through work.

He set a rule that the families of refugees who joined the guard could enter the inner city to live. Other refugees who wanted to enter the inner city must pay wealth.

This policy caused an uproar among a small number of refugees. They heard about the name of Liema Town and came all the way here. They thought they could get a comfortable life, but Ivo's policy obviously frustrated their plans.

However, although most of the refugees were dissatisfied, they did not have much objection. After all, it was good to be protected by the city wall, not to mention food and cotton clothes.

Ivo has his own considerations. No matter how much supplies there are, they are limited. He cannot provide unlimited supplies to the refugees. He does not allow those who get something for nothing to waste his resources.

During the war, every day was spent on tenterhooks. Ivo was busy from morning to night. There were too many things to worry about, and the days passed quickly.

The situation outside seemed to be reaching a stalemate. The four Lasces armies fought back like crazy. Although they fought independently, they all achieved results and gradually fought against the invaders.

On the morning of the sixteenth day of the Rainy Month, Liema Town welcomed a group of familiar refugees.

Hurricane Academy!

Hundreds of trainees, as well as mentors led by Polanco and Mapoyav.

Ivo rushed outside the city gate and said in surprise: "You are still alive!"

The dusty Barlow laughed and gave Ivo a warm hug, "My partner, I'm so glad to see you alive."

Ander said excitedly: "When we passed through the last territory, we heard that you had become the lord of Liema Town, so we came to find you."

Hades nodded slightly.

The arrival of the Hurricane Academy was like a shot in the arm for Ivo. He was pleasantly surprised to learn that his friends had survived, and that these students were a new force, which greatly strengthened the defense of Liima Town.

After the last time he supported Hearth Castle, the news that he had become the lord of Raging Horse Town spread to the ears of various lords in the West. It was precisely because of this that the Hurricane Academy came.

After settling the tired Hurricane students, Ivo hurriedly pulled a group of friends and Principal Polanco into the conference room, and asked what he was most concerned about: "What happened in the Royal Capital, and how did you escape?" ?”

Polanco sighed: "The Barians were like ghosts that suddenly appeared. Lasces City was completely unprepared. The whole city was in chaos. The Barian army was like a red tide, engulfing Lasces City. Mapoa and I My husband organized the students and fled in the chaos. Many students died in the battle or were separated. The city of Laces has been turned into ruins. I don’t know how many people escaped."

Barlow said: "Then we became fugitives and traveled all the way. We met many refugees, bandits and thugs on the way. These days were like a nightmare. We sought refuge in every territory we passed. Unfortunately, they had limited supplies. , rejected us, wouldn’t you also drive us away?”

Ivo laughed and said, "Don't worry, I have plenty of supplies here, I just lack manpower."

Nafi asked worriedly: "Have you seen my family?"

Ender said weakly: "Linches Manor has been captured. I don't know what happened to them."

Nafei's face became even more worried. Seeing this, Ivo touched her head comfortingly and continued: "Generally speaking, Liema Town is relatively safe, but it is far from enough. Now the territory can only deal with some thugs. But as the war situation worsens, we will inevitably encounter extremely vicious and elite enemies such as the Raynors, Barians, and Orcs, so we must be prepared for a rainy day."

"how do you want to do it?"

Ivo knocked on the table, "We must have more manpower and expand the territory. We don't know how long the war will last. We must find more resource collection sites and grow food. Militarism cannot last forever. We have to do Good long-term plan.”

He looked slightly excited, "I have a very good plan, but it needs to be done step by step."

…

With the addition of hurricane students, Liema Town's talents in all aspects have also been supplemented.

With sufficient manpower, Liema Town has gradually begun to expand. With the concerted efforts of tens of thousands of people in the town, logging mills, quarries, fields and other logistics production areas were quickly established, including the help of hurricane magic students.

The expansion of the territory requires more guards. There are now 1,200 well-trained guards in the town, 1,000 reserve recruits undergoing combat training, 100 dwarf heavy armor guards, 100 goat knights, and 200 There were many mercenaries with good personal strength, and finally there were more than 600 Hurricane trainees and instructors. The armed strength increased several times compared with the original.

Development has not been smooth sailing. The number of refugees is gradually increasing, and there are also voices secretly dissatisfied with the treatment. There have been several commotions, but Ivo has solved them with both kindness and power. He has given out supplies and suppressed them by the guards.

During this period, Liema Town encountered several mob attacks, and the most dangerous one almost broke through the city gate. However, under the counterattack of various defensive facilities and guards, the attacking mobs eventually lost their lives. Gradually, more and more people were attacked. Few thugs dared to provoke Liema Town, and the town entered a period of safe and stable development.

Niebuldan acted as a loyal porter, and three-quarters of the resources of the Dark Eye were gathered in Liema Town. Basically all the elite believers were lurking in the town in accordance with Ivo's request.

However, the hidden danger finally broke out quietly.

At night, Paro found Ivo.

"Your Majesty, the Archbishop is a little dissatisfied with you."

Ivo, who was practicing his combat skills, stopped, wiped the sweat from his face, and asked doubtfully: "What is he dissatisfied with?"

"Faith Contract," Paro explained: "The Archbishop will regularly check the progress of the missionary work. On the main copy of the Faith Contract, the names of the signatories of all copies will appear. He found that none of us signed a new contract, and there was no missionary work. He was very worried. dissatisfied."

Paro worriedly said: "We have signed a faith contract, and we will be controlled by the Archbishop, unless Lord Darkness can come into contact with the effect of the contract again."

Ivo thought that the old man could cancel the contract, but he didn't care. "I will ask Lord Darkness for help to cancel the contract. Before that, we can't be discovered by the archbishop. Let the believers sign it. We can temporarily I won’t be able to fall out with the Archbishop even after a while.”

Paro nodded and suddenly asked: "Mr. Bishop, why don't we preach among the refugees?"

Ivo was stunned for a moment, and caught a glimpse of Paro's twinkling eyes. His heart trembled, knowing that he might be suspicious. He coughed and said calmly: "You are right, we want to preach among the refugees, but we cannot use our dark eyes." In the name of others, we cannot force others, but we must subtly instill in them the ideas of the new religious order. We must preach quietly, and we cannot rush this kind of thing."

Paro was visibly relieved and accepted the order happily.

A few hours later, all the believers signed the faith contract, and the faith contract also came into Ivo's hands.

Ivo didn't think much about it and asked Lao De to use the power of a high-ranking demon and follow the hidden contract connection to once again erase the effectiveness of the faith contract.

…

Abraham Continent, a dark basement.

The main copy of the faith contract placed on the stone table was suddenly filled with thick black mist.

The Archbishop came to the basement and silently stared at the rolling black mist.

The black mist gradually turned into a dark mirror, and Ivo's face in the mirror flashed away. The next moment, the black mist dissipated, and the faith contract dimmed.

The archbishop was silent for a while and walked out of the basement.

Outside the basement is a grotto hall with a statue of the Lord of Darkness in the center. A dark group of believers kneels on the ground, silently praying to the devil.

Bishop Soulhand walked up and whispered: "Archbishop, what are your plans?"

"Prepare a ship," the Archbishop said calmly, "I want to go to Frigga."

Soul Hand was shaken all over, his eyes slightly startled.

"The traitor... has been found." The archbishop's tone was emotionless, but his soul hand felt a bone-chilling chill.