Emperor of Arcane

Smelling the faint smell of burning in the air, Matthew could sense the hesitation in Thorne's heart, but he would not be "merciful".

Cooperation is not charity.

The Gulf Territory paid nearly 100,000 gold coins in various supplies.

Thousands of people were used.

Naturally, it is impossible to hand over the initiative arbitrarily.

Even though Catachan people are straightforward and never cause trouble.

Matthew would not place the interests of the territory and the safety of adventurers and soldiers on their ideas.

“There are two ways to work together.”

"Type 1, we build a new city and hire Catachan soldiers to fight for us."

"You will receive rewards such as supplies, magic potions, food, weapons and equipment."

"This is the price, including the consumption through transmission."

Thorne took over the list. He originally thought that this kind of cooperation would be very difficult.

Unexpectedly, he could actually "understand" those square characters that he didn't recognize at all and understood their meaning.

Soldiers can choose their own weapons and equipment, and enjoy three meals a day, military uniforms, medicines and other supplies.

Salaries are divided each month according to ability, starting level, intermediate level and advanced level.

You can receive 500 kilograms, 1000 kilograms, and 2000 kilograms of food.

1 to 2 finely crafted weapons, including knives, guns, swords, and bows and arrows.

Even Thorne was quite tempted by this price.

There are occasional transactions and cooperation between the city of Catachan and the tribe.

The most valuable rewards are, of course, weapons and food.

But often the actions of hundreds of people can only obtain at most 10 metal weapons.

Food usually only covers transportation costs, and then 25% more.

Gulf Ling was lucky, they covered all the expenses, and even offered a price that was more than 10 times higher.

If it were before, Thorne would definitely have agreed.

After all, being able to take the initiative yourself is always more reassuring.

However, the situation is stronger than the people.

Sensing his hesitation, Matthew ate the last of the food, saw the surprise of the Catachan soldiers enjoying the delicious food, and continued with a smile:

"The second method of cooperation is that we expand the city and then expand outward."

"Within two months, we will mobilize more than 30,000 people here to proactively develop and clean up."

"Everyone in Catachan can join the guard. The salary is the same as above. We are responsible for the food and drink of others."

"More than half of the soldiers will be led by you, and we will provide a full set of weapons, equipment and supplies."

"In addition, we will also provide professional ability training to everyone."

All food and drinks included?

Professional training?

Thorne, who was a little dizzy from these conditions, suddenly felt his throat was itchy, and he subconsciously wanted to agree.

However, Thorne still held back, he had to ask more clearly.

Matthew had no intention of continuing to talk to him. He waved to Elio next to him and said:

"The entire city in the future will be controlled by Elio. You two can have a good communication."

"Tell Thorne about the situation in our Gulf Territory, and you can also ask the adventurers."

"Alio, learn more about the Catachan plane and don't miss any details."

Elio, who was fully prepared, met Thorne's wary gaze and did not hide the red lines on his body. Instead, he immediately asked:

"Have you ever seen a demon? Or a monster tainted by it?"

As he spoke, Alio's eyes glowed slightly red, and a special sense of oppression made Thorne nervous.

Noticing Alio's clear eyes, Thorne made sure that Alio had not lost his mind, and after hesitating for a while, he said:

"I've seen a lot of them, and they're all very scary."

His pupils shrank slightly, and the image of the rift in hell flashed through Elio's mind. He took a deep breath and said:

"Tell me..."

The child holding a small sword was looking at the weapons and equipment of the adventurers with gleaming eyes, not afraid of anything at all.

Yaya took a bite of the meat thoughtfully, savoring the sweet taste, and murmured in his heart:

"Ah, there are actually children who don't like delicious food!"

Noticing their expectant looks but not daring to get closer.

The smart Yaya rolled his eyes, and a special idea came to his mind.

"They must have never tasted delicious food, so..."

Just when Yaya was about to "introduce" delicious food to the children.

Thorne agreed to the "second" way of cooperation.

The reason is simple, the food and weapon problems can be overcome.

However, Thorn really doesn't want to give up on the professional path that can greatly improve combat effectiveness.

He has even thought about it. After mastering the professional abilities, he can teach them to other Catachan tribes.

After thinking about it, Thorne informed the other Catachan soldiers of his decision.

After a brief discussion, they heard about the various conditions in the Gulf Territory and expressed their opinions one after another.

"The first type is basically useless. We already lack combatants..."

"It makes sense. The second type has better conditions. Isn't it just about working hard? We are the best at it."

"Is the condition really so good? Help us defend the city and ensure that everyone else has food?"

"It should be true. Without their support, we might have suffered heavy losses."

"Hey... it's true. They have a lot of people and resources. You won't suffer any loss if you follow them."

"If we don't have to worry about eating in the future, can we focus on cleaning up the monsters?"

"The key is that if there are sufficient supplies, more newborns can survive and we can get more soldiers."

"Indeed, even if they don't go out to fight in the future, as long as they help us defend the city, it's still a good deal!"

"Joining other tribes doesn't have such good conditions. You also have to hand over food and trophies..."

"That's right. We are all humans anyway, not those monsters outside."

"There's nothing to worry about. I just talked with those soldiers. Those soldiers can have enchanted weapons and equipment!"

"Enchanted weapons and equipment?"

"It's a weapon similar to the boss's "Ghost Claw" sword. It's sharper, stronger, and more lethal..."

"Huh, there's nothing more to say. Back then, I went to fight for Iron Sword City for three years for a Yaogang sword."

"Now that I can get the same weapon for free, I'll definitely do it!"

"Check the weapons and equipment. If we are not deceived, then we all agree..."

"Agree!"

"..."

After hearing their conversation, Thorne turned to Elio and nodded, agreeing to the second cooperation plan.

Snapping his fingers, Elio signaled Feili to send a message and made an invitation gesture to Thorne:

"Tell me about this city?"

As soon as Thorn nodded, he saw a mysterious light lighting up in the teleportation array.

Boxes of supplies were delivered.

Groups of soldiers walked out in neat steps.

The other Catachans were called over by the staff while looking at them curiously.

In just a few hours.

500 soldiers, 3,000 adventurers, and a large amount of supplies filled the city known as Green Castle.

One after another, heavy engineering golems were dispatched outside the city.

They collected piles of metal corpses, and these unique pieces of metal will become the new mission of the Gulf Territory Research Institute.

If some new alloy materials can be developed through research on it, then the Gulf collar will make a lot of money.

Regarding the Gulf Territory's plan to use the magic method of turning mud into stone to mine stones to build city walls, Thorne put forward some suggestions for improvement.

"These weird bacteria blankets can secretly corrode ordinary stones."

"So, continue to build and repair defenses."

Yes, these weird creeps and twisted plants are extremely malicious to human buildings or residential groups.

They would always gather in stages and launch sieges again and again.

According to Thorne.

The "crazy plants" that were repulsed this time were just temporary "green tides" that gathered in a hurry.

When summer comes, the "green wave" that has accumulated strength for a year will be the real terror and destruction.

At that time, most of the outer cities and fortresses will selectively give up after putting up a certain degree of resistance.

The purpose of their existence is to buy time for the defense of several core cities.

This is why the thousands of Catachans headed by Thorn do not particularly value the ownership of this city.

After learning about this situation, Elio adopted another strategy.

A single city wall is not safe, so prepare several more walls.

If one side is destroyed, it can also greatly consume the area of ​​the creep and distort the number of plants.

After dealing with these monsters, just rebuild the city wall.

As for the "green wave" that will be faced in eight or nine months, Aliou feels that more information should be collected in order to make corresponding protection and plans.

In order to achieve the effect of building a good city wall.

Elio used a large amount of fierce fire oil to burn the area dozens of meters outside the castle to a white ground.

The red fire made Dell feel quite distressed when he saw it.

He trembled and mumbled with his lower mouth, feeling the numbness and itching from the healing wound, and couldn't help but say:

"These are all good things, much better than the fuel we studied..."

"We usually use some for drying and heating, but it's such a waste. They actually use it to burn open space."

What a waste!

After hearing his words, Thorne, who was repairing the arrow tower, rolled his eyes for no reason and placed a heavy crossbow at the shooting port.

He adjusted the shooting angle and stroked the crossbow arm with some admiration:

"This is the real thing. The crossbow arm is made entirely of metal and will not be affected by moisture."

"I heard that as long as you apply protective oil on time, you can guarantee that there will be no problems for ten years. If we can produce this weapon, those young men who are not strong enough will not have to fight to the death in close combat."

Dell tried to move his arms, his eyes showed a little bit of disbelief, and he grinned and laughed:

"Now, can't we use it?"

"No matter what the purpose of bringing us here is, they can't send millions of people in."

"At the end of the day, no matter what they do, they can't do without our help, so what do they have to worry about?"

When Thorne heard this, he was stunned, suddenly figured it out, and nodded quickly.

Outside the castle, a lot of construction work is going on.

Inside the castle, Feili, who was carrying a large amount of supplies for distribution, met a pair of curious eyes, turned to the staff and said:

"Register their families and names, and if there is no name, remember to give them a number plate."

Looking at the tall and strong Catachan people, who were no less competitive than the barbarians, the staff showed enough patience.

They whispered to each other over and over again that after registering and receiving number tags, food could be distributed to them quickly.

However, it was beyond the expectations of both parties.

The strong and wild Catachan people, regardless of age or sex, are not as unruly and unruly as imagined.

On the contrary, they were very obedient and showed amazing discipline.

They did whatever they were asked to do, and they were very quiet and didn't talk much at all.

People in Catachan look at these workers and think they are very good.

Not only did he not deprive them of food, he also very considerately confirmed their food intake and made some increases.

The clothes given to them were not only clean and fresh, but also woven very finely.

This is several grades better than their hand-knitted clothes.

It's great to be part of this tribe.

Feili saw this very harmonious scene, looked at the situation of these men, women, and children in Catachan, and immediately came up with many plans.

Good foundation, disciplined and keen to fight.

A born soldier!

After a simple contact, both parties were relatively satisfied with each other.

In fact, with the methods and policies of the Gulf Territory, as long as the other party does not clearly express disgust or hatred, they will be quickly integrated into them.

In addition to various daily necessities, the staff will also thoughtfully distribute some bay collar brochures to them.

These inconspicuous booklets record the development history of the Gulf Territory, various delicacies, and various very detailed policies.

The most interesting thing is that many Eastern stories and the history of the Netherese Empire are added to it.

The various illustrations and patterns are very attractive to Catachan people.

After all, they put almost all their energy into how to improve their combat effectiveness and learn to survive in the jungle.

These leisure time pastimes gave them a great shock.

This was the first time they knew.

There are places in the world that are not surrounded by jungles and "green tides".

There are actually hundreds of thousands of kinds of food in the Gulf Territory.

In addition to humans, there are also dwarves, elves, orcs and other intelligent creatures.

It was the first time for many of them to see “understandable” text.

All kinds of information kept entering their minds.

In the evening, a sumptuous welcome dinner will be served.

It also invisibly deepened their good impression of the Gulf Territory.

Many Catachans are already rejoicing that they have chosen to join the Gulf Territory.

Otherwise, they still don’t know that one meal can actually have 5 dishes!

Seeing that the situation had stabilized, Elio smiled and communicated with Thorn next to him.

"In the next few days, our main task is to transform the city."

Renovate the city?

Thorne was stunned by the generosity of the Gulf Territory.

He originally thought that the few walls being built outside were all that had been renovated.

But listening to Alio's tone, it seemed like all this had just begun.

Thorne, who resisted showing too much emotion, could only smile and nod in agreement.

"No problem, we will absolutely obey the arrangement."

Elio said politely to him:

"During the transformation process, we need to listen to some professional advice to make adjustments to the transformation plan suitable for the Catachan plane."

"For example, how to establish a surveillance post outside the city..."

"How to build an underground defense line to isolate the carpet from invading..."

"How to establish a material storage warehouse to prevent pollution..."

"..."

After hearing these questions from Alio, Thorne suddenly had a word pop up in his mind.

major!

Thorne tried to have some conversations with Elio, and then found that the other person's character was quite good and not as strong as he imagined.

The various suggestions for transformation given by him were also recorded truthfully, and after reflection, further discussions were held.

This kind of attitude made Thorne feel very comfortable, and the initial worry gradually disappeared.

In addition to discussing the issue of city reconstruction.

What pleased the Catachan people the most.

In the following public meeting, teachers from the Vocational Training College and instructors from the Gulf Leader Battalion.

Told all Catachans about the existence of professionals and the prospects for the development of the power system.

Moreover, they fully affirmed the talents and abilities of all Catachan people, and will teach and train them in the next period of time.

So, in the next week.

In addition to the expansion of the castle, the biggest task of the Gulf Territory is to train all Catachans.

The adventurers were not idle either, they received some guidance and training tasks.

Train with Catachan soldiers and members of corresponding strength.

During the training process, both parties intentionally communicated and chatted.

The members of Catachan have gained a lot, and most of them have successfully embarked on the path of becoming professionals.

50% of the members chose to become rangers more suitable for fighting in the jungle.

30% of the members chose a more sophisticated and intelligent way of fighting and became quite flexible rogues.

15% become frontal hard steel warriors.

Another 5% became shooters operating long-range weapons.

Their professional level increases quite quickly.

Thorne became a level 8 fighter within a week.

Created a terrifying record of "raising a professional's level in one day".

All other Catachan soldiers also took office smoothly.

The average professional level has reached level 3.

The average challenge level has reached 9+!

All elite!

What surprised Matthew was that many Catachan members with intelligence reaching 10 points did not have the talent to become spellcasters.

Among thousands of people, no one could be found.

Sure enough, what you lose must be what you gain!

The adventurers also learned a lot and learned more information, intelligence and survival skills about Catachan.

After all, in the dangerous Catachan jungle, the more knowledge you have, the greater the probability of saving your life.

There were also some adventurers, accompanied by Catachan hunters, who went to the jungle outside the castle and had some adventures.

Facts have proved that Catachan is a dangerous and terrifying world. If you are not fully prepared, you will really die.

After the three unlucky guys died.

The other adventurers also participated in the "training" obediently.

Fortunately, as more and more information is collected, more and more "teaching tools" are captured by Catachan members.

The adventurers' adaptability to the Catachan jungle also began to improve rapidly.

Soon, the harvest of the pioneering professional team immediately gave the originally uneasy adventurers a renewed sense of endless courage and confidence.

They cooperated with the Catachan guide and spent a few hours capturing more than ten mutant plant individuals and transporting them back to the castle.

The Gulf Territory never skimps on rewards and purchased these mutated plants for 100 gold coins each.

At the same time, Bayland offered a bonus of 1,000 gold coins for a deformed plant.

I made 2,000 gold coins in a few hours. Even if it needs to be divided equally among more than 10 people, it is still a huge amount of money.

The adventurers went "crazy".

Some Catachan members also joined in.

They are the experts in survival and adventure in this jungle.

With the collection of many mutant plants, a lot of information about the plants in the demiplane of Catachan was analyzed.

Three very high-value mutant magical plants were discovered in the Bay Territory.

The first plant is the barbed poison gorse that can be seen everywhere throughout Catachan!

In addition to being used to brew bitter wine, it has very high benefits in nourishing the body's strength.

According to research, after short-term use for about two months, the user's physical attributes can be improved by 1 point.

If you can take processed barbed poisonous gorse for a long time (5 years), your physical attributes may be improved by 2 to 4 points.

The reason why Catachan soldiers are so strong.

It is closely related to their regular drinking of bitter wine made from barbed poisonous gorse.

Such a special strengthening effect makes barb poison gorse very popular.

I probably never thought of this kind of jungle predatory plant that is everywhere.

One day they will become a favorite of everyone.

Bayland offered a price of 10 gold coins per 1 kilogram.

Comparable to mid-level top magic plants.

Matthew purchased a large amount of barbed poisonous gorse for pharmaceutical experimental research.

This special plant that can improve attribute points might be able to develop a magic potion that can directly increase strength attribute points.

Of course, even if the experiment fails, it doesn't matter.

If large quantities of barbed poison gorse could be made available as food for the Gulf Territory soldiers and children, their strength and potential would be greatly enhanced.

This thing can become a strategic material!

With this alone, the Gulf Territory spent nearly a million gold coins on half-plane exploration, which was enough to recover the capital and make a lot of money.

Among other things, adventurers and soldiers whose strength has never been improved are more than happy to buy some barbed poison gorse for consumption.

The second plant is the grasshopper.

It is a subspecies of barbed poison gorse and is also very common.

It usually disguises itself as a shrub. Once prey passes by, it will suddenly open its huge mouth and spit out its strong and flexible tongue.

The tongue is not only extremely flexible, but also filled with toxins that have a paralyzing effect.

Once bound by its tongue, it will quickly lose the ability to resist and struggle.

He could only watch helplessly as he was dragged into a big mouth full of sharp teeth and became the nourishment for its growth.

It does not have a very high practical value like the poisonous gorse.

Its tongue, which can be freely retracted and has great toughness and strength, was favored by Victor and was successfully developed into a very important bowstring for the dragon-hunting crossbow.

Not only does it reduce the cost of the Dragon Hunting Crossbow by 3,000 gold coins, it also greatly speeds up its production efficiency.

The reason is very simple. Although the grasshoppers are not as ubiquitous as the barbed poison gorse, you can always find them as long as you advance forty or fifty meters in the jungle.

That's not all the effect of beating people's grass.

When their outer skin is cut, they secrete a large amount of viscous fluid.

These liquids had extraordinary viscosity. After being processed and separated by Matthew, he obtained two items that made him very happy.

Strong glue and rubber.

These two items, which are of great use in weapons production and industrial production, were discovered by Matthew through such a strange combination of circumstances.

Matthew was quite excited and immediately gave the order.

"Catch a human-beating grass and you can get a reward of 80 gold coins (equivalent to 6 trolls)!"

The third plant is the "brain lobe worm" that Alice's adventure group encountered.

Although these monsters are dangerous, they can produce extremely special secretions.

After processing and purification, it can become the main material of advanced meditation potions.

Advanced meditation potion can increase meditation efficiency by 300%, and there is a small probability of obtaining a sudden breakthrough.

Market price: 10,000 gold coins per bottle.

You know, the production of advanced meditation potions is particularly difficult.

Especially its main material - the spark of life.

Except for a very small number of them produced in the potions laboratories of some great arcanists, it has become extinct elsewhere.

Therefore, although this medicine is good, it is rarely circulated on the market.

Want to have that “eureka” breakthrough.

Many spellcasters, arcanists, and even senior production staff would be willing to pay 20,000 gold coins or even higher to buy it.

A "brain lobe worm" is equivalent to a main material worth 5,000 gold coins.

The price offered by the Gulf Territory to adventurers is 500 gold coins plus 800 merit points.

The main reason for increasing the rewards of the latter is to facilitate adventurers.

Let them enjoy the benefits of "advanced meditation potion" earlier.

Normally, when Gulf leaders find something good, they won’t keep it to themselves.

In addition to these three plants, there are also a variety of mutant plants that are also favored by the Gulf Territory, and each has a high reward price.

There are many groups of adventurers in the two castles.

Under the temptation of gold coins, they all ventured into the jungle full of all kinds of strange and dangerous plants.

As long as you can survive.

They can usually catch seven or eight dangerous plants, and the profit can basically reach 500 gold coins.

They dare not eat or spend the night in the jungle.

However, because the jungle is not far from the two castles controlled by the Bay Territory.

They can return to the castle to make repairs before embarking on a second adventure.

Soon, the first few adventurer teams that had "successfully eaten crabs" appeared in the castle.

The amazing profits naturally make adventurers flock to it.

After understanding this situation, the Catachan members no longer acted alone as before.

They joined the team of adventurers one after another.

Not only can they get a reward for their employment, but they can also gain more from the team.

Adventurers are also very happy with their participation.

Not only can they greatly reduce casualties, but they can also help them harvest more wealth.

Both parties are quite satisfied with the cooperation between them.

As a result, the integration of the Gulf Territory and Catachan members was further promoted.

The Gulf Territory has never made any proactive "attempt" on this point.

It relies on the silent influence of passive creatures to change the minds of Catachan members.

The effect is very good.

In less than half a month, most of the Catachan members, including Thorne, considered themselves the "Gulf Territory Tribe."

They even invited a new Catachan tribe to join.

Matthew arranged for them to stay in another castle, the castle built by the Bay Territory.

As time went by, the demiplane of Catachan became increasingly developed.

Various rare plants were returned to the bay territory by adventurers.

They are then produced into a variety of valuable potions.

30% of these potions were purchased by Mordenkainen and his team.

50% of it was acquired by Matthew and used as a storage of strategic materials for the Gulf Territory.

At the same time, Matthew also sold the remaining 20% ​​through the "Lynch Chamber of Commerce", Adam Smith's "Thorn Chamber of Commerce", and stores opened in Bloodmoon City, Theventon.

As soon as they were released, they were sold out immediately and were sought after by many high-level spellcasters.

As a result, almost the entire Netheril Empire knew that the Gulf Territory was developing the demiplane of Catachan.

This further established the reputation of "Gulf Territory Manufacturing" and attracted a considerable number of elite adventurers.

At the same time, the accumulation and collection of various high-level resources in the Gulf Territory have been improved.

These high-end materials are usually not simply sold as gold coins.

These rare potions produced by the Gulf Territory can make the major lords and spell casters take them out obediently.

Except for rare magical plants.

If it can be exchanged for some rare magic materials and knowledge, the Gulf leader is not picky about food.

As more and more adventurers enter the demiplane of Catachan, a huge amount of magic materials are continuously sent back to the bay.

The production factories in the Gulf Territory also began to rumble.

Not only did it easily swallow up massive resources, it also quickly generated a large amount of profits, which fed back into the development of the Gulf Territory.

According to Elio's calculations.

Sending 20,000 adventurers should be able to meet the needs of the two castles to expand outward and collect supplies.

As for Feili's proposal to build a new city, it was rejected by Thorne and other Catachan members.

If in a short period of time, the number of humans and cities in a certain area increases too much.

It is very likely to lead to an early outbreak of the "green tide"!

Regarding this, Matthew chose to trust Thorne's judgment.

This kind of thing has happened to players before.

Matthew even suspected that it was the uncontrolled entry of players that led to the "Catachan Disaster".

This is probably the reason why, although the members of Catachan have strong combat effectiveness, their population has never been able to make a big breakthrough.

Living in a hostile world is a source of deep despair.

However, this does not mean that the Gulf Territory will give up "opening up" to the surrounding areas.

Through Thorne's network, the Gulf Territory also contacted some other Catachan tribes.

By trading with them, the Gulf Territory can also obtain a certain amount of mutant plant resources.

The opponent can also obtain much-needed food, weapons and armor.

By Ralph Butler’s calculations.

When the development of the two cities reached its peak.

It can provide the Gulf Territory with an astonishing profit of more than 4 million gold coins every month.

This does not include the Gulf Territory's monthly expenditure of more than 3 million gold coins to hire adventurers, train Catachan members, and expand the two castles.

Overall, the Gulf Territory's tentative development of the demiplane of Catachan has reaped huge rewards.

However, Matthew's attention has begun to shift to the east coast.

Eight thousand today.

Asking for a monthly ticket.

rush!