Emperor of Arcane

The nearly 20-meter-high giant city wall exudes shocking majesty under the sunlight.

The gray city walls are densely engraved with mysterious inscriptions and patterns.

Carlos looked at the city wall without any gaps, his eyes showing a little bit of shock.

The newly built city wall in the Gulf Territory is taller and stronger than the Bloody Fortress that is being rebuilt.

He could vaguely notice that the materials used to build the city walls were very similar to those used to pave the roads.

However, the vague difference between them should be the secret of the Gulf Territory.

There are three steel gates in the nearly 10-meter-long city gate passage.

Carlos vaguely sensed danger in the passage and carefully looked at the construction workers gathered together.

Compared to the Gulf Territory just a few months ago, its changes feel even stranger.

Passing through the last gate, they saw a busy construction site.

Heavy steel machinery more than 20 meters high are lined up against the city wall.

Steel ropes as thick as wrists were wrapped around them, transporting huge weapons one after another up the city wall.

The various weapons that Carlos and the others saw included large dwarf artillery, giant crossbows, and large catapults.

Except for these steel and mechanical weapons.

Carlos also keenly noticed several steel turrets engraved with dense magic lines.

This is a weapon he has never seen before. Is it a new thing invented by the Gulf Territory?

Everyone in the Yaoyue family looked at the city wall that was being built, with incredible light shining in their eyes.

There were no huge crowds of construction workers as expected, but more of engineering golems.

Under the command of construction workers, these engineering golems carried various materials step by step, built various buildings on the city wall, and transported a large amount of magic cement that had not yet solidified.

Any physical work that construction workers had to do in the past was basically replaced by corresponding engineering golems.

More than a dozen different engineering golems work together in an orderly manner to complete the set work step by step at a speed dozens of times faster than ordinary workers.

They could clearly sense that a considerable number of those construction workers were professionals, and there were even a few spellcasters.

In the eyes of everyone in the Yaoyue family, this really makes them a little confused.

Professionals to build the city wall?

Spell casters come to do "coolie work"?

Why is Bayland so weird?

Before coming to the Gulf Territory, Carlos did not explain the situation of the Gulf Territory to them.

It was only vaguely revealed to them that the Gulf Territory's military was very powerful and keen on cultivating professionals.

In the eyes of everyone in the Yaoyue family, the Gulf Territory should be a militaristic barracks that continuously absorbs a large number of people and trains them into soldiers.

But what they saw along the way, just like the construction site in front of them, gave them a little bit of shock.

A member of the Yao Yue family couldn't help but ask: "Does the relationship between the Gulf Territory and the Grand Arcanist of Kenonorman be very good?"

Carlos didn't answer directly, but he could notice that everyone else looked over at the same time.

He understood the mood of these compatriots very well, but for the smooth progress of subsequent cooperation, he introduced them to them in detail:

"Lord Matthew is a student of the Grand Arcanist of Kenonorman, who has some cooperation with the Gulf Territory."

Seeing the "That's it" expressions on their faces, Carlos warned them carefully:

"However, the development of the Gulf Territory depends more on themselves. You will know after you live there for a while."

"This time our cooperation discussion will last for a long period of time. You can look around and experience the differences of the Gulf Territory."

Carlos understood the urgency of the New World, but he valued the relationship with the Gulf Territory more.

Although the actual contact time was not long, he had always seen the rapid development of the Gulf Territory.

In fact, Carlos himself also made some "investments" in the Gulf Territory, hoping to take advantage of the fast lane of development, and the results made him quite satisfied.

Leaving the thick city wall, they saw a larger construction site.

Rows of spacious high-rise buildings rise from the ground.

leaving a fairly wide gap between them.

Various flowers, plants and trees are planted in the middle, and everything looks orderly.

"These are rental houses for adventurers, both single rooms and suites."

"If you don't want to join the Gulf Territory, you have to spend a lot of money to rent a house."

"After all, sleeping on the street or in the sewers is not allowed in Bay Territory."

"What should I do if I have no money? This question is easy to answer."

"Apply directly to the Gulf Territory, and the Adventurers Guild and staff will force you to arrange a job. In this case, you will usually have to pay a training fee."

"Adventurers like you who have just come to the Gulf Territory, I recommend that you first clean up the fishmen along the river."

"Then, you can go to the outskirts of the dark forest and accept the task of collecting and capturing kobolds..."

An old adventurer was introducing it to a group of curious and immature young adventurers.

He held the steering wheel with one hand and controlled the magic sightseeing car driving on the ground, slowly passing by the Yaoyue family.

Looking at the direction, they should be heading to the Silver Moon River, or entering the outer campsite of the Dark Forest.

Shu You looked at the Magic Sightseeing Car carefully.

The all-metal casing does not appear particularly bulky.

When it moved forward, there was no rumble of a steam engine, but instead there was a fluctuation of magic power. It was obviously another magical creation.

With so many golems and magic creations, Shu You simply calculated the consumption of magic power and came up with a very scary figure.

I am afraid that the energy of a mage tower cannot supply such a large amount of consumption!

While she was thinking, her companions exclaimed next to her.

"That's a church? No way?"

"Such a big church? It's a bit exaggerated!"

"What were they doing?"

"Thousands of priests? How is that possible!"

"..."

Looking along their dispute, Shu You saw a cathedral more than 20 meters high.

The cathedral has a simple oriental charm, and the emblem of the goddess of magic is engraved on the eaves of the pavilion.

The deep blue color of the whole body symbolizes the mystery of arcana and the depth of the magic network.

Under the sunlight, the church is surrounded by a dazzling halo.

Compared with other goddess churches, it is less mysterious and more dazzling.

She felt the sacred power lingering around the church, and a little doubt flashed in her black eyes.

Even the Cathedral of Mother Earth in Yaoyue City is not so dazzling.

Could it be that this church has entered the "gaze" of the goddess of magic and become a place of "manifestation"?

In the square in front of the church, the statue of the goddess sits on a square platform. The four walls of the square platform are engraved with the teachings of the goddess church.

If you look carefully, a subtle whisper will appear faintly in your ears. Just when you want to listen, it disappears again.

In front of the statue, thousands of figures in priest robes were reciting the teachings of the goddess of magic.

The pale golden light slowly wandered among them, giving people a visually shocking impact.

After a while, everyone in the Yaoyue family came back to their senses.

They kept discussing the scene they had just seen, and they had more speculations about the miraculous development of the Gulf Territory.

But soon, their attention was attracted by the large training figures.

On a huge training ground, tens of thousands of figures wearing training uniforms were sweating profusely under the leadership of their respective instructors.

Shu You soon discovered that these trainers were ordinary people, and the training contents were all basic combat movements.

Others asked Carlos questions and asked Shu You the doubts in his heart.

"Is this the Gulf Territory's army? It does look spectacular."

"It's not the army, right? It's probably the militia that was just recruited."

"Although their strength is not strong, their attitude is still quite serious."

"These soldiers selected by the Gulf Territory are really quite good. How many soldiers are there in total in the Gulf Territory?"

"..."

In response to their questions, Carlos shook his head dumbfounded. Thinking back to the newly recruited soldiers of the Eighth Legion, he looked at them with envy and said:

"They are not militiamen, they are just people who participate in professional training on weekends. The Gulf Territory helps them train for free."

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the Yaoyue family were stunned.

These trainers, who are no less disciplined than the soldiers of the Yaoyue family, are not even ordinary militiamen?

Doesn't that mean that the Gulf Territory provides free professional training for all people?

With so much money and so many resources, is the Gulf Territory crazy?

Just when they couldn't believe it, a patrol of a hundred people drove towards their convoy with neat steps.

The light silver armor, the neat and vigorous steps, the powerful and majestic astonishing momentum.

Everyone in the Yaoyue family and the entire team was greatly touched.

Carlos patted his horse and took the initiative to greet him. He smiled and said hello to Old John who came to greet him. After getting the garrison letter, he returned to the convoy.

Pointing at the majestic figure of the patrol that was gradually leaving, Carlos said to the others who had their eyes wide open:

"Did you see it? These are the soldiers of the Gulf Territory. Each one of them is quite elite, and together they are even more invincible."

Before the rest of the Yaoyue family could recover from the shock.

Carlos led the convoy into the newly built warehouse area and saw a scene that shocked him.

Ten five-masted ships are quietly docked at the expanded pier.

Busy large machinery is constantly lifting things onto the ship.

One extended version of the artillery.

One super heavy crossbow after another.

One large container after another.

One small canvas boat after another.

Looking at the constantly improving ship, Carlos couldn't help but think to himself.

"Do the Gulf Territories already know our intentions? Or are they already preparing to develop the coast themselves?"

Such thoughts did not disappear quickly as time passed.

On the contrary, as the ships on the dock gradually improved, his heartstrings were more and more attracted.

Carlos didn't delay any longer, spent some money to host the caravan in the warehouse area, and headed straight to the Lord's Mansion with a few core members.

Along the way, they saw dozens or hundreds of construction teams.

Buildings with Eastern charm and Western characteristics, pavilions, villas and courtyards are scattered on both sides of the street.

What interests the Yaoyue family and others the most is a building in the middle of these housing areas.

The building is 6 stories tall, with corresponding signs and advertisements hanging outside each floor.

There are also holographic images of food, clothing, weapons and equipment, training facilities, and very cool posters.

Carlos smacked his lips slightly and asked directly to Old John on the side:

"How much will the population of the Gulf Territory increase by expanding so many houses?"

"There are already 3 million people, and the monthly growth rate is estimated to have reached 450,000."

Recalling the rush a while ago, Old John shook his head with a wry smile, but his eyes were full of joy and pride.

Looking at the poster "Heavy armored warrior wields an ax and chops off the head of a flying dragon", Shu You who followed up asked curiously:

"Whose heroic deeds are you promoting? He killed a flying dragon?"

Hearing Shu You's question, the rest of the Yaoyue family looked away from the dazzling array of merchandise in the shops on the street.

Thinking of the tragic situation that the territory suffered from the dragon madness, they were very interested in the reason why the Gulf Territory was not affected in any way.

Killing a flying dragon is not easy!

As a high-level magical creature, the latter is inherently very powerful.

There is also the strengthening of the dragon bloodline, and the increase of the king-killing star dragon's mad lock.

A considerable number of flying dragons have already surpassed high levels of combat effectiveness and have broken through to extraordinary levels.

A month ago, the Yaoyue family was attacked by seven or eight extraordinary flying dragons.

Because there was not much preparedness, thousands of casualties were caused.

Without dispatching legendary level combat power.

It took them more than two weeks to test and find each other's weaknesses.

At the expense of hundreds of elite soldiers, these extraordinary flying dragons were killed and the small dragon disaster was dispersed.

Therefore, they are naturally very interested in the high-end combat power of the Gulf Territory.

Unexpectedly, Old John smiled slightly and recommended to them quite solemnly:

"Ha, this is a film specially shot by the film and television company in our territory to fight against the Dragon Madness disaster."

"The soldiers on the poster are the epitome of thousands of soldiers in our Gulf Territory."

"Currently, there are more than 1,000 warriors in the Gulf Territory who have killed the flying dragons. More than 15 extraordinary-level flying dragons have been killed, and 12 of them were attributed to the soldiers of the Gulf Territory."

"The film will be played 48 times a day in the cinema of each community rest center for people taking breaks at different times to watch."

"If you are interested, you can also go to the Movie Plaza to watch. There are more people there and the viewing experience will be better."

Movie?

Television Company?

The novel vocabulary made everyone in the Yaoyue family a little curious.

They looked at the beautifully crafted posters again and had the urge to take a look.

Although Carlos was curious, he had more important things to do right now, so he hurriedly walked towards the Lord's Mansion.

Butler Ralph in the banquet hall smiled and asked Carlos to sit down.

As the leading family in the eastern province, although the Yaoyue family does not have a very obvious presence on the eastern coast, Butler Ralph is well aware of the other party's strength and influence.

Important members like Carlos who serve in the Imperial Legion are not rare for the Yaoyue family.

The dazzling variety of food made Carlos temporarily put aside his worries and start enjoying it.

Shu You looked curiously at the gray dwarf who was drinking heavily next to him. While the latter was drinking, he grabbed a roast chicken and stuffed it into his mouth.

The amber-colored burnt chicken skin made Shu You, who usually eats a very light diet, move his index finger.

When she took the first bite, the rich aroma of honey turned into the sweetness of chicken, rolling and dancing in her lips and teeth.

His teeth only had time to chew twice before his greedy tongue rolled up the delicious food and entered his stomach.

Shu You felt like he was possessed, and took another delicious bite of the juicy chicken drumstick.

The chicken is quite chewy, giving her an unprecedented elasticity and firmness.

The large pieces of chicken leg meat were eaten up, and the small strips of meat between the bones and tendons were not spared.

She couldn't help but curiously took another sip of the lavender sour plum soup. The sweet and sour taste, combined with the refreshing coldness, combined with the light greasiness, leaving only a moving aroma.

After finishing the meal, Shu You stared at the other gorging companions with a reddish face, and suddenly felt much better in appearance.

Just as Shu You was curiously looking at Butler Ralph, who was also eating happily, a clear sound came from her ears, making her couldn't help but look over.

"Ah, welcome everyone to Bayland, everyone should have a good time eating here!"

The cheerful Yaya held Orianna, who was asking for a lollipop, with one hand, and Guoguo, who was dazedly drinking ice cream, with the other hand, and nodded to Shuyou with a smile.

Feel the majesty and mysterious aura from the other party's body inadvertently.

Thinking of Yaya's identity as Shu You, she couldn't help but her heart beat wildly, a smile appeared on her face, she nodded and said:

"The food in the Bay Territory is very delicious and suits our appetite very much. Thank you for your welcome, Mr. Yaya."

Yaya tilted his head and glanced at her, with a little curiosity on his chubby little face, as if he remembered something again, and said to her with a smile:

"If you have ideas to improve the production of magic equipment, you can go to the United Factory to have a look."

United factory?

When I think of the high-end magic equipment of the Gulf Territory that has been selling well in the Netheril Empire and even other countries recently.

Shu You, who couldn't forget it just after seeing him, felt bursts of excitement and joy in his heart, and he quickly nodded respectfully and replied:

"Thank you, Lord Yaya, for your advice."

Smiling at Shu You, Yaya's little hand behind his back was instructing Orianna and Guoguo.

Each of them carried a roasted whole lamb and roasted suckling pig and sneaked away.

Seeing the dumbfounding scene in front of him, Shu You felt a little cheered. Names like Mordenkainen and Ma Youfu flashed through his mind, and he wished he could leave the table and go to the factory to have a look.

On the contrary, Carlos looked at her suspiciously, with many thoughts passing through his mind.

He is very aware of Yaya's "temper". He only smiles at people he likes and is interested in, and doesn't have much interaction with others.

If Shu You, the younger sister, could manage her relationship with Ya Ya, there would be no need to worry about the problems she had been worried about before.

Of course, Carlos is also very aware of the special nature of Yaya, and he doesn't even dare to remind him. He can only rely on Shu You's own luck.

After enjoying the food they had never experienced before, everyone in the Yaoyue family is still thinking about it.

They resisted the urge to drink wine like dwarves and followed Carlos into the conference room invited by Butler Ralph.

Butler Ralph's body unabashedly exudes the aura of a high-level person.

Managing the development of the entire Gulf Territory has greatly benefited his "butler" career.

Carlos couldn't help but guess that if the Gulf Territory continued to develop at such an alarming rate, he might be able to witness the birth of a legendary butler.

Seeing the holographic magic image of Butler Ralph clicking on the map, Carlos quickly put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind. A faint smile appeared on his face unconsciously, and he asked expectantly:

"Can the 40 dragon-hunting crossbows that the Yaoyue family applied to purchase be shipped?"

Smiling and nodding, Butler Ralph's expression was still very gentle.

He did not change due to the change in Carlos' expression, and still gave people a sense of comfort like a spring breeze:

"The dragon-hunting crossbow is relatively expensive. The Gulf Territory is about to apply for one-way teleportation permission from the Yaoyue family. Of course it would be best for Knight Carlos to come."

Noticing Carlos's relaxed expression, Butler Ralph, who was slightly moved in his heart, had no intention of continuing to play charades with them, and asked straight to the point:

"Your Excellency said that the Yaoyue family intends to cooperate with our Gulf Territory. I wonder what kind of cooperation it is?"

If it had not come before, everyone in the Yaoyue family would have agreed that they only needed the support of the Gulf leadership.

But now they were just taking a quick look, and the peculiar bay collar left a very deep impression on them.

They have carefully thought about it along the way, whether it is the agricultural golem, the training methods of the people, or the construction speed of the engineering golem, it can bring different inspirations to their Yaoyue family.

Whether the Yaoyue family purchases it or cooperates with the Gulf Territory to develop it, it can bring huge benefits visible to the naked eye.

They were moved, but they did not propose such a large cooperation authority, so they were quite hesitant.

On the contrary, Shu You's thinking was still clear and he said to Butler Ralph with great certainty:

"It's like this. Our Yaoyue family discovered a group of rare metal minerals in the hilly area on the northeastern coast of the New World."

"Among them, two types of mithril and magic iron ore have been discovered. The reserves are at least the size of medium-sized veins and are estimated to be worth more than 300 million gold coins."

“But there’s an important issue that needs to be addressed in order to fully develop it.”

"We, the Yaoyue family, cannot clean up the deformed flying dragon nest on the edge of the local Shiwan Mountain. We need the strong combat power of the Gulf Territory soldiers."

Magic iron?

Ore vein group?

Aberrant flying dragon?

nest?

The first time he came into contact with these names, the corresponding data and information appeared in Butler Ralph's mind.

The value of the rare metal vein group is very high, and hundreds of millions of gold coins should only be a preliminary estimate.

In addition to mithril, magic iron is also a vital magic production material.

Its function is very important, that is, it can greatly stabilize the effects of spells, magic circles, and enchantments. It is a crucial raw material to achieve permanent enchantment.

With its addition, it can not only improve the stability of the spell array and make it less susceptible to external influences, but also greatly extend the time and effect of the spell.

It is of vital significance for the creation of storable spell scrolls, magic equipment, props, ultra-long standby golems, and combat puppets.

The Gulf Territory manufactures a wide variety of golems.

Produce many high-end magic equipment and props.

A large mage tower will be built again.

It includes facilities such as magic passages, magic energy storage pools, large and small teleportation arrays throughout the territory.

Requires strategic rare metals including mithril and magic iron.

After experiencing the blockade of surrounding territories, the Gulf Territory no longer wants to leave the fate of development to others.

No amount of this rare metal is too much!

However, the prospects for cooperation are indeed bright, but in order to eat this big cake, it is necessary to use a knife.

One hundred thousand mountains.

Aberrant flying dragon.

This is the exclusive name of the New World.

The former represents an extremely dangerous wild mountain range of nearly 10 million square kilometers.

There are many dangerous, deadly, and terrifying aberrant magical creatures living inside.

Many exploration teams in the northern continent have spent hundreds of years and invested countless manpower, material and financial resources.

A series of fortresses and security areas were built on the coastal part of the northern part of the 100,000 Mountains.

Moreover, it is still relatively safe.

From time to time, the arcane newspapers can report about the fortresses and cities of a certain family and force in the New World.

News of being attacked by a 100,000-strong mountain beast tide and some kind of dangerous creature, resulting in heavy losses or the entire army being annihilated.

Even the exploration team headed by Cole Elf gave up the plan of exploring southward from the northeastern part of the New World.

Instead, start from the snow-covered and towering Gray Mountains in the northwest.

As a result, remarkable results have been achieved, and many rare metal veins and gemstones of astonishing value have been discovered.

The aberrant flying dragon is a terrifying predator at the top of the food chain in Shiwanda Mountain.

As soon as they reach adulthood, they possess extraordinary strength.

It is famous for its extremely powerful hand-to-hand combat ability and its size is not inferior to that of a real dragon.

And depending on the characteristics of their deformed nests, these deformed flying dragons have special and powerful talents and abilities.

There are only 4 known species.

Extraordinary spell resistance, extraordinary strength increase, extraordinary poison, extraordinary flesh and blood devouring.

Some of the individuals who have lived long enough even possess legendary levels of strength.

And because it accepts the distortion of aberration, more terrifying and grotesque horror abilities will be born.

Moreover, because of their gregarious nature, their challenge level is not inferior to that of true dragons of the same rank.

Two lairs meant that there were at least 30 extraordinary-level deformed flying dragons!

Maybe even a legendary level existence!

Even with the current strength of the Gulf Territory, it is not easy to solve such troubles.

However, considering that the Gulf Territory is far away from the New World, the Lord has always had plans to explore and understand it.

Butler Ralph felt that he could get more information from the Yaoyue family. After learning more details, he would discuss it with the lord.

Noticing Butler Ralph's expression and understanding the difficulty of this cooperation, Shu You decisively revealed a trump card given by his family:

"Considering that the Gulf Territory needs to mobilize a large number of soldiers, if your territory is willing to cooperate, we are willing to donate the manufacturing technology of giant steam engines to the Gulf Territory."

Giant steam engine!

Butler Ralph raised his eyebrows slightly, noticed Carlos's calm expression, carefully looked at Shu You's young face, smiled slightly and said:

"I will report to the lord immediately. There is a high probability that cooperation can be achieved. Everyone, go to the Bay Area for a walk first, and you will know the news in the evening."

Although Butler Ralph did not agree directly, his attitude made the people of the Yaoyue family feel more at ease.

This is indeed a major event, representing the military mobilization of more than tens of thousands of people and a sea voyage of more than 20,000 kilometers.

Even for a big family like the Yaoyue family, which has been passed down for thousands of years.

Also because of the impact of this large-scale dragon madness disaster, they were unable to distract themselves from advancing, so they had no choice but to cooperate with the Gulf Territory.

Butler Ralph made the decision in just a few words, but they were worried that the Gulf leader might have other ideas.

After receiving the news, Matthew looked thoughtfully at the information provided by the Yaoyue family. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised involuntarily, and he said expectantly:

"The manufacturing technology of giant steam engines is really a masterpiece!"

Before the arcane technology, mainly "Mithra's Core", was developed and promoted.

The steam engine technology unearthed from many ruins is the best technology at the core of energy power.

It is also not powered by burning coal to boil water like in the original world.

A part of magic technology is also used to replace the expansion of gas and mechanical push.

Its fuel is very expensive, and the elemental fuel is consumed to operate the elemental furnace.

Its mechanical power is indeed very powerful, and its controllability and safety are also very high.

If it weren't for being too bulky, requiring a large amount of metal, and proficient in ultra-high mechanical metal processing techniques, it would be very difficult to manufacture.

The energy drive headed by the elemental energy pool may not necessarily be able to compete with it.

However, giant steam engine technology is still very rare.

Because of its flexible adjustability and safety, it is very suitable for use on large battleships.

Large warships that can enter the Sea of ​​Death and cross the Caribbean Sea still need giant steam engines to drive them.

Only by relying on the powerful power provided by giant steam engines can warships escape from those terrifying twisted monsters in the deep sea.

Matthew values ​​​​the giant steam engine even more. The mechanical technology and metal processing technology contained in it can bring the production capacity of the Gulf Territory to a higher level.

While developing his magical power, Matthew also hopes to take more paths.

With these giant steam engines, the Gulf Territory can also produce super large ships with more than 7 masts to complete power projection across two continents.

Thinking of the rich minerals and resources in the New World, the corners of Matthew's mouth curled up slightly.

However, he suddenly thought of something, turned to the waiting butler Ralph and asked:

"Have you collected all the information about the last pirate group?"

Butler Ralph already understood what Matthew was thinking, and after taking out the information, he said:

"They are a band of Japanese pirates who mainly roam the southern part of the East Coast, plundering ships and merchant ships."

"Occasionally, he also goes into the interior and launches attacks on some territories and cities. He is wanted by many kingdoms and forces."

"Their stronghold is on the island on the edge of the Eastern Sea of ​​Death, with a population of about 500,000 and three pirate cities."

Japanese pirates!

Matthew's eyes flashed with real hatred, and he laughed loudly and said:

"This is truly fate. It just so happens that we can settle old and new grudges together and let the Yaoyue family see our strength."

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