Emperor of Arcane

As soon as Matthew and Yaya returned to the defense line, a somewhat anxious Jifan and Li came over.

Their expressions were a little panicked, not at all as calm as before.

When they saw Lord Matthew with a calm face, Shi Shiran fell from the sky and did not give any retreat order.

Although they were still a little hesitant, they felt a lot more at ease for no reason.

Others who were unaware of all this looked at the fangs passing over their heads with disbelief.

Perfect body.

Terrifying momentum.

The fear that trembles from the depths of the soul.

It made them realize for the first time that individual creatures could be so powerful.

Most people only dared to glance at it lightly and then immediately looked away, their hearts beating continuously, and their faces showed full excitement.

For most wood elves and adventurers.

Being able to see Yaya's true form is definitely one of the most beautiful and worth telling moments in their lives, whether long or short.

Even if they use the simplest words to discuss, they can still make the moment in front of them beautiful.

As for his being so frightened that his legs were weak, he almost couldn't stand up and was embarrassed.

Of course that didn't happen at all, and I wouldn't even mention it even half a sentence.

Before the two of them could speak, Matthew took the initiative and said to the prophet Lili who came over:

"Ya Ya and I took the initiative to attack and have greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of Devil Thorn."

“Their offensive intensity will diminish down the stretch.”

After hearing this, Ji Fan and Li, who were following Matthew, thought.

The lord will issue an order for the soldiers and adventurers of the Gulf Territory to leave the defense line that has stabilized the situation.

They must quickly return to the city-state of Netheril to prevent subsequent attacks from the Cole Elf Kingdom.

Unexpectedly, Matthew's next words completely confused them.

"In the coming time, more adventurers and combat team members will arrive."

"They will build a large number of cities and fortresses throughout the defense line to strengthen the defense line here."

After hearing this, Prophet Lili was ecstatic at first, and then hesitated.

After all, the combatants and adventurers of the Gulf Territory are easy to use.

But let them go deep into the dark forest and defend such an important area.

Not to mention whether other wood elves would have any objections, it was such a huge investment and consumption.

Can the Gulf Territory, which has not put all its strength into the plane of El Lasco, really be able to hold on?

Such thoughts only flashed through Prophet Lili's mind.

She quickly showed a smile, agreed without thinking, and asked at the same time:

"Of course we welcome everyone. Is there anything we can do to help? No matter what it is, Lord Matthew just asks."

No way, the previous contact between the Gulf Territory and the Wood Elves could still be regarded as a deal in which the Wood Elves took advantage.

But as the Gulf Territory supports more and more supplies.

Dozens and millions of cannons.

Millions of shells.

There are also a greater number of magical weapons and equipment.

Prophet Lili didn't dare to calculate how much "money" the wood elves had to pay by now.

Now that the Gulf Territory has given out its "requirements", Prophet Lili is undoubtedly relieved.

Matthew smiled and nodded, without any hesitation, he directly expressed his thoughts:

"We hope to develop the surrounding minerals with the wood elves while developing defensive cities and fortresses."

"In this way, we can build production factories for various weapons and equipment, and at the same time shorten the supply lines as much as possible, so as to provide a continuous supply of materials for the defense line."

Subconsciously her eyes widened, and many pictures immediately appeared in front of Prophet Lili's eyes.

One after another, unbreakable walls stand on the border of the wood elf-controlled area of ​​the dark forest.

A steady stream of production factories produce a variety of weapons, equipment and daily necessities for it.

Enemies who try to attack the wood elves will be discovered dozens or hundreds of kilometers away.

Continuous artillery fire will cover the past one after another!

Although the movement is a bit loud, the effect is excellent!

After experiencing the battle with the aberrant monster, Prophet Lili's mind completely changed.

It's just too kind and careful to shoot your opponent gracefully and quietly.

Prophet Lili nodded without hesitation. In the face of life and death and the development of power, these can be put aside for the time being.

After receiving a positive reply, Matthew slowly turned his head and said to the surprised Ji Fan and Li:

"According to the cooperative development model of the demiplane of Catachan, rapid development and construction..."

This task was very heavy, and even made Ji Fan and Li feel a lot of pressure.

However, the talents in the Gulf Territory already have a distinctive feature.

I like challenges, like pressure, and dare to take on important responsibilities.

They believe that latecomers can do better, but they will work harder before that, complete their work and tasks well, and leave a better foundation for them.

February 8th.

It wasn't long before the space passage in the Ellasco plane was destroyed.

Buried deep underground in the Central Plains, the ruins are so huge that they have not been explored clearly for hundreds of years.

There are still more than 200,000 to 300,000 adventurers, busy below.

However, what these adventurers don't know is that the terrifying seal deep underground has been opened by the Cole Elves.

All kinds of terrifying monsters, as well as the former owners of this area, crawled out of the underground ruins with endless hatred and resentment.

The most advanced group of adventurers were hit by them without any precautions.

These ferocious monsters that resented all living beings came from all directions, surrounded the adventurers, and launched fatal attacks without hesitation.

In just a few hours.

More than thousands of adventurers were attacked, and half of them never left the underground.

The remaining half of the adventurers finally escaped from the deepest underground ruins, dragging their injured and exhausted bodies, desperately issuing warnings to the adventurers they encountered along the way.

"Undead monster, a huge undead monster!"

"Lots of giant worms, too many of them."

"There's danger down there!"

"Run! Quick!"

"Take me with you, I know a lot of information!"

"I saved a lot of money. If you take me out, you can share half of it."

"It's useless to kill people and silence them. There are too many monsters down there. That's not a treasure. Only then can I give you something real."

"When you meet more people, you'll understand what's going on. I can sign the contract first."

"help me……"

"ah……!"

Various stories are unfolding one after another in dangerous and unknown underground areas.

Many grievances and complex stories are staged in dangerous underground ruins.

However, this is not a good opportunity for them to avenge their grievances or revenge, but a devastating disaster that they must escape from.

If it were normal, sudden changes in the underground world would be known to the managers of the Netheril city-state.

They were too lazy to notify the adventurers, and they did not have the ability to notify dangerous situations and information to the underground ruins dozens or hundreds of meters away.

Fortunately, the Gulf Territory has taken over most of the ruined city-states.

Although they did not replace many manpower, they were able to rely on the magic watches distributed to adventurers for free.

Directly issue various orders and issue various emergency notices to these people who have suffered unreasonable disasters.

After learning about this situation.

Although the adventurers were a little skeptical, considering that the arrival of the Gulf Territory had brought a considerable increase in benefits to everyone, they still chose to believe it.

After all, in the adventurer's existing knowledge.

There is nothing in them that the Gulf Territory can care about, so there is no need to deceive them.

Not to mention, painstaking efforts to publish information like this will cause everyone to suffer "loss".

In order to allow the adventurers to survive, the administrators of the Gulf Territory who issued emergency notices also issued various "emergency rescue" orders.

"A simple task, place some food and healing potions at the place where other adventurers retreat."

"The mission reward is three times the total selling price of the materials and food dropped."

"Ordinary mission, rescue 1 to 3 people and bring them back to the surface."

"Task reward: 1 to 3 pieces of mid-level magic equipment can be obtained."

"Difficult mission, rescue 4 to 10 people and bring them back to the surface."

"As a mission reward, you can get 1 to 2 high-level magic equipment."

"Hell Mission: Unable to be accepted."

"Task reminder: Don't lie, don't intentionally harm others, be greedy and lose more than you gain."

"To this day, no one can lie in the Gulf Territory and still get away with it."

A very clear warning, with some "idiot" information and images specially added.

In this situation, the vast majority of adventurers can remain sane.

Even if there are some people with evil intentions, they are only a minority after all.

For the Gulf Territory, this is enough.

After all, their number is too small and their time to take over here is too short.

More importantly, they have received Matthew's order and are arranging an emergency teleportation evacuation plan.

The entire teleportation area was quickly surrounded to prevent anyone from approaching at will and to ensure that it would not be destroyed.

The large teleportation array was quickly deployed.

The first group of people who were willing to believe in the Gulf Territory quickly left the city through the teleportation array.

When others saw soldiers scaling the city walls and emergency martial law announcements playing in the streets, they realized something was wrong.

The Dragon Warrior No. 1 Golem, led by the Gulf Territory staff, was already fully armed and leading the activities.

The various demon statues that usually make everyone feel novel and look harmless to humans and animals have all picked up bright swords and shields.

The usually gentle voice has been replaced by a majestic command:

"Alert mode is activated and regional evacuation is underway. Everyone is asked to stay at home and report the situation of family members to the door-to-door registration staff."

Such eye-catching changes make most ordinary people afraid to have any ideas.

What made the residents even more "comfortable" were the thugs who tried to cause trouble and took the opportunity to smash, smash, loot and burn.

The usually amiable guardian golem was easily split into two pieces.

Such images are continuously played on the streets, alleys, and magic screens everywhere.

With the images of these idiots as "examples", most people became obedient and honest, including most of the adventurers who had just returned to the city.

The adventurer hall that has been moved to the city gate is verifying all adventurers.

First clarify their identities.

Confirm how well they are completing their tasks.

Pick out the idiots who did bad things during the mission.

In front of all the adventurers, he simply killed the chicken to scare the monkeys.

Then, while the adventurers were feeling uneasy, they paid the mission reward neatly.

The adventurers, whose thoughts and emotions were relatively complex, had no time to think.

The Gulf collar staff with very rich work experience can easily grasp their ideas and give them more attractive tasks.

More than three times the usual battle reward!

Moreover, the Gulf Territory also provided another benefit, so that adventurers' other ideas disappeared without even realizing it.

"All adventurers who participate in defensive combat missions will have the opportunity to enter the Gulf Territory's advanced training camp."

"Adventurers who can obtain at least one combat skill and expertise, perform well in it, and score more than 1,000 merit points during the mission."

"Everyone can get targeted training from the territory, and their strength will be improved by at least one level!"

It’s money, equipment, and strength!

Because most of the adventurers who knew the situation in the city chose to be obedient under the temptation of being so open and aboveboard in the Gulf Territory.

Their ideas are also very simple, Bay collar is worthy of trust!

In the past, it was a ruined city-state under the control of the major nobles and lords of Netheril.

Even if similar conditions are offered, adventurers will worry that the other party will regret it.

The Bay Area is different!

Powerful, very generous, and willing to spend money.

Have a good reputation, never cheat anyone, and always tell the truth.

On weekdays, many adventurers would still joke that the Gulf Territory would not "make money".

But at this juncture, there are "taken advantage of" like the Gulf Leader to control the overall situation.

The originally panicked adventurers felt unfounded relief and extremely happy.

They are glad that the city is now very quiet and orderly, without all kinds of chaos.

This means that the Gulf Territory is at least in control of the situation now.

He is quickly arranging personnel to teleport and retreat.

In particular, the adventurers who acted as peripheral security guards saw that the person in charge of the Gulf Territory, who had left with a large number of residents, rushed back after teleporting, and immediately began to work with peace of mind.

The other party didn't even think about running away!

Don't even think about escaping!

They know what they're doing.

Or just think about yourself.

Or think about your own family.

At most, you can bring some close relatives and friends.

They cannot and cannot control the entire city very easily and arrange an orderly evacuation like the Gulf Territory.

Of course, not all ruined city-states are as lucky as this one.

Various undead monsters crawled out of some shallowly buried ruins early on.

They are not ordinary dead skeletons. They still have corrupted and tough flesh and blood on their bodies, and possess the attack speed and power of extraordinary skeleton monsters.

The unsuspecting adventurers were directly blocked by them inside the ruins.

In the absence of sufficient personnel in the Gulf Territory, they could only control the city's defense forces as quickly as possible and arrange for more people to evacuate.

However, an extremely terrible plague has spread quietly.

Many unsuspecting residents were immediately attacked.

Not only did he suffer from vomiting and diarrhea, he became extremely weak, and some of his limbs quickly deformed.

In just a few hours.

They turned into terrifying plague zombies, facing their relatives and friends around them with a terrifying attitude.

The staff soon discovered that this plague zombie was very terrifying.

Not only does it move faster, but it also retains some of its original memories and can confuse former relatives and friends through simple language and dialogue.

However, they are no longer human beings, but have turned into monsters eager to spread plague and devour flesh and blood.

Once confused by their words or actions, they will attack without hesitation.

Even a small bite or scratch can quickly lead to the infection of this very troublesome plague.

Staff who have conducted experiments and soaked the wounded's wounds in high-concentration holy water can only temporarily suppress the plague.

Facing such a terrifying plague with such powerful contagiousness, the Gulf Territory staff were already short of manpower.

Combat forces such as Dragoon No. 1 Golem were mobilized in a timely manner and most of the residents were placed at home.

They had to act decisively against the plague zombies who escaped, and at the same time move the residents faster and teleport them to specific warning areas.

But even so, they only rescued about 1/3 of the people.

Just two or three hours passed.

Densely packed zombies of the plague have filled the entire city.

Under the control of hunger and plague viruses, they constantly attack the defense line composed of combat golems and puppets.

After rescuing the last group of adventurers who broke out of the ruins and collecting enough data, the Gulf Territory staff reluctantly chose to evacuate.

Only then will they understand why the Gulf Territory implements such a strict management and inspection system.

Especially when it comes to vital people's livelihood issues, no mistakes are allowed.

Although they didn't complain before, they still used it to make fun of them.

But now they understand that any small negligence or flaw will be attacked by inhuman enemies.

They absolutely do not want to repeat this tragic failure and desperate scene in the Gulf Territory.

When they passed through the teleportation array, the first thing they saw was the magical image in the sky.

Their sharp eyes immediately recognized that the city in this image was the city-state they defended and controlled.

Countless terrifying plague zombies and underground undead monsters have surrounded them from all directions and occupied every corner of the city.

There were still some figures fleeing in embarrassment, but they were soon completely submerged.

They watched the city turn into a dead city, and the depression and annoyance in their hearts became heavier and heavier.

Whoops!

A sharp sound broke through the air.

A densely packed mechanical flying dragon appeared in the center of the camera.

Under the gaze of everyone, they emerged from the clouds and pounced on the city, which was completely hopeless.

Thick bombs fell.

boom! boom! boom!

The rushing flames of destruction engulfed the city-state in an instant.

Billowing smoke.

Dilapidated ruins.

A plague monster spreading to the surrounding wilderness.

It has become a lingering painful memory for many Gulf Territory workers and survivors.

The former thinks that what they do is not good enough.

The latter will also become more sad and fearful while surviving the disaster.

Emerald green light spots quickly gathered at the location marked by the next city.

That city had slightly better luck. Although it was surrounded by undead monsters, the plague in the city was under control.

The mechanical flying dragon roared down and quickly and efficiently disinfected the outside of the city-state.

Most of the undead monsters were cleared away, and the remaining ones quickly fell to the long-range firepower of the guarding troops.

However, the real battle is far from over.

The increasingly serious plague in the city is an urgent problem that needs to be solved.

Faced with this situation, the Gulf Territory staff quickly discussed an effective method.

Isolate first.

Conduct focused surveillance on suspicious targets.

Mobilize more supplies such as holy water and medicine to treat infected people in different situations.

At the same time, professionals such as druids, priests, mages, priests, and pharmacists with the most outstanding healing abilities in the territory also arrived here.

They must find ways to treat infected people as quickly as possible.

No matter what happens, they must find out how the plague spreads and prevent more infected people from appearing.

After receiving this news, Matthew recalled the horrific scenes of natural disasters in the future, and without hesitation made more arrangements and transformations for the many cities and fortresses being built.

learn from mistakes.

From the various dangers encountered in the plane of El Lasco, the Gulf Territory must learn something from it and quickly improve it.

Matthew can already think of the time when violent turmoil occurred in many city-states in Netheril.

The barbarian army influenced and controlled by the Cole elves should also attack quickly.

Moreover, the Cole elves will definitely prepare other means.

However, compared to the huge army, Matthew was more worried about the sudden and strange plague.

After research by many healers in the Gulf Territory, they discovered a very terrifying fact - the plague is alive!

The substance that allows the plague to infect people and exert its effects has three different forms.

Gaseous plague toxin.

It is extremely dangerous for children and the elderly who are weak and can infect them unknowingly.

Liquid plague bug liquid.

It can silently infect surrounding life forms through water flow and liquid.

In the destroyed city-state, dozens of wells were contaminated, causing a large number of plague zombies to appear at the same time, making the situation quickly get out of control.

The most difficult and troublesome thing is the third flight form.

When they swallow enough flesh, flesh and nutrients, they can undergo strange transformations and "evolutions."

They will turn into flying plague insects, quickly spreading and spreading around.

Thinking of this, Matthew was slightly relieved.

The Gulf Territory's emergency means of dealing with plagues has always been to combine multiple high-temperature inspections and killings.

Even if there are bugs on the other side that slip through the net, the number will be very small.

More importantly, Matthew has found the source of the plague!

A god of plague!