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‘Boom~Boom~’

The sound of the new salute sounded in the temple area, and the thunderous sound spread throughout Dawn City.

It is the new Duke of Dawn who is being crowned.

On this day, the temple area of ​​Chenxi City was once again deserted and noisy.

But this time, Rosen himself did not participate in the excitement.

He was sitting in the tallest tower of Dawn Castle, using the light and shadow magic he had just mastered, and quietly watching the hustle and bustle of the Saint Willan Temple.

"Most of the people with fanatical expressions are ordinary people without power."

"There are many practitioners, but their expressions are more calm. They are just observing the ceremony."

In Weilan, the ratio of practitioners to ordinary people is about ten to one, and it is increasing year by year.

The comparison between the two sides clearly shows the changing trends in the new era.

The general trend is the decline of divine power and the rise of secularism.

In the social atmosphere, piety gradually disappears and ignorance gradually disappears.

For personal practice, the threshold is gradually lowering and the level is rising day by day.

This is the direction of the current era.

If you go against the current, no matter how talented you are, you will be shattered into pieces.

If you follow the trend, or even give it a push, you can take advantage of the great power of the times and soar into the sky!

At this moment, in the temple, the chief priest finished saying the complicated prayers and put the Crown of Dawn, which symbolized the duke's authority, on the clone's head.

The crown settled, and a blue-white glow suddenly appeared on the sculpture of Mother Nature.

There are hymns coming out from the glow, and there are countless simple sacred patterns looming, but they are the "Natural Blessing" technique with up to eight rings.

It’s not a big effect, but the light and shadow effects are impressive.

As a result, the ordinary people watching the ceremony became more and more excited, and even the chief priest's face glowed with joy.

"Rosen, isn't it disrespectful to let a puppet bear the grace of Mother Nature?"

A gentle female voice came from behind, it was her mentor Anna.

Rosen smiled and said, "Mother Nature is a kind and tolerant God and will not care about my little disrespect."

"After all, the most important thing now is not the coronation, but Aaron's threat."

Turning to look at the instructor.

"I just got information that the Noble Aaron's cabinet meeting just passed the Weilan Property Preservation Act."

Aaron's council is concerned with Weilan's affairs, just to find trouble and fight.

Anna had heard about this for a long time and had already expected Aaron's reaction, so she was not surprised.

She tightened her skirt and squatted down next to the light and shadow array. She carefully looked at the fine light and shadow in the array, and the more she looked at it, the more surprised she became.

"This spell seems very simple. Are you new to it?"

Light and shadow alone are not difficult, but what is difficult is the real-time changes that are completely synchronized with the real world.

Rosen nodded: "Yes."

This live broadcast-like spell is an application of the power of radiance.

The farthest live broadcast distance can reach 5 kilometers, but if a few relay instruments are added, it can reach 20 kilometers.

It can be used as an advanced battlefield exploration.

The only drawback is that it is difficult to change the skills, and a group of specialized detection mages need to be trained.

"Okay, I can't understand it anymore."

Anna only felt that the magic circle on the ground was delicate and complicated, which was far beyond the scope of her knowledge of magic.

But she didn't worry about it: "How do you plan to fight this battle?"

Of course Rosen had thought about it, and even before he went south to Dawn City, he had already been preparing for the war.

"The original plan was to use a combination of sea and land tactics. The high-speed guerrilla warfare of warships was used at sea to consume interference. The defense line was deployed on land for the final decisive battle."

Just prepare for a real tough battle.

At this time, the coronation ceremony in the temple has ended, Rosen no longer inputs mana into the magic circle, and the light and shadow on the magic circle are extinguished.

He stood up, took the instructor's hand and helped her up.

"But now, I have gained some brand-new knowledge of magic. I have a new idea and plan to end the battle directly at sea."

The two stood side by side in front of the glass window of the tower, looking at the somewhat blurry Saint-Villain Cathedral in the distance.

Anna said: "Our maritime power is not dominant. The naval soldiers are insufficiently trained and have insufficient combat experience, and they have not fully recovered from the chaos."

"I feel that even if we add airplanes, it won't work. Because the Aaron people must have made corresponding defenses."

Although the huge zero-ring psychic spell is powerful, if more than 500 crew members on a ship are all equipped with high-level psychic talismans and have strong mental toughness, they can be ignored.

Therefore, the only thing that works in the end is the thunder and lightning aircraft.

But there are currently too few aircraft. Even if we work hard to produce them, we will be lucky to have 30 when the war starts.

Why is the production capacity so poor after seizing Weilan Island?

Because the giant island has not yet been completely organized, the corresponding talents and factories have not yet been built.

Although the supply of raw materials and supplies has increased significantly, the equipment and talents on the production side have not improved much, so the increase in production capacity in a short period of time is very limited.

To put it simply, the bread is already in your hand, but it has not yet been eaten and digested into strength.

Therefore, Anna really couldn't figure out how to resolve the battle at sea.

Rosen smiled and explained.

"Because I have developed a brand new ship-borne magic weapon. Just install it on the ship and it will greatly enhance the warship's maritime combat effectiveness."

"But what it is, let me be clear about it."

There is another thing Rosen did not say, that is, he will try his best to call on the help of the international situation to force Aaron to reduce the intensity of the war.

After a pause, he smiled again and said: "Mentor, you came to me specifically to discuss the battle situation, right?"

Anna narrowed her eyes and smiled: "Don't call me mentor, I feel weird."

She took out a book, the title of which was "Rosen's Cultivation Record": "I'm here to ask for advice on practice, Duke Rosen."

"What is the specific problem?"

Rosen has heard so many questions like this lately that his ears are almost calloused.

Because countless mages come to visit him every day.

Unexpectedly, the instructor couldn't help it anymore.

He took the book and leaned against the wall of the tower to read, while Anna was leaning next to him, her bulging breasts close to his arm, pointing to one of the pages.

"I tried all the techniques you mentioned for communicating with the magic circle, and the effect is indeed much better than before."

"But according to my calculations, when I touch the fifth ring wall, the current speed of improvement still seems to be impossible to break through, even with the Soul Diamond."

Rosen had observed Anna's practice at close range and nodded in agreement: "It's true that it's still a little bit worse, but not much."

Anna was suddenly frustrated: "Does that mean my cultivation talent can only be stuck in the fourth ring?"

Rosen patted the book in his hand: "Anna, the techniques described in my book can probably increase the efficiency of practice by 5% to 20%."

"With its help, the difficulty of breaking through the fourth ring wall can be reduced by 20%."

"In other words, within three years, there will definitely be a large number of fourth-ring masters emerging in the alliance."

"My preliminary estimate is that there will be tens of thousands of them popping up, which is more than 20 times the number now."

"But there won't be too many five-ring sages. They will probably rise from the current dozen or so to forty or fifty, but there shouldn't be more."

At first glance, it seems that it has increased several times, but judging from the huge base of the mage, it is nothing more than an increase from one ten thousandth to three or four ten thousandths, which is still almost the same as winning a lottery.

Anna sighed: "Hey~ I'm greedy."

Rosen laughed: "It is naturally difficult to be promoted based on the techniques in the book. But I can't tell you everything, because I am still researching some secret methods to assist in breaking through the ring wall."

"I haven't fully studied these techniques yet, so I haven't written them down. But when the instructor touches the fifth ring wall, I should have usable results."

The way to break through the ring wall is the knowledge that every mage dreams of.

Frost Messenger La Fonge is researching, and Rosen is naturally there too.

He previously had a secret technique to lower the height of the ring wall, which could help people break through the fourth ring. After obtaining La Fonge's secret method, he had a new way of thinking.

It’s just that I have been very busy recently and have no time to study.

Of course, even if the research is successful, it will not be used indiscriminately, but will be used as rewards and distributed to practitioners who have contributed to the country.

Anna was overjoyed and shocked at the same time: "Rosen, has your research on the magic ring reached this point?"

Rosen laughed: "It's not that exaggerated. At most, I can only help people break through to the fifth ring. No matter how high I am, there is nothing I can do."

"The five rings are high enough."

Anna immediately looked forward to the prospect of practicing.

Of course, this is a personal matter after all, she also has official business.

"Rosen, in which county do you plan to build Weilan's magic industrial zone?"

When she was on Paddlefish Island, Anna had been responsible for the establishment and management of the magic factory, and was the director of the island's production department.

In the past, Paddlefish Island only produced some low-end magic products in order to avoid irritating Aaron. But now that they have completely broken up with Aaron, they will naturally start to seize the high-end market.

The tower was not a good place for conversation.

Rosen said: "Mentor. Mentor, I'm used to it. I can't change my words at once."

Ana covered her mouth and chuckled: "You can yell if you like, but don't yell when you are making out. It sounds weird to me."

Rosen laughed: "But I felt so refreshed that I wanted to shout."

"You little rascal."

The two walked side by side towards the tower and arrived at the study in Dawn Garden.

Rosen pointed to the map of Weilan on the desk and said, "I plan to establish magic industrial zones in the inland Ruhr County and Hongyuan County on the south bank of the Broken Gold River."

"The two counties are adjacent to each other and are adjacent to the Suijin River. Water and transportation are convenient. At the same time, they can also connect to the rich black stone mines in Gaoshan County to obtain cheap energy supply."

"And after the opening of the new route, Hongyuan County has become an important transportation location for Weilan, and its geographical location is even better than that of Dawn City."

"Finally, we should stay away from the mainland so that we won't be affected if there is a war."

Anna looked at the map carefully: "What does the magic factory mainly produce?"

Rosen had long thought that the best situation would be to cover everything.

Everything prevailed, but it was impossible in a short time because Weilan did not have so many talents.

Therefore, we can only seize part of the high-profit market.

Rosen has also thought about this.

He still does not intend to fight head-on with traditional strong players in traditional fields, but to explore new fields.

"Originally, we had to continue producing low-end daily-use magical instruments. Although the items are small and low-priced, the large quantities are also a good source of income."

"In addition, I plan to develop efforts in three new fields such as electric carriages, civilian ships, and civilian transport aircraft to establish a series of magic industrial systems."

“There are no competitors in the current market, and we can freely set prices and set standards in various fields.”

“When the market gets used to our stuff, latecomers will have no choice but to chase us all the way.”

In the past, on the island, I didn’t dare to take out good things because I was afraid that the big fat people in the Witt Continent would imitate them.

Now the giant island of Veran has also reached a good size.

Although it is still at a disadvantage, as long as we do a good job in talent cultivation and use some market competition skills, we can completely compete with the big fat guys of the Natural Alliance.

Of course, the Glorious Empire is too thick and it is still difficult to compete, unless it obtains the power of the entire Natural Alliance.

Anna squinted and smiled: "It's hard not to make money with these three things."

After that, the two discussed the relevant plans of the industrial zone in the study.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Selena came back from the coronation.

As soon as she saw Rosen, she complained: "Dear, the Duchess's gold crown is too heavy, and her neck is almost broken."

Rosen smiled: "I will massage you well in the evening."

He asked again: "Will Uncle Holland and Tewwood come to rebuild the army?"

Veran's legion will be reorganized, but not now, but after the war.

What we are doing now is to regularize the adjutants of the existing legion and continue training to meet the next battle.

Selena nodded, took the water handed over by the servant and took a big sip.

"Uncle Tewold was eager to do it, and he agreed immediately."

"As for Uncle Holland, he was still a little emotional, but he finally nodded."

"It's good that you can come. After all, both uncles are rare warriors in the family."

Of the two members of the Adrian family, Tewold's ability is average and he is a qualified naval commander.

But Holland is a real talent. He can command the army and the navy, and has fought several beautiful battles.

Since he has the ability, of course he can't waste it. He must use it, and use it boldly.

Because with his current prestige on the giant island of Veran, he can completely calm it down.

Now that the coronation ceremony is completed, Rosen is the completely legitimate Duke of Veran.

Although he has been preparing to fight with Aaron in private, he naturally has to maintain harmony on the surface.

Especially for Aaron's envoys.

After all, war is a matter of life and death, and the opponent cannot easily figure out the intention.

Even if both sides knew they were going to fight, when, where, and how they fought would all involve many lives, and even determine the final outcome.

The next morning, in the government affairs study in the front yard meeting area, the clone began to formally accept the audience from foreign officials.

The first envoy was Sir Yalak from Aaron, who was also a half-acquaintance of Rosen.