152. Spheres of influence
"Is what the Guru says true?" Half-ringing, Lao Ran asked.
"Hehe, everything in the world has its origin, and magic is no exception." Ge Bai replied with a smile.
"But the god of magic ......." The old man said hesitantly.
"Haha, what is God? God is also a human being, but a powerful bunch of people! As soon as Ge Bai waved his hand, a magic shield appeared, and then Ge Bai said something very meaningfully, and then shut up, because it involved some beliefs and some sensitive topics, and the old man fell into deep thought.
Ryan returned to Black Dragon City through the portal, Black Dragon City was the original Lily City, but now it is dozens of times larger than Lily City, and the city wall has been expanded three times, each time pushing outward by more than ten kilometers. Originally, Lily City was halfway up the mountainside, but now Black Dragon City has become a huge city that spreads from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, and the wide roads that wind up are crowded with people, this Black Dragon City is the city with the most nobles on the continent so far, and the nobles here come from the three major empires on the mainland, more than a dozen small principalities, because the Black Dragon City issued a promise, as long as it is a resident of the Black Dragon City, then the Black Dragon City will protect the lives of the residents, of course, to become a resident of the Black Dragon City, there must be at least one place to live, There is also a large 'naturalization fee', which is generally determined according to the size of the title, but it seems that the lowest baron costs 10,000 gold coins.
This is actually just a means for Ryan to increase his popularity, but it seems to work very well, and Black Dragon City is now divided into Upper City, Middle City, Lower City, Upper City is the forbidden place of the Black Dragon Clan, unless there are some special personnel, the rest of the people can not enter it, and the Middle City is where the nobles live, and the Lower City is where adventurers, mercenaries, and some caravans live, and there are large trade markets in the Middle City and the Lower City, and of course, there is a patrol team responsible for security, and the composition of the patrol team is very complicated, But in general, there are only three major forces, the first is of course the black dragon clan itself, but the black dragon generally only has about 2 heads that will take turns on duty, and the rest is the double star mercenary group to which Ryan belongs, and there are dwarves, dwarves, orcs, half-orcs, and humans in this double star mercenary group, but all of them are powerful people, and finally there is a force that is the dark elves, but the dark elves are generally only guarding the city wall, and the patrol on the ground is generally responsible for the double star mercenary group.
"Felix, don't you like living in the city?" Ryan looked at Felix's home, these black dragons lived on the hillside behind Black Dragon City, in huge caves, but here they could overlook Black Dragon City from a high vantage point.
"We like to live in caves, but there are a few people who like to live in cities, and it's a bit troublesome for people who don't have shapeshifts to live in cities." Felix looked at Ryan and replied with a smile.
"Hey, did you miss me?" As soon as Ryan entered Felix's house, it was actually a very empty, wide cave, the layout of the cave was the same as that under the dark area, for the powerful black dragon, it was very simple to make a cave, Ryan swept his mental power, and found that Felix's parents were not at home, so he hugged Felix at once, and asked with a smile.
"Yes, of course, but where have you been this time...... Whining! Whining! Before Felix could finish asking, he was hugged by an anxious Ryan, and then the two kissed wildly.
"You mean the Wingman?" Felix was lying in Ryan's arms, his face was crimson, his big eyes were watery, Felix asked in surprise after listening to Ryan's experience.
"Yes, these winged people don't know how to arrange it yet, this vicinity of Black Dragon City is definitely not good, there are many people!" Ryan sighed, but his hand roamed over Felix's body.
"Or go to the Great Wasteland, anyway, there are dwarves, gnomes, and most of the dark elves over there, I think there is nothing more winged, and the most important thing is that the place is big enough, and the information is relatively closed, but I heard that the Orc Empire has some movement on the Great Wasteland." Felix enjoyed Ryan's touch and replied with half-squinted eyes.
"Orc Empire, Orc Empire just wants to get some benefits, you must know that the territory of the Orc Empire is too big, but I will find an opportunity to visit the Beast Emperor of the Orc Empire, by the way, how is the fleet raised?" Ryan thought for a moment and replied.
"The fleet is already under construction, I think we can do this part ourselves, after all, the furs, magic cores, and some magic materials produced in the Great Wasteland are very rich, and the Great Wasteland is also the foundation of development, I think it's not good to have too many people." Felix thought about it.
"Hmph, you're a little money fan." Ryan knew Felix was thoughtful, of course, but Ryan slapped Felix's buttocks hard and rolled over and pressed it.
"I'm a little money fan! Whining! Uh-huh! Felix hugged Ryan tightly and muttered quietly, but with Ryan's movements, Felix just made a blood-pumping ** sound.
After Ryan dealt with some mercenary group matters in Black Dragon City, he came directly to the Great Wasteland, and the mercenary group was taken care of by Dai Lisi, I have to say that Dai Lisi, who had been a tavern hostess, was still very competent in dealing with a mercenary group, but Kane, the blood-colored demon, was assigned by Ryan to Dai Lisi to protect Dai Lis, but Ryan would collect some of Kane's blood regularly, but in this way, Kane is still very satisfied, because this main material plane is too rich, Now Kane uses Ryan's salary to buy some monster meat, because gold coins don't have the slightest effect on demons.
"Master, are you here?" Ryan had just stepped out of the teleportation array when he heard a flattering voice.
"You're Beechcraft?" Ryan looked at a very burly man in front of him, this big man's hair was snow-white, Ryan found that this was Beechcraft's breath with a slight sense, but Beech's ice bear had already transformed into a human form, and he was wearing a very gentlemanly housekeeper costume like a dog, but Ryan's appearance was a little weird with his burly figure and flattering smile.
"Master, it's me, it's me!" Beechcraft is very excited, because Beechcraft knows that he has today's status, all of which are given by the human in front of him, if it was still in the past, Beechcraft is just a miscellaneous fish and cannon fodder in other people's territory, but now Beechcraft has tens of thousands of weapons under his hands, most of these tens of thousands of people are orcs, but these orcs are not ordinary orcs, these orcs all have Warcraft mounts, and also have refined weapons, gorgeous armor, and these weapons and armor are all dwarves to create fine products, such weapons, take it to the orc empire, It's even better than the Beast Emperor's guard equipment.
"Well, what's going on in the ancient city?" Ryan patted Beach on the shoulder, then asked.
"Master, the ice in the ancient city has melted, but we have found more than 100,000 human corpses inside, and we have almost cleaned up the corpses...... Beechcraft replied with a bow.
"Melted?" Ryan wondered where the glacier was hundreds of meters deep. How did it melt away?
"Who stayed there for a month, and the glacier was gone." Beach pointed to the sky.
"Oh!" Ryan finally understood, it turned out that the injured Ice Banshee had absorbed the ice element, and you must know that the Ice Banshee knew no more than 5 people in the Great Wasteland.
"What did you find?" Ryan continued.
"I don't know very well, but the nezumi have found some dangerous areas in the ancient city, and dozens of nezumi have been seriously injured and two have died." Beechcraft replied embarrassedly.
"Well, you go and arrange it first, and then you will find all the principals, let's have a drinking party together, and I'm going to visit Her Majesty the Dark Elf Empress now." Ryan groaned for a moment, then commanded.
"Daddy's back, Daddy's back." Just as Ryan finished speaking, a white afterimage suddenly rushed into Ryan's embrace, and at the same time, a childish voice sounded.
"Xiangxiang!" Ryan looked at it as a pink little Xiangxiang, but Xiangxiang was now wearing a small white vest, wrapping her round body, and there was a blue star hanging on her forehead.
"Is Xiangxiang well-behaved?" Ryan hugged Xiao Xiangxiang and asked softly, although Xiao Xiangxiang resembles a little pig on the earth, but after a closer look, there is still a difference, first of all, the eyes are big, the limbs and feet are not the same as pig's feet, but like tiger claws, and Xiangxiang does not have a single hair on her body, it is a layer of pink skin.
"Good!" Xiangxiang replied in a childish voice, Ryan still can't be sure what kind of demonic beast this Xiangxiang is, or a star beast, anyway, the intelligence is extremely high, and he was born to speak, even the holy beast didn't have such a high level of intelligence when he was so young.
"Go ahead, go get ready." Ryan commanded Beach, and turned to leave, Ryan went to the Great Wasteland this time near the Great Snow Mountain in a very wide small basin, in front of the col is a river, and the small basin ground is the majestic Great Snow Mountain, on the other side of the col is the vast sea, and along the river is a large road under construction, this is the road leading to the seaside dock in the Great Wasteland, and there are also hippos in the river from time to time among the orcs to clean the river, in Ryan's conception, this river and road are very important.
"Please report Ryan's visit!" Ryan came to the patrol station of the dark elves on the periphery of the basin, saying that it is a small basin, but it is actually dozens of square kilometers, due to the topography of the basin, the plants in this basin are green all year round, even in winter, and the dark elves use this as the general residence of the entire dark elves, and it is also the place where the tree of life grows.
"Wait a minute!" The dark elf standing on top of the Ancient War Tree looked at Ryan who was hovering in the air, dropped a word, and then looked at Ryan warily.
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