Thirty-eight bridge piles stand in the river, like a comb separating the water. But only the bridge piles are not passable, and Fei Qi can let the water element complete the whole project, he did not choose to do so.

"The Knights of Hell will protect a construction team to complete the bridge deck here, and the team stationed there will coordinate their relationship with the local population. The construction team will use local labor as much as possible and will be paid in gold. I plan that by the spring to summer of next year, the bridge can be completed. ”

Obviously, this is to parachute control directly into Qiaodu City and completely clean up the influence of the Marseille family. No sooner had Feige finished announcing his decision than a loud bang was heard: the castle at the bottom, hollowed out by the flood, had finally collapsed. It spent its life looking down on the river that had brought the Marseille family so much wealth, and eventually fell headlong into it, then was dismembered, taken away, and erased.

The old nobles looked at the castle thoughtfully. One of them had an idea, raised his hand high and shouted to Feiqi: "Your Majesty, the natural disasters encountered here are sympathetic, and I am willing to contribute some money for the construction and repair of the bridge." In the future, we will all be part of the empire, and we will be good if the empire is good!"

Feige smiled rarely, and although the smile was fleeting, it was indeed a very clear signal: this emperor also had a way to curry favor. The nobles were racking their brains and thinking about what other effective means they had, and Feige beckoned them to come closer.

"Magic can be used in warfare, and there is no one on this continent who can stop my attacks, but that is far from the full purpose of magic. Magic is the force that changes the world, and construction has always been the biggest change to the world, and it is a human activity that has been more consistent in history than war. You can't choose to join the Empire to escape the guns of the Knights of Hell, or to have a chance to slice a piece of flesh from the corpse when the Empire falls. For your own benefit, you will have the opportunity to build and develop by maintaining this hard-won stable environment. ”

"As long as I don't fall, the biggest threat in the empire is a small group of bandits, and the guards can deal with them, and the Knights of Hell don't care about such imps. How much did you have to pay to achieve this effect in your own territory? At the same time, you have to worry about whether your caravan will be bad when it gets to the neighboring land? That time is over. ”

"Let your children who can read and read and count learn magic, or join the Second World Expeditionary Army and learn new methods of combat, these are the future. Those old ideas that are immersed in the past will always be vulnerable under the impact of the torrent of the new era. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the castle collapsed again, completely declaring that it was no longer worth repairing. Perhaps the Marseilles could still find something of value from the ruins, but their most valuable part was completely gone.

Is Qiaodu Castle important? Yes, it is important, but this importance is only reflected in the geographical location. Feige's spatial spells allowed him to ignore the geographical advantage to the greatest extent, and Monta Marse was still looking at the matter from the perspective of the old times, overestimating the advantages of the geographical advantage to them as always.

The population that has gathered here cannot be measured by space magic, and the camp built here naturally has sufficient human resources and supplies, which is certainly better than a staging ground built in the middle of a desert. But that's still not a reason for Feige to go to great lengths in Qiaodu City. The reason actually has nothing to do with Qiaodu City, it is only related to two people.

After returning to Port Tower and finally completing the lengthy ceremony, Sheila and Langdon are called to the study by Feige. "The matter entrusted to you has finally come to an end, and your position as ambassador for negotiations has disappeared at the same time. For your performance during this time, the reward is the reward, and the punishment is the punishment. ”

Langdon frowned and looked at Sheila, and the girl only sighed slightly. Fei Qi ignored these expressions and said directly: "The fundamental reason why those old nobles are willing to surrender is that they can't beat me, either they will be conquered, or they will surrender early to leave dignity and a future, so there is no possibility for them to continue to maintain, so your credit is not so great, this is still my victory." ”

"But you didn't find out that the sons and daughters brought by Monta Marse were fake. What have you been doing in his house for so long? Don't you know what is going on with his next generation? Are the handsome men and women sent by the old aristocracy blind? That Monta, dare to wave his sword at me at the surrender meeting. Why? It's not that those fake sons and fake daughters can't tie his hands and feet? This negotiation is that I forcibly want them to merge in, or they will die, what have you arranged? Do you want them to be like a spring breeze and laugh and laugh as if they don't care? If it weren't for the sake of taking care of the two of you and maintaining your 'hard-won achievements,' he would have been blown to pieces on the spot! Kill a chicken and show the monkeys. ”

Feige stood up, and a large black shadow rose from behind him, covering the walls and ceiling, absorbing the light from the fireplace and chandelier, and immersing the whole room in an atmosphere of terror. And his voice was like an erupting volcano, with the momentum of destroying everything, directly slapped on the faces of the two young men.

"Get out, go home, the politics of the empire have nothing to do with you. You don't know how to measure, you don't understand the power of the imperial sword. If you come over again, you might crash into the path of the Imperial chariot and be crushed! Get out, get out of here!"

Sheila was frightened and cried and began to sob, Langdon pulled her up with trembling hands, and the two of them staggered out of the room. Their pitiful appearance of a slight embarrassment was seen by many and then quickly spread. As a result, even if they returned to the family, even if they were still Feige's younger brother and sister, they could no longer re-enter the management circle of the empire.

Various rumors spread in the city of Tawu Harbor, some of which were fueled by Feige's behest. In the spring, the current patriarch of the House of Hall, Feige's father, Kanter Hall, announced that he would retire in a warmer place, and the family began to move out. They left the residence of Tawu Harbor City directly to Feiqi, and did not return to their former territory, let alone to the lighthouse territory, but went south to the seaside, took over a small old local estate, and began to live a life of self-isolation.

The Hall family is not short of money, at least not for living. Therefore, their seclusion was considered a declaration of separation from His Majesty the Emperor and no longer participation in the affairs of the Empire. Since Feige's family had no real position in the political circle of the Empire, those knights who originally belonged to the Earl had served Feige for a long time and were not affected, so everyone found that the empire was still very stable.

There must be dissatisfaction, and Kanter Hall "Earl" made it very clear that he did not want to see Feige again, and the original words were: "Let him live with his throne!" His Majesty the Emperor was also very resolute, and if he really did not contact the family, he did not retain the old ministers who wanted to resign from his post, as long as he could finish the work, he would leave. As a result, several of the former retainers of the Hall family returned and were closed, and Kanter Hall did not want to get involved in politics at all, so he drove them away. Feige ignored his previous suspicions and invited them back, still in his original position.

Such a toss and toss can be regarded as making everyone understand that the split of the Hall family is already a certainty. It's just that the result is clear, but what is the reason? Is it just for the mistakes of the two young men in dealing with the Marseille family? Not only them, but many other nobles have been deceived and plan a marriage contract with a few young men pushed out by Monta. Of course, no matter who they saw in Tawu Port City, they believed that the one who could finally marry must be a real person, and Monta Marse would not dare to fake his own family to deceive him for the rest of his life, and everyone could understand why he was afraid of the emperor and did not dare to bring his real family here. Originally, as long as this matter was not exposed, it was not a big deal, but it was exposed. Who can have a light on the face of the people involved in this matter?

The sword that slashed at the emperor's shoulder was also a big problem. Even a single hair of the emperor was not injured, but according to custom, this kind of thing should at least be returned with a sword. Let Fege Hall slash Monta Marseille?No one believes that Monta will survive.

So he died, and committed suicide in a depressed way. Many people said that he was frightened, but Feige knew very well that Monta saw that the Knights of Hell, the working group and the construction team had completed control in less than a winter without much effort in Qiaodu City, replacing their family's position for three hundred years, which was the main reason for his depressed death.

In any case, the pace of the empire's expansion was completely unhindered, and there were no forces capable of influencing it for the foreseeable period. Although the empire still had problems in all aspects such as economy, construction, and education, it was extremely stable and unshakable politically and militarily, and it was not in chaos because it paid enough attention to food production and did not use military force.

This winter announced that the empire would unite the Yongli continent in a short period of time. An emperor who can teleport to zero the distance of the territory, is eligible to rule all lands. It is clear that the empire needs a lot of managerial talent, and it is supposed to produce a strong bureaucracy. But the emperor did not open his arms to those old nobles, and all places still used the working group model, and only those who had learned through the magic school, at least the basic magic ability, could enter the working group and become the core.

It is already a consensus that the Levi Magic Empire will definitely be a mage empire, and the next ruler will also be elected from among the mages. As in all empires, the question of succession is of paramount concern to the ruling and management classes, who want to stabilize their current position. However, His Majesty the Emperor did not think about this issue at all, never mentioned it on any occasion, and never even participated in the discussion of related topics. The current strength of the empire is all due to the emperor's strong own ability, and the next emperor, even if it is Feiqi's son, if his ability is not strong enough, he cannot guarantee the continuation of the empire.

And so before spring arrived, a voice began to emerge from within the Empire: the next Emperor of the Magic Empire might come from a magic school. The most powerful and prestigious mage will be the heir to the empire. This sound has made more people want to enter the school of magic, and the quality of the students here has never been better.

Feige doesn't care about the heir, because the heir is the opposite of his plans. Anything that doesn't fit into one's plans must be discarded - unless it's related to Shani. It took three months for Shani to collect enough quantity and quality of blood, and her snake hair was forcibly peeled, and for the first time in her life, she changed her hairstyle to short hair.

With these things in hand, Feiqi came to the Devil's Fortress in the Floating Continent of the Second World, where three Hellpurgators and eight Horned Demons had gathered, and were preparing to carry out the second assault under the command of Yaka - an attack on the second Divine Crystal Storage Point.

After detailed reconnaissance, the second storage point did not have god-like enemies, but it was full of necromancy, and it was also a difficult opponent. The Creator and the Mutation have done so many experiments to create creatures, created a large number of corpses, and gathered together to become a paradise for the undead. Since the situation of the last two storage sites has not yet been clarified, it is not a good thing to let the other Hellpurgators stay for a long time, so Yaka decides to push for a second shock.

"Just do it, I'm optimistic about your operation. "Feige appeared in the Devil's Fortress in the form of a contract demon, and he didn't want to stay or take command again, but was bent on trying to find Shanny's kin. "You're busy with your business, don't worry about me. If you have a problem, come back with a teleportation gem, I can give you more opportunities, it's nothing. ”

Yaka was a little sad to hear this, but she had no choice but to restore her reputation and trust with her victory. Feige waved his hand at her, and without looking back, he fluttered to the heart of the Devil's Fortress. There, the Great Prophecy Circle was waiting for him.

The circle is designed to monitor and find the Divine Crystal, and the devil can't modify it, but it's not enough for Feiqi. Based on Xia Ni's blood and body tissues, he searched for similarities and similarities throughout the Second World, and performed a continuous spell casting for a full twelve hours. After digging a lot, he picked up the clearest signal on a floating road devoid of air, water, and life.

It was a floating continent in the shape of a ship, covered in rocks, like a hard bone pulled out of the depths of the earth. There were no cracks, chips, or similar passages into its surface, so the devils had always believed that it had no internal structure. It has no air on its surface, which also limits the amount of time the devil can move on it. In short, this is a big rock that even the devil can't afford to be greedy.

Exploring it is like exploring space, and it's not easy – even with magic. Feige can use space spells to lock in an area, storing air in it, creating an oxygen mask and extending his movement. But considering that the location of the signal determined by the Great Prophecy was inside the rock, he had another way: to transmit it directly to the inside of the rock.

He opened the teleportation channel, dug a hole in the rock with the method of displacement, and then kept the two sides connected, and then used the wind-making spell to continuously blow the wind inward. As a result, there is a cavity filled with breathable air in the interior of the ship's floating continent, and Feige can continue digging down as usual when he walks in.

The hard and thick layer of rock is very strong, and the crevices of the rock are mixed with some thin pure gold ore, and the diggers can't gnaw on it. Only by casting a spell to turn them into mud and then carry them to the other side of the spatial passage can Feige move on. After two hundred meters of digging in this way, suddenly there was a mixture of mud in the rocks, and then more and more mud, less and less rocks, and a large amount of humus accumulated. It didn't take long for Feige to see the roots of the plants, and he dug through the layers of dirt and burrowed them out like a mole.

Inside was full of life, and there was a beautiful silver dragon lying on a huge tomb.