Appidou, the new coastal capital of the Empire, as the central city, directly suppressed the entire coast, this huge city that rose out of thin air in a few years single-handedly repulsed all the sea clan armies along the entire coast, so that the empire's newly conquered coastal territory was impregnable.

Guarding here is what Lu En said before, the Grand Duke of the Empire, Terrela, in addition to an Imperial Marshal and an entire elite army, about 50,000 people.

According to the imperial system, every soldier of the elite legion is a professional, and there are three servant soldiers who are not counted in the total, and they are a strong army.

The Grand Duke himself is not here, he should not come if there is nothing necessary, but the Marshal of the Reich, should be stationed here.

The Imperial Marshal stationed in Apidou was named Slyer Raton, a famous dragon slayer.

The reason for him to stay here is also very simple, because of the existence of the ancient Sea Emperor Dragon, there are a lot of dragon beasts in the Sea Clan, and Marshal Slayle's Dragon Slayer skill can easily destroy them all, so as long as he is here for a day, the Sea Clan will not dare to act rashly for a day.

As for choosing whose retainer to become...... Lu En also has a draft in his heart, he won't really be a dog.

After getting off the airship, Lu En rented a carriage and hired a few small servants who pulled goods, all of them were strong monsters, and asked them to help carry their luggage, and he used an invisibility technique to cover the two little girls who could not move, so that they would not be seen, and then carried them to move.

Walking into the city, there are still high city walls.

The walls were thick and hollow, with hollow holes for the guards to rest, and the inner walls of the walls were supposed to be walkways, where mountains of bows and arrows and catapults were hidden, not ornaments, but real ones coated with oil or stained with blood, and where heavy soldiers were now hoarded.

There are three or four rivers running through the center of the city, leading to the sea, and there is enough water to cover the entire city, and countless bridges have been built along the entire waterway to connect the city.

As far as the eye can see, there are more than a dozen rotating waterwheels, and shops that need them are lined up around the waterwheels, and each takes turns using the water power to grind flour, pound ore, or shrink fabric.

Walking through a city gate, Lu En showed his title and certificate of governor, and entered without much censorship, the guards did not dare to search the chariot and horse of a governor of an imperial province, although this governor looked shabby, and he did not even have a few followers, but it proved to be true.

Lu En walked through the city gates and was greeted by a lively scene, with a constant stream of wagons and mules laden with goods, and a wagon full of chicken coops passing by.

There were also some tall and strong monsters, who looked like professionals, carrying goods larger than their own bodies, wrapped in turbans, and badly sunburned from the corners of their eyes, probably one of the caravans that had crossed thousands of mountains and rivers to get here.

However, it is still very primitive and chaotic, and it does not have the neatness and beauty of the magical city of the imperial capital, nor the holy and noble of the holy city of Haval, on the contrary, this newly built city is full of rudeness.

The whole city is like a tangled ball of noodles falling on the floor, the streets are twisted and chaotic, and so are the buildings, which the landlords are building layer upon layer of their houses in order to make a profit, which is obviously dangerous, but otherwise it will not be able to accommodate the influx of people.

The road is covered with horse and mule droppings, and there are avalanche-like herds of free-range pigs and chickens that have escaped from nowhere.

Of course, it's not just animals that wander, there are also suspicious people leaning against the wall and impetuous looking at passers-by. Among them, there are many thieves and robbers.

In a big city where all kinds of creatures live, even the food has become strange. Not only are vegetables and fruits, which are commonly eaten by humans and most living things, but there are also a variety of ingredients that satisfy creatures with unique tastes. There was a raw gelatinous substance on the meat stall that was cut into strips and still shaking, but what was it...... If you don't eat, it's better not to ask, otherwise you will bear the consequences.

Piles of rare stones salivate for the elementals of rock and earth, poisonous weeds with the smell of decay are popular with venom spirits, the strange smell of cauldrons of boiling slag makes devil bats line up, and cinders and flames beneath the pots are sold to red hounds.

It looks like some strange magical trading place, but it's really just a vegetable market.

Leaving the vegetable market, I arrived on the main street, which was even more lively, with a wide variety of goods. All kinds of pots, carpets, fruits and cloths, sellers standing in the shadows of the streets offer all kinds of entertainment, suitable for any taste, food stalls, jugglers, singers, fortune tellers, prostitutes come out one after another, hoping to find a customer, preferably a wronged one.

However, these are only a few, and the real bulk trade has to be the most basic materials, meat, grains, vegetables, fruits, timber, pig iron and stone, which are the foundation of the city.

Lu En walked in the city, holding his breath, habitually observing everything around him, until he walked out of this chaotic area and came to the aristocratic district, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter how long it takes, you can't get used to the taste, and this has nothing to do with enlightenment, it is a physiological factor.

"Get it out there, I'll be in there soon." Lu En pointed to a neat hotel on the side of the road and asked people to carry their luggage in.

Then, he slightly revealed the magic fluctuations in his body, the magic of level 9 was extremely conspicuous, and the entire city, all the magic on his body were all aware, even if it was only a little bit.

The people around looked sideways, but they all felt that this was a powerful mage casting a spell, so they didn't react, although the powerful mage was worthy of respect, but now there are a lot of Apidou, so not many people care.

They simply don't have the ability to tell the difference between a level 5 mage and a level 9 mage.

When Lu En had done this, he went to the room, gave the pay, opened another room, put the two little girls in it, poured himself a glass of water, and sat down at the clean and bright coffee table.

It wasn't long before there was a knock on the door outside.

"Please come in." Lu En said.

An officer walked in from outside, tall, with a resolute face, almost as tall as Lu En, with well-proportioned muscles, a straight military uniform, and a heroic spirit.

"Hello, King of Monsters, the marshal has instructed me to contact you, you can call me Raff, I am the general of the Fourth Legion, and my official rank is slightly inferior to yours."

Lu En nodded, from this person's tone, it was clear that the top brass of the city of Apido, especially Marshal Slail, had already learned of his arrival, but he had sent a general over instead of coming himself, and he might still have the intention of being tempted.

The officer, with Lu En's permission, walked in and sat down across from Lu En.

Then he asked politely, "Your Excellency, why did you come to the coast when your activities have always been confined to the interior, and as far as Aurang?" ”

Lu En saw him glancing at the bed from time to time, he should have noticed the magic fluctuations of the invisibility technique, but he was limited to the level and couldn't see through what was inside, so he was vigilant.

Lu En smiled and said, "Don't the marshal understand?" I'm just looking for a way to get promoted, and now there are a lot of blank territories along the coast, and the empire also has the heart to support a new group of nobles, so why can't it be me? Lu En said directly and frankly, without hiding his intentions.

"......" The officer was silent for a while, as if he didn't expect Lu En to be so honest, he thought that he was going to try to come with Lu En, and I tried to go, and I tried to get the other party's intention after paying some information.

This is the mode of communication of the aristocracy, which they call the art of speaking.

It's a monster.,Looking at the appearance, I think the other party may be no different from a human.,But in the end, it's still a monster.,The personality can't be changed.。

Thinking of this, the general's mind came up with the appearance of His Majesty the Emperor, if the King of Monsters was like this, I am afraid that Yuan's original plan would need to be changed.

The knighthood must be done and reviewed by the emperor himself, and the king of monsters doesn't know if he can pass that level, and ...... His Majesty the Emperor is completely inspeculative.

Because His Majesty the Emperor has no humanity, this is well known.

If he is a human being and has human nature, then he will think about the gains and losses a little more, and he will be able to speculate on his mind and guess what he is doing.

But if he is not a human being, only divinity and reason, then for him, as long as it is beneficial to the empire, who is not dead? Who doesn't live? Whoever dies and who lives is just a thought, so whoever lives is excusable, and whoever dies is taken for granted, and there is no reason to talk about it.

This was true of every emperor of the empire, and nothing else.

"That'...... Please don't make a misleading move here, as for your purpose, I will tell the marshal the truth, and then I will retire first. The general stood up and prepared to leave.

"By the way, there is one more thing, can you find me an alchemist in the army? Of course, I'll pay. Lu En said to the general.

The general's face was grim: "I'm sorry...... Your Excellency, but, now is the time when there is a shortage of armaments, and the alchemists are all busy, and I don't know what you need the alchemists to do? ”

"I need to build a few puppets, and you really can't spare any of them?" Lu En asked.

After the other party refused, he still asked, which means that it is very urgent, and I believe that the other party can hear it, and he also intends to admit his own favor because of this matter.

The general seemed to think of something, and smiled bitterly: "If you have something urgent, we do have an alchemist who has nothing to do, but I'm afraid, he is not very obedient. ”

"It's okay, just have." Lu En breathed a sigh of relief, just have someone, so that he doesn't need to always hold the two little girls.

"Well, if you need it, we'll send him over to you as soon as possible." After the general finished speaking, he seemed to be in a hurry to go back to his life, but it was inconvenient to go, so he stood where he was, waiting for Lu En to continue to ask questions.

Lu En asked for some simple information, such as when to confirm the list of knights, when the marshal was free, and he could meet him in person.

In the end, the general invited Lu En to live in the barracks without having to endure the complicated affairs on the street, but Lu En politely refused.

To the barracks? How can it be.

Then, the other party left politely, without any trespassing.

After the two incidents of the imperial capital and the Duke of Wald, everyone felt that the king of monsters was the kind of fierce man who hid his madness, and he didn't care about the consequences at all, plus he didn't have any actions and ambitions to establish a big force, so they didn't want to provoke him too much, so as not to be opened by the king's bloodline at the hell level, and directly pressed by the momentum of level 10, at that time, he lost face and was beaten, which was a loss.

Lu En was happy that they all agreed to this, which showed that they didn't know where the Workshop came from, and Lu En didn't believe that they could find the Workshop's footing.

As the king of monsters, the time and place of his appearance were in the coastal area, which was very in line with his situation at the time, and after being injured, he went directly down the river and quickly came to the shore through the Blue River, looking for an opportunity to heal his injuries.

Only Jurahir knew about the workshop, and Yurahir didn't tell the Empire, which Lu En knew very well, but she knew the price of doing so, especially when she was ready to sell between Lu En and the nobles of the Empire.

Those celestial apostles were her greatest spiritual sustenance and greatest constraints.

No one would believe that the King of Monsters was bent on building such a shoddy workshop, and there were even humans in these workshops, and some of the leaders were even humans, such as Kesto.

This is not in line with the style that the Demon King has always had, besides, the Demon King has never helped these workshops, if he really wants to support the power, why use this kind of thing? The total profit is less than 10,000 gold coins a year, which is not as good as the commission for his own shot, and there are very few professionals, and the combat effectiveness is basically equal to 0, and it is useless.

The nobles would not have thought of Lu En's plans, from their point of view, the workshop was worthless, not worth Lu En's work, and it was not worth bothering to cover up, so Lu En could let An Luo's trade route go all the way through without shying away from it.

He didn't worry at all that the nobles would look down at the mud-legged men, their eyes on the top of their heads, they could only see the power of the monster king itself, and they never imagined that anyone would do something that was not profitable.

With that settled, he walked over to the bedside.

"With the alchemist, you shouldn't have a problem moving, so do you want to go back? I promised you that I could send you back to Aurang, but until then, I have some things to do, and you may have to follow me for a while, will you? Lu En sat on the edge of the bed and said to the two invisible little girls.