"Build the Frozen Throne!"

"Yes."

The surrounding space shifted, as before, and the sky above was as dark as space, and below was a bird's-eye panorama of the entire castlevania.

"Where is the address?" Core Crystal asked.

Locke pointed to the side of what looked like a large stable down there and said, "Just next to the bone pens." ”

"What is the starting budget?"

"Hmm...... 20,000 square meters. ”

That is, 4 lichs are produced at one time, and they cost the same as vampires, but vampires have been successful in several battles, so they have increased by 10,000 square meters, that is, 6 vampires are produced every day.

However, it stands to reason that the starting capital of the Frozen Throne should be 10,000 square meters, at least it will not make people feel biased, but now is a critical juncture, and if we don't increase the number of troops, when the demon army arrives, everyone will have to drink the northwest wind.

"Your order received, please wait."

The voice of the core crystal fell, and after a while, next to the stable below, a large amount of wind and sand began to gather, rotate, and condense, and finally formed a tower-type sandcastle building that was half a section taller than the surrounding buildings.

"The Frozen Throne has been built, is there anything else you need? My noble king? ”

"Hmm......" Locke looked at the sand castle below, and kept complaining in his heart: why is it called the Frozen Throne, but why does it look like a pile of broken earth on the outside? The premise of having a good thing inside, first make the appearance consistent.

"Ahem!" Locke put away his mind and looked at the entire panorama of the castle again, the castle square looked much more spacious without the interior walls, but it was the same for the enemy.

Without any obstruction, they could easily finish off the pile of buildings in the corner, especially now that the western wall was gone.

"Set up a death swamp in Xicheng District." Locke thought for a moment and ordered.

"This is a defensive facility, if all the Xicheng District is covered, the minimum need is 200,000 square meters to generate, each time it is opened, 100,000 square meters are consumed, and the daily maintenance cost is 10,000 square meters, is it implemented?"

It stands to reason that the Death Swamp should be placed outside the city, and it is only used as a moat, and it is all placed inside the Xicheng District like it is now, which has never been done before, and no lord likes to dirty his own square.

However, this is already the best defensive strategy for Castlevania, which does not have the western city wall - when the swamp is activated, not only will the ground form a deep swamp, but also a large number of low-level zombies will be generated to disgust and hinder the enemy's footsteps, and in this case, only six more offensive buildings need to be built, such as:

"Build a demon's horn and place it at the edge of the swamp in three places, two in each place in the middle of the swamp." Locke ordered again.

The Devil's Horn, a tower-like structure with horns, shoots a straight dark ray downward from the tip of the curved horn to cut and sweep enemy units horizontally on the ground, similar to the Colossus in Interstellar.

Locke's defensive strategy is simple:

It is to arrange a swamp in Xicheng District to trap the enemy, and then cut and strafe the middle by the demon's horns in three directions on the edge of the periphery, a feeling of closing the door and beating the dog - no lord has ever done this, after all, the devil's horns are all aimed at the outside of the city wall, but of course, no lord will tear down his own city wall as fertilizer.

"I received the order, please confirm again: is it right to build a [Death Swamp] covering the entire Xicheng District and build [Demon Horns] in three places around the swamp?"

"One more shuddering spike." For these defenses, Locke was still a little uneasy, "But the range of the trembling spikes is set in the original generation of the inner city wall, just extend it outward when attacking, and the entire castle must be covered, and the Xicheng District must also be fully covered." ”

"Yes, may I ask if there are others, eh?"

Death Swamp, Demon Horn, Trembling Spikes, three defensive facilities, see what is missing.

"Build the Elemental Tower." Locke ordered again, this is a big deal!

"Sorry, there aren't enough elements."

Belch..... All right......

Locke sighed wryly and asked, "What's missing, no, what elements do we have in our hands?" ”

"Only the thunder element is sufficient."

It is extracted from pumice mines.

"All you need is a lightning tower." Locke could only take a step back and say, "The location is placed at the top of the clock tower, so that you can hit the enemies of the whole city." ”

Although the lightning tower is powerful, it can only be carried out on one unit at a time, and it is a single-attack type building - Locke wants to use this to bombard the enemy's hero unit, such as the Hell Dragon Knight or something, "One is not enough, come to four, you can do it yourself." ”

"Sorry, there's not enough building materials."

"Then come to the three!"

Locke's head suddenly flashed with bruises, it feels like you are still driving passionately one second, and the next second the intelligent butler reminds you that you are out of gas.

"Yes, is there anything else you need?"

Other...... Well......

Locke hugged his arms and bowed his head and pondered for a long time, and finally looked up helplessly and said: "At present, I only think about this, and the others are not enough for the level or not enough building materials - let's get them out first." ”

"Yes, do I need to report to you the total amount of Dimonkuin spent here?"

Locke nodded, motioning to continue, while quietly praying in his heart not to do too much.

"The death swamp costs 200,000 square meters to build, 10,000 square meters per day to maintain, and 100,000 square meters a day when it is started."

"The devil's horn, the construction cost is 100,000 square meters, the maintenance cost is 5,000 square meters per day, and the 6 blocks are 30,000 square meters, and there is no additional cost when it is started."

"Trembling spikes, the construction cost is 150,000 square meters, the maintenance cost is 15,000 square meters per day, and there is no additional cost when starting."

"The lightning tower costs 90,000 square meters to build, and the maintenance cost is 10,000 square meters per day, with a total of 30,000 square meters for 3 towers."

"The Frozen Throne, the construction cost is 20,000 square meters, the maintenance cost is 5,000 square meters per day, and the temporary additional amount needs to pay the additional 5,000 square meters, which cannot be counted in the starting cost."

"To sum up, a total of 560,000 square meters will be consumed this time, and a total of 90,000 square meters will be consumed every day in the future.

Locke gritted his teeth and slowly listened to the core crystals report the amount of money spent, and when he heard the final payment, he breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the budget of 3 million is only one-sixth of it, as for the daily maintenance costs, at present, the city can produce about 700,000 per day by relying only on magic guide stones and magic crocodiles, and after deducting these, it will only increase by 600,000 per day, plus the energy box, that is, a fixed income of 5.6 million square meters per day.

As for the 5th order, I'll talk about that later.

After estimating the cost, Locke, who was floating in the void, stabilized his mind, looked at the Xicheng Square below and said, "Jiexi, show me the simulation renderings of the defensive facilities." ”

"Yes, my king."

As the words fell, a circle of light swept through the overhead image in front of Locke's eyes, and then, a large number of human cavalry and infantry with weapons rushed from the west city to the clean and tidy square in the city - these are the simulation images for demonstration, which do not actually exist, and are only used for Locke's actual combat reference.

After the virtual invaders reached a certain distance, Locke ordered, "Open the Death Swamp." ”

"Yes."

In the next second, under the feet of those half-rushed intruders, a large death swamp full of paste, composed of a large number of rotten plant and animal corpses, almost overflowed their waists and abdomen, and the cavalry horses that followed closely behind were all surrounded by the swamp, almost unable to move an inch, compared to the cavalry, the infantry below was more convenient to move.

Just as the group of invaders began to continue to rush inside, a large number of zombies came out of the swamp, and they were just as difficult to move and move slowly, but fortunately, there were a large number of them, which slowed down the pace of the invaders - because it was a simulation, the invading human soldiers did not have the slightest fear, and continued to advance inside while chopping the zombies.

The reinforcements from behind continued to pour towards the swamp, and after a while, Xicheng District was full of invaders near the city gate, and began to continue to advance into it with overwhelming numbers.

"Activate the Trembling Spike." Locke ordered again, the main reason why he came here one by one was to see how these facilities worked and how they worked.

Suddenly, between the inner and outer walls of the castle, a large number of black spikes poked out and shrank again and again, looking like a large group of dense black waves, operating together one after another.

In Xicheng District, because of the relationship covered by the death swamp, the spikes that appeared at the bottom could not be seen, and the group of intruders gathered together were quickly pierced through their bodies by the spikes that suddenly protruded from the soles of their feet, and some even burst out of their chests and even the top of their heads.

In an instant, the invaders who were originally densely packed together fell like harvested wheat in that instant, and after a few seconds, all the invaders were corpses, but they almost filled the entire death swamp, and the follow-up reinforcements rushed up directly on the corpses floating on it - with those corpses as pedals, the killing effect of the spikes weakened, and the fearless invaders continued to advance inside—more inside than before.

In the continuous reinforcements behind, a large number of orcs and fast-moving black demons began to appear, and bipedal wyverns with shrill voices also burst out of the sky.

"Activate the lightning tower, aim for the wyvern, and then aim at the one-eyed troll below. Activate the Devil's Horn and start harvesting. Locke ordered.

Dragons are the same as demons, weak thunder, but their cuticles are like special human armor, and it is difficult to penetrate without a certain power of lightning splits.

Although in reality, there should not be such a multi-racial mixed motley force without the slightest fear, since it is an exercise, it must be taken into account no matter what the situation.

"Yes."

As soon as the command was given, the top of the spire of the palace complex in the middle of the castle, the three towers began to emit purple energy, and then shot forward, and the three flying dragons rushing towards this side in the distance immediately turned into gray carbon.

Smack——!

Only then did the sound sound—the speed of lightning slashing out reached the speed of light, and it was impossible to dodge, they could only resist with their bodies, and they could not bear it.

The interval between each tap of the Tower is 0.5 seconds, and as the castle upgrades, this time can be further reduced and the power will be greatly increased.

After a few efforts, the Wyvern was wiped out, and the Lightning Tower began to click on the giant units below one after another—and then more and more flying demons appeared, causing the Lightning Tower to start firing in the air again.

On the ground, the infantry that had been rushing close began to spread rapidly in all directions, and suddenly, a black beam of light plowed directly at one of the guys in the row, instantly burning the group of creatures into a pile of ashes.

After that, more and more black beams began to harvest back and forth against the infantry, and in a few clicks, they forcibly blocked the pace of the invaders, and as the harvest was over, there were no corpses left on the ground, and those invaders could only move forward through the swamp again, and finally became cannon fodder.

But then the invading classes began to change to huge trolls and bats, although the number is much smaller than before, but they are rough and thick-skinned, they can catch the strafing of the dark beam alive, and they must be swept to death several times - their level has all reached the late stage of the 4th order, and only the 3rd order demon horns are obviously a little weak to deal with......

In the end, the castle was breached, and the simulation ended.

"More than 20,000 enemy troops were killed this time, including 90 hero units." The core crystal reported the data of the exercise, Locke thought about it, and asked for another deduction, this time he wanted to use all the functions together, and the final result showed that more than 60,000 enemies were killed, and more than 500 hero units were killed.

"Whew~~!" After the deduction was over, Locke finally put down a big stone in his heart.

"Sorry, so what do you need me to do next?" Core Crystal asked, his tone sounding quite excited.

Locke thought for a moment, and finally shook his head and said, "That's all for now, and if you find other problems, we'll talk about it later." ”

"Yes."

The building materials were used up, and it was impossible to build anything else, and if it was forcibly built, the city would have to be demolished, but Locke didn't dare to be so reckless.

Next, I wanted to go to the Frozen Throne to see, after all, the matter between the Lich King and the second fool is a topic that people talk about, and Locke hasn't seen what the Frozen Throne in Castlevania looks like.

But then, Tian Ji sent a message that he had bought all the building materials in Seth City, but there were them in Marcelo City and some surrounding towns, but because of the distance, those merchants sat on the ground and raised prices, and the funds brought by the fat man were far from enough.

After Locke studied it, he instructed the forge to start making rune equipment at the beginning of the third order for exchange—as soon as the building materials were returned to place and the castle was upgraded to the fourth order, the third-order equipment would become rubbish.

After seeing that there was nothing to do, Locke resisted the urge to go to the frozen throne, and first went to the library to find the materials used after the fourth order of the castle.

The three days passed quickly, during which Locke spent the rest of his time in the library except for accompanying Rhedia and Doris to the city of Seth after waking up, and there were a few times when Locke wanted to keep warm up with Rhaea, but Amy and Anne chased Caesar from time to time and suddenly appeared to make them a little embarrassed - it was said that the guys were playing hide and seek......

"Dimonkuin's reserve has reached the promotion standard, will it be implemented?" Three days later, the core crystal asked Locke, who was standing below.

"Towards the Fourth Order, let's get started, Jiexi." Locke said with a smile on his head. (To be continued)