The upgrade begins.

In the core cave, the materials piled up around the crystal are almost stacked to the top of the cave, those are the building materials that the eight-faced fat man urgently collected from the surrounding major cities in three days, and the many concessions made in them seem to lower the price of selling to the other party, and increase the amount of output - although those low-end garbage equipment is not a loss for the castle, but for Locke, who demands perfection, it is equivalent to making a small part of the gold coins, which is simply terrible.

Thankfully, the rewards were good - the building materials weren't enough to completely repair the outer walls, but they were enough to upgrade the castle and build other facilities such as the Minotaur Labyrinth.

Standing in the panorama of the void, Locke looked down at the whole picture below, and as the surrounding building materials were added at full speed, the castle faintly shook, and then, the palace complex in the middle began to expand, like a sapling that had been fast-forwarded, growing and expanding wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye until it stopped.

The upgrade is complete.

The current castle looks very different from before, before, whether it is the outer city wall or the palace wall, you can clearly see the lines of neat stone bricks, and now, all the walls are clean as if they are made of modern reinforced concrete, there is no trace of impurities on it, the whole castle looks more majestic, more profound, looking at it from afar, can not help but give people an inexplicable sense of oppression.

After the fourth order, the castle itself began to radiate a unique pressure within a radius of 1 kilometer, and all the creatures that passed by could feel the feeling of being watched as if they were encountering a beast of prey—the weak ones could directly make them stand still, and the powerful ones could constantly hit their minds and make them unable to concentrate.

This is what it looks like after the fourth order.

Locke looked at the image below, where black flags fluttered from the castle spire—the symbol totem had not yet been established.

"Just get a nine-headed dragon up there, the winged one, and replace it if you find something else good-looking in the future." Locke said casually, "Then the next thing is to build the ruins of the four-armed demon and the labyrinth of the Minotaur, right?" ”

"According to your last memo, in addition to the above two facilities, you also want to build the Sanctuary of the Dead, the Energy Saving Tower, the Summoning Altar, and upgrade the automatic arrow tower to a repeating crossbow machine, and install an anti-aircraft type of auxiliary pod with an anti-aircraft explosion effect. Finally, you also said that if you have enough building materials, you also want to expand the number of lightning towers to 10, and install a total of 15 demon horns in the other three directions, and finally you want to press the Death Swamp under each wall to cover the Trembling Spikes, so as to reduce the enemy's vitality after breaking the city. ”

Locke closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose, and asked casually, "Just say, how much money does it cost?" ”

"Money?" The core crystal was a little overwhelmed for a while.

"How much energy do you need?" Locke changed his words.

"Minotaur Labyrinth 3, Demon God Ruins 2, Sanctuary 20, Energy Saving Tower 5, Summoning Altar 20, 300 Arrow Towers/1000 = 30 + 500 Cabins, 45 in total, Lightning Towers increased by 7, 63 in total, 15 Demon Horns, 150 in total, 60 in total for all three sides of the Death Swamp, and the start-up cost is calculated separately."

Locke listened to those huge numbers and suddenly his heart beat a little, this has just been upgraded, and he immediately rushed into 363, plus yesterday's 56, a total of 419......

"Here's how much the building consumes on a daily basis:

Devil's Horn 5000, 7.5 total.

Lightning Tower 10000, total 7.

150 automatic turrets, 4.5 in total

Death Swamp 10000, total 4

Summons 20,000 altars

Templar of the Dead 20,000

Energy Saving Tower 5000

Minotaur Labyrinth 3000

Demon God Ruins 2000

In summary, the daily maintenance cost is 28"

The castle's daily income of 560 has to be reduced to 532 per day.

"Excuse me, can we do it now?"

The core crystal waited for a long time, and seeing that Locke had been lowering his head and pinching the bridge of his nose, his tone suddenly asked a little nervously, "What's wrong with you?" Need someone to show it to you? ”

"No, nothing, just a little stomach ache."

But he doesn't look like he has a stomachache, to be exact, it should be a headache, this is just normal, once it comes to the time of war, it is estimated that all the family funds that have been accumulated so hard to the present will be lost.

After a long while, Locke put aside the thoughts he had and didn't have, and then ordered, "Let's get started." ”

"Which one to do first?"

"All."

As he gave his command, the castle began to shake violently again, first of all, the most conspicuous thing was that behind the three walls of the castle to the east, north and south, a series of towering black towers in the shape of bull's horns slowly rose, all of which were bent in the direction of the outside of the city, which looked like a flower with spikes around it, both from the outside and from above.

After that, at the top of the palace complex in the middle, the triangular pyramid buildings with flashing electromagnetic arcs replaced the original spires - the spires of the palace complex are about to be replaced, and if you want to add more, you have to rebuild the real lightning tower next to the palace complex.

As for the Death Swamp and the Trembling Spikes, they are not visible in the castle's squares as they can only be activated in wartime - they are all hidden in separate spaces.

The defenses in the walls had been built, and Locke checked them one last time, and when he was sure that they were correct, he looked again at the entire row of buildings of different styles in the corners of the walls.

The huge Minotaur Labyrinth is similar to the Minotaur temple seen before, and the style is more like a place to worship demons.

The Demon God Ruins is a place where four-armed demons are born, and it looks like a dilapidated ancient ruins, but in the middle you can see a huge statue with four arms, the overall image is a bit feminine, but the strong and full biceps look more like a female man.

The building next to it looks no different from an ordinary temple, mainly because it doesn't have its own style like other demonic buildings, and everything looks so ordinary - the Sanctuary of the Dead, stuff the skeleton into it, and when you come out, it's the Death Knight - as for the difference between the Death Knight and the Skeleton Knight, you can only find out when you go there later.

All that's left is to summon the altar and the energy-saving tower.

The Energy Saving Tower looks like a lighthouse, and the Summoning Altar is somewhat similar to the flat-topped pyramid in the Pandora Temple, except that it is much smaller and open-air, and there is no shelter like the Pandora Temple.

In the future, ninth-order demons will be summoned from here, similar to the nature of mercenaries, if they think it is good, they will be allowed to stay, and if they are not good, let them make a contract and erase all the amnestics here before letting them go.

Of course, the operation must be in charge of Aklas, so Locke's next step is naturally to visit his old friends in the War Readiness Palace.

Take Annie out of the underground cave, the little one can't wait to disappear as soon as he comes out - Amy is still waiting for her in the upper area.

Locke walked alone in the wide main road of the Dream Pavilion, and when the puppet maids who were cleaning along the way saw it, they stopped their work and bowed to him.

"It is an honor to meet you, my noble king."

A voice sounded, Locke turned to look, and slowly walked in front of two maids who looked different from the puppets around them, in terms of age, the one on the right looked like he was about 30 years old, mature and charming, and his meticulous face was wearing rimless glasses specially made for her by Locke, revealing a mature woman's feeling as a whole, especially the black hair that was coiled up, which looked completely dressed as a maid chief.

The other one has flaxen braids, about 16 or 7 years old, but what doesn't match her age is that she doesn't have Amy's vigorous feeling, but more with a cautious attitude and a weak look.

These are the two Nemis transformed into by the previous Evil Spirit 1 and Evil Spirit 2 - Harriet, the head maid, and her assistant Kora, the former whose name means housewife, and the latter a maiden.

Cora's personality is supposed to be related to the harsh aristocratic education she suffered in her previous life, so she is careful in her every move, for fear of being scolded for not doing something well.

"Take it easy, little one."

Locke looked at her and smiled, but the effect was not very obvious, these characters were engraved in the depths of their souls, and if they wanted to change it, they would have to extract her soul again, and the process could be troublesome.

Locke looked at the girl's submissive posture, and sighed in his heart: The innate character still has to be cultivated by nurture.

Then he looked at the head maid and asked, "Can you give her a vacation?" This age should be in the carefree play phase. ”

Harriet knew what Locke wanted to express, and said helplessly: "I understand, but this kid is not good at communicating with people, although he does things in a straightforward way, but after all, he is still too ..... Well..... "The head maid couldn't find any good words to express the character of the assistant for a while.

Locke looked at the girl who bowed her head and was silent for a while, and then asked, "Cora, have you seen Amy and Annie?" ”

The girl looked up at him, then lowered her head and nodded, as if she was holding everything in her heart and didn't want to express it.

"Looks like Doris."

Locke suddenly understood, and then asked with a smile, "So Kora, do you like dogs?" ”

Although Locke was blocked by Rhodia and the others when he was born in the flesh, Locke still greeted the auxiliary elves in advance about the preferences and personalities of the evil spirits.

The head maid likes to drink afternoon tea, and the girl in front of her likes dogs, especially the big black dog.

That's a lot simpler.

Thinking of this, Locke looked up and asked, "Nina, where is Caesar now?" ”

"Being ridden by Miss Anne in a ring of fire."

Although she was forbidden to do this, she couldn't stand the little girl's warm gaze, and finally agreed, but no other female members were allowed to ride, which Anne of course said was acceptable.

But now, when Caesar's majestic figure appeared in front of him, Cora's mouth suddenly opened wide, and the frightened eyes that originally looked at Locke suddenly showed the same sense of joy as when he received the gift, and then, at the invitation of Anne on Caesar's back, the two happily rode on the captain of the ghoul, dragged the reins around its mouth, and finally ran to play together.

"And what's next for you?" The head maid pushed the frame on her face, although she didn't really understand why she wore this, but after a long time, it became a habit.

Locke looked at her and smiled, "After you're done with your work, let's go to afternoon tea with Letia and them." ”

Harriet was slightly surprised, then smiled and saluted him, and after seeing Locke off, she assigned tasks to the golems, and then turned and walked towards the tea restaurant in the upper area, where she enjoyed chatting with the knowledgeable Princess Rhedia over a delicious drink and talking about women.

Locke pushed open the door to the Hall of Readiness, and nothing had changed here as it had been when he left.

Quietly coming to the statue of the War Demon, Locke looked up at it, smiled and said:

"Get up, stupid big man." (To be continued)