The news that Stuart and Elom, two of the true masters of the Underworld, had gathered in the portal soon spread throughout the Underworld. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

All the races in the entire underworld, whether it is the six major races or other order races, whether they are intentional or unintentional, and regardless of what their hearts really think, all eyes can't help but look at this place that is likely to change the future of the entire underground world.

Surrounding the entire portal, the Void Empire has built a simple defensive base over the past seven days.

Although it is only a simple defense base, there are still a series of facilities that should be there, but they are relatively rudimentary.

But if you look closely, you can see that all the relevant facilities of the entire defense base are built with unique molds. This mold construction method was an architectural idea that Sean came up with five years ago, and it was not until after the establishment of the Void Empire that William and the craftsmen who developed the shock shield were able to build it through unremitting efforts, and now it has been officially sent to the assembly line industry.

Although the assembly line manufacturing of these molds can only be completed with a high-powered magic power engine, in a real sense, it can also be regarded as the first real local industry of the Void Empire today - in the entire Miracle Continent, only the Void Empire's military factories can currently produce these molds. With the right way to build, these molds can be assembled into corresponding fortifications in a very short time.

Compared with the traditional fortification construction mode, this new fortification construction mode has the characteristics of fast construction speed, strong solidity, high concealment and low manpower consumption. But the disadvantages are also obvious, the first is the high cost consumption - the same basic fortification type building, the cost of this mold construction is twice as high as the traditional model, followed by the problem of transportation cost - short-distance transportation is fine, but if you need to carry out long-distance transportation, the cost consumption is not as convenient as local materials.

Therefore, the new model of fortification construction can only be used in special situations - such as to establish an outpost during a raid on an enemy country, or to establish an emergency frontline position in the event of a raid.

This time the invasion of the underworld through the portal, in addition to finding Sean, is also to test this new mode of fortification. 、

In terms of the current feedback alone, the results are clearly surprisingly good.

It's just that the cost is a bit high.

At this moment, in the center of the base, about thirty meters away from the portal, there was a huge tent.

At present, in the entire base, only the relevant fortifications are constructed with unique solid molds, but the soldiers' barracks and other places are still built by conventional tents and other methods. This huge tent, which can accommodate about twenty people together, is the temporary command center and commander's rest place for the entire base - Kokire, Immoku and Sean temporarily live here.

Now, however, there are two new guests in the tent.

Stuart and Elom.

Elome had only arrived yesterday, and was in a state of malaise. Although his mental state was slightly better after a night's rest, he still looked like he had a blue nose and swollen face - the place where Alexis had been beaten was obviously not so fast, but compared to the horrible and hideous scar on Stuart's back, Elom was undoubtedly lucky.

At least, he wasn't beaten up as badly by Alexis, and the fight only lasted five days before it ended.

Today is the eighth day that the Underworld has been invaded by the Void Empire.

Unlike Elome, who had only arrived yesterday, Stuart had been in the base for six days, and it can be said that the entire defense base was being built under his own eyes, except for the initial transportation part that he did not see. For this "neighbor" who has completely controlled the only formal entrance and exit channel of the entire underground world, Swart wants to say that he is not vigilant, it is impossible, but the situation is stronger than people, even if he has great dissatisfaction, there is no way to toss anything.

At this time, there is more than one army stationed in the underworld.

With the exception of the Wings of Judgment, who had been trained by William at the level of the ace armies of other empires, the Iron Wings, known as the Shield of the Void, and the Cecilian Guard, now known as the Queen's Guard, had all entered the Underworld. And in order to welcome Sean's return, even the Black Swan Guard, which was originally stationed in the Black Swan Castle, is now the Void Crusader, also stationed in the underworld at the same time.

The Void Cross Legion, although the word "Legion" is on the title, but in fact this force is far from the size of the Legion. The predecessor of this force was the Black Swan Guard, and in the three years that Sean was missing, William expanded and reorganized the entire force, and it can be said that in addition to retaining the original ideological program spirit of the Black Swan Guard, the entire force is no longer the original guard stationed in the Black Swan Castle.

But on the other hand, this legion is also the only legion in the entire Void Empire that has reached the level of eighth-level combat power.

The entire Void Crusader Army is composed of all Golden Realm powerhouses, and two of the deputy commanders of the legion are still legendary powerhouses - and because of this, this force of only 500 people can reach the level of the eighth-level legion. In the case of facing the sixth-level legions such as Wings of Judgment, Steel Wings, Pitch Black Wings, and the Queen's Guard, the Void Crusade can achieve an extremely high victory rate of eight out of ten battles when the size of the hostile is no more than 10,000 and the commander does not participate in the battle.

Of course, even if the commander participates in the battle, if the size of the hostile does not exceed 10,000 people, he can still maintain a nearly 70% victory rate.

However, in fact, the people of the entire Void Empire know that the significance of the formation of this army is actually more of a spiritual symbol, after all, the Void Empire has now reached the level of the empire, and it is really unreasonable to have an army without high-end combat power. And in view of Sean's frequent disappearances, it can also reassure many people if there is such an army in charge of accompanying him.

"I didn't expect that there would be such a powerful empire in the surface world." Elom rubbed his dark left eye, then sighed, "Old Immortal, do you have any ideas?" ”

"Nope." Stuart was so simple that he could even say that he was free, "If these people really want to unify the entire underground world, you and I have no problem." ”

Hearing Stuart's words, Elome couldn't help but shudder when she remembered the black-haired woman who laughed very well, but was furious like thunder as soon as she made a move. It is true that as Stuart said, if this Void Empire really wants to unify the entire underground world, even if he and Stuart join forces, they will never be the opponent of the other party, and the other party only needs to hold out until the fall of these two ancestor powerhouses, and no one in the entire underground world can stop the advance of this empire.

It can be said that it is only a matter of time before the other party wants to take over the entire underground world.

And unlike the Void Empire, once the underground world loses the war, the other party can still retreat to the surface. The Underworld is already the last habitat for all of them, and if the war is lost, they will have no way out. Especially now that the two races of the Dark Elves and the Blood Elves have obviously taken refuge in each other, the entire underworld can no longer be united.

"Guess the guy...... What does their emperor want to do? Elome asked again.

Stuart didn't answer, but squinted at the werewolf ancestor who had fought with him all his life but still didn't win. In a sense, Stray was very envious of the stupid big man - Elome was more burly and muscular than Stuart, and he was nearly forty centimeters taller than Stuart.

"This kind of trickery and trickery is whether you are good at the field or not." Elome knew the meaning of Stuart's eyes, but he was now in a broken state, so he didn't take Stuart's disdain for his lack of intelligence at all.

"Ugh." Stuart sighed, "I don't know either. …… To be honest, I don't even know what the other person wants, and I can't speculate on the logic of the other person's behavior. Many times, the other person's actions seem to be purposeless and meaningless, but my intuition tells me that if I think so, then in the end I don't even know how I died. ”

Elome seemed to want to say something, but after a few twitches of his ears, he shifted: "Someone is coming." ”

A light footstep sounded.

Then, a young man with black hair lifted the curtain of his cloak and stepped in with a hurried expression.

Elome and Stuart glanced at each other, their eyes brightening for a moment, but quickly subdued.

The person who walked into the tent was none other than Sean, who had been wandering in the underground world for three years.

Elome and Stuart can feel that Sean's strength is not strong, at least there is an extremely obvious absolute gap with them. Either of them would be able to easily take down the black-haired young man in front of them, not to mention that they were both gathered here now.

It's just that Sean's majestic and awe-inspiring unique temperament also makes them understand that even if they can subdue the young man in front of them, it will be meaningless to the current situation in the entire underground world. So the glint in the eyes of the two of them was fleeting, and they unanimously gave up this tempting idea, of course, a bigger reason is that neither Stuart nor Elom can guarantee that when they do it themselves, the other will not stop it.

"Very well, I'm glad you two didn't rush to me." Sitting at one side of the round table in the tent, Sean had a smile on his face, his smile was sunny and sincere, or at least it seemed to be full of friendliness, "I'm short on time, so I'll cut it short." …… Oh yes, as a matter of prior etiquette, I'll introduce myself first, I'm Sean, Sean. Connery, the Void Empire from the surface. Not...... Let's be considered an emperor. ”

"Wait?" Swart raised an eyebrow, keenly capturing the subtext of Sean's words.

"Well, the Void Empire was only established three years ago, but I was on your side at that time, so it was mine who has been in charge of all the affairs of the empire for the past few years...... Younger sister. Sean thought about his relationship with Cecilia for a moment before speaking, "In a sense, the Void Empire can run with me or not. It's just that just a few days ago, my sister ...... Give me back all the authority to manage the affairs of the Empire. ”

Elome and Stuart looked at each other again.

This time, even if Stuart didn't say it, Elome understood what it meant. Of course, he understood a crucial point: he could not understand the logic and patterns of the empire's behavior. Because according to the normal form, if a person like Sean who has the identity of the orthodox emperor of the empire disappears, then the successor will definitely not want to find him, of course, if it is a relative, then he may try to find it, but it is impossible to hand over all the power.

Unless......

Stuart looked Sean up and down, and from his undisguised look, Swart saw only exhaustion and anxiety. The other party seems to be forcibly suppressing some kind of emotion in their hearts, trying to keep themselves in a certain calm state and emotion to communicate with them - or rather, to negotiate.

"There's one thing I don't understand." Stuart said, "Why did Your Excellency have such a face-to-face meeting with us? …… If you wipe us out, won't the entire underworld become your backyard? ”

"In terms of short-term benefits, it is indeed very rewarding." Sean dodged the question in a more subtle way.

He can't say that the unification of the entire underworld is contrary to the dominant spirit of the world's will, right?

The underworld is part of the plane of miracles, so it is actually part of the will of the world.

As a world-seeker, Sean can intervene in some of the world's processes, but as a whole, he must guide the whole world towards a thriving and colorful process, rather than bringing the whole world under his control. Of course, if he can ensure that the whole world is under his control and can make the whole world more colorful, then the will of the world also allows Sean to do this.

It's just that in this way, Sean's identity will change from a world-related person to a watchman.

Just as Gibril liberated the world from the gods, all of a sudden his identity changed from a world seeker to a watchdog - this is something Sean heard from Jibril. The biggest difference between a watcher and a world-seeker is that the watcher can no longer interfere with the operation of the whole world, he must remove his existence from this world, and can only watch the world as a bystander.

Swart didn't quite understand what Sean meant by this, after all, in his opinion, what was the difference between long-term and short-term benefits in unifying the entire underworld? However, he would not ask this question further, because it would appear that he was a little ignorant - especially in the presence of Elom, and Stuart was more reluctant to show his ignorance, so he chose to remain silent, and he looked thoughtful.

In terms of forcing the grid alone, Stouter is indeed much more powerful than Elom, because after hearing Sean's words, Elom showed a blank look.

"What do you need?" Stuart asked.

"Well, Serena...... You know? Sean asked, looking at Stuart shaking his head blankly, Sean sighed helplessly: "This is the direct bloodline that you don't know how many generations later, during the time when I was in trouble, I made an agreement with her, and I am a person who pays great attention to commitment, so Serena. Lesomba will be the new head of your Lezemba clan. ”

"No problem." Swart nodded without hesitation in agreement.

A direct descendant of his own clan, the so-called purebred, has nothing to lose for Stuart. After all, with his current status, it is impossible for him to continue to manage the entire clan, so it is not a problem for whoever is the head of the Lesenba clan, let alone one of his own.

"Well, there's another one named Kane, who has just absorbed the pure bloodline of the Giovanni clan recently, and if there is no accident, he should officially become a member of the Giovanni clan in a few days." Sean thought for a moment, and then spoke again, "The Giovanni clan doesn't have any support now, I know that although you are not from the Giovanni clan, your influence is still a bit of a deterrent to the Giovanni clan, I hope this person can become the head of the Giovanni clan." ”

This time, Stuart didn't agree as readily, but after a moment of deep thought, he nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"Very well, you see, we have now established a very friendly foundation." Sean smiled, "Then next, let's talk about a ...... A bigger blueprint is planned. ”

"More grandiose ...... Blueprint Plans? Elome frowned, "What do you mean?" ”

"I need you to acknowledge the legitimate identity of our Void Empire in your underworld."

"Hmph, doesn't it make sense for us to admit it?" Elome sneered, "Your Excellency has the strength to occupy a territory here. ”

"Whether you admit it or not, it's still very important to me." Sean doesn't mind Elom's hostility, on the contrary, he prefers to communicate with martial arts factions like Elom rather than Stuart's calm attitude, because this kind of person tends not to use his brain, so the topic of negotiation is easier for Shawn to control.

"It's because of identity whitewashing." Stuart spoke, though in questionable sentences, but the words were full of affirmative statements.

"Whitewashing?" Elome was stunned for a moment, but quickly understood what it meant, "It's a good calculation to change from the identity of an intruder to the identity of a legal resident. ”

"You're not at a loss, are you?" Sean's face continued to smile, and he did not show any dissatisfaction because of this, "First of all, I can assure you that our Void Empire will never carry out any aggression in the underworld, what is the old pattern of your underworld, what is it still like, we will not interfere in any way, the only thing we need is a territory, a ...... Legal territory. ”

"What price do we have to pay?" Stuart continued.

"We don't have to pay anything, as long as you recognize our legal identity." Sean continued, but his tone was inflammatory, "As long as you don't offend my territory and authority, then I won't challenge your authority. …… You see, we can live in peace with each other. ”

"What about the distribution of resources?"

"In the form of trade." Sean had apparently thought everything through, so he wasn't bothered by Elom's question, "Your underworld also has a fully fledged trade mechanism, whether it's currency trade or barter, we can follow the rules that your underworld has established. ”

"I'm afraid it's more than that." Stuart's heart was shocked, for he had realized what Sean meant when he first said, "In terms of short-term benefits, it is indeed very rewarding," "Your Excellency is really calculating." …… Worthy of the emperor of an empire, no ...... It should be said that he is worthy of being a person who can regain the decision-making power of the empire as soon as he appears after disappearing for three years. ”

"What do you mean?" This time, Elome really couldn't hold his breath.

"If our black-haired emperor unifies the entire underworld, he can indeed loot a large amount of resources in a short period of time, but these resources are harvested in a one-time way, because he can't reclaim the entire underworld, and the inhabitants of our entire underworld can't completely obey his rule." Instead of mocking Elom's intelligence, Stuart explained, "But once we recognize him as a legal resident, the inhabitants of the underworld will be much less repulsive to him, and through this he will have access to a lot of the resources of our underworld. …… In the form of trade, so as to obtain a long-term and stable resource chain. ”

"You don't have anything to lose, do you?" Sean didn't have any resentment at Stuart's easy exposure of his true purpose, "It's true that as you say, to unify the entire underworld, I can only get a wasteland that will take hundreds of years to cultivate, and it may be amazing enough in terms of returns, but it is not in my interest." …… But if I form a collaborator relationship with you, or a trading partner, then I will be able to quickly exploit the resources of your underworld. In the same way, your Underworld can also achieve a period of rapid development, and its achievements and development will definitely not be limited to the current situation. ”

"Sounds ...... Seems pretty good? Elome frowned, "But I always feel ...... Something seems to be wrong. ”

"Because of the lack of intelligence." "Trade is based on demand. We don't know what the price of these resources is in the surface world, so the pricing of resource trade is completely up to the other side, so we will suffer anyway. ”

Sean narrowed his eyes slightly, but quickly smiled again: "You are a very qualified politician and very sharp. ”

Stuart didn't answer, and in fact he had a doubt in his heart.

His intuition told him that what Sean wanted was not such a simple thing, and it could even be said that this trade negotiation was just a foreshadowing and a prelude. What the man in front of him wanted should be the deeper meaning hidden behind this.

It's just that Stuart can't think of what it is.

"Okay then, I'll take a step back." Sean shrugged, "How about I allow you to have free trade permissions?" ”

"Free trade?" Elome glanced at Stuart.

"It's that we can freely choose who we trade with, and it's not just the other party." Stuart explained, "It's fairer, but the portal is in your hands......"

"You know, there's no way I'm going to give the portal to anyone else." Sean smiled, his position on this issue was extremely firm, "I allow anyone who wants to trade with me to freely pass through the portal, conduct price surveys, and then determine the price of your resources. …… But at the cost of any material that passes through the portal, I will charge a fee, and it does not include transportation services. ”

"And what if it's trade done on the Underworld?" Stuart asked.

"Then the object of my slaughter is naturally not you." Sean shrugged, "However, I will also be charged customs duties on any goods that enter my territory. ”

Stuart didn't speak, he just glanced at Elome, and then Sean felt a burst of spiritual power transmitted.

He knew that it was Stuart and Elome who were having a mental exchange, and out of politeness, Sean did not touch the mental fluctuations of the two, he just waited patiently for the other party's reply.

After a moment, Elome was the first to speak: "Your Excellency, I wonder what will happen if we don't agree?" ”

"Then I'll have to take care of both of you." Sean said half-jokingly and half-helplessly, "But in this way, I'm afraid it will take me a little longer to stabilize the entire underground world." …… So you see, you two still have a lot of importance. ”

"How much territory do you want?" Stuart spoke.

"With the portal as the center, within a radius of five hundred kilometers." Sean knew that when Stuart asked this question, it meant that they had reached an agreement, and all that remained was some contractual details, but Sean was not going to get involved in this point, and he decided to let Diana take charge of the issue.

After reaching a tentative consensus, Stuart and Elom left first, and they needed to communicate the decision to the inhabitants of the other Underworlds.

With Elome and Stuart gone, Alexis walked into the tent.

"I didn't see you so cunning before." Looking at Sean, Alexis began to look up and down as if he had never known Sean, "If you can dig the trap so deep." ”

"It's just a little trick for distraction." Sean spoke.

"Those two guys...... Well, the old wolf won't talk about it, but the vampire made such a careless mistake, I'm afraid it will become a shame for him for the rest of his life. Alexis pouted, "I'm curious what that guy's face will look like when he learns about your upcoming edict in the Underworld." ”

"I can arrange for you to deliver the letter at that time, and you can enjoy it up close." Sean spoke.

"Great idea!" Alexis's eyes lit up suddenly, and he nodded excitedly.

As one of the closest people to Sean, Alexis naturally knows what Sean's true intentions are.

Fair trade with the entire underworld is just a decoy, and Sean's real purpose is to completely open up the entire underworld, so that the people of the entire underworld will no longer hate the surface inhabitants. After that, Sean plans to use the inhabitants of the underworld as the reserve combat force of the Void Empire, and he will carry out a series of conscription measures here, so that the militants of the entire underworld, especially the army of spiders, will join the Void Empire.

And as long as those who were sent to the surface world to investigate prices come back and paint the beauty of the surface world, Sean believes that there are definitely not many people who can resist the temptation to "go to the surface world". At that time, it will only be more convenient for Sean's conscription plan, and limited by the fact that "you cannot offend the ruling authority of the Void Empire", even if Stuart and Elom know such news, it will not help.

As for whether the people of other countries on the surface will imitate this system after the Void Empire activates such a new type of legion, it is not something that Sean can control. But one thing Sean can be sure of is that the portal is in the hands of the Void Empire after all, so the Void Empire naturally has this huge advantage - if other countries want to form an army composed entirely of the inhabitants of the underworld, it is simply impossible to do it for more than ten years.

This is the huge advantage that Sean has.

Even in the blueprint for the future, Sean has already thought about the aspects that each of the five major races in the underworld can be responsible for: the demon descendant can obviously arrange to enter the realm of the void; The Spider Demon Army can be used as a storming force; Bloodlines and Dark Elves can be used as highly mobile troops; Werewolves are ideal for terrain battles such as mountains and jungles.

This huge harvest is far greater than Sean's complete conquest of the entire underworld.

This is the long-term benefit that Sean desires.

"Diana will be here in a few days, and I'll need you to stay here then." Sean looked at Alexis before speaking, "Only you can suppress those two guys." ”

"I see." Alexis nodded, "So when are you going to go back?" ”

"Right now." Sean spoke, "Heatley told me that she'd stopped Cecilia from forcing her through the portal almost a hundred times. ”

"Okay, then I'll take care of the rest." Alexis nodded, "You can go back first." ”

"Then please." Sean spoke, then immediately got up and left.

Next to the portal, Kokire and Imrakul were already waiting here, and in addition to these two, the Void Crusaders and Cecilia Guards had also assembled. The defense base of this underworld has been officially handed over to Levi for overall management yesterday, and Abazar is the deputy commander of this base, and all the relevant defense work has been handed over to the two forces of Wing of Judgment and Iron Feather.

Later, after the expansion of the city scale in this underground base, the management of the entire underground city will be transferred to Alyssa. Levi and the Wings of Judgment will remain in the Underworld, responsible for the defense and security of the entire Underworld, while the Bazaar and his Steel Wings will return to the Overworld.

It's not that Sean doesn't trust the Iron Wings, it's that the Abazar is really not suitable to manage a city, especially a trading city that is destined to occupy an extremely important position in the Void Empire in the future. And throwing the steel wings known as the Void Shield in the underworld made Sean feel somewhat wasteful.

Standing in the portal, Sean took a deep breath: "We'...... Go home! ”

Then, one step into the abyssal path, which has now been completely stabilized. (To be continued.) )