From last year's winter month to this year's sowing season.

Greentown fell into an inexplicable solemn atmosphere.

God, it's changed.

Orcs, the undead, and even the Fish-Man Empire are putting pressure on the Southern Provinces.

The streets of Green City are full of people, but most of the pedestrians are in a hurry, and their expressions are very solemn.

The mercenaries in blood-stained armor were murderous, and the trophies in their hands were no longer the corpses or furs of demonic beasts, but skulls flashing with soul fire.

Several priests of the Temple of Life, dressed in pure white priest robes with holy and loving expressions, distributed a hundred times diluted holy water to the surrounding crowd along the bluestone streets with dark green moss growing in the gaps on both sides.

Although the holy water contained in the cheap glass bottle was too scarce to heal injuries and diseases, it was still barely effective in resisting the invasion of low-level negative energy.

The neat pace and well-organized patrol team changed from the previous rampant and domineering practice, and at this time they were all seriously inspecting the city with a vigilant look.

The beggars on the streets were also mostly reduced at this time, and even the civilians were much sparser.

The difficult environment made the small merchants who were doing business with their semi-circular doors open on both sides of the street frown, and watched with concern as the streets became more and more abnormal.

It is not the big nobles and those in power who are most affected by each change in the pattern, but the commoners who have small assets in the lower classes.

In the waves, no small fishing boat can avoid the storm unharmed.

"I heard that although the undead in the north have retreated, the death cemetery is still there, I guess it must be those damned undead who left it on purpose!"

"No, that's what the undead left on purpose, and they can send troops in at any time for the next invasion in the future."

"Alas...... Archmage Sparker didn't expect to be hit hard by the undead, even such a powerful mage master can't bear it, we are only afraid that we will be attacked more tragically this time, after all, even Locke's crown can't directly destroy and take out the Death Graveyard..."

"Hehe, what's the solution?? This is a task that the major guilds are forced to carry out, and we have signed a treaty before joining the guild, and we must stand with the guild in times of major crisis.

It's okay that you're a thief guild, but if you can't beat it, you can leave from the shadows, and our warrior guild is only afraid that we will take our lives to send it inside. ”

"Hmph, those damn mages! If it weren't for the Mage's Guild's offer to gather the power of all the guilds to clear that weird death graveyard, would we have gone so hard to use it?? ”

"No way, who made the lives of those mages more precious than ours......"

“......”

Before stepping into the Crimson Mage Tower, Li De, who had just returned to Daybreak City, overheard the indignant conversation between two mercenaries on the mysterious street belonging to the Scarlet Mage Tower.

Li De's eyes showed a bit of contemplation, he didn't expect the situation in Green City to change so quickly, and even the power of the guild was invoked.

In Green City, the most powerful guild is undoubtedly the Mage Association, the high-ranking mage lords are almost all the big nobles of Green City, and their power is all over the industry, they belong to the undisputed boss, and the most powerful patron in Green City, the transcendent mage Locke, is the president of the Mage Association.

Several other guilds that are not weak control most of the professions in Green City, the mercenary guild that mainly accepts and issues tasks, the adventurer's guild that mainly explores ancient ruins, and the guild of various professions such as the thief guild and the warrior guild.

These grand guilds are the most powerful force in Green City, and the number of soldiers controlled by the city lord is close to 60,000 under this force.

"Betty, have we been recruited for the Crimson Mage Tower?"

Li De turned his head to look at the heroic Valkyrie beside him and asked

"No," Betty shook her head, "The magic scrolls produced by the Crimson Mage Tower are vital supplies to fight against the undead of the North, and we have not been recruited. ”

After speaking, his tone paused slightly, "But in exchange, the magic scrolls we currently produce cannot be sold to other forces, and all the scrolls are purchased by the major guilds." ”

Li De nodded clearly, at this critical moment, those nobles in Green City must be trying to mobilize all their resources and strength.

It's not surprising that the Crimson Mage Tower is restricted, and it doesn't matter to them who they sell it to or not.

But the problem now is that the remnants of the undead are more difficult than expected.

"Lord Li De ......"

Before he could set foot in the door of the Scarlet Mage Tower, a voice with a heart full of excitement sounded from inside the door.

Dressed in a blue mage robe, with waist-length hair with golden curls on the back of his head, and sapphire-like eyes flashing with brilliance, the delicate figure ran in front of Li De with a face full of excitement.

Looking at the girl in front of him who had obviously lost a lot of weight, Li De's eyes flashed with the gentleness of several people.

Reached out and rubbed the girl's head.

"Wina, long time no see......"

The joy in Weina's heart overflowed after seeing Li De, and she turned her head sideways obediently and let Li De stroke the long golden hair that was slightly curly.

"Yes, Lord Li De, you went out before the winter moon last year, and now it's been half a year......"

"Half a year", Li De's expression was a little emotional, "It's really passed in the blink of an eye, let's go, go in and say." ”

Weina quickly got out of the way, and then saw little Isha and Betty, and hurriedly said hello to the two girls.

Li De looked at the three delicate figures with their own swings, and couldn't help but feel good.

A little cute disciple, a well-behaved maid, and a wild Valkyrie, this match is absolutely amazing.

Stepping into the Scarlet Mage Tower, after half a year of construction, although the Scarlet Mage Tower is much better than the previous construction site, it is still a bit of a mess, and many of the trenches dug have not yet been filled in the dirt.

Li De felt a headache when he looked at this scene.

This ancient alchemy formation is about to become his heart disease.

After investing so much, the construction has not been effective for more than a year, and if it weren't for Spark's own construction, he would really want to stop this gold-eating monster.

If this investment is replaced with an alchemy bomb, it can destroy hundreds of thousands of troops.

However, he frowned a little when he thought of Sparkreid, he didn't know what the situation of his cheap teacher was now, and he had to wait to see the other party.

Entering the Mage Tower, Li De did not stop at the first floor, but directly came to the study on the third floor, where he was accustomed to office.

Towering oak bookshelves sit next to each other, and precious books are lined with one after another.

Although I haven't been back for half a year, there is still no trace of dust here.

Li De nodded with satisfaction, and after entering the room, of course, he sat on the chair behind the only desk in the study.

"Weina, report on the situation of the Crimson Mage Tower during this time, starting with the number of personnel."

He's been gone for so long that he's a little unclear about his family.

He had to know everything.

As the helmsman, he doesn't need to go to the sails himself, but he does need to know how many sailors, how many sails, how much food.

When Wei Na talked about business, her expression slowly became solemn, and she began to enter the demeanor of the Scarlet Mage Tower manager who caused waves in Green City and even the Southern Province.

Weina is now a well-deserved rising star in the Greentown business community, and at the brightest moment.

She was even called the queen of commerce by a small group of nobles who had dealt with her.

"Master Li De, our development has not stagnated in the past six months since you left.

At present, the Scarlet Mage Tower has 120 official mages, including a total of 15 intermediate mages who have reached level 5.

There are 650 mage apprentices.

There are 200 guards in the team, 180 people at level 5~9, and 20 people at level 10, this group of guards was bought by Betty with money in the bloody gladiatorial arena. ”

With 120 full-fledged mages and 650 mage apprentices, the current number of mages in the Crimson Mage Tower reaches 770.

This is an exaggerated figure.

In the winter moon of the year before last, the Scarlet Mage Tower didn't even have a formal mage, only 22 mage apprentices, and now in less than two years, Cheng Zhang has become a powerful force with a large number of mages, seven or eight hundred.

Although the level of these apprentices is generally not high at the moment, it is not too difficult to spend a certain amount of resources to cultivate a group of high-level mages in the situation where the earning power of the Crimson Mage Tower is so exaggerated.

"Is the convoy formed separately or managed by the Crimson Mage Tower?" But it was this escort that aroused Li De's interest.

Vena turned her head to look at Betty, who shrugged indifferently.

"At present, Betty is in charge of the convoy, providing protection when our caravan is out to buy important supplies, or when there are mages who need protection, the convoy will also support."

Li De nodded, there is no doubt about the strength of the mage, but the Scarlet Mage Tower obviously can't reach the terrifying foundation of the White Tower, so this escort team is not bad, at least it can avoid the Scarlet Mage Tower from being attacked by the enemy in the dark before it has developed into a shape.

Although the mage tower raises a team of warriors to say it is not very nice to say, he has always been a pragmatist.

Turning his head to look at Betty, who was slightly twisted at this time, Li De smiled at the Valkyrie.

"In the future, the size of the escort team will be expanded to 500 people, and if you need financial support, you can apply directly to Weina.

Betty, this convoy is under your jurisdiction, and you can buy a separate area near the Crimson Mage Tower as a garrison in the future.

My only request is that you train this convoy strong enough. ”

Hearing Li De's unexpected words, Betty's half-breed face showed a huge surprise.

"No problem, I'll train this army in the same way I trained the strongest Northland warriors."

Li De smiled slightly, the Northland Valkyrie, this powerful existence whose combat skills have reached the legendary level, it is a bit of a waste of resources to simply put it in the Scarlet Mage Tower as a mascot.

Since the other party has this heart, he might as well support it.

The strength in his hands is strong enough, and his confidence will be enough.

"Move on to the next item."

"Yes,

The second item, the revenue of the Crimson Mage Tower, our revenue is divided into three categories.

The first type is the magic factory, the current magic factory produces 1,000 magic scrolls per day, and the monthly output is about 30,000 pieces, and the current price of magic scrolls is 9 gold pass, deducting the cost of 3 gold pass, the profit per piece is 6 gold pass, and the total profit per month is about 180,000 pieces.

The second item, Mystery Street, we used the attraction of the magic scroll to build a street outside the Crimson Mage Tower that sells various weapons and magic scrolls, because of the shopping points and membership system, the mystery street is currently the most prosperous gathering place for professionals in Green City.

Mystic Street contributes about 30,000 gold puck to us every month.

The third item, the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce.

After two years of rapid expansion, the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce has now become a large chamber of commerce in Green City, relying on the protection of the Scarlet Mage Tower and its extensive connections.

Grain, cotton, salt, cloth, these industries are involved, although the share is far less than that of the nobles of Green City, but the profit earned every month has also reached 10,000 kimpuk, and the follow-up development potential is still very large. ”

Combined, the Scarlet Mage Tower earns 220,000 gold puks per month.

Definitely two dozen small goals a month.

But Li De shook his head, not too touched by this.

The scale of Daybreak City is getting bigger and bigger, and the places where money is used are increasing day by day, although the Scarlet Mage Tower makes money quickly, it can't resist him using it faster.

220,000 gold puke, not enough to make 10,000 alchemy bombs.

Thinking of this, Li De showed a wry smile.

Money is more and more money, but why do you always feel poor?

"The furs we traded back from the low hills have arrived, right? How long is it going to be digested. ”

Wei Na heard Li De's question, and her beautiful blue eyes groaned slightly and then said slowly.

"This batch of Monster Furs replenishes our near-depleted inventory, but the productivity of the Magic Factory is limited, and it will take at least three months to digest them all."

Li De frowned, this digestion speed was a little slow.

A few days ago, he sent the second generation of bloodlines and dry bones to open up new trade routes in the low hills, and exchanged his armor for the monster skins obtained by other centaur tribes, and after a week's trading, the city of dawn earned at least millions of monster skins worth of kimpuk.

Of course, this earning premise refers to the value of the Crimson Mage Tower when it is made into a magic scroll and sold.

But now the embarrassment is that the amount of demonic beast fur is too large, and the Scarlet Mage Tower can't digest it immediately.

Li De couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of this, which was also the reason why he wanted to build a magic factory in the City of Dawn.

The location of the Crimson Mage Tower is destined to be difficult to continue expanding, and with the Farrier Tribe becoming his agent in the low hills, there will be a lot of fur to be recorded in the future.

He couldn't wait for the Crimson Mage Tower to digest the loot every time, that would be a waste of time.

"Okay, this matter must be grasped quickly, the low hills and hills have been cleared by me, and the Scarlet Mage Tower will no longer lack the fur of the Demon Beast in the future."

The low hills and hills are barren, but with millions of centaurs feeding the Crimson Mage Tower, these resources are certainly sufficient.

"Also, is there any news on the advanced magic scroll manufacturing technology that I brought you to your attention to?"

The low-level magic scrolls can no longer satisfy Li De's appetite, and the Scarlet Mage Tower will also undergo industrial upgrading in the future, from low-end manufacturing to high-end manufacturing.

But before that, the lack of high-end magic scroll manufacturing technology had to be addressed.

Weina shook her head in embarrassment.

"The number of advanced magic scroll manufacturing techniques is very rare, and it is generally only available in ancient ruins, and it can only be bought in the market when adventurers or mercenaries dig it up for auction.

Otherwise, it is difficult to see such a precious manufacturing technology on the market. ”

The magic scroll manufacturing technology that flows out of the world is generally found in the ruins, and an assassin or warrior adventurer who gets this kind of treasure naturally can't use it, and it's not uncommon to sell it for Jinpuk or this class equipment, but the magic scroll manufacturing technology above three rings is relatively rare.

"Pay more attention to these situations, and if you find it, take it at all costs, whether it is the price on the surface or the price in the secret."

Li De's eyes are deep, as a dark boss, he is not the life of the good camp.

As long as the goal can be achieved, it is necessary to use some extraordinary means.

This is to take away the living space, there is no justice and goodness, only good or bad for the blood clan.

"Yes, Lord Li De, I have reached an agreement with the major nobles of Green City, no matter who it is, sell high-level magic scrolls to the Scarlet Mage Tower, and in the future, the type of magic scrolls produced by the Scarlet Mage Tower will be sold to the seller for three years at a rate lower than fifty percent of the market."

This agreement is really bold, Li De nodded with great satisfaction, so I am afraid that the nobles of Green City are more active than the Scarlet Mage Tower.

Based on the current production situation of the Scarlet Mage Tower, the profits of the lower five layers bring them more than 100,000 or 200,000 pieces of Jinpuk every year.

And it lasted for three years...... The benefits are enough to make any nobleman feel tempted.

Not all nobles have the terrifying blood-making ability of the Scarlet Mage Tower, and nobles who can earn 100,000 pieces per month are already extremely rare in Green City.

"Very well, you're in charge of it.

By the way, to what extent is our Ancient Alchemy Magic Array currently under construction? ”

Thinking of the potholes outside the door, the corners of Li De's mouth couldn't help twitching.

"Because of the three months you were sleeping, we mobilized all of Kimpuk to buy magic crystals, so there was a stoppage.

Then two days ago, Archmage Sparker was invaded by the breath of death again, although there is no danger to his life for the time being, but he is afraid that he will not be able to continue building in a short time.

If Archmage Spark can start building now, maybe in the Winter Moon of this year. ”

Hearing Weina's words, Li De shook his head, "Let's put this matter aside for the time being," He is still not sure what the situation is with Spark, and it is not good to arrange too much now.

"Anything else?"

Wei Na nodded, her tone a little solemn, "Because of the Fish-Man Empire's blockade of the coastline of the Nolan Empire, we are currently running out of at least three materials for making magic scrolls.

Although I have sent the Chamber of Commerce to other cities to look for it, and I am also seeking to buy from the major nobles, the current results are extremely unsatisfactory.

If it is not replenished in the future, the magic factory will be shut down for a maximum of three months. ”

Fishman Empire, Li De inexplicably wanted to complain, what kind of excitement did you have on the way to an undersea race.

"I'll figure out a way to do this, now I'm going to prepare the handlebars, I'm going to go to the White Tower first."

Li De shook his head, these things will definitely not be solved in a short time, so let's go and see Sparker first.

The Scarlet Mage Tower, the force he has single-handedly established, will not be beyond his control, and he will let Weina, who has been doing perfect things until now, play it.

Although Sparker is now under extraordinary care and his life is not in danger in a short period of time, it would be too much for his disciple not to visit him as soon as he returns.

"Master Li De, the car will be ready when you come back, and you can use it at any time", Wei Na immediately got up, her eyes full of tenderness and affection.

My little maid is always so caring.

Li De nodded with satisfaction, his eyes rolling.

"Isha, are you going to visit Grandpa Sparker with the teacher?"

Xiao Isa, who had been sitting next to Li De and had not spoken, immediately nodded, "Hmm......"

Betty also stood up after hearing this, staring at Li De with a somewhat serious expression.

"Green City hasn't been safe lately, I'm going to protect Isa."

The corners of Li De's mouth twitched slightly, and he said it directly if he wanted to follow, and he didn't want you to go, this excuse was really ....... It's too watery.

Stepping out of the Mage Tower, he got into the spacious carriage that had been prepared for a long time, and headed towards the White Tower with the crisp sound of the horse's hooves stepping on the bluestone ground.

Isha sat quietly beside Li De, and the little girl peeked at him from time to time, and her little face was full of satisfaction.

Weina and Betty sat opposite Lide, and Weina looked at her master so gently, not avoiding the other two girls at all.

Betty didn't let go of the giant sword in her hand even if she got into the carriage, and her palm gently wiped the black sword body with a little chill, but the afterglow was also looking at the figure that seemed to be a hidden dragon in her body, intentionally or unintentionally.

The eyes of the two touched from time to time, and every time this Northland Valkyrie would turn her head quickly as if she had been burned by fire, and a faint flush would quietly appear on her face, but she pretended that nothing had happened, but the speed of wiping the sword body in her hand would subconsciously speed up a few points.

Li De ignored the careful thoughts of the girls, just thinking about the turmoil caused by the recent changes in the situation.

Although the Scarlet Mage Tower currently has sufficient fur for the monsters, the magic raw materials in the deep sea are a big problem, if the Fish-Man Empire has been blocking the Blue Sea Province, then in less than two months, the Scarlet Mage Tower will have a shortage of two or three magic raw materials.

This matter still has to be solved by a way.

But how to solve it made him difficult for a while.

The carriage was not moving slowly, and after about half a day, the towering spire of the White Pagoda appeared in front of Li De, who was a little distressed.

After the carriage was parked, Li De shook his head and didn't think about it anymore, and got out of the car with the group.

When Li De came to the gate of the White Tower, the gate guarded by nearly thirty mages was heavily guarded, but these mages did not dare to stop Li De after seeing him, and hurriedly invited Li De into the tower.

Before entering the door, two high-level mages with a level of 10 came out of the tower.

It just so happened that Li De still knew the ones who helped the City of Dawn train mage apprentices.

"Good day, Your Excellency Li De."

As a disciple of Spark, although Li De has not been in the White Pagoda for a long time, his status is much higher than that of ordinary senior mages.

"Good day, take me to the teacher," Li De didn't have the slightest polite thought.

The high-ranking mage wearing the White Tower's iconic white mage robes glanced at Betty, who was holding a greatsword behind him.

"Your Excellency Li De, this lady, you can't carry weapons."

Li De raised his eyebrows, but he didn't bother to speak.

With a slight operation of the magic power, the momentum of the level 15 big boss emanated, and the exclusive aura of the blood clan of fear was also opened at this moment.

Fear began to pervade at this moment, and everyone felt as if they were being targeted by a dragon, and their legs went limp.

The air around them was as thick as mercury, and the mages guarding it were barely breathing at the moment.

Fortunately, the deterrence was collected in a flash, Li De didn't even say a word, and the senior mage didn't dare to stop it anymore, and obediently let Li De lead him into the mage tower.

After Li De's figure disappeared on the stairs, the senior mage who faced Li De's majesty came back from his extreme fright.

"Lord Li De...... It's so strong??! ”

The faces of the more than twenty official mages guarding around him were also full of fear at this time, and one of them spoke boldly and tremblingly.

"Lord Kona, is it ...... Lord Li De Did you become an archmage?? Why is his aura so close to that of Master Spark......"

Kona, who was frightened by Li De's legs, remembered the terrifying momentum, and stammered with fear that could not be concealed.

"No, I don't know ............"

At this time, everyone relieved themselves, and when they remembered the scene just now, their hearts were extremely complicated.

Maybe anything can be faked, but the momentum of a level 15 archmage on Li De's body has been seen in Sparker too many times, and it is impossible to fake it at all.

Immediately, an answer that almost suffocated them came to everyone's minds - level 15.

Lord Spark's disciple and the tower master of the Scarlet Mage Tower, Lord Lid Kachar, has a good chance of breaking through level 15!!

"Master Li De, you must have reached level 15......"

With the trembling figure of a mage, the scene fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone turned their heads in unison to look at the staircase, which was already empty...... Mixed feelings.

Under the guidance of the two White Tower mages, Li De led the three girls to the study of the White Tower, which was naturally the seat of Spark.

"Lord Lide, Lord Sparker is reading in the study......"

"You have to work, go down,"

"Yes, sir." After experiencing the scene just now, several mages didn't dare to say much, and hurriedly slipped away after saluting, as if they were afraid that Li De would do something new again.

After the two White Pagoda Mages left, Li De was about to push the door in the moment when he suddenly seemed to think of something.

There was something strange in his eyes.

Turning his head to look at the three girls staring at him, he coughed lightly.

"You three wait here first, I'll go first......"

After finishing speaking, he knocked on the door of the hidden room, and then after not getting a response for a long time, Li De didn't bother to wait, so he pushed open the door and walked in.

Entering the house, the light was a little dim, and the pile carpet of the Gray Mountain covered the floor, and it was very soft to step on.

Spark's study was at least five times larger than his, with tall oak shelves attached to the ceiling, and the densely spaced oak bookshelves could only accommodate one person's body shuttle, and the thick smell of books kept the whole space secret.

But Li De's expression was extremely wonderful at this time, because in front of the only desk in the study, his cheap teacher Sparky was drinking a little wine on the head of the chicken coop.

And his desk was filled with scrolls of pictures that radiated fluctuations of magical energy.

Most of the scrolls recorded in magic are young girls, and most importantly, the girls on these scrolls are wearing ...... Basically, no.

Li De's face was black.

In broad daylight, you are an old man who has been taken seriously, and it is not good to do something, and you are alone in the study.

Spark, who was looking at the picture scroll, suddenly frowned, he felt that something was wrong, turned his head suddenly, and was stunned the moment he saw Li De.

Why did this bastard boy come, and then his face changed greatly.

Immediately jumped up, turned all the scrolls on the table back, and pulled them into the drawer in the table.

After cleaning up, Sparker stared at Li De, who knocked on the door for a long time and didn't open it for a long time, and slammed the wine bottle in his hand on the table, and the red wine splashed from the small bottle, and shouted at Li De indignantly.

"The boy of the Cachar family!! Who let you in!! Did you know I was just studying magic?!

You almost made the magic model that I had so hard to condense collapse!

Kachar!! You interrupted an archmage's path to the Transcendental!!

The goddess of magic is on top, and you will be punished! ”

Li De looked at the lively Spark, and the corners of his mouth twitched fiercely.

Who said this old man was attacked by the breath of the undead?? Stand up and see if I don't kill you.