At the same time, in the snow-covered mountains of the northern part of the continent, an unknown magic tower was quietly suspended among the peaks. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It has been detached from the realm of the Karen Kingdom, and even the barbarians living in the glacial plains have not been involved here. The high altitude and continuous mountains have become a natural barrier, and it is not a habitable place for most people and even creatures.

But this brightly lit magic tower is like an oasis of life, completely blocking out the biting white wind and snow.

The suspended magic tower is far from being as shabby and rough as Rasiman's "floating tower". It is like a delicate work of art, and all the details reveal a completely different atmosphere from human civilization... If the inhabitants of Elson City were standing here, then they would surely feel that the image of this magic tower was very familiar.

Because this is an authentic high-elf magic tower, judging from its ability to move across mountains, its former owner must have been the "Grand Arcanist".

Of course, the High Elf civilization has been extinct for seven hundred years. All the living Grand Arcanists are now largely history. At this moment, the people living in the magic tower belong to a unified organization: "San Varrano High Elf Noble Council".

This is the "Holy Order" to which Camilla was allegiated.

Since the news of the "failure of the exploration of Elson City" came, the "Holy Order" has been silent for a long time. The reason, of course, is that the failure of this operation is really a huge loss for them.

The Congregation is not a widespread religion like the Rosicrucian or the Pit Viper Cross, but rather a "sanguinity": only true descendants of the High Elves can become members of the Order.

In order not to be targeted by the secular kingdom, the "Holy Order" of covert operations has been developing very slowly for many years.

They believe in arcane arts, so they "value magic over martial arts", believing that only "arcanists" are the path of glory for every descendant of the High Elves. But even if they have the blood of high elves and have a far greater affinity for elements and arcane than normal humans, there are still a large number of people who cannot be "arcanists" and can only become "magic apprentices" who are not strong. This problem of deformed membership structure has become more and more pronounced in the last hundred years - and when the seventeen powerful arcanists were buried in Elson City, the backbone of the "Holy Order" was seriously damaged, and the elders were annoyed by this for a long time, and they were debating whether to change the way the "Holy Society" lived.

However, the results of such discussions have been negative, because the longer the organization has existed, the more afraid it is of change. However, after the fluctuations of the "Demon Gate" swept across the continent, these elders were shocked, and finally couldn't hold back and decided to change the future strategy of the "Holy Order"...

They all understand that the prelude to the drastic changes in the mainland has quietly begun.

In order to cope with this crisis, the elders of the "Holy Order" finally decided to move from the "outside" to the "inside": that is, to maximize the number of descendants of the High Elves, at the same time, to have a centralized city, and to enslave humans as much as possible to support and maintain the development of the "Holy Order".

They need to build a more complete survival system, instead of being "cold" and independent of the human world. Because these elders know... When disaster strikes, it's useless to hide anywhere.

And how to find a suitable city for the "Holy Church"?

Elson City, which was about to hold a "magic exchange meeting", suddenly came into the sight of these elders...

The information channels of these High Elven descendants are not completely closed, and although Camilla tried to hide all traces of the city during the initial development of Elson City, as the speed of development has suddenly accelerated, a lot of information will naturally leak out with the people who come and go - and now the "Holy Order" already knows the richness and prosperity of the city, and also knows that it is a very powerful fortress city, which perfectly matches their goals!

What surprised them even more was that the "guardian" of the city was the Camilla they were familiar with!

The elders were not naïve enough to think that Camilla was still obedient to the Congregation, but they were well aware of the importance of the Guardians - in other words, to control the Guardians was to hold the keys to the city.

As for the city lord Roddy... The information collected by the Holy Order only shows that he is a nobleman who has made a name for himself in battle, and has risen faster than anyone could have imagined. As for his achievements, in the eyes of the Holy Order, they are really false exaggerations, and although they have reference significance, they cannot be fully believed.

Exaggerating war exploits is the most normal thing in the human world, and spreading the story of one enemy against three can become one against a thousand. As for Augustine, the "Pit Viper Cross" elder, or something, it sounds more like nonsense.

No matter what others think, Elder Dominica judged it this way.

The cold wind was howling outside the Magic Tower, but Dominic was on the top floor of the warm Magic Tower talking to several mages about the most critical plan of the "Holy Order":

"According to records, the 'Guardian' is connected to the entire city, and the individual strength will definitely increase a lot. At the same time, she also has a very strong control over the city, and she can even monitor everyone who enters the city. ”

The elder was dressed in white and blue robes, his hair was gray, and although he looked old, he was unusually handsome. As one of the eight people with the highest voice in the "Holy Order", his magical strength is also very good, reaching the level of advanced level 48.

"Elder Dominic, how do we avoid her probe?"

"Ordinary camouflage may not be effective, so we need to wear some special accessories. Dominic pulled out a wooden box filled with badges that radiated magical fluctuations.

The magic circles on the badge were all left by the previous owner of the magic tower, and were specially used to shield snooping spells. And what Dominic then took out was obviously the highlight - a purple crystal ball appeared in front of everyone, and he tapped it with his staff, and there was a constantly dancing shadow in it: "'Imprisoned Ball', this is the key to our mastery." ”

"Does it really work on Camilla?"

A female arcanist in a blue robe got up and approached, and said as she looked: "Camilla's strength is not weak, and the city built by the 'demigod' Khadgar is by no means comparable to ordinary cities... I-this is the Dragon?!"

Her exclamation attracted the attention of several mages next to her, and the seven or eight high-level arcanists present gathered around, all surprised to find that there was really a dragon inside the crystal ball!

To their surprise, this dragon was not a phantom, but a real dragon who was imprisoned in a "folded space" inside a crystal ball.

However, it is not an adult dragon with a huge body like Merlene, but it is one of the more obtuse "young dragons" of the dragon family - "young dragons" are not "baby dragons", but dragons with little magical talent and cannot learn more spells. They are in a sense closer to "beasts", as hatchlings do not have the ability to speak, nor can they be larger than twenty meters. Among the dragons, they can only be "cannon fodder" units in battle, similar to the infantry in human wars.

However, it is said to be "cannon fodder", but it also depends on who it is compared with. In the human world, even if it is a "young dragon", it is also an existence with a level of 50 or above, even if it does not know magic, the dragon scales with flying ability, high defense, and high magic resistance plus strong strength, it is still easy to abuse a magic master...

"According to records, the Orb of Imprisonment is enough to contain the existence of the demigods. This young dragon is what I gained half a year ago - no matter how strong Camila is, she can't become a demigod in two years. ”

Dominic's words are already obvious, as long as he can get close to Camilla and imprison her, he will definitely be able to control Elson City.

"And what if she's not willing to cooperate?"

A mage asked out loud: "At the beginning, she gave up the opportunity to advance unusually, and would rather go to a place where birds don't for 12 years... This is not an ordinary stubbornness. ”

"There is a way to cooperate, if you don't-"

Dominic's wand rested on the crystal ball, and in an instant, the surrounding mages saw that the young dragons inside began to twitch and roll violently, apparently suffering greatly.

"Since the Guardians don't want to protect Elson, we'll choose to get a new one. ”

In Elson, the busy Camila didn't know that someone was eyeing her.

In the past three months, she has hardly been idle for a day, and if she hadn't followed Luo Di's advice and assigned various political affairs to officials at all levels, I'm afraid she would have even been compressed to sleep.

The main reason for this is that the results of the "Autumn Harvest" are beyond everyone's imagination.

Before Roddy's introduction of ploughing, fertiliser, and regular artificial rainfall, no one would have imagined that grain yields could be so high – even before the research on "hybridization" began, this method of farming still increased yields by an average of 2.2 times!

In other words, from now on, Elson City will directly get rid of the embarrassing situation of needing Holier City to deliver food, and will not only be able to "self-sufficient", but will also be able to start feeding the entire Ivota again!

The red-faced faces of the peasants near Elson were in stark contrast to the refugees in the eastern part of the kingdom at the same time. They already had little tax revenue, and the net income from such a good harvest was almost as good as the sum of the previous four or five years combined -- an income that was beyond imagination for the peasants of the present age, almost surpassing many of the inhabitants of the cities at present.

After the harvest, the surplus grain was purchased at a fixed price, so the farmers had some spare money and could come directly to the city along the compacted roads to buy fresh gadgets.

The smooth and smooth road opens up the commercial route. In the space of three months, the road network has connected four towns near Elson, with the main road extending to the Endel mine outside Hollier. It is estimated that in another month, the road connecting the two major cities will be completely clear, and the business activities of the whole of Ivota will quickly enter the blowout stage.

(End of chapter)