The curtain of the turbulent era of Neverwinter City has been lifted, but Shen Yan has settled down far from the center of the whirlpool, and has steadily run his territory.

In addition to chatting with Erebes at a fixed time every day, I will exchange information by the way. Most of the rest of the time, Shen Yan focused on castle construction and territory planning.

Whether the plague in Neverwinter killed many people, or Arthur collected more silver sword fragments, he ignored them all.

Because Shen Yan knew very well that unless he could use legendary-level spells unscrupulously on this continent, it would really be difficult for one person to change the direction of a war - if people couldn't beat him, couldn't he hide? Can't you find a way to contain it?

What's more, if a person shows off too well, the gods will come down and talk to him. Boy, you are so good at acting, do you have any thoughts about being a god? Naturally, no one would talk to him like this on Shen Yan, but the gods would also collectively tacitly block his upward path...... The Son of God is the most annoying.

In short, it is the most correct thing to do at this time with an army and a fortress in hand.

Advance can be attacked, retreat ...... You can attack in the other direction!

This is how this era opens.

Vassals are loyal to their liege, although this is a common rule accepted in this era.

But everyone seems to have overlooked an important issue due to the principle of darkness under the lamp, the Erebes siblings have never been loyal to the Nasher Lord - because Erebes's nobility is a theocratic nobleman, and Shen Yan ...... His aristocratic status was bought, and he used money to open the way all the way, and he didn't even show his face, and even Nasher collected a large sum of money.

The lords of Shenshui and Neverwinter City, who were succumbed to the money, felt that this matter was too embarrassing, and counted the money silently, not wanting to make a noise.

*****

The pace of construction of the fortress was fast.

The clerk sent by Nasher to supervise felt a mixture of joy and sorrow in his heart - the work assigned by the sad lord of Nasher was basically in vain, and Shen Yan did spend a lot of money, throwing out hundreds of thousands of gold coins!

But these orders are all monopolized by the "Big Three", the richest woman contracts materials and manpower, the legendary magician underwrites high-end magic products, and the male nobles provide daily necessities, so there is no room for Neverwinter to interfere!

It is impossible to squeeze by other means, and each of these three is no worse than Nasher in terms of power.

Happily, the purpose of letting Shen Yan spend money has been achieved. Today, when Shen Yan's "Tao Sente" store closed down, there was no income, and every penny he spent was a net expense, and his wealth was facing a big dive. Although there is a territory, in an agricultural society, the income from the territory is only a few dollars?

What's more, it is still a wasteland, and the number of people is less than one-tenth of what it should be. Even the early reclamation has not yet begun, and he is fully engaged in preparations...... and other incomes are even more far away.

Even more gratifyingly, the fortress is taking shape at a speed visible to the naked eye. The exterior wall has been fully completed, and the double-layer parapet wall of the "sandwich biscuit" type has a span of 20 meters!

In his report to Nasher, the clerk said that he believed that once the castle was completed and had sufficient men to defend it, it would be difficult for Luskan to take it even if he sent tens of thousands of troops...... This made Nasher slightly uneasy.

In fact, not only Nasher, but even female legendary magicians and male nobles found it quite tricky after visiting.

The stone bricks that built the walls were mixed with the dust of the disgusting gold. This material comes from the wizarding world and is a good anti-magic material, which can greatly improve the magic resistance effect of outer walls and foundations.

Unless you use the magic of violent demolition such as "Meteor Burst", you can't imagine any way to deal with such a wall that is several meters thick! The kind of wall with a slope, the outside and soft on the inside, with both hardness and toughness, it is conceivable that the trebuchet will fail completely.

And those black "probes" and dwarven steam machines hidden inside the walls make people frown when they look at them...... I don't understand it, but it's a scary look.

The whole fortress can be said to be good, except for the appearance of some ...... Ugly!

Different from the traditional castles where the mainstream parapets, castles, and minarets are intertwined, Shen Yan's castle is completely a big "star" with a small "star" inside, which makes people dizzy to see. The overall appearance is low and thick, and the internal facilities are complete, but none of the buildings are higher than 10 meters, which looks a bit like ...... Turtle shells, living in them does give people a very reassuring feeling.

The main castle of the core is not located in the heart of the heart, as is traditionally the case, but is built on important façade support nodes. If a squad of archers were placed here, it would be enough to support the city wall covering three-quarters of the city.

And the support weapon that Shen Yan arranged in the main castle was the Dwarven Steam-powered Heavy Machine Gun!

Quadruple double warhead! The pre-made chain can go around the city wall for two and a half weeks! Whoever touches it will die when the steel storm strafs!

Ever since Shen Yan used alchemy to light up the "Fire Cap" and "Piston" technology, the dwarves of Milkan have never returned to the Musket Avenue. By the time he returned twelve years later, all kinds of steam firearms were already in vogue in Milkan.

The steam heavy machine gun with a dead weight of five and a half tons made Shen Yan love to death!

He bought ten units in one go! A team of dwarven technicians was hired to help with maintenance.

You know, the dwarf is big, hard, durable, and powerful! After all, water-cooled hand-cranked Gatling is nothing, and steam power is a man's romance!

The Black Probe, on the other hand, is a byproduct of the reverse engineering of the Ancient Battery Cannon, which can unleash beams of directional lightning and forked lightning that can be used to remove enemies with too high physical resistance to be destroyed by projectiles, such as ghosts.

Several bigwigs such as the female legendary mage praised the castle one after another, commenting that although this fortress does not look very good, it is really safe to live! It is completely in line with its positioning as a fortress, and it can even make Lu Sikan retreat when he sees it.

Shen Yanxin said what is this, isn't it just a machine gun + a fortress, and now the little white people with a little common sense in the society know it.

The bastion itself is a conceptual problem, and there is no difficulty in designing, except that it is a little more troublesome when designing crossfire...... But the crossroads fortress is located between two mountains, and he only needs to focus on two directions.

*****

When the main structure of the castle was completed, Shen Yan withdrew all the workers.

That night, the white-robed mage Gandalf reappeared through a portal, and after knocking and checking the castle, he activated the eight-ring spell "Barrier", which had been designed at the beginning of the design.

When Shen Yan was able to use the Nine Rings spell, he immediately exchanged the [Spell Interpretation Fang (7-9)] part through the portal, and then the first magic he started to analyze was the "Barrier". He had a feeling that this kind of spell that distorted and transformed the environment on a large scale had very important strategic value in itself.

Crossroads Fortress is the first manifestation of this value.

When the night was over, the people who woke up in the morning were stunned - the place that had once been a fortress had become a complex of buildings built on the hill, the main castle had not disappeared but was located at the back of the complex, and the buildings in front looked familiar.

Looking at the design of the rooms on the left and on the right, it is clear that it is a hotel that can accommodate hundreds of people......

Where did the fortress go?

Nowadays, there are many mages active in Crossroads Fortress, and they are surprised that they have guessed something, so they have used magic to test it. Either enhance your ability to see through the truth, or try to dispel the illusions around you.

But no matter how hard they tried, nothing changed in their surroundings, as if they were real!

They pushed the door open and walked into any room, and found that there were tables, chairs, and benches that could not only be used but even destroyed. Some of them also have the inscription of the store on them, which is obviously a product that was purchased on a large scale some time ago.

Could it be that this castle was designed with the idea of what it would look like, and bought two copies of everything? Or is it dual-use?

They were convinced that there must be a "castle" hidden under the "Table Hotel", but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't find it! Even when the legendary magician came, his brows furrowed......

If it weren't for the fact that the castle had been built little by little with their own eyes, they would have wondered if the fortress had ever existed.

Of course there were...... It's just that most of it is hidden in the secondary plane, and it can be exchanged with the main plane at any time.

The combination of "barrier" and "mansion technique" has an amazing effect, and it can be said that it has deceived everyone's eyes.

What fortress? Where did the fortress come from? I'm a hotel.

Shen Yanzhi proudly erected a stone tablet in the most conspicuous position at the intersection, which was engraved - "Cross Slope (Slope Character Crossed Out) Intersection Hotel".

Officially opened.