Alan looked him up and down and said, "Are you serious?" ”

Melanie was noncommittal. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Well, then my answer is this." With a shake of his hand, Eren took out the Red King from the spatial wrist chakra, and the long knife was pressed flat against Melanie's shoulder, the blade only a millimeter from the side of his neck. As long as Eren wanted to, he didn't even have to make any movements, just spitting out the knife qi was enough to cut Melanie's fragile neck.

"Space equipment?" Melanie's pupils shrank, and her tone finally changed.

Alan nodded: "The loot from Baal." Okay, Mr. Melanie, ask again, would you like to manage Mokdan for me? ”

"If I refuse, you're going to kill me?"

"Yes, after all, I don't have that much time to dwell on this issue with you, and I don't want someone who knows Mokdan to stay in this prison. I'm not a Gurrant, so I don't have that kind of leisure and patience. ”

"So to change the question, if I say yes, what's the benefit?"

Alan laughed and spat two words out of his mouth: "Freedom." ”

"Freedom?"

"Yes, as long as you serve me for three years. In addition to managing Mokdan well in the past three years, you have to train me again in internal affairs, and if you do these two things, then you will be free after three years. Whether to go or stay, listen to it. "Of course, if I die in battle, then you can be set free immediately." ”

"It's not enough." Melanie shook her head and held up a finger and said, "During my service, I demand that I be paid according to the salary that the Empire has given to the Archons of the Great Cities, and at the same time, I will get back the property that was previously mine. All! ”

"Of course." Alan retracted the Red King: "And what does Mr. Melanie mean?" ”

"Of course yes, Lord Allen doesn't seem to give me a third option, and death is definitely not in my option, otherwise do you think I spent three years in a prison cell just to wait for death?"

Eren then threw the Red King back into the space wrist chakra, and then called the warden to bring Melanie a set of clean clothes. The man in his new clothes followed Alan out of the prison, and when he saw the light of day, he squinted in the sunlight and muttered, "It's still good air outside." ”

"That's for sure." Alan said to the warden next to him, "Call your men and report to the military headquarters in the afternoon." ”

The warden was stunned, looked at the prison behind him and said, "My lord, what about here?" ”

Alan patted Melanie on the shoulder and smiled: "Everyone is out, what are you going to do with a prison, don't waste my money." ”

The warden hurriedly replied yes.

Melanie's eyes changed a little as she looked at Allen: "This prison doesn't cost much, does it?" ”

"It's not much, but right now, I'm poor." Alan smiled.

Then the two got into the car, and after returning to the City Lord's Mansion, Alan introduced Melanie to Grace and said to him, "I will be away for a few days, and I hope that when I return, you can plan the next exhibition of the city." ”

"I wonder what adults expect from this city?"

"A solid late-stage base should be enough to support me to fight under the Demon Ring City."

Melanie was stunned for two seconds before squeezing a few words out of her mouth: "Your heart is so big, my lord." ”

Alan laughed and walked towards the door.

Melanie stopped him again, "My lord, you are making enemies of the Shadow Empire. Normally, His Majesty wouldn't have bothered to ask about the border rebellion, but what would you do if he came in person? ”

"If Sbernack comes, I'll fight him. You know the result after the fight, doesn't it? Alan said, "Are there any other questions?" ”

"Nope."

With Alan gone, Melanie looked at the reclosed door and muttered, "Is he confident or stupid?" ”

"You just need to stay by his side to know the answer to this question." Grace said with a smile.

Melanie nodded, and then asked Grace about Mokdan's current situation. He's been in prison for three years, and there's a lot he needs to know.

In the afternoon, a fleet rose into the air in the port of Mokdan, and a total of more than 100 warships broke through the sky. Alan was on one of the battleships, and at this moment in front of him, an officer was showing him a map of the southern front of the empire. Starting from Mokdan, this road leads north, and there are three cities within 200 kilometers. Two of them are of average size, but the other is an undercurrent city that cannot be taken lightly.

Undercurrents is presided over by an Imperial general, and the city is not as large as Mokdan, but it is above the other two. Darkstream City is the largest concentration of workshops on the southern border, and the Night Mountains behind it produce several precious minerals, one of which is called Night Iron, which is an important material for the shell armor of starships. Most of the workshops in Undercurrent City process the collected night iron into iron blanks, which are then sold elsewhere.

Eren put his hand on Undercurrent, which was the main goal of his trip, followed by the other two cities. After this operation, then the hundreds of square kilometers on the southern border of the empire will be the area under his control. Only then will Allen's territory have depth to speak of.

Two hundred kilometers was in the blink of an eye under the degree of the flyship, and when the alarm sounded in the sky above Undercurrent City, Allen had already jumped off the flyship. Below him, there was a desperately rising energy shield, but unfortunately the grade was too far from the gem wall. Eren didn't even use the Destruction Hymn, he only took out the Red King, swept the sword, and slashed the newly closed shield in one fell swoop.

When the shield was broken, a powerful qi machine rose in the city, but no matter how you look at it, this qi machine is suspected of being strong from the outside.

Over the course of two days, Alan swept through three cities, including Undercurrent. The general of Undercurrent City immediately surrendered after receiving Allen's sword, making it clear that the move was just a show, so as to give the empire an explanation. Alan was angry and funny, but instead of killing him, he let the general named Zhuode continue to manage Undercurrent City. Such a relaxed attitude made the general shocked and suspicious, and after several attempts and results, he did not dare to have different intentions and obediently obeyed orders.

It didn't take Eren even an hour to go from parachuting into Undercurrent City to controlling the city, and if Drod had a different heart, it would only be shorter next time. And next time, he will have no chance of surrendering. Zhuo De also knows this, and acts according to orders by choice. Unless the Empire kills Allen, that's a different story.

After spending more than a day consolidating control, Alan left behind the fleet and warriors and returned to Mockdan on his own.

It took four days to go back and forth.

Four days was enough time for Melanie to make an initial plan.

"Since your lordship wants Mokdan to be a logistics base to support your war, it means that the city needs workshops that recruit and train soldiers, master large quantities of minerals, and have the ability to process them, and even an arsenal that can open and produce weapons and equipment on its own. As for the airship combat vehicle, I personally prefer to buy it externally. After all, to build a production line in this area, the budget to be invested is too large, and it is impossible to form an assembly line operation without a few years of effort. ”

In the study, Melanie briefly talked about his plan, and in general, Melanie intended to catch it from the roots. Pull the bigwigs of Mokdan's various trading houses to invest in the construction of a series of processing workshops first, at least to ensure that weapons and equipment can be produced by themselves, which helped Alan save a lot of money. At the same time, open up some more trade routes, and sell the Abyssal Crystals of the Relic Realm to Duobia in exchange for their fleetship chariots.

In addition to this, there are other plans. These plans seem to have nothing to do with each other, but if you think about it carefully, when the goals of these plans are achieved, the strength of the entire Mokdan will be multiplied several times. If the ruling is also divided into hierarchies, then Melanie's governing ability should be in the top handful. The height of his eyes, just like ordinary people can't see the scenery in Allen's eyes, God knows where Gurrant recruited such a talent, but he was thrown in a prison cell for three years, it is really a tyrannical thing. But then again, if Gulrant hadn't been vacant for three years, I don't know what would have become of Mokdan now, I'm afraid Alan would have to work a little harder to get in.

Thinking of this, Alan also has to thank Gulrant for being suspicious.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and the butler came in and said with a panicked face: "My lord, there was a message from the military headquarters just now. ”

"What's the message?"

"It's from the Demon Ring City, saying that a messenger will come to see you tomorrow, for the ransom of the prisoners. It's just that the messenger is no ordinary person. ”

Alan let out an "oh" and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"I heard it's Lord Lamer."

Melanie's whole body tightened when she heard the name, and she lost her voice: "Hidden Demon Ramer? ”

The butler nodded.

Melanie immediately looked at Allen, "Your Excellency, then you have to be careful. Ramer is also an imperial general, but his combat power cannot enter the top three. But he is not as dangerous as other generals in other aspects, especially in terms of assassination, and Ramer is simply the ancestor of all the killers in the entire empire. He came to Mokdan in person this time, and you must not be unprepared. ”

"I've heard of his murderous name, and speaking of which, I knocked out their Mad Shadow Army's stronghold in the wasteland. Rest assured, I won't take it lightly. Alan thought to himself that it was time to call Belmode and Trisley to his side, and although the two of them were not as good as the Imperial generals, they were also adept at stealth assassination. With them around, if Lamer wants to do something, he will eventually be able to detect some clues.

At noon the next day, a fleet with the Imperial logo arrived at Mokdan. The fleet consisted basically of transports, and after docking at the airship harbor, there was a flyship in which someone came out of the hatch. He narrowed his eyes and sighed, "It's not long since I left, and I've come to this place where birds don't, bad luck." ”

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