Throughout the four years of the Silver Moon, the development of Giant Snake City was visible to the naked eye. The nominal victory with the Blood Elders in the Battle of the Adesi River, and the actual draw, became a booster for its rapid development.

A large number of blood clans fell to the Giant Snake City, which was an extremely incredible thing. After all, the Senate is not only the supreme ruler of the Bloodline, but also the actual owner of the Kolin Peninsula recognized by their ancestors, angels and demons. Normally, even if the Senate of the Battle of the Adesi River was really defeated, there would not be a situation where the Blood Clan would completely fall and throw themselves into the Giant Snake City.

And yet, it just happened.

The biggest contributor to this victory was not Jones, not even Snake City, but the Senate itself. After the war, the Senate voluntarily relinquished control of the Bloodline, leaving the entire Bloodline confused. At this time, Jones extended an olive branch so that he quickly completed the de facto control of the Colin Peninsula while restoring the original trade route.

Yes, you heard you right, complete the de facto control of the Kolin Peninsula. When the Bloodlines lost their backbone and the stick was in Jones's hands, the entire Collin Peninsula was effectively under his control. If I had to say an exception, it would probably be the only one in the High Court. There is only a boundary of dozens of kilometers around the High Court, because the senators are still there, and they have not moved.

However, this is no different from complete mastery. On the one hand, because the High Court is extremely small compared to the entire Colin Peninsula, and on the other hand, the population of the High Court is flowing out like crazy, whether it is a blood clan or a slave. It will soon become an empty city of inconsequential importance.

And that's just on the surface. Secretly, something even more unthinkable is happening.

......

Holding a long sword with a black sword grid and a silver blade, Jones swung forward vigorously: "Flame!"

In an instant, red flames swept out, igniting the scarecrow three meters in front of him.

The fire burned fiercely, and Benedict II and Irene, dressed in military uniforms, were dumbfounded.

"We've made it possible to use the magic store three times, you can give it a try. Jones handed the sword to Benedict II: "The spell to activate is 'Flame'. ”

Taking the sword, Benedict II swung vigorously in the same way as Jones: "Blaze!"

Suddenly, flames roared out, and a second scarecrow was ignited.

"You can try it too, it's incredible!" Benedict II handed the sword to Irene again.

Irene lit a third scarecrow.

After staring blankly at the burning scarecrow, Irene lowered her head to find that the original red stone on the hilt of the sword had completely turned white: "What's going on with this?

"Yes, it's the crystal that stores the mana. Jones reached out and took the sword that Ireen handed back, and replied softly, "When it is used up three times, that is, when all the magic is released, it will turn white." ”

"And what next? Send it back to recharge?" asked Benedict II.

"No, it needs to be replaced. Jones casually removed the whitened stone and crushed it: "These are all disposable, and after use, they can't be used again." ”

Standing on the side, Dora handed over a tray with a dozen red stones, Jones took one of them and loaded the longsword, and then waved his hand: "Blaze!"

The fourth scarecrow ignites.

At this moment, the scarecrow that had been lit at the beginning had been burned out, and the only remaining fire on the wooden frame was floating into the sky with black smoke.

"So if someone says 'Blaze', will it just trigger?" asked Irene.

"Didn't you just say no and it didn't trigger?" Jones replied with a smile, "It identifies who is the wielder and only triggers when the wielder says the spell to activate." Of course, for the wielder, activating spells is a taboo word, and you can't just talk about it. Also, when using taboo words, the pronunciation must be standard. I'll show you something else. ”

With that, Jones led Irene and Benedict II to the other side of the courtyard. There were also three scarecrows there. It's just that these scarecrows are wearing armor, and it looks like armor is worth a lot.

Dora handed over a crossbow.

Holding the crossbow, Jones pulled out an armor-piercing crossbow arrow from the arrow basket next to him, loaded it, aimed it far away, and shot it.

With a "snap", the armor-piercing crossbow bolt bounced off about a centimeter from the armor, swinging in a circle of ripples.

"Shield, I know that. Benedict II and Irene smiled at each other.

Jones fired three more crossbows in a row, and when he reached the fourth, the armor-piercing bow pierced the armor: "Again, only three times." The armor trigger method has been changed to speed. It will trigger naturally when an object that is fast enough to get closer. Once all are triggered, only the stones can be replaced. The bad thing is that it doesn't recognize what a rapidly approaching object is, even if it's air. If you fly at this high speed, you may trigger all three times in an instant. ”

"Rest assured, none of us have this problem. Benedict II laughed: "However, what if it is hand-to-hand combat? If it is not an armor-piercing bow, but an ordinary blade, will it also be triggered? After all, not every weapon can split this level of armor." ”

Jones drew his saber and walked over to another suit of armor before swinging his sword.

With a bang, the sword just left a scratch on the armor, and nothing happened.

"As I said, our triggers are based on speed. If the speed does not reach the level where it poses a threat to the armor, it will not be triggered. ”

"It was excellent and I was very satisfied. Benedict II applauded softly.

"What about the price?" Irene asked, "the price of the sword and the armor, and the price of the stone." That's what I'm most concerned about. If the price is too high, then it means that we cannot equip it on a large scale. ”

Jones replied, "The sword and armor are about five times the size of ordinary armor of the same mass, and the stone is about one-fifth of it." ”

"Five-fold...... Fifth...... In other words, if we trigger three times, we will use up a new sword, or a set of armor, right?"

That's what it means. ”

"It's acceptable, it means we can form a special order. ”

"I'm afraid it's going to take a little while. ”

"What do you mean?"

"All I told you was my cost price. Of course, you are not wrong to understand that, after all, I am also profitable from the original armor and weapons. It is completely possible to sell at the same percentage of profit. But we now have two questions. One is the question of the material, which is this stone. This is a consumable, once used, the consumption will be very large, and there are not many materials that can be found on the market, mainly in the hands of blood elves. Yes, Elven Forest. It's not easy to convince the Blood Elves to increase production, and if we buy directly in large quantities, there is a risk that the price will skyrocket. At that point, the technology will lose its meaning. For the time being, I can only produce a thousand of these stones a month. The Kolin Peninsula has been searched all over, and there are no such veins, so perhaps you can open me up to your territory to explore. ”

"Yes, that's totally fine. Benedict II nodded.

"In addition, there is another problem that has not yet surfaced. Magic. Once produced on a large scale, the amount of mana required will be astronomical. I've secretly bought all the elven slaves I can sell, as well as the BloodClan slaves, and I've hired a lot of Bloodline freedmen, but it's still not enough. We're in the process of debugging the mana absorption circle, and if it works, it won't need to be entered through human power anymore, but it will take a little time. That thing...... It's a bit complicated. ”

"Anyway, we'll soon have a special order of knights equipped with magical weapons, right?"

"There are better things, so to speak. ”

Dora handed over a staff, Jones took it, and then chanted a string of incantations, ending with one: "Wind Blade!"

Suddenly, the blue stone at the top of the wand flashed, and a light blue, half-moon-shaped wind blade struck out in an instant, instantly cutting the scarecrow in the distance in half.

Both Benedict II and Ireen were stunned and their eyes widened.

"Wand, for mages. Same principle, but more powerful and farther away. However, it requires the user to have some basic knowledge of magic, at least to be able to recite simple spells. Attack range, direction, curve, and power control all need to be hidden in the spell. ”

"Uh...... We don't have such people. ”

"It can be taught, it's not hard, and of course, it takes time. You see. Jones showed the wand to Irene and Benedict II: "There are seven holes in it, which means that seven storage stones can be placed, thirty-seven, twenty-one. Even energy storage stones can be different. For example, the red energy storage stone just now has fire magic in it, and the blue energy storage stone has gas magic power in it. Different Gems mean different spells can be cast. It is indeed more difficult to train a junior mage than to recruit a soldier who can be used, but there is a reason why it is difficult. For ordinary people, we can only give them fire-based or blessing-based ones. The fire system is easy because it kills well. The same goes for blessings. As for those that are more powerful and have a greater distance, if they are handed over, it is easy to lose control and cause casualties on their own. That requires professionals. ”

"You're very well thought out. Irene sighed helplessly.

"Of course, I'm also a professional. Jones replied with a smile.

"Is it possible to make an energy storage stone that can be used more than ten times?" asked Benedict II.

"Yes, but if you do it now, the cost will not only be more than three times, it may be three hundred times, and it will not be worth it. Now it is the most cost-effective solution. Efforts are still being made to improve it, and it is expected that it can be increased to more than ten times. That will take time, probably ......."

"Wait, you're saying it's possible to make a cheap energy storage stone that can be used more than ten times?"

"Yes, that's what it means. But that was probably twenty or thirty years later. The research is going a little slowly, although I'm already working harder. If you force it now, the cost will be high. I'll take you for a walk. ”

"Okay. ”

With Benedict II and Irene, Jones began to visit his castle.

In the past few years, the Celtic continent can be said to be extremely turbulent. After Gray's disappearance, but before Gray's "death"? For the kingdom of Isaac, the turmoil has not ceased since Gray appeared. The war is constant and turbulent.

In the late summer of 10753 A.D., Gray first appeared on Earth, and at the end of that year, he met Benedict II for the first time. At that time, Benedict II was thirty-six years old, in the prime of life.

Now, nine years have passed. The thirty-six-year-old king was forty-five years old, and had grown gray hair from overwork. Those eyes were deep-set, and it looked as if they were in their fifties.

After the death of Gray in the second year of the Silver Moon, the human lords on the Celtic continent did not have a good life. It doesn't matter if you insist on standing on the side of the Holy See of the White Bone Light, or if you fall to heaven or hell, it's the same.

As for Irene......

When I first met Gray, she was only seventeen years old, a little-known immature girl, and in order to successfully inherit the title, she met the old king at the time, and even had the consciousness of dying.

Nine years have passed, and now she is twenty-six years old, and she has a decisive prestige on the mainland. Fortunately, probably because the territory of governance is not so big, and she is still young, she has not seen any obvious traces of time on her face, but she is only slightly mature. Of course, the tiredness in those eyes is also obvious.

Time flies, nine years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the shortness of human life is becoming more and more obvious.

Oh yes, Irene, and the Bessil family still have no heirs, which makes Abby Robles, the butler, very distressed.

Watch Jones' new gadgets along the way, visit Jones' massive castle, and city-states.

Looking carefully at Jones's half-finished workpiece, Irene whispered to Jones, "I have bad news for you, about your mother. ”

"Mother?"

"I'm talking about Shelley. ”

Jones was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked, "Mother, what's wrong with her?"

"Don't be so nervous. Gray wasn't there, but Richie was still there. Richie was there, and no one dared to do anything to his mother. He's crazy and really dares to do anything. Still, she seemed to know that Gray was gone. I've been trying to hide it, but it seems like I'm about to lose it. She asked me to go several times, but I didn't dare to go. After all, I don't know how to lie to her. If you have time, you'd better go and see her. ”

"Didn't Richie go back?"

"Nope. We hadn't seen Richie in a long time, and he seemed to be in a bad situation. Heard...... It's just that we have completely severed contact with him, so we can only hear about it. Hearing that heaven and hell were putting more and more pressure on him, he became more and more irritable. ”

"I know, I'll take the time to go back and see my mother. ”

"Or you can bring her to you so that both you and Dora can stay with her. ”

"Got it. Jones nodded.

In the distance, Benedict II raised an unfinished wand and looked at it in the moonlight: "Originally, we all felt that we could not hold on, and we may need your troops. Now it seems that we can hold on a little longer, if you can continue to offer these weapons at a low price. ”

"Uncle Benedict. ”

"Huh?"

Jones smiled and said, "If you really can't hold on, just say it." I may not be able to send out the army, but I can take you all over to me for retirement. ”

Glancing at Irene from afar, Benedict II said meaningfully: "Even if the lord dies, he will die in his own land." ”

"Okay......" Jones sighed helplessly, "I should take a trip to the Elven Forest in a while, and maybe I can find you a medicine to slow down aging." The Blood Elves are stronger in that regard. Actually, I mainly want to help my mother find it. If my father was still alive, I didn't want him to come back and see my mother old. And I don't want you to leave me. ”

Benedict II smiled: "Maybe you can just turn your mother into a blood clan, my father once considered this plan." Thankfully, humans aren't so averse to the Bloods now. When I'm no longer healthy, I'll come to you too. Hahahaha. ”

Throughout the four years of Silver Moon, Giant Snake City has been in a period of rapid development, full of opportunities and challenges.

The vast accumulation of magic of the lich has injected infinite vitality into this nascent city-state, and even, under the guidance of Jones's new way of thinking, based on and sharing, the lich is constantly making new progress in magical attainment. Like a rising star.

At the same time, the entire continent was filled with gunsmoke and pained wails. Lords loyal to Gray are struggling to curb the growth of Heaven and Hell.

However, everyone knows that the reason why they have not fallen yet is only because heaven and hell have not yet dealt a heavy hand, and in their eyes, the most difficult opponents are still each other.

The fate of the entire continent is in turmoil.

In the blink of an eye, it has been five years of the silver moon. After nearly half a year of negotiations, the Blood Elves finally officially sent an invitation to Jones, the city lord of Giant Snake City and the Hydra Knight, and Jones, who is the city lord of Giant Snake City, also decided to go to the Blood Elves' holy land in person for a crucial negotiation.