Before going to Mercury Manor, Victor made a trip to the Secret Castle of the Hills, gave the Alchemy Tower a capital worth 300,000 gold soles, and set up a production task, setting two alchemy dragon lizards in the first place, followed by 300 alchemy crows and 50 alchemy mastiffs, with a total cost of 155,000 gold soles.

The resources reserved by the Alchemy Pagoda were instantly reduced by half, and Victor was dripping blood in his heart, constantly reassuring himself that these investments would have more generous returns in the future.

Indeed, Victor has produced 7 alchemy dragon lizards with a total investment of 350,000 gold soles. A few years ago, the two-headed dragon lizard Itugos killed 1 alchemy dragon lizard, leaving 6. They then occupied territory in Itugos, with a territory of more than 6,000 square kilometres. In the past five years, the half-dragons and goblin slaves in the territory have provided Victor with a large amount of Zesheng resources and mineral resources, with a market value of nearly 600,000 gold soles, far exceeding the cost of manufacturing the alchemy dragon lizard, which has a life span of 15 years. In other words, the production structure of the forward base will bring Victor at least 100,000 gold soles per year, and the output of the next 15 years will be all net earnings.

Of course, the Zesheng resources and mineral resources collected by the forward base cannot be simply converted into kinsol, the market does not have such a large capacity, and there are not so many gold coins, and pushing these resources to the market in one go will only lead to the rapid depreciation of goods in local areas. For example, the Sprout Fort has a stockpile of crystal glazes offered by goblin slaves, which are worth 170,000 gold soles at the current market price, but if they are really sold on the Willow City market, their trading price will drop by at least 40%. Because the caravan was bound to lower the purchase price of crystal glaze to ensure that it had enough funds to purchase other goods.

In this way, the value of the gold sol has not appreciated, and the cost of the alchemy tower to make alchemy creatures is still so much, and Victor lost 68,000 gold sol in vain.

However, if you use these glazed rocks to refine crystals and build crystal greenhouses, you can harvest fresh fruits and vegetables in the cold water season, and Silver Moon Manor will no longer purchase fruits and vegetables at high prices, and can even sell them to the outside world, or reward them to meritorious vassal families, and save a bounty. So in the long run, these crystal glazes are much more than 170,000 gold soles.

For example, some of the Zesheng medicinal materials equipped with dragon vein potions and gold potions, Victor is reserved for his own use, and will not be sold to the outside.

The production structure of the Forward Base generates a fortune of 100,000 gold soles a year, and Victor is racking his brains to ensure that it continues to function. The key is not the lazy half-dragons, but the hordes of goblin slaves.

Goblin slaves are an excellent labor force, compared to swamp scouts, they don't need equipment worth 60 gold soles, they don't get a salary, they don't need pensions for the dead and wounded, they can do a day's work as long as they are fed every day, they can make all kinds of tools, they can simply process resources, improve the efficiency of transportation and storage of materials, and even serve as alchemy mastiffs' rations.

How can such a useful slave give up?

In 7 years at the latest, a second wave of ant tides will appear, and considering the predatory destruction of resources by Ant-Man, Victor decides to make full use of goblin slaves and seize the time to collect Zesheng resources. This necessitates the investment of more alchemy creatures to fill the void after the withdrawal of the half-dragon tribe.

In addition to producing two swamp dragon lizards and a batch of alchemy mastiffs, Victor is also preparing to send another 150 alchemist humans from the Mercury Manor into the forward base to assist Emerson in controlling the goblin slaves.

Originally, he could have saved the 150,000 gold soles and used them to produce alchemy humans. As long as Emerson cultivates a powerful alien beast, it will be enough to deter goblin slaves, explore the uncharted areas of the Lizard Swamp, cover a group of alchemical militia through the swamp, go to the Everfree Forest to scout the Ant-Man lair, and even help defend against the Ant Plague.

In the past, Victor would never allow Emerson to control the giant alien beast, and Emerson once proposed to cultivate an alienated six-legged crocodile to deal with the out-of-control Itugos, but Victor vetoed. Now, Randall has full confidence in suppressing the wizard's alienated beasts. Ironically, now it's Imerson's turn to be unwilling.

He used to want to prove his worth, and did everything he could to curry favor with Victor, just to return to civilization and reunite with Bertina as soon as possible. Now that he has returned to the human kingdom and enjoys the treatment of the head of the hunt, he has two charming little wives, and he doesn't even care much about his baby daughter, so he is willing to risk using wisdom to guide witchcraft and expose his identity as a wizard?

Emerson came up with a lot of reasons, mainly because he was afraid that he would be sent to the Swamp again, and spend his days with stinking goblins.

Victor couldn't force himself on the issue of his own heart, even if he forced Emerson to do what he was told, the suspicious wizard would make a mistake. In fact, Imerson's worries were not unreasonable, Randall led in addition to Miller, and several mid- and high-ranking clergy. Father Dane had only spoken to Victor about wizarding a few days earlier, and Imerson's safety and loyalty were more important than hundreds of thousands of gold soles.

Victor travels alone through the wilderness, and soon arrives at the Mercury Manor, where he meets Nelson, who has been ordered to join him.

At this time, the sun had just risen, and the two exchanged a few words, and then stood outside the manor playground, watching the soldiers practice martial arts secrets.

The soldiers on the playground are divided into three parts, one is the alchemy humans who receive a three-month social knowledge training here, they practice the blue wolf combat skills every day, the other part is the young children adopted by the Randall family, about 50 people, their average age is less than 9 years old, they have all undergone body remodeling, specializing in practicing the Gripen combat skills that can ignite the fire of the heart; the last part is the fierce warriors collected by the mercury and smuggling caravans, there are only two people at present, practicing the violent bear combat skills and the wild ape combat skills respectively.

"My lord, that kid who practiced the Storm Bear skills was Rogers, don't look at his big size and full beard, in fact, he is only 21 years old, he is a very good young man, and he is also my most proud student. Nelson pointed to one of them and said rather smugly.

He has brown hair and brown eyes, is 1.95 meters tall, has knotted muscles, thick bones, bronzed skin showing traces of wind and frost, three deep scars on his chest, a messy beard connected to his hair, covering his deep facial features, and looks like he is in the prime of life, not at all like a 21-year-old young man. At this moment, he was practicing the Violent Bear Combat Technique shirtless, leaving deep footprints on the solid playground with every step, rolling his muscles layer by layer, and his movements were integrated, like a giant bear pounced, full of a sense of majestic power.

"You're a little stronger than you were eight years ago. Victor nodded in comment.

"Of course, he's practicing the Violent Bear Technique that adults and I jointly created. Nelson patted his chest, smiled, and said eagerly, "My lord, this kid Rogers has been transferred to the mercenary army, right?"

Rogers was once a young mountain man whose cottage was breached by another group of mountain people, and his father was brutally killed. On the way to break the ice, the Warhammer Smugglers bumped into the group of mountain people and killed their leader, indirectly avenging Rogers' blood. Since then, Rogers Jr. has joined the Warhammer Mercenary Regiment, and has been carefully trained by the Warbear Mercenary Hammer, which can be regarded as Nelson's lineage.

Victor smiled silently, his gaze turning to the other fierce warrior. He has red hair, light gray and blue eyes, an ordinary appearance, moderate height, a thin and lean build, and wears a tight-fitting leather armor, and is practicing the Wild Ape Fighting Technique. He can be seven or eight meters away in one step, and his movements are as fast as flying, like an ape leaping, coming and going freely, sensitive and alert.

His name is Red Wolf, and he is a disciple adopted by Barol in the town of Blackcastle, who is good at stealing and has the name of a thief.

Victor raised his chin and asked with a smile: "The red wolf practices the Wild Ape Combat Technique, and he is also your student, why don't you want him?"

Nelson had a look of disdain on his face, and he pouted and said, "Oily and timid...... The mad ape combat skills focus on agility, pay more attention to violence, and the flexible movements are for the ferocious attack, this kid has trained the crazy ape combat skills into fox combat skills. ”

Victor bowed his head and said: "The Storm Bear and the Wild Ape originated from your imagination, both have your brave style, the Wild Ape is more clever than the Violent Bear, but unfortunately there is a difference between the Red Wolf and your personality, and the Wild Ape Combat Skills are not suitable for him...... But that doesn't mean that the Red Wolf is a piece of crap and that he can be a great scout and assassin. ”

Nelson was greatly moved, rubbed his chin, observed the red wolf for a moment, and blurted out, "My lord...... Give it to me the red wolf, too. ”

Victor smiled, shook his head and said, "I won't give you any of them!" Rogers and Red Wolf, I'm going to take them with me and train them personally, as well as Marcie and Caligula, I've already sent someone to summon them. ”

Nelson's eyes lit up, and he asked in surprise, "My lord, do you want to deduce a higher-level Soul Blood Secret Method?"

Ordinary people have limited potential, and if they want to deduce advanced spiritual bloodline secret methods, it is best to choose a ferocious human as the test subject. The Church counts that the ratio of human ferocity is 7,000 to 1, but there are very few people who can truly manifest violently, and most of the violent human beings are buried. The Randall family screened the ferocious humans based on their intuitive acuity, and after several years of busyness, they only found Rogers and Red Wolf, and the rest of the people who claimed to have dangerous instincts were proven to be suspicious. Obviously, it is difficult for ordinary people to judge who is the real ferocious human being with reference to objective conditions.

Rogers, Red Wolves, Nelson, Tournans, and Marcie make the Randall family only five fierce warriors.

In this regard, Victor is also helpless, hoping that Nelson and Caligula can one day reach the level of Tournans and find out the true ferocious human beings with the touch of the heart.

But then again, how many Tyropic Warriors can Turnans pick out on his own? It's good to have five Tyrotropic Warriors in the Randall family.

Victor sighed silently, nodded and said: "The high-level Spiritual Blood Secret Method is very important, although Rogers and Red Wolf are both part of the family, after all, they come from smuggling caravans and mercury, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, I am ready to take them with me and act as my personal guard...... By the way, we should adjust the personnel structure of the pro-guard force, transfer all the pro-guards over the age of 35, and let them marry wives and have children, and start a family. You and Lilia have to arrange their duties and treatments, according to the centurion's standards. ”

The lord's personal guard is the Swift Bird Light Cavalry, a total of 300 people, half of whom are alchemy humans, and the other half are the children of the first vassals of the Randall family. Their strength is not as good as that of the alchemy militia, but they are also the carefully cultivated backbone of the Randall family, and they have been personally trained by Victor, and they can't find fault with them in terms of personal ability or loyalty.

Nelson reacted extremely quickly, touched his head, and grinned: "The lord's personal guard doesn't marry a wife or have children, that guy Gru is already 41 years old, and he is still a bachelor...... It's time to find him two wives and have a few stronger boys...... My lord, there is no need to trouble Lilia about the placement of retired guards, they are all soldiers, and of course they must be efficient for you in the army. Aren't you planning to form the First Ranger? I see, let them put up the Ranger racks...... By the way, how many people in the pro-guard team are over 35 years old? If there are too many people, the mercenary corps can be accommodated. ”

Glancing at Nelson, Victor shook his head and said, "You must respect their own wishes first, you can only place those who are willing to serve in the army." ”

"If you don't want to come, I don't want it yet. Nelson muttered and smiled, "That's the best." ”

Victor nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Another thing...... In 8 days, you will travel to Blinor City with Bruce and Trisley to teach the Kite Castle the principles and applications of the Soul Blood Secret Method...... You may meet a wizard, but don't make a fuss, he's probably the best potion master today. Your main task is to cooperate with him in the development of a spiritual meditation potion...... However, I hope that we will have a wider cooperation with Kite Castle in the field of the Soul Blood Secret Method. ”

"Kite Castle focuses on researching the Spiritual Bloodline Secret Method suitable for knights, while I value the bloodline talent potential of ordinary people even more. Victor paused and continued, "During my time in Neville, I saw several arcane warriors cultivated by the Kite Castle, and their strength, perception, physical fitness, and physique all reached the level of a beginner knight. But they are not violent humans. ”

"Ordinary people, how did they do it?" Nelson's eyes lit up, and a look of surprise piled up on his face.

Theoretically, a knight's physical fitness represents the limit of a human being, but it was the first time Nelson had heard that the physical fitness of ordinary people could reach the level of a beginner knight. It's like the elite guards of the Randall family, who are close to the beginner knights in physique and strength, have too far poor perception, and the elite guards with high perception and agility are not strong enough. The problem of ordinary arcane warriors is that their attributes are not balanced enough, and their shortcomings limit their strength. Even the church can't solve this problem, the holy warriors would rather give up their extreme strength in order to balance their attributes, and the strength and perception of the mid-level holy warriors are only three times that of ordinary people.

Nelson was eager to get the training method of the Blood Guard, and he wanted to lead the team and raid the lair of the Kamen Brotherhood, because the people behind the Kamen might be a group of wizards, so he gave up, but he often muttered to Victor and regretted the Blood Guard. Now, he has developed a keen interest in the arcane warriors of the Kite Castle.

"Rely on potions and remodeling the body...... For some reason, this level of arcane warriors is almost impossible to replicate, and the time and resource costs of cultivating them are particularly high. Therefore, the Kite Fort side is not very interested in applying the secret method of the soul and blood of ordinary people. ”

Speaking of this, Victor paused and frowned:

Wizard Tofowen's lifespan was coming to an end, and he planned to spend more than ten years concentrating on researching potions that matched the secret method of the knight's mind and bloodline. Whether the Kite Castle is willing to invest the limited lifespan of wizards in ordinary soldiers depends on whether what I have in my hands can attract them...... There are a lot of knights and nobles in the August family, and I don't have the slightest advantage in competing with them for the knight's soul bloodline secret method. But I can live for two hundred years, and Tofowen only has a lifespan of more than ten years, as long as he is willing to help me improve the potion system of the Psychic Warrior, when the old guy dies, I rely on the Elixir system and X-3, and no one in the field of the Psychic Warrior can compete with me...... I can't bear the wolf, in addition to the three sets of secret methods, I have to ask Nelson to bring the alchemy soldiers over to show them, pretending to be my soul warriors!

With his mind in mind, he continued, "The Psychic Blood Secret Method must have the support of apothecary to reach a higher level, and we need to cooperate with the pharmacists of the Kite Castle to improve the cultivation method of the Psychic Warrior. I have created three kinds of secret methods of soul and blood that are suitable for ordinary people, the first one does not require medicine, no need to reshape the body, and children around the age of twelve only need to pass the pile method, The second secret method, combined with ordinary body-strengthening potions, allows an 8-year-old child to practice for 6 hours a day and practice hard for ten years, and it is possible to reach three times the physical fitness of ordinary people; the third set of secret methods can theoretically make a warrior's physical fitness equivalent to five times that of ordinary people, but it requires two reshaping of the body and a special potion. ”

Nelson's eyes widened, and his voice was extremely low, "My lord, do you mean that the strength, perception, physique, and physical strength are all five times that of ordinary people......? A half-legged arcane warrior?"

“...... Of course. Victor raised his eyebrows and asked amusefully, "You call Renault, Brute, Jack, and Shak half-legs?"

Nelson laughed dryly, touched the back of his head and said, "That's not what I meant...... I'm telling you the truth, you see that their strength is slow, and their fast reaction is not powerful, isn't it just half a leg?"

Victor nodded, "Tournans' Gripper and Blue Wolf skills both seek balance, and I hold this view now...... The third set of secret methods already belongs to the secret methods of low-level psychic warriors, although they are not as perfect as the knight's perfect balance, but my psychic warriors cannot lose to arcane warriors. ”

"These three sets of secret methods are actually in the same lineage, and I collectively refer to them as the original blood secret methods, because they release the bloodline potential of human beings, but they do not change the bloodline laws, and they have strong compatibility. Warriors who cultivate the Origin Blood Secret Method can all change to a higher level of the Soul Bloodline Secret Method and reach the level of a high-level Soul Warrior - master the unique bloodline talent!"

Nelson asked with a blazing gaze, "Like the Blood Guardians and Shadow Warriors of the Kamen Brotherhood?"

Victor carried it with one hand and said reservedly: "I think that the Blood Guardian and the Shadow Warrior both belong to the category of Psychic Warriors, but their talents are single, there is no complementarity, and they have come to an end, far from being comparable to my Psychic Warriors. In fact, I've created a psychic warrior with two kinds of talent through special means. ”

"Really!?" Nelson couldn't hide his excitement and asked in an excited tone, "My lord, can I meet him?"

Looking at the two fierce warriors practicing secret forms on the playground, Victor said lightly: "Don't worry, when Caligula and them come, I will introduce him to you, and by the way, let Rogers and Red Wolf test his strength...... Your main task is to learn the secret method of raw blood in these days......"

As he was talking, the alchemy militia of Mercury Manor came over with a letterhead and reported, "My lord, Renault has a letter from Yinyue Manor. ”

Victor took the letterhead, unfolded it and quickly skimmed through it, his expression suddenly becoming strange.

"My lord, what's going on?" asked Nelson, beside him.

Victor put away the letterhead, turned to look at Nelson with a curious face, and said, "Nicole asked me if she could come to Mercury Manor......?"

"Huh, sir...... What can I do about this?Is the elite guard of the family exposed?What does Lady Nicole mean by bringing Lady Judy over?" Nelson was worried and confused, worried that Lilia would reveal the existence of the elite guard to Nicole against the will of her master, and could not understand Nicole's intention to bring Judy to Mercury Manor.

“...... Nicole followed me for nine years. ”

With a warm smile in his dark golden eyes, His Royal Highness Randall whispered, "She wants to come to Mercury Manor, there is nothing she can't do." ”