Chapter 42: The Present Situation in Faro

Upon returning to Faro, Reilly immediately found the Faceless One who remained here. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Some time ago, Splash ran to the Peerless Battlefield. Reilly said lightly, "This is your idea, right?"

"Yes. The Faceless One said bluntly.

"Why?"

"As the elect of Marasa, it is up to us to lead the lost Lamb into darkness. ”

"Don't you know it's going to get me in trouble?" said Reilly, coldly.

"I'm sorry. The Faceless One said sorry, but there was little sincerity in his tone.

Reilly snorted coldly, and the Faceless Man suddenly trembled, only to feel that his soul was trapped in a bottomless ocean!

Tens of seconds later, the Faceless reached out to wipe the purple blood from his eyes and saluted Reilly in submission.

"This time, your actions didn't actually cause me any damage, so forget it. Reilly said lightly, "I can allow you to do your own thing, as long as it doesn't get in my way." ”

With that, Reilly walked out of the room.

The Faceless slowly melted into the shadows around him, but his mind was not as calm as it seemed. The two sides had a contest at the soul level just now, and he had no room for resistance at all, this was the gap in the soul level!

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The next day, Richard and Reilly sat in the conference room and listened to Minnie Mouse give an update on the Faro plane.

With the girl's description, a grand blueprint gradually unfolded in front of everyone.

In Faro, Richard's Crimson Duchy has become a behemoth, and although it is still nominally a vassal of the Sequoia Kingdom, many nobles privately refer to it as the Crimson Nation.

The word kingdom comes from an ancient saying, and although it is not a common term for dividing the power of the kingdom today, it is generally used to refer to a vast land that is revered and feared, such as the kingdom of the gods.

The Crimson Duchy now has a permanent population of over five million and has an even greater number of slaves. Militarily, the Crimson Duchy has a standing army of 100,000 men and a slave army of 50,000 men, and the warriors in it can become civilians as long as they have served for three years and have made a certain number of achievements, and this transformation does not limit race. In addition to this, there are more than 150,000 reserve fighters who are trained and can go into battle when needed.

In terms of armament, the current strength of the Crimson Duchy is equivalent to that of an empire.

Thanks to the massive wealth generated by plane trade and the torrent of gold coins brought about by dominating the east-west trade route, the wealth of the Crimson Duchy has shown a blowout growth in recent years, although this windfall will fall back to normal levels over time, but it is enough to support the development of the Duchy in the same period.

Backed by huge military spending, the Crimson Duchy was able to build an army far larger than the normal percentage of its population.

Now the average equipment level of the Crimson Standing Army is on par with the major ace legions of the Iron Triangle Empire, and the equipment of the slave army is also equivalent to the elite of the regular army of the Iron Triangle Empire, which means that the wealth of the Crimson Principality has caught up with the savings of the Iron Triangle Empire for nearly a hundred years in just a few years.

However, the core of the Crimson Principality is still all kinds of brood warriors, and the backbone of it is as many as five thousand level 10 knights. Now the brood is no longer disguised, but has directly produced thousands of centaur warriors.

Since there is no need to consider the coordination of humans and horses, the combat effectiveness of centaur warriors of the same level is stronger than that of humanoid knights, but the resources consumed are still less, and the current brood can produce twelve centaur warriors in a day.

The Faro plane originally had a race of centaurs, but the native centaurs had a very low level of civilization, and they did not master refining techniques, and only fought with strong bodies, while the centaurs produced by the brood were armed to the teeth, they all had huge beast-like fangs, and it was not a joke to bite at a critical moment, this is a weapon that the native centaurs of the plane did not have.

In addition, the brood has also created thousands of scout bats, which are distributed on the borders of the Crimson Principality, and sometimes enter the surrounding human kingdoms to observe, which is equivalent to hundreds of eyes staring at the border every moment, and any disturbances of other forces will be discovered immediately.

At the same time, the brood also has an air force composed of thirteen-level lightning wind snakes, the number of these wind snakes is as high as three hundred, they can shoot lightning equivalent to sixth-level magic, and the power of gathering fire should not be underestimated.

Finally, there is the reorganized fourteenth-level elite Darkblade Knight Force, the number is two hundred, they have been staying in the turbulent place, and have not participated in battles, this is a special unit specially prepared for Richard, except for Richard, even a commander like Raymond cannot exert their combat effectiveness to the extreme.

In addition, when Richard and Reilly were cultivating on the Peerless Battlefield, the followers did not stop advancing.

Essien became an eighteenth-level archpriest, Yorke was already an eighteenth-level great shaman, Gangder broke through the Sanctuary a year ago, the ogre brothers both entered the nineteenth-level, and the Minotaur reached the twentieth level, which is only one step away from the legend!

The only one who didn't take the last step was Erin, although Richard provided her with a lot of resources, but the girl's talent was really limited, and she was stuck at the seventeenth level and couldn't advance an inch.

The Dark Sanctuary and the Sinai Church are still fighting fiercely, and Gangde often leads his troops to fight in his "personal name", causing the church to suffer terribly. Although Sinai sent the Son of God, he only barely managed to hold his diocese.

On the other hand, the Church of the Three Goddesses has grown so rapidly that countless people have been shocked by the speed with which it has expanded. In the past, only those powerful gods who stepped into weak divine power as soon as they ignited the divine fire would have this kind of pomp and circumstance at the peak of their development.

Now the three goddesses are already weak divine power, and the goddess of spring water who is one step ahead is moving towards medium divine power, their devout believers have exceeded 100,000, and the shallow believers and secular interest communities on the periphery are ten times as much, and they are still developing.

Now a large number of homeless people are pouring into the Crimson Duchy every day, trying to find a better life here, and the massive wealth not only supports the establishment of a large standing army in the Crimson Duchy, but also supports the construction of cities, national politics and all aspects of people's livelihood.

Richard's policy of attracting people of all races to settle in large numbers had never changed, and these people were not only lords and warriors, but also a source of faith.

In fact, those who are pious do not provide more power of faith than a large number of shallow believers, and their greater significance lies in stability and the continuous production of clergy, while the shallow believers are actually in the hands of Richard, they are just ordinary people seeking to make a living, and faith is not more important than the bread and bacon that can save a family.

In Reilly's words, faith is a noose, one end is tied around the believer's neck, so that the other end is held in the hands of the gods, and the deeper the faith, the tighter the noose. And in some cases, the relationship can be reversed, for example, now.

In terms of plane rules, the stronger the three goddesses, the deeper the cause and effect with Richard, which is equivalent to betraying the Faro plane and becoming the pawn of the invaders.