Chapter 109: Territory Construction (4)

The death of the one-eyed dragon did not cause much trouble - the Bird family did not see what happened to the poor creature, and the removal of such a guard captain would have to be laid off anyway, and this death saved severance pay, which is not bad. And the residents of Emerald Town also stood in the position of passers-by and applauded loudly, as the saying goes, the upper beam is not right, the lower beam is crooked, the son is not a good thing, and the old man is not much better. The reputation of the one-eyed dragon and his son in Emerald Town has always been not very good, so some people will only think that his death is innocent, and of course, many people think that he is self-defeating, and he dares to face a high-ranking swordsman and lord to draw his sword against him, which is really too much to say if it is not impatient to live.

As for the garrison soldiers in Emerald Town, it is a little troublesome, although the reputation of the one-eyed dragon is a little worse, but the prestige is there, as soon as he dies like this, the original garrison soldiers in Emerald Town are immediately in chaos. However, fortunately, Yuren and O'Fariel had long expected this development, so Custer was pushed to the front by them, he originally belonged to the patrol force in the center of the Bird family, and also had some faces in Emerald Town, so soon, Custer as the commander-in-chief of the garrison, promoted an honest deputy captain of a Emerald Town garrison to be responsible for managing these subordinates.

As for the refugees, after consulting with Keith, Julien decided to let them stay here for a few more days, after all, many of them were sick during this time, and he didn't want them to spread the disease to the Twilight Forest. At least after the doctor had been sent to see him, and the sick had been contained and isolated, and of course, Yulian had not forgotten to provide some food for the refugees - after all, he had bought these slaves to work, and what was he doing with a bunch of scrawny and hungry fellows who couldn't even walk?

And until now, almost everyone has seen this young lord as their gospel. Especially those refugees, although Yulian did not show them very kindly, and even a little cold, but everything he did made these refugees feel at ease. Just because he dared to kill a West Kingdom garrison captain for himself and others, the refugees' trust in Yuren immediately increased a lot. Know that the weak always want to be able to follow a strong person who can rely on and protect themselves, especially for these refugees who have been displaced.

Even Keith didn't make a lot of money in it, and through this deal with Yuren, he not only paid off his previous arrears, but even made a slight surplus. And after that, Yulian also used him to buy food and some materials, so that the slave trader could earn a good amount of referral fees. And Custer is not to mention, after Yulian appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the garrison, Custer immediately understood the hidden meaning of this, which made him burst into tears of excitement, and became more and more convinced that he had made a wise choice, you know, the commander-in-chief of the garrison force controls the position of the garrison in the entire territory, although this position is nothing in front of the nobles, but in the eyes of ordinary people, it is also a very high position, and you must know that what he now controls is three rich towns such as Emerald Town and close to the golden trade routeAlthough it is impossible to make any small actions such as embezzling property under the nose of this lord, just relying on the "gray income" on the ordinary gold trade road is enough for this garrison captain to obtain a rich harvest. Not to mention that Yulian had already told him that he would send two high-level swordsmen to assist Custer in his operation, and although he knew that these two people also meant to spy on him, Caster couldn't help but feel overjoyed - in the entire kingdom of West, there was no garrison captain under a nobleman who could command two high-ranking swordsmen.

So far, the whole incident can be said to be resolved satisfactorily, and everyone is happy.

At the same time, the people of Twilight are also experiencing something they never thought possible.

A few days ago, the people in Twilight Town saw a lot of stones being brought in from the outside one after another, piled up near the town, and the townspeople didn't pay much attention to it at that time, after all, since Yulian became the lord, whether it was building roads or replanning, these townspeople only subconsciously thought that this time it must be the lord who planned to do something in the town. However, after the old mayor was summoned to the castle, their minds changed. For when the old mayor returned, he gathered all the townspeople with a strange look, and informed them of the lord's decision - that the inhabitants had to leave the town temporarily with their belongings within two days. As for the reason, it was because a large group of people would soon be coming to live here, and it was clear that the current situation in Twilight Town could not afford such a large population, so the lord made a decision to tear down the entire town and rebuild it.

And after hearing this order, the residents of the town all widened their eyes in surprise, rebuilding the town? Holy grace, this lord is not joking, you know, although since Yulian came to this town, he has also brought a lot of benefits to the inhabitants of these towns, but this is this, that is, at this moment, these residents would rather the young lord pay them a heavy tax and take away all the rations they have grown, than drive them out of their homes!

As soon as this order was issued, it quickly aroused the disgust of the townspeople, after all, they had lived here for generations, and now they were forced to leave their familiar hometown, their familiar house, which naturally they could not accept. Soon a number of people were about to gather and protest to the lord, but the old mayor's words next made them completely stunned. According to the old mayor, the lord was willing to give fifty gold coins to each of their families as compensation, and he would reserve their own houses for them in the newly built town, not to mention the fact that his requirements for himself and the others were very simple: they only had to stay outside for one night, and the next day they could return to live in the town.

What the hell is this?

Hearing this, the townspeople couldn't help but look at each other, and they even wondered if they had any dreams, but the gold coins that were sent down afterwards made these townspeople have to shake, after all, fifty gold coins is equal to their income for several years, even if they can buy a decent house outside. Although there are some people who are reluctant to give up their homes, in the end, they have not been able to resist the temptation of money.

"Ready to go?"

Standing on the balcony, looking at the town below, Yulian asked. At this moment, the town is already empty, as early as noon, Yulian has sent the ghost warriors to the town to assist those residents to evacuate, of course, although some of them took the money, but they plan to stay and secretly observe the lord's intentions, but this level of evasion and concealment of course can not hide the spirit warriors, under the leadership of Judy, it finally took an afternoon to let these residents leave here.

Twilight was deserted, with huge stones and lumbers piled on both sides of the town, looking like they were under construction, except that there were no tools or workers.

"I have just heard back from Miss Judy, who has guarded the intersection to make sure no one enters. ”

Offariel stood beside Yuren and whispered. After all, there is a natural barrier on the periphery, and even if those people want to come back, it is impossible to bypass this barrier, not to mention that Judy and the others have now recovered the strength of the knights, and these ordinary people, who are not even warriors, naturally have no way of evading their search.

However, at this moment, Offariel was a little unable to lift her spirits, although her expression was indifferent, but when she looked at the town in front of her, a trace of nostalgia and reluctance flashed in her eyes.

Although for many people, Twilight is a desolate, uninhabited area. But for Her Royal Highness the former princess, the quiet and serene atmosphere of Twilight Town is her favorite. Living in the bustling royal city all year round, she is even a little tired of that tired life, but compared to Twilight Town, O'Faryl feels calm, so it's no wonder that O'Faryl is a little reluctant to see such a town being destroyed and changed under her own eyes. However, she also knew very well in her heart that this was just the result of her girl's temporary softness and emotions, so she just closed her eyes slightly, and then left this regret behind.

Thinking of this, Offariel couldn't help but turn her head to look at Charlotte beside her, the maid lady followed behind Yulian as always, without the slightest change. But what worries O'Faryl is the twin sisters, who have locked themselves in the house since returning from the Midsummer Festival and say they want to get a good night's sleep, but they haven't seen anyone since, which makes O'Faryl a little worried. She even wondered if she had let the two little girls do something wrong with their bodies at the Midsummer Festival. And just as she told Yulian about her worries, the latter looked indifferent, as if she had expected it to be like this.

"When they've slept enough, they'll run out on their own. ”

In the face of what Yulian said, Ofaryl could only accept it impatiently, although frankly she didn't really believe it, but ......... Of course, Ofariel didn't expect that the change in her expression had all fallen into Yulian's eyes, although the princess forced herself to behave as calmly as ever, but in Yulian's eyes, she was secretly laughing.

Girls are girls, and they are always sentimental about things that don't seem worth noting, and O'Fariel is no exception.

Thinking of this, Yu Lian smiled bitterly in his heart, and then, he reached out and gently stroked a white ring on his right index finger. Then, a soft white light appeared, and the silver ball wrapped in the rune appeared in front of everyone out of thin air. This is the gift that the artificial elves left to Yuren, with the help of this ring, Yuren can communicate with the artificial elves who are in the Source Transformation Device anytime and anywhere, and he can even use this ring to teleport back to the heart of the Source Device in an instant. Of course, this requires a lot of Manna power, and there is also a certain range of distance limitations.

"Is there anything you can help with?

"Activate the Ring of Morbius and summon the building. ”

After a few days of understanding, Yu Lian already had some experience in the use of this source device. Hearing his command, the artificial elf sank for a moment, and then, the light around it flourished, and then, beautiful pictures and words resurfaced in the air in front of Yuren. And this time, most of the patterns that appear in it are town motifs.

Although after these days of accumulation, the reserves of mana stored in the Fountain Device have been established** Million, but you must know that the current creation is a city after all, in fact, Yu Lian has already checked the introduction of summoning buildings long ago, and the most consumed of Mana's power, in addition to those powerful magic items, is to belong to the town, these towns are built, not only need a lot of expensive resources, crystals and gems, but even the amount of Mana consumed is astronomical, as little as hundreds of thousands, as many as millions of Mana numbers, Yu Lian is terrified.

But fortunately, Yuren didn't plan to build the Twilight Forest into a huge city with a population of one million - in fact, with his surname, even a city of about 10,000 people would be suspicious of him, for Yuren, the Twilight Forest was just his own base, and he could ensure that his territory would not be destroyed by the enemy, and as for the outward expansion, increasing the population and power, Yuren would feel a headache just thinking about it. Therefore, when it comes to choosing buildings, he also adheres to his own principles, just hoping that it will be enough to transform Twilight Town into a small city that can accommodate about a thousand people, and because of this, the consumption of Mana will also be reduced by the Source Conversion Device.

And now, Yuren has also learned several uses of the Fountain Device from the artificial elves, one of which is the way he used to summon the natural barrier, which was to consume Mana once and completely build it. Another method is to divide the daily consumption of mana according to the proportion, and use the device to build it. However, in this way, the construction will take a long time to complete. In other words, the former focuses on speed, while the latter is relatively resource-efficient. As for building a city, it's the same, if Yulian has millions of mana, then it's okay to directly build a city that can accommodate a million people at a time. But if he didn't store so many Manna, then he would have to divide the city into several parts to build, first using the least amount of resources to build the core and structure of the city, and the rest could be left unbuilt until the next time Manna was stored again.

If it weren't for knowing this, Yulian wouldn't have been idle to buy a thousand slaves and come back, and put them in the forest to feed the wolves?

At present, there are hundreds of cities large and small in front of Yulian's eyes, and even Ofariel is dazzled, she looks at the golden wall on the left, the majestic castle that towers into the clouds, and looks at the prosperous and beautiful, quiet and elegant water city on the right, and she doesn't know how to choose for a while, if she can, I'm afraid that this princess wants to get all the cities here, and have a good time.

Although it is very difficult for Ofariel to choose, it is not the same for Yurien, who in fact has a clear goal.

First of all, a city dominated by magic must not be wanted, Yulian himself is not a mage, although he has no ill will towards mages, but he does not plan to build a city that can make mages dominate. And those magic cities that need to consume Mana's power are not in the scope of consideration, Yu Lian is not unseen in the Mage Association, the mana they consume is often astronomical, even if it is pressed and compressed, it is not much less, this source of his own is only medium in size, it is much easier to make a magic guide city, but if the amount of Mana consumed every day is the same, then it will be even more troublesome. And maybe the city will expand in the future, and once it expands to the point where the source can't meet the operation of the magic device, then the city will shut down completely.

In that war a long time ago, Yuren had used a similar method to force a magic city to shut down due to overload, and he naturally would not allow himself to make the same mistake. Moreover, the Magic City will produce a lot of polluted exhaust gases, which is not what Yuren wants to see.

Although he also hopes to find a city that is fully developed and can meet his needs in all aspects, at present, the consumption of these cities is not something he can afford. While it is true that there are many cities that can be both offensive and defensive, and can balance the wizard with the magic and the warrior, these cities all require a lot of expensive resources to build the infrastructure.

And these cities that need expensive minerals such as crystal mines and gem mines are naturally not in the scope of Yu Lian's consideration, although it is said that You Lian still has spare money in his hands, but buy some stones, wood, and food to fill up, if you really want to buy these expensive minerals, then You Lian will immediately become a poor egg, with his current net worth, I am afraid that he can't afford to buy a ton of gem ore by smashing the pot and selling iron, and it is simply wishful thinking to develop in this area.

And in this way, his options are naturally extremely limited.

As the bright red sunset began to set over the horizon, the darkness of the night began to cover the entire sky, and Yuren's eyes were still seeking and exploring the cities in front of him that could be built with limited resources.

Axoda ......... Silvermoon City ...... Waterdeep......... Am......... No, no, these cities don't meet their own requirements.

Undercity......... Shenmu Fort...... What is this long wheel-like thing? Seal City? This thing wasn't built on the ground, was it? Yulian frowned, curtailing his options again.

Iserron...... Regios ......... Isn't there a better option?

Eventually, Julien's gaze rested on a city with a dark black tone.

It was a very strange-looking city, its walls seemed to be a little lower than the others, but what attracted Yuren was the wide walls and the strange designβ€”the flat slope spread out behind the high walls, and the arc down merged with the ground. Inside the city, the solid ground and rows of beautiful houses and trees complement each other, although the whole city does not look large, but its layout gives the illusion of a very large size, with green trees and a stream flowing through it, bringing peace and tranquility. The dark Gothic architecture looks a little weird, but it seems to be full of some kind of transcendence that the world has never had......... Valhalla, the City of Valhalla: The glory of the departed souls accompanies the city, in the narrow space between life and death, watching the world eternally. The glory and dignity of the deceased turned into the brightest flames, illuminating the gloomy sky.

Seeing this introduction, not only Yuren, but even Offariel and Charlotte were all stunned, although the introduction of this city, like other cities, did not specify the meaning of its function, but the moment they saw it, everyone felt that the part of their inner soul seemed to be touched in some way that they had never felt before.

"What do you think?"

Yulian didn't make a decision immediately, he stared at the city card in front of him, and thought silently for a long time before asking.

"I think......... The city is beautiful, hosts. ”

Charlotte replied with a smile.

"Looking at it makes me feel very reassuring. ”

"I feel the same way. ”

Offayl nodded, but then, she frowned, thinking about things from a different perspective.

"However, the walls of the city seem to be a little shorter, so is that okay from a defensive point of view?"

"No problem. ”

Yuren stretched out his finger and pressed it on it, immediately receiving the information about the city, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked solemnly at the seemingly low city walls and the arrow towers and the gaps in between them, and then narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a smug smile.

"That's it!"

As Yulian spoke, the image of the city in the air flickered for a moment, and then all disappeared immediately, and at the same time, the light brought by the original artificial elves was also gone, and as the last rays of sunlight fell below the horizon, the darkness of the night enveloped the whole time, and a new night began.

At this moment, the castle was pitch black.

Then, hundreds of soft silver rays of light burst out from beneath the castle like a rushing stream down the mountain, and then they condensed in the center of the town, and then a dazzling silver light burst out of it. At the same time, the earth began to shake slightly.

Then the crowd saw something they had never imagined.

In the place where the silver light hit, the whole town began to fall apart, whether it was those dilapidated houses, stone statues, or the earth, it seemed to be wiped by an invisible hand at this moment, crumbling and scattered, the stone walls turned into pieces of rubble, the paved roads disappeared immediately, and even the trees around the town seemed to be broken and fell to the ground under the action of some invisible force......... A storm broke out.

(To be continued)