A cavity buried thousands of meters deep in the ground, filled with red-hot magma, and absolute heat dominates the main theme.

In such an environment, no living thing can survive here.

However.

In the center of the cavity filled with magma, a massive body as large as a mountain curled up.

The antler-like crystal spikes emit a luster that even magma can't hide.

The six wings that wrap the body are edged with boundless sharpness, showing the master's strong combat power.

Under the glass-like crystal scales, there are leaf-like veins, blood vessels that lead in all directions, and the blood eventually converges into the huge heart, sending blood to the whole body with the beating again and again.

It is not difficult to see that the unidentified creature is dormant or asleep.

But suddenly, according to the law, the heart that was not beating slowly and unhurriedly beat suddenly, and the beating drove a huge amount of energy out of the body, and burst up along the magma in the huge cavity towards countless upward magma streams.

...

Crown of the Sea.

Lord's Palace.

"Did last night's shaking cause the collapse of the underground lizard kingdom and kobold caves?"

"Report to your lordship, I haven't received a report yet, but I've asked them to step up their investigation."

Hearing Willus say this, Ji Chen nodded.

Last night was when everyone was sleeping soundly.

The tremor on the top of the mountain that day happened again, but it was the same as last time, and then there was no movement.

Therefore, Ji Chen, who realized that the last shock was not accidental, sent an army to the underground lizardman kingdom overnight to see if there was something wrong there.

According to the news that the lizardmen did not notice anything unusual other than the same tremors.

But if there was a slight anomaly, the river of magma that flowed through the ground became a little more active.

In this regard, Ji Chen was also confused for a while.

In desperation, the lizardmen could only send people to garrison the magma river, always keeping an eye on the anomaly to see if there were signs of a volcanic eruption.

After conquering the Lizardman Kingdom in the past few days, Ji Chen knew that the four major Lizardman Kingdoms were located below the entire Crescent Islands, with one part under the islands and the other under the ocean.

Combined with the magma rivers that dot the ground, it can be said that most of the islands in the Crescent Islands were created by volcanic eruptions.

If left unattended, if the volcano erupts again one day, not only will the underground lizard time be destroyed in an instant, but even the Crescent Islands will be destroyed in one fell swoop.

All Ji Chen can do now is give early warning, after all, if a volcanic eruption is such a disaster that cannot be stopped by human beings, he can only run away with people when he sees it.

However, based on the thousands of years of history of the lizardmen, the volcano has fallen into dormancy, and as long as there is no external influence, it is estimated that it will not explode on its own.

Thinking of this, Ji Chen seemed to remember something and asked.

"How's Irona doing now?"

"I've joined, Irona's alchemy technique is the most powerful person I've ever seen in my life, uh, the most powerful half-orc, and the healing potions she has concocted can greatly speed up the healing of injuries."

"Those wounded orcs were able to recover so quickly, and a lot of it was because of the potions."

Willus said with a bit of admiration on his face: "In addition to the healing potions, Ilona will also mix dozens of potions such as berserk potions, breathing potions, and blindness potions, and as long as the materials are sufficient, she will continue to produce all kinds of potions. ”

"My lord, where did you find this? It's like a treasure! ”

Ji Chen smiled, I said I met you on the way back, do you believe it?

That's right, Ilona is not a combat hero, but the first "technical" talent in the crown of the ocean, an expert alchemist who is good at mixing various potions.

【Irona (Hero)】

[Race]: Half-orc

[Sub-class]: Expert-level alchemist

[Level]: 20

[Current Rank]: Purple (Rare)

[Potential]: Purple (Rare)

[Skill]: Potion Concoction (Purple skill, able to concoct various potions)

Material Identification (purple skill, able to distinguish various materials keenly)

Talent Creation (Purple skill, which allows you to develop new potions through long-term study)

Absolute Loyalty (Purple Skill, Absolute Loyalty to Liege, Unswerving Till Death)

[This is a humanoid female half-orc hero who rarely appears among orcs, and it is also an alchemist who is difficult to appear among millions of orcs, as well as an expert-level alchemist who is almost extinct]

Judging from the description, it can be seen how incredible it is to have an expert-level alchemist among the half-orcs with well-developed limbs, simple minds, and an average IQ of no more than 50.

But such a "talent" was inadvertently encountered by Ji Chen, and he was successfully turned back.

In order to be able to bring out the talent of this expert-level alchemist who is ten times stronger than a high-level alchemist.

Ji Chen specially instructed her to build an exclusive alchemy workshop, and also mobilized a large number of lizards and kobolds to search for various herbal materials above and below ground.

The first batch of healing potions should be used on the orcs who were injured a lot in this battle.

Obviously, excellent results were produced.

It's really worth putting so much effort into making Irona surrender to her at that time.

Hmm, what's the reward?

Well! Reward her well tonight!

"Alright, you go about your work."

After sending Willus away, Ji Chen stood up and stretched his waist with a comfortable expression.

After the end of the Underground Lizardfolk Kingdom, the Crown of the Seas entered a period of steady development.

Every day, various buildings are erected, and the size of the residential area on the east side of the lord's palace has expanded from twenty or thirty to nearly two hundred.

At first glance, the houses are neatly arranged, hidden among the lush trees and vegetation, giving it the feel of a villa area.

On the other side, there is the building area of the military recruitment battalion surrounded by a wall, and dozens of recruitment battalions stand within the wall, divided into military areas.

On the tidal flat on the east side of the crown of the ocean, there are nearly 50 warships of various types moored in front and behind the water village.

Every day, more than 10 warships patrol the perimeter of the Crescent Islands and storm waters to ensure safety.

The commercial port, not far from the water village, has also been completely completed two days ago.

The port is capable of berthing up to 100 merchant ships, and there are more than 30 mechanical cranes on the wharf, which can easily lift heavy cargo for loading and unloading.

It is believed that in the near future, it will be full of merchant ships from all over the world, and it will prosper like Silver Harbor.

The seawater rice planting area, located a few kilometers west of the territory, has been planted by the original indigenous tribes and now covers an area of more than 1,000 acres.

At first glance, it looks like a field of green rice ears, gently swaying with the breeze, which makes people feel happy.

The so-called thousands of acres of fertile land are not like this.

From the underground lizardman world and kobold caves, ores, fluorescent mushrooms, and various weapons and equipment are being transported from them, piling up in warehouses.

Some of these will be used for realm consumption, and the other part will wait for Raymond to return, and then they will be shipped out and sold in exchange for the required resources.

After several previous events, it has gained the crown of the ocean of a large number of laborers, and now it is developing rapidly in all aspects.

Every day is different, and it's changing.

Ji Chen opened the territory panel casually, and he didn't know when the prosperity had reached as much as 170,000 points, and he had already met the conditions for upgrading to a "city".

Seeing this, he did not hesitate, and casually chose to upgrade the territory.

The tens of thousands of resources needed for upgrading are naturally pediatric for him now, and they are spent without blinking an eye.

Soon, after clicking the button for five upgrades in a row, the system prompt pops up.

"Ding~ Territory level successfully increased (level 5 towns→ level 1 state cities)."

"Ding~ Bang City-level building has been unlocked."

Ascending to Bangcheng, the appearance of the lord's palace has also changed dramatically.

From a two-story attic to a four-story castle with a red roof and white walls with a main and auxiliary buildings, it is both protective and gorgeous.

There are several rooms on each floor, including a living room, dining room, and storage room.

Ji Chen casually strolled around, revealing a satisfied look.

This is the lord's mansion where a lord should live.

Then he opened the panel to see the current territory area.

The area of the first-class state city is three kilometers long and wide, with a total of nine square kilometers, or 90,000 square meters of land.

Not too big and not too small.

Not even a tenth of the main island.

Ji Chen was a little dissatisfied, and planned to upgrade it again, directly upgrading it to a level 5 state city.

This time he was a little more satisfied, the area of the level 5 state city was a square ten kilometers long and wide, a total of one hundred square kilometers.

However, it is worth mentioning that because the crown of the ocean is originally located on the southeast side of the main island, nearly three-fifths of the area of all 100 square kilometers is located in the sea, and the main island is only about 40 square kilometers.

This is one of the pain points of island territory, and the land included in the upgrade may be less than half of the land type territory.

Just as Ji Chen was thinking about whether to go directly to the giant city.

There was a commotion outside.

"An unknown enemy has been found in the sea! Alert! ”

Ji Chen's expression froze, turned off the panel and walked out immediately.

There was no panic on the faces of the residents, and they were still doing their jobs.

They knew that the lord and the army of the realm would protect them from the slightest harm.

Seeing Ji Chen walk out, he still saluted and greeted.

"Your Excellency."

"Your Excellency, you've worked hard..."

Ji Chen nodded, looking at the detection map of the early warning lighthouse.

On the radar-like detection map, a red dot resembling a ship appeared in the northeast of the Crescent Islands, moving very slowly on the surface of the sea.

Two of your own warships are rushing at full speed.

Ji Chen looked at the red dot on the detection map, which represented the strange ship, and was driving along the edge of the storm, frowning.

This look, it doesn't seem to be an enemy?

On the contrary, it was like a ship that had strayed into this place, and it was filled with a feeling of confusion.

At this time.

The sea northeast of the Crescent Islands.

A warship, badly damaged, was moving crookedly on the sea.

Two of the three masts were broken, the remaining one was also scarred, and the sails had several large holes.

On the messy deck, sailors were diligently repairing the broken hull and rescuing the wounded.

The hull was littered with traces of shelling, some of which were even directly penetrated.

A fatal gap in the stern of the ship caused the hull to be continuously flooded with seawater, causing the whole ship to tilt backwards, and no matter how much the ship's damage pipe was rescued, it could not prevent the seawater from entering.

The sinking of this ship is only a matter of time.

"Your Excellency, what is the current condition of the Radiant Emissary? Will you be able to hold on? ”

The captain looked at the girl in front of him, with the bright blonde hair of the women of the Grand Duchy of the Duchy of Reinhardt, with a respectful and polite expression.

"Your Highness, the current condition of the Radiant Envoy is not optimistic, the hull is very badly damaged, and more than 80% of the power has been lost, especially the damage to the stern, which has led to serious water ingress."

"Based on my many years of sailing experience, such damage cannot be saved."

"How come," the girl said with a sad expression, "we need to return to the Principality and deliver the news we have received in a timely manner, otherwise the Principality will be extremely passive once the conspiracy succeeds." ”

"That's true." The captain nodded approvingly, "That's why we have to abandon ship now if we want to get the news back." ”

"Therefore, I advise Your Highness to board the rescue boat immediately, otherwise the whirlpool of the Krenina will be dangerous to you once it enters the sinking stage."

"But there are so many brave sailors and guards still rescuing the Krenina, and you can't ignore the wounded who were wounded in battle, right?"

"As the envoy of the principality, how can I leave you behind and be the first to board the rescue boat and escape?"

"This is not an escape, Your Highness, you are a noble person, and you are also the best messenger of this news, and you cannot be hurt in the slightest, so..."

"I can understand your thoughts, but as a member of the Grand Duke's family of the Duchy of Reinhardt, you should not abandon your subjects and run away alone, this is the ancestral motto of the Nuvalencian family, and it is also my insistence."

Looking at the solemnity and stubbornness in the girl's eyes, the captain sighed in his heart, knowing that he could not convince His Highness.

However, it is precisely because of this that the sailors and guards on and off the ship of the Radiant Emissary follow His Highness so desperately.

Everyone on the ship is willing to give their lives for His Highness.

"In that case, let's put down the boat as soon as possible, and let the sailors, the guards, and your lady-in-waiting, Your Highness, board it, for time is very short."

For this mission, the principality specially selected a group of highly loyal and well-trained sailors and escorts to accompany them.

So when the order to abandon the ship was given, everyone acted quickly, lowered the boat on the deck, and boarded the boat in an orderly manner.

The maiden, the captain and the captain of the guard, were the last to board the boat.

An hour later.

A dozen small boats floated on the sea, looking at the Glorious Envoy slowly sinking in the distance.

"Alas..."Looking at this scene, the captain's resolute face couldn't help but show a look of worry.

"Your Excellency, we have successfully boarded the ship, and the pursuers most likely think that we have sunk in the storm, so what are you worried about?"

"Is it because of the sinking of the Radiant Emissary? Well, this is indeed a worrying and sad thing, after all, she has been with you for many years. ”

"I'm not worried about the sinking of the Radiant Emissary." The captain shook his head and looked around at the sea, "I'm worried about this area. ”

"There have been a lot of weird rumors in the stormy seas, and I'm afraid of what will happen here, something we can't grasp..."

"Look in the distance, there's a boat!"

Before the words were finished, the sailors suddenly exclaimed.

The captain and the maiden looked into the distance, and two heavily armed warships were approaching them above the sea.

The captain fell silent for a moment.

"Well, it's not a bad thing, at least there's someone to save us, isn't it?" The girl was very optimistic and said with a smile.

The captain sighed again.

In such a strange and dangerous sea, he really couldn't think of anyone who would come to save them.

However, looking at the sail patterns of those two ships, shouldn't it be the pursuers?

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