"Report to my lord, the Demon Hunting Knights have killed a total of 1,253 Demon Clans and captured 846 in the past few days. Excuse me, my lord, what should I do with these captured demon clan......s?

At this time, Dick was sitting in his study, and Clende and Sner were standing straight in front of him, and what he had just said was Crand's report to Dick.

"No, all those demon captives were handed over to Sna. Dick rejected Crald's proposal, and then turned to Sna, "How's my account going?"

"My lord, according to your orders, I have selected a group of loyal men to excavate and refine the veins of the Stygian Iron Ore. But please forgive me, my lord, people who are loyal and don't talk nonsense are not easy to find, so there are still not enough people. ”

"I've already said that all the more than 800 Demon Clan captives will be handed over to you, so there should be enough people for now. Dick said lightly, "Those who are loyal only need to take up the position of overseer." ”

"Your Excellency is wise!"

"And, Sna, I want you to help me contact the dwarven tribes in the Gullijus Mountains, and preferably arrange for me to meet with their chief. There is a lack of forgers in the human race who can make weapons out of dark iron, so we need to rely on the dwarven Liliang in this regard. ”

"Do as you command, my lordship. "Sna took the order.

"Crald. ”

"Subordinates are here!" Klender immediately replied.

"Now that we have some financial resources, we can reduce the tax amount a little bit, let's set it at 1.5 times what it normally is. Also, if the Demon Hunting Knights want to continue to expand, it will be temporarily expanded to 5,000 people. In addition to increasing the number of people, the quality should also be improved, and we should use the funds we have on hand to recruit more magicians and strong men to join the Demon Hunting Knights. If you can, you can also assemble a team of dwarven infantry. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

"And," Dick mused, "you need to find a few more buyers of the Stygian Iron Ore, after all, it is easy to arouse suspicion by selling too many at once." ”

Clond took the order, and Dick was the only one left in the room.

It's now the fifth day since Dick returned from the cave of the Stygian Iron Mine, and a few days ago, Dick had vaguely felt that he had touched the threshold of level seven, and now after the battle with many demons in the cave, especially the battle with the destruction guard, Dick's physical potential was greatly stimulated. As a result, he finally made a breakthrough yesterday and became a seventh-level magic apprentice and trainee samurai.

Of course, in addition to the battles with many demons, the magic circle in Dick's room was transformed from rare metals and gems obtained from the Temple of the Dark Lord. The Mithril with the pouring of magic symbols was replaced with Adamantite Gold, and ordinary gems such as emeralds and rubies were replaced with rare gems that were looted. At this time, the magic array was already able to increase Dick's cultivation speed to three times that of normal circumstances.

Suddenly, a dark corner of the room twisted, and a mysterious figure shrouded in a dark gray cloak slowly paced out of the darkness.

"Hello, distinguished guest, what do you need from our Shadow Thorn?" he bowed slightly, his voice a little hoarse.

The Shadow Thorn is the largest assassin and spy organization in Karimodan, and this underground organization operates in a wide range of areas, and as long as you can afford it, they will meet any of your needs. Whether it's intelligence, assassination, buying items, or whatever.

"Do I have anything from my last time now?" Dick said lightly.

"I've found the right one, what you want is a potion that can increase your cultivation speed, we recommend the 'Divine Grace Elixir' to you, which can increase your cultivation speed by five times, and the effect lasts for one day, and the price is 10,000 gold coins each. ”

"Ten thousand gold coins...... Still don't want it, you can help me see if there is a cheaper one. ”

Just kidding, one gold coin is enough for a family of three to save money for more than ten days, and the effect of this "divine grace potion" is only one day, and it actually costs 10,000 gold coins.

"Haode, dear guest, I'll take a look at it for you. The man under the gray cloak was about to leave, but halfway through he suddenly turned back and said to Dick, "I almost forgot, we still have a piece of information to sell you." ”

"What information?" asked Dick.

"Hehe......" the figure under the cloak let out an ugly laugh, "It's nothing, another guest asked us a few days ago to find out who you are." ”

Dick immediately got up from his chair as soon as he heard this: "Who?"

"Thirty thousand gold coins. The figure under the cloak said leisurely.

"Deal. ”

"It's Bixia, the Yax Emperor of the Faun Empire. ”

"Sure enough......" Dick muttered to himself, sat back in his chair feebly, and asked, "Did you give him the information?"

"No, you once paid 100,000 gold coins to ask us to keep your identity a secret, and we are very reputable. Even if the other party bids more than 100,000 yuan, we will let you know before handing over the information. ”

"Tell me so I can continue to raise the price, won't you? ”

"Hehehe...... "Thanks to the compliment," said the figure under the cloak, "but that Emperor Bixia is really stingy, neither spending money to find out your identity, nor willing to spend money to encrypt your identity." ”

"I've changed my mind, 'Divine Grace Elixir,' right? I don't have that much cash on hand though. Dick said indifferently.

"Don't you have any money, I'm sorry we never take credit. ”

"No, I have a large amount of Stygian Iron in my possession, and I need you to help it find a buyer, and the proceeds from selling it will be used to pay for the 'Divine Grace Elixir'. ”

"No matter what the thing, no matter how big the volume, if you ask us to sell it, you need to charge a 15% commission. ”

Fifteen percent!" Dick's eyelids jumped violently. According to common sense, it is best to let Clende find a good buyer and then slowly sell the Stygian Iron little by little. Although it is convenient and fast to entrust the Shadow Thorn to sell, it will inevitably be ripped off. However, now that he is in danger, his uncle has noticed him, maybe when the crisis will come, he needs to improve his strength too much, so that batch of divine grace potions is indispensable.

Dick's voice was still calm, "Very good, the market price of the Stygian Iron is two thousand gold coins per kilogram, and I will have someone bring you enough Stygian Iron in a while." ”

"Thank you for your patronage, the Shadowthorn welcomes guests like you. As soon as the figure in the cloak finished speaking, he turned back to the dark part of the room, and the air twisted and disappeared. Dick was left alone in the room, his face cloudy.

In front of it, Dick sat cross-legged in the center of the magic circle, carefully took out a bright red potion from his bosom, gently pulled out the cork at the mouth of the test tube with his hand, and then tilted his head and poured the liquid into his mouth in one gulp. Then I started practicing.

The energy in the air around him poured into Dick's body at an almost alarming rate. It was then absorbed and refined by his body into his own energy, and at the same time, terrifying energy poured out of his body, floating towards the floating figure of Dimihera.

"Boy, you've been learning to be smart lately, and you've learned to concentrate on accumulating liliang. But you also have to be careful not to let such a rapid energy gathering speed hurt your body. ”

"Do demons care about people, too?" said Dick, who had closed his eyes and cultivated.

"Boy, don't be sentimental, I'm just worried that if you die, no one will give me magic and vindictiveness. ”

Dick smiled silently, but remembered that in the underground cavern, in front of the temple of the Lord of Darkness, Dimichra had blocked a curse of "cripple" from the Destruction Guard. It seems that this demon is not so annoying.

"Boy, what are you laughing at?" asked Dimichra suddenly.

"Nothing...... I'm probably in danger lately, will you teach me some more dark magic?"

"Danger?"

"That's right, you must have heard what I said to that Shadow Thorn guy during the day, so I won't say much, from what I knew about this uncle when I was a child, he is definitely a person who would rather kill mistakes than let go. ”

"But you're only starting to cultivate now, don't you think it's a little too late?" said Dimihera.

"No way, I should have been patient at Valks Academy for a while if I had known I, but it's too late to say anything now. Dick said helplessly.

The night deepened, and the people and demons in the room fell silent.

Early the next morning, Dick summoned Cralender and Sna.

"Clond, have you recruited any magicians or vindictive masters in the past few days?"

"Lord Hui, my subordinates have recruited a total of one great magician, two magicians, two high-level warriors, and five warriors in the past few days. They were paid about 2,000 gold coins a month. ”

"Temporarily draw them all out, and select those in the Demon Hunt Knights who have cultivated Fighting Qi or Magic Elite to form a personal guard," Dick said, "By the way, bring Hawke over as well, and the task of training individual combat and teaching Fighting Qi will be filled by others." ”

Clond frowned and said, "My lord, why do you want to form such a personal guard? That would almost drain the elite of the Demon Hunter Knights." Although most of the demon clans in our territory have been annihilated or captured recently, if we encounter a large number of demon clans, I am afraid that ......"

With these two of his most trusted generals, Dick couldn't prevaricate like he did with the others. He sighed helplessly and said, "I'm very sorry, because of my personal reasons, it affects the operation of the Demon Hunting Knights, but I may face danger recently, so I need such a personal guard, but I promise you that if there is no danger within a month, I will immediately disband the personal guard and report to the whole army in public!"

Hearing this, Sna immediately jumped up and said, "What did you say, Lord City, this Demon Hunting Knights was originally established by you, and how the officers and soldiers in the army are deployed is naturally up to you, and we have no objection!"

Clender also hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, please don't say that, since it is the adult who is in danger, this is naturally another matter, for the safety of the adult, it is worth it." I will definitely draw the most elite soldiers in the army to form this personal guard. ”

"But my lord......," Sna asked cautiously, "what danger do you encounter?"

"This ...... Sorry, it's my personal question. ”

The two generals were obviously not satisfied with this answer, and they wanted to ask, but how could Dick give them a chance and immediately send the two away for various reasons.

Clond's work efficiency was indeed not picky, and in just half a day's work, the pro-guard team had been formed.

A dragon knight, a great magician, two magicians, two high-ranking warriors, five warriors, plus elite soldiers with fighting spirit in each army. Such a team can be said to have condensed the elite of the entire Demon Hunting Knights.

On the fifth day of taking the Divine Grace Elixir, Dick broke through to level eight, and on the eighteenth day, Dick broke through to level nine again. During this time, his personal guards were always by his side, but the danger that Dick spoke of never appeared.