Faced with a series of questions, the old man's face was bitter, revealing loss and pain.

"I was excluded from the plan only because of my family, the king has no way to take my family, and as for those shelters, even if they have supernatural powers, they will not help against those monsters, but may threaten their rule. ”

The answer is quite convincing.

He walked around the old man, returned to the front, and motioned for Fran to come over.

"Let him stay with Master Merlin, and bring him to the palace to meet me when he is settled. ”

Then he turned around and took a few steps, then turned back again.

"By the way, tell Romero to give a reward to the guards who are willing to go out and take risks, and this is what they deserve. ”

......

Back inside the palace, Downing continued to explore the black stone.

Soon after, Fran and Master Merlin, as well as the old man who had been settled by Merlin's side, arrived.

Fran gave a brief account of how the men had settled in, and then turned to leave.

Tang Ning looked at Master Merlin, who had been with the young man for a long time, and already knew the young man's style, and quickly stepped forward to lower his voice.

"Your Majesty, I have tested his level, above me. ”

Hearing the answer, Tang Ning nodded in satisfaction, and then walked down the steps and handed the black stone to the old man.

"You say it's an alchemist, so can you analyze this stone and see what it can do? ”

Since he came to this world, he has understood that alchemists are equivalent to those of scientific researchers in the previous life, and studying this stone is also within the scope of the ability of this profession.

The old man nodded respectfully, took the black stone, stared at it for a long time in the faint candlelight, and then turned back to introduce.

"This black stone is not an ordinary stone from the senses, there is a little supernatural power, as for the specific situation, it needs to be cracked and analyzed with the help of some alchemy instruments. ”

Tang Ning was not very anxious about this, and turned back to Master Merlin.

"Lend him your alchemy instruments for the time being, but you have to keep an eye on him so that he doesn't find out what secrets he is hiding from us. ”

Letting the two step back, Downing continued to think about how to deal with the full moon night next month.

Walking out of the dark market, the sky is bright, and now the only building on the ground at the exit of the dark market is the former site of the Magic Association, and the rest of the buildings have been relocated by the people and planted with crops such as wheat and corn.

Circled around the former site of the Magical Guild several times.

The guards who followed with each other whispered to each other.

"Your Majesty, can you find a solution to the threat of monsters going berserk on the night of the full moon next month?"

"We've seen crazy monsters that day, and it's not easy to defend against these things, I think it's a bit hanging. ”

"Maybe we can only live a good life for a month, we have to think about the next step in advance. ”

Obviously, most people were not very optimistic that the young King would be able to find a way to defend themselves against the monsters, and had already begun to think about leaving the place before the next full moon night arrived.

In fact, during this time, these people were waiting to see Tang Ning's ability to govern.

The previous series of measures and plans to improve people's livelihood were only part of the people's test of the young king, which was completed quite perfectly and won the trust of a large number of people.

And now, whether it can solve the security problem of the monster harassment on the night of the full moon is the second test, and it is also the most severe test at present.

The old site of the Magic Guild is dilapidated, only the ruins and broken walls remain, and they are in danger of collapsing at any time, and once these ruins collapse, the entrance to the Magic Guild will be exposed to the ground, making it easier for monsters to spot.

Therefore, the old site of the Magic Association must first be repaired and reinforced, which is conducive to the concealment of the entrance, after all, the IQ of those monsters is not too high.

As soon as he thought of this, Tang Ning immediately gave an order.

The renovation of the former site of the Magical Society has been launched, which will also solve the employment problem of some people, create jobs and increase the employment rate.

......

Rodriguez, a former architect and now a subject of the Federal Empire, had already acquired a house and some of the means of production, and his wife was ingenious enough to make some handicrafts to sell at the market every day, and the business was good, and the two children stayed at home, and now his life was on the right track, but he could not be an idler.

These days, he has been looking for valuable things to sell in the ruins of some buildings on the ground, but with little success, and now he has been recruited as one of the workers in the renovation project of the old site of the Magic Society, and has a stable income.

Useful building materials found from the surrounding ruins were stapled with a mace, and the work was quite energetic.

"Rodriguez, I heard that we won't be able to spend the full moon next month, and many people are secretly preparing things, planning to leave early when the time comes, do you have any plans? ”

A worker on the side asked in a whisper while working.

Rodriguez was stunned, looked back at his co-workers, and then reassured: "You see, now that we are respected, we have a comfortable life, and there is no oppression, where can we have such a life if we flee to." ”

The worker looked confused and let out a long sigh.

"That's right, but staying here is a dead end, and frankly our young king has done a good job, and leaving does not mean that he is not recognized, but just a helpless move, and I have heard that some people will persuade the king to leave with him, and find a new home. ”

Rodriguez swung his mace vigorously and stapled a piece of wood to it, smiling as he smiled.

"It's too early to say this, isn't there still a month to go, and I'm sure our young king will be able to think of a good idea. ”

Now if you want to keep the good life, you must trust the young king unconditionally. Rodriguez thinks that's the only thing he can do at the moment.

......

In three days, the former site of the Magic Association had been renovated.

Downing circled the old Magic Guild site again, this was only part of the defense plan, and the repair was relatively satisfactory for now.

Return to the Dark Market and observe the entrance.

This place is not simply digging a basement in the ground, but a space formed by supernatural powers, entering the dark market from the ground, like entering another world from one world.

So it is not possible to bury the entrance to the Dark Souk and then re-excavate other exits.

After thinking about it, I returned to the palace.

At this time, Master Merlin and the old man came, and the old man looked embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, Kwill has something to report to you, about that black stone. ”

The old man's name is Kwill.

Downing swept the current problem out of his mind and motioned for Kerwill to begin.

Kwell took out part of the black stone, looking excited.

"Your Majesty, as far as I can see, this is a source of energy, similar to coal, I put it on a fire to burn, and it emitted an explosion, indicating that it has a great energy presence inside. ”

It's as simple as that?

Tang Ning looked at Master Merlin on the side.

Master Merlin explained in embarrassment and pain.

"The force of the explosion destroyed my lab and all my research equipment, even the potions I had saved up over the years. ”

At this time, Kewell continued to introduce.

"This black stone is extremely hard and dense, hundreds of times harder than all the fine iron we have ever seen, and no instrument or thing can divide it. ”

Hundreds of times harder than steel......

Hearing this, Tang Ning suddenly had an idea!