Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard

Zong Shen sat cross-legged in the ruins of the arena.

This is a rare place to stay in the surrounding area.

Other places are either covered with bloody limbs or large pits left by fierce battles.

On the contrary, because the initial collision between the two sides was relatively fast, the ruins of the arena were relatively clean.

There were many corpses full of arrows not far in front of Zong Shen, and rubble was everywhere.

You can smell the strong smell of blood between breaths, and the stench of the corpses with broken stomachs and intestines.

The roar in the core area is endless.

The environment at the scene can only be described as difficult to describe.

Zong Shen seemed calm, but in fact he was thinking rapidly about the situation in front of him.

Including the Demon Abyss Prison that Marquis Ekmeledin had hurriedly told him before.

With a keyword, Zong Shen began to use the strategy module to query related clues.

This is a relatively obscure keyword, and not much information can be obtained.

It can be seen that when preparing for the Demon Abyss Prison, King Arthur and those founding fathers deliberately avoided the supervision of the lord system.

This resulted in the strategy module not being able to find much useful information.

After more than ten minutes of searching, Zong Shen still got some marginal intelligence.

First of all, the Demon Abyss Prison does exist.

It is also referred to as the Demon Prison for short.

There are two Demon Prisons in the Kingdom of Avalon. According to the strength and number of monsters contained, they can be roughly divided into one large and one small.

The location of the large Demon Prison is top secret, and it is likely hidden in a giant city in Avalon.

The Demon Prison here in the giant city of Dagalisni belongs to a smaller scale.

It was built by King Arthur peeling off one layer of the Demon Abyss, and it is considered an independent small plane.

And it is a small plane with modified rules.

The other larger Demon Abyss Prison is similar in nature to this one.

The only difference is that the Demon Abyss there is larger.

King Arthur himself must know about this secret.

Zong Shen can summon King Arthur's will from the fifth princess Anne.

However, this summoning opportunity is a life-saving trump card.

There is only one chance, and it is not good to waste it on asking questions.

In Zong Shen's opinion, creating two Demon Abyss Prisons for no reason is a very strange thing in itself.

If we regard King Arthur as an extraordinary lord during the change of the last era to guess his motives.

Zong Shen has reason to believe that King Arthur intends to fix some kind of bug.

This kind of bug should be a must for every excellent lord.

After all, there are no big bugs in the lord system, but there are constant small bugs.

As long as the strength can surpass the current major progress, there will be a chance to find various flaws.

A founding monarch like King Arthur who can establish a kingdom in troubled times is definitely a leader in the last era.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a child of destiny.

Every decision and every behavior of such a person is worth guessing by future generations.

Because there must be a deep meaning in it.

Perhaps the descendants who have long become aboriginals cannot figure it out.

But a new generation of lords like Zong are completely able to learn from these ancient strong men.

The founding monarchs of each kingdom at present are equivalent to weather vanes.

Maybe they are on different paths, but as long as you observe carefully, you will definitely gain something.

Just as he was thinking, Gugat suddenly landed with Marquis Ekmeledin.

It was still so decisive and rude.

The thrusters of the technological armor raised a large airflow.

The sudden strong wind blew past Zong Shen, and was repelled by the invisible force field.

He seemed to be covered by an invisible boulder.

"My Lord, the Marquis has arrived."

Gugat's cold voice sounded in front.

Zong Shen then slowly opened his eyes.

You can see that Gugat is standing in the back, while Marquis Ekmeledin is standing slightly forward.

Seeing him open his eyes, the Marquis took a step forward.

Then he knelt on one knee with some difficulty.

As his knee touched the ground, a piece of gray was stained on the deerskin breeches.

He was still wearing the gorgeous clothes he wore during the meeting, and he looked graceful and majestic.

There is an old saying in China: "People rely on clothes, and horses rely on saddles."

External attire can indeed affect a person's temperament to a certain extent.

As the ruler of the giant city, Marquis Ekmeledin is a great man above tens of millions of people.

A true regional ruler.

His power radiates from the inside out, not just relying on gorgeous clothes.

At this time, the slow and difficult kneeling on one knee is enough to explain his entanglement in his heart.

But the more so, the stronger the contrast of the picture.

Zong Shen looked at the Marquis, and the Marquis just raised his head and looked at him.

The two of them looked at each other as if they had communicated invisibly.

Without him speaking, Marquis Ekmeledin took the initiative to express his position.

"I, Ekmeledin Clift."

"The hereditary Marquis of the Kingdom of Avalon, the patriarch of the Clift family, the ruler of Dagalisni, a shrewd and capable merchant noble..."

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"Lead all the members of the Clift family and the giant city of Dagalisni to swear allegiance to you."

As usual, there is another long and frightening title introduction.

Zong Shen remained silent. He had told Gugat beforehand.

The oath must be strict, and the Marquis of Ekmeledin must not be given the opportunity to be clever.

Therefore, he asked Gugat to ask the Marquis to emphasize that the Clift family and the Dagalisni City are all loyal to Zong Shen.

This guy in the province left the family power aside.

Zong Shen knew that Marquis Ekmeledin was very cautious, so he had already chosen a branch base.

That was Hogburg, where a lot of wealth and some high-level soldiers were concentrated.

There were also two legendary masters following him.

It must be said that the legendary masters under Marquis Ekmeledin were really well-off.

I just don't know how much effort and cost he put in to recruit these legends.

Compared with him, Marquis Henry Lancaster of the giant city of Luntax was simply too Buddhist.

If Marquis Henry had half the ambition of Marquis Ekmeledin, I'm afraid his military strength could be 50% stronger!

This can also explain why the Clift family's foundation is not weak.

But the development scale of the giant city of Dagalisni has not reached the scale of a medium-sized giant city.

A large amount of resources and financial income have been used to strengthen the magic circle inside, and to recruit elite soldiers and generals.

Intentional and no-cost recruitment can indeed attract many legendary masters to join.

Especially those legendary low-level independent warriors.

But if you want to win over legendary mid-level or even guardian-level demigods, the chances are slim.

In fact, most demigods are arrogant and mysterious.

Some have no fixed place to live, and some live in seclusion in dangerous places on the continent.

Those who are willing to join the forces to become guardians are either the strong men left by the forces from ancient times.

Or they are the helpers brought in by the ancestors in advance.

The life span of demigods is basically not lacking, and the passage of thousands or tens of thousands of years is nothing.

Even if those founding kings and elders disappeared inexplicably.

It is normal to leave some back-up plans to stabilize the development of forces.

It is extremely difficult to recruit "wild" demigods.

If not, Zong Shen has no doubt that Marquis Ekmeledin will try his best to recruit a demigod to sit in.

Zong Shen suddenly stood up and raised his hand and waved gently.

"Welcome the Clift family and the Dagalisni Giant City to join."

Without saying any nonsense, Zong Shen was concise.

This completes the process of swearing in and recruiting.

[The Great City of Dagalisni is included in the rule]

[The Clift Family is included in the rule]

[The current acting ruler is: Ekmeledin Clift]

[You can choose a suitable candidate to replace the ruler, but it will affect the loyalty of the people in the power to a certain extent]

[The current total population of the power in the territory exceeds 75 million, ranking first among all the lords in the region]

…

A row of prompts popped up in front of Zong Shen.

This is not over yet, twenty-four dark gold banners floated in the sky.

Each banner prompt has a striking color similar to gold, but it is more stable than golden yellow.

This is the dark gold that is one level higher than platinum.

It is the first time that a dark gold banner has floated in the entire region. Even Zong Shen is an old man who hangs himself - the first time he has seen such a high-level banner prompt.

These twenty-four banners are divided into two reward prompts.

Strictly speaking, each dark gold banner has only twelve.

Twelve consecutive flashes beat the seven consecutive flashes of the platinum banner, and directly filled the card.

Such a grand ceremony is enough to satisfy the vanity of most lords.

[(Dark Gold) Lord Zong Shen 1999514's territory power is rising steadily, and the total number of people in the territory exceeds 75 million, becoming the first in the development progress of the lord power in the entire region at this stage]

[(Dark Gold) Lord Zong Shen 1999514 will receive a special reward]

…

[(Dark Gold) Lord Zong Shen 1999514's territory power is rising steadily, and the total number of people in the territory exceeds 75 million, becoming the first in the historical progress of the lord power in the same period]

[(Dark Gold) Lord Zong Shen 1999514 will receive a special reward]

…

Yes, Zong Shen broke two records in one go.

One is the first in the entire region, and the other is the historical ranking.

In Zong Shen's opinion, the weight of the historical ranking should be heavier.

But he was still only given a dark gold reward, which seemed unfair.

But after a little thought, he was relieved.

Perhaps the ceiling reward of this achievement itself ends at dark gold.

After all, it was just a population breakthrough at a certain stage.

Compared with those extraordinary breakthrough events, it was indeed high-end, but the dark gold was also worthy enough.

You should know that most of the breakthrough events that Zong Shen had achieved before were gold and platinum banner rewards.

After the comparison, Zong Shen felt that the dark gold banner was quite important.

Slightly restraining his mind, he looked back at the remaining mutation time in the core area.

Intuition told Zong Shen that this Demon Abyss Prison had potential to be explored.

It was not necessary to regard it as a scourge.

According to the nature of the lord system, if Zong Shen could develop the Demon Abyss Prison with certainty, it might trigger the subsequent mechanism.

And this might just correspond to the backhand left by King Arthur.

Thinking of this, he nodded to Marquis Ekmeledin first.

Then he took out the [Communication Crystal].

The upgraded crystal communication can communicate smoothly within 10,000 kilometers.

The giant city of Dagalisni did not exceed this range.

He was going to contact Maril and ask him to send someone to bring Princess Anne here as soon as possible!

He could let the few space casters in the territory take turns to fight.

This way, she could reach the giant city of Dagalisni within an hour!

The reason why he decided to urgently transfer the fifth princess Anne is because she is the successor of King Arthur's will.

King Arthur is the founding monarch of Avalon. Bringing Anne, the successor, here may play an unexpected role.

A hero like King Arthur is ruthless and doesn't talk much.

He doesn't even mention irrelevant things.

But if the fifth princess Anne is involved, the nature will be different.

This is a clear move. It would be a waste to leave such a good network of resources unused.

King Arthur's will must know how to deal with the Demon Abyss.

With such a little thought, he contacted Anne.

Anne did not refuse this request. She was gentle and obedient, and she already knew the trajectory of her future destiny.

Some of her demands can only be achieved by relying on Zong Shen.

Vice versa, Zong Shen also needs to rely on Anne to achieve some goals.

After hanging up the call, he did not talk to Marquis Ekmeledin immediately.

Instead, he sent a message to Aze and Chen Rui respectively.

This time he did not continue to conceal the news.

He directly told them a heavy conclusion, that is, the founding fathers and monarchs of each kingdom were suspected to be lords of the previous era.

Regarding this conclusion, there have always been lords who have speculated.

But there is no solid evidence.

In fact, even Zong has not found the so-called solid evidence.

But he can be sure that the founders of those kingdoms must be lords.

This news naturally caused a surprise to the two.

Zong Shen's solid news must be true news.

Chen Rui and Zong Ze are convinced of this.

After clarifying this point, many strategies for the indigenous people can be fine-tuned in time.

The small lords only want to get wool from the indigenous people, while the big lords have already thought about how to get food from the indigenous nobles and even the royal family.

Zong Shen's news is undoubtedly a reassurance, allowing the two to know that their plans are correct and to implement them firmly.

The three also exchanged some information.

Aze is in the Rhodok Kingdom, and Chen Rui is in the Kugit Empire.

In the short term, there will be no conflict of interests.

And Zong Shen's expansion also needs a process.

Even if he wants to conquer the continent, he can reserve the duchy or kingdom for the two of them.

These are easy to negotiate.

The Endless Continent is very vast, and he doesn't need to think about eliminating every competitor.

At this stage, he just needs to manage his own territory.

The three of them exchanged what they had, and Zong Shen took the lead in asking Chen Rui and Aze to add friends.

Compared with him who was far away in the Kingdom of Avalon, Chen Rui was closer to Aze.

It took more than 20 minutes to get these things done, and Zong Shen also searched for some props in the storage compartment.

It was not until this time that he had the heart to talk to Marquis Ekmeledin.

At this time, the Marquis was also waiting opposite him in a cross-legged posture.

And Gugat had already left.

With the Marquis' announcement of surrender, the entire giant city was included in the loyalty system.

There are many aftermath and acceptance work to be completed.

In line with the principle of grasping both hands, the acceptance work in the city cannot be stopped.

In addition, there are many trivial matters to deal with. (End of this chapter)