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Chapter [-] The Dragon God Fortress in Ledin

The law of the jungle is the main theme of the continent of Enfas. Whether each noble territory can survive and develop is directly related to the combat power mastered by the noble family. If the weak nobles do not want to become vassals of the big nobles, they can only live near the Black Forest. In addition to sporadic mineral raw materials and poor agricultural resources, the greatest wealth they can master is the poor and weak people.

For example, the northern area of ​​Klein County in the Kingdom of Stormwind was a wild land that was newly conquered by the small noble lords of Klein County border and some adventurous professionals in the stormy era more than 20 years ago—these Most of the adventurers who fought bravely over the thorns and thorns, relied on their personal bravery and strong combat power, and most of them got their wish to obtain barren fiefs, large and small, and barely stepped into the ranks of low-level nobles in the Stormwind Kingdom.

Since there are almost no valuable magic resources in North Klein County, these new nobles, in order to maintain the continuation of the territory, can only take out the most valuable mines in order to obtain His Majesty the King's With the support of the great nobles, at that time, the population of the Stormwind Kingdom itself was in a state of surplus, so a large-scale population migration occurred.

The upstarts who paid for the mines gained nearly a million people. For North Klein County at that time, these population resources were the best tools for them to open up the Northland. Unfortunately, as time went by, when the first generation of pioneers When they were old and old, due to the lack of stable military support, only more than 20 years later, the entire North Klein region fell into the threat of chaos again. Barbarians and monsters in the Black Forest continued to emerge, and a large number of humans The settlers drove back to civilization.

If there was a Dragon God Fortress in the North Klein area before, or even a nest armed with the Dragon God, the situation here would not be what it is today. Unfortunately, in this strategy, it is almost worthless. Even the king of the Stormwind Kingdom didn't bother to send out many regular troops to maintain the barren area without any production.

Under the constant attacks of monsters and barbarians, the humans in North Klein County became weaker and weaker until they were on the verge of extinction.

The ruling family in Klein County, the Lev family is even willing to use this worthless territory in exchange for the limited support of Diyala's undead forces. Unfortunately, due to the existence of the Ledding and Lightning Fort Storm families, this plan cannot It has been put on hold indefinitely—the undead are unwilling to spend too much energy and limited resources in the face of the increasingly powerful Thunder Port.

However, Riding knows that with the rise of the magic tide, several high-quality magic crystal veins will gradually be generated around the North Klein area in the next few years. These important magic resources will transform the Port of Thunder area from a Tasteless chicken ribs turned into a big greasy and fat piece of meat

Although the current Thunder Port is inconspicuous, with the emergence of high-quality magic crystal veins, this area will surely become a resource center for all parties to compete for.At that time, with the little armed force in hand, Ledin will not be able to protect his own interests at all—I am afraid that the undead army and the dark elves in the underground will not need to do anything, as long as Duke Lev is willing to pay some price to send a signal of compromise to His Majesty the King , can make the members of the royal family acquiesce in his means of seizing the Port Thunder area by force.

Regardless of the fact that the Storm family that Redding belongs to has the same surname as the royal family of the Stormwind Kingdom, but in the face of absolute interests, even brothers can turn against each other, let alone this bloodline that existed hundreds of thousands of years ago... …

In the face of possible crises in the future, as the successor of Fort Lightning and the acting governor of Port Thunder, Redding has the responsibility to guard this place for himself, for his family, and for the girls who have integrated into his life—— Redding, who has fused two souls, has already regarded Thunder Port in North Klein County as his second home. With the passage of time and the continuous pouring of painstaking efforts, he has already had an inseparable affection for this place.

Fortunately, as one wishes, Ledin, who went out on an adventure a few days ago, just wanted to enter some ancient ruins to find some low-level lair hearts, but he was so lucky that he actually entered the kingdom of trees and got The heart of the castle of the two mature Dragon God Fortresses, and also obtained the fruit bred by the branches of the World Tree-a prototype of the Supreme Fortress with the potential to reach the top

In the world of Enfass, the system of real power aristocrats is extremely strict. The titles of low-level nobles below the Viscount can be awarded at any time as long as His Majesty the King is willing. Since the core territories of each country have long been occupied by the great nobles and the royal family, Most of the conferred territories of these newly born nobles are just the realm of order in name—the land of chaos near the edge of the Black Forest

In addition, anyone who has obtained enough military merit and surpassed the Bronze Rank in personal strength can also obtain the Martial Merit Certificate of the Baron's Collar according to the tradition of nobles rewarding military merit - dozens of pieces the size of a standard knight's collar have never been developed The land of chaos, and hundreds of propertyless homeless people.

Unlike these newly born nobles in the borderlands, in prosperous areas, the viscount-level nobles with real power are at most the city lords of a small town, while the baron's territory can only govern a small town and some affiliated villages. A lower-level nobleman like a knight can only be a veritable manor owner

Only in the remote land of chaos, those who hold the title of Viscount can own a large area of ​​nominal territory, such as the huge territory in the name of Viscount Elek of the Storm Family of Lightning Fort.

Nobles with the title of earl are not counted by the king's bestowal - if you want to become the real master of a territory, and join the earl-level noble family, the lord's personal force must reach the strength of the gold rank, and they The aristocratic family behind it must also ensure that it has two lairs armed with dragon gods. Only with such a strong background can it truly control the core authority of one territory in a world where the jungle is prey to the jungle.

Those who can obtain the title of marquis with real power must have at least one three-pole Dragon God Armed Fortress in their family, and those super nobles who have won the title of duke, in addition to having the personal strength of civilized elements, their family must also have at least one The fifth-level Dragon God Fortress—the noble lords of the world of Enfas are not capable of being weak and flamboyant. In this world that relies on personal bravery, it is common for the big nobles to lead the army. Just don't try to suppress powerful vassal nobles. Generally speaking, you can know a little bit about whether a territory is tyrannical or not just by looking at the strength of the lord.

In today's Enfass world, the lord of the principality is a noble at the grand duke level. The difference is that the family that established the principality has at least two fifth-level Dragon God Fortresses; At least three dragon god fortresses of level [-], and as for the top-level imperial strength, they even have the support of top-level alchemy creatures of level [-]-in the past history, there is no such rigid division of national strength in the world of Enfas, but In the age when magic declined, golden bloodlines avoided the elemental planes, and silver bloodlines retreated to the world, relatively powerful alchemy warriors directly determined the tyranny of a country's force.

Take the Principality of Cliff near Thunder Port as an example. If it wasn’t for the former Grand Duke of this country who lost the castle heart of a fifth-level Dragon God Fortress when he moved the Dragon God Fortress, his descendants would not Will fall into the predicament of being attacked by barbarians and unable to resist - in the past few years, Grand Duke Cliff has almost lost the ability to suppress the powerful nobles in the north, so amid internal and external difficulties, the helpless Royal finally chose to abandon the south Several border counties in the country, in order to gather enough armed forces to suppress those noble families who want to replace them.

Judging from the current situation of the Castle Heart owned by Redding, if he can successfully realize the two Dragon God Fortresses at hand, then his theoretical strength will be at the level of a noble family between the Marquis and the Duke ——Although the Dragon God Armed Forces can continuously produce alchemy fighters, this process is not accomplished overnight. In addition, the production of these alchemy fighters also consumes a large amount of basic materials and a large number of alchemy materials.

The alchemy fighters produced by each lair have a fixed limit, and it will take three years to reach this production limit—calculated according to the first formula of magic, the Mana formula, the creative energy that a Dragon God Armament can supply , the limit of maintaining the alchemy warrior is the sum of its three-year output

When Wanhai City ushered in the brilliance of morning light, Laiding had already counted the seized supplies.The enthusiastic Grand Duke Cliff offered a total of gold products weighing 300 million gold coins to Thunder Port, and the number of silver products filled the space of five heavy transport ships. According to the weight estimate, there are nearly The value of 300 million gold coins

The wealth of a million gold coins is also a large number for duke-level nobles. Although Redding does not know the annual income tax amount of the Duchy of Cliff, he knows that the fiefdom of the Grand Duke of Windsor in the game, the annual basic tax is also In the early millions, although the mage's territory is made of alchemy products, this data can reflect the richness of this seizure from the side.

600 million gold coins and other gold and silver are definitely a huge wealth, but if you really use them to buy specific magic materials, you really can’t get too much spot—in fact, the value of magic materials is not high It's outrageous, but in Enfas, a world where the business system is not well developed, you can't find many sellers who can supply a large amount of magic materials except for those profiteers who hoard.

The purified magic crystal ore that Ledin once sold in the Land of Freedom is a kind of general-purpose magic material that is in short supply. Although the port of Thunder made a hundred times the profit at that time, those high-quality materials were made by the mage group of Port Thunder , the total output of half a year of hard work in the alchemy factory, unless Redding is willing to stagnate the magic research progress of the mages of the entire territory, Thunder Port will not be able to purify so many magic crystal mines again in a short period of time.

Similarly, in order to allow the alchemy factory in Port of Thunder to develop in an orderly manner, the magic materials purchased at Port of Thunder refilled the profits from the magic spar. Can't find any magical materials that can build the Dragon God Fortress.

So when Ledin saw the last few transport ships full of magic materials, he was so happy that he almost jumped up - big boxes of magic materials, from earth fire brimstone to heavenly dust, from elemental essence to undead spirit, It can be said that these few transport ships have everything that can be found in the world of Enfas. Although the number of some precious materials is not large, the specific types that Ledding needs are enough to create a Dragon God Fortress

According to Ledin's estimate, if you count the magic materials purchased from the Land of Freedom, and then contact Altaran to find out if there are any, enough resources can probably be gathered to make the four Dragon God Fortresses in the Kingdom of Trees , to rejuvenate their former magical brilliance, it is foreseeable that several pure alchemy legions will soon be added to the army of Thunder Port.

Just as Redding was planning how to build the Dragon God Fortress, Angela in battle armor came over with a team of guards, and behind her were Walter and Ronnie, two native noble children of Bay Sea City.

"My lord, Wanhai City has been completely controlled by us, and the defenders loyal to Grand Duke Cliff have surrendered. Judging from the situation we collected overnight, there are about 11 people in the entire Wanhai City. Refugees, in addition, since the barbarians did not cause too much damage when they attacked the city, there should be [-] permanent residents in the city." Angela, who was in charge of appeasing the people and maintaining law and order, first told her about the situation on her side.

"There are a lot of people gathered in Wanhai City. It seems that Viscount Joel has put in a lot of effort before. He was able to snatch so many people from the barbarians. It seems that his organizational skills are still good. By the way, Wei Er What about the situation over there? How many barbarians has she surrendered, and how many human captives has she rescued?" Population is the weakness of Port Thunder, and Laiding feels that the biggest gain from capturing Bay City this time is the more than [-] people in ragged clothes and Poor refugees with nothing left.

"I thought Wei'er had reported it to you. It seems that the girl did not rest at night. Now in the mountains outside the city, there are still many barbarian soldiers and fleeing civilian husbands. At night, you just left Not long after, Wei'er sent more than 2 refugees over. As for the captives of the barbarians, the number of those inside and outside the city was less than 1000, and most of them were weaker ones such as half-orcs and green-eared clans. Ethnic groups, violent and powerful races like ogres, have basically died in battle." Speaking of the population harvest this time, Angela also laughed.

"How about the grain reserves in Wanhai City? Most of the granaries on the harbor side seem to have bottomed out. Have you calculated the exact figures?" After asking about the population, Ledding turned his attention to the grain reserves—if If these refugees who are waiting to be fed can not be fed in the next summer when the winter wheat matures, no matter how many people there are here, it will be useless.

Hearing Laiding's question, the corners of Angela's mouth widened, and she said in a somewhat smug tone: "The food in Wanhai City is very sufficient, even if the population of Leiming Port territory is added together, I can also guarantee that they will be able to find so much food this time when they are open to eat for a year. I would also like to thank Walter and Ronnie for their help. If it weren't for them, I would never know, Viscount Joel, a greedy guy, He actually transported the grain reserves belonging to the Principality of Cliff to the homes of several grain merchants who have colluded with him. If we don’t come, I’m afraid that most of the refugees won’t be able to survive this winter.”

"The food is sufficient, and the population is sufficient~ Angela, if you recruit troops from Wanhai City, will it be difficult to gather a 5000-man defense force?" Laiding pondered for a while, and threw out a question for Angela. Surprised question.

"My lord, what do you need so many garrisons for? Are you planning to mobilize soldiers and continue to attack the north?" Angela felt that they had reached their limit if they could occupy Bay Sea City this time. At the end of the day, not to mention whether the military strength is enough, the long supply line alone can completely overwhelm Thunder Port.

"Without our family background in Port of Thunder, there is no room for further attacks. You must know that there are many barbarians wandering on the west side of Fort Lightning. In the territory of the Principality of Cliff, barbarians are also rampant. We have almost lost our air transportation capabilities, and we simply don't have the ability to start a war." Ledin shook his head at Angela, and it was mostly luck that was able to take down Wanhai City. Even the outstanding Longshanguan Fortress is impossible, let alone advancing into the hinterland of Cliff Principality.

Angela immediately relaxed after hearing Laiding's explanation. She calculated a little, and then said: "If I build a 5000-man defense force out of thin air, I must have 1000 veterans as the backbone. Otherwise, even with the cooperation of the magic tower, I can't guarantee that I can withstand the siege troops of the barbarian army."

The absolute strength of the barbarians eroded by the power of chaos is more than twice that of ordinary humans. If it weren't for the civilized society that can provide excellent armor and sharp swords, I am afraid that the civilized country of Enfas Continent would be as large as It will be reduced by more than half, so Angela's request is not excessive at all, and even Ledin thinks that she is a little bit suspicious.

"In this way, you first recruit 1 refugees from Wanhai City for militia training, and then select half of them to form the city guard. The grassroots officers and veterans who are the backbone you need can be recruited from all the main forces in Thunder Port. Select from the camp. As for the remaining refugees you select, they will be temporarily incorporated into the supply engineering battalion. I plan to build our first dragon god fortress in the ruins of the city of mercury." Leding thought carefully and thought In order to keep the fruits of victory in Wanhai County, the city of Mercury in Xiayun River must be controlled. Otherwise, in the future, the barbarian troops who are constantly harassing the entire Wanhai County will completely wipe out the agricultural production. Stagnation.

"Build our first Dragon God Fortress in the ruins of Mercury City? It would be great if it can be done. As long as we control the hilly area on the front line of Mercury City, we can block the barbarian army in the Bay Sea City. The periphery, and doing so can also monitor the defenders of Longshan Pass, and stop the threat of the Principality of Cliff near the Black Rock Mountain Range." As soon as Redding mentioned his plan to build the city, Angela understood the strategic meaning.

Just when Redding and Angela explained the details of annexing the two counties in the south of Cliff Principality, a shocking news came from the Mage Tower——near the Dragonfall Swamp in the southwest of Port Thunder, various Less undead armies from Diyala