Transcendent Noble

The flora and fauna in the mountainous area are rich enough to feed 20,000 Swiftbirds. However, what is the use of raising a flock of fat birds with tender meat? Victor needs war birds, not meat birds. Imerson designed a feed formula based on the physiological characteristics of fast birds that can effectively improve their physical fitness. However, some of the foods in the recipe are not available in Randal, nor in mountainous areas. For example, beef tenderloin and white peas need to be purchased at a cost.

Of course, Victor can grow white peas, and Randal does not lack cattle and sheep, but Swiftbird eats beef tenderloin every day. How many cattle does Randal have enough to slaughter? In fact, not only does it require a lot of money to raise Swiftbirds, it is also a huge financial burden to maintain and hire Legion, not to mention building a castle.

Building an army is a major economic issue for any lord. The lords usually allocate land to their vassals, and the vassals provide the lords with soldiers, horses, and armaments. This eased the financial pressure of the lord to a certain extent, and Victor had to solve the military expenditure problem by himself, but this was precisely the advantage of centralization.

Concentrate limited human, material and financial resources to give priority to solving urgent problems. The administrative efficiency of the centralized system is far from comparable to that of the vassal system.

Economy and military support each other, whether it is the fast bird light ride or the construction of the Candle Fort, huge financial support is needed. The Randal leader has completed the construction of the production system, and the material reserves in the mountain fortresses have also reached its peak. Now it is time to concentrate on improving the construction of smuggling channels.

"The homunculus cultivation secrets of mountain fortresses have been for more than three years. It is a pity for them to continue to engage in production and work. I plan to replace them all and expand the scale of smuggling caravans. Mountain flora and fauna resources It will not be exhausted. As long as the production facilities here are complete, we can resume production at any time."

Victor said: "From now on, the mountain fortress is turned into a training camp, maintaining a size of 400 people. Alchemy militia and alchemy support The soldiers are mainly trained and supplemented by production. As many recruits as I send, as many veterans will be transferred."

"In the first two years, the recruits learned martial skill and basic knowledge of life in the mountain fortresses. In the third year, the recruits joined the Randal leader as a migrant hired worker, interacted with the ordinary person, opened up wisdom, and obtained a new identity. In the fourth year, the recruits joined the Randal militia training camp. In the fifth year, they were the elite guards and guards of the family. Elite soldiers. I will arrange for them to join the hired Legion, or the smuggling caravan."

"Buso, in addition to mineral smelting and animal training, other production projects in mountain fortresses can be slowed down. Jack, you are mainly responsible for training new companions."

"Yes. My lord." Buso and Jack said in unison.

Victor walked towards the door and said as he walked: "Take me to the treasure house, I want to see the Saronian magic iron."

The treasure house is on the second floor of the castle, Buso took Victor entire The group, through the long corridor, ordered the treasure house guards to push open the heavy iron essence door. The door shaft rubbed, making a harsh creak, and the cool breath assaults the senses. Buso held the torch and walked into the secret room, lighting the candles one by one, dispelling the darkness and coldness, and then Victor stepped into the door of the treasure house.

Every time he walks into the treasure house, Victor is convinced that he is a rich lord. The sword, lance, thorium heavy crossbow, standard war crossbow on the weapon rack, as well as a pair of thorium ant-man armor, and neatly stacked silver ingots emit dazzling rays of light under the reflection of candlelight. But Victor was not here to see weapons and equipment today. The wooden box in Buso's hand attracted his attention.

"604 Xalon magic iron ingots, they are all here." Buso opened the wooden box and showed the owner super-class materials.

The palm-size metal ingot has the purest black, like a black hole that can absorb light, without any reflections. The cold metal touch shows that it is neither charcoal nor stone. Victor took Saron’s magic iron twice and muttered to himself: "What is so extraordinary about it?"

Everything that the homunculus knows has already been said, Victor decided to test it himself. The breeze encircled his palm, turning faster and faster, and gradually turned into a deep blue. Surprising things happened. The black and black Saronian magic iron was like a sponge absorbing water, sucking the violent and sharp void Wind Element.

"Huh?!"

Victor waved away the blue air current in his palm, and carefully looked at the Saronian magic iron in his hand, X-3's nuanced insight did not find any magic iron ingot. Any slight change, as if the phenomenon that it absorbs the void Wind Element is just an illusion.

Victor tried a few more times, and the quality, shape, and color of the magic iron ingot remained the same.

"All back, go and cut one third magic iron ingot for me."

Victor ordered the treasure house guard to cut the magic iron ingot and greeted Buso, Jack, Renault, etc. Several important homunculus classes retreated out of the treasure house in case of accidents.

"My lord, this is the Saronian magic iron you want." The guard walked out of the treasury, his hand was the cut Saronian magic iron.

"Good job, Hans."

Victor took the magic iron ingot with a somewhat awkward expression. Although there is no essential difference in alchemy life, Renault and the others are heavier in his mind. Hans returned to his position, his obedience to the master was always the same, and he would not care about the master's appreciation or contempt.

The destruction test did not cause an explosion accident, which shows that although Saronian magic iron absorbs the void Wind Element, its physical properties are extremely stable, which is different from the elemental affinity of Mithril.

Victor thought for a while and threw the magic iron ingot to Renault, instructed: "Take it away and we will go back to Alchemy Tower to see the king’s valuation of the magic iron."

Alchemy Tower is 70 kilometers away from the mountain fortress. Victor rode a fast bird and arrived at the hill camp in less than four hours. The cave in the upper camp is gurgling and the spring water is cool and comfortable. Victor connects to the Tower Spirit in his consciousness.

"King, I am here."

"My lord, welcome back to Alchemy Tower." The king responded immediately.

"Report Alchemy Tower's spirit and capital status." Victor directly instructed.

"Alchemy Tower has a total of 12,380 soul fire points, a remaining soul fire point of 1250 points, and a remaining fund of 3800 goldsore."

Victor nodded, signaled Renault to put Saron’s magic iron on On the element extraction stage, "King, evaluate its value."

"The value of 203 ksaron magic iron is 162,400 goldsore. My lord, do you want to extract it?"

"No Anxious." Victor groaned for a moment, and said: "In the will side of the alchemy militia, the priority of Saronian magic iron is much higher than that of mithril. I remember that every gram of mithril can be exchanged for 2800 gold Thor, and every gram of Saronian magic iron. It can be exchanged for 800 gold sol, its value is equivalent to a fraction of Mithril. Do you have any explanation for this?"

"There is no relevant content in my will side, but I have my own Infer. Sir, do you want to hear it?"

"Say."

The king said in Victor's consciousness: "Mithril points to Knight, and the purpose of Saron's magic iron is unknown. , It doesn’t have any direction at the moment. My lord, can you buy one gram of Mithril for 2,800 Kinsol? Or, is Knight willing to buy Mithril at this price?"

York family silver Knight All of them have mythril weapons, but only the Viscount Fries.York and Terlandon have mythril armor. If Kinthor can buy mythril, the silver knights will definitely not be stingy with gold coin, but mythril is true The price depends on the financial resources of Silver Knight.

It takes at least 60 grams of Mithril to build a pair of Mithril armor. According to the price of 2,800 gold Thor, a pair of Mithril armor is worth 160,000 gold Thor. Regardless of whether the Silver Knight accepts this price, Victor believes that they will use all the funds they can use to buy a set of Mithril armor, which means that his family luck will be weakened.

The reasonable silver Knight will not embarrass the family finances for the Mithril armor. 80,000 to 100,000 gold sols should be a relatively reasonable price. From this perspective, Alchemy Tower's valuation of Mithril is a little overpriced, and this overpriced is reflected in Saron's magic iron.

The application prospect of Saron's magic iron is still unknown. The price of 800 kinsall per gram reveals Alchemy Tower's desire for it. Victor hesitated for a while, he thought for a long time, and finally opened the mouth and said: "King, extract Saronian magic iron. I need alchemy creatures now."

"As you wish."

Mysterious rune emerged in the void, slowly rotating around the element extraction platform. Victor watched Saron’s magic iron become rainbow in the rays of light, and couldn’t help asking: "King, where did the gold coins and supplies I sacrificed go?"

"My lord, this You have asked the question 7 times, and my answer is the same every time. I really don’t know the deep secrets of Alchemy Tower."

"I think you have hidden something from me." Victor said with a gloomy face "You and Renault are not the same. Renault is dumb, but you don't have the same conversation skills as you."

"I am different from alchemy creatures." The king responded, "But my loyalty to you is with them. Same, to be precise, I am more loyal to you than them."

"Why do you see?" Victor smiled sarcastically.

"My lord, you will never betray yourself."

Victor frowned: "What do you mean?"

"My lord, alchemy creatures are loyal to you It's because I am you!"

"Hehe, are you telling a joke?! You know all my memories, but my knowledge of you is very limited!" Victor couldn't help but say aloud , The sharp and harsh voice shocked me.

"King, you are from X-3, you are an artificial intelligence program! You are not me!" Victor growled in his heart.

"My lord, the artificial intelligence in X-3 is lurking deep in your consciousness. It is because of the difference in will that your soul has been stripped of me." The king said.

"The will side is composed of memory, emotion, cognition, and subconscious. There are things in your will side that do not belong to me, so you are not me." Victor coldly said.

"The soul has soul fire besides the will side." The king explained: "My lord, have you noticed that the total amount of soul fire in Alchemy Tower is 12380 points. If the alchemy creatures are fully produced, it will occupy 12380 points. Soul fire. Whose soul fire is holding my soul?"

"You...you mean, my soul fire?" Victor's shocked thoughts became confused.

"My lord, your spirit attribute should be 15 points, because I occupied 1 point of soul fire, so it became 14 points." The king explained: "Compared to the artificial intelligence of X-3 Your will side is fundamentally insignificant, but this is the difference. Alchemy Tower stripped a part of your soul, and combined with the will side of Alchemy Tower, the Tower Spirit was born. But from the root, I am your soul fragment "

"The soul fire of alchemy creatures revolves around your soul fire. They remember your soul fire characteristics, so they are loyal to you. Sir, you don’t have to worry about my betrayal at all, because I It is part of you. Your limited knowledge of me is actually limited knowledge of Alchemy Tower, but I also don’t know Alchemy Tower, so I can’t answer many of your doubts."

"Okay "Victor rubbed his forehead and asked: "Then why are you hiding?"

The king replied: "You never asked... According to the rules, I must answer your questions, but you don't I have the right to keep asking questions. Now you ask, my answer is..."

"I am afraid and eager."