arcane emperor

Chapter 657 Sharing development is a sharing trap (8000)

A large amount of supplies were transported back to "Azshara City".

More containers of supplies, a large number of adventurers and combat soldiers came out of the teleportation array.

The Azshara camp quickly expanded from its original radius of 500 meters to the surrounding areas.

Higher and taller walls rose from the ground.

Towers tens of meters high stand up all over the city wall.

There are powerful long-range weapons including automatic crossbows, magic artillery, dragon-hunting crossbows, and enchanted heavy crossbows.

What's even more amazing is.

Almost overnight.

Hundreds of solid flat-roofed houses.

More than 10 hospitals, restaurants, taverns, training grounds, adventurer halls and other public places and facilities.

Twenty or thirty huge warehouses.

They are all springing up like mushrooms after a rain.

They take up most of the space that has been renamed Azshara Fortress.

Busy construction crews are improving the facilities in these buildings.

Huge caves were also dug into the stone wall behind Azshara Fortress.

According to explorations by Gulf Territory wood engineers, a huge metal smelting plant will be built here.

It will be used exclusively for metal smelting.

The various metal ores excavated in the Suramar Valley continuously provide the Gulf Territory with various high-quality metal raw materials.

The large-scale engineering golems that provided huge help in the construction of Azshara Fortress have also moved underground and into stone walls.

There were faint explosions and rhythmic vibrations inside, which were particularly eye-catching and eye-catching in this extremely silent underground world.

Compared with the huge changes in the architecture, what struck Trixis as incredible was the patrolling soldiers marching neatly on the streets.

The brightly shining dragon-shaped emblems on the chest armor of these human soldiers looked so "special" in the eyes of this young drow elf.

She turned to look at Tyrell, who was smiling at the side, and asked suspiciously:
"I seem to have seen this emblem. It seems to belong to a human territory in the surface world, right?"

Tyrael did not answer directly, just like he had always covered up the color of his skin and the features of the Cole Elf. Instead, he answered from another direction:

"The relationship between Azshara City and the Gulf Territory is very good, and the two sides have reached a number of cooperations."

"There will be more and more Gulf Territory soldiers and adventurers appearing in Azshara City in the future."

"They are like paid mercenaries who help Azshara fight and take risks."

"The establishment and development of Azshara City cannot be separated from their help..."

When Trixis heard this, her head was buzzing.

She recalled the time she had met Mother Sera, and wanted to ask her about it.

Can a drow city-state also have allies?

Mother Thera was really relieved that the Gulf Territory's combat power was so "unruly" in the fortress and city controlled by Azshara.

This is totally not the style of the drow elf grandmother!

Just when Cui Xisi's mind was in chaos, she had no idea that she was about to experience an impact on the Gulf Territory's thoughts and ideas.

Mother Sera, whom she was talking about, was laughingly discussing and communicating with the magical images of several drow commanders.

"Expensive? Not expensive at all?"

“It’s been this price for so long!”

Sera shook her head calmly, showing very proud confidence, and continued to them in an indifferent tone and tone:
"A high-quality enchanted crossbow can currently be purchased for just 30 grams of fine gold."

"After all, we still have to charge some shipping costs, but we will give away 300 armor-piercing crossbow arrows for free."

"The price of magic props and potions will be slightly cheaper than the enchanted crossbow. It is currently 20 grams of fine gold per piece."

Is it cheap?
I don’t see the bargain at all!
All they saw was that the prices were soaring to the sky.

After all, although the vast majority of drow city-states have no way to contact the forces of the surface world.

But they also conducted transactions with other forces in the underground world.

Buying or selling magic items is something every drow commander is good at.

Compared with the price offered by Sera, the drow commanders felt that the prices they had previously sold magic equipment and props at were simply too unconscionable.

Many drow commanders have secretly cursed Sera's greed and shamelessness in their hearts.

But even so, the drow commanders had no intention of stopping communication.

The reason is simple, compared to Sera’s temporary price increase of 50%.

Suramar City has already offered them 300% of the original price.

And because the quantity is limited, the drow commander must find connections and invest energy if he wants to get this batch of supplies.

In contrast, although being killed by Sera made them very unhappy, it was already the best choice.

The complaints now are just for bargaining.

Sera easily saw through their thoughts, and was unwilling to harm her own interests and those of her territory. She continued to add in an understatement:
"The magic artillery that everyone wants more is more difficult to produce and the output is quite limited."

"Even in our city of Azshara, we don't have any extra for trading."

After hearing this, the drow commander could feel the "threat" in her words.

"Add more money" if you don't agree?
If you don't want to pay more, then they will break up?
How can you talk about business like this?
Faced with Sera's confident expression, the drow commanders who felt helpless and hated her agreed without hesitation when she said she was planning to contact other drow commanders.

They are all drow, who doesn’t know who is who?

Therefore, after being threatened, the drow commanders happily "payed".

Looking at the smiles on their faces, Sera could guess the resentment and roar in their hearts with the worst malice.

"Ha, this is the drow!"

"In my heart, I have the same character as the Cole Elf!"

"When interests are at the forefront, no matter how hard it is to save face, you will continue to beg for mercy."

"As long as it remains 'useful' to them and remains a strong deterrent."

"No matter how huge the resentment in their hearts is, it cannot stop them from subconsciously being humble and flattering..."

Counting the harvest happily, Sera showed an extremely excited expression.

She is very clear about the character and behavior of the drow. They fear power but are not moral, and they see small gains and forget the great righteousness.

After learning valuable knowledge in the Gulf Territory, Sera has learned more.

Her thinking and cognition have reached a whole new level.

Taking down these drow commanders earned Sera and the Gulf Territory nearly 5000 million worth of materials and supplies.

More than 1/3 of this will be converted into various materials and achievements, as well as the precious manpower and support of the Gulf Territory, which will be invested in the construction of Azshara City and Azshara Fortress.

Of course, Sera had been recognized by Matthew yesterday and officially became the manager in charge of the Gulf Territory's underground world.

For Sera, this was not only recognition, but also a challenge that made her ecstatic.

Right now, Sera has a more important transaction to make, which is not to contact Suramar City, but to contact her old acquaintance - Liya!
Looking at Sera with a calm expression and noticing the flashing blue lightning magic armor on her body, Liya couldn't help but sigh with emotion even though she was well prepared:

"You really surprised me, like Bay Collar."

Of course Sera knew what Liya meant, which made her feel a little enlightened.

All the emotions that had been on my mind before they met, turned into nothingness the moment they saw each other again.

It was as if these thoughts of resentment, revenge, and pride had never appeared in her mind.

Sera, who remained calm, nodded with a smile, and said in a confident and proud tone:

"Haha, only by joining the Gulf Territory can we have such a change."

"Otherwise, I would be no different from the cannon fodder that has died these days."

The dead cannon fodder are naturally those drow who couldn't help themselves during the battle.

After hearing this, Liya repeatedly looked at Sera with a calm expression, trying to see what she was really thinking.

After all, for drow, acting and lying are innate skills engraved in their bones.

Liya then thought that with Sera's current identity and the strength of the Gulf Territory, there was no need to play such tricks in front of her.

"Let's talk about the transaction first. This is the most important thing to us."

Sera interrupted Liya's thinking and started to get to the point directly.

After hearing this, Liya didn't say anything more, nodded silently, and then expressed her needs.

"We need vital psychic protection equipment!"

Sera didn't care about Liya's "well-informed information". This news was specially released by Sera.

The purpose is to attract Liya, or the Mobletho City behind her.

Because they are the richest!

Just now, we only plundered the resources of more than 20 drow remnants, and gained hundreds of millions of gold coins.

Mobletho City's accumulation over thousands of years is an incredible wealth just thinking about it.

Of course, Sera wanted to cut off the flesh from its body.

The psychic protection device is one of the trump cards prepared by Sera.

She met Liya's slightly nervous eyes and had no intention of making things difficult for her. Instead, she said calmly:

"There is no problem at all. Our city of Azshara is willing to have "friendly" exchanges with other cities."

"First of all, I can introduce to you a psychic protection device developed and created by the Gulf Territory."

"It can serve as a single combat unit in a short period of time, resisting attacks from psychic spells such as "mind control"."

"It's also very simple to use. You can use it automatically when you wear it."

"It has a long standby time of up to one month and can be recharged through the energy blocks provided by the Bay Territory..."

Liya, who didn't expect Sera to be so easy to talk to, her heart skipped a beat subconsciously, and then she immediately cheered up and listened carefully to the information about the psychic protection device.

As for Sera not hiding her relationship with the Gulf Territory, Liya had already forgotten about it.

Her most important task now is to continue to live and climb higher in Mobletho City, so that she can live up to the goddess's favor.

"I don't need to explain the other effects of the psychic protection device."

"The mind control used to deal with the mind flayers is enough to demonstrate its value."

"The price of each single mind protection device is 100 grams of mithril."

"Since we are acquaintances, if you buy it, I can give you a discount. It only costs 88 grams."

"This price is like a psychic protection device. It is a very rare price."

After listening to Sera's story, Liya nodded very firmly without much hesitation, and said with great wealth:
"No problem, I can accept this price."

"I will order 100 psychic protection devices now!"

Liya's decisiveness was somewhat beyond Sera's expectations.

However, faced with the business that came to her door, Sera naturally would not push it outside.

She nodded in agreement with a smile and continued to show off new goodies:

"This is a multi-functional energy crystal provided by the Gulf Territory. It can provide rapid energy supply for a variety of devices including psychic devices."

"The standard price for each new multifunctional energy crystal is one gram of mithril, and no discounts are accepted."

Multifunctional energy crystal?
Specifically for charging psychic devices?
It suddenly occurred to Liya that the psychic protection devices produced by the Gulf Territory were not disposable or life-span consumables like those produced by the drow casters.

Protective magic props can indeed release corresponding spells at regular intervals through skill recovery and other methods.

But every time the spell is released, the foundation and foundation of the magic props will be lost.

If it is not maintained or repaired regularly, the effectiveness of the magic props will gradually decrease and may even be scrapped.

According to Sera's story, the psychic protection device produced by the Gulf Territory has extremely special effects.

That is the reuse of psychic protection equipment!

This also means that the drow must continuously purchase multi-functional energy crystals and a larger number of psychic protection devices from the Gulf Territory.

Especially what Sera mentioned just now.

She gets 12% of the difference!
Just this point is enough to make Liya very excited.

What are you excited about?
Of course, she must hold on tightly to the line of cooperation between her and the Gulf Territory to obtain more benefits and gains for herself.

Moreover, the price difference of 12% is too little...

100 psychic protection devices are also too few...

After half an hour.

Sera received the purchase order of more than 2000 psychic protection devices and at least 20000 multi-functional energy crystals promised by Liya.

A huge order of nearly 7500 million gold coins!

It shows Liya's wealth, as well as her undisguised ambition and desire.

Seeing the smile on Liya's face, Sera didn't have any thoughts of looking down on the other party, but there was a faint emotion in her heart.

"Sure enough, drow elves have always been like this. They have never been inferior to others in terms of harming the public and enriching themselves..."

the following few days.

As Azshara Fortress gradually cooperated with the drow commanders, it provided them with a large number of ranged weapons and war resources.The originally precarious second line of defense of the drow has gradually stabilized.

Especially with the psychic protection devices Lia provided for her drow commanders and warlords.

With safety generally guaranteed, the drow finally exerted their ability to control slaves for combat.

Relying on the advantages of terrain and defensive facilities, they withstood waves of attacks from the mind flayer army.

Even if the mind flayers use their mind control abilities to turn batch after batch of slave warriors into their slaves, they can only cause some minor trouble to the drow.

After all, no matter how many slave warriors die, the drow will not feel bad at all.

Not to mention the drow commanders, after showing their due abilities and value, they also need more resources and slave warriors.

In the war of attrition, the drow commanders, who had very long lifespans, were very patient.

As long as the psychic protection device continues to function and the multifunctional energy crystals are sufficient, the drow commanders can continue to persevere.

Even if the situation is still at a disadvantage.

But they were roughly on the same level as the mind flayer army.

It’s time to “get” more resources for yourself!
Yes, these drow commanders are willing to accept this dangerous task and risk their lives to fight the mind flayer army.

Except because they failed in the struggle for power.

The most important reason is that there are huge benefits hidden in it.

Other members of the drow family must pay a heavy price if they do not want to enter the dangerous battlefield and fight against the terrifying and deadly mind flayer hordes.

Some of these resources can become "rewards" for the drow commanders.

Just when the battle in the underground world began to stabilize.

Yaya and Matthew, who had been hiding in the dark, finally turned their attention away from the underground world.

Many resources obtained from the underground world battlefield were also invested by Matthew in the research institutes and major production factories in the Gulf Territory.

Various golem parts were manufactured and stored in very tight warehouses.

Research on various magical creations has gradually been put on the agenda.

The various research tasks assigned by Matthew also made the major research institutes in the Gulf Territory busy.

Everyone vaguely knows that the Gulf Territory seems to be making big moves.

But most people don't know where the Gulf Territory's big move is headed.

In order not to let everyone think too much, Matthew launched the summer offensive in the Death Desert.

The vast number of adventurers, led by the Gulf Leader's guidance mission, poured into the Death Desert, which contained endless wealth.

After nearly two months of cleaning up, most of the endless ghost monsters have been cleared away.

The pioneering base of the Gulf Territory has entered the depths of the underground world.

A group of powerful adventurers have begun to explore deeper secrets.

Some adventurers even vaguely saw that a special team from the Gulf Territory secretly entered the underground ruins for adventure and excavation.

As more and more underground ruins are excavated, various harvests are springing up like mushrooms after a rain.

A huge number of mechanical golem remains.

Various interesting magic prop fragments.

Special writings and records belonging to goblins.

Or very precious and rare metals and materials.

From initial excitement to gradual calmness and numbness.

The adventurers who excavated the underground ruins saw the mysterious and special underground ruins unfolding before their eyes bit by bit.

Everyone gradually saw the vastness and "richness" of the underground ruins.

The possibility of the existence of the Goblin Kingdom is also being amplified little by little.

However, these land reclamation and battles that attracted the attention of many people were just bait thrown by the Gulf Territory.

The truly important relic treasures have always been under the control of the Gulf Territory.

In the underground space of the Death Desert.

Leon, who had been pioneering the way forward, looked at the densely packed aberrant monsters in the distance, with unspeakable joy and excitement in his eyes.

He had been dealing with these ghosts for a whole month and a half. Now he finally saw the dawn of victory and immediately shouted at the top of his voice to the combat troops:
"Guys, we found our destination."

The loud voice immediately attracted the attention of the distorted monster in the darkness.

These ferocious monsters, who had been hungry for who knows how long, immediately roared one after another.

Leon was not panicked at all. He stared at the distorted monster getting closer and closer, and said to the artillery unit on the side:

"Take action, it's time for you to show off your power."

Wildhammer, who was quite excited, raised his hand without hesitation and made a swiping gesture.

"Self-propelled magic artillery ready!"

Click!Click!Click!
The self-propelled magic artillery that looked like a carriage just now immediately stretched out various mechanical parts.

The sturdy mechanical arm pierced the rocky ground and soon turned into a solid gun mount.

The slightly shiny cannon barrel was slowly raised, and guided by red rays, it aimed at the aberrant monster running wildly in the distance.

As Wildhammer yelled "fire", the surface of the dark and shiny gun barrel immediately lit up with complex and translucent enchantment lines.

Balls of scorching flames suddenly shot out.

As they rotate, they rapidly expand and expand, and they continue to accelerate and fly.

Finally, they landed precisely in the center of the deformed monster.

Boom!

Groups of dazzling fires bloomed one after another, and the terrifying devouring flames enveloped the ferocious-looking deformed monster and burned it to charcoal.

The aftermath of the fire explosion illuminated the dark passage.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
The ferocious explosion sound kept echoing in the long and narrow space.

When the fire gradually dissipated, the hundreds of deformed monsters that rushed over had turned into pieces of blackened meat.

The big guys who saw the power of self-propelled magic artillery for the first time couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Looking at the shining long sword in his hand, Leon looked at the very proud Wildhammer, and couldn't help but complain:

"With such a powerful weapon, why did it come out now? Wouldn't it be better to bomb it all the way before?"

After hearing this, Wildhammer stopped inspecting the self-propelled magic artillery, rolled his eyes angrily and said:
"You have a pretty good idea. Every time the self-propelled magic artillery fires, hundreds of gold coins of energy blocks will be burned."

"The salvo of ten self-propelled artillery just now dropped thousands of gold coins. Our special funds for the mission are not enough at all!"

Leon, who immediately felt very distressed, looked at the self-propelled magic artillery that was starting to accumulate energy again. He couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly, and said in a helpless tone and tone:
"After three rounds of these gold-coin-burning things, our work for a long time will be in vain."

"No wonder there is no large-scale manufacturing and promotion for the time being. Even the territory cannot afford to burn it!"

The frightened Wildhammer nodded, pulled out a bunch of multi-functional energy blocks, charged the self-propelled magic artillery, then glanced at the aberrant monster surging in the distance, smashed it and said:
"Don't think so much now, I can also provide shooting support for ten rounds of artillery."

"You must take advantage of this period to step up the construction of defense lines and build city walls."

After waving to the civil engineering team behind him, Leon drew out his sword with some ease, and a surging momentum emanated from him.

I saw Leon saying very expectantly to the dragon warriors on the side:

"This is the last part of everyone's training, facing a large number of enemies and engaging in long-term actual combat."

"You are the dragon warriors of the Gulf Territory. You are the sharpest swords of the Gulf Territory and the strongest shield of the Gulf Territory."

"You can destroy all invading enemies and solve any trouble that may cause danger to the Gulf Territory!"

"Dragon Warrior, attack!"

The dragon warriors, who had been silent all this time, launched a mighty attack on the aberrant monsters with an indomitable momentum.

Wildhammer, who was in charge of fire support, did not rush to fire, but instead stared at the battlefield in the distance.

Under his gaze, the dragon warriors relied on their strong strength and flexible speed to easily chop down the gray and dry monsters.

They formed a loose but extremely strong line of defense in the center of the long and narrow passage.

No aberrant monster can break through their blockade.

Subsequent support troops arrived one after another, and under the command of Lyon, they immediately began to set up defense lines.

The busiest members of the civil engineering team have already begun geological and topographic surveys of the long and narrow space.

They were preparing to give construction orders to the medium-sized engineering golems who were following them.

The number of aberrant monsters is far greater than the more than 20 dragon warriors.

But without seeing the appearance of the large-scale aberration monster, Leon did not order the arriving long-range troops to provide support.

The test for the dragon warriors will be full of hardships and dangers.

They must overcome all difficulties and eliminate all enemies in order to be qualified to be selected as the strongest combat force in the Gulf Territory.

There is also a gap between dragon warriors!

Thanks to the dragon warriors, they successfully blocked the impact of the deformed monster.

The pioneering troops in the Gulf Territory quickly built a temporary post with city walls and basic shooting positions in just 20 minutes.

Lyon did not arrange for all combatants to enter the guard post, but instead continued to maintain the battlefield at the entrance.

The purpose of his doing this is to provide observers with a better view and time.

Allowing them to collect as many aberrant monsters and more information on the huge space outside as possible.

For the combat forces in the Gulf Territory, as long as they have enough information, they can deduce a more efficient and confident combat plan.

Just as Leon inspired the new Dragon Warriors just now, they are confident of defeating any opponent or enemy!
Despite the huge number of aberrant monsters in the dark space.

But without the intake of flesh, blood and soul for a long time, they have been in an extremely hungry and weak state for a long time.

Whether it is maintaining combat effectiveness or maintaining a stronger distorted state, it is not a problem that can be solved by chewing ore.

The more powerful the deformed monster is, the more energy it needs to consume. After so many years of starvation, it will often die faster!

The aberration monsters that can survive now are basically the weakest ones.

Facing the elite troops of the Gulf Territory, they had no chance of winning.

The same is true!

Under the full defense of the Gulf Territory combat troops, a large number of aberrant monsters were destroyed every moment.

In order to ensure that these aberrant monsters that have survived for unknown length of time can die forever.

In this combat mission, there was a clear order to "not collect any loot."

The raging flames burned these dry and twisted corpses.

Groups of soldiers who have completed combat missions are undergoing psychological examinations and physical purification.

The new Dragon Warriors who have persisted the longest will form a small team of 20 people and go out to fight in turns to attract as much firepower as possible from the aberrant monsters.

The battle lasted for three days and three nights!
More than 10 aberrant monsters were burned to ashes by the Gulf Territory.

The ashes piled up to a depth of half a meter were specially collected to avoid being placed here or spreading.

When the last batch of aberrant monsters fell under the sword of the dragon warrior, the repetitive and numb battle finally ended.

Leon, who had just recovered from his rest, immediately arranged for the new Dragon Warriors to undergo training, and did not hesitate to praise and encourage them:

"I basically saw it well and completed the task almost perfectly. It is indeed the pride of our Gulf Territory!"

"Go and have a good rest now. You will have more difficult tasks and battles ahead."

Although the dragon warriors were very tired, they were tempered by the long battle.

Their momentum and spirit have been greatly improved.

To put it simply, they took an important step towards becoming true dragon warriors.

In the huge dark space outside, Leon could vaguely feel the inexplicable dryness in the air.

He resisted the urge to send people to explore and sent back news of the completion of the mission to the territory as originally planned.

To Lyon's expectation, the Gulf Territory's orders and subsequent personnel and supplies would arrive a few days later.

But only half an hour passed.

On the newly laid track in the extended passage.

A golem train loaded with people and goods drove over in a mighty manner.

Leon, who was quite happy, couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw the figure of the visitor, slowly suppressed his smile, and couldn't help but murmur to himself:
"Why are you here?"

Slowly raising his head, sniffing the familiar yet dangerous smell in the air, the legendary ranger Iris licked the corner of his mouth and said in an extremely excited and excited tone:
"Because I am the most professional in the territory in dealing with these demons and monsters!"

That's right, this tall figure in a cloak is the legendary ranger Iris who chose to join the Gulf Territory.

Under the gray-brown cloak, the thunder magic armor exuding charming beauty was slowly flashing with little electric flowers.

Subconsciously swallowing, Leon followed Iris' gaze and looked into the distance, and immediately couldn't help but ask:

"Demon monster? Right here?"

Iris nodded slowly. Iris himself did not expect that the first task assigned to him by the lord was actually a special task related to demons.

He reached out and touched the slightly heated rock ground, and said in a firm tone and tone:
"Right here, a Balrog that is at least a legendary level!"

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