Warhammer Wizard

After conquering the Saine Plateau, Ren did not immediately incorporate the plateau into the empire as promised at the Supreme Council.

He didn't want to go back on it, but waited for a better time.

There are several purposes for unifying the plateau. One is the resources of the mines, and the other is to develop the followers of Gilman and help him wake up. These two purposes are the most important. Finally, it is the turn to announce the expansion of the territory to the people of the empire and to increase his political achievements. .

If it is only announced, it will not bring substantial benefits to the empire, and the effect of enhancing its own prestige will be limited.

Therefore, it is necessary to wait until the rule of the plateau is stabilized, and the resources of those mines have been roughly mastered, and then try to see whether the plateau can drive the development of the western border provinces of the empire.

It takes time and planning, and it can't be done right away.

Ren is not in a hurry.

He left part of the legion to Marius to deal with the Mattaki tribe. Rebuild the tribal order, suppress the rebellion, take over all the lands of the Mataki people, build the temple of Gilman, and reverse the belief step by step, etc.

These steps have been done many times in other tribes, and Marius is very handy and can't go wrong.

The only thing to worry about is that behind the Mataki tribe is the king of green dragons, lest Zhan Qing come back unexpectedly, Ren decided to keep the Star Destroyer as well.

The Star Destroyer hovered high above Bakharu and turned on its invisible force field, which was invisible to ordinary people.

Huge warships can also serve as a legion base.

It just so happened that the Star Destroyer didn't have a home port yet, and the Half-Plane had to build a new ship next, so there was no place to stay, and it could still play a role in temporarily staying on the plateau.

A few days later, the news that the Saien Plateau was unified by the consul's legion gradually spread in the empire, causing some discussions, but the official empire did not officially announce that the plateau was too far away from the life of the people in the empire, so it did not cause much shock. , soon subsided.

The battle process in Bakharu City was also intentionally blocked by Ren.

Therefore, the rumors about the Star Destroyer are only a few words of uncertain origin in the Empire. Except for those who have experienced it, no one in the upper echelons of the Empire knows about it.

That's exactly what Renne wanted.

Although many people saw the Star Destroyer, sooner or later, it could not be covered up, but the later the exposure of the Star Destroyer, the better. As long as you didn't see it with your own eyes, just relying on some rumors would not be enough to arouse the enemy's vigilance.

With the passage of time, the changes on the Saine Plateau were gradually forgotten by people.

Three months later, when winter begins.

Ren secretly came to the main castle of Kalanos again to listen to Marius' report.

This time, his younger brother Karodi did not come to find him again. He had been promoted to the high-ranking Paladin and was transferred back to Gotham City not long ago.

"grown ups."

Marius, who was standing opposite, took off the helmet of the power armor, with an uncontrollable smile on his face, and said loudly: "We have completely controlled the Mataki tribe, and now in Bakhalu City, we can no longer see the right people. In the public belief of the Mother of Dragons, almost 20% of the Mataki have returned to Gilman's arms, willing to follow our Lord and restore His glory."

Ren smiled noncommittally.

The Mataki people have worshiped Tiasis for hundreds of years, and it has long been ingrained. It is extremely difficult to convert them to their beliefs, and they are afraid of the high-pressure rule of the Ultramarine. The bottom is another story.

Those savages who claim to be willing to convert to Gilleman have a very low percentage of their sincerity, and they can't provide much faith in Gilleman.

This is not something that will happen overnight, and it will take at least a generation to completely reverse it.

"Has he sent an oracle?" Ren asked.

The "He" in his mouth naturally refers to Gilman. It has been almost two years, and Gilman's believers have increased by millions. Even if most of them are shallow believers, they should have some effect.

"Not yet, my lord."

Marius shook his head, his expression changed from joy to solemnity. In fact, he was also waiting for Gilman to contact him.

It stands to reason that with the addition of so much faith, Gilman's awakening should be accelerated, and the frequency of contact should increase, but since that night when he decided to cooperate with adults, he has not passed on a word.

This made Marius worry about whether Gilman had changed. He returned to the Temple of Astarte several times to check, but found nothing.

He wanted to let Ren go there himself.

But without the permission of Gilman, Marius did not dare to reveal the true body of God privately, so he could only keep it in his heart.

"Then just wait." Ren pretended not to know anything, but in fact knew exactly what Marius was thinking.

Whether or not Gilman wakes up, and when he wakes up, is not important to him.

Even, he hoped that Gilman would sleep forever.

The most important thing at the moment is another thing -

Get the source crystal!

The Star Destroyer's teleportation, levitation and flight power all come from the core of Eola. As long as it doesn't fire, the source crystals consumed are very small, almost negligible. In the past two or three months, he stayed in the sky above Bakharu, and occasionally patrolled the plateau, and did not use much source crystal.

However, the power armor is consuming source crystals every day, and it has grown to 130 sets, and the consumption is gradually increasing.

At present, the largest source of source crystals is the mithril mine in the Principality of Augustus. After years of mining, he has increased production regardless of the cost. It reached its peak the year before and obtained nearly 8,000 pounds of source crystals. However, since last year, mithril and source crystals Crystal production began to decline.

Within three years, that mithril mine would be depleted.

The second is acquisitions.

The source crystal mines produced by the Kingdom of Congatro and the empire were almost bought out by themselves. The source crystals that were not very useful have become very popular in recent years.

Some people saw a business opportunity and scavenged source crystal mines from various countries in the old continent and sold them to the empire, earning a lot of profits.

This has driven up the source crystal ore market in the entire main material world, and the price has skyrocketed several times, but it is still difficult to buy with money.

Ren has money now, and doesn't care about the price.

Even if the price of the source crystal mine is ten times more expensive, you can easily buy it yourself, as much as you want, but you can buy less and less source crystal.

So money is not the problem, the real problem is the lack of mines.

More than 10,000 years ago, the Empire of Giants dug most of the main material world and the adjacent planes it ruled. Thousands of years of tireless digging of source crystals have long since dug most of the mines.

There are still more than 30,000 pounds of source crystals in Ren's inventory, which may account for more than 80% of all the source crystals that have been mined in the world.

But these source crystals are only enough for five years at most.

This only counts the consumption of power armor. If the Star Destroyer participates in the war and the intensity is similar to that of the battle in Bakharu City, it may take four to five times, and the source crystal inventory will bottom out.

The source crystal consumption of the Titan Forge is much higher than expected.

At the same time, the energy release of the source crystal is also one order of magnitude lower than expected, and the energy output is two orders of magnitude lower than the previous nuclear reactor.

Fortunately, the energy output of the Titan Furnace was sufficient, and the Star Destroyer Cannon reached the power of tenth-level spells. As long as the problem of source crystal supply could be solved, the design of the Star Destroyer was successful, maintaining its maneuverability and firepower advantages over the Floating City.

But how to solve it?

Since the Duke of Heipao saw the biggest hidden danger of the Star Destroyer at a glance outside the city of Buckhalu, Ren was thinking about this issue.

I met with the teacher recently, and the teacher also asked about it with concern.

For this reason, Ren made a special trip to the Temple of Storms.

He consulted the Titan Elder Sorim, and obtained the territory map of the Giant Empire during the Second Era, as well as the planes ruled by the giants.

After reading the map and the plane catalog, Ren was helpless.

The empire of giants in its heyday ruled almost half of the main material world, the earth belonged to giants, and the sky was the domain of giant dragons. In order to maintain the rule of the empire, the giants dug out the source crystal mines in the territory. The source crystals that can be dug now are the residues that leaked from the fingers of the giants.

The regeneration period of the source crystal is extremely long. For more than 100,000 years, it is almost impossible to find more source crystal ore in the main material world and adjacent planes.

Therefore, Ren can only look beyond the main material world.

The bottomless abyss came to mind for the first time!

In his hand, he has a space-time coordinate that he bought from the lord of Hestaff, the city of Shenzhen, pointing to the 404th floor of the abyss. Hestaff said that when he passed through this abyss, he found a rich source Crystal open-pit mine, and the reserves are very large.

An open-air source crystal mine, just passing by can see that the reserves are very large...

This kind of mine only existed in the main material world before the rise of the giant empire. It can be seen that the abyss demon does not understand the value of the source crystal.

Most importantly, the empire of giants has never set foot in the abyss.

In addition to the abyss, there is also the heaven!

These two worlds, which are a hundred times larger than the main material world, must contain countless source crystals, and even in the most powerful period of the giant empire, they cannot set foot in them.

There are gods and celestial clans living in the celestial realm, there are countless strong people, and each celestial realm has a master.

Likewise, the bottomless abyss is filled with countless demons.

The ancient four gods of the abyss ruled the abyss of unknown depths. They were more terrifying than the heavens, and they didn't even need to invade. Any creature who dared to enter the abyss would be polluted by the ubiquitous evil energy and become an abyss monster.

Both places can get a lot of source crystals.

This was also vaguely revealed in the words of the Titan Elder Sorim, but as a demigod Sorim did not dare to go.

Demigods are not in any danger as long as they don't come across deities or pit lords. However, mining the source crystal ore is a long-term task. It is not enough to have only one demigod. There are also mining equipment and miners, and a series of logistical facilities.

There are only a few hundred giants in the Temple of Storms, which is simply not enough to support the mining project.

After a long time of making noise, sooner or later, it will provoke a powerful enemy.

Ren can solve mining equipment, miners, and transportation problems, and things that Elder Titan can't do are not difficult for him.

But he is also worried about encountering a powerful enemy.

Seeing Ren's contemplative expression, Marius thought he was still thinking about Gilman's affairs, and said softly, "Sir, although my lord has not passed down an oracle, I know that his state has changed, and it shouldn't be. What's the problem."

"What I'm thinking about has nothing to do with Gilman." Ren shook his head and explained.

He glanced at the extreme head and asked, "Marius, between the heavens and the abyss, if you had to choose a target to attack, which one would you choose?"

Attack the heavens and the abyss!

Marius almost jumped up in shock, thinking he had heard it wrong.

"Sir, are you kidding me?"

"I'm talking about business."

Ren's expression became serious, "Star Destroyer and power armor both consume source crystals, but I don't have many source crystals in my hands. Only the heaven and the abyss have them in the world. We must choose one to obtain source crystals, or go to the Heaven, or go to the abyss."

"This..." Marius' eyes widened.

Of course he knew how important the source crystal was. Star Destroyer and power armor were inseparable from it, but he didn't expect the source crystal to be so difficult to obtain.

A mortal army, whether it is to invade the heavens or enter the abyss, is unprecedented.

This is a glorious achievement that can go down in history!

Thinking of this, Mariuston's heart trembled, and he couldn't help being excited and excited.

He took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down a little, thought for a moment, and replied, "Sir, if you have to choose, then I choose Abyss!"

Ren laughed when he heard this, not surprised by this answer.

But he still asked, "Why?"

"The abyss is the enemy!"

Marius said resolutely: "Killing the abyss demon can bring greater glory to the extreme battle group, this is a supreme glorious cause!"

He paused for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "And the celestial races are the nominal allies of mortals. If we invade the celestial world, it is likely to anger the gods and bring unpredictable consequences. Spread the word and affect your prestige in the empire."

"Although the abyss is more dangerous, I prefer to fight the devil!"

Seeing Ren's expression, Marius immediately said excitedly: "Sir, have you already chosen a target, which abyss should we attack?"

"The 404th floor sighs the wilderness." Ren replied calmly.

This is the name of the abyss he found. There is very little useful information, very few people have been there, and it is unknown in the bottomless abyss. The area of ​​the wilderness of sighs is not large, equivalent to three or four imperial provinces. It belongs to one of the **** levels of the Lord of Chaos, but an abyss lord has never been born, so it should not be taken seriously. The most types of demons are vampires.

There is no more information beyond that.

"Sigh the Wilderness!"

This was the first time Marius heard about this abyss~www.readwn.com~ but he was not afraid, instead he asked impatiently: "Sir, when are we going?"

fighting!

Hot blooded battle!

This is the instinct that flows in the blood of every Macragge. If it is not for the patriarch, who shoulders the heavy responsibility of revitalizing the glory of Gilman, Marius would rather be a warrior at the forefront, rather than being a leader. high-ranking ruler.

"It should be soon."

Ren said earnestly: "This time, we must proceed with caution when marching into the abyss. I have already sent people to explore the abyss. Within half a month, there should be results. You should prepare your brothers for a long-term battle."

"Yes, my lord!" Marius responded loudly.

He seemed to have seen Ultramarines slaughtering demons in the abyss, and his blood was boiling.