Chapter 348 The Rise of the Magic City. Analius's 'Visit'

After sensing Sophia's little movement, Tanya winked at her. This neurotic female knight has no awareness of being a vampire at all.

Sophia looked outboard with dull eyes, feeling that she should not warm her aunt's bed at night anymore and listen to her stories about vampires.

"Well, the situation in Guxi can be regarded as an opportunity for the new people to practice." George nodded and said: "After absorbing the refugees from Yongfeng City and Bishui City, our population has reached 600,000. . There will be a lot of people participating in the land reclamation. I’m afraid the recruits will be busy for a while.”

There are currently more than 50,000 people working in Shushu Territory. The taxes paid by the farmers and the food used for living expenses support all the troops in the sanctuary and the entire Bianhe City - including the farmers of Shushu Territory, a total of Only two hundred thousand people.

In addition, most of the 400,000 people are off-the-job workers, and food cannot be brought in or out of their area. Therefore, the pressure on the entire valley is extremely high.

The food brought back from the city-state of Bishui City, as well as the original food stored in the valley, can continue to support it for more than a year. If the valley cannot produce food for 600,000 people next year, they will starve.

Judging from the consumption of horses and livestock in the valley, the existing land of a Rat Territory alone can support 200,000 people.

Reclamation, land reclamation and increased food production are urgent matters.

George planned to leave 100,000 people to work in the shelter, and another 300,000 people were sent to the west of the valley to open up wasteland. However, now that there are more monsters in the west of the valley after the blood moon. Although compared with many other areas, it can be said to be very clean and cannot affect towns and manors. But because those monsters are so scattered, they cannot be eliminated by large forces.

"It's just the right time for the mercenaries to show off their skills," Garvey said with a smile: "As long as these guys make money, they will be very motivated day and night, winter and summer."

George nodded. In fact, today's mercenaries should not be called Bianhe mercenaries, but Black Pearl mercenaries.

There are more than 30,000 newcomers coming to Yongfeng City, and most of them have joined Jack's hands. It's just that for now, I'm only training on Garvey's side.

The quality of these guys varies greatly. Except for the elites in the Wind Wings Castle, they all need to practice hard.

And letting those guards join the mercenaries is a great way to exercise their courage. With the guidance of these old people and Garvey's rotation training, he will grow up quickly.

Moreover, these guards all had basic skills, and what made him even more happy was that they all had weapons and equipment in their hands.

Having said this, Garvey asked a knight next to him to bring over a small box. After opening it, he said: "The only thing missing now is weapons to deal with demon-level monsters. We got some from the demons, although The quality is good, but the quantity is a bit too little. ”

Everyone looked at the things in the alley and found hundreds of thumb-sized gems of various kinds. Each of these gems has some texture on it. These textures are very delicate and faintly combine to form a strange text.

"The quality is indeed good." Wallace nodded. He picked up a gem and recognized it immediately.

However, the wizards' names for these things are somewhat different from those of the priests.

"Rune of order?" Roosegaarde picked up a rune and picked up a #5 rune with interest and observed it.

The Rune of Order is another name for the ‘Language of Divine Runes’ by forbidden wizards. Wizards believe that this kind of thing is not created by gods, but is naturally generated in nature. Part of the magic developed by the world's first generation of wizards came from their research.

George's inspiration for renaming this rune came from Roosegaarde.

In fact, the Forbidden Wizards' version of the origin of the 'Rune of Order' is very similar to that of the Heavenly Kingdom Archives. However, in order to monopolize this thing, the Holy Court changed its name to another way of saying it - given by the gods.

"Although we didn't rescue many supplies from Windsong City, the demons gave us a lot of gifts." Garvey said with shining eyes: "According to Anthony's data, the more chaotic the power in the body, the more chaotic the creature. When the energy escapes after death, the probability of condensing the 'Rune of Order' is greater. The probability of the red devil condensing this thing is more than 1 in 10, and it will definitely appear on the body of the big devil. "this thing"

This time, Garvey and others beheaded tens of thousands of demons, and most of the gadgets they collected are here. In addition, there were many trophies that the demons collected in the city - most of them were gems and rare objects with magical power, but most of these things were rewarded to the soldiers by Garvey.

"We also seized a batch from the capital of Darkens and the Great Hall." Wallace put down the runes in his hands and said, "The number is about three thousand, and there are hundreds of good quality runes among them. arts."

Having said this, Bishop Wallace looked at George and his eyes became intense: "Sir, we can form a second Knights Templar!"

"It's the third one." 'Dan' on the side said: "Sir Wallace, the main force in the battle of Windsong City is not the Riverside Knights and the Windsong City troops. It is the Chief Templar Knights of the Sanctuary. ——Five thousand people in total.”

Wallace's eyes widened fiercely.

He originally thought that the Black Lake Knights were the main force in the hands of this Divine Grace Knight, but he didn't expect that this force was only a part of the power in the hands of this Divine Grace Knight!

"You" Wallace looked at George with burning eyes, and couldn't help asking: "How many troops do you have?"

"The Holy See sent me to form a 'Temple Knights'." George said slowly: "Now, the 'Dawn Knights' can be established."

The 'Dawn Knights' George referred to was the name of the first Temple Knights in the future shelter.

"We already have the core troops - the knights wearing red robes you saw in the Riverside Castle are the core members." George looked at Wallace, Gavi and others and said: "After that, I plan to draw 20,000 people from the Yongfeng City Guards and the New Army to build the organization of this Temple Knights. As for the missing strategic equipment, someone will support us."

A core Temple Knight, three Templar Knights troops and 20,000 religious soldiers are the standard configuration of the Temple Knights!

The so-called support is naturally produced by oneself.

With the more complete establishment of the shelter, more divine runes can be produced.

In his plan, this winter, the shelter will have houses for 100,000 people to live in-when the big city wall was built, these houses already had a foundation. Just rebuild it.

And when all these 100,000 people can live in the shelter, there will be a stable source of "order power". Runes and fire will not be a problem.

Of course, according to the understanding of the priests, the so-called "support" is naturally the kingdom of heaven or the Holy See.

Hearing this, Wallace's eyes couldn't help but be extremely hot.

He knew what it would mean if the Holy See fully supported this Divine Grace Knight to establish a "Temple Knights"!

After the conversation, Wallace and other priests were immersed in the vision of the future. But when Sophia looked at George, she felt the extremely heavy pressure in his heart.

The total force of the valley has reached 80,000, plus 600,000 subjects, the pressure of food, weapons consumption, etc. that the entire valley will have to bear in the future will be extremely terrifying.

The ratio of soldiers to civilians is 8 to 1

And all of them are full-time professional soldiers!

You know, a small country with a population of two or three million, the overall number of professional soldiers is far less than 80,000!

But the valley must need such a number of soldiers - to open up wasteland, guard the city walls, clean up the valley entrance, and maintain order

And the structure of these 600,000 subjects is extremely complex. Sophia concluded that after the great land reclamation began, many bandits and robbers will definitely appear.

In addition, the valley also needs these soldiers to suppress the nobles

Many of the nobles who took the lead in the land reclamation will recruit soldiers again to maintain the safety of the land reclamation. If the valley still wants to maintain the existing system, it must have a huge army to make the nobles fear.

So half of them may have to be deployed to various territories in the form of mercenaries and garrisons, and the other half will need to deal with the demons from the west.

According to the arrangements made by Gavi and others, in order to prevent a large number of demons from crossing the steep mountains to the valley, troops have begun to station, patrol, and rotate on the main roads in the mountains. Although these places are places where one man can block the way, the valley is so large that at least 10,000 people are needed.

Therefore, these 80,000 soldiers have no time for military reclamation. At most, the troops stationed in the shelter can participate in the construction.

Sophia felt that if there was no trade support in the future, the valley would probably face disarmament or collapse within two years.

However, if there were stable trade channels, then war could be used to support war - the spoils seized by the mercenaries from the demons in the western border would be very popular in the south after being made into various alchemical items!

At this time, small snowflakes were naturally floating, and the fleet had arrived near Johannes in the light snow.

A port slightly smaller than the 'Rat Harbor' appeared in front of Sophia. She was also deeply shocked by the scene in front of her.

From the port to the center of the castle five or six kilometers away, there were crisscrossing trenches. Hundreds of thousands of workers and thousands of spiders were busy near these trenches, as if they were going to build an underground world.

The sounds of trees falling, logs rolling, and stones collapsing kept echoing in the distant mountains and forests. Vehicles piled with goods were walking on various roads, stretching to the top of the mountain.

One after another, simple houses were demolished, and various planned buildings were pulled up on the spot by the hands of the workers. On the tall chimneys of several completed buildings, the green smoke from the burning alchemical furnace had risen. And these architectural patterns are very similar to the "Wizard Tower" described in the book. And some are pure alchemical workshops used for smelting and forging.

Snowflakes do not exist here. When they fall more than ten meters above people's heads, they are evaporated by the heat.

If this place is completed and winter comes here, it must be a warm winter!

In front of Sophia's eyes, a super magic city is slowly rising!

Two weeks later, the demons of Yongfeng City attacked the shelter. Under George's leadership, they were successfully repelled.

The flying night watchmen, the light wings of thousands of dawn knights, and the ghost troops rushing out of the city wall left a very deep impression on the demons.

But in fact, this battle was a battle with heavy thunder and small rain. The demons only fought for one day and then all retreated.

This scene made George feel a little strange.

However, after the demonic troops retreated that night, the shelter captured a special prisoner.

"That 'prisoner' said she wanted to visit the 'Temple of Heroes'. Lord, we can't stop her." The tall and stout Sergeant Major Bian He wiped the sweat from his head and said to the big boss as he walked: "At dawn After the Knights arrived, we all heard the sound of Dawn Light and did not attack her."

The armor on the sergeant major's body was torn, and there were many thick black wolf hairs hanging near the metal cracks. But this guy's shirt doesn't belong to Jiao Yue, but to Bian He.

Obviously, when what just happened, he was too anxious and accidentally exposed

But now no one pays attention to this kind of thing, and there are indeed some undiscovered wolf descendants in the shelter.

"Well" George asked after a brief thought: "What else happened."

"Sir, the 'prisoner' revealed his aura after seeing Miss Lorna. I don't know if it was because she felt the threat from the wizard to her." Dirk recalled the blue sky that Lorna showed on the city wall. During the scene of the storm, there was a shocked look in his eyes: "But the strange thing is that the prisoner felt a little unscrupulous. She easily broke away from Miss Lorna's restraints, and then said something in her ear. I don't know what she said." She said something, but Miss Rona seemed to be frightened."

George frowned slightly, remembering what Roosegaarde told him in private about Lorna.

In deep thought, George stepped into the door of the Cathedral of the Dawn.

More and more Dawn Riders are seen on the road. They held their weapons and were a little nervous. The look in George's eyes expressed that he didn't want the great lord to go down.

Many knights followed George.

"Sir, I have seen 'her' in Wind Yong City. I feel that her power now is even more terrifying than that then." The sergeant major hesitated. The meaning of the words seems to be that he hopes the lord will be more cautious.

He knew that this was not the first time that the big boss had seen the Fallen Angel, and with so many Dawn Knights around, this guy couldn't make a dent in their territory. But as a soldier, how could he be willing to see his boss put himself in danger?

If the guy who calls himself ‘Annalius’ is going to carry out an assassination, and then things really go wrong

The sergeant major felt that someone else should meet with her on behalf of the high lord.

"You're quite courageous." George nodded, and the corners of his mouth curved. He found that this guy was very vindictive. Previously, Garvey grabbed her sore foot and bullied her severely. Now that my wings have grown hard, I came to ask for them back.

Yes, it's been two weeks since I came back, and it's been more than a month since the blood moon. It was indeed enough for her to grow strong wings.

Just like Garvey before, she expected that she would definitely come here to meet her today.

But the difference is that Garvey has made some arrangements and is extremely sure of what the enemy will do. But this is not the case with fallen angels.

So, if we say Garvey has nine points of preparation plus one part of madness. So her persistence is extremely crazy.

‘‘Annalius’ is a true fanatic’

At this time, George had entered the main hall and glared at the statue of the Seven Gods in the main hall - if this guy hadn't had to personally 'redeem' a fallen blood warbler, the prisoner would have gone directly along the entrance to the cemetery and entered the underground. Paradise lost.

Now that something happened, this guy hid in the Kingdom of Heaven, leaving only the statues of the Seven Gods, and asked himself to come and mess with it.

When George looked away, he found Lorna standing in front of the statue. His face looked like he had lost his soul, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

There were more and more people on the road, and the broad corridor leading to the Temple of Heroes was filled with fully armed knights. After they saw George coming, they all beat their chests and saluted. The Dawn Knights called him 'The Great Lord', and the Iron Wall Knights called him 'The Duke'.