Twenty days later, Allen saw the city wall of Storm City again, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings.
This expedition to the Wilderness Highlands could be said to be extremely dangerous. If he wasn't careful, he was afraid that the entire army would be annihilated. The key was that the Queen, who was hibernating deep underground, was already extremely weak. If she had collided with it at her peak, Allen could have imagined the outcome.
At that time, he and the others had long since been buried in the cold and gloomy ground. If they were digested as food in the Queen's body. How could he still feel the blazing sunlight outside and see his companions who were waiting for their return?
When the soldiers on the city wall discovered that they were walking on foot and wearing clothes that were no better than homeless people, they thought that they were people who had fled from somewhere. It wasn't until he saw Allen's signature silver cang that he knew that his City Lord had returned.
Allen left quite secretly, but he had been gone for twenty days, and he had already been noticed a few days ago. At this time, the news spread like the wind throughout the streets and alleys, causing those who wanted to take advantage of the absence of the City Lord to sigh inwardly.
Walking into the lobby of the City Lord's Mansion, Allen's eyes blurred and he was hugged. As Xiangyu filled his heart, he could see that it was Adele who was hugging him. The girl still had time to make a smug face at Lucy behind her. Then she let go of Allen and patted him on the shoulder with one hand. "I thought you were killed by something. You didn't come back for so long," she said.
Allen and the others behind him looked at each other and smiled bitterly. "You're right. We almost couldn't come back."
Adele was shocked. "What the hell did you encounter?"
"It's a long story." Allen looked at his tattered clothes and said, "I think we'd rather clean them up first than this."
Adele nodded in agreement and said, "Indeed, you all smell strange."
A moment later, Allen took a bath and changed into clean clothes, making him feel as if he had lived two lives. He came to the study and was informed by Adele. Not only did Roy and Bloy arrive, even Legg, the Knight Guild Leader, rushed over after hearing the news. Seeing them, Allen nodded and said, "You guys came at the right time. I just received a new batch of equipment and need to reorganize the army."
The weapons obtained from the King Snake Base were basically Origin Energy weapons. For example, the Origin Energy Rifle required Level 5 Origin Energy to be used. Origin Energy Weapons were different from magical equipment. Although both of them were activated by Origin Energy, the latter could form a directional ability, while the former could only convert Origin Energy into bullets. That was why the restrictions on the use of Origin Energy rifles were so low. Just like Lucy had said, their power was actually very limited.
But if there were enough of them, and this world's military civilization was relatively low, they would be able to survive. Here, the Origin Energy Rifle had a bright future. In order to put this batch of equipment to good use, the army needed to conduct a selection and adjustment. All the soldiers above Level 5 and below Level 10 were selected to form a rifle squad. They were uniformly equipped with Origin Energy rifles to enhance the army's long-range firepower.
In addition, the cavalry of the Raging Thunder Knight Regiment, and even the standard Knight, had also switched to Origin Energy rifles. This way, the overall combat strength of the Raging Thunder Knight Regiment would increase by a level. Even if he still hadn't reached the level of the Black Cloud Knight, he wasn't far from it.
As for the other weapons and equipment, a portion of them were allocated to the King Of Mountains and Dark Blade, while the rest were temporarily stored in the warehouse. After the army expanded, it would be distributed.
Now that Storm City had equipment, all that was missing were soldiers. The soldiers came from the citizens, which made Allen feel the urgency of expanding his territory. Right now, a small border area could no longer meet his needs.
Legg strode out of the study. Now he was glad that he had made the right choice. Not only did Allen, the new City Lord, find an ancient ruin, he also brought back a lot of ancient equipment. From Allen's words, Legg saw the blueprint for the expansion of Storm City. And the ones who benefited were naturally their followers. Thinking of this, Guild Leader Knight's heart burned.
Very quickly, the army made its move. The soldiers who met the requirements were selected, but the number of them was quite small, only about twenty or so. Allen, on the other hand, had more than three hundred rifles, so through the Adventurer's Association, Allen recruited another twenty adventurers who met the requirements. Most of them were unhappy people. Rather than continuing to mess around blindly, it was better to join the army.
Moreover, Storm City was waiting for a situation, and many people were optimistic about Allen, the new City Lord. As a result, as soon as the recruitment information of the Adventurer's Association came out, almost all the spots had been snatched away.
In this way, there would be an organized team. As for the remaining guns, they could only wait for the army to expand in the future.
The day after Allen returned, Regis led the King Of Mountains troops out to the Wilderness Highlands to retrieve the equipment from the base. As for Allen, he was drowned in mountains of reports and documents. While he was away, the factory had been capped. Soon, when the equipment and personnel arrived, they would be able to be put into use. With the steel mill and weapons workshop, Storm City would be able to produce cold weapons and equipment on its own. There was no need to buy them from the outside world, which would save considerable military expenses.
Moreover, Adele's fund-raising plan had begun to pay off. Under her impetus, not only did the wealthy merchants and officials in the territory open their pockets and take out a portion of their property to invest. Even Allen's collaborators in Purple Roland Harbor showed considerable interest when they heard about this. Especially Roger, who was already preparing to invest 100,000 gold coins in Allen. This was definitely not a small amount.
In the study, Adele said complacently, "If this goes on, we'll soon be able to raise about 300,000 gold coins." This money can be used for the promotion of the Church and the operation of the factory. We shorten the cycle of capital accumulation, and investors can profit from us. It's killing two birds with one stone. The important thing is to tie them firmly to our chariot by raising funds. At that time, our enemies will also be their enemies, because by raising funds, we have formed a relationship of common interest with the investors. "
Allen raised his head from the mountain of documents and smiled, "You're still the best in this regard."
"Of course. Then, how are you going to reward me?" Asked Adele with her pen.
"What reward do you want? Why don't I give you a dividend too?"
"I don't want it."
"Then what do you want?"
"Marry me!"
With a stroke of the pen in Allen's hand, an eye-catching mark appeared on the document. He sighed and looked up, "Adele, marriage is not a joke. Besides, you know my relationship with Lucy. "
"What, can't I compare to that twintails?" Said Adele, raising her chin.
"Whether it's appearance or ability, you're not inferior to Lucy."
"Then you don't like me?"
"You can't say that. It's just that marriage is too early for us, don't you think it's too early for us? We still have so many things to do. If you just want to get rid of your family, you don't have to get married. " Allen said seriously, "If one day you clearly tell me to get rid of my family and use you as a bargaining chip. I'm willing to help you with all my might, Adele, no matter which side the pressure comes from. That's my promise! "
Adele quieted down and looked at Allen calmly, clearly seeing her appearance in those fiery red pupils. Finally, the corner of her mouth lifted slightly, and the girl revealed a smile, "Then it's a deal."
"Of course, I..." At the end of his words, Allen suddenly heard his heart skip a beat. The indescribable throbbing caused the Origin Energy in his body to circulate at a high speed in the blink of an eye, causing Allen to suddenly enter a state of battle. It was an instinctive reaction to being threatened, but Allen's eyes became blank. It was as if his consciousness had already left this space and was being thrown into a distant space and time.
Allen's eyes were pitch-black, as if he was in the deepest part of the universe. This place was dark and desolate, but in this pitch-black space, there was suddenly the sound of war drums beating. The drumbeat went from slow to fast, from slight to heavy, and finally resounded throughout the entire space, echoing continuously. Suddenly, the drum stopped, leaving behind a huge blank space. Then, strands of red light rose from beneath his feet. Allen lowered his head, and a dense blood color was melting at his feet.
It was blood that was constantly bubbling. More and more blood came out, and with Allen as the origin, it spread out in front and back, winding like a river in the darkness, and also like a bloody path. The bloody path could not see the beginning or the end. It extended towards both ends of the darkness of nothingness. It was as if it would cross time and space, one end extending to the beginning of the universe and the other end to the end, forming a complete reincarnation.
After the bloody path was formed, flames suddenly ignited from it. In the blink of an eye, the entire bloody path was burning. On this burning path of blood, different patterns appeared one after another. Allen felt his own engraving appear on its own. Every line emitted a bright light, and the Origin Energy resonated with a certain will, setting off monstrous waves!
He immediately understood that those patterns were engravings. Since they were engravings, there would naturally be owners. Behind each engraving represented a will. Then where were these wills that appeared on this path of burning blood with him? What did it mean for them to appear here under some kind of summon?
At this moment, flames erupted in front of Allen. He walked as far as his eyes could see, as if he was at the end of the world. At the end of the bloody path, a majestic throne appeared. The base of the throne depicted stars and the Milky Way. They rose and fell, and in the blink of an eye, countless stars were born and destroyed. On the base, two ferocious beasts that looked like dragons and beasts served as armrests. However, the ferocious beasts' eyes shone fiercely, and from time to time, they would spit out fire-like auras, as if they were living creatures. And the back of the throne was a curtain of fire that was constantly rising. In that curtain of fire, the flow of fire would constantly outline scenes.
Those scenes were all scenes of thousands of creatures shouting and tearing apart!
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