The Crimson Wings was a newly established large city with a population of two million.
In a magic world where transportation and resources were not plentiful, this was a rare and precious number.
The Magus World defined a city as a small city with a population of ten to twenty thousand, a medium city with twenty to fifty thousand, a large city with fifty to ninety thousand, and a large city with more than ninety thousand.
There was a deep reason for such a standard, and that was the restriction of transportation, food, and water!
In a higher plane like the Magus World, Magi could fly in the sky and dig into the ground. They could overturn rivers and seas with a wave of their hands and move mountains. However, in the lower levels of society, in the mortal world, they still followed the more primitive ways of life of farming, hunting, and herding livestock.
The lives of Magi and mortals were like heaven and earth, the difference was so huge that it was hard to imagine. Magi would rather spend a large amount of resources to breed some sweet tasting fruits and vegetables than spend the slightest bit of effort to help mortals improve the production of rice and grains.
This also meant that a large amount of farmland and grains produced were not enough to feed too many people. Ordinary farmers ate simple meals and worked for an entire year just to fill their stomachs. If they wanted to eat meat and have a feast, other than raising livestock, they could only take the risk and go hunting in the forest.
Thus, the lack of grain production meant that it was impossible to have a large population within a region. Otherwise, just the problem of food alone would be enough to give the ruler a headache.
If the local grain was insufficient, could they import it from the outside world?
This had to be mentioned about the terrible roads and transportation in the Magus World.
Most of the roads in the Magus World were simple and crude dirt roads. They were ordinary dirt roads that were trampled by many travelers and merchant groups. These roads were impassable during rainy days. Even if the weather was good, the potholes and rocks that could be seen everywhere could turn a journey into a disaster.
Most of the goods here were transported by carts, wooden carriages that were pulled by special wildebeest horses. Its characteristics were that it could only carry a small amount of goods, and it was fragile and slow.
With this kind of road and this kind of transportation method, it was possible to transport some goods over short distances. To continuously import food, water, firewood, and other basic daily necessities from hundreds of miles away was simply a joke.
It was this series of backward and primitive factors that prevented the emergence of large cities!
Even the famous Tier 4 Main Cities in the central part of the continent only had 110,000 to 20,000 residents. It wasn't that they couldn't gather more people, but they really couldn't afford the resources disaster caused by such a huge population.
In comparison, the Crimson Wing had gathered a population of around two million. The meaning behind this made many of the top-ranked Magi who had come from afar feel puzzled.
Could it be that the Crimson Family had so many resources that they could benefit ordinary citizens? However, wasn't it a huge waste to waste resources on these lowly and despicable mortals?
One had to know that these mortals did not have the slightest bit of talent to become a Sorcerer. Their only value was probably to enrich their territory, and the other was to work hard to produce a certain proportion of Sorcerer-Apprentices with their huge numbers.
Only those Sorcerer-Apprentices were worth nurturing and worthy of the Sorcerer Families pouring resources into them. In the eyes of many Magi, mortals without any talent were like horses and mules. They were merely tools to maintain the population!
Therefore, they had never bothered to spend their time and energy on these useless people, let alone helping them solve their problems and improve their lives.
However, this huge Magus city, the Crimson Wings, was obviously different!
This was a strange city that had integrated Sorcery into its society and daily life.
The streets were neat and tidy, and the roads were made of hardened stones. Rows upon rows of businesses and shops, and the same style of living, business, and entertainment areas … On the streets, other than the pedestrians rubbing shoulders with each other, the most surprising thing was the many cargo magic machines and metal sports cars.
The Crimson Wings had already abandoned the slow and inefficient horse carriages, and instead used the metal magic machines that were powered by magic batteries as the main means of transportation. The things that sped along the roads were no longer slow horse drawn carriages, but strange magic machines that were made of metal.
Small amounts of goods relied on land magic machines to transport them, while the truly large amounts of goods relied on the strange goblin airships.
After changing to being powered by magic energy, these goblin airships no longer had the horrifying sight of steam filling the air, nor did they have the loud noise of the propellers. They silently shuttled back and forth in the sky, following a special flight path. It gave off the vibe of a flourishing magic machine civilization!
Ever since the Crimson Family obtained the stable Queeras Alloy from Molten City, they had never stopped building the Magic Furnace. This way, magic energy was no longer a problem for the Crimson Family.
Many goblin shops were opened in the Crimson Wings City, and they openly sold non-armed magic machines to the public. They also provided free magic batteries to recharge. This action undoubtedly provided the greatest convenience for the promotion of Magic Machinery.
A land magic machine that could run for hundreds of miles without rest was even more cost-effective than keeping an entire caravan. Therefore, in the entire Crimson Wings City, ancient and primitive caravans could no longer be seen.
What replaced them were land Magic Machines that were as fast as lightning and as fast as flying.
However, for the safety of the pedestrians, all land magic machines that entered the Crimson Wings City could only run at the lowest speed possible, and they had to travel on special petrified roads.
The widespread promotion and use of magic machines, as well as the blossoming of the magic civilization, allowed the Crimson Wings to give birth to many strange professions that did not exist in the outside world. There were magic machine technicians, magic machine mechanics, airship pilots, magic seed researchers, cleaners, city enforcers …
It had to be said that this was a new world that was completely different from the other Magus Cities in the Magus World! The energy and vitality it contained was something that even Monash Gaia could not understand. Even a top-notch Sorcerer like Gaia could not understand, see through, or see clearly.
"Does that Grim have nothing better to do than to come up with these new things?" Monash asked. Gaia let down the curtain, his face full of disbelief, "What's the use of taking care of these humans so well? When the enemies come, they can't do anything. They're not even as good as apprentices who can throw fireballs! "
"You don't have to care about that …" Alfreid, the Lord of Molten City, smiled and stroked his mustache. "Just tell me, are the residents of this city happy?" he asked in a low voice.
"What's the use of being happy? What can we get from wasting resources and energy on them? Do you think they can help us conquer a secondary plane? "Monash asked. Monash Gaia was obviously a staunch supporter of the supremacy of bloodlines and Magi. He was not interested in these fancy things in front of him, "With their weak bodies, I'm afraid half of them will die the moment they reach the other plane before the enemies come to kill them …"
The lord of Molten shook his head and laughed, not arguing with him. Instead, he changed the topic.
"You've seen the changes in the Crimson Wings, haven't you noticed that it's different from other Magus Cities?"
"Are you talking about magic energy?"
"That's right! You should have felt it too. This city is filled with magic energy. It's almost like a flourishing city that's supported by magic energy. Aren't you curious about where their magic energy comes from? Don't tell me it's from the Magus Towers, they can't support such a huge demand … "
"You mean … the Crimson Family has an endless source of energy? What is it? A treasure, some kind of spell formation, or some special method from another world? "
"I've already looked into it. It's a special device called the Magic Furnace. It can continuously extract violent magic energy from the Void World and tame it …"
"Isn't that the same as the Elemental Altar?"
"It's not the same. At least the Elemental Altar needs to be built at a fixed node, and the cost to build it is shocking. However, the Magic Furnace they built can be moved at will, and it can be installed on any magic equipment. "Alfred squinted his eyes and spoke with great emotion.
"No wonder the Crimson Family can use metal magic equipment on a large scale. It's all because of this endless magic energy! Any civilisation or force that wants to grow strong needs energy and resources. They don't lack energy, and as long as they continue to expand outwards and seize the necessary resources from other planes, it's not difficult to build a huge force … "Monash Gaia also sighed sadly. Gaia also sighed sadly, "No wonder Grim can get stronger and stronger the more he fights. So this is the real reason why they are so strong!"
"Don't think too much. This time, Grim must have gathered us here to discuss how to deal with the demon wave that was about to arrive. Clara and I are very clear on our stance. We'll follow your lead, brother. If Grimti's request is not too excessive, we will reluctantly agree to it. If he's too harsh, I hope you can fight for what's right and not let him do whatever he wants … "
Hearing this, Monash Gaia, the leader of the Golden Clan, smiled faintly. A faint smile appeared on Gaia's face, and he said indifferently, "Is this the attitude of you and Clara?"
"And Ariza and Roderick … Among all the wizards in the central continent, you're the only one who can compete with Grimm. So … "
"So you're going to push me out and roast me on a fire?" Monash Gaia smiled mockingly.
"We're not going against Grim, we're just 'fighting for what's right'!" Alfred could not help but laugh awkwardly.
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