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Grand Duke Pang Pei never expected that something would go wrong in this place.
Qin Yin's Imperial Bank was under the control of the Grux Royal Family and had a good reputation. Most nobles were willing to deposit their money here. However, his people were guilty, so they would exchange at least half of their wealth for magic cores or gold coins and hide them in their homes.
Although Emperor Charnak did not specifically send people to his territory to search for evidence, it could be inferred that more than half of the funds in the entire territory of Pang Pei did not pass through the Imperial Bank. Therefore, Emperor Charnak set up a trap and used three Marquises to cut off the connection between him and the nobles in the southwest.
After patrolling the barracks outside the city, Salin felt that these soldiers could still be entrusted with important tasks. As long as there were enough Mages, it would not be a problem to defend the small city in front of them.
An hour passed quickly. The dozen magic cannons set up by Salin fired at the same time, and the thick energy column instantly collapsed the count's residence.
The ones controlling the magic cannons were a group of demons. For the five-meter-tall demons, the magic cannons were also huge objects. These demons had followed Salin for a long time and found the Myers Continent more interesting. Slowly, they did not have the intention to return to the Demonic Plane. Joining the army of the Temple of God was the goal of these demons.
Unfortunately, joining the army of the Temple of God meant that there were few opportunities to fight. After all, Salin's kingdom was still in a safe state until now. Although they were trampling on the enemy this time, it made the demons very happy.
Almost immediately, the magic cannons launched a second attack. More than a dozen magic cannons accurately hit the target that was almost in ruins. The mayor's residence was completely destroyed. Although it did not turn into ashes like the repeated attacks of the Elemental Magic Tower, there was no value in repairing it.
Next, Salin waited outside the city. After about half a day, the count took the initiative to withdraw from the city with his thousands of troops. It was obvious that Salin was trying to disgust him with the evacuation, so this time he was very tactful and did not make any requests. He just took all his people away from their homeland.
"Sooner or later, I will return!" The count's eyes were filled with tears as he said this in front of his trusted aides. Then, he urged the convoy to head east. The army of the nobles in the southwest did not besiege the city. They only lined up their troops in the west. The count left calmly, carefreely, and solemnly …
However, the mages behind him still looked back with some reluctance. What they missed was not the city, but the person who was about to enter the city — Salin.
Everyone knew that Salin had countless mages under him. Even a low-level mage would have the opportunity to gain his favor and have the right to receive preferential treatment. It was said that Master Salin's student was originally a Low Rank Mage, but after following Master Salin for a few years, he became a 9th Rank High Mage.
These mages had a conscience. The Count had provided for them for many years, and the mages had never thought of betraying him. After returning the Count's favor, some of these mages would definitely want to rely on Salin.
Salin's Metatlin Kingdom had now become an existence similar to Alchemy City, at least in the eyes of the mages.
Joining Metatlin City was much more difficult than joining Alchemy City, but the living environment there was also much better than in Alchemy City. At least in Alchemy City, the mages' money was almost all earned by Alchemy City. In Metatlin City, as long as one was a hardworking mage, most of them would have some savings. Even if they left Metatlin City for a period of time, they would not be poor.
This savings referred to magic cores.
Even if they could not enter Metatlin City, it was not bad to go to Lone Star City. Lone Star City was the world of necromancers, and elemental mages had a place there too. In Lone Star City, the city lord, Count Aini, would regularly give speeches, exchange, and learn magic. The atmosphere was very good.
Also, Bitter Water Prefecture belonged to Duke Rex, and the duke and Salin were husband and wife. The duke's treatment seemed to be good even now, probably because of Salin's support.
If it was not because of their relationship, these mages would not even be willing to speak ill of Salin, let alone confront him. Salin had unknowingly established enough influence in the field of mages.
Apart from Metatlin's combat power, Metatlin City had also destroyed Alchemy City's control over magic cores. Especially recently, the mages of Metatlin City could refine Mana Furnaces and create all kinds of puppets. It was relatively easier to enter the Frozen Sea, and there were more sea magical beasts that could be hunted. The supply of monster cores no longer troubled Salin.
Mages did not need magic cores for their training, but every mage was racing against time. Before their lifespan reached its end, if they could cross a major level, their lifespan would be extended a lot. Therefore, mages needed magic cores to shorten their daily training time and free up more time to study the mysteries of magic.
Salin controlled the magic cores and shook Alchemy City's magic core pricing system, which made Alchemy City very angry. The previous negotiations had been fruitless, and conflict between the two sides was inevitable.
That was why Salin said he did not hate Duke Pompey, but that Pompey was unlucky.
The count's army retreated, and the city gates opened. Salin then commanded the army to enter the city. Most of the tens of thousands of people in the city were not afraid. Salin did not go too far. He only had the soldiers put up a notice saying that the Kingdom of Metatlin had requisitioned the city and that the people in the city had to be evacuated.
Of course, this was a lie. Salin planned to let the southwestern nobles occupy the city to attract Duke Pompey's attack, and he would go straight to Pompey City.
He already had absolute power. What Salin needed now was a reason to attack Pompey.
After entering the city, the first thing he did was not to evacuate the residents, but to build a new wall around the ruins of the city lord's residence. Salin forbade everyone from approaching. He released the power of his territory and covered the entire city. Salin controlled the power of the puppet world and had the puppets build a new residence.
This residence would be the command center in the future. The spatial coordinates that Salin found were also under this residence. Otherwise, Salin would not waste the energy of magic cannons to bombard a building with no military value.
Only after flattening it could magic buildings be built on it. The Elemental Magic Tower was not used this time, but to avoid danger, Salin still planned to build some fortifications above the spatial tunnel.
A tall metal building was uprooted from the ground. Salin was now a Level-10 Mage. He simply absorbed the metal from the earth to build this building. Anyway, he had Water Flame Alchemy. After the metal was tempered by water flames, even ordinary metal would become very useful.
This was a huge tower, but the bottom structure was made of stone. After all, Salin could not absorb the metal from the earth's core. The metal that he could refine was only the top of the tower. A thick copper pillar stood in the middle, surrounded by ferocious and terrifying metal machinery. There were layers of rooms around the copper pillar. These rooms could be used by the Familiars in the future. There were many Mages among the southwestern nobles, but Salin did not want to die here for no reason.
After this building appeared, it immediately became a building that could be seen from dozens of miles away. Salin then increased the city walls and set up magic cannons on them. The concept of a Level-10 powerhouse was completely different for Salin, because he had an even more powerful territory.
The Puppet World Territory was equivalent to a Level-10 spell, and it could be maintained for more than an hour. Moreover, the power of this territory did not consume magic strings. How long could Salin maintain this territory? About five hundred hours.
This was all thanks to the ring he had exchanged with Ebola. This ring was only now showing its value. The longer a Mage could maintain a territory, the more powerful their combat power would be.
This ring could increase Salin's spiritual power by twelve times. His own spiritual power was much stronger than that of a Mage of the same level. He was practically skipping levels.
Even if a normal Level-10 Mage cultivated the power of a territory, they could only maintain it for a dozen minutes. For a stronger Mage, with the help of some magic potions, it would be good if they could double their spiritual power.
Salin could maintain a territory for more than five hundred hours. This meant that he could use the power of the territory to fight without any worries, and it would not affect his casting of magic.
The entire city was enveloped in the territory, but ordinary people could not detect it. Salin's Puppet World could be extremely realistic. The puppets were all in the shape of humans, birds, and beasts. There were also puppets that looked like buildings, trees, and vehicles.
The people in the city would at most feel that there were more strangers and more buildings that did not exist. This was because Salin was too lazy to control these people's thoughts. Otherwise, these ordinary people would not be able to detect the changes around them.
This city was six miles in circumference. Salin simply raised the city walls to sixty meters high and divided them into two layers. This was good for the defense of ordinary troops. He had brought magic cannons on top of the city walls, as well as many metal towers. This city did not have many people, but its area was not small. Building the Magic Net was not something that Salin could do alone with his territory. He had only built a prototype. Very soon, the people of the Metatlin Kingdom would come and help the southwestern nobles build a city that was easy to defend and hard to attack.
Salin had said that he was here to invade, and now he had done it. He had built a stronghold in the territory of the humans. It would be strange if the humans did not attack. Grand Duke Pompey had no other choice. As for Salin, he took advantage of the fact that Grand Duke Pompey had not gathered enough power to investigate what was in the temple.
The Elemental Magic Tower was taken out to contact Metatlin City. First, he reserved some small magic furnaces to build the Magic Net. Then, he invited the Mages over. The construction of the Magic Net required many mageweaths. Salin built the prototype of the Magic Net, and the rest would be done by the Mages in the alchemy factory.
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