In the room, there were a total of 87 white skeletons, which had evolved into jade skeletons. Compared with golden-armored skeletons, jade skeletons' bodies were not strong, but they had a long lifespan. After the real evolution, even if Salin became a Level Nine Magic Shooter, he might not be able to live longer than jade skeletons.
As long as they didn't die in battle, jade skeletons could easily live for three to five thousand years. In contrast, it was not easy for humans to live more than a hundred years due to physical limitations. Among millions of people, it was difficult to find a Level Nine Magic Shooter, and the lifespan of a Level Nine Magic Shooter was about 1,200 years old.
There were three Level Nine Magic Shooters in the palace of Holy Rock City. They seemed to be more than 700 years old, in the prime of their lives. As long as the three of them didn't die, it would be difficult for Holy Rock City to fall.
Salin observed the skeletons for a while, and then turned his mind to the invasion of the East Sea countries. Three hundred warships would definitely take down Lianyun City. Lianyun City was located in the northern part of the empire, but it was connected by roads used for war. If the invaders could really gain a foothold, it would not be difficult for them to continue to send troops around.
What worried Salin was that if Lianyun City fell, the first place that the allied forces of the island countries would control would be Phoenix Duchy. And the Phoenix Duchy was what he was plotting.
Today's battle was a complete victory for him, and no one had died. However, that was because he had sunk the enemy's battleship, causing them to lose their equipment and become unarmed. Moreover, he had a huge advantage in terms of terrain. His arrangement was not thought up on the spot. When he decided to build the city here, he had already thought of many ways to resist the attack, and this was only one of them.
Without the magic cannon, the magic trap would not have been able to kill all the enemy elites. Even if only one or two thousand of them escaped, the casualties on his side would not be small. After all, the enemy still had many Great Mages.
Originally, according to Salin's expectations, the southern part of the empire was the most unstable, bordering Titan Duchy and under the influence of Cloud Flow Empire. Therefore, he chose to develop in the north. The Phoenix Grand Duke was cowardly, so he had nothing to worry about.
Who knew that Phoenix Duchy would be in turmoil first, and the empire would send troops to invade, followed by the East Sea Country invading Lianyun City. It seemed that they wanted to take down the entire Myers Continent.
Although this was absurd, 300,000 regular soldiers would at least cause the northern part of the empire to be in constant turmoil. He wouldn't be able to do business in peace even if he wanted to.
"Sir, Wizard Ainphent is here," a soldier said in a low voice outside the door.
"Let him in." Salin returned to the table and sat down.
Ainphent walked in tiredly. Salin asked, "Why aren't you sleeping?"
"I can't sleep," Ernie said without hiding anything.
"You're worried that the situation in the North will deteriorate and all the investments will go up in smoke, right?" Salin smiled and asked Ainphent to sit down. Salin's table itself was an alchemy table with solidified magic arrays and some experimental equipment. Ainphent fiddled with a metal hourglass in front of him without making a sound.
The two of them suddenly fell into silence. After who knew how long, Ainphent finally said, "Salin, aren't you worried?"
"What's the use of worrying? I've already gotten into the biggest trouble in this world." The trouble Salin was talking about was, of course, the Church. In comparison, he didn't care about the attack of the East Sea countries. After all, the East Sea was far away. It would be extremely difficult for them to send more troops. From the confessions of the captives, it could be seen that the allied forces of the East Sea countries had suffered a great loss this time.
Even with the power of the Qinyin Empire, Emperor Charnak had only brought a hundred thousand people on this expedition. If the expeditionary army suffered a major loss, they would never be able to raise their heads again. The Church was different. The foundation of the Church was the Tanggulas Empire, a behemoth like the Qinyin Empire. Salin was just a small wizard. Even with the support of Seriger Island, the difference between the two sides was still huge.
Salin remembered that he was sent into the Demiplane by the God Messenger Genaris with a Divine Punishment. Genaris was dead, but the Church still had six other God Messengers. It was said that the guy called Faka was the most powerful of the God Messengers.
Without the Qinyin Empire blocking the way, no matter how perfect Salin's city was, it would still be destroyed by the Church.
"If the Empire can't control the North, what do you plan to do?" Ainphent suddenly asked.
"Can't control the North? How is that possible? "Salin asked in surprise. The Empire had a large garrison in Guderian City in the North. This invasion of Phoenix was due to the power of Guderian City. From Salin's point of view, the allied forces of the East Sea countries would not be a match for the garrison in Guderian City, even though there was a large difference in numbers between the two sides.
The Empire still had many powerful nobles in the North. These nobles formed a tight defense network. Within a hundred miles of a city, there would definitely be other cities supporting each other.
A hundred miles was nothing for the cavalry. The expeditionary army would come by boat, so there would not be many cavalry. If the infantry wanted to restrain the cavalry, they had to do it on their own battlefield. Otherwise, the problem of movement speed would be a fatal weakness. Many battles in history had proven this point. Even if the infantry defeated the cavalry, they would not be able to eliminate much of the enemy's strength.
"The nobles in Phoenix will not give up. They will soon join forces with the expeditionary army." Ainphent's words were earth-shattering.
"What? That's not a rebellion! "
"So what if it's a rebellion? The Empire's actions have already forced the nobles in Phoenix to a dead end, "Ainphent said with a bitter smile. Although he was a magician, he had been influenced by what he had seen and heard since he was very young. He knew where the interests of the nobles were, and what the bottom line of the nobles was.
Phoenix was an important food production area. If the expeditionary army gained the support of the nobles in Phoenix, then the northern part of the Empire would really change.
Salin was now really vigilant. If Phoenix in the north rebelled, the connection between him and the Empire would be completely cut off. At that time, how would he feed so many people?
If he wanted to go around Scotia from the north of the continent by sea, there would be no port available for half a year. There was only one way to maintain year-round trade, and that was to personally sail the ship and use the dimensional stones in his hand to load the goods. The Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship did not care about the seasons.
But if he made a mistake, he would fall into the hands of the Vatican, and then everything would be over.
He could have taken the secret passage in the Chaos Swamp, but once Phoenix and the invaders of the East Sea countries joined forces, he, a fake Bitter Water Commandery man, would no longer be able to get their support. If Lianyun City could not be protected, it would be useless for him to take the other sea route.
"Then what do you mean?" Salin thought that Ainphent must be more experienced than him in dealing with this kind of thing, so he took the initiative to ask for a plan.
"What can I do? I am not the Emperor. Salin, we can only rely on mining to ensure that our military equipment will not be controlled by others, but if we want to survive, it is not enough. If the North is at war, we will have no business, and my investment will indeed be ruined. Do you remember that you asked me to organize a mercenary group? "
"Make money by mercenary group? That is too … "Salin did not say that it was ridiculous, but in his heart, he thought so. Scotia was a country of mercenaries. He knew that many mercenaries worked hard for half their lives, but they did not even have enough money for retirement. So he was not very interested in this industry.
"I will provide the funds, and you will be in charge of the training. Salin, we are the organizers, and we will take the biggest part of the profits. We are not risking our lives, "Ainphent said. He took a piece of paper and wrote down a lot of data.
"Look, this is our investment. Since the North is going to war, many nobles cannot protect their territory with their own private army, so they will spend money to hire mercenaries to fight. We will train mercenaries, and one mercenary group is only worth a few hundred thousand gold coins. If we help a city defeat more than twice the number of enemies, we will get more than twenty thousand gold coins. "
"So little?"
"I am talking about the net profit. The compensation for mercenaries is very low, and we do not have to be responsible if they die."
"That … is too cruel, right?"
"This is the rule. Besides, you know that mercenaries on the battlefield are not very disciplined. Sometimes, they are similar to bandits. As long as they do not rob our own people, we do not have to restrict them. This is a part of their income, and everyone is tacitly agreeing. "
Salin thought about it and said, "Easy for you to say, but where are we going to recruit people?"
Salin was tempted by this mercenary business, but the problem was that mercenaries did not fall from the sky. Forming a mercenary group was a very complicated matter. If he wanted his business to be successful, he would need at least ten thousand mercenaries. Otherwise, he would not be able to earn as much as three to five hundred people.
"Do you remember that I told you that I wanted to introduce someone from the Roland family?"
"I remember, I think it is a woman."
"Yes, the Roland family has a close relationship with Scochenya. They have channels to recruit mercenaries, but you cannot monopolize this business. I will provide the money, she will provide the connections, and you will be responsible for the training. You will take forty percent, and we will each take thirty percent. "
Seeing Salin hesitate, Ainphent said, "Don't think it is too little. Once the war starts, we will have a lot of income. If you go to Lianyun City now, as long as you can provide an army, the mayor of Lianyun City will immediately give you ten thousand gold coins and temporarily help you support these people. If the war is won, there will be rewards. The Roland family has a lot of connections. If you give them more, it will be good for you in the future. Although Rex is powerful, it is only limited to this city. Even the Clyde family is envious of the Roland family's business. "
"I want sixty percent. Don't reject me first, listen to me. Building a mercenary army isn't something that can be done in a short period of time. We need Rex's support. Without her authorization, our army is illegal. We'll be ostracized no matter where we go on the continent. I have to give her 20% of the profits. Also, I have a different idea about this mercenary group from you. I want to form it like a regular army, and your funds are definitely not enough. I will need Rex and me to invest together. "
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
