[I wanted to do it until the third chapter, but it's too late. If I do, everyone won't be able to see it. I'll do it in the afternoon. Rex is back, so I won't continue writing about the battle scenes. Now that everyone is here, I'll continue the adventure. Sorry, things have affected my writing recently, and I've slowed down. I'll try for the third chapter. In the future, all the third chapter won't count as an extra chapter. Four chapters won't count as an outburst, so I won't ask for votes.]
It wasn't until April that the patrolling soldiers that Salin sent out discovered Rex's vanguard. Because Rex's troops were too big, and it was winter, she had to slow down to avoid unnecessary casualties.
Knowing that Daniel and the others had already met up with Rex, Salin didn't send anyone to pick them up.
In Rex's army, Juan was very displeased. "That Salin, why didn't he send anyone to pick you up? His Highness brought a swordsman battalion to help him. "
Juan didn't mind Salin's rise in status. After all, Salin advanced faster than him. But that Salin didn't even seem to care about Rex now. Rex had brought a large number of people from far away, and he was actually waiting in the city.
"Juan, we're sorcerers," Rex said calmly.
Salin sending people to the border to pick her up was enough to show Salin's stance. As for whether they would come out of the city to pick her up, that was a problem for the nobles. Although Juan was a great mage now, he still couldn't shake off the nobles' thoughts.
Because there were too many people, and most of them weren't soldiers, Rex's troops were divided into a few sections. The one leading them was a cavalry from a flag regiment.
The leader of the cavalry was Tinis, whom Salin knew. He was now in command of a thousand flags, and his ability felt like that of a Sword Saint. After coming into contact with Salin's patrolling soldiers, he was brought out of the city.
The white city wall stretched for several miles and was more than 20 meters tall. The top of the city wall was obviously not finished yet. On the plains, this was already a mighty pass. Moreover, the nearby terrain was high on both sides. The city was stuck at the fracture of the mountain range, and the location was very ideal.
The west side was the main gate. The huge city gate was wrapped in white steel, and looked very extravagant. The eight-meter-tall city gate was actually completely wrapped in white steel. Furthermore, this layer of white steel was treated with magic. It didn't reflect light, and instead blended in with the white city wall. The white steel was engraved with magic patterns, which made it look less cold.
Above the city gate was a horizontal piece of white stone with a line of Ancient Myrish language engraved on it — Metatlin City.
"Metatlin?" The corners of Tinis' lips curled up as he chuckled. He didn't know what deal Salin and Rex had made. Rex didn't tell him about the Hell of God's Punishment. But he knew that Rex and Salin were both Mages and valued fair exchange.
However, to name a city after his surname, it seemed like Salin was quite ambitious!
Originally, there was only one city in the Qinyin Empire that was named after a surname, and that was Glucos City, which was located more than 400 miles south of Sacred Rock City. That was the fief of the royal family. As long as the Qinyin Empire existed, it would forever be Glücos's private property.
I wonder what Her Highness will think after seeing this.
However, Tinis was magnanimous and only smiled. The city gate was not tightly shut, but there were still chains behind it. Someone had already come out to greet them, but it was a low-level Magician. After symbolically checking Tinis's badge, a soldier behind him unlocked the chains and completely opened the city gate.
Tinis saw that part of the city wall near the city gate was empty, and there was a capstan inside. This huge city gate wrapped in white steel must weigh more than tens of thousands of kilograms. It would be difficult to break it even with a battering ram.
Moreover, the thickness of the city wall was more than 12 meters. There would definitely be devices like dragon-breaking stones, or hidden magic arrays. Although the city was not finished yet, it already had the standards of a fortress.
However, the number of soldiers on the city wall was too pitiful. There were less than a hundred of them gathered at the main gate and looked down. They seemed to be of average quality. When they were standing guard, they shouldn't do such a thing even if the emperor was at the door.
Tinis's guess was right. Salin had concentrated most of his forces in the city center and the port. There were only newly trained barbarians here. Each brigade could only be commanded by one Swordsman from Seriger Island. It was difficult to make these barbarians pay attention to discipline. They were far inferior to the Caucasians. The Caucasians were used to strict discipline, and were naturally suited to be soldiers.
Fortunately, apart from the giant trees that were left behind after being cut down, there were still many empty spaces in the city. Rex's men entered the city one after another, and they could even use tents to stay.
Because the city was not fully operational yet, Rex and his men were brought directly to the city hall and temporarily settled down.
Salin prepared enough food, heated it, and distributed it. Because there were ten times more people than expected, there was obviously not enough food. They could only take care of Rex's swordsman camp first.
Rex saw the slow construction progress of Metatlin City, but she was not anxious. She liked the style of the city very much, and the foundation was very solid. All the roads and underground facilities had traces of magic reinforcement. Many trees were left in the city, and some places were left behind. They were obviously used as gardens.
Rex was now surrounded by close to a hundred mages. Salin came up with a smile and greeted, "Your Highness, how have you been recently?"
The mages who didn't know Salin secretly clicked their tongues. Even if Rex wasn't a king, she was still a level-six mage. Salin's attitude was a bit disrespectful.
"I'm not as free as you." Rex relaxed immediately when she saw Salin for some reason. She was happy to see that Salin had built an extremely solid foundation for the city. After all, this city was to hide the interplanar teleportation array. Only by building a city with traces of magic everywhere could it hide the strong elemental waves emitted during teleportation.
"You guys haven't seen each other for a long time." Salin looked at the mages around Rex. He knew a few of them when he lived in the princess' residence, and they had a good relationship back then.
When Juan saw Salin, the hint of dissatisfaction in his heart disappeared. Salin gave him a high and mighty feeling, but it wasn't something that could be achieved by pretending. That was a kind of authority that Salin had formed after managing a city for more than half a year and mobilizing close to ten thousand people.
"You guys rest here. I have something to discuss with Salin." Rex didn't bother with pleasantries. Under everyone's surprised gaze, he left the city hall with Salin.
"Your Highness, what's the hurry?" Salin accompanied Rex calmly. The pressure he felt when he first met Rex was long gone.
"Forget it. There's no outsider here. Just call me Rex."
"Yes, Rex. How is Kushui Prefecture?"
"It's terrible. There's a war in the west, and those two secret passages are useless. The east is blocked by Sacred Rock City, and the north is full of soldiers. Many northern nobles transferred their soldiers back from Jiaroulan. Jiaroulan has already lost more than half of its people. There's no business in Kushui Prefecture, and they can only live off what they've lost. Luckily, I've taken over the surrounding cities and land, so we don't have to buy food from outside.
"No worries. Kushui Prefecture's geographical location is remote. Although it's not suitable for development, it's easy to defend. As long as food isn't a problem, even if …"
"I won't let the Tanggulas step on Qinyin's land." Rex interrupted Salin.
"Yes, the problem I'm facing now is the same. There's a war in the north, so we can't travel by land or sea. I wanted to get a passage in Phoenix that can go directly to Scotia. "
"It's not impossible. I'll take care of Scotia. I have to get the passage, or else we can only use the teleportation array to communicate with Kushui Prefecture. We can't afford that."
"The sea is the worst. After all, the distance on land is long. We could have reached Lianyun City quickly by sea …"
"When will Seriger Island send someone over?"
"How would I know? Before that, we couldn't deal with the expeditionary army of the East Sea countries. They have 300 warships, and I've already lost one. I still have three big ships, and one … "Salin didn't mention the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship, but Rex already understood.
In the square in front of the shrine, Sicca was supervising the training of her guards. These handpicked Gaugass Warriors all changed into the magic armor made by Salin. These armors looked a bit rough because they weren't made by a single person, but Rex could see with a glance that the materials used were too good. It was made from the carapace of magic beasts.
In terms of dealing with magic attacks, the carapace of magic beasts was about the same as skin, but against physical attacks, armor made from carapace was better. These carapaces were actually harder than steel. Apart from being hard to repair, they were no different from metal armor in terms of defense, and they were lighter.
Even the royal swordsman battalion of Sacred Rock City only gave such armor to their officers.
"Salin, where did you get these materials? Did you buy them from Alchemy City? "
Salin smiled and told him about Helene. Rex said, "You're quite something. You actually tricked a girl."
"I didn't trick her. I'll give her the benefits she deserves."
"That's true. People from such families are more concerned about benefits." Rex didn't blame Salin. Salin and Helene could be said to be taking what they needed. Helene definitely knew about his relationship with Salin. Relying on Salin's force was actually related to him.
Since the fundamental reason was benefits, it would be silly to talk about feelings.
Silva greeted Rex from afar, and continued to train her guards. She was now very enthusiastic about this matter, and those Caucasian warriors were obviously very obedient to her. Some of them even started to learn sword aura training from Zola.
Seeing these Gaugass Warriors, Rex nodded with satisfaction. These Caucasian warriors were obviously different from the soldiers in the west of the city. Not only were they disciplined, but they were also many times more skilled. Basically, every one of them had the ability of a swordsman. This had already surpassed her swordsman battalion.
"I'll show you a place." Salin mysteriously brought Rex to his room, the short-distance teleportation matrix.
The two of them soon appeared in Salin's underground warehouse. Rex realized that this was almost a completely enclosed space. Any elemental waves in the space were hard to detect from the outside. If all the Magic Towers in Metatlin City were in operation, there was basically no possibility of being discovered here.
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