Forging a magic armor was relatively easy. Salin had a better grasp of water flames, and Rex had brought a lot of blueprints with him this time. He didn't have to design it himself, nor did he have to take a detour. He only had to forge it according to the blueprints. Rex's magic armor blueprints were the secret of the Glucos royal family.
Summoning the mechanical undead was very troublesome, but the three lords didn't refuse. They hated Salin to the core. If they could make the mechanical undead cause a disaster on the Myer Continent, they would be even happier.
Metatlin City became a mess because of the addition of hundreds of thousands of people. In fact, this city wouldn't be too crowded even if it accommodated a million people. It was just that these people came here in a hurry and belonged to different nobles. The nobles brought a lot of property and moved everything that could be used to Salin's city. This was very beneficial to the city's construction, but it would be difficult to communicate with each other when they first arrived. There would be friction.
Fortunately, Rex's people could suppress them, so there wasn't any trouble.
This situation lasted for more than a month before Metatlin City returned to peace. At this time, there was a piece of news that made Salin happy. The battle in Lianyun City had a preliminary result. Sacred Rock City sent five elite swordsman battalions with war puppets. They had a decisive battle with the East Sea Expeditionary Force at Clark Plains, south of Lianyun City, and killed half of the enemy.
The continent was shaken. Although Sephiroth exposed the true power of the war puppets, he also gained benefits. The Tanggulas Army, which was about to enter the empire, suddenly stopped and didn't move forward.
After Sephiroth continuously mobilized troops and cleaned up several riots in the south, the empire temporarily calmed down. The expeditionary force was forced back to Lianyun City and defended with their backs against the sea. But this situation wouldn't last long. The troops of the East Sea countries didn't have enough food. Although they plundered the Myer Continent, the Qinyin nobles were very stubborn. When their city was destroyed, they would burn all the food first.
The food that the expeditionary force of the East Sea looted was barely enough to survive, but they couldn't afford it. It was said that Alchemy City had sent out warships to help Sacred Rock City clean up the sea.
If Alchemy City controlled Lianyun City, it would be more difficult to deal with them than the East Sea Fleet. But Salin knew that the East Sea Fleet would attack Rex's ship, but Alchemy City definitely wouldn't.
Even if the relationship between Rex and Sephiroth had reached the point where they would have to fight each other, Alchemy City still had to consider Rex's identity. Making a move against the royal family would arouse the vigilance of Sacred Rock City. Unless Alchemy City was already planning to expand its power and control the continent. Otherwise, Rex's business would no longer be affected, and the sea channel would be opened.
He busied himself until July. Just when Salin was getting anxious, Rex finally made all the preparations and was about to set off.
Salin left Daniel to take care of the Divine Temple. Someone else would take care of Laker's Bitter Water Army. Her affairs in the prefecture were handed over to Juan. Salin was very impressed by Rex's methods. Juan was not a powerful sorcerer. He had some status beside Rex, but it was not enough to suppress everyone. With him acting as the representative of internal affairs, Juan would not be able to do anything.
Moreover, Juan was an ambitious person. Since he couldn't cause any trouble, he would definitely be cautious and conscientious. He would handle everything well and wouldn't let anyone grab hold of him. This was what it meant to make the best use of everything and make the best use of people's talents.
It was already a great thing to make use of a person's talents. If one could make use of a person's personality, then it would be the art of an emperor, and one could manage a country.
Two young Caucasians insisted on following Silva no matter what, but Silva chased them away with a serious expression. These two young Caucasians were very powerful. They were almost the strongest fighting force by Silva's side, and they were usually in charge of Silva's guards.
Before leaving, Salin met Ainphent in private and had a secret conversation for half the night. The next day, a caravan silently left Metatlin City.
There were four caravans in this caravan, all pulled by skeleton warhorses. The two in the middle were modified magic war chariots. The four skeleton warhorses were a little strange. Their bones were obviously much thicker, and there was no Soul Fire in their eyes.
These four Skeleton Warhorses were transformed from Mechanical Undead. There was a sharp thorn on their foreheads, making them look like Undead Unicorns.
The space of a magic war chariot was much larger than that of a normal carriage. The other two caravans were normal carriages used for loading goods. They carried some goods for show. Salin and Rex both had huge magic space. In fact, they didn't need the other two carriages at all.
However, they had to do some covert things for this trip. There wouldn't be any spies in Metatlin City for now, but passing through Phoenix would definitely attract the attention of Holy Rock City.
Rex and Salin both wore the brocade robes of the Cloud Flow Empire. They didn't wear their magic robes. Rex's colorful magic robe was too eye-catching. Salin didn't need a magic robe. His demonic magic robe was a close-fitting transformation.
Nelis followed Salin happily. Before leaving, that damned bone finally gave her specific coordinates. As long as she gathered all the things she needed, she could start summoning demons. It wasn't safe to summon demons outside. Nelis wasn't sure she could control them, but she could familiarize herself with the coordinates first and keep experimenting. When they returned to Metatlin City, she could summon powerful demons at once and let the Winged Skeletons subdue them.
More importantly, after leaving Metatlin City, she wouldn't have to help the Winged Skeletons salvage sunken ships anymore. The cold seawater in the deep sea almost made Nelis sick. She rarely bathed now and only let Salin cast the cleaning spell for her.
What Salin was worried about didn't happen. Although Silva was still very close to him, she didn't plan to have children on the way. After all, Silva was also afraid that having a child on the way would affect this adventure.
Zola, on the other hand, was both happy and miserable. He was happy that there were five beauties in this team, and miserable that he couldn't touch any of them.
When the team entered the center of Phoenix, Salin finally calmed down a little. He realized that there was still a 25th person in the team. This person was the mysterious assassin beside Rex. This assassin's ability had clearly improved since the last time he saw him. This kind of improvement was like the advancement of a Mage. The difference was huge.
Salin's mental power was no different from that of a Magic Shooter now, but it took him so long to discover the assassin's existence. This was enough to prove the assassin's ability. Moreover, Salin had discovered this Assassin because he was too familiar with this Assassin. Back then, this assassin had used mental power to tease him.
With the existence of this powerful assassin, ordinary enemies could no longer pose any threat to Salin's team.
The borders of Phoenix were peaceful. Sun City had already surrendered. When the Phoenix nobles learned that the War Puppets had appeared, they surrendered. Perhaps their original resistance was just for show. Sacred Rock City had the baby of unknown origin in their hands and granted him the title of Grand Duke. From now on, Phoenix would no longer have any independence.
All the local nobles understood this. This time, Sephiroth won, but in the days to come, his troubles had just begun.
Salin didn't care about Qin Yin's situation. That was for Rex to worry about. He only cared about the four seeds of the sacred tree.
The team passed through the western border of Phoenix and stopped at Deep Forest Town for a while. Baron Pijacques, who had been sent back, was actually still alive. When he saw Salin, he cried bitterly. Salin comforted him and left him some gold coins so that he could stay here for a while longer.
Sacred Rock City's main purpose was to control Sun City. A border town like this was close to the Magical Beast Forest. Other than adventure teams, no one would notice.
Baron Pijacques was helpless. His family had all stayed in Metatlin City. He had to listen to Salin even if he didn't want to. If he'd known that Sephiroth didn't carry out the great purge, he wouldn't have joined Bitter Water Prefecture. Baron Pijacq regretted his decision to the point of death.
With Rex's magic map, Salin's journey this time was much smoother. Even in the wilderness, Rex could find suitable camping spots and was almost never harassed by magical beasts. The team took more than a month to cross the entire Phoenix and arrive at Jia Loulan.
The Tanggulas Empire's army was a hundred miles away from Jia Loulan's border. It was very awkward. They didn't know whether to attack or retreat. Sacred Rock City had already launched a general attack on Lianyun City. As soon as the battle was over, they could move the War Puppets to Jia Loulan.
Salin and his team passed through this hundred-mile wide gap. They didn't leave any traces in Qin Yin's territory and headed straight for Titan Duchy.
Titan Duchy was a powerful duchy that belonged to Cloud Flow Empire. It was even twice as large as Jia Loulan before it collapsed. If not for its terrible geographical location, Titan Duchy's strength was almost enough to form a small empire. But because it was inland and surrounded by enemies on three sides, Titan Duchy had never dared to leave Cloud Flow Empire.
The emperor of Cloud Flow Empire was very prideful. Even the slightest slight in words would lead to an attack from the army. Thus, the people of Titan Duchy had more complicated personalities. On one hand, Titans were very cautious and careful. On the other hand, crazy Titans would ignore everything and do things that would shock the world.
This was also the result of long-term repression. It made a supposedly powerful country and its people abnormal.
The location of the third temple was in Titan Duchy. The Purgatory Desert, on the other hand, was actually in the southwest of the Titan Duchy. As long as Rex and his team found the specific location of the third temple in the Titan Duchy, they could send the coordinates back to Metatlin City and get the mages to calculate the detailed coordinates of the main temple. Then, they could enter the Purgatory Desert.
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