Salin said, "I'll be in charge of taking down these cities. You guys will guard them for a year. If there's any pressure we can't handle, Metatlin will send reinforcements. "
"No problem!" Dennis was overjoyed. Although Salin's hiring this time was a little troublesome, he was clear about the situation in Phoenix. Sacred Rock City wouldn't intervene within a year. Salin was only letting them guard for a year. If they continued to do so, the price could be negotiated.
Salin's current offer was very favorable. Even if there were some battles, the band wouldn't lose out. After all, they had gotten two thousand sets of high-grade armor. These armors also saved them more than four hundred thousand gold coins. If there weren't any large-scale battles in the three Phoenix cities, these two thousand sets of armor would be practically free.
Salin finally understood how powerful the Purple Smoke Mercenary Band was. This eighth rank mercenary band was only allowed to have ten thousand people. In fact, their main force was more than twenty thousand, and they controlled three cities. This time, Dennis had brought along one of the Flag Corps which was an elite squad, while the other four were second-rate squads.
This meant that this eighth rank mercenary band was enough to satisfy Salin's needs and control the three cities.
Salin hadn't taken down Mars and Luminous Star City yet, but after he left, there would surely be people attacking them. Rex would then be able to take advantage of the situation. With an eighth rank mercenary band watching over them, there wouldn't be any bandits between Metatlin and Sidestar City. Mercenaries also liked to hunt bandits. One gold coin per head was quite tempting.
The eighth rank mercenary band had a good reputation. Scochenya had banks in every country on the continent. A band of this level had at least a million gold coins in the bank. If the mission failed, the employer could withdraw the compensation from any bank.
Salin was finally a little relieved. In two years, Seriger Island's forces would come to Metatlin. At that time, the city wouldn't need Rex's Bitter Water Army anymore. In other words, Rex's elite forces could be used for expeditions instead of defending a city to the death.
He should also build a strong army. Salin was very dissatisfied with Qin Yin's military system. He had been thinking about what kind of army to build.
Right now, the army's biggest problem was the support troops. One cavalry needed at least two support troops to serve them. Under normal circumstances, it was normal to have seven or eight auxiliary soldiers. Although there were 10,000 people in Rex's swordsman battalion, the number of people needed to be recruited in actual battles was very large.
Salin wanted to advance to become a Magic Shooter, so he didn't have the time to do this. Among his subordinates, Zola could handle internal affairs, Daniel could at most lead a thousand or eight hundred soldiers. Salin, the Caucasian from Sicar, did not want to be sent to the frontlines. It was more appropriate to use him to defend the city. Su's potential was great, and his family had raised him as a general since he was young. However, Su was still young, and he needed to be tempered. Salin didn't have any ready-made talents.
The only advantage he had over the others was that he had the support of the mages on Serrigor Island. In the future, no matter how many troops he recruited, the mages would be more than enough.
The newly roped Sharman was also young, and the number of soldiers he could command was about the same as Su's, not enough to replace Salin in conquering the entire continent. Salin needed a real general, someone who could help him lead all the troops.
After chatting with Dennis for a few days, Salin obtained a lot of information. At the same time, he also knew that it was impossible to recruit mercenaries. Mercenaries did not approve of nobles. They were polite to him because they were mages. It was too difficult to turn mercenaries into a regular army.
Loyalty was also the biggest problem. Salin could not sign contracts with everyone. There was a limit to the number of contracts a mage could sign, which was related to the size of the mage's mental strength.
Even a Magic Shooter could only have less than two hundred followers in their lifetime. Any more, and the effect of the contract would weaken. Of course, for someone like Joey, he could probably sign a contract with a thousand followers. The problem was that at Joey's level, he did not need to sign a contract at all.
Having a simple understanding of the situation on the continent, Salin did not say anything more to Dennis. The team traveled more than a hundred kilometers every day, and it took them a month to reach Holy Rock City.
Mercenaries could not enter the city. Only Dennis and his dozen or so subordinates could enter. The rest had to be stationed in North Town. Salin and the rest separated from the mercenaries. After verifying their identities in North Town, they headed straight for Holy Rock City.
This was Salin's second time in Holy Rock City, and he was still shocked. The last time he was here, Emperor Chanak had rung the magic bell for Rex, and Salin had benefited a lot. This time, Holy Rock City was silent. The tall city walls, the sinister patterns, and the omnipresent magic formation seemed to have become a divine beast entrenched on a tall mountain, looking down on the common people.
Su was the most shocked. There were countless majestic cities in the subcontinent. In order to defend against the invasion of the demon race, every race exhausted their energy to build cities. Even the small fortresses in the villages were abnormally sturdy. Compared to Holy Rock City, the cities in the subcontinent were like chicken nests.
Sword Saints could also use their perception to investigate, but Su did not dare. He was a silver Sword Saint, and his mental strength was not much different from that of a Magic Shooter. However, the power attached to the city walls was definitely not from a Magic Shooter. Instead, it was the marks left by countless heroic spirits in a bloody battle a thousand years ago.
The war in Holy Rock City had lasted for many years, and the city walls had never been destroyed. The mottled marks from back then had been repaired as much as possible, but the ones that permeated the city were still clear after a thousand years.
Metatlin City was also unique. However, Metatlin City was not this big, and the Magic Tower had not been built yet. In comparison, the difference was immeasurable.
If Metatlin City had also experienced a thousand years of hardships and countless battles, it could have become an existence like Holy Rock City.
Even if Qin Yin only had this city left, he could still establish a country. This was Holy Rock City. Metatlin City did not have such a foundation.
Looking at the city walls of Holy Rock City that were connected to the mountain, Su could even imagine that if an ordinary swordsman wanted to climb up, his limbs would probably become sore from the murderous aura within the city walls. He would have to be protected by equipment to climb up. Such a city was also a problem for Mages. Once the anti-magic domain was activated, spells below level-7 would probably be useless.
The mages' mental power would definitely be greatly affected too. The best way was to rely on an army like Rex's, who wore equipment like the Spirit Snake Armor and used ladders to attack the city walls. Then, they would attack the city in the worst way possible.
"Master …"
"What are you afraid of? This city will not move." Salin knew what Su was thinking. Qin Yin was so powerful, so how could Metatlin City conquer it?
Salin thought that when he accumulated a certain amount of wealth, he would go to the Frozen Sea to collect materials. He did not believe that he could not build a floating city. If there was a floating city thousands of meters in the sky, Holy Rock City might only be conquered if it was attacked from above.
Su smiled shyly. Indeed, no matter how sturdy Holy Rock City was, it could not be moved.
Holy Rock City had War Puppets, which could render the enemy's large-scale siege equipment useless. However, Rex had Metal Titans, which could destroy War Puppets.
There were still soldiers inspecting the city gate. There was no problem with Salin and the others' identities, so they easily entered the city. Nania was going to the king's palace, and Ainphent was going to the Clyde Family's Count Mansion. Su and Trish looked at Salin, not knowing where they were going.
Salin led the two forward, recalling the process of meeting Joey. After a long time, he said, "Su, Trish, the person I want to see has a strange temper. No matter what he says or does, don't do anything. "
"Why?" Su couldn't help but ask.
"Because even if he goes to Metatlin alone, we are no match for him."
"A level-nine Magic Shooter!" Su was surprised.
"If it was a 9th Rank High Mage who went to Metatlin City, I would definitely make him die there. Su, this person has no ill intentions towards me, so you have to bear with it no matter what. "
A magician's memory wouldn't fade. Salin slowly found the alley and walked in. At the end of the alley was the same old wooden door. Salin raised his hand and knocked on it.
With a creak, the door opened. It was a child of 12 or 13 years old who opened it. The child glanced at Salin and said with a smile, "You are finally here. Come in with me." He did not even care that Salin had brought two people with him. Su and Trish hesitated and followed Salin into the courtyard.
After passing through the courtyard and arriving at the wooden building, Salin was a little surprised. The two magical trees were gone. He clearly remembered how he had wanted to chop down a branch to make a magic staff for himself. The two ancient trees were probably enough to make thousands of magic staffs. Back then, Joey had only made one for Rex. He had gotten nothing for himself.
Now, the two trees were gone. In their place was a courtyard full of wisteria. These wisteria had spread over the huge rocks. No! Those weren't rocks, but nephrite.
Damn it, such a huge pile of nephrite was used as a decoration for the wisteria!
"Oh, it's Salin. Come in." Joey's voice sounded. Salin was very awkward, but he had to enter the wooden building. Su and Trish followed him in.
Everything in the wooden building was still very simple. Only a Mage like Salin could see the value of each material. Joey was not putting on airs. The things he liked to use were all extremely rare in this world.
Joey was sitting on the ground now. In front of him was a metal magic structure that was more than three meters wide. It was six meters tall. The entire metal structure seemed to be built bit by bit with very small parts. There were no joints. This metal magic structure was even more complicated than the one Salin had seen at Fayern's. Figaro's magic formula definitely did not use millions of metal materials.
Joey tilted his head and glanced at Salin. He still had a head of long emerald green hair, a pale and handsome face, and a colorful magic robe draped over him.
"Not bad, he's actually a level-six Mage, and has a Silver Sword Saint as his follower. Oh, this is a Demon, almost as good as an Archdemon. "
Joey's words exposed Trish's identity. Trish was sweating profusely. To be able to see through the Ultimate Transformation Spell, not only did one's strength surpass that of a level-nine Mage, one also had to have divine equipment. Even the Lord Demon God could not see through Lolo-Galo's Ultimate Transformation Spell.
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