[Today is the third update, tomorrow is the fourth update. There shouldn't be any updates every other day this month. The broadband doesn't seem to be stable. I'll call and ask, but I don't see any signs that can affect the updates. The first update …]
Salin's words didn't cause any reaction. The royal swordsmen knew that North Town had lost a lot this time. The prince's people would definitely be angry. They were unharmed, so it was normal for them to be brought back for investigation. Although they wouldn't be charged, it would still affect their future. They might as well leave with Rex's people and never come back. Anyway, that was His Majesty's intention.
What Salin and the others didn't expect was that Sephiroth didn't think that Salin would enter the range of the Azure Dragon Stone. The Azure Dragon Stone had been damaged too obviously by the people of the Vatican. Normally, Salin and the other two hundred people would rather take a long detour than enter. Therefore, Sephiroth's people hadn't started their journey yet.
Salin asked Felrett to help him put away the damaged metal barracks and immediately urged everyone to continue their journey. All the magic arrays on the metal barracks were destroyed. If the big array set up by the Vatican lasted for another half an hour, Salin and the other Magicians would probably have to face the terrifying attack themselves. All the metal parts couldn't be disassembled and could only be put away as a whole.
Ainphent released the undead warhorse and skeleton warhorse, and the group followed the road to the north at full speed. They didn't stop until the sky was bright. They didn't rest at all after passing through two small towns along the way. After Salin and the others left for more than three hundred miles, half of the elites of the battalion appeared at the Azure Dragon Stone.
This time, a Magic Shooter from Holy Rock City also entered the Azure Dragon Stone area. Beside the black-robed Magician was an older general. The two walked into the Azure Dragon Stone together. Everything here was destroyed, but the foundation of the city wall could still be vaguely seen.
"Looks like they're all dead?" The general was wearing purple gold armor and looked fierce.
The Magic Shooter glanced around and saw the big hole in the ground caused by the metal barracks. He bent down and picked up a piece of armor, sniffed it, and said, "The messenger of the Duke is probably not dead. Her Highness Rex has an iron chamber. I didn't expect her to let the messenger use such a large piece of equipment."
"Iron chamber?"
"Hmm, it smells like gold and thaumronkin. Magicians usually used these two kinds of metals very carefully, but they had to be used in large quantities in the iron room. The iron room was a mobile barracks that could ensure the safety of the generals of the army. Only the royal family of Qin Yin can afford to use it. Even if other empires have so many precious metals, they don't have enough Magicians to slowly refine and fuse them. "
"I heard that the princess has more than a hundred magicians under her command. Is that true?"
"Yes, Your Highness. Her Highness has … at least a thousand Magicians under her command. There are also some Magicians who are not under her command, but if the prefecture is in danger, those Magicians will lend a hand. So, don't report what happened today. "
The general thought about it and said, "I understand. The Regional Prince values this exchange with His Imperial Majesty very much. His Imperial Highness also has no intention of killing the envoy, so let's not be nosy."
"It's good that you understand. This is the royal family's business. If you get involved, you won't even know how you died," the black-robed mage said to the general sternly. Seeing that the general was a little embarrassed, the black-robed mage continued, "I have known you for more than 40 years, and this is for your own good. The Regional Prince is not that easy to mess with. Think about it, if you offend more than a thousand Magicians, what will happen to you?"
The General shivered. He had tens of thousands of elites under his command, but if he offended thousands of Mages, it would not be a matter of survival. Many Mages would be willing to use him for magic experiments, and that would be the most terrifying thing.
More troops moved out from North Town and East Town, arriving at the Green Dragon Stone. Around the vanished town, a battalion of elite troops gradually gathered, as well as 50,000 auxiliary troops. These 60,000 soldiers surrounded the Green Dragon Stone area and searched inch by inch, looking for evidence that was left behind.
Three teleportation arrays were also built, and they could report to Saint Rock City at any time. A piece of news quickly spread across the Qin Yin Empire – the Holy Church caused a massacre more than 50 kilometers away from Saint Rock City, and they killed more than 1,700 innocent people of Qin Yin. Then, the crazy followers of the Holy Church killed more than 5,000 soldiers of Saint Rock City, and they destroyed everything in an attempt to get rid of the evidence.
A wave of anger spread across the Qin Yin Empire. At first, the Qin Yin people only hated the people of the Holy Church, but it was different now. The Tanggulas Empire was killing civilians so close to Saint Rock City!
Soldiers and nobles fought and sacrificed for the empire, and it was their responsibility. However, no nobles had ever ordered civilians to be killed inhumanely.
The anger of the nobles was the same, because many of those who died were soldiers who were inextricably linked to the nobles. There were four towns around Saint Rock City, and the soldiers in these towns were all clean. Most of them came from the vassal families of the nobles. The military officers were related to the nobles by blood, but they had no chance of inheriting the title of nobles.
At the same time, another piece of news spread among the nobles. It was said that the young king of Saint Rock City was furious and wanted to attack the Tanggulas Empire immediately. At the same time, the 12 dukes of Saint Rock City also supported the king, and even the prince supported the king's idea.
Because the people of the Holy Church tried to kill the messenger of Rex. Could it be that the conflict between the king and the prince had disappeared? Some of the southern nobles who supported Rex began to think. These nobles wouldn't be willing to listen to Sephiroth, but the king obviously wanted to put the king in an important position, and there was no estrangement between them.
If the prince couldn't suppress the king and let Rex enter the higher ranks of the Qin Yin, these nobles wouldn't mind working with Sephiroth.
Among the southern nobles, at least one-third of them were willing to follow Rex. The Duke's ability had been fully demonstrated in Kushui Prefecture. That desolate place had been well governed by Rex. Although its business was average, it was completely self-sufficient in agriculture.
In addition, Rex had a large number of mages following him. He was already a level-6 great mage, and he would definitely advance to become a Magic Shooter. A Magic Shooter's lifespan was quite long. Following Rex would guarantee one's long-term interests. This was also one of the reasons why the southern nobles were willing to follow Rex.
Some even hoped that Rex could become the king. If Rex advanced to a level-9 Magic Shooter, he would be able to live for more than a thousand years. There definitely wouldn't be a situation where a change of emperor would have a change of vassals.
Fortunately, King Ojarvis wouldn't live that long. These nobles had the patience to wait. As long as the two didn't have a conflict, they could compromise with Holy Rock City.
In the palace of Holy Rock City, King Ojarvis was very angry. His sister's messenger was missing. He sent out thousands of scouts, but they couldn't find her. Only a Magic Shooter under his uncle said that the female mage wasn't dead. His sister gave the female mage an iron room. Not only was the female mage still alive, but the two hundred soldiers he sent to protect her were also alive.
The scouts of Holy Rock City couldn't find Salin. Where did he go?
It turned out that on the second day, Salin asked Ainphent to bring the two hundred royal swordsmen of Holy Rock City to change into mercenary clothes and take a smaller trade route. He brought Nania and Salin's parents to the coast to find the Winged Skeleton's Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship.
By sea, not only could they avoid Guderian City, but they could also avoid any accidents in Phoenix. It was also much faster. If the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship sailed on the sea, it could go more than a hundred miles without rest. It was much faster than riding a horse.
From the center of the empire to the coast, it was only about five thousand miles. To the border, it would be nearly ten thousand miles.
Salin's caution was necessary. From Nania's information, Sephiroth was planning to reconcile with Rex for the time being. But reconciling with Rex didn't mean that Sephiroth wanted to have a good relationship with him. He only had one city, and he couldn't go around with Seriger Island to provoke Alchemy City. So in Sephiroth's eyes, he was someone who could be sacrificed at any time.
The people of Green Dragon Stone had already been sacrificed. Sacrificing one more was nothing.
Ainphent continued north to investigate the situation at the border. Ainphent would stay at the border for a week and set up a large number of undead to collect information. At the same time, he would buy a batch of food and bring it back to Metatlin. Salin estimated that his city would face war in two years at most.
Storing food was always the most important thing. Both Sword Saints and Magic Shooters needed to eat. Without food, no matter how many mages and soldiers he had, they couldn't defend the city.
All the way to the beach, except for Trish, no one was not tired. Using magic to recover their bodies didn't mean natural rest. Everyone was tired, so Salin stopped.
The coast in the center of Qin was mountainous and didn't have any good ports. But the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship wasn't big, so it didn't need a big port. Salin found a secluded place and set up a transmission magic circle. He tried according to the predetermined coordinates and found the Wing Skeleton on the third try.
The Wing Skeleton's Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship was secretly parked at a place more than a hundred miles away. There was only a small fishing village there. Because it was winter, the fishermen didn't go out to sea. There weren't any patrolling fish, so the coast was unusually quiet.
Salin brought everyone who couldn't move to the coast. There was a ship more than thirty meters long docked on the sea. Salin saw that the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship was a bit bigger. It was probably because the shell had thickened and a layer of hard crystalline material appeared.
If Ainphent was here, he would recognize that this layer of crystal was more than a meter thick. It was the Giant Spirit Armor from the Undead Plane. The Giant Spirit Armor wasn't anything special. It just had good properties. When faced with an attack, the Giant Spirit Armor would automatically break and release energy to offset the attack. This crystal was more than a meter thick, and there were more than ten layers. Every time it was attacked, only one layer would be damaged.
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