[Today is the fourth update.]
Mages didn't care much about worldly etiquette, but Salin and Rex were exceptions. They each had their own countries. So, after the two of them were done, Salin still went to make equipment for Rex.
It was only because of this additional intimacy that Salin could openly feast his eyes on her.
Generally speaking, equipment was easy to make, but materials were hard to come by. There were many alchemy techniques passed down on the Myers Continent. Although the Water Flame Alchemy was unique, there were thirty to fifty thousand other techniques. It was all about speed, quality, and consumption. While Salin was making a close-fitting magic robe for Rex, Rex wasn't idle either. She had her own means to make magic staffs for Salin.
Rex's equipment making techniques were far inferior to Salin's. She used an existing alchemy table and assembled tens of thousands of parts to form a three-dimensional alchemy room. This alchemy room was more than three meters tall and one meter in diameter. Rex had to think of other ways to make equipment larger than this.
However, what Rex was doing was very simple. She was making low-level and mid-level necromancy staffs.
Equipment making required a lot of mental strength. Rex's mental strength wasn't much lower than Salin's. There were dozens of magic arrays in this alchemy room, and hundreds of magic cores had to be filled at one time. Rex only had to control them. What was used to make magic staffs were the broken magic stone cannons sent back by the people of Yun Liu.
The magic stone cannons were made from the bones of high-level magic beasts. Although the magic arrays inside were completely destroyed, the materials themselves were still good for mages.
Almost two hundred necromancers were about to arrive at Metatlin City. These necromancers were forced to gather by the Tanggulas Empire. Rex was making these necromancers for the necromancers of Metatlin.
Necromancers were the mages who were the most helpful to the army. They had the same attack power as elemental mages, and could summon necromancers to replace the casualties of soldiers. Necromancers were especially contagious. When a zombie soldier's combat ability was about to disappear, a Corpse Explosion would affect all enemies within ten meters.
Those hit by the Corpse Explosion would be seriously injured. Those further away would have to be careful of the contagious corpse fluid.
Because Salin had forged an armor for Schica, he was very experienced in weaving fine threads extracted from the Divine Tree. Rex's close-fitting robe was refined in three days. This time, Salin didn't overexert himself. He was just unusually tired and needed to rest. After resting, he started crafting equipment for the necromancer with Rex.
Daniel was one of Salin's followers, so he was very familiar with necromancers' equipment. Elemental Mages' magic robes stabilized the six elements, while Necromancers focused more on stabilizing their mental power.
Necromancers had to be able to control themselves in order to safely cast necromancy magic.
Rex relied on large-scale alchemy machines to craft necromancers' equipment, while Salin relied on powerful water flames, which were both very fast. Of course, the advantage of Salin's Water Flame Alchemy was too great — he didn't need to consume magic cores.
Rex's method not only consumed magic cores, but it also required a lot of alchemy equipment. The good thing was that as long as she had the materials, she could quickly increase the equipment she needed.
This was also the concept of an alchemy factory. It was cheaper for an alchemy factory to make equipment on a large scale than for a mage to craft them one by one. This was because it consumed a lot of materials that didn't need to be wasted.
As long as you had the money, an alchemy factory could help you obtain many things quickly. This concept was proposed by Alchemy City. In Kushui Commandery, it was developed to the level of low-level mages. Then, in Salin's place, even apprentices joined in.
What made Salin the most exasperated was that Ojarvis had given at least half of the magic cores he'd forcefully bought from him to Rex as a congratulatory gift. It seemed that Ojarvis hadn't used the national treasury, but had relied on himself and his family's power to come up with this huge gift. The resources in the national treasury were still going to be used against the Tanggulas Empire.
Rex's current territory was more than two thousand and two hundred miles west of Daliang City. Three large cities less than a hundred miles apart formed a line, guarding the vital areas. There were more than six hundred thousand troops stationed at Three Link City, including the support troops. At the same time, close to a thousand mages and apprentices from Rex stayed.
In Daliang City, after crafting the magic staffs specially prepared for necromancers, Salin and Rex were busy modifying the armor for the soldiers. They couldn't relax at all. It was already April, but Salin and Rex didn't feel the wedding atmosphere. Instead, they couldn't sleep every day, and could only rely on meditation to recover their energy.
Speaking of which, they had no choice. The number of new soldiers entering Daliang City was about to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand. By April, it would definitely exceed three hundred thousand. Salin had ten thousand elite soldiers on his side, and Rex had already transferred a hundred thousand elite soldiers, which was exactly ten battalions.
With this kind of power, they didn't need to be afraid of Yun Liu anymore.
The problem was that the equipment of the new soldiers couldn't be used on the battlefield. Out of the two hundred thousand people, only a few thousand brought their own equipment that met Rex's standards. If it weren't for the fact that the Qinyin nobles had too much equipment, she and Salin would definitely be exhausted.
Even now, they had to manage the alchemy factory and modify the armor sent by the Qinyin nobles every day. If they couldn't change the style, then they would change the color. Together with the emblem of Kushui Prefecture, they had to try their best to unify it no matter what.
A hundred thousand elite soldiers leading three hundred thousand miscellaneous soldiers, and more than a hundred thousand craftsmen, laborers, and family members. The power in Daliang City was roughly like this. The enemy was a million Yun Liu soldiers. However, Rex's heart had already calmed down.
A hundred thousand true elites were enough. If they were to defend the city, there would be three hundred thousand auxiliary troops. With the scale of Daliang City, what could the enemy use to fight?
At the end of March, the necromancers of Metatlin City finally arrived. However, seeing the dense horde of necromancers outside the city, Salin only felt excitement. The ones escorting the necromancers were Salin's third and fourth battalions. No wonder these two hundred necromancers came so slowly. It turned out that their journey was delayed by the escorting army.
Salin also brought two main battalions. These two main battalions were much weaker than Rex's army, but much stronger than the miscellaneous soldiers. At least in a field battle, Salin was confident that he could use these two battalions to defeat more than a hundred thousand miscellaneous soldiers.
Rex also personally came to greet these hundred or so necromancers. The ratio of residents in Daliang City was too small. No one would be afraid of the arrival of so many necromancers and necromancers.
The north gate opened, welcoming the necromancers into the city. Salin's main battalion escorted the rear. When the commanders of the two battalions saw Salin, they went up to greet him. Salin opened his mouth and asked how Sicar was.
"Your Highness, the Regent is very well. She asked me to bring a letter to you."
There was a transportation array between Daliang City and Metatlin City. It could transport items weighing no more than five kilograms, but it was very costly. Sicar wasn't trying to save money. It was just that she knew Salin would like this method of sending a letter. Although Sicar was careless, she was still a woman. She had been with Salin for so long, so she understood what was on Salin's mind.
Salin carefully put Sicar's letter into his demonic god ring. Then, he asked Trish to bring his army into the city and arrange a place to camp.
There were a total of one hundred and eighty-eight necromancers. Among them, there was one level-five necromancer, nineteen level-four necromancers, and the rest were all low-level necromancers.
Necromancers advanced very quickly. These necromancers' levels weren't high because the quality of their Flames of Death wasn't high enough. If their Flames of Death could be purified again, these necromancers would advance rapidly until they reached level-six. Then, they would be stuck there and use ten times more time than elemental necromancers to advance to Magic Shooters.
Even so, if these necromancers could survive on the battlefield, their advancement speed wouldn't be too slow. Also, their survival ability was far higher than elemental necromancers.
In Rex's palace, Salin summoned these necromancers. Nearly two hundred necromancers stood densely below. Salin ordered people to quickly move chairs. He had a lot to say, and it wasn't a good idea to let the necromancers stand.
When these necromancers left Metatlin City, they had received a short period of guidance from Daniel. They admired Daniel very much. So, when they saw Salin, they naturally treated him as their leader.
Salin was also a level-six great necromancer. He wasn't just a simple king.
Salin patiently asked for the names of the one hundred and eighty-eight necromancers, and used magic to memorize them. Then, Salin asked about the necromancers' equipment and needs. The necromancers didn't hide anything. When they escaped from the Tanggulas Empire, they had abandoned many things. After all, there wasn't even a level-six necromancer among them. The highest level was a level-five necromancer, and they couldn't use spatial equipment.
If not for the fact that every necromancer could summon a skeleton warhorse to escape, they would probably have gone to Metatlin City with nothing.
Necromancers were powerful, but it depended on who the enemy was. Facing the search and capture of the Church, necromancers alone almost didn't have the courage to resist.
With so many necromancers, they couldn't be integrated into the army as soon as possible. Salin and Rex discussed for a while, and decided to let these necromancers form a necromancer team, mainly responsible for the battle at the south gate.
Then, Salin gave out the necromancer staff that he and Rex had rushed to make. This necromancer staff could only store one necromancer spell, and its greatest function was the ability to connect with souls and stabilize one's mind. To necromancers, the magic staff that Salin and Rex had made was probably a level above high-level equipment.
High-level equipment was based on normal standards, with every attribute reaching more than ninety percent of the necromancers' requirements. If some of the attributes were perfect, it would be a quasi-sage weapon. More commonly, it was called a tool.
If all the attributes were perfect, it would be a holy weapon.
The equipment that Salin had made for Elena and Sicar had already surpassed the evaluation of perfect. The materials were unique, and the compatibility with the two's abilities had also reached above perfect. It could be considered a semi-divine weapon.
This necromancer's magic staff was too lacking in materials, and could only be a tool.
Salin and Rex's generosity satisfied the necromancers. They had to stay in the palace temporarily, and couldn't run around, in case the necromancers scared the families of the few soldiers. Most of the people here weren't from Qin Yin, and their immunity to the necromancers wasn't that strong.
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