Looking down from the sky, the Tónigel region was high on both ends and low in the middle. There was a basin in the southwest, and Abies Castle was located in that direction. Looking east from Abies Castle, one could see the undulating shadows of the mountains under the azure sky. A large hilly region extended from the western foot of Mount Grahar, where the tributaries of the Gris River converged. It was the best hunting ground in autumn and winter, and the densest forest was located there.
This place was located at the border between Tónigel and Abies. To the north, it was connected to Palas, and to the east, one could enter the Schafflund Mines. It guarded the most important passage out of Tónigel, and it was the best location in Brando's vision for the Tónigel Fortress.
Although the terrain was uneven, it was never a problem for the Dwarves. It was only because of the lack of funds that the plan had only just begun. Some troops were stationed in the hills, and only a few fortresses were erected on the main roads.
In the central region of the hills, the forest was divided into an open space. This should have been a place of lush greenery, but now the open space was covered with rocks collected from the forest. On the uneven grey surface was a huge magic formation.
Multiple concentric circles formed the main body of the magic formation, and many mysterious runes were written on it. Even the most famous masters in the Royal Society of Erouine might not be able to recognize these ancient words. To Brando, this magic formation was at least from the era before the Darkness Dragon, and it could be traced back to the Twilight War.
A mysterious power flowed in the magic formation, like the whispers of the forest. A pure natural power overflowed in the forest, and green vines grew at a speed visible to the naked eye from the cracks between the rocks. Although the magic formation had only been built for less than a week, the overgrowth of the vines made it seem like it had been sleeping in the forest for hundreds of years. The lush vegetation had been maintained for several days, and the magic formation seemed to be able to gather the magic in the forest.
This was the completed Valhalla Central Magic Formation. There was a groove in the center of the magic formation, and it fit perfectly with the city core in Brando's hands.
"The magic array doesn't require an external source of mana. Once it's completed, it'll be able to extract free mana. Even us silver elves don't have such a powerful Law." Metisha looked at the formation in the forest and praised: "What a pure aura of nature, Sir Ruler, you are truly amazing"
"It's not my work," Brando replied, embarrassed.
Behind Brando, the Wild Elf elder sister also agreed with the Fairy Princess. "That's true, but no one can decipher the information about this magic circle on the crystal. Even the druid elders from the Dark Forest couldn't do anything about it. However, my Lord has coincidentally read some ancient books about this. This is definitely a choice of fate."
Brendel smiled when he heard Felaern's words. He could decipher the crystal more or less because of his special identity. He could understand the real purpose of an item through the extra information projected on his retina, but the natives could only guess the function of a magic item through archaeology or general appraisal.
"Then Brando, when should we put the crystal in?" The Roman sat on a rock and asked.
"It should be now," Brando replied.
He had seen the process of cultivating a city core in the game. A city core was actually a semi-intelligent artificial life. It was planted underground like a tree, and then injected with mana to make it grow.
However, before it was planted, it needed a magic circle to reinforce it. This was the first time Brando had seen it. He inserted the crystal in his hand into the groove in the center of the magic circle. He felt the crystal vibrate in his hand, and it seemed to emit a faint light. The light flowed along the runes of the magic circle like golden water.
Brando quickly shook his head.
At that moment, he almost thought that his eyes were playing tricks on him, because a row of green text appeared on his retina.
"An unfamiliar request, connecting to the Lord System."
Brando's Lord System was actually activated when he first became a Lord. The Lord System was a bit like the Town Panel in SLG. It could be used to monitor the operations of his territory.
For example, Brando's Lord System currently had two sub-menus, the Loop of Trade Winds and Tónigel (2/3 Territories). He could see the income and expenditure of the two territories, their specialties, population, mines, forests, and security, etc.
At the same time, there was also a set of personnel appointment data. For example, he could see who was in charge in different sub-menus. For example, the person in charge of Tónigel's finances was Roman.
If Brando transferred Roman from this position, he could see a series of effects on the territory's finances in the future. This system already existed in the game, but it was more powerful in the game. Players could even use this system to make personnel appointments and issue government orders.
However, in the world of Wohnde, the Lord System could not be used in real life. It was basically a surveillance system. Just the surveillance alone was already very powerful. Brando could see that if Roman was the person in charge of the Schafflund Silver Mine, then the income of the silver mine would increase by almost a third in the next three months.
It was only when he discovered the secret of the Lord System that he had a direct understanding of this Merchant Lady's ability. But even so, he would rather let Roman remain in charge of Tónigel's finances.
Although the little Roman's talent in financial management was far inferior to her talent in business, the trade in the territory was not only the income of the silver mine. Based on the total amount, it was better for her to stay in this position than to be the person in charge of the mine.
Of course, these were all digressions. Brando looked at the line of green words floating in his vision. He was slightly stunned for a moment before he agreed to the request.
Then, a new subsystem appeared under the Lord System. Its name was Valhalla. However, this system was still greyed out. Brando tried to touch it, but he immediately received a notification.
"Valhalla is being cultivated. The first stage requires 132000 mana."
"132000 units of mana!?" Brando was shocked. The unit of mana here was mana. Of course, 130,000 mana was not something that anyone could provide. Even the leaders of the wizards like William and Tulman would be sucked dry if they came here. This amount of mana could only be provided by magic crystals. Brando immediately understood.
The lowest grade of magic crystals was the lesser moonstone, followed by the flame-patterned agate. But he was not a wizard before, nor was he a professional alchemist. He did not know how many units of mana could be converted from a lesser moonstone. He was a little nervous. If the conversion rate was too low, then this thing called 'Valhalla' would be a bottomless black hole.
Thinking of this, Brando quickly took out the prepared magic crystal from the dimension cave. It was a lesser moonstone. The quality of the magic crystal veins in the Dark Forest was not bad. At least, the mana on this lesser moonstone was much richer than what Brando had seen in the market.
He threw the lesser moonstone into the magic circle. Almost in the blink of an eye, the rhombus-shaped magic crystal lost its color and became transparent like glass. The notification in Brando's vision also changed.
"Valhalla is being cultivated. The first stage requires 131900 mana."
“1:100。” Brando sighed in relief. If the lowest grade moonstone could be exchanged for 100 units of mana, then the highest grade of magic crystal would not be a problem. He then tried the flame-patterned agate. Sure enough, the exchange rate of a flame-patterned agate was about 2000.
In this way, 130,000 units of mana would only require a few hundred magic crystals. The magic crystals mined in the Dark Forest were in tons for the first time. In fact, the magic crystals in the territory were only needed by the mages in The Shire, Lu Bai, and Master Tamar. Therefore, Brando put almost half of the magic crystals into his own pocket. He was not worried that Valhalla would not need enough magic crystals.
But he soon realized that he was too naive.
Hundreds of crystals were thrown down in exchange for a pile of transparent and colorless glass. At this time, the city core had finally absorbed enough mana for the first stage. The entire crystal let out a creaking sound, and a large number of cracks immediately appeared on it.
Then, with a cracking sound, the city core shattered in front of everyone's eyes, and a tree grew out from the original groove.
A small tree sprout.
"What the hell is this?!" Even with Brando's knowledge, he could not help but be dumbfounded. It was ridiculous enough to plant the city core like a tree, and he did not expect a sapling to grow out of it.
But Brando also knew that this sapling was not ordinary. No one would believe that a few hundred magic crystals would produce an ordinary sapling. The sapling grew with the wind, and in an instant, it grew to about the same height as Brando.
Brando looked up and saw that the sapling had begun to grow thicker and longer. It stretched out its branches like the ancient elves' sacred tree. In just a moment, it had grown to a height of several meters, and it needed a person to wrap their arms around it.
In just a short minute, this' sapling 'had grown to a height that ordinary trees would need at least ten years to achieve. But it did not seem to have any intention of stopping.
Everyone present saw dense aerial roots growing on the tree trunk, and many roots also sprouted from the surface of the stone formation. These roots were also growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then twisted together.
In a few breaths, the 'sapling' had grown bigger.
They could only watch helplessly as an ancient tree grew.
"This … This is …" At this time, Orthlyss, who had been sleeping in Brando's mind, was awakened by the drastic changes in the surrounding magic. She was speechless when she saw the tree.
Brando was speechless for a long time.
Because right in front of him, the sapling was getting thicker and thicker. Countless roots and branches extended from the trunk, and it had grown to a height that seven or eight people could wrap their arms around it. However, the height of the tree was not very high. It was only a few meters above the ground. At this time, Brando gradually saw the shape of the tree. It formed a natural square between the canopies.
"Holy shit!" Brando finally reacted. "Isn't this the World Tree in the Loop of Trade Winds?!"
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(PS: Put the Wind Archer (Part 2) at the end. If you see it, don't ask where (Part 2) went. Anyway, the chapters are in the right order. Yes, yes, the development of this territory will be written together …) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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