Tang En and the rest set off from Ellington and headed northwest. Their destination was Alcârdia, the capital of hot springs. That's right, their vacation was to take a plane and soak in the hot springs.
After flying for half a day, they just happened to pass by the Great Rift Valley camp.
At that moment, everyone on the airship was observing the situation below. Ever since Aubrey said that all the demons in the Great Rift Valley camp had disappeared, Tang En and the rest had not come here to observe.
Looking down from the sky, the environment around the camp in the Great Rift Valley had been severely damaged by the battle. There was barely any vegetation left, and the ground was covered with scorched marks and deep pits. Rows of armored tanks were parked in the camp. Now, most of the people had evacuated, leaving only a small number of soldiers on duty. The camp, which had been expanded due to the increase in people, was now empty. There were not many people in sight.
It was also because they knew that the demons had retreated that the airship dared to fly so unscrupulously over the Great Rift Valley camp. Otherwise, the flying demons alone would have made it difficult for the airship to move.
Elsa, with her big belly, looked regretful. "The battle here looks really fierce."
The violent beauty seemed to be regretting that she could not continue to participate in the battle here. Ever since she found out that she was pregnant, Aunt Clairat did not allow her to continue to participate in the battle. She even forbade her usual training and asked her to stay at home to take care of the baby.
"It's okay, but it's a pity."
Tang En rubbed his chin. He felt that it was a pity that the demons had disappeared.
In fact, Tang En was quite emotional. In the face of such a fierce attack, the Irus soldiers could still hold on. He felt that the reward for the soldiers was a little too little.
He should give them more rewards later.
"You really have no conscience!"
Grandia raised her eyebrows. "Will you only be happy when the demons come? You don't know how many people will be displaced because of this. How can you be so cruel as a king? "
"Of course not. It's not that I'm cruel. It's because these demons are living perverts!"
Tang En's words stunned Grandia. "What's a pervert?"
"Well, you can take it as a good person."
Tang En smiled and said, "Now that Prandal is so peaceful, it's too difficult to find a suitable training ground. These demons are the best training partners. Anyone who can survive in the Great Rift Valley battlefield will become an elite with rich combat experience. Only then will they be useful in the battle against Chaos in the future."
In the past two years, the Great Rift Valley camp had helped Tang En train countless elites. Unfortunately, it was completely peaceful now. It was too difficult to find another training ground.
"Be content."
Aurelia rolled her eyes at him. "You don't know how many merchants' trade has been affected because of the demons in the Rift Valley camp. In the past few years, the trade route with Taris has almost been completely cut off, and the detours are too far. Even the airships have to avoid this place. Moreover, we have to be on guard against the demons leaving here and deal with refugees everywhere … There are too many things! You're just standing there and talking. Don't you think your back hurts? Now that the demons have finally disappeared, at least before they appear again, we can have a more stable life. "
"You're wrong. The unknown is the most terrifying."
Tang En shook his head. "The most troublesome thing is that they don't appear. According to Salatimore, this is probably the calm before the storm."
Then he called the pilot. "Maintain the current speed and continue forward."
The airship continued forward. Tang En and the others stood on the deck and observed below. He was confirming whether Aubrey's information was true.
After flying all the way over the Great Rift Valley, Tang En finally confirmed that the demons had really disappeared.
Not only had they disappeared, but there was no trace left except for the traces of destruction. It was as if they had never been here.
Tang En turned to Grandia and said, "I'll need your help to restore the vegetation here later."
Grandia curled her lips. "What about the salary?"
"I'll give you a bonus …"
"That's more like it."
Looking at her smug look, Tang En really wanted to stuff her mouth full. Let's see if she still dared to be so arrogant …
If it were not for the fact that Aiguin did not want to come here to join in the fun, Tang En would not have wanted to look for Grandia.
At night, the airship landed on the outskirts of Alcârrea on time. The reason why it did not land on the air tower in the city was to not affect the normal operation of the airship's route. Tang En's airship could be said to be privately owned. It would be troublesome if it landed there without applying for a route in advance.
After letting the dwarf crew look after the airship, Tang En took out a bus, loaded Fiona and the others, and drove into Alcârrea.
Now, Alcârrea had become the number one tourist city in Prandal. With Tang En's permission, Aurelia had made it clear that Alcârrea was prohibited from collecting entrance taxes. As a tourist city, how could they collect taxes before the guests entered?
Although at first, the city lord and the officials did not quite understand why such a rule was introduced, they were finally convinced when they saw more and more people entering the city and the huge profits from eating, living, and spending here.
This was actually a very simple way of thinking on the Internet. They used free entry to lower the entry barrier and attract more people before converting it.
However, in the past, there was not such a large flow of people in Prandal. Even if the city lords knew the benefits of entering the city for free, they would not do it because the benefits were not equal.
Now, things were different. The large-scale promotion of highways and magical buses, as well as airships and airships, brought about a huge flow of people. Many people were willing to go out and travel, and as a city with hot springs, Alcârrea naturally attracted more people.
The fact that there was no need to pay entrance taxes first attracted people's attention, and after a large number of people came, the consumption of the whole city increased, promoting the prosperity of the market. It was killing many birds with one stone.
As soon as the magical bus drove into Alcârrea, they saw that the buildings on both sides of the street were hung with banners: "Welcome to the City of Hot Springs, Alcârrea!"
Fiona could not help but laugh. "I think the city lord of Stone City, Preston, must hate Alcârrea to death. The City of Hot Springs was originally another name for Stone City, but now, it has been taken away by Alcârrea."
Alleria shook her head with a smile. "Strictly speaking, he shouldn't be jealous of Alcânrea. Preston has mining, metallurgy, and is more of an industrial city. The hot springs are just icing on the cake. Stone City is its original name. But Alcânrea is different. There's nothing here except for the hot springs. We need to further strengthen the brand concept so that when people talk about hot springs, they will immediately think of Alcânrea."
Everyone will think of Alcârrea as a hot spring. "After a pause, Aurelia smiled and said," In order to further promote the brand, it is said that the people here have started to change their faith. They are now believers of the Goddess of Water, Anita Lyle. Look, the church over there has been built. "
Everyone in the bus looked in the direction she was pointing and found a brand new church standing in the northeast. The exterior of the church was full of characteristics of the sea, so people could recognize at a glance that it was the church of the Goddess of Water, Anita Lyle.
Tang En was a little speechless. "These guys are quite quick-witted …"
Fortunately, this was the Prandal, and the gods did not care about believers changing their faith between different sects. If this was on Earth, Alcârrea's rash move would probably cause a religious war.
But …
The City of Hot Springs, Alcârrea, suddenly changed its faith and decided to believe in the Goddess of Water, Anita Lyle. Why did Tang En feel strange? Was it because the name of the Goddess was not Akuya?
The bus stopped outside a very luxurious hotel. It was still the same hot spring hotel called Florio Holy Spring, but compared to the last time he came, it had changed quite a bit.
This was because after Solant returned to the Irus, the economy of Alcârrea was stimulated and grew substantially. As the most luxurious hotel here, the owner had a very sharp eye. He saw that Tang En wanted to develop the economy at a glance. Taking advantage of the fact that the Tang Empire's construction team was building a highway and passing by Alcârrea, he decisively took the opportunity to take a loan from the Star Diamond Bank. Then, he took out his savings and hired the construction team of the Tang Empire's Chamber of Commerce to completely demolish and rebuild the hotel. It became a huge hotel with more than 500 luxurious rooms and ten rebuilt independent courtyards.
After entering the hotel, Tang En was amazed. Although the hotel still used the name Florian Holy Springs, it had almost nothing to do with the past. It could be regarded as a brand new brand.
The owner had a good eye for business.
Tang En still booked an entire courtyard. Then, he found that the price of the courtyard had more than doubled. It cost him more than 20 gold.
"The prices are rising a little too fast …"
After arriving at the courtyard, Tang En could not help but want to complain. "Although it looks like it's worth the money."
"Didn't you see how much people's income has increased in the past few years?"
Fiona rolled her eyes. She was in a good mood after revisiting an old place. It would be better if there were not so many people this time.
"This room is mine!"
Fiona directly chose a room and then secretly gave Tang En a look. If no one disturbed them this time, would he take the opportunity?
That look …
Tang En suddenly had an idea. Was she hinting at him?
At this time, Aurelia smiled and said, "Then I'll share a room with Fiona. The two of us can have a good chat."
Grandia, who was gloating, laughed loudly and chose a room. She knew very well what Fiona was thinking.
Tang En: "…"
Fiona: "…"
'Chat your ass!'
Fiona roared in her heart. 'I just want to become an official employee as soon as possible!'
'All of you are doing this on purpose, right?!'
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