After a series of orders were given in an orderly manner, the entire Ellington instantly entered a different state. In the blink of an eye, the busy construction from before had turned into a state of Level 1 combat readiness.
"Aren't you too nervous?"
Aiguin looked at Tang En with a puzzled expression. "Even if you don't take action, you still have so many elemental creatures and that Elemental Lord. It's impossible for there to be any problems at all."
Of course, Tang En did not need to be so nervous. In fact, although the scale of this beast tide was very large, the worst-case scenario was that the training of the troops failed. It would not hurt the foundation of Ellington at all.
Just as Aiguin said, now Ellington not only had Tang En but also her, who had come to observe the situation. In addition to them, there was also the Elemental Lord Dicarios. Just the elemental army that he casually summoned could easily crush the beast tide.
Tang En smiled and pointed at the busy warriors in the distance. "Of course I'm not nervous, but I want to make them nervous."
It was as if he was playing the "Civilization" series with a plug-in. From the beginning, Ellington was basically in an invincible position (relatively speaking). What he wanted to do was to magically improve technology and raise the average level of others. Then, he would pull (level) the entire world (push). When the army of Chaos arrived, he would use all kinds of magically modified weapons and equipment to smash their faces.
Tang En really did not care about the Qu Qu Beast Tide.
However, only when he was nervous would the warriors below take this matter seriously. Therefore, he still had to do what he had to do.
Aiguin suddenly understood. "I understand."
Because the average combat strength of the forest elves was very high, Aiguin really found it difficult to understand Tang En's thoughts at first.
"Although there have been beast tide riots in the past, this year is especially obvious and sudden."
Aiguín accompanied Tang En to patrol around Ellington. The soldiers had already started to set up defenses. Seeing those simple traps, Tang En slightly frowned and shook his head.
Aiguin continued, "Also, I feel that this beast tide is a little strange. Their desire to hunt is not strong, and their seemingly chaotic movements have some kind of pattern. I keep having a bad feeling."
"Bad premonition? Are you worried that these beasts have been corrupted by Chaos? "
"If that's the case, it would be fine. We can just purify them. But now, I feel like they've been … stimulated by something."
Aiguin thought for a while before she found an adjective. She nodded and said with certainty, "That's right. It looks like he was provoked and angered."
"Angered? Did someone deliberately provoke them? "
Tang En asked casually as he led Aiguin to the Heart of Oak Tavern.
"I'm not too sure. I've been patrolling the forest for a few days and didn't find any suspicious traces. If someone did it deliberately, I'm afraid they're not weak."
Aiguin picked up a ball of snow and squeezed it a few times. It turned into a lifelike and cute little person. She handed it to Tang En and smiled. "Does it look like you?"
Tang En was flattered and took the snowman. When he saw the cute version of himself, he was very surprised. "You know how to make dolls like this?"
Aiguin said very happily, "This art method was taught to me by Clover. It's really strange. It's obviously exaggerated, but I can recognize who it is. After she taught me, I fell in love with it."
Tang En's heart skipped a beat. He also grabbed a ball of snow and accurately molded a cute little person of Aiguin with magic power. Then, runes flashed in his hand, and a surge of magic power was injected into it. He cast a permanent Freeze on it. "I don't have much artistic talent, so it's not possible to make it myself. I'll use magic instead."
Aiguin took the little person and said happily, "It looks like me. Thank you."
"I'll treasure it."
Tang En solemnly cast a permanent Freeze on the little person and then put it in his portable space.
In order to preserve two snowman dolls, he did not hesitate to consume magic power to cast a permanent spell. Perhaps only a guy like Tang En would dare to be so extravagant.
After putting away the snowman dolls, Tang En continued, "If someone did this deliberately, what's their purpose? Destroy the Emerald Forest? Destroy Salamar? Or Ellington? "
Aiguin shook her head. "I'm not sure. Salamar has been evacuated. The beast tide will directly roll over from there."
"It seems that the target is here."
Tang En shrugged and stood still outside the Heart of Oak. He shouted at the tavern, "Jiarian, Azhorkamanda, business is at the door!"
As soon as his voice fell, there was a crackling sound upstairs. When Azhorkamanda opened the window and saw Tang En, it waved happily, then jumped out of the window and landed lightly on the ground. "Oh, oh, Lord Tang En, you're too kind. You're here to take care of our voices again. What do you want to buy this time? For the sake of our relationship, I can give you a 20% discount — "
"Azhorkamanda!"
Jiarian screamed and rushed out of the tavern. "Don't mess around! Don't forget that I'm in charge of the business! "
"Oh, you're too stingy. What's wrong with a discount occasionally …"
"Do you think it's so easy to feed you Dragons!?"
Jiarian shouted at the top of his voice. "If it weren't for your high commission, would we be so calculative!?"
"Uh …"
Azhorkamanda surrendered. "You do it."
"Ahem, Lord Tang En, what do you want to buy this time? Let's say in advance that what this guy said just now doesn't count. A 20% discount is impossible, but a 9% discount can be considered. "
Seeing Jiarian's pained expression, Tang En only felt that he was like a stingy Grandet.
Tang En patted his forehead as if he had inadvertently thought of something. He said, "Speaking of which, the tax return that Fiona showed me yesterday seems to be missing someone's tax due …"
Jiarian's smiling face suddenly froze. After a pause, he quickly said, "I remember now. Lord Tang En is a VIP of our Enclave Risk Control Company. He can enjoy a 10% discount."
Tang En ignored his words and said to Aiguin, "I think we should add a dangerous goods transaction tax in our territory. What do you think?"
"Me?"
Aiguin looked at Tang En blankly. "I don't know, but it's your idea. It shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"My Lord! My Lord! Why do you have to do this? "
Jia Lian put on a flattering smile and said, "8% off! I'll give you 8% discount! "
"In addition to the dangerous goods transaction tax, it seems that we should add a crime of selling military goods without a license …"
Jiarian almost cursed when he heard this. You're the one who wants to buy it, okay?! Selling it to the Lord is considered selling military goods without permission?!
"20% discount! It can't go any lower! If it goes any lower, I won't sell it at a loss! "
"That's more like it."
Tang En bent down and patted Jiarian's head … uh, shoulder with a smile. He said with a pleasant expression, "Small profits but quick turnover is the goal of a businessman. Let the profiteering go to hell."
"Small profits but quick turnover. That's right, small profits but quick turnover!"
Jiarian smiled, but he was cursing in his heart.
Treacherous human!
Cunning goblin!
Tang En was also cursing Jiarian in his heart. Goblins are really treacherous. They can even sell it at a 20% discount. A few days ago, they probably earned at least 500,000 gold coins from the Magic Iron Bombs!
"Then, what do you need this time, My Lord?"
Jiarian immediately took out a book and looked at Tang En with a longing expression, hoping that he would ask for a big batch.
"Trigger bombs … uh, or mines."
Tang En said, "How many?"
Jiarian asked back, "How many do you want?"
This sentence again …
"What's the price?"
"The retail price for one Leprosy Type III mine is one hundred … Ah, two hundred gold coins. I'll give you a 20% discount, so it'll be one hundred and sixty gold coins."
Tang En sneered and turned to leave.
"My Lord!?"
"Jiarian, do you think I'm stupid? If you continue like this, I'll find someone else to cooperate with. "
"I know! I admit that I want to make more money! "
Jiarian surrendered. "One mine for eighty gold coins, it's a big sale!"
Tang En waved his hand. "Let's test the goods first."
Five hundred Leprosy Type III mines were only eighty thousand gold coins, but they could set up a tight blockade outside the forest west of Ellington and eliminate a large number of small fries. It could be said to be a model of good quality at a good price.
"Other than mines, do you have projectile bombs?"
"Of course! The small and portable Meteor Type II grenade, the best hunting companion, made by the Gnomes, good quality at a good price! "
"How's the power?"
"Uh."
Jiarian said a little awkwardly, "A rank 1 monster can be killed instantly, a rank 2 monster can only be seriously injured, and a rank 3 monster can hardly cause any damage. If it's a Revelation, a Bronze-ranked Revelation who has mastered the power of blood can avoid the explosion …"
"…"
Tang En was silent for a moment. He finally understood why the Gnomes and Gnomes were so miserable in Prandal after the birth of the God Race. The explosive technology they were proud of was not even afraid of the most ordinary Bronze-ranked Revelation, so how could they compete with the humans for the dominant position in the world?
"It's been hard on you …"
Tang En sighed. Compared to the people on Earth, the Gnomes and Gnomes were the ones who chose the hell difficulty.
Sympathy was sympathy, but business was business. Tang En was not stupid enough to give them money. Now, Ellington's economy was tight.
After some bargaining, Tang En bought a total of one thousand Leprosy Type III mines, five thousand Meteor Type II grenades, five hundred experimental paralysis grenades code-named "Lightning", and two hundred Magic Iron Bombs from Jiarian.
These added up to more than a million gold coins for Tang En, but with a 20% discount, he saved a lot of money. In addition to Jiarian's investment in Ellington, the money spent would sooner or later return to Tang En.
With this in and out, it had increased Ellington's GDP by a million gold coins!
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