"Although I've seen how powerful you are in the underground world, I still underestimated you."
Khal couldn't help but sigh after arriving at Taris through the portal.
Normally, a Magician could only teleport four or five people at most. Every teleportation would cause a shock to the Magician, so it was difficult for the Magician to maintain the portal after five people. The temporary portal would become unstable and collapse.
But this time, Tang En opened the portal and teleported more than a thousand people! It was an unimaginable miracle!
Khal smiled. "If your portal can open directly to the enemy's base, we can execute the decapitation operation directly."
"Unfortunately, it can't."
Tang En shook his head. "The portal is the same as the teleportation spell. It can only be used after I've been to the place in person and the spatial coordinates have been anchored."
Then Tang En brought them to the Lord's Mansion in Taris, which was the castle in the inner city.
Since the war had broken out, Nitro did not leave any spies around. He had cleaned up all the spies in the Lord's Mansion, so this time they met Nitro directly.
After greeting him, Tang En smiled. "I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear?"
"People are used to leaving joy behind."
"Then let's talk about the bad news first. The production of the magic mining car and the transport car has been completed. I can give them to you now."
Nitro raised his eyebrows. "Isn't that good news?"
Tang En spread his hands. "Due to some changes in the situation, our technicians can't come over to help you with the installation, so you'll have to follow the instructions yourself."
"Will it work?"
"It's quite simple. The gnome engineers wrote a manual. Just follow it."
Tang En threw a small book over. Nitro glanced at it.
"Even an idiot can understand the installation manual of the mining car system."
"Then what's the good news?"
"The good news is that the mastermind we've been waiting for has finally appeared."
"Why do I feel like this is bad news?"
"No, this is good news. We've been waiting patiently for this moment."
Tang En's face was filled with a cold smile. "I've allowed Girard to cause trouble for so long. It's time to end this farce. The Dark Serpent must be eliminated."
The Dark Serpent was the biggest unstable factor Tang En had come into contact with so far, other than the Chaos religion. As long as they still existed, the entire Prandal would not have a peaceful time. The resurrection of Jassas gave them some stimulation, and now they were getting more and more presumptuous.
Victor wanted to use this opportunity to completely purify the Irus Empire and remove the tumor. He wanted to use his own life in exchange for the rebirth of the entire empire.
Although Tang En did not like this method, he had no choice but to get involved. After dealing with the Dark Serpent, he could only deal with Girard. By then, whether he killed Girard or gave him to the Vatican for purification, it would be none of his business.
"This is the leader of the Phoenix Mercenary Group, Khal. I heard that there's business here, so I brought him here."
Kao smiled and bowed. "Greetings, Lord Nitro."
Nitro waved his hand. "Mercenaries? We don't need mercenaries. "
"No, you need them."
Tang En shook his head. "Before we completely eliminate the Dark Serpent, Taris cannot fall. They came here to help you defend against attacks. The Phoenix Mercenary Group is quite strong. You can trust them."
Once Taris fell, it would be difficult to predict Girard's next move. Whether he turned back to attack Ellington, or went north to attack the Solant Kingdom or the Kingdom of Gris, it would further worsen the spread of chaos. Therefore, Tang En wanted to build this place into an impregnable fortress.
Kao smiled and said, "I am deeply honored to receive Lord Twain's' not bad 'evaluation."
"Since Lord Tang En said so, you can stay. As for the reward, the finance officer will talk to you later."
Khal nodded. "If you need more mercenaries, you can tell me. I know a few good friends. Their mercenary groups are also looking forward to this opportunity to make money."
Tang En pursed his lips. "Mercenaries are really a bunch of guys who don't care about their lives for money."
"Can't help it. This is what we eat."
After Khal left, Tang En and Nitro completed the handover of the magic mining vehicle. After all, Nitro was born in the royal family and was also the lord of Taris. It was normal for him to have expensive and rare spatial equipment.
After the handover, Tang En said, "In addition to the Phoenix Mercenary Group, I also brought a group of wild mages. Count it as Ellington's special support for Taris."
"Wild mages?"
Nitro said with a serious face. "If we use their power in the war, won't it alarm the City of Silver?"
"Don't worry. I've already told Jean, and Jean helped us provide information on these mages."
"You can actually persuade Jean … How did you do it?"
Nitro had seen Jean before and was very impressed by his sloppiness, but he was even more impressed by his stubbornness — he insisted that the power of magic should be used for the whole of Prandal, not for war.
Tang En pursed his lips. "You don't have to worry about it. There's no dirty deal anyway."
"Since the power of the wild mages can be used, then your power …"
Nitro looked forward to Tang En's help. With Tang En's help, he was even confident that he could completely annihilate Girard's troops outside Taris.
"I won't help you kill the enemy, but I can help you with the defense."
"That's enough."
Nitro was satisfied.
"Wait a moment."
Tang En disappeared instantly after saying that. The next moment, he appeared above the castle. After finding a flat area, he looked down at the whole of Taris and estimated the radius of the city.
"A radius of nearly ten kilometers … Heh, with the current manpower and material resources of Prandal, it's already a super city."
Tang En gently waved his hand in the air, and rows of magic materials appeared in front of him.
"With a radius of ten kilometers, I'm afraid it's difficult to effectively cover it without using Essence of Magic. Tsk, he's got a big advantage this time."
Tang En shook his head and stamped his feet lightly. With him as the center, powerful magic power quickly spread around. Bright lines appeared on the flat slate, and the lines quickly formed complex runes. These runes were very neatly etched into the slate. Then Tang En grabbed a bag of seventh-grade magical beast blood and threw it out. With a bang, the bag exploded, and the scattered magical beast blood accurately fell into the grooves of the runes and lines.
At this moment, it looked like the scene of a cult ritual. The scarlet magic circle was very strange.
After the magical beast blood covered the magic circle, Tang En raised his hand and sprinkled a cloud of high-grade magic dust. The shiny magic dust was attracted by the magic flowing in the magic circle and accurately absorbed. The magical beast blood was covered by the magic dust and merged with each other. In the blink of an eye, the red magical beast blood turned bright blue under the effect of arcane energy and magic dust.
The strange style of the scene suddenly became grand and lofty.
Following which, Tang En took out a few more materials and placed them in the core of the magic array. In order to ensure stable operation, large-scale magic arrays usually had multiple cores. Even if one core collapsed, the other cores could still continue to operate, which was equivalent to insurance.
"It's done."
After confirming the flow of magic in the magic circle, Tang En nodded with satisfaction. Arranging this super-large defensive magic circle cost him more than a million gold coins in materials, but he had a lot of them in his portable space, so he didn't feel the pinch.
As long as he could ensure that Taris was not breached before the Dark Serpent was eliminated, this war would be won.
Tang En returned to Nitro's side in an instant. He clapped his hands and said, "It's done."
"So fast? Are you sure? "
Nitro was shocked. Tang En had only left for a cup of tea's time. What could he do in such a short time?
"Nonsense, don't worry."
Tang En said grumpily, "I spent more than a million gold coins in materials. You can reimburse me later, or convert them into magical metals. Magical iron, adamantine, mithril, whatever. I won't refuse."
"Okay, magic is really expensive," Nitro said helplessly.
Nitro said helplessly, "How useful can this magic array be?"
In such a large city, Nitro would be thankful if it could protect him from the arrows of archers or catapults.
"Unless it's a Legendary-level figure, you can ignore any aerial attacks. This is already a no-fly zone."
Tang En said casually, "I'll help you strengthen the defense of the city wall later. If it can still be breached with my help, I can only say that the soldiers of Taris are all useless."
Nitro's eyes widened. "It can withstand a Legendary-level attack? Are you sure?! "
"I'm sure."
Tang En threw a crystal to Nitro and said impatiently, "You'll know when the time comes. When Girard's army starts attacking, break this crystal and the magic circle will be activated. The magic in that Magic Essence can ensure that the magic circle covers the whole of Taris for about seven days. If the attack is fierce, the time will be further shortened. Once the light curtain becomes weak, it means that the magic circle has no magic power. You guys go up and change the material of the magic circle … Don't tell me that with Taris's foundation, they don't even have Magic Essence."
"Of course they do!"
Nitro perked up and put away the key crystal. "With your help, Taris will be safe and sound even without those wild mages and mercenaries."
"I brought them here just in case. If the power of those wild mages is used well, it can greatly reduce the pressure. I'll go reinforce the city wall now and then go back. Don't look for me."
Tang En waved his hand and disappeared.
Nitro was stunned for a moment, then he smiled bitterly and helplessly.
He was strong enough, but in the face of Tang En who came and went like a ghost, he still felt powerless.
Was the difference of only one level so huge?
After Tang En reinforced the city wall for Taris, he went to the Datang Chamber of Commerce's base in Taris and quietly set up a teleportation portal.
Wherever he went, he would teleport! This was the essence of opening a map.
After smoothly returning to Ellington through the teleportation portal, Tang En heard a piece of good news as soon as he returned to the Lord's Residence.
The bait had been set!
The operation to reel in the net was about to begin!
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