That night, Twain had a very ecstatic time. At the same time, that night, someone had suffered. That night, another person had suffered an unexpected calamity …
At breakfast the next day, Grandia glared at Tang En fiercely.
Because of this bastard, she didn't sleep well last night!
Her body was sticky all night, and she couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard she tossed and turned. It was the first time in her life that she had insomnia.
Tang En didn't know what Grandia was thinking. He still hadn't recovered from what happened last night.
Olina had been holding Tang En's arm the whole morning, and her walking posture was very unnatural. Facing the different gazes of the others, she could only lower her head awkwardly.
This unexpected disaster came too suddenly, and she couldn't do anything about it.
After breakfast, the group was ready to set off.
Of course, Castellan Haydn had to be there to see them off. "Your Majesty, please be careful on the way. Recently, many bandits have come from Subaron. Although our guards have cleared out some of them, we don't have enough people, so there are still many bandits on the move."
"It's okay, we'll go at high speed."
Haydn suddenly understood. "Oh, right, there's a highway now. It's very safe under the protection of the Dragons' spells."
Before leaving, Tang En set up a teleportation circle at the Datang Chamber of Commerce's stronghold. It wasn't large, but it was enough to quickly transfer people and materials. After all, the Datang Chamber of Commerce had already been an agent in the main market here. They only existed in the role of a supplier, so there was no need to be too ruthless.
If the agent couldn't make money, who would come to them?
After breakfast, Tang En and the others set off again. One by one, they got on their Harley-Davidson motorcycles and rushed towards Paganis in the southeast.
The straight-line distance between Preston and Paganis wasn't far, only about 200 kilometers. With the speed of the Harley-Davidson motorcycles, the group arrived at Paganis, which was located on the Nars River, at noon.
That's right, it was on the Nars River.
Similar to Venice on Earth, Paganis is a very rare city on water.
Paganis and Preston were in a similar situation, but they didn't even have any specialties. Preston had mines and gems, but Paganis only had the Nars River, which was their everything.
The banks of the Nars River were farmlands owned by farmers, but there were very few farmers in Paganis. These farmlands were basically idle, and only a small part of them was cultivated. On one hand, this was because the average income of the residents here was above average in the entire Irus Empire, and most of their food was imported. On the other hand, most of the residents here made a living by transporting goods on the water.
After the merchants who bought goods from Preston transported the goods to Paganis, they hired ships here to transport them downstream. Some went north to Alinx after reaching Quillin Town, while others continued east, going out to sea from Dawn Town, going south to Fehra or the port city of Ronitante, Clearwater City, or north to Storm City, the port city of the Solant Kingdom.
Of course, there were also some people who were braver or had special conditions who would choose to continue sailing east and trade with the deep-sea Nagas on some islands.
After all, Paganis was an inland city. These people had not been attacked by sea storms, and their experience on the water was worse than the sailors of Fehra. Therefore, most of the sailors were very cheap. With the current speed of Prandal's ships, it would take a month to travel these routes, but the income was considerable. Even the sailors of Paganis could earn 100 gold coins per trip, so the people of Paganis were happy to be sailors and make a living on the water.
Young men went out to be sailors, old people stayed in the city to retire, and women farmed in the suburbs. This was the current situation of Paganis.
"We're at the end of the road."
Tang En and the others left the highway. There were a few farmlands in front of them, and not far along the official road was Paganis. Standing here, they could see the unique buildings with sharp corners.
Elsa was very excited. "I heard that Paganis is a city on the water. It must be beautiful."
"Perhaps."
Tang En couldn't help smiling. He put away the Harley motorcycle and the group headed to Paganis.
After traveling for nearly a thousand kilometers, Tang En was very satisfied with the performance of the Harley. Using the Magic Crystal as the power source, not only did he not have to worry about refueling, the speed and stability of the Harley were also very satisfactory. Using the Light Crystal as the headlights to illuminate the night was also very good. There was no problem in mass producing it.
Tang En calculated the total number of soldiers in the Irus Empire. If he wanted to equip a quarter of the soldiers and turn them into a highly mobile troop, he would need at least ten thousand Harley motorcycles.
According to Ellington's current production of a few hundred units a day, it would take half a year to meet this requirement.
"It's time to expand production … …"
Tang En gave a silent sigh. It was imperative to expand production. Not only was it to reform the cavalry, it was also to pave the way for the magic industry in the future.
With the Harley-Davidson motorcycles as a breakthrough point, they would start with the soldiers, then expand the production of low-specification civilian models, allowing the people to gradually accept the convenience of the magical industrial products. After that, the birth of magical cars would greatly accelerate this process. The increase in transportation speed would increase the flow of people between the various cities, and the flow of people would bring about the flow of resources and wealth, greatly increasing the vitality of the entire society.
In order for people to accept the birth of the magic car, the Harley motorcycle was a necessary step.
"What's going on? Why are people gathering outside the city? "
When Tang En was thinking, Aiguin's doubtful voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.
"What is it?"
Aiguin explained, "I've been here before. Most of the people of Paganis live in the city on the water, but now … …"
Aiguin pointed ahead. On the outskirts of Paganis, on the side of the river bank of the Nars River, there were densely packed tents. The elderly, women, and children were gathered there, far away from the river bank. The scale of the tent area was very large, and there were many temporary wooden houses next to it. The farmhouses next to the farmland were already crowded with people.
"Let's go and take a look."
Tang En led the team to the tent area.
"They're here! The reinforcements are finally here! "
As soon as they approached the tent area, the people noticed them and suddenly cheered. Then, a fat man in luxurious clothes hurried over and shouted, "Are the people in front the reinforcements sent by Preston?"
As soon as the fat man finished shouting, his gaze swept across Aiguin and Grandia, and he suddenly felt as if he was struck by lightning.
God! There are such perfect women in the world!?
— — No! Not women! They are elves!?
"Reinforcements?"
Tang En was startled. "No, what happened here?"
The fat man in luxurious clothes was awakened by Tang En's words. He hurriedly looked away and became anxious. "Aren't you? Damn it, where did the messenger go? Hasn't the news arrived yet? "
Tang En and Olina looked at each other, and Tang En said, "The lord of Yabarlon is dead, and the acting lord is ruthless. He forced all the bandits in the territory to come here. I'm afraid your messenger has been killed."
The fat man in luxurious clothes was shocked. "Really?!"
"What happened here? You can tell us. Maybe we can solve it."
"You?"
The fat man in luxurious clothes glanced at the fully armed Ellington Guards. After hesitating for a moment, he sighed and said, "We can only try."
Then, he introduced himself. "I'm Guster Summerfield, the castellan of Paganis."
"I'm Tang En."
"Tang En … Tang En!?"
Guster took a closer look at Olina beside him and was shocked. "Your Majesty?!"
Olina nodded. "It's me."
Guster immediately knelt down and said with tears and snot, "Great! If it's Tang En Majesty, we will be saved! "
Now, many people knew how powerful Tang En was.
Tang En went straight to the point. "Tell me what happened first."
Guster didn't dare to hesitate and immediately explained the cause and effect in detail.
It turned out that recently, many monsters that had never been seen before appeared in the Nars River. These monsters that lived in the water were extremely strong and invulnerable. They were very scary. From the moment they appeared, they attacked the transport ships on the Nars River crazily. Many ships had been sunk by them, and many merchants had gone bankrupt because of this.
However, those who went bankrupt were still lucky. More people were directly dragged into the river and became food for the monsters.
Monsters?
Tang En frowned slightly. "Describe what the monsters look like."
"Your Majesty, please follow me."
Guster's face turned serious as he led the way.
Tang En left most of the troops behind and followed Guster to a granary with only a few of his trusted subordinates. This granary had been emptied. Now, it was obviously temporarily requisitioned by the castellan.
As soon as they entered the granary, Tang En smelled a pungent stench.
"Your Majesty, look. That's the monster that attacked us."
Guster pointed at a corpse in the middle of the granary and said with grief and indignation, "Those monsters are lunatics. After their members died in battle, they were immediately dismembered by their companions. It was too difficult to snatch this corpse. We sacrificed 20 soldiers in exchange for this corpse!"
Tang En isolated the surrounding air and carefully observed the corpse.
The monster was about three meters in size, more than twice the size of a normal human. It had four complete limbs and very well-developed muscles. In addition, its fingers were very sharp, and there was a thin layer of webbed membrane between its fingers. It should be a characteristic of living in the water.
The monster's head was like a fish's, with gills under its cheeks and fins on its back. Its body was covered with a layer of fine gray scales. These were typical characteristics of aquatic creatures.
The sharp spear next to it was its weapon, emitting a cold light in the air.
It was actually an Excellent grade spear.
When he saw the corpse, Tang En was stunned.
Holy sh * t, although the color of the scales was a little off, this was clearly the Sea of Abyss's Nubilao Murloc!
How did they come to Paganis?!
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