Keanus brought a group of outsiders to take control of Stone City. The notice board in the city was filled with the portrait of the new city lord and the latest regulations he issued. Anyone who entered the city would have to pay an entrance fee, and merchants with carriages would be charged according to their weight. Just these two points alone were enough to make people angry. To the wandering merchants who were free traders, this was a disaster.
Therefore, when the new regulations came out, a group of small traders gathered in front of the ancient castle to protest. In addition to the road repairs in Stone City, many roads were congested. The ones who were affected the most were the merchants from the Dragon Boat Empire. They had to pay a large amount of taxes for the goods they transported. Naturally, they would not pay this sum of money. Many merchants did not enter the city, but chose to camp outside.
At this time, a temporary camp built by an unknown person attracted the attention of the merchants. The trees there had just been cut down, and a road had been built for carriages. No one knew when, but three inns had been built. Moreover, the bread in the inns was very soft and delicious, and there was a wide variety of food. In a short time, the three inns were filled with people.
A large number of carriages were parked outside, and the merchants liked to drink in the inns while exchanging information. No one knew who the owner of the inn was. The people who ran the inn were a group of people who did not like to talk. The only distinguishing feature was that there were some ancient runes on their right arms.
The merchants were people who were always looking for opportunities to make money. Very quickly, someone set up a temporary trading station here. For some reason, the merchants who came to this temporary trading station all heard a rumor:
Heading east from here, he would enter the territory of the Demon Race. There was a city called Wusen, where the Demon Race was willing to trade with the humans. They had gems and food that could make the merchants rich, but what they needed were the ordinary daily necessities produced by the humans.
Of course, most people treated these rumors as rumors. Over a mountain in the east was the territory of the terrifying Demon Race. It was once the territory of the Underworld Demon King. However, after the Underworld Demon King was destroyed, it was rumored that the Demon King Beast Emperor had swallowed it. The Beastmen were a very frightening kind of warrior. Ordinary merchants did not dare to take the risk to go to such a dangerous place.
However, there were exceptions. Among the wandering merchants, there were many people who did not care about their lives. They were willing to take risks for high returns, but such people had not appeared yet …
Leir finally signed the contract. She would help the Demon King build a city that could replace Stone City and trade with humans. After resting for two days, Grano's injuries recovered well. After the Demon King told her about the events in Stone City, Layel hurriedly took the carriage arranged by the Demon King and hurried back.
She didn't think that something like this would happen. She had to return before the conflict between the Dragon Boat Empire and the Luas Empire erupted.
The Demon King was preparing to begin his expansion plan. The hibernating lizardmen had awakened, and the lake was beginning to thaw. He would develop a fishing industry in the lizardmen's territory, which was the lake and swamp, and carry out a large-scale fish breeding project.
On the other hand, the Leopard Tribe and the Dog Head Tribe's territories were mostly flat grasslands. The Demon King would raise a large number of cattle, pigs, sheep, and other livestock there. The Ke Tu Tribe, on the other hand, continued to be the production area, providing food and fodder for breeding.
The Ufa Great Forest had a large number of trees, which was a shocking amount of wealth. As long as it was used properly, it would bring about an inexhaustible harvest. The ores excavated by the Mouse Tribe would be processed by humans into tools and weapons. The Centaurs were the race most familiar with the Ufa Great Forest. They would open up roads and spread out from the Ke Tu Tribe's territory, connecting every tribe in the Ufa Great Forest.
This plan would be completed in three months. After a winter, the Demon King had unified the entire Ufa Great Forest. Many demons who had fled from the outside had sought refuge under his command. Although the Ufa Great Forest was rich in resources, it did not have an abundance of water. There were no large rivers, only small streams. It was destined that there would be no way to form a large city here. It could only be divided up like it was now.
Therefore, the Demon King wanted to find a new territory and build a large city.
Originally, he wanted to directly seize the Underworld Demon King's city, but the appearance of the Evil Spirits forced him to give up his territory. The appearance of the Evil Spirits shocked the demons. The demonic trees they planted were actually able to provide nutrients for the Evil Spirits. When the Evil Spirits ate fresh life or those disgusting, mucus-filled fruits, they would change and become stronger, even gaining intelligence.
The Underworld Demon King's territory had been through countless battles. The place was overrun with Evil Spirits and was very unstable. Neither demons nor humans were willing to go near it. Naturally, the Demon King would not clean up this mess.
Therefore, he had to find a new place, a place that was vast and suitable for development, rich in resources, and suitable for building a city.
But why would such a good place be waiting for him? But it really was. He found a suitable place in an instant, and it seemed to be tailor-made for him.
That place was the Lost City — Gotham.
Currently, there was only one resident there, and that was the Demon King, the former Hero Besith, who claimed to be the strongest. For more than ten years, he guarded the vast territory alone without any subordinates. Both humans and demons had always wanted to occupy that place.
The lost technology, the once most prosperous city of humans, was located there. The Dragon Boat Empire had only obtained a small part of the technology, and in the blink of an eye, it was able to go from a second-rate empire to a behemoth that could compete with the Luas Empire, Ross Empire, and other large countries.
This caused the various empires to constantly send troops and investigation teams in the early days, but each time, they suffered heavy losses and returned without any results. The Adventurer's Guild had also intervened, but one day, the guild's president, An Mihu, ordered that no adventurers were allowed to participate in related missions. Gotham became the first black area of the guild.
No one knew the specific reason. Some guessed that it was because of the relationship between the president, An Mihu, and Besith. There were also rumors that An Mihu had once wanted to eliminate the Hero who had become the Demon King, but failed.
The Demon King walked out of the balcony and looked at the scenery outside. At this time, the Ke Tu Tribe's town was already quite large. The skeleton of a wooden spaceship appeared in the town, and human carpenters were working on it. The Chicken Tribe, which could fly, used their claws to carry construction materials and carried them to the high sails.
This would be a spaceship built according to the Demon King's blueprints. It was built with the thousand-year-old hardwood of the Ufa Great Forest, and its sturdiness was comparable to a steel ship. Moreover, it could carry more weight. It was enough to carry an entire tribe and transport dozens of tons of goods.
When this spaceship was completed, it would be time for the Demon King to set off.
However, it would not be completed in a short time, and there was still a problem at hand that had not been solved.
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