"Oh, isn't this Troy's nephew?
Excuse me, please make way for an old man like me who has difficulty walking."
At this moment, a generous and elegant voice came from behind the two of them.
The two of them quickly turned back to check.
Escher was wearing a gray-white wizard robe with a beautiful golden lily pinned on his chest. He looked at them elegantly while leaning on a cane.
The two of them quickly stepped back and said respectfully, "Chief."
Troy was well aware that the magical faction and the industrial faction did not have a good relationship.
But his father could give Escher a hard time, but he couldn't.
Eschel didn't say much, but stepped onto the stairs gracefully and proudly and went straight to the top floor.
Seeing this scene, Troy immediately understood who Escher was targeting.
"The chief of the magic faction actually came to the industrial faction's territory to snatch people openly.
This is too much!
He just takes advantage of his father's absence to act recklessly.
No, I have to go and inform my father immediately."
Escher walked leisurely up to the top floor, tapped his cane to stop the maids who wanted to stop him, and knocked on the door without hesitation.
"Brother Aged, are you in there?"
"Yes, yes!"
The magnificent door suddenly opened, and Aged and four legendary architects sat at a table with a pile of delicious dishes on it.
Agaide was sitting facing the door. He raised his glass and said to Escher:
"Brother, come and have a drink."
A smile appeared on Escher's face, and he walked into the door and closed it with magic.
"Brother, I heard that you were entertaining distinguished guests, so I brought some good wine to cheer you up.
Look at you, you hosted a dinner but didn't even tell me, your brother, that it makes us seem like strangers."
Escher took off his hat and introduced himself to the other four people:
"Escher, Chief of the Magic Guild, greets the four Your Majesties.
I am sorry for coming here uninvited."
"Brother, what are you talking about?"
Aged quickly stood up and walked forward, taking the wine from Escher's hand very naturally and putting it on the table.
“I’m just afraid that if I inform you, you’ll have to spend money again.
I'm sorry that you have to host instead of me.
Now I am useless and can’t help you.”
"Hahaha."
Escher laughed out loud.
“Your words are rude.
How can the relationship between us be influenced by a parliamentary election? "
Agaide also laughed for a while, pointing at the four legends and introducing them:
“Vianney, Monelle, Nagus, Serig.
They come from the barriers, elements, cemeteries and strongholds respectively.
They are legendary architects, like me.”
This introduction was much more perfunctory than the one given to Qi Ge.
Vianne was wearing a green straw hat on her head and she looked at her nails without even raising her eyelids.
Monell leaned back in his chair and glanced at Eschel from a distance, which served as a greeting.
The will-o'-the-wisp in Nagus's eyes lit up eerily, but there was no other reaction.
Sereg held up a whole roasted Chocobo leg and stuffed it into his mouth, not knowing whether he heard it or not.
Escher didn't care.
These people are all legendary architects. Even demigods have to be polite when meeting them. Considering my status, it’s already good enough that they didn’t chase me away.
Escher smiled and said to the four architects:
"Your Majesties, we are currently at war with Bracada and Nigan. For your safety, we can only ask you to stay for a while.
I promise that if the four of you want to leave, I will lift the first-level combat readiness of Thunder City as soon as possible so that the four of you can leave as soon as possible.
However, before that, I would like to extend an invitation to Agaide and the four of you on behalf of the Thunder City Grand Council and the Thunder Temple. "
Escher smiled apologetically and continued:
“The following is purely official business.
It does not represent any of my own positions or wishes.
Brother Agaide, the four Your Majesties.
The war situation is tense right now. We in Bracada were attacked by Negan and lost a very important main city on the front line.
That main city is the core base of our attack. Without it, we will inevitably be caught in a dilemma when fighting on the central line.
Therefore, we want to build five other main cities near the occupied main city to replace its function.
But it takes a lot of time to upgrade the main city of the county town, and Negan’s enemy forces will definitely not sit idly by.
But with the help of the five Your Majesties, it would be different.
The five princes are architects standing at the top of the Yasha world. It is easy for them to upgrade the county city to the main city.
If the five Your Majesties are willing, we at Bracada are willing to pay absolutely generous rewards to invite the five Your Majesties to take action.
I wonder what you five think?"
Seeing that Escher looked at her first, Vianne raised her eyebrows.
“Don’t look at me, I’m looking for Aged.
If he goes, I will go."
Nagus said in a deep voice:
"Reward? Do you have a catapult above Legendary level? The kind that can blow through the walls of Diya with one shot?
If so, I can consider it.
Of course, if Agaide doesn’t want to go, then I’ll let it go.”
Monelle threw back his robe:
"I followed Agaide."
Sereg chewed up the huge leg bone of the Chocobo and swallowed it, then took a big gulp of wine and said:
“If Al-Gaid goes, I will go too.
As a reward, I want a blueprint of a miracle building, preferably one related to gems."
A hint of joy flashed in Escher's eyes.
He never expected that it would be so smooth.
Convincing five legendary architects to join the battle is a great achievement!
Now all that was left was Agaide's nod.
He quickly looked at Aged and shouted warmly and sincerely:
"Brother Aged!!!"
Aged frowned and said, "You can go. But the front line is so dangerous. I am a little worried about the safety.
Negan's group of underground savages are very brutal."
Escher immediately said:
"Don't worry, I will definitely send the highest level of guards.
The elite djinn of Sean and Rona, the Naga army of Fafnir, and the puppet army of Jonesfield, with Nila as the commander, will ensure that nothing goes wrong."
Aged's expression was tangled:
“That city was destroyed by Nila.
It's not that I don't trust Her Majesty Nila's ability.
Otherwise, let's assign two pseudo-legends to each of us as guards, and we can choose them ourselves."
Escher was delighted and agreed immediately: "No problem! Brother Aged, you can pick any idle legend in Bracada."
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It was just dawn.
High-end dancers often only require the simplest stir-fry method.
After a busy night, Wizard John began to prepare to go to work in the crystal mine.
John loves his job very much.
Every day, as long as you lead the gargoyles and drive the goblins into the crystal mine, many crystals will be produced naturally in the mine.
Thank you for the gift from Mother Goddess Yasha.
No one would care if he secretly kept a few pieces of the crystal produced every day.
Although the salary for this job is not high, it is leisurely and safe.
The crystal mine where he worked was located near the main city [Silver Wind City] and was rarely attacked by wild monsters.
Although he could not afford to marry a female mage who had the same silver bloodline as himself, his salary plus extra income was more than enough for him to enjoy the sexy dancers in the tavern every night.
Although he could not be recruited into battle, heroes looked down on him and he had no chance to gain experience and advance.
But John knows deeply that simplicity is the truth.
Like him, he would be tired all night and then lie down in the mine during the day to catch up on sleep.
You won’t have to worry about food and clothing.
This is the life that the noble silver bloodline should live.
No, I’m tired of lying down, so I stand up and take a few steps.
John walked out of the rest area built in front of the mine, stretched himself, and wandered into the crystal mine.
In the crystal mine, the skinny little goblin was waving a mining draft vigorously.
"Thump, thump, thump."
The fairies' bodies are not adapted to the work of collecting crystal mines. Their strength is too weak to resonate with the crystals, so they can only use brute force to knock them.
This way of working not only makes digging inefficient, but also consumes a lot of the goblins' physical energy.
Every year, many goblins die of exhaustion in the mines.
In fact, with Bracada's magical technology, it is entirely possible to develop magical machinery to assist the fairies in mining.
But no wizard studies this at all.
The reason is simple.
All mining in mines is essentially a magical ritual to materialize scattered Yasa energy into resources.
This magic ritual must involve the participation of corresponding types of soldiers.
It's like the goblins are drawing water from the waterwheel to fish out gold coins.
The magic ritual cannot be activated by relying only on machinery without fairies.
In a sense, the gold coins and resources in the Yasa world are the embodiment of the labor force of the military.
Magical machinery is ultimately auxiliary, the key is still the labor force of the fairies.
When all magical machines were first developed, the cost was extremely high.
For mine owners, the increase in crystal production that the magic machinery can increase in crystal mines is far less than the cost invested in developing the magic machinery.
Anyway, the total reserves of crystal mines are fixed, so it doesn't matter whether you dig early or late.
As for the goblin who was exhausted to death.
Damn, who cares about this?
How much is a goblin worth?
John had his hands behind his back, holding a whip.
He was followed by three high-level gargoyles in flight.
These mindless stone statues faithfully performed their task - holding the three unconscious and dying goblins by their feet like rags.
John walked back and forth in the crystal mine, swaying from time to time, swinging the whip in his hand, making snapping sounds and scaring the goblins around him.
"Everyone, be quiet and dig quickly. No one should be lazy.
See these three guys behind me?
They dug the least yesterday!
My lord, you are lucky to have been chosen from the camp outside the city!
Compared to your companions who are starving and freezing outside the city, you
No need to worry about the chaos fog, no need to worry about starving to death, no need to think about anything, just mine and you can survive.
For you, the useless Black Iron race, this is simply a gift from the goddess of fate!
But even so, there are still ungrateful things who dare to be lazy! "
“Bang!”
John turned around and whipped the goblin behind him hard.
Unfortunately, the fairy who had already fainted could not even make a dull cry.
This was a bit disappointing for John.
"Tsk. Trash is trash. It's not fun to fight with it."
John turned around, looked at the frightened expressions of the goblins, and smiled triumphantly.
“Keep digging!
I want to see the warehouse filled with crystals today!
If the pile is not full, I will fill it with your corpses until it is full!"
"Thump, thump, thump, boom, boom, boom."
John felt very happy when he heard the goblins mining more quickly.
After all, he is not the mine owner, just an employee.
After all, the output of the mine is limited. If you want to dig out some for yourself, don't you have to think of some way?
John let the gargoyle continue to hang the three goblins on patrol, and he walked out swayingly.
He left the crystal mine, stretched, and looked up at the sky.
"Huh? Why is there a black spot in the sky?
It's getting bigger and bigger.
Could it be that an armed airship fell down?"
At this moment, several pieces of news that he had read in the newspaper flashed through John's mind involuntarily.
A certain armed airship was killed, and the deceased was xxx.
A certain armed airship crashed, and XXX wizards were missing.
"Oh, I see clearly!
It turned out to be a black dragon.
I was so scared, I thought it was an armed airship that fell.
Hmm!!! Black Dragon!!!"
"roar!!"
The fiery dragon's breath descended from the sky, burning the last shred of thought in John's mind.
In the endless light and heat, John's life was sublimated.
His charred bones proved that he was not of silver bloodline.
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“Report!
His Highness Xingfeng, clean up 1 wizard, 40 gargoyles, and 10 stone men.
No. 119 [Crystal Mine] has been successfully captured.
A total of 52 level 2 crystals and 6 level 3 crystals were harvested.
Rescue 218 fairies. "
The lovely eagle dancer half-knelt in front of the Seven Pigeons, looking at them with admiration.
Qi Ge jumped down from the black dragon and walked towards the crystal mine.
As he walked, he asked:
"We didn't hurt the goblin, did we?"
"No, Your Highness. The goblins did not resist.
We have them all assembled at the mine."
The eagle dancer said softly.
"Um."
Qi Ge nodded and walked into the mine.
In the dark and narrow mine tunnel, there are only a few dim torches to provide lighting.
The goblins huddled together in the corners of the mine, looking timidly at the harpies destroying equipment in the mine.
Qi Ge looked at the goblins, who were in tattered clothes and looked frightened, and sighed in his heart.
This cheerful, optimistic and lively fairy by nature has been tortured into such a depressed appearance.
From the fairy's point of view, Bracada deserves to die.
Under the protection of a group of harpies, Qi Ge took a step forward and asked softly:
“I am Xingfeng, your future lord.
Goblins, who is your leader? Step forward and speak.
When the goblins heard Qi Ge's voice, they all shrank back in panic and no one dared to come up and answer.
Qi Ge had already guessed that this might be the case, so he took out a large amount of baked potatoes and water and asked the harpies to distribute them.
The smell of roasted potatoes stimulated the hungry goblins.
After confirming that the baked potatoes were for them, the goblins could no longer bear it and began to eat them voraciously.
With the replenishment of food, the goblins' depressed mental state finally eased to a certain extent.
Seven Pigeons patiently asked again: "Do you have a leader?"
This time, a little goblin in a red robe finally stood up.
He said timidly:
“Master Mage, we originally had a leader.
But he was executed by Master John some time ago."
Master John? It should be the scorched wizard just now, right?
Qi Ge's eyes fixed, and he said:
“Remember, from today on, no one can be your master.
I declare you free."
The goblin looked a little scared.
"Freedom? Master, are you going to drive us back to the camp?
No, don't.
If we are driven back to the camp, we will starve to death.
We are willing to mine.
Although life is hard, at least we are alive.”
The fairies who are used to suffering don’t even know what light looks like.
Qi Ge squatted down, gently touched the fairy's hat, and said:
"With me here, life won't be hard, and you can still survive."
Qi Ge stood up and said loudly:
"Fairies, from today on, you don't have to live such a hard life anymore.
In my territory, you will live a happy and prosperous life, I promise!"
Seven Pigeons took out a gold coin, held it in his palm, and shouted loudly:
"Great goddess of wealth, your most devout believer prays here.
You are the embodiment of gold coins, the incarnation of resources, and the patron saint of all workers.
Your people are suffering, and the protection you offer is being used as a tool for the strong to exploit the weak.
Please bestow your infinite divine power to protect these poor fairies.
I promised the fairies that I would give them a land where they could live happily.
Please help me escort them to the promised land."
In an instant, the gold coins in Qi Ge's hand emitted brilliant golden light, completely illuminating the entire crystal mine.
The unmined crystals in the crystal mine began to glow in response to the golden light!
The pink light of the crystal even penetrated the thick rock layer and shone onto the fairies!
The goblins were a little scared at first, they thought Qi Ge was going to use some special method to kill them.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in Bracada.
But soon they discovered that the golden glow and pink brilliance did not cause any harm to them.
Instead, it's as warm as a fire in the cold winter.
The light penetrated into their bodies, slowly repairing their hidden injuries. Even the three goblins that were on the verge of death and unconscious slowly woke up under the light.
The fairies were surprised and delighted, and they all shouted:
"My body is healed! Oh my god, the wizard is using magic to heal us?!"
"Am I dreaming?! There is actually a kind-hearted wizard!!"
"Master Mage, please be merciful. Master Mage, please be merciful!!"
Listening to the goblins' cries, Qi Ge lowered his eyelids slightly.
“Old habits die hard, and it will take a long time for the goblins to change this habit.
But it doesn’t matter, when they arrive in my territory, they will soon understand how to live with dignity.”
Qi Ge raised his head and whispered:
“The goddess of wealth created a series of resource buildings that can produce standard resources, such as windmills, waterwheels, gold mines, mercury refining rooms, sulfur mines, lumberyards, ore mines, etc.
Under the blessing of the power of the Goddess of Wealth, resource buildings will not be swallowed by the chaos tide.
These resource buildings will take in the weak creatures from the nearby Yasha continent who are in trouble, and provide them with workplaces.
As long as they pray to the Goddess of Wealth or Mother Goddess Yasha near the resource buildings, they will enter these resource buildings.
In resource buildings, as long as they work hard, they will continue to gain experience that can be used for advancement.
Moreover, they do not need to eat, and their lifespan is fixed by the Mother Goddess.
These resource buildings can provide shelter for weaker races and protect them from wind and rain.
The entire Yasa world, all resources and buildings, are under the control of the goddess.
As long as there are believers of the Goddess of Wealth praying, all the mines in the Yasa world can be used as teleportation arrays to help these weak soldiers teleport freely.
Wealth protects the weak, not the strong who are shameless and wantonly oppress and abuse the weak."
Qi Ge's gaze gradually became firm:
“Wealth is like flowing water, virtue is like a mountain.
Those without virtue do not deserve wealth."
As soon as Qi Ge finished speaking, the entire crystal mine was filled with light! !
The fairies slowly disappeared in the light and were teleported to the mine in the Seven Pigeons Territory!
Petra, who had already made preparations, immediately shouted loudly:
"Hurry, hurry, more companions are coming! There are a lot of them this time, bring six centaurs!"
The makeshift convoy of Centaurs immediately picked up the still confused miner goblins and put them on wooden carts, then rushed towards the Chosen City.
They had to take the fairies to the great temple for baptism before the blessing of the goddess of wealth ended.
Once the baptism is over, these fairies will be deemed dead by Bracada's Tears of Yasa.
And they will also become neutral creatures and join the Chosen City.
Inside the crystal mine cave, all the fairies had been teleported away. Qi Ge gently knocked on the rock wall of the crystal mine cave, and information about the crystal mine cave immediately appeared.
Transmission requires energy.
The energy for transmission, in addition to the power of the Goddess of Wealth, mostly comes from the mineral reserves in these crystal mines.
In other words, this crystal mine in Bracada is almost abandoned.
Even if the magicians worked hard to restore the production of the crystal mines, they would soon be mined out.
This is the plan to wipe out the entire family.
Qi Ge smiled with satisfaction, turned around and left.
"Great, let's go, next one."
"Yes! Your Highness Xingfeng!!!"
The harpy looked at Qi Ge's back, with a strange look in her eyes.
The scene of His Highness Xingfeng bathing in the light just now was so handsome no matter how you looked at it!
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Similar scenes were seen all over central Bracada.
Few people in the Yasha world know that Moril is also a believer of the Goddess of Wealth!
In fact, Muriel has great admiration for the Goddess of Wealth, who is also a member of the dragon clan.
Her dream is to become a deity like the goddess of wealth!
Influenced by Morrell, Negan has no shortage of believers in the Church of the Goddess of Wealth.
Because of this, the [Dragon Scorpion Eagle] troops were divided into hundreds of teams, each equipped with a dragon and several wealth believers, and simultaneously launched an attack on the mines and factories in the heart of Bracada.
The goblins in the mine are teleported on the spot, and the goblins in the factory are escorted to the nearest mine for teleportation.
In just half a morning, 563 mines and 634 factories were destroyed!
Every minute and every second, Bracada is suffering unimaginable losses.
Bracada was slow to react and did not realize the seriousness of the problem at all.
The deputy city lord of Silver Wind City frowned, looking at the information in his hand with confusion.
“Where the hell did these Negan’s stupid dragons come from?
It would have been fine if he didn't come to attack the city, but he actually went to slaughter the goblins.
What's so good about killing goblins?
It's simply insane.
No, this must be a trick.
They wanted to trick me out of the city so that they could launch a surprise attack on our Silver Wind City!
Humph, just a trifle!
Never mind him!
Let him attack as he pleases, we will firmly defend and never leave the city.
Hey, please send a report to Thunder City and ask the masters of the Grand Council to find a solution."