Demon Lord

At the same time, in the snow-covered mountains in the northern part of the mainland, an unknown magic tower was quietly suspended among the peaks.

This area has been separated from the Karen Kingdom, and even the barbarians living in the glacier plain have never touched this area. The high altitude and the endless mountains have become a natural barrier, and for most humans and even creatures, this place is not a livable place.

But this brightly lit magic tower is like an oasis of life, completely blocking the biting white wind and snow outside.

The suspended magic tower is far from being as tasteless and rough as Rahiman's floating tower. It is like an exquisite work of art, and all the details reveal an atmosphere that is completely different from human civilization... If the residents of Elson City are standing here, then they must feel that the image of this magic tower is very familiar.

Because this is an out-and-out high elf magic tower, judging from its ability to move across mountains, its former owner must be the Great Arcanist.

Of course, the High Elf civilization had perished for seven hundred years. All the great arcanists who were alive back then have basically become history now. The people living in the magic tower at this moment belong to a unified organization: San Vallano High Elf Noble Council.

This was the holy congregation to which Camilla was loyal.

Ever since the news of the failure of the Elson city investigation came, the holy congregation has been silent for a long time. The reason is naturally that the failure of this operation is really a heavy loss for them.

The Sacred Church is not a widely spread religion like the Rose Cross or Viper Cross. What they advocate is the blood theory: only true descendants of high elves can become members of this organization.

And in order not to be targeted by the secular kingdom, the covert operation of the holy congregation has been developing very slowly for many years.

They believe in arcane art, so they emphasize magic over martial arts, and believe that only arcanists are the path to glory for every descendant of high elves. But even though they have the blood of high elves, and their affinity for elements and arcane arts is far superior to that of normal humans, there are still a large number of them who cannot become arcanists and can only become magic apprentices who are not strong. The problem of this abnormal member structure has become more and more prominent in the past hundred years. When seventeen arcanists who were not weak were buried in the city of Elson, the core strength of the Holy Church was seriously damaged, and the elders were very annoyed by this. For a long time, people have been discussing whether they should change the way of life of the holy congregation.

However, the results of such studies have been negative, because the longer the organization has been in existence, the more afraid it is to change. However, after the fluctuations of the Devil's Gate swept across the mainland, these elders were shocked, and finally couldn't hold back, and decided to change the future strategy of the Holy Council...

they all understand

The prelude to the upheaval in the mainland has quietly opened.

In order to deal with this crisis, the elders of the Holy Council finally decided to move from the outside to the inside: that is, while maximizing the number of descendants of the high elves, they should have a centralized city and enslave humans as much as possible to support and maintain The development of the Holy Congregation.

They need to establish a more complete survival system, instead of being independent from the human world with a cold attitude. Because these elders know... when disaster strikes, it is useless to hide anywhere.

And how to find a city suitable for the Holy Meeting?

Elson City, which is about to hold a magic exchange meeting, suddenly entered the sight of these elders...

The information channels for these descendants of the high elves are not completely closed. Although Camilla tried hard to cover up all traces of the city in the initial development stage of Elson City, as the development speed suddenly accelerates now, a lot of information will naturally come and go. The crowd leaked out. Now the Sacred Council already knows the prosperity of this city, and also knows that it is a very powerful fortress city, which perfectly fits their target expectations!

What surprised them even more was that the guardian of this city was the Camilla they were familiar with!

Naturally, the elders would not naively think that Camilla still obeys the congregation, but they, who are familiar with the history of the High Elves, understand the importance of the Guardian very well. In other words, controlling the Guardian is basically equivalent to holding this key to the city.

As for the city lord Rody... The information collected by the Holy Association only shows that he is a nobleman famous for his military exploits, and his rise is faster than anyone imagined. As for his achievements, in the eyes of the Holy Society, they are really fake exaggerations. Although they are of reference value, they cannot be fully believed.

Exaggerating military exploits is the most normal thing in the human world, and the spread of one against three can become one against a thousand. As for Augustine, the Elder of Viper Cross and so on, it sounds more like nonsense.

No matter what others think, Elder Dominique judges this way.

The cold wind was howling outside the magic tower, but Dominic was talking with several mages on the top floor of the warm magic tower about the next most critical plan of the Holy Meeting:

According to the records, the 'Guardian' is connected to the entire city, and her individual strength will definitely increase a lot. At the same time, she has a very strong control over the city. She can even monitor everyone who enters the city.

The elder was dressed in a white and blue robe and had gray hair. Although he looked old, he was extremely handsome. As one of the eight people with the highest voice in the Holy Meeting, his magic strength is also very good, reaching the advanced level of 48.

Elder Dominique, how can we avoid her detection?

Ordinary camouflage may not be effective, so we need to wear some special accessories. Dominique took out a wooden box, which was full of badges exuding magic fluctuations.

The magic circle on the badge was left behind by the previous owner of the magic tower, and it was specially used to shield the peeping spells. And what Dominic took out afterwards is obviously the highlight of the show. A purple crystal ball was presented in front of everyone. He tapped it lightly with his staff, and there was a jumping shadow inside: 'Ball of Imprisonment', this It’s the key to everything we have.”

Can it really work on Camilla?

A female arcanist in a blue robe stood up and approached her, while watching, she said, Camilla was not weak in the first place, and the city built by the 'half-god' Khadgar was by no means comparable to an ordinary city...I This, this is the Dragon Clan?!

Her exclamation caught the attention of several mages nearby, and seven or eight high-ranking arcanists present gathered around one after another. They were all surprised to find that there was really a dragon inside the crystal ball!

To their surprise, the dragon was not a phantom, but a real dragon imprisoned in the folding space in the crystal ball.

However, it is not an adult dragon with a huge body like Melinthra, but a relatively dull young dragon among dragons. Spells of dragons. In a sense, they are closer to beasts, because young dragons have no language ability, and cannot have a body size of more than 20 meters. Among the dragons, they can only be cannon fodder units in combat, similar to the infantry in human wars.

It's just cannon fodder, but it also depends on who you compare it with. In the human world, even the little dragons are all existences with an advanced level of 50 or above. Even if they don't know magic, the flying ability, high defense, and high magic resistance dragon scales, coupled with powerful power, can abuse a person. It's still easy to treat the magister...

According to the records, the imprisoned ball is enough to contain the existence under the demigod. This young dragon is my harvest half a year ago. No matter how strong Camilla is, it is impossible to become a demigod in two years.

Dominic's words are already obvious, as long as he can get close to Camilla and imprison her, it will be no problem to control Elson City.

Then what if she doesn't want to cooperate?

A mage asked aloud: At the beginning, she gave up the opportunity to advance beyond the rules, and would rather go to that place where the birds don't shit for 12 years... This temper is not ordinary stubborn.

There is a way to cooperate, and if you don't cooperate

Dominique's wand was on the crystal ball, and in an instant, the mages around saw the young dragon inside began to twitch and roll violently, obviously suffering from great pain.

Since the guardian is unwilling to guard Elson, then we choose to replace it with a new one.

*****

In Elson City, the busy Camilla didn't know that someone was watching her.

In the past three months, she has hardly been idle for a single day. If she hadn't followed Roddy's suggestion and assigned various political affairs to officials at all levels, I'm afraid that even her sleeping time would have been compressed.

The reason is mainly because the results of Autumn Harvest exceeded everyone's imagination.

Before Luodi implemented long tillage, fertilization, and regular artificial rainfall, no one would have thought that the grain yield could be so high. Even if the research on hybridization has not yet begun, this farming method still increases the yield by an average of 2.2 times!

In other words, from now on, Elson City will directly get rid of the embarrassing situation of needing Houllier City to deliver food. Not only can it be self-sufficient, but it can also start to feed back the entire Efta!

The red faces of the farmers near Elson were in stark contrast to the refugees in the eastern part of the kingdom at the same moment. They originally had low taxes, and the net income after such a bumper harvest is almost comparable to the sum of the previous four or five years. For farmers in this era, this kind of income is completely beyond imagination, almost catching up with many residents in the current cities. .

After the harvest, Elson City also purchased the surplus grain at a fixed price, so the farmers could also have some spare money, and they could go directly to Elson City along the compacted road to buy fresh things.

Smooth and level roads open up commercial routes. In three months, the road network has connected four towns near Elson, and the main road has been extended to the Endel Mine outside Houllier. It is estimated that in another month, the road connecting the two major cities will be completely unobstructed, allowing the commercial activities of the entire Efta to quickly enter the blowout stage.