Imperial Crown

Raven finally chose the Fireball Technique.

Sikoret and Raven are two in one, and will never harm his interests.

To complete the engraving, Raven needs to use mental power as a pen and magic power as ink during meditation to construct the overall configuration of the magic in his magic pool.

This is a slow and steady process.

Even after thousands of years of development, the structure of the Fireball Technique has been simplified to the extreme, and it still has 9 different magic circuits. It will take at least two or three months to complete the construction.

Just as Raven was leisurely studying magic, the Nord Province was already in an uproar.

Because Marquis Anthony had just returned to Monen City and announced a major event-officially began to calculate the previous battle merits with the Death Hand Cult!

And he also announced that after several months of investigation, he had obtained detailed evidence and knew who was falsely reporting the merits.

If you take the initiative to surrender, you can be punished lightly and severely. Otherwise, at the least, the territory will be deprived, and at the worst, the title will be deprived!

It is interesting to note that before the announcement, Earl Tyrone of the Slater family held a grand birthday party, with invitations to most of the Nord province, except for those nobles who were closely related to the Fox family.

Moreover, there is another fact.

Earl Tyrone's birthday is not on the days when the party is held.

When the news reached his ears, Gul'dan, who was dancing with a beauty in his arms, could not sit still immediately.

He rushed to the outside of Montreal's study, tidied his appearance, took a breath, and then gently knocked on the door.

"Come in."

The room was dim, and Montreal sat at the desk with his back to the window, with his hands crossed under his chin.

The moonlight shone in from the window, illuminating his gray hair and half of his old face.

Gul'dan's face tightened. It was the first time he saw Montreal so haggard.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that his father was really old.

"Father..."

Montreal flicked his finger, and the strong wind activated the magic lamp, lighting up the room: "Sit down."

Guldan bowed his head and said: "...Father, what should we do?"

This was the first time in his life that Guldan felt helpless.

In order to resolve this crisis, the Fox family made many attempts and efforts, such as inviting Marquis Anthony to visit, giving some valuable "artworks", and Montreal even went to Monen City in person to visit Anthony himself.

But all these had no effect. Anthony refused all invitations; he accepted all gifts, but immediately gave gifts of equal value; Anthony simply avoided Montreal's visit.

"There is no way." Montreal said calmly: "Marquis Anthony came on behalf of His Majesty the King. As long as we are still subjects of the Keynes Empire, we cannot fight him."

"Even if he stands with the Slater family unabashedly and suppresses us, there is no way to find any problems."

Guldan lowered his head even lower. At this moment, he felt a little resentful towards his father.

If Montreal had not accepted Archbishop Thomas's proposal and got too close to the Church of Light, allowing the Church of Light to station troops near Hovi City, the Fox family would not have been targeted by His Majesty the King to such an extent!

Immediately, this resentment turned into resentment and was transferred to Archbishop Thomas.

As early as when Marquis Anthony just arrived in Nord Province, Guldan had visited Thomas for help, but was rejected by Archbishop Thomas.

At that time, Archbishop Thomas made it clear that if he intervened in this matter, it would be disadvantageous to the Fox family.

That's the truth, but the more Gul'dan thought about it, the more he felt that it was exactly the same as his own rhetoric of coaxing an ignorant girl into bed and then not wanting to take responsibility for the incident.

"It seems that we can only take the initiative to re-count the military merits and report them." Gul'dan said with a bitter face: "This is much better than waiting for Marquis Anthony to take the initiative to announce the results. They are all nobles, he shouldn't be too extreme..."

Some things may not be as heavy as a feather if they are not weighed on the scale; but if they are weighed on the scale, they may be as heavy as a mountain.

Military merits are like this.

Montreal shook his head: "It's good that you can think of this step, but it's not enough."

"Before that, I need to take the initiative to give up the position of Governor of Nord Province."

"But father, this price is too high!" Gul'dan was stunned for a moment, and said excitedly: "This governor position has been held by our Fox family for 200 years!"

Although he cannot interfere with military power, the governor is responsible for the business and government affairs of the entire province.

The most critical power is to collect taxes.

Collect taxes in Nord Province and then escort them to the capital!

Millions of gold coins are handled every year, and the profits are so rich that ordinary people can hardly imagine.

If it weren't for this position, the Fox family, which is inferior in territory, population, and economy, would not have the capital to compete with the Slater family!

Handing over the position of governor will directly damage the interests of the Fox family.

"The territory is the foundation, kid." Montreal has obviously made plans: "It seems that cooperating with the Church of Light before was indeed a stupid move, which made the young king hate us very much."

"Even if I hold on to my position as governor, Anthony will take away my title of governor based on my military exploits, and even losing my territory may become a reality. At this point, only by actively showing cooperation can we have a chance of survival."

Guldan was convinced by Montreal, but knowing the truth did not mean he could accept it. He slapped his thigh hard: "Damn Anthony, damn country..."

"Be careful!" Montreal yelled sternly: "Gul'dan, remember, treat your monarch with more respect than you treat the gods!"

"Yes..." Gul'dan looked even more depressed and answered feebly. Montreal's loss of the title of Governor meant that he could not inherit this position.

Knowing that his son was speaking without hesitation, Montreal's expression softened slightly: "Gul'dan, as a noble, you must not only consider yourself, but also our vassals."

"They surround us just to get more benefits."

"Now I take the initiative to hand over the position of governor, not only to protect myself, but also to protect them. Otherwise, Marquis Anthony really launches a thorough investigation, causing them heavy losses, and their hearts will collapse."

"On the other hand, if we protect them, they will naturally stand on our side. With their support, Anthony and Tyrone will not dare to kill us."

"Marquis Anthony cannot bear the consequences of forcing us to a desperate situation."

Gul'dan leaned back on his chair, poured himself a glass of wine, and drank it without saying a word, obviously not listening much.

Montreal sighed in his heart. Gul'dan's poor ability to withstand pressure made him a little disappointed, which inevitably reminded him of Raven.

The more disadvantaged the family falls into, the more they need external aid, and Raven is undoubtedly the most important of the many foreign aids.

Now it seems that marrying Nancy to Raven was the best decision he made in recent years.

"Under the current circumstances, it is inconvenient for me to leave." Montreal said: "Get ready and go to the Eagle Territory on my behalf to discuss with Raven and determine the wedding date, as well as the betrothal gift and dowry."

"But before that, we need to redesign the gift list. The previous dowry was too thin."

Hearing these words, Gul'dan's brow suddenly knitted into a knot.

The previous gift list was already too much in his opinion, and now he wants to increase the amount?

Montreal didn't care about Gourdan's attitude.

In the next period of time, the Fox family will become weaker and weaker.

That's why we need to support Raven even more - the stronger he is, the better off the Fox family will be!

On the other side, Raven was not very surprised when he heard the news announced by Marquis Anthony.

After all, Marquis Anthony is here, so he can’t just buy a mirror, right?

Moreover, the weaker the Fox family is, it is a good thing for him. A strong wife family is not a help most of the time.

So with almost no distractions, Raven still focused on the carving of the fireball technique.

Fireball has 9 different magic circuits. Shortly after the first circuit was completed, the ordered Intellectual Magic Network finally arrived along with various materials and combat techniques.

Because the Intellectual Magic Network is extremely sensitive to magic power, it cannot be installed into space equipment. It was transported by the third-level magician Monroe himself on a flying carpet.

For such a large order, the Mages Guild provides a full set of services, including the installation of the equipment itself, the development of the magic well, and a full set of tutorials on how to build the platform yourself.

After staying at Eagle Castle for two days, Monroe finally left. However, he always maintained a joke-like attitude from the beginning to the end, and obviously did not think Raven's consumption was wise enough.

Having the Magic Network of Knowledge is only the foundation. Building a platform requires at least four steps.

First, it is to create a magic well to provide energy for the knowledge magic network.

For this simple version of the Intellectual Magic Network, which is only the fourth level, the Mage Guild can do it for you. After all, its energy consumption is not very large, and the first level magic well is enough.

Secondly, it is to adjust the intellectual magic network itself to a specific fluctuation frequency, because its working principle is to use magic fluctuations to transmit messages. If the fluctuations are not unique enough and not encrypted, then in the eyes of the magician, it will not be able to communicate with the world. the difference.

The third step is to build your own platform on the Magic Web of Knowledge. This step is a completely unfamiliar field for many magicians, and it is also the most difficult step. There are many great magicians in history who bought wisdom on a whim. There is a precedent of still gathering dust on the side after knowing the Demonic Network.

The fourth is to design a magic circle for communication platform from scratch, and it must be carefully considered, otherwise the person who obtains the magic circle can completely use the magic circle to influence, destroy or even control the platform itself through reverse operations. .

This is also the most difficult step in the whole process. Only the Mage Guild itself, with its many magicians, can have stable manpower to guard the platform to prevent damage.

A ready-made example is that even the royal family of the Keynesian Empire could not afford a communication network that could communicate across the country, and only deployed an intellectual magic network in five provinces near the royal capital.

After all, magicians are hard to find, and if you want to operate the platform developed by the Intellectual Magic Network, you must have magic power.

Not to mention the simple version of the Intellectual Magic Network purchased by Raven, which can barely cover from the Eagle Territory to Meng En City, less than one-third of the entire Nord province, and the market size is too small; even if it can Covering the entire Nord province, he must be able to find so many magicians!

But what Monroe didn't know was that Raven's mind was filled with souls from another world.

Many concepts that other magicians couldn't understand were very clear to Raven.

The Intellectual Magic Network was the server, the platform was the network, and the terminal array was the mobile phone and computer.

Therefore, in Monroe's eyes, the third and fourth steps that Raven had been stuck on for a long time were not insurmountable difficulties.

Building your own platform is ultimately a kind of programming.

Raven did this in his previous life!

Because he had been stuck in his ways for thousands of years, in Raven's eyes, the language used in the Intellectual Magic Network was actually quite rough, with many redundant and useless designs.

After becoming familiar with the rules, Raven only took 23 days to build a platform that could run smoothly.

Raven named it "Sky Eagle".

In this process, December passed and the time came to January 1196 in the Bright Calendar.

As for the fourth step, it was completed even earlier than the third step.

The opportunity actually lay with Petty.

She awakened and became an alchemist. Although she had magic power, she could not draw magic circles independently, and the Deep Blue Platform could help an alchemist gain a lot of knowledge.

Therefore, Raven specially designed a portable enchanted prop, which was similar to the specifications of a laptop in his previous life.

Raven was too lazy to name it, and Petty called it "The Book of Magic Power".

The Book of Magic Power uses misty iron as the main frame, engraved with the magic circle that communicates with the Deep Blue Platform, and combined with magic crystals, it can allow even people without magic power to use the platform.

With just a slight change, this portable prop can be connected to the Sky Eagle Platform.

Due to the structural design of the Book of Magic Power, if you want to reversely invade through the magic circle above, you must destroy it, and after destroying it, the magic circle will naturally lose its effectiveness.

In theory, Raven only needs to make sure that the original design of the magic circle does not leak out, and there is no need to worry about other magicians destroying it.

So in the next few days, Raven taught Petty how to operate the Intellectual Magic Network and asked Petty to help write detailed information of various goods on the Sky Eagle Platform.

At the same time, Raven also placed an order with the forge and gave a blueprint of the Book of Magic.

As long as the blueprint is accurate, the gray dwarves can do well in the two steps of shaping and construction. Only the last step of magic supply needs to be completed by Raven himself.

This is also the common method of most families producing enchanted equipment - after all, hundreds or thousands of pieces are shipped every year. If all the processes rely on magicians, they will be exhausted.

Since the quantity is not large, the forge only took two days to complete the production of the first batch of 120 books of magic, of which 46 could not be enchanted due to insufficient enchantment patterns, and the yield rate was about 62%.

For the first forging, it is very good, and there is still room for improvement.

And the 74 finished products that can be enchanted were processed by Raven, and 58 books of magic were born, and then Simon immediately took them and distributed them to every member of the Merchant Alliance for free.

Each of the 12 nobles in Xuefeng County was allocated 2 units, a total of 24 units.

As for the remaining 34, Raven sent them to Monen City, where Denise would distribute them.

Raven has great ambitions.

The "Sky Eagle Platform" built this time is not only to integrate trade information, but also to make it a social, leisure and entertainment platform.

Therefore, it not only has trading functions, but also communication and chat sections, and the points system of the business alliance is also added.

By consuming points, you can get some entertainment resources on the platform.

As for what the entertainment resources are - the bard Rocco gave Raven a very good inspiration, and now it is just right to put it into practice.

"Lord of Mysteries", a grand series!

As for the effect, we can only wait and see.

Because Raven's territory has a brand new harvest.

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