Chapter 246: Further Development of the Humans

Chapter 246: Further Development of the Humans

Half a day later.

[You have conquered Tien City!]

[You gained "Stardust Diamond Chest" x1!]

Zhang Nu received a conquest notification. He was not surprised by the capture of Tien City, but what astonished him was the high quality of the loot---this time, he obtained a diamond chest. What's going on? Why was the quality so high? The territory of Tien county was not high-level, and in terms of scale, it was the smallest among the nearby county territories. Zhang Nu speculated that it might be related to the city's large number of reinforcements, which increased the level of the city, thus boosting the quality of the reward.

Not bad. A pleasant surprise, indeed. Zhang Nu directly claimed the reward.

[You opened the Diamond Treasure Chest. You've gained "Gold" x30 million, "Blueprint: Elemental Sanctuary" x1, "Level 5 Building Upgrade Scroll" x1, "Life Gems" x10,000, "Fire Gems" x10,000, "Earth Gems" x10,000, "Water Gems" x10,000!]

Not bad at all. Thirty million gold, a Level 5 blueprint, a Level 5 upgrade scroll, and forty thousand gems of various attributes. The total value was quite astonishing. Among them, the Level 5 blueprint was a blueprint for a Level 5 special building.

[Blueprint: Elemental Sanctuary] Level 5 special building blueprint. Costs gold x9 million, light gem x1500, life gem x1500, elemental gem x2000 each. You may construct an Elemental Sanctuary within your territory.

Although it was a special building, the construction cost was quite cheap. Without hesitation, Zhang Nu immediately constructed the building.

[You've constructed the Elemental Sanctuary!]

[You've unlocked the ability to summon human units!]

[You've gained a new summonable population: Level 1 Elemental Mage +30,000, Level 1 Rare Elemental Mage +15,000, Level 2 Elemental Mage +15,000, Level 2 Rare Elemental Mage +8000, Level 3 Elemental Mage +8000, Level 3 Rare Elemental Mage +5000, Level 4 Elemental Mage +5000, Level 4 Rare Elemental Mage +3000, Level 5 Elemental Mage +3000, Level 5 Rare Elemental Mage +1500!]

Clearly, the Elemental Sanctuary possessed a barracks' summoning function. It could unlock approximately 100,000 summonable units in one go. This quantity was quite astonishing, but all of them were elites, without any lord or overlord units.Neew updates at novel/bin(.)com

Zhang Nu had a Level 4 building, the "High Mage Guild," which also had the ability to summon human mages. However, the difference lay in the fact that the mages summoned by the magic guild were relatively more expensive but generally had rich knowledge reserves and production skills. The elemental sanctuary could summon elemental mages. Their combat power was higher than the High Mage Guild's summons, the prices were cheaper, but they lacked the scholars' rich knowledge and had no production research abilities.

In essence, the Elemental Sanctuary summoned units that were specialized in single-element magic and had high combat power. The mages from the Elemental Sanctuary were divided into regular elemental mages and rare elemental mages. The regular ones covered the wind, fire, water, and earth elements, while the rare ones included light, dark, and thunder elements.

One could customize the choice of elemental attributes as needed. For example, if one aimed for high damage, Zhang Nu could summon only fire and thunder mages. With tens of thousands of fire and thunder mages on the battlefield, a single wave of magic could flatten a city, displaying terrifying power.

Therefore, the Elemental Sanctuary's appearance effectively increased the strength of the Darkness Legion. However, the functionality of the Elemental Sanctuary was not limited to recruitment alone. It could also be a place to learn various elemental magic. All citizens, all races, and even non-territorial citizens could go in and study. The higher the level of magic, the longer it would take to learn---C-rank magic would only take a week, A-rank magic would require a month, and at least a Level 4 lord's strength.

In summary, the functionality was quite powerful. The cost of constructing this building was not high but could effectively enhance the magical strength of the territory. Zhang Nu expressed satisfaction with the Elemental Sanctuary's functionality.

As she spoke, Bai Jie opened a sealed scroll, revealing several weapons resembling guns.

[Fine Magic Ray Gun] Level 1 magitek weapon. It can be charged with various elemental energy gems. Each gem provides 20 elemental shots. Each shot deals a minimum of 300 fixed elemental damage to targets within 300 meters!

[Gnome's Flameblast Magitek Cannon] Level 2 magitek weapon. Consumes 1 fire gem for every shot fired. It can fire a flameblast shot towards its target with a 500 meter range causing up to 1000 points of fiery explosion damage, as well as an area of effect burning status.

Zhang Nu's eyes lit up. Has production already begun? He immediately inquired, "How is the production output?"

Bai Jie immediately replied, "We have recruited tens of thousands of human workers locally and dispatched ten thousand gnome magitek technicians and alchemists. Currently, we can assemble one thousand Magitek Ray Guns and one hundred Flameblast Magitek Cannons per day."

"This is just the beginning; the efficiency of the Imperial Workshop is very high, and there is enough human labor locally. Our production capacity will increase over time."

Zhang Nu was very satisfied. "Good, very good. Seize the time to expand production at the maximum speed and let the Gnome Magitek Research Institute develop more magitek equipment!"

While these weapons were almost junk to Zhang Nu personally, they held great value for the territories. A single ordinary Magitek Ray Gun had attacking power comparable to a Level 1 elite mage's magic. This allowed the direct arming of a large number of seemingly powerless humans.

Of course, what Zhang Nu valued more was the arms trade market. In a world filled with conflicts, there was a constant demand for weapons. While the traditional weapons, armor, and staff markets were already well-established and the Ironheart City was already doing a great job, creating a renowned brand in this field was challenging. On the other hand, establishing a high-entry-barrier, low-volume, and practical equipment market was crucial. Zhang Nu planned to establish a magitek weapon manufacturing center in the Kolo region. In the future, he intended to export magictek weapons as a distinctive product of the Chaos Federation, earning a substantial amount of gold for the federation.

Compared to ordinary weapons and equipment, the potential in this market was immense. It was enough to drive the economy of human territories and stimulate an increase in the working population.

Zhang Nu assigned detailed tasks to his two human subordinates, and they immediately left without delay. There was much work to be done for the prosperity of the Darkness City and for the Demon King.

......

While Zhang Nu was completing the deployment of the new plan, in the main city of Bachor, Grand Duke Bachor's expression changed as he received news about the defeat in the battle of Tien City and the fall of his Blood Lion Knight Order.

"What happened? Why did we fail?" Duke Bachor felt a sense of powerlessness. The battle should not have ended in such a tragic defeat no matter how one analyzed it.

At that moment, an intelligence report was delivered to Duke Bachor. After reading it, his expression immediately turned grave. "The Chaos Forest has an Elven King, and she's a Level 6 Elven King!"

Unbelievable. In the surrounding areas of the Thunder Empire, there were indeed habitats of the elven race. However, Elven Kings had not appeared for at least a thousand or two thousand years. Now, not only had a king appeared, but she was a high level Elven King. Even the renowned Mage King of the empire had died at her hands, leaving no remains!

The terrifying strength of this person made Duke Bachor feel a sense of powerlessness. Even if he were to face her, victory would not be guaranteed. Duke Bachor began to realize the complexity of the situation in the Chaos Forest, which shook his determination.

Should he immediately seek help from the empire?"