Hundreds of trucks pulled by bipedal lizards slowly stopped outside the east gate of New Hermida City. The leader of the caravan was a middle-aged Rakshasa demon. He didn't wait for the vehicle he was sitting in to stop and jumped from above. He jumped down and walked quickly towards the city guard soldiers who were blocking the way. The procedures for entering the city were quickly completed. According to Ryan's wishes, Senetia, the acting city lord of New Elmida, simplified many procedures. , for example, caravans transporting goods in and out like this, as long as they establish a branch in New Hermida City and pay taxes, they can travel almost unimpeded after reporting, and they don't even need to pay tolls.
Of course, this does not mean that this emerging city is undefended from the outside. The Public Security Department, which is really responsible for city security, has an all-pervasive presence. So when the entire convoy was about halfway through, a dozen dark elves wearing the black uniforms of the Public Security Department appeared. Standing out from the shadows strangely, he intercepted the convoy again. Looking at these expressionless dark elves, the Rakshasa demon leader of the caravan could not help but twitch the corners of his mouth a few times. He changed in this war. He became a slave, but he regained his freedom because of the gift of the city lord. Therefore, when he saw these dark elves who had enslaved him, he could not help but think of that unforgettable experience.
"What's going on with these guys?" The captain of the Public Security Department, who is headed by him, is about the level of a high-level legend. This strength is actually not very powerful in New Hermida City, but when he appeared, he gave everyone present an extremely... Under heavy pressure, the captain of the Public Security Department pointed at the several adventurers following the convoy and asked the leader of the Chamber of Commerce: "When did your Arcadi Chamber of Commerce recruit guards at the legendary peak level? Can you afford this level of servants?" I need a reasonable explanation for the price of soldiers."
"The pinnacle of legend." The leader of the Rakshasa Demon Chamber of Commerce was completely stunned after hearing this word. He almost subconsciously turned his head and looked back, looking at the dozen adventurers he hired temporarily, but he couldn't tell at all. Who among them has reached the legendary peak level mentioned by the captain of the Public Security Department. This time, the Arcadi Chamber of Commerce trafficked more goods, so the leader of the chamber of commerce temporarily hired some people in the Adventurer's Guild, but he himself also He never expected that among the adventurers who had been getting along day and night along the way, there were actually people at the peak of the legendary level. If he had known this earlier, he would never have dared to provoke those peak legendary experts even if they were willing to lower themselves. After all, hiring a The price of reaching the legendary peak is not enough even if he transports this kind of goods ten more times, and he has to be always worried about what other ideas the other party has.
The captain of the Public Security Department looked at the face of the leader of the Chamber of Commerce. He immediately understood that even the leader of the Chamber of Commerce might not know the real inside story, so the captain without hesitation put his fingers into his mouth and blew a rapid whistle. , after receiving this warning and calling for help, other members of the Public Security Department rushed over. After about a dozen breaths, nearly a hundred members of the Public Security Department, also wearing black uniforms, surrounded the place from different directions. Surrounded, firmly blocking the way those adventurers might escape,
The dozen adventurers who were surrounded were originally scattered on both sides of the convoy. However, after the patrol team of the Public Security Department surrounded them, most of them carefully held down their weapons. They not only had to be wary of the security guards outside. The patrol members had to be wary of their companions who had been with them for more than half a month, lest someone suddenly get angry and hurt someone. Unlike these mercenaries who were careful and vigilant, there were three dark elves, one man and two women, standing there with normal expressions, seemingly I don't really care about what happens here,
In this way, the target pointed out by the head of the Public Security Department was naturally revealed. The other adventurer mercenaries slowly backed away from the location of the three dark elves, while the patrol members of the Public Security Department drew their weapons. Pushing towards the three dark elves, looking at the tense postures around them, a female dark elf suddenly said: "Your disguise magic is too weak, and you can actually be seen through by a small high-level legendary warrior..."
The male dark elf seemed a little embarrassed. He pointed at the captain of the Public Security Department who discovered his disguise, and explained: "This sentence is actually not accurate. If he takes off the magic jewelry on his wrist, I will I bet you he won't notice a thing."
The male dark elf's words also caused everyone around to look at the captain of the Public Security Department. As expected, those with good eyesight saw a magic jewelry about half the size of a palm on the other person's wrist. At this time, the pointer in the center of the jewelry was exactly the same. It swayed slightly in the direction of the speaking dark elf, and at the same time, the magic circle on the magic jewelry also gave off a faint orange halo. It was obviously this magic jewelry that could detect the surroundings that made the captain of the Public Security Department see through it. disguised as three dark elves,
"Hahahaha, it's so interesting, so interesting." The female dark elf who spoke suddenly laughed regardless of her image. She already understood that the identity of herself and others was exposed purely because of her own fault. The magic created by her companions The item did not have any functional restrictions, such as being ineffective on himself, so this magic detection sextant was finally used on himself. Although this was only an innocuous effect, she took risks along the way. The impression this companion gave me was definitely one of decisiveness, youthfulness and perseverance. Unexpectedly, when he returned to the opponent's territory, he encountered such an unexpected incident. How could he not make this disguised female dark elf laugh? More than that,
The male dark elf who had finished explaining did not wait for the surrounding members of the Public Security Department to speak. He first put his hands on his face and kneaded it a few times. Then he took off a magic mask, revealing a face that was extremely familiar to everyone present. That discovery The captain of the Public Security Department, whose identity he had concealed, almost groaned and called out the name of the man disguised as a male dark elf: "Mr. Lane, you... aren't you still... meditating in seclusion."
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An hour later, in the mansion of the city lord of New Elmida City, a total of six people, including Ryan, Faras, the reincarnated Matron Herest, and the mother and daughter Maris who came after hearing the news, were sitting around the dining table. While enjoying dinner, they talked about what happened in the year after Ryan left. This adventure in Lost Peak lasted for almost eleven months, which is really not a long time for intelligent creatures from other worlds. What, because the powerful races here can easily live for hundreds of years. If the promotion of legend breaks through the individual limit, the life span will continue to be extended. Otherwise, there will not be a large number of domain-level experts who have lived for tens of thousands of years. There are demigod kings like Mother Herest who have existed for tens of thousands of years.
Although Ryan left New Hermida City, he had already entrusted the management of these territories to Senetia. Her mother, sister and the entire Hrudian family are Senetia's strong backing. So within a year, this territory had completely gotten rid of the shadow of the war and entered a period of rapid development.
Of course, although Ryan is not here, he is undoubtedly the biggest contributor behind all the changes here. Because of Ryan's existence, there will be such a buffer zone between the dark elves and the Rakshasa demons, which will deter other ambitious forces and combinations. , so that they dare not get involved here. Without the war and various constraints, if Maris and the others could not even do such a small thing as focusing on development, the Hrudian family would have become the leader in the chaotic city of Isopaton. A victim of the family's bloody battle,
After briefly talking about the changes in the territory, Maris turned the topic to the most important event in the other world at the moment. The dark elves teamed up with the Thor demon, the Rakshasa demon and the slaad tribe to join forces to besiege the illithids. The beholder's territory has been reduced by two-thirds under the joint attack of the four races. Under the temptation of huge benefits, the beholder clan, which has been wavering beside them, could not bear it anymore and finally mobilized a large number of troops to join the battle group. , and was the first to invade the core territory of the illithid, which also meant that the entire war entered the next stage,
Due to the outbreak of war, many cities on the Illithid side will naturally enter a wartime state and cannot freely enter and exit. Commercial trade will inevitably be affected, so many chambers of commerce are forced to develop new businesses in other directions, and Ryan The territory has become the first choice of most people. In addition, the powerful people of Thor Demon and other races regard the magic arena here as a place for actual combat training, so New Hermida City has almost become the entire region. It is a new commercial center. The only thing it lacks now should be a kind of heritage, which is a certain charm unique to all super big cities in other worlds. If New Hermida City wants to get to that point, even if there are seven kings together Joint support will also take hundreds of years to slowly settle down.
After enjoying a sumptuous dinner, Ryan ordered Senetia to prepare a courtyard for the reincarnation of Mother Herest in the city lord's mansion. The latter would live here for a period of time as Boyadinas. This was also The agreement they reached on their way back, as a price for protecting the temporarily weak distraction of Matron Herrest, Ryan will learn the method of condensing distraction from Matron Herrest, thereby further mastering it. This is not the first time that Ryan has seen the technique of using plane projection. This magic was also revealed by Catherine of Lich Sandro, Demigod Lich, etc. in front of Ryan. This powerful spell gave him strength at that time. The shock brought by Ryan who was not strong enough has not been eliminated until now. Now he can actually master such skills. Even if he has to pay a certain price, Ryan doesn't want to let it go so easily, so he made this second transaction.