After hearing the very straightforward answers from several subordinates, Ryan leaned on his seat without saying a word. Judging from the entire incident, Ying Shang's plan was undoubtedly successful, but unfortunately this success was only at the tactical level. Because the looming dispute in Cassano is of no importance to Ryan. As long as he is a little cold-blooded, he can settle the matter just by killing. However, the secret of the ruins of the Temple of Apocalypse is enough to affect the survival of the entire continent. Once it triggers its internal conflicts Seal, the consequences will be absolutely disastrous,
It's just that Ryan can't blame these young men and women, because the secrets of the Temple of Apocalypse are strictly guarded, and they don't know about it, and the only place that can pose a threat near Cassano is the Cursed Swamp, and they basically don't have much. choice, so if you want to blame, Ryan himself must bear part of the responsibility first. His move to transfer Christina was too hasty, and there was no follow-up personnel arrangement, so that Shadow Shang lacked a person who was strong enough and had a high enough status to directly Talk to Ryan and learn about the boss's many important secrets,
"Okay, let's end this matter here." After Ryan pondered for a moment, he decided not to pursue what had happened. At least from the perspective of these Shadow Leaders in front of them, they just did what they should do. It was just a matter of course. Instead of blaming Ryan, he wanted to reward you greatly, so he quickly gave out some gifts: "You work hard, of course I won't treat you badly. When you go back, think about what you need and report tomorrow." Give me a list, and I will personally tailor a magic item for you."
Hearing the promise made by Ryan, the eyes of several young men and women present immediately shone brightly. They already knew that Ryan was good at enchantment, including Barbara's snake kiss, Adela's full-body armor, and Vivian's leather armor and weapons, including Sophie's dagger of the same name as the first leader of Shadow Shang and Christina's two-handed giant sword, are all the best among the best, although they are not the same. I don’t know that the Shadow Sword and Andrew’s two-handed giant sword are not the works of Ryan, but as long as the magic items given by Ryan can have half the power of this weapon, it will be enough for them to gain a foothold on the entire continent and have enough force protection. , coupled with excellent planning, these shadow leaders are confident that they will do better in the future.
After sending away these subordinates, Ryan leaned on his seat and began to think about how Shadow Shang, an organization that wanders in shadows and darkness, should develop in the future. This was not because Ryan had any particularly big ambitions, but because he was particularly lacking in what he had on hand. With the manpower and power available, the development of the Netherworld must involve all allies. And until now, the entire plane has not been completely controlled, so Christina was transferred there.
Comparing it to the New Alpha Province in another world, Ryan can easily spot the difference. He does not need to intervene in the daily affairs of the territory there. Senetia and the Hrudian family have done everything properly. Sure, but in such a small place as Cassano, there have been two internal disputes. This has to show that in the continent of Eslar, Ryan lacks a strong helper. Since Sophie and Christina have Having laid the corresponding foundation, of course Ryan must make good use of it.
However, how to manage Shadowshang in the future makes Ryan quite troubled. According to his plan, this organization will integrate the power of the entire plane of Eslar Continent and even the Netherworld for Ryan, and it will inevitably become a formidable organization. It is a terrifying behemoth. Christina's method can only guarantee the problem of faith when the scale is small. Once the strength expands, there will definitely be various hidden dangers. This requires Ryan to come up with ways to make up for it in advance. After thinking about it, he found that, There are actually two choices before him,
The first one is, of course, to turn all important members of the organization into his own believers, and Lane will grant power based on the piety of these believers, so that there is no need to worry about betrayal, corruption, etc. among his subordinates. With the strength of the strong men in Lane's field, Strength, this can still be achieved reluctantly. After all, the scope of influence is only limited to a part of the territory in a plane. There must be certain restrictions on the number of believers that can be developed. It is impossible to exceed the scale of the Church of Light. However, Ryan is very interested in the development of the church. The interest of voters and believers is not very great;
According to the camp system of gods described by Siris, Ryan feels that although he controls the power of chaos, of course this power is definitely very complex and weak compared to the real gods, but he still relies on his own conscience when dealing with others. As for Wei, he believes in kindness and justice, but will not follow the expectations and rules set by others. Ryan has his own set of rules in his heart. As long as his bottom line is not touched, Ryan can be intimate with the holy knight of justice. , you can also go on adventures with evil dark elves,
Although this kind of principle prevents Ryan from setting up mortal enemies just because of his beliefs, such as the Church of Light that completely targets evil creatures, it also makes it difficult for him to have the idea of developing a large team of believers. If there are only a few important Ryan would not refuse a character like Senetia, but since he cannot gain power from the piety of believers like the God of Light or the Goddess Rose, such a large-scale development of believers is tantamount to a loss. With his own strength, Ryan has not yet shown selfless love to this extent.
Since this option was rejected, Ryan naturally had only the second way to go. He remembered the unique inheritance method of the vampires. After receiving the first support from the vampires of their fathers, although the newly born vampires have the right to independence in thought and behavior, But they would almost never disobey the orders of their fathers’ vampires, because that is the source of their strength and life, and the code of conduct of “hide under the sun and wander in the darkness” that the vampires believe in is also very consistent with the Shadow Shang organization. Similarly, if we use the blood clan's method to manage Shadow Shang, we might get twice the result with half the effort.
After thinking of this, Ryan made up his mind decisively. He now has Emilia, a direct bloodline of the vampire Mokavi family. At the beginning, Ryan was not strong enough, so he was naturally unwilling to let this vampire girl develop the tribe wantonly. But now Ryan asked himself that even if he could face the entire Vampire family, he would not care too much about these little things. Therefore, it was definitely a good idea to let her return from the front line to take over Shadow Shang, but Ryan also considered Barbara in the expeditionary force. and Red have already rotated back to the continent of Eslar. If Emilia, who is in charge of scouting, is also recalled, Adela, as the commander-in-chief, will inevitably fall into an awkward situation of being stretched thin, and it will be easy for outsiders to contact them unnecessarily. Seeing what her cousin had done recently, she thought that Ryan was punishing him and causing unnecessary trouble.
Furthermore, Ryan also has another concern. The inheritance of the blood clan is certainly valid, but once a stronger vampire strongman appears, will Emilia, who leads Shadow Shang, succumb to this tradition of the blood clan, even if she and her All of his subordinates are trustworthy in terms of their thoughts, but the secret method of the vampires can suppress personal beliefs. Otherwise, there would not be a tradition of the descendants of vampires almost unconditionally obeying the more powerful parent vampires. If Ryan cannot solve this hidden danger, Isn't it all for nothing to expand the power of some vampire lord
"Alas, there are still too many things and not enough time." Thinking of this, Ryan suddenly missed the strange space in the ruins of the Apocalypse Temple. There was no passage of time and no disturbance of foreign affairs. Ryan could study the most recent things to his heart's content. I like magic and don’t have to worry about being affected by all kinds of messy things. However, although there are many things at hand, they must be dealt with personally, such as creating a puppet body for the soul of the Templar. Can Ryan still fake it? , even if Lane is willing to let others do it, who can create a vehicle for these souls to live in
"Soul vehicle, the blood of the black dragon... Hey, the inheritance foundation of the blood family is also blood. If I use the blood of the black dragon to replace the inherited blood of the Mokawi family, wouldn't this hidden danger be solved?" Ryan suddenly changed from Emma He thought about something on the puppet body, and he immediately became excited. If this idea can be realized, Ryan will not only solve a hidden danger, but also be more likely to develop a team that can grow rapidly. , powerful power, allowing him to gain more assistance in future wars,
The excited Ryan quickly ran through countless pictures in his mind, and finally settled on the eye-catching sarcophagi in the Ashamai clan's lair in the Misty Cave. This family uses the blood of Warcraft to enhance the strength of its people, which obviously shows that the vampires must have similar things. The secret technique can be used for reference. Since the blood of those legendary or domain monsters is useful, now that Ryan replaces it with the fresh blood from the ancient black dragon, the effect should be more obvious.
If you use a method similar to Senetya's to make her a companion worthy of your trust, and then use secret techniques similar to those of the Ashamai clan to quickly increase her strength to the equivalent of a vampire deputy lord clone at the legendary peak level, He can work together with Vivian, who is the lord of Cassano, both openly and secretly. By then, everything here will be taken care of properly. Ryan believes that he will no longer need to work for Cassano in the future. I have worked so hard on the trivial matters
"Sure enough, if you want to be a qualified ruler, you still have to do both. Is this the wisdom of 'light and shadow' that the emperors favor most?" Ryan couldn't help but curled his lips. He found that this kind of thing seemed to be useless. Those who learn from their own studies, as long as they hold power and sit in that position, even if they hate politics very much, they will still unknowingly inherit the mantle of the emperors in human history.