A magic airship slowly fell from the sky.
As soon as they settled down, Princess Caroline... Oh no, Grand Duke Caroline, who had already taken over the position of Grand Duke, led a group of men to greet him.
The hatch of the magic airship opened and Xu Yi walked out.
"Hey, dear Xu Yi, you are finally here. I have been waiting impatiently for a long time." Grand Duke Caroline walked over and gave Xu Yi a big hug. Then she didn't care about the eyes of the people around her and muttered. He opened his mouth and moved towards Xu Yi's face.
Xu Yi quickly turned his face to the side, avoiding his mouth from hers, and just let her kiss her face, and then kissed her cheek back, completing this obviously more intimate etiquette.
"Hey, Caroline, you are getting married next month, why are you so bold?" Xu Yi whispered in Grand Duke Caroline's ear.
"Bold? Are you?" Grand Duke Caroline smiled sweetly and breathed out softly, which made Xu Yi's ears itch. "If you promise me now, what do you think if I go back immediately and cancel this marriage?"
"Nonsense." Xu Yi scolded lightly, let go of his hands, gently pushed Grand Duke Caroline's body away, then coughed lightly and said seriously: "Are you all ready?"
Grand Duke Caroline shrugged: "I don't have much to prepare here. Anyway, the main thing is to wait for the manpower you sent to come over."
"Um."
Xu Yi nodded and waved behind him, and a group of people wearing various uniforms of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce filed out of the magic airship.
"These are the people who came here first with me and are responsible for the initial exploration and mapping. Come on, let me introduce you. This is Gustalo, the person in charge of the magic defense project of the Dole City system."
A tall, middle-aged human man walked up and bowed to Archduke Caroline.
"I have met His Excellency the Grand Duke."
Archduke Caroline looked him up and down, smiled and held out her hand.
"Since President Xu sent you here, I have full trust in you. Director Gustalo, the overall defense of Dole City is entirely up to you."
Gustalo hesitated for a moment, took Grand Duke Caroline's outstretched hand, kissed it gently, and responded respectfully: "I will serve you wholeheartedly."
"Very good." Grand Duke Caroline's eyes moved and she glanced around at the other Xinfei Chamber of Commerce employees behind Xu Yi. Make an inviting gesture. "I have already set up a banquet in the city. Please come with me, President Xu and everyone."
Xu Yi shook his head, glanced at Gustalo and said: "Time is tight, they don't have that much time to attend a banquet. Gustalo, you should seize the time to inspect the situation of the city wall now, and try to make the best of it today." Just come up with rough data. The R&D center is still waiting."
"Yes." Gustalo immediately nodded in agreement, then turned to Grand Duke Caroline and said, "Your Majesty, Grand Duke, please send some people who are familiar with Dole City to work with us on this work."
Grand Duke Caroline was a little dazed: "You don't need to be in such a hurry, right? You guys have come so far, you should at least have a meal first to get used to it."
"No need. We actually don't have that much time. We don't know when the next wave of attacks from the Malo Empire will come. And as long as they come again, it will definitely be a very fierce wave of attacks. You don't want to just get it. Was the precious land taken back by the Maro Empire in the blink of an eye?" Xu Yidao.
Grand Duke Caroline sighed softly and waved back, and two officials from the Duke of Drake who followed her to greet her walked over quickly.
"Director Gustalo, these are our two officials responsible for the overall defense of Dole City. If you have any questions, you can ask them."
"OK."
Director Gustalo stopped being polite and went directly up to talk to the two officials.
"Xu Yi. Many times I wonder, how did you train the employees of your chamber of commerce to be like this? It seems that they only have work in their eyes and nothing else." Grand Duke Caroline looked at Gustalo and a group of other Xinfei Chamber of Commerce employees also joined in the heated discussion and couldn't help but sigh.
Xu Yi smiled and said: "It's not as exaggerated as you said. The employees of our chamber of commerce are also very playful when they are free, but they are always very serious when working. This is my strict requirement for them. , Of course, they can accept and do this consciously, mainly because they feel that their work is very fulfilling.”
"A sense of accomplishment?" Grand Duke Caroline frowned slightly. "What kind of sense of accomplishment?"
"Think about it, because of their efforts, this inconspicuous small city of Dole City can withstand the attack of the huge Maro Empire. Don't you still feel a sense of accomplishment?"
Grand Duke Caroline was silent for a moment and asked: "Xu Yi, please answer me seriously. After the magic defense project of this city system is completed, it will really make Dole City extremely stable, enough to withstand the attack of the Maro Empire's army." ?"
"Urban defense can never be solved by relying on one system alone, but I can tell you that as long as there are no problems in other aspects of Dole City, then this defense system is enough to allow Dole City to persist for at least a month. It will fall - no matter how many troops the Maro Empire sends," Xu Yi replied seriously.
"What if the Maro Empire dispatches magisters?" Grand Duke Caroline asked again.
"Magister?" Xu Yi laughed. "Hey, if the Maro Empire is willing to risk the taboos of all magicians on the entire continent and go against tradition by sending magisters to attack other countries, then it has already lost half of the battle. As for the magisters themselves... I recognize the magisters' personal abilities. It's very powerful, but you have to remember that one person's role in a war is very limited. Even if the Maro Empire really dispatches magisters, it can't do anything to this magical defense system that our chamber of commerce has carefully built after long-term research and development. "
Grand Duke Caroline looked at Xu Yi doubtfully, wondering why he was so confident.
Magisters have always been the top combat force on this continent. In the historical wars on the continent of Sainz, as long as the two warring parties can have more magicians of the great magician level, it will be enough to decide a battle. The battle is won or lost.
And once even the magician appears, it will be enough to make the balance of victory in this battle quickly tip towards the side with the magician.
The reason why the Malo Empire and the Candela Empire have been able to stand on the continent of Sainz for so many years is that in addition to their own national strength remaining absolutely strong most of the time, when they decline, there will also be magisters sitting in, making other countries unable to It has a lot to do with actually defeating them.
When the Magician's Guild was founded, it was determined that magisters were not allowed to participate in wars that invaded other countries. Although it ensured that these two empires could not easily invade other countries, it also allowed these two empires to remain standing.
But this tradition is just an unwritten rule. If the Maro Empire really breaks this tradition, except for the Candela Empire and the Magic Kingdom of Mana, which has the third largest number of magisters on the entire continent, they can Apart from restrictions, other countries and forces are not qualified.
This time, the Candela Empire and the Malo Empire are extremely rare to unite. They even unite with the Mana Magician Kingdom and other countries to declare war on the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. What worries the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce camp the most is that if the other side will launch an attack, The question of Magister's involvement in the invasion war.
Although the other party has no intention of breaking this tradition so far, no one can guarantee that the other party will never do so.
After all, even the almost impossible thing like two empires joining forces has happened, and it is not completely impossible for other incredible things to happen.
However, Xu Yi now told Grand Duke Caroline that the role of magisters in the war was very limited. Even if the Maro Empire really dispatched magisters, it would not matter. This made Grand Duke Caroline unable to understand for a while.
"To tell you the truth, Caroline, the ultimate goal of our chamber of commerce in developing this city defense system is actually the magister who might appear. For any conventional army of the two empires, even if we are not included, Including the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts, even your own army in the Dral Principality is not that afraid, right?"
"Hmm..." Grand Duke Caroline nodded slightly.
When the forces of the Duke of Drake and the Kingdom of Lampali fought against the coalition forces of the Maro Empire and the Frankish Kingdom, the other party had no power to fight back on the frontal battlefield.
Given the huge gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides, the so-called gap in military strength is simply irrelevant.
In fact, even without joining forces with the Lampali Kingdom, with the army owned by the Duke of Drake alone, not to mention the regular army of the Maro Empire, at least there will be no pressure against the Frankish Kingdom's army. It can be said.
"So, the reason why I will assist you in building this urban defense system in Dole City, which is not far from the border of the Maro Empire, is to defend against the possible attack of the Maro Empire, and even the possibility of defense. The magician appeared." Xu Yi continued. "Think about it, if even the magisters are dispatched and cannot capture this city, what do you think the Maro Empire will think? What will other countries on the continent think?"
Grand Duke Caroline thought for a moment, then smiled.
"If even the Magister can't do anything to us, it means that this land will truly fall into the hands of our Duke Principality, and no one can take it away."
"That's right. At that time, you will no longer be just the Grand Duke of the Drake Kingdom, but your Majesty the Queen of the Drake Kingdom." Xu Yi smiled. (~^~)