What did you do with the dice?

Then he immediately hung up the communication stone without staying for even a second, and it seemed that he was very angry.

After making a mocking remark throughout the whole process, Rushaka, who heard his brothers killing and picking up a lot of things for free, seemed to be thinking about it, and then he said: "Do you think Delai Wangsheng is a turtle?"

Sanitita laughed and said, "If he doesn't act like a turtle, we really can disregard the situation and interests and directly rebel. We can shatter the Delai family's shell. After all, we don't live next to Alice City. He will be the one who suffers first and has the biggest weakness. What's wrong with us collecting some protection money?"

Rushaka gave a thumbs-up: "Master, great!"

Sanita: "What's so high about that? Like I said, the mage he sent must have been one he wanted to send. He also set the value of the materials he sent. They were probably some scraps or things with little research value. The heavy mercury and magic cannons he finally proposed for making armor-piercing crossbows are worth a bit of money. Otherwise, why do you think I refused to give up?"

Rusalka continued to give a thumbs-up: "Brother, hard!"

Phoenix walked in from the side door, knocked on the door with her tail, and reminded, "Lunch."

Rusalka turned around and gave a thumbs-up to Phoenix, who looked puzzled. "Cat, so high and hard!"

Sanita: "You're having a rotten stem attack, right?"

Chapter 223 Mage Tower

The sea is boundless and calm on sunny days, but if a dark cloud comes, a violent storm will suddenly erupt, with huge waves that will destroy all ships floating on the water.

It is a forbidden area for land creatures. Even the shore may not be safe. The power of the tsunami is enough to easily destroy everything on the shore like a toy. The sea's capriciousness is daunting.

For humans, isn't magic, the power of the gods, as terrifying as the ocean? A single careless mistake can lead to a failed spell, with the cost being an overcharge/overdraw of the magic circuit, resulting in a self-destruction/depletion of vitality.

An old fisherman, who had spent his whole life trying to survive in the sea, fought against the waves, but was no match for a surging wave.

A great wizard, with a hundred years of magical experience and the company of magic power, was defeated by a momentary mistake in casting a spell.

However, when the first lighthouse on the ocean was built, it meant that people had taken the first great step in conquering the ocean - having a relatively stable route.

When the first wizard tower was built, people also took the first great step in exploring magic - they had a relatively safe magic testing ground.

Towers have been a symbol of guidance since ancient times, such as lighthouses, clock towers, and wizard towers.

A wizard tower represents not only the status, wealth, honor, and strength of its owner, but also not a simple act of showing off or a worship of God expressed by believers like building a church.

The most important feature of the Sani Tower is the irreplaceable cohesion it can generate for those who seek knowledge in the world. Any wizard who wants to leave his name in history cannot resist the temptation to join the Wizard Tower.

A powerful wizard may be able to accept many apprentices to inherit his mantle, but he will ultimately stop at being a "powerful mentor". If he truly wants to create his own school, have the name of his school and research direction recorded in history books, and become a "guide" under the name of the Supreme Mage rather than a mere "teacher", then he must have a wizard tower as a base to demonstrate his authority in the field.

As long as the magical lamp on the top of the tower is still flickering, it will attract the attention of all those nearby who have a thirst for magic in their hearts.

The magic core was delivered to the City Lord's Mansion of Silver City by Clown's fully armed guard team and handed over to Sanita by Clown himself.

Sani Iron Tower felt the magic power in the box that was almost overflowing to the critical point, as well as the free magic power in the surrounding air being continuously absorbed. Without even opening the box, he knew that what was inside was indeed the genuine article, an energy core comparable to a perpetual motion machine that could keep the ruins running for thousands of years.

Perhaps if it is buried for hundreds or thousands of years, it will completely lose its function. Fortunately, the Sani Iron Tower has encountered it now, and it has also encountered the Sani Iron Tower now. It can wipe off the dust and let it shine in the world again.

Rusalka glanced at the Sani Tower, her eyes burning as she rubbed the box with her hands. How could she miss such a great opportunity to voice over? (What a wonderful core! What a treasure! How can I possibly possess a precious core like this? It's mine, mine! Alizee, Sana, set a fire to Phoenix's room! Burn the Lord and his wife to death, and this precious core will be mine! The Supreme Ring, the Ruler of All Rings!)

Sanitta's eyes suddenly became clear, or even a little helpless, and he put the box into his robe.

He had planned it long ago. The Rusalka near the City Lord's Mansion had been clamoring to be demolished and replaced with an aquarium, but because he had no experience in marine life and aquarium construction, it remained at the stage of talking. He never ordered the demolition of the big clock tower, which would soon become the "new home" of this core from the ruins.

Seeing that the Sunny Tower was very satisfied, Crown wiped the sweat from his forehead due to the anxiety caused by the mixture of nervousness and excitement, and began to brag about its origins with confidence and exaggeration.

"Lord Sanita, you didn't know that there's actually an active autonomous puppet in that ruin. It's a work left behind by early followers of the orthodox Lord of Time. Even though its materials and armor have decayed, the power of its attack spells cannot be underestimated. Most of our expedition team died before we snatched this thing from the deepest part."

Sanita interrupted his chattering and fished out ten gold coins from his pocket, stuffing them into Crown's hand like an old Chinese doctor prescribing medicine to a suspicious patient. "Take these. You've had a hard time on the road. Buy some food for your guards. Also, if you have anything else in the ruins, bring it here and we'll take it."

Crown pretended to refuse at first, but when Sanita just pushed him back slightly, he retracted his hand and put the gold coin into his pocket.

Then, with a genuine smile on his face, he began to flatter the master: "You are so polite. As I said, the Master Mage is the customer who deserves the most priority. I promise that every stone our team digs up will be named after you first.

Besides, our Chamber of Commerce and Lord Pearl Tear have such a close relationship. We are like family. I am just running errands. What's so hard about it? Don't worry, from now on, if there is anything you want, Master, no matter how far it is, I will personally go and get it for you, free of charge!"

Rusalka, who was standing nearby, head bowed, pretending to review documents, offered a mocking interpretation of Clown's unscrupulous intentions in the private chat: (I can refuse, but you can't refuse, right? Besides, so many people died on the expedition team, what does it have to do with Clown? Did he acknowledge everyone as his father before setting off? Endless ancestors, come out!)

Sanita has his own unique perspective: (If you can buy favors with money, is there any business in the world more profitable than this?)

Lu Grandet Shaka felt it was not worth it.

The weather has been good for the past month. Theresa said at the God's Conference that the expedition order will be mobilized within three months. By then, a most elite Esdi force led by the Golden Blade Knights will be formed to come to Snidi and several grand dukes to attack Alice City and the Church of the Seven Sins. She hopes that Rusalka can cooperate.

Rusalka didn't even want to cooperate. He even wanted to urge the riders of the Golden Blade Knights next door to move faster. His desire to fight was extremely high. He hadn't used his new skills that had been upgraded to level 12 yet, and he was hoping that the Church of the Seven Sins next door would follow Teresa's example and summon a demon lord for him to practice with.

The construction of the second phase of the processing plant has been completed, and it will be officially put into production after a month of trial operation. There is not much to say about this part. Rusalka only needs to take a day to cut the ribbon before leaving.

The people promised by Delai Wangsheng soon arrived. The leading mage, upon seeing Sanitieta, seemed to know him well and immediately saluted him. "Master Sanitieta, as soon as I heard that you were going to build a mage tower, I rushed here day and night. It's true that we met after fighting. I hope you can put aside our past grudges and let me become your disciple!"

"Who are you?" Rusalka asked.

The male mage explained, "Lord Pearl Tear, have you forgotten? I am a guest official of Marquis Allen. During the battle when Master Sanita used the 'Giant Rock Titan Summoning Technique,' I was defeated by his magic and captured. Later, the head of the family redeemed me. However, the Allen family was recently attacked by demons, and the head of the family met with an unexpected disaster. It just so happens that the higher-ups have requested two mages to be sent here as hostages. As a basis for cooperation, I've requested the quota and would like to serve under your name."

Rusalka had no recollection of it at all. Now the only opponent in his mind was the red slime.

Sanita knew that those who were sent here must be those who had long wanted to change jobs: "Oh, sure."

Most mages are like this Durant. They follow whoever is stronger and learn from whoever knows more about magic. Just from the fact that their belief in the Supreme of Arcane is a pan-belief, it is easy to see the problem.

With the addition of this group of people, the renovation of the bell tower went smoothly. Since the internal construction of the Mage Tower did require professionals, the workers only repaired the structure of the tower, dismantled the big bell, leveled the roof and built battlements, and then used a fixed pulley method that Rusalka could hardly imagine to lift the three magic cannons in the city. Dozens of bare-chested strong men wrapped hemp ropes thicker than their thighs around their waists, shouted slogans and pulled back, and then forcibly pulled the magic cannon body and base, which were tied more tightly than the supreme VIP transportation insurance, to the top of the tower.

The stairs inside the tower were also replaced with a more space-saving spiral staircase, the building materials were repaired, and then each surface was coated with a layer of anti-magic liquid material.

The price of this material is probably as precious as melting the gold coins and applying them on. This clock tower is simply a monster. It opens its mouth wide every day and waits for the workers to carry in buckets of gold coins, and then spits out the empty buckets left over.

But Rusalka didn't feel bad at all, because he never looked at the purchase details. Did his good brother put it in the approval pile? Stamped, approved!

Money makes things efficient. In less than a month, the interior of the clock tower was basically decorated on the physical level. Next, Sani Tieta brought two elves, Qingfeng, and some mages and apprentices who had recently come here and were sent by Grand Duke Delai, to arrange some necessary environmental runes in every room of the tower, and then draw the energy output lines for the power room.

It's probably similar to laying electrical wires, except that these wires are runes drawn in grooves reserved on the walls and ceilings. It's a chore that an apprentice can do by climbing a ladder. Sani Tieta certainly doesn't need to do it himself, and even the two elves are too lazy to do it. They just need to outsource it to the free apprentices, who are responsible for acceptance every day.

Otherwise, why is it said that being a mage apprentice is the most difficult stage before becoming a mage? Because at this stage, not only do you have no skills, but any melee fighter on the road can knock you down. Your combat power is not as good as that of an adventurer, and you even have to help the mage teacher for free, and your daily wages are less than those of an ordinary person.

There is even no hope for improvement. Some people may understand the control method of magic circuits and the feeling of casting spells in a year, while others may be stuck for several years, even more than ten years, or even a lifetime.

So if you want to be a wizard's apprentice, it will be extremely difficult to persevere until the day of success without some family background or willpower - at least you can see the results of the civil service exam.

However, they are lucky to follow Sanitta. Although Sanitta does not have the patience to teach them as he did to the two elves, the two elves are good teachers, and Sanitta can even paint a rosy picture for them.

In Rusalka's opinion, from the moment they regarded the two elves, especially Alice, as real wizards, their lives were completely fulfilled. They looked forward to them bringing a little fireball shock to the magic world in the future.

A famous civil engineering student once made such an optimistic statement: Even if I go to a construction site to do plastering in the future, I will follow a big shot like Mao Yisheng.

What does this show? It shows that following a big boss can greatly improve people's tolerance for dusting and their ability to withstand work pressure. The same is true in this world. Following the great wizard Sunita, no matter whether the other party teaches you seriously or not, it can always greatly improve the expectations of these wizard apprentices for their future, and they will naturally work harder.

Sanita: (That's good. Being famous does have its advantages. Now that I don't have to do these chores anymore, I feel a lot more relaxed. I hope you can handle the lord's affairs independently someday.)

Rusalka: (You are a born capitalist. Stay away from me from now on and don’t let your blood splash on me.)

However, Rusalka was puzzled by the large-scale construction of the Sani Tower and the fact that all the working capital had been invested in the Mage Tower. In his opinion, even if the Mage Tower was built, the most urgent task was to lead the army to Alice City to assist various forces in taking down the Church of the Seven Sins.

In other words, the tower that was built with great effort cannot be used in the end. Why not invest the money into military funds, so that the army can build more good things such as blade carts and crossbow carts in the next war, or build a heavy armored infantry regiment is also a good choice.

The Sani Iron Tower was of course built with consideration for the more distant future. The strength of the Mage Tower is not just for research. You should know that Alice City relies on four Mage Towers standing at the four corners to support a huge barrier, which is why it is known as the royal city that will never fall. This shows that the Mage Tower plays a very important role in the military. Silver City is a small city, so one tower is enough to cover the entire city with magic firepower or barriers.

Rusalka: (We're so far back, and we have the coordinated defense of Bright Moon City and the neighboring Evergreen City. No one can get around and attack us, right?)

Sani Tieta: (We thought the same thing when defending Mingyue City, but we were defeated. We must learn from this lesson and take precautions. What if we were defeated in Alice City? Or what if we stole Theresa's power of faith and she became enraged and wanted to send troops to capture us? Or what if we seized the key but found it took a while to analyze it before opening the door back home? Then we could retreat to Silver City to buy time. The difference between a defensive battle and one without the Mage Tower is a game changer.)

It’s still the brother who thinks long-term. As for the bad situations he mentioned, Rusalka doesn’t care. Winning or losing is not important. It’s enough to be able to fight and upgrade.

Chapter 224 Prosperity

The spring plowing was coming to an end, and Rusalka had also issued a mobilization order. According to Sanita, this trip to Alice City might be the longest and most difficult battle in history, because they had no idea how many enemies there would be, nor could they be sure who their allies were. Even Theresa couldn't guarantee that she would turn against them after taking Alice City.

So the only ones you can trust are yourself and those petty nobles who are tied to the boat of a community of common interests, who prosper and suffer together.

Having said so much, Sunny Tower actually just wants to express one central idea: Brothers, stay steady and don’t drift away.

They could lose everything, give up everything, and the worst that could happen was that they had to start all over again. But they must not die, because if they died, they would lose everything.

With the system and upgrades, everything is not over as long as you are not dead.

Rusalka argued, "Who said that? I can die. I was resurrected."

Sunita was speechless. It seemed that he didn't hear a single word.

Then, removing the decimals, Sanitieta simply counted the number of troops mobilized this time, so that Rusalka would know how seriously this war should be taken. If all of them were donated carelessly, they would end up like the Zhao State, where Bai Qi killed 40 troops, and every household would be punished with white silk.

Now the Pearl Tear Territory has become a big and powerful army. Rusalka went on this expedition with the mixed forces that came from the Esdi portal before, as well as a group of mobilized soldiers that were just sent recently. The support from Esdi included a total of 2000 Paladins, and the rest of the infantry and cavalry totaled 15000 people, 5000 logistics personnel, and 300 military chaplains, totaling about 22300 people, a full two divisions.

Rusalka's family is not very wealthy, and they don't have many mysterious treasures. What they mainly have are resources and weapons. All the money they earn is turned into military expenses under the operation of Sani Iron Tower, which greatly increases the residents' willingness to join the army and makes Zhulei Territory more and more full of martial virtues.

Therefore, he paid out of his own pocket to equip all of Esdi's Paladins with heavy armor. If the weapons could be made of mercury, he would use mercury, and if not, he would use fine iron. He wanted to arm them all to the teeth - these were the most elite troops under his command, and he had to rely on them for real tough fights.

The same goes for infantry. If you can give them a tower shield, give them a tower shield. If not, at least give them an Iris Knight Shield, heavy armor, and heavy hand crossbows.

This does not include Rusalka's own army. There are a total of 12000 troops recruited from nobles in remote areas.

At first glance, these twelve thousand people were simply a ragtag group of rags. Given the level of village security, Rusalka wished she could use them as mules to pull carts and supplies, for fear that they would tire out the cattle and horses.

But there was nothing we could do. We couldn't expect those petty nobles to have any enthusiasm for training soldiers. Donating soldiers meant just pulling a few old farmers, giving them a rusty iron fork, and calling them "militia" to make up the numbers.

We don't expect them to have much combat effectiveness, we just hope they can make up the numbers to scare people. While the Legion of Esdi's Golden Blade has not yet entered the country, we will intensify their training in the next two months, even using whips to make them understand how to "march in formation."

Yes, they don't even know how to march in formation, it's that outrageous.

You have to know that walking and running during marching and fighting are completely different. Once the formation is broken and the pace is disordered, running will immediately turn into a "stampede accident". Therefore, even if the physical fitness of the soldiers in this world is far superior to that of the Earth, and each individual is at the level of a national athlete, it does not mean that they can still achieve such results after forming an army.

The Shadow Legion has followed Rusalka for many years. To be honest, Rusalka is a little tempted to change their name to the Earth Angels or the Light Legion. With the large and small battles, everyone has become elite soldiers after picking up weapons, and can be said to be at a level that can compete with Esdi.

Among these 12000 people, some elite soldiers who seemed to have combat experience and some knights were selected, and Rusalka did not hesitate to let the others do menial tasks.

The Shadow Legion consists of two divisions, totaling 24000 people, all of whom were recruited from the local regular army and guards. Thanks to the conscription policy of Sanita, so many available people were able to be drawn out. However, the actual elite force is only 5000 people, 3000 of which are semi-heavy infantry, 1000 are light armored cavalry, and 2 are medium armored cavalry.

Heavy cavalry? That's a bit too much for the Sinidi. Without faith and military training on horseback from childhood, how could a small unit of soldiers have the physical fitness to become heavy cavalry? Being able to become a heavy infantryman is the greatest reward for hard work and training.

Among the remaining 19000 people, there are 10,000 light infantry, 2,000 light cavalry, 3,000 medium-armored infantry, and 3,000 are Sinidi's unique ordnance soldiers - soldiers who can output magic power and are specifically used to operate ordnance.

Rusalka had nearly a thousand ballistae and catapults, a hundred bladed carts that Sanita had recently obtained from the city of Hendalia, and some flashy magic guns - most of which were looted from other places during the war.

This blade car is a bit confusing. It can be launched and rushed out by inputting magic power. It should be used to deal with the enemy cavalry's charge. This car can counterattack and automatically break the horses' legs in batches like a sickle cutting wheat. It is much more terrifying than a chevaux de frise.

The original intention of the design is in line with the thinking of those guys in the central government who don't want to fight - the main focus is to spend money to create something fancy and sound like something very powerful.

But in fact, they didn't consider how to recycle this thing after a charge, nor did they consider that the actual cost of this thing was not as cost-effective as making equivalent crossbow carts and caltrops. Anyway, they spent money to build it because they thought it was feasible. After it was built, they took it out to show off during the military parade. They didn't consider the issue of whether it would be used in a war.

But it is a good idea to pick up something and not let it go to waste. Sanita also trained a group of troops who were willing to follow after surviving from the city of Hendalia, and let them control this strange thing that belongs to their city.

There are a total of 58300 people, and if you add the clerks and the like who accompany the army, the total strength is 6 divisions, and even a quarter of them are elite. This force is gathered together, and as long as there are no problems in command, it will be enough for them to flatten any small or medium-sized city that dares to hinder them under the leadership of a legion commander like Rusalka who can greatly boost morale.

Don't worry, these 2 are the actual military strength. Don't forget that logistics troops are also needed to carry out transportation when fighting with the army. Although the logistics transportation volume in this world is different from that in ancient wars on Earth, due to the strong physical fitness of pack animals and humans, the transportation volume that can be provided at one time is very large, and often two people can support one soldier. But this does not prevent Sani Iron Tower from reporting a little more transportation volume, which is equivalent to adding a lot of people out of thin air.

After a series of operations, the ideal military situation that Sanita had envisioned became: Rusalka directly dispatched 20 troops, waiting for the Golden Blade next door to come in from the northeastern border, and then push forward from the southeast towards the center, and finally meet in Alice City.

Remember when Rusalka became King Xuan of Qi and declared war on all factions? Of course, that also counts. They thought Rusalka was joking, but Sanita was no joke, right?

When Zhu Lei Ling arrives, he will definitely pass through the Grand Duke's land. If he takes a detour, he may even enter the territory of the Great Duke Gao De in the southwest. On the surface, we are still a "hostile force". Isn't it a bit inappropriate to just pass by and do nothing?

I have an army of 20. If I can't bully those impregnable cities, how can I bully you small nobles? If you want me to stop fighting, you can give me some military funds and food, and support our prince's movement to save the country?

Sanita roughly finalized the strategic arrangements, and then began to call meetings of officers of all ranks in the army to discuss the organization and deployment of the troops, arrangements for marching routes, and control meetings for logistics supply lines.

As the saying goes, we should despise the enemy strategically and take the enemy seriously tactically. Therefore, strategically, we only need to make a rough framework. Taking over any strategic point can be done with a simple move, and there is no need to break it down to the number of people needed to take it.

The tactical details such as the allocation of tasks to each legion, which areas need to be focused on for reconnaissance, and how to call for help in the event of an emergency require extreme care. Therefore, for the next two months, Sani Iron Tower left all the training and other matters to others and devoted himself to the construction of the Mage Tower and the tactical arrangements of the army.

As for Rusalka, he was in charge of the pre-war mobilization, which involved going to various military regions to shout slogans, show up, shake hands, and show people what a "hero who defeats the lord of hell" was like, in order to boost the morale of the soldiers. Finally, he would take the time to go to the processing plant to go through the process and renew orders for strategic materials with several chambers of commerce.

Even Rusalka was assigned so much work, which shows how busy a pre-war mobilization is.

But Rusalka was not afraid. He had a quick solution that he had cultivated since he was a child on Earth, which helped him overcome countless difficulties. Moreover, this method was very universal and simple:

"Help me, Miss Hydra!"

"Uh..." Hydra, the black cat who was reading a book and eating snacks in the room, showed a speechless expression to Rusalka who knocked on the door to visit. But seeing Rusalka pulling Phoenix to ask her, she couldn't refuse immediately. Instead, she asked with a little caution: "What do you want me to do?"

She could reluctantly do small jobs like killing a bad guy, suppressing a mob, or even running errands or delivering letters for Phoenix. After all, she was indeed eating and drinking for free at Rusalka's place during this period.

"These are the orders, which have already been drawn up. Just discuss them with the Chamber of Commerce representatives who happen to be staying in the guest building. As for the documents on the table, stamp the left one and write "reject" on the right one. When the courier arrives, give them to him."

Hydra had been a warrior since she was a child. Although she had worked her way up to become the leader of the Holy Temple, no one stipulated that a leader must be able to socialize and review documents. She showed a hint of hesitation between her brows: "This..."

Rusalka clasped his hands together. He had heard about Hydra's strange trait of liking to be a sister and was just thinking of giving it a try. He said directly, "Sister-in-law, Sister Hydra, please!"

Phoenix slapped him on the buttocks.

Hydra sighed. This time, "Sister Hydra can't refuse." "Hey, take it. For Phoenix's sake, I'll help you this time."

Rusalka: (It was easy. Not as hard as asking my deskmate for the answers to my summer homework. At least I got lunch then.)

Sanita: (You are a real dog.)