From last year's winter month to this year's planting season.

Green City fell into an inexplicable solemn atmosphere.

God, things have changed.

Orcs, undead, and even the Murloc Empire are putting pressure on the southern province.

People were coming and going on the streets of Green City, but most of the pedestrians were in a hurry and their expressions were very solemn. Even the wandering orioles who used to solicit customers on the street corners subconsciously lowered their voices at this time.

The mercenaries wearing blood-stained armor were full of murderous intent. The trophies in their hands were no longer the corpses or furs of monsters, but skulls flashing with soul fire.

Several priests of the Temple of Life, wearing pure white priest robes with sacred and loving expressions, were distributing holy water diluted hundreds of times to the surrounding crowds along the bluestone streets with dark green moss growing in the gaps on both sides.

Although the holy water in cheap glass bottles has lost its ability to treat injuries and diseases due to its scarcity, it can still barely play a role in resisting the invasion of low-level negative energy.

The patrol team, which moved neatly and well-organized, changed from its previous domineering behavior. Now they were all carefully patrolling the city with alert expressions.

Most of the beggars on the street were now gone, and even the number of civilians coming and going was much sparser.

The difficult environment made the small businessmen who opened their semicircular store doors on both sides of the street frown and look worriedly at the increasingly abnormal scenes on the street.

Every time a pattern changes, the people who are most affected are not the big nobles and those in power, but the lower class civilians with small assets.

With all the effort involved, no small fishing boat can safely avoid the storm in the waves.

"I heard that although the undead in the north have retreated, the death cemetery is still there. I guess it must be those damn undead who stayed there intentionally!"

"No, that's what the undead left behind on purpose. They can send troops in at any time during the next invasion."

"Sigh... Archmage Spark didn't expect to be hit hard by the undead. Even such a powerful mage couldn't withstand it. We are afraid that we will be attacked more brutally this time when we participate in the attack on the death cemetery. After all,

Even His Majesty Locke cannot directly destroy and take out the Death Cemetery..."

"Haha, what can we do?? This is a task forced by the major guilds. We have signed a treaty before joining the guild. We must stand with the guild when encountering a major crisis.

It's okay for you to be a Thieves Guild. If you can't defeat it, you can still leave from the shadows. Our Fighters Guild is just afraid of risking our lives inside."

"Hmph, those damn mages! If the Mages Association hadn't proposed to gather the power of all guilds to clear out that weird death cemetery, would we have gone through so much trouble??"

"I can't help it. Who makes the lives of those mage masters more precious than ours..."

"..."

Before stepping into the Scarlet Mage Tower, Li De, who had just returned to the City of Dawn, heard an angry conversation between two mercenaries on the mysterious street belonging to the Scarlet Mage Tower.

Li De's eyes showed some contemplation. He didn't expect that the situation in Green City would change so quickly, and even the guild's power would be mobilized.

In Green City, the most powerful guild is undoubtedly the Mage Association. Almost all of the high-ranking mage masters are the great nobles of Green City. They have influence in various industries. They belong to the unshakable boss and the most powerful protector of Green City - the extraordinary mage Locke.

He is the president of the Mages Association.

Several other powerful guilds control most of the professionals in Green City, such as the mercenary guild that mainly accepts and issues tasks, the adventurer guild that mainly explores ancient ruins, and various other organizations such as the thieves guild and the warrior guild.

Guild of professionals.

These large guilds are the most powerful force in Green City. As for the nearly 60,000 soldiers controlled by the city lord, they are inconspicuous under this power.

"Betty, are we in the Scarlet Mage Tower being called up?"

Li De turned his head and looked at the heroic Valkyrie beside him and asked.

"No," Betty shook her head, "The magic scrolls produced by the Scarlet Mage Tower are important materials to resist the undead in the north, and we have not been drafted."

After finishing speaking, his tone paused slightly, "But in exchange, the magic scrolls we currently produce cannot be sold to any other force. All scrolls are purchased by the major guilds."

Li De nodded clearly. At this critical moment, the nobles of Green City must have tried every means to mobilize all resources and power.

It is not strange that the Scarlet Mage Tower is restricted, and it has no impact at all on whoever sells it.

But the problem now is that the remaining undead are probably more troublesome than imagined.

"Lord Li De..."

Before stepping into the door of the Scarlet Mage Tower, a voice full of excitement sounded from inside the door.

Wearing a blue mage robe, with waist-length blond slightly curly hair, and sapphire-like eyes shining brightly, the pretty figure ran towards Li De with a face full of excitement.

Looking at the girl in front of him who had obviously lost a lot of weight, Li De's eyes flashed with tenderness.

He reached out and rubbed the girl's head.

"Weina, long time no see..."

Weina's inner joy overflowed after seeing Li De. She obediently turned her head and let Li De stroke her long, slightly curly golden hair.

"Yes, Lord Li De, you went out before the winter moon last year, and it has been half a year now..."

"Half a year," Li De said with some emotion, "it really passed by in the blink of an eye. Let's go in and talk."

Wei Na quickly got out of the way, and then saw little Isa and Betty, and quickly said hello to the two girls.

Li De couldn't help but feel very good looking at the three pretty figures, each with a swing.

A cute little disciple, a well-behaved maid, and a wild Valkyrie, this combination is perfect.

Stepping into the Scarlet Mage Tower, after half a year of construction, although the Scarlet Mage Tower is in much better condition than the previous construction site, it is still a bit in a mess, and many dug trenches have not been filled with soil.

Li De felt a headache when he saw this scene.

This ancient alchemy formation has almost become a problem for him.

With such a huge investment, the construction has not seen results for more than a year. If Sparks hadn't been building it himself, he would have really wanted to stop this gold-swallowing behemoth.

If the funds invested were replaced by alchemical bombs, hundreds of thousands of troops could be destroyed.

But when he thought of Sparkle De, he frowned a little. He didn't know what was going on with his cheap teacher now, and he had to go and see him later.

After entering the mage tower, Li De did not stop on the first floor, but went directly to the study room on the third floor where he was used to working.

Towering oak bookshelves are placed close together, and one after another precious books cover the shelves.

Although I haven't been back for half a year, the place is still tidy without a trace of dust.

Li De nodded with satisfaction. After entering the room, he of course refused to let him sit on the armchair behind the only desk in the study.

"Weina, please report on the situation of the Scarlet Mage Tower during this period, starting with the number of personnel."

He has been away for too long, so long that he has become somewhat unclear about his family background.

He must know everything.

As the helmsman, he does not need to personally move the sails, but he needs to know how many sailors, how many sails, and how much food his ship has.

When Wei Na talked about the business, her expression gradually became solemn, and she began to adopt the demeanor of the manager of the Scarlet Mage Tower who caused waves in Green City and even the Southern Province.

Wei Na is now a well-deserved rising star in the Green City business community, and she is still the brightest moment.

She was even called the Queen of Commerce by a small group of nobles who had dealt with her.

"Lord Li De, our development has not stalled in the six months since you left.

The Scarlet Mage Tower currently has 120 official mages, including a total of 15 intermediate mages who have reached level 5.

There are 650 mage apprentices.

There are 200 guards in the team, 180 people at levels 5 to 9, and 20 people have reached level 10. This group of guards was bought by Betty at the Bloody Arena."

With 120 formal mages and 650 mage apprentices, the Scarlet Mage Tower currently has 770 mages.

This is an exaggerated figure.

Before the Winter Moon of the year before last, the Scarlet Mage Tower did not even have an official mage, only 22 mage apprentices. Now, in less than two years, it has become a powerful force with as many as 700 or 800 mages.

Although the level of these apprentices is generally not high at present, with the Scarlet Mage Tower's exaggerated earning power, it is not too difficult to spend a certain amount of resources to train a group of high-level mages.

"Is the guard formed separately or managed by the Scarlet Mage Tower?" But it was this guard that aroused Li De's interest.

After hearing this, Wei Na turned her head and glanced at Betty, who shrugged indifferently.

"Currently, Betty is fully responsible for the management of the escort team. They provide protection when our caravan goes out to purchase important supplies, or the escort team will also provide support when there are mages who need protection."

Li De nodded. There is no doubt about the power of the mage, but the Scarlet Mage Tower is obviously not as terrifying as the White Tower. Therefore, the formation of this guard team is not bad. At least it can prevent the Scarlet Mage Tower from being secreted before it is fully developed.

The enemies of the earth come from the underworld.

Although it doesn't sound good to say that the Mage Tower has a team of warriors, he has always been pragmatic.

Turning his head to look at Betty, who was slightly distorted at this time, Li De smiled at the Valkyrie.

"In the future, the size of the escort team will be expanded to 500 people. If you need financial support, you can apply directly to Wei Na.

Betty, this escort is under your jurisdiction. In the future, you can buy a separate area near the Scarlet Mage Tower as a base.

My only request is that you train this escort team to be strong enough."

Hearing Li De's unexpected words, Betty's face with clear outlines like a mixed race showed huge surprise.

"No problem, I will train this army using the same training methods as the strongest Northland warriors."

Li De smiled slightly. The Valkyrie of the North, a powerful being whose combat skills have reached the legendary level, would be a bit of a waste of resources to simply put it as a mascot in the Scarlet Mage Tower.

Since the other party has this intention, he might as well support it.

Only when the power in his hands is strong enough will he be confident.
To be continued...