"Slaves." In the early stages of territory development, Ai Lan did not have high requirements for the urban population.
Living, able to work, not undead, not demons.
In addition, even barbaric orcs are not unacceptable to him as long as they don't cause trouble.
"Very good, as long as you think there is no problem, Lord Lord, then we can start."
"Started?" Ai Lan was a little confused, "Started with what?"
"Of course we started looking for slave traders."
Deng Ling smiled at Ai Lan, and then explained to him the ability of the spiritual prophet.
Spiritual Oracle [Level 5 Combat Unit]: Level 5 unit of the spiritual weapon system, skills: Witch Bloodline, Spiritual Vision, Spiritual Prophecy, Eyeless, Psychic Shield.
Witch's bloodline: The prophet's body has the blood of witches, and the success rate when using prophetic spells is +25%.
Psychic Vision: Innately powerful psychic abilities allow them to see many things that ordinary people cannot see.
Spiritual prophecy: Based on the strength of one's own spirituality, prophecy spells will gain varying degrees of increase.
Eyeless Ones: The eyes taken away by magic rituals will give them great bonuses in certain abilities.
Psychic Shield: Turn spiritual energy into a shield that stays in the soul ocean.
This is a type of military unit that has absolutely no combat capabilities. Their existence was designed for prophecy from the very beginning.
Creating the arms he wants is what Ai Lan must try in his future journey to becoming a lord.
"Lord, with the prophecy mage here, we can leave this little trouble to them in the future."
"Next, let me show you how to use them?"
When Fastan brought these prophecy mages over, he had already equipped them with all the equipment.
They can start predicting at any time.
"Okay." Ai Lan was also very curious about the signature arms of the Lingyu School. After hearing Borg's words, he agreed immediately.
He took the scholar with him to the Mage Tower and handed over the command authority of the four spiritual prophets.
Under Borg's command, the four prophets took out a crystal ball and formed a group from all sides.
Following a vague spell, the crystal ball began to shine with a mysterious light.
When all the flashing light on the crystal ball disappeared, the lantern suddenly spoke.
"Tell me, where is the nearest slave trader from here?"
As he asked, a blurry map suddenly appeared on the crystal ball.
Immediately afterwards, a big red dot marked in red lit up on Ai Lan's map.
"Lord, the location of the slave traders has been determined. Please check your map."
"If you can't find it, you have to predict it again."
Ai Lan nodded and compared his small map.
On his small map, gray-black fog occupies most of the area.
After all, he didn't spend much time on the road. When he came to the swamp, he still used the dimensional gate to transfer directly.
Fortunately, he was quite lucky. The red dot marked in red was not particularly far from the wetland swamp.
"Well done, Borg."
"I am willing to serve you, my lord."
After showing his face once in front of Ai Lan, Borg didn't show any complacency on his face.
This calm performance made Ai Lan even more satisfied with him.
The mangrove collars will stay in the swamp for a long time, and it is certainly impossible for them to do nothing during this time.
I just happened to go to the slave merchant and buy some slaves.
It can also be regarded as adding a little more background to the mangrove collar.
After going to the New World, how to replenish the population will definitely become a big headache.
It is impossible for Ai Lan to let players enter the territory.
Before the mangrove leader reaches the third-level city, he will not open his territory to any player.
"Borg, go ahead and prepare the magic circle of the miniature magic network."
"Okay, Lord."
He planned to leave all the laying of the micro magic net to his subordinates.
When there are professionals around, you don't need them to be there to tell you what to do.
After Borg retreated, Ai Lan immediately called Ren and Gray Crow and began to prepare for going out.
Since Ai Lan didn't know the specific situation of the slave traders, he planned to bring more soldiers, just in case.
During this trip, the mangrove collar must not be moved.
The Treant Fortress has become a very good means of transportation.
Calculating the time, by the time they return, the mangrove collar should have completed most of the plunder.
If there are no buildings that are too good to be refreshed next week, they can start preparing to leave the swamp and enter the Chiba Forest.
Some time ago, Ai Lan awakened five tree fortresses, and the rest all awakened ancient tree sacrifices.
His army of tree men has gradually increased in number.
They are all units of level 4 or above. If we can gather 300 of them and make up for some shortcomings, they can be used as an ace army.
Just like the Thunder Legion of Bear Town, once it is formed, one can defeat a hundred.
Ai Lan also has high hopes for this army.
"Yalkiman, while we are away, keep an eye on the territory."
"Please feel free to leave it to me, Master."
"If you're disguising your form, you can just watch the changes yourself."
In swamps, forests sometimes stand out.
Fortunately, with Arkiman around, he doesn't need to worry about this kind of thing. The city spirit will change the disguise into a suitable scene in time.
After giving a few instructions as usual, Ai Lan took stock of the units and was about to set off.
At this moment, the Magic Eye Tower, which had been silent all this time, suddenly widened its pupils and began to rotate rapidly around.
"call out..."
A beam of light shot out from the magic eye and illuminated the open space in front of it.
A sneaky thief was suddenly forced out of hiding.
"Alert, enemies appear around the territory!"
At the same time as the warning was issued, hundreds of plant roots broke through the ground in an instant, directly fixing the thief in place.
From breaking out of hiding to being caught, the whole process takes less than a second.
Before this sneaky guy could realize what was going on, he was already captured by Yarchiman.
"Master, the target has been captured and is being held."
"What just happened, Yarkman?"
Like the thief, Ai Lan also looked confused at this time and had not yet figured out what was going on.
"Master, the Magic Eye Tower has detected a thief."
"I have captured the target."
"Thief!?"
A thief appeared out of nowhere. Could it be that the caravan passed by a few days ago and the news had already spread.
The speed at which this thief appeared was a little too fast.
"It's only been a few days, and someone has already come out to inquire about the news."
Ai Lan really wanted to interrogate this thief, but he didn't have the relevant skills, so he couldn't get any information by forcing him to do so.
He needs a qualified warden or interrogator, so that the magic-forbidden prison can play its greatest role.
"Let's put the thief in jail first, and then I'll ask him when I'm free."
As for when this time will be available, it's hard to say.
It might be a few days or a few months later when I suddenly remembered it, or it might be more than ten years later when I suddenly thought of visiting the prison on a whim.
In short, if he was caught by Ai Lan and imprisoned in the Demon-forbidden Prison, it would be a life worse than death.
The sudden appearance of a thief disrupted Ai Lan's original plan.
If it were just an ordinary enemy, he wouldn't need to think too much.
But the meaning behind thieves is different. Ai Lan has always been most wary of the thieves guild.
Based on his experience in the new world, every time the Thieves Guild appears, it represents some kind of ominous omen.
Actually this is normal.
Because these thieves are inherently unprofitable.
If nothing happened locally, how could they show up?
Ai Lan even suspected that the true alignment of this organization was probably neutral evil.
"It seems that I may have to change my plan for this mission."
If the slave merchant will not run far away, you can change your plan and even arrive a few days later.
This may be determined through prophecy.
Ai Lan still has many doubts about the actual application of prophecy spells.
Fortunately, there is a scholar to consult now, otherwise he would have to slowly explore on his own.
"By the way, why don't I let Ren and Gray Crow go there by themselves."
He keeps the house by himself and lets his subordinates buy slaves. In this way, someone will complete the task and he can rest assured about the safety of the territory.
Kaka, Aphra and others must stay by his side.
But Gray Crow and Renne will have to go out independently sooner or later, establish their own legion, and sit in a territory.
This is Ai Lan's long-standing plan. In addition, if the future territory is close to the sea, then he will arrange for Old One-Eye and Mars to go out independently.
"Okay, it's time to let them act independently a few times."
Ai Lan called Ren, Gray Crow, Old One-Eye and Mars, and told them the task of purchasing slaves for the territory.
"The target is at this point, please note the location."
He pointed to the small map and asked them to note the location, and then handed over the command of the operation to Ren.
"After we go out, everything will follow Ren's orders. Gray Crow will assist Ren as the deputy commander."
"Once you encounter an irresistible danger, immediately abandon the mission and return to the city."
With that said, Ai Lan also handed over the scroll of the Gate of Time and Space to Ren.
"I will lend you my equipment first. For this mission, you can choose the troops in the territory."
"Brother, don't worry and leave it to me."
Renn also came through the wind and waves. A small task of buying a slave can be left to him with confidence.
"Okay, then I'll leave everything to you."
"Arkiman, give them one hundred thousand energy crystals."
"Yes, Master."
After giving some good equipment and military cards to Ren, Ai Lan thought about it and let the shadow beast join the team.
The Shadow Beast's mission is naturally to protect Ren's safety.
A team of five people in total would take away more than 200 troops, and the mangrove collar's defense would be reduced by more than half.
But tomorrow is the next week. Once a few building guards are exploded, a lot of troops will be replenished immediately.
"I still have several low-level blueprints on hand. Since I have fewer soldiers, I might as well build two more."
Spider Lair [Building Drawing]: A level 1 natural building, where spider guards can be recruited.
Crossbow Gunner Camp [Building Drawing]: Level 2 building of the spiritual weapon system, where crossbow gunners can be recruited.
The two drawings are not of high level, and their construction does not cost much resources.
Since the territory needs to replenish its troops, Ai Lan doesn't want to save so many resources.
"Wright, come out and work."
Calling out the architect, he pointed to an open space near the training ground and marked out his location.
"This is it, let's start building."
"Your architects used excellence and consumed three and a half times the amount of materials to start construction."
"Ding, the construction of the armored spider nest is completed."
"Ding, the construction of the crossbow gunner training camp has been completed."
Name: Iron Spider Nest
Faction:Nature
Level:Level 2
Durability:1500/1500(+50%)
Stock: 8
Price: 80 gold coins
Function: Produce 16 armored spiders per week (50%)
Bonus: Keep improving
Advanced: 50 units of wood, 50 units of iron ore, 2000 gold coins
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Name: Crossbow Gunner Training Camp
Faction: Psychic Department
Level:Level 3
Durability:3000/3000(+50%)
Stock: 4
Price: 150 gold coins
Function: Produce 8 sharpshooters per week (+50%)
Bonus: Keep improving
Advanced: Insufficient prerequisites
The armored spider is not much to look at. It is an enhanced version of the spider guard, with multiple armor skills and a higher defense.
But this amazing gunner gave Ai Lan a big surprise.
Artilleryman [Level 3 Combat Unit]: Level 3 unit of the spiritual weapon system, skills: crossbow bursts, aiming, quick reloading.
Ballistae Burst: When the artilleryman fires, the ballistae can fire twice in a row, with a 10-minute cooling time (limited to war equipment of level 3 and below).
Aiming: General skill, hit rate +5%.
Quick Reload: Speeds up the reloading of war equipment by 15 seconds.
This unit, like the Oracle Prophet, is a very pure auxiliary unit.
Their existence is to assist war equipment to exert greater power.
The skill of firing a ballista continuously is undoubtedly a magical skill.
Every ten minutes, the ballista is fired twice in succession.
It seems like a very rubbish ability, but in fact, the lethality this ability can exert on the battlefield is absolutely terrifying.
War equipment is known for its high lethality, strong destructive power, slow reloading, and long shooting interval.
However, the emergence of the ballista's bursts greatly covered up the shortcomings in the shooting interval.
To get started, just shoot twice in a row. After shooting, change people immediately and go to the back to cool down the skills.
Substitute people, wait for reloading, and continue shooting twice after reloading.
Then change people.
As long as there are enough artillerymen, each cannon can fire twice in a row, and the 45-second shooting interval after the skill buff can be completely overwhelmed by the power of war equipment.
In order to limit the power of this skill, the planner also limited the range of the ballista's bursts to level 3 and below.
In fact, just by looking at the level restrictions at the end, you can know how powerful this skill is.
Every time the war equipment increases by one level, the change in power is simply earth-shaking.
There is no comparison between the level 1 ballista and the level 2 alchemical artillery.
Ai Lan had only seen level 3 war equipment once on the forum.
Tornado Multiple Rocket Launcher [Level 3 War Equipment]: A trump card product carefully crafted by a large war factory.
It can be loaded with submunitions, incendiary bombs, armor-piercing bombs and other special ammunition.
