Chapter 806 The new ice knight and the joy of the lord
A peaceful night passed by in the blink of an eye.
Although the outside of Buluo Fortress is covered with ice and snow, the temperature inside is pleasant. This is due to the ubiquitous thermal energy magic array and special magic coating in the fortress.
The next morning, when the refreshed Lei Xiao walked out of the bedroom, all the main force and subordinates were waiting outside the door of the room.
"Good morning, Lord!"
Seeing Lei Xiao's figure, the subordinates touched their chests, saluted, and greeted Lei Xiao respectfully.
"Good morning everyone."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, his eyes wandering, and finally fell on Ariel's slender body.
I saw that this girl was still neatly dressed, with her slightly curly long hair tied back, but there were some traces of redness and swelling on her fair face near her eye circles.
Looking at Ariel's delicate face, which was slightly stained with tears but filled with a bright smile, Lei Xiao immediately reacted.
It seems that these two princesses and sisters who have not seen each other for a long time must have a heart-to-heart talk with each other, completely melting away the estrangement of many years.
Sure enough, before Caroline arrived, Lei Xiao learned about it through Ariel's description.
It turns out that in the past few years, the reason why Caroline never saw Ariel every time she returned to the capital was not because she deliberately alienated Ariel, but because the eldest prince and the second prince were causing trouble.
The two of them would always make up various reasons to make one of Caroline or Ariel absent from the palace or be entangled in trivial matters.
In addition, Caroline also had to attend various military meetings and inspect military camps. Even when she returned to the royal capital, she rarely stayed in the palace. This made the relationship between the two sisters become increasingly estranged.
"After checking everything that happened over the years with Sister Wang, I finally fully understood that those two guys even concealed the messages and gifts that the subordinate and Sister Wang left each other, in order to drive a wedge between the subordinate and Wang.
The relationship between sisters."
"At that time, my subordinate was still young, coupled with his unruly and willful temper, he would never put down his body and take the initiative to find Sister Wang who could not get away at all. This made the misunderstandings accumulate and deepen."
In Lei Xiao's room, Ariel lowered her eyebrows and sighed softly: "The reason why those two guys did this is also very simple, that is, they are already preparing to fight for the throne."
"Although you and Caroline are far less powerful than those princes, your relationship has always been very good, and you also have the right to inherit the throne. It is inevitable that the other party will be wary."
Lei Xiao first gestured to Ariel to take a sip of the freshly brewed black tea, and then nodded thoughtfully: "With the throne hanging in the balance, if you join forces, no matter what your position is, you will be able to deal with them who have ulterior motives.
That said, it is indeed a big obstacle.”
"What the lord said is absolutely true."
Ariel held the steaming tea cup, nodded and said: "After that, it was just like what the lord said. Although Sister Wang reacted later, as she became more active on the battlefield, Sister Wang
My body is also stained with too much blood. In order to prevent my subordinates from feeling the hostility, I simply make mistakes."
After finishing speaking, Ariel took a sip of tea, and then sighed softly again.
"Okay, it's always a good thing to be able to resolve the misunderstanding with your sister Wang."
Lei Xiao gently patted Ariel's delicate shoulder and smiled: "Shouldn't we be happy for a good thing?"
"What the lord said makes sense."
Feeling the tenderness brought by Lei Xiao's palm, Ariel gradually calmed down and nodded: "Having said that, it is thanks to the lord that my subordinates were able to eliminate the estrangement with Sister Wang."
At this point, Ariel shook her head helplessly and said, "Sister Wang actually apologized to her subordinates, saying that when she learned that they had been assassinated, they had already gone to Kongqing Town.
Moreover, she did not help in the subsequent battles."
"Caroline already shoulders the heavy responsibility of guarding the fortress. In addition, this place is very far away from us, and there are several princes in the middle. It's no wonder she is here."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and said with a faint smile: "But from now on, she and we are already partners on the same journey. Since we are already partners, we naturally have to support each other instead of blindly asking for each other."
Lei Xiao clearly understood that before he conquered Caroline, in addition to showing his strength, he must also give her enough benefits to make the alliance more stable and lay the foundation for the final conquering.
"The Lord always thinks the same as his subordinates. Although Sister Wang has been apologizing to his subordinates, his subordinates have never done anything for Sister Wang."
Ariel nodded heavily and made up her mind: "Just like what the lord said, whether it is for the Cold Flame Kingdom or for Sister Wang, my subordinates must grow up as quickly as possible until they are enough to carry a country.
the weight of."
At this point, Ariel's cheeks turned red, and she added in her heart: "The most important thing is to have a stable rear for the lord's starry sea."
Just when the two of them were talking about this, there was a knock on the door, and Caroline's crisp voice came from outside the door: "My sister, my dear guest, breakfast is ready. Let's move to the restaurant now."
After that, under the guidance of Caroline and Hilda, Lei Xiao and his party had a sumptuous breakfast with northern characteristics in Caroline's exclusive restaurant.
Compared with the ordinary breakfast, in addition to hard bread and oatmeal as the staple food, there are a variety of bacon and sausages, as well as cheese dishes and various sweet jams, as well as crystal clear northern spirits.
At a glance, the table is full of meat and calorie bombs, which is impressive.
During the meal, Lei Xiao was keenly paying attention while confirming the final details of the reinforcements with Caroline.
The eye circles of the third princess of Leng Yan are also slightly red, but compared to Ariel who wears light makeup, Caroline's eyes are not so obvious under the coverage of rich eye shadow.
After the meal was over, Lei Xiao and his party said goodbye to Caroline and Hilda, left the Fortress, and returned directly to Crystal Blue City.
Then, Lei Xiao moved to the edge of the northern border via Jinglan City, then walked to Wangxing City, and finally returned to the territory through Wangxing City's teleportation network.
As for why Lei Xiao didn't use the return crystal directly, it was because he wanted to learn more about this journey.
After all, this is also the route that the northern reinforcements will take in the near future until they reach the vicinity of Wangxing City, giving their opponents a surprise blow.
After returning to the familiar territory, the first thing Lei Xiao did was to go back to the top floor of the mansion and go through the daily tasks of receiving the recruitment order and working backwards.
During this process, since the other two alchemist guilds had already submitted the required alchemy materials, Lei Xiao also directly decomposed 10 days of alchemy materials for the other party's use.
"Compared with the Alchemist Guild in Gelin City, the other two alchemist guilds in Tiege Castle and Songluo City are about the same in strength. This undoubtedly means that there are already three alchemist guilds working hard to alchemy potions for me!"
Overjoyed, Lei Xiao called Jiang Li to his lord's office through some words.
As for Gracilaria's tasks, there are two in total.
The first item is to hand over the large amount of alchemy materials that have just been decomposed to Tina of Iron Gate Castle and Rose Marquis of Songluo City, instructing the two to take full charge of matters related to the alchemist guilds in their respective jurisdictions to ensure the supply of potions.
The second item is to instruct Jiang Li to go to Kongqing Town first, obtain some of the food agreed with Caroline from Lin, and then send it to Buluo Fortress to assist the imminent remote villages.
As a space mage, Jiang Li already has a large storage space, and with the assistance of Crystal Blue City, it is naturally easy to do all this.
After Jiang Lei was ordered to leave, Lei Xiao held another regular meeting and informed his subordinates that he had secretly formed an alliance with the third princess, Caroline, which greatly boosted the morale of his subordinates.
Of course, out of caution, Lei Xiao did not let his subordinates spread the secret alliance to other non-subordinate leaders to prevent the two princes from discovering the truth.
The territory is now at a critical stage of life and death, so naturally there can be no mistakes in any detail.
After the meeting, the old butler Ward prompted me.
Lei Xiao also built ten large canteens for the newly recruited Frank, Gray and other subordinates yesterday, near the barracks, for these elite soldiers who were guarding the territory to have collective meals.
"Yesterday I was busy summoning Frank and others and learning about their past, but I neglected this matter."
Outside the main entrance of the territory, Lei Xiao looked at the ten brand-new canteens arranged neatly and nodded with satisfaction.
In this way, under the current scale of the territory, all infrastructure is fully equipped.
Then, Lei Xiao and the old butler Ward finalized the corresponding kitchen help system to relieve the pressure on Rudy and others.
Lei Xiao clearly understood that even with the support of a professional chef team and a logistics squadron, it was still a little bit insufficient to ensure the quality and quantity of food for nearly 4,000 people.
After the old housekeeper took the order and left, all matters in the territory have been dealt with.
"Next, it's time to carry out the key work of improving combat capabilities."
Lei Xiao patted the dust on his hands and nodded thoughtfully while walking towards the lord's mansion.
Just like what I was thinking about last night, it is the fastest way to increase my strength that I can currently do.
That is to cultivate two more elite third-level squadrons as tactical forces that can be mobilized at any time. This is also a key link to defeat the armies of the two princes and gain vitality.
"At this stage, in addition to the directly subordinate squadrons, I have qualified elite second-level peak squadrons under my command, as well as two squadrons of half-elf demon archers who have released their bloodline seal."
"And the two third-level magic potions I have in hand can cultivate a physical squadron and a magic squadron."
"The half-elves represented by Bai Zhi are agile and good at jungle combat, which is exactly suitable for the terrain of the territory."
"Coupled with the range and shooting speed of half-elves, which are already higher than ordinary archers, after becoming a demon archer, they can enchant arrows at will, further increasing the overall damage, and undoubtedly becoming a third-level archer.
The best candidate for the elite squadron."
Just when Lei Xiao frowned and thought about this, the ice demon Gars, with Xue Ya and Faxia, had already come forward to greet them.
"See your lord!"
The three alchemists touched their chests and saluted at the same time, bowing their heads respectfully to Lei Xiao.
"No need to be polite, Senior Gars, how is your recovery going?"
Lei Xiao waved his hand and asked the Bingliu family ancestor who still looked a little vain.
"Back to the lord, my subordinates have recovered to some extent. The effects of the fifth-level healing potion and the fifth-level healing scroll are indeed miraculous!"
When he said this, Garth's wrinkled old eyes showed a hint of uncontrollable gratitude.
While feeling grateful, Gals seemed to have remembered something, and with a quick wave of his hand, 12 crystal clear new ice knights appeared in front of Lei Xiao.
"Lord, these alchemy puppets are the inventory of my subordinates. After a whole day of debugging and repair by my subordinates, their strength is no different from those of the previous ice knights. I hope they can help my lord."
Gars bowed again and said to Lei Xiao: "In addition, I also have some raw materials for refining the Ice Knight. It will not take long to provide the lord with more combat power.
Already."
"Then thank you to Senior Gals for your hard work. Before the injury is fully recovered, Senior Gals should focus all his energy on the Alchemy Ice Knight."
Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction and began to inject energy into the new ice knights one by one to gain control of the ice knights.
Before that, Lei Xiao had asked Garth in detail.
It was learned that the alchemy technology that Garth was proficient in was a variety of rare functional potions, including shape-shifting potions, which did not permanently enhance his strength.
In addition, it is well known that alchemical potions need to withstand corresponding magical backlash.
Therefore, before the opponent's injuries are fully recovered, it is more appropriate to make an alchemy puppet that requires higher refining skills but relatively low pressure.
Not long after, after completely gaining control of the new Ice Knight, Lei Xiao jumped for joy in his heart.
This undoubtedly means that the third-level peak ice knight in his hand has reached the size of three teams!
Coupled with the two teams of divine arm shooters and other guardians, the combat power they carry alone is close to the strength of an ordinary legion!
Just as Lei Xiao was happy in his heart.
I saw Xue Ya and Fa Xia walking forward again, each handing over a small brocade box with a fragrant fragrance: "Lord Qi, this is the result of these two days!"
"Well done, you guys have worked hard too."
Lei Xiao took the potion respectfully handed over by the two women and nodded with satisfaction.
Lei Xiao was naturally not unfamiliar with this rich and strange fragrance, because he had seen it twice before.
"Is it another brand new [Double Moon Condensation Pill] and a brand new [Star Pattern Magic Pill]?"
"It seems that I can get more than two third-level elite squadrons today!"
After briefly checking the properties of the new potion, Lei Xiao thought as he started upgrading it directly.