After leaving Cecilia behind and arranging various backup plans, Bai Xiaowen took the rest of the White Phoenix team and left Kane's plane early.
This time it took nearly three days, and the final result was quite satisfactory.
Successfully foiled the unification plan of the Divine Court Training Camp, and then predicted that they would defect to the Lord of Plague.
As long as they are unable to cause major events in the Northland and trigger new main quests, the time limit imposed by the rules of the spirit world will force these awakened ones to be expelled.
There are less than two days left in the Kane plane of the permanent fiefdom order, so you have to use it sparingly. If the situation goes wrong, Bai Xiaowen will fight to expose his identity and must join the battle to turn the tide.
The information Cecilia sent back time and time again was all good news.
Nicholas IV did not break his promise. After returning to the imperial capital, he immediately issued an order to recruit top masters from various industries to support the construction of the frontier, that is, the Northland.
With the temptation of titles and fiefdoms, many top masters of the sub-professional profession were tempted and started to sign up one after another to join White Rock City.
It is worth mentioning that the registered masters are all middle-aged people in their forties and in their prime. Those who are too young have not yet reached the threshold of masters; those who are too old want to live a comfortable life and are unwilling to go to Beijing.
The earth endures hardships and suffers.
This is also good news for Bai Xiaowen.
Masters in their forties are at the peak of their craft careers. They may be weaker in recruiting apprentices, but their superb skills and strong energy can bring more profits to the territory.
The prerequisite for becoming a knight is to "accept a disciple and become a master." As for the criteria for becoming a master, at least they must be quasi-masters who can create standard gold equipment (or advanced magic scrolls, etc.).
Just be slow when teaching disciples. Anyway, before the disciples become disciples, these masters have to serve the White Stone Leader. It is better for the disciples not to become disciples.
Moreover, the master certainly does not go alone, and often brings some assistants, family members, and usual tools and equipment. It is no exaggeration to say that the arrival of a master means that an industry in Baishi City has a nearly complete system.
system.
In addition, Nicholas IV also strongly supported the construction of the Northland and transported large quantities of supplies from the central provinces to the Northland every day.
I have to say that His Majesty the Emperor is quite interesting.
Of course, Nicholas IV did this not just because of Bai Xiaowen, but also because in the next stage, the North will become the main battlefield against the Plague Lord. The stronger the North, the more time it can give Nicholas IV.
, to promote reforms and clean up the mess left by the conservative aristocrats.
And as time went by, the bad news finally came.
In the Sin Territory, the remnants who had been retreated once again regrouped and approached the Northland Province and the Black Rock Defense Line.
According to Cecilia's understanding, the power of the remnants of the Sin Realm has shrunk a lot since their last defeat. After all, even the great chief Absolun died in the battle.
The Lord of Plague has already taken control of many remnant tribes, and took advantage of the leaderless remnants to infiltrate and recruit them. Now he has completely controlled the remnant forces and incorporated them into the Plague Territory camp, becoming a bridgehead for the invasion of the surface world.
If it weren't for the distraction of guarding against the capricious drow empire, the Plague Lord would have already sent out his troops to attack the surface world with all his strength.
Even now, the Plague Lord covets the surface world. For him, the large number of creatures in the surface world are high-quality and cheap sources of soldiers.
As long as he can capture the North, the Plague Lord will be able to obtain the coveted base in the surface world, and then start the migration of the plague territory, from the underground world with harsh environment and scarce life forms to the paradise-like surface world.
The Plague Lord's tactical plan this time was not much improved compared to the last time. It still sent out plague spreaders to secretly spread the undead plague throughout the Northland to assist the frontal attack by the remnant tribes.
If we talk about the differences, there are two main points. First, the undead plague has been improved and has become more violent and difficult to suppress. Second, the Plague Lord camp has joined a group of awakened members of the Divine Court who have no bottom line in doing things.
For the Awakeners of the Divine Court, this kind of task of penetrating the enemy's hinterland to cause destruction is exactly what they are good at.
If we can capture the Northland Province and move the plague territory to the surface, we will definitely be able to start a new main line mission of unification, and then we will be eligible to stay further. This is also Andre's alternative plan.
However, Andre still didn't know what kind of arrangements Bai Xiaowen had made for them.
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In the northern wilderness, deep in an abandoned cave.
The bonfire was beating, and seven or eight awakened members of the Divine Court were sitting around.
"The ruins of River Claw Town, Mid-Levels Territory, White Birch Castle... these places have already contained the pollution sources of the undead plague. Our preliminary preparation tasks are almost completed."
Andre coughed twice, pointed at the map and said: "However, these places are all deserted and there are basically no living creatures. If you want to completely disintegrate the defense power of the North, you must pollute these two places."
Andre's finger pointed at three locations not far from each other on the map: White Rock City (formerly Red Leaf City) and Black Rock City.
These are the only two densely populated cities in the North, especially White Rock City, which can be said to be prosperous now.
This kind of prosperity has also made the awakened people in the Shenting training camp jealous and jealous. If this quasi-territory is managed so well, how much revenue will it bring every year? It is simply an open-air golden mountain.
Since we don’t have such a quasi-territory, others can’t have it either.
"I tried sneaking in, but the defenses of White Rock City are very tight, and there is basically no loophole to exploit," said an awakened person.
"Can our focus be changed? Since the lord of White Rock City is the awakened one named Cecilia, wouldn't it be ok if we get rid of her?" August said.
Andre said in a deep voice: "Since we came to the Northland, we have never seen Cecilia in person until now. This person seems to be alert and has been hiding under the heavy defenses of White Rock City and cannot be caught at all.
Chance."
After a pause, Andre added: "However, I have sent the two earth natives to find out Cecilia's route of activities. Once we find an opportunity, we can assassinate her. At least, we must force her out of Kane.
Plane."
"Why send those two earth natives?" August was puzzled.
"Because Ouyang mentioned something to me, which made me very concerned."
Andre said slowly: "This Cecilia has the same name as the awakened person of a small force on Earth. I don't know if it's a coincidence, but Ouyang only needs to see the other person once more to complete the confirmation."