Chapter 165: Reaching the summit in two months, a sudden change occurred [Please subscribe]
In Magatan City, a broken finger block was broken.
Sassen Broken Finger and Romeu Hada stood behind Chen Xuan with somewhat dull expressions.
The entire neighborhood was cordoned off, and the leaders of the two major underworld forces, the Broken Finger Gang and the Coolie Mule Gang, were directing ordinary members to line up in several teams and come to Chen Xuan in turn to conclude a contract.
As the saying goes, practice makes perfect.
Nowadays, Chen Xuan's operation of concluding contracts seems to be smooth and smooth. He can conclude at least thirty contracts at the same time every time, and the time required is only a few seconds.
The Broken Finger Block is destined to not be too peaceful tonight.
The two leading figures, Sasen and Romeu, were the first to be tricked by Chen Xuan into boarding the pirate ship.
It is precisely because of their cooperation that the subsequent contract can be so smooth.
If nothing else goes wrong, in one more water clock at most, all the members of the Finger Finger Gang and the Coolie Mule who are still in the city will become Chen Xuan's slaves.
Slave contracts that appear to be limited in time actually last for a long time.
Once you make a choice, there is no regret.
On the other side, from light to darkness, the White Rose caravan that had settled in the dark street not only was not affected much, but began to dump magic tears even more wantonly.
Originally, I would also be concerned about the daily sales limit without a license.
Now even the packaging step is saved.
One-fifth of the quantity is transferred directly from the mercury storage tanks to the distribution caravans.
The downstream distributors are also happy. They have their own temporary alchemy workshops for packaging.
As long as the White Rose Caravan has enough magic tears, it will be fine.
In less than a water hour, Ophelia sold all the magic tears in four storage tanks.
This is several times the usual sales volume in a single day.
And for the White Rose Caravan, this move also solved the most time-consuming step in the sales of Magic Tears, which can be regarded as breaking the bottleneck of sales.
Therefore, changing from light to dark is not a bad thing. On the contrary, it will allow the White Rose Caravan to attract money more freely.
As long as the caravan is willing to supply magic tears, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell them.
It was never White Rose Caravan and Ophelia who were criticized, but Magic Tears as a flagship product. The absolute hard currency put it in a marketable state.
The strong practicality gives Magic Tears strong product attributes and status, which cannot be compared with aluminum products, seasonings or bicycles.
Moreover, Magic Tears belongs to the category of "the bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish."
The greater the threat of demonic disaster, the greater the value and demand for magic tears.
In the current turmoil of Magtan City, the crusade against the secret door passage crypt is underway.
The demand for magic tears is at the forefront. This kind of thing can save lives at critical moments, and everyone is eager to have one.
Therefore, when Chen Xuan was doing things here, the White Rose Caravan was not idle at all.
This gave Chen the illusion that he was spending more and more money.
Coupled with the addition of the coolie mules and the Broken Finger Gang, their property will naturally belong to Chen Xuan.
As for the money box that had been thrown out as bait before, Sasson and Romeu could only spit it out honestly.
In other words, Chen Xuan not only spent no money on recruiting troops, but actually made a lot of money.
I can’t spend it all, I can’t spend it all!
The garrison and light cavalry battalion that were still in the city were assembled by Baron Bezos after their assault on the White Rose Station failed.
The Baron has his own intelligence sources and already knows that Ophelia has moved the White Rose caravan to the Broken Finger neighborhood. However, the situation in the black street is complicated and cannot be taken care of by the garrison in a short while.
But Baron Bezos will not give up. He is regrouping, but he does not dare to act rashly.
In addition, the coolie mules crossing the block to join the Broken Finger Gang also attracted the attention of interested people.
The Black Street has always been a place where information from many parties gathers, and every move here is particularly eye-catching.
But it doesn't matter, no one can think of Chen Xuan's methods, and no one can figure it out. It won't take long, when the deal is done and the rice is cooked, he will become the new king of the underworld!
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when Magatan City was in turmoil.
On the outskirts of the city, there was a camp outside a monster cave not far away.
Simple tents and fences surrounded the cave.
Among them are the garrison holding the flag of the city, as well as adventurers and mercenaries who have taken on the mission of subjugation.
Everyone's camps are clearly separated and do not interfere with each other, but they are also vaguely grouped together, forming a unique encirclement.
It is conservatively estimated that there are thousands of people in the camp near this cave alone.
A dozen bonfires were burning in the camp.
The mercenaries sat together in twos and threes, polishing and wiping their swords, or drinking and taking a nap.
All major teams spontaneously sent out elite shooters as sentries to occupy the surrounding commanding heights and keep an eye on the entrance and exit of the cave to prevent monsters from suddenly swarming out and launching attacks.
The cave not far away looked in a mess, and the pits on the ground were all traces of fierce battles.
But no corpses could be seen, because they had all been disposed of.
The current tactics of the crusade team are very simple: besiege them at night but not attack them, wait until the sun comes out, and then use various means to "lead the monsters" when the sun is bright.
Lead a group and kill a group, but don't take the initiative to enter the cave to attack.
Sitting outside and waiting for a siege are two different things than attacking deep into a dark and cramped cave.
The latter is much more dangerous than the former.
These two Narayas managed to destroy a lot of monsters through this set of tactics, but the overall situation was still "too many monks and too little food".
The strength of the crowd, plus the fact that the monsters seemed less active during this period, gave everyone involved in the crusade a kind of mysterious confidence.
The wind stopped and the rain stopped, and he felt like he could do it again.
If it weren't for the fact that the bounty pool and basic commission rewards related to the crusade were relatively rich, there would actually be no need to use so many people.
This also makes the atmosphere at the crypt crusade scene lazy and relaxed.
No one felt the slightest bit nervous.
In everyone's perception, they all felt that they had already conquered these monster caves.
Faced with the siege of thousands of troops, even the monsters were trembling with fear and did not dare to appear on the surface easily.
It's no wonder these guys have such thoughts.
Apart from the battle lines, various states and cities rarely have this kind of opportunity to gather to deal with the underground caves.
Not to mention adventurers and mercenaries who often work in small groups.
But tonight, they are all going to make a mistake.
The Gray Moon and the Green Moon slowly but surely move towards the center of the sky.
The light they emit becomes brighter and brighter, and the halos at the edges gradually overlap.
Looking up, it's like there are two strange eyes in the sky.
Under the circumstances, Silver Moon's presence became even lower.
The continent of Naroa has complete celestial phases and solar and lunar rhythms.
The waxing and waning of clouds and the changing of the stars are the norm.
It’s just that many special moon phases and star positions represent some kind of hidden world state.
Just like tonight, the two-wheeled magic moon ascends to the center of the sky, seeming to become the protagonist of the night.
This rare moon phase is also the best opportunity to launch some evil ritual!
The right time, the right place, the right people.
When the position of the double moon reached its peak, a sudden change occurred.
"Rumble!"
With Magtan City as the center, the ground near the cave within a radius of more than 100 kilometers began to tremble violently.
An earthquake equivalent to magnitude 5 to 6 occurs over a patch of land.
At the same time, in the misty canyon north of Magatan City, seven black light pillars rose into the sky.
They shot straight towards the two demonic moons in the sky, forming a strange rune with seven points.
This wasn't the end yet. After the single light pillar shot up, multiple light bands appeared between the gray moon and the green moon, connecting each other.
Then it shot out clusters of gray and green light and shadow toward the area below.
Each group of light and shadow is facing a cave with a secret door passage.
When these lights and shadows disappeared into the cave, new black light pillars rose up.
If you look down from a distance, it looks like black pillars rising from the ground.
These light beams connect to the sky and the earth, completely covering the cave itself.
A unique isolated zone was formed.
The dozens of light pillars in the secret door passage and the seven light pillars in the misty canyon moved in rhythm with each other, flashing like signal lights.
The center points of all the light pillars formed an elliptical transmission light gate with a diameter of several hundred meters. It was rippling and quickly became stable visible to the naked eye.
Large swathes of black clouds were like a large piece of gray woolen felt, covering the sky and covering the three moons.
This is a demonic cloud that usually only appears in large-scale kingdom battles.
This means that the secret door passage has been successfully opened, and a portal for monsters to travel through on a large scale is being constructed!
The light beams pierced the black clouds and penetrated deep into the sky below, which was invisible to the naked eye.
The oval-shaped transmission light gate is rotating like a nebula, and strange light points of various colors are gathering in it.
Circles of ripples rippled out from the spatial singularity at the core of the teleportation light gate.
If someone could fly up and take a closer look, they would be able to see the shadow of a key wrapped around a rose vine shining slowly in the middle of the portal.
The invisible light curtain blocked the cave light pillar and the teleportation light door.
No magic, arrows, or even a rune-heavy crossbow that can shoot a thousand meters can break through this barrier.
Because this is some kind of wonderful space isolation, conventional physical and magical attacks cannot break through it at all.
On the contrary, the monsters on the other side of the portal cannot take advantage of this opportunity to invade.
Before the teleportation light took shape, it was almost invincible.
Interference or destruction can only be carried out through some ultra-high-order space means.
The sudden incident caused some panic among the garrison, adventurers and mercenaries near the monster cave.
They tried to attack the cave shrouded in light beams, but in vain.
The arrow attached to the magic element hit the outside of the light pillar with a supersonic whistle, creating a series of sparks and being directly bounced away by the invisible shield.
Various elemental magics could not even leave a mark, and were quickly annihilated after collision.
This weird balance is not something that anyone can break.
Moreover, the portal has been initially formed, and it is only a matter of time before it takes full shape.
The monsters seem to be using the power of the moon to prepare a wave of big moves!
...
In Magattan City, in the baron's castle in the core area of the first circle.
The messenger soldier held the magic horn and rushed into the room where the baron was.
"My lord!"
"Something bad has happened!"
Bezos, who was wearing rune armor, suddenly frowned.
"Why are you panicking?"
"Don't those gangster rats still dare to attack Bangcheng sentry?"
He thought it was Ophelia and the gangster forces in the city who launched an attack on Bangcheng.
"Moon! There is something wrong with the green moon and gray moon!" "
The monster prepared a back-up plan. A black light pillar appeared in the northern misty canyon, forcibly connecting the previously constructed secret door passage in the cave!" "
It was already contained ! The secret door passage where we live has now become a giant portal!"
the elite soldier in charge of the message said eagerly.
After hearing what he said, Baron Bezos pushed away the maid who was putting on his armor, walked quickly to the terrace, raised his head and looked up at the sky.
According to the normal rhythm, the moonlit night will end in at most half a water clock.
But it is getting darker and darker outside.
It was not visible inside the house just now, but now it becomes clear when walking on the terrace.
And even from the castle, you can clearly see the black light pillars that stand in the sky!
As for the moon and everything else, it was covered by black clouds.
The situation in front of him made Bethoston feel uncomfortable.
No matter how slow he is, he can still understand that this is the back-up plan of the monsters!
A teleportation light gate with a diameter of hundreds of meters can transport hundreds of thousands of monsters.
This level of demonic disaster is definitely not something Magtan City, a small border city, can withstand!
Although the light gate is not completely constructed yet, at least there is still half a Naraya day left.
But this little time will not help at all.
Because Naroa is so big, Magtan City does not have a teleportation magic circle that can directly reach the giant city.
It is not easy for Jucheng to send reinforcements on a large scale.
Even the fastest air cavalry would need a whole Naraya day to reach here.
And if the reinforcements are only air cavalry, they will not be able to turn the tide!
The best plan before Baron Bezos is to evacuate this place immediately!
"Quick! Quick! Quick!"
"Notify the garrison who are going to crusade outside the city to return to the city immediately!"
"All fortresses and garrison points have entered a wartime state!"
"Use magic communication to report the situation to the giant city of Attax!"
Baron Bezos ordered loudly, with a look of horror on his face.
When the courier left, he immediately went upstairs and woke his wife, Zuzana Finley.
Before the effects of the sleepweed wore off, Zuzana opened his eyes in a daze, quite dissatisfied with Bezos for waking him up.
However, after Baron Bezos' eager explanation, she immediately took action and sent a letter to her natal family, requesting that a team of gryphons and dragon eagles be sent to respond!
Baron Bezos found the Snake Butler and his confidants and began to prepare an evacuation plan!
According to past experience, once the portal is opened, monsters will pour into the city like a tide, and then spread to the surrounding areas.
This area will be completely occupied by monsters and become the bridgehead of the new front.
Of course, he didn't know that the current moment was just the tip of the iceberg of catastrophe!
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(End of chapter)