Yoanni was familiar with the new treasure, while Priest Luo was looking at the prosperous town. He practiced for a hundred days this time, and the North, especially the dangerous area, has changed a lot. If the sudden rise of Priest Luo only brought a boost to the Principality's dangerous area, then the gods' gathering to establish strongholds was a good opportunity in the eyes of the lords in this area. If they did not take advantage of the opportunity, they would be sorry for this rare opportunity. Therefore, the territory cleanup and joint sweeps, represented by the two internal and external actions, became the main theme of this summer. Moreover, under the personal auspices of the new Grand Duke and the old Grand Duke's shameless visit, the chief corpse wizard Kosar agreed and grandly opened a round of exchange agreements. To put it simply, this agreement is to exchange living beings for products, technical support, and combat support. And the living beings here include but are not limited to serfs, prisoners, free people, and even monsters. This agreement has helped the lords to a great extent solve the dilemma caused by long-term external pressure and internal troubles. Although the cost is the reduction of the population and the consumption of conventional materials, the main loss is the inferior population in the eyes of the lords. The old, weak, and unruly people, who lack the value of exploitation or are too expensive to use, and who will lose money if they are not careful, can be exchanged for real benefits, then the territory may no longer sink, return to a balance of income and expenditure, or even a positive cycle. The services that the free earl can provide mainly involve two major categories: military and livelihood, which almost cover all the areas that the lords are in urgent need of at present.
Therefore, the entire dangerous area, and even some of the slow areas, have completed a round of sorting. The participation of the new grand duke not only enhances feelings and strengthens prestige through interaction, but also enhances the control of the areas directly under the grand duke outside the lord's land. In the past, I roughly knew that a certain area was my own, but I didn't know much detailed information. Now it is more comprehensive, including where it is suitable for enfeoffment, where the terrain can be used, and how to better control the area after building a stronghold. Of course, such a big sorting is also beneficial to priest Luo. Not only are the creatures exchanged useful to the Earldom, but the sorting out is also helpful for the healthy operation of the super formation with the magic fence as the node. For example, some freeloading monsters were cleared out by taking this opportunity. There are also some fugitives from banditry. These beings were obtained at the price of wild beasts. Their existence further lowered the purchase price of the entire batch of creatures, while the overall quality was improved. Although the production system brought by cyber technology has a high degree of automation within the Earldom, it still presents a characteristic of shortage of technical labor because of the wide range of categories involved. Moreover, no matter whether they are serfs, savages, or barbarians, there are still some people who are not suitable for participating in labor operations. If they must, they can be reorganized, but the cost will be multiplied and there will be hidden dangers. Therefore, these people are screened out by rounds of mechanisms, including but not limited to becoming thugs and even materials. Pastor Luo is not a good person. The corpse witch runs negative energy and is naturally cold and cruel. In addition, with the background of the times, how can he talk about human rights? It is completely a blatant exploitation. The so-called good is also because of the improvement of the exploitation method and exploitation efficiency brought by technology, which avoids the inefficient consumption that is prevalent in this era. Then, in horizontal comparison, it seems to be kind and has a high bottom line. Just like the description of the stalk: He can obviously rob, but he gives money. He really makes me cry! Anyway, the cattle and horse pen, which is essentially a paradise for ignorant men and women who do not know the essence of the technology, has become a paradise in the mouths of ignorant men and women, so that many free people come to surrender, and Gaotai Town has developed rapidly. There is a special promotion mechanism in the town, which will screen qualified people, enter the free territory, and become formal citizens. And this has a process cycle. While people are waiting in line, they have to do something to support themselves, right? The operation of Gaotai Town is carried out accordingly. In this era, those who can travel far with their families are all capable and have good overall quality. Many of them gradually calmed down after arriving in Gaotai Town and felt that there was no need to go to the Earldom to be citizens. After all, citizens have no freedom, which alone is a high price in the eyes of many people. It's just that there are problems of one kind or another, and they need to start over, so they are willing to bear the price. But people's ideas are constantly changing. Seeing that living in Gaotai Town is actually not bad, they feel that the price they thought was acceptable before is a bit too high.
And Priest Luo has no intention of turning all the people in the territory into puppets with highly distorted thinking and consciousness. Just like the belief system is divided into fanatics, devout believers, ordinary believers, and pan-believers. Priest Luo also created a classification system in his territory. All soul-like puppets, such as corpse witches and bone sword guards, are in the fanatic level. Absolutely loyal, but without any creativity and growth. That is, the lower limit is high and the upper limit is low. The laborers in the territory were indoctrinated with a lot of professional knowledge because they were involved in production. This was a kind of forcing things to grow. One of the costs was devout believers. To be more specific, only by matching the radio waves and locking the frequency could they become qualified information containers. After instilling knowledge, they could start work with a little adjustment. Such devout believers were not serious and had a state, but they could not share the faith power that matched their rank. Instead, they needed to consolidate and review regularly like taking medicine to deepen their cognitive state. This group is not suitable for meeting people, just like a concentration camp, there are also private activities, but the more prominent is the control, the rules are very strict, for the creatures who advocate freedom, it looks very depressing and even creepy. Next is the level of ordinary believers, that is, citizens of the Free Territory. The reason why the outside world thinks that the Earldom is a paradise is because of the contact with these people, and a beautiful misunderstanding has arisen. These people are actually specially selected, and their role is to be the link between the normal interaction between the territory and the outside world. Specific work includes but is not limited to helping the corpse witches and sword guards. Fanatics are unkind and strangers are not allowed to enter. They are suitable for doing things, but not for normal communication. Their weirdness is special, and sometimes it is not possible to ease it with a sentence of "the masters have bad tempers, please understand", so the bond becomes very important. The productivity of the Earldom is enough to support the high material treatment for them, coupled with the relatively open-minded system, so they become the children of other people's families and are envied by everyone. It is because of this era that the circulation of information, materials, and people is not strong, otherwise the social impact caused by the welfare of Gaotai Town is enough to make it a holy place that countless people flock to. Of course, even so, it still strengthens the ruling ability and policy strategies of a group of lords, and it rolls up unknowingly, which is good for the lower-class people. For example, the newly appointed Grand Duke Malos tasted the sweetness and joined a group of nobles to go south to collect refugees, refugees, and prisoners from all over the kingdom. This has given many people in the kingdom who can't survive this winter or even the current difficulties a way to survive. Of course, suffering is inevitable, and the ending may not be very beautiful. It can only be said that the journey of the world is more bitter than happy, and people can only hold hope and try to live every day. Sometimes, Pastor Luo will also think about why people live? And every time at this time, the sense of self-discipline will occupy the peak, allowing him to taste it. He believes that when a person thinks about this problem, it is actually an indulgence of his own thinking consciousness. If you believe that everything in the world has its limits, and that excess is as bad as deficiency, then thinking should be no exception, so the harm of thinking is worse than alcohol and sex. Including his style of "using force to defeat cleverness, and covering water with soil" all the time, which is also influenced by it. However, this does not mean that Pastor Luo is a passive personality, and he has no thoughts and motivation to be prepared for danger and take the initiative. Just like inviting Yoani this time, he decided to take the initiative. Doing things should be regarded as a noble mission at a certain stage of life. If you think the conditions are right, start doing things immediately, and even cultivate it into a habit. "Go to the Great Swamp first, and then go to the Arctic Ocean?" "Well, go to find some cannon fodder first, and then use the battle to go north to refine it. I have to make money for you."
Yoani is a little eager to fight, thinking that after this trip, maybe the money he earns can help him save up another set of high-end magic equipment! By then, he will have offensive and defensive equipment, instead of the so-called all-purpose oil for attack and defense now. Especially after receiving the nano-magic weapon given by Priest Luo, his understanding of his own situation is rapidly becoming clearer and more detailed, so he naturally wants to incorporate the magic weapon into the intelligence system of this "confidant"... Soon after, the two of them left Gaotai Town with light luggage. The main purpose is to teleport, and there is nothing special along the way. It is September, and the scenery in many places is still very beautiful, but Priest Luo has seen a lot and his mind is no longer on this, so he thinks it is just like that. The changes in the Great Swamp are not small. When the Ascendant was there before, it was like a tiger in the mountains and forests, forming an implicit order constraint on the entire area. Although it monopolizes the treasure source, it also reduces internal friction and forms a beneficial radiation. This beneficial radiation is not only due to the active negative energy and ripple-like spread caused by the Ascendant's own demands, but also includes the relatively stable development environment brought by order. Specifically, whether relying on intuition or wisdom, dark creatures including the undead can vaguely understand their own position, and then determine what they can and cannot do. But now that the king is gone, the dark creatures have turned into a group of monkeys and started to jump up and down. This has caused very serious internal friction. Until now, even the overall atmosphere of the large area has changed. The last time I came, it was gloomy and solemn, dark and mysterious, as if it contained thousands of dangers, which made people feel frightened instinctively. The main feeling now is chaos, smoky, noisy and restless. For adventurers, this atmosphere is actually very good. After all, everyone has the fantasy of fishermen profiting from the snipe and clams fighting. It can only be said that the birth of speculative psychology also requires certain prerequisites. After a hundred days of brewing and fermentation, the broken window effect has been formed. More and more outsiders come here to make a fortune with the dream of gold rush. And this further exacerbates the change in the atmosphere of the entire area. The no longer pure atmosphere has further attracted the attention of opportunists, who have come down to make money, and a vicious cycle has formed. And this time, Pastor Luo did not use the hovercraft like last time. Although it was quick, it also missed many details, and the high profile could easily alarm some beings. These beings were too lazy to take a closer look at last time, but this time they were his main prey. In a valley forest, the soil was piled up to form a mountain, and trees were planted to consolidate the soil, forming a mountain forest highland in the marshland. Besides, because of the fog that covers it all year round and the light and shadow illusions on the outer water, it has not been discovered by outsiders for many years. But these dark concealment methods are meaningless in front of Priest Luo. In the eyes of Priest Luo, the gathering of souls will form a soul light burning like a bonfire on the grassland at night, not to mention that the dark power is completely submissive to him and allows him to drive it, which makes any existence that uses the dark power within a range, including magic, visible to him. The only ones who can fight are those with similar strength and rank to him, or those who have artifacts or even large energy sources. The so-called large energy source is like a searchlight, a pure and single but strong enough light, which makes people see only a blind white. Unfortunately, the owner of this place does not have such reliance. What they have is just a gloomy and magnificent castle covering a large area.
Every brick, stone and tile has been processed by magic and artistic processing, and all kinds of sculptures are so complicated that they are dazzling. Even the shapes of flowers, plants and trees have been shaped, even if they are only annual herbs. "They have so much free time that they have to spend it by rubbing these things with their hands. It seems that I came to the right place." Yoanni shrugged and thought, "Is this a deliberate effort to show the long history?!" 'Swish! Swish! ' Several figures with residual images appeared about five meters away from the two people, in a semi-enclosed form. They all settled down, and the high-speed airflow they brought up blew in the form of wind. And the leader of these people, accompanied by the flying of fallen leaves, slowly rose from the shadows on the ground, very cool like a stage elevator. Reverend Luo leaned on his cane with both hands, smiled and said, "Kneel!" 'Crack! 'The bones of these gloomy and skinny people in front of him made a crisp sound in unison, and they all broke, and they fell to the ground involuntarily. Some of them tried to struggle and let out angry sharp screams. Priest Luo commented: "You don't know the current situation!" As soon as he finished speaking, the man ignited a blue-purple flame, and the sharp scream turned into a howl. Soon, it burned from the inside out, like a burnt charcoal, but the color was more gorgeous, blue-purple. Although the method of killing one to warn the hundred was very routine, it was very effective. The remaining few were indeed much more obedient. The leader even slammed his head to the ground and shouted: "Welcome the God Slayer to come." "Oh?" Priest Luo became interested and smiled: "You have such knowledge, not bad!" Yoanni naturally understood what Priest Luo meant. Before dawn, Priest Luo killed the Ascending God. His movements were not smooth. He came and went quickly. In a few breaths, there were gods present at that time... It can be said that at that time, except for the gods, no one was qualified to spy on him. Although Priest Luo simply cleaned up the battlefield afterwards, his technical skills were there, and the key information was definitely wiped out. Not to mention the gods, who were very likely to simply wash their hands afterwards. In this context, the blood fangs, or vampires, in front of him could say this, which proved that they not only went to the scene to investigate afterwards, and had a firm grasp of some clues, but also had very good analytical and reasoning abilities. At this time, Priest Luo said again: "I'll give you a hundred breaths of time to summon all the children of the night to this place and listen to the declaration of fate." "I will obey the decree!" The leader was servile and his attitude changed so smoothly that even Yoani, who was well-informed, felt very enlightened and wanted to give him a thumbs up. Seeing the leader with a broken leg bone leaning on his hands and doing things like a whirlwind, Priest Luo smiled and commented: "Buying misery, playing tricks, haha, make do with it, after all, it's wild..."