mesbooks Chapter 1392 The Lord's Thoughts
Chapter 1392 The Lord's Thoughts
Chapter 1392 The Lord's Thoughts
"What the Lord said is indeed correct. This is truly a shocking sight!"
As the gate of Bingshi City reopened, Xiaojing's fair face was suddenly filled with surprise.
What appeared before her was a huge city built by the sea.
The design style of this city is quite unique. Except for the side facing the sea, giant trenches have been dug on the other three sides, which are eventually completely connected to the sea, forming an extremely large city-protecting sea.
With the surge of the tide, the whole city looks like a giant fortress on the sea, which is quite shocking.
It was almost dusk, and two suns were seen slowly sinking towards the end of the distant sea level, making the sea surface sparkle. Everything was covered with a layer of orange, which made this giant city surrounded by the sea have a unique view.
"Is this the ocean? It's so vast and boundless that it's shocking!"
Looking at the scene where the afterglow of the setting sun and the sea intertwined, Xiao Jing's eyes were filled with even more surprise, and she said excitedly, "My Lord, it is said that this vast land is also surrounded by the sea. Is this true?"
"That's right, but we are not the only ones. There are countless plates similar to ours on the other side of the world."
Lei Xiao touched Xiaojing's head and responded with a smile.
After saying this, a solemn expression appeared on Lei Xiao's face again.
What I just said clearly went against common sense.
No matter how huge this planet is, there shouldn't be so many plates. After all, the land where he is currently located is probably enough to rival the land area of the previous world.
Furthermore, he had seen this galaxy with a binary star system twice.
Although the entire planet is covered with an unknown layer similar to fog, making it impossible to see the scenery above, there should still be a boundary.
However, whether it is from the documents of the human race, or our forces such as the dwarf elves, flower elves, wood elves, tree people, dragonborn, or even the dragon race and dark elves, the records about other plates are all similar.
In these fragmentary records, words such as "countless", "difficult to estimate", "innumerable" and even "endless" are indeed used unanimously, which is simply incredible.
"It is not difficult to see that this point alone is a huge unsolved mystery. As for whether it is related to the blank era, it is currently unknown."
After thinking about this, Lei Xiao calmed his mind and refocused his attention on the scene in front of him.
As the Ice Stone City Gate opened, the huge welcoming team of the Tauren people came into view.
I saw the Minotaur guard of honor wearing silver armor and holding knight swords, stretching from the gate of Ice Stone City to the gate of the capital city. They looked extremely majestic and powerful. Behind them were ordinary Minotaur who came to greet them. It was so densely packed that it could be described as a sea of people.
Moreover, it can be clearly seen that the Minotaur was obviously more fully prepared. With the soldiers on both sides as the boundary, they built a towering translucent magic wall, which occasionally flashed with rich magical light.
Not only that, the majestic city wall behind was also hung with Lei Xiao’s exclusive Shadow Lord flags, fluttering in the wind.
"Your Majesty, this is the highest etiquette for the Tauren to welcome the king, and this time the ceremony is even more exaggerated than that of an ordinary king."
The accompanying flower fairy queen Fanny's starry eyes flashed with surprise, and she said to Lei Xiao: "The magic walls on both sides not only play a defensive role, but also symbolize the supremacy of the king's power."
As soon as Fanny finished speaking, the welcoming team of nobles led by the middle-aged minotaur general had already arrived.
"Greetings to His Majesty, may His Majesty be well and safe!"
The middle-aged minotaur general knelt on the ground, protected the horns on his head with both hands, and saluted to Lei Xiao. The tens of thousands of other minotaurs present also made the same gesture and lowered their heads to Lei Xiao.
You know, the minotaurs are tall and muscular. Ordinary people are comparable to Tiger Stick in size and are even more muscular than trolls. Even if they kneel on the ground, they are still much taller than Fanny and even Broy. Therefore, the scene of tens of thousands of minotaurs surrendering is undoubtedly quite spectacular.
Lei Xiao looked down at the scene, nodded slightly and said: "Please stand up, the past is gone, from this moment on, we will walk side by side and embrace a brand new future together."
Needless to say, the whole scene was in an uproar after hearing the words. Although Lei Xiao's words were brief, they contained an extremely important message, that is, Lei Xiao was not going to punish them, but instead treated them as his own children!
This was undoubtedly unimaginable for them who were used to the various fierce methods of the previous Tauren King! They were flattered by the enlightenment and kindness of His Majesty the Human Race.
"But please remember one thing. I will never allow any force to stop me from moving forward. Your former king did that before, but now he is no more than a corpse."
Lei Xiao's eyes became sharper, then softened again. He smiled at the middle-aged Tauren general who had just stood up and said, "Let's go."
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
Hearing the voice, the middle-aged minotaur immediately touched his chest and saluted, then began to lead the way.
Looking at the other person's fearful look, Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly.
I already knew this through previous meetings and from understanding other people.
The middle-aged Minotaur general who bowed his head to him was called Bruno. He had excellent command ability and personal strength, and was one of the most famous generals among the Minotaur.
Because of this, even though he had no improper intentions, he was still feared by the previous Minotaur King and almost became a discarded pawn.
For me, this problem obviously does not exist. Whether it is my lavish spending or my talent, these are enough to make him loyal and never have second thoughts.
"Of course, it would be best if we could subdue these sixth-level warriors. Unfortunately, the required recruitment order is too high, and I don't have a stable way to obtain it yet. I hope I can solve this problem as soon as possible."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao brought his thoughts back to reality.
With Bruno's introduction, Lei Xiao met several members of the Minotaur royal family one after another, but there were no older princes, only some young minotaurs.
This is no wonder. Given the violent temper of the previous Minotaur King, he would naturally not allow any obstacles to exist in front of his throne.
"Then things couldn't be simpler. We just need to bring up a new king, and with Bruno's assistance, everything will be solved."
Lei Xiao thought so and set his eyes on those young Tauren royals and began to look them up and down.
These cows are not the descendants of the previous Tauren king, but the families of the deceased princes. They are undoubtedly the best choice.
However, since these young minotaurs were all about the same height, their horns had not yet formed, not to mention their hairy brown faces, Lei Xiao couldn't make any sense of them after looking at them for a long time. It was simply difficult to tell them apart.
But after noticing Lei Xiao's gaze, those young minotaur princes and princesses all looked very nervous, as if they were afraid that the human emperor in front of them would twist their horns off.
"Forget it, let Bruno introduce it again later."
Lei Xiao smiled helplessly, and had already passed the giant suspension bridge in front of the Tauren city and entered the city gate.
As soon as you enter the city, a salty and fishy smell hits you in the face.
There are a variety of shops on both sides of the street, mainly selling various kinds of seafood. It looks quite prosperous, and many shops even have rows of dried fish hanging in front of the doors.
This is not a big deal. After all, this place is very close to the sea, and is even surrounded by sea water. It is not surprising that such a situation occurs.
"As you can see, Your Majesty, this Wuji City is mainly engaged in fishing, not only in the near sea. We also have perfect deep-sea fishing capabilities, enough to compete with all kinds of magical beasts below the fifth level in the sea. In history, we have even hunted down the sixth-level magical fish dragon."
Bruno's voice was full of pride as he introduced: "I believe His Majesty the Human Race has also understood that in addition to the forces on the ground, we also have an extremely impressive naval force, which is a force that many foreign forces do not possess."
Hearing this, Lei Xiao nodded slightly.
Just as the other party said, a considerable number of forces in the outer domains have almost no naval power. One reason is that their sphere of influence is inland, and the other reason is that even if they are close to the coast, they generally have few warships, such as wood elves and dragonborn.
As for the specific reasons, there are many. From a military perspective, most forces are land-based and rarely build large cities near the coast. Even if they enter the opponent's territory, it doesn't make much sense. Moreover, if the opponent uses long-range group attack spells, it is easy to destroy a fleet. After all, the fleet has great limitations on the sea.
From a trade perspective, the emergence of the Shadow Market is enough to promote transactions between various forces to the greatest extent.
Furthermore, the sea in the outer domain is extremely dangerous. Various high-level marine monsters emerge in an endless stream. They are also extremely huge in size and can be called the nemesis of merchant ships. Often, they go there without returning. To protect merchant ships, it is necessary to invest huge resources and energy to build a fleet and cultivate corresponding talents. The cost-effectiveness is obviously not high, and supplies are also very troublesome.
In this case, it would be better to directly send strong men to travel rapidly on the ground. After all, the storage rings in the outer domain have a larger capacity and can hold more goods.
All in all, it is not surprising that this situation occurs under the influence of various complex factors.
"Although from various aspects, building a fleet is indeed not an option for most forces, but for me, the situation is completely different."
There was a hint of solemnity in Lei Xiao's eyes, and he thought so in his heart.
The reason I think this way is to prepare for future encounters with other sectors.
Although we don't know what form this encounter will take, once the distance between us and the enemy is no longer far away, but far beyond the distance that can be reached by other means, that huge fleet will undoubtedly play a huge role.
Not only that, according to the information left by Wang Xi and the speculation of Hui Lao and others, the Cataclysm Rift is also likely to appear in the sea area of the human territory. If it is to be discovered and responded to in time, a fleet is also indispensable.
"So, it is very necessary to build a fleet. At present, I have been seizing the time to prepare in the human territory, and even put a lot of lord talents to use. With the addition of the minotaurs, everything will undoubtedly become smoother. After all, most of the human seas are relatively calm, and they lack experience in dealing with huge ocean monsters."
Thinking of this in his mind, Lei Xiao simply described the role of the fleet to Bruno and others, but only said that it was to cope with important challenges in the future, without explaining the specific reasons.
"I didn't expect that His Majesty is so far-sighted. I admire him very much!"
Bruno's face immediately showed respect, and he said without hesitation: "If there is anything you need, please let me know, Your Majesty!"
After that, Bruno began to describe the details of the fleet in detail.
The Minotaur fleet is mainly composed of two third-level elite legions. Although this seems insignificant on the ground, it is already a very impressive force on the sea.
Following Bruno's introduction, Lei Xiao and his party walked along the clean and humid streets of the city, and finally stopped in front of a giant castle that was also very distinctive.
The layout here is very similar to the castle in Shuiyue City. It is located on a spacious lake island, but judging from the salty smell coming towards you, it would be more appropriate to call it an island.
Under Bruno's guidance, Lei Xiao passed through the magnificent castle hall, turned into the corridor, and soon arrived at the King's Hall.
After sitting on the throne, the first thing Lei Xiao did was to identify the heir to the throne.
After being introduced by Bruno and other Minotaur ministers, Lei Xiao finally set his sights on a young Minotaur prince.
His father was once the commander of the Minotaur naval fleet. More than ten years ago, he and his flagship mysteriously disappeared in the open sea. It was said that he encountered a sixth-level magical beast. However, someone accidentally saw the remains of the Minotaur king that should have been buried in the sea. The result is naturally self-evident.
After receiving Lei Xiao's signal, Bruno and others fully cooperated and quickly finalized everything about the ceremony. The Minotaur Prince was also so grateful to Lei Xiao that he knelt down on the ground repeatedly.
After all, the human youth in front of him not only helped him complete his revenge, but also put the crown of the king on him. How could he not be grateful?
Afterwards, Lei Xiao followed the usual practice and deployed cooperation matters such as setting up a portal, and carried out a comprehensive upgrade amid the usual shocked gazes.
The Tauren's foundation is stronger than that of the Trolls. The two combined are enough to allow the human race to have 10 more third-level legions.
Of course, the most important thing is that Lei Xiao was also satisfied to see the awe expressions of the minotaurs when they looked at him as if they were worshipping gods.
But just when Lei Xiao finished everything and was about to return to Ice Stone City, he saw Bruno's ears trembling slightly, obviously he had received a magic communication, and his expression quickly became extremely ugly.
(End of this chapter)