Before going to Mercury Manor, Victor went to the secret castle on the hill, recharged the alchemy tower with 300,000 gold soles, and set a production task, placing two alchemy dragon lizards first, followed by 300

One alchemical crow, 50 alchemical war mastiffs, a total cost of 155,000 gold soles.

The resources reserved in the Alchemy Tower were reduced by half in an instant. Victor's heart was bleeding, and he kept comforting himself that these investments would have more generous returns in the future.

This is indeed the case. Victor has produced 7 alchemical dragon lizards, with a total investment of 350,000 gold soles. A few years ago, the two-headed dragon lizard Itugos killed 1 alchemical dragon lizard, leaving 6. They then

Occupying the territory of Itugos, the territory covers an area of ​​more than 6,000 square kilometers. In the past five years, the half-dragons and goblin slaves in the territory have provided Victor with a large amount of nutrient resources and mineral resources, with a market value of nearly 600,000 gold soles.

, far exceeding the manufacturing cost of the Alchemy Dragon Lizard, and the Alchemy Dragon Lizard still has a service life of 15 years. In other words, the production structure of the Forward Base will bring Victor at least 100,000 gold soles in revenue every year, and the next 15 years

The annual output is all net profit.

Of course, the zenith resources and mineral resources collected by the forward base cannot be simply converted into gold soles. The market does not have such a large capacity and there are not so many gold coins. Pushing these resources to the market will only cause the goods to be sold in local areas.

Rapid depreciation. For example, Sprout Castle has stored a batch of crystal glazed rocks donated by goblin slaves. According to the current market price, they are worth 170,000 gold soles. But if these glazed rocks are really sold on the Yeliucheng market, its

The transaction price fell by at least 40% because the caravan was bound to lower the purchase price of crystal glazed rocks to ensure that it had enough funds to purchase other goods.

As a result, the value of gold soles has not increased, the cost of creating alchemical creatures in the alchemy tower is still the same, and Victor has lost 68,000 gold soles in vain.

But if these glazed rocks are used to refine crystals and build crystal greenhouses, fresh fruits and vegetables can be harvested in the cold water season. Silver Moon Manor will no longer purchase fruits and vegetables at high prices, and can even sell them to outsiders or reward vassals who have made meritorious services.

family, and save a bounty. Therefore, in the long run, these crystal glazed rocks are far more than 170,000 gold soles.

For example, some of the Zensheng medicinal materials used to configure Dragon Vein Potion and Gold Potion are reserved by Victor for his own use and will not be sold to outsiders.

The production structure of the forward base creates a fortune of 100,000 gold soles every year, and Victor racks his brains to ensure that it can continue to operate. The key is not the lazy half-dragons, but the hordes of goblin slaves.

Goblin slaves are an excellent labor force. Compared with swamp scouts, they do not need equipment worth 60 gold soles, do not receive salary, and do not receive pensions for death or injury. As long as they are fed every day, they can do a day's work and can make various tools.

The resources can be simply processed to improve the transportation and storage efficiency of materials, and can even serve as rations for alchemy war mastiffs.

How could you give up such a useful slave?

In seven years at the latest, the second wave of ant waves will appear. Considering the predatory destruction of resources by the ants, Victor decided to make full use of goblin slaves and seize the time to collect Zen resources. This requires investing more

Alchemical creatures, filling the vacancy after the half-dragon tribe withdrew.

In addition to producing two swamp dragon lizards and a batch of alchemy war mastiffs, Victor is also preparing to dispatch another 150 alchemy humans from Mercury Manor to the forward base to assist Imerson in controlling the goblin slaves.

Originally, he could save the 150,000 gold soles and use them to produce alchemical humans. As long as Imerson cultivates a powerful alienated beast, it will be enough to deter the goblin slaves, and he can also explore the unknown areas of the Lizard Swamp and cover a group of

The Alchemist Militia traveled through the swamp, went to the Everfree Forest to inspect Ant-Man's nest, and even helped fight against the ant plague.

In the past, Victor would never allow Imerson to control the giant alien beast. Imerson once proposed to cultivate an alienated six-legged crocodile to deal with the out-of-control Itugos, but Victor rejected it. Now, Lan

His Highness Del is fully confident in suppressing the wizard's alienated beast. What's ridiculous is that now it's Imerson's turn to be unwilling.

In the past, he wanted to prove his worth and tried every means to please Victor, just to return to the civilized world as soon as possible and reunite with Bertina. Now he has returned to the human kingdom, enjoying the treatment of a hunting director, with two charming girls.

My little wife doesn’t even care about her precious daughter, so why is she still willing to take the risk of using her wisdom to guide witchcraft and expose her identity as a wizard?

Imerson gave a lot of reasons, the main reason was that he was afraid of being sent to the swamp again, where he would be in the company of smelly goblins all day long.

Victor can't force a personal issue. Even if he forces Imerson to act according to instructions, the suspicious wizard will still make mistakes. In fact, Imerson's worries are not unreasonable, and Randall leads Miller away.

, and several middle- and high-level clergy. Father Dane had just discussed the wizard issue with Victor a few days ago. Compared with hundreds of thousands of gold soles, Imerson's safety and loyalty are more important.

Victor walked alone through the wilderness and soon arrived at Mercury Manor, where he met Nelson who was ordered to come and join him.

At this time, the sun had just risen. The two exchanged a few words and then stood outside the manor's playground to watch the soldiers practice martial arts secrets.

The soldiers on the playground are divided into three parts. One is the alchemical humans who have received a three-month social common sense training here. They practice the wolf combat skills every day; the other part is the young children adopted by the Randall family, about 50 or so.

People, with an average age of less than 9 years old, have all undergone body reshaping and are specialized in practicing the griffon combat skills that can ignite the fire of the soul; the last part is the ferocious warriors gathered by Mercury and the smuggling caravan. Currently, there are only two of them, respectively.

Practice violent bear combat skills and wild ape combat skills.

"Sir, the boy who practices the violent bear fighting skills is Rogers. Although he is big and full of beard, he is actually only 21 years old. He is a very good young man and is also my most proud student." Nelson pointed out.

One of them said proudly.

He has brown hair and brown eyes. He is 1.95 meters tall. He has strong muscles and strong bones. His bronze skin shows traces of weathering. There are three deep scars on his chest. His messy beard is connected to his hair, covering his deep facial features.

, looks like he is in his prime, not at all like a 21-year-old young man. At this moment, he is practicing his violent bear combat skills while shirtless. Every step he takes on the solid playground leaves deep footprints, and his muscles roll layer by layer.

, the movements are seamless, like a giant bear attacking, full of majestic power.

"You are better than you were eight years ago." Victor nodded and commented.

"Of course, he is practicing the violent bear combat technique jointly developed by you and me." Nelson patted his chest, laughed, and said with eager eyes: "Sir, will this boy Rogers be transferred to the mercenary army?"

Rogers was once a young mountain man. His mountain stronghold was invaded by another group of mountain men, and his father was brutally murdered. During the ice-breaking trip of the Warhammer smuggler group, they bumped into the group of mountain men and killed their leader, indirectly succeeding him.

Rogers avenged his blood. From then on, little Rogers joined the Warhammer Mercenary Group and was carefully trained by the War Bear Mercenary Hammer, which can be regarded as being in the same vein as Nelson.

Victor smiled and said nothing, turning his eyes to another ferocious warrior. He had red hair, light gray blue eyes, ordinary appearance, moderate height, thin and powerful body, wearing a tight leather armor, and was practicing the mad ape combat skills.

He can reach seven or eight meters in one step, and his movements are as fast as flying, like an ape leaping, coming and going freely, agile and alert.

His name is Red Wolf, and he is the disciple adopted by Balor in Black Castle Town. He is good at stealing and is known as the master thief.

Victor raised his chin and asked with a smile: "The red wolf practices the mad ape fighting skills and is considered your student. Why don't you want him?"

There was a look of disdain on Nelson's face, and he curled his lips and said: "He has an oily temperament, and is as timid as a mouse... The combat skills of the mad ape focus on agility, and more importantly, violence. The flexible movements are for ferocious attacks. This kid has made the mad ape more powerful."

The fighting skills became fox fighting skills."

Victor nodded and said: "The violent bear and the mad ape came from your imagination. They both have your brave style. The mad ape is more advanced than the violent bear. It's a pity that the red wolf and your personalities are different. The mad ape fights

The skills are not suitable for him...but this does not mean that Red Wolf is a waste, he can become an excellent scout and assassin."

Nelson was greatly moved. He rubbed his chin, observed the red wolf for a moment, and blurted out: "Sir... give me the red wolf too."

Victor smiled, shook his head and said, "I won't give you any! I will take Rogers and Red Wolf with me and train them personally, as well as Marcy and Caligula. I have also sent people to summon them.

"

Nelson's eyes lit up and he asked in surprise: "Sir, do you want to deduce a higher-level secret method of soul and blood?"

Ordinary people have limited potential. If you want to deduce advanced spiritual bloodline secrets, it is best to choose violent humans as test subjects. According to church statistics, the ratio of humans becoming violent is 7,000 to 1, but there are very few people who can actually manifest violence. Most of them are violent.

Human beings have been buried. The Randall family screened ferocious humans based on their keen intuition. After working for several years, they only found Rogers and Red Wolf. The other people who claimed to have dangerous intuitions were all proven to be suspicious. Obviously.

, it is difficult for ordinary people to judge who is the truly violent human being by referring to objective conditions.

Rogers, Red Wolf plus Nelson, Turnance and Marcy, there are only 5 ferocious warriors in the Randall family.

Victor is also helpless about this, hoping that Nelson and Caligula can one day reach the level of Turnans and find out the real violent human beings with the touch of the soul.

But then again, how many ferocious warriors can Turnans pick out by himself? The Randall family can have 5 ferocious warriors, which is already pretty good.

Victor sighed silently, nodded and said: "The advanced spiritual bloodline secret method is of great importance. Although Rogers and Red Wolf are both members of the family, they are from the smuggling caravan and Mercury. In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, I am going to

I take them with me to serve as my personal guards... By the way, I will adjust the personnel structure of the personal guards and transfer out all the personal guards over 35 years old so that they can marry, have children, and start a family. Their job benefits, you and Lilia

All arrangements must be made according to the centurion’s standards.”

The lord's personal guard is the Swift Bird Light Cavalry, with a total of 300 people. Half of them are alchemy humans, and the other half are the descendants of the first batch of vassals of the Randall family. Their strength is not as strong as the alchemy militia, but they are still Randall.

The backbone of the family has been carefully cultivated and has received personal training from Victor. No matter whether it is personal ability or loyalty, there is no fault at all.

Nelson reacted very quickly. He touched his head and grinned: "The lord's bodyguards don't marry wives or have children. That guy Gru is already 41 years old and he's still a bachelor... We should find him two wives."

, give birth to a few strong boys... Sir, there is no need to trouble Lilia with the placement of retired personal guards. They are all soldiers, and of course they must serve you in the army. Aren't you planning to form the First Ranger? I see.

, let them set up the Rangers... By the way, how many people are there in the Guards who are over 35 years old? If there are too many people, the mercenaries can place them here."

Glancing at Nelson, Victor shook his head and said: "You must respect their own wishes first. You can only place those who are willing to serve in the military."

"If you don't want to come, I don't want it." Nelson muttered and said with a smile, "This is the best."

Victor nodded and said thoughtfully: "Another thing... In 8 days, you, Bruce, and Trislie will go to Blinol City to teach Kite Castle the principles and applications of the secret method of soul blood... You

You may meet a wizard, but don't make a fuss. He may be the most outstanding potion master today. Your main task is to cooperate with him in developing spiritual meditation potions... However, I hope that we and Kite Castle can have some success in the field of spiritual bloodline secrets.

Wider cooperation.”

"Kite Castle focuses on researching the spiritual bloodline secret method suitable for knights, but I value the bloodline talent potential of ordinary people more." Victor paused and continued: "While I was in Naville, I met several people trained by Kite Castle.

Mystical warriors, their strength, perception, physical fitness, and physique have all reached the level of junior knights. But they are not violent humans."

"Ordinary people? How do they do it?" Nelson's eyes shone, and an expression of surprise appeared on his face.

Theoretically, the physical fitness of knights represents the limit of human beings, but this is the first time Nelson has heard that the physical fitness of ordinary people can reach the level of junior knights. Just like the elite guards of the Randall family, their physical fitness and strength are close

The perception of junior knights is too far behind; the elite guards with high perception and agility are not strong enough. The problem with ordinary arcane warriors is that their attributes are not balanced enough and their shortcomings limit their strength. Even the church cannot solve this problem.

In order to balance attributes, the paladin would rather give up extreme power. The strength and perception of the intermediate paladin are only three times that of ordinary people.

Nelson was eager to obtain the training methods of the Blood Guards, and wanted to personally lead a team to raid the Brotherhood's lair, because there might be a group of wizards behind the Masks, so he gave up. However, he often murmured to Victor that the Blood Guards should be trained.

The guard felt regretful. Now, he has developed a strong interest in the arcane warriors of Kite Castle.

Victor said: "Relying on potions and reshaping the body... For some reasons, this level of arcane warriors is almost impossible to copy, and the time and resource costs of cultivating them are extremely high. Therefore, the kite castle is suitable for ordinary people.

I’m not very interested in the secret method of soul bloodline.”

Having said this, Victor paused, frowned and thought:

The lifespan of the wizard Tolfvin is about to come to an end. He plans to spend more than ten years focusing on researching potions that match the secret method of the knight's soul and blood. Whether the Kite Castle is willing to invest the wizard's limited lifespan in ordinary soldiers remains to be seen.

Let’s see if what I have in my hand can attract them... There are many knights and nobles in the August family, and I have no advantage in competing with them for the knight’s soul and blood secrets. But I can live to be two hundred years old, and Toff’s text
To be continued...