Devouring Evolution Begins with Hedgehogs

Fortunately, it seems that the silver elves took this into consideration at the beginning of the design.

Therefore, this part of the magic power circuit did not use the common method of digging grooves in the base, and then pouring them directly with magic-guiding materials.

Instead, there are prefabricated guide rails made of magic-guiding materials one after another.

Even this part of the floor is designed as an open structure, as long as force is applied at a special angle, it can be opened along the magic circuit for easy repair.

And such prefabricated parts are stored a lot next to the high platform.

After a rough estimate, in addition to repairing the entire magic circle, there are still a few left to pick up and store.

The three of them exchanged opinions, and immediately decided unanimously to repair the magic circle first!

It seems that all the creations of elves are dominated by elegance and lightness in style. Even these magic rails are not as heavy as they look, but light and strong.

Liu Ergou even found some peculiar patterns on each guide rail.At first, he thought it was some kind of special magical craft, and immediately found Doris happily, wanting to explore the mystery.

But the two studied it over and over for a long time, and finally they could only decide that these seemingly incomparably exquisite patterns are just decorative patterns.

The two were also quite speechless about the boring behavior of the ancient silver elves, which was equivalent to carving flowers on shell shells.

As for the replaced abandoned guide rails, naturally they cannot be wasted.Ask Tufaen to collect all these waste parts and prepare to pack them up and take them away later.

You must know that the reason why these guide rails can conduct magic is not only because they are made of special magic guide materials, but also because of their special internal microstructure.

The seemingly solid guide rails have a prefabricated special structure inside each one.And it is these special structures that cause subtle changes to gradually occur through the nature of the magic power on them.

Even the guide rails in different parts have different internal structures!If it weren't for the number corresponding to the magic circle on each guide rail, Liu Ergou might not be able to repair this thing.

Therefore, although most of the special internal structures were damaged due to the impact of magic power, the guide rail itself is not bad for the real magic guide material!
Whether it is reprocessed into other magic items, or sold directly in the form of raw materials, it must benefit a lot.

In a short while, the replacement of the guide rails has been completed.

With the installation of the last guide rail in place, the magic array that was originally dim suddenly lit up bursts of glow!But after a few seconds, it quickly dimmed again.

This is broken?Shouldn't it be reversed somewhere?
Liu Ergou hurried forward, rechecked back and forth, and carefully sensed the flow of magic power in the magic circle. Then he wiped off his cold sweat and let out a sigh of relief.

It turned out that at the moment when the magic circle was activated, due to the release of the energy accumulated in the energy-gathering circle, the magic power circuit in charge of combing reached a high load in a short period of time, and this gave off a dazzling magic power.

And after the energy was released, the level of magic power in the circuit dropped back to a lower level, which made the entire magic circle look very bleak.

Since it can only collect discrete magic energy in the environment, the magic power output of the magic circle is naturally very slow, so such a bleak state is actually the current normal state.

But there is one thing Liu Ergou doesn't know.The production of life essence not only requires the accumulation of a large amount of energy, but also requires a powerful "introduction" as the core of gathering life energy.

The alchemy machines in the experimental hall are actually mainly used to refine this "introduction", and providing energy is secondary.

Therefore, in these thousands of years, the energy slowly provided by the recovery center, after being transformed by the magic circle, can use the original life essence as the core to continuously accumulate the volume of the essence stone.

But now, because Liu Ergou took the core and there is no new "introduction", so even if the recycling center is restarted, the energy provided will not create new life essence, but will just flow into the energy pool store it up.

So Liu Ergou didn't know that the "Life Essence Wholesale Plan" in his mind was gone.

But now, Liu Ergou and Tufaen were happily walking out of the base with a bunch of scraps on their shoulders.

The reason for being happy is naturally that Ai Er finally popped up a window, reminding Liu Ergou that the mission has been completed!

After all, this trip not only obtained the most critical essence of life, but also harvested a large bundle of precious magic-guiding materials by the way.

And because of De Lisi's joining, not only did he gain a valuable talent, but he was also able to discover several precious materials in the Sunset Mountains, which was a huge profit!
Oh yes, this is not counting the captured blue-winged bat. I wonder if Xilia and Eranster have researched a way to domesticate this thing?
One thing was unexpected.Originally, Liu Ergou thought that the essence of life should be sent to him by the system in some way after completing the task.

After working for a long time, including the essence of life, all the rewards have to be found by yourself?

The emotional system is just pointing out a way for oneself, what about the white wolf with this empty glove?
This unscrupulous money fan has forgotten that the matter of domesticating blue-winged bats is still the detailed information provided by the system.

Thinking of this, Liu Ergou was also a little strange.

How did the system know that there were the remains of the silver elf here, and how did it know that there was the essence of life here?

Not to mention the task of repairing the magic circle.If the system didn't know in advance, then Liu Ergou wouldn't believe it even if he was killed.

However, his intuition told him that at least for now, this question cannot be said.

For the current self, just enjoy the benefits brought by the system honestly, and grow up quickly is the kingly way.Anyway, this thing hasn't tricked me so far, has it?

Just when Liu Ergou was thinking wildly.
"Ding!" A crisp ringtone instantly pulled his wandering thoughts back.

new task!
"Mission Purpose: Expand Beiyuan City"

"The task information is as follows:
"1. Expansion of Beiyuan City
"2. Develop water sources to solve food problems caused by population increase
"3. Obtain the title of Field Earl and above
mission rewards:? ? ?
Time frame: one year"

Looking at the task in front of him, Liu Ergou was completely confused.

The first reason is that this Beiyuan City is a thing that has not yet been written down, why is there an expansion now?Also population increase?

Because of the attack of the gargoyle lord, the Mais Rat tribe lost a considerable number of young and middle-aged warriors.Originally, both Liu Ergou and Eranster wanted to promulgate new family regulations to encourage more children. Where did this come from the population growth?
The second reason is that the tasks given by the system in the past were very clear in content, and they were basically simple and clear questions such as where to kill and how many to kill.

Even Liu Ergou didn't reveal it before he set off?Ai Er also notified him just now, the content of which is "collecting the magic-guiding materials in the ruins", that is, the batch of replacement scraps.

But this time?

Leaving aside the issue of water sources for the time being, is it just "obtaining the title of earl above the field"?
The title is not Chinese cabbage, can it be obtained if it is said to be obtained?
For a while, Liu Ergou couldn't figure out what to do next!
After some complicated operations, Liu Ergou followed De Lisi back to the city with difficulty.Although he boasted to De Lisi at the beginning, saying that it was easy for him to become a real earl.

But at the beginning, Liu Ergou just slipped around in the temple of the Swan Clan, and after getting the title of Priest of Order, he was dispatched to this Northern Plains as the lord.Not to mention nobles, he has never even seen what the empire looks like.

And this Northern Plains has been a lawless place all year round. No one has ever seen what a real nobleman looks like, let alone the class system.

Even if Liu Ergou is now the de facto leader of the Olo and Mais tribes, he is more like a tribal chief than an orthodox lord.

After thinking about it, I still have to go to De Lisi's small classroom to make up lessons.

Liu Ergou is very fortunate now, fate is like a timely help, when he needs it most, it is just right to give him a sister Lin, bah, sister De.

Otherwise, I, an alien, led a group of aliens to survive in the wilderness in this lawless place?

In the future, when we arrive in the civilized world, we will definitely suffer a lot!

So after thinking about it, Liu Ergou finally confessed his doubts to De Lisi.Of course, it was still an excuse to develop Beiyuan City.

Liu Ergou didn't intend to let anyone know about the existence of the system.

De Lisi did not doubt him.Anyway, she has tied herself to Liu Ergou's chariot now, and she is naturally happy to see this thigh as thick as possible.

However, at the beginning of the lecture, it took a full hour to talk, and it was not until she was about to walk out of the path of ruins that De Lisi gave Liu Ergou a complete account of the current situation of the empire.

With De Lisi's explanation, Liu Ergou had a complete understanding of the aristocratic system of the empire.

In the entire aristocratic system, the field earl has a very unique and important meaning different from all other aristocrats!

Specifically speaking, it can be roughly divided into two meanings.

One is "on the ground".

Royal family-lord-commoner-slave, the pyramid composed of these four identities from top to bottom is the most intuitive embodiment of the imperial class system and the basis for maintaining the stable rule of the empire.

But in this pyramid, apart from the royal family who are always at the top, the boundaries between other classes are not always very clear.

Take Doris as an example. During Devinston's time, her baronship was attached to the Earldom of Fermu.Moreover, De Lisi is a vassal title directly entrusted by Devinston, rather than an honorary title obtained alone.

This means that even though she has not inherited Devinston's title and territory, Doris still has part of the ruling power over Fermu.This made her status far above all the honored nobles, and she was basically in the middle of the "lord" level.

As a field earl, Devinston has almost reached the top of this level.Further up, there is only the Field Marquis.

But with Devinston's defeat, Ferm's fief was wiped out almost overnight.And De Lisi, who lost her territory, also plummeted in status, falling directly to the bottom of this layer.

At this level, in the eyes of many powerful nobles, Doris is no different from a commoner.This "real power" can be its own fief, or it can be a powerful suzerain with a fief.

Even if she fails to fulfill the obligations assigned by the royal family, then she will be deprived of her title of honorable Baron!In that case, De Lisi would completely fall into a commoner.

In the legal system of the empire, nobles naturally have an overwhelming advantage over commoners!This advantage is so great that even if nobles kill civilians, as long as they have a suitable excuse, they can be saved from death!

Therefore, once she falls to become a commoner, De Lisi has no place to stand up.

In fact, those merchants who do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to make friends with or even directly enshrine the real nobles are just to obtain even the most insignificant knighthood.

Only by obtaining aristocratic status can one have a chance to gain a foothold in the upper class.

Otherwise, no matter how wealthy a commoner is, in the eyes of the nobles, they are just a piece of fat that can be enjoyed at any time.

The second is the "Count".

Theoretically, from the baron to the grand duke, no matter which rank of title, there is a chance to obtain a fief.

But in fact, the earl level is a very important watershed.Below this watershed, viscounts and barons, large and small, almost all depend on their own earl suzerain.

And if De Lisi's original plan was followed, even if she really handed over the essence of life, she would still be just an independent viscount.

The most common usage of such low-status, independent little nobles without fiefdoms is to become the scapegoat and victim of the rivalry between the big and powerful.

For example, in a political conspiracy, he was handed over as the culprit.And the bigwigs at the top never cared whether such a weak nobleman was capable of instigating such a conspiracy.

They only care about how much benefit they can get from it, and whether sacrificing such a nobleman is enough to make up for their lost "dignity" in name.

And above this watershed, although there is a higher level of field marquis, it is more of a title awarded to the patriarch of a certain big family to show his dominance over the nobles at all levels in the family.

For such a field marquis, although the territory is vast in name, except for his own direct fiefdom, the field marquis has no powers such as administration, law, and conscription to the field earls in the territory, but only collects a certain amount regularly. tax only.

For example, Devinston only paid a tax every year to the Marquis who ruled the Southwest Province, while the ruling power of the Fermu Land was still firmly in his own hands.

In this sense, the field marquis is actually equivalent to the field earl.Of course, except for a few big families with a long history.

For example, like the five major families, the patriarch has almost absolute power over the entire family.Such a behemoth is far beyond the reach of ordinary marquises.

As for the grand duke who is further up, that is the title assigned to the emperor's relatives.

In order to show the royal family's respect for the nobles, the grand dukes will generally be granted a fiefdom independent of all marquis territories, roughly equivalent in size to two earldoms.

Therefore, the field earl is the backbone of the "lord" level; only the field earl and above are eligible to become real nobles who participate in the rule of the empire.

A very simple example, all the potbellied generals in the military department are actually field earls.

After slowly sorting out and digesting what De Lisi explained, Zhao Zhu fell into deep thought.

According to De Lisi, to become a field earl is nothing more than to implement two things: title and fiefdom.

It's not difficult to get a title. Zhao Zhu was blessed by the God of War in public at the beginning, and a priest of order personally appointed by Thatcher!With this title alone, at least one earl can be awarded.

The real problem is fiefdom.Zhao Zhu was awarded the Northland Wilderness, nominally by drawing lots, but anyone with a discerning eye can see the tricks here.

Although it is not clear why this Order Priest who was proclaimed by the God of War was suppressed for the time being, one thing is certain.

From the very beginning, the mastermind behind the scenes did not intend to make Zhao Zhu a real nobleman!