Mount & Blade: Wind of War

With the accumulation of huge wealth and the acquisition of a large number of slaves, the construction of Lonely Mountain Castle and its affiliated towns almost never stopped for a day.

Not only those alien races in the wilderness who are almost unable to live safely under the invasion of the Hell Clan, in fact, even if humans arrive at Lonely Mountain Castle, they still have to be slaves for a few years before they can accumulate merit and become freemen or citizens. .

With the development of Gushan Castle, government policies have also changed accordingly. Two years ago, in order to attract the population, Gushan Castle even refused to collect agricultural taxes, gave away land, and assisted production for ten or twenty years. After all, it was It is a commercial tax city, and the land here is barren. There is not much difference between agricultural tax and no tax.

However, things are different now. The land reclaimed in the past still implements the original policy and will never give up the government's integrity. However, the land reclaimed recently has gradually reduced the number of years of non-payment of taxes, and even started paying taxes directly. After all, times have changed. , the opportunity is gone forever.

The reason why the slavery system is still implemented is rarely because of economic benefits, but most of the reasons are that if there is no participation and contribution, it will be more difficult for individuals to integrate into a group, whether it is the recognition of other people or the recognition from the bottom of their hearts:

This is the so-called sunk cost. If I have devoted my youth and half my life to this land, then of course I will not betray it easily. This method is also often used in PUA relationships between men and women. The one who pays more cannot let go.

On this day, after Rhodes completed his training and daily work, he came to the Magic Tower in the town center of Gushan Castle.

Being energetic and physically strong makes Rhodes work very efficient. In addition, the subordinates around him are also loyal and capable, so the pressure of running Gushan Castle is not too great for Rhodes.

Rhodes took Kress to the Magic Tower, and Jamila and Mrs. Israel, the actual supreme leader of the Qingyu elves, walked out to greet her.

The entire Gushan Castle has two magic towers, light and dark. One is of course the elemental tower on the ground, and the other is Caitlin's Tower of the Undead in the underground mine.

If these two towers are completely built, and paired with a legendary archmage, to be honest, Rhodes, the city lord, can completely abdicate and make way for others. Therefore, before Rhodes gains absolute control, these two towers No matter how much the magic tower is built, it will only add a large number of ancillary facilities. It is impossible to actually complete the construction. Of course, even so, it can already produce considerable effects.

At least Mrs. Israel lived very comfortably. She left the Qingyu Forest and lived in this elemental magic tower with her disciple Jamila.

"Lord, we have carefully studied the distribution of the Hell Demon Army during this period. In addition to basically ascertaining the specific location of the cracks in the lower plane, we also made another discovery."

Mrs. Israel is an elf who is elegant and beautiful, but also makes people feel the beauty of the silence of time.

Although the slight wrinkles at the corners of her eyes showed that she was no longer young even among elves, it hardly lost any of her charm.

"Oh, please elaborate on it."

One of the purposes of Rhodes' trip is to understand the reason why the number of Hell Demon Army increased during this period.

Although in a short period of time, the advantages of this kind of thing outweigh the disadvantages for Gushan Castle, over time, the businessmen and the army cannot bear it. Although they will not suffer huge losses, if the number of Hell Demon Army further increases , not necessarily.

"The Holy Silver Holy Grail of Gushan Castle has the power to repair space and expel evil. Therefore, the stability coefficient of the space around Gushan Castle is very high, and those lower plane creatures will not get close to it easily."

"If calculated according to the normal 'Haros Space Parameters', it is definitely abnormal for hell monsters to appear so frequently in recent times. Therefore, we have reason to suspect that in the area near Gushan Castle, , hides a very active source of purgatory magic energy!”

Mrs. Israel's personality is somewhat different from other elves, and she even appears to be somewhat capable and decisive.

When she talked about the energy source of purgatory magic, the first thing Rhode thought of was the Demon General Dilib who was suppressed in the Tower of the Dead.

However, this idea was denied by himself the next moment. Dilib, who was in a half-dead state, could not be said to be a very active source of purgatory magic energy.

The area of ​​Gushan Castle itself was severely damaged by the Hell Furnace. Later, the Hell Furnace was destroyed by Rhodes and his people. This area has been continuously repaired by the holy object Silver Holy Grail, and the space is in the process of being closed.

However, during this process, there was a very powerful and active purgatory energy source that was constantly moving nearby. The "space weight" it generated overwhelmed the wilderness. What's more, it even intended to expand the cracks in purgatory. gap.

"Is it that hell dragon? Perhaps it is because the biological habits are closer to purgatory, or it is afraid of being besieged by the main material world, so it leaves a way out for self-protection. No matter what the reason is, what it does is related to Lonely Mountain Castle has conflicting interests.”

Not long after, Rhode thought of the Hell Dragon that was mentioned in the documents before. However, if it was it, he could only delay it for now. Although the development of Lonely Mountain Castle was booming, facing a creature that might be at the peak of the fifth-level legend, even if he could barely deal with it, the cost would be too high for him to accept.

Therefore, as long as that guy didn't actively attack him, Rhode would let it go. He would delay it for one day, until Fatis or he successfully broke through to the fifth-level legend realm, and then he would be sure to deal with that guy.