Infrastructure Throne

Pearl City.

As the largest city in the north, the port of Pearl City is lit even at night.

A patrolling guard walked here, looked at it absent-mindedly, and went to drink with their shoulders together.The guard on the top of the wall took a low stool and leaned against the wall to take a nap.

The long-term comfort and prosperity have already wiped out the vigilance of the guards. In the Northland, there is no safer place than Mingzhu City. Even when the beast hordes are raging, isn't this place still safe and sound?

The bright silver moonlight quietly enveloped the broad Chiyuan River, and the surface of the river shimmered like stars falling into the world.

Yuanliu City's fleet hovered silently on the river, three double frigates, divided into three directions, guarding around the main ship with high sails.

The four gunboats are like hunters dormant in the dark, lying patiently beside their prey, waiting for the perfect opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.

It was past midnight, and in the distance, a long bell was heard from the bell tower in Mingzhu City.

On the deck of the main ship, Els, the goblin orc, held up a binoculars, observing every move of the port defenders, and had a panoramic view of the opponent's laziness and slack.

"Captain, when are we going to start a big fight?" Behind Els, the sailor rubbed his hands, thinking that he would soon be able to teach the lofty Pearl City an unforgettable lesson, and his excitement was beyond words.

"Wait a little longer." Els clasped the hand on the side of the boat, tightening and loosening it. If the sailors on the boat were fighting for rewards for their meritorious deeds, he and Lance harbored a deep hatred for Pearl City. .

Especially Lott, and his lackey, Steward Fortan.

Els will never forget the beatings and abuse he and his clansmen suffered in Lotter's smelting workshop.

When he burned down the slave room of the smelting workshop without hesitation, he secretly regretted that he could only take revenge in such a humble way.

Before today, Els never dreamed that he would bring the fleet back to Pearl City and take revenge one day!

Els tried hard to suppress the excitement in his heart, rationally waiting for the best time to attack Pearl City.

Finally, the last ship in the port stopped unloading, and the porters left one after another. The whole port was shrouded in a peaceful sleep, and the guards who were changing shifts also began to doze off.

Els breathed a sigh of relief, put down the binoculars, and ordered in a brisk tone: "Order, move forward at full speed, once within the range, fire immediately!"

"Let the group of nobles in Mingzhu City see it, our Yuanliu City is not a soft persimmon for them to bully!"

The sailors couldn't wait to answer: "Yes!"

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At the port of Pearl City, the guard leaning against the city gate with a spear in his arms was yawning boredly.

In a daze, he seemed to see a few groups of black shadows on the Chiyuan River, stepping on the moonlight, approaching the port quickly.

The guard rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was hallucinating. The port was already closed, so why are there still merchant ships docking at this time?

Until he saw the biggest one, the flag of Yuanliu City hanging high on Zhigan, guarding a spirit, and suddenly woke up, the ship of Yuanliu City?Could it be that they came to attack the port at night?

The guard laughed at his insane thought.

At this moment, Yuanliu City might be beaten to pieces by the cavalry army of Young City Lord Lott!Well, an envoy must have been sent to surrender and seek peace.

The fleet of Abyssal City did not sail into the port to moor as he expected, but instead parked horizontally on the river, and there was still some distance to the port.

The side cabin of the tall main ship opened eight square windows, and the black muzzle protruded from the inside, aiming neatly at the port of Pearl City and the outer city wall behind the port.

The guard's expression gradually transitioned from doubt to panic, only to hear a rumbling sound, a huge fire exploded in the dark night, shaking the earth!

Pearl City, who had just fallen asleep, was instantly startled.

In the City Lord's Mansion of the Inner City, the elderly old City Lord was sleeping with his beautiful newly married concubine in his arms, snoring like thunder.

The bombardment of the artillery salvo directly shook him from the bed to the ground. The old city lord groped to the window with displeasure and fear of being disturbed. In the vast night, the direction of the port was already engulfed in a sea of ​​flames.

The old city lord's complexion changed suddenly, and his loose skin trembled continuously: "Come here! Come here! What happened outside?"

The guards at the gate rushed in panting: "My lord, the port—the fleet of Abyss City is attacking our port!"

The old city lord blushed with anger: "What is Lott doing! You bastards, you didn't send sailors to attack! A mere Abyss City, dare to attack our port? If it spreads, the whole Northland will laugh at our Pearl! city!"

The guards were distressed: "My lord, the navy has already responded immediately, but..."

"but what?"

The guards showed surprise on their faces: "Yuanliu City's fleet did not approach the port, nor did they send troops to disembark and set fire. They are on the Chiyuan River, attacking the port from a long distance!"

"As soon as our fleet sailed out of the port and pursued the opponent, a ship was directly bombed and sunk!"

"What?!" The old city lord raised his brows and raised his eyebrows in a hurry. He caught his breath in his throat, coughed several times, and passed out out of breath.

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The artillery fire poured down on the head of the city and the port of Mingzhu City as if it cost no money, and the outer city wall was blasted into gaps one after another. The raging fire seemed to ignite a part of the world, driving the thick black night onto the river.

The water fleet of Pearl City rushed towards Ayers' fleet fiercely. Their warships were even taller, and the densely packed frigates made one's scalp tingle at a glance.

Facing such a behemoth, the fleet of Yuanliu City was like a simple civilian ship, and Ayers did not care about fighting, and immediately ordered a U-turn.

By the way, a round of artillery fire was fired at the opposite warship.

The water fleet seemed to have crashed into a wall of fire. The most unlucky ship exploded in two pieces from the middle. The sailors screamed and jumped into the water, and were swallowed by the rushing river in an instant.

When did the water fleet dominating the Chiyuan River suffer such a big loss?

The rest of the fleet immediately chased after it. Els made the fleet stop and go, and the frigate kept a distance, firing one cannon after another.

The fleet of Mingzhu City has nothing to do with the artillery. They can only be passively beaten. If they get close, they will be shot.

The fleet on the water was sent a kite, and it was neither chasing nor not chasing. I could only watch helplessly as the rogue fleet on the opposite side swaggered away from under their noses, leaving behind a damaged city wall and burned ground in Mingzhu City. A messy port.

In the city lord's mansion, the old city lord, who finally woke up with the efforts of the doctors, rolled his eyes and rolled his eyes when he heard his subordinates report on the battle situation. Passed out, this time, the doctors were helpless.

The nobles waited anxiously in the side hall. Some advocated to declare war on Yuanliu City immediately, instead of just "teaching" and sending more troops to Lott to completely crush the other party. Jicheng instigates to attack the increasingly powerful Yuanliu City.

They refused to accept each other, and the quarrel almost knocked the roof over. Once it was mentioned who sent reinforcements or who donated food and grass, they stared at each other and stopped talking.

In the end, the young city lord Tia, with a black eagle and hundreds of personal guards, rushed to the place in the dark and surrounded the meeting hall.

As the first successor of Pearl City, Tia announced loudly that she would temporarily take over the City Lord's Mansion.

The nobles didn't expect him to be so decisive. When did the weak, beautiful, and young city lord who once coughed three times at one step and was about to be blown down by a gust of wind hide such strength and courage?

The old city lord was in a coma, and the most threatening younger brother was far away. Tia took advantage of the right time, place, and harmony, and the nobles in the room had their own thoughts, and no one made a sound to stop it for a while.

Under the protection of the black eagle, Tia finally climbed to the throne of the city lord on the jade steps. Although he was still facing many difficulties and variables, at this moment, he was still full of ambition and extremely happy.

He would never sit back and watch Lott lead his troops back to the city and wait for death. The best policy is to strike first.

Tia tilted her face, looked at the nobles with different faces, and smiled——Lot, in the battle between you and me, who will have the last laugh?

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This night, for the losers, was indeed an outrageously long night.

From ancient times to the present, most of the battle losses were caused when the army retreated, and tonight is no exception.

Under the leadership of Xiao Meng, the knight army of Yuanliu City pursued and killed the fleeing army in Mingzhu City.

The army of thousands of people frantically harvested the heads, killing the enemy several times their own, leaving thousands of corpses behind.

Sofa, the seriously injured wizard, was stared at by Xiao Meng, and was pierced by him with a sword. It seemed that he was dead.

Xiao Meng thought that the opponent was dead, so he stopped caring about Sofa's body and continued to chase the enemy.

No one saw, a stand-in puppet doll was tightly held by Suofa's sleeve, and instead of him, it escaped this fatal sword!

When Xiao Meng left, Sofa, who was in feigned death, pushed away the surrounding corpses and ran into the path in the forest.

The collapsed Lott was surrounded by his personal guards and ran all the way.

When the eight thousand cavalry left the city, they were majestic, but now there are only two thousand remnants of the defeated generals, throwing away their helmets and armor, and fleeing back frantically.

Luo Te's clothes were disheveled, he was in a state of embarrassment, and he was full of pride and conceit. Under the walls of Yuanliu City, he was hit and stepped into the mud again and again, and he was full of vigor when he never came back.

Only his determination to return to Mingzhu City to regroup and come back for revenge supported his escape.

Until daybreak, the remnant soldiers finally got rid of Xiao Meng's pursuit.

Lot panted and rested against the tree trunk. At this moment, a carrier pigeon landed on Lot's shoulder, and an urgent letter from Pearl City was tied to his foot.

Lott read it three times, his face was dull, his whole body shook, and he almost fell down. His trembling hands couldn't even hold the letter, and let it fall to the ground and be crushed by the horse's hoof.

"How is it possible...how is it possible...Tia...Abyssal City..."

His face was pale, his muscles twitched, and he pulled out the long sword at his waist several times, wishing he could kill himself so that he could go back and fall into Tia's hands for humiliation!

A withered hand stopped him, and Lot looked up in a daze. It was Sofa, who was as old as a skeleton—this cunning wizard, who came up from the path to meet him.

"Master Lott, you still have an army in your hands. The whole army has not been wiped out. The final outcome is still unknown. Why give up now?"

Lot's eyes lit up, like a drowning man clutching the last piece of driftwood: "Master Sofa, do you still have a solution?!"

Sofa smiled secretly: "Master Lot, do you know that there are several well-known super tribes in the orc tribe, and they are so powerful that even the three major empires are very afraid of super tribes. One of them is far away from us and not far from us. Not far away."

"Of course I know." Lot frowned: "You don't mean to ask me to cooperate with beast slaves, we are humans."

Sofa sneered disdainfully: "At this time, you don't care about the human race or the beast race. You don't want to know whether you want to die or live, right?"

Lot gritted his teeth: "Okay...as long as you are willing to help me, I promise you anything!"

"Is everything really okay?" Sofa grinned sullenly, and gently stroked the other's cheek with his sharp nails: "Tsk tsk, what a young and strong body, if it was me..."

Lotte suddenly changed color: "You—"

He just uttered a word, but found that he could no longer speak—five sharp nails pierced deeply into his left chest!

A pair of pupils of Lot suddenly dilated, he opened his mouth, his face was full of shock and anger, and finally stayed on the expression of hatred forever, and gradually fell silent.

Sofa leaned against his shoulder, holding the staff tightly, reciting lengthy incantations, his face was sometimes pale and sometimes rosy.

A terrifying scene happened. Sofa's body shriveled quickly, and the blood-stained cloak lay on the ground, leaving only a pile of bones. "Lote", whose eyes had lost their luster, moved again.

"Lotter" picked up the staff and cloak, looked down at the five finger holes on his chest, and couldn't help but let out a hearty and weird laugh:

"Hey...Your Excellency Young City Lord, let me fulfill your wish for you!"

After laughing for a while, he pressed his chest and started to cough violently. Flame Slash hurt him too much. Without the offering from Mingzhu City, it would take several years to recover.

He looked back, facing the city wall that had long been invisible, with no way to vent his resentment: "Yuanliu City...Shen Qingze...Today's enmity, we will live long in the future!"

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After Yuanliu City's victory, the real situation of this "military exercise" was finally announced to the whole city. The people were immersed in the surprise of defeating Nanji City and Mingzhu City one after another, and could hardly believe their ears.

It wasn't until the fleet escorting the city lord of Nanji City and a group of nobles sailed into the port, was watched all the way by the crowd, and was escorted into the prison of the city lord's mansion, that everyone finally realized how powerful Yuanliu City is now!

The city was filled with laughter and laughter.

In the dungeon, there was a gloomy cloud.

The last hope of the city lord of Nanji was completely shattered when he boarded the port of Yuanliu City—Pearl City failed to defeat them!

This only shows one thing, that is, even the most powerful Pearl City in the North has become Shen Qingze's defeated opponent!

The Antarctic city lord seemed to be ten years old in an instant, hating and regretting, and finally, in silence, completely accepted the fate of the defeated.

Nanji City has changed its surname so far.

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At that time, Shen Qingze was stroking the duck's feathers, leaning against the head of the bed in the bedroom, worrying about the damaged emperor's sacrificial robe - after a while, Yan Zui would come to check his wound.

Changing into pajamas, isn't it too much to cover up?

Wear nothing?No, no, absolutely not!As if he was looking forward to it.

Or... just pretend to be asleep!

He was in a dilemma when the system suddenly sounded a passionate prompt:

[System: Congratulations to the player, officially approved by Nanji City, and has a second main city from now on. You can choose to unbind the old main city and bind the new main city. 】

[System: When a player owns four or more main cities and their prestige reaches Megatron, they can create their own country and become the overlord of one party! 】