Chapter 123
The water was soaked in the water, and the water was soaked in the water.
Su Yue gently touched Joanna's neck, feeling like pinching the neck of a little white cat.
The retro pattern and the complex artistic painting frame of Barlotte in the style of classical oil painting formed a dazzling brilliance at night. Even if Su Yue wanted to ignore the lotus leaves in the pool, he would be attracted by the lotus in the pool.
What interested Su Yue most about Joanna today was that she wore a dark red low-humped velvet waisted aristocratic long skirt. He didn't intend to be busy with such private matters.
But she was too beautiful.
She was more beautiful than flowers.
He couldn't help it after all.
"I should go. Not only do you need me, but Canaan needs me too."
He let go of Joanna's soft long hair. Joanna, Earl of Barto, Su Yue's boss in name, looked at him tenderly at this moment, and also looked at her handsome man, and asked him:
"Is this your only woman?"
"Why do you ask that?"
Joanna gently stroked his handsome face, and seemed to have extravagant hopes: "I want to possess you alone, but... I saw a castle in Canaan territory."
Su Yue smiled and said, "What if there is a castle? My dear Earl Joanna, if you love me, I will also I love you, so why think so much? "
Joanna said: "Your future is the Elector, I know I am not worthy of you, so now I will do my best to help you, no matter what ambition you have; no matter what you want to do now, I only ask you not to abandon me in the future... Even if I stay with you and become an ordinary maid, I am willing. "
"How could it be? Don't you know that your status is so noble, and the old Earl Bartogal Rivers Earl has a favor for me. I will never betray you because of your kindness. "
Su Yue used sweet words to evade the other party's suspicion, and at this time.
He looked at the news and content in the lord's log and suddenly laughed.
"Um..."
"No more, dear, I still have things to do. "
Joanna looked at Su Yue absent-mindedly. She always felt that she was far away from him, but how to interrupt this long distance?
A lady from the earl's court was summoned, and Joanna asked her seriously:
"Am I not beautiful enough?"
"You are beautiful."
"But if I am beautiful, why do I feel that I cannot get into his heart?" Joanna fell into self-doubt, and at this time the court lady gave an answer, she tentatively said: "Maybe, it's because you are not the Chosen One?"
Joanna's eyes suddenly became bright, and she was surprised: "Yes, maybe it's because I am not the Chosen One? There are many Chosen Ones in Canaan, right? The group that followed us before, didn't they also have Chosen Ones? Bringing two female Chosen Ones to see me, I guess their worldview must be different from the people here..."
He tried to understand Su Yue.
And at this time, what was Su Yue doing?
"The dwarf troops must not be mobilized. The problem with Canaan now is that the human race has too few troops. If I send a thousand human troops to garrison the Canaan territory, can it suppress the people inside Qiwell City? Or will the manpower be insufficient? Or is it that there are enough people, but they can't resist the attack of the "Lemire" elf territory?"
Abraham sat leisurely next to the parliament, and at this moment, he was tasting a glass of scarlet wine.
Lord's Log: "You enjoy the Silver Palace wine from the bottomless abyss, and gain: Strength x3, Gnosis +1."
Originally it was very good news, but Su Yue didn't care too much. Instead, he looked at Abraham, the sixth brother's leisurely movements, and couldn't help asking: "Ragnar sent a message saying that the elite rebels of the empire are also moving outside the Canaan Territory. Don't you think you should give me a strategy?"
Abraham's monocle flashed with a cold light, and as Su Yue, the master, spoke, the action of wiping the lens paused, "You can send me into the city."
"?"
Abraham said: "After I enter Qiweier City, the city will change hands within 8 hours, and within 10 hours, you will completely control Qiweier City, but..."
"But what, you damn sixth brother."
Abraham laughed: "But many people will die."
Su Yue said: "What do you want to do?"
Abraham: "Dear Lord
Dear friends, please forgive me for concealing the information from you, because some things will not produce much meaningful value and effect if known in advance. "
Su Yue fell into a state of hesitation. In fact, this state of hesitation was caused by Abraham's choice and the number of soldiers under his command, which was too stretched to be distributed among three castles.
In any case, Su Yue was forced to admit that his Canaan territory had only six days to develop.
And at the moment approaching the seventh day, the number of soldiers in his hands was only more than 3,000 (12,000 dwarves could not be mobilized to Qiwell City because it would cause panic. Su Yue's reason for sending troops was to obey Joanna's order to protect Qiwell City from the attack of the elves. Sending dwarves was equivalent to digging his own grave.) If the miscellaneous troops were excluded, the number of these troops was only calculated as pure imperial soldiers, which was less than 2,000.
In order not to leave a handle for the occupation of Qiwell City - a handle for being denounced by the Baator Empire and cursed by the nobles, Su Yue planned to withdraw all the imperial troops and concentrate them in Qiwell City.
At this moment, Abraham asked: "Have you made a choice? ”
Su Yue: "I will send 2400+ imperial troops to gather and go to Qiweier City."
Abraham said with regret: "Why not send me? Even if I may cause some small negative impact, it will save you trouble and effort."
Su Yue said dejectedly: "You are too strong, stronger than Europa. I am afraid that if I let you go, you will be out of control and sacrifice the entire Qiweier City."
"..."
Abraham smiled knowingly. Sure enough, this is exactly in line with the old saying, what kind of servant you are, what kind of master you are. He said: "Please believe that my loyalty to you is eternal. ”
“…”
Su Yue began to recruit a large number of imperial troops from the low-level basic military buildings such as the 5th-level military camp, the 3rd-level militia camp, and the 2nd-level training ground in the Canaan Territory.
Lord’s Log: “You launched the global recruitment of the Canaan Territory and obtained: 735 first-level imperial peasant thugs, 1245 second-level Baator Empire shield infantry, 425 third-level Baator Empire sickle harvesters, 534 third-level Baator Empire swordsmen, 253 fourth-level Baator Empire knights, and 6 fifth-level imperial artillery, a total of 3186. ”
“——Your Canaan Territory triggers the effect of enthusiastic military recruitment, and the military cost of recruiting soldiers is reduced to -20%. ”
These arms, plus Su Yue's 13 tier 7 top-level Rick Empire Guards, and 2,400+ Imperial troops gathered together, the Imperial troops in the Canaan Territory formed a total of 5,500+ Imperial troops.
This batch of troops formed the first wave of troops to invade Qiwell City. Su Yue wanted to command this force personally, or mobilize Huntington William Frederick II to gather and control this Imperial force.
But he gave up this idea, because Canaan still needed Su Yue to fight against the possible invasion and attack of the Imperial rebels.
"The Imperial Eastern Expedition rebels now only need Canaan and Qiwell City, and they can occupy the entire Kafulwit Territory... So they are brewing military strength and preparing to attack the Canaan Territory..."
"Do you want to leave part of the Empire's troops? "
Su Yue pondered... His biggest problem now is that the Canaan territory is facing the pressure of fighting on two fronts, and this kind of pressure of fighting on two fronts is something he has never encountered before.
"In the past, every time I faced a unit alone..."
Su Yue saw that he was short of manpower, so he decisively took Abraham, the sixth brother, and said, "Come on, accompany me to the tavern."
Abraham put on the monocle, and you know what, this monocle is really suitable for him. At first glance, he is a gentleman, or perhaps a sinister and cunning guy.
"Respect your orders, my master."
Abraham bowed his head respectfully, without showing any impatience, and he even liked to accompany Su Yue to do something.
"? Strange. "
Su Yue looked at the sky above the Canaan Territory in confusion. As the clouds blocked the sky, thin clouds floated in the distance. These clouds not only blocked the sun's rays, but also a little snow floated from above...
The snowflakes fell on his palms and then melted by the heat. However, Su Yue felt a little strange. Why is there snow in the sky at this stage?
"Maybe you have occupied the northern fortress of the snow-capped mountain, and even the world is celebrating for you?"
Abraham's flattery skills are superb.
Su Yue couldn't help but smile and said, "Let's go to the tavern."
The devil of the Canaan Territory
There were shouts from the gathering place of the Devil Church. There were many caravans and trucks parked on the roadside. Many Devil Church merchants were busy even in the middle of the night, fighting for trade, fighting for a better life for their families, and even when the children were asleep, they continued to work hard.
The 8 million+ gold coin tax revenue of Su Yue's previous territory was enough to prove this.
The Temple of the Gods still looked majestic and simple, but this time when Su Yue arrived, he had a different mood. He signaled Abraham to wait for a while, offered a stick of incense to the Temple of the Gods, and then led him to the tavern.
Abraham looked at the owner wearing a black cloak, and he also felt a sense of emotion in his heart.
If they did not wear cloaks and did not hide their identities, these ordinary people in the Canaan territory would undoubtedly find that their great lord was visiting incognito, thus interfering with their actions. Gradually affecting the rest and sleep of others at night, leading to excessive excitement and affecting the work efficiency of the next day.
Gregory was also transferred by Su Yue, on the grounds that they should consult on which new hero to recruit.
Gregory yawned, but Su Yue said, "I heard that you have a new girlfriend and are ready to start a family. If you are sleepy, go back to sleep."
Gregory Samsa was silent for a while. How dare he go back home to sleep with his girlfriend when accompanied by the big boss? Does he not want to work anymore?
Before entering the Turin world, he was an ordinary social animal employee of a travel agency. In essence, Pope Gregory VII had nothing to do with him.
In another world, Gregory worked as a traveling salesman, traveling for many years, and supporting the entire family expenses with great difficulty. Now he has a girl from the human Batuo Empire as his girlfriend, so naturally he does not want to lose his job.
"Sir, I'm not sleepy..."
Su Yue shook his head: "Go back and rest. I don't need an excellent employee who has a girlfriend and is newly married and is concerned about his family..."
Gregory: "Sir, I can really accompany you."
Su Yue said: "You were exploited as a social animal in your previous life, and you supported a family alone. After becoming an alien insect, you were starved to death by your family. They all hate you, but Gregory, you have to understand one thing. Canaan is not only mine, but also yours. We gathered together and created the entire Canaan together. Do you understand what I want to express?"
Lord's log: "Gregory was inspired and moved by you, and his favorability towards you has become higher, favorability +20, current favorability: 89 (unwavering)."
Su Yue smiled and said: "It's not a big deal here, go back and accompany your wife."
Gregory knelt on the ground, kissed Su Yue's shoes, and then left.
Su Yue shook his head. What a good subordinate?
What a noble man...
He even suspected that even if he treated Gregory like a cow and horse and squeezed him madly, the other party would probably not resist, but would that make sense? What about his heart?
"The most terrible thing about people is that they lose their hearts, especially their original hearts... This seems to have no meaning, but in fact it is related to everything... The development of Canaan's territory is something I am doing with my heart. I hope that no one will stop my development plan, otherwise we can only become enemies with them."
Abraham said respectfully: "Please rest assured, I will always stand by your side."
Su Yue smiled and walked towards the glowing tavern.
"What did you say? The Lord of Canaan is coming tonight? Does he finally need to recruit heroes again?"
Descartes (Straker), who was not recruited last time, is now sitting in the tavern. He finds that he has fallen in love with the territory of Canaan. Staying in Canaan day and night, and watching the terrifying speed of Canaan's development, makes him extremely eager to stay...
"My Lord... I am willing to cut 70% of military expenditure and stay in Canaan."
"Lord Chris, male, fourth-level human hero. Lord skills: leadership, artillery. Forces: 23 second-level imperial shield soldiers, one catapult, 12 fourth-level griffins. Hero specialty: C-level logistics lord (logistics speed +20%, logistics support speed increased.)
"... Damn, damn competitors. "Descartes looked at the heroes not far away angrily...
Many heroes who had just come to the tavern looked a little stunned. What was going on? Shouldn't they raise their prices arrogantly and be wooed by the lords as much as possible?
? How come after arriving in Canaan, the hero actually took the initiative to seek a living from the lord? This is too outrageous, isn't it?
Josephine looked at the group of tavern heroes with a look of surprise.
He came to the Canaan Territory from the Star Plane.
His own race is the "Star Spirit" race. The Star Spirit race has the ability to travel around the various planes and is also called the "Traveler Race".
"Josephine, male, fifth-level Star Spirit hero. Lord skills: Advanced academics. Troops: Second-level ghouls x53, fourth-level star travelers x8. Hero specialty: A-level traveler: The speed of plane travel and the ability to guide the route map are increased by 30%, and the troops can be led to shuttle through the planes and travel across the planes.
Recruitment fee: 140,000 gold coins per week."
Su Yue looked at the attributes of the heroes in front of him, and his expression was a little surprised, because before, under the influence of Jin Xiuer, the tavern was promoted to the fifth-level tavern. After that, the quality of the heroes in the tavern has even become higher?
"Astral, male, fifth-level demon lord. Lord skills: intermediate tactics, intermediate pathfinding. Troops: 43 second-level lesser demons, 12 third-level talismans, 6 fifth-level eight-armed snake demons. Heroic specialty: B-level berserker: Leading demon troops to berserk probability +7%, the troops enter a violent and bloodthirsty state, which can improve the morale of the entire army and double the strength.
Recruitment cost: 190,000 gold coins per week.
——Demon lords are always greedy and are prone to betrayal and backlash against their masters."
Su Yue looked up at the attributes of a demon lord. At this moment, the demon lord was also curiously looking at Su Yue in front of him. The moment he sensed his breath, the demon lord suddenly felt an extremely dangerous feeling in his heart, especially the man with a monocle following behind the Canaan lord, who actually gave him infinite shock and fear in his heart.
"It's... it's him????"
Astral immediately recognized Abraham who was following Su Yue, and his face suddenly changed drastically. His arrogant and cold expression immediately fell, and he even acted like a docile sheep.
Lord's log: "Astral has lowered the hero's military expenses. Weekly salary: 90,000 gold coins. Please refresh and view the new recruitment information."
"???"
Su Yue looked at Abraham with a look of surprise, but Abraham spread his hands, indicating that he did nothing.
Su Yue was shocked. Good guy, look at you, a 9th-level devil, who scared the other demons... He took the initiative to lower the military expenses. Isn't Abraham's deterrence to them too high?
Su Yue couldn't help thinking.
He looked at the lords in the tavern again and began to observe carefully...
Many heroes gathered in the Canaan Territory and said excitedly:
"Lord Baron Su Yue, I am the human lord of the human Baator Empire... Please accept me."
"I am willing to dedicate my heart and my absolute loyalty to the Canaan Territory."
"Lord... I want to join Canaan."
"..."The bartender and the shrine ladies next to him gathered elegantly and looked at the lively atmosphere of the tavern curiously, "Are you recruiting heroes again?"
"Yes, they have been waiting for a long time, and many people have even been waiting for almost a week."
"...The potential of the Canaan Territory is too high, too terrifying."
"Are there any other reasons?"
"I don't think that the human lord is a noble who followed Earl Joanna?"
"The Elector... Now the 6th-level large building Rick Empire Fortress has been built. You see that one in the east is The huge building, the majestic, ancient and luxurious one, is the construction that can only be completed by the elector. The reason why the heroes of the human race are so crazy is because of the Rick Guards. "
"With the Rick Imperial Guards, it means that in the future, Mr. Su Yue may become the crown of Emperor Barto."
"? ? ? Emperor Barto?"
"Yes, there are only seven electors in the entire Barto Empire, and two of them are dead."
"Facing the lord who has the potential to become the emperor, as a hero, aren't you tempted?"
The lady of the shrine fell silent...
In the tavern, Su Yue looked at the attributes of the heroes: "No, too popular, or not outstanding enough..."
What he is looking for is not the kind of trash that is drowned in the sea of people, but those with characteristics that can bring help to Su Yue's territory... Even if this "characteristic" is not reflected in strength, it is like the overall territory blessing brought by nobles like Gregory.
-A-level nobles: the probability of rebellion of the host's territory people -5%, fatigue of territory residents -10
%, the tolerance of the residents of the territory +10%;
Alien insects: This hero can change into two forms, one is the beetle form; the other is the human form (changing forms will consume a lot of physical strength).
But it must have that taste...
But this time Su Yue was a little disappointed, "They are all the same level 4 and level 5 heroes... If it were Zhou Zhuo, the players of Longqing Guild would probably be crazy... After all, these are not level 1 and level 2 garbage heroes, and even B-level and A-level talents often appear... But why don't I see S-level talents?"
For the tavern heroes that other players regard as top heroes, they seem particularly mediocre in front of Su Yue... Different cognition, different status, even if they are together, they can't have the same idea.
These top heroes in the eyes of players can only be said to be average in Su Yue's eyes.
"My lord, I can warm your bed, be your hero during the day, and be your partner at night." An elf lord blushed, her long ears were very white and charming, especially her neck and figure, which were very tall.
Su Yue was almost tempted, but his condition was to have nothing rather than something bad.
So he didn't recruit her.
Besides, she didn't lack women. He had just gone crazy with Joanna for a while. At this moment, Su Yue was like a saint. He had no reaction to the temptation of beauty and even wanted to laugh.
"Daremyth, female, 5th-level high elf hero..."
"Alita, female, 5th-level chaos hero..."
...
"???"
Suddenly, Su Yue noticed the specialty of a hero, who was S-level, and his strength was at the 6th-level. This guy who was extremely outstanding and outstanding among many people attracted Su Yue's attention in an instant...
The elegant dark elf hero wore a full-covered golden mask on his cheek. The gold had been polished by the wind and sand, forming a sandy yellow ancient color. His slender fingers touched the cup, giving people a melancholy look.
The cold and domineering style and the elf gauntlet sword worn on his waist make him look very elite. It’s not that the other 5th-level lords are not good enough, but his temperament is obviously a bit outstanding... "Malekith???" "Is it... him???" "Damn, isn't this the Witch King in the previous life of Warhammer, the greedy and cold plunderer - the supreme ruler of the dark elves?" "He... actually appeared in my tavern?" Su Yue immediately opened the attribute panel of Malekith, who was nicknamed "Spicy Chicken Strips" in his previous life, and was immediately shocked by the luxurious attribute panel. "Malekith, male, 6th level dark elf lord. Lord skills: advanced tactics, master-level leadership. Troops: 77 2nd level fear spear throwers, 12 3rd level dark elf assassins, 23 5th level Har Gansi executioners, 17 6th level Nagaron dark guards, 5 6th level cold lizard chariots, 3 catapults, 1 7th level evil crow dragon (mount).
Heroic specialties: S-level Naggaroth Dark Elf·Witch King: Attack power of Malekith's dark elf troops +85%
A-level King of Naggarond: Dark Elf diplomacy +20%, Naggarond Black Guard, Dread Spearman, Dark Swordsman and Black Sharp Crossbowman maintenance cost -25%.
——Armor·Midnight: Malekith's entire body has been fused with the Dark Magic Armor·Midnight, and no one has ever seen his true face behind the armor."
Su Yue's entire mouth turned into an O shape.
He felt it was a sin not to recruit this S-level hero with global blessing attributes and dual lord talents.
Besides, what the hell are advanced tactics and master-level leadership skills? ? He has only seen one or two heroes with high-level lord skills... This shows that Malekith is also a commander of the same level as William, and he can be independent in the future.
At this time, Abraham also turned his attention to Malekith's face.
Su Yue said: "Malekith, are you willing to stay and serve Canaan?"
He also has a large number of dark elf troops under his command.
Malekith said calmly: "No problem."
Many heroes in the tavern looked at the picture with horror and wailing: "Lord, I can give up the first month and the first three months of military expenses for free, will you hire me?"
"Lord... I also want to stay in Canaan."
"Lord, you are too partial. As a dark elf lord, please look at me. I can sleep with you." A female dark elf hero looked at Su Yue with resentment.
Who knew that Su Yue's eyes only had "Spicy Chicken Shreds" at this moment.
The Witch King of the Dark Elf, who is the same as the Witch King of Angmar in The Lord of the Rings, is an important force under Sauron and is also very powerful. Su Yue has a great desire for a top hero like Malekith.
What's more, he is about to break through the problem of sea control in the territory of Ziwell and establish trade relations with the Dark Elf pirate forces outside. With this 20% of the Dark Elf's favorability, Su Yue will be able to obtain more benefits, master higher wealth in the trade route, and enhance stronger trump cards.
The point is that Malekith is handsome...
"Since you have agreed, let's sign the contract."
Malekith said: "No, I am indeed optimistic about the future development of the Canaan Territory, but there is also a condition..."
"What condition?"
Black Sharp Crossbowman, Cold Lizard Chariot, Dread Spearman, Dark Swordsman, Naggarond Black Guard... The owner of these powerful species, Malekith, as the emperor (Witch King) of the entire Dark Elf Dynasty in his previous life, naturally has his pride.
"You need to defeat me in the duel, otherwise I can't obey a lord who is weaker than me."
"?"
Su Yue's expression was a little playful.
"Duel?"
He laughed,
Having just been promoted to the Old One of Ksira, he was afraid that he would accidentally unlock the second stage and be killed by Malekith...