Chapter 1492: Marquis Ekmeledin's Back-Up Plan [Subscribe Please]

"As far as I know, your territory was a barren grassland a year ago."

"It is adjacent to the burial ground, and powerful undead often roam around, so it is not suitable as a settlement."

"And compared with other places in the area, the geographical location there is not too advantageous."

"I wonder how you can initially build a giant city-level settlement in a year?"

Marquis Ekmeledin looked stern, but his eyes were particularly bright.

This made Zong Shen a little curious. He didn't expect that he would play an open card.

The changes there could not be hidden from the eyes of those who were interested.

Not to mention the emergence of a giant city-level settlement within a year, even if the time was increased by a hundred or a thousand times, it would be an incredible thing for the natives.

Zong Shen estimated that Marquis Ekmeledin should have guessed something.

This is not surprising.

After all, he is a giant city-level ruler, and it is normal to know something about the Chosen Son.

And judging from Ekmeledin's reaction, this guy is not actually a coward as rumored by the outside world.

He was just a little too cautious.

A true coward can't lead such a disciplined team.

The garrison of Dagalisni is more disciplined than that of Luntax.

As the saying goes, if a soldier is cowardly, the generals will be cowardly.

If Ekmeleddin is really a fool, even if he has good officers, it will be difficult for him to lead such an army.

In addition, Dagalisni's construction and planning are actually not bad.

The real gap with Luntax is only the foundation and size.

Facts have proved that the Marquis Ekmeleddin in front of him is a qualified ruler.

This seemingly careless inquiry is the first card he played.

It also made Zong put away his contempt.

He replied with a smile.

"Indeed, it actually took less than a year to build my territory."

Since the other party has played an open card, there is no need for him to hide it.

Now it seems that the lord system allows limited communication of inside information.

Especially for lords like Zong Shen who are ahead in progress, they enjoy a certain degree of "right to leak secrets".

Such a frank answer surprised Marquis Ekmeledin.

Only the chief officers around him were still a little confused.

"Create a giant city-level territory within a year?"

"How is this possible?"

"Could it be that the intelligence is wrong?"

The military chief sitting on the right hand side of the marquis couldn't help but speak.

He was wearing Avalon's officer armor, which had a golden epic quality.

In Zong Shen's eyes, the bright aura looked a bit showy.

Some special effects can only be seen by lords.

This is also a change brought about by semi-digitalization.

Zong Shen just smiled and said nothing about the military chief's words.

He could see that there was a big difference between the natives and the natives.

Some people could see through the secrets and even awaken like Grand Duke Jonathan.

And some natives were destined to be supporting roles in this life.

In comparison, joining the territory has become a shortcut.

At least it is an opportunity to say goodbye to the muddleheaded life.

Marquis Ekmeledin looked at Zong Shen deeply, lowered his head and pondered for a moment.

When he raised his head with a thoughtful look, he met Zong Shen's smiling eyes.

"I... understand."

"The legend is true, the ancient rumors are true..."

"Everyone, you leave first, I have something to talk to this lord alone."

"Hisham, you stay."

The Marquis asked all the chief officers to leave.

He seemed to understand something.

What Zong Shen said before made him figure out something.

Several chief officers were a little confused.

So they stood up and left in confusion.

Hisham did not take a seat, but stood behind the Marquis, with a very complicated expression.

When everyone left and the heavy door of the reception room was closed again, Marquis Ekmeledin said seriously.

"Does the Chosen Son involve the change of era?"

"Is the rule of the Pendragon Dynasty coming to an end?"

These two questions made Zong Shen raise his eyebrows.

It was not muted. Did Marquis Ekmeledin also want to become an awakener?

"Where did you know about the Chosen Son and the change of eras?"

Zong Shen narrowed his eyes and asked bluntly.

This question was within the Marquis's expectations, and he slowly opened his mouth to answer.

"Books."

"Similar concepts are mentioned in some ancient books."

"Although most books only mention this briefly, and the relevant content is very vague, I can vaguely see some content."

"Some of the relevant information comes from old Bachelor Cole, who is a retired university scholar from the city and has spent the rest of his life studying continental history."

Without hesitation, the Marquis said frankly.

He was trying to show goodwill to Zong Shen.

Being open and honest is often the first step in friendly communication.

It just so happened that Zong Shen was a person who was soft-hearted and not hard-hearted, so he couldn't say those tough words.

"Interesting."

"Then do you know why I came here?"

He spread his hands, stretched his arms, and just laid them flat on the table.

Hearing this, Marquis Ekmeledin looked at his hands and said.

"Peace or conquest."

"You seem to be a wise man."

"So what's your choice?"

Zong Shen smiled and simply stopped pretending.

But the Marquis Ekmeledin smiled back.

"My choice depends on your choice."

This answer is very interesting.

It can be seen that the Marquis must have prepared some means to deal with Zong Shen.

Because he seemed very confident when he said this.

"The future is in front of you."

"Since you know about the dimensional change, you should understand that this is the general trend."

"As you can see, my territory has already reached the scale of a giant city, and it only took a few months."

Zong Shen stood up and walked to the window, opened the window and looked into the distance.

His voice was calm and deep.

The meaning of the words was also very clear, a giant city can be created in a few months.

Then in time, the mere Dagalisni will be nothing but an insect in front of Zong Shen.

This is very arrogant, but it is an indisputable fact.

"Dagalisni was established by my ancestors."

"This is the home of the Clift family."

"Except for the royal family of Pendragon, the ancestors of the Clift family did not pledge allegiance to anyone."

"I have reason to hope that it can continue to maintain its independent autonomy."

The feudal model of the Endless Continent is similar to that of ancient Europe on Earth.

It is also a feudal system based on land autonomy.

For the past two thousand years, the Clift family has been the master of this area.

So what Marquis Ekmeledin said was a refusal.

But he did not say it firmly, leaving some room.

It can be seen that he is still very wary of Zong Shen, even a little humble.

You must know that the giant city controls tens of millions of people, and Marquis Ekmeledin, as the ruler of the giant city, is definitely a local emperor.

But he had to be cautious when facing Zong Shen.

"A reasonable request."

"Joining my camp does not mean that the Clift family will lose this city."

"On the contrary, it may mean that your family has a new future."

"As long as you are willing to join my camp, I promise to let Dagalisni maintain autonomy, provided that you and all the chief officers must swear allegiance to me."

"At the same time, at least half of the Giant City Garrison must be drawn out to disrupt and reorganize with my soldiers."

Zong Shen said calmly.

He really didn't mind Dagalisni remaining autonomous.

Anyway, there is a loyalty system. As long as the other party is willing to swear, it will be affected by loyalty.

At that time, this place will still become part of his power matrix.

If Marquis Ekmeledin can't even agree to this request, then Zong Shen is not going to continue the discussion.

The Marquis looked thoughtful, with a tangled look in his eyes.

After a long time, he raised his head with difficulty.

"I..."

"I'm sorry I can't do it!"

He stammered, then became firm

"You said it so readily."

"It seems that the Marquis has made a decision."

Zong Shen turned around slowly.

The eyes of the two collided in a flash.

A hidden hostility came.

Before he made a move, the surrounding space fluctuations became violent.

Every inch of space within sight was rippling.

In an instant, it was as if he was in an inverted lake.

There was a feeling of dizziness.

But this was actually a side effect caused by space movement.

Zong Shen had strong mental resistance, and the dizziness was only fleeting.

However, the surrounding space had quietly changed.

From the spacious and bright conference room to a dark and damp dungeon.

Only Colby and Zong Shen were affected.

It seems that Marquis Ekmeledin also had an idea to send those chief officers away.

Twisting his neck, Zong Shen, who encountered the accident, was not panicked at all.

"What an interesting guy."

"He hid his backhand under sincerity."

"The sincerity he showed was real, and his backhand was even more real."

"But he still lacked some patience."

Zong Shen whispered to himself, and Colby took out his weapon with his backhand.

The scimitar flashing with totem light and shadow was particularly sharp.

But Zong did not take out the [Moon Wolf Fang], but replaced it with the [Aigri Thunder Sword (Glorious Level II)] he had just obtained recently.

The arc flashed on the surface of the sword.

All the arcs were jumping for joy.

He knew that Marquis Ekmeledin was observing them.

Holding the sword, Zong Shen's eyes became cold.

Activate [Aigri Thunder Incarnation]!

Instantly, he was surrounded by the phantom of lightning.

A huge and ferocious shadow of lightning appeared in front of him.

It made him look like the arrival of the god of thunder.

This is the transformation skill attached to the sword.

You can condense the power of lightning to summon the incarnation of thunder.

The incarnation has 100,000 thunder points, and each thunder point can replace 2 health points.

When attacked, lightning will be cast on 3 random enemy targets around, causing 150~500 magic damage.

In the Thunder Incarnation state, it is immune to related types of magic below level 8.

At the same time, the thunder value can be restored by natural lightning and lightning elemental magic. When this state is maintained, the thunder value will automatically decrease by 100 points per second, and the cooling time is 12 hours after the incarnation ends.

The sword in his hand is also covered with lightning, which looks particularly huge.

"Colby, stand by, let me do it."

Zong Shen hadn't made a good move for a while, so he was a little itchy.

And he just wanted to try out the power of the new equipment he had recently obtained.

Combat is the best way to test the equipment.

Zong Shen deeply agreed with this.

After entering the state of Thunder Incarnation, he swung the light and shadow sword in his hand.

Countless lightning arcs gathered into a cone, piercing straight into the light shield of the dungeon in front of him.

The isolation here looks very solid, and it also has durability in Zong Shen's perspective.

The three million points of solidity are very eye-catching.

This level of cage is worthy of him, Zong.

Ordinary legends have to fight for a while.

I saw that the lightning cone was inserted fiercely into the light shield, causing the light shield to sway.

Then a damage value of 150,000 points appeared.

This Thunder Incarnation's casual attack is also powerful.

Comparable to the single-body thunder method of the eighth level.

Such an attack is considered super strong in the same level.

After all, the thunder attack is really strong.

"Not bad."

"In that case, twenty more will be enough."

Zong Shen looked at Colby and said in a relaxed tone.

This indifference was in sharp contrast to his ferocious image in the incarnation of thunder.

He had fought with legends more than once.

For low-level and mid-level legends, it was good to deal tens of thousands of damage.

Over 100,000 points was a hurdle.

Zong Shen could treat it as a flat attack.

And this was nothing, he was just testing weapon skills.

If he changed to [Moon Wolf Fang], with a flat attack with 1.2 times the power of the arc, he could deal hundreds of thousands of damage. He was invincible below the demigod level, and he could use his means to exchange 0 for 1 above the demigod level.

Colby smiled gently.

This grassland man often showed the gentlest smile.

Zong Shen kept firing the lightning cone in his hand, and soon reduced the durability of the light shield to half.

With a health bar, what can't be broken?

Zong Shen sneered at this method of trapping.

But it was obvious that the Marquis would not try to trap him so easily.

There was still a backup plan.

The whole cell suddenly darkened.

A familiar scene appeared, and the space of the cell melted like water.

They swarmed in, squeezing and wrapping Zong Shen, making him unable to move at all.

"Things are getting more and more interesting."

This method is a combination of high-level water system and space system.

And the fusion is quite clever, it can be said that the space is regarded as a stream of water.

So varied, so omnipresent.

The sense of squeezing is not only from water, but also from the space itself.

His body was restrained, so that his attack came to an abrupt end.

In another adjacent small space, Marquis Ekmeledin, who witnessed the whole scene, breathed a sigh of relief. Next to him stood a short spellcaster in a patched robe.

This spellcaster was only about 1.4 meters tall, not much taller than a dwarf or a goblin.

The knot in the staff in his hand broke.

Through the shadow of the hood, a drop of sweat can be seen sliding down the pale side of the face.

"Sir, the opponent's strength is too strong, [Kong Shui Yuan] can't last too long!"

The struggling neutral voice sounded, proving that Zong is not easy to restrain!

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