Chapter 165: Double Moon Reaching the Top, Sudden Changes [Subscribe]
In Magtan City, the Broken Finger Street District.
Sassen Broken Finger and Romeu Hada stood behind Chen Xuan with a dazed look.
The entire street district was blocked off, and the leaders of the two black street forces, the Broken Finger Gang and the Coolie Mule, were directing ordinary members to line up in several teams and come to Chen Xuan to sign contracts in turn.
As the saying goes, practice makes perfect.
Chen Xuan's operation of signing contracts now seems to be smooth, and he can sign at least 30 contracts at the same time every time, and it only takes a few seconds.
The Broken Finger Street District tonight is destined not to be too peaceful.
And the two leaders, Sassen and Romeu, were the first to be fooled by Chen Xuan.
It was with their cooperation that the subsequent contracts could be so smooth.
If nothing unexpected happens, at most one water clock, all the members of the Broken Finger Gang and the Coolie Mule who are still in the city will become Chen Xuan's slaves.
The slave contract that seems to be limited in time will actually exist for a long time.
Once you make a choice, there is no regret medicine to take.
On the other hand, the White Rose Caravan, which had already settled in the black street, was not affected much, but began to sell the magic tears more wantonly.
Originally, they would consider the daily sales limit without a license.
Now, even the packaging step is saved.
Directly divide one-fifth of the mercury storage tank and hand it over to the distribution caravan.
The downstream distributors are also quite happy, as they have their own temporary alchemy workshops for packaging.
As long as the White Rose Caravan has enough magic tears, it will be fine.
In less than one water clock, Ophelia sold all the magic tears in four tanks.
This is several times the daily sales volume.
Moreover, for the White Rose Caravan, this move also solved the most time-consuming step in the sales of magic tears, breaking the bottleneck that shackled sales.
So it is not a bad thing to go from the open to the dark, but it can make the White Rose Caravan more wantonly to make money.
As long as the caravan is willing to supply the magic tears, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell them.
The White Rose Caravan and Ophelia are not the best, but the magic tears as a flagship product. The absolute hard currency makes it in a state of being priced and marketable.
The strong practicality gives the magic tears a strong commodity attribute and status, which is not comparable to aluminum products, seasonings or bicycles.
Moreover, the magic tears belong to the category of "the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish".
The greater the threat of the magic disaster, the greater the value and demand of the magic tears.
At the moment when Magtan City is rushing to attack the secret door passage cave.
The demand for magic tears is at the peak. This kind of thing that can save lives at critical moments, everyone wants to have one in hand.
Therefore, when Chen Xuan was doing things here, the White Rose Caravan was not idle at all.
This gave Chen the illusion that he was spending more and more money.
In addition, with the addition of the coolie mule and the finger-breaking gang, their industries naturally belonged to Chen Xuan.
Sassen and Romeu had no choice but to honestly spit out the money boxes that had been thrown out as bait.
In other words, Chen Xuan not only did not spend any money on this wave of recruiting soldiers, but made a lot of money.
It can't be spent, it can't be spent at all!
The garrison and light cavalry battalion that remained in the city were assembled by Baron Bezos after the unsuccessful assault on the White Rose Station.
The baron had his own intelligence sources and had already known that Ophelia had moved to the Broken Finger Street with the White Rose Caravan, but the situation in the Black Street was complicated and it was not something that the garrison could get involved in for a while.
But Baron Bezos would not give up. He was regrouping, but he did not dare to act rashly.
In addition, the convergence of the coolie mule across the street and the Broken Finger Gang also attracted the attention of those who were interested.
The Black Street has always been a place where information from many parties is gathered, and every move here is particularly eye-catching.
But it doesn't matter. No one can think of Chen Xuan's methods, and no one can figure it out. It won't take too long. When the matter is done and the rice is cooked, he will become the new king of the black street!
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When the storm surges in Magtan City.
There is a camp outside the monster cave not far from the city.
Simple tents and fences surround the cave.
Among them are garrison troops with the flag of the state city, as well as adventurers and mercenaries who have undertaken the crusade mission.
Everyone's tents are clearly separated and do not interfere with each other, but they are secretly hugging each other, forming a unique encirclement.
Conservative estimates show that there are thousands of people in the camp near this cave alone.
More than a dozen bonfires are burning in the camp.
The mercenaries sit together in twos and threes, polishing their swords or drinking and taking a rest.
All the teams spontaneously sent out elite shooters as sentinels, occupying the commanding heights around them, keeping a close eye on the entrances and exits of the caves to prevent monsters from suddenly rushing out to attack.
The caves not far away looked in a mess, with potholes on the ground, all traces left after fierce battles.
But no corpses could be seen, because they were all disposed of.
The current tactics of the expedition team are very simple, siege at night without attacking, wait until the sun appears and the sky is bright, and then use various means to "lure monsters".
Lure out a group, kill a group, but do not actively enter the cave to attack.
Waiting outside for siege and attacking deep into the dark and cramped caves are two different things.
The latter is much more dangerous than the former.
The two Naroyas did kill quite a few monsters with this tactic, but the overall situation was still "too many monks and too little porridge".
The large number of people, coupled with the fact that the monsters did not seem to be very active during this period, gave the people who participated in the crusade a mysterious confidence.
The wind stopped, the rain stopped, and he felt that he could do it again.
If it weren't for the rich rewards for the crusade-related bounty pool and basic commissions, there would actually be no need to mobilize so many people.
This also made the atmosphere at the cave crusade site lazy and relaxed.
No one felt nervous at all.
In everyone's cognition, they all felt that they had already taken over these monster caves.
Faced with the siege of a thousand-man army, even the monsters were trembling with fear and dared not easily appear on the surface.
It's no wonder that these guys would have such an idea.
Apart from the front line, the various states rarely have such opportunities to gather to deal with the caves.
Not to mention adventurers and mercenaries who often act in small teams.
But tonight, they all miscalculated.
The gray moon and the green moon slowly and firmly moved toward the center of the sky.
The light they emitted became brighter and brighter, and the halos on the edges gradually overlapped.
Looking up, it was like two strange eyes appeared in the sky.
As one grew stronger, the other weaker, the presence of the silver moon became even weaker.
The Naroa continent has a complete celestial phase and solar and lunar rhythm.
The waxing and waning of the moon and the shifting of the stars are all normal.
It's just that many special moon phases and star positions represent some kind of hidden world state.
Just like tonight, the twin demon moons ascended to the center of the sky, as if they had become the protagonists of the night.
This rare moon phase is also the best opportunity for some evil ritual to be launched!
The right time, the right place, and the right people.
When the position of the twin moons reached its peak, a sudden change occurred.
"Boom!"
With Magtan City as the center, the ground near the cave within a radius of more than 100 kilometers began to tremble violently.
An earthquake equivalent to a magnitude of five to six occurred on a piece of land.
At the same time, in the misty canyon north of Magtan City, seven black light pillars shot up into the sky.
They shot straight toward the two magic moons in the sky, forming a strange rune with seven points.
That's not all. After the single light pillar shot up, multiple light bands appeared between the gray moon and the green moon, connecting each other.
Then, a group of gray-green intertwined light and shadows shot toward the area below.
Each group of light and shadows faced a cave with a hidden secret door.
When these light and shadows sank into the cave, new black light pillars rose up.
If you look down from a distance, it's like black pillars rising from the ground.
These light pillars connected the sky and the ground, completely covering the cave itself.
Forming a unique isolation zone.
The light pillars of more than a dozen secret door passages and the seven light pillars in the misty canyon moved rhythmically with each other, strobing like signal lights.
The center points of all the light pillars formed an elliptical teleportation light gate with a diameter of hundreds of meters, which was rippling and quickly became stable with the naked eye.
Large patches of black clouds covered the sky like a large piece of gray wool felt, covering the three moons.
This is the magic cloud covering the sun, which usually only appears in large-scale kingdom battles.
It means that the secret door passage has been successfully opened, and the portal for large-scale monsters to shuttle through is being built!
The beams of light pierced through the black clouds and penetrated into the sky below that could not be detected by the naked eye.
The elliptical teleportation light gate was rotating like a nebula, and various strange light points gathered in it.
Circles of ripples rippled out from the spatial singularity at the core of the teleportation light gate.
If someone could fly up and observe closely, they would see a key shadow wrapped with rose vines in the middle of the teleportation gate slowly shining.
The invisible light curtain isolated the cave light column and the teleportation light gate.
Whether it was magic, arrows, or even the rune heavy crossbow that could shoot thousands of meters away, they could not break through this barrier.
Because this was some kind of wonderful spatial isolation, conventional physical and magical attacks could not break through it at all.
On the contrary, the monsters at the other end of the portal could not take advantage of this opportunity to invade.
Before the teleportation light was formed, it was almost invincible.
Only some super-high-level space means could interfere or destroy it.
The incident happened suddenly, which made the garrison, adventurers and mercenaries near the monster cave a little panicked.
They tried to attack the cave covered by the light column, but it was in vain.
The arrows attached with magic elements hit the outside of the light column with supersonic sound, creating a series of sparks, and were directly bounced out by the invisible shield.
The various elemental magics could not even leave a mark, and they were quickly annihilated after the collision.
This weird balance is not something that anyone can break.
Moreover, the portal has been initially formed, and it is only a matter of time before it is completely formed.
The monsters seem to have taken advantage of the moon and brewed a wave of big moves!
...
In the Baron Castle in the core area of the first circle in Magtan City.
The messenger rushed into the room where the baron was, holding the magic horn.
"My lord!"
"Something bad has happened!"
Bessus, who was wearing rune armor, frowned immediately.
"What are you panicking about!"
"Do those street rats dare to attack the Bangcheng sentry post?"
He thought that Ophelia and the black street forces in the city had launched an attack on Bang City.
"Moon! Something went wrong with the Green Moon and the Gray Moon!"
"The monsters have prepared a backup plan. A black light column appeared in the northern misty canyon, forcing the secret door passage built in the cave to be connected!"
"The secret door passage that had been contained has now become a giant portal!"
The elite soldier in charge of the communication said anxiously.
Hearing what he said, Baron Bessos pushed away the maid who was putting on armor for him, walked quickly to the terrace, raised his head and looked up at the sky.
According to the normal rhythm, the moon night will end in half a water clock at most.
But it became darker outside.
It was not visible in the house just now, but it became clear on the terrace now.
And even from the castle, you can clearly see the black light columns that stand tall!
As for the moon and other things, they were all covered by black clouds.
The situation in front of him made Bezoston feel bad.
Even if he was slow, he could understand that this was the back-up plan of the monsters!
The teleportation light gate with a diameter of hundreds of meters could transport hundreds of thousands of monsters.
This level of demonic disaster is definitely not something that Magtan City, a small border city, can withstand!
Although the light gate has not been fully constructed yet, it will take at least half a Naroa day.
But this time is of no help at all.
Because Naroa is too big, Magtan City does not have a teleportation magic circle directly to the giant city.
It is not easy for the giant city to send reinforcements on a large scale.
The fastest air cavalry will take a whole Naroa day to arrive here.
And if the reinforcements are only air cavalry, they can't turn the tide at all!
The best plan for Baron Bezos is to evacuate here immediately!
"Quick! Quick! Quick!"
"Notify the garrison troops heading out of the city to return immediately!"
"All fortresses and outposts are in wartime!"
"Use magic to send a message to the giant city of Attacks!"
Baron Bezos ordered loudly, his expression unable to hide his fear.
When the messenger left, he immediately went upstairs and woke up his wife, Zuzana Finley.
The effect of the sleepy grass had not yet passed, and Zuzana opened her eyes in a daze, and was quite dissatisfied with Bezos for waking her up.
However, after Baron Bezos's eager explanation, she immediately took action and sent a letter to her parents' home, asking them to send a griffin and dragon eagle team to meet them!
Baron Bezos found the snakeman butler and his confidants and began to prepare an evacuation plan!
According to past experience, once the portal is opened, monsters will flood into the city like a tide, and then spread to the surrounding areas.
This area will be completely occupied by monsters and become a bridgehead for the new front.
Of course, he didn't know that what was happening now was just the tip of the iceberg of the disaster!
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