arcane emperor

The many developments made by the Gulf Territory in the Catachan demiplane were kept strictly confidential.

The Gulf Forces will disclose many operations and missions, but will not disclose everything.

They will only disclose information that is beneficial to them and can direct "attention".

However, as various research and experiments are progressing steadily, Matthew, who has been busy for a long time, finally has time to focus on areas of greater concern.

The very lively Empire of Netheril!

The current Netheril Empire is more of a temporary union of several large territories that have split apart than a complete whole.

Many mage lords have a high degree of autonomy, and due to various problems in the Council of Seyvendon and the loss of legion strength, the execution of conscription missions has suffered devastating damage.

Under such circumstances, if the Netherese Empire cannot quickly reverse the situation and restore the strong performance of the Council of Seyvendon, then gradual division is inevitable.

After all, when the Mage Lords only want to gain benefits and are unwilling to continue to maintain order and integrity, even other great arcanists cannot stop their decisions.

However, in the eyes of most lords and forces, this should be a relatively long process, requiring at least decades or even hundreds of years.

After all, professionals generally have a longer lifespan, and even though these mage lords have their own ideas at this stage, they are still prepared to continue using the larger framework of the Netheril Empire.

Not every territory can resolve crises and enemies as easily as the Gulf Territory.

They must temporarily concentrate their forces and occasionally choose to unite.

Before I could taste the sweetness of "independence", I had already suffered the pain of having to handle and be responsible for everything by myself.

Some rulers choose to overcome difficulties, although this is more troublesome and requires a lot of energy and resources.

But in doing so, they gained greater control over their territory.

However, there are still some rulers who only care about their own affairs and have neither the ability nor the desire to care about any danger in their territory.

If it were in the past, this way of managing territories, regardless of whether they committed any evil, would have allowed most territories to maintain relative peace and allowed many of the people in the territory to survive.

But the situation is different now.

Not taking into account the various types of orcs that are constantly spreading and deeply infiltrating.

There may be phalin magic heliotropes or magical creatures wandering over from various places.

A raiding force of the Mind Flayer Empire that is constantly expanding and plundering.

Simply dealing with the distorted monsters created by the influence and corruption of the Scarlet Moon was enough to cause most of the territory's combat forces to collapse.

Then, they soon suffered a backlash, distortion began to spread, and corruption began to spread.

The process is slow and terrifying, and the people in the territory can sense something strange and dangerous.

But they couldn't leave or hide.

They can only watch helplessly as these distortions and pollution become more and more serious, infiltrating into their lives and even coming to their very surroundings.

When these distortions and pollution reach a critical point, horrific destruction will befall this territory.

By that time, the entire territory had been destroyed, and the rulers only realized the catastrophic consequences they deserved.

Stronger territories and cities are much more resistant to these distortions and pollution.

But they usually don't and can't achieve a complete cure, and can only go through a painful and slow process of delaying their demise.

On the contrary, the small territories and cities that have closer ties with the Gulf Territory do not have such concerns.

All combat forces of the Gulf Territory have a very clear understanding and very decisive and powerful ability to act against deformed monsters and contaminated individuals.

Even if they are just some adventurers, or have not yet joined the Gulf Territory, but are assistants who have cooperated with the Gulf Territory many times.

If they can't solve it, they can also apply for combat assistance from the Gulf Territory.

The Gulf Commander will dispatch combat troops that can completely resolve the danger depending on the situation, and will not charge any combat rewards.

The purpose of doing this is, firstly, to continue promoting the Gulf Territory and significantly enhance its reputation.

The second is to protect more people and keep them alive.

As for whether they will join the Gulf Leader in the future, the Gulf Leader will provide some guidance, but will not pay too much attention.

There is no way. The Gulf Territory currently has too many territories to manage, and the number of people it absorbs and accepts is increasing.

They can't save everyone, it all depends on their luck or their own choices.

Some territory rulers also tried to unite and prepare to fight against the surrounding threats together.

But even within the framework of the Netherese Empire, they can only give average performance.

Now, under the pressure and danger, they are able to cooperate with each other reluctantly. They will inevitably encounter some setbacks and compromises, but they still have to bite the bullet and get together.

At this point, those sober guys will barely feel regret.

If the Netheril Empire had not been divided into two factions for various reasons.

As mage lords, they only need to study what they are interested in, and they can obtain the protection and blessing of the collective power of the entire empire and easily deal with most enemies.

So what now?
"Freedom" is indeed within reach, but disasters and dangers must be dealt with by one's own hands.

The cost is relatively heavy, and there is not much hope for the future or direction.

Therefore, many wizard lords who had thought clearly chose to place their hopes on the Gulf Lords and other forces.

The majority of mage lords chose the Gulf Territory.

There is no other way. Judging from the strength and resource supply currently demonstrated by the Gulf Territory, it can definitely meet their resource needs for development and research.

As for after entering the Gulf Territory, they can no longer order others around as easily as they can in their current territories, and become lords who are high above and have the power over life and death over everyone.

These mage lords didn’t care too much!

They are different from the ordinary ruling class!

They are mages first, spellcasters, and arcanists!

And then the lord!

The identity of the latter is mainly to serve the former!
As long as they arrive in the Gulf Territory, after simple adaptation and adjustment, they can obtain much more supplies and knowledge than being a lord.

This is enough for them!

No matter how powerful a lord is, he cannot make them live longer or acquire more knowledge.

As a result, as the situation in the Netheril Empire became increasingly worse, a considerable number of wizard lords and spellcasters headed to the Gulf Territory in large numbers.

If it were during the first two years after the Gulf Territory was established, the territory would definitely not have thought about accepting so many powerful spellcasters with so many desires, but would have been cautious and vigilant in guarding against them.

But now the Gulf Territory has a huge appetite. The hundreds of spellcasters and more than a dozen wizard lords who have been absorbed and accepted are completely unable to satisfy their appetite!
"What do you want? Meditation potions that increase your mental strength?" "No problem, as long as you don't increase the price by more than 20% after exchanging it, and as long as you have enough funds and merits, you can buy as many as you want."

"High-level spell scrolls? The Gulf Territory no longer uses spell scrolls. There are many different spells to learn in the spellcaster learning club."

"As long as you have enough spells and your merit level meets the requirements, you can buy it after recording it."

"All kinds of magic equipment? This is what our Bay Territory is best at producing. It's good quality, cheap, and comes in large quantities. You can complete a set in just one or two years!"

"What? Reconstructive surgery? A longer life?"

"We in the Gulf Territory have also conducted in-depth research in this area. Improving strength is always the best and most effective option. Surgery can also be arranged according to the level of merit..."

The candid statement of the Gulf Leader calmed down the spellcasters who were originally somewhat resistant to "re-education".

The Gulf gave them more than they had imagined.

In this case, the most important thing at the moment is to obey the arrangements of the Gulf Territory, study hard and try to adapt to the rules of the Gulf Territory.

They are also very clear that the Gulf Territory attaches great importance to rules and laws.

Whoever breaks these rules or has malicious intentions will often suffer great losses without realizing it.

It was very thoughtful of Gulf Frontier to help them solve their worries and then take special steps to guide them to adapt.

They don't have to do much to reap considerable rewards and have a foreseeable bright future.

If they are not willing to give up even this little price and right, then they are doomed to not be able to "work" well.

The Gulf Leader will not be too tolerant of such people.

Be prepared when necessary, be prepared when necessary, and deal with what needs to be dealt with.

Not to mention that there are some guys with very high "sin values".

Even if they possess outstanding strength and ability, the Gulf Lord will decisively eliminate them.

Not everyone has the opportunity to continue living and reform.

Having committed so many sins, he no longer considers other intelligent creatures as "living things".

They have become them!

Matthew, who had vaguely guessed where Iolum had gone, had already determined the demise of the Netherese Empire long ago.

What he has to do now is to speed up the demise of the Gulf Territory and absorb more talents and population.

At the same time, we must also be prepared to take over some of the special heritage of the Netheril Empire.

There are more than 30 demiplanes with various rich outputs.

The existence of a demiplane is undoubtedly too important for a force.

There are so many things to offer outside: more territory, more people, more resources, and hidden and safe backup and development bases.

These things can be completely controlled by the demiplane master.

The more important point is that if one can fully control the demiplane, then the "manufacturing" of divine power can basically have a stable "output".

Although this statement is somewhat inappropriate, it is precisely this inappropriateness that represents the Gulf Lord’s attitude towards divine power, divinity, and godhead.

They are indeed very powerful and precious, and even have almost omnipotent special effects.

However, they are merely tools of the Gulf Leader.

Their classification, like the wooden firewood, underground coal, refined fuel oil and elemental fuels defined by the Gulf Territory, is part of the energy resources.

Even if the use of this part of resources is very effective, it can even directly affect the human body and any substance.

However, the attitude towards them represents how the Gulf Territory deals with these things.

As the territory develops faster and faster, the research on divine power, divinity, and divine power becomes more and more in-depth.

Sooner or later they will thoroughly understand its essence and then be able to use it more efficiently.

Even now, the Gulf Territory can produce it with relative ease.

In accordance with the principle of sharing needs and development results with everyone, it will be distributed to those who have greater merits, sufficient abilities, and have passed the assessment and testing.

The former is the prerequisite for use qualification, and the latter is the basis for safe use.

Because these things are very good, but if they are not properly controlled and utilized, they can be very dangerous.

Therefore, the Gulf leaders have formulated relatively strict systems and procedures and made corresponding arrangements and handling.

Even the Gulf Territory has specially customized and modified the personal control terminals of these special power users.

The basic information about their divine power and divinity will be displayed through the modified personal terminals.

Except for a few people, no one can access their information and data, not even fairy tales.

Different development routes and combined confidentiality methods can provide more than two different system methods to protect the abilities of fairy tales.

The purpose of doing this is naturally to protect the safety of fairy tales and territories.

With Fairy Tale's current combat ability and status, it is still difficult for him to fight against demigods or even higher-level opponents.

The other party has targeted Fairy Tale several times because she can influence and control most of the production and combat in the Gulf Territory.

Her situation was already very dangerous!

And if she is allowed to influence and gain access to information about the person who controls the divine power, then the other party will even take action at all costs.

Matthew didn't want to see this happen, so he naturally wouldn't let Fairy Tale bear too much pressure now.

Anyway, there are relatively few people who control divine power and divinity in the Gulf Territory at present, and Matthew and Yaya can basically remember all their information.

Using this simplest and most effective method, we can get through relatively dangerous periods and solve many problems at the same time.

The actions of the Lord of the Gulf in the Netheril Empire naturally attracted the attention of other forces and kingdoms.

But most of them had no opinion, nor did they dare to express any opinion.

More rulers believed that if the Gulf Territory replaced the Netherese Empire, the northern continent might become better.

Of course, the Cole Elf Kingdom, which is very secretive about the true strength of the Gulf Territory, originally wanted to sabotage this aspect.

As a result, the sudden plague and disaster plunged the northern part of the Kor Elf Kingdom into chaos.

Unlike the relatively sparsely populated south, which is a newly developed territory in the past hundred years that has not yet been fully digested and controlled, the many provinces in the north are the lifeblood of the Kor Elf Kingdom!

There is a passive situation there! (End of this chapter)