Rise from the coffin and rebuild the vampire empire

Chapter 215 City Building and Trouble

Okanina led the high elf troops of "Silver Leaf Port" and Hellion led the human army of "Wangbo Port", starting from the north and south sides and began to sweep towards the middle area.

There are many colonies scattered across the vast coastal area between the two port cities.

Most of them have four or five hundred people, and some have seven or eight hundred people. They are not yet a significant force. After all, not every colony can develop as rapidly as "Wangbo Port".

In front of the High Elves' Silver-Helmed Knights, Isengrim Sea Guards, and White-Crowned Archers, the scattered human settlements naturally had no resistance and would basically surrender after a short period of resistance.

Naturally, these human colonies are no match for Knight Magras and Knight Kalkanni of "Port Wangbo".

In fact, Hellion encountered little resistance along the way. Seeing the knight brigade of more than 2,000 people, those scattered colonies basically surrendered.

This is the benefit brought by the improvement of strength. If the two sides are evenly matched, then they can still fight, but in the face of absolute crushing momentum, most people with a clear mind will know what to choose.

Okanina and Hellion were advancing rapidly, clearing out the scattered colonies, and Lyle was certainly not idle either.

As the governor of the new city "Midsummer Port" that was about to be established, he quickly gathered his team and began to plan the construction of the new city.

When it comes to city planning, of course we have to ask the dwarf master craftsman Granny Oak for help.

Granny Oak, who planned the construction of "Wangbo Port", is now experienced and adept at urban planning.

And Granny Oak was happy to help, planning and building a city, which was also an honor for the dwarves.

"Wangbo Port" is one of his important works, but because it was planned and constructed relatively early, there are some unreasonable aspects in it, and it underwent many modifications later.

Now this new city, "Shengxia Port", can cross the river directly by touching "Wangbo Port", and some previous unreasonable things will no longer occur.

After handing over the work of urban construction planning to Granny Oak, Lyle began to focus on the governance of "Summer Harbor".

As experimental fields specifically used to experiment with various cultural education and cultural infiltration, "Shengxia Port" and "Wangbo Port", another human city in [Blood Oath Alliance], are definitely different.

The urban construction planning is different. There will be more vampire elements in "Midsummer Port" and more elements related to the "Blood King" Karen.

The purpose of doing this, of course, is to demonstrate the cultural hegemony of the blood clan, strengthen the authority of the blood clan culture, and deify Karen, the "Blood King" as the ruler.

As an experimental field, of course the people of "Shengxia Port" must be given a high level of intensity from the very beginning, and "vampire education" will become the main theme here.

The human residents of this city will live in this brainwashing environment for a long time, accepting subtle cultural bullying, adapting to the rule of the vampires, and accepting all ideologies centered on the vampires.

Lyle's goal is to establish "Summer Harbor" as a true demonstration site of vampire culture through educational brainwashing and architectural symbol unification.

As long as this is done well, other cities will learn from "Midsummer Port", and cities built in the future will also be modeled after "Midsummer Port". This is a great honor and achievement for Lyle.

It didn't take long before Okanina and Hellion had almost cleared out all the large and small human settlements between "Silver Leaf Port" and "Wangbo Port".

The area between the two ports is more than twice as wide as the Sword Bay area, but its terrain is slightly worse than that of Sword Bay, which is considered a natural harbor.

In such an area, there are naturally many colonies distributed. After the cleanup, the population obtained is quite considerable, nearly 15,000 people.

That is to say, there has not yet been a large-scale colony formed in the middle, otherwise the number of people might be even greater. These 15,000 people are the sum of more than a dozen colonies.

According to Lord Karen's request, at least 80% of the population obtained this time must be left to "Midsummer Port" as "start-up capital."

So "Wangbo Port" selected 3,000 people from them, leaving more than 12,000 people to "Shengxia Port", and Okanina returned empty-handed because there were no high elves among the more than 15,000 people.

It was justified for Uther to withdraw these 3,000 people, because the new "Midsummer Port" relied entirely on the funding of "Wangbo Port" to exist.

The captured food reserves were not enough to keep them going for long. After all, "Shengxia Port" had to start from the site selection and city construction, truly starting from scratch, and there was no food output at all.

This situation is just like the "Silverleaf Port" of the High Elves before. There is only consumption but no output. Once the food reserves are eaten up, they can only rely on external relief.

As the "big brother city", "Wangbo Port" has a very heavy burden on its shoulders. The development of other cities all depends on "Wangbo Port" for continuous blood transfusions. Fortunately, "Wangbo Port" has enough blood.

Lyle had already completed the geographical survey and the site selection for the new city "Midsummer Port". Of course, it was still a coastal city, after all, the name contained the word "port".

Besides, sea transportation is still the best choice for the "New World", so it is natural to build coastal cities, which will be more convenient for both trade and attracting immigrants.

There are still large tracts of primeval forest inside the "New World", and at this stage only the lizard people can build cities and develop in it.

A large amount of "Uward logs", a specialty of the "New World", were sent to the site of "Midsummer Port", and this excellent construction wood is still very popular.

Of course, there is also the "Cement 4.0" newly developed by Nobi Daichiung's research team. Through their unremitting efforts, the practicality of this new type of cement has been greatly increased.

Once “Cement 4.0” was released, it quickly became the new darling of the construction industry and became unstoppable.

In terms of strength, waterproofness, fire resistance, plasticity, etc., "Cement 4.0" has completely surpassed the magical wood "Uward Log".

The most important thing is that the price advantage is too great. The cost of "Cement 4.0" is very low, and the profit of selling "Uward Logs" to the Old World is still considerable.

There is no way. Although it has achieved comprehensive surpassing in other aspects, "Cement 4.0" and "Uward Logs" are still incomparable in terms of added value such as viewing and aesthetic properties.

Therefore, the price of "Uward Logs" will definitely be higher than "Cement 4.0", even though it has been completely surpassed in practicality.

The only thing that restricts "Cement 4.0" now is probably the production problem. [Nobi Daqiong] and his team have not yet increased the production, so "Midsummer Port" still has to use a large amount of "Uward Logs".

On the coast, Lyle stood on a makeshift lookout tower and gazed at the desolate mudflats in front of him.

The salty sea breeze, laden with mud and sand, slapped the young governor's face, but he seemed unaware.

"Midsummer Port" will become the new fulcrum for the ambitions of the "Blood Oath Alliance". Lyle's heart is surging and he is full of energy.

At the temporary dock, the first batch of supplies shipped from "Wangbo Port" was being unloaded, and shirtless workers shouted slogans as they rolled the cut "Uward logs" off the deck.

Wangbo Port was very considerate, having already done some pre-processing. After all, their industry is well-established, making the process much easier. These enchanted woods, sourced from the New World rainforest, glowed with a faint green luster in the humid air. Combined with "Cement 4.0," these "Uward Logs" will create a whole new architectural paradigm.

"Very good, very good. This is a very good location. It is very suitable for building a fortified city."

The dwarf master craftsman Granny Oak got off the boat and after taking a walk around, he said happily, his iconic dwarf beard shaking with excitement.

In fact, Granny Oak has already completed the first draft of the city plan and only needs to make some simple modifications before construction can begin.

Lyle took the drawing handed to him by Granny Oak, which showed the future "Summer Harbor".

This is a port city that incorporates many vampire elements. Overall, it is a circle that expands outward with a central square in the middle. The twelve radial main roads radiating outward are like blood vessels.

Various types of buildings use a large number of elements such as bats, fangs, drops of blood, wolves, coffins, moons, skulls, etc. The colors are cool and the structures are mostly pointed, with a dark Gothic style.

The most eye-catching thing is naturally the statue in the central square, which is the statue of the "Blood King" Karen.

He was wearing armor and a crown, with one hand on his waist holding a code, and the other hand raised high, holding a long sword, with a cloak fluttering behind him.

What shocked Lyle the most was the underground part. Under the central square was an underground temple, a "blood temple", where the citizens of "Midsummer Port" prayed.

As long as "Shengxia Port" can achieve its set goals, it is possible that it will become an existence similar to the "Holy City" in the future.

“The plan is ambitious, but I don’t know when it will be completed.”

Lyle was naturally very satisfied with the city planning, but he also realized that the amount of construction work was quite exaggerated and it would definitely not be completed in a short period of time.

After sighing, Lyle's eyes swept over the temporary shack area that was being built. More than 12,000 "citizens" were huddled under the shelter of straw huts, half of whom had scars from shackles on their bodies.

The prisoners of war from more than twenty colonies looked at the patrols coming and going with fear or hatred.

In just half a month, their new home was burned down and they were all gathered here, waiting for an unknown fate.

"Although I know you may be worried and anxious, I'm sorry, little Lyle, I still have to tell you some bad news."

Okanina took off her silver leaf crown, and the moonlight penetrated the treetops, casting mottled spots of light on her armor.

"Ms. Okanina? What bad news?"

Lyle was stunned for a moment, then turned around to look at Okanina who was approaching. This elven wizard was dressed more like a ranger than a ranger.

"See those shirtless guys?"

Okanina adjusted her hair and pointed to a conspicuous group of people among the "citizens".

If they were just shirtless, it wouldn't matter, but that group of people all had uniform tattoos on their bodies, with bleeding claws and roaring beast heads.

"Is that the symbol of God?"

Seeing the tattoos, Lyle reacted belatedly.

"Yes, it's the one you think of. The God of Hunting, the Lord of Blood Claws, the King of Beasts, whatever you want to call him."

Okanina spoke up and gave an affirmative answer, saying that those people were all believers of the same god, and they were also very troublesome guys.

When clearing the "Summer Harbor" area, the high elf troops led by Okanina encountered the most intense resistance from a colony where these guys were located.

In fact, the core believers had long been killed by the high elves, and the remaining ones were probably just developing.

That is why they surrendered, because they still retained most of their sanity, unlike those believers who had gone completely crazy.

The duties of Maral, the "God of Hunting", cover hunting, bloodlust, savage bestiality, fear of prey, lycanthropy, etc. His followers are all lunatics.

"How did they get to the New World?"

Lyle rubbed his eyebrows and felt a headache. It was definitely not a good thing to get involved with this group of lunatics.

Maral's followers believe in the natural law of the survival of the fittest, advocate animal instincts, despise civilization and order, and like to cause destruction everywhere.

They spread "lycanthropy" everywhere, considering it a gift from God. Once infected with "lycanthropy", one will basically become a follower of Maral.

"Who knows what those lunatics were thinking? Maybe they heard there were some unseen prey in the New World."

Okanina has no good feelings towards the god Maral. In fact, there are indeed many gods believed in by the elves who are hostile to Maral.

Because many gods believed in by the elves represent nature, such as the unicorn goddess, who represents the pure power of nature and is in direct contrast to Maraal's animal nature.

For example, the God of Nature believes that Maral's barbaric hunting destroys the balance of nature, and the two are incompatible.

Even the Moon Goddess of the Dark Elves hates Maraal's bloodthirstiness. Of course, this "Dark Moon" is a breath of fresh air among the gods believed in by the Dark Elves.

In short, this "God of Hunting" Maral is notorious, and his followers are definitely lunatics.

Spreading curses, using lycanthropy as a weapon, conducting bloody hunts, sacrificing living creatures to please the gods, planning lycanthropy plagues, attacking villages, destroying natural sacred sites, and committing all kinds of evil.

The most important thing is that these guys are quite vindictive. Maybe it’s not really vindictiveness, but just a hunting instinct. Killing their people will more easily arouse their hunting interest.

"It's not certain that anything will happen. This is the New World after all, and the news may not get out."

Seeing that Lyle looked unhappy, Okanina comforted him and said that they had killed them quite cleanly and no one escaped.

(End of this chapter)