They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 175 Avalon, the City of Preservation

On the desolate plain, a group of people wearing full-coverage hoods, masks that cover their mouths and noses, and eye shields that cover their eyes, led by a dozen adults and more than twenty children, were making their way.

These people are all human. In the game No Life, during the era of the God Wars, humans were not recognized as intelligent beings and were classified as beasts because they could not perceive the Elf Corridor and use magic.

Demons, vampires, and some beastmen all treat humans as food.

During this period, there were almost no elderly people among humans, because no one could live to old age. Even if they were not eaten by other races, once their physical strength began to decline, the harsh environment and scarce food could be fatal.

As for the so-called adults, thirteen or fourteen years old is considered an adult.

Therefore, humans rarely appear on the ground in groups during the day, let alone with children.

By this time, the children in the group were almost too tired to walk any further, and a little girl pleaded with the man leading the group.

"Dad, I can't walk anymore, can we find a place to rest?"

However, the child's father resolutely stated...

"Honey, just a little more patience. We're only a dozen kilometers away from the protected area of ​​Avalon City."

Once we get there, we can rest easy until the next opening ceremony.

There's no soot there, and as long as we work, we'll have food, so let's hang in there a little longer.

The city of Avalon, as the man spoke of, is a new city established in the last two years. It was founded by a dragon spirit who likes to act in human form and a fairy who is as big as an adult.

They called themselves the City Builders, and together with a group of "Machine Race" soldiers, they built a vast city-state from scratch.

Meanwhile, Avalon City holds an opening ceremony every month, accepting some talented new residents without discrimination against any race.

The talent mentioned here is not magical talent, and the specific method of measurement is unknown.

In reality, even ordinary humans who join Avalon are granted the energy to use magic. Some even awaken a power called Preservation of Fate, which allows them to fight against the threefold magic of the Forest Elves without defeat.

Therefore, Avalon quickly became the best refuge for weaker races and those who had no fixed abode.

Moreover, even if they cannot enter the city, Avalon City declares that the surrounding 100-kilometer area is under their protection.

People living in this area will not be driven away as long as they pay a fixed amount of ore each month, and will be protected by the city guard.

It should be noted that this city guard was composed entirely of those who protected the Path of Destiny, and there were also some dragon spirits monitoring them from the sky. Ordinary troops were no match for them.

As for the protected population, although humans are still subjected to various forms of abuse, their basic lives are guaranteed.

Needless to say, the city was naturally built by Danley and Morgan, the builders of Avalon.

After a fierce battle between Danley and Morgan, Morgan decisively resorted to cheating, insisting that Danley must become his king in order for him to truly submit.

Morgan was only very stubborn about this title; in fact, she had already shed her queenly domineering persona.

As for the form of address, Danlei accepted it.

However, the two did not do anything to take their relationship to the next level.

Dan Lei said that he hasn't even sorted out the Black Tower yet, and he's already keeping a mistress on the side – he's asking for trouble.

As for Morgan being a Heroic Spirit, it doesn't matter even if she does, since she'll return to Valhalla when this world ends, and her memories will disappear.

It can only be said that this kind of thing does not conform to Danlei's views.

Danlei is quite possessive; he'll definitely protect his woman well and treat her as his woman for life.

Therefore, after confirming Morgan's submission, Danley immediately got down to business.

To obtain the Star Cup in this world where the difficulty has increased dramatically, going it alone is definitely not an option.

To establish their own power, they need to better fight against other races, and with more people, they can build their own magical puppet army more quickly.

Therefore, Danlei decided to build the city in the name of the city builders.

Considering Morgan's queenly nature and mood, the new city was named Avalon and built on the shore of the lake that Morgan had blasted out.

Of course, building a city from scratch is not so simple for Dan Lei.

For the first month, Dan Lei and Morgan did only one thing: mass-produce puppets.

Do you remember the Crystal Insect Familiar that Danlei contracted in the Ejihazo Insect Temple?

They may not have many other skills, but they excel at finding metal ores and gemstones rich in high energy.

In the world where No Game No Life is located, the earth's vein activity is extremely high, so the resources are also extremely abundant. The Crystal Worm quickly found a large mineral vein in a perfect location.

The rest was simple. Morgan used earth magic to mine all the ore, and then he and Dan Lei started building an automated puppet production line.

The puppets here are inferior humanoid creations made from the discarded ape puppets in Dan Lei's possession, with only one purpose: to serve as tools for city building.

Since they don't need to be equipped with weapons and their structure is simpler than that of war golems, the area became lively in just one month.

Dan Lei deliberately modified the ape puppets into human form because the local organization of Game of Life could easily mistake them for machine-type creatures after scanning them.

The machine armor species even earned the warlike and bloodthirsty Skywing species an order forbidding them from taking the initiative to attack.

The sudden appearance of such a large group of "machine armor species" would make even a Skywing species shake their head and leave.

Because Danlei only used puppets in the early stages of the city's construction, Avalon City safely weathered its most vulnerable period by leveraging the prestige of the Mech Armor race.

Once the city walls, entirely inscribed with runes, were built, Danlei and Morgan appeared as king and queen to recruit other races. By then, the surrounding races realized they had been tricked, but it was too late.

It's important to know that the first thing Danlei and Morgan did after leaving the mountain was to subdue the fairy race living on this continent.

Danlei possesses Aronlev's memories and knows very well the locations of each race's settlements.

Then, the two rode Drag and Albion respectively straight to the fairy territory.

The fairy race in No Game No Life is consistent with the general fairy race in legends. They have strong magical talent, are small in stature, and have a mischievous personality, but they are not very malicious.

A three-headed dragon, stronger than the [Yan] dragon Aronlev (in the eyes of the elves, Danlei is also a dragon), and a fellow elf who was enormous, incredibly powerful, and had a fiery temper blocked the gate. The elves had no choice but to surrender and became the first citizens of Avalon.

However, after moving into Avalon, the fairies discovered that the main task assigned to them by Danlei was to cultivate food that could still grow in large quantities in harsh environments and some magical potion materials.

At most, a group of people with high magical talent were assigned to inscribe runes on the bricks and stones to reinforce the city walls.

Moreover, Danlei is not a capitalist. He not only pays wages (with various magic gems), but also provides rotating leave and even medical services.

For the fairy race, this life is much more comfortable than living in constant fear in their original settlement.

Therefore, the vast majority of the fairy race truly submitted to Danlei within a month or two.

After all, in this world, the weak submit to the strong; it is the law of nature. You must understand, there is no concept of sixteen races to rank the various races; all races are competing equally for the right to survival and control of the world.

With the addition of the fairy race, Danlei's magical puppets officially began production.

In less than six months, Dan Lei had assembled an army of 50,000.

Then, based on Aronlev's memories, Danlei visited the lairs of several dragon spirits in the vicinity and physically persuaded them.

Furthermore, the spell of the Spear of the End, Rungomminiad, also stands as a defensive tower on the walls of Avalon.

Next up was the battle that would make Avalon famous.

After Danlei and Morgan continued to recruit the fairy and dragon species, the goblin species felt threatened.

After continuous testing, it was confirmed that the puppets working in Avalon were not machine-type.

The goblins then sent messengers to Avalon demanding that Danley and Morgan surrender.

The result was that the envoy was beheaded and his head was hung outside the city.

Subsequently, the goblins decisively declared war on Avalon.

However, the goblins underestimated the attack range of the Rungomminiad spell.

What is exposed above ground in Avalon is only the tip of the iceberg.

Although Morgan's class is Berserker, he has two class skills that are generally classified as Magician: Territory Construction B and Item Creation EX.

Beneath the walls of Avalon lies a massive magic array made of magical metal.

When Danlei summoned Morgan, he chose a location with extremely active ley lines.

Morgan is now using the continental ley lines as energy to drive the magic of Rungomminia.

The Lance of Rungomminiad on the walls of Avalon, if disregarding the structural limits of its own structure, could fire a single shot from the ground directly into a planet's synchronous orbit.

The only downside is that this thing can't be guided beyond the range of city detection magic; it can only damage enemies in a straight line.

However, it's enough to fight the goblin's overly specialized spaceship.

The goblin airships of this era are a combination of Star Wars and cyberpunk styles.

They have a floating fortress resembling the Death Star, which Dan Lei calls a pseudo-planetary fortress.

The fortress was surrounded by numerous escort ships, one-third of which were cannons, making them extremely powerful.

However, in terms of weaponry, the goblin race's strongest marrow explosive bomb is equivalent to a super nuclear weapon in power.

But for some reason, the primary method of launching goblin weapons is still the primitive fuel propulsion.

The range of the magic cannon, powered by magic, is roughly the same as that of the main guns of battleships during World War II on Earth.

This makes their weapons have a much shorter range than the Lungominiad spell of Avalon.

Dan Lei stored the magical puppet in his Devouring Pouch and released two Heavenly Dragons with more than a dozen dragon spirits to act as biological reconnaissance aircraft for Avalon, taking advantage of their high altitude.

The collected intelligence was then transmitted to Morgan in the rear via a contract.

Subsequently, Morgan, stationed at the center of the magic base, directed the goblins to adjust the firing trajectory of the Rungomminiad spell, crippling a third of the goblin fleet before the goblin forces even saw Avalon.

After two waves of attacks, half of the goblin frigates crashed, and the pseudo-planet fortress, despite having its shields fully deployed, was breached.

Then, Danlei led the dragonkin in a swooping attack, while Draig and Albion led the dragons to continue attacking the remaining goblin fleet.

Dan Lei himself jumped directly into the pseudo-planet fortress and released puppets to fight a boarding battle.

The goblins' greatest strength lies in their technology. While their combat power is not weak, compared to Danlei, they are like chickens waiting to be slaughtered.

However, its leader, Ronid Launiel, was quite capable. Since Danlei's main objective was to capture the pseudo-planet fortress and take its artisans prisoner, he did not resort to large-scale attacks.

After being knocked out of the fortress by Danlei in a head-on clash, he did not die. He even escaped the pursuit of the dragon spirits outside and retreated with less than a quarter of his fleet.

After this battle, the goblins completely withdrew from the continent of Lucia, where Avalon City is located. Their iconic planetary fortress was moved by Danlei to Avalon City for modern magical transformation and is now Danlei's palace.

Incidentally, Morgan's palace was located in the very center of the city, and its daily management was handled entirely by Morgan.

Having achieved a great victory over the goblins, Danlei seized the opportunity to announce to the entire continent that Avalon City welcomes all talented intelligent races to join them. As long as they are willing to complete the assigned tasks, they will have a safe environment, delicious food, and clear water.

These conditions, while sounding like basic living security, are actually quite poor.

But for those intelligent beings whose homes have been destroyed and who are forced to wander in the wilderness, this is already the best possible treatment.

It's important to understand that even members of the Blood Evil Clan, who stand at the top of the race, cannot guarantee that they will have enough to eat every day, but Danlei can make that promise.

Moreover, after some of the pioneers who could not survive tried to join Avalon, the races were surprised to discover that Avalon had a secret technique that could instantly awaken magical talent in humans who had no magical talent whatsoever.

Even those with less talent can still improve to the average level.

Here, Dan Lei used Ma Xianhong's Body Cultivation Furnace technology to add artificial magic circuits to these people who had no magical talent.

How to make the Body Cultivation Furnace was something Ma Xianhong didn't hide from Dan Lei at all back then. When Dan Lei was building his first army in the Under One Person world, he had already analyzed and researched a substitute for the core organism that Qu Tong was born from.

However, this thing is a bit of a waste for Dan Lei, as the mainstream in the Star Iron Universe is still the Destiny Walker.

Moreover, cultivators created by the Life-Cultivation Furnace actually have shorter lifespans, meaning they are completely outclassed by the mainstream cultivation system.

As for the High School DxD world, Dan Lei deals with mythical creatures like demons and fallen angels every day, so he has even less need for this thing.

But in the world of No Game No Life, this thing is an absolute game-changer for races with low magic adaptability.

You're saying that after using it, you basically won't live past fifty? Nowadays, very few humans live past thirty, so fifty is considered an extended lifespan.

Therefore, those who used the Life-Cultivation Furnace to change their talents were extremely obedient to Dan Lei, and even developed a faith in him, calling Dan Lei the "Graceful" Dragon.

Therefore, in order to further strengthen the power of these loyal followers, Danlei began to spread the Way of "Preservation" to them, which was closest to the universal concept of intelligent beings, and made these people call themselves the City Builders.

Dan Lei may not have a lifeline, but he still understands the concept of lifeline protection.

The belief in protecting family and city dwellers is very easy to inspire for these people who originally lived at the bottom of the world's food chain.

When the first person awakened the path of preserving destiny, Dan Lei was even glanced at by the Amber King because he was spreading the way of preservation.

It also bestowed upon the city of Avalon a blessing of preservation.

Avalon City was instantly enveloped in golden protective power. Within a radius of a hundred miles, the black ash in the sky stopped falling, making it the only pure land in this world.

　I finished it before midnight, praise me! ψ(｀)ψ
　　
　
(End of this chapter)