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Although she had gained a preliminary understanding of magic technology from the Magic Emperor's brain, unfortunately, magic technology was not compatible with the technology of the Age of Gods.

There is no way. The two technologies are very similar in many places and have the same origin, so they are naturally incompatible.

Shindai Technology pursues a pure mass production approach, from the metal to every circuit, making it accessible to even the average person. To elevate Shindai's products, they must incorporate more features and develop even more groundbreaking technologies.

Magic technology, especially the perfect magic technology completed by the dwarves, is strictly speaking a high-end technology with a simple structure and high-quality materials.

If you want to improve magical creations, the easiest way is to increase the level of materials, such as replacing all low-level parts with high-level parts.

In general, the perfect magic technology made up for the regret that foreigners could not research and invent on their own, and could only recombine and customize the technology of the Age of Gods. This was also the most important gain after the mobile kingdom of Svartalfaheim.

The emergence of perfect magic technology is undoubtedly beneficial to the entire world, but if it is spread casually, it will undoubtedly be abused in some unknown corner.

The abuse of perfect magic technology is an inevitable result, but compared with the changes it can bring to the world, the benefits will definitely outweigh the disadvantages. Therefore, Blaze plans to use the perfect magic technology as a reward for the Olympus Competition and gradually make the perfect magic technology public.

Currently, the mobile kingdom can only be placed on the surface like this. Only after Jasmine conducts in-depth research and analyzes the perfect magic technology of the Dwarf Kingdom can it be reactivated and returned to its original position.

As for the two great weapons of the battlefield, the Hel Steel Spirit and the Dwarf King Colossus, the Hel Steel Spirit suffered heavy losses and had to be sealed up temporarily because it did not understand the dwarves' perfect magic technology.

It's a pity about the Dwarf King Colossi. Their destructive power was too great, and they were cut in half by the Crescent Moon's lasers during the battle. The magic technology used in them was also cut in half. Now they are just ordinary colossi, decorations at the four corners of the Mobile Kingdom.

After the war was confirmed to be over, [Hermes's Travel Hat] appeared. They did not make money from war business, but they never said they would not do disaster relief work.

From arranging materials and construction workers to repair the mobile kingdom of Svartalfarheim to rescuing more than 10,000 ordinary dwarves caught up in the war between the Dwarf Kingdom and Asgard, the [Hermes's Traveling Hat] can take care of it all.

But the price is definitely not cheap.

[Hermes' Traveling Hat] will never make a penny of money against conscience, and will never do charity.

When a thick bill that had obviously been prepared long ago was handed to Blazer, Blazer couldn't help but jump his eyelids despite being mentally prepared.

The first ten pages are the table of contents.

In the past, these were all free, but they were all irrelevant battles for the world, for the benefit of everyone, or for fighting a non-profit account far away from the world. But this time, Blaze clearly said it was a war, a war of Asgard.

Although everyone knows that this is to stand up for everyone and solve a big problem, it is only something that everyone knows, and this account must be settled.

Only in this way can Asgard take over everything in the Dwarf Kingdom as planned.

However, Hebie was really ruthless and extremely impartial. The bill clearly stated that Asgard could not use the gold it had hoarded to pay the bill.

Part of the reason is that the gold is considered dirty, because it was directly robbed by the Heroic Warriors during their lifetime and after their death, and does not meet the charging standards of [Hermes's Traveling Hat].

Another reason is that the bill is not a small amount.

Asgard has a lot of gold and jewelry. It is no exaggeration to say that it has mountains of gold and silver. It is richer than any of the three major kingdoms. But the problem is that the gold in the three major kingdoms has been circulated in the market, and all the treasures of Asgard are [illegal].

Using this stockpiled gold for direct payment will undoubtedly have a negative impact on the current cash flow.

It's okay if it happens once or twice, but if you get used to it and start spending it in large amounts, constantly producing gold coins, it will result in rising prices and a out-of-control market.

Of course, if these gold gems are cast into weapons, props, or magical creations, that is another matter. The actual value is visible and tangible.

Turning these gold and gems into commodities would definitely be the best way to deal with the bill, but this would undoubtedly require more than 10,000 dwarves to start working.

Even if it was just hypocrisy, he hoped that more than 10,000 dwarves would feel free, not just move from one cage to another beautiful cage.

Putting this aside, we have to think of other ways to pay off our debts.

Just as Blaze was about to continue reading, a hand reached out from the side and took the account book away.

"This is the part I'm responsible for. I know you're not good at this, and you've passed the golden age for learning." Marika shook the account book in her hand.

“I always feel like I’m uneducated.”

Blaze spread his hands helplessly. He knew that although Marika always listened to him, when her stubborn temper came out, he had no choice but to go along with her.

Mallika said she wanted to do it, and he couldn't stop her.

Oh, and there's also the big question of where Marika will end up.

Today is Marika's last time fighting for the Giant Kingdom Alliance as the leader of the Royal Knights. Today, no, after this war, Marika will step down.

Chapter 1946 Sunset

Although this sounds a bit unsatisfactory, rules are rules. The Giant Kingdom Alliance, no, to be more precise, the Giant Kingdom has had extremely strict requirements for those in high positions for thousands of years.

The family, lineage, and resume must be clean. Only such people are eligible for promotion opportunities. Even if they are given promotion opportunities, they will be evaluated every year.

This is a rule that has been passed down from the Ancient Giant Kingdom to the present day. The Ancient Giant Emperor is a pragmatic man. He has only one requirement for those who shoulder heavy responsibilities and stand in front of everyone to lead the direction of everyone - to do what they say.

If you swear to fight for your people, you must see it through to the end. To ensure that your people are prosperous and have enough food to eat, you must work hard for it and never just sit there and do nothing.

Although such demands seemed ridiculous and childish in the eyes of other experienced politicians in the Kingdom, and were not what a king should say, they were ridiculed precisely because these things should be done, were natural and were the right thing to do.

This is the reason why politicians use reasons like "childish", "naive", and "thinking too simply" to explain why they cannot even do what they say.

The giant royal families of all generations have persisted, and it is natural that they have persisted. This has put the Giant Kingdom in danger many times, but they have persisted, and the result is the huge Giant Kingdom Alliance today.

The result of persisting in this childishness and naivety is that even the enemy is willing to believe that the alliance seems loose but is indestructible.

Marika has gained unconditional trust and investment in this system, so she has to accept its imperfections.

The dwarven bloodline became a stain because of the Dwarven Kingdom. Even if Marika had many achievements, she could only be forced to retire with regret.

In fact, judging by the results, this actually went in Marika's favor. She had been wavering between the Giant Kingdom Alliance and Asgard. She wanted to stay in Asgard, but she couldn't give up the kindness of the Giant Kingdom Alliance and the sake of her hometown.

Now the Giant Kingdom will let Marika step down according to ancient rules. With mutual consent, Marika can naturally go to Asgard without any burden.

But Marika was not willing to accept this result. She had made the decision to leave the Giant Kingdom, so she had to accept everything that came with this decision.

Accepting it blindly would be despicable, so she would go to the Giant Royal Family to resign voluntarily. Sometimes the real relief is to not have the guilt brought by escaping.

Blaze sent Marika to the Giant King City, and Marika had to walk the rest of the way by herself. He couldn't help much.

He sat on the steps, supported himself with his hands, looked up at the sky, and felt absurd for a moment.

In the not-too-distant past, the Giant Kingdom City was out of reach for him, but now he was not only a guest of honor of the Giant Royal Family, but also had to take away the Red Dragon Marika, the pride of the Giant Kingdom Alliance.

He hadn't known how to imagine the scene before him before, and probably couldn't even put it into words, but now it was happening.

Blaze patted his face, making sure that this was not a dream, and it couldn't be a dream, after all, he had been in excruciating pain so many times.

The sun sets in the west, and dusk dyes most of the sky red. It seems to be called a fire cloud. When you have some free time to look at it, it is incredibly beautiful.

Marika's separation unexpectedly took a long time. There was no other way. Being a lord or the leader of a knightly order was not an easy position. There were logistics, weapons maintenance, conflicts between shops, ecological changes in the jurisdiction, and so on. There were a lot of troublesome things to be handed over.

If we were to talk about everything one by one, it would probably take more than an hour, not to mention that Marika and the people in charge of the church handover.

Compared to the five years he spent waiting for Marika to return in Balkan City, this amount of time was really nothing, but Blaze stomped his feet on the ground anxiously.

He somewhat understood Balder. Ten thousand years, thousands of years, hundreds of years were not long, but a few hours, minutes, and seconds that were so close were really hard to endure.

He was a little eager to make a move, and was wondering if Marika was being made difficult and whether he should be sent down by a miracle.

But he quickly gave up this stupid idea. The Giant Royal Family was even more reluctant to part with Marika than he was. Before the Dwarf Kingdom was exposed, Marika was the treasure of the Giant Royal Family, no, the entire Giant Kingdom Alliance.

So it took me half a day because I really had some important business to hand over.

I don't know how long I waited, until Blaze finished counting the tiles on the ground, the familiar footsteps appeared, and Marika, dressed in white casual clothes, sat close to him.

After becoming the leader of the Royal Knights, Marika rarely wore casual clothes and always wore dazzling knight armor. Now she took off the armor and said nothing, but she had said everything she needed to say.

When this moment comes, all the waiting is worth it.

Marika is now just an ordinary, tall and beautiful girl, and being tall is very common in the Giant Kingdom.

Blaze didn't know who spoke first, but by the time he was thinking about this question, he and Marika had been watching the sunset and chatting for a long time.

Most of the content was what Blaze cared about very much, and what happened during the handover. Many of them were secrets of the Giant Kingdom Alliance and could not be told to Blaze, so Marika could only talk about some insignificant disturbances.

For example, Farahsha hugged Marika and cried like a little girl. Sometimes she angrily scolded Marika for changing, sometimes she was reluctant to let her go, and sometimes she wished Marika all the best in the future and told her that she could come back anytime if she was wronged.

Actually, this huge princess is younger than him and is still far from adulthood.

Blaze originally wanted to talk to Marika about some trivial things, such as... some trivial things, just to waste some time meaninglessly. Unfortunately, Marika was a workaholic, and she would get to serious matters after just a few words.

Marika was not like this before. Instead, she asked him to make all the decisions. But this was also the result caused by him.

"The Olympus Games are very important to Asgard. How long will it take to prepare?" Marika asked.

"It will take at least two or three months." Blaze counted on his fingers the things that needed to be prepared for the Olympus Games.

"World City, the competition events, the materials used, the verification of participating units, and of course the sponsorship provided by the various kingdoms for the Olympus Games, etc. Hebi doesn't want to be taken advantage of and is ready to rip off the kingdoms."

"Then we have to consider the candidate contestants."

"How about going to Greenland?" Blaze held his chin, thinking he had come up with a good idea. "We're old partners."

Chapter 1947 A New Big Crisis! ?

"I appreciate your appreciation for our guild, but I'm sorry, I refuse."

"Okay, you can see which place you like more and give it to me directly... Do you refuse?"

Blaze suspected that his brain or ears were damaged by Balder, otherwise how could he hear such an answer? Although Balder did not really hit him from beginning to end, it is possible that Balder launched some despicable attack.

He slapped his ears hard, took a few deep breaths, looked at Greenland with clear and serious eyes, and began his first bribery in his life.

"I'll give you a lord city, and the affiliated territories you can develop as you please, and I'll give you the right to build an army!"

"I'm truly flattered by this, but..."

"Stop, stop, stop." Blaze hurriedly stopped Greenland's formulaic and perfect answer. "Can we not use this kind of reversal? I'm afraid the word 'but' will be a shadow for me in the future."

Every word Greenland said gave Blaze the feeling that he would happily agree, but in the end, he fell from the sky to the ground.

"Isn't this too decisive to refuse?"

Greenland touched the back of her head embarrassedly. Blaze was very caring towards their group. Basically, she would not refuse any request from Blaze, not to mention that Blaze usually had good things to say to her.

But this Olympus Competition is indeed a bit tricky. It looks like a competition between NPCs, but in fact it is related to players, and the relationship is quite big.

The reason why the Olympus Games seem to have nothing to do with players is that the smallest participating unit is a village, which is an NPC gathering place with a population of more than 100, and the guilds formed by players do not meet this condition.

Although there are NPCs living in most guilds, most of them are just working there temporarily. Unless someone in the guild has a lord profession certified by the kingdom, it is impossible to transfer the NPC's household registration to the guild.

In addition, because of the one-day activity time, strangers themselves cannot be counted in the population, so naturally they cannot meet the minimum participating unit requirement.

But there are exceptions to everything. Guilds cannot participate, but individual players can participate because players have a clear birthplace when generating their character identities, that is, a clear initial village, which is the player's hometown.

If players want to participate in the Olympus Games, they just need to return to their original village to register.

The rules and regulations of the Olympus Games give large cities the right to be promoted directly to prevent these large cities from bullying small villages.

Generally speaking, people go to high places and water flows to low places. Large cities may be more attractive to strong people, but it is the opposite for foreigners. Large cities are not very attractive to strong foreigners with quirks. Small villages are better. It is meaningless to be promoted directly. It is better to start from the knockout round.

This brings up the issue of migration from one's hometown. After the Olympus Games competition rules were announced, many foreigners began to migrate from their hometowns. Some of them took the initiative to migrate to small villages, while others chose a camp after being recruited by some city lord NPCs.

This is undoubtedly good news for the Olympus Games. Even in poor villages, there is a possibility of winning the competition because of strangers.

But this is bad news for Blazer.

For the Olympus Games, the war without gunpowder has already begun, and Blaze entered the game a little late, as most players have already formed their own camps.

Greenland is a special case. [Somado] is qualified to participate in the Olympus Games directly, and was directly notified by the Olympus Games Committee formed by the three major kingdoms.

[Guild: Somado] is certified as a large city due to its population of tens of thousands and the flow of hundreds of thousands of people.

"Recently, the Holy Cross Kingdom and the Giant Kingdom Alliance exchanged interests, and this land now belongs to the Holy Cross Kingdom. It is said that the Holy Cross Kingdom has suffered heavy losses." Greenland spread out his furry cat paws and shrugged helplessly.

There is no way. Who could have thought that the Evil Guild established by this evil alien has now become a holy city certified by the public. The Holy Cross Church is already embarrassed enough. If it does not put this holy city certified by the public within its own borders, it will lose even the last layer of face.

Maybe if she frees up a level now, she can obtain the extremely rare ruler profession.

"Well, there won't be no one left, right? Each participating unit can only send a fixed number of contestants, and there are so many foreigners..."

Blaze tried to struggle again, and Greenland patted Blaze's shoulder with a look of pity on his face.

"Have you forgotten the world barrier?"

"I haven't forgotten." Blaze's face turned pale. It was because he hadn't forgotten that he struggled.

It is basically impossible for a stranger to obtain the status of city lord or overlord, no matter how high the stranger's reputation is, because the time a stranger can stay in this world, excluding those extreme ones, is only 3 hours on average.

3 hours, even corrupt officials would spend more than this time, not to mention that the main activities of strangers are to defeat monsters and explore the world.

Greenland is an extreme case. To put it nicely, it is a spiritual leader, but to put it more realistically, it is a mascot. Its presence or absence does not prevent the people from following Greenland's rules.

But there is one exception, and because of the arrival of outsiders, the exception is almost becoming the norm, and that is the world barrier.

The World Barrier is a truly world-class project. It is a huge defensive project built close to the place where the world light wall is created by the earth-shaking. Its purpose is to prevent the two completely different ecosystems from destroying each other after the earth-shaking is completed.

After the previous rounds of upheaval, they encountered situations again and again where they did not have enough time to build the world barrier. Therefore, the strangers who built the world barrier had special land ownership in various kingdoms. The people who spontaneously gathered under the world barrier and formed the guardian family naturally became residents of the strangers' land and met the minimum requirements for participating in the Olympus Games.