Paradox players' simulation game

The old king was stunned.

His eyes were slightly lowered, as if he was thinking about something.

......

[Five thousand magic armored iron pagodas have been trained. 】

【Three thousand demon archers have been trained.】

Youyue Castle.

After Ash returned to Harvey City, he began to replenish his troops.

Most of the 40,000 troops brought out this time were killed. The 20,000 Iron Monk were massacred to only 10,000, and there were less than 2,000 magic archers left. The core forces suffered too many casualties, which made him feel very insecure.

Fortunately, a lot of supplies were obtained in this attack on the Elf Kingdom. The income filled the gap in Ash's recruitment of soldiers, and there was still a large part left over.

"Sure enough, fighting is the fastest way to farm."

Of course, the prerequisite for supporting war through war is sufficient strength, and only the winner of the war is qualified to get everything.

Ash's eyes turned and fell on the dragon lizard cavalry. Although there were only one thousand of them, their combat power was quite abnormal. The characteristics of the fire dragon lizard allowed it to withstand damage for a long time even when facing magic bombardment.

It is said that this thing still has a bit of dragon blood? ?

Its attack methods are ramming, tail whip and breathing fire. Compared with third-order warriors, it may not be flexible enough, but if used for charging into battle, it will be more useful than human warriors.

After all, when this thing gets fierce, it doesn't care about life at all. The stupid ones are afraid of the aggressive ones, and the aggressive ones are afraid of the desperate ones. Why is the army of Warcraft so scary? This is the reason.

[Flame Dragon Lizard Guard]

[Army type: Heavy Cavalry]

[Strength of Arms: Five and a Half Stars]

"This thing can only be used as a trump card. It is too troublesome to train it. Let's prioritize training the Iron Pagoda."

After some thought, Ash sent Navitt to lead his troops into the Beast Realm to capture dragon lizards, and then continued to purchase slaves through the slave channels. Those with average strength were trained as ordinary Iron Pagodas, and those with strength exceeding two levels were incorporated into the elite Iron Pagoda array.

The upper limit of the Magic Armor Iron Pagoda is still very high, and Ash doesn't want to give it up just like that.

Having said that, if you want to increase the upper limit of the Iron Pagoda, you have to invest more gold coins to improve the strength of soldiers and the quality of equipment...it all costs money.

So, fighting a war is indeed a financially demanding business.

Fortunately, in addition to the gains from conquering cities and territories, the old king conferred him the title of "Duke" and gave him the city of Cassi and the surrounding territories. Anyway, this side was facing the elves directly, and he had been at war with them to the death, so the old king simply did him a "favor."

With these territories, Ash's development speed will be much faster in the later period.

Well, let's have a good talk with the nobles and wealthy businessmen in the territories tomorrow. As a duke and a future prince, for the sake of the justice of the kingdom, for the rule of the sacred monarch, for the continuation of the race, and for the fight against the elves, shouldn't they show some respect?

Huh? 8

Not sorry? ⑸

Then Ash could only let them show some respect.

While training the magic armor Iron Buddha, Ash opened the magic technology and alchemy functions in the territory and began to study them.

At this moment, in the real perspective.

Helen came to his room.

"My Lord," the swordsman girl said respectfully, "A new batch of slaves has entered the castle. I will temporarily place them in the basement."

"Oh? Are we there yet?"④

Ash looked out the window and realized that a whole night had passed.

Time flies by when playing games.

"You go down first, I'll be right there."

After Helen left, Ash began to unlock the territory's magic and alchemy technologies. Unlocking requires a lot of supplies and gold coins. The initial level is lv1, and the more resources you need, the more you will need.

If he hadn't gone to the Elf Kingdom to rob them, he wouldn't have been willing to turn on these two functions.

However, considering the memory synchronization after simulation, the relevant technology should also be able to be used in reality. This is a good development, and we will try to unlock more useful technologies.

Compared to studying magic and alchemy in reality, unlocking through game simulation is obviously more convenient and almost cost-free, and 100% successful. :

Ash's eyes fell on the alchemy level lv3. There was an alchemy technology for blood strengthening, which seemed to be a research on stimulating racial blood characteristics. He planned to unlock it first and try to see if it could improve the basic capabilities of the troops.

Although Ash doesn't like those guys with pointy ears and long faces, the other side's racial advantage is indeed strong. Humans are theoretically not bad in this regard, but the process of tapping potential is more busy and requires great effort.

The power of alchemical drugs should be able to shorten this process.

Ash called this process 'cultivating super soldiers'.

Taking advantage of the unlocking function, he left the room and came to the basement of Youyue Castle.

Ash took out some of the money he got from Elos and asked Helen to buy slaves. This time he bought 500 slaves directly. Their strengths were a bit uneven, but since they were in the early stages of development, he could just make do with them.

Just these five hundred slaves cost sixty gold coins, and then they had to be provided with various weapons, accommodation and food. If it weren't for Eros's generous donation, he might not even have trouble getting food in the castle now.

Dark basement.

The faces of the five hundred slaves were filled with the same numbness as always.

Generally, captured slaves were trained by slave traders through whipping, freezing, starvation and other means. Once their tempers were worn away, they would basically become obedient.

Of course, there were a few stubborn ones who would rather be beaten to death than surrender.

However, the ones Helen brought had all been carefully selected. At least the average price was above 1 silver coin. Their strengths varied, but they were generally pretty good.

Ash used the same old trick again, using the guiding effect of new ideas to brainwash these five hundred slaves into becoming his followers.

It has to be said that the effect of following faith is extremely terrifying. Although Ash has the blessing of the entry, it can be seen from the Holy See that he spreads the doctrine in the name of the Mother Goddess of Life and has gained quite a lot of fanatical believers on the mainland.

The beliefs of these fanatical believers are so crazy that they would not even hesitate to let them die. In comparison, no other monarchy can do this.

Ash was thinking about whether he should set up a dark church. As of now, relying solely on brainwashing, the speed of recruiting believers is too slow.

But the problem is that if he doesn't do it himself, the success rate will be too low and it will be easy to be exposed. Once it attracts the attention of the Holy See, due to this clash of faiths, the other party will definitely do everything they can to kill him.

"Youyue Castle must not be exposed. If we want to recruit believers, we have to go somewhere else."

Ash thought for a moment.

In one morning, he successfully brainwashed 500 people, equipped them with purchased weapons and equipment, and assigned them to patrol the Satika territory to maintain order.

The people of Sakati were surprised to find that there were many more guards in the town to maintain law and order. They began to believe that the new baron would bring a better life to everyone.

"My Lord." Helen came to Ash's side and said respectfully, "The patrolling guards found a caravan passing through the Gada Mountains. It was a slave caravan."

Ash wondered, "And then?"

"The Gada Mountains are often infested with bandits. I think this caravan is in great danger."

Ash was slightly stunned, then showed a look of relief.

"Go, Helen, liberate the oppressed slaves, guide them to a new life, and also rescue the slave traders... Remember, don't leave any traces."

"Yes."

Helen took the order and left.

Ash was very pleased that Helen had realized the truth so quickly and had taken the initiative to apply to put the truth into practice.

Of course, this is probably also due to Helen's hatred towards the slave traders, but it doesn't matter to Ash. These slave traders travel far and wide to earn huge rewards and do all kinds of evil things. They should have been prepared that they will get retribution one day.

When it comes to punishing evil, Ash has always been the first to do so.

Don't say thank you, I'm just a Kamen Rider passing by.

However, there is one thing he needs to pay attention to. The relationship between the nobles and merchants in this world is very close. The nobles provide convenient channels for the merchants, and the merchants contribute generous rewards to the nobles. This can be said to be the collusion between officials and businessmen to the extreme.

If you want to kill a slave trader, you have to consider whether doing so will cause trouble. Fortunately, the Gada Mountains are some distance away from the town of Satika. As Helen said, that place is indeed a place where bandits often appear.

Helen does things very neatly and efficiently.

By the afternoon, they had returned with their spoils.

There were a total of four hundred slaves, plus eighty gold coins and some supplies. The dozen or so guards who accompanied them were dealt with by Helen and her men, and the weapons and equipment that were taken off their bodies were brought back.

"Well done." Ash smiled and patted Helen's shoulder.

Including the slaves from before, Youyue Castle now has a total of one thousand guards, which is considered good in this area of ​​the Avalon border. After all, a small town only has two or three thousand residents in total.

Next, Ash plans to increase the intensity of soldiers' training and equipment. It would be good enough to reach the level of ordinary soldiers, for there is no way to reach the level of Magic Armor Iron Pagoda.

The skills of a famous war general can be used in reality, which means that once the soldiers are trained, he can try to lead them to greet the surrounding territories.

[Magic technology theory level 2 upgrade completed. 】

[Alchemy technology level 2 upgrade completed. 】

After seeing the prompt on the interface, Ash returned to his room and began to study it intently.

Previously, he had also handled the government affairs of Cassi City. Now, the two large border cities were under his jurisdiction. Together with the towns and villages around the territory, the monthly taxes alone were a huge fortune.

However, the city of Cassi was previously captured by the elves, and many people died. It has been severely damaged and it will probably take a while to recover.

This means that in the short term, Cassi City will not be able to provide him with much income.

Blame it on those damn elves!

Open the magic interface.

There aren't many technologies that can be studied in the second-level magic theory, but it is indeed more than the first-level. The first-level only has basic enchanting techniques and array engravings, and can't even achieve the magic resistance enchantment effect of the Magic Armor Iron Pagoda.

"It's still not enough."

Glancing at the supplies in the territory, Ash gritted his teeth and emptied the treasury to upgrade both magic technology and alchemy to level 3.

[Current disposable wealth of the territory: 1286 gold coins. ]

Drops of blood.

As a duke, he only had more than a thousand gold coins left. For civilians, this was a huge fortune, but the more than 30,000 troops in the territory consumed a lot of it every day just for food, drink, and defecation, and there were also equipment repair expenses, generals' remuneration expenses, and so on.

Fortunately, there is extra income from the slave supplier line, otherwise Ash and his men would really be starving.

After thinking about it, he opened the strategic map and decided to send the army out to hunt in the wild.

[The territory of Cassi City has been invaded by the elves, please deal with it in time. 】

[The territory of Harvey City has been invaded by the elves, please deal with it in time. 】

On the strategic map, through the Eye of the God of War, one can see the elven army appearing on the territory, and a red warning is lit in the area.

But Ash didn't take it too seriously. Over the past two months, the elves would come over whenever they found an opportunity, as if they were determined to fight Ash to the end.

Currently, there are more than 30,000 troops in the territory, more than half of them are stationed at the border to maintain order. Witt took another 5,000 out to explore the beast realm, and the remaining less than 10,000 are to guard the city. The number of people is too small, and he didn't want to send people out to hunt in the wild before.

The economy is in crisis now. How can we develop without farming? How can we strengthen our army and enrich our country?

[In September 1780, Princess Irelia invited you to return to the academy to attend the graduation ceremony.]

"Are you going to graduate?"

Ash realized that three years had passed in the simulation.

[At the end of September 1780, King Zi Ling publicly announced that the wedding banquet of Duke Ash and Princess Asuna would be held in December.]

[Your reputation has increased. ]

[Marquis Sol sent a gift of 2000 gold coins. ]

[Count Flement sent a gift of 1500 gold coins. ]

[Marquis Kiel sent a gift of 2500 gold coins. ]

【…】

【…】

As soon as the news of the wedding date was set, Ash received gifts from nobles from all over the place. These were not even wedding gifts, but simply a reason for these nobles to get along well with Ash.

After all, Ash has been promoted to Duke and will soon be called Prince. He controls two important cities and tens of thousands of troops. He is also a hero of the kingdom. The scene of the massacre of the elves is vivid in people's minds. Nine out of ten news reports in the kingdom's magic news every day are related to Ash. With this fame and strength, who else can you curry favor with if not him?

It has to be said that the nobles of the Purple Spirit Kingdom are really rich, with thousands of gold coins at their fingertips. While lamenting the corruption of the aristocracy, Ash accepted all the gifts without hesitation.

This wave earned tens of thousands of gold coins, and if there is another wave at the wedding banquet tomorrow, it will be at least hundreds of thousands, right?

Now we have the funds to develop the military.

As for the nobles' vague requests for help, Ash ignored them all. He only took the money but did not do the work.