Chapter 192: CH : 186 Black City
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The demand is very low now. Most of the people in demand are the strong ones among the monsters, because only they can have surplus food and other wealth. What ordinary monsters pursue is to be full-stomached.
"Wilson, the Monster City has been initially built. Do you have any other good suggestions?"
Wilson and Skye stood in the high tower, overlooking this dark city.
Wilson glanced at Skye, who asked him, with a smile on his face.
After more than three years of getting along with each other, the establishment of the Castle Black and the Monster City, as well as the various food, wine, and other materials sent out, he finally established a closer relationship with Skye, the general manager of the Dragon's Nest. He partially knew most of the higher-ups in this monster city, the special monsters who had core-dependent contracts with the Black Dragon King. Just like his father, he knew some of the maids and guards living in Castle Black.
Now, Skye's inquiry was a kind of recognition of Wilson.
"The construction of the Monster City is completed, and the next step is to let the Dragon Nest warriors move in, but that's it," Wilson said, smiling mysteriously.
"If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you so secretive?" Skye snorted.
"Haha, then I'll say it." Wilson smiled cheerfully and said seriously,
"I think that when soldiers move into this city, they cannot move in unconditionally. They must meet certain prerequisites before they can move into the Monster City and become residents of the Monster City."
"For example?" Skye asked thoughtfully.
"For example, you need to reach a certain rank of strength, you need to pay 'gold/money,' you need to buy a house before you can live in it, or you need to accumulate a certain amount of contributions, etc." Wilson squinted his eyes and added,
"Commander Skye, think about it for yourself. The Monster City is built under the Castle Black, closest to the Dragon King. It is such a majestic and important place protected by the Dragon King's dragon wings. You can't just let people live in it, right? Isn't it blasphemy against the Dragon King?"
"What you said does make sense." Skye agreed. It did have this vague idea, but it was only after Wilson said it so clearly that the idea in its mind became clear.
"Then let's discuss it and formulate a detailed 'Monster City Resident Occupancy Order'?"
"It's my honor." Wilson smiled slightly.
Seven days after the preliminary construction of Monster City was completed.
In the city of monsters, at the gate of the city, a huge animal skin more than ten meters long and wide was posted on the city wall.
Under the city wall, thousands of monsters gathered, and it was extremely lively.
"It's amazing. I obviously can't understand the words on the animal skin, but I can know what it means. Is this a spell?"
"Don't make such a fuss. This is just a first-tier spell. I heard it's called Omniscience."
"It's 'knowledge of words'." A kobold dragon warlock who couldn't stand it couldn't help but remind him.
The two goblins in the conversation scratched their heads. When they saw that the one who spoke was a dragon vein warlock, they immediately thanked him with respect.
The number of spellcasters in the Dragon's Nest is also rare. Although they are not at the top of the Dragon's Nest in terms of strength, they have profoundly affected all aspects of the Dragon's Nest.
For example, the rapid growth of seeds, the treatment of injuries after hunting monsters, the construction assistance of monster cities and tribal houses, etc. Dragon Vein Warlocks are found in many places. Therefore, the monsters in the lower levels of the Dragon Lair are very interested in Dragon Vein Warlocks.
The Dragon Vein Warlock nodded slightly at them and then looked at the huge magical animal skin posted on the wall in the distance.
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"Monster City Residents Move-in Order"
1. If your strength reaches the intermediate order/level, or you are a spellcaster, you can get a free residence in Monster City. (If you need to purchase real estate, you need to pay the corresponding price/gold coins. For details, please ask at the real estate purchase office.)
2. If your strength is not up to standard, or you are not a spellcaster, if you want to get a place to live in Monster City, you can pay enough gold coins to get a place.
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4.
5….
"Laws of Monster City Residents"
1. Residents in the city are not allowed to attack each other. Violators will be arrested by the guards and imprisoned.
2. As a resident of Monster City, you will be protected by the Dragon's Nest, and your safety will be guaranteed.
3…
"Monster City Shop Laws"
1. Taxation.
"Monster City Entry Tax Law"
1. Outsiders need to pay an entry fee.
2. Residents of Monster City have free entry and exit.
3…
"Monster City-Guard Recruitment"
1. Priority is given to recruiting from Monster City residents. Recruiters will receive various monthly subsidies, house purchase discounts, and other policies.
2…
The kobold dragon warlock took all the information on the magical animal skin into his mind, took a deep breath, and then walked toward the house purchase office nearby.
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Buy a house!
"What, so expensive?"
The kobold dragon warlock came to the house purchase office and looked at the house price list posted above. He couldn't help but swallow his saliva and was a little dumbfounded.
There are four types of houses for sale on the price list, namely: [Luxury Castle], [Ordinary Castle], [Luxury Building], [Ordinary Building].
Among them, the kobold dragon warlock found that he couldn't even afford the cheapest ordinary building.
For a moment, he couldn't help but feel a little flinch in his heart.
It seems that buying a house is not necessary, but I already have the living quota in Monster City. If I don't buy a house, I feel like I am at a loss.
After struggling for a moment, the kobold dragon vein warlock stepped forward and asked the house salesman at the window—a dragon-born human from Castle Black.
After asking, the kobold dragon warlock breathed a sigh of relief.
It turns out that when buying a house, you don't need to pay gold coins all at once. You can also pay over time and give a portion every month by just taking loans from Black Bank.
"In this case, ordinary buildings can still be afforded." The Kobold Dragon Vein Warlock thought to himself.
After making up his mind, the kobold dragon warlock immediately took out the gold coins he had stored and bought an ordinary house in a building as he will pay his loans for the next ten years.
Now the currency of Monster City has gradually integrated with the human world three years ago.
The monetary system adopted is: copper coins, silver coins, gold coins, and purple gold coins.
The monsters take the magic cores, furs, meat, and blood obtained from hunting, and the magic ores and elemental crystals obtained from wild mining to the currency exchange office for exchange in exchange for the above four currencies.
As the four strong currencies in the human world, copper, silver, gold, and purple gold can be refined with magic or instruments to obtain precious copper essence, silver essence, and gold essence. The above materials are extremely useful for making wands and enchanted weapons. They are good materials.
It is precisely because of this intuitive value that it can be firmly circulated among many intelligent races such as humans, elves, and so many more. It is also one of the reasons why dragons collect it.
The dragon will not accept worthless items as treasure.
As time passed, the number of residents in Monster City increased day by day, and the empty city began to gain some life.
As the organizer of Monster City, Wilson purchased many shops at low internal prices.
Soon, these shops opened and began stocking various items: style shops, weapon shops, enchantment shops, taverns, casinos, material shops.
But just opening a store cannot form a closed loop at all because many of the above things have to be specially transported from the outside world to Monster City, which consumes too much manpower, material resources, time, etc.
But Wilson had already made full preparations for today.
He migrated 100,000 humans from the southern part of the wasteland ruled by the Siglinde family to the Dragon Nest.
If this decision is made suddenly now, then the dark forest of more than a thousand kilometers will be a road of death. One hundred thousand ordinary people are traveling through it, and no one knows whether even ten thousand people can reach it.
However, Wilson had already made full preparations for today!
Three years ago, he had taken half of the power of the Sieglinde family and cooperated with the monster warriors in the Black Blood Valley (a sub-force of Dragon Nest) to migrate the population bit by bit. And after two wars many people migrate to kingdoms around them. The number was not large each time, and coupled with the magical protection, the damage was minimal.
Therefore, three years later, the number of humans in Dragon Nest reached one hundred thousand. This was one-sixth of the population ruled by the Sieglinde family, and most of them were still young.
For this reason, many elders in the Sieglinde family began to complain about Wilson's actions. However, under Wilson's tough attitude, those elders and clan members were unable to resist and could only voice their grievances.
A large number of humans entered Dragon Nest and established several towns in the corners of Dragon Nest. These 100,000 humans worked in the towns, producing various daily necessities to supply Monster City and the entirety of Dragon Nest.
Many raw materials were needed to produce daily necessities. Some raw materials were found in the Dark Forest and could be collected locally.
And for those that couldn't be sourced locally?
Wilson had also made preparations in advance for materials that were unavailable, such as wheat for brewing wheat wine. He had spread the news of purchasing wheat in Dragon Nest three years ago. Now, after three years, most residents of Dragon Nest had planted a significant amount of it. Some wheat and other products were exchanged for coins. Additionally, the 100,000 humans brought by Wilson had also cultivated many farmlands near the towns. Although the raw materials were not abundant, they were sufficient to meet today's demand, given the current restrained consumption habits within Dragon Nest.
"Haha, after investing so much, I can finally start generating returns."
In the city of monsters, within a luxurious castle, Wilson and his cronies held a banquet, drinking and feasting on meat.
"Young Master has a long-term vision," someone said flatteringly.
"Master Harry still wants to compete with you for the position of head of the family. It's simply ridiculous," another said disdainfully.
"Although we are gaining momentum now, we still cannot let our guard down. Let's continue to work hard together in the future." Wilson raised the silver cup filled with orange wine in his hand, looking very high-spirited.
"For the Dragon King..."
"For the Dragon King..."
"For the Dragon King..."
As they were drinking, eating, and laughing, a close aide entered from outside and handed Wilson a magic letter.
Wilson, whose complexion was reddish, opened the magic letter. Upon reading its contents, his eyes narrowed, and his intoxication completely dissipated.
The cronies cheering around him had already fallen silent and were now staring at Wilson.
Wilson took a deep breath and shared the contents of the letter.
"That guy Harry has reached a high level."
Everyone present was shocked upon hearing the news, but they soon accepted it as reasonable.
More than three years ago, Master Harry had already been a ninth-level peak warrior. Now, with over three years passed, it was natural for him to have broken through to a high level.
"If it's just this matter, it's not enough to make you show such a serious expression, right? Master Harry is already fifty-one years old now. Even if he breaks through to a high level, it will be like that. Young Master, you are only twenty-nine years old and have already reached level 12. Master Harry's talent is far inferior to yours."
The speaker was a resourceful man under Wilson, a cousin in the Sieglinde family who had come to seek refuge. He was a tenth-level ranger in his thirties named Gree.
Today, Dragon Nest forces were no longer limited to just a few elite combatants.
With rapid development over the past ten years, those with good talent or a strong foundation had easily broken through level ten with the blessing of the Dragon King's bloodline.
Take the Sieglinde family as an example. Over the years, the senior combat power had grown from patriarch Roy to include Wilson, Witt, Gree, some family elders, and now Harry as well. Combined, the high-level combatants totaled eight.
Of course, they were essentially newly advanced professionals.
However, thanks to the Dragon King's bloodline transformation, each one possessed a powerful physique far superior to ordinary human professionals of the same level and demonstrated exceptional combat effectiveness.
Consider them as half-elite templates.
And that was just the Sieglinde family. The situation in Dragon Nest was even more impressive. The first batch of monsters in Dragon Nest had been following the Dragon King for more than ten years.
Take the Bone Crusher Tribe as an example. Commander Mundo now had over a dozen high-order trolls under his command. The initial biological order of trolls started at the third or fourth level. Having followed the Dragon King for so long, and with their diet including ores and soil, which were not picky at all, they had grown over the years. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that more than a dozen high-order trolls had emerged.
As the monster population base continued expanding, many high-order monsters appeared annually.
"Gree's guess is accurate. Harry's breakthrough to the advanced level means nothing to me. What troubles me is his alliance with the Orcs in the middle of the continent." Wilson frowned and shared his worries.
"And it's not a simple alliance. I've heard that Harry has married the youngest daughter of the White Claw Clan's chief among the Orcs."
"What?! This..."
The cronies present were shocked.
The Orcs in the central part of the continent were humanoid only in appearance but bore traits akin to trolls and ogres—green-skinned, fanged, and brutally savage.
Among humans, these green-skinned Orcs were often nicknamed goblins or trolls, emphasizing their ferocity.
"Even the green-skinned Orcs... this is..." Gree's mouth twitched, feeling a strange admiration for Master Harry.
Soon, however, he regained his composure, entered deep thought, and spoke with a serious expression.
"Although the White Claw Clan is not one of the seven major Orc clans, its strength cannot be underestimated. The clan has a population of hundreds of thousands, with two known master Orcs. Among them, Chief White Claw is exceptionally strong—ordinary master-level professionals are no match for him. Their overall strength far surpasses that of our Sieglinde family."
Speaking of this, Gree was also puzzled. "The green-skinned Orcs are a group that highly values strength. Master Harry..."
Gree suddenly recalled that Master Harry was no longer the short, fat man of 1.6 meters from six or seven years ago. Thanks to the Dragon King's bloodline transformation, Harry had grown to 2.3 meters tall more than three years ago, with an extremely muscular build resembling a small giant.
Now, with over three more years passed, it was natural for him to have grown to 2.5 meters.
Realizing this, Gree felt he understood why Chief White Claw had agreed to marry his youngest daughter to a human.
Green-skinned Orcs were naturally physically strong. Adult Orcs were at least two meters tall, with particularly talented ones reaching up to 2.5 meters. In their culture, physical strength was indeed a desirable trait in a mate.
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