Divine Flame Crystal

Chapter 179: Dinner at Luoshen City

Xingluo tested it for a long time and found that this equipment could actually defend against attacks from a great magician without being damaged. "Where did these shoes come from?" Xingluo asked, his eyes fixed on a crescent-shaped mark on the shoe, which flickered in the sunlight.

Vivian's mood went through many twists and turns, but she finally calmed down. However, she didn't dare to just take her foot back.

"It was found in the ruins. Many dark elves died there." Vivian's expression darkened slightly when she said this, not caring about her awkward posture.

Xingluo didn't care about the feelings of a servant, and then asked, "Which ruins? Do you still recognize the road?"

Vivian shook her head and said, "We can no longer enter the ruins. They collapsed when we came out..."

Xingluo did not give up because of Vivian's words. Instead, he took out a magic map and handed it to her, asking her to mark the approximate location of the ruins. Vivian did not dare to hesitate any longer. She took the map with both hands and took a look at it. Magicians generally have good memories, especially a great magician. She quickly marked a location with her magic power.

Xingluo looked over and found that it was not very far from their territory. No wonder the dark elves wanted to conquer this territory. They were planning to use the territory as a springboard to reach the ruins. It would take a lot of manpower to excavate the ruins. With only a few thousand dark elves, it would take years to finish the excavation.

A magical light spot kept flashing. It was located below the Falling God City, on the left side of Barbados, near the south coast.

Xingluo felt a little regretful, as he was very satisfied with this pair of shoes. If they were not for women only, he would have owned them long ago. He initially estimated that this pair of shoes was at least magic equipment of the mage level.

"what's the effect?"

"It can reduce the mana consumption when casting dark magic."

"Dark magic? No wonder you can release magic for such a long time." Xingluo was a little disappointed. It was just amplifying dark magic. He mainly used time and space magic now. Moreover, the heels were so high, obviously they were for women only.

Xingluo put Vivian's feet down and stood up. "It's okay, you can go now."

Weiwei finally breathed a sigh of relief. You know, her current status is not even as good as that of an ordinary member. She has to do whatever Xingluo asks her to do. Even if the request is outrageous, she can only obey: "Yes, Master!"

"The biggest gain this time is the shield and the angel puppet, but the only thing we can use is the shield, and it doesn't have any inherent magic or fighting skills." Xingluo shook his head.

Tiffany had already woken up, and Mo was busy managing the mercenary group again, while Erwin and Atlantis continued to train the members, and even Chimera and Hippogryph were forced to join the training. Xingluo comforted them for a long time, saying that it was to help them better integrate into the human race. Fortunately, these alien races were simple-minded and could endure hardships, and soon, the training was carried out in an orderly manner.

Ying occasionally takes on some assassination missions to maintain his own status. It is said that he has also joined a killer organization. As for these neutral organizations, Xingluo will not restrict the members as long as the target is not their own people.

However, except for a few people, everyone stayed at the mercenary group's base. After all, the mercenary group had good treatment and its strength was improving at a visible speed every day. Even if they were delayed for a day, they would feel guilty, as if they had opened up a big gap with the people around them. At most, they would go around the territory and buy some daily necessities.

Today, the Sunset Canyon territory has gradually developed. Although it cannot be compared with big cities, it already has a lot of basic daily necessities, and even many entertainment venues have begun to appear.

These people all aim to join the Sky City Mercenary Group, but only a few can actually join the group. After all, the group is already basically full. If there are a few more members, the Falling God Country can still turn a blind eye. If there are too many more, it will attract a real army to attack. Unless the level of the mercenary group is upgraded, the Sky City can only be limited to 1 people, so now it can only improve the strength of each person to improve the overall combat power of the mercenary group.

The level of a mercenary group cannot be raised easily. They have dedicated personnel to complete the tasks of the mercenary union every day. Theory, training, and actual combat are all essential. Only in this way can they make continuous progress and surpass themselves yesterday.

As for the armed forces of the earldom, they were even smaller in number and of limited help to Xingluo, but they were basically able to maintain the law and order of the earldom. Joining the law enforcement forces of the territory was also a good development, and those with talent could be promoted to knight squires or even knights.

Although the Starfall territory has just begun to be built, it has already begun to take shape. Xiao Hei was sent by Starfall to train Chimeras and Hippogryphs, asking them to deliver equipment to the Flame Hammer. A total of two thousand air units have rapidly increased the reputation of the Flame Hammer.

When the first piece of magic equipment was airdropped to the buyer by Chimera, the buyer was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth. For this reason, Mo even found Prontera and the lord of Fallen God City, and promised a lot of benefits before allowing Chimera and others to fly around the town.

Nowadays, people in the city are no longer surprised by Chimeras and Hippogryphs. From a distance, huge dragons can be seen flying over the sky from time to time. Even so, there are still some exclamations from time to time. As the delivery efficiency has increased rapidly, buyers have become more and more dependent on Flame Hammer. Even some equipment that is not as good as other equipment is bought from Flame Hammer, just to buy it in the morning and use it in the afternoon.

Of course, customized equipment still takes time to make, and what can be delivered immediately is only the equipment that has been successfully refined in advance. Even so, it has won over a large number of supporters who will not buy any equipment other than the Flame Hammer.

After confiscating the magic equipment of the Dark Elves, the overall strength of the Sky City Mercenary Group increased a bit, so much so that Atlantis had to remind these guys not to rely too much on the equipment, and prohibited them from using any magic equipment during the training process. Even when performing missions, unless there was a life-and-death crisis, they were only allowed to use low-level magic equipment.

When Xingluo won the war, the Viscount of Dusk Plains came to visit with a large number of territory specialties. He admired this powerful earl very much. Of course, Xingluo and his men did not show up. Mo just sent a tax collector to take over the things. After all, it is better to accept free things than to waste them.

Not only the Dusk Plains, but also the nobles around the territory brought a large number of territory specialties. Mo arranged for diplomats to facilitate a lot of trade exchanges with them.

The next night, Luoshen City held a large cocktail party and invited many nobles, including Xingluo.

Since he didn't have to fight, Xingluo naturally didn't wear his iconic armor anymore. Instead, he wore some casual clothes, not even a robe. Xingluo usually dressed casually. He deliberately distinguished between fighting and daily life, otherwise he would be so nervous that he would collapse sooner or later.

Xingluo looked up and saw that it was a large castle. The moat surrounded the entire castle complex. The moat could be filled with water at any time. Such a deep moat was enough to resist the attack of cavalry, and the outer fort could provide sufficient fire cover for the tower behind. The tower could shoot the enemy from multiple angles. If anyone dared to climb up the wall, they would be attacked by the magicians and archers in the protruding tower. Even now, there was a hint of cold light flashing inside. The outer part here was similar to the castle in Xingluo's territory.

However, Xingluo set up more magic traps, especially on the city walls. Anyone who dared to climb the wall would be attacked by a large number of magic arrays carved on the wall, including ground spikes, fire rocks, ice crystals... everything.

Even Xingluo didn't know how many magic arrays he had drawn on the city wall in order to practice them, but fortunately he only had to go through the main gate and didn't need to climb over the wall if he could.

But because he was too casual, Xingluo was stopped outside the door again. The banquet was held in the second-floor hall of Luoshen Castle. However, this time Xingluo received the invitation and handed it over directly. The other party did not dare to stop him. He just looked at Xingluo's clothes with a trace of contempt in his eyes. The guard thought to himself, "He is probably just a knight's squire. He received many barons and even viscounts today."

Xingluo naturally didn't have the ability to read minds, but even if he knew what the other party was thinking, he wouldn't care. He could kill a mere knight's squire with just a glance. After the previous battle, his mental power had increased, and he got a lot of mental power application skills from the puppeteer's notes. Recently, he has been learning a mind control technique, which is a method of controlling living things with words, actions, behaviors, mental power, etc., so that the other party can obey him.

Xingluo walked inside while thinking. Going further in, knight guards appeared. Most of them were low-level knights, but there were also a few mid-level knights in some key positions. Xingluo went up all the way and soon arrived at the banquet hall. What came into view was a stone arch. There were huge windows on the inside of the castle for safety reasons, and below was a large fireplace with a blazing flame. Of course, the hanging lamps were also shining with magical light. The overall look was impressive.

In the hall, nobles dressed in gorgeous clothes were toasting each other. Even those who were not knights were wearing decorative swords. The fine linen and silk made the clothes of these nobles form a sharp contrast with those of the servants.

Xingluo was slightly stunned. He came here wearing comfortable home clothes, without even a robe, so he seemed a little out of place. However, he was soon attracted by the food: herbal juice, various pickled and smoked monster meats, many roasted whole monsters, magic fruits, etc.

Xingluo was no longer polite. He came up and took a roasted monster. He quickly finished the whole thing, which made him very satisfied. After that, he ate some magic fruits and cheese.

Xingluo's actions here naturally attracted the attention of the surrounding nobles, but he didn't care.

In fact, these noble ladies eat quite a lot, but they usually prepare some emetic potions to maintain their figure.