Arcane Journey

Chapter 291 Future Development Direction

The morning sun shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows and gently enters the room.

Brian opened his eyes, looked at the white ceiling in front of him, raised his hand, and put it on his forehead to block the dazzling sunlight.

Looking out of the window, you can clearly see the blue sky and woods outside, and the faint noise from the distance echoes with the chirping of birds, forming a unique symphony.

Blossoming white clouds float leisurely across the sky, looking refreshing.

It is an incomparably beautiful sight, and just looking at it is refreshing.

Although he dragged his exhausted body back to his tower at dawn, after more than an hour of waking up, his spirit has been completely restored.

After all, in his opinion, there is no place more comfortable than his own tower.

After adjusting his state, he changed his clothes and went out.

The high-rise area of ​​the wizard tower is still very quiet. Brian's study and bedroom are located on the No.17 floor. Apart from these, there are also his private laboratory and living room, as well as some extra vacant rooms.

Maybe these rooms will find new owners in the future, Brian thought.

As soon as he walked out the door, he heard unusually lively voices coming from the stairs.

"Ah, teacher, good morning, you woke up so early." There is only one person who can say that here.

Because the fifteenth floor of the wizard's tower belongs to his private residence, no one can come here without his permission.

"Aren't you the same." Brian smiled and walked towards the living room, "Good morning, Sissy."

This fifteen or sixteen-year-old female student is full of vigor, and her long flaxen hair is tied into a ponytail, which makes her look like a middle school student rather than a spell caster.

She held two magic books as thick as bricks in her arms, and she seemed to be planning to go back to her room to study.

"You came back so early, I thought you would sleep until noon." Sissy said happily, her slender eyebrows moved like willow leaves swaying in the wind in summer, "Teacher, wait a moment, I'll make you breakfast right now."

Brian nodded slightly and continued walking towards the living room

As he thought, there was another person in the room.

The female lord from Araby City was sitting on the back of a comfortable chair, flipping through a book in her hand, the tips of her hair hanging down on her forehead glowed with brilliance, she occasionally frowned twice, as if she was caught by some problem troubled.

"Welcome back, Master of Mokou Town." Hearing the sound of footsteps, Myrcella closed the book, and the moment she raised her head, she lightly flicked the hair hanging from her forehead, and showed him a soft smile:

"I already know everything about the valley, and I did a good job, allowing us to avoid a disaster for the time being."

"This is what I should do." Brian nodded slightly, pulled out the chair, sat opposite the female lord, and said indifferently, "During this time, I have also troubled you."

During his absence, Myrcella has always been helping him guard Mokou Town.

The main purpose is not only to guard against the enemies of Shadow City, but also to monitor every move of Tivanton City and West Gwobbe.

When he returned to the wizard's tower, he had already learned something about what happened in Mokou Town from Ms. Polaris in Taling.

"I haven't seen you for a few days. I didn't expect you to change so much."

Myrcella looked at Bryan carefully, a hint of surprise floated in her beautiful silver-gray eyes, and then a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Yes, your momentum has calmed down a lot, and your eyes have softened. Congratulations, you have stepped into the realm of legends." , Recalling the scene when you first arrived in Mokou Town, the current you really amazes me."

"Compared to you, it's still far behind." Brian said modestly, "I will still need to ask you about spellcasting skills in the Legendary Domain in the future."

During the chat between the two, Sissy delivered the breakfast prepared in advance.

Breakfast is very rich.

Amber seed bread, vanilla seasoned eggs, ham, bacon, fresh sun fruits and puff pastries, as well as some soy milk and deep-fried dough sticks that Brian once specially taught Sissy to help him make.

The yellow-orange-orange fritters are evenly cut into small pieces, stacked on a clean dinner plate, and finely chopped green onions are sprinkled on top. Just looking at it will whet your appetite.

However, at this moment, Brian didn't have any appetite for these two favorite breakfasts. He sat on a chair and nodded to the female lord Myrcella opposite.

Then, he picked up the bread and a small plate of bacon, and ate it on his own.

Sissy, a student sitting on his left, saw Brian's situation, tilted her head and showed a puzzled look, "Teacher, didn't you say that this food called soy milk and fried dough sticks is your favorite food, why do you seem to be eating it today?" No appetite at all?"

"Is there?" Brian laughed dryly, and explained casually: "A person often eats the same food, and there will always be times when he gets tired of eating it. Today I want to change the taste, so I don't need milk. Bring me a glass of juice."

"Oh, that's right." Sissy nodded, put down the milk she just picked up, and handed over a glass of juice.

"Indeed." Myrcella took a sip of the soy milk and bit into the fried dough sticks. The oil stains set off her pink lips beautifully, making Brian unconsciously think about it.

The female lord looked at him with slightly teasing eyes, and lightly opened her lips and said: "Eating one kind of food for a long time, and occasionally going out to taste wild game, will indeed give you an extraordinary sense of freshness, don't you think so?" , Brian?"

"Yeah, you're right."

Brian nodded calmly, took the glass of juice Sissy had poured for him, and focused on the food in front of him.

He always felt that Myrcella's words had a hint of insinuation, as if she had already guessed the love affair between himself and the leader of the Harper.

"I've heard of it a long time ago." Myrcella finished the last piece of fried dough sticks, looked at Bryan who was buried in cooking, her eyes flickered a few times, and said with a meaningful smile:
"The leader of the Harper League is a beautiful woman with a loose waistband. I'm curious. Do you feel this way after seeing her?"

"puff!"

Hearing this, Brian almost spit out the juice in his mouth.

He straightened his expression and said seriously, "Why do you ask that? I admit that as a voter of the goddess of magic, I have inherited the fine traditions of the goddess. When I saw her for the first time, I was really impressed by her appearance and kindness." The personality is shocking, but she is not as bad as you imagine."

Hearing this sentence, Brian realized that Myrcella's slight hostility towards the Harper leader was not unreasonable.

After all, her aunt, that is, Hesaiah's mother, seemed to be ridiculed by some nobles in Suzall because of the storm, "keep the empty boudoir all night long, and the blue hair blows the palace", to describe the romanticism of the previous king.

Apparently, Myrcella probably felt that a handsome and charming man like him, ahem...was on the Storm's beauty hunting list, and then worried about disappointing her younger sister Sisaiah.

She really thought too much about this, because the relationship between him and Feng Feng is just to get what he needs, there is no such thing as a concubine.

"Really? That's probably because I was thinking too much. After all, I just overheard these rumors." After drinking the soy milk in the female lord's cup, she wiped the corners of her lips with a napkin dignifiedly and gracefully. Yingying got up, "I've already eaten, take your time, I'll wait for you in the study."

Seeing the back of the female lord leaving, Sissy looked at Brian, put her hand on her small face, and asked curiously, "Teacher, what does Teacher Myrcella mean by the loose waistband?"

Brian looked at her with a naive look on her face. Even if he killed him, he wouldn't believe that Sissy didn't know anything. It was very likely that she asked this question on purpose.

"What do little brats know?" He replied casually, "If you have time to think about these stupid things, at least you can learn two spells."

"Oh." Sissy closed her mouth angrily.

After filling his stomach, Brian came to the study.

He sat behind the desk, looked at the female lord Myrcella sitting opposite him, and began to ask about some things that happened after leaving Mokou Town.

"Five days ago, Gwolls and orcs launched a full-scale attack on the territory." Myrcella told him with a slightly worried expression, "Although our losses in these attacks are not great, it's not a big deal. good sign."

"I know." Brian nodded slightly, and said to her, "It seems that the great sage of the Stormhorn Mountain Range has formed an alliance with the gnolls of Gewobu."

Due to his influence, Yenogu, the king of gnolls who originally focused on the Underdark region, the demon lord of the bottomless abyss, turned his focus to the surface under the instigation of Graz'zt, the dark lord.

Undoubtedly, Gewoba became the best choice for the demon lord.

Gewo was located in the Goblin Borderlands. Before the Netheril Empire appeared, the Goblin Borderlands was a powerful kingdom established by the goblin clan, and some remnants of war fortresses can still be seen today.

Gewoqi is undoubtedly the most complete and strongest preserved war fortress.

This place was originally controlled by many large tribes such as ogres, gnolls, orcs, and hobgoblins. It belonged to a chaotic land that civilization dared not set foot on.

But the appearance of the King of Gnolls and the abyss Gnolls secretly dispatched broke this delicate balance.

At the same time, the orcs who originally hid in the Horn of the Storm mountain group were defeated in a battle with Cormyr, and the remnants of the defeated soldiers joined the camp of the Gwoll Gnoll tribe under the leadership of the orc "Great Sage".

With the addition of the orc allies, the strength of the Gnoll tribe grew rapidly and completely conquered other surrounding tribes.

"That's right." Myrcella said, "In the battle five days ago, the wolf man's army was mainly composed of other humanoid creatures, which looked more like using war to eliminate dissidents."

"That is to say, there are experts behind the Gnoll tribe that Gewo denounced." Brian nodded thoughtfully, and said, "If this is the case, it is indeed a big threat to us .”

As for who is the expert behind it, Brian can easily guess.

Naturally, it is the orc great sage of the Storm clan.

He never underestimated this great sage who gradually revealed his ambition in the game world until Cormyr's death.

However, for Mokou Town at the moment, Gewo's enemies are nothing to fear.

"Actually, we don't have to worry about the gnolls Gewo scolded for now." Brian smiled slightly at Myrcella, "I assure you, unless they are willing to cooperate with the City of Shadows, otherwise, at this time, they will never, yes We launch an all-out attack."

"Why?" Myrcella raised her eyelids, her beautiful silver-gray eyes looked at Brian, she thought for a while, and a look of surprise flashed across her eyes, "Is it because of the future riots in the Underdark?"

"That's right." Brian met the gaze of the female lord and gave her a positive look.

"As long as the riots in the Underdark region haven't happened, if the commanders of the wolf man tribe have brains, they will never attack us at this time. After all, they will be the most powerful when their demon lords incarnate in the material world. prosperous period."

"It seems that you placed Marek and Albert in the dark forest in advance to prevent this day from coming." Myrcella gave him a complicated look, and said softly, "Is this the reason? "

"Just one of the reasons."

Brian leaned on the back of the chair, changed to a more comfortable sitting position, and said to her, "Another reason is that I once promised a condition to the mushroom man god to help the mushroom man expand the area of ​​the lightless woodland in the dark region."

"During the time you were away, I went to the Sunless Forest once." The female lord relaxed slightly, and poured a cup of tea for herself and Brian.

"Karina is very careful about the management of the dark woodland. I heard from the leader of the fungus that the area of ​​the dark woodland has expanded by at least one-third in the past year."

She sipped her tea lightly and said with a smile: "At first, I was still wondering where Mokou Town produced such a large amount of magic potions, but now I finally understand."

"Without the fungi planted by the mushroom people and the medicines produced, which gave me the most stable source of income, the territory would not have developed so fast." Recalling the many times he and Hesaiah had in the lightless forest, Bu Ryan couldn't help but sigh how wise the original choice was.

Now, he not only has the stable source of income of the dark woodland, but also a gray dwarf pharmacist he accepted in the gray dwarf's Odus King City has also helped him train many Dilo dwarf apprentices, and even the spellcasters recruited by the wizard tower. Among the group of participants, one-third of the wizards are spontaneously willing to make magic potions in exchange for points, so as to increase the authority of the wizard tower.

Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of a prospect for future development, so he sat up straight, leaned forward slightly, and said to Myrcella, "You know how the red-robed wizards in Searle run magic shops, right?"

"Of course I know." Myrcella was slightly taken aback, and instantly understood what he meant, and said with a smile on her face, "Are you planning to learn from their business methods?"

"No, just learn from their operating methods." Brian shook his head slightly, and said: "With the development potential of the dull woodland, and my future plan for Cormyr's development into a magical kingdom, magic potions and equipment will be of great value in the future." Our biggest source of income."

He picked up the pen inserted in the pen holder, took out a piece of parchment, and said while conceiving: "Not only do I want to learn from the business model of the Red Robe Wizards Association, but I also want to squeeze their market, so that our magic equipment and potions , circulated throughout the continent.”

The female lord nodded thoughtfully, her gaze was fixed on Brian's focused and serious face from beginning to end.

"If necessary, we can even bring this kind of business to the center of the multiverse, 'Sigil City'." After careful consideration, he raised his head, met Myrcella's gaze, and added word by word.

The red-robed wizards of Serre are the main exporter of magic in the entire continent, and even many remote areas are completely dependent on the magic items of Serre.

They used this as capital, and under the instructions of the chiefs, the middle-level red-robed wizards established trade concessions in various cities in Faerun, further earning wealth and expanding their influence.

The trade concessions of the red-robed wizards may exist in completely different forms in different regions. In relatively powerful countries like Amn or Waterdeep City, the so-called trade concessions look like ordinary large shops.

In some remote areas like the Ten Towns Alliance or Chult, these trade concessions are protected by heavy walls, and even fortresses like war fortresses are built.

The red-robed wizards will secretly sell various magical items prohibited by local laws in these strongholds, such as various tools used to communicate with lower plane creatures, and various magical potions that can produce addictive effects.

In addition, no matter whether the local law allows slave trade or not, the trade concessions of the red-robed wizards allow slaves to be used for payment.

Of course, these trade concessions can exist, on the one hand, because the local rulers are afraid of the prestige of the red-robed wizard, and on the other hand, it is also because of the rigid demand for Searle's products.

Here, magic equipment, magic potions, magic scrolls, etc. are like high-tech weapons in the modern world. Some poor and backward countries obviously do not have the ability to mass-produce these items.

Whether in the real world or here, the strategic value of arms is self-evident, and many adventurers also have a hard demand for magic equipment.

Therefore, since Brian intends to develop the Magic Kingdom, he has already anticipated the future development direction.

Undoubtedly, magic items are the most needed things whether in the main material world or in other planes. Even the demons of the bottomless abyss are in short supply.

If the mushroom people who can help the matte woodland continue to expand and the population soars, they will help him produce magic potions and materials in a steady stream for him to consume.

Similarly, if Cormyr, with a population of several million, is gradually reformed into a magical kingdom, there will be a large number of spellcasters, like the Red Robe Wizards, who will continuously produce magic items and let him sell them all over the world.

This is a very bright development prospect, and it will take a lot of time to complete.

After all, reform cannot be completed overnight, and must be done slowly and gradually, otherwise it will be counterproductive.

As for how to develop into a powerful magic kingdom, Brian realized that first of all, it is necessary to formulate a constitution that benefits the people, and first let the people of the kingdom open up their wisdom before they can carry out the next magic training.

"I have to admit that your ideas are indeed bold and advanced." After listening to Bryan's analysis, Myrcella gave him a complicated look, and said slowly: "But the premise of all this is to proceed step by step. .”

"I think so too." Brian retracted his thoughts drifting into the distance, took a sip of the tea, and felt the taste of the tea gradually change from bitter to mellow. As in the field, we usually assume big things and try carefully."

"Seeing that you haven't been dazzled by your lofty ideals, I'm relieved." Myrcella smiled slightly, then changed the subject and returned to the original topic: "Since you have already guessed the Gnoll tribe It will not threaten the safety of the kingdom for the time being, and with your character, you must have thought of how to deal with them."

"It seems that you already know me so well." Brian put down his teacup, made a joke, then straightened his expression, and said to her seriously:
"Yes, I did think of a way to deal with the Gnoll tribe. According to my guess, it will take at least two years before the riots in the Underdark. Although the Gnoll tribe and the orcs will use these two years to recharge their batteries We will grow and grow, but we will also not be left behind."

"Why?" The female lord's eyebrows were frivolous, and her silver-gray eyes flickered, as if she had already guessed the reason.

"If you give me two years, I have the confidence to raise a brand new floating city into the sky." Brian replied.

Two years, on the demiplane of the beholder, is equivalent to the past ten years.

With his current strength, it's only a matter of time before he masters the ten-ring spell "Protik's Mountain Flip". If he can't build a floating city in ten years, what qualifications does he have to conquer the Ennook Desert and establish the Altair City? Art empire, go home to raise pigs and farm.

For him, the most difficult thing to solve in the floating city is the energy problem.

This also means that he not only needs to obtain the method of making Mither energy core from Iolum, but also find a way to raise the demiplane of Mizusawa Fairy to a new level.

As for what to do next, he already had a general idea in mind.

Otherwise, he wouldn't boast in front of Myrcella.

Of course, the premise of all this is that he must find a way to stop the counterattack of the eldest prince Rui Valan with the floating city of Sacross two months later.

"I knew you would say that." Myrcella lightly brushed the ends of her hair, a charming smile could not help showing on her beautiful face, and she said with emotion: "Although I don't know where you got your confidence, you still As always, I will fully support any decision you make."

"I will take your full support as an honor." Brian got up and said politely, and then said: "I just have time today, can you accompany me to inspect the territory."

He already has a future development direction, so he wants to observe what changes have occurred in the territory that he regards as an experimental reform in the past half a year.

Only in this way can he come up with targeted laws and reform programs.

(End of this chapter)