Chapter 537: Premonition of Turmoil (8,000 Monthly Tickets Requested)

The huge body ran wildly in the jungle.

Its eyes were red, and it roared constantly, chasing after Chris and others who were fleeing in front of it.

Its strong and powerful limbs allowed it to run fast.

Its sharp and deadly claws could easily dig into the soil and cut through tree roots.

Its spiked tail kept swinging to stop any enemy that might attack it from behind.

At critical moments, its tail was also its deadly weapon.

Its gray-green scaly armor allowed it to ignore most attacks in the jungle and violently knock away all kinds of deadly and dangerous plants.

Only plants would be so brave, they were used to waiting for prey to come to them automatically, but this time they hit a wall.

The irritable Groxmon was about to get close to Chris's back.

"Run!"

Chris shouted and dodged flexibly.

The Groxmon, who was chasing closely, kept making sharp roars and swept towards Chris.

Chris suddenly accelerated to avoid the sharp claws.

The Groxmon slammed heavily on the tree trunk, wood chips flew, and leaves fell.

Feeling the strong wind behind him, Chris felt a little regretful.

There are too many accidents in the Catachan Jungle.

Even in the area that was just cleared a few days ago, dangerous monsters would suddenly appear.

This Groxmon attracted by the smell of blood is different from the herbivorous Groxmon he had seen before.

It caught up with the smell, and its fangs and claws were obviously going to eat meat!

Without time to sigh at the change ability of the Catachan Jungle, Chris drank a bottle of Swiftness Potion without hesitation.

His body immediately became much lighter, and Chris was able to control the originally laborious running freely.

He gave a thumbs up to the effect of the potion produced by the Bay Territory, and Chris carefully avoided the harmless barbed poisonous gorse.

Easily avoiding the Groxmon's claws again, he ran madly towards the predetermined position, praying silently in his heart.

"Next time, I must prepare more potions and scrolls."

The full-speed run lasted for another 30 seconds.

The panicked Chris rushed into a bush full of thorns and weeds.

Feeling the threat from the deadly plants around him, Chris immediately stopped and turned to look at the chasing Groxmon.

The fierce monster widened his eyes, and his red eyes were full of cruelty and greed.

It opened its big mouth full of sharp teeth and wanted to bite off Chris's head immediately.

Whoosh!

The whistling wind hit the back of Groxmon.

Crack!

The huge force violently tore the back of Groxmon.

The ferocious Groxmon just now let out a roaring cry and fell heavily to the ground.

The dark and ferocious claws pressed tightly on the back of Groxmon.

The broad mouth bit the neck of Groxmon and immediately tore a gap.

Groxmon struggled frantically, but was completely unable to break free from the suppression of the huge force.

The more it struggled, the bigger the wound on its neck was torn.

The offensive and defensive forces were different.

Chris didn't have time to look at the flying dragon that was swooping down, and subconsciously took out the enchanted crossbow, aimed at Groxmon not far away and pulled the trigger.

The special arrowhead made of fine steel pierced through Groxmon's hard skull and pierced into its brain.

Groxmon, who was severely injured, trembled all over.

The power of the struggle became weaker and weaker, and Groxmon finally fell down, exhaling more and inhaling less.

The flying dragon did not let go of its big mouth immediately, but twisted its neck hard after feeling the resistance weakened.

Crack!

Groxmon died completely.

Its head was bitten off by the flying dragon, which was the trophy allocated to it.

The larger body was put into the magic box by Chris and others who gathered around.

From scales to muscles, from blood to bones, they will all play their roles to the maximum.

Wipe the sweat off his forehead, Chris' eyes showed a little excitement, feeling the strong wind blowing on his cheeks, and heard Ashes boasting proudly:

"Hehe, fortunately I shot accurately at the beginning, and directly injured the hind legs of Groxmon, otherwise, Chris, you would be miserable."

"It is indeed accurate, but we have to improve it next time, the enchanted crossbow is too weak..."

Chris has no opinion on this.

He did underestimate the extremely fast Groxmon after the mutation, and almost capsized in the gutter.

Morak, who was burping next to him, carefully touched the bulge on his neck, which had swelled to the extreme, and said with a chuckle:

"Give feedback to the Gulf Territory Research Institute and let them research a long-range crossbow between ordinary enchanted crossbows and dragon hunting crossbows."

"Didn't the Lord say that? If there is demand, there will be a market. They will definitely research it then..."

Nodding thoughtfully, Ashes' eyes showed a little excitement. Recalling the research progress of the Ghost Claw Blade, he rubbed his hands excitedly and said:

"With the claws of the mutant Grox beast, we should be able to make considerable progress in improving the claw materials of the Catachan Demon..."

Thinking of this, Ashes' face showed a little excitement.

The Gulf Territory is completely different from the Gray Dwarf Kingdom.

There are also interests here, but they are more based on ability.

There is no word "distribution" at all!

After taking a look at the flying dragon spreading its wings, Chris said with great anticipation:

"Feilong is getting stronger and stronger. I really look forward to it taking further steps."

Ashes and Morak looked at each other with a sense of absurdity and expectation that broke their cognition.

They have a "cultivated" sense of accomplishment.

Just got back to camp.

The three of them saw the flying dragon lying comfortably in its nest, and the head it bit off was undergoing a purification ceremony.

Carefully looking away from the priests and paladins, Chris looked at Alice who was settling accounts and asked softly thoughtfully:

"It seems that they are not all members of the Goddess Church?"

Looking at him calmly, Alice nodded matter-of-factly, calculated their income this time, handed the list to Ashes aside and said:

"They are apprentices trained by the Gulf Territory. A small number should join the Goddess Church, but most of them will work for the territory..."

You can negotiate terms with the Goddess Church for the territory.

All three people were very excited.

This shows that the territory's strength and voice are getting stronger and stronger.

On the other hand, I am also happy that there will be more professionals such as priests and paladins in the adventure team.

A combat team with the ability to heal and recover can increase its combat effectiveness by at least 70%.

Ashes made a simple calculation.

After deducting the amount spent on purchasing potions, scrolls, and the amount given to the flying dragon, they found that each of them could still earn at least 2,000 gold coins from this order, and they immediately blew their beards excitedly:

"Haha, I can buy more food again."

Morak, who knew his plan, pocketed the heart of the Grox beast that was divided up for him, and continued to ask:

"How much do you need to save? 20,000 gold coins?"

After glancing at Ashes who was giggling, Chris did not interrupt. He took the task list handed over by his eldest sister. After scanning the first few lines, he asked with some surprise:

"Why are there hunting missions from other territories here?"

As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted the attention of Hui Jin and Morak.

Even the two troll brothers, Rockefah and Batum, who were resting on the other side, also looked over.

There are various tasks in the Gulf Territory, but the tasks in other territories are very rare.

As if she had guessed that they would ask, Alice took out a few newspapers, handed them over and said:

"This is a "newspaper" that the territory distributes to everyone for free. It records the causes and consequences, as well as various policies and tasks of the Gulf Territory. If you are interested, you can read more."

Newspaper?

Territory your own?

A few of them immediately gathered around and focused their attention on Chris.

Chris, who was the only one who could read, rolled his eyes helplessly and recited to everyone:

"In other territories near the Bay Territory, there have been commotions and attacks caused by dragon-blooded creatures. There are many and the situation occurs frequently."

"Their number of adventurers is very small, and they are not strong enough to eliminate these dragon-blooded creatures, so they choose to ask for help from the territory..."

As soon as these words came out, they immediately lost interest.

Ashes even rolled his eyes, took out the Glocks beast's claws, and played with it carefully.

It's not that they don't like cleaning up dragon-blooded creatures.

The Alice Adventure Group they belong to is the best team of hunters of dragon-blooded creatures.

He was also praised by the lord for capturing a stone dragon with a challenge level of 21+.

Now that he has experienced the training in the Catachan jungle, his strength and equipment have been qualitatively improved again.

Cleaning up dragon-blooded creatures seems dangerous and scary to adventurers in other territories.

But for everyone present, it is not only simple, but also very rewarding.

However, all this is based on the premise that the Gulf Territory has control of the mission situation.

Only then did they have the idea to accept the mission.

No tasks from other territories will be accepted.

Chris shrugged his shoulders as if nothing had happened, turned over the newspaper, and continued to tell everyone about other news.

Every adventurer knows clearly what virtues the tasks in other territories have.

Bay collar.

Lord's Palace, Office.

Matthew, who was humming a little tune, naturally ignored several messengers from the territory.

It was as if he didn't see their embarrassed expressions.

Butler Ralph, who was standing next to him, looked through the summary of the adventurers' cleanup mission. After nodding to a few people, he said very calmly:

"We have already sent out notices to the adventurers in the territory, and some of them should be interested."

It was as if Butler Ralph’s words had not been spoken.

The embarrassed expressions on the faces of several messengers became more and more obvious, and they felt helpless that Butler Ralph did not answer the question.

If it works, they won't be severely reprimanded by the lord.

However, they were very clear about the cause and effect, and knew that their territory and lord were not justified at all, so they could only complain helplessly in their hearts.

I want to ask someone for help, but I don’t want to give any benefits.

This is simply a daydream.

The messengers, who knew very well the virtues of their lords, couldn't help but feel extremely regretful.

If they had known earlier, they would not have taken on this difficult task.

The Bay Territory is not like other territories.

Their rise is very rapid.

Not even connected to the surrounding territory.

Not to mention other means of establishing relationships with other territories by winning over each other, marrying each other, etc.

Moreover, even if it is a territory with good relations, it is not easy to get them to send troops to help with such a big thing.

Ralph, the butler, looked at their tangled expressions calmly, and had a better understanding of what the lord said, "The iron must be hard before it can be forged."

The area near the territory is full of these insects, which basically will not pose any threat.

In the recent blockade, their attitude was quite arrogant.

This time, they wanted to lift the blockade because they needed the help of the Gulf Territory, but they did not think about giving compensation and repairing the relationship.

Even if the territory ignored them, would they dare to turn against the Gulf Territory?

They also opened the borders of the territory, allowing the Gulf Territory's army and adventurers to clean up the dragon blood creatures freely.

How natural it is to say this!

They are so shameless and thick-skinned.

Since they want to get something for nothing, just waste time first!

Anyway, it's not the Gulf Territory that is the headache, so who is afraid of whom?

One of the messengers couldn't hold it in any longer. After a moment of hesitation, he said very respectfully:

"We are willing to provide some assistance and bounty to the Gulf Territory..."

Before he finished speaking, Butler Ralph interrupted him decisively:

"There is no need to say such polite words."

"We, the Gulf Territory, have provided help to your territories, but you must also meet our conditions."

"200,000 tons of food, 200 kilograms of high-level magic materials, 2 kilograms of thorium, or 10 times the purchasing rights for each territory."

"Moreover, the gains from the battles of the Gulf Territory's army will be uniformly obtained and distributed by us, and the other party has no right to interfere."

"This is our request, it is not difficult, it depends on how you choose."

The Gulf Territory has only one principle for these territories.

No contact, no initiative, only talk about interests.

No contact, no rejection, only talk about gold coins.

The nearby lords soon received a reply from the Gulf Territory.

Such a ruthless reply naturally made these self-esteem lords very angry.

They quickly united their front and continued to blockade the Gulf Territory in various ways, preparing to teach the Gulf Territory a profound lesson.

As for the dragon-blood creatures in the territory, they also chose to send soldiers.

What the Gulf Territory army could do, they could certainly do.

The Gulf Territory asked so much, they might as well use these as mission rewards.

For their actions, Matthew just looked at them as a joke.

In response, Matthew asked the Newspaper to "follow up" and report their battle situation.

For the Newspaper, most of the people in the territory expressed great welcome and support.

The reason is simple, the entertainment of this era is really too scarce.

Even the after-dinner talk is not particularly new.

A considerable part of the things recorded in the Newspaper came from the editors of the Arcane Newspaper who had established cooperative contacts with the Gulf Territory.

Not only is there a relatively broad source of information, but there are also many different news from top to bottom.

After learning about the newspaper situation in the Gulf Territory, the other party discussed with Matthew very forward-lookingly.

After confirming the intention of cooperation, the other party was very bold to reduce the monthly advertising fee of 200,000 gold coins to 100,000 gold coins.

In exchange for 10% of the news newspaper share.

For such talents, Matthew would not be stingy with money.

He set the price of 6 copper coins per newspaper, twice the cost, and sent 100,000 newspapers to the other party at one go, and made it clear to him:

"No matter how many you sell, you can get 20% of the total sale price!"

The news newspaper has at least two newspapers, more than 3,000 words, and no less than 30 pieces of information.

The price of 6 copper coins!

It was far beyond the other party's expectations. He once tentatively asked Matthew:

"Will the price of 6 copper coins be a loss?"

Matthew just replied lightly:

"Don't worry about this. The more you sell, the more you earn..."

As the behind-the-scenes masters such as Cole Elves gradually appeared, and the strength of the Gulf Territory continued to increase.

The good things that originally existed only in Matthew's memory also began to appear in the territory one by one.

Paper and printing are part of them!

Matthew had long been fed up with the crampedness of parchment, and arranged for Bobo and Lao Liu to carry out this task.

The clever little ghost completed it very well, not only with fast speed and high output, but also very confidential.

No one would have thought that some fishmen with low intelligence could produce clean, tidy, snow-white and strong paper.

The reward given by Matthew also made Bobo very satisfied.

An absolutely safe "dragon blood gift".

This little guy, who has doubled his intelligence and strength, immediately patted his chest and expressed to Matthew.

In a maximum of two months, the output of paper can be doubled.

Therefore, when the editor of the Arcane Newspaper saw a piece of very wide paper neatly filled with various words.

He immediately realized that this was a very important invention.

Compared with parchment, he saw at a glance the many advantages of what Matthew simply named "paper".

First of all, the paper is larger, which means it can carry more text.

This alone can eliminate 70 to 80 percent of the parchment.

Then, the quality of the paper is excellent, smooth and smooth, as white as new. Even if the text is printed, there is no ink bleeding, and the overall feeling is very comfortable.

These are just the advantages shown by paper.

The other party also guessed two extremely important advantages.

Paper production will definitely be very high.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Gulf Territory to send him 100,000 sets and 200,000 copies of such a large newspaper in just two days.

The cost of paper will definitely be very low.

Otherwise, Matthew would not be able to sell so many newspapers at a price of 6 copper coins each.

Thinking of the parchment as big as two palms, you need to pay the price of 1 silver coin.

The editor of Arcane News has already begun to imagine a future where "paper" will completely replace parchment.

The two sides are not opponents at the same level at all!

However, he quickly thought, why doesn't Gulf Ling sell paper directly?

Moreover, the manufacturing process of paper should not be difficult.

Isn't he worried that the paper will be "taken away" by other spellcasters or lords?

…

"Don't worry about this at all. Paper will not drop directly to 6 copper coins, but it will be 40 coppers less than parchment of 1 silver coin."

"And they can't make paper that's cheap and good."

"In anticipation of the waste of manpower and material resources, it is better to just buy the paper we are about to sell."

"After all, our costs are lower and there is considerable room for decline."

If they dare to follow suit, Matthew can squeeze them out just by lowering the price.

Matthew handed a thick stack of paper to the curious Ani.

The latter stroked the smooth paper with some surprise, and looked at the smiling Matthew with great surprise.

This sudden surprise once again gave Aini a feeling of swaying in her mind.

How many secrets does the Gulf Territory hide?

How much is Matthew hiding?

Carefully savoring the delicate feelings, Aini nodded extremely excitedly and replied with a bright smile:

"We, the Silver Leaf Family, cannot let go of this good thing. We will buy 100 million pieces of paper first. Anyway, it only costs 600,000 gold coins. We will make a lot of money."

One hundred million pieces of paper is a lot, and it weighs a full 150 tons.

But it’s not much, just 15 days’ output of the Gulf Lingyu artificial paper factory.

After discussing another small business deal, Matthew motioned for Aini to speak out. The latter smiled slightly and asked tentatively:

"Those guys want to know, will Bay Territory continue to sell Tree of Life seedlings?"

Are the "big dog owners" anxious?

Think about it too.

When no one has the Tree of Life, it’s okay to just endure it.

But now the neighbor has it, and he got it in front of him, and he comes to show it off every day.

This is completely unbearable!

Nodding without hesitation, Matthew had also been criticized a lot by Butler Ralph recently.

The transaction income of nearly 80 million gold coins has been completely spent.

Although every gold coin was not spent indiscriminately, it created corresponding value and made its due contribution to the development of Gulf Territory civilization.

However, in the face of the increasing expenses in the Gulf Territory, Butler Ralph had to remind Matthew again.

"Of course it will continue to be sold, and the sales method will be the same as before."

The base price for a legendary element crystal is plus a capped bid of 50 million gold coins.

Aini, who had gotten what she wanted, suddenly had a bright smile on her face. She sat down contentedly and asked curiously while flipping through the newspaper:

"How long can the territories around the Gulf Territory last?"

"Two days at most!"

"Huh? It's impossible. Although their strength is not as strong as the Gulf leaders."

"But it shouldn't be a problem to gather an army of two to three thousand people in each territory, right?"

"We'll see."

These unconvinced lords.

Each gathered a considerable army.

Some lords are smarter.

They joined forces with several well-connected nobles to form a larger army.

Then, these include ordinary farmers, retired soldiers, wandering professionals, and temporary armies formed by a few regular soldiers.

Their true abilities were quickly revealed.

A force of 3,000 men.

Launch a fierce attack on a group of very rare dragonborn gnolls.

It’s different from the victory you imagined.

When the soldiers they gathered approached the howling gnolls in a chaotic manner, a tragic scene happened.

There was almost no marching, fighting, or control of large-scale armies by the lords after giving the order to attack.

The chaotic soldiers, like a group of farmers with weapons, roared and rushed towards the gnolls.

In the story, those jackals who are not strong, but rather stupid, and can always serve as cannon fodder for the protagonists of the legend, are actually burly killing machines.

They easily tore through the defense line of the lord's army, cut off a few tough heads, and frightened the remaining soldiers into confusion.

When a farmer who has just received two or three days of training puts down his sword and gun and turns around to run away.

The other soldiers naturally followed suit.

It’s too hard to move forward and easier to move back.

A rout went down.

With a team of more than 3,000 people plus a small amount of cavalry, more than 300 soldiers were killed or injured, and six to seven hundred of them were "missing".

Knowing that these gnolls were not easy to deal with, they chose to retreat very willingly.

Anyway, these dog-headed people and gnolls alone could not pose any threat to the castle and walls in the territory...

Then, most of the lords regretted it.

The gnolled people and gnolls fell into a frenzy.

They gathered a large number of their kind and attacked the castle and walls.

Although they all seemed to have turned into beasts that did not know whether to live or die, it was precisely because of this that they were scary.

Who is not afraid of enemies who are not afraid of death?

No one!

Even the farmers in the territory soon learned that these lords and their subordinates were very useless.

Most of the people in the territory had completely lost confidence in their lords.

When the dragon blood creatures attacked, they ran very fast this time and ran to the Bay Territory.

The reason is simple. The Bay Territory, which has not lost a war so far, can at least guarantee their safety.

Everyone is very afraid of death, and they are no exception.

Several unlucky lords were surrounded by the crazy dog-headed men and gnolls they once looked down upon.

So, between face and life, these lords decisively chose the latter.

One day later.

Aini, who was quite speechless, looked at the messengers who tried to ask for an audience at the door of the lord's mansion, and muttered helplessly:

"At this stage, the dragon-blood creatures affected should only be dog-headed men and gnolls, right?"

Matthew, who was not surprised by their actual combat effectiveness, replied nonchalantly:

"When the number of dog-headed men reaches a certain level, the combat effectiveness they show is not weak at all."

"As for the gnolls, ordinary soldiers are not their opponents, not to mention the troops temporarily summoned."

"The most important point is that they lack the will to fight and cannot beat them. It is normal to be afraid of the monsters who are brave and fearless. "

Hearing this, Annie deduced it in her mind, recalling the performance of some Elf nobles in the current battle with the Cole Elf Kingdom, and nodded with deep feeling:

"Indeed...what will the territory do next? But will they really agree?"

While recording various data, Matthew continued very calmly:

"The key lies in them, as long as they agree to our conditions..."

This time, Annie basically believed in the human lords who had not experienced the tempering of war.

Basically, it was like "many Elf families who were talking without any pain in their waists".

Matthew did this for several reasons.

The first is the simplest and most important, that is, to absorb more people.

The threats and influences brought by dragon blood creatures will naturally scare the people in the territory.

Especially there are several villages that were very unlucky to be broken by jackals.

According to the gossip that has been spread.

The people in the nearby territory basically know that there are almost no survivors in those villages.

Except for a few hunters who did not return from hunting, the rest became food for the jackals.

Such a huge threat, coupled with the deliberate "incitement" of some adventurers.

Most of the people in the nearby territories have begun to feel that their own territories are unsafe and are ready to go to safer territories nearby.

For example, the Bay Territory!

When Matthew saw these messengers again.

Their faces were filled with undisguised anxiety and panic, and they were not as complacent as before.

Ralph, the butler who had been prepared, re-proposed the conditions and soon received affirmative responses from these messengers.

"No problem!"

"We have no objection to this condition."

"A friend in need is a friend indeed. Our relationship with the Bay Territory is unbreakable."

"It's just this little thing, and we have already prepared it to be delivered."

"This is the private seal of our lord. His original words are, if you have any requests, just ask..."

"..."

Such a wonderful "face change" made Annie amazed.

After getting the reply he wanted, Butler Ralph first leisurely signed the spell contract with them, and then continued to speak:

"Since everyone needs the help of our Bay Territory so much, then we have no choice but to do it."

After receiving Butler Ralph's affirmative reply, the relaxed messengers couldn't help but look at each other, and began to urge again.

It's time for the Bay Territory to send troops!

At this time, Butler Ralph sent a short message in front of them.

At the same time.

All adventurers in the territory got the details of the mission from the Bay Territory Adventurer Badge they carried with them:

"Support mission: Protect the people of the territory."

"Mission goal: Clear the dragon blood creatures in the nearby territory and protect the safety of its people."

"Mission reward: The same as the Bay Territory mission reward. For every rescued person and transported to a safe area, you can get 1 point of merit."

A rare extra merit mission!

Many Bay Territory adventurers who learned the details of the mission soon gathered in gangs.

They are the best at cleaning up dragon-blood creatures!

The Alice Adventure Team, which had been prepared a few days ago, set out decisively when they received the news.

Thousands of adventurers followed the prepared teleportation array and rushed towards the nearby territory.

In their opinion, it has become an undeveloped land of wealth that needs their development and occupation.

The strongest group of adventurers did not target the large number of ordinary dragon blood creatures.

They found a densely populated village at the fastest speed.

Then, something happened that made many lords extremely painful later.

After they cleared the dragon blood creatures around the village at the fastest speed.

They easily gained the trust of most people in the village.

They set up a small teleportation array that had been prepared in advance.

Thousands of people were transported to the Bay Territory in one go.

Well, there is no place safer than the Bay Territory!

200 gold coins for the teleportation fee, 500 gold coins for the teleportation certificate placement fee, in exchange for at least 3,000 points of merit.

The whole process did not exceed 1 hour.

It's a great profit!

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