Chapter 445: 445
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It was only until mid-April, when the patrolling soldiers that Saleen had sent out found Lex's vanguards . As Lex's team was too big and it was the bitter winter, she had no choice but to slow down to prevent any injuries or death .
Knowing that Daniel and the rest had already linked up with Lex, Saleen did not send anyone else to escort her .
Within Lex's huge army, Hu An said to Lex in a dissatisfied tone, "Why hadn't Saleen sent anyone to fetch you? My viscountess, you have brought a camp worth of soldiers to help him . "
Hu An had no opinion about Saleen rising up the ranks, after all, he had advanced in terms of grades faster than him . As to whether he would fetch her outside the city, that was a wealthy's problem . Even though Hu An was a grand mage now, he still could not shake off some opinions that the wealthy had .
As there were too many people and most of them were not in the military . Lex's team was split into different groups . The one leading at the front was a group of cavalrymen .
The one leading the cavalries was Tenesee, Saleen knew him . He was now commanding a regiment of over one-thousand soldiers and he was on the brink of becoming a grand swordmaster . After interacting for a while with the patrolling soldiers that Saleen had dispatched, he was brought to the outside of the city .
The white city walls stretched for miles and were over twenty meters tall . The outside of the city gates were obviously still under construction . Across the vast plains, this was already a sight to behold . The landscape on both sides towered over it . The city was wedged between a fault in the mountain range and was in an ideal location .
The west side was the main gate and the giant gate was enveloped in white steel, it was an exorbitant expense . This city gate that was over eight yards tall was actually wrapped in white steel . It had been processed with magic and was not reflective . It blended incredibly well with the white city walls . There were magic patterns corroded on the surface of the white steel, making it less cold looking .
At the top of the city gate there was an entire block of white stone placed horizontally . The words "Metatrin City" were inscribed on it in the ancient Myers Language .
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"Metatrin?" Tenesee's mouth quivered as he gave a small laugh . He was not sure what deal Saleen had with Lex, but Lex had not told him what happened in the hell of god's punishment . He knew that both Lex and Saleen were mages and they would be particular when it came to having a fair exchange though .
Naming a city after his surname, it seemed like Saleen had great ambitions!
There used to only be one city in the Qin Empire that was named after a surname and it was Grukos City . It was four-hundred miles south of Holy Rock City . That was a feudal estate of the royal family . As long as the Qin Empire was still around, it would forever be the private property of the Grukos family .
"I wonder what the emperor would have to say about this . "
Tenesse, however, only gave a small laugh . The city gates were not sealed shut, but there was a metal chain at the back . A low-grade mage had come out a long time ago to greet them . After symbolically checking Tenesee's badge, the soldiers behind unlocked the metal chains and opened the city gates completely .
Tenesee saw that a part of the city walls near the city gates were empty, there was a capstan within . This giant city gate that was enveloped in white steel must weigh at least tens of thousands of pounds, even a fortress hammer would have a hard time breaking through it .
The city walls were over twelve yards thick and it would definitely have some kind of equipment like the broken dragon stone within it or a concealed magic array . Even though the city had not finished construction, it was already the standard of a fortress .
The number of soldiers at the top of the city walls were too little, there were less than a hundred soldiers . They were all gathered at the main gate, looking down . They seemed pretty ordinary and when they were maintaining their post, they should not do such actions even when an emperor came to the front of the gate .
Tenesee made a correct guess, Saleen had gathered most of his forces at the top of the city wall to the city center and the port . The people here were the newly trained barbarians and every group only had a swordsman from the Sregl Island commanding them . It was hard to discipline these barbarians and they were nowhere near the Cascausus people's ability . The Cascausus people were familiar with strict discipline and they were born to be soldiers .
Luckily, besides the giant trees left behind from deforesting for the city, there were still many vast places . As Lex's people started entering the city they could still fix tents for shelter .
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As the city had not started revolving, Lex and her group of people were brought to the city hall and were put to rest temporarily .
Saleen had prepared sufficient food and it was heated up and passed down . As there were more than ten times the number of people expected, the food was clearly insufficient . It could only be fed to the camp of soldiers first .
Lex saw the slow progress of Metatrin City, but she was not anxious . She loved the style of the city and the foundation was laid strongly . All the roads and underground facilities had signs of being strengthened with magic . In some of the areas where the large numbers of trees were left behind, they were clearly meant to be used as gardens in the future .
Lex was accompanied by almost a hundred mages wherever she went and as Saleen welcomed her laughingly, he said, "Viscountess, how have you been?"
The mages who did not recognize Saleen were all gasping silently . Even if Lex was not a viscountess, she was also a grade-6 mage and Saleen's attitude was a little disrespectful .
"I'm not as free as you . " Upon seeing Saleen, for some reason, Lex felt relieved . She was overjoyed that Saleen had laid the foundations of the city strongly . This city was meant to conceal the interdimensional teleportation portal after all . Only by building it so that there were traces of magic everywhere could the intense elemental vibration from the teleportation be concealed .
"It has been a long time . " Saleen looked at the mages beside Lex . He recognized some of them from when he was still staying at the viscount residences, they had had a decent relationship then .
Any dissatisfaction in Hu An disappeared when he saw Saleen . Saleen gave off a mighty yet true to himself impression . This was a dignity that Saleen had gained unintentionally from spending the last half a year commanding a city and being in charge of almost ten-thousand people .
"You all can rest here, I have something to discuss with Saleen . " Lex did not bother exchanging pleasantries . Under the surprised gaze of everyone, she left the city hall with Saleen .
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"Viscountess, why are you in such a hurry?" Saleen accompanied Lex calmly . The pressure that he had when he first met her was long gone .
"Whatever, there isn't anyone here, just call me Lex . "
"Yes, Lex, how is Bitter Water Prefecture?"
"It is terrible, the west is engaged in battle and the two secret tunnels are useless . The east has been sealed by Holy Rock City and those coming from the north are from the military . A large number of wealthy from the north have transferred their soldiers back from Loulan Duchy and half of Loulan Duchy has already been lost . There is no business to be done in Bitter Water Prefecture and we have to survive on what we have . Luckily, I have taken over the cities and land in the surroundings and I no longer have to buy rations from outside . "
"It doesn't matter, Bitter Water Prefecture is in a remote area . Even though it isn't suitable for development, it is easy to defend and so long as rations aren't a problem . Even if…"
"I will not let the Tanggualsi people step on the Qin Empire's soil . " Lex interrupted Saleen .
"Yes, I have the same problem too . I will take care of the Sikeqinya matter, I must get the passageway of this road . If not this place can only communicate with Bitter Water Prefecture through a teleportation portal . That isn't something we can afford . The worst is on the sea, after all, the roads on land are long . If we go by the sea route, we could have reached Lianyun City in no time…"
"When will Sregl Island send people over?"
"How would I know? Before this, we did not even have the means to deal with the expedition army from the many countries in the Eastern Sea . They had over three-hundred combat vessels and I have already lost one of mine, I still have three big ships with me, one of them…" Saleen did not mention the Pan's Turtle alchemical boat but Lex understood .
In the square before the temple, Sika was supervising as her bodyguards were training . They were an elite group of Cascausus warriors and they were all decked in the magic armor that Saleen had created . These armors were not tailor made and seemed a little coarse . Lex took one glance at them and she could tell the material of this magic armor was too good, however . It was polished from the shells of magic beasts .
When it came to dealing with magic attacks, the effects of a magic beasts' shell and skin were almost the same . When it came to physical attacks, an equipment that was made from a polished magic beast's shell was far better . In actual fact, they were as tough as metal . Besides being hard to fix, there was not much difference between them when it came to their defensive capabilities . The magic beast armor was also lighter .
Even for the royal soldiers of Holy Rock City, only an officer would don such an armor .
"Saleen, where did you get such materials? Did you buy them from Alchemy City?" Saleen laughed as he recounted what happened with Irene before Lex said, "You are good, cheating a girl from her family . "
"I didn't cheat her, I wouldn't give her any less than what she deserves . "
"That is true, those that come from such families would be more concerned with benefits . " Lex had no intention of blaming Saleen, Saleen and Irene both got something out of it . Irene must also know her relationship with Saleen and leaning against Saleen was also because of his relationship with her .
Since it stemmed from benefits, it was a little stupid to talk about feelings .
Sika greeted Lex from afar before continuing to train her bodyguards . She was passionate about this now and these Cascausus warriors listened to every one of her instructions . Some had even started learning and training their sword aura with Jola .
Seeing these Cascausus warriors, Lex nodded in satisfaction . They were obviously different in terms of quality to the soldiers at the west of the city . They were not only disciplined, but were several times more skilled . They were essentially all swordmasters and were already better than the soldiers in her camp .
"Let me bring you to a place . " Saleen secretly brought Lex to his room, then into the short-distance teleportation portal .
The two of them quickly came to Saleen's underground warehouse . Lex realized that it was almost an entirely sealed space . Any elemental vibration in this space was virtually undetectable by the outside world . If all the magic towers in Metatrin City were to start revolving, it would be essentially impossible for anyone to realize this place was there .
"How did you do this?!" This was the first time Lex was shocked .