Chapter 290 Future Development Direction
The early morning sunlight passed through the floor-to-ceiling windows and gently spilled into the room.
Brian opened his eyes and looked at the white ceiling in front of him. He raised his hands and put them in front of his forehead to block the dazzling sunlight.
Looking out the window, you can clearly see the blue sky and woods outside. The faint noise coming from the distance echoes the chirping of birds, forming a unique symphony.
White clouds drift leisurely across the sky, which looks refreshing.
It's an incredibly beautiful sight, and just looking at it makes you feel refreshed.
Although he dragged his tired body back to his tower at dawn, after more than an hour of sleep, his spirit had been completely restored.
After all, in his opinion, there is no place more comfortable than his own tower.
After he adjusted himself, he changed his clothes and walked out.
The high-rise areas of the Wizard Tower are still very quiet. Brian's study and bedroom are located on the seventeenth floor. In addition to these, there are also his private laboratory and reception 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 of the door, he heard an unusually lively voice coming from the stairs.
"Ah, teacher, good morning, you woke up so early." There is only one person here who can speak like this.
Because the fifteenth floor and above of the Wizard Tower belong to his private residence, and no one can come here without his permission.
"The same goes for you." Brian smiled and walked towards the living room, "Good morning, Sissy."
This fifteen or sixteen-year-old female student is full of vitality. Her long flaxen hair is tied into a ponytail, making 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 seemed to be planning to go back to her room to study.
“You came back so early, I thought you would sleep until noon.” Sissi said happily, her slender eyebrows moved every move when she spoke, like willow leaves swaying in the wind in summer, "Teacher, wait a moment, I will prepare breakfast for you right now."
Brian nodded slightly and continued walking towards the living room
Just as he thought, there was another person in the room.
The female lord from Arabay City was sitting on the back of a comfortable chair, flipping through a book in her hand. The hair hanging down in front of her forehead was shining with a hint of luster. She occasionally frowned twice, as if she was troubled by some question. Troubled.
"Welcome back, the master of Mokou Town." Upon hearing the footsteps, Myrcella closed the book. The moment she raised her head, she flicked the hair hanging in front of her forehead and smiled softly at him: < br>
"I already know everything about the valley, and I have done a good job, allowing us to temporarily avoid a disaster."
"This is what I should do." Brian nodded slightly, He pulled out the chair, sat across from the female lord, and said nonchalantly, "This period of time has also caused you to worry."
During the time he left, Myrcella was always the one to worry about. Help him guard Mokou Town.
In addition to guarding against the enemies of Ghost City, its main purpose is also to monitor every move of Tifantun City and the west-facing Gewochu.
When he returned to the Wizard Tower, he had already learned some things that happened in Mokou Town from Ms. Taling Polaris.
“I haven’t seen you for a few days, I didn’t expect you to change so much.”
Myrcella looked at Brian carefully, a hint of surprise appeared in her beautiful silver-gray eyes, and then the corner of her mouth He evoked a smile, "Yes, your aura has calmed down a lot, and your eyes have become softer. Congratulations, you have entered the legendary realm. Looking back on the scene when you first arrived in Mokou Town, you really amaze me now." .”
“It’s still far behind you,” Brian said with a humble expression, “I will need to ask you about the magic skills in the legendary field in the future.”
While the two were chatting, Sissi served breakfast that had been prepared in advance.
Breakfast was very rich.
Amber seed bread, vanilla seasoned eggs, ham, bacon, fresh sun fruits and pastries, as well as some soy milk and fried dough sticks that Brian had specially taught Sissi to make for him.
The yellow and orange fried dough sticks are evenly cut into small pieces and piled on a clean plate with finely chopped green onions sprinkled on top. Just looking at them will whet your appetite.
However, at this moment, Brian had no appetite for his two favorite breakfasts. He sat on the chair and nodded to the female lord Myrcella opposite.
Then, he picked up the bread and a small plate of bacon and started eating by himself.
Cici, the student sitting on his left, saw Brian's condition and tilted her head with a puzzled look, "Teacher, didn't you say that these foods called soy milk and fried dough sticks are your favorites? Yes, why do you seem to have no appetite at all today?”
“Really?” Brian laughed dryly and explained casually: “When a person often eats the same food, he will always get tired of it. Today I If you want to change the taste, you don’t need milk. Give me a glass of juice.”
“Oh, that’s right.” Sissi nodded, put down the milk she just picked up, and handed over the glass of juice. .
"Indeed." Myrcella took a sip of the soy milk and bit into the fried dough sticks. The oil stains made her pink lips look so beautiful, which made Brian unconsciously start to think about it.
The female lord looked at him with a slightly teasing look, opened her jade lips lightly and said: "Eating the same kind of food for a long time, and then occasionally going out to taste wild game will indeed give you an extraordinary freshness, don't you think? , Brian?”
“Yeah, you’re right.”
Brian nodded calmly, took the glass of juice that Sissi poured for him, and poured it into the cup. Focus on the food in front of you.
He always felt that there was some innuendo in Myrcella's words, as if she had already guessed the affair between him and the leader of the Harpers.
"I've heard about it a long time ago." Myrcella finished the last piece of fried dough sticks, looked at Brian who was immersed in cooking, her eyes flickered a few times, and she said with a meaningful smile:
"The leader of the Harper Alliance is a beautiful woman with a loose waistband. I'm curious, did you feel this way after seeing her?"
"Pfft!"
Hearing this, Brian almost spit out the juice in his mouth.
He looked straight and said seriously, "Why do you ask that? I admit that as a chosen one of the goddess of magic and inheriting the fine tradition of the goddess, when I saw her for the first time, I was really moved. Her appearance and kind personality are shocking, but she is not as unbearable as you think.”
Only after hearing these words, Brian realized that Myrcella had a slight crush on the Harper leader. Being hostile is not unreasonable.
After all, her aunt, Hesiah's mother, seemed to be ridiculed by some nobles in Susar because of the storm, saying "she stayed in the boudoir all night long, and her green silk hair brushed the palace" to describe the romantic behavior of the previous king.
Obviously, Myrcella probably thought that a handsome and charming man like him, ahem... would be on Storm's beauty hunt list, and she was worried about letting her sister Hesiah down because of it.
She really overthought this, because the relationship between him and Feng Feng was just about getting what they needed, and there was no such thing as a husband or a concubine.
"Really? It's very possible that I'm overthinking it. After all, these rumors are just what I overheard." The female lord finished drinking the soy milk in the cup and took a napkin with a dignified and elegant manner. Wiping the corners of her lips, Yingying stood up and said, "I've already eaten, please take it easy, I'll wait for you in the study."
Looking at the leaving figure of the female lord, Sissi looked at Brian, holding her hand With a small face, he asked curiously, "Teacher, what does Teacher Myrcella mean when she said that the waistband of her pants is very loose?"
Brian looked at her innocent face. He didn't believe that Sissi didn't know anything. He probably asked this on purpose.
"What does a little brat know?" He replied casually, "The time you have to think about these nonsense will at least be enough for you to learn two spells."
"Oh." Qian. Akane 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, the gnolls and orcs that Gewo scolded launched a full-scale attack on the territory." Myrcella told him with a slightly worried look, "Although our losses from these attacks were not large, it is nothing. A good sign."
"I know." Brian nodded slightly and said to her, "It seems that the great sage of the Stormhorn Mountains has formed an alliance with the wolf man."
Due to his influence, Yeenoghu, the gnoll king of the Underdark, the demon lord of the bottomless abyss, originally focused on Yeenoghu, the demon lord of the bottomless abyss. Under the instigation of the Dark Lord Graz'zt, he turned his attention again. Arriving at the surface.
There is no doubt that Gewo has become the best choice for the demon lord.
Gevor is located in the Goblin Frontier. Before the emergence of the Netheril Empire, the Goblin Frontier was a powerful kingdom established by the goblins. Some remaining war fortresses can still be seen.
Gewochu 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 was a chaotic place where civilization dared not set foot.
But the appearance of the King of Jackals and the secretly dispatched Abyss Jackals broke this delicate balance.
At the same time, the orcs who were originally hiding in the Stormhorn Mountains were defeated in a battle with Cormyr. The remaining defeated soldiers, led by the orcs 'Great Sage', joined Gwo to scold the jackals. The camp of the human tribe.
The joining of the orc allies allowed the Gnoll tribe to rapidly grow in strength and completely conquered other surrounding tribes.
"That's right." Myrcella said, "In the battle five days ago, the gnoll army was mainly composed of other humanoid creatures. It seemed more like they were using war to eliminate dissidents."
< br>"That is to say, there are experts behind the Gnoll tribe that Gewo criticized." Brian nodded thoughtfully and said: "If this is true, it is indeed a big deal for us. The threat.”
As for who the master behind it is, Brian can easily guess it.
Of course he is the great orc sage of the Storm Clan.
He has never underestimated this great sage in the game world. It was not until the fall of Cormyr that his ambition was gradually exposed.
However, for Mokou Town right now, Gewo's enemies are nothing to fear.
“Actually, we don’t need to worry about the jackals that Gewo rebuked for the time being.” Brian smiled slightly at Myrcella, “I assure you, unless they are willing to cooperate with the City of Shadows, they will never At this time, they will launch a full-scale attack on us."
"Why?" Myrcella raised her eyelids, looked at Brian with her beautiful silver eyes, and thought for a moment, with a look of surprise in her eyes. "Is it because of the future riots in the Underdark?"
"That's right." Brian met the female lord's gaze and gave her a confirming look.
“As long as the riots in the Underdark have not yet occurred, if the commanders in the Gnoll tribe have any brains, they will never launch an attack on us at this time. After all, they will wait until their demon lord incarnation arrives in the material world. , is the period when the power is most powerful.”
"It seems that you placed Marik and Obert in the lightless forest in the Underdark Region in advance just to prevent this day from coming," Myrcella looked at him with a complicated expression and said softly, "Is this the reason? "
"It's just one of the reasons."
Brian leaned on the back of the chair, changed to a comfortable sitting position, and said to her, "The other reason is that I once promised the Mycoid God. A condition to help the Myconids expand the area of the Lightless Woodland in the Dark Area."
"During your absence, I went to the Lightless Woodland once." The female lord relaxed slightly. He and Brian each poured a cup of tea.
“Kalena is very attentive to the management of the lightless forest. I heard from the leader of the myconids that the area of the lightless forest has expanded by at least one-third in the past year.”
She sipped the tea 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."
"If there were no myconids, The fungi grown and the medicines produced have given me the most stable source of income, and the territory cannot develop so fast." Thinking back to the difficulties he and Hesiah had in the Lightless Woodland, Brian couldn't help but sigh. What a wise choice.
Now, not only does he have a stable source of income from the Lightless Woodland, he also accepted a gray dwarf pharmacist in the gray dwarf King Aldus City, who also helped him train many derro apprentices. Even among the group of spellcasters recruited by the Wizard Tower, one-third of the wizards are willing to make magic potions in exchange for points to enhance 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 Seir run magic shops. "Yes."
"Of course I do." Myrcella was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Are you planning to learn their business methods?"
"No, I just learned from their operating methods." Brian shook his head slightly and said: "With the development potential of the Aphotic Woodland and my future plan for Cormyr to develop into the Magic Kingdom, magic potions and equipment will be Our biggest source of income."
He picked up the pen inserted in the pen holder, took out a piece of parchment, and said while thinking about it: "Not only do I want to learn from the business methods of the Red Robe Wizards, I also want to learn from them. Squeeze their market and let our magic equipment and potions circulate throughout the continent."
The female lord nodded thoughtfully, her eyes focused on Brian's focused and serious face from beginning to end. superior.
"If necessary, we can even bring this kind of business to Sigil City, the center of the multiverse." After careful consideration, he raised his head, met Myrcella's gaze, and spoke word by word Make final additions.
Sel's Red Robe Wizards are the main magic exporter in the entire continent, and even many remote areas are completely dependent on Sear's magic items.
They used this as capital. Under the instructions of the chiefs, the middle-level red-robed wizards established trade concessions in various cities in Faerûn to further earn wealth and expand 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, the so-called trade concessions look just like ordinary ones. The large shops are no different.
In some remote areas such as the Ten-Town Alliance or Chult, these trading concessions are protected by heavy walls, and even fortresses like war fortresses are built.
The red-robed wizards will secretly sell various magic items prohibited by local laws in these strongholds, such as various tools used to communicate with creatures in the lower planes, and various magic potions that can produce addictive effects. .
In addition, regardless of whether local laws allow slave trade, the trade concessions of the red-robed wizards are allowed to pay with slaves.
Of course, these trading concessions can exist partly because the local rulers are afraid of the reputation of the red-robed wizards, and partly because there is a hard demand for Serge's goods.
Here, magic equipment, magic potions, magic scrolls, etc. are like high-tech arms in the modern world. Some poor and backward countries obviously do not have the ability to produce these items in large quantities.
Whether it is in the real world or here, the strategic value of arms is self-evident, and many adventurers also have a hard need for magic equipment.
So, from the time Brian planned to develop the Magic Kingdom, he had already anticipated the future development direction.
There is no doubt that magic items are the most in demand whether in the main material world or in other planes. Even the demons of the Abyss are in short supply.
If the myconids can help the Aphotic Woods continue to expand and the population increase, they will continuously help him produce magic potions and materials for him to consume.
Similarly, if Cormyr, which has a population of millions, is gradually transformed into a magical kingdom, there will be a large number of spellcasters, like the Red Robe Wizards, who will continuously produce magic items, allowing him to Sold all over the world.
This is a very good development prospect, and it also takes a lot of time to complete.
After all, reform cannot be completed overnight. It must be done gradually and slowly, otherwise it will be counterproductive.
As for how to develop into a powerful magic kingdom, Brian realized that he first needed to formulate a constitution that benefited the people, and first let the people of the kingdom unlock their wisdom before they could carry out the next magic training.
"I have to admit that your idea is indeed bold and advanced." After listening to Brian's analysis, Myrcella looked at him with a complicated look and said slowly: "But the premise of all this is to proceed step by step. "
"I think so too," Brian said calmly as he took a sip of the tea and felt the taste gradually change from bitter to mellow. , "Just like in the field of arcana, we usually make bold assumptions and try carefully."
"I feel relieved to see that you have not been carried away by your lofty ideals." Mi Sela smiled slightly, changed the topic, and returned to the original topic: "Since you have guessed that the gnoll tribe that Gewo scolded will not threaten the safety of the kingdom for the time being, with your character, you must have thought of how to do it. Ways to deal with them."
"It seems you already know me so well," Brian put down the tea cup, said jokingly, 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 Dark Territory. Although the Gnoll tribe and the orcs will use these two years to recharge their batteries. We will continue to grow and develop, but we will not be left behind.”
"Why?" The female lord's eyebrows were frivolous, her beautiful silver-gray eyes flashed, and she seemed to have guessed the reason.
"If you give me two years, I am confident that I can raise a brand new floating city into the sky." Brian replied.
Two years in the beholder's demiplane is equivalent to the past ten years.
With his current strength, it is only a matter of time before he masters the tenth-level spell "Protik's Mountain Flip". If he can't build a floating city in ten years, what qualifications do he have to conquer Hainuo? In the Oak Desert, build an arcane empire, go home and raise pigs and farm.
For him, the most difficult thing to solve in the Floating City is the energy problem.
This means that he not only needs to obtain the method of making the Mysel Energy Core from Iolum, but also needs to find a way to raise the demiplane of the Water Fairy to a new level.
As for what to do next, he already had a rough idea in his mind.
Otherwise, he would not have boasted in front of Myrcella.
Of course, the premise of all this is that he must find a way to stop the counterattack of the great prince Revalan with the floating city of Sacros two months later.
“I knew you would say that.” Myrcella flipped the ends of her hair lightly, and a touching smile appeared on her beautiful face. She said with emotion: “Although I don’t know where you are from. Where to gain confidence, but as always, fully support any decision you make.”
"I will regard your full support as an honor." Brian stood up and said politely, and then said: "I happen to be free today, can you accompany me to patrol the territory."
He has already With the direction of future development, he wanted to observe what changes had occurred in this territory, which he regarded as a tentative reform, in the development of more than half a year.
Only in this way can he come up with targeted laws and reform plans.
(End of this chapter)