After a brief period of integration with the Castle Heart, Qingfeng City was successfully upgraded to a castle-level Castle Heart.
With this castle heart, no matter whether Xu Lai builds a castle or not, the first harvest from exploring the dungeon can already be implemented.
Cloud City and Hall of Champions.
Xu Lai has all moved the previous hero buildings to the base camp.
At present, his base camp has no other troops stationed except Tahan's Knight Legion and Angel Legion, so it is still relatively empty.
Moreover, the castle is relatively the strongest core area in a city.
There are not many people who are qualified to enter the castle. It is undoubtedly the safest to put the most important heroic building into the castle.
Arriving at the area where the hero building was built, Xu Lai first took out the architectural drawings of the Champions Hall.
As a castle-level building, the construction cost of the Champions Hall is relatively high.
But for today's Qingfeng City, the most precious thing is the drawing in Xu Lai's hand.
It's a pity that this blueprint can only be used once, otherwise Xu Lai would have wanted to wait for Mingyue City to be built before using it again.
A total of 20,000 gold coins were spent, 1,000 units each of wood and stone, and 10 units each of crystal and gems.
Hero buildings are built instantly. After using the resources, a huge building with a knight statue instantly stood in front of Xu Lai and Su Ya.
This building is much larger than the cavalry training camp, but Xu Lai's cavalry training camp can also be upgraded to a knight training camp.
So it will take some time to see the real comparison between the two.
The Hall of Champions can directly recruit knights. The basic level is 6. They are not subject to the bonus of the God of War's Feet, but the bonus of the Hand of the God of War.
Xu Lai doesn’t have the Hand of the God of War yet, but he still has a base camp.
In the Hall of Champions, the number of knights that can be recruited is 5, but the actual number of knights that Xu Lai can recruit is 7.
The actual number should be 7.5, but unfortunately, half of them cannot be recruited, and there is no way to accumulate it until the next month.
However, the base camp can be upgraded to a castle. Move the outside of the base camp and the construction of the castle can start soon.
This is a top priority. The castle requires a full 50,000 units of gold coins, 10,000 units of wood, and 20,000 units of stone.
The working hours are also extremely long, but Xu Lai now has a lot of farmers, and many of them have been upgraded to architects.
Put aside the private houses for the time being and devote all your energy to upgrading the castle. If you invest 3 or 50 farmers, it will definitely be completed in a day or two.
Simply, Xu Lai waited until the castle was built before recruiting these knights.
Lest people be recruited by him, he would be given one less knight for no apparent reason.
After building the championship hall, it was the turn of Yunzhong City that he had longed for.
After a trip underground, Xu Lai also brought back 12 angels. Now these angels and knights are all still in the underground Mingyue City.
Elvie and Giselle have taken the place of Xu Lai to bring back these troops.
Of course, the only ones brought back were angels, knights and some archers.
The angels are to be incorporated into the Angel Legion, the knights are transferred to Tahan's command, and the archers are first given to Giselle for training.
Xu Lai did not forget that after Giselle advanced, she had a special skill.
Specialties are not exclusive to heroes. Anyone with a good enough talent has a chance to awaken their own specialties.
It’s just that the specialties of heroes are often related to the troops. Even the specialties of spells are also the specialties of strategic spells.
The specialties of ordinary people are often only related to individuals, such as the specialties of the production captain.
Giselle’s specialty is creating phantom shooters.
Yes, Giselle can train phantom shooters, but they cannot be trained in batches like the ancient half-elf hero she said.
It is said that that hero can spend resources to directly convert human shooters and elf shooters into phantom shooters in batches.
As for Giselle, she could only upgrade the fifth-level shooters of humans and elves to the sixth-level phantom shooter through training.
The training process must be controlled by Giselle herself. In addition, while consuming resources, she must also gain experience in promoting from level 5 to level 6.
It is equivalent to saying that these shooters can originally advance to level 6, and the existence of Giselle gives them an opportunity to transfer to an additional branch.
Moreover, transferring to this branch requires additional consumption of crystal resources.
But Xu Lai felt that this was a very worthwhile thing.
Because even in the barrier, no one has mastered this training method.
The phantom shooter is obviously powerful, and shooters of the same level cannot compare at all.
The most important thing is that the Phantom Shooter has greater potential and can be upgraded to level 8.
Xu Lai didn't know what was going on with the elves. Anyway, on the human side, there were no shooters who could reach level 8.
Xu Lai happened to have obtained 120 level 5 marksmen underground, so he just took out all 120 marksmen and gave them to Giselle to try.
For this reason, Xu Lai took care of Su Ya in advance and built a new high-level training ground.
Xu Lai gave Giselle enough gold coins and crystals to allow her to monopolize a high-end training ground and activate the highest-rate training mode.
With gold coins, crystals for upgrades and an exclusive high-level training ground, Xu Lai can't wait to see these phantom shooters. Xu Lai has seen Yunzhong City, and what Xu Lai saw was still a high-end Yunzhong City.
Compared with the high-end Yunzhong City floating in the sky, the one built by Xu Lai seems a bit small.
But it is still floating in the air, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it if they look up.
This is also the reason why many lords find it inconvenient to recruit angels privately.
Unless it is a city in the clouds in the wild, people will land on the ground.
The Cloud City built in the city always floats in the sky, with nowhere to hide.
To build Cloud City, you must have a castle, a hall of champions, and a level 4 magic guild.
These requirements, in addition to the castle and the championship hall, before Xu Lai came back, Su Ya had already completed the construction of the level 4 magic guild.
Xu Lai's magic consultant Nofa managed this level 4 magic guild on Xu Lai's behalf, and invited senior mages to come and settle here.
It’s just that those famous mages don’t think much of a new city like Qingfeng City.
There is no way around this. Xu Lai's reputation is only spread to a certain extent in the grasslands and parts of the Northern Empire.
Qingfeng City has left the grassland, and only some merchants have heard about it.
Level 4 Magic Guild, in addition to allowing heroes to copy magic, can also allow others besides heroes to copy magic.
If managed well, this can be a very profitable building.
Xu Lai has not even visited this level 4 magic guild.
As the lord and owner, he copied spells in his magic guild without paying a penny.
After meeting the prerequisites, building Yunzhong City requires 50,000 gold coins, 2,000 units of wood and stone, 30 units of crystals, and 50 units of gems.
Not to mention what Xu Lai plundered from the underground city, the tributes from Bello and the others were enough for Xu Lai to use for a long time.
After Yunzhong City was built, as a lord, Xu Lai did not have to let Elvi carry him up every time he recruited angels.
Of course, now that he has the magic of flying, he can also choose to fly up by himself.
But others don't have this method.
Therefore, it is relatively easy for lords to recruit angels in their own territories. They only need to communicate mentally.
After the construction of Yunzhong City, you can enjoy both the base camp and the bonus of the Sword of the God of War. In total, the growth rate has been increased by 100%, which is a direct doubling.
As expected, there are indeed two angels staying well inside.
Xu Lai did not hesitate at all and directly recruited these two little angels.
There is nothing to hesitate. Even if the castle is built, it will only increase by 50% and cannot turn into a complete angel.
The cost of angels is relatively expensive, but who makes Xu Lai rich? The cost of two angels is just a drizzle.
When these two little angels walked out of Yunzhong City, Xu Lai's heart completely calmed down.
Although the number of angels is not large, there are only two in a month and 24 in a year.
One hundred years later, the first batch of angels have all exhausted their vitality and returned to heaven. There are only 2,400 of them in total.
However, having a building that can recruit angels is a symbol of royal power.
You can imagine what kind of sensation it will cause when Yunzhong City appears in Qingfeng City.
When the residents of Qingfeng City see the Cloud City floating above their heads, how proud they will be in their hearts.
"Su Ya, remember to remind me later, we have to raise the land price and house price to another level.
With Yunzhong City here, I will triple the price, it should be Don’t worry about selling it!”
Su Ya covered her mouth and said with a smile: "If you are willing to let Elvie lead a team of angels to patrol the streets and the sky every day, even if you increase the price ten times, others will come to snatch it up."
Xu Lai smashed his lips and really thought it was a good idea.
You know, angels are symbols of the empire.
Just the presence of an angel in the team can bring a morale bonus to everyone. A Seraph can increase the morale of the friendly team by 6 points.
As you can imagine, when angels appear on the streets, everyone feels at ease.
Vendors no longer have to worry about being charged protection fees or being robbed.
Caravans can also trade with peace of mind. There is a market maintained by angels, and no one dares to act recklessly in it.
And ordinary civilians will feel at peace when they see angels, and they don't have to be afraid of being threatened.
Including today's two and the 12 that Elvi went to pick up, Xu Lai's angel troop has nearly 100 members.
In a few days, once this month is over, next month it will be exactly 100.
Even if they were placed in the imperial capital, 100 angels would take several years to gather together. They would already be considered a terrifying fighting force anywhere.
The Heart of the Castle, the Hall of Champions and Cloud City are the two gains that Xu Lai wants to digest.
This last item is the tribute product from Bello and the others.
Xu Lai has already asked Nalu to invite Bello, but because of his identity, he still needs a little disguise and will have to wait for a while. (End of this chapter)