The Sovereign Dragon Ring

Episode 276's

In the afternoon the scorching sun hung high in the western sky, roasting Blackdirt City with its scorching rays. The Blackdirt City garrison warriors lazily and leisurely strolled inside Blackdirt City, while some poor guards were roasted by the sun while standing guard on the wall.

"This damn weather. It is very hot during the day, and very cold at night! ”A big man wearing tattered armor is gently cursed. He and the nine friends by his side were one of the squads belonging to the city guards.

Every time ordinary townspeople saw these soldiers, they immediately fled, their faces full of fear.

Seeing this, the other soldiers cursed softly. “Now I work under that fat and greedy pig, some of my parents start to look down on me. That fat pig is too greedy! ”

“ it. If it wasn't for the fact that I had a wife and children to feed, I wouldn't be doing this job. "Other soldiers agree.

In Blackdirt City, the governor of the fat city had a very bad reputation. These soldiers who had joined the army for the sake of feeding their families all secretly cursed the governor of this vile city behind his back, but they did not dare to fight against him. This was because the city governor had a very strong and despotic son, who was a peak-level fighter of the seventh rank. Such power was more than enough for one to become a local tyrant in small towns like this.

"Faster, faster!" From nearby, the footsteps of knight horses could be heard coming towards them at high speed. Seeing the soldiers from afar, the knight immediately shouted out loudly, “Brother, hurry, come and pay your respects to the new city governor! That fat, greedy pig is dead! Hurry, go pay your respects to the new city governor! "

Ten men in the army were shocked. They glanced at each other, then immediately started laughing gleefully.

"Haha ... hurry, let's go to the governor's house. ”

In the Anarchist Land, ordinary citizens had almost no sense of belonging. This month, they will be ruled by one city governor; next month, it may be different. Commoners did not ask much; they simply wanted to have enough food for themselves and their families.

The governor's house of Blackdirt City could be considered a city within the city.

The Blackdirt City army was divided into two large battalions, with each battalion having 1800 men. One of the battalions was the city guard, while the other was the personal guard of the city governor. One could imagine how scared the death of the city's governor was, using half of his military force to protect his own home.

There was a large number of soldiers currently centered inside the city governor's house. All 3600 soldiers quickly gathered there.

The house of the city governor can easily accommodate 1800 people. On top of the vast training field, Barker and his brothers stood in the middle. Their rippling muscles and large and powerful bodies made them look like war gods. The monstrous black Greatax they carried on their backs was terrifying.

All the soldiers stood there, silent from fear.

"Sister brother . "A strong man with short golden hair roared loudly," The fat pig and his cruel son had been chopped into meat paste by these five kings. These five nobles were all great fighters of the ninth rank. An invincible warrior of the ninth rank !!! ”

As soon as they heard the words, 'fighter of the ninth rank', all the soldiers were stunned.

"Fighters of the ninth rank? A warrior of the ninth rank would come to a small town like us? "Speaks sounded throughout the crowd.

"Bombs!" Gates took a few steps forward, his powerful demonic aura causing the soldiers nearby to take one step back. Gates laughs rumbling, “All of you, listen up. From today onwards, Blackdirt City belongs to us brothers. My brother, Barker, is the governor of the city! ”

Gates pulled a greataxe from his back. Staring at the people around him, he said, "If any of you object to my brother, Barker, being the governor of the city, you are welcome to come compete with me!"

Who would dare to contend with such a fearsome war god?

The son of the city governor, who had greatly frightened Blackdirt City, had been chopped to death by a single blow from the greataxe Gates. Then again, most of the soldiers present did not personally witness this themselves. The natural and violent atmosphere in the region caused some soldiers to stare at Gates doubtfully. Being big physically does not necessarily mean one is very strong!

“This Creataxe is made of countless precious materials. It weighs 5300 pounds! ”Gates casually threw his greataxe forward, and floated quickly in the air, landing on a large rock that the soldiers used for weight training.

The ten thousand pound stone did not even move when it was hit. Many of the soldiers who witnessed it were stunned. "Could it be that this greataxe is made of wood, and only has a layer of metal dye on it?"

"Boom!" The rock suddenly exploded and shattered into a dust storm.

Holding something heavy as if it were light!

All the spectators stared with their mouths open. These soldiers had heard of people who could crush a ten thousand pound rock, but cause it to instantly crumble into a pile of dust. All the soldiers turned to look at Gates with admiration and adoration in their eyes.

Gates laughed happily. He had used this technique in the past in the Eighteen Northern Duchies as well. The Anarchist Country and the Eighteen Northern Duchies were very similar; powerful experts were highly respected.

“It seems like there are no objections. "Say Gates hard. "Great . From today onwards, you are now the soldier of my brother. There are benefits to working for my sister. In the future, your military salary will be triple that of your current military salary! "

Three times the military salary?

The three thousand plus soldiers stared in shock, but then, they all shouted, trembling roars …

"Life Lord Barker!"

What more could they ask for? These five experts possessed unbelievable power, and they provided extremely high military salaries. Naturally, they liked leaders like this!

… .

Blackdirt City now had a new city governor. It was the mighty Barker and his four brothers, all of whom were powerful warriors of the ninth rank. Their own weapon weighs 5,300 pounds! Having a strong leader was something that was celebrated by all the citizens of Blackdirt City.

The most interesting is …

The Governor of the City Lord had stated that as long as they were obedient and loyal, the citizens of Blackdirt City would be forever exempt from paying taxes!

Forever exempt from paying taxes! In the Anarchist Country, this could be described as a miracle. After all, if there were no taxes, where would people have the money to pay their soldiers? But this matter, to Linley, was no problem at all. He possessed a monstrous amount of wealth accumulated by the Fenlai royal clan over thousands of years.

Strong leaders and high salaries, combined with no taxes .. Given the above, the people here quickly gained hope and desire to live forever under this government. And because of the high military pay, many people now want to join the army.

At the same time, when some commoners near Blackdirt City learned of this, they immediately immigrated to Blackdirt City.

………

Half a year after the leadership change in Blackdirt City.

Inside the city governor's house. The newly chosen housekeeper, Nemi [Nei'mi], is currently giving a detailed report to this mysterious 'Lord Ley. As the administrator for various matters in Blackdirt City, Nemi knew that even though the city's governor was nominally Barker, in fact, the highest authority here was that mysterious Lord Ley.

“Tuanku, the population of Blackdirt City is almost eighty thousand. If we add that number to a large number of surrounding villages, then in total ... the population under the control of Blackdirt City is a total of about 700,000. Our military is also growing. We now have a total of five battalions, all at full strength. Five battalions totaling nine thousand soldiers. "Nemi said with respect.

Linley, sitting on it, slightly nodded after hearing this.

“Quite, Nemi. You can retire now. "Barker glanced at him.

"Yes, the City Lord's Governor. ”Nemi leave immediately with respect.

Right now, the people sitting in the room were Linley and the other core members of the team. According to the decision that Zassler and Linley had originally made, to outsiders, they said that Lord Barker was the governor of the city. 'Barker' is a very common name. No one else knows this 'Barker.

“God, you really gave us a fright when you casually took out a magicrystal card with a hundred million gold in it. “Barker chuckles.

Linley laughed. "Don't worry about the financial side of things!" In the past, Linley had basically eliminated thousands of years of accumulated wealth from the Fenlai Kingdom.

Zassler said, "Linley, the reason we are so generous to the citizens of Blackdirt City is because we want Blackdirt City to be our most powerful and most formidable base, he said, and to make sure that the people here are really loyal to us! It's enough that we exempt this city from paying taxes. In the future, at most, we can only lower the tax rates in our cities. In addition, in order to function properly, a nation must be able to be independent. It can't always depend on outside money. It has to be independent! ”

Linley nodded.

“I don't know much about managing a country. I'll let Zassler and Jenne handle the matter. "Linley laughed as she glanced at Jenne. Zassler had previously controlled the Duchy in the Land of Anarchists, while Jenne had helped her younger brother take care of the affairs of the prefectural city of Cerre for several years. Both of them knew more about city management than Linley did.

Jenne nodded and laughed. "Sister Linley, the most important part of being a leader is knowing who to use. Let me handle it. ”

Zassler agrees. "Jenne's right. Linley .. You are our standard bearer. In the Anarchist Country, an ultimate expert had a great influence. Look at the God of War. The War God had always remained at War God Mountain and had never been personally involved in anything, but everyone understood that as long as the War God was alive, then the O'Brien Empire would never collapse. ”

“God, in the future, your relationship with our nation will be the same as the relationship of the God of War with the O'Brien Empire. "Barker agrees.

Linley nodded slightly. "I understand your reasons. Yesterday, I took a walk around Blackdirt City. I saw that several dozen kilometers northeast of Blackdirt City, there was a small mountain known as Mt. Black crow . I plan to practice there. ”

Linley could sense the breadth of both the Earth Laws and the Wind Laws. Linley wanted to spend a large amount of time inserting himself in it, and spend time adjusting to them and understanding them.

… .

In the south-central part of the Anarchist Land, there was a prefecture-level city with hundreds of thousands of inhabitants. Inside a room on the fifth floor of a five-story hotel, an old man with white hair striped opened the letter, carefully reading its contents.

"What I'm most afraid of has happened!" The old man started to frown. "The emperor ordered us not to act against Linley and just observe him. Just a moment ago, we learned that Linley's group had entered the Anarchist Land. At the time, we thought he was just involved in tourism. Who would have thought they would take over the city? What exactly are they planning? ”

The old man had a bad feeling.

Linley was the main enemy of the Radiant Church. An enemy that they do not want to fight.

But now…

"I hope Linley is just playing around and having fun in the Anarchist Land. "The old man frowned. What he feared the most was .. that Linley had come to the Anarchist Land decisively to deal with the Radiant Church. "We don't want to cause trouble with him, but if he insists on stirring up trouble with us, we must act. ”

The old man was a high-level manager for the Radiant Church in the Anarchist Land. He knew exactly how strong this side of Linley was.

"Anything for now .. Let's just watch it. Let's see what Linley's plan is to do. ”

……

Outside of Blackdirt City, on a small mountain of about a thousand meters located in the direction of the Forest of Darkness, Linley was sitting in a meditation position on top of a large tree. The tree top swayed along with the blowing wind, and Linley swayed along with it, gently and agilely leafing.

He was carrying 3,600 pounds of adamantine, but he was sitting on a tree crown. Linley had indeed reached a very high level in his ability to control the wind.

"Slow. Fast It's not that simple .. "Linley constantly contemplates his 'Tempos of the Wind' technique. The Tempos of the Wind actually utilizes two conflicting aspects of the wind in perfect harmony, with the clash between these two aspects creating extremely sharp air blades.

But Linley discovered that as he continued to study the individual aspects of 'Slow' and 'Quick', these aspects had amazing additional secrets that had yet to be revealed to him.

"The Limit to the Profound Truth Slowness .. the limit for Hyperspeed Analysis ..." Linley was completely absorbed in his meditation on the Law of Elements. This kind of meditation relied entirely on the sudden spark of insight. Perhaps Linley would suddenly gain insight into the Laws of the Earth, at which point Linley would begin to analyze the Laws of the Earth. If he suddenly gained insight into the Laws of the Wind, he would go learn them.

Those days he spent in training at Mt. Blackraven passed by very quickly….