CHAPTER 1694: CHAPTER 561: STILL RACING AGAINST TIME

After the incident, Elder Cruyff didn’t say much to Liu Zhenhuan, only quietly reminding Old Liu to pay more attention to the Tenth Prince Ventéclair. Although Elder Cruyff didn’t have direct evidence, he faintly felt that this matter was inevitably connected to the Tenth Prince.

Liu Zhenhuan used great effort to restrain himself from asking Ventéclair whether this was true; he had never heard of any Plant System Magic user having control over plants. But in the realm of magic, each school is as isolated as mountains; who can say for sure that a powerful mage wouldn’t possess such abilities? As for this mysterious "son," Liu Zhenhuan couldn’t yet see through his intentions. However, since he could assist the Sacrificial Group in taming plant creatures, it couldn’t be considered a bad thing.

After resolving the plant creatures issue, the politically correct Sacrificial Group of Emerald City, under the deliberate sabotage by their morally bankrupt boss, sent all their magical pets one by one to the gruesome Salino Swamp to meet their demise, where Gerein and Xu Dela, those two Ring Spirits, did not shy away from the bloodshed.

Upon completing this deadly mission, the tearful priests, under the boss’s command, summoned the dull-headed Phantom Beast Base Dragon to become their exclusive magical pet.

Originally, there weren’t enough Base Dragons in Emerald City, but Liu Zhenhuan, by providing the Thousand-leaf Nymphaea to humans, extorted a certain number of Base Dragons from twenty-one human nations. Under the pressure of the "Undead Scourge," no human country had the room to bargain, and could only comply reluctantly.

In fact, Liu Zhenhuan ended up with eleven more Base Dragons, which armed a hundred young priests and two Chekin clerics. He conveniently equipped Avril and Elise, those two mischief-makers, each with a Phantom Beast Base Dragon.

The same went for plant creatures; the two beautiful mages seemed quite envious of the rituals.

The entire summer palace’s priest hierarchy was altered significantly. Apart from Priest Rehhagel who retained the white-haired Polantu, Qian Qian maintained the enviable status of the god of war with three pets, Moer kept the trashy super-level Gabriel Demon Butterfly, and Liu Zhenhuan remained empty-handed, while all other priests were uniformly mounted on Phantom Beast Base Dragons.

Those ritualists equipped with the Guoguo Badge and Medusa Badge, with both plant and animal pets, were the ultimate ace force in Emerald City. As among the thirteen elite priests of the young group, Liu Zhenhuan, after carefully observing their amateur archery skills, was very satisfied. He informed these thirteen young elite priests that henceforth their Phantom Beast Base Dragons only needed to transform into the image of "Dragon Archers." The Emerald City Arms Factory would prepare custom-made super mercury strong bows and super heavy arrows for these thirteen giant beasts. Considering the Base Dragon’s capacity to drag two to three hundred tons, transforming into Dragon Archers, presumably, pulling such strong bows wouldn’t be a problem.

Although the elite priests’ archery skills were rather amateur, they could at least perform tricks like "Peacock Arrow," a traditional fancy archery skill. Despite not achieving professional shooting speed, once their mental command transferred to the Phantom Beast Base Dragon, playing with the giant beast wielding the super heavy bow would be enough to put anyone to shame. Other young priests were given a crash course in Green Party knife techniques. Liu Zhenhuan no longer intended to frighten people; he merely wanted these Base Dragons to become brawny enforcers wielding crude weapons, flying into the sky to ruthlessly strike down any obstacles. Whenever a ground charge was needed, these phantom beasts would transform into Unicorns, galloping into enemy camps, trampling as many as they could.

Additionally, there was an elderly battalion in the entire Emerald City, the Babylon Artillery Corps. Currently, Emerald City possessed six Babylon Cannons, and the number continued to grow, since thousands of blacksmiths were employed at the Arms factory. As long as the magic hammer from the alchemy laboratory kept pace, Babylon Cannons could be continually produced.

With the retro traditional emblem of Guri Dwarf musketry and two crossed dripping blood daggers as their battle flag emblem, the "Red Alert Artillery Corps" was entirely composed of remarkably strong elders. These stubborn mammoth elders, hippo elders, and bison elders certainly possessed astonishing brute strength. With the successful entry of the panda elder into the main battalion, if Liu Zhenhuan didn’t properly accommodate them, Emerald City would be in an uproar.

This artillery battalion used massive molded ice balls as cannonballs. The unified caliber and weight lower than stone projectiles allowed Babylon Cannons to achieve a maximum shooting distance of five thousand yards. This was the longest-range weapon in Emerald City and the farthest of all weapons on the Aegean Continent!

The ice bombs internally froze "Morading’s Fury," and upon impact, could produce a fearsome chain explosion. Whether directly hitting or splashing, they possessed powerful destructive force. For Emerald City, which owned a snow mountain ice storage, making such ice bombs was incredibly easy. All that was required was a magic teleportation array, standard caliber mold, and sufficient quantities of "Morading’s Fury."

For accuracy, thanks to the geometry scholars looted from the Mulan Empire, Babylon Cannon operators could precisely target. However, currently, the artillery corps was quite large, with three hundred and thirty-four elderly members but only six cannons available, averaging over fifty people per cannon!

In Liu Zhenhuan’s impression, these Babylon Cannons seemed to only require three people to operate: one to move the cannonball, one to control the direction base, and one to fire.

But he dared not make layoffs; if he did, these elders might retaliate harshly, so he could only reluctantly turn a blind eye.

The main force consists of these seven units. The second-line forces have freed up extra Phantom Beast Armor to support the kingdom, maintaining their establishment unchanged. A batch of Kou Tao Merfolk from underground has been gathered as second-line troops, endowing them with makeshift mages in case of emergencies. The four giants, due to their valuable nature, still oversee the underground arms factory, hospital, oil melon, Morading’s Wrath production, and Phantom Beast modification. If conditions allow, they might even try their hand in battle.

On a personal level, Liu Zhenhan also has a Guard Banner Unit. Besides his bodyguards, sixteen young Ents led by Elder Cruyff are members of this Guard Banner Unit, all donned in robes made from the metallic exemption leather of Three-legged Gold Toads. Nedved and Ronaldo’s two Thousand-Mile Horse mounts have indeed suffered under Liu Zhenhan’s torment. The "Enthralling Song" of the Hegemonic Singing Family affects them too. Each time these Three-legged Gold Toads mate, they shed skin. After gathering enough skin to make clothes for the seventeen Ents, the two Thousand-Mile Horses look like they’ve been boiled in hot water, slick and reddish all over.

Besides this, Liu Zhenhan didn’t dare let Ventéclair, whose origin is unknown, loose like Xiao Kong, so he was kept in the Guard Banner Unit, ostensibly for concern but truly for surveillance.

Yitiao had promised to bring back a group of Eastern Divine Beasts. With the appeal of the "Eternal Night Aurora" on the Tea Mountain within the Silk Continent, significantly boosting the strength of the Guard Banner Unit shouldn’t be difficult. As the core essence and soul of the entire territory, Liu Zhenhan represents the ultimate power of Firenze by possessing the pea-sized Sequencer Pearl.

Kaka returned to Hundred Thousand Mountains, vowing to gather an Assault Team. How powerful the Voodoo Troll’s Rainbow Gun Rhapsody is, Liu Zhenhan doesn’t know yet. But presumably, it’s not too shabby; being followers of the Kosta Druid, like followers of the Dragon Priest, means they probably have some skills.

The formation of this Assault Team would mean the Magic Protector could incorporate yet another new troop type.

Emperor Sal jestingly remarked that the military structure of Firenze is far more complex than the War God’s Whip of the Royal Guard Army.

The Emperor candidly trusts Liu Zhenhan, and Liu Zhenhan reciprocates. He’s offered the King a squadron of Magical Beast Knights’ ten Moka "Nau Platinum," along with some Phantom Beast Armor.

Including the previously gifted over a thousand stinging flying ants more formidable than magical beasts, Liu Zhenhan single-handedly built two reinforced squadrons of Magical Beast Knights and approximately four hundred Phantom Beast Air Knights for Bimon Kingdom! Additionally, with the Divine Song Aura Totem Pillar, the kingdom’s entire regular army can achieve intermediate magic immunity, all thanks to Liu Zhenhan’s achievements!

Such deeds are unparalleled in Bimon history and Aegean history.

Every king would dream of having such subordinates. While Papal Blat envies Emperor Sal’s fortune, he also realizes he missed out on a talent deserving genuine treatment.

The entire reorganization took Liu Zhenhan three days and nights. The main challenge was addressing the priests’ magical pets. The sudden turning of the Magic Orange Tree unexpectedly saved Liu Zhenhan valuable time, whereas he initially estimated it might take half a month!

To boost Firenze’s aerial combat power, Liu Zhenhan requested the Smey Clan to deploy forty swan warriors who could use the "Sky Banning Song" to join the Stuka Phantom Beast Knights. Faced with the immense temptation to soar back into the sky, the old Duke Bruckner didn’t trouble Liu Zhenhan and fulfilled all requests.

Liu Zhenhan entrusted Helen with the task of enhancing priests’ singing power and teaching Spirit Communication music, and upon inspecting his strategic armory, inadvertently exposed the deceitfulness of human Alchemists.

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What troop types have I missed? Please remind me, hehe, sharpening the knives eagerly.

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