Chapter 53 Level 2 Main City

Early in the morning, Garin, who was far away in Stromgarde, was awakened by a reminder sound in his mind.

"Ding, congratulations to the host, the upgrade of the second-level main city is complete."

"Ding, congratulations to the host, you have unlocked the Mysterious Temple, Workshop, Griffin's Nest and other buildings."

"Ding, congratulations to the host, you have unlocked the King's Way."

As the prompt sound came, there was also a force acting on Garin, which increased his strength from the beginning of the seventh level to the peak of the seventh level. He was just one step away from a breakthrough.

The Path of the King: You can gain a power bonus of one thousandth of the power of your people.

The ten thousand people brought Garin an advancement of nearly one level.

Why do I have to train so hard? Once the population explodes, it will be over. With the power of millions of people, I can become a god right here in a few minutes.

Relying on the passive skill of Kingly Path, Garin can pretend to be cool and tell Danas that the path of the mage is not his path.

I am not walking the path of personal bravery or the sword of the common people.

Enduring the tingling sensation brought by this power, Garin was lost in thought while connecting to the Heart of Origin to watch the upgraded main city.

Compared with the two town halls next to it, the main city is much taller, from a one-story building to a two-story building. There is an open-air balcony above the gate on the second floor, which looks like a two-story villa. There is also a warning clock tower on the right side of the main city, standing on the left and right of the original clock tower.

A small villa like this must be worth tens of thousands of gold in Stromgarde.

The numbness in his body finally disappeared. Jialin stood up and left the room, stretching his muscles in the yard. The improvement in his strength this time was not that great, and Jialin quickly adapted to the power of the peak seventh level.

After instructing the guard at the door to prepare breakfast, Garin sat on the stone bench in the yard, closed his eyes, connected to the Heart of Origin, and prepared to carefully observe the changes in all aspects of the base after upgrading to the main city.

First, I entered the main city interface and saw a gray upgrade instruction. I looked at the introduction and found that upgrading to the third-level castle requires a population of 100,000 to unlock.

The barracks now has a new technology that enhances the combat effectiveness of musketeers. The long-barreled musket greatly increases the attack range of the musketeers.

Of course, there is also the blacksmith shop, which has four more technologies that can strengthen the offense and defense of the physical arms. After all four technologies are researched and completed, the base soldiers under your command will have two offenses and two defenses, and their combat effectiveness will double.

It’s a pity that the knights, the king of land warfare among human soldiers, need to upgrade the third-level castle before they can be trained, otherwise a wave of knights rushing over will be able to destroy them in an instant.

The lumberyard also adds two new researchable technologies, one is advanced logging technology, which can increase the wood carried by farmers by 10 units, and the other is advanced stonework technology, which increases the armor strength of buildings.

The most important thing is the Altar of Kings. In addition to unlocking the power of kingship, you can also summon a second hero.

After giving orders to the Altar of Kings and summoning a new heroic paladin, he began to research all four technologies except the blacksmith's shop.

As for the technology of the blacksmith shop, Garin planned to recharge part of the project funds on hand after returning to Minas Tirith and then conduct research.

In fact, there is a technology in the main city that can be researched in the Town Hall era.

Research backpacks: Equip specific human units with a two-cubic backpack, giving them the ability to carry items.

Equip the soldiers with a two-compartment bag so they don't have to worry about transportation issues. However, Garin thought it was useless before and forgot about it. This time he has the money so he decided to research it.

This upgrade of the second-level main city is an opportunity for his own strength to transform. As long as he gives himself a little more time, the strength of the Red Flame Army will have a qualitative leap.

After waiting in Stromgarde for a week, Omar and his three teams finally finished recruiting soldiers and gathered at Stromgarde, allowing the new recruits to meet their commander, Prince Garin.

Outside of Stromgarde, by the moat on the east side of the Road of Calling Bravery, in the temporary camp of the Scarlet Flame Army, there was a moment of jubilation.

After a long time of separation, Fadil stepped forward and gave Varokal, who had just arrived, a bear hug, and then patted his armor on his chest.

"Karl, you look so radiant, haha. Is this the new cavalryman you recruited? He looks quite impressive!"

"You're not bad, Fadil. When you led the team into the camp just now, I thought it was Omar's team."

"Excuse me, excuse me. When we were recruiting soldiers in the fiefdom of the Dabire family, it was only because our Dabire family treated the people well and because of the merits of the prince in the previous battle that the soldiers were willing to join our Red Flame Army."

"Everyone in Stromgarr knows about the kindness of the Dabirey family! So, are you recruiting high-level professionals?"

"There are some, not more than seventeen, all of them are adventurers who have just entered the seventh level. They want to change their careers, build achievements, and become noble masters."

"Isn't this human nature? Don't we have different goals? We just want to be a greater noble lord."

Fadil thought for a moment and showed his approval: "You hit the nail on the head, Carl. Omar also said that you don't like reading. I think you read secretly, just waiting to surprise us. Are all these 1,000 people of yours cavalry?"

"Hehe, thanks to Tovlar, when we passed by the horse farm near Newo Farm, the eldest master of the Newo family learned that we were the army of His Royal Highness the Prince, and he directly sold me 500 war horses at a low price!"

"I will convey your gratitude to Flair. Hahaha, a thousand cavalrymen are much stronger than us on two legs. Carl, you must do your best when I need help in the future."

"No problem!" Varokal agreed, patting his chest. "Have you seen Omar?"

"Yes, he arrived earlier, in the easternmost area. He was the one who built this camp."

"Let's go, I'm going to find him and show off!"

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In the center of the camp, Garin sat at the top, listening to Omar and the other three reporting on the composition of their thousand-man team.

Omar is the oldest and most stable of the three. He positioned his thousand-man team as an assault team. Most of the team members are heavy armored infantry, with only a small number of troll hunters acting as long-range firepower.

Fortunately, Garin still had a group of base infantrymen who had upgraded to two offense and two defense, leaving behind a batch of armor and weapons that originally had one offense and one defense. Otherwise, the equipment for Omar's team alone would have been a huge expense.

Varokar never looked back on the path of cavalry. Among the thousand-man team, six hundred heavy cavalry were used to attack the enemy's troops, and four hundred were reserved to serve as light cavalry and scouts, and were also equipped with javelins for long-range attacks.

Fadil's thousand-man team, he, Flar, and Kimir each commanded a small team of 300 people. The combination of troops was quite comprehensive, consisting of warriors, troll hunters, and several accompanying priests.

The army of the human kingdom is a traditional combination of the triangle of warrior, mage and priest. Due to the lack of mages in Stromgarde, they have to use Troll Hunters instead of mages as long-range firepower.