Chapter 462: Another Promotion

Luoning had always assumed his first large city with a population reaching one hundred thousand would be Wubei City, but he never expected it to be Zilei Territory.

He looked down at the achievement panel.

Following the completion of this tier, the next, sixth tier required him to simultaneously possess three large cities with populations exceeding one hundred thousand, rewarding 8,000 Attribute Points and 16,000 Energy Essence.

Although the reward was generous, the difficulty was not small.

Luoning looked at the word "simultaneously" in the achievement requirements; he had originally wanted to find a loophole, moving the population within his territory here and there to scrape together one hundred thousand people.

However, it now appeared there were no loopholes to exploit.

"Among the remaining territories, Wubei City can form a large city by relying on the one hundred thousand people sent by the royal family. Aside from that, the one with the most potential is Jushi City."

With the addition of the more than ten thousand people migrated from Moonlight Valley this time, Jushi City now had a population of fifty thousand, still missing half.

"Wubei Port already has over twenty thousand people; it is possible to split twenty thousand from the people sent by His Majesty the King, have them enter Wushan Territory from Dennis Port, and transfer them to Jushi City."

Once the idea was set, Luoning turned his attention to the Attribute Panel.

After several days of accumulation, plus the achievement reward just obtained, he now had 2,126 Attribute Points and 24,120 Energy Essence.

He allocated 1,000 Attribute Points to his Magician level, expanding his spiritual perception range to about five miles, while his Magic Power endurance also increased significantly.

Now, relying on Wind Shadow Art, he was fully capable of traveling back to Wubei Territory on his own.

However, Luoning needed to consider the more than twenty thousand Energy Essence he had accumulated.

Currently, Maiken's level progress had reached the Silver Moon rank (9025/10000); although it would take less than one thousand Energy Essence to complete the progress, to break through and become a Silver Moon, additional Energy Essence was needed to improve his quality.

Luoning estimated that this additional consumption would be no less than ten thousand points.

Likewise, the same logic applied to Aierlong, and he would need to consume even more to improve his quality.

As for Ruidar, his current strength was sufficient, and even if he were to improve, it would only be through scattered point additions. Furthermore, if Ruidar's progress were full, he would similarly face the issue of needing to improve his quality.

Among the three people and one dragon, only Kaierluosi possessed Legendary Quality. Moreover, the deterrent power brought by a dragon was not a bit weaker than a Blazing Sun Knight.

Of course, dragons also had disadvantages.

That was their massive size; aside from fighting and killing, many things were more convenient to be done by people.

Considering that the Silver Moon rank was already the peak of strength, after some thought, Luoning decided to invest these twenty-plus thousand Energy Essence into Kaierluosi first.

He would wait until the territory's population reached five hundred thousand later, when he completed the Population Prosperity achievement reward of twenty thousand Energy Essence, to consider whether to promote Maiken.

That night, Zileibao held a victory banquet.

Luoning saw Saimen, who practiced both Magic and martial arts, as well as the dozen or so Professional Knights Maiken had brought over.

It was said that before the battle began, Maiken had nearly fifty Professional Knights under his command, and after the battle ended, almost half were lost.

Recruiting Professional Knights next and establishing his own Knight Order at the border as soon as possible remained a key task.

After the banquet, Luoning summoned Maiken and Saimen alone, mainly regarding the population issue of Purple Thunder City.

The problems brought by the thirty-plus thousand captives certainly existed, and Luoning allowed Saimen to first disperse these people to various small towns to relieve the pressure.

However, in the end, the population of one hundred thousand within the city had to be maintained.

To this end, infrastructure and land planning all needed to be reconsidered; there was no need to be reluctant to spend money to recruit such professional talent from other places.

Moreover, the wages for the laborers had to be paid; after all, only when money circulated would this city become prosperous.

Furthermore, Luoning's current gold coins were approaching six hundred thousand, and Magic Potion as well as various commodities within the territory were still earning large amounts of money; the gold coins simply could not be spent fast enough.

Three days later, above the vast ocean, Luoning was flying at high speed relying on Wind Shadow Art.

After returning to Wubei Territory from Zilei Territory, he first made a trip back to Wubei Territory.

At Wubei Port, Luoning saw the pirate ship that had been captured by Ximeng.

Since Screaming Island had made a move against Wubei Port, the opponent would certainly not let go of Jiliu Island, which hung alone overseas.

Thus, Luoning rushed to Jiliu Island at the fastest speed, wanting to see the situation there.

Just as he was halfway there, a fierce wind suddenly rose above the sea surface.

Whoosh—

A huge black shadow streaked across the blue sky and stopped in front of Luoning, whipping up a storm.

"Master, why didn't you call me when you came over?"

It turned out to be Kaierluosi, who had come on his own initiative.

"I was afraid something might happen at Jiliu Island, so I didn't call you."

If Screaming Island were attacking Jiliu Island, Luoning would have just called Kaierluosi; given this guy's personality, he would definitely abandon the battlefield and head straight for Luoning.

"The war at Jiliu Island has already ended, Master. These past few days, I have frequently patrolled the sea surface and have not discovered any suspicious ships."

Kaierluosi did not have the slightest bit of dragon arrogance in front of Luoning; it was more like a diligent worker.

The corners of Luoning's mouth could not help but curl up.

He did not expect that Screaming Island and Vila Principality would actually cooperate so well, making him appear quite like someone who had calculated everything.

"How were the results?"

Kaierluosi flapped its wings twice, as if a person were patting their chest, "With me there, that bunch of guys were routed before they even got close to the port."

As for the specific results, Kaierluosi was not clear.

It only knew that there were several enemy ships docked at the port, and then Kalada and Lisi captured quite a few people, among whom was a Meteor Knight whose bones had been crushed to pieces by him.

"Well done, Kaierluosi, you've even learned how to take hostages alive."

Luoning praised with a smile, while simultaneously glancing at the other's strength progress, which was currently 1647/20000.

"Kaierluosi, do you want to become a Level 8 dragon?"

Level 8?

Kaierluosi's eyes, larger than copper bells, suddenly widened into circles; he had only just become a Level 7 dragon not long ago, and he was going to be promoted again so soon?

Luoning smiled and invested all 18,353 Attribute Points into Kaierluosi.

In an instant, the dragon became the eye of a vortex just like last time, and all the surrounding heaven and earth elements converged toward it.

This big guy, thirty meters in body length, surged once again, directly reaching fifty meters!

And its wingspan reached an astonishing one hundred and twenty meters!

Even Suofeiya's Dawn was not as long in wingspan as Frostfire Wing Carlos.

While using his Mental Power to pick up the thirty-six Dragon Scales, Luoning marveled at the power of such creatures as dragons.

With a physique like this, even though he was its master, he still felt a significant sense of oppression in its presence.

In front of the dragon, his own stature was truly too insignificant.

He glanced at the progress of its level:

【Frostfire Wing Carlos】: Level 8 (0/50000) +

"Hiss!"

Luoning could not help but gasp.

To go from Level 8 to Level 9 actually required a full fifty thousand Energy Essence!

With this much Energy Essence, Luoning estimated he could upgrade both Maiken and Aierlong to Level 9 Transcendental.

Facing such a massive progress requirement, Luoning looked at the remaining 5,767 Energy Essence and decided not to continue investing.

He sat on the dragon's back, "Let's go, let me see your fastest speed."

Carlos let out a joyful cry and flapped its wings violently.

Accompanied by a blast of air, the massive dragon body flashed across the sky, leaving behind Along afterimage.

Although the current speed did not exceed the speed of sound, it was certainly faster than the eight hundred kilometers per hour of a civilian airliner.

"Too fast!"

Soon, that small island on the sea appeared before Luoning. (End of chapter)