Chapter 479: The Campbell People Learning on the Job

Deep in the Great Graveyard, the Demon King's study was as quiet as ever, with only the rustling sound of pages being turned.

Luo Yan, sitting under the magic crystal lamp, was writing a letter.

Compared to the noisy Thunder City, he really did prefer it here.

Not just because the players' cooking skills were superb, but also because the ingredients here were much richer and more nutritious than in Lei Ming City.

Ever since breaking through to the Purple Crystal level not long ago, his surging extraordinary power had once again far outstripped the theoretical bottleneck.

To avoid blowing himself up one day due to a spellcasting error, he had recently been cramming higher-level magic knowledge.

At this moment, on his desk were both magic classics copied from the Academy's library and "Hell Magic Codes" from the hands of high-level demons.

Thanks to Mia's help.

Classics that were difficult for ordinary people to get were not a very difficult matter for the eldest daughter of the Partridge family.

Luo Yan just wrote a letter back, and she mailed a large pile of books through the teleportation array, attaching a personal letter.

The style of that letter was as usual, under the "arrogance" of the "hehehe" type, hiding worry and concern that was about to overflow the letter paper.

It was just that, unlike in the past, this time Mia's emotions seemed a bit broken, and between the lines was a thick, resentful atmosphere.

Summarized into three sentences, it was—

"When did you break through to the Purple Crystal level?!"

"Why didn't I know???"

"Why is Miss Kelin ahead of me???"

Perhaps because of the vampire's pathological pursuit of bloodline, even the succubus lady, who had absolute confidence in her own charm, couldn't take it lightly.

In short, Vivian seemed to have told Mia the news that she had already broken through to the Purple Crystal level, and showed it off fiercely in front of the latter.

Luo Yan didn't expect Vivian to do such an immature thing, so he decided to give this immature guy a small punishment.

He thought about it again and again, and wrote in the reply to Mia: "I didn't want to hide it from you, I just wanted to share this surprise with you personally."

Believing that Mia, after receiving this letter and finishing her silly laughing, would definitely show it off fiercely in front of Vivian.

Compared to those punishments that might be mistaken for rewards, this letter should be able to deal real damage, right?

Along the way, it could also appease the emotions of the "boss" lady.

Looking at the little devil holding the envelope in its mouth and flying to the teleportation room, an evil smile couldn't help but appear on the Demon King's face.

Whether on the battlefield or in the social arena, the cunning Demon King could handle it with ease and remain composed...

"Achoo—!"

A childish sneeze broke the tranquility.

Only to see beside the desk, in a basket lined with velvet cushions, a little mother dragon no longer than an arm twitched her nose and opened her sleepy eyes.

"Who is talking about me again..."

That foul-mouthed tone completely ruined her cute image; Luo Yan felt that if she changed "me" to another word, perhaps she would be cuter.

By the way, recently she seemed to have reached the "scale-changing period," the scales of the cub period were fading, and the new golden scales were becoming more neat and dense.

Although because they were new scales, they still had a tender feeling, but that streamlined luster already gave her a prototype of a majestic "Dragon Might."

It seems that the special magic potions given by Professor Adonia are really effective, indeed accelerating the growth of this little Dragon God.

Soon she would be able to make up for the regret of not being able to fly in her previous life.

Although it was in the capacity of a "meat lizard" of the Zeta Empire...

Luo Yan, who stretched, moved his gaze away from the desk, glanced at the just-awakened Tafu, and teased lazily.

"Maybe it's Alakto. It has always wanted to taste dragon meat."

"?!!!"

The just-awakened Tafu's body shook, and she shivered on the spot in fright.

This sudden fright made her instinctively shrink, and only a soft "pop" sound was heard as a dragon egg the size of a quail egg fell down.

Before the dragon egg fell out of the basket, Luo Yan waved the magic wand in his hand.

A wisp of breeze accurately caught the dragon egg, and then sent it out of the study as steadily as a treasure, floating towards the kitchen.

"You guy... are, are you doing this on purpose?!" Tafu's scales exploded instantly, crawling out of the basket on all fours, hissing at Luo Yan.

Luo Yan finally raised his head, a gentle smile on his face.

"I am just stating a fact."

"You guy..."

Tafu was just about to protest when a burst of rapid "rustle rustle rustle" footsteps came from outside the door.

The study door was pushed open by Alakto's head, and only to see it waving eight furry long legs and crawling in, fawningly prostrating its huge body on the ground.

"My respected and handsome and martial Demon King, your servant Lord Okto requests an audience outside!" It flattered with that tooth-aching voice, exhausting the instinct of fawning.

Since receiving the reward of the Platinum-level soul grade, this big spider's fawning meatiness had reached the point where even Mixi would shiver.

Luo Yan felt that if this guy, like Sarah, removed that useless fawning and changed to painstakingly honing his own skills, perhaps he would be a Platinum-level Earth Spider now, instead of a waste who had Platinum-level soul strength but only Steel-level.

The favor of the gods is certainly useful, but if you are given an opportunity and can't grasp it, it's also useless.

While fawning, the gluttonous Alakto twitched its mouthparts twice, seeming to smell the lingering scent of food in the air.

Those six compound eyes lit up in unison, and it couldn't help but swallow a large mouthful of saliva.

Because that action was too "atrophied," Tafu was so scared that she let out a "Yee—" scream, and scurried under Luo Yan's chair, shrinking behind his trouser leg.

Looking at these two useless pets, Luo Yan shook his head lightly, sighed leisurely, and then instructed Alakto.

"Let him wait for me in the Audience Hall."

"As you command, my supreme master!"

Alakto respectfully accepted the order, but when leaving, it didn't forget to look jealously at the little lizard who was "inseparable" from the Demon King.

This guy...

Not even as high as the Demon King's lower leg, and it had already started coveting this master's mount position; truly wolfish ambition is clearly revealed!

Alakto thought and thought, and couldn't help but make itself hungry, disappearing from the study with a floor full of drool in Tafu's terrified eyes...

Little devils wearing maid outfits carrying mops and iron buckets flew into the Demon King's study.

Looking at the mysterious liquid all over the floor, the demons were shocked, and one after another chattered and discussed which bad guy had greened their King Cici.

Meanwhile, on the other side, in the Audience Hall on the first floor of the labyrinth, Luo Yan, leaning on the throne, was quietly watching below the steps.

Only to see below the steps, the tall and silent lizardman corpse ghost Okto was kneeling on one knee, a head casually placed beside him.

That head's eyes were still wide open, freezing the shock and unwillingness of the last moment before death. This person's name was Kunga, said to be the leader of the Grey Fin tribe; Luo Yan thought for a while before remembering this name.

Although it was a matter from two years ago, he always felt that a long time had passed.

His gaze stayed on that "unruly" face, and Luo Yan, leaning on the throne, couldn't help but drift back to when he first arrived here.

At that time, he was new here, his foundation was not stable, outside there was Aaron Campbell who killed the Demon King, and inside there were four Demon Generals dominating the underground, each ruling their own territory.

As the "overlord" of the first floor of the labyrinth, the leader of the Earth Dragon tribe had tried to collude with the mermen from the Southwest Swamp, plotting to seize the power in his hands, bringing him no small trouble.

Later, that group of unruly Earth Dragon tribes was thoroughly beaten into submission by him, becoming the docile and obedient "Guardian Tribe" of today.

As for that group of mermen entrenched in the Southwest Swamp, they seemed to have been involved in the internal disputes of the lizardmen, always shrinking in the mud pit and rolling. Because that land was not within the core interests of the Great Graveyard, Luo Yan had never had the time to deal with them.

Now, he needed to use that place as a bridgehead for the Great Graveyard, which was why he remembered that old story.

He specifically let Okto follow, just to prevent these old grievances from causing trouble.

Unexpectedly, the other party was so blind that they took the initiative to jump out, and just happened to be cleaned up by Okto along the way, which saved him a lot of trouble.

It is worth mentioning that it was precisely this bunch that gave the Earth Dragon tribe courage and harmed the Earth Dragon tribe back then. Now that Okto cut off their leader's head, it could be considered dark compliance with the retribution of cause and effect.

"... The process of the matter is exactly so. In addition, the chieftain of the Stone Lizard tribe, Tartak, agreed to the conditions proposed by Sak Jifeng and will unconditionally cooperate with the 'poverty alleviation' plan of the United Kingdom of Gu Ta Fu." Okto reported the ins and outs of the matter in a low voice, and then closed his mouth, no longer speaking.

"Very good."

Luo Yan nodded, very satisfied with this result.

After a pause, he spoke slowly, continuing to instruct.

"The Southwest Swamp is our bridgehead for infiltrating the human world, but it is not suitable for open activities at the moment. Your Guardian clan is also lizardmen, so let your younger brother, Zerik, take the Guardian clan's acolytes there."

That land is very barren, but faith cannot be barren, and the glory of the Demon King should shine in every corner.

If the United Kingdom of Gu Ta Fu plays the sun, then the acolytes of the Great Graveyard play the moon; both the left hand and the right hand must be his own people.

"As you command." Okto accepted the order immediately.

He didn't understand the intention of the Demon King doing this, but as long as it was the Demon King's order, he would execute it without discount.

After finishing the serious business, Luo Yan's gaze glanced at the eyesore head on the ground, and said casually: "As for this, throw it into the Shadow Weaving Nest."

"As you command! Demon King!" Before Okto could open his mouth, Alakto answered fawningly, and then ran away with the head in its mouth.

Okto was about to accept the order to leave, but remembered something and asked the last question before leaving.

"My lord, there are some mermen left in the River Bend Tribe Alliance; how should they be dealt with?"

Luo Yan's index finger tapped lightly on the armrest of the throne, pondered for a moment, and said.

"If they are obedient, then change their name... from now on, call them, Fishmen tribe."

This name was thought of by him in three seconds, and as for whether those mermen liked it, that was none of his business.

Originally, no one invited them here.

He is not a Demon King who likes to kill, but when encountering guys who don't know the situation, he has never been soft-handed.

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Okto pursued expressionlessly: "What about those who are not obedient?"

"I let Zerik take the acolytes there, just to deal with this matter," Luo Yan said lightly, "As for how to do it specifically, he can see for himself, no need to report everything to me."

A trace of grimness flashed in Okto's eyes, understanding the Demon King's meaning, and he accepted the order with his claws clasped.

"As you command."

After bowing respectfully, his tall body merged into the shadows under the candlestick, disappearing into the flickering candlelight of the Audience Hall.

A bloody storm will be set off in the Southwest Swamp.

However, compared to the bloody storm happening in the Dusk Province, that bit of blood is just a wisp of white foam on the crest of the wave.

The Audience Hall had only been quiet for a short while when a burst of rapid "deng deng deng" footsteps came again.

This time, it was Ouk from the 【Ouk Magic Workshop】 who came in; now this goblin, who had been enfeoffed as a gnome by the Demon King, was no longer a simple workshop owner, but had ascended to the throne of the Great Graveyard's engineering supervisor.

However, at this very moment, this NPC, who had high prestige among the player group, rolled to the feet of the Demon King's throne with snot and tears to complain.

"De, Demon King! Big trouble, your, your servants... they are crazy!"

Although Luo Yan had already guessed what happened, it was nothing more than a few players trying to walk ahead of the version making some trouble.

However, he still maintained the Demon King's calmness and asked patiently.

"What is it again?"

Ouk held up an order and shouted with a crying face.

"They... they actually ordered a 'Hellfire' from the factory in Black Wind Castle! And they want to transport it to Lei Ming City! If the War Department finds out that they are openly smuggling military supplies to the human world, we will..."

Just this matter.

Luo Yan yawned and asked impatiently.

"Did they install the turret?"

Ouk was stunned and shook his head like a rattle.

"Tha, that's not... they only wanted the chassis and tracks, saying they don't need magic crystal cannons, they only need the part that can move."

Luo Yan waved his hand impatiently.

"Then why do you care about them, just let them go."

The military supplies restricted for export are only the magic crystal cannons on the tanks, and the engines and tracks are not within the scope of restricted circulation.

Besides, even if they were sold, so what?

When Ouk first came here, he was indeed a wage earner for Hell.

But now...

Having a seat in the Demon Capital Parliament Building, he had long been one of the masters of Hell.

In the suburbs of Lei Ming City, the construction site of the "Invincible Group," it had been noisy with clanging sounds from early morning among the messy tents.

Only to see in the center of the camp surrounded by tents and scaffolding, a strange and ferocious steel machine was quietly lying on the leveled land.

After the "accommodation" of Lord Ouk and layers of approval and rectification, this "Hellfire" tank chassis produced by Black Wind Castle, after being completely changed, was finally deployed to the northeast coast of the Whirlpool Sea through the teleportation array.

Under the brilliant sunshine, 【Jade-Faced Hand-Tired King】 was shouting excitedly, waving the drawings in his hand, and yelling at the busy players below.

"Crane arm! Move the crane arm three centimeters to the left! Yes! Weld that base to death!"

A steam-powered lifting tool modified by the players made a harsh friction sound, slowly lifting a huge steel shovel bucket and installing it on the fixed interface of the chassis.

Sparks flew, and the dazzling white light of welding and the brilliance of magic complemented each other, and the two pieces of metal merged together incredibly.

That was a welding technology that the subjects of the Campbell Principality had never seen before.

The players of the Great Graveyard only needed to make a slight move, and it was a "miracle" that they couldn't even imagine.

What they hadn't seen wasn't just welding technology—

There were also rune magic that could almost only be seen in the Dwarf Kingdom.

"Quick! 'Rune Enchantment' team follow up!" 【Jade-Faced Hand-Tired King】 continued to roar, "Engrave the 'Earth-type: Firm' and 'Wind-type: Light' runes! Don't save magic crystals, engrave them to death! Otherwise, this broken swamp will definitely get stuck!"

"Holy crap, Boss!" a player responsible for enchanting couldn't help but wail, "Maxing out both runes? The magic crystal consumption is going to skyrocket, isn't it? It'll burn out after just one minute of operation!"

"You're stupid! Do you usually step on the accelerator to the bottom when you go out on the street?" 【Jade-Faced Hand-Tired King】 rolled his eyes, "Don't activate it usually! Activate the 'Light' rune when you get stuck and come out! This is called an emergency escape system, understand!"

"Holy crap, that makes sense!"

"If it makes sense, hurry up and do it! By the way, what about the power core? 【Iron-Blooded Fat Otaku】!" 【Jade-Faced Hand-Tired King】 turned to the tail of the machine, "Don't let the magic-modified steam furnace you are responsible for drop the chain at this time! Is the pressure enough?"

【Iron-Blooded Fat Otaku】 was sweating profusely and crawled out from behind a pile of pipes, patting his chest: "Rest assured! I added three overpressure valves to it, guaranteed power surging!"

【Jade-Faced Hand-Tired King】 was stunned.

"Won't the cylinder explode?"

"Won't explode! Using boiler steel!"

Looking at the two people communicating enthusiastically, the newbies around sighed.

"Awesome!"

"Although I don't understand what you are saying, it feels very powerful."

Is this the player of "Catastrophe OL"?

The threshold for entering the pit is too high...

After a busy period of chicken flying and dog jumping, this stitched monster that integrated "Hell technology," player creativity, and magic runes—"Invincible Group No. 1 Excavator," finally completed its first assembly!

"Start test!" 【Jade-Faced Hand-Tired King】 excitedly climbed onto the temporarily welded driver's seat, and 【Iron-Blooded Fat Otaku】 picked up a shovel of coal and threw it fiercely into the boiler.

Boom—!

Black smoke rose into the sky!

The steam furnace began to roar!

After a tremor that shook the earth, the steel monster trembled violently.

Then the two parallel tracks made a tooth-aching creak, and under everyone's gaze, slowly rotated!

This steel monster weighing tens of tons actually moved!

Cheers erupted one after another on the construction site.

"Moved! Moved!"

"Holy crap awesome!"

"Haha! The awesome part is still to come!"

In the cheers of the players, 【Jade-Faced Hand-Tired King】 let out a strange cry, clumsily manipulating the lever, and pressed it down hard.

The huge mechanical arm smashed to the ground with a "clatter," easily digging up a small mound, and then twisted its neck, throwing that shovel of dirt ten meters away.

"Awoooo!"

"Awesome!"

The players cheered, having a great time.

For them, this was simply like playing a super-large "simulation construction" game, and it was a version with countless magic-modified MODs!

In the excited crowd, only 【Rich Man Who Eats Dirt】 was cursing.

"Holy crap, don't play like that!"

The damaged equipment is all part of the cost!

According to this guy's way of playing, I'm afraid that before they drive this big guy to the Southwest Swamp to work, they will have to rest at the doorstep!

The center of the construction site was lively, and the edge of the construction site was the same, but the lively atmosphere was completely different.

The hundreds of NPC construction workers just recruited by 【Pale Wolf Lame Leg】 from the refugee camp were standing in the distance, dumbfounded, looking at this incredible scene.

Most of them were serfs who had lost their land, but there were also some who were servants serving the lord, so they should have seen some world.

However, even so, they had never seen such an outrageous thing.

"Saint Xisi above..." an old farmer made a cross, his voice trembling, "Tha... what is that thing? A steam engine running on the ground?"

"I thought the loom in the factory was the biggest machine I had seen in my life..." another blacksmith muttered to himself, saying in a dream-like voice, "I didn't expect there to be something even more exaggerated than that!"

"Look at its claws! It dug such a big hole at once! Saint Xisi above, this guy moves once, more than I work in a day!"

"They must be magicians!" a man who looked like an apprentice said in a low and firm voice, "I heard from the adventurers from the Academy that only legendary magicians can control this kind of steel giant beast!"

This statement immediately won the approval of everyone!

Their eyes looking at the foremen cheering in the workshop had quietly changed from gratitude to "generous employers" to awe of "mysterious magicians."

No wonder they could offer such high wages!

It turns out they are rich mage lords!

It's just that I don't know why these mage lords are willing to condescend to do civil engineering work; it's truly too rare.

This is how much they can't think through...

Among these simple temporary workers, only a carpenter named "Kenny" didn't speak.

That wooden expression seemed to be stunned, but in fact, it was obsessed with thinking.

Unlike others!

He was once a militiaman gunner serving in the Campbell Third Artillery Regiment, and because he hit an ogre warrior in the battle against the Demon King's army, he had received a battle medal awarded by Aaron Campbell, and only picked up his ancestral carpentry craft after retiring.

Because he often dealt with artillery, he knew the power of artillery better than anyone, and also knew its limitations better than anyone.

He certainly marveled at the terrifying excavation ability of this machine, but what made his heart beat faster was the other potential shown by this machine—

Using this thing to pull goods and dig dirt is simply a waste of heaven!

Kenny's gaze couldn't help but fall on the top of this engineering vehicle, on the platform reserved for installing the excavation arm.

If a 12-pounder gun could be mounted on it, what a wonderful thing that would be. ===== CHAPTER 480 =====