The last day, the inheritance ends! (5000)

Chapter 572: The Last Day, The Inheritance Ends! (5000)

Lost in thought, Cao Xing came to the industrial zone again.

Ten uniformly styled black buildings appeared ahead, with billowing hot steam rising from the chimneys on their roofs.

These buildings were precisely the expert-level blacksmith shops.

Cao Xing pushed open the door of a blacksmith shop directly, and a bustling scene instantly appeared before him.

The clanging sounds of "Clang! Clang!" were endless.

The firepower inside every forging furnace was turned up to the maximum, and the blacksmiths placed pieces of fired rough blanks onto the forging tables for forging.

Hundreds of blacksmiths were working all out, and they didn't even notice Cao Xing's arrival.

It was Harold who discovered Cao Xing, immediately putting down his work and coming to his side to salute him.

"Lord, good day."

Cao Xing nodded. "Harold, how is the forging progress on your side?"

"Reporting to the Lord."

The blacksmith reported: "Currently, I have successfully crafted the first Neros Cannon. Under conditions of sufficient materials, one can basically be produced every five days."

Hearing this, a look of appreciation also appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

An efficiency of one every five days could be said to be quite good.

After all, this kind of epic-level cannon was extremely powerful, and every single one of them was a strategic-level force.

He said appreciatively: "Not bad, how is the progress of the other blacksmiths?"

Harold continued to report: "The other blacksmiths are also working very hard. Those two expert-level blacksmiths are trying their best to craft the God Guardian Swords, and can probably forge seven or eight a day."

"The remaining senior and intermediate blacksmiths are crafting fine-quality battle armor, and can make around two to three hundred sets a day."

Cao Xing nodded again.

Clearly, the work efficiency of these blacksmiths was also quite high.

The warriors in his territory would soon all be wearing fine battle armor and using golden weapons!

Moreover, even if there were more advanced blueprints in the future, these eliminated weapons and equipment would not go to waste.

Cao Xing could take them to the trading channel to sell to other Survivors, or sell them to the merchants of this world.

After all, it could be seen through previous transactions that the value of casually any golden equipment in this world was basically above one million crowns.

And high-level golden weapons like the [God Guardian Sword], would even be above five million crowns.

In other words, relying solely on these blacksmiths now, Cao Xing could earn tens of millions of crowns every day!

Thinking of this, his mood became even better.

"Very good, keep up the hard work, Harold."

"Tell the other blacksmiths that after some time, I will send people to bring their families over."

This was the condition Cao Xing had promised back then.

However, he did not put it into action immediately, but decided to wait a little longer.

First, because the warriors were seizing the time to improve their strength and simply didn't have spare time to make a long journey to bring these blacksmiths' families over.

Second, because the new expansion pack was about to open.

At that time, when the Blood Legion descended, even they as lords would be the targets of the Blood Legion.

As the Old King said before, the Blood Legion would not strike at those ordinary people.

If the family members were brought back to the territory at this time, it might implicate them after the expansion pack started.

Therefore, for the time being, it was safer to let them continue staying where they originally lived.

Harold said solemnly: "Understood, respected Lord, I will convey this to them and properly supervise the work!"

"Very good."

After speaking, Cao Xing left the blacksmith shop.

Then his gaze looked towards the adjacent mechanical factory.

"Just right, let's go see if the Goblin Rock has been slacking off recently."

Before he even got close, a shrill voice came to his ears.

"Oh! Look who's back?"

"It's our wise and martial Lord!"

A short figure quickly greeted him, and it was precisely that goblin.

As soon as he came over, he immediately said excitedly: "The God of Caverns is above, every time I see the Lord, it fills my heart with awe, and I even want to uncontrollably prostrate myself in worship, you—"

Cao Xing waved his hand and quickly interrupted him. "Rock, stop right there."

That goblin immediately shut his mouth, then put on an ingratiating smile.

This fellow was naturally like this, and every time he saw Cao Xing, he would flatter him first.

If he wasn't stopped, he could continuously praise you with different vocabulary for three days and three nights!

Of course, Cao Xing was already used to it.

"Rock, talk about the work progress on your side."

The goblin's expression turned serious, and he quickly said: "Lord, in the past few days since you left, I have successfully crafted four Frost Catapults."

"In addition, I also worked overtime to craft two big guys!"

"Oh? What big guys?" Cao Xing asked with interest.

Goblin Rock smiled mysteriously, then turned around and said: "Please take a look, Lord."

As the words fell, heavy footsteps came from the mechanical factory.

In a short while, two large robots nearly seven meters tall, built entirely of refined iron and mithril, walked over.

The left hand was a huge drill, and the right hand was a huge excavation device.

These were precisely the blueprints exchanged from the Legion Store last time—large mining robots.

Cao Xing praised: "Very good, this kind of robot can speed up our mining efficiency quite a bit."

"Rock, next you can just build another six mining robots."

"Understood, Lord!"

Rock said with a smile: "Then I'll continue working now!"

"Go ahead."

As the words fell, the goblin quickly turned around and ran into the goblin factory with his short legs.

At the same time, Cao Xing pressed the communication device on his ear and said:

"Hilda, Ilena, you two come near the mechanical factory for a bit."

The responses of the two women came through his ear.

"I'm coming right away, Lord."

"This Queen knows."

In a short while, three graceful figures walked over.

They were precisely White Snake Ilena, Green Snake Lana, and Blood Spider Queen Hilda.

At this moment, Green Snake Lana also noticed the arrival of Hilda.

This Blood Spider Queen stepped out with her eight slender long legs, walking step by step, followed by a sea of blood behind her.

It was precisely her Blood Spider army.

Both women were Ruler-level creatures, and their auras were quite astonishing, looking even somewhat tit-for-tat at this moment.

Cao Xing's voice rang out.

"Ilena, Hilda, cast a status on these two robots now."

"By the way, also apply a status to Lana."

Ilena obediently followed suit.

And the Blood Spider Queen glanced at Lana, then chuckled, casually raising her right hand to release a Queens Will onto these robots and the green snake.

Hilda's arrogant and disdainful look made Lana feel somewhat displeased.

Her pair of slender eyes instantly widened, looking at this Blood Spider Queen with a hostile gaze.

At this moment, they were like a giant snake and a spider in the jungle confronting each other, their bodies filled with a primitive threat!

Hilda chuckled: "What? Do you want to fight to the death with this Queen?"

Lana snorted coldly: "Bring it on, who's afraid of whom?"

On her body, a cluster of cyan energy surged, and scales gradually covered her body, seeming ready to enter a transformation state at any time.

Looking at Lana's fully prepared posture, Hilda's eyes still carried an expression of keen interest.

Then she slowly shook her head and said: "You don't have much of the Lord's blessing on you, you can't beat me."

"Even, you are not a match for a few of my Blood Spiders, you'd better not humiliate yourself, oh."

What Hilda said was a fact; although her tier was one tier lower than Lana's.

But if they really fought, this green snake was definitely not an opponent.

After all, she only had a single [Ice Healing Art] on her.

And Green Snake Lana seemed unconvinced: "Without fighting a match, who knows?"

She was still prepared for battle.

Seeing the swords drawn between both sides, Cao Xing directly interrupted: "Alright, you are all members of my territory,

what are you arguing about?"

"Now both of you, go fight!"

To his command, Hilda, who was already at the die-hard loyalty level, could be said to obey one hundred percent.

A smile hooked the corner of her mouth, and then she turned around directly and walked outside the territory.

Behind her followed the mighty Blood Spider army.

Including the new member Lana, who at this moment dared not disobey Cao Xing's command and gradually restrained the cyan aura on her body. Ilena, who was standing beside her, grabbed her arm and said: "Little sister, let's go out too."

Gazing at Hilda's back, Lana snorted and obediently left the territory with her older sister.

Watching the departure of the green snake and white snake.

Cao Xing pressed the communication device on his ear again and called over two Arctic People.

"Erzhuang, Liuzhuang, take these two robots to the Wala Ruins and the other large mining site to help them with mining."

"Yes, My Lord!"

With those words, they quickly led the two robots and left the territory.

Both of these mining sites were over a hundred kilometers away from the territory, but Cao Xing did not send anyone to escort them, nor was an escort needed.

Anyway, given the strength of these two Arctic People, they could already confront Tier 7 creatures head-on.

Furthermore, those two mining robots also possessed corresponding combat capabilities.

If any Survivors or bandits along the road saw these two Arctic People and thought they were easy to bully, wanting to snatch away the two robots,

then they might need to worry about their own safety.

After arranging all this, Cao Xing thought to himself:

"Now that the territory's industrial zone has been inspected, I can go inspect the territory's agricultural zone next."

He clapped his hands and continued walking toward the buffer zone.

After a short while, a large expanse of fertile land covered by greenhouses appeared before him.

A conservative estimate was that it covered at least two hundred mu, looking quite spectacular!

Through the unremitting efforts of more than a hundred villagers from Puteng Village, the agricultural scale of the territory was growing increasingly larger.

A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of Cao Xing's lips. "Such a large area of fertile land is already enough to support the food needs of several thousand people."

"Coupled with the talents of those female elves, it can further accelerate the growth of crops."

"By then, I will be able to completely achieve self-sufficiency in food!"

Thinking of this, his mood became even better.

After inspecting the agricultural zone, he went to the tavern and enabled the [Recruit] function.

Then, as usual, he headed to the Lords Castle and used the exploration function of [Shining Nova].

"Hum!"

As a brilliant meteor soared into the sky and then randomly landed in a certain area,

in an instant, the blank area on the minimap was lit up.

Cao Xing still called over the saint Harati and handed the exploration task over to this group of demihumans.

After doing all this, Cao Xing clapped his hands and said: "Now, I also need to go outside and look for those Ice Nest Monsters to fight."

Although staying in the territory could also yield 50% experience,

the monsters he personally killed could grant 100% experience points.

The leveling speed could be further boosted by a notch.

The development period was about to end, so he needed to enhance his strength as much as possible now!

Thus, with a flap of the Wind Wings behind his back, Cao Xing flew directly into the sky.

Then he quickly found a large Ice Nest in the wild and began his monster-grinding journey.

Just like that, two more days flashed by in a blink of an eye.

There was still one day left until the final wave of monster siege began.

Meanwhile, in the primeval forest where that group of Ancient Elves used to reside,

a group of soldiers wearing the battle armor of the Ostia Kingdom were advancing cautiously.

Behind them followed a mage who also wore a black robe, but whose aura was even more formidable, having even reached the Tier 8 level!

That Tier 8 mage asked: "Captain Bente, is this the forest where Aleck lost contact?"

Beside him, a squad leader respectfully replied: "Yes, Lord Mien!"

"Lord Aleck said that he discovered some treasures in this forest and wanted to give you and His Majesty the King a surprise, so he brought the legion alone to this territory."

Hearing this, a look of sneering amusement appeared in the eyes of this black-robed mage.

"What kind of surprise could he possibly bring me?"

"This forest is so vast, and inside it even hides existences that even I dare not provoke. I wouldn't even be surprised if Aleck was swallowed by those beasts."

Right at this moment, a soldier quickly walked over and said: "Captain Bente! We found traces of a fight ahead, and also some battle armor fragments from the soldiers!"

Hearing this, the captain and the black-robed mage instantly raised their heads.

The mage ordered: "Send everyone to search ahead."

"Yes!"

Hearing the command, these soldiers quickened their pace, then arrived at the target location to begin searching for surrounding clues.

A few minutes later, a soldier walked over and respectfully reported: "Lord Mien, we have finished searching!"

"This used to be an ancient tribe, and inside, we found quite a few clues related to elves. It looks like this used to be a camp of the Elf Clan."

Hearing the word 'elf', a look of keen interest once again appeared in the mage's eyes.

He seemed to understand something.

"Interesting, I was wondering what kind of surprise that fellow Aleck was talking about."

"Turns out he wanted to capture this group of elves by himself."

"As a result, his army encountered powerful enemies right here and was completely wiped out, is that it?"

The mage quickly deduced the whole story of the matter.

The squad leader beside him asked with a solemn expression: "Lord Mien, do we need to report this matter to His Majesty the King?"

The black-robed mage pondered for a moment, then shook his head.

"This tribe is quite large, and it seems there were quite a few elves living here."

"There's no need to report to His Majesty the King. I will go back and report this matter to the Kingdom Mage Association to see if Lord Theodore can deduce the whereabouts of these elves."

Hearing this, the squad leader's expression flickered slightly.

After all, not telling the king about such an important matter but instead reporting it to the Kingdom Mage Association was already somewhat unusual.

But none of them said anything. After all, these soldiers all knew in their hearts that the regime of the Ostia Kingdom had long since changed.

It was no longer up to those nobles and royals to call the shots.

This Mage Association, which had mastered a certain special power and was growing increasingly larger, had almost occupied half of the Ostia Kingdom.

Especially the president of the Mage Association, Theodore.

Having arrived in the Ostia Kingdom for a mere twenty years, his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, charging all the way from the Master-level to the Hero-level.

It was said that he was now beginning to charge toward the Legendary level.

Even the king did not dare to neglect this person, nor the Kingdom Mage Association he controlled.

Thus, the captain respectfully said: "Yes!"

With those words, this group of kingdom soldiers turned back on their return journey.

Meanwhile, on the other side, within that legacy palace of the Light-elemental mage,

Isabelle had maintained the same posture, sitting cross-legged on the stone platform in the center of the lake for nearly ten days.

Through her unremitting efforts over these past days, the light aura of the entire legacy space was growing increasingly thin.

Finally, as the last wisp of light aura was absorbed by Isabelle, this Holy Light Priest suddenly opened her eyes.

At this moment, her whole body radiated a holy light aura, just like a preacher walking the mortal world.

Holy, pure…

Isabelle parted her vermilion lips slightly, then let out an ethereal voice and said: "I have finally finished accepting the legacy."

"And I have completely obtained all the power of this Legendary mage—"

"Now, it's time to go back and report to the Lord."

Thinking of this, Isabelle quickly stood up and stepped out of this legacy land.

She took a final glance at this legacy land and slightly bowed in salute.

Then she completely left the palace.

At this moment, Cao Xing was flying in mid-air at a moving speed of 1147 meters per second.

The boundless snowfield below quickly flashed past before him.

A cruising speed of over four thousand kilometers could be said to be quite terrifying!

Of course, this state could not be maintained for long.

The cost of high-speed movement was that it would accelerate the consumption of his mental power.

Just like the dragon Seraphis, its normal moving speed could be maintained at a cruising speed of two thousand kilometers.

At this speed, it consumed almost no strength of its own.

But in a burst state, Seraphis's speed could be further increased by three to four times or even seven to eight times!

Likewise, it would massively consume its physical strength.

This was also why most powerhouses would only burst out with all their strength during life-and-death battles.

At the same time, in a burst state, Cao Xing quickly swept past mountain after mountain, his gaze scanning unceasingly below.

He was looking for an enhanced version of the Ice Nest to grind monsters.

Soon, he saw a strange object about eight meters high, entirely like a crystal sculpture, appear in the plain area below.

His eyes instantly lit up.

"Oh? Found another one, my luck is not bad!"

But just as Cao Xing was about to approach, he discovered that someone seemed to have already beaten him to this enhanced Ice Nest.