The system pops up a dialog box on Kant's retina.

【Ding... Special Mission Release]

[Special Mission: Choice]

[Mission Selection: Forward/Backward]

[Mission description: You can choose to move forward, go deep into the desert to explore detailed information, you may encounter dangers, and you may also get opportunities. You can also choose to step back and get ready to go back to your castle and be cautious about your safety and future benefits. The choice is yours. 】

The system says it very clearly.

But this special task from the system, for Kant to make a determination himself, was still beyond his expectations.

"Select."

Kant groaned slightly.

His eyes swept over the dialog box on the retina, carefully scanning the text in the introduction.

But unfortunately, no metaphorical expression of the system was found, which was to give Kant the choice to choose this forward or backward for himself, and then make a completely different result.

It's entirely your choice.

Kant groaned.

Looking up at the vast sea of sand ahead, he finally made a choice: "Retreat!" ”

That is, back in the system options.

【Ding... You've made your choice]

[You have decided to retreat, and it is undoubtedly a wise choice to be cautious in the face of unknown dangers. Knowing yourself and your opponent is the key to survival, and you decide to go back to your own territory before you think about it. But you know that it's wise to start building up your power to resist future threats. 】

A dialog box pops up instantly.

However, it is not a dialog box for the task to be completed.

"Let's go!"

Kant understood what the system meant.

Turn the horse's head, shake the reins, and let the horse under the crotch gallop quickly across the desert.

The knight behind him immediately followed, with a solemn face.

This is the choice of the High Lord.

However, for the mage apprentices, it was a sigh of relief, because for them, it was even more timidity to go directly into the depths of the Narun Desert, especially to perceive the negative energy and evil at the bottom.

The road ahead is really difficult, so difficult that these apprentices from the Einface Empire are afraid!

Kant's choice was really wise.

Although I know, maybe if I continue to move forward, I can encounter more opportunities.

But in the spirit of estimating the weak and the strong, there will be more dangers ahead, and it will be more terrifying!

"Just go back."

The mage apprentices let out a sullen breath and shook the reins, instigating the pack horses under their crotches to follow immediately.

Under the protection of these extraordinary knights, they were particularly at ease, but even more so in the castle, suggesting to Kant: "Maybe we can delve into the solar disk and find a way to use the positive energy." ”

Kant frowned, there is such a thing as a solar disk, and the mage apprentices have also studied it.

"Uh... That's right, the solar disc. ”

As if perceiving Kant's suspicions, the mage apprentices were equally embarrassed.

After a pause, he explained: "In the notes of our predecessors, we found some research on the solar disk, which may be able to solve the current dilemma, after all, the positive energy gathered by the solar disk has an extremely high ability to expel and dissolve the negative energy of demons and undead. ”

"Can you fix it?" Kant questioned not their theories, but their practical abilities.

This has a criminal record.

Of course, the mage apprentice was even more embarrassed: "The 7 mage seniors in front of you may be able to solve it." ”

"That's good." Kant nodded.

If this is the case, there is no problem, as long as the 7 official mages who are still located in the town of "Aaron" are quickly recalled, after all, the crisis of the "Drehem" castle is the most important.

Because how to deal with the next curtain of death is, in Kant's view, very important!

This is a more advanced spell.

A super spell that increases the friendly buff and weakens the enemy's status buff.

Even if the [Command Might] and [Enemy Deterrence] combination that you currently have, it's nothing more than that!

"If we can study the positive energy in the solar disk, we may really be able to solve the death canopy here, but the most important thing is to regroup the troops and start to continue the riot."

Kant was slightly depressed.

This time, the threat he saw made his heart palpitate.

If those unknown undead, in the depths of the Narun Desert, begin to spread to the south, then Kant will bear the brunt of the invasion of this group of undead, and a fierce conflict will break out between the two sides.

This disrupted his plans.

Originally, Kant planned to gradually infiltrate the Lion Duchy with the help of trade routes, seize power or turn it into a colony, and even spread his influence to other kingdoms, turning them into dumping places with a high salt trade.

The goal is to earn a lot of Golden Eagles!

And then swelled its power to the point where it could annex the kingdom, and devoured the power it controlled.

One step at a time, safe and secure.

Just not right now.

Before the plan could be successfully implemented, a mutation came.

The appearance of the undead disrupted his plans and had to be reconsidered.

Even in Kant's current situation, he is still facing the danger of fighting on two fronts, after all, salt mines are Kant's bottom line, and he must send troops to protect them.

However, the salt trade of the Lion Principality will also attract a large number of armed forces with evil intentions.

Even gangs of robbers of all kinds will come.

"Riot!"

Kant gritted his teeth and clenched the reins in his hand.

He must devote all his resources to building up the troops.

Galloping.

Kant turned his head and thought about it.

Without a large number of troops, Kant would not be able to organize a defensive line, especially for the establishment of two lines of defense at the salt mine post station and the central post station, which required soldiers.

In fact, the castle of "Drehem" did not face much pressure in the early days.

If it was really attacked by the enemy at the city wall, then it meant that Kant's field troops were completely annihilated.

That's the last line of defense!

However, there are complete training camps in the castle, such as infantry, crossbowmen, and cavalry training camps, which have been built, and it is completely possible to recruit civilians in the castle and start a lot of training.

It didn't take long for Kant to emerge with a reusable force.

"Let's go back first."

Kant let out a sullen breath.

Ride your horse on.

The midday sun was scorching, but the chill from the ground dispelled the heat.

There was still no problem with the march.

It's just this phenomenon that makes them even more palpitating when they already know the inside story.

Rather than being able to march and endure noon, Kant and his people are more willing to return to the past, and they must take shelter in tents under the scorching midday sun, so that it is easy!

After several days of trekking, the saline-alkali land that spreads all over the mountains in the desert pits finally appeared.

Once it was a lake.

You can also see the remnants of an old river channel.

But they had all dried up, and even the lakes had evaporated, leaving behind vast expanses of saline land, and as far as the shore could be seen, from the foot to the end of the horizon, there were patches of white flowers.

Immeasurable coarse salt is sprinkled in this desert, mixed with grains of sand, and it is self-contained.

Not even a sandstorm can cover it up.

Even in the industrial age, with large-scale equipment and modern streamlined mining, the coarse salt here may be mined for hundreds of years, not to mention the feudal era of cold weapons, which was simply mined by humans.

These saline-alkali flats on the periphery, not counting the salt lake inside, are estimated to be mined for thousands of years!

Kant could not have given up wealth.

Along this mountainous saline-alkali land, there are still 3 days to reach the salt mine station.

It didn't stop along the way.

Trudge.

Occasionally, take a simple break, and all of them are mainly in a hurry.

Finally came to the salt mine station.

Twenty desert bandits are still on guard, armed with scimitars and patrolling on horseback.

In the saline field under the sand dunes of the post station, 300 slave miners in ragged clothes and vegetables were toiling to dig for coarse salt, and more than 30 people were brightly dressed and guarded with horsewhips.

At the edge of the saline terrain are 30 Swadia militiamen armed with hunting crossbows and dressed in iron armor.

It is often much better to let slaves manage slaves than to manage them themselves.

This is a check and balance between co-optation and suppression.

A caravan of 50 camels arrived and was loading bags of coarse salt.

Seeing Kant coming, civilians, militiamen, and desert bandits came to salute, and even the slave miners in the distance knelt down to this side under the whips of their original comrades.

After a brutal training, these captives have become qualified slaves.

Of course, those who are not qualified are naturally "disposed of".

"Your Lord."

Desert bandits, militiamen, and civilians came to salute.

"Hmm."

Kant rode on his war horse and did not mean to stop: "There is an abnormality in the depths of the desert, if you encounter a resurrected dead, if you can solve it, you can solve it, if you can't solve it, then retreat to the castle!" ”

"Yes!" The desert robbers and militiamen looked at each other, and they both noticed the consternation in their eyes.

The news is shocking.

Kant also understood the abruptness of this.

didn't explain much, just said in a deep voice: "Remember my words, don't slack off!" ”

"We'll be vigilant!"

The desert robbers and militiamen nodded hurriedly.

The 20 civilians who followed the caravan here asked Kant with some concern: "My lord, if there are resurrected undead in the depths of the desert, will it be a blow to our salt trade?" ”

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

Kant said in a deep voice.

This is indeed true, if it cannot be handled, not only will these civilians lose their jobs, but for him, he will lose an important boost to development.

After all, at present, the large-scale exchange of dinars can all rely on the gold currency - the Golden Eagle.

If the salt trade is lost, Kant will lose the source of the dinar.

Output and the slave trade alone could not meet the current expansion, especially the development and construction of the "Aaron" town, which needed a large number of dinars to support it.

The development of agriculture and handicrafts was as costly in the beginning!