622 Nailisi the voyeur Part 1 (1/2)

Lex was the last to arrive. By the time she came, Saleen had already learned about all the events which happened in his absence. Metatrin City was developing well. Since it was winter now, the port was frozen, so there was no business. There were several merchant camps in the city though. On land the route leading to Phoenix was still in operation.

The people from the Tiffany family had organized a large merchant convoy carrying hundreds of magic beasts. These magic beasts were camel horses which had rough skin and thick flesh, they could simply survive on hay. With these hundreds of camel horses the people from the Tiffany family could still conduct business and sustain the operations of their shop in Metatrin City.

The other trading firms emulated them causing the price of such low-cost magic beasts to increase by several fold.

The baroness and the people left behind by Aini had begun assembling a mercenary group. At the moment, this mercenary group had expanded to consist of more than one-thousand men. Only mercenaries registered with Metatrin City plied this two-thousand mile commercial route.

Even more Caucasus people had arrived. Loulan had been occupied and the Caucasus region was fully invaded by forces from the Holy See displacing countless Caucasus people. There were at least more than fifty-thousand Caucasus people in Metatrin City now.

Almost every Caucasus person was a warrior. Under Sika's leadership a Caucasus camp with ten-thousand people had been developed.

Untrained Caucasus people could not partake in invasions, but in the aspects of defending a city and patrolling the wilderness, they were the mightiest warriors. At the moment the task of patrolling the nuclear regions of Metatrin City was under the control of Sika's Caucasus camp.

That was good, at least no outsiders could infiltrate the vital areas of Metatrin City anymore.

The mages from Sregl Island only engaged in training, while the municipal administration was solely left to Daniel. The skeletal battleships left behind by the winged skeleton were patrolling the ocean. In this season, no one would try to harass Metatrin City though.

As for the temple, Nailisi was in full control of it. Nailisi's three demon subordinates had completed the authority transfer process, they were now in charge of the temple's defense.

The population in the city had ballooned to three-hundred and fifty-thousand, these people had already registered their identities in the town hall and became Metatrin people. There were numerous nobles in the city, one-hundred and twenty-four of them. In this city, with over a hundred nobles, there were about twenty-thousand servants and trusted soldiers.

Many of the defected nobles had already constructed castles north of Metatrin City. The development of a castle was tedious, but with the three kings around, there was naturally an endless stream of spirits for usage. In order to build their castles the nobles had spent huge amounts of gold coins and these gold coins flowed into the town hall turning into Saleen's wealth.

Lex's two swordsman's camps, which had over fifty-thousand people, built a small town west of Metatrin City. The city only had two emblem groups worth of manpower, they were stationed in the vicinity of Lex's residence.

All these arrangements might seem disorderly, but in actual fact, Metatrin City was extremely organized.

Lex had already helped Saleen train two camps of soldiers, these two camps were in charge of Metatrin City's defense. There was no war at the moment, the manpower was not in shortage.

Currently, Metatrin City was expanding Northtown. They wanted to emulate Holy Rock City and station professional armies outside the city. Once Saleen's army was sufficiently staffed, Lex would then withdraw her army from Westtown.

”Lex, I want to develop an arena.” This was the first thing Saleen told Lex.

”Saleen, aren't you a little too anxious?” Of course Lex knew what an arena was and she was a little repulsed by such things. It was difficult to limit the lethality in an arena.

”I am afraid there are too many professions in Metatrin City. If there is no arena, trouble might ensue. Since Metatrin City is newly developed, these people who have arrived have not adapted to this place yet. Once they settle down there will surely be a number of private organizations, it will be better for me to manage such a situation in advance.”

”That's true, but building an arena will cost a lot.”

”That applies to other cities. This time around, I want to use the three kings.”

”I am talking about the daily operational expenses when the arena becomes functional. The salaries of the workers, the rewards for the victors, and the maintenance fees.”

”As long as you do not object to it, all that will not be a problem,” Saleen proclaimed confidently. He knew that he had a large amount of cash at the moment. It was fully adequate to support this arena. An arena would reap profits too. Since there were so many free citizens in this city the sale of tickets would already be a huge source of income.

At the moment, Saleen was thinking about the establishment of a gambling outlet to allow the residents of Metatrin City to place their bets.

The Cloudflow nobles were often involved in such affairs, while the Qin nobles felt that this was a display of poor upbringing. ”I am still a mage, if I get involved with such things, I will definitely be scolded by other people.”

Setting up a gambling outlet could boost the income by more than three times. If Saleen did not want to earn this amount of money, then he would not be a Sikeqinyan.

”Okay, since you want to do it, I will get Narnia to stay behind and help you design an arena. The drawings in her brain are very holistic, just allow her to give you ideas regarding the design of the arena.”

Saleen concurred, ”I cannot let the mages from Sregl Island handle this matter. The knowledge in my brain isn't related to unpopular construction either. I can only seek help from Narnia.”

Saleen discussed matters with Lex regarding the training of an army and the developments in Cexing City, then he bade her farewell. He then discussed with Nailisi and the rest about the development of Metatrin City.

Metatrin City was built around the temple. It was split into four parts, having four cities in the north, south, east, and west. The southern part was a more isolated environment, there was only a tiny grassland outside the city and mountains surrounded the city. A towering mountain measuring more than two miles in width was situated near the coast and there were no exits there at all. The Caucasus people lived there, living a life of nature in the mountains, just like their ancestors.

The eastern part was the commercial area near the harbor. There business families of all sizes were gathered. The youth from the four biggest business families had established their residences there. The one with the best position was Aini's residence, this part was the most open area.

The northern city housed all the nobles who had defected to Saleen. This city was filled with superior buildings, there were almost no civilians there.