In the stables in the small town of Iowa, Rant stood beside the cocoon of fire, listening to Little Cardinal, Laniya and others continue to report, while following Kay to clean up the surrounding black-scaled horses.
Hundreds of black-scaled horses gathered in a stable, and the smell and hygiene inside were very easy to deteriorate. However, Lant had enough magic power to keep the air pressure around him permanently.
The cool breeze from the skylight above his head blew around him, and the hair, dead skin and even mosquitoes shed by the horses were blown into the air by the wind element and turned into ashes.
Next to Lant and Lie Huo, the nearest ones were the newly-breakthrough intermediate black scale horses. They knelt obediently around Lant. If Lant got tired, they would randomly lean against one of them to rest. The fire magic pattern on the belly of the black scale horse Will emit gentle heat.
Outside the intermediate level, there are more junior war horses and level 0 war horses. The low earth wall in the stable keeps them at a certain distance from the rand fire in the center. The wind magic pattern on the earth wall will also ensure that The sound of hundreds of war horses will not affect Lant's rest.
In the past two days, apart from a trip to the Imperial Capital in the morning, Lant spent the rest of the time in Iowa with Liehuo in the Cocoon as much as possible, even though 400 children from the Imperial Capital and dozens of assisting mages and knights arrived at Yeqi in the afternoon. In the city, only Huck received them on his behalf, and Lant only sent a batch of supplies delivered by Cromwell to Iowa.
Because of this, Little Cardinal, Gu Leiya and Yawenni had to run to the western border to report and inquire about the territory to Lant face to face in the stable.
After finishing talking about the purchase of slaves in the south, Little Cardinal continued to ask what to do with the reinforcements coming from the imperial capital.
"Sir? What should I do with the group of knights and magicians who came from the imperial capital? I feel like it's not reliable to let them come to the western border?"
Most of the magisters provided by Cromwell were the defeated apprentices of the legends. They managed to reach high levels by virtue of their inheritance and family traditions, but their understanding of magic was stuck at around level 6-7 arcana.
Some of these magisters are committed to the various big families in the imperial capital, making high-level magic potions based on their sense of the magic network; some are hanging out among dance parties and wine parties, waiting for their bloodline to be favored by which family.
"Just them?" Lant said with a smile, "It's hard to say whether these 20 or so high-level people combined can handle Tutapara!
However, they have received a very solid magic education since childhood, and their practical ability is still better than that of Josephpan Feilong and the others. I want to build 8 central camps for the Galloping Horse Tribe across the entire plain in the future.
You pick a few of them to explore on the plains, and the rest support the construction of Yeqi City or take charge of breeding factories and plantations. "
"Understood, we don't want to raise idle people?" Little Red Bird nodded,
"Yes, find an old magic tower, use it as a public magic tower for these magisters, and provide them with a certain amount of intermediate monster meat every day." Lant believed that the practices of the Imperial City School could be used as a reference.
"How about using the one from Vishidno Galloping Horse's mentor?" Little Cardinal asked.
"No, my family has a descendant, so I have to keep it and change it to one as close to Galloping Horse College as possible." Lant made a brief arrangement.
"As for the knights who come here, if they have a solid foundation, they can take their children to learn swordsmanship. If they are just ordinary wandering knights, they can form a team with other knights from galloping relatives and go to the south to escort the slaves."
"Didn't Peter also say that a high-ranking person is needed to hold the line?"
Rant understands that the high-level people Peter is talking about are definitely not the high-level workers supported by the imperial capital, but people like Lant, Gulea, and Yaweni who can make decisions on the front line and have strong combat capabilities. At this moment, Lant couldn't help but look at Yawenni.
"Why are you looking at me? You're not going to let me go, are you?" The elf looked at Lant's eyes and immediately said with disgust, "I don't want to take care of the food, drink and litter of tens of thousands of slaves, let alone Ye Qicheng. You can’t live without me!”
Lant didn't force anything. Although what Yawenni said made sense, after a month of her efforts, the situation of the Benma family in Yeqi City had been greatly reversed. Several Benma magisters from the imperial capital had already taken on the responsibility. They also took part in the management of the construction team, and they were also very respectful to Huck and Little Cardinal.
Yawenni went from being diligent and energetic before to returning to a lazy state.
"I'm telling you, I won't be going for the next two days," Yawenni crossed her arms and looked at the cocoon of fire with burning eyes, expressing that she would never leave.
Kaiy and Gu Leiya on the side couldn't help laughing when they saw Yawenni's expression.
Ever since the elves learned that Agni was about to break through, they had shown great concern. Whenever anyone came to report to Iowa, they would come over and make no secret of their coveting of high-level monsters.
At the same time, the magic patterns on the cocoon shell became more complex, and the cocoon shell itself became hotter and harder. Everyone from Warcraft to Life Mages understood that the changes in the cocoon shell represented the changes in the fire inside.
With the fire in its cocoon and unable to control the horses, Kaye stayed in Iowa these days.
As the liaison between Lant and the horses, she is very aware of Agni's influence: "Sir, several horses have broken through the intermediate level in the past few days, and there are more than a dozen junior black scale horses. If Agni doesn't come out again, , Kai can’t say he can make all intermediate horses obedient!”
"I think it won't take long." Lant nodded and said to himself.
He understood that the easiest way to make the horses obedient was to sell the extra intermediate or junior horses to the imperial capital. The market for intermediate war horses was basically the same as that of intermediate magic plants, but Lant was really reluctant to part with it.
"Lant, I think the magic patterns on Black Rabbit's body are a little strange these past two days," the centaur girl added: "The Mother Goddess told me that Black Rabbit may be about to break through!"
"I know, I'm afraid that the draft horses in the entire territory will also have a bigger breakthrough." Hearing that his second magical beast was about to break through, Lant was quite happy, "Do you need me to prepare anything?"
With the arrival of a new batch of auxiliary troops and a large amount of supplies with the carriage, the number of draft horses has greatly exceeded that of pack animals and even black-scaled horses. Although the relationship between the black rabbits and the draft horse population is not as good as that between the fire and the black-scaled horses. Close, but Black Rabbit is still the strong one followed by all the draft horses.
After saying this, the centaur girl became even more happy, "The Mother Goddess said that she would ask Priest Nephele to come over. She also said that Priest Nephele would bring me some of her gifts."
"Yeah, our little Kai is a good boy!" Lant said with a smile, reaching out to touch the centaur girl.
Kaye is now much taller than Lant, and Lant wants to touch her head but has to bend down to cooperate.
(End of chapter)
