Li Ran stood outside the Dragon Knight Fortress, looking at the scene in the Savage City and thinking about the current complicated situation.
In the silver mechanical city, a group of God-selected soldiers are mobilizing outwards. They want to build defense lines and fortifications on the outside to prevent the rebels from Boulder City from launching a sudden attack.
In the sky, hundreds of gryphon knights formed a neat formation, flying towards the mountains to the east, searching for traces of refugees and scattered troops leaving the city.
With the griffin's good mobility and vision, it can quickly discover the exiles in the mountains and guide them to the wild areas.
Before that, Li Ran had already met with Xu Zhilei, the president of the Black Knight Guild.
He appeared as the Lord of Starwind in the disguise of a shadow, and asked Xu Zhilei not to go west again, but to set up a camp on the spot in a hidden valley in the eastern part of the wilderness, preparing to receive the refugees and troops who fled from Boulder City.
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Before the war spread to Savage City, the city's defense preparations and the reception of refugees had been arranged, and Li Ran began to think about his next move.
Jones' betrayal was something he never expected.
Li Ran originally thought that the current power of the Wolf Principality was enough to defeat the mechanical tribe, but the reality did not develop in the direction he expected.
After the destruction of the Northern Army, the situation took a turn for the worse. The Wolf Principality's overall military strength was already at a huge disadvantage. Without the East Pole Mountains and such a natural barrier, it would have been impossible to defeat the mechanical clan and the rebel coalition on the frontal battlefield.
Thinking of this, Li Ran's face became colder and colder.
Once the Wolf Principality is destroyed, the Yinla River navigation route that was finally opened between Star Wind City and the Development Zone will be in vain.
Starwind City, trapped on the Wind Spirit Plains, will sooner or later be destroyed by Talengard's demons or other Starbreaker forces.
Looking at the overall situation of the war, there is nothing that can prevent the situation from deteriorating further.
The fierce battles on the battlefields in other development areas and the indifference of the national server guild alliance left the Wolf Principality to fight alone.
The Fantasy Sea Guild even proposed a slogan for this purpose.
Lou Feiyu publicly declared that the Wolf Principality has reached a dead end and there is no value in saving it.
On the other hand, the current disadvantages and passivity of the pioneering area are because the territory that needs to be controlled and defended is too vast, which disperses the power. After the destruction of the Wolf Principality, the defensive form of the pioneering area will be greatly improved.
He vigorously encouraged the nobles, guilds and ordinary people of the Wolf Principality to escape to the Falcon Principality and even the Silver City State through time and space gates and ground passages.
This can't help but make Li Ran fall into deep doubts.
As the leader of the National Server Guild Alliance, it is simply unreasonable to ignore the destruction of an entire principality.
But such an idea only exists in the hearts of people in the Wolf Principality.
The Fantasy Sea Guild controls many mainstream commercial media, and even the official forum of the Broken Star national server is maintained by the Fantasy Sea Guild and serves as the moderator.
It can be said that Lou Feiyu has the absolute right to speak.
And such irresponsible reporting is the authoritative conclusion made by a well-known think tank owned by Huanhai.
Therefore, to other onlookers, this argument seems quite reasonable.
Li Ran couldn't help but sigh helplessly, this was indeed a magical era.
As long as you have enough power, control the voice of the media, and control the high ground of public opinion, you can turn black into white, turn a deer into a horse, and even a lump of gold can be called shit.
In the past, Li Ran had no ill feelings towards Lou Feiyu.
Having a high-ranking and powerful person like him in the news every day has already made people numb.
But from this moment on, no matter what the true purpose of Lou Feiyu and Huanhai Guild is, their evil deeds are on the opposite side of justice.
As someone who has personally experienced a series of conspiracies and incredible events, Li Ran had a vague feeling that there might be a huge conspiracy behind Lou Feiyu.
However, there is currently no evidence and no questioning or accusation can be made.
Li Ran secretly vowed that if he had the opportunity to challenge the Huanhai Guild in the future, he would definitely drag down Lou Feiyu, who was known as the number one player in the national server.
However, the premise of all this is that the current crisis facing the Wolf Principality can be solved.
Since you can't get help from the outside world, you can only rely on your own strength.
The current Wolf Principality has run out of resources, and the only viable force is Li Ran's Star Wind Territory hidden in the dark.
Perhaps, it is time for the Star Wind Leader to appear in front of the world.
However, thinking of the tragic experience of the Wolf Principality, Li Ran couldn't help but think of the clues about the Dragon Knights.
There are followers of the Starshatter in the Star Council.
Is the current tragedy in the Wolf Principality purely caused by the Starbreaker?
Absolutely impossible.
He could clearly feel that there was an inexplicable force behind the incident that was adding fuel to the flames.
Lou Feiyu is one of them.
So, what happens when the weak Star Wind Leader appears in front of them without a foundation?
The huge Wolf Principality can be defeated, not to mention the Starwind Territory, which currently has a permanent population of less than 100,000 and a military strength of less than 60,000.
An enemy hiding in the dark who wants to do something secretly is as easy as blowing out an oil lamp.
Therefore, the existence of the Starwind Territory cannot be exposed yet, and the time has not yet come.
Li Ran couldn't help but start thinking about alternatives.
If Star Wind City and Black Cliff City cannot appear in front of the world, then can Savage City?
Wilderness City was originally adjacent to the border of the Wolf Principality. It is currently a scientific research and production center, and a large number of soul refining potions and other materials are continuously produced.
Moreover, the existence of Savage City can be rationalized.
It was built on the basis of the well-known Mechanical City that Archduke Ron defeated.
Thinking of this, Li Ran had a vague idea.
His original plan was to help the Wolf Principality destroy the Gate of God's Punishment, but he would never use the power of the Star Wind Territory. Instead, he would use the power of the natives and descendants of the Wolf Principality.
After destroying the Gate of God's Punishment, have a showdown with Ron and inform him of the existence of the Starwind Territory for further cooperation and use the administrative power of the Wolf Principality to develop rapidly.
However, plans inevitably changed.
After the plan to evacuate the refugees from the occupied areas north was implemented, Starwind City's stagnant population problem was solved and will soon exceed the one hundred thousand mark.
After going to Hammerfell, he unexpectedly recruited a team of bloodsmiths and research mages headed by Muraziel. At the same time, there was a huge mana ship docked in the harbor waiting for him to receive it.
Once the situation in the Wolf Principality stabilizes and Li Ran's ocean-going fleet is completed, he can lead the fleet to sea to search for the lost sources of dragon blood crystals.
You must know that in the context of the Broken Star War, there is no supply of precious dragon blood crystals in the development zone, only inventory.
If he could receive dragon blood crystals from overseas and open up trade routes, then Li Ran would get more than just a massive amount of gold coins.
Just like the impact of soul refining potions, holding the supply of dragon blood crystals means controlling the strategic gem resource market in the entire server.
Li Ranjin can use dragon blood crystals to improve the status of the Wolf Principality and Star Wind Territory in the development zone. He can use all dragon blood crystals for his own use to upgrade the god buildings in Star Wind City and Black Cliff to the highest level, and
Construct a batch of high-level deity buildings.
A fifth-level priest, a sixth-level knight, and even a seventh-level archangel are not unimaginable.