After conquering the Thayne Plateau, Rennes did not immediately incorporate the Plateau into the territory of the Empire, as promised in the Supreme Council.

He didn't want to go back, but wait for a better time.

There are several purposes for unifying the plateau, one is the mine resources, and the other is to develop believers for Giliman to help him wake up. These two purposes are the most important, and finally it is the turn to announce the expansion of the territory to the people of the empire and increase their political achievements. .

If it was just an announcement, it did not bring substantial benefits to the empire, and the effect on improving its prestige would be limited.

So wait until the rule of the plateau is stabilized, and roughly master the resources of those mines, and then try to see if the plateau can drive the development of the western border provinces of the empire.

This requires time and planning and cannot be done at the moment.

Renn was not in a hurry.

He left a part of the legion to Marius to deal with the Mattaki tribe. Rebuild the tribal order, suppress the resistance, take over all the Mataki territory, build the Giliman temple, and reverse the faith step by step, and so on.

These steps have been done many times in other tribes, and Marius is handy and will not go wrong.

The only thing to worry about is that behind the Mataki tribe is the King of Green Dragon, lest Zhan Qing will come back by surprise, and Ren decided to keep the Star Destroyer too.

The Star Destroyer hovered high above Bakhalu, opening an invisible force field that most people could not find.

The huge battleship can also be used as a legion base.

It just so happens that the Star Destroyer has no home port yet, and the semi-plane will build a new ship next. There is no place to stay, and it can still be effective if it temporarily stops on the plateau.

A few days later, the news that the Seine Plateau was unified by the consul’s legion gradually spread in the empire and caused some discussion, but the empire official did not officially announce that the plateau was too far away from the lives of the people of the empire, so it did not cause much shock. , And soon subsided.

The battle in the city of Bakhalu was also deliberately blocked by Rennes.

Therefore, the rumors about the Star Destroyer have only a few words of uncertain origin in the empire, and no one in the upper empire knows except for those who have witnessed it.

This is exactly what Renn wanted.

Although there are many people who have seen the Star Destroyer, and sooner or later they will not be able to cover it up, but the later the Star Destroyer’s exposure, the better, as long as they don’t see it with their own eyes, just a few rumors are not enough to arouse the enemy’s vigilance.

With the passage of time, the changes on the Cheyenne Plateau were gradually forgotten by people.

It's winter in three months.

Ren came secretly to the main castle of Kalanos again and listened to Marius' report.

This time, his younger brother Kalodi did not come to him again. He had already been promoted to the rank of Paladin and was transferred back to Gotham City not long ago.

"grown ups."

Standing on the opposite side, Marius took off the helmet of the power armor, with an uncontrollable joy on his face, and said loudly: "We have completely controlled the Mataki tribe. Now in Bakhalu city, we can no longer see the right. In the public belief of the mother of evil dragons, almost 20% of the Matakis have reinvested in Gilman’s embrace, willing to follow our lord and restore his glory."

Renn smiled noncommittal.

The Mataki people have worshipped Tiasis for hundreds of years, and they have long been deeply rooted. It is extremely difficult to convert them to believe. Frightened by the high-pressure rule of the Xtreme Band, the Mataki people have abandoned their faith in the dragon mother on the surface, but in private The bottom is another matter.

Those barbarians who claimed to be willing to convert to Giliman had a very low percentage of sincere faith, and the power of faith that could be provided to Giliman was not much.

This will not happen overnight, and it will take at least a generation to completely reverse it.

"Did he send down the oracle?" Wren asked.

The "He" in his mouth naturally refers to Giliman. It has been almost two years since the number of followers of Giliman has skyrocketed by millions. Even if the vast majority of them are shallow believers, the accumulation of few believers should have some effect.

"Not yet, my lord."

Marius shook his head, his expression changed from joy to solemnity. In fact, he was also waiting for Gilliman to contact him.

It stands to reason that with so much power of faith supplemented, Gilliman's awakening should be quickened and the frequency of contact increased, but since the night that he decided to cooperate with the adults, he has never passed on a word.

This made Marius worry about whether something happened to Gilman, and returned to the Temple of Astart many times to check, but found nothing.

He wanted to let Renn go there in person.

But without Gilman's permission, Marius dared not expose the true body of God privately, so she could only hold it in her heart.

"Then wait." Ren pretended not to know anything, but he knew exactly what Marius was thinking.

Whether Giliman wakes up or when he wakes up doesn't matter to him.

Even, he hoped that Gilman would fall asleep forever.

The most important thing right now is another thing—

Get the source crystal!

The power of the Star Destroyer’s transmission, levitation, and flight all come from the Eola core. As long as it does not fire, the consumption of source crystals is very small, almost negligible. Staying in the sky over Bakharu for these two or three months, and occasionally patrolling on the plateau, did not use much source crystal.

But the power armor is consuming the source crystal every day, and it has grown to 130 sets, and the consumption is gradually increasing.

At present, the largest source of source crystals is the Mithril mine in the Principality of Augustus. After years of mining, I have increased production regardless of cost. It reached its peak the year before and obtained nearly 8,000 pounds of source crystals. Jing's output began to decline.

Within three years, that mithril mine will be exhausted.

The second is acquisition.

The source crystal mines produced by the Kangatro Kingdom and the empire were almost sold out by himself, and the source crystals that were not very useful in the past have become very popular in recent years.

Some people saw a business opportunity and made a lot of profits by scouring the source crystal mines from the countries of the Old World and selling them to the empire.

This has promoted the rise of the source crystal ore market in the entire main material world, and the price has skyrocketed several times, but it is still difficult to buy with money.

What Renn has now is money and doesn't care about price.

Even if the price of Yuanjing Mine is ten times more expensive, you can easily buy it yourself, as much as you want, but you can buy Yuanjing less and less.

So money is not a problem, the real problem is no mine.

More than 10,000 years ago, the giant empire dug over half of the main material realm and the neighboring planes of its rule. For thousands of years, it has been tirelessly digging the source crystals and has long since digging out most of the mines.

There are still more than 30,000 pounds of source crystals in Rennes's inventory, which may account for more than 80% of all source crystals that have been mined in the world.

But these source crystals can only last for five years at most.

This is only the consumption of power armor. If the Star Destroyer participates in a war and the intensity is similar to that of the battle in Bakhalu, it may be four to five times and the source crystal inventory will bottom out.

The source crystal consumption of the Titan Furnace is much higher than expected.

At the same time, the energy release of the source crystal is one order of magnitude lower than expected, and the energy output is two orders of magnitude lower than the previous nuclear reactor.

Fortunately, the energy output of the Titan Furnace is enough. The Star Destroyer can reach the power of the ten circle spell. As long as the problem of the source crystal supply can be solved, the design of the Star Destroyer is successful and maintains the advantage of maneuverability and firepower to the floating city.

But how to solve it?

Since the Duke of Black Robe was outside Bakhalu and saw the biggest hidden danger of the Star Destroyer at a glance, Rennes had been thinking about this issue.

I recently met with the teacher, and the teacher also asked with concern.

For this reason, Ren specifically went to the Temple of Storms.

He asked Solim the elder of the Titans for some advice, and obtained a map of the territory of the giant empire during the Second Age and the planes ruled by the giants.

After reading the map and the plane catalog, Ren was helpless.

In its heyday, the giant empire ruled almost half of the main material realm. The earth belonged to the giant, and the sky was the domain of the dragon. In order to maintain the rule of the empire, the giants dug the source crystal mines in the territory cleanly. The source crystals that can be dug now are the residue that leaked between the giants' fingers.

The regeneration period of the source crystal is extremely long, more than 100,000 years, it is almost impossible to find more source crystal ore in the main material boundary and adjacent planes.

As a result, Renn could only look beyond the main material realm.

I thought of the bottomless abyss for the first time!

In his hand there is a space-time coordinate bought from the lord of Shenzhen-Hong Kong city Herstaf, pointing to the 404th floor of the abyss. Herstaf said that he once found a source of richness when passing through this abyss. Jing’s open-pit mine has large reserves.

An open-pit source crystal mine, just passing by can see that the reserves are large...

This kind of mine only existed in the main material world before the rise of the giant empire. It can be seen that the abyss demon does not understand the value of the source crystal.

Most importantly, the giant empire has never touched the abyss.

In addition to the abyss, there is also the heaven!

These two worlds, which are a hundred times larger than the main material realm, are bound to contain countless source crystals, even in the most powerful period of the giant empire, they cannot be involved in them.

There are gods and celestial races in the heavens, and there are countless strong ones, and every celestial plane has a master.

Similarly, the bottomless abyss is full of countless demons.

The four gods of the ancient abyss ruled over an unknown number of depths, more terrifying than the heavens, and even without intrusion. Any creature that dared to enter the abyss with a little carelessness would be polluted by the ubiquitous evil energy and become a monster of the abyss.

A large number of source crystals can be obtained from these two places.

This was also vaguely revealed in the words of the Titan Elder Solim, but Solim, who was a demigod, did not dare to go.

As long as you don't touch the gods or the abyss lord, the demigods are not in danger. But mining the source crystal ore is a long-term job. Just a demigod is not enough. Mining equipment, miners, and a series of logistical facilities are also needed.

There are only a few hundred giants in the Tempest Temple, which is not enough to support the mining project.

After a long period of time, there will be disturbances, and sooner or later they will provoke powerful enemies.

Rennes can solve the problems of mining equipment, miners, and transportation. It is not difficult for him to do things that Elder Titans can't do.

But he was also worried about encountering a strong enemy.

Seeing Ren's expression on his face, Marius thought he was still thinking about Gilliman’s affairs, and said softly: "My lord, although my lord did not hand down the oracle, I know that his state has changed. What's the problem."

"What I'm thinking about has nothing to do with Gilliman." Ren shook his head and explained.

He glanced at the leader of the limit and asked: "Marius, between the heavens and the abyss, if you have to choose a target to attack, which one would you choose?"

Attack the heavens and the abyss!

Marius was so startled that she almost jumped up, thinking she had heard it wrong.

"My lord, are you kidding me?"

"I'm talking about business."

Ren's expression became serious, "Star Destroyer and Power Armor both consume source crystals, but I don’t have many source crystals in my hand. Only the heavens and the abyss have them in the world. We must choose one to obtain the source crystals, or go up. Heaven, or go down to the abyss."

"This..." Marius' eyes widened.

Of course he knew how important the source crystal was. Both the star destroyer and the power armor were inseparable from it, but he did not expect that the source crystal would be so difficult to obtain.

A mortal legion, whether it is invading the heavens or marching into the abyss, is unprecedented in history.

This is a glorious achievement that can be recorded in the annals of history!

When thinking of this, Mariuston trembled, uncontrollably excited and excited.

He took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down a little, thought for a moment, and replied: "My lord, if you must choose, then I choose the abyss!"

Ren laughed as soon as he heard it, and was not surprised by the answer.

But he still asked: "Why?"

"The abyss is the enemy!"

Marius said decisively: "Slaying the Abyssal Demon can bring greater glory to the Extreme Band. This is the supreme glorious cause!"

He paused, UU reading whispered again: "The Celestial Race is the nominal ally of mortals. Our invasion of the Celestial Realm is likely to anger the gods and bring unpredictable consequences. The prestige is also very unfavorable. If it spreads, it will affect your prestige in the empire."

"Although the abyss is more dangerous, I am more willing to fight the devil!"

Marius saw Ren's expression and immediately said passionately: "My lord, have you already selected the target? Which abyss shall we attack?"

"The 404th floor sighs the wilderness." Renn replied calmly.

This is the name of the abyss that he found. There is very little useful information, very few people have been there, and it is unknown in the abyss. Sigh the area of ??the wilderness is not large, equivalent to three or four empire provinces, one of the **** levels of the Lord of Chaos, but the abyss lord has never been born, and should not be taken seriously. The most demon type is vampires.

There is no more information other than that.

"Sigh the wilderness!"

Marius heard about this abyss for the first time, but he was not afraid, instead he couldn't wait to ask: "My lord, when shall we leave?"

fighting!

A **** battle!

This is the instinct that flows in the blood of every Makurag. If it is not for the patriarch, who shoulders the heavy responsibility of reviving the glorious glory of Jiliman, Marius would rather be a warrior in the forefront than the body. The ruler in a high position.

"It should be soon."

Rehn said earnestly: "You must proceed cautiously this time into the abyss. I have sent people to the abyss to explore the way. Within half a month, there should be results. You let my brothers prepare for long-term battles."

"Yes, my lord!" Marius responded loudly.

He seemed to have seen the scene of extreme warriors slaying demons in the abyss, and his blood was boiling.