Volume 2 Departure Chapter 87 Gudi City

  Gudi City is a city near the Gudi Mountains, built on the mountain, and the name of the city also comes from the Gudi Mountains.

  Gudi City was just a medium-sized city in the Lachi Kingdom and had no reputation on the Dragon God Continent.

  Due to the appearance of the mysterious ancient castle under the Gudi Mountains, Gudi City became famous throughout the Longshen Continent overnight, and the once quiet city also became lively, and it can even be said that it was slightly chaotic.

  Within a few days, tens of thousands of intermediate and advanced magicians and swordsmen poured into the quiet city of Gudi, and this number is still increasing.

  The tunnel entrance to the ancient castle has been sealed off by the advance personnel of several major forces from the Dragon God Continent. No one is allowed to enter before the subsequent personnel arrive, and the tunnel entrance will be sealed for ten days.

  Unified opening after ten days.

  Although this approach of several major forces has caused some dissatisfaction among smaller forces, no one would choose to offend the major forces at this time.

  If they were eliminated by several major forces on a pretext before entering the tunnel, it would be too stupid.

  That force is eager for only itself to enter, at this time can be one less opponent, oneself will have more chances of winning, and can get a share of the treasure in the ancient castle.

  However, the major powers did not send people in advance either, because they also dared not to offend these scattered forces too much, after all, there were too many scattered forces staring at them tightly.

  Ants can kill an elephant with their bites, let alone those small forces and those strong orphans who are not weak ants, but wolves.

  These small forces also had no more opinions, and instead took advantage of the ten-day period to win over and absorb some helpers, striving to gain greater benefits within the ancient castle.

  No one knows what's inside the ancient castle. Judging from the failure of the Lachi Kingdom, it's very dangerous inside the castle. Entering the castle will definitely result in heavy casualties.

  On the Dragon God Continent, there really aren't many secrets that are unknown to people. The loss of the Lachi Kingdom's actions in the ancient castle spread after the Lachi Kingdom lifted the Gudi Mountains.

  This made the already irate King Laius even angrier.

  A bitter lesson for those who are about to enter, a wake-up call: if you're not strong enough, entering the ancient castle means certain death.

  Some minor powers, small mercenary bands and lone warriors realized they needed to unite and act together as they had to contend not only with the dangers inside the ancient fortress but also defend against other powers.

  As a result, various small forces began to unite and form numerous medium-sized and large forces. Hundreds of thousands of magicians and swordsmen were divided into seven major alliances, in addition to the four great empires and some powerful kingdoms, making up over a dozen forces throughout the ancient Gudi mountain range.

  These forces have not yet entered the ancient castle, and outside the Gudi Mountains, there is already a war atmosphere, with various smaller disputes and battles between forces having occurred many times, resulting in no small number of casualties.

  If it were not for the high-level restraint of various major powers, a small-scale world war would have started long ago, and the fighting would have expanded indefinitely.

  Tens of thousands of outsiders have brought too much burden to Gudi City, especially in terms of city defense, food and housing supplies. In the end, the Laji Kingdom had no choice but to temporarily relocate most of the civilians from Gudi City until it was completely calm before they could return.

  This can guarantee the food and housing supply of Gudi City, as for the defense of the city, the Laji Kingdom is invisible, anyway, the civilians have all moved out, no matter how these people fight in Gudi City, the Laji Kingdom will not suffer any losses.

  King Ratcha of Lakhon delights in these malevolent forces clashing with each other; the more people die, the happier he becomes.

  If it weren't for these people, the ancient castle within the borders of the Laki Kingdom would have belonged to King Laki alone.

  The city guards were always heavily armed and never relaxed, as they had to constantly rush to various battle sites within the city of Gudi. Of course, it wasn't to stop fights, but rather to arrive at the scene just in time to collect the destruction fees after the battles ended.

  If you don't pay, I'm sorry, the nearly ten thousand city guards will drive these people away and the damaged property will have to be compensated. Those with a bad attitude will also be fined several times more. Although the Lachi Kingdom compromised with the major powers on the ancient castle, this does not mean that the Lachi Kingdom is a puppet that can be manipulated by the major powers at will.

  If we let the Laki Kingdom find an opportunity, we must bite back and shed some blood.

  The kingdom of Laki didn't spare any expense for these people who came for the ancient castle, and the prices in Gudi City skyrocketed. The price of a block of ordinary wood was comparable to that of a block of fine iron of the same volume elsewhere, and food was even more expensive.

  Those civilians who moved out each received a large sum of gold coins as compensation, and the houses they originally lived in were also agreed to be handed over to the Lachi Kingdom for unified rental to various forces.

  Just rent alone, let the Laki Kingdom make a not small fortune in these ten days. Because the Laki Kingdom is rented out in units of months, quarters, and even half a year, while these forces can stay in Gudi City for no more than a month.

  This slightly relieved the somewhat depressed King Laki.

  It annoys me, I'll make you have a hard time too, thought King Laki fiercely.

  Many mercenaries who were slaughtered and some small forces had to leave Gudi City, camping outside the city or in the Gudi Mountains. Many forces also sent people to cities hundreds of miles away to buy food and equipment, but the Lachi Kingdom, which occupied the surrounding area, caused prices to rise sharply in cities within a thousand miles of Gudi City. Even if it was cheaper than Gudi City, it wouldn't be much lower. The time and cost of traveling back and forth were far higher than this small price difference, and most forces eventually came to accept this fact and stopped wasting their efforts.

  After all, the food supply in Gudi City is mostly mobilized from these cities, and naturally, it has also raised the prices of these cities a lot.

  As for the problems brought about by rising prices in these cities, for the recently wealthy and complacent Laki Kingdom, these are small issues. Just compensate the common people with the original and current price difference and that's it.

  For a time, King Laji's prestige among the civilians of the Laji Kingdom suddenly rose significantly.

  These moves made these forces gnash their teeth with hatred towards the Laki Kingdom, but there was nothing they could do.

  The large army of the Kingdom of Laki, which had previously been locked in the Gudi Mountains, after withdrawing from the Gudi Mountains, was stationed in a military camp not far from Gudi City. The combat effectiveness that these fully-equipped armies can exert is still amazing.

  Not many people are willing to try the destructive power of an army of hundreds of thousands, besides, the Laki Kingdom did not force anyone to come to Gudi City, those who were unwilling could leave, no one would stop them, on the contrary, there would definitely be no shortage of people seeing them off.