The magical array shone brightly, and the figure of Palthiastrasz, in his dark elf form, disappeared. When the light faded, only a red dragon egg remained in the array.
The red dragon egg gradually cracked open, and a small red dragon appeared, then slowly grew in size, eventually becoming an adult dragon.
Red Dragon Egg: Summons a red dragon with ninth level strength to fight for you.
This was the description of Galen's red dragon egg, but based on his perception, the red dragon in front of him had at least the strength of a Legendary Beginner. It seemed that Palthiastrasz's soul had amplified the strength of this red dragon body, which was still due to the compatibility between the body and the soul.
Aegwynn was very happy. Ever since she led the team to raid Karazhan and kill Medivh, she had been filled with guilt towards her son and wanted to resurrect Medivh to make up for her mistake.
Now her efforts were paying off!
Palthiastrasz's regaining a physical body gave her hope. At the same time, while operating the magical ritual, she felt that there was still room for improvement in the magic array. Inspiration struck for a moment. Resurrecting Medivh required 100% perfection, so she postponed the plan.
Galen didn't disturb them. Now Crusader's Stronghold had basically become Medivh's defense zone, while Durotan was in charge of Durotar. Galen didn't worry too much either.
After agreeing to meet at Flowing Harbor in Northrend in thirty days, Galen hurriedly took the newborn Palthiastrasz back to Minas Tirith
"Palthiastrasz, I need you to return to Grim Batol as an inside agent. You should act as if you don't know anything. If the Dragonmaw clan wants to enslave you, you should let them and not resist. Be discreet, understand!"
Galen wanted to put a probe inside Grim Batol Fortress to open the map. Whether it was a frontal assault or teleporting in to break through from the inside, the Dragonmaw clan would be at his mercy.
"Understood, Highlord!"
At the top of Minas Tirith's castle, a huge red dragon soared into the sky and flew south, disappearing into the sky in a short while.
The attention of the whole city was attracted, but when they learned that the dragon had flown out of the lord's castle, they were relieved and discussed how powerful Duke Galen had become, with dragons coming to visit and thanking the Holy Light.
The next day, as Galen woke up from his bed, the Heart of Origin finally accumulated one million people, enough to upgrade to a level-four royal city!
Upgrade to Royal City:
Requirements:
Units of Gold
Units of Lumber
Upgrade Time: 720 hours
Upgrading to the Castle Age unlocks more buildings and units.
"Upgrade!"
As the command was issued, the level-three castle where Galen was located changed, and he was pushed out of the castle's interior.
Oh, it will take nearly a month to complete. It's just in time for the gathering day at Flowing Harbor. I need to find some fun for myself in the coming days, bring Sylvanas over to visit my territory, then watch the competition in the paladin training camp, and cultivate a relationship with Go'el and Med'an.
On the training ground, Varian was sparring with Callan. These two cousins were also at odds with each other, not holding back at all. This was the rule Galen had set for the instructors: when arranging students to compete, they couldn't hold back. Except for deliberately killing someone, they could fight as they pleased.
Broken arms and legs were nothing. What Minas Tirith had the most was paladins and priests. Applying a potion of life and throwing two Holy Light healing spells, they would be alive and kicking the next day.
The training camp has arranged such good conditions for you, why not take this opportunity to avenge grudges? And if you lose, there will be punishment, if you win, there will be rewards, beat them up.
Swords flashed in the arena. Both Varian and Callan used two-handed swords. Truly, a warrior who doesn't want to be a DPS isn't a good noble.
The fight in the arena was exciting, and the audience on the side was happy to watch. Usually, these two had a great relationship, but now, fraternal strife was a rare sight.
The happiest were the green-skinned Go'el and Med'an, clapping their little hands until they were green with red. Galen had announced the identities of these two foreigners to the whole city. They were both pitiful children, and their parents were also prominent. With Galen's prestige, and Minas Tirith's tolerance and compassion as a city of Holy Light, the people in the city quickly accepted them.
Therefore, Go'el and Med'an had a very happy childhood. From time to time, Durotan, Draka, and Garona would also come to accompany their children. Their lives were much happier than some jinchuriki.
Galen decided to throw them both into the training camp together in a few years. Med'an's powerful bloodline couldn't be judged by age. Although he was only two years old now, he was not much different from the six-year-old Thrall.
Then, let Varian watch them spar, so that they would know that the human heart is sinister and the world is impermanent.
For a month, Go'el and Med'an followed their brother Galen and sister Sylvanas , eating, drinking, and having fun. They also witnessed the strength of Galen and Sylvanas , and they vaguely had the belief that they would become strong people when they grew up.
During this period, the continent of Lordaeron was also not peaceful. Uther was ordered to lead troops to settle in Alterac City. At the same time, the Barov family announced their withdrawal from the Kingdom of Alterac and joined Stromgarde to the east. At the same time, news came from the black market that someone had posted a heavy reward at Ravenholdt Manor for the head of Aiden Perenolde, and the King of Alterac had already been assassinated more than a dozen times.
And the more sensational news was that Orgrim had fought all the way east from Lake Lordamere to Tarren Mill, with scorched earth all the way, completely plowing one side of the Hillsbrad region, which made the local nobles' hearts ache.
Galen didn't make any extra moves to acquire the houses and land deeds in the west. The area east of the Southshore River accounted for a quarter of the Hillsbrad region, plus Southshore and Tarren Mill, two important towns of the Barov family. Stromgarde would be able to annex half of the land in the future. If Galen's hand stretched further west, Terenas would probably be anxious.
Let Lordaeron and Gilneas fight over that side!
Thirty days later, with the prompt, the level-four royal city was successfully upgraded. Because the first and second ring areas were restricted areas, with the obstruction of the city walls, outsiders didn't know that the castle had become a more vast and magnificent palace.
Compared to the more gorgeous and magnificent palace, Galen was more concerned about whether there were any new functions after the Heart of Origin was upgraded to level four!
"Ding, congratulations to the host, the level-four royal city upgrade is complete."
"Ding, congratulations to the host, unlocking the training and construction sequences for Lightforged Warriors, Destroyers, and Submarines."
"Ding, congratulations to the host, unlocking buildings such as Oil Refineries, Beast Pens, Mage Towers, Royal Barracks, and War Research Institutes."
The appearance of the new buildings made Galen ecstatic. Although he knew there were further upgrades after the level three castle, he was mentally prepared. As long as he focused on development and mass-produced troops, he would become stronger.
Now he had finally broken through the one million population mark. This number was roughly equivalent to the population of Stromgarde itself, which had absorbed one to two hundred thousand refugees. So, one plus one exceeded Lordaeron! Indeed, my great Stromgarde will be the ultimate winner!
Basically, Galen had completed his first small goal: to revive Stromgarde!
Royal City:
Level: Four
Conversion: Can inject specialized knowledge into new units, converting them into any combat unit of the base, consuming 50% of the unit's gold energy.
Recruitment: Recruits non-base units to become followers of the host. Recruited individuals are considered base units and will follow base unit rules. The energy cost of recruitment is determined by the unit's strength.
Imperial Capital: Upgrade to level five Imperial Capital to unlock more buildings and units, requiring a population of ten million.
The level four Royal City is not the end. Galen's career still has room for improvement. It seems that slapping Deathwing and kicking Archimonde is not a dream.
Conversion allowed Galen to see the future of the farmers' children. However, Galen had already decided not to use them as ordinary cannon fodder. They were not units created by the base system using gold energy. They had parents and childhoods. Advanced units were their destination, and they could choose for themselves.
And recruitment was what Galen valued!
So far, he only had three heroes. The scale of things was getting bigger and bigger. Although he could absorb some heroic spirits to serve as garrison officers for branch bases, there were still a large number of soldiers without established organizations.
Why?
Galen lacked talent! There were a large number of commander vacancies. The 400,000 combat units were solidified by the base system and could serve as basic-level officers, but it was difficult for them to be competent as commanders.
Currently, Galen only had seven legion commanders plus Gandalf and his three hero units. These legion commanders were only appointed after Galen ensured their loyalty.
The appearance of recruitment allowed Galen to see the dawn. Does Azeroth lack talent?
No!
War has created a large number of elites and celebrities. As long as he can bring them under his command and then recruit them, everything will be solved.
The blacksmith shop, which had already reached the top of the tech tree, once again had new research projects.
However, Galen felt that the more advanced weapons and equipment brought by this new technology could not be equipped by all arms. With nearly 400,000 soldiers, if Galen replaced them all with level four armor and shields, his working capital would probably be exhausted.
At most, replacing the armor and weapons of more than 10,000 high-level knights and more than 6,000 griffon knights would be the limit. After all, good steel should be used on the cutting edge.
The rest were several new buildings, which Galen checked one by one.
Oil Refinery: Refines crude oil from oil-rich land, researches internal combustion engines, and can supply submarines and large aircraft to improve their range.
Beast Pen: Can capture and train animals for combat, while providing great benefits to the base's mounts.
Mage Tower: A magic research institute built on the magic network hub, which can establish fixed portals to connect various bases. After mages are stationed, they can research enchantment, jewelry, inscription, and alchemy.
Royal Barracks: Trains and promotes more advanced arms.
War Research Institute: Trains excellent engineers, researches and manufactures new engineering equipment.
Galen felt that the Oil Refinery was like an oil drilling mine, used to store new energy sources. Currently, only goblins and gnomes might have this technology, and internal combustion engines only appeared when invading Icecrown Glacier.
Currently, only the Cloudtop Fortress in Northshire Highlands and the Mire of the Barrens in the Northern Barrens have crude oil in Galen's territory.
The Beast Pen reminded Galen of his Humar, which he had forgotten for a long time. The main reason was that he was busy with war, and then his strength improved rapidly, so he didn't have time to cosplay as a hunter.
Then Galen thought of the trolls' Loa gods. Strictly speaking, these are also wild animals, but they are animals that have become spirits.
Animals that have become spirits are also animals. The closest one to him is the spider Loa in Shadra'nor. Let's try whether the Beast Pen can catch animals of this strength. If it succeeds, I, Galen, will be the strongest beast king hunter in Azeroth, and even Rexxar will have to shout 666.
The function of the Mage Tower is clear at a glance: a small gathering place for mages, and they can also connect with each other internally through portals. This is the teleportation network of each main city. In the future, he won't have to personally teleport people anymore. Toolman Gandalf is as happy as a child.
The Royal Barracks sounds like it's echoing the main base of the Royal Palace. Now the base is a small country with a population of one million. Galen is attached to the name of Stromgarde, both a prince and a duke. His territory can be called a duchy. He guessed that the Royal Barracks should be able to train more elite soldiers, at least more powerful arms than shield infantry and musketeers.
The War Research Institute reminded Galen of the workshop. This should be the workshop, an upgraded version of the gnome factory. Galen guessed that this research institute should be able to manufacture things that are more powerful than tanks and aircraft.
What Breaking the Sky or Ogrim's Hammer is not a dream. War Research Institute, you deserve to have it!
In this world, Galen knows that technology is also a path to development. You see, the draenei were able to conduct interstellar navigation tens of thousands of years ago. It is estimated that when the draenei came to Azeroth, it would be like modern people returning to the Middle Ages.
Technology and magic complement each other. Both must be grasped, and both hands must be strong.
Galen couldn't wait to arrange these new buildings.
Oil Refinery: One on the Azeroth, built next to Cloudsdale to extract offshore crude oil, and one on the Kalimdor, arranged in the Mire of the Barrens.
First arrange a Beast Pen in the Crusader Fortress. The Barrens is like the African savannah on Earth, with rich wild animal resources, and it is sparsely populated, making it easy to catch animals such as lions, leopards, and kodo beasts for experimentation.
A Mage Tower must be built in each branch base, so that future legion support will not require Galen and Gandalf to do it themselves. Where the base is located, Galen's soldiers will point!
The Royal Barracks will first be built in the second ring military area of Minas Tirith First, look at the functions of the new buildings, and then build them on a large scale.
Needless to say about the War Research Institute, put it in Trollbane Harbor, this arms town, not to mention relying on Minas Tirith, there is also a large naval fleet guarding it, the security is absolutely guaranteed.
In addition to these new buildings, there are also three new units unlocked: Lightforged Warriors, Destroyers, and Submarines, but Galen doesn't have time to wait for them.
The thirty-day agreement has arrived, and it's time for Galen to go to Boulderfist Hall to assemble the team.