Apocalypse Descent: Farming with My Harem

Chapter 1989: Chapter 664: Giant City Blueprint Preliminary Confirmation, Black Magic Hidden Dangers

Even that minor Noble, Yorun, was staring at her in utter disbelief.

Compared to the suggestions the others put forward, most of which leaned toward Territory construction and planning,

Victoria’s perspective and height, shaped by her past experiences and status, were completely different from theirs.

She not only took the internal administration of the Territory into account, but also thought about its future diplomatic Relationship with several other Kingdoms.

She was even considering directly using this city-building to expand the Territory’s influence, thereby laying down a brand-new approach for the Territory’s future development.

Cao Xing turned to Edward beside him and asked, "Have you written down everything Victoria just proposed?"

Edward seemed to only now come back to his senses and hurriedly said, "I have, respected Lord!"

Cao Xing nodded, indicating his approval of Victoria.

Then he looked at the others and said, "Alright, let’s continue our discussion on more details about constructing the Giant City."

Everyone exchanged a glance, then began to continue voicing their opinions.

The six of them discussed in the Lord Castle for more than two hours.

Aside from Victoria, the others were all a bit parched from talking, but they finally more or less settled on the direction for the Main City going forward.

At this point Cao Xing said, "Alright, that’s it for today. Go back and rest."

"If we want to truly build a Giant City, we still need some more time to prepare."

He paused, then looked toward the painter beside him and said:

"Edward, I’ll have to trouble you these next few days to sort out all the suggestions we put forward."

"Then draw up a blueprint for me."

"If you need any help, you can bring it up with me."

Edward nodded solemnly. "Yes, Lord!"

"I’ll draft the blueprint’s layout as soon as possible."

Then, Cao Yi, Edward, and Warren left the Lord Castle one after another.

In the hall, only he, Liu Muxue, and Victoria remained.

The Mind Energy Empress was still sitting straight-backed in her chair, as if she had something she wanted to say to Cao Xing.

Cao Xing caught the subtle expression on her face and asked, "Victoria, what do you want to say?"

She asked, "I heard that when you went to that forest last time, you came into contact with soldiers of the Ostia Kingdom."

"And you Slayed a Mage who also wielded Black Magic?"

Cao Xing nodded. "Yes."

"But... that Mage should not be the same one who destroyed your Renova Kingdom back then."

"According to my assessment, there are probably quite a few people in the Ostia Kingdom who have now mastered this kind of evil Power."

Hearing this, Victoria’s delicate brows knit slightly; she seemed a bit worried.

"What’s wrong?" Cao Xing pressed.

Victoria let out a faint sigh and slowly spoke. "Black Magic is an evil Power. It can grant a person extremely great Strength in a short span of time, at the cost of the soul’s corruption and fall."

"And the abuse of this Power often brings about consequences no one can predict."

"If it isn’t curbed, it may give rise to some extremely severe disaster."

She looked at Cao Xing intently and said, "By your estimation, many people in that Kingdom have already begun to dabble in this Power."

"Each one of them is a ticking time bomb, the Root of disaster!"

"If it erupts on all fronts in the future, the entire Ostia Kingdom, along with several Kingdoms around it, will suffer extremely grave impact."

"Even if it doesn’t fully erupt, the gathering of Black Magic may draw the gaze of some evil and formidable existence..."

Xing Tingba, Cao Xing’s brows also furrowed slightly.

Based on his previous exploration, he had more or less grasped the situation around the Ostia Kingdom.

The area surrounding that Kingdom was all vast stretches of uninhabited zones and forests.

The nearest Kingdom was the Gray Mist Kingdom, more than three thousand kilometers away.

In other words, if the hidden danger in the Ostia Kingdom fully erupted,

the only one affected at that time would be the Gray Mist Kingdom.

But even so, it was still a huge hidden threat.

Cao Xing nodded and said, "I understand. I’ll contact the Gray Mist King later and have him pay attention to what’s happening in the Ostia Kingdom."

Victoria gave a slight nod. "As for the rest, I have nothing more."

"Then I’ll take my leave."

"Alright, go back and rest."

Then Victoria rose as well and left the Lord Castle.

Only Cao Xing and Liu Muxue remained in the hall.

Cao Xing leaned back in the throne, thinking over matters of Territory city-building, and also the situation with the Ostia Kingdom.

At that moment, a thought suddenly surfaced in his heart.

"Should I... just send people over and wipe out that Kingdom directly?"

According to intelligence, that Kingdom had only the King as a single Legendary Level Expert on the surface.

With the Territory’s current Strength, Cao Xing could completely annihilate this Kingdom in a short time, cutting off the hidden danger of Black Magic at the Root.

And perhaps, he could even take the opportunity to sweep all of that Kingdom’s resources into his own hands.

But very soon, Cao Xing extinguished that idea.

"Though the Ostia Kingdom is drawing on the Power of Black Magic, it’s doing so in secret, without revealing it."

"If I suddenly dispatch Experts now, it would amount to me actively initiating a war."

"Even if I can wipe them out, it would leave a bad impression among the surrounding Kingdoms."

There was an even more important reason: for now, Cao Xing still didn’t have the capacity to fully take over a Kingdom.

If he Slayed all the high-ranking figures of that country,

the entire Order of the Ostia Kingdom would collapse, and its commoners would end up just like those of the Viren Kingdom, falling into a Realm of Chaos.

Countless commoners would die because of it.

If Cao Xing truly did that, then what difference would there be between him and the Watcher Leader?

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