"Mercenaries just keep the contract. Sir, if the troops are insufficient, we can hire several medium-sized mercenary groups, or simply let the mercenary groups come to garrison. This is an emerging city. The mercenary groups will not even charge you fees. You only need to give a resident to help the city's defense." Zola explained to Salin.

Salin said to Zola: "This city is my personal, and I will not hand over security issues to people who cannot trust. The contract... sometimes there is no binding force."

"But, 60,000 people, even if they gathered for a year, they would be able to gather at most half." Zola listened to Salin's analysis from front to back, and knew that it was almost impossible to recruit soldiers in such a place. The indigenous people here were almost captured by the Holy See, and Salin could only rely on money.

Moreover, the city will be expanded and two huge fortresses are built in the north of the city to form a corner to stabilize the city's defense. This is both a commercial city and a military center, and the final garrison will exceed 100,000 soldiers.

Salin sighed and said, "Don't mention the mercenary hiring, let's do this first. Conan, you continue to recruit people from the tribe. How many people are willing to settle in the city now?"

"Sir, there have been nearly a thousand people during the period of your departure." Conan replied seriously. The barbarians were almost slaughtered by the Holy See in the north. Among the remaining people, except for some stubborn elders, most of them ran to the city of Salin and did not want to be completely destroyed.

"Ani, your five hundred swordsmen..."

"It's my private soldier." Aini replied happily. He could bring so many people, in addition to the support of the family, there were other factors. In fact, these people were exchanged for money from others. Some of them were followers of his father's early years. These five hundred swordsmen were all the power around Aini.

"I want to form a mercenary group, just register in Kushui County. They can join the mercenary group so that they can control external forces." Salin thought to himself, after all the powers of Srieg Island are moved, I won't have to worry about this anymore. Hey, teacher, when will you bring people here?

"No problem!" Eni gritted his teeth. He is now betting that Salin has a bright future. If Salin and his city are destroyed, he will lose all his money. If Salin succeeds and withstands the attack of the Holy See, his city will bring huge wealth. Obviously, Salin wants to have only one mercenary group in this city, and the backbone of this mercenary group is the five hundred private soldiers around Aini.

"Daniel, you lead the Ger-Yi to form the first battalion. Now you can only give you two hundred people. If the rest is insufficient, use the undead to supplement it. Zola, you will form the second battalion, and I can't give you any of the personnel. You can find a way for yourself. When you are short of money, please take care of me. Jupiter, you will form the third battalion. After you can go to sea next spring, I will continue to replenish your strength. Pasatro, Cornuco, you two, form the mage battalion, and I will find a way for the remaining two battalions."

"Sir..." Pasatro and Kornuco were a little hesitant. After all, there were two level 5 magicians from Srieg Island in this room.

Salin knew what the two people meant and said to the two level five magicians: "Cridian, Frans, you two, after Rex comes back, they will return to the fleet with Basta."

"Yes, sir." The two level five magicians were very happy. Mastering the fleet was obviously more popular than on land.

"Sir, what about me?" The barbarian Conan asked with some anxiety.

"When the Caucasians arrive, you will form the Fifth Battalion. Don't worry." Salin thought to himself that the Fifth Battalion should be controlled by Shika and it is impossible to leave it to Conan to manage. However, Shika is not like a general's material, and he has to worry about finding a qualified commander. Both the barbarians and the Caucasians have strong combat power, but without a good leader, it is just a mess.

Salin clearly remembered the charge of the swordsman camp under Rex. The same number of barbarians must be no opponent.

"Sarin, you can recruit some soldiers in the Principality of Rhine." Aini made a suggestion next to him.

“How to say it?”

"The Rhines are brave and warlike, and most of them are not good at production. In fact, many of the mercenaries of the Skochenya Empire are Rhines. As long as you spend a little money, someone will come to surrender. Become a private soldier for the nobles, so that Skochen and Adam will become a mercenary."

"What about Grand Duke Rhine?" Salin was a little worried. Grand Duke Rhine was not as weak as Grand Duke Phoenix, and such things could easily anger him.

"Didn't you want me to form a mercenary group? I'll go to Didips, set up a base there, and then recruit people in the Principality of Rhine. From Didips, I'll have nothing to worry about. Those who are willing to be mercenaries will follow you, and those who are unwilling to be mercenaries."

"The registered place of the mercenary group must be in Kushui County. This matter will not be done until Rex comes back." Salin agreed with Aini's opinion, but did not immediately prepare. The registration place represents the ownership of a mercenary group. Wherever a mercenary group is registered, it actually has the obligation to defend where.

More than 80% of the mercenary groups on the mainland are registered in Skochenya. Once a war breaks out, these mercenaries become Skochenya's power. So Salin does not believe in the mercenary group, because before that, there was no mercenary group in Kushui County, and when the war broke out, there would not be any mercenary group fighting for Kushui.

The reason for this current situation is that the newly built city of Salin is too remote, and even if Kushui County wants to recruit soldiers, it doesn’t take much effort. As long as a magic notice is issued, tens of thousands of swordsmen will come to join the army in a few months.

However, if Salin built the city in Qin Yin's hinterland, not to mention that the House of Lords in Shengyan City would not allow it, even the nobles around would launch troops to conquer. Although Qin Yin was vast, the good places had long been divided by the nobles. If you want to get involved, there was no possibility of this.

Everyone began to do things separately, while Salin began his practice. Many things must be returned before they can continue, such as the officers, equipment, training, etc. Fortunately, it is the end of the year now, and Rex may return to the city base in April, and Salin has not had much time to wait.

Because the three kings had already settled it, Salin sent two level 5 magicians, Kridian and Frans, to the border of Phoenix to meet Rex's men. The rest of the matter was left to Neris.

This time, Salin did not practice step by step like before, but specialized in the Water Flame Alchemy and Crystal Finger. In recent times, Salin was in danger of life and had to increase his combat power as soon as possible. Fortunately, the Water Flame Alchemy itself is a practical magic and is very beneficial for understanding elements. The Crystal Finger is a close-fitting magic with powerful destructive power. Although Salin now has many high-level warriors, what he trusts most is his own magic.

Salin has no worries about magicians of the same level. What he fears most is to be approached by an assassin or a swordsman, so he really wants to learn these two magics. Especially the crystal finger, within ten meters, it is invincible.

According to the magic notes left by Rafael, Crystal refers to an advanced magic, with the basic level of level 6. Salin's special physique lowers the level of this magic one level one level so that he can learn this magic at level 5.

However, this mutation is not completely successful. If Salin learns the crystal finger at level 6, he can release this magic twenty-four times in a row. However, now when he releases the crystal finger at level 5, his magic string is only enough to be used twice.

Even if Salin casts the level 6 magic, he can release two of them. It can be seen that the mutation of this crystal finger is not successful. Fortunately, the crystal finger is an advanced magic. Salin can continue to increase the power of the crystal finger after the promotion. At that time, the number of releases of the level 5 crystal finger will become more, and Salin cannot be sure how much it will be.

Before obtaining this magic, Salin did not pay much attention to it. What he paid the most was the magic of cutting the water flow. Especially after refining the gourd, the water flow cutting would hardly consume Salin's magic strings. All he consumed was his mental power and the vitality in the water flow.

The vitality of the water flow can be replenished in the gourd, and Salin's mental power far exceeds his level, so Salin is in love with that magic. However, although the water flow cutting is powerful, it cannot harm the real strong man beyond the level.

At least Salin knew that the water flow cutting was ineffective for the magician, unless he advanced to become a magician himself. Moreover, the water flow in the gourd was released slightly slower and could not reach the instant level. His several times of distress were related to these reasons. So Salin paid attention to the crystal finger again, although this magic consumed a lot of magic strings.

How strong is the crystal finger? Even a strong man like Rafal, after creating this magic, he has to use the power of magic equipment to bear the backlash of magic.

In his room, Salin was piled with white stones. These stones were used to build drainage facilities. They should have been drilled in the middle. Now Salin practices crystal fingers every day, so he can do this work by the way.

On the index finger of Salin's left hand, Rafael's crystal ring was placed. He didn't even see any spells he recited, nor did he need any magic gestures. The index finger of Salin's left hand suddenly turned into a transparent color at the part below the ring.

Salin knew that this was not true transparency, but that the water element formed countless edges on the index finger, transmitting the scenery behind the finger to the edges in front of the finger. If the finger itself really became transparent, at least it should be seen in the finger bones inside the finger.
Chapter completed!