Everyone Is A Lord: My Talent Is A Little Too Strong

Capítulo 2318: Chapter 1287: A Unique Castle

As Konet’s words fell, the sound of heavy gears turning echoed, and the metal gate of the giant castle’s courtyard slowly opened. Several teams of dwarf elf soldiers and alchemical golems filed out, once again forming a welcoming formation.

From the noticeably brighter red armor, it wasn’t difficult to see that these dwarf elf soldiers were clearly a professional ceremonial guard.

Upon seeing this scene, Leo Ray nodded slightly.

Although humans have long resided in a corner of the world, his presence here as the supreme ruler of the human dominion was undoubtedly a formal diplomatic activity.

Therefore, even though the formation was not particularly grand, it already demonstrated sufficient friendliness and goodwill.

After all, in this world of survival of the fittest in the Outer Region, only the strong can earn the respect of others.

“Speaking of which, are there another hundred Tier 5 alchemy puppets?”

Feeling the overwhelming aura coming towards him, Leo Ray, though his face remained calm, was still inwardly amazed.

Under his leadership, the number of national-level strongmen in the human realm had been steadily increasing, with over 20 in the territory alone, including subjugated tribes.

Among them, veterans like Taylor, Jasper Richardson, and Hong Ye need not mention, as well as ten new subordinates like Ariel Watson, Frost, Cecilia, Qiana, and seven blood clan experts, including Catherine and Virentin, totaling 23 people.

The Coldflame Kingdom has none, while the White Knight, Nolan, Old Shane, and Bernie number 5, the Pals Empire has Barnet and Antonio totaling 2, the Orchid Federation has Vanluntin and Seveil totaling 2, the Grim Kingdom has Jered totaling 1, the Verdant Kingdom has Alger totaling 1, and the Saint Night Kingdom has Teresa totaling 1; a total of 12 people.

Additionally, the Lion King Temple with Sofia and others number 20 Tier 5 Heroic Spirits and Shirley totaling 21, and the Mercenary Guild and Alchemist Guild’s Tier 5 experts add up to 12, totaling 33 people.

In total, Leo Ray currently commands 68 Tier 5 experts, plus himself, making 69 people.

In addition, considering all the Tier 5 alchemy puppets and stone spirits, including the Metal Giant Dragon, the total reaches just over 100.

Besides that, there are Tier 6 experts like Yonir, Grey Elder, and Elder Bing, Tier 6 stone spirit Little Jie, and half-step Tier 6 experts like Louise, Diana, and Lorenz.

So far, the dwarf elves have displayed a top-level strength more than twice and close to three times that of our side, which is quite telling.

“Of course, I haven’t counted the Tier 5 summon scrolls and Tier 6 summon scrolls among the trump cards we hold, but naturally, the other side won’t reveal their full strength either.”

As Leo Ray thought of this, the sound of a bugle-like brass instrument echoed, and the welcome ceremony was underway.

Under Konet’s guidance, Leo Ray and his party passed through the orderly dwarf elf ceremonial guard and proceeded straight towards the mighty metal castle.

The dwarf elf court was also of high cultural artistry, and although smaller in scale than the human realm, the neatly trimmed magical garden, various sculptures, and fountains were all distinctively arranged, all featuring a metal and gear-based artistic style, truly unique.

“Lord, the metallic oriole on that fountain even moves, looking just like the real thing!”

As they passed a giant fountain with a metal rock garden as its main feature, Louise’s eyes were full of wonder, and she couldn’t help exclaiming.

“This is the work of a top-level dwarf elf sculptor, who is also a renowned master forger. He once traveled far to the Dwarf Kingdom to study, apprenticing under a legendary dwarf clan blacksmith.”

Hearing this, Konet proudly introduced as he spoke.

With Konet’s introduction, the group soon arrived in front of the giant metal castle gate.

The sound of heavy gears turning echoed again, and the castle’s drawbridge, shimmering with dense magic flow light, slowly opened.

Gazing at the rich magic flow light on the castle’s drawbridge, Leo Ray nodded thoughtfully.

Along the way, he had passed through multiple thresholds of absolute defense barriers, and regardless of which one, each’s durability was indeed unprecedented, surpassing any human area including the territory.

“Your Majesty of the Humans, our king is waiting in the reception hall, please this way.”

Konet bowed slightly and resumed walking ahead.

Upon entering the metal castle doors, a very spacious hall immediately met the eye.

On both sides of the hall, guard statues were neatly arranged, identical to the alchemy puppets outside. Since these statues were all stationary, even Leo Ray found it hard to tell whether they were actual statues or alchemy puppets in a dormant state.

However, these were not the most eye-catching things. The walls of the castle hall were inlaid with various sizes of rotating metal gears and bearings, emitting a faint rhythmic mechanical sound, akin to being inside a clock, creating an extremely peculiar feeling.

Additionally, there was an indistinct scent in the air similar to engine oil, evidently emanating from those smoothly oiled gears.

“I’m sure Your Majesty has already guessed, these mechanical devices running throughout the entire castle are also part of the castle’s defensive measures, responsible for supplying energy to the absolute defense barrier. After all, we dwarf elves are not particularly adept in cultivation, so we had to find another path.”

Konet shrugged, looking somewhat resigned but still with a hint of pride.