The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 263 I'm Building Infrastructure in the Abyss!
One after another, the production mages, on this unfamiliar land far from their homeland, began to cast the construction spells they had mastered over the past ten or twenty years:
Fossils turned into mud, mud turned into stone, stone wall art, stone sculpting, iron wall art, masterpieces of craftsmanship...

One fortress and house after another sprang up from the ground.

Elion himself, as the High Mage and Emperor of Eldoron, naturally participated in the construction.

Elian held a beautiful diamond in his hand and chanted a spell, causing the sparkling diamond to dissipate completely as a material for his spell in a dazzling light.

Boom, boom, boom.

A magnificent castle rose from the ground, measuring thirty to forty meters in length, width, and height, with four square towers distributed at each corner of the castle.

At the castle's perimeter, numerous invisible servants carried delicious dishes and walked back and forth.

—Eighth Ring [Castle Technique]!
This is a construction spell created by mages in the very distant future. It is said that the creator was inspired by the famous "Mansion Spell" and created a more powerful version.

You can build a castle by spending diamonds worth 500 gold coins!
Furthermore, the magic castle comes with 100 invisible servants who have no combat ability, which is equivalent to the first-level spell [Invisible Servant]. Every day, a feast for 100 people can be automatically generated in the castle.

The only downside is that the castle will disappear after 7 days.

If you want it to last forever, you need to cast the spell again in the original location every 7 days for a year to make the spell's effect constant and solidified.

However, even if the spell is cast every 7 days for a year, the final material cost will be less than 3 gold coins, far lower than the cost of hiring ordinary workers to build a castle.

Not to mention, this is a magical castle that can continuously produce food and a large number of servants!
Compared to combat, production, creation, and infrastructure building are the greatest strengths of the mage class!

"Okay, that way, we have a defensive castle and a food supply point for 100 people..."

"Considering the number of the expeditionary force, a few more need to be built."

At the same time, in addition to Elian, the other four production mages of the eighth and ninth ring levels also cast the spell that His Majesty Elian had personally taught them.

Rumble.

The earth trembled, and thick smoke billowed out.

Four more magnificent castles rose from the abyss.

The mages' chanting was somewhat clumsy, and the spellcasting process was bumpy. The castle they finally built was small in size and had many flaws in appearance, but the spell was eventually completed.

Looking out into the distance, in addition to the original steel fortress, five more magnificent castles have been added to the area surrounding this series of molten iron lakes.

In addition, there are many smaller rock bunkers, towers, bungalows, etc. around the five castles, each serving a different function.

It has already become a well-established military stronghold that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The surrounding demons stared in disbelief at the scene before them.

So many buildings were completed in just one day?

This construction speed is just unbelievable!

Is this the magical empire of Eldoron?

It must be said that such an exaggerated speed of infrastructure construction has greatly alarmed the demons.

Although demons are born with the ability to cast many types of spells, almost none of them are used for infrastructure construction.

They had witnessed powerful demons display terrifying destructive power, but when it came to the realm of construction, they were completely ignorant.

To this day, this "magical empire of Eldoron" has overturned their understanding!
"Everyone has worked hard. Let's have a meal first."

El-Erian smiled with satisfaction and greeted everyone.

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat!"

Clang.

The castle, created by five spells of the [Fortified Fortress], opened its gates.

The human professionals walked into the castle, chatting and laughing.

Inside the castle's main hall, delicious foods such as roast duck, white bread, and apples appeared out of thin air amidst billowing clouds.

One after another, invisible servants carried silver platters and placed food on the table for the members of the expeditionary force to enjoy.

El-Erian also sat down at one of the tables and began to enjoy the roast meat on his plate.

"The food produced daily by several sturdy castles is enough to satisfy the needs of hundreds of people, and it is also highly nutritious."

"Moreover, the fortress itself is easy to defend and difficult to attack."

"It would be perfect as a forward base." Smelling the aroma wafting from the castle, Balor Ratu, a guard stationed on the outer perimeter, couldn't help but swallow hard.
"Speaking of which, it's been a long time since I've eaten..."

"Ah, I really miss the taste of food!"

As beings from another world, demons and devils can indeed survive without food and water.

However, in theory, it is also possible to enjoy eating!
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For some time afterward, Elion dispatched demon armies to slowly expand his territory and establish new lands in the wilderness.

Meanwhile, the mages of Eldoron are operating at full capacity, further unleashing their terrifying infrastructure capabilities.

They first set up multiple teleportation arrays to connect the Molten Iron Lake base with the "Abyssal Rift" area (which the Abyssal inhabitants call the "Material Plane Rift").

The four points—Molten Iron Lake Abyss Base, Abyss Rift (one side of the Abyss), Abyss Rift (one side of the Material Plane), and Eldoron Mainland—are connected by a teleportation array.

As a result, the front lines of the Abyss's expansion will receive a continuous stream of support from the homeland.

Resources developed in the Abyss and weapons forged therein can also be transported back to the material plane in a short time using the same method.

In this fantasy world with teleportation magic, controlling new territories is much easier.

Numerous functional buildings and fortifications have sprung up around the Abyss Territory controlled by Eldoron.

In the watchtowers, skeleton archers equipped with cold iron arrows guard against invading enemies.

Beside the largest molten iron lake, a massive forging workshop and an enchanting factory were also built.

These production buildings can draw water from the Iron Lake to produce large quantities of metal equipment and fortress components.

Low-ranking demon laborers and undead carried various supplies in and out.

At the very center of the massive complex in the Iron Lake area stands a towering arcane energy tower, dozens of meters high.

The tower continuously draws chaotic magic from the abyss, empowering the surrounding factory buildings and enchanting the equipment.

Elian looked up, watching the continuous flow of deep purple energy from all directions, converging into the arcane energy tower and causing the entire tower to radiate purple light. He couldn't help but sigh:
"The energy is so abundant..."

"Truly worthy of being called a bottomless abyss..."

This arcane energy tower is also a technology from the future.

Its original purpose was to extract energy from the earth's veins for its own use, providing energy for the magical city.

However, the magic in the material plane is thin, and such towers can only be effective if they are built at key ley line nodes.

In the Abyss, the concentration of magic far surpasses that of the material plane, with a large amount of chaotic energy flowing simultaneously through the ley lines and space.

In such an environment, the Arcane Energy Tower draws massive amounts of magic power from the abyss environment within a radius of tens of miles every single second!
Gazing at the towering structure radiating a deep purple light, Elian's thoughts drifted, and another matter came to mind:

"Absorbing the surrounding abyssal energy should also weaken the intensity of the [chaos] and [evil] forces in the surrounding abyssal environment to some extent."

"The Abyss is ultimately a plane of chaos and evil. Its first layer, Pazunia, has a slight tendency toward chaos and evil."

"In the long run, there is still a certain degree of danger."

In this fantastical universe, "factions" are not abstract philosophical theories, but real, objective forces.

Like most levels of the bottomless abyss, there are slight tendencies toward chaos and evil.

Therefore, lawful and good characters, if they stay in such an environment for a long time, will vaguely feel that something is not right.

They may feel that their demeanor is worse than before, that their persuasiveness is reduced when they say the same things, that they encounter subtle obstacles in social situations, and that it is more difficult to influence the attitudes of others.

From a gameplay perspective, lawful and good creatures will suffer a slight penalty on charm-based checks.

(Slightly Chaotic and Slightly Evil Alignment: Lawful and Good characters will receive a -2 penalty on Charisma-based rolls. Lawful Good characters will receive a -4 penalty.)
Of course, this is only a minor inconvenience and usually has little impact on work and combat.

Even more dangerous, however, is that if a person lives in the abyss for many years, he may be influenced by these chaotic and evil tendencies, gradually becoming corrupted and slowly degenerating.

During your exploration of the Abyss of Eldoron, [Abyssal Corruption] is a risk that must be taken into account!
Of course, for at least a few years, this kind of spiritual erosion will be so weak as to be negligible.

In particular, the expeditionary force had prepared a considerable number of divine artifacts from the dwarven [Lawful Good] priests in advance, which could further resist the corrupting effects of the chaotic evil forces of the abyss.

In the long run, there is probably only one way to resolve this risk—

Become an Abyss Lord recognized by the will of the Abyss.

Use the power of a lord to reshape the abyss environment and suppress the effects of the abyss corruption!
(End of this chapter)