54: Meteor Shower and Legendary Guardian Ring

Aside from the one he gave to Marquis of Roses, Arthur planted the remaining 199 Gold Mine Sprites on that remote, uninhabited island.

The 199 Gold Mine Sprites cost 1.99 million gold coins.

Additionally, Arthur equipped the island with one Earth Knight, two Gold Knights, and one hundred Silver Knights.

(The Earth Knights and Silver Knights among them are Arthur's new products, which will be explained below.)

He used them as a garrison to protect the safety of nearly two hundred Gold Mine Sprites.

This cost over three million gold coins!

At the same time, these hundred-plus people also had the duty of being miners. Arthur was the only person to use Silver Knights and experts above that level as miners.

If others knew about this, they would surely spit on Arthur and call him wasteful.

Arthur collects the gold coins from the island once a year, so he hasn't received any revenue from it yet!

All of the above were external changes, but within Arthur's Portable Shop, twelve new items were added over the past half year.

First were the six replicated items decided by Arthur, three of which were Cultivation Demonic Potions of the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Ranks.

Their prices in the Portable Shop were one thousand, three thousand, and five thousand gold coins, respectively.

The next three slots were used to replicate a Peak Silver Knight, a Peak Earth Knight, and a Silver Rank Golden Sharp Lion.

Their prices in the Portable Shop were ten thousand, one million, and ten thousand gold coins, respectively.

The replication of the three Cultivation Demonic Potions was to supply Arthur and those around him for their Cultivation.

Replicating the Peak Silver Knight and Peak Earth Knight was intended to fill the gap in strength among the knights around Arthur.

Previously, he only had Gold Knights and Sky Knights under him, making some actions difficult to execute.

For example, when forming a Knight Regiment for external affairs within the Kate Kingdom, the strength of a Gold Knight was still too high; Silver was best!

As for the final Golden Sharp Lion, Arthur stated that the Knight Regiment needed mounts, and besides, Arthur had long felt that riding horses wasn't imposing enough!

The reason he didn't replicate other Demonic Beasts as mounts was that, as Abergh's son, using the Golden Sharp Lion as a mount could reduce external speculation and trouble.

The reason for replicating a Silver stage Golden Sharp Lion was that Fierce Lion Territory had only managed to breed Golden Sharp Lions up to Silver strength; there was no higher level to replicate.

With these newly replicated knights and Demonic Beast mounts, Arthur established a 300-person Elite Golden Lion Cavalry Regiment in Initial City.

Arthur had considered this number; any more would be too conspicuous.

The entire Cavalry Regiment consisted of 303 people. The lowest-ranked members were Silver Knights, and they were organized into ten-person Squads, where the squad leader was a Gold Knight, and the remaining nine members were Silver Knights.

One hundred people formed a Large Unit, composed of ten Squads. The Large Unit leader was an Earth Knight, totaling 101 people.

Exchanging these three hundred-plus people cost Arthur 8.7 million gold coins.

Additionally, these individuals needed to be equipped with weapons and armor of decent quality.

For armor, Arthur had the gold knight armor. 303 sets cost nine million gold coins.

Of course, to prevent others from discovering Arthur's extravagance, only the armor of the Gold Knights and Earth Knights retained the original appearance of the gold knight armor.

Furthermore, the gold knight armor equipped by the nearly three hundred Silver Knights was entirely dyed.

Arthur did not have weapons, so he could only purchase them from the Dawn Merchant Guild, spending five million gold coins!

This team of three hundred people was among the strongest rank of Marquis forces, capable of intimidating others without making the Dukes and Royal Family at the top of the kingdom feel threatened.

This helped Arthur continue his low-key development.

The Portable Shop also contained six randomly drawn items. Arthur didn't know if his luck was good or bad, as these six draws were somewhat extreme.

If he were to say it was bad, Arthur finally understood the meaning of randomness: an ordinary branch, a fist-sized ordinary stone, an ordinary wooden chair, and an iron pot.

These four items were actually drawn by Arthur as products!

This left Arthur utterly speechless and questioning life!

If he were to say his luck was good, he drew two extremely good items, one of which was a type of Magic Scroll he had drawn before.

However, this Magic Scroll was incredibly powerful, reaching the Forbidden Curse level that only a Legendary Mage could use.

"Forbidden Spell Scroll: Meteor Shower, an Earth Element Forbidden Curse Magic. It condenses a giant rock over a hundred meters in diameter tens of thousands of meters in the sky, which is then propelled by magic power to crash heavily onto the ground.

This unleashes a world-destroying attack, affecting an area spanning tens of miles!

Price: Ten million gold coins."

The item was good, and also a Sharp Weapon for war, but unfortunately, it was another Area-of-Effect Magic, which was not very effective against Legendary Experts and above.

The second good item was a Legendary Rank defensive magic item; one could say it was the super version of his previous Gold Protection Ring.

"legendary ring of protection: A Magic Ring containing extremely strong protective power that automatically defends when attacked.

When fully deployed, it can cover an area of one hundred meters in radius, blocking Legendary Rank magic or Battle Qi attacks for ten minutes, leaving the user unharmed.

It can also absorb Magic Power from nature to recover, fully replenishing all Magic Power in five days.

Price: Ten million gold coins."

As the saying goes, only by being alive can you deal damage. So, the moment Arthur saw this item, he loved it, immediately spending ten million gold coins to buy it and wear it on his hand.

Arthur gave his previous Gold Protection Ring to Karona. Moved by the gift, Karona allowed Arthur to enjoy another wave of benefits.

With the legendary ring of protection, even a Legendary being won't be able to harm Arthur for a while!

By this point, Arthur only had about sixty-five million gold coins left.

Arthur did not plan to spend lavishly anymore. He intended to save up one hundred million first, so that when he drew or replicated a Legendary Expert, he could buy them immediately... Half a year passed, and Arthur, now seventeen years old, had become more mature.

Furthermore, because his strength had broken through to Silver Knight, his development accelerated. He was now nearly 1.9 meters tall, and it was impossible to tell that he was under twenty years old!

The completion of the New Initial City naturally included the reconstruction of Arthur's Castle. The highest point of Arthur's Castle now reached sixty meters, still the tallest structure in the city.

At some point, the idle Arthur had grown accustomed to coming to the highest point of the castle to look out at his surroundings!

Watching the brand-new city below, a sense of satisfaction welled up inside Arthur!

It had been less than a year since he arrived in this world, and Arthur believed that his future impact on this world would be even greater!

A few more peaceful days passed, and just as Arthur thought everything was quiet.

Further north of him, at the Orc Royal Court, a storm was secretly brewing, ready to engulf the people of the Kate Kingdom at any moment.