Two hundred kilometers north of Nifgad, the Great Plain of Ettoria.

Atorio wiped sweat from his forehead.

The weather was hot and the scorching sun could almost ignite his gray hair, which was not much.

However, he did not dare to relax.

At this time, he was standing on the edge of a "giant pit".

This circular giant pit has a diameter of 200 meters, completely containing the Millennium Square in the city of Nifgaard.

He bent down and looked, and the almost vertical pit wall extended down dozens of meters. In order to prevent collapse, the pit walls had been completely covered with giant marble bricks.

Atorio's eyes fell at the bottom of the pit, where the workers looked about the size of an ants, working hard around the last area where stone bricks were not yet laid.

Looking around, mules and horses are transporting the dug out sand and soil.

Further away, convoys of vehicles shuttled back and forth across the surrounding plains, transporting building materials to the site. Wood and stone have accumulated into mountains nearby.

But Atorio knew that digging this deep pit was only a small part of the entire project.

He has been the governor of the Etolia province for twenty years, but he has never seen such a large project.

According to the plan given to him by the Imperial Academy of Engineering, all the nearby forests with a radius of more than ten kilometers will be cut down.

Several fully functional towns will be built nearby.

The empire even planned to build dozens of kilometers of canals between the Emreb and the Alba Rivers, thereby guiding water into the arid Ettoria plains.

Such a huge project reminded him of the grand occasion when the city of Nifgaard was built sixty years ago.

No, this is much larger than the city of Nifgaard.

Atorio breathed a long sigh and looked back at the pergola not far away.

There is a comfortable bed there, and the gorgeous dining table is filled with iced fruit and nifergaard crafts.

However, at this time a warlock was sitting there enjoying everything he had prepared for him.

Shassius.

That guy was originally a popular man around the emperor, and even had his own wizard tower in Nifgad.

More precisely, there was once.

But an explosion a few days ago blew the Tower of Shassius to pieces.

Now rumors are flying everywhere, some say it is a gunpowder explosion, and some say it is the result of the warlock's experiment.

But the Governor's friend in Niphgad told him the truth--the tower was destroyed by a spell battle.

It is hard for Atorio to imagine that the battle would destroy the tallest building in Nifgaard.

But no matter what, Shassius, who had lost the Mage Tower, was so anxious that he jumped in front of the emperor. Finally, he was thrown directly on the construction site by the upset Enshire and suffered with him.

Thinking of this, the gray-haired governor couldn't help but sigh.

Recently, there are more and more strange things in the empire.

He has received a lot of reports in the past few days, saying that many strange travelers have appeared in the city of Etoria recently.

They are somewhat extraordinary, dressed in luxury and act elegantly.

Some act introverted, sensitive and suspicious, and startled.

But these strangers of different shapes and colors actually gather together secretly from time to time.

And there are some people he knows.

For example, Baron Rocad of Metina.

The man with a mysterious origin came to meet him when he passed by Tolia City two days ago.

Then the next day he hurried towards the city of Nifgaard in the south.

This man who had always been calm and elegant in his impression suddenly became stunning.

He kept saying "The Summoning of the Clan Chief".

Not only that, he also heard that several high-ranking officials and nobles from other provinces of the empire suddenly left their posts for no reason, and quit their duties overnight and gathered towards the city of Nifgaard.

But he didn't remember the emperor's order to summon him?

He reported this to the palace, but the emperor only replied to him simply: "I understand."

Then he asked him to continue digging holes with concentration.

“No official business is more important than digging a hole.”

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The noise pulled the Governor back from his thoughts.

Looking in the sound, a group of soldiers wearing gorgeous black armor were lined up along the dirt road not far away and entering the construction site.

Imperial Guard?!

Atorio hurriedly met him, trotting while wiping the sweat on his forehead.

On this hot afternoon, the black armor worn by the imperial guards made people sweat all over their bodies just by looking at it.

However, when he got close to Atorio suddenly felt cooler.

The cold aura came from several extremely tall heavy armored warriors, who stood out among the imperial guards.

They were wearing heavy and strange steel armor, covered with a layer of red rust, as if they were ancient relics dug out from an ancient crypt.

And their helmets are covered with pale skeleton faces.

The governor suddenly didn't know what to do, but soon saw a few familiar faces.

Several warlocks from the north rode on horseback and followed the soldiers into the construction site.

There is also the witch hunter who is called "White Wolf" in the team.

At the end of the team, Emperor Enhill was walking side by side with a black-haired young man.

Atorio has heard many rumors about that young man.

What a mysterious messenger from the East.

What an ancient warlock sealed in the Immortal Island for hundreds of years.

What is the reincarnation of the prophet Lebioda.

Some people even say that he is the spouse of the evil god Lilith, who will bring destruction to the world.

But he didn't care about so much now, so he went up in three or two steps and gave a standard Nifgaard court ceremony.

"His Majesty the Emperor, the Well of Fogus has been completed."

The Well of Fogus was the name he had made for this huge pit, and such a great project would definitely not go wrong after being named by the emperor's father.

However, he saw Enhill frowning and did not even reply to him.

The young man nodded to himself instead, got off the horse and walked slowly to the edge of the deep pit, and observed it carefully.
Chapter completed!