Fang Zheng had played a game called "Command and Conquer" before, in which one faction had a machine gun tower building that could be used for air and ground attacks. Fang Zheng's favorite thing to do was to quickly upgrade his technology at the beginning, and when the machine gun tower came out, he would only build these things. After all, the machine gun tower itself didn't cost much, but its range was limited. Fang Zheng was quite patient, and he could spend a whole morning to cover the entire map with machine gun towers, all the way to the entrance of the enemy base camp.

And then... nothing happened.

And now Fang Zheng is also planning to do so. Multiple turrets are the mainstream in the future. If you don’t win, it must be because you don’t have enough turrets. As long as there are enough turrets, any problem is not a problem. So as long as there are enough turrets, any problem can be solved.

So Fang Zheng's suggestion was to first let Iona and the others clear the way, and then launch a ground bombing when encountering monsters. Then the Paladins would cooperate with the Cursed Child to clean up the ground, and then Tan Ji would follow up and start building the crystal tower. Then, put three layers of photon turrets inside and outside the crystal tower...

Fang Zheng estimated that with the power of the photon turret, unless it encountered a lord-level monster, it would basically be killed in seconds...

Of course, building a photon turret also requires resources. In view of the hard work and contributions of Knight Commander Wells, who had been stationed in the Northland Fortress for so many years, Fang Zheng did not dare to ask him for more, but only reduced the amount from 100 times to 50 times.

After all, I, Fang Zheng, am not a devil.

Knight Commander Wells agreed to this. Spirit crystals are military supplies that ordinary people cannot get. However, the Northland Fortress itself is a military organization, so it naturally stores a large amount of spirit crystals. The use of these spirit crystals in the Northland Fortress is just to repair some magic equipment and charge magic cannons. There is nothing particularly important.

Therefore, Knight Commander Wells had no hesitation about Fang Zheng's request, especially after seeing the power of those photon turrets, he gave almost all the spirit crystals in the Northland Fortress to Fang Zheng without any hesitation, leaving only a small part for emergencies. Not only that, he also promised Fang Zheng that if the effect was good, he would apply for more spirit crystal resources from the rear, and Fang Zheng naturally accepted it with a smile.

Anyway, these spirit crystals are left here to be used for magic cannons. The square photon turrets are more powerful than magic cannons, and they are fully automatic and do not require manual operation. After comparing prices from three suppliers, Knight Commander Wells resolutely abandoned the old magic cannons in the Northland Fortress and decisively "looked for new love".

Of course, this matter was of great importance, and Knight Commander Wells could not make the decision completely, so he also reported it to the Temple. The Temple responded quickly, and almost the next day after Knight Commander Wells passed the information, Bishop Karl hurried over via the teleportation array.

"I never thought that Master Fang Zheng would come up with such a suggestion. Recovering the lost territory is also a very important matter for the Temple."

Bishop Karl rushed to the fortress and flattered Fang Zheng without saying anything. In fact, Bishop Karl was also very excited. You have to know that this joint operation with Tiandao Palace was guaranteed by him. If there was any problem with Fang Zheng, the old vampire bishop would have a hard time.

Originally, Bishop Karl only wanted to solve the problem of monsters in the Northland, and he would have completed his mission. But he did not expect that Fang Zheng could bring him such a pleasant surprise - if they could really take back the entire Northland, then it would definitely be a victory worth publicizing for the Holy Kingdom! This would not only strengthen the Holy Kingdom's status and influence in the hearts of the people, but also expand the territory of the Order!

As for the ownership of this territory, Bishop Karl didn't care much about it. If Fang Zheng was willing to take it, that would be even better. In this way, they could be neighbors with Tiandao Palace. If neighbors wanted to build relationships, it would definitely be easy to get close, right?

After all, the Holy Kingdom is not a simple country. For the Holy Kingdom, the biggest enemy is not other enemies who covet their territory, but the monsters in the chaos. As for the territory, whether they get it themselves, or Fang Zheng gets it, or some other force, in short, as long as they don't let the chaos get it, they will nod their heads and agree even if it is handed over to the devil.

Although the devil is the evil side, he is also the guardian of order. Of course, we must strengthen the vigilance at the border.

No one held any ceremony. Fang Zheng, Wells, and Carl were all practical people. They had no interest in the kind of conversations such as "What's the weather like today?" and "What's your sister like?". They just held a meeting to determine their respective responsibilities. Fang Zheng was only responsible for coordinating between the fleet and the Cursed Son's ground forces. Wells would command the fortress's troops to explore and defend the front - after all, they were the local bosses here and were the most familiar with the terrain.

Bishop Carl replaced Wells in the Northland Fortress and was in charge of logistics. Occupying a piece of land was definitely not as simple as just shooting a crystal, setting up a base, and waiting to start mining in a game. However, the Holy Kingdom was professional in this regard, so Fang Zheng just left it to them.

Anyway, if there is a problem, you can just ask them to change the requirements.

Logically speaking, this kind of action should be fully organized before it is launched, but... those Chaos Monsters obviously will not act according to Fang Zheng and his team's schedule.

"boom--!!"

Beams of light fell from the sky, turning the ground in front of them into a sea of ​​fire. Countless Chaos Monsters screamed and turned into charcoal in the high temperature. The flock of magic crows in the sky were directly harvested by the Unicorn's carrier-based aircraft before they even had time to spread out. When they fell, not even a complete corpse was left.

“Ouch!!”

Suddenly, a rhino-sized monster on fire rushed out from the sea of ​​fire. Although its fur seemed to be burned black, it did not seem to be seriously injured. This chaos monster was obviously overwhelmed by anger. After rushing out of the sea of ​​fire, it quickly roared and rushed towards the team in front.

"Everyone, pay attention, this is a mid-level monster!"

Looking at the Chaos Monster in front of them, the leading Paladin shouted hurriedly, and soon several other Paladins came over with weapons and shields. At the same time, the priests behind them raised their scepters and the mages were ready for battle. But before they could take action, they saw two girls in black uniforms suddenly raised the strange weapons in their hands, aimed at the monsters in front of them and pulled the trigger.

“Da da da—”

Along with the sound of gunfire, hundreds of plasma bombs suddenly shot out, whistling and hitting the monster directly, smashing the monster's huge head into pieces in an instant. Then the monster's body suddenly paused, and then it fell to the ground and rolled around without any movement.

"Well……"

Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the Northland Fortress were all stunned and speechless for a moment. They had also seen along the way that the girls were holding some kind of magic crossbows, but the power of this "crossbow" was much greater than ordinary magic, and the important thing was that the speed was quite fast. If they were to come, they would probably have no way to dodge such an attack and could only use their shields to resist it.

"Thank you for your help."

After a while, the leading Paladin captain nodded to the two girls and thanked them solemnly. Hearing his thanks, the two girls smiled slightly and didn't say much.

In general, the cursed children get along quite well with the soldiers of the temple. However, perhaps because they have suffered too much in the dark world, except for some lively cursed children, most of the other cursed children keep a distant attitude towards these paladins.

The Paladins didn't care about this. Although it wasn't stated above, they were not like Fang Zheng, a Paladin who changed his career halfway. They were all familiar with the scriptures. Looking at the huge metal warships that looked like mountains above their heads, and then looking at the girls with wings of light that could fly everywhere, it was obvious that even if the other party was not a messenger of God, it was probably not much worse.

Because of this, the paladins were somewhat restrained in their attitude towards the girls, and keeping some distance between the two sides made them feel relieved. After all, these paladins were devout believers, and although they would not have any bad intentions towards these children, if they accidentally offended them, it would be a serious sin.

"So far, everything is going well..."

Sitting in the command room, Fang Zheng nodded in satisfaction while watching the battlefield below through the screen. Although it was the first time for both parties to cooperate, it seemed that they had a good understanding now. Although there were more monsters here than ants, and they were a black mass, they could not withstand the attack of the Sea Mist Fleet. The remaining fish that escaped the net were directly shot to death by the cursed children. On the contrary, the paladins who were on high alert were of no use and could only shout 666 on the side.

"captain."

At the same time, suddenly, Iona, who was sitting at the table next to Fang Zheng, raised her head, and a blue light flashed in her eyes.

"Large life form reaction detected."

"oh?"

Fang Zheng couldn't help but feel refreshed after hearing Iona's report.

As expected, it came.