"It's said that the Rotterdam Kingdom used to be the place where the Goblins lived, and many relics of the Goblins have been found there." Gerian did not let go of any opportunity to show off his knowledge, and kept introducing it with his plump lips. "I heard that the Rotterdam Kingdom has been doing research in this area, and has successfully built Alchemy Colossuses and used them in the army. Wait, do you mean … the Rotterdam Kingdom is supporting the Syer Bandits? "
Gerian was not the only one who was surprised. Even Lin Li found it unbelievable. Although the Syer Bandits had some fame in the Breezy Plains, they were just bandits, after all. Moreover, even if they had the support of another country, it should be the Ledin Kingdom.
"Tell me about the Rotterdam Kingdom, what else do you know?" Lin Li's interest in the Rotterdam Kingdom was piqued. This country was an anomaly on the mainland. Since they could research Alchemy Colossuses, it was not impossible for them to support the Syer Bandits, who could not even reach eight poles.
It was rare that Lin Li did not know about it. Gerian temporarily forgot about the unhappiness of losing on the battlefield, and excitedly introduced the Rotterdam Kingdom to Lin Li. "The Rotterdam Kingdom is located in the north of the mainland. Almost half of its territory is covered in snow all year round, and is known as the Land of Eternal Frost. Of course, most of its citizens live in the south where the climate is relatively mild. To the west of the Rotterdam Kingdom is the Dwarf Kingdom. It's said that since the end of the Dark Age, the relationship between the two countries has been very good.
"The Rotterdam Kingdom provides all kinds of scarce resources to the Dwarf Kingdom, ranging from the most basic agricultural products to magical technology and products. The Dwarf Kingdom, on the other hand, provides the Rotterdam Kingdom with high-quality weapons and armor, as well as rare magical ores. The two countries can be said to be a model of mutual exchange.
"You may not believe the strength of the Rotterdam Kingdom, but according to various calculations, the strength of the Rotterdam Kingdom should be ranked third among all the countries in Anril. However, despite having such strength, the puzzling thing is that since the end of the Dark Age, the Rotterdam Kingdom has never participated in the disputes between the countries on the mainland, and has no desire for anything. In the past, when the Dwarf Kingdom was invaded by a certain country, the Rotterdam Kingdom had sent troops to help, and it was said that there were Alchemy Colossuses among them. However, it is only hearsay, and there is no specific record of that period of history. "
"Oh? The Rotterdam Kingdom is really low-key, "Lin Li said casually.
"That's right, it's low-key, so low-key that it's almost forgotten. In fact, most people in the other kingdoms won't even know that such a country exists on this continent." Gerian picked up the cup and drank some water, then said helplessly, "That's all I know."
Lin Li shook his head as he listened. To be honest, what Gerian said could be easily understood by flipping through a book. However, according to what Gerian said, the four Alchemy Colossuses of the Syer Bandits were most likely related to the Rotterdam Kingdom. The Alchemy Colossus was considered a high-end magical machine even in the era of the Goblins. It was not something that could be created easily. Apart from requiring extremely high skills in the field of arrays, there were also very high requirements for machinery and forging skills. Given the relationship between the Rotterdam Kingdom and the Dwarf Kingdom, the problem of forging skills could be easily solved.
In the whole of Anril, Lin Li really couldn't think of any other country other than the Rotterdam Kingdom that could create Alchemy Colossuses. The problem was, why did the Rotterdam Kingdom support the Syer Bandits? It was really puzzling.
"Forget it, let's talk about it after I see their Alchemy Colossuses with my own eyes. Let's continue talking about the battle after that. The combat power of the Alchemy Colossus is equivalent to that of an Archmage, but with the help of magic equipment, we mages don't have to be afraid of them. " Lin Li stopped thinking about the relationship between the Rotterdam Kingdom and the Alchemy Colossus, and continued to ask Gerian about what happened after that.
"Heh, it would be great if there were only four Alchemy Colossuses. That guy is stupid and big. As long as we design it well, it's not impossible to deal with it. After I temporarily retreated with my men, I thought of a way to deal with them, and really led their Alchemy Colossus into a trap. But, just as I was about to smash that big guy, 10 f * cking Archmages appeared out of nowhere. They were real level-18 Archmages, and there were 10 of them at once. Damn it, if I had such power, I would have f * cking swept through Jarrosus a long time ago. " Gerian's face was full of melancholy. If he had 10 Archmages under him, he wouldn't have been attacked by the Shadow's Nest. The dignified Guild of Magic in a small place like Jarrosus was constantly being bullied by the mage families, and he, the President, had no status to speak of.
"What, 10 level-18 Archmages?" Lin Li was really shocked. Even though Gerian was standing right in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little scared for him.
Not to mention a small place like Jarrosus, even in the entire Felan Kingdom, from the Guild of Magic to the various families, there were pitifully few who could come up with 10 level-18 Archmages at once. It was also because Lin Li was willing to spend money to arm his mages to the teeth. Otherwise, how could his men survive when facing 10 Archmages? They would have been blown to smithereens long ago.
"I've led my men and fought with them many times, I'm definitely not wrong. Do you know now? Four Alchemy Colossuses equivalent to Archmages, plus 10 Archmages. Do you think it was easy for me to drag it out until now? " Gerian recalled the experience of the past few days, and actually felt a lingering fear. After all, the opponents were equivalent to 14 Archmages.
"Fought with them many times? How were the casualties? Why didn't you retreat first? " Lin Li was very curious. Since the difference in strength was obvious, why did he stay and take the risk? Gerian didn't seem like such a stubborn person.
"Don't worry, I know you're short of men now, so the few times you fought with them were mainly to harass them. Injuries were inevitable, but fortunately, they're still alive. As for why they didn't retreat, it's mainly because I realized that they seemed to be preparing for something. Especially those 10 Archmages. They only appear when we're within a certain range of their lair, as if there's something they can't do. Otherwise, they would have chased us out of the Dragon Mountains long ago, "Gerian told Lin Li his guess.
"What could it be that the 10 Archmages can't do anything?" Lin Li suddenly thought of the Syer Bandits. Didn't they dig something out of the church in Black Clouds Town? Could it be that the 10 Archmages were suppressing that thing? However, he had no idea what it was. He could only wait for the people from the Malfa Family to come over and ask them directly.
After talking about the recent situation, Lin Li and Gerian left the tent. As the President of the Guild of Magic and the owner of the Tower of Dusk, he naturally had to check on the situation of his men. They hadn't seen each other for almost three months, and there were some new faces in the Tower of Dusk's team. However, none of them were particularly outstanding in terms of strength.
"President Felic, let me introduce you to the new members." Gavin's role in the Tower of Dusk was more like that of a butler. Although he didn't have a clear position, he was basically in charge of all the miscellaneous matters.
In the three months that Lin Li wasn't around, the Tower of Dusk had gained 13 new members. However, the highest level was only a level-14 Magic Shooter, and the lowest were two Magic Shooters who had just reached level-10. That couldn't be helped. The Breezy Plains Guild of Magic had just been established, and the mages who had some ability in the past had long been divided up by the various forces. If not for Basel's introduction, Lin Li would have had to face the situation of leading a group of mages below level-10 to play house.
The level-16 Archmage Gavin was considered the strongest mage after the President. Of course, Basel, who had reserved the position of the chief judge, was not included. Next was Alan, who had just advanced. After getting rid of his miserly habits, he finally succeeded in advancing to a level-15 Archmage. Although most of the others were Magic Shooters between level-10 and level-13, they could be considered a force to be reckoned with after being equipped with excellent magical equipment.
At this time, the new members of the Tower of Dusk were also paying attention to the young President. Although they had heard how young Lin Li was when they joined the Guild of Magic, they only realized that they had been too conservative when they saw him in person. For the position of the President of the Guild of Magic, 40 or 50 years old was considered young. However, they had never thought that the President would be so young. He was actually only 20 years old.
Of course, no one dared to question the President's ability even though he was ridiculously young. Although the old members did not tell them Lin Li's age, they would often tell them how scary Lin Li was in order to prevent anyone from making him unhappy.
After meeting the new members, Lin Li visited the injured under Gavin's guidance, and had a cordial conversation with them. Lin Li understood the condition of each injured person in detail, and asked if there were any difficulties that needed to be solved. He hoped that they could focus on their treatment and recover as soon as possible …
One had to know that their opponents were four Alchemy Colossuses and 10 level-18 Archmages. It was quite good that they were only injured after going against such a force. After seeing the injured, Lin Li took out some Healing Potions from the Ring of Endless Storm and handed them to Gavin for him to distribute.
As soon as the Healing Potions were taken out, the faces of the new members changed. Healing Potions were completely different from Wound Potions. Wound Potions had very common functions such as reducing inflammation and stopping bleeding. It was a very common thing that most doctors would know how to make. Strictly speaking, Healing Potions were a type of magical potion that could greatly speed up the healing of injuries. Even in the field of pharmaceutics, it was a very advanced potion. Things that could be used to save lives were never cheap. Such a Healing Potion would cost at least 8,000 to 10,000 gold coins on the market.
However, not only did the young President let them use it, but he also acted as if he did not care about this potion that was worth 10,000 gold coins. Just like that, in the hearts of the newly joined members, their impression of this young President skyrocketed.
After Gavin distributed the Healing Potions, he returned to Lin Li's side, and said, "Mr. President, your tent is ready."
"Okay, let's go." Lin Li nodded calmly, and followed Gavin to his tent to rest.
"Mr. President, if there's anything else you need, please let me know," Gavin said respectfully. When he first joined the Tower of Dusk under Basel's introduction, he had thought about making the young President a figurehead. However, he really did not dare to have such thoughts now. The last time he saw Lin Li in the Blackstone Mountains, he was already a level-19 Archmage. This time, he felt even more unfathomable. He simply could not imagine what was stronger than a level-19 Archmage! What was it!? What was it!? Mr. President is only 20 years old!?
That night, everyone was talking about and thinking about the young and mysterious President in the tent in the center of the campsite. No one dared to look down on him because of his young age. Everyone was full of confidence in their future and the future of the Tower of Dusk.
Lin Li had not had a good rest for a long time. He remembered that the last time he had a good rest was nearly four months ago in the tent in the Blackstone Mountains. This time, even though he was almost under the enemy's nose, he still slept very comfortably.
This sleep lasted for a long time. Lin Li slept for a full three days and three nights before he woke up. It was not that he wanted to sleep, but mainly because the trip to the Abyss of Tharlen had drained his mental strength too much. Connoris's ancient demonic runes were a huge drain on his mental strength. If it were someone else, their head would have exploded.
When he woke up, it was noon. Lin Li planned to get some food. He lifted the curtain of the tent, and saw Gavin standing in front of the door as if he had been waiting for him. So, he asked, "Hey, Mage Gavin, when did you come? What's the matter?"
"Mr. President, Hutton from the Malfa Family is outside the campsite, requesting to see you," Gavin said with a strange expression. He did not know that Lin Li had sent someone to invite the Malfa Family, but he knew about the conflict between the Malfa Family and Lin Li. Hence, when he saw that Hutton had brought his men to Lin Li's door, he could not understand what was going on.
"Yes, it's nothing. Before I came, I asked Beckley to send someone to the Malfa Family to help," Lin Li said nonchalantly.
Gavin could not stay calm when he heard that. That was the Malfa Family, one of the top forces in the Breezy Plains. The President had sent someone to send a message, and the young master of the Malfa Family had actually come personally to accept the President's invitation. How great was that?
Lin Li did not care about what Gavin was thinking. He waved his hand, and said, "Don't bother about him. Send me breakfast … lunch first."
"Y-yes, Mr. President." Gavin was stunned, but when he thought about how the President of the Blackstone Mountains had been schemed against by the Malfa Family, he felt that it was only right to ignore Hutton.
In front of the campsite of the Tower of Dusk, Hutton stood at the entrance with a few of his men. He had already sent someone to inform the President of the Malfa Family, but there was no movement in the campsite, and the young President was nowhere to be seen.
"Young Master Hutton, they are too rude. They were the ones who invited us, and yet they made you wait here," one of the men said indignantly.
"Yes, Young Master Hutton. Why don't we return to the campsite first?" another man said.
"Shut up and wait here quietly." Hutton lowered his voice and scolded his two subordinates.
After waiting for some time, a tall and strong mage finally walked out of the campsite. This mage who had the body of a warrior came to the entrance of the campsite, and said to Hutton, "You must be Mage Hutton from the Malfa Family. Our President is waiting inside, please follow me."
Hutton's men were displeased. They had worked for the Malfa Family for so many years, and had never seen such a thing. It was one thing for the young master of the Malfa Family not to be waiting at the entrance, but not a single person came out to greet him. How could they just send their men to ask him to go in? Who do you think you are?
The two men looked at Hutton's face, and were waiting for him to give the order to rush into the campsite and capture the President to apologize to him. But what surprised them was that the proud and arrogant young master actually tolerated it. He even said politely, "Oh, then I'll have to trouble you to lead the way."
Hutton slowly walked into the campsite under Gavin's guidance. The more he walked, the more surprised he became. The Tower of Dusk had only been established for less than half a year, and he had thought that the young President Felic was the only one who was powerful. But looking at the campsite and the mages in it, Hutton was rather discerning.
The moment he came in, he roughly looked at the layout of the campsite. Although the campsite was temporary and simple, it was not shabby. The tents were arranged in an orderly manner, and they were scattered but not scattered. They could deal with sudden attacks from large-scale magic spells, and support each other to the greatest extent.
What shocked Hutton the most was the mages of the Tower of Dusk in the campsite.
In this world, the social status of mages was very high, so many mages had always been relatively undisciplined, which was the so-called unorganized and undisciplined. Even the mages of the Malfa Family were troubled by the lack of discipline. They would feel that it was an insult to them to practice battle formations like the Warriors.
But along the way, Hutton could feel a certain aura from the mages of the Tower of Dusk, regardless of their abilities. It was as if he had seen well-trained Warriors before. Hutton believed that even the elites of his family would not have much chance of winning against such a group of mages.
Was it really because the mages of the Tower of Dusk had a high level of awareness? Not necessarily. The biggest reason was that Lin Li was willing to spend money on them, so that they would feel that they needed the Tower of Dusk, and not the other way around. Hence, if they did not want to be abandoned by the Tower of Dusk, they would have to work hard to adapt to the rules of the Tower of Dusk.
On the other hand, local forces like the Malfa Family felt that they needed the mages they hired and paid. Hence, they would try their best to accommodate them, afraid that the mages would leave them if they were unhappy. How would they dare to let them participate in training like the Warriors?
Or was it because they were too weak? Hutton did not see that. Although there was no one in the Tower of Dusk who could catch his eye except for the demonic President, they were a force to be reckoned with. When these mages were all above level-10, they were a force to be reckoned with.
A team made up entirely of Magic Shooters might not be considered much, but what if they had the discipline of an army? Then, Hutton, who was comparing the abilities of the two mages, suddenly realized that the mages of the Tower of Dusk were wearing and using high-level magical equipment that even the Malfa Family could not bear to give to their subordinates. Only the core members of the Malfa Family were qualified to be equipped with such high-level magical equipment. Even the elites that he had brought along were only equipped with similar magical equipment.
Damn it! Could it be that the magical equipment stores were having a clearance sale recently? Look at that magic robe! Look at that magic wand! Look at that enhancement accessory! Hutton felt a little unbalanced. He thought about how his subordinates and the elites of the Malfa Family were like beggars compared to the mages of the Tower of Dusk.
Hutton even wondered if he should think of a way to prevent his subordinates from meeting the mages of the Tower of Dusk. Otherwise, they would rush to join the Tower of Dusk before the mission was over.
With mixed feelings, Hutton followed Gavin to Lin Li's tent.
Gavin gestured for Hutton and the rest to wait while he entered the tent to report to the President. After a while, he came out, and said to Hutton, "Mage Hutton, our President invites you in."
Hutton nodded with a smile, and was about to enter the tent.
At this moment, one of Hutton's subordinates rushed to the entrance of the tent, and was about to lift the curtain for Hutton.
But Gavin stopped him, and said with a serious expression, "Our President only invites Mage Hutton in."
"You!" Hutton's subordinate's expression changed, and he was about to explode. He thought to himself, Since we're already at the entrance, shouldn't you, as the host, come out to welcome us? But the truth was that the President did not even show his face, and allowed the young master of the Malfa Family to be called in like a servant. That was extremely rude!
Hutton could not wait to suck up to Lin Li and the Tower of Dusk, so how could he be bothered with such a small issue? He stopped his subordinate, and said, "You two … go back first. Tell them that no one is allowed to leave the campsite without my orders." He had wanted to let them wait outside, but on second thought, he was afraid that they would not know the severity of the situation, and cause trouble in the Tower of Dusk's campsite.
The conversation in the study did not reach the ears of the people below. Firstly, it was an issue of the family's reputation, and secondly, they were worried that the young President would be displeased if the secret was leaked. Geresco's three relics were extraordinary, and if they were to spread the news that someone had obtained those three treasures, the Malfa Family would be the first to be blamed if they got into trouble.
Due to this concern, Hutton could only not explain. He ordered his subordinates to avoid contact with the people from the Tower of Dusk as there would be no conflict if there was no contact.
Hutton's idea was not bad, but people were often affected by the so-called common sense. A 20-year-old President and a Guild of Magic that couldn't even deal with the remnants of the Syer Bandits; who would think that they were anything special?
Lin Li had just finished his meal, and when he saw Hutton, he gestured to the seat beside him, and said with a smile, "Mage Hutton, I didn't expect you to be here so soon. Please take a seat."
"Hehe, as a member of the Breezy Plains, it is our duty to crack down on the bandits that affect the stability and harmony of the area. Hence, after hearing the words of the messenger from the Guild of Magic, I immediately mobilized the elites of my family, and traveled day and night to come here, hoping to contribute to this operation. " Hutton sat down, and said with a flattering smile. His tone showed that he was trying to curry favor with the young President.
Sh * t, I'd be a fool to believe you. You make it sound so good, but didn't you get involved with the Syer Bandits in the first place? Lin Li naturally did not believe Hutton's high-sounding words, but he did not embarrass him directly. He said, "Mage Hutton, thank you for your hard work. The elites of the Malfa Family must have extraordinary abilities."
"You're too kind. Along the way, I saw that the mages of your Guild of Magic are truly extraordinary. I'm very envious," Hutton said respectfully.
Outside the tent, Yeric and Waldo, who were Hutton's two subordinates, listened to their young master's orders and walked out of the campsite without even looking at Gavin. These two men were the cream of the crop among the mages of the Malfa Family. Their abilities were second only to Emendas, and they were both level-16 Archmages. In a small place like Jarrosus, this kind of strength could sweep away all the forces and dominate a region.
As the two men walked out, they discussed Young Master Hutton's strange behavior. It was just a newly established Guild of Magic. Did he have to be so careful? After all, Young Master Hutton was the first heir of the Malfa Family. In the Breezy Plains, he could be considered a very respectable person.
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