Lin Li was not worried about Gavin. He was ambitious, but it was not a bad thing to be ambitious. In other words, he was motivated. Ever since the Tower of Dusk was established, Gavin had always been very serious in his work, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was willing to work hard without complaint. Hence, it was the best choice to let Gavin be in charge of the reconstruction of Black Clouds Town.
Lin Li had great confidence in his design. With the help of the Master-level magic gears, the new Black Clouds Town would be able to protect the residents of the town, not to mention one Syer Bandits. Even if there were 10 Syer Bandits, they would still be able to protect the residents of the town.
Hence, after handing over the task of rebuilding Black Clouds Town to Gavin, Lin Li instructed the others not to disturb him unless there was something important. He then locked himself in his room, and no longer cared about anything that happened outside.
Gavin's current position in the Tower of Dusk was like a butler. In an organization like the Guild of Magic, a butler was not an official position. To put it bluntly, he was just a person who ran errands for the President. However, no matter which Guild of Magic it was, there would always be a butler under him. Hence, although he did not have an official position, the power he had was definitely not comparable to that of ordinary people.
Gavin was passionate about power, but he was not the kind of person who would do anything for it. He knew that the young President did not like to be involved in the trivial matters of the Guild of Magic. Hence, as long as he did everything that Lin Li asked him to do, his power would naturally not be taken away by others. Besides, with the rise of the Tower of Dusk, his status would also rise, and he might even become an important figure in the Breezy Plains.
After getting the blueprint of the new Black Clouds Town from Lin Li, Gavin knew that it was the best opportunity for him to show his abilities. Usually, he would only deal with trivial matters, but this time, he could tell from the importance that Lin Li placed on Black Clouds Town that it was definitely not a small matter. At the thought of this, Gavin got excited, and immediately organized the manpower. All kinds of work began to be carried out in an orderly manner under his arrangements.
If he simply wanted to build a town where people could live, the Tower of Dusk could hire a large number of workers to complete the construction of the entire town very quickly. However, the problem was that the new Black Clouds Town in Lin Li's design was not just a place for people to live.
Gavin took the blueprints back to study them, and many of his hairs turned white. If they were to rely on ordinary construction workers, they might not be able to complete the entire town's construction in ten or twenty years, unless … unless mages were involved in the construction.
But generally speaking, mages would only participate in the construction work during the construction of the Mage Tower. Even in the construction of the palace, the royal family could not ask for magicians to do such a menial task. Yes, in any place, people would be divided into different classes, and it was impossible for there to be no distinction between high and low jobs. For mages, dirty and tiring construction work was naturally a low-class job.
However, Gavin was not the only smart person in the Tower of Dusk. Anyone who could become a mage was definitely not a fool. As a member of the Tower of Dusk, everyone knew that Lin Li was different from the rest, and that he had feelings for the residents of Black Clouds Town. Most importantly, Lin Li was extremely generous.
It was no secret in the Tower of Dusk that Lin Li was a Master of pharmaceutics. After all, Lin Li could concoct a potion that could break through the limits of talent. Those who were stuck at the magic apprentice stage could advance to a mage, and those who were stuck at the mage stage could advance to a Magic Shooter. In fact, they even heard that those who were stuck at the Magic Shooter stage could reach the realm of an Archmage with the help of potions.
What's the point of pride? I'm just a construction worker, but you're a Magic Shooter. No matter how much pride you have, you can't compare to an Archmage!
Gavin was passionate about power, but the mages who weren't passionate about power were just as eager to get closer to Lin Li as Gavin was. After all, the young President was a Legendary powerhouse who could create a Magical Domain. Not to mention the high-level magical potions and excellent magical equipment, just a few words from Lin Li would be enough to benefit them for the rest of their lives.
Hence, there was no need for Gavin to spend any effort to mobilize the mages. After knowing that Gavin was in charge of the construction of Black Clouds Town, the mages took the initiative to approach him and ask to participate in the construction work. No one cared about whether it was embarrassing or not, as they just wanted to leave a good impression on the young President. There were more than 40 mages from the Tower of Dusk who participated in the construction work without caring about their image.
With the addition of the mages, Gavin finally did not have to worry about the speed of the construction. However, there was still a problem that had to be solved before they started. He still remembered what Lin Li had instructed him to never leak the design drawings.
That could be considered one of the shortcomings of magic gears. The design drawings were like a key to opening the magic gears. If someone obtained the blueprint of a magic gear, even if it was a Master-level magic gear, they would basically have a way to crack it as long as the other party could understand the blueprint.
Hence, the biggest taboo in the construction of buildings that used magic gears was the leak of the blueprints. Destroying the blueprints after the construction was completed was one way, but there was also the fear that someone would secretly make a backup or memorize something. Hence, there were those who were vicious, such as Osric, who was known as the Butcher. He basically killed everyone who participated in the construction. Otherwise, where did the Skeletal Warriors in the underground palace come from?
Of course, Lin Li wouldn't carry out a massacre like Osric. Anyway, people who knew how to use magic gears could be said to be extinct in this world, and the blueprints could be sealed up. Hence, he only reminded Gavin to be more vigilant.
However, Lin Li's words sounded like an imperial edict to Gavin. He had put in a lot of effort on how to ensure that the blueprints would not be leaked as much as possible. He separated the blueprints and messed them up one by one before handing them to the person in charge for construction according to the requirements of the blueprints.
That was how magic gears worked. As long as the data standards did not change, they could still be used when they were put together. If they were replaced with mageweaths or Alchemy Arrays, the result would be devastating. Even the same person would not be able to separate a mageweath or an Alchemy Array into several parts and complete it slowly. Every mageweath and Alchemy Array had to be drawn in one go.
After getting the blueprints, everyone's first reaction was to think that the designer of the blueprints was definitely a lunatic. Even though each of them only got one of the dozens of copies, the cost of one copy was definitely enough to rebuild 10 Black Clouds Towns. Of course, after hearing Gavin say that the designer was their great President, no one dared to call him a lunatic anymore. However, the look in their eyes still betrayed their inner thoughts.
However, such a crazy thing also made them secretly happy. It seemed that their choice this time was definitely not wrong. The fact that Lin Li had spent so much effort on a small town where ordinary people lived showed how important the residents of Black Clouds Town were to Lin Li. Some people even wondered if they should go to Black Clouds Town and choose one of the children to be their student.
Under Gavin's leadership, the construction of the new Black Clouds Town finally started. A large number of construction teams moved in, and those who were not in the know would think that they were building a palace.
However, as the designer of the new Black Clouds Town, Lin Li did not even attend the groundbreaking ceremony of Black Clouds Town. He still locked himself in his room, and almost ignored the affairs of the world.
There was nothing he could do about it. Ever since he went to the Blackstone Mountains, Lin Li's abilities had improved by leaps and bounds. Going from level-19 to level-20 might seem like a mere two levels, but for other mages, it was something that they might not be able to achieve even if they spent their entire lives. However, Lin Li only took a few months, which was an incredible miracle.
However, although it was good to improve at lightning speed, if it was too fast, it would inevitably cause the hidden danger of an unstable foundation. Nothing in this world was perfect. Although the so-called geniuses were blessed by God, the tests that they had to accept were far greater than that of ordinary people.
Was there only one genius like Geresco in Anril since ancient times? That might not be the case. There were also many geniuses who thought that they were more talented than others, but ended up dying before they could make a name for themselves. For example, the genius of the Dark Blade was much more talented than Hutton, and it was only a matter of time before he advanced to the Legendary-realm. But in the end, where was that person now? Lin Li could not even remember his name.
Ever since Lin Li returned, he had locked himself in his room. All he had to do was to summarize what he had gained in the past few months, and discover any hidden dangers that might exist in his body before eliminating them one by one. He had to integrate the new knowledge and power, and turn them into his own so that he could truly familiarize himself with the power of the Legendary-realm.
The advancement from level-19 to level-20, and from the Archmage to the Legendary-realm, was no longer about the accumulation of quantity, but the change in quality. The process of changing quantity to quality was not as simple as what the textbooks said. In the eyes of most mages, it was an invisible gap that was almost impossible to cross. Once this gap was crossed, there would be a huge change, and the knowledge and experience of the past would undergo an earth-shattering change.
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