Besides, although Lin Li couldn't be considered to have read the Light Bible thoroughly, he had already gained a lot from it. Lin Li could feel that he had improved greatly in terms of the use of the Power of Holy Light even though he hadn't really tested it in actual combat.
It was precisely because of the gains that he had gained from the Light Bible that Lin Li couldn't help but think about the Book of Darkness of the Darkness Shrine. Hence, he wasn't prepared to give up Sendros' invitation this time. He believed that if he really had the chance to read the Book of Darkness and perfect his understanding of the Power of Gloomy Dark, the power of his Light and Darkness Domain would definitely increase to a higher level. He might even be able to reach level-24.
After Lin Li showed that he was ready to leave, the senior executives of the Brilliance Shrine who were passionate about pharmaceutics got anxious, and rushed to consult Lin Li with a bunch of pharmaceutics questions in their hands. For the senior executives like them, it was impossible for them to leave the Holy Mountain easily. Hence, it would be rather troublesome for them to consult Lin Li after he returned to the Tower of Dusk.
Tolon City was located at the border between the Ledin Kingdom and the Dwarf Kingdom. It was originally just a military fortress, but due to the large number of caravans that came and went every day during peacetime, the border city became rather prosperous, and had already reached the scale of a medium-sized city.
In the morning, the city gate of Tolon City opened, and the city guards with spears stood on both sides of the city gate, waiting to inspect the passing caravans. Perhaps it was because of the long period of peace that the Dwarf Kingdom had never been ambitious, and there were almost no small conflicts at the border. The city guards were all lazy, and many of them were even dozing off while leaning on their spears.
On the road in the distance, a large caravan slowly approached from the direction of the Dwarf Kingdom. There were more than 10 carriages that were fully loaded, but they were covered with rain cloths. Nobody knew what they were carrying. In fact, such a large caravan was not rare in Tolon City. The most eye-catching thing was the members of the caravan. Apart from 200 mercenaries of various professions, there were actually more than 20 mages among them.
In fact, it was not a big deal to have more than 20 mages in the caravan. However, if someone were to take a closer look, they would discover that the mages in the caravan were at least Magic Shooters, and 10 of them were wearing Archmages' badges on their chests. With such a force, as long as it wasn't a Legendary powerhouse, any bandit group would have to choose to avoid it.
"Captain, whose caravan is this? Even the Flashing Gold Trade Union's caravan isn't this arrogant. Don't tell me they're just pretending to scare people." A city guard in front of the city gate looked at the approaching caravan and whispered to his companion.
"That's not a bluff. I heard that the caravan belongs to a force called the Tower of Dusk from the Breezy Plains," said the captain of the city guards.
"Breezy Plains? It seems to be very far from us. What kind of place is the Tower of Dusk? I heard that the most arrogant group there is a heretical bandit group called the Dark Blade. I've never heard of the Tower of Dusk, "the city guard said as he curiously sized up the caravan that was about to reach them. As a citizen of the Ledin Kingdom, he didn't have much respect for mages. In fact, it was just like how the people of the Felan Kingdom didn't take clergymen seriously.
"Who cares? As long as it's not a caravan from the shrine, they have to listen to us here. Let's check," the captain of the city guards said while walking towards the mage who was obviously the leader of the caravan.
Watching the captain walk over, the other city guards smacked their lips in envy, and walked towards the carriage at the back of the caravan, ready to check the goods in the carriage. However, before they could do anything, the captain had already given the order to let the caravan pass. However, no one found it strange, because such things happened every day. Every time the caravan entered the city, everyone would be able to get a share of the benefits that they deserved from the captain.
"Heh, gold coins. The Tower of Dusk is really generous." The crowd didn't know how much the captain had received, but they were already satisfied with the five gold coins each. After all, their monthly salary was only about 10 silver coins.
The caravan of the Tower of Dusk successfully entered Tolon City, and stopped in front of the largest inn. There were countless caravans passing by the border cities, so there were most inns and taverns in the city. Besides, the inns often had extremely spacious courtyards for the caravans to park their carriages and goods.
The caravan of the Tower of Dusk was led by the Archmage Gavin. Due to the fact that his strength had already reached the peak of level-19, and he had also obtained a hint of Legendary-realm enlightenment, it was no longer useful for him to study behind closed doors at this stage. Hence, he handed over the affairs of the Tower of Dusk to Beckley, and took part in the caravan as a form of training.
However, for now, it seemed that Gavin's goal of training seemed to be a little difficult to achieve. With the strength of the caravan, unless the bandits were fools, they wouldn't spend all their money on such a caravan. The 200-odd mercenaries were actually just coolies sent by the forces that had submitted to the Tower of Dusk. Hence, there was nothing special about their strength. However, there were more than 20 mages, including 10 Archmages who were well-equipped. Even ordinary Legendary powerhouses would probably not want to provoke them.
After arranging everything for the caravan, Gavin turned down the invitation of his companions, and stayed in the room alone to read the magic book that he had copied, carefully experiencing the hint of enlightenment of the Legendary-realm. In the beginning, he even wanted to give up learning magic, and felt that the Archmage realm was already his limit. Hence, he focused most of his energy on the pursuit of power. However, the hint of enlightenment of the Legendary-realm now made him realize that the Legendary-realm was no longer that unreachable. His pursuit of power in the past seemed too ridiculous now.
The Legendary-realm was something that he would never have dared to think about in the past. He didn't expect to have the opportunity to see the mysteries of the Legendary-realm after following the young President for just two years! At the thought of his experiences in the past two years, Gavin felt rather emotional.
The night gradually shrouded Tolon City, and the entire city became silent. Only the taverns that were open all night could be heard from time to time as they opened and closed their doors. In the largest hotel in Tolon City, Travelers' Home, the oil lamps in the windows were extinguished one after another, and the people who had been working all day began to rest.
However, at this moment, neat footsteps could be heard coming from both sides of the wide street outside the Travelers' Home. Rows of soldiers walked out of the darkness, and soon surrounded the Travelers' Home under the command of the officers. A few soldiers stepped forward to knock on the door, and the sound was extremely ear-piercing in the silent night.
Gavin closed the magic book and dimmed the magic lamp on the table. Just as he was about to start meditating, he heard some noises coming from outside, followed by the sound of footsteps approaching from afar.
"Sir, have you rested? Come here quickly, a group of soldiers has barged into the courtyard to seize our goods," said an anxious voice from outside. It was none other than Halsanki, the captain of the mercenaries who was in charge of guarding the goods at night.
Gavin couldn't help but frown. The goods that the caravan was transporting this time were fine, but the key was the 15 Magical Crystal Cannons that Lin Li wanted. Such powerful long-range attack weapons were generally banned in all countries, but they were now in times of peace, and basically no one would be too bothered about it. Besides, it was not the first time that the Tower of Dusk had transported the Magical Crystal Cannons through this trade route, and they had long cleared all the connections. However, the city guards of Tolon City had suddenly come to seize the goods, which was rather puzzling.
Of course, no matter what the reason was, Gavin couldn't really let them drag the Magical Crystal Cannons away. After all, each Magical Crystal Cannon cost hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and 15 Magical Crystal Cannons would cost nearly 10 million gold coins. No matter how rich and powerful the Tower of Dusk was, they shouldn't be such a prodigal. It was time to let those guys who had benefited from the caravan exercise.
Gavin picked up his magic staff, and followed Halsanki to the backyard of the Travelers' Home. At this moment, the courtyard was already brightly lit, and the city guards and the mercenaries who were guarding the goods were in a confrontation. Both sides seemed to be at loggerheads, and it seemed like a conflict would break out at any time. With the power of the Tower of Dusk's caravan, they naturally wouldn't take the insignificant city guards seriously. Not to mention the mages, even the 200-odd mercenaries were fully capable of breaking out of the encirclement of the city guards with the goods.
However, everyone knew that they couldn't do that. If they really got into a fight, the strength of the city guards would be nothing, but they represented the Ledin Kingdom, after all. Putting aside what would happen to the goods, the caravan would not be able to travel on this trade route in the future. Besides, everyone knew that the real owner of the Ledin Kingdom was not the king or the nobles, but the Brilliance Shrine that had believers all over Anril.
"I've received a report that the goods of your caravan involve contraband. Please put down your weapons and accept inspection," an officer of the city guards yelled arrogantly.
At this moment, Gavin had already walked over. He took out a document, walked towards the officer, and said, "Sir, I have a pass personally signed by Count Andre that allows the caravan to be exempted from inspection in the territory of the Ledin Kingdom. Would you like to take a look?"
Although the Ledin Kingdom was a religious country, all humans had desires. Not to mention the officials and nobles who were ordinary believers, even the clergymen wanted to be sent out to become bishops. Was it really for the sake of spreading their teachings? The caravan of the Tower of Dusk had long used a large amount of gold coins to open up the trade route, from the border checkpoints to the officials in the various cities. Tolon City was the fief of Count Andre, a noble of the Ledin Kingdom. Hence, the most effective thing was naturally the pass personally signed by him.
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