"I've already told you what I want you to do. There's nothing else." Jason thought for a moment, then reminded, "Before you become a Magic Shooter, try not to provoke the people of the Vatican."
Salin nodded. He understood his teacher's idea. After becoming a Level Seven Magic Shooter, a Mage could fly freely. A Level Six Mage could also fly, but their speed and height were limited. If he became a Level Seven Magic Shooter, as long as he didn't fall into the enemy's trap, he could still run if he couldn't win.
Salin could also fly now, but his speed and height were not as high as Rex, not to mention Magic Shooters. Jason was worried that Salin would find trouble with the Vatican because he could fly.
The warships of Seriger Island were 100 meters long, and required Mages to start. Jason assigned a Level Five Mage, a Level Four Mage, and six Level Three Mages to each ship. It wouldn't be a problem even if they traveled day and night. If these warships were made by the nobles of the Qinyin Empire, they would definitely cost more than a million gold coins.
A warhorse was only a dozen gold coins, but the cost of this warship could buy 100,000 warhorses. It could be said that the fleet was the most expensive army. Like the cavalry, the horses of the cavalry consumed fodder, and the magic-powered warships consumed magic cores. The cost of maintenance was no less than that of the cavalry.
This wasn't even the most expensive warship. Cloud Flow's main warship was more than 200 meters long, and its cost was more than 10 million gold coins. Only a huge empire could afford such a fleet. Ordinary nobles could only look at it and sigh.
Salin suddenly got three warships, and felt like a nouveau riche. The warship's hidden paddles started to move, and it slowly sailed out of the gate of Seriger Island. At this time, the pirate ship slowly rowed out of the reef. Salin asked Rex to take Nelis to get the Coiled Turtle alchemy ship.
When Rex boarded the ship, he found out that the alchemy ship had been sunk to the bottom of the sea by the pirates. Fortunately, Salin's calculations were thorough. The sea near the island was very shallow, so Rex returned to the warship and brought six Level Three Mages with him. They dove into the sea and started the Coiled Turtle alchemy ship, following Salin's fleet.
The speed of a magic warship could be increased to eighty miles in battle, and the speed of a normal cruise was about fifty miles. The pirate ship was struggling to keep up with it, and the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship could barely maintain this speed underwater. The magicians who boarded the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship were very excited. Seriger Island had tried to build an underwater battleship before, but there were always various problems that could not be solved. For example, the speed and the pressure the warship had to withstand underwater. The most troublesome issue was the lifespan. If one wanted to make an underwater warship last decades or even centuries like a surface ship, the cost would be ridiculously high.
If the cost was high, Serrig Island would be able to afford it, but the maintenance would be the most troublesome part. The magicians of Serrig Island had calculated that the cost of building a 30-meter long underwater battleship was more than the cost of building a main battleship, and the maintenance cost was ten times that of a main battleship.
That was why Serrig Island only had a few boats that were more than ten meters long. Most of the time, they were docked in the harbor. Such boats would be in danger if they encountered any magical beasts in the sea, so they could only patrol around the island and were unable to sail into the deep sea. The hull of the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship was made directly from the shell of an adult Coiled Turtle. Its strength was stronger than most metals, and its weight was less than half that of metals. The hull was inlaid with many crystals, and behind the crystals was a magic circle. Magical images could be seen from inside the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship. The four sets of magical propellers had their own alchemy cabins, and even if two of them were damaged, it would not affect the ship's progress.
The magic circle in the core control cabin could change the weight of the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship. To float on the sea would require a lot of magic cores. However, the consumption would be much lower if the ship moved underwater.
Salin stayed on the flagship. Because he had left in a hurry, he did not have time to count the people on the ship. After doing so, he realized that he had been too naive. Those pirates were indeed not much of a fighting force, and the equipment on the three 100-meter long battleships was what he wanted.
It was easier to operate a magic battleship than a sailboat, but there were more than ninety sailors, divided into three groups, and they rotated day and night. The alchemy machinery that truly propelled the battleship forward was driven by the magic cores. Without magicians, the battleship would become a floating island on the sea, unable to move forward at all.
There were more than two hundred warriors on the battleship. Salin looked at the roster, and found that the standard allocation was five hundred people. Since Seriger Island could not provide that many swordsmen, two hundred people per ship could barely maintain the fighting force.
In addition, there were more than ten alchemy apprentices on each ship. These apprentices and swordsmen worked together to operate the magic stone cannons, magic alchemy crossbows, and some ordinary magic circles. A four-story battleship had a crew of more than eight hundred people, and now there were only about three hundred people. It seemed empty.
The weapons on the battleship were also very different from those on land. Long spears were more than seven meters long, and most of the short weapons were knives, which were easy to maintain. There were no wooden composite bows, and all of them were metal crossbows with ratchets. These metal crossbows were made of high-grade materials, which were not easily corroded by the humid air on the sea, and were relatively easy to maintain.
There were also simple puppets on the ship, which were controlled by the magic apprentices to help the sailors clean the deck and so on. Every battleship was also equipped with many speedboats, and there was a freezer at the bottom, which could store large amounts of fresh water and fish. The sailors did not live at the bottom, but lived on the first floor like all the warriors. The bottom was occupied by a large number of alchemy machines, and other than the puppets, there were very few people.
Salin asked for the battleship blueprint, and studied it carefully. He knew that it would be difficult for the pirates to operate a magic battleship.
However, most of the ships on the sea could not be driven by pure magic like the battleship of Alchemy City, which was too expensive. These pirates could still be of some use in the future.
After studying the structure of the battleship, Salin began to identify the crew on the battleship. There was a magic image on the roster, and the details of every crew member were marked on it.
The magicians on Seriger Island seemed to be very experienced in managing warriors, and did not look like magicians who were ignorant of the world at all. The five ships went all the way north, and every day, the magicians would send magic images through the magic circle to ask for instructions from Salin. Salin only told the battleship not to stop, and to go all the way north.
Although the sea was vast, Salin was still worried about encountering Yun Liu's ship. In terms of performance, his three battleships were definitely better than the bronze-colored battleship that attacked Seriger Island, and it would not be a problem even if they were outnumbered. What Salin was afraid of was the huge battleship he saw before. That battleship was equipped with too many magic stone cannons, and its range was definitely much further than Salin's ships. If they accidentally collided with it, the only outcome would be being sunk.
Other than being able to determine one's position, the magic compass could also detect enemies no less than 40 miles away. If they discovered each other at a distance of 40 miles, Yun Liu's huge battleship would definitely send flying puppets to slow down Salin's ship's escape. By then, even if they split up and escaped, at least one of their ships would be sunk by Yun Liu's battleship.
Therefore, Salin did not dare to stop, nor did he get close to Qin Yin's coast, and only moved forward at full speed in the deep sea.
Every day, besides training, Salin would open the blueprint of the city that Jason gave him in his cabin, and study it carefully. After studying for a few days, Salin finally understood the knack of it. Be it Holy Rock City, Alchemy City, or the city that Jason designed, they were all basically a complete huge magic circle.
The city that Jason designed was much smaller than Holy Rock City and Alchemy City, but the principle was the same. The outstanding part of the city that Jason designed was that it relied on 36 Magic Towers to form a huge magic network. Not only did it increase the power of the 36 Magic Towers, but within the area controlled by these Magic Towers, every Magician was equivalent to standing in their own Magic Tower.
Jason used the Magic Towers to weave a magic net that enveloped the entire city. In this city, the consumption of all magic equipment was reduced to the minimum, and the power of the equipment was increased by several times.
The only flaw of this city was that to achieve the effect of the design, the power of the city could never be less than 36 Magic Shooters.
There were only 33 Magic Shooters on Seriger Island, and Holy Rock City might be able to gather 36, but those Magic Shooters would not belong to the same force. If one wanted to build a city as huge as Holy Rock City, and achieve the same effect, they would need at least 100 Magic Shooters.
Only when Qin Yin was building the kingdom could there be so many Magic Shooters following the orders of one person. In the current Myers Continent, even the Vatican was in serious internal strife, and it was impossible to build such an ideal city.
Salin finally understood that this city was clearly designed for Seriger Island. Only the Magicians on Seriger Island were so united, and there was hope of gathering 36 Magic Shooters.
Teacher really calculated it well. Even if Rex built this city, he would still need to rely on the power of Seriger Island to fully utilize the power of the city.
However, Rex was not at a disadvantage. This blueprint was not a one-time use, and after building one, Rex could build a second one. Moreover, with experience, Rex would save a lot of money and time when building a second magic city. Compared to Holy Rock City, the construction cost of this city was much lower.
At least Salin dared to try building a city like this, and Holy Rock City could not be replicated. Thinking of the towering black walls of Holy Rock City, and the huge magic clocks all over the city, Salin knew that his power was too weak. It was reasonable for teacher to tell him to avoid the people of the Vatican.
The straight-line distance from Seriger Island to the north of Phoenix was more than 10,000 miles, and Salin's fleet even took a detour, and had to travel more than 14,000 miles by sea. The fleet traveled at a speed of 50 miles per hour every day, more than a thousand miles in a day. Even so, after walking for more than half a month, Salin finally saw the land of the Myers Continent.
To be exact, it was not land, but islands that rose up outside the land. These islands were made up of tall and steep rocks, and only plants grew in the cracks of the rocks. It was almost winter now, and the sea breeze was biting cold. Other than black and green rocks, there was only withered vegetation.
"Find a suitable place to dock first," Salin ordered the three warships. There was no natural harbor here, and he and Rex had to choose a location to build a city near the sea. Salin was in a good mood. After he left Ceylon City, the past half a month had been the smoothest. He did not encounter Yun Liu's ship, no powerful magical beasts, and no storms. Perhaps this was a good start.
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