[I've been very tired these days. I'm sorry, everyone. The updates are slow and late. Because it's going to be banned, I'm thinking about the plot. I feel that there are some mistakes, and I'm trying to adjust them. Three days at most. I'll recover, and the story will turn around. I'm really grateful to the friends who have been supporting this book. Without you, I really can't write. After all, this is not a book that wins by acting cool. It can't be diluted, and it has to be logical. Every plot is arranged, and some of the knowledge and materials involved were collected by me more than three months ago. Although it seems that I'm only writing some unimportant details, in fact, I'm also enriching this world. I don't want to say more. There's one more chapter today, and I'll update earlier tomorrow. I won't continue like this. It's been two days, and I haven't slept well.]
Only magic strings are the most reliable. The first person to say this was unknown, but it must be a traditional mage. Salin's way of thinking was seriously influenced by Jason, so he didn't care how much money he spent in the process of training except for magic strings.
Salin only had to think about how to continue training. The newly mastered mageweath was extremely rough. Not only could it not be used to attack, but it also consumed a lot of energy.
Salin couldn't continue. He had more urgent things to do. If Thunder Dragon came back, he would definitely be furious. He had to solve this big problem before he could think about the next thing.
It was already October. On this white coast, the wind was frighteningly cold. The working mages all released the enchantment on their magic robes to resist the cold. The swordsmen had sword energy, and it hadn't snowed yet. They could withstand the gradually harsh temperature better than the mages.
In this season, the leaves of the plants in the north fell off, showing a withered yellow color. When Salin and Neris got off the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship, they saw that the mages were still tirelessly busy. The forest had been cut down, and the roads and open spaces were waiting for more craftsmen to come and start building the city.
The fallen leaves that had been cleared had probably accumulated for tens of thousands of years, and there was a thick layer of decay underneath. Several pirates who were farmers grabbed the black and shiny soil, and even shed tears.
Many people were captured to become pirates. The nutrient-rich soil reminded many of their original days. Qin Yin valued agriculture the most, and even the mages had a lot of experience in planting.
When these busy people saw the fertile land, they felt a simple sense of satisfaction in their hearts. This place had actually been barren for tens of thousands of years, and no one had come here to live. What a beautiful land!
Daniel was the only one who did not feel this way. He was born in the Tanggulas Empire and was a small noble. His territory was barren, and he became rich through business. He was more like a Scottinyan. He commanded the giant undead creatures to reclaim the land and cut down the forest. He felt very humiliated.
Only Qin Yin would be so unsophisticated as to ask a respectable Mage to do such a thing. When Daniel was resting, he chewed on the dried meat that was given to him by the mages on Serrig Island. He felt that life was terrible. What was the use of growing more crops on a piece of land? It's not even one-tenth of my annual income from doing business.
When Salin appeared in front of Daniel, he could not help but complain.
"Salin, can I do something else?"
"Something else?" Salin looked at Daniel in surprise. This honest-looking necromancer was now full of worry. He seemed even more depressed than when Salin had forced him to become his follower.
"Of course it's something a Mage should do. Look, my summoned creatures have become livestock for farming, and they eat dry and tasteless food every day. I'm a necromancer. Apart from researching the undead, fighting is my profession. "
"I see …" Salin looked at Daniel thoughtfully. He was getting older, and he had basically been with Rex for the past few years, so he had developed a steady and noble temperament. He was no longer the poor youth from before, and it was difficult for others to discover his thoughts. He understood Daniel's complaints very well. After all, Daniel was from Tanggulas.
"Yes!" Daniel felt much more relaxed when he saw Salin's understanding and sympathetic attitude. He really did not want to do this work anymore.
Salin sighed in his heart. Wasn't he the same as Daniel? Were mages really nobler than other professions? Without farmers to farm, mages would still starve.
How could a person eat if he did not work? Daniel's behavior reminded Salin of when he had just arrived at Kushui Commandery. He did not understand why those mages would do so much for Rex.
Now he understood. Mages were just like other people, apart from their natural talents.
Daniel was very talented, but he was too flashy, which was completely different from his appearance. That was good. After all, he had Daniel as his follower so that he could help him in the future.
"I can arrange for you to do something else. Daniel, when do you think you can advance?" Salin took the initiative to ask about Daniel's advancement.
"That's hard to say. I feel like I've already touched the edge of level-four magic, but I can't take another step forward. I might break through at any time." Daniel was a bit proud. At this moment, he was like a mage, and did not think about the contract with Salin. He was only satisfied with his own ability.
"Then you should do something other than cultivation and experience this world. But since you don't want to do this kind of work, go organize the pirates. You have to take in a few magic apprentices. "
Daniel was stunned. "Take apprentices? Isn't it too early for me? Also, without the Necromancy Flame, even if there are one or two talented pirates, they can't become necromancers. "
Daniel was not worried about his own inheritance. His teacher had never warned him not to teach magic to others.
"When the city is built, I'll arrange a laboratory for you. You have to have someone to serve you. Choose some first. I'll take in more pirates in the future. You can choose those with better aptitudes. Just treat it as training on how to be someone else's teacher. "
Daniel thought for a moment. This was better than following everyone to develop the wasteland, so he agreed.
"As for fighting, I have to deal with the thunder dragon now. You're only a level-three mage, so you can't help much."
Salin's words made Daniel feel a bit ashamed. He knew he was avoiding work. But he did not have the guts to deal with a level-eight creature.
Daniel hesitated and said, "Salin, I definitely can't go underwater. Can I help on land?"
"Of course." Salin laughed. He took out the newest map drawn by a mage and pointed at it. "I need to set up a huge trap now, but I need to clear this area first."
Salin explained his intentions to Daniel. As Daniel listened to Salin's words, he felt some genuine admiration for Salin. Salin's idea was very simple, but it was precisely this simple method that made it possible for him to capture the thunder dragon. He was also quite satisfied with Salin's arrangements. Although it was the same as digging, it was a part of fighting after all, and not the same work as craftsmen.
"Take the pirates to do this. Remember to use necromancy to hide any aura left behind. Don't alert the thunder dragon. I estimate that the thunder dragon will return in half a month at most. At the very least, it'll appear in three to five days. You have to hurry. "
Salin easily dismissed Daniel's complaints, and even made Daniel happily do even more strenuous work. This made Daniel a bit confused. When did he become like Rex? Was there really such a thing as bloodline inheritance? His ancestors were also nobles, but it had been more than a thousand years. That, that little bit of noble bloodline should have faded away long ago, right?
Salin didn't know that as he grew up, he would naturally be influenced by the people closest to him. Rex didn't teach him any skills in this area, but after a few years together, Salin had unknowingly learned many things from Rex. These things had nothing to do with magic. It was completely a person's inner temperament and ability.
Many things had to be done at the same time. Salin couldn't just target the thunder dragon. Before Rex returned, he had to do his best to lay the foundation of this city. With less than a thousand people, there was a limit to what could be done. Salin didn't feel a headache, as if everything was very easy.
He got Daniel to dig and set up the traps, and Salin summoned the mages on Seriger Island to study the first building of this city.
In Jason's design, the center of the city was a square with a huge teleportation array. Salin didn't have the ability to modify the blueprint, but he decided not to build a square. Instead, he built a building like the temple of Myers.
There was a teleportation array in the temple of the goddess. It was very stable and hadn't been damaged for tens of thousands of years. Salin's purpose of building this city was to create a safe passage for himself and Rex's people to enter and exit the demiplane. That was why he naturally thought of the temple of the goddess. That building left a deep impression on him. The temple was also the beginning of changing his fate. He met Neris there and received a lot of wealth.
A lot of building materials were taken out from the bracelet that Rex left for Neris. There were also more puppets that were used to build the city. When Jason first designed this city, he also created a lot of puppets that were invented for this city. It would take at least a few decades to complete this city by relying on manpower.
The price of increasing the speed of construction was that it would consume a lot of magic cores to drive these puppets every day.
Now, Salin wanted to build a temple that didn't worship any gods, and this plan made the mages very excited. Perhaps in the hearts of the mages, this kind of temple actually represented the faith of magic.
Of course, this kind of behavior was a provocation to the Holy Church, but who cared? The pirates definitely didn't care, and the mages on Seriger Island didn't take any gods seriously for more than a thousand years.
The trap in the north still needed the most crucial step. Salin found the large puppets from the bracelet that Rex left behind and started to let the mages assemble them.
The mages that Jason chose for Salin all had special skills. Some were proficient in alchemy, some could make magic potions, and all of them had one thing in common, which was that they were also very good at studying magic arrays. After Salin distributed the work, the rest was to follow the plan and set up the trap.
The most important thing in the trap was the bait. The Thunder Dragon's egg was in Salin's hands, so Salin wasn't worried that the Thunder Dragon wouldn't come in obediently. There were a few rivers that flowed into the sea to the north of the city. The river that Salin's Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship entered wasn't wide, but it was very deep. It was because this river wasn't wide enough that Salin came up with the idea of luring the Thunder Dragon.
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