Salin didn't do this out of impulse. He didn't want to run anymore. After leaving Ceylon City, he hadn't had a stable life outside of the time he was in Kushui Commandery.
Kushui Commandery became his best memory. He missed Fayern, the Magician who had helped him so much. If Fayern was still alive, he would treat him like a teacher, just like how he treated Jason.
Fayern died under the Divine Punishment of the Oracle. This was an eternal pain in Salin's heart. Even the Three Lords couldn't find Fayern's soul and turn him into an Undead.
Jason changed Salin's fate. Fayern changed Salin's mind. Fayern let Salin know that there were still beautiful things in this world. There were still things worth cherishing.
Now he had a power he could rely on. Seriger Island. If he still wanted to run away, he could only sail the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship out to sea. But even if he went out to sea, there would be threats from the Godly Wind Nation, the Cloud Flow Empire, and the Alchemy City. So Salin wanted to build a fortress like Sacred Rock City to fight the Curia head-on.
After all, this place was too far from the Curia. If the Curia wanted to mobilize their army, they would have to go through Qin Yin or the sea. Both of these limited the possibility of the Curia attacking the new city. Enough distance would give Salin enough time to wait for Seriger Island to open again.
When the Sorcerers of Seriger Island entered the Six Yuan Space of the Hell of God's Punishment, he would soon have Level Nine Magic Shooters to use. By then, why would he be afraid of the Curia? 36 Level Nine Magic Shooters. That was a power that even Alchemy City would be wary of. These Magic Shooters together would be enough to ensure the safety of this city.
What Salin paid the most attention to was his personal training. He had to become a Magic Shooter as soon as possible like his teacher. As long as he became a Magic Shooter, he could enter the Six Yuan Space and advance to Level Nine. That was the power that truly belonged to him.
When he advanced to Level Nine Magic Shooter, Nelis's power would be fully developed. By then, with Shika and the Winged Skeleton, Salin would truly have his own power.
A fully developed Demon, an Undead with intelligence, a Gaugass Battle Priest, and a large number of followers … This was a much better prospect than following Rex. Rex had never restricted Salin's development, but Rex would not change her ideals for Salin.
Rex would have a batch of High Mages sooner or later, and half of this Teleportation Array belonged to Rex.
Salin wouldn't be jealous of such things. He was born a beggar, while Rex was born a princess of the Empire. She had the guidance of Magic Shooters and a lot of money. If he couldn't get ahead of others like this, then Rex was even more stupid than a low-level magical beast. He was just lucky to be Jason's only student.
This kind of luck was what made people jealous. Walnut from the Nut Mercenary Group had attacked Salin out of jealousy.
Even though Salin had gone through a calamity, his efforts had paid off. A mage like Walnut, even though he had put in more effort than Salin, was still a low-level mage. Who knew how long it would take for him to become a Great Mage?
Salin was currently living in the Holy Temple. The Holy Temple had yet to engrave magic patterns. This was not a job that the Undead could do. Even if the Undead could do it, Salin would not feel at ease letting the Three Monarchs do it.
The Three Monarchs were now immersed in magic knowledge and didn't care about Salin's construction. Because the Magic Tower had yet to be built, the Three Monarchs didn't see the complete blueprints, so they didn't think this city was anything special. They lived in a huge building that Salin had specially built for them. This building was two and a half miles north of the Holy Temple, and was specially built for the Three Monarchs.
The Three Monarchs were all over eight meters tall, and when they were in battle, they could exceed ten meters. This building was incomparably huge. The twelve meter tall gate only had three floors, but this made the building surpass most Magic Towers.
Salin sent someone to deliver two magic books every day, and the Three Monarchs had to read them once each. It was very slow. There were not only words in the magic books, but also a lot of aura left by the writer. Only the Undead Monarchs could analyze what was inside. This was a long job, but for true freedom, the Three Monarchs didn't mind spending a few more years here with Salin.
Salin had too many magic books. The Three Monarchs now knew that there were very few people like Salin who could provide magic books for a long time. They couldn't afford to offend those who were richer than Salin.
The days became peaceful, but Salin was very anxious. The black-robed bishop couldn't just let it go like this. Discovering a heretic would trigger the nerves of everyone in the Church. They couldn't attack this city on land, but the Church could build a ship and attack from the sea.
Even the worst ship could travel a thousand miles in a day from the port of Tanggulas. It would take at most two months to reach here on the sea. The time needed to build a ship might be a little longer, but with the power of the Church, it would take at most two years to build an expeditionary fleet. This meant that even if the Church couldn't pass through the Qinyin Empire on land, they could still reach here in spring two years later. The mages of Serg Island would take three years to reach, so Salin had to rely on himself and Rex for a period of time.
That was why Salin was anxious to see Ainphent. He needed Ainphent's mysterious contract magic to subdue the Three Monarchs. If the Three Monarchs escaped back to the Undead Plane when the Church arrived, or refused to do their best like last time, then his city would be destroyed by the Church. What dreams could he have then?
Even if he didn't mention his friendship with Ainphent, he had enough bargaining chips to make Ainphent share the secret of the contract magic with him.
Apart from his daily training, Salin put all his energy into the construction of the port. He regretted that he had forgotten to give the Construct Puppet to his teacher to research. If this thing was developed, it would have an amazing performance in the defense of the port.
The Construct Puppet would definitely be a piece of cake for anyone below the level of a Swordsman. If they were to encounter an enemy above the level of a Swordsman, the Construct Puppet could also win with their advantage in numbers. The mages of Serg Island would definitely be able to research the secret of the Construct Puppet. How could he have forgotten?
On the crescent-shaped peninsula, Salin built 24 huge stone pillars. In Jason's design, the number of pillars was 12. Jason didn't think that there would be a natural peninsula as a foundation. If there were too many pillars, the project would become extremely huge.
The 24 pillars were also in the style of the Church of God. Salin had to wait for all the mages of Kushui Prefecture to arrive before he could start casting the magic patterns. There was a Thunder Dragon's nest under the peninsula. Salin went to expand it every day, so that there would be a hidden base under the peninsula.
The most important thing was the white stone mountain to the north of the port. After being harvested, the stone mountain had been tidied up into a 600-meter tall cannon tower. To install a real magic cannon, an extremely strong foundation was needed. A normal stone ground would need a space of more than a mile in radius.
This stone mountain was about 400 meters wide, and the material was strong enough to support the magic cannon. Once Rex returned, Salin wanted to talk to her about buying magic cannons.
No one knew how to make magic cannons anymore. They were all left behind from before the Second Dynasty. There weren't many in the entire continent. But the Glücos royal family should know where to buy them.
With magic cannons, large warships wouldn't be able to approach. They couldn't use the magic stone cannons on the ships to attack the port, so they could only send small ships with soldiers to attack. Magic cannons were powerful, but they also consumed a lot of energy. No one would use magic cannons to attack small ships.
There was another place a hundred miles south of the port that could be built. But it was relatively closed and there was no suitable land for farming, so it could only be used as a military port. Salin only had five ships now, so there was no need to develop them.
Of the five ships, three came from Seriger Island, one was robbed by Salin, and the Coiled Turtle alchemy ship was his and Rex's. Five ships could only deal with ordinary battles. If they encountered the Cloud Fleet, other than the Coiled Turtle alchemy ship, the others would be doomed.
Rex took away one-third of the Magicians on Seriger Island, and the two fifth-level Magicians took away four. Now the Magicians around Salin were following him to train in the temple, helping each other. It was as if Salin had returned to the days in Kushui Commandery.
He missed Sicar a little. He had advanced to the fifth level, and he wondered if she had obtained the true ability of a Battle Priest. Salin was more assured about Rex. With Rex's care, Sicar should be able to return to the village safely. Salin had nothing to worry about after moving Sicar's village here.
If the war between the Vatican and the Qinyin Empire spread, it would inevitably affect the Caucasus region. Salin couldn't ignore Sicar's feelings. He felt that he owed Sicar a lot.
What made Salin most happy was that after advancing, he could practice some of the things that Rafael had left behind. Crystal Finger was a sixth-level spell. Salin was now at the fifth level, but he didn't know why he could already practice it. Perhaps it was because he could only practice water magic. It was a compensation from God. All water magic was less difficult for Salin to learn.
The difficulty of simulating other types of magic had increased exponentially, but Salin didn't care much anymore. If there was something to gain, there had to be something to give. He had long been used to this kind of thing.
Crystal Finger was an extremely magical spell. The fighting style of this spell was a bit like that of a swordsman. It needed a distance of about ten meters to unleash its true power. And the closer it was, the more powerful it would be.
Very few Magicians would learn close-range combat magic, and it was almost declining. But Salin had a soft spot for Crystal Finger, because it was the most powerful kind of magic he had ever seen. Practicing this kind of magic was almost unbearable for the human body. Rafael had specially made a ring to carry this power. One could imagine how much damage this magic would cause to the enemy.
This was also very normal. Magic with flaws was more powerful. For example, the cutting ability of the Ice Ring Spell was even greater than that of the Cutting Water Stream Spell, which was a level-four spell. The Ice Ring Spell was only a spell between level-one and level-two.
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