Salin wasn't afraid that these pirates would cause trouble for him. Among the pirates that followed him, there were two that broke through to the advanced swordmaster level. As for the pirates that didn't follow him, only two of them were beginner swordmasters. The rest were just normal swordmasters.
Swordmasters were still considered a fighting force in mercenary groups. But for Salin, he didn't care about these half-hearted guys.
The only problem was, if he and Ainphent left the city, who would be responsible for the safety here? Once the three Sovereigns left, Salin was afraid that the mages on Seriger Island wouldn't be able to suppress any more trouble.
Salin and Ainphent talked for more than an hour under his Cloud Walking Spell before deciding on how to lure the three Sovereigns.
It was already late winter, and it had been snowing for a few days. To the east of the temple, a mile away from the port, Salin chose a piece of land for Ainphent as the center of the city for the Clyde Family.
The Clyde Family sent five hundred swordsmen over. In fact, they didn't need so many swordsmen to do business. Ainphent ordered three hundred of them to temporarily follow Salin and assist in the defense of the city. The Clyde Family knew that this was a good investment opportunity, so they didn't hold back. Salin was indeed short of people. Rex took away one-third of his strength, so these three hundred swordsmen could be considered as timely help.
The Clyde Family didn't suffer any losses in this business. As long as Salin could survive this period, they would definitely receive better treatment than the other families in this city.
On the chosen land, a mansion began to be built. Building a house in winter had many disadvantages, but most of the buildings in this city were made of stone. With the addition of magic, it wouldn't affect the lifespan of the building.
This place was only two miles away from the temple. It was a very good location, close to the port, and on the axis of the city. When the city was completely repaired, the land in this location would be very expensive.
Temporary fortresses were built. The standard equipment in the fortress was an alchemy crossbow and five swordsmen. This kind of medium alchemy crossbow required two swordsmen to operate, while the other three swordsmen were to protect the crossbow.
After these temporary fortresses were built, Salin finally felt a little relieved. This winter, there wouldn't be anyone from the Holy Church. Although Banchagana didn't kill the black-robed bishop, he gave him a scare. Before they had enough strength, the people from the Holy Church in the north would wait for Glory City's reinforcements.
Ainphent was building his own mansion, while Salin took Neris to build a fort on the stone mountain north of the port.
The entire mountain was made up of a huge white rock. It was abnormally sturdy, and in Salin's opinion, even a level-nine spell wouldn't be able to destroy this mountain with a diameter of only a few hundred meters. He could only rely on the technique of grinding stones to carve out a space in the middle of the mountain.
In this space, there were six firing ports for the magic cannons, as well as six turrets. Salin's Water Flame Alchemy had achieved initial success, but time was tight, so he could only temporarily refine a cannon platform. After installing the magic cannon and embedding the magic core, he would be able to control the ships coming from the sea.
There were two Construct Puppets in Nelis' bracelet. These two Construct Puppets had traces of life and could be commanded freely. With these two puppets, Neris alone could control the magic cannon on this turret.
It took a lot of manpower to change the angle of the magic cannons, and the strength of the golems surpassed the instantaneous burst of sword energy from a middle-ranked swordsman.
There were two drawbacks to magic cannons. The first was that it needed a solid foundation and was almost impossible to move. Now that Salin had obtained this magic cannon, this problem was reduced. The second drawback was that it cost too much. A full-powered shot from a magic cannon was already equivalent to a level-nine spell. One could imagine how many magic cores it would consume to shoot this cannon.
According to the conversion principle of magic core energy, the energy contained in a level-nine magic core could release six level-nine spells. When used on magic cannons, this number would be halved. In other words, if Salin filled the sockets of the magic cannon with 12 level-nine magic cores, it could only fire 36 times.
Salin still had the dragon crystal core in his hands. Embedding the dragon crystal wouldn't completely solve this problem. Using the dragon crystal as the energy source for magic cannons, a dragon crystal core could fire more than a hundred shots, but it would take at least half a year for the dragon crystal to recover.
Even so, Salin still gave the dragon crystal to Neris. Neris was perturbed. She still had an uncut dragon crystal in her bracelet, which was hidden by her. If the two dragon crystals were used alternately, this problem would be completely solved. Because even if it was a long-term battle, the magic cannon wouldn't be fired more than 200 times.
Salin had obtained 188 high-level magic cores from Rafael's Magic Tower. The so-called high-level magic cores meant that these magic cores were taken from the bodies of at least level-seven magical beasts. Rafael had killed countless high-level magical beasts in his life, but at his level, the magic cores weren't too important, so he didn't leave many in the Magic Tower.
466 mid-level magic cores couldn't be embedded in magic cannons. The lowest attack power of magic cannons was equivalent to level-seven spells, and it had to be driven by level-seven magic cores.
"Master, why didn't you take me with you to the Swamp of Chaos?"
"With the three monarchs around, I won't be in danger, but I need a trustworthy person to take charge here." Salin patted Neris's head. Now, he was finally taller than Neris, which made him very happy.
"Master, you're different from before. Don't rush to the front when there's danger. Those pirates and Daniel can all go and do dangerous things." This was the first time Nelis had to part with Salin. She didn't know why, but she was a little reluctant.
"I know. The reason I brought the pirates this time is to get rid of these guys. The opportunity I've given them is good enough, but there are still people who are unwilling and want to go back to their original lives. I've read about this kind of thing in books. I thought it was unbelievable at first, but now I know that it's hard to change a person's life once they're used to it. "
"Master, I seem to have gotten used to you." Neris's green eyes blinked as she looked at Salin affectionately.
Salin's face turned a little green, but he couldn't bear to reprimand Neris. He just coughed and said, "I'll be back soon. At most three months. The snow in the north hasn't melted yet. "
"I hate waiting. When I was there, I waited for ten thousand years. I felt that it was better to die." Neris remembered the time when she was imprisoned in the shrine. She didn't know if her heart was in pain or sorrow, but her tone was extremely lonely.
"Well, if you have time, train the swordsmen more. Don't always harass the soldiers. "
"Master, that skeleton is very cunning." Neris knew that Salin found out that she bullied the Wing Skeleton. That guy must have secretly told on her. The Wing Skeleton was a revenant, and it could communicate with Salin directly through the mind. As long as they were within a mile, no one would know about the conversation between the Wing Skeleton and Salin. When Salin left, she would definitely teach him a lesson.
"Not as cunning as you. Neris, after I leave, you have to help me look after Ainphent's men. Ainphent won't use any schemes against me, but the Clyde Family isn't that easy to deal with. Find the dangerous ones and think of a way to get rid of them. Don't be too obvious. It won't be good if people find out. "
"Master, if one of them is a secret agent of the Clyde Family, once he dies, people will find out no matter what," Neris reminded Salin.
"Hmm?" Salin thought about it. It was true. For example, if he had 100 people in Alchemy City, two of them were his secret agents. If these two people suddenly died, then the people in Alchemy City must have found out something. It wasn't a coincidence.
"Master, why don't I find them and let Ainphent deal with them?" Neris suggested.
Salin thought about it for a while and nodded. He wanted to make friends with Ainphent, not the current Clyde Family. Although Ainphent was in charge of this city, he couldn't represent the Clyde Family. Only when he was able to help Ainphent up could he combine these two problems into one.
He wanted to see what Ainphent would do. If Ainphent sent these people back to the Clyde Family, then it would mean that he wanted to focus on the family. If Ainphent killed the spy for him, then it meant that Ainphent really wanted to start his own business. Salin could then continue working with Ainphent.
In the blink of an eye, it was early December. On this day, Salin went to find Judy Coco. The Three Lords studied all kinds of magic books every day and rarely met with Salin. When Salin came, Judy Coco knew that he had something to do.
"Salin, what good news do you have for coming today?" Judy Coco had been suppressing Diabinus' dissatisfaction recently. Salin had provided enough magic books recently, but out of every ten books, there would definitely be two low-level ones. There was no need to read them.
"Sir Judy Coco, there is something, but I don't know how to say it."
"Salin, just say it. We have a contract. You also know that outside of Banchagana, Diabinus and I can't even hurt you by accident."
"Then can you tell me what you are looking for in the Myers Continent?" Salin raised his head. Judy Coco sat on a special chair and had to lower his head to see Salin's face.
"Salin, why do you suddenly want to ask this?" Judy Coco didn't directly answer Salin's question. Salin had never inquired about this matter. Judy Coco was a little surprised that he suddenly asked today.
"If what you are looking for is related to magic, I may be able to give you a better clue." Salin's voice didn't have any emotional fluctuations. He concealed it well. As long as Judy Coco was interested, then the following things would be much easier.
Judy Coco looked at Salin for a while and asked, "Salin, you don't trust me?"
"This has nothing to do with trust. Mages only believe in contracts. And this clue is not provided by me. I can't let my friend suffer losses. "
"The new necromancer?"
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