In essence, Salin wasn't a greedy person. It was just that the incident with the black-robed bishop had given him too much pressure, so he had no choice but to take the risk and head north.
If he didn't have enough power before the Vatican's army arrived, everything would be for naught. If the Church wanted to destroy a person, they would destroy the person's soul, leaving no trace of the person in this dimension.
Salin's idea was very simple. The Cloud Flow Empire's army was the weakest among the four empires, even weaker than Scotia's mercenary system. However, their navy was very powerful. They even blocked most of the Tanggulas Empire's sea, forcing the Tanggulas Empire's cavalry to be stationed along the coast. Otherwise, the Cloud Flow fleet would send the warriors ashore and plunder them.
Even though the Vatican had countless fearless warriors, they couldn't do anything to the Cloud Flow fleet. Salin also wanted to have such a fleet. This was the easiest way out of all.
Although Rex had more than 20,000 elites in Kushui Commandery, which he had run for many years, it wasn't enough to fight against the Vatican. Only the sea was the Vatican's weakness.
Salin didn't dare to have any ideas about the rebellious magical beasts, but after they dispersed, Salin had to go investigate no matter what. Otherwise, if too much time passed, even if there was anything valuable left, it would be devoured by the endless creatures in the sea.
"Let's go back." Salin suddenly felt a joyous change in the goddess' necklace. The newly hatched thunder dragons finally had signs of life.
Salin hatched the thunder dragon eggs according to the records in the magic book, and added tourmalines. However, although the hatched thunder dragons swam happily in the water, there was no sign of life. It seemed that the thunder dragons didn't have souls. Salin had no choice but to put twenty-four of them into the goddess' necklace.
The Goddess of Nature's necklace, which could originally provide Salin with space to train his mental power and computing ability, had now become his breeding ground. Each thunder dragon occupied a space, and was raised by Salin just like that. However, it wasn't until today that Salin felt that these thunder dragons had souls.
He had finished exploring the island, and there was no need for Salin to stay there. If there were any minerals, he had to go back to the alchemy ship to analyze them.
Salin summoned the Winged Skeleton and let the alchemy ship dock. This time, he did not make things difficult for Zola. He also cast a Water Shield on Zola. Everyone dived into the water and entered the alchemy ship from below.
"I need to rest for a while, Bing, continue to draw the map. If Banchagana's injuries are healed, let him continue hunting." Salin threw down this sentence, and returned to his own room. This time Neris followed him closely. Salin did not call Sicar.
"Master, what happened?"
"Lei Long is starting to grow."
"What about the rest?"
"You eat it." Salin smiled. A soulless Lightning Dragon wouldn't have the characteristics of an adult Lightning Dragon even if it grew up. It would just be a huge Magical Beast. It would be a great tonic for Nelis to eat it.
"Master, I'll stand guard for you." Neris pulled out her dagger and sat beside Salin.
"Well, except for Shika, you can attack anyone who approaches." After Salin finished speaking, he had already permeated his spiritual power into the necklace of the goddess.
The space opened up in the necklace wasn't big, but being able to rear living creatures already made Salin extremely happy. Within the 24 segments of the necklace, each segment was rearing a Lightning Dragon. What Salin needed to do now was to sign a contract with the Lightning Dragons before they grew up, and turn these 24 Lightning Dragons into his summoned creatures.
Within the space of the necklace, a finger-long Lightning Dragon was swimming around. Feeling the intrusion of Salin's spiritual power, the little Lightning Dragon seemed to be startled, and jumped up high in the water. Salin realized that this Lightning Dragon was indeed different. There was a layer of magic inscriptions interwoven with golden lines on the surface of its body.
Salin's powerful spiritual power enveloped the Lightning Dragon, and it shook violently. The Lightning Dragon was immediately tamed. Against a strong enemy, the immature Lightning Dragon couldn't resist at all. Otherwise, with the Lightning Dragon's special attributes, it would have long become the overlord of the ocean. Although these creatures were strong, they were still very vulnerable in their infancy.
Salin's spiritual power vibrated within the space of the goddess' necklace, and formed magic inscriptions made of water elements. The Lightning Dragon that was enveloped by Salin's spiritual power could not resist at all, and was easily imprinted by Salin, establishing a soul connection with Salin. In the past, Salin wasn't able to do this. After Nelis evolved, Salin also gained the ability to sign a soul contract with other creatures.
However, he didn't have the guts to do so. Only when facing a young Lightning Dragon that had just formed a soul did Salin try it. If he was facing an adult, he didn't want to risk being controlled by a magical beast's soul.
Salin's spiritual power swept through the space one by one, not daring to slack off. Although the young Lightning Dragon didn't have the ability to resist, if he made a mistake in controlling it, it would bring harm to his soul. That was why Nelis had to protect him and not let anyone get close.
Knock knock …
Someone knocked on the door, and Nelis's eyebrows rose.
"Is Salin here? I'm Helene. "
"Master is cultivating. If you have anything to say, we'll talk later."
"But …"
"If you don't leave, I'll immediately go out and kill you." Nelis wasn't joking. Her dagger was in her hand, and she had already determined where Helene was standing. If Helene continued to harass her, she would definitely pierce the door with the dagger and stab Helene's heart.
Helene stood at the door in a daze. She immediately recalled that Mages couldn't be disturbed during their cultivation. Therefore, once they reached the sixth rank, Mages would build a Magic Tower to make themselves safer. However, Nelis's words were extremely blunt, and Helene couldn't accept it immediately.
"Helene, come here." Zola beckoned from the end of the corridor. Helene held back her tears and walked towards Zola.
"Zola …"
"I heard you. Don't say anything." Zola turned around and led Helene down the stairs. When they reached the cabin on the first floor, Zola said, "Salin is a Mage. Don't treat him like a member of your family, or you'll be at a disadvantage."
Helene bit her lip as she recalled the first time she met Salin. Salin was indeed as cold as iron. But wasn't she attracted by this look?
"Mages are different from us. You won't be able to understand what they pursue. You like Lord Salin, right? "
Helene nodded. She had nothing to be shy about.
"Give up. Otherwise, you'll get into big trouble."
"Why?"
"Because you don't know how to interact with Mages. You actually said something when Nelis asked you to leave just now. I'm telling you, if you don't leave, she'll really kill you. The people around Mages won't joke around with you. "
"Just her? A maid? She has the guts! "Helene was enraged.
"Why not?"
Helene was at a loss for words. She was angry because it was Nelis who had bewitched her on this trip. She never expected Nelis to turn hostile so quickly, as though the secret plot she had with her didn't exist at all. However, a thought suddenly popped into her mind. She had come here without holding back. She had completely filled in the missing contents of the magic compass. Could this be what Salin wanted to silence her?
That shouldn't be the case. She had signed a magic contract with Salin. Even Salin couldn't violate it.
But if she were to clash with Nelis, and Nelis took action, who else would help her? She didn't bring any swordsmen from her family on this ship. The ship was filled with Salin's men.
The more Helene thought about it, the more terrified she became, but her expression turned calm. Zola didn't know what she was thinking. If he did, he would probably give her a slap. Helene was still using the tricks of nobles to measure a mage. The more she guessed, the messier it would be.
"Why did you go to see His Excellency?" Zola didn't know what Helene was thinking. He was afraid that it would negatively affect Salin if Nelis stopped him.
Helene hesitated for a moment before saying, "Nothing. It's just that I haven't seen him for a few days, so I wanted to ask where we're going next." Helene casually lied. Zola was helpless. He couldn't possibly force Helene to ask her what she was doing.
Salin slowly opened his eyes in the room, looked at Nelis, and said, "Helene came just now?"
"Yes, I chased her away. I was afraid you would be affected."
"It's fine. The Thunder Dragon has already been subdued. It will quickly grow in this space, but the consumption will be great. We have to stay here for another month."
After subduing the Thunder Dragon, Salin discovered that the flow of time in the necklace could be controlled, allowing the Thunder Dragon to grow as fast as possible. But everything had its pros and cons. If he wanted the Thunder Dragon to grow, he had to provide flesh and magic cores. Otherwise, the Thunder Dragon would starve to death in Myers' necklace at any time. The adult Thunder Dragon was longer than the Coiled Tortoise. Although it didn't eat frequently, it needed a huge amount of flesh and blood. Now, Salin not only had to nurture the soldiers, but he also had to raise the 24 Thunder Dragons. He had to accumulate enough food.
Moreover, a portion of the tourmalines obtained from the Thunder Dragon's nest had to be swallowed by the Thunder Dragon in order for its innate magic to grow. Those tourmalines were originally found by the Thunder Dragon for its offspring. Otherwise, with the nature of the Thunder Dragon, it wouldn't raise its young in the coastal area.
Goddess Myers' necklace was definitely a divine artifact, but to make good use of this divine artifact, the investment was also quite huge. Salin had harvested tens of thousands of level-4 magic cores this time, but there were only 4,000 of good quality. He reckoned that most of them would have to be fed to the Thunder Dragon.
But Salin couldn't save these magic cores. If he didn't let the Thunder Dragon grow as soon as possible, how would he protect the route to the Frozen Sea?
The gathering of 24 Thunder Dragons might not be able to kill a level-9 magic beast, but the level-9 magic beast would definitely not approach and harass them. With these Thunder Dragons, Salin could freely hunt in the Frozen Sea in the future.
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