The magic chariot was described as a moving magic tower. Although its attack power was much weaker than a magic tower, it allowed the mages to meditate at any time. That was its greatest use. The mages' energy consumption on the chariot was reduced and their recovery sped up. In fact, it greatly increased their combat power.
Rex left the people to Salin to manage and meditated himself. The journey would not be peaceful. Not being entangled by Tanggulas' army at the stone statue castle did not mean that they would not be attacked later.
Salin simply called Zola to the carriage and showed him the Titan's map.
There were few mountains north of the Redwater River. The magic chariot could advance at full speed, but so could the Tanggulas Empire's cavalry.
Zola glanced at the map and said, "My Lord, we have to travel more than seven hundred miles. The skeleton warhorses can take it, but the swordsmen can't. We have to ensure that everyone maintains their combat power when we enter the Purgatory Desert. It's best for everyone to rest more than eight hours a day, and have mages to help recover. Excluding the three meals and camping time, we can only travel for less than ten hours a day. "
"Ten hours, can the swordsmen hold on?"
"Three hours of rest. As long as they have enough sleep, they can. The skeleton warhorses are easy to control. "
"That's nine hours. We can travel at a speed of forty kilometers per hour."
"My Lord, you can't calculate it like that. We have to calculate the rivers, mountains, and encountering enemies."
"How long will it take to get there?"
"If we're lucky, four days."
Salin heaved a sigh of relief. The Agares family wouldn't be able to react in four days. This was already the territory occupied by the Tanggulas Empire. They only needed to guard against the Tanggulas Empire's army.
Seeing Salin relax, Zola said, "My Lord, we have to be careful of the Tanggulas Empire's army. Especially those related to the Vatican. Those people are really not afraid of death. In their eyes, death is the easiest way to enter heaven. "
"Do you have any good suggestions?" Salin knew he couldn't fight, so he asked Zola for advice. Zola wasn't an expert, but he was more familiar with the clouds and the Tanggulas Empire than himself.
"The mages are all very tired. If the princess can provide continuous alchemy crossbows so that the swordsmen don't have to risk their lives, we can maintain our speed. Once a person is tired, not to mention a skeleton warhorse, they can't even stand riding a carriage. "
Rex opened his eyes and glanced at Zola. He took out twelve strangely shaped alchemy crossbows from his God Sieve Ring. Normally, alchemy crossbows were over two meters wide, and needed supports. These 12 Alchemy Crossbows were less than a meter wide, and there was a protruding crossbow case on top of them. Where Jing Lun should have been, there were two magic arrays.
This kind of alchemy crossbow could be quickly loaded, and the arrows in the crossbow case would automatically slide into the crossbow groove. Its firing speed was even faster than that of a bow. The only drawback was that it needed to be embedded with a magic core, which was very expensive to manufacture and repair. On average, before the lifespan of such an alchemy crossbow came to an end, it would cost around three gold coins to shoot an arrow.
One had to know that the salary of an ordinary soldier was only one gold coin a month, and some of them were even less than that. The salary of a swordsman was three to five gold coins, which was the standard for a professional army. Mercenaries earned a lot, but they had to be responsible for their own equipment, so their actual income might not be that high unless they were willing to take risks and gamble with their lives.
Rex replaced all the alchemy crossbows with level-five magic cores so that they wouldn't be depleted too quickly in battle. The magic cores on the magic arrays couldn't be installed unless they were Magicians.
The team continued to move quickly in the night. Because they hadn't completely shaken off the garrison near the stone statue castle, they couldn't rest for the night.
It was late autumn in October, and the nights in the Titans were a little cold. Fortunately, it wasn't as rainy as the winter in Yunliu, so it wasn't very unbearable.
On the way, they encountered a group of defeated soldiers. They were the private soldiers of the Titan nobles, and they were stunned by the Tanggulas army. Zola didn't hesitate, and charged over with ten swordsmen, killing the small group of more than thirty soldiers.
Salin hesitated slightly, but didn't stop Zola. His team moved through the cracks in the Titan cities. Most of these cities would have Tanggulas garrisons now. These defeated soldiers weren't a threat to him, but they could leak information.
They ran until dawn, and the swordsmen couldn't hold on anymore. The team stopped. Zola found a secluded patch of forest and rested in the forest. If it was a large group, it would be terrible to set up camp in the forest. However, Salin's team was too small, and most of them were elite soldiers. It was safer in the forest, and not easy to be discovered.
Rex's mages had used up a lot of spiritual power to subdue the Metal Titan. All the mages rested in the carriage, while Salin created Restoration Water for the swordsmen and cast Spring Rain on everyone.
After dealing with the soldiers, Salin carefully set up some magic traps, and then wrapped a lot of metal wires around the trunk of the surrounding trees. These metal wires didn't have any magical properties, and were hidden among the branches and leaves. If someone wanted to attack from above, they would be wrapped up by the metal wires.
Zola was still in good spirits. He stayed with Salin, and Sicar didn't leave Rex. She also knew that Rex was needed to take care of Salin's matters.
After setting up this extremely small camp, Salin didn't return to the carriage. Instead, he built a platform in the treetops, and lay under a net made of metal wires.
The forest here wasn't too dense, and the moonlight could still shine through the treetops. Looking up at the stars, Salin couldn't fall asleep. He took out his family crest and rubbed it repeatedly. In the middle of this dark crest, the deep scar of the Star of Lightning had a tinge of blue.
He didn't know when he could return to Ceylon City, and Count Sufangsuo should still be alive. The world was in chaos, and Scotia couldn't escape. Count Sufangsuo's Radiant Sun City was a port city, and a good supply point in the north of the continent.
Salin felt that he missed his hometown, and an indescribable feeling suddenly attacked him.
"Master." Neris climbed up the tree sneakily.
"Why didn't you protect those mages?"
"There's Beatrice and the others, they don't need me. Master, aren't you waiting for me here? "
"Waiting for you?"
"Yes, four demons. You have to understand their combat power and fighting style. I want you to make equipment for them. "
Because of the sudden emotion just now, Salin didn't harp on the issue between Neris and the demons, and only nodded.
Neris began to introduce the four demons' races, abilities, suitable fighting style, and what kind of equipment they needed in detail.
Salin memorized them, and then asked, "Neris, how many of these demons can you summon?"
"Master, if I summon too many, I can't control them. If I summon Tamed Demons, I can summon a few hundred more. I can choose from them, and they're all equivalent to high-level swordsmen. "
"You said Beatrice is stronger than you?"
"Yes." Neris said with some lingering fear, "If it wasn't for him acting smart, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to see you again, Master."
"I need demons like Rolla who are good with weapons."
"Master, this depends on luck. These demons all follow Great Demons, and it's very difficult to summon them. If we're not careful and attract a Great Demon, we'll all be finished."
"What about Demon Bugs?"
"Demon Bugs win with numbers, and they consume more food than Master's Thunder Dragon. I summoned the Demonic Insect to help Master feed Thunder Dragon. There are some Demon Bugs in the Demonic Plane that are very large, and their combat power is extremely weak. They look like worms that have been enlarged hundreds of thousands of times.
Salin felt a little disgusted, but Neris continued to introduce some general knowledge of the Demonic Plane to Salin.
"Master, Demon Bugs are only valuable in a closed space like the Temple. Like Rex and the other ten swordsmen, one of them can kill thousands of Demon Bugs, as long as they have fully enclosed magic armor. Demon Bugs have a short life span, and they're useless. Little Demons feed on Demon Bugs. "
"Neris, aren't Little Demons stronger than Tamed Demons? Why do you say that you can summon Tamed Demons at the level of Senior Swordsmen?"
"Tamed Demons look like humans, and they learn human martial arts very quickly. With good equipment, I mean, they can have the combat power of a Senior Swordsmen."
"I read in the book that Tamed Demons may be a hybrid of human and demon, and they can learn human magic. Is that true?"
"No, the strength of Tamed Demons is a hundred times greater than that of humans. If Master doesn't use magic, he definitely can't beat a Tamed Demon. "
Salin's physical fitness was equivalent to a Junior Swordsmen, but he didn't have the corresponding skills. He knew his weakness.
"Is it difficult to summon demons?" Salin carefully analyzed and heard the flaws in Neris's words. To have a strong combat power, relying on Tamed Demons was obviously not enough. In the Demonic Plane, the status of Tamed Demons was even lower than that of Little Demons.
Neris stammered, "Master, this 4% ¥%% …"
Salin immediately felt that something was wrong. Neris only spoke fluently when she was in trouble.
Seeing Salin staring at her, Neris knew that she had to say it sooner or later, so she had to bite the bullet and said, "I used some of Master's high-level materials, and six high-level magic cores …"
Salin was angry. High-level magic cores were simply priceless things. Except for the high-level magic cores obtained from the Temple and the Hell of God's Punishment, Salin had never seen more than two level seven magic cores elsewhere. In the equipment store, all the magic cores above level seven were sold separately, and only Magic Shooters had the right to buy them.
After Salin advanced to Magic Shooter, he could only rely on high-level magic cores to quickly restore his Magic String. Neris used six of them at once.
"Master, punish me." Neris stuck to Salin's body, looking like she was accepting punishment.
"How long can these four demons stay in Myers Continent?" Salin held back his anger and asked. If they were summoned temporarily, then it would be a big loss.
"As long as I don't die, they won't be able to go back!" Neris answered with her head lowered.
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