The Eye of Lightning could not attack yet, but like Nelis's Lightning Protection, it could break most spells. Moreover, Salin's Eye of Lightning was not like Nelis's passive break. If he cultivated it successfully, he could break spells from afar. This was the strongest part of the Eye of Lightning.
Even if it had no attack power, it could cripple the enemy's Mage.
However, when Salin was at level-5, the Eye of Lightning would blind him for a while after releasing it. Salin himself was also looking forward to seeing what would happen if the Eye of Thunder and Lightning advanced.
Salin was still brooding over the fact that he could not use the power of lightning to attack. He had mastered the mageweath on the surface of the Thunder Dragon's body, but he could not release an offensive electric current like the Thunder Dragon.
When level-6 Mages practiced special spells, they would do so in their own Mage Towers to avoid being ambushed. Everyone understood this, so they stayed by Salin's side and waited for him to wake up.
No one knew what spell Salin had invented, but at least it looked good. Golden light shot out of his eyes. Could magic be released with eyes? It seemed that some Drakes could use their eyes to release petrifying rays, but the rays were gray, while Salin's eyes shot out golden rays.
Salin knew what had happened. He had transformed the mageweath on the Thunder Dragon into a magic symbol. This symbol was created by himself, and it was not perfect yet. If he wanted to explain this magic symbol, he would need to add more magic symbols. Salin's advancement today was only to extract a general outline of the practice. He was far from the details.
Even so, the power contained in Salin's magic symbol was a hundred times stronger than before.
Salin slowly retracted the golden light from his eyes, and the magic symbol disappeared into thin air. With this, the sky brightened. Rex's people were starting a fire to prepare the morning food.
At daybreak, the harassing magical beasts retreated. The demons and Black Iron Blademasters who were in charge of the night watch took the opportunity to rest. The team would only set off at noon. Rex's camp and barracks had been forged in advance, and there were a lot of metal materials. The main parts could only be moved by puppets or Blademasters, and they had to be pieced together.
So every time they set off or set up camp, they had to spend at least half an hour on this. This kind of barracks was specially prepared by Rex for this expedition. If it were an ordinary barracks, they would have been destroyed by the magical beasts long ago.
Salin was not sleepy either. After advancing, his mental strength had once again skyrocketed. Now, Salin was certain that his mental strength would definitely undergo a qualitative change when he advanced into a Magic Shooter. At that time, mages would be able to touch upon the knowledge of the soul. He walked out of the barracks and watched Rex assembling some kind of puppet he had never seen before.
The puppet was four meters tall. It was made of simple materials, but its structure was complicated. The puppet's body was made of an outer shell woven from countless metal wires. The metal wires themselves were made of ordinary materials, with some light metals mixed in with copper. They were definitely not as strong as steel wires. The problem was that copper was more expensive than steel, but it was much easier to refine than steel.
The four-meter-tall puppet had four arms. At the end of the arms were not the common palms and four fingers, but a weapon. This weapon was a blade wheel that could only be found in the atlas.
The knife wheel was triangular in shape, and when it was swung and rotated rapidly, it would become a circular sharp weapon. This thing was designed to be used by puppets. Not only was it heavy, but it could also easily injure itself. The puppet's lower body was simply the structure of a horse. It had four legs and a tail.
After advancing into a Level-6 Mage, Salin's mind was quick-witted, and his observation skills were dozens of times stronger. He could tell at a glance what this puppet was used for.
It could run fast, and its four arms could swing four knife wheels. This was the best weapon to break out of a siege when trapped. This kind of puppet could attack in all directions and block the surroundings, reducing the pressure on mages.
"Why is that?" Salin asked. After all, this kind of puppet did not have strong survivability, and it consumed a lot of magic cores. It was not as valuable as a construction puppet. Even silver Sword Sages could not destroy a construction puppet, and could repair it when it was injured. But this kind of four-armed, horse-bodied puppet was difficult to control. One slash from a Sword Sage would basically split it in half.
Rex did not stop. He continued to assemble the second puppet. At the same time, he said to Salin, "Salin, we've gained a lot this time. We can't be stingy. Sigh, if I had left more puppets, we wouldn't have … "Rex stopped here and sighed. The loss of two Level-5 Mages made her heart ache.
But there was nothing she could do. Dead people could not be resurrected. When she returned, apart from compensating the families of the two Great Mages, she had to find suitable descendants and spend a lot of money to groom them.
This was the Glücos royal family's method of winning over mages. Actually, it was not just mages. Most of the swordsmen under Rex were doing the same. For example, Byrne's daughter was now more than ten years old and was learning magic in Bitter Water Prefecture. Byrne was not a noble. He had no land and could not groom a mage. His daughter had to rely on Rex for everything.
Rex was also generous. She gave the green dragon magic core that Salin had returned to her to Byrne's daughter. Although the green dragon's level was low, and it did not condense into a dragon crystal, this magic core would not be consumed so easily. At least before Byrne's daughter became a Magic Shooter, she would not have to worry about it.
Salin was a little embarrassed when he heard this. But he was not there at that time, and there was no solution. The two Level-5 Mages were not willing to bring a swordsman, let alone a demon up the mountain. Among the people around Salin, only Zola had a good relationship with the mages under Rex. But Salin had asked Zola and Sue to protect Eleanor, and Zola could not go against Salin's orders to protect Rex's mages.
When the two of them were about to go up the mountain, they were destined to be unlucky.
"I still have 36 skeleton warhorses," Salin said to Rex. Salin said to Rex. He was reminding Rex that they had been out for more than half a year. Salin only had one Green Phantom Gem left of the skeleton warhorse in his possession. Salin was not a necromancer. Once the skeleton warhorse was taken out, it would consume a certain amount of soul fire and slowly weaken.
An elementalist controlling the undead was like a magic apprentice releasing a level-one spell. It was extremely strenuous, and they could only make the undead maintain a little of their original strength. If Daniel were to control these skeleton warhorses, not only would they be faster, but they could also support the knights in battle.
The distance from the Purgatory Desert to Metatlin City was estimated to be 20,000 miles. The 36 skeleton warhorses would not be able to last until they returned to the city.
"We only need to get out of the desert. Metatlin City has probably already built a teleportation portal. We can use it to go back," Rex said confidently.
The elements in the Purgatory Desert were unstable. It was not that it was impossible to build a teleportation portal, but that it was very dangerous. The portal could collapse at any time. Even if there were clear coordinates, there would still be a teleportation error.
"This …" Metatlin City had been building a teleportation portal for a long time, but Salin had too few people and insufficient materials, so he could not build it. Rex, on the other hand, had brought a large number of mages to Metatlin City. He had been away for almost a year, so it was not strange that the teleportation portal in Metatlin City had been built.
Rex smiled sweetly, revealing a rare mischievous expression.
"Salin, you should pay a little for this teleportation portal, right?"
"Of course," Salin replied casually. Rex had provided most of the materials for the teleportation portal in Metatlin City. Also, after the teleportation portal was built, it could not be taken down again. It was considered a fixed symbol of Metatlin City.
The use of this teleportation portal consumed a lot of magic cores. For a distance of more than 20,000 kilometers, it had to consume high-level magic cores. If he had not reaped a huge harvest from the goddess' shrine, Salin would not bear to use this teleportation portal even if it was built.
"I have 21 people on my side, and you have 11 on your side. That's 32 people in total. This teleportation portal can only teleport four people at once, and it consumes six level-8 magic cores. It's already very cheap. 64 level-8 magic cores. How many do you plan to pay? "
Salin smiled bitterly. "I'll pay all of them, okay?"
"That's more like it." Rex laughed. Her teacher had built a teleportation portal to save her last time, and she had almost used up all the magic cores in her storage. The harvest this time had finally filled her up. Unfortunately, Sephiroth controlled the national treasury. It was a mistake for her not to listen to her father and take away the treasures in the palace.
Salin did not care about these magic cores. He knew that Rex was also a little dissatisfied with his haggling. But what could he do? He had a bunch of people to take care of, so he could not be too generous. This time, they were in the goddess' shrine. Other than the seed of the tree of god, Salin took three-fifths of the rest of the resources, and Rex took two-fifths. It was all thanks to Rex that they could teleport back this time. Of course, she could not let Rex have any magic cores.
It was not easy for Rex either. She had assembled more than 20 puppets and released all the remaining battle puppets. Together with her and Salin's eight construct puppets, they could basically charge out of the magical beasts' encirclement. But this would also consume a lot of magic cores. She already had three swordsman battalions under her. Two of them were in Gushui Commandery, and one was in Metatlin City. These three battalions were all elites, and they consumed a lot of magic cores every day because they were equipped with a large number of mages.
"Rex, don't worry too much. There are many mid-level magical beasts in the Frozen Sea, and they're easier to deal with than on land. I'll deal with the magic cores of the army. Help me train a batch of warriors like you. 50,000 soldiers in Metatlin City is enough. "
Rex had 10,000 elites in Metatlin City. Salin meant that he needed to train another 40,000 elites.
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