[Fourth update, I saw someone say that I'm planning to finish this book, but that's not true. The issue of my recent increase in strength is a plot I thought of when writing the book. Because this concerns the relationship between Gods and planes, as well as Salin's future choice. I wrote about the glory that humans once had. To restore it or to destroy it, this is the question.]
"Give me the blueprint first!" The Water Puppet suddenly changed its request. Tamuemu subconsciously took out the blueprint of the mechanical cabin from his bracelet and gave it to the Water Puppet.
The Water Puppet smiled and threw the blueprint to the Mechanical Undead. The Undead had already repaired its wounds and opened its mouth to swallow the blueprint. After the blueprint entered the Undead's stomach, the Undead's Soul Fire attached itself to it and copied the blueprint before absorbing it into the depths of the Soul Fire.
It turned out that under the floor of this cabin was the largest mechanical system of the Ancient Battleship, powered by the Mana Furnace at the core. The Undead instantly finished its analysis and was overjoyed. It could fuse with the mechanical system at the bottom and let its body directly control the Ancient Battleship.
In any case, Salin said that it wasn't allowed to leave the Ancient Battleship without his orders, so it might as well take root here. Such a huge mechanical system was enough to increase its power to a frightening degree. 'Henceforth …'
'Fuck, it doesn't matter how powerful I am!' In the depths of the Soul Fire, a blue electric current appeared on the surface of the broken jade, reminding the Undead that it would forever be Salin's slave.
"Okay, you can speak now. How could a Grand Duke control a dozen High Mages?" The Water Puppet asked the original question after taking the blueprint.
"Sir …" Tamuemu bitterly smiled and said, "Yun Liu and Qin Yin are different. The royal family doesn't control a lot of land. The Great Nobles along the coast control many islands in the Southern Sea, some of which are close to five thousand kilometers in size. The power of the three Grand Dukes is enough to resist the royal family. "
"Nonsense, then why don't the Grand Dukes rebel?"
"Why would they rebel? Everything on the sea is controlled by the three Grand Dukes. The royal family doesn't even control 20% of the sea trade. If they rebel and become the Emperor, they would go to Cloud Mist City. Their control over the sea would be reduced, and their islands might be captured by other nobles."
Salin was speechless for a moment. He had understood the system of the Cloud Stream people, but he had not expected that the royal family's control over the nobles would be so poor. If that was the case, then the plan to attack Cloud Flow would have to be delayed. The power of the local nobles was too great, weakening Cloud Flow's ability to attack. Not many nobles truly responded to the royal family, but if they wanted to attack Cloud Flow, they would have to face the local nobles' unyielding counterattack.
An island of tens of thousands of miles? It was even bigger than Rex's Bitter Water County, so it wasn't strange for it to have so many High Mages. Moreover, the 7th Rank High Mages killed by the Water Puppet were all newly advanced. They might have advanced due to the increase in the plane's power, but their combat power wasn't that great.
These Seventh Rank Magic Shooters were probably Sixth or even Fifth Rank Great Mages three years ago.
"Then how strong do you think the Ironblood Duke is?" Seeing that Sarlin didn't continue asking questions, Water Golem didn't give Tamuenmu any time to think and continued asking questions in the most direct way.
"The Ironblood Duke has more than a hundred islands, and close to two thousand miles of territory along the coast. Of these hundred islands, more than half of them are the private islands of the Iron Duke, and even if the Cloud Flow Empire falls, it won't have much to do with him. "
"What I'm asking is, how many Mages does the Ironblood Duke have? And how many people are in his territory! "
"The Grand Duke has close to a thousand Mages under him, but it's been strange recently. Batches of Great Mages have advanced to High Mages, and I'm not sure of the specific levels of the Mages under the Grand Duke. The registered population of the Duke's territory is twenty-eight million, and the additional population on the islands is probably even more. I've heard that the taxes collected by the Ironblood Duke on the islands are more than six times the taxes collected on land. "
More than a thousand Mages!
Sarlin was a little surprised when he heard this number. Cloud Flow had never had many Mages, but the number of Mages the Grand Duke had was almost as many as the Bitter Water County Kingdom. Of these thousand Mages, about seventy percent were white robed Mages, twenty percent were gray robed Mages, and ten percent were High Mages.
In other words, the Ironblood Duke had a hundred High Mages under him!
This kind of power was beyond his imagination.
It seemed like all the humans on the continent were advancing. The Grand Duke's population was definitely close to a hundred million, or else there wouldn't be so many Mages!
"What do you think Dragon Island is?"
"The Ironblood Duke discovered the ruins of an ancient dynasty and obtained the method to rear dragons. This Dragon Island is specially used to rear dragons. The ancient warship was also found in the ruins, and there are still Ancient Warriors inside, but they've all lost their consciousness. On the entire warship, we can only control eight Ancient Warriors. "
Eight!
Sarlin thought to himself. This meant that there were still three Ancient Warriors hidden on this warship, controlled by someone, and could attack his people at any time. This was troublesome.
Salin also recalled that when he was on his way to Alchemy City, he had encountered an injured Tiago Giant Dragon. This giant dragon had obviously been injured by someone strong. It was very likely that the Tiago Giant Dragon had escaped from Dragon Island.
The Ironblood Duke was able to rear dragons. This kind of power was truly terrifying!
More than ten huge drills protruded from the mechanical undead's abdomen, trying to drill into the floor. However, its hard undead metal was ground down by half a foot, and it still couldn't drill a hole.
The mechanical undead's thick body crawled to the side of the magic furnace, wondering if it could eat this thing. Inside the magic furnace, the elemental fire burned fiercely, and the mechanical undead felt danger. If it ate this thing, it would probably be the one to be assimilated.
"Where is Dragon Island? How big is it? "
"It's twelve thousand miles away from the Blue Mountain Peninsula. It's ten thousand and six hundred miles long and four thousand miles wide. Most of the island is made up of mountains, and there's only about a third of it that's habitable, "Tamuenmu answered accurately.
"The ruins of the First Dynasty are here?"
"Yes, the Grand Duke used four generations to manage Dragon Island and nurture private mages. His power has already surpassed the scope of the royal family's control."
"Let me ask you, Tamuenmu, who is in control of this ancient battleship?" The Water Puppet's questions were very jumpy, and Tamuenmu wanted to lie, but he didn't have time to think.
"It's Master Smolaika, a 9th Rank High Mage."
"How many 9th Rank High Mages are there on this battleship?"
"Just him."
"That's good." The Water Puppet smiled. The 9th Rank High Mage it got rid of was actually the commander of this ancient battleship. Moreover, he was the only 9th Rank High Mage on this ship.
But this was normal, because there were eight 9th Rank Ancient Mages controlling the battleship. This was equivalent to nine 9th Rank High Mages overseeing it. If it wasn't for Nelis, these ancient High Mages would be more powerful than 9th Rank High Mages. Their defenses were also very frightening, 9th Rank Spells could only shatter a few pieces of the Tainted Blood Armor.
"Tamuenmu, do you want to surrender to us, or do you want to be loyal to the Iron Blood Grand Duke?"
"Sir, I just advanced to the High Mage realm, I haven't signed a contract with the Grand Duke yet, I can surrender!" Tamuenmu patted his chest as if he was speaking of justice.
'Flowing Cloud Tribe …'
Salin helplessly thought, 'What's the use of subduing this Tamuenmu? If I don't sign a contract, he will betray me at any time. If I sign a contract and waste a contract slot on such a spineless weakling, what would my other followers think?
'Forget it, I'll just have to research the Absolute Control Law and use that method to control him.'
"If you can surrender, follow me." The Water Puppet said as he turned towards the metal passage. His body was surrounded by a thick fog as he flew straight towards the deck.
Tamuenmu hesitated for a bit before picking up his magic staff and following. Behind him, the mechanical undead stared at the back of the 7th Rank High Mage, waiting for him to sneak attack the Water Puppet. Unfortunately, Tamuenmu was too timid and chose to surrender. He didn't attack when the Water Puppet's back was facing him.
"Bing, the Yun Liu people's army is very weak, but their navy is too strong. This Ancient Warship is clearly not under their control. If it really is under their control, we can only run for our lives today," Salin said to the Wing Skeleton.
"Master, with the Yun Liu people's magical abilities, they can't control this level of equipment. Even Alchemy City can't do it."
"We underestimated the Yun Liu people. Alchemy City didn't block the sea route, allowing their warship to come here. Bing, I'm afraid you'll have to protect the sea route for a long time. "
Salin was speaking the truth. The Iron Blood Grand Duke had lost the Ancient Warship, so how could he let it go? If he still had equipment from the First Dynasty, something similar to the Ancient Warship, and moved again, Salin's Metatlin City's sea route would probably be finished. Even the weapons on the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship couldn't shake a warship of this level.
"Huan Ya will make good use of this Ancient Warship, Master." The Wing Skeleton grinned. As its power grew, it lost interest in moving around on the sea. Being able to fight alongside Salin was the most important thing.
Eleanor, who was quietly listening to their conversation, suddenly said, "The upper levels of this battleship have been modified. The strength of the metal is pitiful. Even the Dragonskeleton Battleship can tear it apart. The Yun Liu people don't have the technology of the First Dynasty, so you don't have to worry, Master. If the Yun Liu people really have the technology of the First Dynasty, they can destroy Alchemy City with this warship. "
"I know. The deck of this Ancient Warship can probably withstand a level 10 magical attack. I'm really sad that the Yun Liu people took the deck away. I don't know what they're doing with it."
Eleanor clicked her tongue and was speechless. At this moment, Salin was actually considering his dissatisfaction with the spoils of war.
"Eileen, I'm just joking. I'm thinking that if we can't completely control this warship, we'll end up like the Yun Liu people and be taken away by others sooner or later. If that's the case, we might as well dismantle the warship. "
"Alright, Master. Your thinking is too wise. I can't understand it …" Eileen told a joke about the Yun Liu people, but she made Salin the main character. The elf finally understood what Salin meant.
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