Building a fixed portal was a strange magic craft, which included many aspects such as magic, craftsmanship, alchemy, and magic incantations. Generally speaking, each portal was led by at least a high-level mage and assisted by a group of middle-level and low-level mages. It took a lot of time and effort to build it.
To build such a set of portals, one needed to first find a suitable place on the earth, and then build a magic waymark according to the coordinates of the place. This step was very complicated, and it involved geography and astrology. It was almost impossible for an average scholar to do this without spending more than 20 years in these areas.
After the magic waymark was built, two portals needed to be built — two portals that did not have the ability to teleport for the time being.
This required a lot of precious materials. An expensive metal with excellent magic conductivity was used to make the core of the magic circle, and an extremely hard and expensive metal was used to make the outer shell of the magic circle. Precious gems and various materials could only be used as supplementary materials or consumables, and gold coins were used like running water.
Because the magic waymark could only exist for a limited time, they had to hurry up and finish it as soon as possible. Overtime was unavoidable, and sleep was mostly canceled, so sobriety potions naturally became a necessity. If this method of work was put in place on Earth, it would definitely be criticized by the labor and social security departments and labor organizations to death, but it was inevitable at this time.
If they were fast enough, they could finish building the two portals before the two magic waymarks disappeared, and then they could be connected through a complicated ceremony. From then on, the two portals could cross thousands of mountains and rivers, ignore the barriers of space, and turn a natural moat into a path.
You could go in from one side, and you could come out from the other — as long as you could pay for the teleportation.
Yes, after the portal was built, it could continue to exist by absorbing natural magic, but if you wanted to use it, you would need to replenish your own magic.
Of course, a powerful mage could pay for the magic themselves, but if they did not have the ability, they could only ask other spellcasters for help. Of course, the help would not be free, and it was not a small amount.
So, as Snowflake was worried, building the portal itself was already a huge expense, and the cost of using the portal could not be underestimated. With such a high cost, using the teleportation portal to solve the problem of "remoteness" was a bit of a loss.
But Sui Xiong didn't listen to her. He thought it was a good idea. In each large city, whenever people wanted to travel, they would choose to go to the nearby forest and have close contact with dangerous monsters. Or would he choose to go to the amusement park and have an exciting adventure without any danger?
Money? Money was nothing to the rich!
Didn't you see that bird carrying a chest full of gold coins?
His method of building the portal was very different from that of ordinary mages. First, he used the materials to build the prototype of the portal, then began to split into many clones, each carrying the prototype of the portal to the capital of each country. He planned to build a small portal in each capital that was connected to the giant portal in the amusement park.
But his plan was thwarted at the very beginning. The rulers of each country refused to build such a portal in their capital. Not a single country agreed.
Sui Xiong was infuriated, but he felt that he had to be reasonable, so he settled for the second best and asked for the portal to be built closer to the outside of the capital city.
This time, most countries agreed, but there was still one country that didn't agree. It was a small country in the west of the Commonwealth of Mifata, called the Duchy of Thunder.
The ruler of this country seemed to have persecutory paranoia. He always thought that the enemy would come through the portal and attack the capital. No matter how Sui Xiong negotiated, they would not give in.
So Sui Xiong left angrily. Two months later, the giant jellyfish flew over, swung its tentacles, and tore down the walls of the capital of the Duchy of Thunder.
Naturally, some other things happened in the process. For example, the Duchy of Thunder sent troops to fight against this horrible giant beast. For example, they issued a huge reward to suppress this strange jellyfish. For example, the Grand Duke of the Duchy of Thunder died of a cerebral hemorrhage. In short, these were all trivial things that had nothing to do with Sui Xiong.
He was just doing some construction work. As an engineering jellyfish that stood aloof from worldly affairs, who would be against him?
"Don't you think so?" He said to the crusaders hanging in the air, swinging like a pendulum. "I am so kind, so aloof from worldly affairs, so amiable. Who would have the heart to hurt me?"
The adventurers who tried to destroy the horrible jellyfish regardless of the danger for the high reward turned pale. They trembled with fear and didn't know how to answer.
Sui Xiong didn't mean to force them to answer. He concentrated on building the portal and finally completed it smoothly.
As for why the foundation of the portal looked so strange? It seemed to be the gate of the palace. Alas, this was the uncanny workmanship of nature …
The final result of this incident was that the "unreasonable and weird jellyfish" became famous in the mortal countries of the whole continent. Everyone knew the existence of this strange jellyfish, and there were many more legends about it.
In these stories, Sui Xiong either played the role of the evil big devil, or the funny and amusing clown, or some characters that made people not know whether to laugh or cry …
"Eh? My friend, you are very creative! " Sui Xiong looked at the information that Ray sent to him, and then looked at the bard who was sent along with the information. He nodded with interest and praised, "Your ideas are very unique! Very creative! It's extraordinary! "
It was clearly stated that the minstrel Hugues, who called himself "Schwalier von Stolovsky Franz," was singing and telling stories in the streets, declaring that the "unreasonable jellyfish" was in fact a special species called the "Emerald Jellyfish," and that if one could eat it, he would not only gain eternal youth and endless life, but also become a man among men, and become a man among men.
According to Ray's original intention, this kind of blasphemous guy should be directly tied up and thrown into the fire to be burned. But Casali thought that the bard sang very well and told interesting stories. He was a rare talent. So under her suggestion, Ray temporarily pardoned this guy from being burned by fire, and sent him to the amusement park, where His Majesty Void Mask would personally judge him.
As for whether he would be swallowed alive at that time? Or would he be steamed and fried? He asked for it, so he deserved it!
Sui Xiong did not think so. His thoughts were similar to Casali's. There were many smart people in the world, and many of them could sing. But there were very few people who were creative and dared to create their own stories, and were not afraid of death for the sake of making up stories!
It was like on the earth, there were many people who liked to make up jokes on the Internet, but there were very few people who dared to tirelessly and professionally write "slow" stories.
Talent was rare! Especially this kind of stupid talent who was missing a ladle of brain juice, which was even rarer than a panda!
So in the end, Shuvalier von Stolovsky Franz — his name was too long, and Sui, despite his protests, wrote "Shug" in the judgment instead — was sentenced to a long period of hard labor. His labor consisted of living in the amusement park, singing and telling stories to amuse the people.
"I protest! I can only amuse people if I am happy! " Although Xiu Ge was tied up with ropes and two soldiers were holding axes to his neck, he still struggled and shouted, "I can't tell a story that makes people happy while I'm doing labor!"
Sui Xiong was very impressed by this guy's fearless spirit, so he asked, "Then how can you be happy?"
Hugh suddenly became energetic and said, "I need cute girls! I can only be happy when there are cute girls around me! The more cute girls there are, the happier I am! "
Sui Xiong raised his eyebrows with a faint smile and ordered, "Take him away and give him to Josh. Remember to tell Josh about our conversation just now. "
Two burly soldiers, one on the left and one on the right, carried Hugh out, and they faithfully carried out Sui Xiong's order.
"That's a good idea!" Josh calmly listened to their narration, and said to Hugh with a smile, "I think your idea is completely correct, but there is a small problem that is not worth mentioning."
"What problem?" Hugh looked at Josh's calm smile and didn't know why, but he felt a little uneasy.
"Everything is first come, first served, and you? You're too late! " Josh grabbed Hugh's belt and carried the bard, who was tied up like a rice dumpling, on his back as if he were carrying a backpack. He went straight to the red dragon, who was lying on the rockery, snoring loudly.
"Brother Fafnir, wake up! I have someone I want to introduce to you! "
The half-asleep "red dragon" opened his eyes, looked at the sky, and said unhappily, "Why don't you wait a few more hours? When the sun goes down and I get off work, we can go to the tavern and have a chat. Now is the time for me to rest and build up my strength … "
Josh smiled and introduced Hugh to Fafnir.
"Oh?!" Fafnir listened to his introduction, and a terrifying, blazing aura slowly rose from his body. He stared at Hugh with his huge peach blossom eyes, and his back was covered in cold sweat.
After a long time, Fafnir slowly said, "Eighty percent."
"What do you mean by 80%?" Before Josh had a chance to reply, Xiu Ge had already yelled in shock.
Fafnir ignored him and said to Josh, "— tastes the best."
He thought for a moment, then said, "I can give you a piece of liver. It's suitable for forty percent."
"No! Why does it sound like you want to eat me! "
Josh also ignored Hugh's yelling. He thought for a moment, then said, "This guy is a little dirty. How about I go wash him?"
"There's no need for that. The big jellyfish taught me a trick called 'Beggar's Chicken'. As long as you use wet mud and carefully paste this guy into a ball, then cook it until it's red. After it cools naturally, the dirt and the skin will be stuck together with the mud, and all that's left is cooked meat."
Hugh was scared out of his wits. He wasn't afraid of death, but the thought of being made into a 'Beggar's Bard' made him shudder.
So the guy gave in. He changed into a gaudy robe, painted his face like a clown, and even painted a musical note on the left side of his face. He played the sanxian and flute honestly, and soon became a popular character in the amusement park.
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