"I'll only help you speed up your understanding of the Natural Demiplane, speed up the resonance between you and the Natural Demiplane, and speed up the development of your Natural Demiplane.
"Your Natural Demiplane is very perfect. As long as it keeps developing like this, trust me, you will be able to crush me with the help of the Natural Demiplane, and I will be able to crush anyone at the same rank as me!"
Agalon was very confident as he calmly said those words.
Lin Yun bitterly smiled inwardly. 'I didn't say I didn't trust you, I understand the power of the Natural Demiplane better than you do. Do you believe me?'
Lin Yun was bitterly holding on. Within the Natural Demiplane, the pillar blossomed with a halo and the Mana Lake's Mana Water was rapidly being consumed. It even caused the mana density of the entire Natural Demiplane to decrease.
This was actually a good thing. During the development of the Natural Demiplane, mana kept accumulating, which wasn't a good thing, at least not for Lin Yun.
Because the accumulation of so much mana meant that the mana wasn't consumed, which meant that the Natural Demiplane's development was slow.
During the development of the Natural Demiplane, mana would never be enough.
If too much mana was accumulated, the spread of the Mana Vines would stagnate. Only when the mana of the Natural Demiplane was insufficient would the Mana Vines sense that the mana from the void wasn't enough, and they would continue spreading.
The Mana Water in the Mana Lake wasn't full yet, and it was rapidly being consumed. The Mana Vines that had already spread over a dozen kilometers suddenly came to life like a green heavenly pillar.
The Mana Vines slowly split into two thinner Mana Vines that pierced the void and devoured the power of the void to fill the Natural Demiplane.
As time passed, the Mana Lake's Mana Water slowly dried up and the mana in the air of the Demiplane was rapidly consumed. The volcanoes in the south became silent, and the thick layer of ice covering over a hundred kilometers started melting. This was a sign of the lack of mana. Then, the Mana Vines went completely crazy.
The greatest mana crisis in the history of the Natural Demiplane became the best soil for the Mana Vines to develop. All the Mana Vines within a dozen kilometers started frantically splitting. One split into two, two split into four, and after splitting, the Mana Vines looked like pythons spreading from the earth to the sky, disappearing into thin air.
That was the manifestation of frantically tearing the void's mana. It was like an ordinary plant suddenly sensing water when it was about to die and bursting with its strongest potential.
The Mana Vines formed a thick, emerald green pillar. Pure mana condensed into a thin stream that slowly flowed down, but that pure Mana Water simply couldn't fall into the Mana Lake before being consumed.
This was equivalent to the Demiplane always maintaining this state of mana exhaustion. The Mana Vines would instinctively think that this was the best time to develop. Moreover, the population wouldn't be large enough. In the end, the Mana Vines would keep splitting, growing, splitting, and growing.
Moreover, the Natural Demiplane had spent a huge amount of mana to cast a Law Projection covering Lin Yun. This was equivalent to an originally cryptic and difficult Law Projection. It was like a young girl covered in a layer of dense fog, only able to see a vague scene, suddenly stripped naked and stood in front of you, allowing you to do whatever you wanted.
The difference was really too great. The power of the Laws seemed to have been directly imprinted in Lin Yun's soul. Comprehending the Laws had become a thousand times easier and a thousand times clearer.
Lin Yun bitterly smiled, but he knew that this was an extremely rare opportunity. A powerhouse that could already change the Laws was helping him and saying that he could reach the Peak of the Heaven Rank within ten years. This wasn't a joke.
Because the Natural Demiplane had the opportunity to evolve into a true world. As it developed, all the Laws would be perfected, and these Laws wouldn't be perfected by a mage's comprehension. They would mainly rely on the Natural Demiplane's natural evolution.
With this thing, along with Agalon's help, comprehending the Laws would be no different from cheating.
Even without Agalon's help, Lin Yun could comprehend the Laws within the Natural Demiplane. It would be faster and more powerful. This was why powerhouses that obtained Natural Demiplanes would all become powerful first-rate powerhouses as long as they could reach the Heaven Rank. The weakest would be at the Peak of the Heaven Rank.
More importantly, with Agalon's help, Lin Yun believed that with Agalon's control over power, he could absolutely pressure him to his limit without accidentally killing him.
How could Lin Yun let go of such a good opportunity? He resisted with all his strength while comprehending the countless times clearer Law Projection.
Time flew by, and a week quickly passed. Lin Yun had reached his limit, and so had the Natural Demiplane.
The comprehension he gained in this week was more than what Lin Yun had gained in the Natural Demiplane in half a year. These comprehensions needed to be settled a bit and thoroughly transformed into his own.
And within the Natural Demiplane, the Mana Vines crazily expanded and couldn't keep up with the mana consumption. The Mana Vines had already expanded a dozen times, and all the Mana Vines had reached their thinnest level. They could no longer split and could only wait for these Mana Vines to mature.
Without the terrifying consumption of mana, the Mana Water condensed above the Mana Vines converged into a waterfall that flowed down the Mana Vines and converged into the Mana Lake. The dried-up Mana Lake slowly rose, and with that speed, it would take less than two days to fill up. Moreover, this was with most of the mana dissipating throughout the Natural Demiplane.
The entire world's mana started drying up and was once again replenished. It was like a dried potted plant suddenly being watered. The slowly developing Natural Demiplane also started rapidly evolving due to the fierce consumption. The world was expanding and evolving.
After two days, the Natural Demiplane's fluctuations thoroughly stopped. After the Mana Vines crazily grew, they once again turned into thick, emerald green vines that extended from the ground to the void. The Mana Vines already covered over forty kilometers. It seemed like they had only expanded a few times, but the area they covered had expanded by a dozen times, and the amount of mana being torn down from the void had also increased by a dozen times.
The Demiplane's polarization became even more severe. The earth became even thicker, and metal, crystals, and other things were already being nurtured under the earth. Gales whistled over the sea in the east, and lightning also started appearing on the volcano in the south. Flames could be seen on the scalding magma. As long as there was heat, it would never extinguish. In the depths of the northernmost ice sheet, crystal-like dark blue ice condensed.
This was a truly good thing for the Demiplane. This meant that after the earth, fire, water, and wind stabilized, a deeper evolution of the Laws had begun. From simple evolution to complex evolution, the evolution of the Laws had branched off, making the Laws even more complete.
It was like a sapling taking root in the earth. As it grew, that sapling would slowly multiply and spread out even more branches, until it finally grew into a luxuriant tree.
Among the Laws evolved by the Natural Demiplane, only the earth, fire, water, and wind had started branching and crazily growing. The Space Law had just grown into a small sapling, while the Light and Darkness Laws had just started germinating. It was unknown how long it would take for them to emerge from the ground.
After resting for two days, Lin Yun used his comprehension of the Laws to let the Natural Demiplane recover. Just as he was about to recover, that deadly repulsive feeling appeared once again. The surrounding world once again transformed into a boundless starry sky. Lin Yun was already prepared, so he kept resisting.
Lin Yun started a never-ending painful training in Agalon's place. On the other side, the Rodney Family, which had just lost face, had completely quietened down.
Less than three days after the attack on the Gilded Rose, a caravan of the Gilded Rose was attacked by bandits at the border of the Odin Kingdom.
This kind of thing wasn't surprising, they just had to strengthen their defenses. Every year, the wealth robbed by bandits from the Odin Kingdom's caravans was definitely enough to support a powerful Mage Family. The number of bandit forces spread throughout the Odin Kingdom was uncountable.
They didn't dare to rob forces that were too powerful, and the powerful forces were too lazy to deal with them. Thus, ordinary forces or even weaker forces were the main targets of these bandits.
There were also some forces like the Gilded Rose that didn't have any foundation in the Odin Kingdom.
After being robbed three times in a row, Faleau felt that something was clearly different. But the people he sent to look for clues found out that the other side was really a bandit.
One week later …
"Sir Faleau, the goods and raw materials we were transporting were robbed again. The losses this time were quite big, including some Perfect Grade Hope Potions and a few Perfect Grade Volcano Potions refined by the headquarters.
"But we also found out where these bandits came from …" Faleau's expression was calm and unsightly.
Faleau's expression was very unsightly. It had happened four times in a row, and the place where the caravan had been robbed wasn't far. It was the golden trade road between the Andlusa Kingdom and the Odin Kingdom. It was the path that the Andlusa Kingdom's caravans had to take to enter the Odin Kingdom.
Using airships to transport goods was faster and cheaper, but with the Rodney Family, this method was too dangerous. The other side could casually dispatch a Heaven Rank powerhouse, or even not dispatch a Heaven Rank powerhouse, any battleship would be able to sink the airship within a minute.
Moreover, with this method, as long as the other side didn't appear without any scruples, they wouldn't be able to determine who the attacker was.
Transporting goods on the ground and hiring caravans was the best method. It was easier to defend, and the amount of goods transported would be a few times greater, but it would take a lot more time.
Transporting goods on the ground would inevitably pass through the golden trade route, but they were now being attacked by bandits. They couldn't determine where the bandits came from, because there were too many bandits waiting for fat sheep. Almost all the famous bandit groups of the Odin Kingdom had appeared there, and every year, there would be a period of time waiting for fat sheep to pass through.
Now that they knew where the bandits came from, it would be a lot easier to deal with them. After all, the biggest advantage of these bandits was their ability to come and go without a trace. Even the location of their hideout was a secret.
"Where is their hideout?"
Faleau had a gloomy expression as he gnashed his teeth.
In Andalusia, during the early stages of the Gilded Rose's development, they had encountered this kind of thing. But every time they discovered bandits robbing the Gilded Rose, as long as their hideout was discovered, they would immediately send people to raze the other party's hideout to the ground.
Afterwards, no one dared to touch the Gilded Rose's goods. But he hadn't expected that this kind of thing would happen a few times in the Odin Kingdom.
The messenger had an awkward expression on his face.
"Sir Faleau, after following some clues, we finally found the hideout of those bandits. It's over a thousand kilometers away from the golden trade route. The bandits are pretty strong, but it's not like our Gilded Rose can't deal with them, but …"
"But what?"
"But the other side's hideout is in the territory controlled by the Rodney Family. If we send people to eliminate them, we definitely won't be able to get close. After all, our relationship with the Rodney Family isn't that good …"
Hearing this, Faleau's expression turned dark.
'Rodney Family …'
With the relationship between the Gilded Rose and the Rodney Family, if they sent people to eliminate those bandits, they definitely wouldn't be able to enter the Rodney Family's territory. The other side wouldn't care if the bandits were in their territory or not, they would definitely insist that the Gilded Rose was provoking the Rodney Family in order to start a war.
After all, it wasn't like this kind of thing hadn't happened before. Using the excuse of eliminating bandits to kill their way into another Family's territory before launching a sneak attack …
'Damnit, the Rodney Family definitely knows about this, or maybe those bandits are controlled by the Rodney Family. Unless we directly get rid of those bandits, we won't be able to eliminate those bandits …'
Faleau analyzed a bit and understood the situation the Gilded Rose was encountering.
After remaining silent for a while, Faleau left the Gilded Rose with his people and directly looked for the person in charge of the Rodney Family in Neverwinter City.
The Rodney Family's people were very enthusiastic. After hearing Faleau's visit, they immediately came to welcome him.
"Ah, I was wondering why I was in such a good mood today. Turns out Sir Faleau personally came to visit. Truly an esteemed guest, please come in."
Ivan, the person in charge of the Rodney Family in Neverwinter City, had a bright smile on his face as he led Faleau into the conference room.
"Sir Faleau, this is our family's specialty, the Rootless Fruit. It's produced in very small quantities and is usually only taken out when entertaining esteemed guests. Not only does it taste very good, but it also has the effect of adjusting mana. Please try it.
Ah, I almost forgot, Sir Faleau personally came to visit, what is the matter? "
Ivan was very enthusiastic, he was treating Faleau like an esteemed guest, but Faleau's heart sank.
"Sir Ivan, today I came to discuss some matters with the Rodney Family on behalf of the Gilded Rose. Our caravans have been attacked by bandits on the golden trade route several times and we suffered great losses. We just confirmed that the bandits came from the Death Sickle Bandits of the Rodney Family's territory …"
Faleau didn't have time to finish his words before Ivan bitterly smiled and started complaining.
"Turns out Sir Faleau also encountered the Death Sickle Bandits. That's really unfortunate, those damned bandits actually started robbing on the golden trade route. I won't hide it from you, we've been vexed by the Death Sickle Bandits for a very long time.
"Those damned bandits are entrenched in the Rodney Family's territory, it is reasonable to say that we should have gotten rid of them a long time ago.
"But the truth is very troublesome, those damned bandits are very powerful. We sent people to eliminate them three times, but we returned without any success.
"One time, we specially dispatched a Heaven Rank powerhouse to attack, but it didn't have much effect. They are very powerful, and the defenses of their lair are also very strong.
"There was even one time when our Rodney Family was determined to eliminate the Death Sickle Bandits, but when we sent people, we found that their lair was already empty. They had scattered to the surrounding cities and villages and completely integrated with the locals." Moreover, those damned country bumpkins are actually sheltering those damned bandits. We can't just slaughter them all …
"To tell the truth, our Rodney Family is also very vexed, we have no way to deal with those cockroach-like bugs …"
Faleau opened his mouth, but the words he was about to say were forcibly swallowed back down. His expression was very unsightly. Seeing Ivan's vexed expression, Faleau really wanted to slap that damned guy to death.
'Damnit, that idiot, are you kidding me? There is actually an uncontrolled bandit group in the Rodney Family's territory that even dares to rob the Rodney Family's things.
'And they are still alive and well? 'Damned b * stard, do you think everyone is a child? Do you even believe that excuse? '
Faleau's lungs were about to explode from anger, but he couldn't directly say it. Should he directly say that he doubted the other side's words?
What a joke, that would give the Rodney Family an excuse. Things like the rules of the game were things that had to be followed most of the time. Everyone understood what was going on, but doing it was another matter.
Ivan complained for a long time before moving on to the main topic.
"I'm very sorry about the Gilded Rose's misfortune. Rest assured, Sir Faleau, I'll definitely report this matter to the family and have the family dispatch people to eliminate those damned bandits as soon as possible.
"But, Sir Faleau, you don't need to hold too much hope. We might not be able to eliminate those bandits this time, but we should be able to make them behave for a few days …"
The people Faleau brought were all breathing heavily. Ivan was directly saying that the Gilded Rose was unlucky and that they were very regretful, but that was all there was to it. As for exterminating the bandits, didn't we say that it was going to be done soon? We can't be sure of the specific time, it might be a year later, it might be ten years later …
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