As Lin Yun pondered over the connection, he suddenly felt that the person looking for trouble this time might not be a competitor, but rather a troublemaker. If it was truly that rock mage, or if there was a hidden force behind that rock mage, their goal might be to get rid of him, or to prevent him from developing in the Odin Kingdom.
Thinking of this, the other side's actions instantly became natural, because the other side simply wasn't a competitor of the Gilded Rose. They only wanted to destroy and didn't want any benefits.
After figuring this out, Lin Yun felt a headache coming on. He wasn't afraid of his competitors, but he was worried about this kind of lunatic. Harming others to no avail. Moreover, he still hadn't found out who the other side was. This was the most fatal problem.
Since he couldn't figure out who it was, Lin Yun simply stopped thinking about it and took out the twenty puppets he had previously crafted from the Demiplane.
Most of these puppets weren't humanoid puppets. Some looked like insects, some looked like magic beasts, and only a few looked humanoid. After all, humanoid puppets were often inferior to beast-shaped and insect-shaped puppets at the same level.
Especially bug-shaped puppets. As long as they had a suitable energy system, they could equip more weapons than humanoid puppets of the same rank, and their fighting strength would also be a bit higher.
He took out the newly crafted puppets and handed them over to Faleau.
"These are my experimental puppets. Each one is Level 40. Apart from the fact that they haven't awakened wisdom, their fighting strength is definitely comparable to a 1st Rank Heaven Mage. Divide these puppets to protect the transportation of materials, the supply of raw materials can't be cut off.
"Recently, there has been a shortage of raw materials. Have some of the materials produced in the Raging Flame Plane be transferred to the Odin Kingdom to guarantee the operation of the Gilded Rose. Moreover, some of the medicinal ingredients produced in the Andalusia Kingdom should also be replenished from Andalusia.
"Let's do this for now, we'll talk about it after we find the mastermind."
With these twenty puppets, the caravan would be safe for the time being. After all, no matter how powerful a force was, the number of Heaven Rank powerhouses was limited. They couldn't take out all of them to deal with the Gilded Rose's caravan.
Occasionally, one or two of them would attack the Gilded Rose's caravans transporting materials. Even if they didn't care about the cost, they wouldn't be able to do anything more. With the protection of these puppets, the safety of the caravans would be guaranteed for the time being.
After all, this era could be considered the beginning of the Planar Colonization Era, the beginning of Noscent's colonization of the endless planes.
In this era, all the major forces were pursuing the path of conquering one plane after another. The number of powerhouses remaining in Noscent was pitifully small. The path of planar colonization wasn't easy to walk, especially in this era. Relying on the power of mages to complete the path of conquest could be said to be terrifyingly inefficient.
Conquering a plane would take at least a few decades. It was normal to spend hundreds of years to conquer some planes with stronger natives.
Moreover, after conquering, most of the planes would be treated as resource sources and would need to be guarded, and the guards would need to be constantly replaced.
After all, Noscent's mages had Noscent's Life Imprint, which was completely different from other planes. The stronger they were, the closer their connection to Noscent would be. Heaven Rank powerhouses couldn't stay in another plane forever. They could fight, but guarding for a long time was impossible.
And this made it so that the number of Heaven Rank powerhouses was always in short supply. Before Noscent's overall strength reached a certain level and before there was any breakthrough in alchemy, this situation couldn't be avoided.
The Heaven Rank powerhouses Lin Yun had seen in the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land had returned from another plane. After guarding that plane for a while, they had to stay in Noscent for a while.
Regardless of which force it was, it was impossible for them to send a dozen Heaven Rank powerhouses to attack a caravan transporting materials. If the other side was really that powerful, they could directly sweep through the Gilded Rose and get rid of everyone in Neverwinter City, including Lin Yun.
A group of Level 40 puppets were sent out, and sure enough, the people attacking the caravan suffered a few losses. Five Peak Level 39 Mages were torn apart by the puppets, and over twenty Archmages and Sword Saints were killed.
The caravan's safety was temporarily stabilized, but the attackers hadn't completely disappeared. No one knew what they were planning, but none of the Gilded Rose's shops had been attacked.
During this time, Faelor had been doing pretty well and had established good relations with many forces and nobles of the Odin Kingdom. Even if these relations weren't very reliable, at least no one would dare to brazenly attack a branch of the Gilded Rose in a city. This was true. If the mastermind dared to directly enter a city and attack a branch of the Gilded Rose, it would only take a bit of effort for it to be classified as a siege. No force would dare to take the blame for such a thing.
After dealing with this matter for the time being, Lin Yun started pondering. Being in the hands of outsiders wasn't a good thing. When the Rodney Family came to cause trouble for the Gilded Rose, they made their move on the material channel. It's just that the other side was a bit stupid and affected the benefits of others.
Andalusia's material supply could guarantee a portion of the materials, and the Raging Flame Plane also produced a lot of materials. Moreover, there was a mountain range rich in medicinal ingredients next to the Four Seasons Plain. The Four Seasons Plain itself was quite suitable for growing medicinal ingredients.
But these weren't enough. After all, there were too many kinds of materials needed for potioneering. No alchemy shop could guarantee that they had all the materials they needed.
Andalusia's climate was cold, and its winters were a bit longer than the Odin Kingdom's. The medicinal ingredients that could grow were suitable for this climate, while the Raging Flame Plane's climate was hot. Although there were more types of medicinal ingredients that could grow, there were many restrictions.
The two of them could at most cover cold and tropical climates. As for medicinal ingredients that could grow in temperate climates, the Gilded Rose would purchase them from the Odin Kingdom.
Among Noscent's three major kingdoms, only the Odin Kingdom was rich in medicinal ingredients. The Odin Kingdom's vast territory produced both temperate and tropical medicinal ingredients. At least 70% of the medicinal ingredients were produced in the Odin Kingdom.
As for the remaining 30% of the medicinal ingredients that the Odin Kingdom needed, they would have to be imported from Andalusia or the Sten Kingdom.
Lin Yun pondered whether he should take control of the medicinal ingredients' distribution channels and supply the materials himself. That way, the Gilded Rose wouldn't have to worry about the Gilded Rose's materials every time.
And there was only one way to control his own materials. Other planes. Natural Demiplanes were full of mana. Although they were very suitable for growing medicinal ingredients and magic plants, and were even better than other places, Natural Demiplanes were a bit too small.
It was impossible to let all the places in the Natural Demiplane be used to grow medicinal ingredients and magic plants. That wouldn't be good for the development of the Natural Demiplane. The development of the Natural Demiplane was the most important.
In the future, Noscent would colonize endless planes. At that time, an alchemist's laboratory might be a plane that could grow food. Without at least two or three planes full of food, they would be embarrassed to call themselves a major planter.
The medicinal ingredient suppliers and the places where the medicinal ingredients were grown would be the entire plane. What was suitable for growing in the plane would be what it was.
It wasn't as if an entire plane's medicinal ingredients hadn't appeared before, and the development of alchemy technology made it so that this kind of thing didn't need too many people. A few dozen puppets and a few dozen High Mages could manage the entire plane's medicinal ingredients.
Moreover, Planar Bandits were disinclined to patronize this kind of plant-growing plane, because apart from a large amount of medicinal ingredients, food, and magic plants, there was nothing valuable there.
Lin Yun pondered over this matter. The Gilded Rose had to have a material supply plane that it could control. He didn't need a plane that specialized in growing a certain type of plant, as it was too unorthodox. He needed to find a plane that could provide a large amount of temperate medicinal ingredients, and the climate had to be stable and comprehensive.
Specializing in planting wasn't too reliable. After all, with the current technology, it would consume too much power. It would be best if the plane itself was rich in all kinds of resources. The output of such a plane would definitely be enough to supply the Gilded Rose on its own.
Although he didn't remember many Planar Coordinates, most of them were relatively famous planes. These Planar Coordinates could be directly used in Noscent.
Unfortunately, he didn't dare to casually open a Planar Path to these relatively famous Planar Paths.
After all, these Planar Paths would appear in places that had been developed for who knew how many years in the future. Almost all of them were in cities built in those planes. Those were public coordinates, and anyone with the coordinates could directly come out of the city's Planar Path.
But now, who knew where the coordinates of those undiscovered dimensions were located? Moreover, those cities were basically built in the core of the dimension where the terrain was the best. In this era, such a place in a dimension was either the lair of the strongest natives of the dimension, or it was near their lair. There was no doubt about it …
Casually opening a Planar Path would definitely lead to an ugly death. Planes with clear Planar Path coordinates weren't low-level planes. It wouldn't be surprising if an Extraordinary lifeform surpassing the Heaven Rank appeared among the natives.
As for low-level planes, they simply didn't have the qualifications to record detailed Planar Paths. Being able to mark some characteristics and introductions was already pretty good.
Moreover, things like Planar Coordinates could not be changed without going to that Plane and recalculating it. The slightest change could open a Planar Path that could lead to an extremely dangerous place in the Endless Void.
Lin Yun hadn't dared to open the Planar Path before. Who knew if an Extraordinary lifeform surpassing the Heaven Rank would rush over through the Planar Path if he opened it?
But now, he could find a few planes that weren't that dangerous and suited the Gilded Rose's needs to give it a try.
With Hughes, he could give the Planar Path coordinates to Hughes and have him investigate it first. He would first confirm that the plane could be developed and that he had enough power to conquer it before setting up a Planar Path.
Lin Yun looked at Hughes, who was happily eating dessert, and Hughes' expression stiffened. He swallowed the rest of the dessert in one bite before flying to Lin Yun 'side with a grin.
"Great Sir Merlin, do you have any instructions for your most loyal servant, Hughes?"
Seeing Hughes' extremely flattering face, Lin Yun was a bit puzzled as to how he could make such a rich expression. Moreover, while learning the language and Noscent's knowledge, he was becoming more and more like a lackey.
"This is a Planar Path coordinate, go investigate it."
Lin Yun flicked his finger and a rune entered Hughes' head. Hughes instantly grinned.
"Alright, Sir Merlin, please wait a moment, I'll be right back."
Hughes confidently flapped his wings and instantly disappeared. In less than a minute, Hughes broke through the Planar Path and appeared in a normal space.
But just as he appeared, he saw a dozen-meter-tall one-eyed monster with a few hundred tentacles a few dozen meters away.
Hughes' feathers stood on end when he saw that monster, and he unhesitantly used spatial power to disappear.
After Hughes disappeared, the one-eyed monster's eyes flickered with light as it followed Hughes from where he disappeared.
Hughes didn't have time to relax after entering the spatial crack when he felt a fatal crisis. He turned and saw that monster following him.
Hughes' eyes were instantly filled with fear.
"Oh, damnit, Soul Devourer …"
It was a kind of powerful monster that could see through souls and even imitate the opponent's soul power. Moreover, it specialized in devouring souls.
Normally, this kind of guy wouldn't even have the qualifications to eat Hughes' fart, but it actually appeared in front of the Soul Devourer.
Facing a delicacy delivered to its doorstep, the Soul Devourer relentlessly chased after it. This distance was enough for the Soul Devourer to imitate Hughes' soul power.
From the spatial crack to the shadow of the space, and then from the shadow of the space to the subspace, Hughes was on the verge of despair. The Soul Eater was firmly on his back. It was a level 48 Soul Eater. At this distance, whatever ability Hughes used, the opponent would be able to replicate it.
The Soul Devourer didn't stop in the subspace. Hughes saw the projection of a ten-meter-tall planet not far away and clenched his teeth before screaming and rushing over.
"Damned b * stard, you want to get rid of the great Lord Hughes and make him unable to eat delicious desserts in the future? You're delusional! You're dead if you dare to chase after me, you're dead …"
Hughes screamed, but the Soul Eater didn't care about that. It chased after Hughes and imitated the ability of Hughes' soul. It followed the same trajectory and jumped into the projection of that planet.
Hughes' body instantly appeared on the surface of an incomparably pure and smooth silver planet. In an instant, his body fell towards the ground.
A faint spatial fluctuation appeared and Hughes' body stabilized. He resisted the huge gravity and used space itself to freeze himself in that space. Then, mana surged and Hughes' body moved centimeter-by-centimeter into the distance.
A few seconds later, the figure of the Soul Eater suddenly appeared. However, the moment its ten-meter-tall body appeared, it was pressed against the silver ground. More than half of its tentacles instantly collapsed. Blood was unable to spurt out at all as it fell heavily onto the ground and spread.
The Soul Devourer roared in alarm and hastily imitated Hughes' ability to freeze the space around its body, barely managing to stabilize itself.
But after freezing the space, it couldn't move anymore. It could only watch Hughes slowly teleport into the distance.
Hughes' eyes were filled with pride as his soul fluctuations spread out.
"Fool, are you stunned? Lord Hughes has a body now, and Lord Hughes can teleport without using his soul power. You still want to eat me? Fool, just wait for your death here. Lord Hughes is going back to eat dessert … "
Hughes had a proud expression on his face. He was even more satisfied with his body. Being chased all the way, he had been constantly using his Soul Force. However, he suddenly remembered that he had a body. Moreover, his body also had power. His bloodline had Space Force. Although it was negligible compared to his Soul Force, it had become his life-saving straw.
The Soul Devourer couldn't imitate bloodline power.
That bit of power pushed Hughes forward centimeter by centimeter. After half an hour, he had only moved two meters. Hughes was so tired that his eyes were trembling. Seeing that the Soul Devourer was still not far away, he wasn't sure if it was far enough, so he continued to slowly push himself with the expression of an angry owl.
"Lord Hughes' level is still too low. After going back, I have to properly increase my body's level. I have to reach level 40 or above, or else my body will be too weak. Bloodline power is really powerful …"
Three hours later, Hughes had pushed himself a dozen or so meters away. On a planet with such frighteningly strong gravity, this was already a very impressive result.
Turning his head to look at the frozen Soul Devourer, Hughes laughed heartily. "Fool, come and bite me! Come and eat me!
"Idiot, come bite me! Come eat me! Why aren't you moving? Are you dumbfounded? Uncle Seuss has the power of the bloodline, but do you have it? Imitate me! Let's see how you're going to imitate me! Wait for your death here! Uncle Seuss is going back to eat dessert …"
Hughes cackled strangely, and his body instantly disappeared. A dozen meters behind him, the Soul Eater could only stare helplessly. The light circulating in its single eye had already completely covered its entire eye, but it could only watch as Hughes left.
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