Dreams were plentiful, but reality was harsh.
Although Phyllis gave Suhlen all kinds of restrictions and asked Suhlen to suppress his strength to the same level as hers, Suhlen still won the battle, and it was a very easy victory. Although they were at the same level and there was Hathaway's spell restriction, Suhlen's rich experience, skillful fighting skills, and fighting intuition could not be restrained.
So in the end, Phyllis was taught a lesson by Suhlen and had to agree to one of his conditions.
Suhlen looked at the reluctant Phyllis and said, "Now you know the difference between us."
"The dragon blood baptism is very powerful, but you didn't master your own strength, so it's normal for you to be defeated by me. The physical fitness of a dragon disciple is not worse than that of a warrior, so combat training is necessary."
"Next, I will teach you swordsmanship. Of course, it's not just swordsmanship. The drows here are also very good at fighting, and those half-elven rangers. You need to find time to practice with them every day. When you can defeat them all, you will be considered a master."
Although Suhlen's main weapon was a halberd, he did not give up on swordsmanship, so his swordsmanship was still very good. The Florentine royal family also collected many swordsmanship, such as the famous White Raven Swordsmanship, Cross Swordsmanship, Monolith Swordsmanship, and so on.
Suhlen glanced at Hathaway and the others and said, "And you guys, don't think that only Phyllis needs training. You also need training."
"Although you are spellcasters, your close combat skills are average. You can encounter any situation on the battlefield. Once you are closed in, you will not have time to cast spells. Whether it is to familiarize yourself with the enemy's attack methods or to attack, you must master swordsmanship."
"And when you use up your spells, you can only use a long sword to kill the enemy!"
Generally speaking, in the Wizard Academy, the orthodox Wizards would study close combat. A qualified combat Wizard would not be weak in close combat. Moreover, among the Wizards, there were some Transfiguration Schools. They could directly transform into some powerful races. Some Transfiguration Spells could even turn a Wizard into a melee maniac.
Some radical wizards even claimed that a wizard who couldn't fight in close combat was not a good wizard. It was best to be the type like Gandalf, who could cast a fireball with his left hand and slash with his right hand. A good wizard should be able to kill from one end of the battlefield to the other with a staff and a long sword.
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Northern Wilderness, Death Canyon.
This valley that ordinary people had only heard of was located in the depths of the Northern Wasteland. The surrounding ecological environment was extremely complex. There were sunflowers, man-eating trees, mutated monsters, and many more. At the same time, there were many kinds of poisonous insects and ferocious beasts. The terrain was also quite dangerous. The cliffs were steep, and there were often falling rocks. At that height, even a thumb-sized stone could make a big bump on a person's head.
Even the best adventurers wouldn't be willing to come to such a place.
However, these were not the most deadly creatures. The most dangerous creatures were the Undead!
In this valley, a large number of the undead were undead. It was said that there was an undead lord sleeping in the depths of the valley, but so far, no one had seen it.
Suhlen knew that the legend was true. The undead lord was sealed here by the ancient arcanists. But Suhlen didn't know why the arcanists didn't kill the undead lord and sealed it instead.
But since then, the beautiful valley changed. The power of the undead creature radiated throughout the entire valley. Then, the creatures in the valley began to change. Undead creatures began to be born in this place.
As time passed, the number of mutated animals and undead in Death Canyon increased. It became very dangerous. Some of the more powerful undead creatures would fall into a deep sleep. But as long as there was a big commotion in the valley, these powerful undead creatures would wake up.
Almost every year, there would be some monsters or adventurers who accidentally entered the valley and died. Fortunately, Death Canyon was very far from Northern Town City. It was thousands of kilometers away. Unless the undead lord broke the seal, it wouldn't affect this place.
At this moment, the sound of a fierce battle suddenly came from Death Canyon. Then, several adventurers rushed out of the valley. Behind them, dozens of undead creatures were hot on their heels.
One of the adventurers took out a scroll and tore it open with a pained expression. He then threw it behind him.
Boom!
As soon as the scroll fell to the ground, a large amount of flames rose up. In an instant, a wall of fire appeared on the ground. A few Undead that were close to the front rushed into the sea of fire. The flames burned fiercely, and the Undead creatures quickly turned into fireballs. The other undead creatures had no choice but to stop when they saw the wall of fire. They roared at the adventurers in the distance.
"F * ck, I've suffered a huge loss this time. That's the Magic Scroll I used to save my life. When we return, I'm going to take the lion's share of the loot!" the adventurer who had just used the Magic Scroll said, his heart aching.
"Blair, it's all thanks to your scroll. You can get one more," said another adventurer who seemed to be the leader of the group.
"Leader, we should have made a lot of money this time. We collected a total of sixteen ghost head mushrooms, ghost grass, and many other magic plants. Although this place is dangerous, the harvest is really big!" said another thin adventurer excitedly.
"This place does have a lot of good stuff, but it's too dangerous. Scar almost died in there. Now that he's seriously injured, he'll probably have to rest for a month. He can't come here again," said the leader.
"Ahem, Blair, thank you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to come out this time!" said another pale-faced middle-aged man after panting for a while.
"Hehe, Quentin, it's okay. You saved my life before, didn't you?" Blair said with a smile.
"I'll have to rest for a while when we go back this time! Ahem! "Quentin coughed violently a few times. His face had a sickly flush.
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Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, a month had passed. After Suhlen stayed in the North Wind Tower for a while, he went to Deepwater City. After Deepwater City obtained the trade route to Salt City Port, the second fleet finally returned. This time, in addition to the fleet of Deepwater City, there were more than a dozen merchant ships from other caravans.
After more than two months of spreading, more and more people knew about Deepwater Port. Suhlen's stronghold in Deepwater Port contributed greatly to this. Last time, Suhlen took the fleet to trade in Salt City Port, leaving a lot of cane sugar and honey. The sales of these luxury goods were very hot. When those merchants with sensitive information learned that the cane sugar and honey were transported from Deepwater City, they began to inquire about Deepwater City.
After learning that this was a newly opened port city, everyone's eyes lit up. In the eyes of these merchants, this represented an undeveloped market. If it weren't for the fact that no one knew the route to Deepwater City, these merchants would have been impatient to go there.
Fortunately, these merchants didn't have to wait long. The second fleet from Deepwater City arrived at the port, so when the caravan returned, a large number of merchants directly sent a ship to follow the fleet to Deepwater Port.
Deepwater City suddenly became very lively because of the arrival of a large number of merchants. A large number of goods were transported for trade. All kinds of goods that had been prepared in Deepwater City were sold out. Many caravans even set up warehouses in Deepwater City, intending to trade for a long time.
These merchants were very surprised when they learned that this was the northern wilderness. After learning that the North Wind Principality had opened a trade route from here to the Kingdom of Florence and the kingdoms further west, they were very surprised. Then they became even more enthusiastic about this port.
Obviously, they saw the potential of this trade route.
Suhlen returned to North Town with the caravan, but when he arrived at the city, he found something unusual. When the caravan entered the city, Suhlen found that many people in the city were coughing. Many people were queuing at the entrance of the hospital.
"What's the matter?"
Suhlen's face was a little dignified. Not far away, there was a low-level official recording the taxes of a shop. Suhlen directly went over to inquire.
"Your … Your Majesty!" After seeing Suhlen, the official immediately became nervous and even stuttered a little.
"No need to salute!" Suhlen directly stopped him and then asked, "What's the matter with the hospital? Why are there so many people queuing outside?"
"Your … Your Majesty, those people are sick. They have fever and cough. But we don't have enough doctors here, so they can only queue here," the official said.
"Not enough doctors?" Suhlen was slightly stunned, but then he realized that there were not many doctors in this era, because almost every city had a temple. Usually, when the rich fell sick, they could directly go to the temple and the priest could cast a dispel disease spell to cure them.
But it cost money. Even the lowest level of theurgy was expensive. It would cost at least five Kinnar. How many civilians could afford such a sum of money? Most of the time, when the poor fell sick, they could only stay at home. If they could survive, they would be fine, but if they couldn't, they would die. Of course, in order to increase the number of believers, each church would go to the slums every once in a while to treat a few poor people for free. Usually, about five people would be treated at a time. They would also carry out all kinds of propaganda to make more people believe in them.
North Town was an exception. The residents of North Town had some money in their hands, and the price of the hospital was not expensive. It was just that the number of people was small. But it was already very good. At least ordinary people and the poor could see a doctor.
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