Although Garon was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the price. Although gold coins were worthless in Snow City, and under the high level of consumption, the purchasing power of one gold coin was equivalent to 10 dollars on Earth. But even if it was only 10 dollars, more than a billion gold coins were worth tens of billions of dollars. Moreover, this was not including the rare materials that they had to prepare themselves, and they also had to exchange treasures for a permanent solidified divine power of isolation.
"Should I say that it's indeed a top-notch Wizard Tower configuration …" Garon sighed.
"It's good that you understand," Soaring Wing King smiled. "I'll give you a list of the materials that you need to prepare yourself. I can help you with the basic construction costs, but I can't help you with the materials. Many things are extinct. The few top-notch Wizard Towers were built thousands of years ago. So, you need to prepare yourself. "
As one of the higher-ups in Snow City, a billion gold coins was nothing to him. He was at least worth tens of billions now. However, he would not pay this money for nothing.
"What's your exchange request?" Garon knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
Soaring Wing King smiled mysteriously.
"Do me a big favor …"
*****
After exiting the Dream World, Garon fell into deep thought. Soaring Wing King's exchange request was a little too risky.
However, he had no choice but to borrow the other party's power to build his Wizard Tower. He had to weigh the pros and cons of both sides.
The shadow of the Mother Stream Alliance appeared faintly behind Soaring Wing King.
Soaring Wing King seemed to be a direct subordinate of the Mother Stream Alliance. Garon had received an invitation from the Mother Stream Alliance. Unfortunately, he did not reply in time and was accidentally sucked into this time and space.
"I still don't have enough information and I'm weak alone …" Garon sighed. If he had enough power, he could save a lot of effort in collecting wealth and materials. He would not need to owe Soaring Wing King such a big favor. Moreover, if he did not have enough information, he would be used as cannon fodder by the Mother Stream Alliance. That would be tragic.
If an Upper Demon Lord Level Thousand-Armed Giant could be used as cannon fodder, a Middle Demon Lord like him would be even more so.
Although the Dragon Race was rich, a billion gold coins … was still very difficult to take out. Generally, adult Giant Dragons would be lucky to have tens of millions of gold coins. Those with hundreds of millions of gold coins were all outstanding figures.
After a restless night, they continued their journey the next day. Just as they were about to reach Snow City, for some reason, the summoning wave that had not appeared for a long time actually rang in Garon's mind again.
He had almost forgotten that he still had a temporary summoning contract.
This was a forced contract, so he had to go over. Helpless, he could only order the two Dragon Guards to find a hole in the ground and stay there temporarily while waiting for him to come back. The summoning time was very short, at most a few days. He could quickly come back after solving the problem.
*****
A gloomy underground city
Kevin had been in the ruins for a long time.
The passageway was sealed, and Blue Void led everyone into the depths, as if they were heading towards the core of the earth. They ran into too much trouble along the way, and the Contractors had to summon almost half of their Dragon Tribe to barely protect themselves. The party had lost a lot of members.
However, after exchanging information with the Empire for the last time, Blue Void once again led everyone towards the deepest part of the Buried City.
The entire Buried City was filled with abandoned houses, grayish-black empty buildings. There were no living creatures, no movement at all. Dust accumulated on the ground and inside and outside the houses. If they accidentally broke a door, the dust would not fall for a long time.
Fortunately, everyone had brought in enough food and drink, so they persevered. It would be fine even if they persevered for a few more years. They ran into many traps along the way, but they were all broken by Blue Void's people.
There was no sun in the Buried City, no light, only Undead.
There were only mindless zombies, skeletons, ghouls, and ghosts wandering around.
Kevin sat in his own tent, looking at the dark sky of the Buried City outside. Other than the little bit of light from his own camp, he could see nothing else.
His tent was surrounded by the tents of other Contractors, and outside the outer layer of the Contractors' tents, there were a dozen or so dragons lying on the ground, resting. Most of them were Red Dragons, Blue Dragons, Green Dragons, and White Dragons. There was only one Black Dragon.
Further outside was the campfire of the camp.
Finally, there was nothing at the outermost area, only dark, dusty, and abandoned buildings.
"If only we could stay in these abandoned buildings," said his daughter Maria softly as she walked to the entrance of the tent.
"How much longer do we have to stay here?" Binglan, a good friend she had made along the way, said helplessly. This blue-robed female mage was not a contestant, but she had become good friends with Maria, so they could be considered to be living in Kevin's tent together. These tents looked very small, but in fact, they could be divided into several rooms. They were very large. There was a lot of furniture inside. The Wizards could use magic to create water. Although it was not much, it was enough for drinking. Unfortunately, it was not enough for bathing.
This was also the problem that everyone was most helpless about.
"It should be soon," replied Kevin in a low voice. Kevin replied in a low voice, "Sir Blue Void is already speeding up. The scout in front seems to have discovered something incredible."
"Yeah, I've noticed it too. The Wizards who specialize in Necromancy have all been summoned for a discussion. It's obvious that the next problem up ahead is Necromancy." Binglan's thoughts along the way were not very pure. This beautiful female Wizard's intentions were very clear, and that was to get close to a Contractor so that she could rely on the strength of the Dragon Tribe to get better treatment and protect herself.
Maria was simple-minded and did not see it, but Kevin had noticed it long ago. He only tolerated it because he thought that having one more Wizard or one more would be safer.
Kevin walked out of the tent. Almost half of the Contractors around him had summoned their own Dragon Tribe companions, but he still did not make a move. The reason he gave his daughter was that the price was too expensive, so he did not summon them.
"At this critical moment, Sir Kevin should be summoning his companions, right? Otherwise, if we don't contribute when the time comes, we won't get a share of the good stuff, "suggested Binglan softly as she walked to Kevin's side.
She did not try to hide her voice at all, and the surrounding tents immediately sent out probing gazes. It was not as if Kevin had not had any conflicts with the Wizards around him along the way. Although he tried his best to tolerate it, it was inevitable that he would be controversial because he had not contributed for a long time, but had always enjoyed the protection of the core. There was even a Level Six Great Wizard who publicly expressed that he wanted his daughter Maria to become his subordinate Wizard. It was obvious that he had taken a liking to his daughter's talent and Maria's beauty.
Although Maria was not as pretty as Binglan, she had a pure and innocent temperament. Coupled with her outstanding talent, there were more than one Great Wizard who had expressed such thoughts.
Against these greedy people who wanted to use him to force his daughter to submit, who wanted to force them and make their situation more difficult, so that they would take the initiative to beg them for help, Kevin tried his best to maintain his image as a powerful Contractor.
Even though this image was getting paler and paler, because the Contractor's Colossal Dragon was too powerful and the price to summon it was too high, this reason could only be used once or twice. After too many times, the Contractors who knew the inside story would begin to doubt him.
"Don't worry, when I need to summon it, I'll naturally know how to do it." Kevin tried his best to appear calm and confident, so that he could fend off those people who were ready to make a move.
Binglan seemed to be doubtful as well. She smiled and walked away without saying anything.
"When the time comes, put your Colossal Dragon as the finale and put it in the last batch. Maybe Sir Blue Void will agree to your request. Hahaha … "Contractor Gergenfor's voice faintly came from the tent not far away.
This guy was the one with the most blatant intentions among all the spies. He had always been drooling over Maria, and had wanted to take her as his subordinate Wizard many times, offering her generous treatment and conditions.
But Maria had rejected all of them.
Kevin did not show any expression on his face, as if he had not heard this voice at all.
"Father …" Maria walked to his side.
"Don't worry, it'll be fine." Kevin held his daughter's hand tightly. He tried his best to give her a sense of security, but it was obvious that he was even weaker now.
Looking at Maria's worried expression, Kevin was even more certain of his decision to protect her. He could not summon it casually, or else if he was exposed … Maria would be in danger!
It was not fun to be targeted by these Contractors. Other than having absolute confidence in their strength, Contractors were also people who wanted to give up everything to break through. The latter was the majority. Most of these people could not see any hope of advancing, so they took a last wild gamble. People like this were greedy and selfish. At crucial moments, any laws that restrained them were meaningless. Only strength, strength was the only weapon that could protect oneself.
"Father, tell me, is your Contract Dragon …" Maria transmitted her voice with a spell.
"It'll be fine, it'll be fine …" Maria was too naive. Kevin did not dare to tell her the truth. It would be really troublesome if she accidentally got the truth out of him.
"Maybe we don't even need to summon it and it'll be over," Kevin comforted his daughter, saying something that even he did not believe.
The night was getting darker.
Kevin was one of the few Contract Wizards who had never summoned a Contract Dragon, and was also one of the main sources of gossip among all the teams.
The team continued to move forward, and after a few more days, they finally seemed to have reached the core of the entire Underground City — a huge dark plaza.
There was a tall black statue in the square. It was a statue of a fat butcher holding a huge broken machete. He wore tattered clothes and had a ferocious and cruel smile on his face. He stood motionless in the square. It seemed to have been standing there for a very long time.
Blue Void ordered all the teams to stop.
"I feel the aura of death …"
"Master Blue Void is right. There is indeed a very strong negative energy vortex here. It's very likely that there are a lot of Undead," the old Wizard who was the vice-captain agreed in a low voice.
"Let's set up camp first. Only by forming a defensive system can we deal with large groups of Undead. "
Blue Void nodded.
A huge pitch-black Demon Core appeared in his hand. It was a Level Six Demon Core, used to summon his Contract Dragon, the Double-Headed Hell Black Dragon.
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