As if nothing had happened, the three of them were still focused on repairing the Magic Tower. However, the focus and content of the construction had changed.
First was the repair of the walls. First, the Magic Tower was restored to a completely sealed state. The door was already very sturdy. Needless to say, the doors to the open area on the third and second floors were heavily reinforced. The defects in the walls and floors of the internal compartments were temporarily put aside. Next was the repair and reorganization of the tower's defense system.
The Magic Tower was not like an ordinary fortress. For the sake of defense, the interior of the Magic Tower was designed with twists and turns. However, this did not mean that the interior of the Magic Tower was free for people to come and go as they pleased. "Ten cities, but not one tower." This was a saying left behind by a famous historical general in the Maze World.
Connecting different planes to make a maze or creating a fireball with every step was considered a child's trick. Even the mages themselves did not dare to walk around freely in their own towers after activating the defense system.
However, as an ancient monument from a thousand years ago, the Tower of the Great Sage did not have the kind of defense system that could destroy all existence. In fact, it could be said that it did not have the slightest internal defense system. It was either a magic trap that had been triggered and was no longer usable, or a mechanism that was too old to be used. What Lin wanted to do was to use his own ideas and existing resources to fill in this blank picture. … The latter was more important.
In the meantime, the agreed carriage of the Chamber of Commerce finally arrived. In addition to transporting supplies, there were also heavy items from Lin's original residence that were difficult to carry around. They were also sent to the Tower of the Great Sage with the carriage.
This Chamber of Commerce was originally just a messenger for the Association to contact the various Tower Masters. Later, the contents of the transportation were not only letters, but also special items exchanged between the Tower Masters and the Association, as well as subsidies given to the various Tower Masters by the Association. Therefore, the messenger became a carriage.
With the carriage, some Tower Masters asked to help them buy some things or send the output of the Magic Tower to some place to sell. Therefore, the scale of the carriage expanded.
After helping others deliver goods for so many times, the big shots of the Association felt that they should be able to make a profit by doing business themselves, specifically buying the output of various Magic Towers and then reselling it, as well as selling the goods that the Tower Masters needed and delivering them to their doorstep. Therefore, the Chamber of Commerce was established.
The branches in other districts saw that a certain district branch was doing this and the profits were considerable. Therefore, the other branches also followed suit.
To this day, the Chamber of Commerce that belonged to the Society of Sorcerers would have different branches in different districts. The scope of their business was not only limited to Mages, but also extended to ordinary people.
However, for a mage who was a tower master, there were all sorts of preferential measures. After all, it was an important task for the Association to have Mages who controlled strategic weapons. There was no need to be at odds over such a trivial matter as money. On the contrary, having common interests made it even more difficult for the tower masters to leave the assistance of the Society of Sorcerers.
From Lin's perspective, the logistics industry was good at making money. The Society of Sorcerers had even integrated the shopping platform and logistics into a unique business. It was difficult not to make money.
It was inevitable that he would attract attention when he made money. But what kind of existence was the Society of Sorcerers? With the strength of each branch, destroying one or two small countries was not a big problem. He had heard of robbing the Association's caravans, but he had never heard of anyone coming out unscathed after robbing them. They would certainly be destroyed, and even their souls would be captured and tortured for a hundred years.
Of course, the armed forces protecting the caravans still had to be deployed to avoid blind people on the road. Lin looked at the camel bird – a huge bird that had better endurance and flexibility than horses, and could fly for a short period of time. It was a kind of magic beast. The soldiers, all dressed in magic power, protecting the caravans from the front and back, couldn't help but make people envious. It was the same feeling as seeing someone wearing an Armani suit, a Rolex, and a Maserati on Earth.
More importantly, to be able to become a caravan guard, they were definitely not just for show. Without the experience of rolling in a pile of corpses, they couldn't get a high salary from the Association, nor could they get any magic items.
Unfortunately, this kind of force was not under the command of Lin, the tower master. Caravan guards did not get involved in local affairs, unless someone was blind enough to rob them. If it was just spying, they would just be on guard.
Just like now, the sight from the forest thought it was well hidden, but in fact, it had already fallen into the eyes of these people. Therefore, the guards maintained a semicircular alert formation, surrounding the caravans they were supposed to protect.
Lin also knew that the boxes of goods moved from the caravans into the magic tower, although the contents were unknown, would certainly arouse some people's greedy thoughts. The silence of these days did not mean that there would be peace in the future. He was just adhering to the spirit of coping with changes by sticking to the status quo, waiting for the other party to make the first move.
In addition, the longer the time dragged on, the more prepared he would be, so Lin was not worried at all. Everything was carried out in an orderly manner.
Until one afternoon, when he had almost forgotten about those trivial matters, the impatient people finally appeared.
When three burly men wearing iron breastplates and carrying huge axes walked out of the forest, the magic tower's early warning system immediately sounded in the ears of the master and apprentices. Such an alarm would always sound several times a day, but most of them were caused by wild beasts running out of the forest.
Lin, who had stayed in the nuclear room for several days, rearranging the magic tower's energy structure next to the control panel, looked at the people on the monitoring screen of the energy pool mirror, not daring to confirm whether they were the targets or not. It was not uncommon for adventurers to pass by the magic tower in the wild to buy magic tools in the maze world, and it was also one of the sources of income for many tower owners.
However, the two apprentices who had finished the construction of the magic tower and were arranging the furniture in the various rooms happened to be in the nuclear room as well. Hallumi could tell at a glance that the three men were from the village, the ones who had led the group to bully her. Thinking of the frightening past, she could not help but shrink behind her companion, trembling slightly.
Looking at the state of his apprentices, Lin sighed, reached out to touch her head, and mischievously messed up the hair of the two girls, saying, "Go and prepare according to the previous plan."
The blonde girl's carefully groomed hair was messed up, and for a moment, she forgot the terrifying memory. Instead, she pouted in dissatisfaction, glaring fiercely at the culprit. On the other hand, Kaya, who had two large braids, did not get too messy because her hair was tied up tightly, and she had a calmer personality. She tugged at the sleeve of the girl her age, and the two of them ran away.
Lin silently turned on the tower's defensive functions one by one, but the automatic mechanisms were still turned off. He needed to talk to the other party first, and after confirming their attitude, he would make the next move.
The magic light of the control panel turned from green to red, and instantly extended to all the energy nodes of the entire tower, then extinguished, and the tower returned to its ordinary stone appearance. All these changes were completely without warning outside the tower, just like how it had been for a thousand years.
The door of the magic tower was open. In the maze world, when there was no war, the door of the magic tower was open during the day, which meant that this was a tower with a master, and adventurers who needed it were welcome to buy supplies or seek shelter.
However, in the eyes of the three leaders of the village, this was no different from seeking death. The previous master of the Tower of the Great Sage had kept the door of the magic tower closed all day and night. Every time, they would have to fiercely pound on the door and utter threatening words before the other side would be willing to open a small gap and let their people in.
Since the door was open today, they did not hesitate to walk into the magic tower. Seeing that the first floor had changed, and the originally damaged areas had been repaired, the man standing in the middle could not help but lick his lips, imagining how fat a sheep the new master of the tower would be.
"Newcomers, don't you know how to welcome your guests?"
For a moment, Lin thought that he had returned to the time when he had just transmigrated, when he was looked down upon everywhere. Ever since he was promoted to an official mage, he had never been treated like this. Even the nobles and mages who were of a higher rank than him maintained a certain degree of respect.
It seemed that this was not going to end well. Lin thought as he opened the magic transmission array and said, "My three esteemed guests, please go to the core room on the third floor."
The three people in the surveillance screen sneered with disdain. Before going upstairs, they even adjusted their weapons to a suitable position. The leader even took out a dagger that glowed with magic and hid it in his right palm. That should be the magic dagger that pierced through Hallumi's stoneskin.
The three of them were completely unaware that they were under surveillance, and only went up to the third floor when they thought that they had prepared everything. Lin, who was watching the surveillance screen, was speechless.
The surveillance system was a concept taken from Earth, and was implemented with the magic of the maze world. Although there were other magic that could produce similar effects, the complete concept of surveillance did not exist in the existing magic system. So it was normal for the three people upstairs to be at a loss.
But it was very abnormal for them to be so arrogant in a magic tower with a controller. Was the previous owner too weak? Lin guessed.
Turning off the surveillance screen, Lin stood up and faced the direction of the stairs, silently waiting for the three to appear. Most importantly, the three of them were cursing and swearing, and there was really no need to continue monitoring them. Just by listening to them, one could tell how impatient they were.
After entering the door, before he could stand still, the biggest of the three said loudly, "Newcomers, your previous owner worked quite well with our village. I think we should continue working together according to the previous method. "
"What was the previous method?"
"It's that we provide the raw materials, and you help us make the magic materials."
"Then …" Lin asked hesitantly, "How much can I get in return?"
"Haha, what are you talking about?" The three brawny men looked at each other and laughed, and one of them said, "Your previous owner was very kind and helped us for free. I believe you have a good heart. "
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