Chapter 34: A seven-story tower towering over the woods
Rick, on the other hand, apparently had no intention of rejecting Sean's hand of friendship.
Snuffing out the cigarette in his mouth, Rick spat out a smoke ring and looked Sean up and down for a long time, when he saw the badge on Sean's chest and the ring on his finger, the sharp-eyed wanderer's eyes flashed with a greedy glint.
However, the light only flashed for a moment, and then it was immediately hidden, for he immediately realized that something was wrong.
"What kind of identity is this boy under the age of fifteen hiding? How could he have such high-grade ornaments and rings, which obviously flowed with not weak mana. He wants to befriend a mage, so could he be a mage that no one knows? ”
"More importantly, what is the strength of such a hidden mage? Can I deal with him? Can I snatch the ring and badge from his hand? And where is his staff hidden? ”
Immediately after, Rick's eyes shrank.
Because he suddenly found that the fine iron dagger in Sean's hand was missing. Even as a level 4 stalker, his eyes were so sharp that he didn't even find out where Sean had hidden the fine iron dagger.
This clumsy boy who seems to play with a dagger is faster than his own eyes?
A trace of fear flashed through Rick's heart, and he quickly dispelled the trace of greed in his heart.
Rick threw away the cigarette butt and said with a smile: "Haha, Sean, I will definitely take the things you confessed, I will definitely take it to heart!" I've established that the mage is in the Tower of Azula in the eastern part of the Elwyn Forest, and I can take you to him now. But it's a bit far from here to get to the Tower of Azura, and you have to travel for at least two or three days......"
Sean said in his heart, sure enough, it was the Tower of Azula, which was exactly where he wanted to go, so he said, "Okay, no problem." Anyway, Daddy Sardin still has to stay in Shining Gold Town for a while, so let's go and get back soon, just in time. Shall we go now? ”
Rick smiled, "Okay, then let's go now." ”
Rick really has great powers, and he actually got two horses, and no one knows whether they were stolen or borrowed, and it is impossible to buy them anyway.
A horse would cost 10 gold to say the least, and Rick couldn't afford to spend that money.
Anyway, early that morning, Sean and Rick rode out of the town of Shining Gold and followed the main road to the Tower of Azura.
Along the way, Sean played with the fine iron dagger from time to time, and it disappeared after a while, which made Rick's heart tremble, and he no longer dared to underestimate Sean, and he had no bad thoughts in his heart.
At night, the two of them camped on the side of the road. Sean meditates instead of sleeping, and is always alert. This made Rick feel Sean's extraordinary, and his evaluation of Sean in his heart went up a notch.
Early the next morning, the construction of the puppet factory was completed, and Sean immediately checked it.
Although the puppet factory has been built and has a complete puppet production line, the only puppet that can be produced is still the "wheat field puppet".
Although the challenge level of the Wheat Golem is as high as level 5, for Sean, it can no longer meet the growing demand for combat power. Other puppets, on the other hand, must consume a certain amount of time and fortress resources for research before they can be produced.
The puppet factory gives several options, including a prototype of the Reaper Reaper, a mechanical squirrel, and other golems, but Sean is not satisfied. There is only one kind of puppet that makes Sean's eyes light up.
"The Catcher in the Rye, an upgraded version of the Crop Golem. It has more powerful attack and defense power, more flexible attack methods, and more complex intelligent programs, and challenges level 7. ”
This new puppet is fully capable of meeting Sean's needs at this stage. Challenge level 7, which is higher than Sean. This is again due to the low intelligence of the golems. If you just look at attack and defense, it might be even higher.
It would be even more perfect if it weren't for the resources required to build up to 400 points and the long time of 7 days.
Gritting his teeth, Sean consumed the last of the fortress supplies and clicked "Research" on the Rye Watcher.
At noon on the third day, Sean and Rick finally arrived at the Tower of Azura.
From a distance, it is a seven-story tower towering over the forest, with a height of more than 40 meters, which is taller than the surrounding trees.
The lower part of the tower is a stone structure, and the upper part is a wooden structure. The middle part of the tower is relatively narrow, and the upper and lower parts are more spacious, which is different from the traditional mage tower. In a way, this mage tower does not resemble a research-focused mage tower, but rather an arrow tower for defense and attack.
Rick pointed to the Tower of Azula and said, "It is said that the owner of this Mage Tower is a high-ranking mage named 'Azura'. However, the Mage Tower has been built for a long time, and Azura does not know where it has gone. A few years ago, in order to escape the Stormwind regime, Lord Theocritus came to the Tower of Azura. Later, many mages came to the Tower of Azula one after another. There are about twenty or thirty mages who are now stationed in the Tower of Azura, as well as dozens of mage retinues and servants. ”
Sean nodded silently.
Twenty or thirty mages, that's not a small number. 2,800 years ago, Riptide Castle had only trained 100 novice mages, and after uniting with the elven mages of Quel'Thalas, they summoned Skyfire to burn an entire army of trolls, turning the tide of the war.
It can be said that the Tower of Azura, with twenty or thirty mages, is a powerful force in itself. If it is dispatched, I am afraid that even the Xiquan Fortress, which is stationed with thousands of troops, will not be able to resist.
However, most of these reclusive freelance mages are mages who focus on the study of arcane energy, and they have no interest in combat. Otherwise, how could they have come here to escape the Stormwind regime?
Rick said, "Sean, the person I'm going to take you to see is Master Theocritus, the leader of the Tower of Azura. When he hadn't left Stormwind yet, I had a good relationship with him, and I was kind of an old friend. Of course, Master Theocritus is a powerful mid-level mage, and you must be humble and courteous to face him and not provoke him. After all...... He's not very good-tempered......"
Sean nodded and said, "It's okay, I've got a good temper." ”
Arriving at the bottom of the Tower of Azura, Rick told Sean to wait where he was, and he walked to the door alone, knocked, and said hello to the servant who opened the door, not knowing what to say.
The servant closed the door, as if to report to Theocretus. After a few minutes, the door opened again, and the servant made a "please" motion.
Rick greeted Sean and motioned for him to go in.
Sean took off the package and followed Rick into the Tower of Azulla.