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"Your Lord, what do you want to say?" Venia was a little surprised.

All captives of the Salo League, as Gordon the victor, had the right to dispose of them at will. He could kill them all. They could also be driven into slavery. In Ferreton law, prisoners of war were one of the legal sources of slaves.

Prisoners of war were freed if they were citizens of the Reich and were able to pay their own ransom, otherwise they were left to the hands of the victors.

The natives apparently had neither the money to redeem themselves nor the citizenship of the Empire.

Gordon explained to a surprised Venia, "I don't want to be a cruel slave leader. And logically, there is a lack of people in my territory right now. Although slaves were cheap and easy to use, they were clearly not as much of a long-term contribution to the realm as the freedmen. Therefore, I think it would be best if we could subdue all these captives and let them abandon their belief in evil gods and their warlike tribal traditions and become a stable people. ”

Vigna seemed to have a lot of trust in Gordon, and she was almost immediately struck by the other party's idea.

As a druid, she naturally disliked mass killing and enslavement. It would be nice if the problem of those captives could be resolved in a peaceful way.

"Your kindness, my lord, is admirable." "Is there anything I can do to help you?" ”

Gordon said, "I want to give you the task of settling these captives and converting them. ”

"It's ......," Venia couldn't believe what she was hearing.

That's nearly 30,000 captives. With such a large number of people, this young lord is actually willing to leave it to himself to deal with it with all?

Gordon further explained, "I have learned before that the people of Aikan did not have true faith until you became the patriarch. What they believe in are primitive totems. And after you became the patriarch of Aikan, in just a few years, you made all the tribe worship Sivannas, the god of nature. So I believe that you have both experience. There is also the ability to free those people from the belief in evil gods. ”

"I ...... I'll do my best. "If Vignia had been a naturalist druid who barely cared about mundane matters, she would not have bothered Gordon's request. However, she is a syncretist, or secular druid, so she is also passionate about spreading the belief in the gods of nature.

Gordon patted the female druid on the shoulder and encouraged, "Don't worry. I will do my best to support you. I'll send fifty elite Redstone guards and two hundred Freeman privates to help you stabilize the situation and prevent the captives from having any dissenting intentions. In addition, although you Aikan people are not short of food, if there is a shortage of other supplies, I will try to supply them as much as possible. ”

"Lord Lord......" The female druid was excited. My voice was a little choked.

Gordon's act is equivalent to sending her a full 30,000 followers of the god of nature, which can be said to be an incomparably generous gift.

"I'm looking forward to your watch." Gordon said.

However, in his heart, while admiring Vigna's beautiful face, he sighed that this matriarch was really a little too simple.

Gordon handed over nearly 30,000 captives to Venia. Let her be in charge of settling them and providing them with full support. On the surface, if the female druid did this, she would be able to gain 30,000 followers who believed in the god of nature. As the de facto spokesperson for Sivanus on the Hayven Peninsula, her rights will also rise.

But can things really be so idealistic?

What is the identity of these 30,000 captives? They are ignorant and warlike natives who believe in evil gods such as Zehir. Let them convert and become good citizens. It's not that simple. And, even if Venia had the heart to do her best to convert them, the other Ekan wouldn't have figured it out.

In the previous conflict, the Salou and other tribes carried out many burning, killing and looting of the settlement of the Aikan people, causing heavy losses to the Aikan people. If it weren't for the feeling that the shape shì was precarious. When the survival of the clan reaches a critical moment, Venia will not come to Gordon for help, and will exchange loyalty for protection.

In the face of these enemies, the people of Aikan are truly able to accept them generously. Or even for a long period of time, take out the food you have worked so hard to grow and help them?

Gordon could already anticipate that there would be a great controversy within the Aikans about it. With her own support, Vigna will definitely be able to continue to do the work of turning the settlement into a captive. But she will also lose a lot of prestige and supporters among the Akan tribe because of this incident, and then gain a large group of opposition.

Although it seems a bit unkind to calculate the female druid, Gordon knows very well that after the Akan people are under his command, he cannot let such a large tribe still unite under the command of a matriarch of great prestige and ability. The people of Aikan only have the matriarch in their eyes, and without him as a lord, Gordon will never allow such a thing.

"It's good to make up for Vinia in other ways in the future. For example, let the family crest of the Stirling family be re-included in the genealogy of the imperial nobility, so that this disappeared family can be resurrected again in her hands. Gordon thought to himself.

After deciding what to do with the captives, the group prepared to leave.

Alva, who had lost his arrogance because of today's setback, just kept his head down and said nothing. The mage Rufa from the Arcane Federation comforted Alva like a confidant brother.

Venia looked down and pondered how to begin to deal with the captives. Gordon, on the other hand, told Chuck to obey Venia, and then said hello and quietly disappeared into the swamp alone.

He continued to follow the markings on the map and headed deeper into the swamp.

To be precise, although Gordon is just a "person", he is not alone. He also has an Ice Elf Queen by his side. Because Ainia is an elf creature, she is very sensitive to changes in energy in the environment. With her help, it was easier to find the fountain of magic in the depths of the swamp.

As you get deeper and deeper into the swamp, the surrounding environment begins to change a lot. Gordon noticed that both plants and animals have many mutations. It must have something to do with that kind of corrosive energy in the water of the White River. In addition, the source energy emitted by the fountain of magic has become more and more intense, even to the point where it can affect the brain, thus interfering with human judgment and observation.

Fortunately, as an excellent mage, Gordon's spiritual power can easily resist the interference of these chaotic and chaotic energies.

Plus the help of the Eyes of Truth and Warning. He didn't even take a detour to reach his final destination.

"It's amazing!" The Ice Fairy Queen, who was flying beside Gordon, couldn't help but admire.

A deep blue spring appeared in front of Gordon and Ainia, and the calm water surface was covered with a faint mist, and under the blue light, it showed a dreamy beauty.

Around this spring. All plants are affected by this energy, and the same pure blue color gives the illusion of being transported to another world.

"This magic fountain should be of the water attribute." Gordon said.

There are also many types of Magic Fountains, which contain energy with different attributes. Actually, for Gordon. The ideal fountain of mana should be one that releases pure, primordial energy without any attributes. Now, if you want to use this water-attribute magic fountain in other ways, you have to go through a very complicated conversion process.

In addition, the magic fountain is actually some kind of spatial rift that connects with the main material realm from other planes, so this fountain in front of Gordon's eyes. It's not the essence of the Fountain of Mana. It was only because the crack that leaked energy was located at the bottom of the spring that the scene in front of me appeared.

This spring must be drained completely, and the magic spring will reveal its true form. And judging from the surrounding environment, Gordon still has to undergo a major renovation before he can start building the Mage Tower here.

In the depths of such a remote swamp, it was not easy to build a massive mage tower. Even if there was an Architect's Staff, it would only allow Gordon to manipulate ordinary dirt and stones. And when the Mage Tower was built. It also requires a lot of special building materials that are full of magic.

But even with so much trouble, being able to find a fountain of magic is still a great thing for a mage.

Just as Gordon pondered how to use the fountain of magic, Ainia suddenly came to his ear. The breath exhaled from the mouth of the petite queen Xià was cool and leisurely, which made people very comfortable.

"Master, there seems to be something nearby." She said.

"Something. Is it dangerous? Gordon immediately became vigilant and took out the staff of Nether. The large energy body of the Magic Fountain can easily attract some powerful beings. Even if a legendary creature appeared in a moment, he wouldn't be surprised.

"Nope. It was a faint energy, but one that I hated. Ainia shook her head, then raised her little hand and pointed to the jungle in front of her.

"Then let's take a look." Gordon activated the flying spell on the Eagle Feather Boots and flew over with Ainia.

In the depths of the swamp, which is full of mud traps, Gordon rarely walks, and spends most of his time hurrying with spells. Every day, he would teach the two flying spells and three levitation spells in the Eagle Feather Boots to be consumed, and even use additional flying spells for mana.

Although it is a little extravagant, it is better than convenience and safety.

Arriving at the destination that Ania had said, Gordon was shocked.

He saw a man-made building.

It is a boxy, 100-square-meter stone house, and judging by its height and the size of its doors and windows, it should have been built by a humanoid of medium size such as a human or an elf.

The exterior walls of the stone house were long overgrown with swamp vines and moss, and they were too old to be seen. The windows had been completely sealed with stones, and the doors were tightly locked.

Gordon opened the Eye of Truth and Warning, carefully examined the surroundings of the stone house, and saw no problems, so he took Ania and pushed open the door.

Who knew that as soon as he touched it with the mage's hand, the force field energy caused the pitch-black gate to collapse and turn into countless debris. This metal gate has been corroded by the swamp moisture and the years, and today it has finally ended its long life under the action of external forces.

"Judging from the decay of this gate, this stone house is probably two or three thousand years old." Gordon speculated.

Ainia, who had been living in the water elemental realm before, obviously couldn't understand the human concept of time yet, she just blinked her big ice blue eyes, and then looked at Gordon curiously.

“…… Forget it, let's go inside. Gordon felt that it was too much trouble for the elves to understand the human concept of time, so he just waved his hand and walked into the stone house.

Unlike the humble exterior, the interior of the stone house is quite elegantly furnished. Even on the walls and ground, there are all kinds of magic circles and rune imprints. It's just that because it's so old, it's all invalid.

Judging by the carving techniques of these circles, as well as the words used, it is likely that this is a product of the era of the Magic Empire of Netherduran.

And the energy that Ania said she hated came from what was contained in a clear crystal box—a crimson key.

The material of the key is unknown. But Gordon could see with the naked eye that the key was constantly burning with flames.

Judging from the age of the stone house, the flame on this key may have been burning for thousands of years. And for an ice goblin, this fire energy is, of course, the most annoying. It is no wonder that Ania was able to precede Gordon and present the deposit of this key.

I don't know what this key is for. Gordon put the crystal box containing the key into the dimensional bag, and prepared to study it carefully when he returned.

However, after he and Ania left the stone house, they had a new appearance.

"Someone's near the Fountain of Mana!" Gordon whispered.

He quickly sent Ainia back to the ring, then used an invisibility spell on himself to slowly sneak back to the spring.

"It's him!"

When Gordon saw Rufa's particularly conspicuous arcane federation mage robe, he immediately recognized this mage who had only met once.

At this time, Rufa was wandering by the spring water that radiated the glow of the orchid. Holding a complex magical instrument in his hand, it seems to be testing something. His face was excited, and his eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses radiated excitement. Gordon, hidden in the shadows, could even hear him talking to himself.

"Great! That's great! It turns out that what is recorded in that document is true. There really is a fountain of magic hidden in the depths of this black water swamp! ”

Listening to Rufa's statement, it seems that he also entered the Blackwater Swamp specifically in search of this magic spring.

But Gordon wasn't surprised.

Although he previously thought. The existence of this fountain of magic power is known only to Archduke Antello and him. But when he saw the stone house just now, he immediately realized that this fountain had already been discovered by the Grand Arcanists of Nether back in the days of the Magic Empire, and it had been recorded in the papers.

It's just that to this day, there is a record of this fountain of magic. There are very few of them, almost lost.

However, for those who really have channels, it is not impossible to find this place.

Rufa doesn't have Gordon's real and warning eye. However, with his identity as a mage of the Arcane Federation, he had no problem getting a precious instrument from the organization that could detect the magic fountain and storage.

Suddenly, Rufa, who was so excited that he couldn't help himself, raised his head and scanned the surroundings with a vigilant gaze. Gordon almost thought he was revealed.

But the blue-robed mage just shook his head and said as if laughing at himself: "Near the magic power spring, the energy flow is huge and chaotic, and it is impossible for ordinary mages to communicate with the magic network and cast spells, why am I suddenly worried that someone is using stealth techniques to peep around?" The extreme of cautious personality is suspicious...... It seems that the teacher's evaluation of me does have some truth. I'm just too cautious......"

He paused, as if relieved of the burden in his heart, let out a long breath, and said to himself, "Well, I have finally found this fountain of magic that suits me perfectly." It seems that the biggest obstacle to my path to the High Mage is gone. When I build the Mage Tower, my strength will definitely increase by leaps and bounds......"

"Hey, this guy seems to have forgotten something. This is my territory, how can he take it for granted that he can take this fountain of magic for himself? Gordon said secretly in his heart.

"But that Gordon. Freeman, on the other hand, was a bit of a problem. Although this is just a barren swamp, it is within his territory after all...... Fortunately, the other party should not know that there is a precious magic spring here. It would be best if you could exchange some money or magic items from him for this land. But if he doesn't know each other...... Hum! It's just a mage from a wild road, and his titles and aura are just a joke. I will make him understand that there is absolutely no good end to going against the Austrian Federation......"

Rufa stayed by the spring for a while, as if gathering materials, before quietly leaving.

Although it was a good thing for Gordon to find the Fountain of Magic today. But suddenly a Rufa appeared, and the idea of fighting this magic spring was a bit troublesome.

Aside from the strength of this guy himself, the Arcane Federation behind it is the largest mage organization on the Big 6. So Gordon had to be careful about it.

Fortunately, the other party's plan Gordon was already aware at this time, so he was able to make targeted preparations.

After leaving the Blackwater Swamp, Gordon first traveled to the town of Qingmai to learn about the naturalization of the captives. According to the female druid, there were some difficulties at first, and some die-hard cultists immediately rioted when they heard that they were going to convert. However, under Chuck's command, all the diehards were eliminated without danger. Now the progress is quite smooth.

But that's not what Gordon cares about.

He had something to ask the old patriarch of the clan, Pensa.

On the way back from the Blackwater Swamp, Gordon suddenly remembered that the old patriarch had built a symbol in the cultural center built in Qingmai Town, which was very similar to the flame key he found in the stone house.

Perhaps, there is some connection between the two.

He felt like he was getting closer and closer to a big secret.