Chapter 42 The road should be paved early
These months have been the busiest period of Li Yun's life, and living a life is a true portrayal of him. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info evening, Li Yun took a moment to meet the mother and daughter who had not yet asked about the purchase and the middle-aged businessman who seemed to be dead. The mother and daughter still had hope for the future, which was a good starting point, and after some simple tests, the mother and daughter were arranged to learn the etiquette and rules of the next person with the fog and the others. Li Yun never felt that a person could see his true nature by asking questions or a few simple things. For him, time is the yardstick to test everything, even Albert and even the fog women, Li Yun has not completely let down his guard. The former is because the relationship between the two parties is not as strong as it seems on the surface, and the latter is because Li Yun does not know enough about his mutated physique, so he can't be 100% sure that there will be no deviation from the fog and their special goblins. As for the middle-aged businessman with a dead heart, Li Yun is not an angel of love, and the fate that awaits him will be the replacement of his soul, and what Li Yun urgently needs is a sophisticated account man, not a body that consumes resources.
Li Yun went to see the imprisoned ogre and a pair of rat people, and the three stupid guys also didn't understand that their personalities would soon be replaced. Stupid and stupid, at least they seem to be more satisfied with the status quo now. For them, Li Yun's expectations are by no means as simple as fighting machines. Li Yun is a person who is very good at paving the way for himself, and he wants to select souls to fuse the memories of ogres and rat people, in order to cultivate a group of 'amphibious' special beings. For Li Yun, they will be intelligent and loyal subordinates, and for the other ogres and nezumi, they will be the best of their kind with terrifying intelligence and strength. With them, Li Yun has built a bridge between himself and the ogres and the nezumi to communicate and conquer for his own use, these three outliers are the future leaders of their people, and through this leadership, a large number of ogres and nezumi will become a fighting force that has always obeyed orders. Li Yun thought it was a good way to conquer other races and quickly learn about their culture, language, and habits. In fact, the actual situation later proved that Li Yun's approach was extremely insightful.
Albert and the others are also the objects of Li Yun's concern. This has nothing to do with his subconscious regard of the conquest of his own kind as the highest achievement, and the original reason for the adoption of Albert is not only the lack of intelligent creatures in front of him, but also the fact that it is more convenient to have a few normal human subordinates if he wants to mix in human society. Imagine that you are swaggering through the market with a bunch of monkey spirits and tree monsters, and people still think that the alien race has come over!
Li Yun was too busy to have much time to instruct a few people, but Albert and the others were the least capable of all his subordinates, so Li Yun stuffed Albert with the martial arts and magic books that the Black Iron Dwarves had looted from the Black Iron Dwarves, as well as those bought at a high price or from a certain family (in Boulder Castle, Li Yun had been a thief several times). Eat the fruit that can increase the ability Li Yun does not have, and if there is a situation, it will be given to them, and now compared with their efforts, the return has far exceeded the standard, if they can't grow rapidly, it is helpless to be eliminated.
On duty tonight is the half-orc Solanda, except for being stupid, Li Yun has a good impression of this honest big guy. Li Yun planned to stimulate the growth of Solanda's spirit and will through a series of methods at the appropriate time, and then let him devour a learned but relatively weak-willed soul, and use a lot of knowledge to make Solanda smarter. Otherwise, even if he were to be put on the throne of the Orc King one day, Solandar would not be able to sit firmly. Of course, Li Yun's original promise to Solander, Bender and others was not completely selfless, and this was also an indirect remote control. Li Yun believes that as long as it is done properly, these collaborators, who may become big names in the future, will become staunch supporters of their camp. This is a deceptively simple, but extremely complex and time-consuming application of a tree directory formula.
The conversation with Solanda is simple and direct, except for some daily interrogations and reminders, most of the topics are for Solanda to explain his questions about martial arts with easy-to-understand metaphors. Demonstrating in person is naturally inevitable, but fortunately, the gap between Solanda and Li Yun is too huge, so even if he uses unfamiliar weapons, Li Yun's performance is enough to make Solanda envious. Solanda's unpretentious and sincere praise is the biggest gain that satisfies Li Yun, and the monument of emotion has always been condensed bit by bit, and Li Yun is not in a hurry about it.
Returning to his room and changing into that hunting costume, Li Yun sneaked back to the hotel where he had opened a room during the day. After inspecting that the small mechanism arranged on the door of the room was not damaged, Li Yun knew that the waiter had not come in for a day as instructed. Pretending to call the waiter, he asked for a simple meal, and after the standard meal time, he asked the waiter to clean up the dishes and settle the bill in advance, informing himself that he would leave early tomorrow morning. And the simple spell of 'Mark Blur', which was not harmful, was enough to ensure that he could not remember Li Yun's accurate appearance afterwards.
Everything was arranged, Li Yun used a simple energy blocking magic again, and then took out those soul lamps with confidence, and used the appropriate dark energy to awaken the seven souls in turn and lock them all in the container where Seleburn's soul was imprisoned. Now, they can communicate to their heart's content, and when they reach a consensus, it is time for Li Yun to really negotiate with these guys, and Li Yun feels the need to let them think about it for a few more days. (A few words of verbose, as explained in the previous chapter, Li Yun doesn't want outsiders to detect that there is a second person in the Earl's Court who can perform magic, this is because the magic that Li Yun has mastered is still very simple.) In order to conceal the dark energy, he must cast an energy blocking magic, unfortunately, the spells other than the dark spell Li Yun uses are the most popular kind, so naturally there is no concealment at all)
The biggest takeaway from the day's battles was a magic knife and a pair of bracelets and a belt from the Void Spirit. Needless to say, the magic knife is that the bracelet and belt are also things that Li Yun doesn't understand. In addition to being able to see the texture of the materials used in the bracelet and belt, and then deducing that the Void Battle Soul can be condensed into an entity and obey the control of the sorcerer, it is these two things that are relied upon, Li Yun is very unfamiliar with the hidden formation mysteries. Suffice it to say, he knew very little about the realm of the dark magician. Julio and Ingrama were not very appreciative of their ability to summon and train Otherworldly creatures of darkness, believing that harnessing them was a very dangerous thing to do, far less safe than creating powerful immortals. Both of them are research-oriented characters, and they are very powerful, so the mastery and application of demonic knowledge is not as good as their knowledge of other things that they are interested in, and they both belong to the category of failing.
There is another area that Li Yun doesn't understand but urgently needs is space knowledge, and the poor space bag has been stuffed full of magic knives and bracelet belts. Although Li Yun had secretly made up his mind not to search for rare treasures, he still couldn't control himself watching a potentially powerful item like the magic knife fall into the hands of others. Especially if you can't let the Holy See get it, Julio's memory let Li Yun know that it is a religious group that eats and drinks people under the guise of justice, and the nobles in this world are much more lovely than them.
Packing up, just as Li Yun was about to sneak out of the hotel and return to the Earl's Palace, someone knocked on his door. "Who is it!" Li Yun asked in an old voice.
"It's very presumptuous, but I just feel the magic fluctuations, and I want to get acquainted with Your Excellency!" A mature male voice sounded outside the door, and his attitude was very respectful.
After thinking about it for a while, Li Yun felt the need to receive this strange visitor, if his curiosity was not satisfied, this kind of guy who could detect magic fluctuations and dared to visit the mage in the middle of the night was guaranteed to have a second time in the near future, and if he noticed that there was no one in the room at all, things might become troublesome.
It is obviously stupid to use the spell of 'mark blur' on such a person, although Li Yun will not be disguised, he can adjust the force and make himself old. By the time he opened the door, he had gone from a handsome young man to a gray-haired old man. Fortunately, this time Li Yun came out wearing a wide robe and big sleeves, instead of a hunting suit. Otherwise, the well-proportioned and upright posture is likely to become a point of doubt.
"Your Excellency, I'm interrupted in the middle of the night!" a short man five feet four inches (1 inch = 2.54 centimeters) tall bowed deeply to Li Yun, who opened the door.
"Please explain the intention directly!" to strangers, Li Yun's words were always very brief.
"My name is Duke and Cooper, you can call me Duke. I wonder if it's possible for a traveling mage like you to accept our invitation! I'm doing it for His Majesty!" the short man laughed.
"How do you know I'm a traveling mage?"
"This, it's very simple, if you have a mage who comes to a big city, you will live in a residence arranged by the local magic alliance, after all, a mage like you is a talent that every country attaches great importance to!" Duke slapped his hand smoothly.
Li Yun didn't say anything, and turned his body sideways, "Please come in, Mr. Cooper!"
"Don't dare, please call me Duke!" Duke bowed slightly again, and then walked into the room.
Closing the door, Li Yun casually said, "Please sit down, Duke, there is nothing to entertain you except Qing Shui." Tell us a little about your invitation!"
"Okay, okay!" Duke sat opposite Li Yun and looked at Li Yun squarely: "This invitation comes from the Palace Mage Association, I know that a mage like you doesn't care about money and honor, but you can't help but admit the importance of a good environment and extensive communication between mages." The Court Mage Association can provide you with a full range of services. ”
"The condition is to be loyal to the king, right?" said Li Yun, admiring the characteristic onion nose on Duke's round face.
"Yes, but please be assured that it will never be a constraint, just something to do at the right time. Many court mages can attest to this. ”
"You don't seem to care about the mage's cultivation skills. ”
"Yes, Your Excellency! His Majesty is more concerned with which side a figure like you is on, rather than with what spells he uses. ”
"I'm a necromancer!" Li Yun said in surprise.
"Then you must have cultivated to a very advanced level, and you look more like a wise sage. Li Yun gave Duke another chance to clap the horse skillfully.
"I mean, what are you going to do to solve my needs, or rather, how do you give an account to the people?"
"His Majesty's wisdom is loved by the people, who have full trust in him. And on some of the borders, you know, the fighting never stopped......"
"What's in it for you to work so hard?"
"Money, titles, honors! If you can be reused by His Majesty, I will be rewarded for it. Duke said in a humble manner. This is one of the great features of this world, most people are more direct and like to be direct, hypocrisy mostly belongs to those who need a glorious image, and there is no need to play tricks like Duke in the world of 'smart people' all day long. (Wise Men Finger Wizards)
"I'll consider your suggestion. ”
Duke took out a special gold coin the size of a pigeon's egg from his bosom and placed it respectfully on the table, "Please go to the magic hall in the castle district within three days, or as a souvenir of your visit to Nesman!" After saying that, he took out a transparent magic crystal, "Please release some magic power so that I can make a difference!"
Sending Duke away, Li Yun flicked the coins in his hand, "Use one gold coin after another to build an archive of unfaction-free mages, and Fred seems to be very willing to invest in it!"