"That's it, Lord Lynn!"

Lauder led Lynn all the way to a stop in front of a slightly dilapidated mansion in the southern city.

The house looked to have been abandoned for a long time, the outer walls were covered with green vines, the courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and only a few dead trees stood there alone, rustling when the wind blew.

After walking in, it was very lively, and the number one hundred and ten people were crowded in the small front hall, and Lynn recognized at a glance that these people were the sailors who had crossed the sea with Lauder.

However, they haven't seen each other for more than half a month, and they look even more embarrassed than when they were adrift at sea for half a month before.

Many of them were disheveled, their faces were sallow, some bandaging marks could be seen on their bodies, and even several seriously injured sailors were lying unconscious on stretchers.

"It's Lord Lynn!"

When the sailors saw Lynn, they immediately gathered around them excitedly, but they were soon stopped by Lauder.

"You all stop for a moment, I still have something to discuss with Lord Lynn!" Lauderlaud persuaded everyone to go before turning his head and looking at Lynn:

"Please follow me!"

Lynn glanced around at everyone present, didn't say anything, and followed Lauder straight towards the inner room.

This is a living room, the exterior is dilapidated, but the interior is very clean, and the tables, chairs and benches are spotlessly clean.

"Now let's talk about the news." Lynn sat down in one of the chairs and asked directly.

"Just today at noon, one of my sailors accidentally spotted a strange wizard apprentice near the residence of [Black Doctor] Ladakh, and I think it was probably he who attacked the halfling named Ralph......"

Lauder said in as much detail as he could, the wizard apprentice was dressed in a black robe, about thirty-four or five years old, about one meter seven tall, and his walking posture was a little staggering, most likely due to leg injuries, and the hem of the robe was still slightly corroded by acid.

Is it because it's too close, so using [Corrosion] to kill Ralph at the same time also hurt yourself?

Lynn was thoughtful, and it was understandable that an apprentice would make such a mistake.

"Plus, there's a good chance he's one of the [Scarlet Thorns]." Lauder said hesitantly.

"Scarlet Thorns?" Lynn paused, if he remembered correctly, it was a very strange potion that needed to be watered with a lot of blood to bloom the brightest flowers.

However, the other party is definitely not referring to a kind of magic potion.

"I've heard that inside the Scarlet Thorns, there is a big man willing to pay five hundred magic gold coins to buy your airship blueprints, no matter what." Lauder whispered.

"Who?" Lynn's eyes flickered, and then he asked coldly. "And how did you get the news?"

"I heard it from some well-informed [whistles]...... I don't know which wizard ordered it. Lauder shook his head.

"So what is this [Scarlet Thorn]?" Lynn leaned back in her chair and pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked.

What made him even more strange was that since the other party wanted the blueprint of the airship, why didn't he negotiate with him first and buy it openly.

After thinking about it, Lynn had some guesses, for himself, the technology of this airship was nothing, but others might not see it that way.

In a sense, this thing is a strategic weapon, and it is the bottom of the box in any alchemy workshop, representing a steady stream of wealth, and normally no one will sell it easily.

Even if he was himself, he didn't plan to sell such a thing as an airship until he got the internal combustion engine.

In the face of Lynn's inquiry, Lauder hurriedly explained that [Scarlet Thorn] is an organization built by a large number of wizard apprentices who have no hope of promotion, and it is heard that it has a deep connection with many alchemy workshops.

It is rumored that as long as you contribute enough points, [Scarlet Thorn] has a way to make anyone 100% official wizard!

Hearing this, Lynn's face couldn't help but be a little moved.

Judging from the information he has gained from knocking on the side of the Iyeta Academy these days, a person's magical talent will largely determine whether he can become a full-fledged wizard.

For example, a wizard apprentice who has reached the age of thirty at Iyeta Academy and has not been able to complete his studies will be considered to have no magical talent, and the possibility of breaking through again in this life is very small.

Even if you have completed your studies and succeeded in overflowing the magic power in your body, after taking the [Source of Magic Power], the success rate of promotion is not 100%, and usually only about forty percent of the apprentices can successfully become official wizards.

After screening layer by layer, the difficulty can be imagined.

This Scarlet Thorn claims to have the ability to make anyone an official wizard, and if it weren't a lie, it would have attracted so many people to join.

However, after seeing those so-called defective products, Lynn will not be naïve to think that this is a normal method, otherwise I am afraid that it would have become mainstream a long time ago.

The Council of Magic has always advocated the use of [Source of Magic] for promotion, at least there are no side effects, as evidenced by the fact that so many apprentices are still alive after taking potions.

"Do you know what they want my airship to do?" Lynn's fingers tapped on the armrest of the chair from time to time.

It is impossible to hide such a big thing as long as it is used, sooner or later he will know about it, and these days Lynn is already preparing to apply for a patent from the Alchemy Association, even if the other party gets the blueprint of the airship, it will be useless.

Unless they don't even think about using it on the surface......

Judging from the news that the other party wanted to get the drawings after the flight experiment was conducted yesterday afternoon, it should be that these people urgently need an airship to do something.

"I don't know about this, probably only someone inside [Scarlet Thorn] knows," Lauder shook his head helplessly.

"So the last question, why did you come to tell me this information, did you want to get something?" Lynn stood up, stared at Lauder in front of him, and asked.

Lauder's face changed and changed, countless words came to his mouth and he forcibly swallowed it, and finally only responded with a wry smile.

"In fact, we're just trying to find a way to live."

"I remember when you crossed the sea, didn't you bring three hundred people?" Lynn asked very strangely, he remembered that these sailors were all sturdy young men, but they had only been seen for half a month, and they were about to become a group of refugees.

Even odd jobs won't get mixed up like this.

"You probably don't understand, the Wizarding Lands aren't the same as the outside world." Lauder said with a sigh. "The last thing that is lacking here is people, or rather, our poor people who don't know magic......"