If you want to survive this war, there is no way to rely only on the secret passages of the walled mountains and the temporary truce of the elves. As a minor player in the gap, Siegel must master weapons that can protect himself and balance the power of both sides.

Especially in the face of elves.

He had carefully weighed the threat posed to him by the Knox Guild and the elves, and found that the most urgent thing was to find a way to deal with the elves. During the construction of Mir City, he had already begun to use dwarven runes in a planned way to protect against evil, necromancy, and mind control, all of which were very targeted measures. So far, he has nothing left to do when it comes to defending against the Knox Guild other than to continue to improve his spell abilities.

Siegel let out a long sigh, his magic level was still insufficient! Magical protection like the Three-Peak Pagoda was what he wanted most, teleportation recognition, plane movement lock, elemental directional fixed-point suppression, powerful anti-magic and disarming magic barriers, and the intelligent guard who worked day and night, the Lamp God. According to the half-elf mage Edith, the Three-Peak Pagoda also has a legendary-level spell return circle, and it is difficult for their power to penetrate whether it is an elven mage or a priest.

Only in this way can you truly defend against the elves. The Red Magic Tower in Brookwood Town and Fort Hub have similar spell protection, so the elves can't attack for a while. The city of Myr only took advantage, and the army led by Leah only had the intention of surrounding, and had no intention of attacking.

Of course, it would be nice to be like the Mage Guild's Spell Fortress. Legend has it that it is even more powerful there, with layers of magic circles nested within each other, and generations of the strongest mages constantly adding their pinnacle spells to it. to this day. Even the association itself has no way to lift these protections. They were hoping for an intruder to help. Consume at least some defensive enchantments.

Most of the spells that strengthen the castle's defenses, Siegel is aware of them, but he is not yet able to cast them. The underground librarian had all these spells, but they took up a lot of time to learn, and he couldn't be quiet. He once asked himself if becoming a lord had slowed down his path to becoming a mage?

The answer is no.

Not being a lord is not the same as becoming easy, and his responsibilities will not be reduced. Even a mage like the one who spends his days studying in the library will have his own tasks to complete. You also have to find ways to find funds to sustain your studies. At least with the Spotted Mountain Gold Mine, he knew that he didn't have to worry about the gold coins, the gold mine was enough for him to complete all his magical studies, how many mages could say that?Magic experiments, spell transcriptions, the manufacture of magic items, and alchemy, which one was not made of rare materials? If it weren't for a mountain of gold, he could start an experiment as soon as he wanted to?

Just like trying to make a weapon to defeat the enemy, when the water elemental giant flows past him, with the alchemy test bed on his back, how many people can be as comfortable as him?

After having Isaac. It was necessary to move the magic lab and the alchemy lab away from Myr Castle. Originally, there was only one base left for his mage tower, so the place where the original warehouse on the second basement floor was the best choice. It was built on top of the castle's fortified circle. Arguably the most impregnable location. Moreover, the core of the Elemental Rune Circle is here, as long as Siegel has a thought, it can increase the concentration of elements here, greatly speeding up the pace of experiments.

In addition to the alchemy experiment tools, the assembly line of the Magic Tomb will also be arranged here. Now the blacksmith shop is working at full capacity, and in addition to Erdu, gnomes and dwarves have also heard the news. However, they didn't know what Erdu was doing, so they simply came over to help.

This is all necessary for the sake of secrecy. After the Magical Rune Guardian and Mora's Root, the dwarves were surprisingly fond of the drug's name, everyone was intrigued by Siegel's new project, and any of its advancements could be a great inspiration for them.

This enthusiasm is very high, but it can be pitiful in war. The elves are not far from the city, and they must not be allowed to find any clues. Therefore, the mound was strictly forbidden to reveal the specific details of the manufacturing items, and all the items and parts had to be disassembled, so they purchased rough materials from the blacksmith shop in the name of making the golem.

It takes a lot of time to complete the assembly line, and the most fundamental thing is the specific specifications of the production project. Siegel took out two layers of the Ancient War Tree's outer skin from the space bag and carefully placed it on the test bench.

It was a blessing to get up close and personal with the Ancient War Tree, and it was even more of a godsend to have its outer skin captured. If Leah didn't take her on a tour, Siegel had planned to launch an ambush and conduct a sneak attack on the roaming Ancient War Trees to gain their body data.

This time, you can carefully inspect the samples you get, and you have to see every line clearly. He found that if he wanted to hurt the ancient tree of war, he had to deal with two barriers: toughness and fireproofing. Considering the size and number of ancient war trees, if you simply use a good material with high hardness, it will not be able to withstand the consumption of war. On the one hand, it can be used only by refining, forging and polishing from ore, and on the other hand, it can be grown directly.

The War Tree was first used to deal with dragons, and different dragons have different elemental powers. Siegel thought about it carefully, and realized that the War Ancient Trees he saw were all of the same type: the Rune Tree. However, the Rune Tree is not an ancient species, but was slowly cultivated by the elves after the Dragon War, when they had time to develop their magic.

He thought of the records he had seen in the library, and the elves had a variety of ancient war trees to suit different battle situations. It was thanks to the massive sacrifices of these trees that they slowly gained the upper hand in the war. However, after the end of the war, the dragon used all means to secretly destroy all the ancient trees of war, and destroyed the relevant materials and records, which almost led to a second war with the dragon. After the orc frenzy caused the elves to lose a lot, the pointy-eared guy slowly lost the cultivation method of the ancient tree of war.

But since the predecessors were able to do it, there is no reason why the future generations can't reproduce it.

Siegel suddenly thought of something: what would the dragons do if they knew that the War Tree had returned?

The question sent chills down the spine of Siegel. Modette is fine, from her story. Her father doesn't seem to be in this world. This means that its bloodline is not inherited from the local dragons. There may not be much thought of the War Ancient Tree. It is believed that the dragons in the far west of the New World will not forget the elven weapons, and if they decide to nip the danger in the bud, they will team up to the city walls......

If it develops like that, the situation will be absolutely uncontrollable. I hope that the Mage Federation will not fight such an idea, otherwise it will really be a scorched earth. Siegel thought about it carefully, and it would be bad for the Knox to do so, and the dragon would suffer from the wraith. When the time comes, I don't know if I will deal with pointy ears or big bald heads first.

Siegel took a deep breath and pulled his thoughts back to focus on the experiment at hand. He carefully sliced and tested the resistance of the bark with the power of various elements. Virtually non-flammable, ice causes negligible damage, acid has some effect but can't penetrate deeply, and only has a slightly weaker protection against electrical energy. It seems that the big tree is still afraid of thunder - Siegel thought maliciously.

Now he somewhat understood the stunned expression on the elven mage's face when he summoned the lightning to shatter the rock. It turns out that he is not only worried about the direct threat to the rear casters on the battlefield, but also worried about the ancient tree of war!

With the help of the Elemental Rune Array, Siegel was able to create lightning for defense, but that didn't mean he could attack. Besides, what about the other lords of the South? What about the humans of the New World?

He lowered his head and continued the experiment.

The second epidermis below the integument. A layer of sticky substance adheres to the surface. It looked like grease to the touch, but there was no way the elves could have put something flammable so far away. Use spells to constantly parse its composition. Siegel discovers that the viscous substance is alive.

The so-called stickiness is caused by countless fluffs that are difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and the subtle translucent fluffs are constantly extending and shaking, like seaweed that goes with the flow. Siegel felt that this structure was very familiar, where had he seen it?

"Moss!" Siegel realized. It turned out that the moss in the ghostly mist swamp had changed its form and was attached to this layer. Bearing in mind that they have the ability to absorb and transmit the elements around them, it makes sense to be responsible for the transmission of nutrients and energy beneath the outer skin of the rune tree. Originally, the magical energy was stored in the veined leaves, and Siegel had been wondering how it had been transmitted to the feet of the Ancient War Tree.

This layer of "bark" is easily destroyed, but it also grows and recovers at an astonishing rate, and it quickly fills the gap. Even if this layer were completely peeled away, the Ancient Tree of War would only falter and would not take fatal damage. Basic elemental powers, such as fire, acid, and ice, can easily destroy moss.

But Siegel found that due to its hairy structure, it was able to attract and transfer electrical energy. But the lightning spell is quite damaging of all spell energy, and it is also the most violent, and a slight release can destroy this layer of moss, and it is impossible to take advantage of its penetration properties.

Do you have to think in terms of living beings, using toxins or diseases? That's what the druids are better at, and Siegel has to learn it from scratch over time. Moreover, there are more druids among the elves, and even new diseases and toxins can quickly find cures.

Research seems to be at a dead end, unless there is electricity like water.

Siegel patted his head, wasn't the answer ready-made, what was the matter with the plasma of Naykoth? Wasn't their slow-flowing, blood-like green liquid exactly what he needed?

Find a way to break through the outer layer, penetrate the plasma, and let the trees absorb deep into the body, so that the external force cannot stop it. And then how to do the damage?

Mosses shrink when shaken and hide inward. Does this property still exist after turning into the inner skin of a tree? Siegel used various sound waves to oscillate, and found that when the pitch was extremely high, the villous inner skin would vibrate violently. It will try to hide, but as a layer of epidermis there is nowhere to go.

Under Siegel's gaze, the fluff squeezed out all the bodily fluids and became dry and flammable. In the constant shaking, it actually burned on its own!

Siegel breathed a sigh of relief as he watched this last bit of sample material burn in front of him. He's finally found a way to trigger damage.

In order to be able to penetrate the outer skin of the ancient tree of war, the crossbow bolt he wanted to make was made with a needle-like structure, and it only needed to be able to insert it without causing much damage. A small amount of the prepared plasma is then squeezed into it and the second outer skin is allowed to absorb it.

The tail end of the crossbow is similar to a tuning fork, which will cause the bolt to vibrate when the attacker hits the tuning fork in his hand too hard. The shrinking and drying endothelium is able to generate enough energy for the plasma to break down.

The War Ancient Tree will be struck by lightning in its body, which will be more threatening than a lightning strike from the sky. However, whether it can achieve the desired effect still needs further testing.

Who will help with this experiment? (To be continued......