"Two hundred thousand gold coins is a huge amount that can only be matched by high-level rare magic items. Locke said, "One of our companions, the rune masters, the costumer, and the dwarven brother Kono Klat, made this thing out of materials from the Savage Lands, in order to broaden the horizons and learn new knowledge among more people. Now, I give you this book of meditation. ”

It is a heavy book with a cover of obsidian slate and pages entirely of vellum. Because they are taken from different animals, the color of the pages is also different. The book has been destroyed by sharp weapons such as swords, and some parts of it have been burned by fire and acid, and the spine is stained with black old blood.

On the cover of the book, a sentence is written in dwarven script: "The world is so big that only thought can traverse it." ”

"Reading this book, the knowledge in it will benefit you a lot, but it doesn't stop there. Locke said, "There are complex dwarven runes in the book that can help you exercise your mind and increase your ability to withstand energy fluctuations. Whether you're a dwarven rune master or a mage, you need to be focused enough to control your spell energy. This book is a hundred times more effective than any meditation incense, so it is extremely precious. If you are in urgent need of gold, the mages of the school city will buy them from you for about 200,000 yuan. ”

Siegel frowned, took the heavy book, put it aside, and then said to the dwarf Locke: "Locke, I understand your ambition, and I have no problem with the matter of digging the city wall mountain range, but why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Locke smiled, "Actually, I hope you didn't know about it. Until the excavation is complete, we are not sure if this passage will be discovered by the Top of Mora. So I don't want to drag you into the water. But you can name the amount of 40,000 gold coins. Then we won't be able to hide the cost of the Rune Arrow Tower. Sooner or later, you'll find out. ”

"So you've decided to pull me into the water now?" Siegel snorted helplessly.

"Yes. Locke's tone was firm. Siegel was familiar with this tone, and it was often heard in Elint. When a dwarf decides on something and is ready to practice it with determination, that's the tone. At this time, it is not appropriate to clash with the dwarves, even if you are angry in your heart, you must endure it.

For the sake of Heim Collar, Siegel thought.

"I have a request," he said to the dwarves, "and if you agree, I will continue to support your excavations." ”

"Say it. Lord of Siegel. ”

"War is coming, and no one is immune. When the Heim Territory is attacked and your passage entrances are threatened, I want you to stand by my side. Siegel said, "You are the elite of the dwarven elite, who have faced all kinds of situations and fought your way through countless hardships and dangers. I want to rely on your abilities to protect my realm and achieve victory. ”

The dwarves looked at each other, and they could communicate just by looking at each other. Siegel waited for a while, and Locke finally nodded in agreement. "We're not going to take the initiative. But the walls and passages are ours, and we will take care of the defense. If you have leisure. We can also tell you about the experience of fighting. To tell you the truth, your guards can't even patrol well, and if there is a siege battle, they won't be able to hold the walls at all. ”

The mage reached out and shook it with the dwarf. He concluded, "Even if you will one day leave here and go to the other side of the cage, you are still inhabitants of my realm. Anything, you can come to me. I believe that communication can solve most of the problems - never again."

"I remembered, communication. Locke shook Siegel's hand vigorously and said.

The 200,000 gold coins have been turned into various rune materials, and it is impossible to sell them. Only dwarves can make runes, so they can't sell what they bought from Mora's Peak to Mora's Peak, right? The Meditation Scroll can't be sold, not to mention that Siegel likes this book very much and holds it in his hand every day to read it, so it is not a good choice to say that the potential buyer is either the Mage Federation infiltrated by the Knox Society, or the school city and the Mage Guild on the other side of the sea.

Fortunately, the income of the "Mora Root" is not bad, and this medicine has received great praise among the southern lords, and it has exchanged a lot of materials for Haim and solved the urgent need. Soon, Mora's Roots were in short supply, but Siegel didn't take the opportunity to ramp up production.

He had limited energy on a daily basis and did not have a lot of time to devote to making the drug. However, this is in line with the principle that scarcity is expensive, and the rising price of drugs has increased the total revenue.

His life began to become monotonous and regular, except for one day a week, which he used to make medicines, and the rest of the day he spent in the castle, reading books and designing the structure of the golem. In the afternoons, he learns magic and reads books borrowed from the library.

Of all the magic, Siegel placed a high value on teleportation spells, such as any spell he already mastered. However, any door can only be teleported within sight, and more advanced teleportation techniques can instantly move you to the place you have been.

This will greatly enhance his mobility and will be a sign of his becoming a stalwart mage.

The teleportation spell is steeply more difficult to learn than its previous spells. It is no longer a simple combination and application of elemental magic, but requires the mage to have a very clear understanding of the composition of space. In layman's terms, the Fireball Spell is equivalent to a longsword, which only needs to be wielded, while the Teleportation Spell needs to be used by creating the right sword from beginning to end each time depending on the surrounding space.

The two thick books: "Preliminary Theory of Plane and Space Knowledge" and "Teleportation Analysis", which are densely recorded by the mages of the past generations to understand the world around them. It is not difficult to understand the words written above, but it is not so easy to understand the true meaning. A lot of the knowledge is obscure and even contradictory, but the whole book is for the mage to find a balance in the contradiction and construct his own teleportation spell.

Every day Siegel would frown and bury his head in hard reading, practicing, but his teleportation spells were always unstable.

"Don't get too tired. Take a break. Janet leaned over. His eyes were fixed on the book in front of Siegel. "What is written on this, can you show me?"

"Okay, let's see. ”

These two books borrowed from the library do not have protective spells attached to them and do not need to be solved with the correct spells to view. Siegel rubbed his eyes, stood up, and gave up his seat to his wife.

Janet was just curious, and like all people, she had a sense of probing for magical spells. She flipped the pages. Read it out word for word. She struggled to memorize and understand, but soon felt dizzy.

She only felt her heart beat faster, and a rumbling sound echoed in her head, like thunder in the distance. At the same time, Janet began to chill, as if she were about to lose control of her transformation. She quickly closed her eyes, rubbed her forehead, and took deep breaths to calm her mind. Thinking is like flowing water, gurgling and walking, and the heart is like ice, clear and crystalline. Golem Red told her this method to regulate her emotions. It reduces psychological stress and has a good effect on inhibiting transformation.

She felt like she had the mutation in control. He stood up and smiled reluctantly: "It seems that I don't have the qualifications to become a mage." ”

Siegel looked out the window, still thinking about teleportation, and didn't notice the change in Janet, but replied casually, "No, no, isn't there still me?"

"Then you pay attention to rest, I'll go and see if dinner is ready." Janet looked at Siegel's back and wiped the sweat from her forehead with her hands.

"No need to prepare dinner, I've got elf cookies here. Siegel then turned around and smiled at Janet: "You need to pay attention to rest, don't force yourself." ”

Janet smiled and walked slowly out of the study. Siegel watched her steps sway, thinking it was discomfort caused by pregnancy. It might have been a good idea to make a wheelchair for her with the Hydragram Guard—the thought swirled through Siegel's mind, but the thought was quickly overwhelmed by thoughts about teleportation.

Immersing yourself in thought always makes time pass quickly, and by the time Siegel is awakened by a signal from a raven, the sky has begun to darken. Another day passed, but he still hadn't found a way to control the spatial shift.

Waiting outside the study was Fezak, and looking at the ledger in his hand, he knew that he had come to report on the financial situation of the territory.

Through the sale of new products, Heimling has breathed a sigh of relief and can complete the construction of the city wall without affecting the spring ploughing. However, Siegel's magic tower will have to slow down, at least until the summer. No matter how anxious he was, he couldn't conjure up gold coins out of thin air.

"Lord Lord, recently, the Southern Lord has issued a lot of commissions to explore the Ghost Mist Swamp, and there are already many mercenary teams entering that area. "From what I have heard, the ghost swamp has extended to the seashore and the roads to the east have become extremely dangerous, which is why these missions are taking place," Fazzak reported. ”

"Faster than I thought. Siegel said, "I don't have the energy to care about the Ghost Mist Swamp for the time being, but you can write to the lords in my name and tell them that the ore road is still open and they can pass here." ”

"My lord, will the Ghost Mist Swamp expand west?" said Fezak worriedly, "It's only a little more than a hundred miles away from Heim Lord. ”

"I don't know. Siegel shook his head: "The formation of this swamp has always been a mystery, and the Mage Federation has done a lot of research, but it has never been conclusive. Tell the patrol cavalry to be careful and keep an eye on it for changes. ”

"Understood. Fezak nodded.

"Anything else?"

The one-eyed old man hesitated for a moment before he said, "There is a small matter, the corpses of some cats were found outside the castle, which seemed to have been killed by beasts. Judging from the time of death, most of them were months ago. ”

"Janet's kitten?" Siegel didn't care: "Let the guards pay attention, don't let wild dogs, foxes, or anything run in and scare Janet." ”

"Okay, I'll strengthen the castle's defenses and control the surrounding situation. Fezak said, "It also prevents spies from sneaking in." ”

"Alright, you can leave without anything else. Siegel said, "I'm going to continue to try to gain control of the spells. (To be continued......)