The days are spent in the day after day of spooping spies and cleaning up pirates.

Li Nuo is a human being and has a wealth of experience in fishing.

He had a good grasp of the psychology of Rape Chanal, an employer.

He insisted on bringing the corpses of one or two Darktide spies every day to give Rappe Chanal an errand.

He will also bring an extra one every once in a while, so that the other party can feel what a surprise is.

After delivering the corpse in the evening, Li Nuo would go to the Treasure Sea in the darkness of night to guard the Kraken who was communicating with the Dark Tide Spy.

The process of sweeping the Kraken can be described in one sentence:

The pontoon boat is half an hour, and the boat is blown up for three seconds.

Li Nuo had to spend half an hour first destroying the pirate ship's diving circle and getting the ship to float to the surface.

Then, he could spend three seconds and use thunderclouds to smash the Kraken and the ship together.

It's not that he hasn't tried to take the initiative to board the ship and use the "two fingers of death" to fight the Kraken in hand-to-hand combat in the ship.

To be honest, it's really better to use psychic magic and thunderclouds secretly when the Kraken didn't find out.

Although the Kraken is vulnerable to the "Two Fingers of Death", it can't stand the large number of them, and it doesn't eat "perceptual obstruction" and "mind control".

At most, Li Nuo used "group cripple technique" and "fear technique" to slow down the pace of their attack, but he still inevitably faced an attack like ants biting elephants.

At one point, Li Nuo was almost hit by the venom spell sent by the Kraken, and the fire was broken through the magic shield.

Since then, Li Nuo has honestly adopted the strategy of "floating for half an hour and blowing up the ship for three seconds" to deal with all the Krakens.

After two weeks of high-intensity work, Li Nuo made a lot of money.

In his spare time, he also crafted more magic items such as meta-reactors as backups.

[Soul Strength] 6000

[Energy] 15/336 (40+296)

[Energy Reserve] 5,400,000 points

[Cash and equivalents] 3.7 million

[Number of 0.01% completeness metareactors] 45

The term "cash and equivalents" refers to gold coins and abyssal alloys that have not yet been sold.

Li Nuo dug a cave on the No. 1 Snow Mountain, and arranged an alchemy array in the cave under the cover of exploring minerals.

This array occupies a cave at a depth of 50 meters, and is specially used to transform the standard trident into the abyss alloy.

Li Nuo's Haiyuan alloy in his hand has reached about 75 kilograms.

When he couldn't squeeze oil and water out of the pirates, Leno would secretly sell the Abyss Alloy to Rape Chanar for gold.

The energy reserve comes from the dragon collection that Li Nuo scavenged from the pirates, as well as a large number of trivial small objects.

The data of soul strength is not rising but falling compared to half a month ago.

This is mainly due to the fact that Li Nuo transformed it into elemental energy.

This elemental energy eventually turned into 25 meta-reactors with a 0.01% integrity.

As of now, the number of meta-reactors in the magic pocket has reached 45.

They can generate about 12.6 million points of lightning energy in 6,999 seconds.

The intensity of this energy is staggering.

But it's not enough.

The "Magic Shield" and Magic Metal Armor are resistant to lightning energy.

Assuming that the lightning energy resistance is 99%, the total strength of the "Magic Shield" of the Ten Rings Wizard is 500,000 points.

Then, Li Nuo must output 50 million points of lightning energy at one time to potentially break through the shield defense system of the Ten Rings Wizard.

50,000,000 points of lightning energy correspond to 178 meta-reactors with a 0.01% integrity.

If we take into account the "misses", "misses", "lightning is reflected" and so on, Li Nuo has to prepare a few hundred more yuan reactors on this basis.

Only then will he be able to launch a second wave of attacks as soon as the first attack fails.

Therefore, the 45-element reactor seems to be very powerful, but in fact, there is a long way to go.

That evening, Leno finished delivering the spioner's body to Rape Chanar, but instead of going to the sea to guard the pirates as usual.

Perhaps because of his excessive diligence, the pirates drastically reduced the frequency of their raids at sea in the coming days.

Judging from the information in hand, Li Nuo may have to wait a few days to let the pirates who have repeatedly failed to take a break before he can start the business of guarding pirates again.

Although leeks grow fast, they also give it time, right?

Li Nuo also happened to want to give himself a short vacation.

He returns to the inner circle house and plays with the snowwing cat.

Dinas ended her daily meditation and began to prepare her dinner for the day using the magic blender.

During the cooking, she and Li Nuo said:

"Li~ I've finished learning the rebirth spell of the Four Rings~ My teleportation distance has reached 369 kilometers now!"

Li Nuo picked up the snow-winged cat, rubbed the top of the cat's head, walked into the kitchen, and said with a smile:

"Very well, Dinas. I have just found a new way to make a fortune, and I need your cooperation with me. In a few days, I'll have the vehicle ready and I'll take you to sea. ”

"Uh-huh!" Dinas nodded repeatedly, glad that she could finally help Linuo.

"Oh, one more thing." Dinas dug into her magic pocket and pulled out a metal box with a classic style.

She put the metal box into Li Nuo's hand:

"Nicole's soul seems to be waking up. Look at it, her soul has changed a lot lately. ”

Li Nuo wrapped the soft cat around his neck and hung it on his shoulder, then opened the metal box.

This box is specifically designed to store soul stones.

Among the soul stones is Nicole's soul in a state of soul weaving.

Nicole, as a remnant of the Dianjin Dynasty, has been trapped in the space of the magic circle for many years, and has almost been completely contaminated by the Blood Sun Divine Seal.

When the Soul Reaver was planning to sacrifice Nicole's soul to the heir of the Blood Sun God Seal, Li Nuo made a decisive move and snatched Nicole's soul from the other party's hands.

Along with Nicole's soul was taken away by Lino and the Angel Seed in her soul.

Angel Seed is transforming Nicole's soul into an angelic soul.

It's a long process that takes about three months to look like.

Counting the days, nearly two months have passed since Li Nuo left Dianjin Island.

In another month, the Angel Seed will complete the weaving of Nicole's soul, transforming it into a specific Angel Soul.

Li Nuo aimed at the girl's soul in the soul stone, threw out the deconstruction technique, and refreshed the other party's panel information.

…

【Name】Soul Weaving: Artificial Angel Y-II-02

【Soul Weaving Remaining Time】31 days and 1 hour

【Soul Weaving Final Product】

50% chance of being a "baby Sagittarius Heavy Artillery Angel"

30% chance of "Assassination Angel by Baby Scorpio"

19% probability of "Baby Gemini Twin Angels"

There is a 1% chance that the soul weave will fail, and the soul and materials will be scrapped.

…

The remaining time of soul weaving was the same as Li Nuo expected.

But the result of this soul weaving seems to be quite different from his impression, right?

Li Nuo called up the previous solution to check the results.

Truly.

There was only a 7% chance that it was a "baby Gemini twin angel", but now it has a 19% chance.

Under the trade-off, the probability of heavy artillery angels has decreased significantly.

Look at Nicole's Soul in the Soul Stone.

Li Nuo's eyes widened.

Nicole's appearance is no longer the skinny, small, malnourished shriveled girl she used to be.

Her facial features haven't changed much, but her cheeks are a little baby fat, and she looks more cute, and her body curves are fuller.

Could it be that in the process of soul weaving, Nicole's own soul changes will affect the final result of soul weaving?

Or will the end result of the soul weave change, which in turn will affect Nicole's appearance?

Li Nuo thought for a few seconds, but couldn't find a definite answer.

One thing is certain, though.

He'll have to start preparing the tank and materials that Nicole needs.

In the polluted realm of the Blood Sun Divine Seal, Li Nuo used the initiative and enthusiasm to deconstruct the cultivation device of the Giant's shield angel.

He gained the "lingua franca of angel business associations" and a lot of common sense necessary for cultivating artificial angels.

Nicole now has only a soul and no body.

It doesn't matter, Li Nuo knows what to do.

All artificial angels were originally soulless and bodyless.

Just put Nicole's soul in a sealed culture tank and put in the cultivation materials, and the angel seed in the soul can automatically complete the work of condensing the angel's body.

Notably, Nicole's Angel Seed is badly damaged.

If the damage of the angel seed is not reflected in the step of weaving the soul, then it is likely to be reflected in the step of condensing the angel's body.

In other words, in the step of condensing the angel's body in the cultivation tank, Nicole has a high probability of failing.

This is Li Nuo's speculation.

He prepared for this with both hands.

First, prepare the culture tank and culture materials as usual.

Second, let Dinas prepare the high-level resurrection spell "Resurrection of the Dead", which can be used to resurrect souls. This spell requires the Professor's permission to use it, and consumes at least 3,000 rebirth mana and a large amount of magic materials.

Both strategies guarantee that Nicole's soul has a body, the difference is whether it is "original"...

At dinner, Li Nuo and Dinas explained their arrangements.

He asked the other party to go to the inner circle to find a suitable magic laboratory in the near future, and asked that it must be secretive enough.

Li Nuo also took out the magic materials of the sea beast leader and gave it to Dinas to make the cultivation liquid.

Leno used deconstruction to confirm that Dinas would not make wands, magic robes, or magic rings.

However, she has mastered the science of potions, and is currently level 45.

This magical knowledge course is one of her compulsory courses, and she often has to practice it in the second plane of the professor.

Li Nuo handed over the work of preparing the culture medium to her without any problems.

The two things that gave Li Nuo a headache were how to explain the sudden appearance of a big living person around him, and how to deal with the peeping eyes that Nicole attracted.

Nicole, as an artificial angel, is bound to perform in the extraordinary realm.

It's okay to say in a short time, but after a long time, it will inevitably attract the prying eyes of the wizard forward meeting.

If someone with a heart connects Nicole's performance with the "Winged Giant" in Convergence City, it will be troublesome.

The wizard's curiosity about strange and extraordinary things can be said to be terrifyingly strong.

As a man who takes one step and sees three steps, it is necessary for Li Nuo to think of a way to hide Nicole's identity in advance.

Leno and Dinas discussed the matter.

The two of them didn't think of any good way for the time being.

After all, Nicole doesn't have a body yet, and it's unknown what kind of extraordinary abilities she has.

It still has to wait for a while, and Li Nuo can only make a conclusion after observing Nicole's "characteristics" and "skills" with deconstruction.

After dinner, Dinas meditated at home.

Li Nuo received Selena's letter and went to meet with her.

In the study room suspended in the miniature ocean, the two talked about the recent pirate movements.

In the past half month, Li Nuo has been specially squatting on the pirate team of about 1,000 sirens.

Basically, every time he makes a shot, he is crisp and sharp.

Except for the first night, because of inexperience, the ocean-going fleet encountered pirates,

The rest of the night, he would take out all the pirates before the ocean-going fleet approached the ambush site.

Moreover, Li Nuo is not greedy.

He only does one ticket a night, not much.

Ideally, Selena would have found that there had been fewer recent raids at night.

But...

But the majestic sight of thunder across the sky and towards the sea is too dazzling against the backdrop of the deep night sky.

Several ocean-going fleets saw thunder and lightning appear in the sky.

Moreover, after reporting that they had seen lightning slashing across the sea, the fleets arrived in the Suman Islands without any problems.

Selena is busy every day in order to deal with official business, but that doesn't mean she's a fool.

Once or twice, this phenomenon can also be explained by the occasional natural condition.

But there has been thunder and lightning slashing into the sea for half a month, so it is difficult for her not to realize that this matter is unusual.

Recalling that when Leno confronted Dikra Fagan's personal butler, he summoned a dark cloud containing lightning energy...

Selena subconsciously connected the thunder and lightning that appeared on the sea surface with the thundercloud summoned by Li Nuo.

She looked at Li Nuo, who was sitting across the table with a calm expression, and said tentatively:

"There have been many reports of wizarding forces that there have been brief periods of lightning at sea lately. I remember that you were very accomplished in the field of thunder and lightning magic, do you have any good advice? ”

Li Nuo picked up the teacup and took a sip:

"Has any fleet been damaged by lightning?"

"Nope." Selena shook her head.

Li Nuo smiled lightly:

"Then I, as an expert in the field of thunder and lightning magic, suggest that you don't have to deal with this occasional natural phenomenon."

Selena is all too familiar with his expression, obviously meaning "I do things, don't ask".

Selena pursed her plump lips, pursed the corners of her lips slightly, and threw a "I knew you did it" look at Li Nuo.

She tacitly uncovered the matter and asked instead:

"Do you remember Berkeley, the Nine-Ring Metal Battle Wizard, who was bewitched by the Metal Ancestral Dragon and betrayed Hottamus?"

"Well, yes." Li Nuo nodded:

"You came to me tonight to talk about this? But what does the matter of the Metal Branch have to do with the Deep Sea Branch? ”

Selena says:

"There's still a relationship.

"Among the sea support teams sent by the Deep Sea Branch, there are quite a few battle wizards from the Metal Branch.

"They'll go out to sea with the wizards of the depths, and they'll be tasked with repairing magical mechanical ships that have been destroyed by pirates."

Li Nuo thought about it, and among the support teams he encountered, he did see the figure of a metal wizard:

He asked:

"Well, and then what?"

Selena spread her hands and said:

"Within a year at the latest, the Metal Branch will be closed by Hotams and will no longer admit students in the short term. The current members can either give up their existing magical skills and move on to other Branches, or they can only sign a contract to voluntarily take the risk and break the line with Hotamus and become independent Metalbox Wizards. (Note: This involves a later main story, not a stupid decision by Hothams.) ）

Li Nuo raised his eyebrows:

"Is it that serious? Doesn't that mean that the wizards of the Metal Sorting have been abandoned by Hothamus? ”

Selena rubbed the corners of her eyebrows:

"yes, it can't be helped, Jarvis.

"When practicing the 'Metal Mind' meditation method, the wizard needs to incorporate the 'Mind Metal' left behind by the Metal Ancestor Dragon into his body. This magical creation from the Metal Ancestral Dragon will make the wizards of the Metal Sorting Circle become puppets of the Metal Ancestral Dragon.

Hotamus suspects that this is a sinister layout deliberately left behind by the Metal Ancestral Dragon when it left this world. The purpose is to have the ability to respond to all kinds of calls when it returns to this world. ”

Li Nuo asked in thought:

"Can you change the meditation method of the Metal Sorting House? I think that some of the meditation methods of metal wizard forces seem to have nothing to do with metal progenitor dragons, right? ”

Selena shook her head:

"It's not that simple, Jarvis. Hotamus and the metal wizard forces have learned that their meditation methods also need to use metal magical creations left over from the Dragon Age.

"Hotamus suspects that the entire metal wizard force group is the result of the secret layout of the metal progenitor dragon, and they are all inextricably linked to the metal progenitor dragon."

Selena looked at the pensive Leno and said:

"Maybe you don't know it yet. Recently, there has been a lot of arguing in the Umno Council.

"The aliens and their starships that have been controlled by the Wizarding Law Enforcement Department have no clues related to the metal progenitor dragon other than the metal plaque with the 'dragon claw' pattern.

"Even if Hottamus has announced the flaws and flaws of the 'Metal Mind' meditation method, it still can't convince all councilor-level professors to agree with the view that 'the metal progenitor dragon is still alive'.

"The vast majority of the members of the Umno Council insist that 'seeing is believing', and unless the Star Witches send back the news of the observation of the Metal Ancestral Dragon, they will never believe that the Metal Ancestral Dragon is still alive because of Hothams's words."

Selena sighed:

"Alas, whether others believe it or not, Hothamus intends to wipe the 'metal' from the academy."

"What do you mean by 'metal erasure'?" Li Nuo asked puzzled.

"It's literal."

Selena raised her white arm and swept around the room, pointing to the metal furniture:

"Lamps, candlesticks, tables, chairs, and benches made of metal magic, all of these things that are made of metal are replaced by Hothamus with wood made of natural magic, or stone made of rock and earth magic.

"Of course, this is a decision made within Hotams, and it will only replace the metal creations within the academy. The metal creations outside the academy, Hotamus can't take care of them. ”

Li Nuo was stunned for a moment and then asked:

"What about magic vehicles such as magic cars and magic mechanical ships? You can't all switch to wood and stone, right? ”

"I don't want to say it so extremely, but, yes, Jarvis, all the metal work in the academy is going to be replaced with wood and stone work. A small number of them will even be made into ice products and aquatic products. ”

Selena says:

"I estimate that the renovation plan will be implemented within two years at the earliest. When the time comes, Hotamus and the territories under his control will be replaced with most of the metal products. ”

Li Nuo's heart jumped, and a fine light appeared in his eyes.

He immediately realized what Selena's purpose was for coming to him tonight.

"I see, Selena." Li Nuo smiled:

"You are fulfilling the soul contract between me and you. In accordance with paragraph 2, you are to share important information with me as soon as you have received it. In exchange for obtaining intelligence, you can gain valuable knowledge from me. ”

Selena responded with a smile:

"I knew it was easiest to talk to you. You should know what knowledge I want. ”

Li Nuo shook his head with a dumb smile:

"Hey, of course I do. You want to learn about the Sail Pirate Nation, right? ”

Selena tapped her chin, and a strong longing appeared in her eyes:

"Can you satisfy my curiosity about this? If I have to become a Star Witch and leave this world in the future, then letting the Suman Islands embrace peace here is my only concern. ”

A deconstruction technique followed Li Nuo's gaze and threw it towards Selena.

Li Nuo consumed energy and refreshed the opponent's panel information and memory fragments.

The memory clip shows:

Selena's operation of exchanging the "erasure metal" plan for intelligence was the result of her own careful consideration and repeated weighing, and she was not interfered with by others.

Judging by the sight of her tossing and turning in bed, she did dream of sparing the Suman Islands from the Kraken.

Li Nuo faced Selena, who revealed her wishes, stared into the other party's eyes for a few seconds, and finally said:

"For your longing for peace and your fidelity to the contract, this deal can be made."

Li Nuo held up a finger:

"But we've got to take it one step at a time, Selena. I'll need to know the specifics of 'Erasing Metal' before I can decide what level of Dread Sail information to reveal to you. ”

"Okay, no problem. This plan cannot avoid the eyes and ears of other wizarding forces planted in Hottamus, and it will spread in the Unas Ring in half a year at most. ”

Selena said solemnly:

"But I assure you that the information you hear from other sources is definitely not as detailed as I am here. As long as there are no crucial secrets, I will let you know of any changes to the plan as soon as possible. ”

Li Nuo nodded slowly:

"Well, I believe you, Selena."

(End of chapter)