293. First-mover advantage
"Jarvis, Dietrich said before he left that he wanted to 'invite' you to be a 'guest' on the territory of the Pangula family."
Selena's voice lingered in Li Nuo's ears:
"Be careful outside, don't get spotted by the Pangula family and the wizards of the Laron Rock Bone."
The giant sea, a place thousands of meters deep.
In the dark water, Li Nuo activated the "Power Burst" and floated in the sea as a little giant.
His body was subjected to tremendous water pressure.
Pains swam through the cracks in the bones.
"It's okay, Selena. They can't find me. ”
Li Nuo used "telepathy" to respond to Selena's words of concern:
"In an hour's time, I'll set up a teleportation beacon for the miniature ocean. When I'm ready, you can teleport Dinas to me. ”
"Okay." Selena said.
Li Nuo turned off his "telepathy" with Selena.
About twenty minutes ago, when he was soaking in the water and passively deconstructing the four seas, he received a letter from Selena.
Selena said in the letter that Dietrich of the Pangula family suddenly came to the door with a rock bone enforcer and asked for trouble.
Due to the rush of time, Selena was unable to write her speculation on the letter.
But it didn't matter, the "tracking mark" that Li Nuo left on her body played a role.
These spell markers are obscured by Selena's own magic fluctuations and cannot be detected by outsiders.
Li Nuo can activate one of them to cast a telepathy on Selena that spans thousands of kilometers.
When Selena was talking to Dietrich, she was dual-minded, repeating Dietrich's words in her mind.
She was originally a very easy-going person, but in this meeting with Dietrich, she behaved aggressively.
Hehe, this is what Li Nuo asked her to do.
When Leno heard that Dietrich wanted the Rock Bone Enforcer to be a witness to witness the exploration competition between the Pangula family and the Deep Sea Branch, he understood one thing in his heart:
No matter what Selena said or how she refuted it, Selena's father would eventually accept Dietrich's offer.
This is Li Nuo's intuition, and his intuition has always been accurate.
With such a precondition, Selena does not have to be so polite to Dietrich.
Not only that, but Selena can be more aggressive, speak more fiercely, put pressure on Dietrich, and then give a "step" to ease the atmosphere.
Eventually, after taking control of the discourse, Selena can represent Leno and fight for greater benefits in future exploration competitions.
With this speech strategy, Selena will be able to gain the upper hand in the confrontation with Dietrich.
Of course, Leno just told Selena what to do, and was specific to her every word.
The person who is really responsible for the wording of the organization is Selena.
She behaved very well and expressed all the meaning that Li Nuo wanted to say.
"Dietrich wants to 'invite' me to be a 'guest' in the territory of the Pangula family?" Li Nuo sneered and said:
"Then they'll have to find me first. I haven't been in Suman City much since I moved into the inner circle. I also put aside the bounty mission and wanted warrant of the Island Ministry. The only way for the Pangula family to find out where I am is is to ask Jennara from the Island Ministry and Hideaway, who sells the treasures of the Dragons. ”
Thoughts swirled through Li Nuo's mind.
Jennara serves as a bounty agent, and her personal safety is protected by the Deep Sea Branch.
Leno wasn't too worried about her being threatened.
As for Headway...
Li Nuo felt that if he were the Pangula family, he would definitely attack this five-ring wizard who opened a small shop and owned a magic yacht.
Between the two sides, there may not necessarily be that kind of confrontational scene, but the coercion and temptation from the Pangula family are definitely indispensable.
As a person hiding behind the scenes, if he can take the opportunity to deconstruct something from the Pangula family when Hideaway faces the people of the Pangula family, it will undoubtedly help him accurately control the movements and purposes of the Pangula family.
Therefore, it is essential to secretly contact Hedway and let the other party cooperate in a scene.
Li Nuo pondered for countermeasures.
An hour later.
"Click, click..."
A series of crisp sounds came from all over Li Nuo's body.
He spread out his right hand and placed the ball in his palm in front of him.
It is a transparent glass sphere with a tiny ocean of tiny inside.
It cannot be used to teleport Linot, but it can be used as a teleportation beacon to guide Selena to teleport Dinas over.
Li Nuo casts the "Water Flow Technique", summoning a slender ribbon of water to hold the glass ball in the seawater.
"Selena, I've set up the teleportation beacon."
Li Nuo called for the female assistant in his heart.
"Okay~ Jarvis, I'll go find Dinas." Selena responded promptly.
Li Nuo activated the "telepathy" between himself and Dinas again, and told the other party to use the magic scroll before teleporting.
Dinas had been waiting for news from Lino.
After receiving instructions from Li Nuo, she used a magic ring enchanted with "telepathy" to get in touch with Selena.
The two began to prepare for the teleportation.
After about three minutes, the teleportation beacon appeared with an aqua blue spell glow.
Dinas appeared in the rippling water and immediately cast a healing spell on Lino.
"Where is this?" Dinas cast a spell as she looked around curiously.
"This is the Great Sea."
Li Nuo is now in the form of a small giant who has reached a height of seven meters.
He raised his broad palm and protected the "pocket" version of Dinas to his chest:
"Be vigilant, Dinas. We are in the water at a depth of more than a thousand meters. Front, back, left, right, and up and down, hostile creatures can pop up everywhere. ”
"Uh-huh~"
Dinas sat on Leno's arm, leaning on the opposite chest, casting healing spells.
The pain in Li Nuo's whole body became warm.
The pain is gradually weakening, but it is still some time before it is completely healed.
Li Nuo activated the "telepathy" and asked Selena, who was far away in the inner circle:
"Selena, I want you to contact Headway secretly. He had a shop in Suman City, and the name of the shop was 'Hideaway's. He is a Wizard of the Deep Sea of the Fifth Ring, who graduated from the Deep Sea Branch about 12 years ago. ”
"Headway..."Selena wrote down the name:
"Okay, Jarvis. Give me a few minutes, and I'll go through the files. ”
Leno waited patiently for a moment, passing the time by teasing Dinas.
"I've found information about Headway." Selena said "telepathically":
"He is indeed a graduate of the Deep Sea Branch. He registered the Magic Courier's zip code with the Island Ministry. If you want to get in touch with him without alarming the others, I can write him a secret letter enchanted with a magic lock in the name of the Island Ministry. What do you think? ”
Li Nuo thought, no matter how fast the Pangula family moved, they would not find Dewei so quickly.
It should not be possible that when Headway received Selena's letter, he happened to be confronting the Pangula family.
"Yes, Selena. This is up to you. You said so to him in your letter..."
Li Nuo recounted his arrangements in his heart.
He took into account the various circumstances in which the Pangula family had made things difficult for Headway.
For example, the Pangula family tortured Headway and the ship for violating the law.
In another example, the Pangula family offered a handsome reward to lure Headway into revealing the true information about Lino.
Even the situation where the Pangula family invited the Holy Throne Mind Wizard to come and read the memory, Li Nuo also took it into account.
For each situation, Li Nuo proposed corresponding solutions.
He has always used the greatest malice to guess the enemy's mind, and he can naturally imagine all kinds of extreme situations in advance.
"That's it, Selena, you make up what I've said and send it to Headway. If he agrees to do us a favor, you'll send him a magic crystal I made. You tell him to crush the magic crystal as soon as he finds traces of the Pangula family, and I'll be the first to notice his condition. ”
Selena says:
"No problem, I'll do it. I'll repeat, you verify. ”
"Okay."
Selena repeated what Li Nuo had said against what she had recorded.
After confirming that there were no omissions or errors, the two cut off the "telepathy".
Dinas healed Lino's injuries at this time.
She casts a few spells with a blessing effect on the other party, and teleports away from the area with Selena's help.
Li Nuo once again entered a state of silent cultivation in the dark water.
He pulled up the system interface and looked at it.
The progress of the deconstruction of the four sub-seas has increased to 15.8% at the same time.
The speed of deconstruction this time is much higher than last time.
This is related to the fact that Li Nuo unlocked the standardized panel information of the "deep sea area".
With this panel information, when he passively deconstructs any deep-sea sub-sea, he will enjoy a great discount.
While the difficulty of deconstruction is reduced, the energy value brought by passive deconstruction has also decreased a lot.
It's something that can't be avoided.
Li Nuo can only use the number of sub-sea areas to make up for the energy value reward of sub-sea areas.
"Let's continue to practice the 'Calm Breathing' and 'Deep Sea Scales' meditation method."
Li Nuo fixed his mind and observed his surroundings with "perceptual enhancement" at all times.
"Huh~~~呲~~~~Huh~~~呲~~~~~"
The sound of long breathing lingers in the water.
…
…
Several days were spent in the sea area of hard cultivation and deconstruction.
Island 33 has entered a phase of stable development.
Noreen has two thought threads, one to improve the existing energy-neutralizing pulse-wave projector, and the other to handle chores.
Dinas delivers healing services to Li Nuo in the depths of the sea at a frequency of every two hours.
The rest of the time, she meditates in her study or bedroom.
What Li Nuo asked her to inquire about has already come to a conclusion.
Her main professor, the "Reborn Lamp", did provide information on the magical relics to the rest of the reborn witches.
The information that Li Nuo obtained had five magical relics.
But the information obtained by those reborn witches has far more magical relics than that.
There was once a reincarnated witch who bought information on more than 30 magical relics from the "Lamp" professor.
In the past ten years, many of the more than 30 magical relics have been thoroughly studied by the Wizard Advance Society, or have been swept away by other wizarding forces, and have become the sub-planes of some forces.
For this reason, the number of magical relics introduced by Professor "Lamp" has dropped sharply, from more than 30 at the beginning to 5 now.
After Li Nuo figured out the situation, he knew that he was thinking too much.
Although the information on the five magical relics he obtained corresponded to the five abstract concepts of "time", "space", "self", "flesh" and "soul", it was not actually deliberately done by Professor "Lamp".
In fact, a large proportion of the magical relics that have been discovered so far are related to these five concepts.
If Li Nuo asks someone else to inquire about the information of the magic relics, there is a high probability that he will get the information of the magic relics related to these five concepts.
In addition to the magic relics of these five concepts, there are also several very common magic relics, and Li Nuo also let Dinas inquire about them.
For example, the remnants of magic related to the concept of "death".
The most famous of these is the "Land of the Chords of Death", a magical relic filled with the sound of death. Anyone who cannot bear the sound of death will be forcibly transformed into an undead.
Assuming that the Tatis Empire is destroyed by the Necromantic Sect, then according to the understanding of the Wizards' Advance Society, the Tatis region that has been invaded by the Necromancy should be banished by nature and form a new magical relic.
It is said that there are many chief wizards in the council of witches in the Unas Ring who would like to see the scene of the exile in the Tatis region...
Li Nuo can't care about so much, so let's let Tartis and the "Leyline Pillars" worry about this matter.
In the middle of the night that day, as soon as Li Nuo returned to Island 33 through the miniature ocean, he noticed a movement from the psychic level.
"Click.."
The faint sound of crystal shattering sounded in Li Nuo's heart, causing him to be alert.
This is the movement of the magic crystal when it is crushed.
And this finger-sized crystal is the one that Li Nuo asked Selena to send to Headway a few days ago.
After Li Nuo teleported to the fifth basement floor, he did not enter the bedroom on the fifth floor above ground, but came to the second basement floor.
He had to hurry up and see how Hedeway was doing, and he should not go to sleep for now.
The second basement floor is brightly lit, and Noreen is controlling the machine spirit, busy working around the device on the craftsman's table.
"Sir?" Noreen took the moment to look at Lenovo who had landed at the table.
"Get on with the work, Noreen. I'm going to stay here for a while and take care of some things. Li Nuo waved his hand and did not bother the other party.
"Yes, sir." Noreen pushed down the frame on the bridge of her nose and buried herself in her work.
Li Nuo pulled out a chair and made it near the craftsman's platform next to it.
He tinkered with it in his mind and called up a list of "tracking markers".
The magic crystal he asked Selena to give to Hideaway had a "tracking marker" in it.
The marker broke when the crystal broke, but that didn't stop Leno from observing Headway.
He placed several "tracking markers" near Hideaway's magic yacht and shop in advance.
This is where these spell markers come in handy.
Li Nuo activated these markers one by one and threw out the "Spiritual Vision".
In the magical vision of the "Tracking Mark (No. 92)", Leno saw Headway.
This spell marker, located a few kilometers east of Sumanqun Pier, is facing the magic yacht of Headway.
When Li Nuo activated it, a magic yacht had just left the harbor and sailed slowly on the night sea.
"This is a magic yacht from Headway. Counting the days, Hedway should have gone to sea to hunt for treasure today, so did he meet the enemy who was squatting against him on the ship? ”
Li Nuo narrowed his eyes slightly, and threw a deconstruction technique at the few figures that flashed through the porthole.
After consuming energy and getting the result of the solution, Li Nuo immediately closed the "Psychic Vision" to prevent arousing the vigilance of several people on the other side.
[System News:]
[You spend a total of 270,000 Energy points to deconstruct the "Wizard of the Deep Sea Hideaway", "Pangula Wizard Ditukar Fagan", and "Rock Bone Wizard Bar Stone". 】
[Solve the result!] 】
["Wizard of the Deep Hideaway" panel information and memory clips have been updated.] 】
[You have obtained the result of the solution of "Ditukar Fagan" and "Bal Stone":]
[1. Panel information for these two:]
[omitted]
[2. Fragments of the memories of the two:]
[Memory fragment 1: "The story of the two people ambushing on Hedaway's magic yacht and waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack", 100% completeness]
[Memory fragment 2: "The two were instructed by "Dilise Stone" to jointly plot the torture of Headway, 100% completeness]
[Other memory fragments omitted]
"The wizard of the Pangula family is called Ditukar Fagan, this person is from the Fagan lineage, and he should be a family wizard who does not have the right to inherit.
"Bar Stone is a member of the Laron Rock Bone. Together with Dutukar, he plotted the torture of Headway.
"The people who gave orders to Bar and Ditukar were... Dilise Stone...
"And who is this Dilise Stone?"
Li Nuo frowned slightly, and patiently read all the memory fragments.
The truth of the matter surfaced at this moment.
Not only did Leno know what Ditukar and Baal wanted to do, but he also figured out which important member of the "Larond Rock Bone" was in charge of matters related to the Deep Sea Branch.
In a nutshell:
Dilise Stone, a key member of the Laron Bone Skeleton, is one of the eight Pillars of the Rock Bone of the faction.
Its status is comparable to Selena's status in the Deep Sea Branch.
Dilise Stone was instructed by the "King of Rock Bones" to take charge of the production of non-metallic ores from the Deep Sea Branch.
A few days ago, Dietrich Fagan and two Rock Bone Enforcers questioned Selena, which was also orchestrated by Dilise Stone.
Now, Ditukar Fagan and Bar Stone teamed up to secretly torture Headway, and Dilise Stone manipulated it behind the scenes.
Figuring out the truth beneath the surface of the water did not make Li Nuo relax.
On the contrary, there was a little more heaviness in his heart.
It's not that there is no way to break the game, but the hidden connection between the Pangula family and the "Lalong Rock Bone" makes him realize that this time the matter is far more complicated than he imagined.
That Dilise Stone was Fagan Pangula's cousin and Dikla Fagan's cousin.
This guy joined Laron Bone many years ago and became a bridge between Laron Bone and the Pangula family.
Such a solid and somewhat fatal relationship for Li Nuo is known only to those close to the inner circle of the "Lalong Rock Bone" and the Pangula family.
Now, with the help of deconstruction, Li Nuo has become one of the people who are fortunate enough to know about this relationship.
Here comes the trouble.
Dilise Stone is not in the Suman Islands.
He was far away in the Grand Canyon of Laron, on the continent of Cahill.
In the short term, it is unlikely that Li Nuo will use deconstruction to spy on the other party's secrets and strategies.
Secondly, "Larond Rock Bone" did not achieve its goal this time and will not give up.
It made up its mind to bite off a piece of the non-metallic ore from the Deep Sea Branch.
"It's really a trick, I didn't expect that my act of driving Dikra Fagan away would lead to so many things..."
Li Nuo bent his arms over the table, his chin propped up in deep thought.
Laron Rock has always valued the non-metallic deposits here in the Suman Islands.
The "King of Rock Bones" has also repeatedly asked Dilise Stone to tell the Pangula family to mine the non-metallic ores of the Suman Islands as soon as possible.
However, due to the lack of agreement on the distribution of ore between the two sides, the mining matter has been delayed again and again.
It wasn't until Dikla Fagan was driven away that the two sides signed a magical contract of cooperation driven by external pressure.
The first step in this magical contract is for the "Laron Rock Bone" to help the Fagan family regain control of the Suman Islands.
After that, the Fagan vein will do its best to mine the non-metallic ores and give 30% of them to the "Laron Rock Bone".
There is a very solid chain of cooperation between the two sides, so stable that Li Nuo can't think of any good way to break it for a while.
There is no "good way", it does not mean "no way".
There are two obvious paths.
One:
Accept the invitation of the Pangula family to compete in the exploration competition, defeat the opponent head-on, and fight the idea of returning to the Suman Islands with the roots.
Two:
Bypass the Fagan vein and sign a magical contract with the "Laron Rock Bone" to distribute the ores. 25% to 30% of the production can be given to the other party for a fee, so as to eliminate the contradiction between the Deep Sea Branch and the "Laron Rock Bone".
"Heh... Give up about 30% of the ore production to "Laron Rock Bones"? This part of the ore will definitely be deducted from my share. At that time, the Deep Sea Branch will indeed not have to contradict the "Lalong Rock Bone", but the non-metallic ore that I should have gotten my hands on has become a seriously shrunken gold coin. ”
Li Nuo sneered in his heart.
He called up a memory fragment and played it over and over in his head.
"The two guys, Ditukar and Baal, are going to coerce Headway into driving the magic yacht to the deep sea.
"They will first ask Headway, and if they can't do so, they will torture the other party by illegal means, and they will inevitably get information about me from Headway.
"Oh~ Isn't this one of the scenarios I envisioned?"
Li Nuo raised the corners of his mouth, and he must have been:
"According to what I asked Selena to explain to Hideaway, Headway will lie that I, Li Nuo, are hunting deep-sea monsters in the Sea of Black Folds, and lead the two of them to the 723rd sub-sea area of the Sea of Black Folds..."
Li Nuo rubbed his chin:
"If Haidway is smart, he will be spared the pain of flesh and skin. I can also squat on the sea of black folds, and I can squat on the two of them, Ditukar and Baal.
"Ditukar and Baal are just trying to find me and figure out why the Deep Sea Branch is mining my four small islands, and what does I, the Silent Enforcer, have to do with the Deep Sea Branch in mining ore.
"In that case...
"Hey, hey, hey...
"Then I'm going to muddy the water."
Leaning back in his chair, he closed his eyes and silently chanted "Enter the 'Court of Silence'".
His consciousness detached from his body and rose infinitely, plunging into the indigo-colored mist.
With the first-mover advantage provided by deconstruction, Leno was always able to take the most advantageous move before the enemy could act.
At this moment, he only needs to pull Professor Erica out as a shield, and many problems will be solved.
He himself will be in a better position as a result. (End of chapter)