Chapter 156 Net
Richard's last slash, superimposed on the power of the outburst, the magic arm, the life annihilation, the well of the stars, and the destruction of Miè's true name, after the slash was erratic, if there was a soul of his own, he could no longer be controlled. How powerful this knife is, even Richard himself does not know.
When Wald was sliced by a blade, he was completely alive.
Wald was simply begging for death. can make such a man with strong combat power and a tough personality just want to die, there must be a reason behind the scenes.
From the House of Lords' sudden motion to review the qualifications of Duke Richard, to Wald's self-pleasing, Richard only felt as if there was a big black net in the dark, which was pressing down on him. This time, the enemy was no longer as floating on the surface as Mensa and Joseph, but it made Richard feel more troublesome.
After thinking about it for a while, Richard felt a little clueless for the time being. But if the same force behind the House of Lords' deliberations on the duke's qualifications is the same force that forced Wald to die, then it should soon come to the surface. Because it wants to postpone Richard's dukedom by a year, then if there is any plan, it should be launched within a year. Richard decided to put these things aside for the time being, and it was useless to think about it now.
At the moment, Richard was in Wald's command room. The style of the entire command room is rough and simple, and the only decoration is all kinds of equipment, armor, and beast heads. The rear of the command room is where Wald lives. It was a separate unit of two rooms and a bathroom, and nothing more, and the furnishings were equally shabby, not at all like a general guarding the plane, but rather a destitute horse bandit.
Wald's relics are not many, the most valuable are the various types of armor and armor that are necessary, and other than that, personal possessions are surprisingly few. There were only a few dozen gold coins counted. This made Richard, who was already a little accustomed to measuring gold coins in millions, a little dazed. Although Gordon was poor, he would not make the Thirteen Knights so poor. According to the generals, most of Wald's income was spent on dimensional defense, and the smaller half was sent to the family. Most of the fighters' own equipment was snatched from the enemy after a bloody battle. The gold coins used for dimensional defense are actually to build fortifications and buy equipment, and Wald is actually using his own money to subsidize military spending.
After looking inside and outside the castle, Richard requisitioned the command hall, but had Wald's former residence sealed. He found another bedroom in the castle as a residence.
At this moment, Richard activated the magic map, and according to what the generals said, he began to add various marks and symbols to it. This magic map comes with Richard, and it is more than twice as powerful as the original one in terms of accuracy and functionality, and correspondingly, the price is more than ten times greater.
The Gate of the Plane of the Rock Heights is located on a rather barren plateau, where the climate is dry and cold, and it rains only two or three months a year. When he first walked out of the gate of the plane, Gordon looked out and saw a wasteland, and the earth was full of rocks of all sizes, so he named this place Rock Heights, which is also the origin of the name of this plane. There are not only highlands in the rocky heights, but the barren highlands in front of you are too vast, and the scouts who have gone out in front of them have explored a thousand kilometers away, and they have not seen the edge of the highlands.
The rocky heights are also home to a variety of indigenous ferocious beasts and humanoid intelligent life. In this barren land, water is the most precious resource. The Plane Gate is located in a natural spring, allowing for the establishment of the base city. But every once in a while, the base is attacked by fierce beasts, poisonous insects, and even the natives of the plane. Most of the creatures in the rocky heights, including the indigenous ones, operate underground. They are born with earth-based abilities, and can often create passages tens of kilometers long overnight. Therefore, the army from the autonomous plane also felt quite a headache for them.
The only valuable resource found in the Rock Heights is iron ore concentrate, which is the mineral sands that can be used to make high-carbon steel, and is the main raw material for knights' equipment. Three hundred kilometers away from the base city, there is a shallow iron ore concentrate area. Huge reserves are enough to be mined for hundreds of years. The problem is that if you want to mine, you need a lot of manpower, you need to build a road, and you need water. These all boil down to one thing, huge investments. Richard initially estimated that it would take at least three to four million to get the mine up and running. In the long run, with the development of such a vein, the weapons and equipment of ordinary soldiers will not lack raw materials, and with the military base jointly built with Nolan, Richard's fighter machine will be completely operational.
The Valley of Gold can supply blood to the magic industry, the Rock Heights are the guarantee of equipment for the armies, and the mysterious Hulan has a treasure that the strong cannot resist. In the ancient starry sky battlefield at the top of the God's Lair, every piece of wreckage has immeasurable value. I have to say that the quality of several planes obtained by Gordon is very good, and the resources are complementary. With such a few planes, over time, Akmund's strength will surely grow rapidly. The common disadvantage of these planes is that they require a lot of investment to develop, and the stability of the plane channel costs more than the normal plane.
It just so happened that the self-made Gordon lacked gold coins the most.
Richard sighed, closed the magic map, and began to meditate, entering the world of meditation a moment later. In a void, Richard's bloodline was still distributed as before, but after the green forest plane absorbed a little bit of the plane's origin power, another tender branch emerged from the top of the natural life tree, and a few green leaves seemed to vomit. When they are fully grown, the Natural Life Tree will be promoted to the fifth order, and it is unknown if it will inspire a new true name like the Phantom Star Life Tree.
However, a few young leaves seem to be able to grow at any time, but in fact, it is not so simple. Only by absorbing the Origin Power released by the crystallization of the Green Forest Plane can they continue to grow. However, it would take a long time for that crystal-like crystal to release a trace of origin power, and this origin power was fought over by the five trees of life.
Beyond the bloodline, two stars and a huge Origin Crystal were flying around. These are the powers that Richard captured, and it was difficult to fully digest them for a while before they appeared in such a form. Richard observed for a moment, and suddenly understood the true meaning of these three stars. Even if Richard doesn't meditate, they will continue to release power for Richard to absorb, which is very similar to the Well of the Stars. The more such stars, the less dependent Richard will be on meditation time. The explanation of the number of stars in the Deep Blue Meditation is vague, except that the more the better. Another explanation is that getting one star is qualified, two are not bad, and more than three depends on luck.
However, with Richard's current mental strength, it was extremely difficult to pull a huge star. For example, the origin power of the Green Forest Plane is so strong that Richard can't move at all. Fortunately, when the Tree of Life was promoted, some of the Origin Power was torn apart, and Richard was able to get a piece of Origin Crystal.
As the meditation deepened, Richard's spiritual power gradually radiated, and a little starlight gradually appeared in the void. In addition to star power, there are more yellow earth elemental air masses. As Richard's mental power continued to deepen, an earthy yellow star appeared in the void at the edge of his consciousness. The power represented by this star was ordinary, but it wasn't particularly huge because it was just right for Richard.
Richard immediately concentrated his mental strength and tried to pull, but the star body really shook, slowly changed its trajectory, and flew towards Richard. Richard carefully controlled the trajectory of the star, and if it hit the bloodline directly, I am afraid that it would not be a harvest, but a tragedy. The star slanted past Richard's veins, only paused for a moment, and flew off into the distance. Richard immediately guided it back into flight, but this time it was still only slightly stalled and continued to fly into the distance.
At this time, Richard's mental power had been consumed a lot, and he had to let go of the rich elemental star. He rested for a moment, and when his mental strength was restored, he tried to pull a newly discovered star. This time I tried twice at the same time, and then failed both. After two successive failures, Richard temporarily abandoned the attempt to capture and began to think about it. The Talent of Intelligence began to comprehensively review and analyze the entire process of capturing the star, and after a few moments, Richard realized that if he wanted to successfully retain the star, he needed to find a stable orbit for it to fly around the bloodline core. But under the influence of the three stars that already exist, how easy is it to find a new stable orbit?
Richard tried to start calculating this new orbit, and soon came to the conclusion that it would take about a week or so to calculate a new orbit. If you want to go further on the basis of the four stars, the complexity of the calculation will increase.
It was then that Richard understood why the explanation of Deep Blue Meditation said that more than three stars needed luck. It meant that when there were more stars, you had to keep trying to capture them to see if you were lucky enough to keep them. Now Richard understood that the so-called luck was actually to get the star into a stable orbit and run it successfully. But how much luck does it take to do it?
For the deep blue meditation explained in this way, Richard suddenly had a deep feeling of powerlessness. Maybe there will be similar content after Deep Blue Meditation, it is unknown.
The Deep Blue Meditation was taught to Richard by Su Helen, and the explanatory text in it was completely in the style of His Royal Highness, which ruled out the possibility that this was a secret book handed down from ancient times. Could it be that Su Helen's magical mathematics is actually not very good, so there is such a vague explanation? If you think about it, it seems that there is also such a possibility. Because the legendary mage never had the mathematics of magic before Richard's face, all relevant subjects were taught to Richard by other magisters.