"So, how many people she wants to give me?"

"The first batch was five hundred, of which two hundred were mages and apprentices. But some would gather from various cities in the future, but the warriors accounted for the majority. The total number was about two thousand, but this was only the first batch. If needed, it would be possible to reach a scale of 30,000..." Dahni said.

"male?"

"Yes."

"If I guess correctly, these guys originally believed in Shiventam and Viron, right?"

According to Rose's personality, this answer is not difficult to guess.

These guys are nothing more than the residue left by the losers. When the gods died, his original priest was finished. Almost all of the power of these gods' slaves came from God. Without God, they could no longer obtain divine art through prayer and could not find a new backer. Then they had no other skills except to be a little stronger. Many evil gods even struggled to death when they died, drawing strength from the priests for a last fight, causing these priests to go crazy and die.

But there is generally no such problem for mages and warriors. The power of warriors is almost entirely based on their own strength. It doesn’t matter if there is an occasional divine grace.

These warriors are actually very good, at least they can have combat power.

If you have nothing to do, you will either be traitor or steal.

Edward doesn't think that this Queen of Spider will fall in love with him after several dewy loves, and will only think about a mortal. The Queen of Spider became a god for thousands of years. Even if there was a little emotion, it had long been weathered into a rock wall.

Not to mention a mortal like myself, there are so many demons who have great life in the abyss. I have never heard of this Majesty who has a special favorable impression of any existence. This time, in order to upgrade the divine power, her own son, daughter and grandson also said that she would eat it. How could she have any feelings for herself?

Reward? Haha, to put it bluntly, isn’t it just a means to eliminate dissidents?

However, there is no need to be so petty. After all, these hundreds of mages and thousands of warriors are real, and the guys who have lost their backers are indeed more easily controlled.

"No problem. Then, thank you for the gift of His Majesty the Spider Queen."

"Well, then, it's my turn... Uggu, Edward, and His Majesty Bellena also have something to hand over to you." Swallowed a large piece of caramel egg. The little girl wiped her mouth: "Guess, what is it? I'll give you a hint. Is it the good thing you want the most?"

"Find Elena's way."

"Well. Although it's not right, it's basically the same,"

"According to His Majesty Bellena's observation, Sister Elena may have been brought to the outer world by that celestial creature. Although she can probably control her position, you'd better not take risks. Because in the outer world, both the celestial creatures and the gods are easy to exert, and you can't handle it with your current half-toned look. Oh, don't pull my clothes. The real ones are all wrinkled!"

"Where is the outer world? Which level?"

"Didn't you say that it's too dangerous with your current strength, but it's not difficult to catch her..."

Not difficult?

If it is not difficult, there will be ghosts.

The reason why the main material plane in this world, this multiverse, is regarded as the core is because it is the midpoint that various forces cannot easily control. The repulsion of other plane forces maintains a unique balance in the main material plane, but it is like the eye of a typhoon. The so-called calmness can only be achieved in this central area. Any of the seventeen main planes in the outer world is full of danger.

The abyss and hells of evil spirits, the mountain of heaven and the realm of paradise occupied by creatures in heaven, the gray wilderness of the undead, the mechanical realm of mechas, no matter where it is, even the star realm that is connected, it is full of crises...

Edward may be able to defeat a god with special abilities when facing a god, but what if he faces a group of powerful creatures that are not gods?

The result is probably needless to say.

And the outer world is the place where such creatures gather... Not to mention the almost endless evil spirits in the lower world, even creatures classified as angels have already trillions of them. As long as there are three or five groups of Seraph’s level, it is enough for Edward, a mortal, to drink a pot, not to mention that Ariere is not restricted by power outside the main material plane. How easy is it to capture it without harming his life?

So, Edward just smiled lightly for this so-called ‘His Majesty Bellena’.

The dangers in this are meaningless even if you complain to Lisa. After all, Miss Half-Elf is just a phony.

"What is His Majesty Bellena going to let me do?" he paused, and he asked,

"Speed ​​battle and quick decision, strength is the foundation for everything." Lisa responded vaguely and snatched the plate from the hand of the psychic warlock.

Edward pulled the corner of his mouth.

The reason is correct - as long as the strength is enough, no enemy dares to take action easily. And speed is also fundamental. As long as the opponent can be solved as soon as possible, it is enough to complete the matter before all gods can deal with it and return to the main material plane.

But when it comes to implementation, it is not as simple as saying.

"Your Majesty didn't tell me where Sister Ailena was. She said she was moving constantly. She could only confirm that she was in the astral realm and the lower realm, which had changed several levels." She stuffed her pudding into her stomach, and the half-elf lady's eyes turned on the plates of the other two before she could barely gather her mind: "However, she said it would be very dangerous to find her with your current strength, so the reward for you is a God's position."

After talking for a long time, I just wanted to imitate Rose, and use him as Edward, a free thug...

The psychic warlock nodded slightly, and did not even continue to ask.

Edward trusted Lisa. Even if this half-elf lady is confused, she will at least not do anything that harms him. But if he wants to trust Bellena as well... it will be a bit difficult unless this dark lady, like Elise, grants the core god to the royal power.

Bellena gave Edward a lot of help. She was one of his important allies, but allies were just ally. Edward did not think that this goddess was worthy of entrusting her own safety, especially now that she had already formed an alliance with Rose, there were few but not none of them. But even those who kept shouting that "animals are friends of humans" would find it difficult to choose to sacrifice themselves to rescue their animal companions when their lives were threatened. It had nothing to do with trust and friendship, but was not in the same dimension at all.

However, being able to find Elena's whereabouts was finally a comfort for Edward. Although the damn Ariele actually left the main material plane, the psychic warlock vomited blood-no wonder no matter how hard he tried, he could not find any clues. It turned out that it was completely different. The person he was looking for was not in the service area at all.

The small meal ended with a group of girls' belly filled with greasy and sugar, but when the girls were finally able to quietly focus on the ghee fries decorated with salt and pepper, the chef had already arrived at the lower floor of the Mage Tower, the workplace of several old Mages.

"Lord, can you think of a way to allocate some staff to us? We are old guys too old, and we need help with your intercity railway, weapons production and equipment maintenance, and there are also battlefield matters before, and new vehicles need to be manufactured..."

"Do you see if you can allocate some more excellent abilities from the apprentice to operate the alchemy array? I really don't want to make any printing plates for those knight novels anymore. There are too many nonsense in it..."

"And every letter that is wrong must be corrected. Recently, my eyes have been hurting very much..."

Around Edward, several old guys seemed to see their relatives, just like they were talking to each other. They were almost crying, and the core content was nothing more than wailing tears: "There is also the papermaking workshop, which said every few days that the output was not enough, and we asked us to use spells to help. I think they didn't want to dry them one by one. Now, except for the magical craftsmanship, we can hardly remember a few ordinary spells. When will we complete the basic magic array in the mage tower?"

"A group of mages will be transferred soon. Just one day or two, you can work harder."

Edward waved his hand to interrupt their nonsense, and didn't mind damaging the confidence of these old guys: "Why are they still using carved plates in printing? I said, have you never thought about printing in movable type? Take off the letters and put them together, this is something that ordinary people can do? Printing novels one by one? You deserve it to be exhausted!"

"Active, characters? Are you talking about using single letters to spell them together?" Old Yangge was stunned. The old guy's thinking range in recent times seemed to be somewhat adapted to Edward's 'strange ideas', and it was reflected in an instant: "Lord, we are old and have not been flexible enough. How can we compare with a young talent like you... That, Lord, you summon us here, will you have any work?"

"There is no big deal. I need to make a magic circle to control the soul and place it on a lich's life box."

"Control the soul? Oh, that simple, isn't it just a permanent instruction effect? ​​The ordinary guys are panicking about this random legend of spells. In fact, there is no difficulty. Although the magic array is a bit difficult, as long as it is portrayed in detail, control..." The old guy nodded casually, but he suddenly noticed the last limit.

"What! What are you... talking about controlling? Witch, Witch, Witch, Lich!?"

The next moment, the old guy had already tied seven or eight knots on his tongue. After a while, he remembered to rub his hands and kept rubbing his hands: "This, this is difficult. You know that the Lich creature has a high magic attainment and its resistance to spells is also terrible. The general instruction technique is not effective enough. You have to use upgraded spells. There is not much problem with magic array portraying. It is just that high-level materials are needed. But with just us and the power of ours, even if we pass the ritual of the magic, it cannot be improved to the Nine Rings. Enchantment cannot be completed at all. Even with the help of the core of the mage tower, it is a bit forced..."

"What about giving you some help from manpower? Is forty or fifty people enough?"

"Lord, making magical equipment is not a battle, and sometimes it is not possible to get things done with enough manpower. It is OK to be a spellcaster who is good at enchanting, but our specialties are all change-based spells, which is really a bit difficult in this regard."

Old Yangge explained in detail with a bitter face, but the frown of the psychic warlock immediately made him swallow.

The longer he got along with this lord, he had already understood the other person's temper more and knew that the young man was quite tired of meaningless ruling, so he thought about it and immediately gave the simplest and quickest solution:

"The main problem is the design of magic arrays. Lord, you know that if it is an ordinary magic array, we have some examples to follow, but higher-level things need to increase energy, and the increase cannot be solved simply by increasing the strength of the force. If there is a problem with the design, magic arrays are easily unusable due to operation failures."

"What if I gave you a ready-made magic array?"

"There is also a need for corresponding materials and activation energy, but there is another one. If you do not plan to place the Lich's life box near the core of the Mage Tower, then you can only have a powerful enough existence to infuse this mental power. But this infuse is like making magical items, which will cause permanent loss of power."

“How much loss?”

"About the same as a high-level magic item. For example, the Rainbow Talisman."

This is not a problem... In order to control a lich, the price is inevitable. Fortunately, although the psychic warlock is not good at magic, he is a strong point when it comes to mental power. He can afford to pay for the production of a high-level magic item.

The problem is the magic circle.

"If we talk about the magic of the enchantment system, then no one may be stronger than Master Marilyn. And as the highest tutor of the enchantment system, she has also inherited all the magic array information in the academy..." The only woman among the five old mages spoke, causing Edward's brow to jump again.

Fortunately, this subtle change was immediately noticed by Old Yangge, who had been carefully observing the young city lord. He quickly changed his words and made up: "Marilyn may be a little busy. Fortunately, the production of the magic circle does not necessarily have to trouble the ** master. Your teacher should also have some research on this magic circle. Dean Hawking is also a specialist in enchanting spells. He is still the former teacher of the Marilyn Master, and I believe he can also give you enough help."

After talking for a long time, I had to ask for help from others anyway.

Edward hesitated for a moment.

If he could, of course he didn't want this to spread... What is the concept of a lich's life box? Getting it means having an extra magic master who obeys orders unconditionally. Even another master is an attractive thing. Besides, this thing was brought from Marilyn after a lot of competition. After that, as long as there was a little news, Marilyn had a more reason to make a fuss.

However, the hesitation did not last long. Edward sighed, stepped out of the territory's space, and the next moment he had arrived at the gate of the Magic Academy.

The Lich's life box is a luxury, but Edward already has it, and the help of one or two masters is also a luxury, but Edward also has it, and only the time spent on it, this luxury that is not a luxury for ordinary people...he does not have it.

It can be hidden, but it cannot be hidden. Marilyn's hostility will come sooner or later. Moreover, from the beginning, Edward did not think that his disguise could be hidden from the other party for a long time. Maybe from the beginning, the lord of the master had seen through everything and just pretended not to know to get greater fun.

But Katzejek's life case must be resolved as soon as possible. Otherwise, in this current situation, not only will he not be able to use the power of this master, but Edward will also always worry about the other party's counterattack.

The academy was still quiet, even much quieter than Edward's impression. Along the way, even the figures of the apprentices who had been coming and going were gone. If it weren't for the few people on the upper floor of the Mage Tower, Edward would have doubted whether the place had been moved.

Fortunately, he was not hindered along the way. After passing through two portals, he had already arrived in front of Albert's study.

But what is surprising is that Albert...is actually here.

According to general rules, this magistrate rarely stays in his room. When Edward helped him organize his library, it was very difficult to find him occasionally, but today he walked into the exclusive corridor. Before knocking on the door, the ornate door had slid open silently.

Albert sat behind his desk, the high backrest made his figure look less short, but the wide table was unexpectedly neat, and the parchment paper, cauldron and crystal bottles that Edward remembered forever had disappeared now.

And what disappeared was the indifferent expression on the face of the teacher.

When he walked into the door and bowed to salute, Edward noticed his frown brows, the round face unique to the dwarf, the blue-black bags on his eyes that were unique to fatigue, and the sparse beard that was not combed made his expression a little ridiculous, but Edward certainly wouldn't just find it interesting.

After all, I don’t think much of it can make him, the teacher, show such a look. (To be continued...)
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