Chapter 421
Originally, Saleen planned to deal with the Phoenix's nobles slowly . After hearing this piece of news, he knew that he was wrong . The empire was bent on conquering Phoenix as it kept sending more troops for the invasion . Since Phoenix had not been at war for such a long time, it had no way of resisting this siege .
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Qin's techniques might contain many malpractices, but in the face of absolute raw power, Phoenix would also be helpless .
People were dispatched to send this swordsman back to Saleen's followers' camp . Saleen had lost all mood to wander in the city already . He had a rough gauge of how the city would be developed . The city might only be in its initial stages at the moment, but once more workers arrived and there were sufficient mages . The city walls and various structures could be swiftly constructed . The skeletons were mainly used for paving roads and building the underground amenities .
For a city of such scale, the drainage system alone was already a colossal project . After several months of almost endless work, the few thousand skeletons then managed to complete the underground pipelines . Next, mages had to be present in order to position magic arrays at the critical areas so that the city would be secure . These underground spaces could possibly be dominated by magic beasts otherwise .
The swordsman who escaped was a wake-up call for Saleen . Even though the Sregl Island swordsmen were elites, they did not have actual combat experience . The two mages died a wrongful death .
Although the five hundred people deployed by Saleen were adequately equipped, they would still be in grave danger when faced with an army with a huge number of troops . Saleen had instructed them never to hassle the enemy, but there was always a lingering worry that they would be stuck in unfavorable terrain .
At this point in time, Saleen could only hope that luck was in his favor . "The five-hundred men were all riding on skeletal warhorses, hopefully they won't get into a head-on conflict with the enemy . As long as they weren't trapped, they could escape . Furthermore, Daniel and Kredian have the magic chariots . As long as the enemy didn't have more than two sorcerers, the enemy would be concerned . For the time being, the land forces will have to depend on Lex," Saleen thought to himself . At this moment, he instructed the temple soldiers to look for Aini . Saleen was going to assemble the three kings and order them to refine a warship .
Actually, Saleen did not want to let the three kings work anymore . Previously, that warship refined by them could only be operated by a spirit, and far too many materials were consumed . The current situation was unfavorable to Saleen . If a passage could not be opened on the ocean, his city would basically become lifeless .
Saleen came to the fourth story of the temple where there was a gigantic room . He took at the dragon skeleton and placed it on the floor, awaiting the arrival of the kings .
The dragon skeleton had been cleaned, so there were no scars on those black colored bones . In the empty orbitals located on the dragon's gigantic skull, there was zilch spirituality . Only a pair of several meter long horns served to indicate that the dragon was so ferocious and majestic when it was alive .
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The dragon's skeletal wings were complete, there was even a membrane which had not gotten eroded for the past tens of thousands of years . Thousands of weapons could be produced if such a massive dragon skeleton was used in weapon refinement . That being said, Saleen did not have so many swordmasters to wield the weapons, so he decided to use the whole skeleton .
If this warship was successfully crafted, its speed would rival that of the warship from the Devil's Horn . That warship which could fly over water would be weaker than Saleen's dragon skeleton warship . Once the dragon skeleton warship was built, Saleen would have no fear crashing it into any other ships out there .
The structure of a dragon bone was very sturdy . The moment it was disassembled to manufacture equipment, it would lose many of its mystical properties .
The three kings arrived hastily . Their injuries had not recovered, yet Saleen had forced them to summon more skeletons, causing them to be annoyed . In an upset tone, Diyabannersa asked, "What is it again? We are already trying our best in the construction of the city . "
"I know . Take a look at this . " Saleen pointed to the dragon skeleton lying in the middle of the room, then said, "I am going to use this to produce the skeletal frame of a warship, and eventually produce a ship which can fly over water . "
As Judikaka stared at the dragon skeleton, he shook his head repeatedly .
"Saleen, you are too delusional . Even if we have recovered, we will not be able to do it . "
"You have to accomplish it even if you can't . Also, use whatever premium materials you have . As for your losses, I will compensate you using the Green Spirits . "
Back in the Chaotic Swamp, Saleen had discovered an almost fully extracted mineral vein . In the end, he found some Green Spirit rocks . The Green Spirit was an abnormally precious item to a spirit . The three kings had been clamoring for it, but they knew Saleen would not give it away . Right from the start, they never followed Saleen willingly .
Upon hearing this, Aini realized why Saleen had summoned him . After all, Judikaka belonged to Aini, Saleen would not be able to command him .
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Aini was in awe of Saleen . It was extremely rare to find a person who could talk to the three kings in this manner . Never mind that Saleen was forcing them to refine a warship, they were even forced to come up with the materials themselves . Although the Green Spirit was the remuneration, this was still a forced transaction . If the three kings were not under Saleen's thumb, they would never have stomached this .
After Saleen's words, Diyabannersa exploded with rage . Even before he could launch his attack, Judikaka had grabbed onto him . Saleen was no softie . If Diyabannersa really attacked, Saleen would immediately mete out the punishment . He might even erase Diyabannersa's Soul Flame .
Saleen was not nervous either . If Diyabannersa really hit him, Saleen could disintegrate his soul even before getting struck by him .
"Listen up, none of you have a say in this matter . Stay here and making a drawing . In three days' time, I want to see a perfect drawing . Judikaka, since you are Aini's subordinate, are you willing to lend a hand in this matter?"
"Of course I am . We stand to gain the Green Spirit, we will not lose out," Judikaka lied through his teeth . Judikaka hated Saleen to the core . Since Aini and Saleen were on the same team, there was no use lamenting to Aini . Aini would have also forced him to help Saleen make the ship .
Judikaka now regretted helping Saleen produce the Pan's Turtle alchemical boat, revealing his skills to Saleen . Back then, he only wanted to cheat Saleen of a turtle shell . He had implicated his brothers now .
Putting on a straight face, Saleen left the room with Aini .
Aini cackled, then said to Saleen, "I never knew this side of you . "
"I am also a mage . Those three fellows still took me as a fool, I must make them suffer . Aini, do you know about the Mechanical Soul?"
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"Mechanical Soul? Are you planning to install the Mechanical Soul aboard the warship? You should forget about it . A soul is vastly different from any other creature . Death mages can hardly control them, not to mention the three kings . Once such things spread across the mainland, they will be even more terrifying than the black magicians . "
"Then forget it . " Saleen was planning to ask the three kings to make the Mechanical Soul act as the source of power for the warship . After hearing Aini's explanation, he dismissed that notion immediately . When Daniel first discovered the appearance of the Mechanical Soul, he was utterly terrified .
If a power was uncontrollable, one should never try to own it no matter strong they were .
In the room on the fourth story of the temple, Diyabannersa was bursting with fury .
"Judikaka, let me go and kill that damned fellow!"
"You will die before him . " Judikaka and Banchajanna pressed down on Diyabannersa . After that trip to the Frozen Sea, Banchajanna had become more normal . He realized that even though Saleen was abominable, Saleen would never allow him to be disadvantaged . Each time, he would receive some form of compensation from Saleen . That mage must have been abiding by some principle .
Even though Banchajanna was frequently in a state of contradiction and chaos, he was not dumb . He knew that if he tried to attack Saleen, Saleen could kill him anytime . Other mages might not possess this ability, but Saleen's left hand was appalling . Even a spirit at a king's grade could detect that strength which sent chills down the spine .
The damned Power of Life, which could coincidentally restrain a spirit .
Gradually, Diyabannersa calmed down, then he sat on the ground . When his bones slammed the ground, a thunderous noise was given off .
"Forget it . Diyabannersa, Master has left us many materials . In the past, they weren't precious . We can use them to deceive Saleen," Judikaka consoled Diyabannersa . He was really afraid that Diyabannersa might erupt anytime and anger Saleen .
Over time, Saleen had begun taking on the shadow of Shanglan . Judikaka was abnormally fearful of this young mage . He was afraid that if Saleen was riled, Saleen would not kill him . He feared that Saleen would instead employ other torture methods .
"Judikaka, I cannot tolerate this . "
"He is only human . Even if he advances to a grade-9 sorcerer, he will only live for about one-thousand years . Whereas we can live for tens of thousands of years . " Banchajanna used Saleen's words to persuade Diyabannersa .
Diyabannersa laughed bitterly, then said, "Okay, I know my priorities . Don't let me see him for the next three days though . Otherwise, I am willing to pay with my life if it means teaching him a lesson . "
If Judikaka was not a spirit, he would have rolled his eyes when he heard Diyabannersa's words . Knowing your priorities?
Fortunately, Saleen did not come to harass the three kings for the next three days . After putting in much thought, the three kings made three drawings . When they met Shanglan, the Myers mainland was still in its second dynasty, where magic was rife . Even though they were no elemental mages, they had profound comprehension of magic .
To refine such a massive warship, it was impossible to rely solely on the death magic by the three kings . There had to be a magic dock and gigantic magic arrays for assistance . Of course, Saleen would not contribute these materials . The three of them took out the materials from their private collection .
Judikaka was right . Back then, the three kings were Shanglan's servants fighters . Many materials which Shanglan could not use were thrown to them for storage . And when Shanglan disappeared abruptly, these items became theirs . At that point in time, humans on the Myers mainland could traverse the planes . It was not difficult obtaining some strange materials . These materials were not considered to be precious in the past .
At the moment, many of these things had gone extinct on the Myers mainland . To Saleen, these items were of the best quality, and they could not be purchased with gold coins .
Take for example the thundercloud wood . Even the deck of the second dynasty warship was lined with it . If the Qin Empire of today had the thundercloud wood, they would have surely dissected it to produce high grade equipment, because humans could no longer access the gigantic plane . Even if humans managed to locate the coordinates and go back, the giants might have reneged, unwilling to help the frail humans anymore .
A giant might not have magical abilities, but it was immune to any spell below level-8 . Even so, level-9 magic would not cause much damage to it . At this moment, only less than one-hundred experts on the Myers mainland could defeat a giant . And out of these one-hundred people, not even one was willing to serve the dynasties .