Chapter 423
Judikaka replied respectfully, "Sir Saleen, the dragon tail will be treated . Look at these magic runes . I am preparing to refine a large amount of starlight silver into them in order to reduce the weight and increase sturdiness . If any small warship tries to approach from the rear, a swipe from the dragon tail will smash it into pulp . "
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"You are saying that this tail can actually move?!" Saleen was greatly astounded .
"Sir, the empire has war puppets for land battles . This warship is a giant puppet on the sea, the whole ship is flexible . It would not be the fastest ship otherwise . This design allows the warship to change its direction of travel swiftly . Even though this warship is two-hundred meters long, its agility is similar to that of smaller boats who are only dozens of meters in length . "
Saleen began calculating the spaces in the warship . This two-hundred meter long ship would require seventy-two spirits to be operated . Since Saleen had more than eighty evolved skeletons, this was no problem . Next, the magic array controlling the bone spirits would require six spirits too . Saleen would be self-sufficient, he would not need anyone's help .
This warship was a purely magic warship . One death mage was needed, along with at least twelve low grade elemental mages . The sailors had to at least be high grade magic disciples . According to the calculations, he would need three classes of magic disciples . Since so many magic disciples were needed, Saleen had to request assistance from Lex .
In order to prevent the enemy from boarding the warship to kill the mages, a corresponding number of swordsmen were also required . Jupiter and company could not be used anymore . The swordsmen from the Sregl Island would have to take on this task .
If a grade-6 mage was deployed aboard the warship, then this mage would be able to provide the spatial equipment to store food and water . The space within the warship could transport one-thousand soldiers .
The offensive power of the warship seemed pretty good, just that the passenger capacity was slightly small . Be that as it may, the function of this warship was not for transporting soldiers, so Saleen could accept this design .
Saleen had promised a batch of Green Spirits to the three kings however . If more Green Spirits were used on this warship, then he would have almost none left . It seemed like it was extremely costly producing large equipment . After all, Saleen had discovered a mineral vein . All his income was going to be depleted in the blink of an eye .
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Given the capabilities of the Qin Empire, it would take years to produce a war puppet . That being said, Saleen was not sure which was more costly, the war puppets or the dragon skeleton warship .
"Sir, actually this design will allow the warship to go ashore . "
"Go ashore? Judikaka, stop kidding me . "
"Sir, this warship is in fact a puppet made from a dragon . The whole warship is alive . The deck and exterior shell are shaped like scales, while the cabins are individually refined on to the dragon bones . The north will be frozen for more than five months . In these five months, there are no suitable docks to maintain this warship . "
"Then… wouldn't it fall apart?"
Judikaka cackled, causing his Soul Flame to flicker vigorously . Slowing down his tone, Judikaka said, "Sir, the essence of the dragon skeleton might be lost, but its toughness could hardly be overwhelmed on this plane . A sorcerer can destroy the exterior shell of the warship, but the dragon bones won't be damaged . In the face of pesky enemies, this ship can run on land temporarily, it will also be slightly faster than a normal horse . "
"Why do I feel that all your designs are intended for escaping?" Saleen asked suspiciously .
Judikaka thought to himself, "I am catering to your hobby . If you cannot win, you will simply run, it's better than dying at sea . " As Judikaka's mind swirled with these thoughts, his massive arm had pressed against the magic array on the ground . The light rays circulated, causing that levitating drawing to begin moving . Saleen noticed that dragon claws had emerged from both sides of the warship, twisting their way forward . The middle section of the body did not twist a lot, while the dragon tail swayed vigorously in a regulated fashion .
The magic runes inside the warship flowed on the surface of the dragon bones . As the dragon tail swayed about, the tremendous stretching force was distributed to every single piece of bone . The cabins attached to the dragon bones did not tremble violently, but the magic runes were flowing atop each cabin . Clearly, in the event the warship went ashore, its depletion would be astonishing .
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"Okay, that's all, I will take this . " Saleen clapped his hands . Nailisi understood that signal and took out all the Green Spirit rocks in her possession before handing them to Judikaka .
"Other than the ones required to be mosaicked into the warship, the rest will go to the three of you," Saleen said generously, but his heart was hurting crazily . There was no choice, he was a true-blue Sikeqinyan .
Saleen did not know that Judikaka was feeling the pinch too, even though a spirit did not have any flesh . Judikaka's first design was good, but the other two designs could help him save on a huge amount of materials . The first design enabled the warship to go ashore, but this ability had a huge consumption . Judikaka thought that Saleen would toss this design aside after learning of this ability . Unexpectedly, Saleen took out the Green Spirits immediately, causing Judikaka to be momentarily stunned .
The other two designs would make the dragon skeleton warship resemble a traditional vessel, with similar capabilities . The only inability was that the warships could not go ashore .
Judikaka did not know that Saleen possessed powerful calculation abilities . Saleen could analyze that the materials needed to build a warship like that contained high performance . In comparison, Saleen would not be making a loss by giving those Green Spirits away .
"Judikaka, not bad at all . If there's a chance, help me to design a ship too . I don't want it to be too big, and normal materials will suffice . " Aini could keenly detect Judikaka's intentions, so he decided to provoke this spirit king too .
"Sure, I can design a spirit ship for you . Other than it having weakness to the Holy See's divine spells, the capabilities will be pretty good . " Judikaka did not rebuke Aini . After all, Aini was his controller .
"Very good, then I will have two ships already," Aini grinned, taking the opportunity to remind Saleen that he still owed him one ship .
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Saleen had received all the income from the first hunting expedition, as he had promised to give one ship each to Aini and Irene . If this ship had the ability to travel across the ocean and reach the Frozen Sea, it would require one-hundred-thousand gold coins to be constructed .
Saleen pretended to hear nothing . He would not repudiate this promise . At the moment, he was afraid of not being able to hire enough workers . He would have trouble producing those ships for Aini and Irene because of this .
As the three kings watched Saleen take his leave, they had an unexplainable uneasiness in their hearts . The Green Spirits Judikaka received were genuine though . To a spirit, such gemstones were way too precious .
Even though the three kings knew the location of the coordinates to the death dimension, they did not have any help from a death mage . If they wanted to train on this plane, their training speed would be very slow . Their powers were also limited due to the contract, they needed to work even harder . Judikaka was doing fine as Aini would allow him to use the Death Flames occasionally . Banchajanna and Diyabannersa were not so lucky . Since Daniel had left, they could do nothing .
With the Green Spirit, the three kings would be able to regain their training speed . At the very least, they could bring their powers closer to grade-9 . Once Saleen and Aini advanced, the kings might even be able to recover their grade-9 abilities fully . If Saleen and Aini became sorcerers, the three kings would definitely regain their powers . Once Saleen and Aini succeeded, the contract would be even more secure and there would be less loopholes .
This kind of soul contract had a close relation to one's mental strength . Since Saleen's mental strength was so immensely powerful that it could rival that of a sorcerer, he could control two king-grade spirits . The moment Saleen became a true sorcerer, the three kings would not even be able to create trouble for the next few dozen years .
Judikaka was very clear about the crux of this issue . It was almost a dead cycle . Even if Saleen and Aini did not increase their levels, the kings would still be oppressed . If their grades got advanced, their restraint over the three kings would also get more powerful .
At this moment, Judikaka could only hope that Saleen would travel on his own and run into an enemy at a location where he could not summon them . Once he got killed, the contract would no longer be stimulated .
Saleen was very cautious however . Previously on the trip to the Frozen Sea, he had brought along Banchajanna . If Saleen went to more dangerous locations, he would definitely bring along Aini and the three kings, which was what he did when he went to the Chaotic Swamp before .
"Judikaka, what do we do?" Banchajanna's Soul Flame flickered like he was one the weakest skeletons . He was feeling frustrated, so he did not bother suppressing the movements of the Soul Flame .
"We cannot do anything unless he's dead . He has to die somewhere far away . Let's get to work . "
As he spoke Judikaka split the Green Spirits, putting away his own portion before handing them to Diyabannersa . After Diyabannersa made his selection, he then gave the rocks to Banchajanna .
After the Green Spirits were distributed, Judikaka took out a large quantity of magic materials from his own spatial equipment, and he began setting a magic array in the room .
After one whole month, Saleen received some news from the three kings . Given the kings' experience and power, coupled with sufficient magic materials, a ship whose materials had met the standards of magic refinement was finally constructed . Since there were too many trivial aspects, the three kings had to refine almost all of the materials once using the magic array . That included the divinecherry wood and thundercloud wood .
The length of the dragon skeleton warship was not increased, but the warship's quality had been improved several times . When Saleen stored it, his mental strength was immediately depleted by half . For the past month, Saleen had been rearranging his teams . He grouped the Sregl Island swordsmen and the sailors together, as he prepared for the launch of the dragon skeleton warship .
During this period, the winged skeleton had been helping Saleen feed the evolved skeletons . Out of these skeletons, two of them underwent another transformation to become gold-armored skeletons . After recruiting eighty-seven subordinates, the winged skeleton was almost on the brink of breaking through grade-7 to grade-8 already . If he acquired grade-8 abilities, he would not be afraid of the tricks up the kings' sleeves anymore . The moment the three fellows tried to harm Saleen using their death techniques, the winged skeleton would be able to detect it .
At the moment, Saleen did not have any grade-5 mages serving him . As a result, one grade-4 mage, twelve grade-3 mages, seventy-two jade skeletons, two-hundred Sregl Island swordsmen, and about one-hundred sailors were deployed onto the warship . If this warship was not magical, these sailors would not even be able to control it . Currently, the sailors were only responsible for some simple cleaning tasks and to wait on the mages and swordsmen .
Saleen did not test the warship's ability to walk on land . Instead, he brought the Dimension Stone directly to the port . The mages, swordsmen, and sailors were all awaiting his arrival . Saleen also brought along one-hundred Caucasus warriors . Everyone was exhilarated to see Saleen because they knew he had created a massive warship . This warship was even mightier than those metal-armored warships from Sregl Island .