Chapter 1594: Opportunities Brought by the War Tower
The biggest limitation on the energy pool is the magic tower itself. This is not something that the tower owner can just lift if he wants to, and then die with the whole world. And this is also the biggest reason why standard energy pools cannot be built in places other than magic towers.
So, from the perspective of an orthodox magician. Unless you really can't collect the rare objects that can be used to make a traditional energy pool, and you want to own a magic tower and collect other materials, you will settle for the next best thing and choose to build a new magic stone energy pool.
From this point of view, after the new magic stone energy pool design comes out, it will not be popular and no one will want to use it. Of course this is impossible!
In Lin's view, the biggest supporters and beneficiaries of the new energy pool are not the magicians, but the noble lords.
Because the lords don't need a fully functional standard magic tower. Especially in terms of life functions, they can live in their own manor and enjoy the service of servants. Even the internal defense system is not necessarily necessary, or the design is too complicated and fancy.
These deleted functions can be fully reflected in the construction cost.
In the past, building a standard three-story magic tower might have required generations of savings passed down by a magician and painstaking collection to meet the material requirements for building a tower.
The financial and network potential of the nobles is far beyond what a single magician can match. The efforts of several generations of magicians may be just a few years of savings for a wealthy noble.
The main reason why the nobles are unable to completely master the magic tower is not only the opposition of the Magician Association, but also the monopoly on knowledge. Those particularly rare and indispensable materials are also monopolized by magicians. Especially the strange objects that build energy pools.
Because this kind of thing cannot be bought with money, nor can it be dug out by just finding a piece of land casually, as long as there is a mine in the land. There are many rare things that can only be obtained by strong people risking their lives.
Let's just say that it is now sealed tightly by Lin Yan, and it was the stump of the indescribable thing that almost destroyed the branch headquarters of the Magicians Association.
If Fen, an experienced person, were not present, and Lin, a time-traveling freak, might have turned a densely populated city into a restricted area for life.
This kind of thing cannot be touched by people with low abilities. With shortcomings in professional knowledge, no matter how strong it is, it may fall into ruins.
However, according to the needs of old Kawei Gong, the war tower he wanted - because a certain old man had reckless intentions, so he deliberately avoided the word 'magic tower', it was just someone blocking it - did not require a magic tower. Full functionality.
The three most basic requirements are: being able to look out and monitor a certain range of areas; being able to carry out magic attacks on the area; being able to set up a smaller range of protective barriers to be used as a safe zone.
This requirement is actually a combination of the three functions of a watchtower, arrow tower and barracks, hoping to use magic to implement protection.
In addition to wanting to reduce the number of 'people' here, there is the chance of making mistakes. I also hope that through magic, I can see farther distances, carry out more powerful attacks, and have better protection.
The other normal functions of the magic tower are not superfluous, but according to the needs and vision of the nobles and in a state of war, they can be regarded as dispensable. It's good to have it, but it won't be a worry if you don't have it.
I believe that when the cost estimate is placed in front of the old man, he will boldly delete all the dispensable functions. What kind of illusions, weather control, permanent evil magic, and a halo that boosts morale? Wouldn't it be impossible to fight without these?
And designed according to such standards, the war tower does not require many rare materials at all, and all it requires are replaceable conventional magic materials.
In addition, the problem of the energy pool has been solved, that is, the three thresholds that restrict nobles from entering the field of magic towers: the Magician Association, and the scarcity of knowledge and materials. The last one has been broken through.
The entire set of knowledge is in the hands of a certain great time traveler. Lin believed that even if he only released a few sets of standard war tower designs instead of all the knowledge content, it would be enough to make the noble lords collectively climax.
Today's magic towers are too individual. Even if it is the same tower, it will show different styles in the hands of different tower owners. And this kind of performance is not needed by the noble lords. For the lord, the simpler and more powerful the war tower is, the better, there is no need to be complicated.
As for the opposition from the Magicians Association, Lin had no intention of being on the front line and confronting the Association in this regard. This should be Old Kaweigong's responsibility, not his own, and certainly not something he can afford.
Solving this matter cannot be driven by personal power or prestige. Without strong political strength, you are not even qualified to enter the ring, let alone fight in the ring.
As I thought before, as long as a normal magician has the ability to build a traditional magic tower, he will never consider this castrated version. So from the standpoint of the Magicians Association, the castrated version of Magic Tower knowledge should not even appear, let alone study it.
So what method will the old man choose to use to overcome this problem? If he wants to ignore the association's opinions and go ahead, should he follow suit?
This is a very serious issue. Especially if he offered to build the Twin Towers of the Gate of the Abyss in exchange, how should he refuse?
This old man's support may very well be the only opportunity Lin has on the human side. If this opportunity is missed, will there be a second or third chance to get support from the human side?
Of course Lin knew that it was unrealistic to let the Twin Towers of Gate escape human control. Not to mention that it is still in his own hands, a man who everyone thinks is not allowed to own a magic tower.
But looking at this matter from a higher perspective, although humans are the protagonists of this era, they have not yet reached the level of controlling everything. When higher-level wills conflict with human beings, the scene is so beautiful that Lin can't even imagine it.
That worst-case scenario is what Lin wants to avoid.
Therefore, when revealing the plans for the Twin Towers of the Gate to those close to him, he would always intentionally or unintentionally say that he might seek cooperation with the devil, which was clearly a threat. The main reason is that we don’t want the human side to feel that they have the right to refuse, which will lead to the worst situation.
But now that things have developed, Lin still feels that his future is bleak.
The reason why things were successful in the past was not only that I stood in a position of assistance, and it had nothing to do with whether things succeeded or failed, but more importantly, there were interests behind those things as incentives, pushing all participants to move in the same direction.
Anyone who wants to block all of this may become a victim of the general trend and be ruthlessly crushed.
Be it forums, banks, or even the representative system promoted in the Karlsruhe Empire. Precisely because the benefits of change can be enjoyed by the majority of people, the minority of people with objections do not need to step forward at all. The majority of people who have tasted the benefits will take the initiative to settle the matter.
Even if he uses dirty methods, as long as the dirty hands are not his own, Lin Le will pretend to be dumbfounded and pretend he doesn't know if he knows.
But what we want to promote this time, the greatest benefit is not shared by the majority of people... In fact, it is not quite right to say that. If everything goes as expected, the Twin Towers of Gates are related to the major issue of upgrading the entire puzzle. .
If this hurdle can be overcome, it is conceivable that everything in the entire Mysterious Land will undergo a step-by-step improvement. Of course this is also a benefit to humans, but they can’t see...
Even if propaganda is done from this perspective, it cannot be denied that while humans are improving, all creatures living on the Mysterious Land are also improving in the same way. In other words, such an upgrade is ultimately insensitive.
The threat of Warcraft is still a threat of Warcraft, and those who are stronger than ourselves are still stronger than ourselves. The status of human beings in the entire world will not change in any way. Such a result will not drive humans to support this major project of upgrading.
Without the motivation of everyone's interests, Lin has always been guilty of this matter. Even deep down, I don’t have much hope.
This is why he will comply with the request of the old Duke Kawei to study the feasibility and construction methods of the war tower. After this is exposed or made public, it is likely to be regarded as a heresy in the Magician Association and be reviled by everyone. Even if they don't dare to say it face to face, talking about it behind the scenes is disgusting enough.
Once again, this old man is probably the only ally Lin can win, so he has to fight for it. As for the man from the Southern Empire, not only have we not contacted him for a long time, but also with the representative system in place, the emperor can only be used as a decoration and cannot play any role.
If you push away this opportunity, you may also push away the only chance for human beings to survive. Once the World Trees decide to launch a lost-land version of the human purification plan, can I still stay out of it?
At that time, will it be too late to go back and help humans? Or should we just go all the way to the dark side and never look back.
In fact, in the Lost Land, a certain time traveler has long been accustomed to fighting and killing. I am even more indifferent to things that are not done by my own hands.
Even if it was a massacre, Lin had never done it. Although it was not done with his own hands, it was still ordered by him. I still remember that the Karlsruhe Empire, the coastal Grand Dukedom, was dug out by the robot fleet.
If a huge area is dug up and contains several rich cities, will all the people on it die? Not half innocent?
Although Lin insisted at that time that the power of a lord came from the people who supported him, so he was willing to stay on that land as if he was supporting him. On the surface, Lin seems to have little burden for doing such a big thing.
But in fact, Lin was not completely free of psychological pressure after the incident. Although I didn't do it myself, this is a magical world. A bunch of people died unjustly, how could their ghosts not come to cause trouble for the perpetrators afterwards.
No matter how many such ghosts there are, there is a former lich next to a certain time traveler. What kind of trouble can these ghosts make? But this does not mean that someone can live with peace of mind.
Faced with all kinds of unsolvable problems, Lin shouted in annoyance and threw himself on the big bed in the attic room. Like a child, roll from left to right, then from right back to left. Then he stared at the ceiling aimlessly, not wanting to think about anything.