Chapter 731 Multiple Casting
The construction of the railway station is relatively slow. At present, the railway has just walked out of the forest outside Elson City. The construction speed of the workers slowed down after the temperature dropped. If it snows, Camilla plans to suspend the construction first to avoid danger.
But even so, the incoming and outgoing goods and caravans still doubled Elson's financial income more than ten times like a volcanic eruption. Counting the various precious materials traded from the Tasman Kingdom, Elson City can definitely be called "extremely rich" now!
The spectacle was something Camilla had never imagined before. However, the reality is like a dream, making it difficult for her, the "guardian", to adapt.
At this time, the "magic exchange meeting" is approaching, and all kinds of mages pour into the city every day. While the whole city of Elson is bustling with activity, many crises are gradually hidden. But because of the existence of the "Elson Central Intelligence Agency", all kinds of information collected every day are enough for Camilla to systematically control the current security situation in the city.
Only when she truly realized the beauty of it, did Camilla admire Rody's foresight more and more. The existence of the "CIA" is really like a pair of eyes, allowing her to clearly see the current situation.
After she was busy with various affairs, she finally had some free time, but she would always sit on the central floating tower, staring at the horizon at the end of her vision in a daze.
It stands to reason that Rody should have reached the southern coast by now, but why is there still no news?
Camilla unknowingly imitated Roddy's appearance when she was sitting here. She shook her calf lightly and hummed a ballad that only she could hear at an altitude of 400 meters, "No matter what, no faith is good faith." .”
Amidst the singing that floated high in the sky, the mages from the east of the kingdom looked up at the floating tower above the sky, tried hard to conceal the shock in their hearts, and walked into Elson's city gate.
The prelude to the "Magic Exchange Conference" was slowly kicked off.
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November 21.
Perhaps because of luck, the returning fleet traveled with the wind most of the time. The speed was much faster than originally expected, and I saw the faint land in my vision five days in advance.
Although it looked like it was about to land, Rody knew that the fleet would have to sail for at least half a day before arriving. So he continued to study a new trick that he discovered by accident in his room these days: "Multiple Casting".
The so-called "multiple" mainly lies in his extended "magic tentacles" because Rody discovered that these tentacles can replace his arms and fingers,
Cast spells in conjunction with spells, and the power of the final formed spells is not bad at all!
This discovery can be said to have opened the door to a new world for Rody: he can control ten tentacles, does this mean that he can release multiple identical spells at the same time?
As a result, he tried for a long time, and found that it was difficult for him to multitask, let alone ten tentacles, and it was difficult to control two tentacles at the same time to cast spells...
Moreover, when casting slightly higher-level spells, it is difficult for the tentacles to completely imitate the finger's casting gestures, and the probability of failure rises sharply. But what is certain is that through continuous practice, the success rate of casting spells is constantly improving.
For Roddy, casting spells with the tentacles can bring his combat effectiveness to another level. After all, when holding a bow and arrow and shooting at full strength, the support that the tentacles can provide is very important: even if Roddy only uses the tentacles to activate defensive items, his survivability can be said to be fundamentally different from before.
Not to mention that the tentacle can use weapons and even control the bow and arrow alone, but this idea can't be put into practice for Rody, because he found that although the tentacle can hold a bow, its strength is far inferior to his own arms, and he can't pull the terrible keel bow at all. . Perhaps it would be more appropriate to switch to a poisoned hand crossbow? Roddy has a lot of ideas, but all of them need to be slowly implemented after returning to Elson City.
Just when his magic power was about to run out, there was a knock on the door. Rody opened the door directly with his tentacles, and found that the tightly wrapped Doris was standing outside.
"Come in and talk."
There is also Master Laximan on board, so Doris has basically stayed in the cabin with Evely these days and dare not come out. Today, she suddenly took the risk to find her, which surprised Rody. But the other party is his subordinate now, so he must be concerned: "Why, it's not very comfortable in the cabin?"
"No no…"
Doris's expression looked a little apprehensive, she took off the veil covering her face, and pretended to kneel down, but Roddy didn't have this habit, so he directly let her sit on the chair next to her: "If you have something to say, don't use it for me." Engage in all that messy etiquette."
This attitude relieved Doris’s tense expression, she hesitated for a moment, and finally said happily: “Master, I think Evely can help Mage Silvia, but I don’t know that kind of magic circle technique.” I'm not good at... well, I mean, I want to help you in any way, even as a maid..."
This is what Doris worries about: the successful development of the "aircraft" has an inseparable relationship with Evely. This obviously means that she already has a place under Roddy's men. In contrast, Doris is completely like an idler, and Roddy hasn't had any conversations with her for so many days. Now that the destination was approaching, Doris, who was full of a sense of crisis in her heart, could no longer hold back, and finally plucked up the courage to ask this question.
Rody couldn't help laughing at this. It wasn't that he deliberately left Doris alone, but that he was too busy studying the issue of tentacle spellcasting, and forgot about this magician who was good at the spiritual department.
"Maid? Elson isn't rich enough to let a mage be a maid." Roddy wanted to make a joke to ease the atmosphere, but Doris became even more nervous, with sweat dripping from his forehead. He realized that the other party was really afraid of him, so he stopped chatting and said seriously: "Relax, since you are willing to be loyal to me, I will naturally arrange a position according to your ability. You are good at spiritual spells, and your own strength is also good. Strong, so I temporarily consider placing you in the Field Service Department of the 'Elson Central Intelligence Agency' to be responsible for the screening of front-line intelligence."
"Intelligence...Intelligence Agency? Field Service Department?"
Doris looked confused and didn't understand what it was, but in any case, it at least showed that Rody didn't intend to throw her aside. In this regard, a stone in her heart finally fell to the ground, and she hurriedly stated: "No matter what, I will obey the master."
After the relieved Doris left, Roddy got up and walked to the deck. Just in time to see Houdini who was meditating with his eyes closed facing the sea, he glanced curiously, the latter sensed his gaze, ended his meditation, turned his head and said: "I tried to explore the ruins on the bottom of the sea, and I saw some Something else."
"Huh? Any new discoveries?"
Roddy realized that Houdini's "prophecy" attainment had reached a new level, so he was quite curious about what the other party saw.
"That deep pit...is the location of the Magic Tower that Mage Silvia mentioned." Houdini gestured, "Before my exploration was always blocked on the surface of this deep cave, now I am trying to probe downwards, Find something at the bottom of this deep hole..."
"Building? Or something alive?"
Rody frowned. This magic tower involves the important issue of energy recovery. If possible, he would really like to study it.
"I thought it was some kind of behemoth..." Houdini saw Rody's face change, and quickly waved his hand: "It's not the kind encountered in Duriel City, I mean that there are energy reaction fluctuations under the deep hole. But After careful observation for a long time, I found that this energy is actually sealed, without the rhythm of living things, I think... maybe it is some kind of magic circle that is protected."
"Can't you see more specifically?"
"I can't see it. The barrier is too thick and too vague. I can't give more detailed information."
Although Houdini only gave a very vague concept, Roddy was very interested in it. He stood on the deck and discussed various possibilities with him for a long time, and even called Sylvia over to make a judgment together. However, there is still no way to draw a conclusion in the end, and the only way to send the murlocs to investigate further is when the time is right.
The disappearance of Khadgar's magic tower is not a trivial matter, and no one knows what he left behind. At the beginning, the subject of using tidal charging came to an end without a problem, which made Rody feel a little itchy in his heart. He is a typical long-term hopeful, and he can't wait to completely solve all energy problems now.
After such a toss, the fleet finally arrived at the coast south of Efta. To Rody's surprise, after only three months of leaving, the original wasteland in front of him already has the most basic prototype of a port!
The land was flattened by the arcane puppets, and seven or eight rows of wooden houses were built, more than enough to accommodate a thousand people. The transport carriages that had already been prepared were placed in four or five rows in the open space, and groups of pack horses were eating forage...Looking into the distance, a "road" stretched from the port to the end of the field of vision, clearly connecting the city of Elson the main road.
This greatly exceeded Rody's expectations, and the bustling port in front of him was still under construction. With the blessing of "Hawkeye Eye", he also saw cavalry and infantry holding weapons or standing guard or patrolling on the port. A row of heads were planted by the side of the road, probably left by the bandits who originally tried to rob.
Orderly and prosperous. Rody looked at the unremarkable port in front of him with satisfaction, and suddenly said, "One day, this place will become the center of the world."
The crew of the "Boratini" felt absurd when they heard this: Compared with the city of Duriel, this place in front of them can't be called a "port", it's just a hastily formed "small pier"!
Sylvia and Houdini were equally surprised that Roddy would say such "big words", but they knew very well that Roddy would never target without purpose. Therefore, looking at this deserted coast, they couldn't help feeling a little bit of anticipation in their hearts: Will this place be what Rody wanted after a few years?