Lee Noe, Barr Stone, Hedwig.
Three people were sitting on the same boat returning to the Suman Islands. This scene was somewhat embarrassing...
After Li Nuo allowed him to leave, Barr Stone put the body bag on the ground into the magic bag, came to the open deck and opened the portal to the "Lalong Grand Canyon".
The sub-plane owned by "Lalon Rock Bone" is a gray-white planet covered with rock spikes.
When the portal was opened, the planet magnified in the night sky, released a gray light, and cast a gray beam of light towards Barr Stone.
After Barr Stone teleported away, the planet returned to its original state.
Hedwig was completely relieved and almost collapsed on the chair in the control room.
He really couldn't figure out why he got involved in such a quagmire involving multiple wizarding forces.
Li Nuo didn't explain anything to Hedwig.
He took out a coin bag containing gold coins, threw it to the other party, and said at the same time:
"There are 100,000 gold coins here, Hedwig. Accept them, this is the reward you deserve. In the next one to two months, you can stay in Suman City and don't think about going out to sea to hunt for treasure."
"So many gold coins..." Hedwig's eyes widened, he opened the coin bag and took a look, and a golden light appeared in his eyes.
"I will not treat any collaborator badly." Li Nuo said with a smile:
"You handled it well this time, Hedwig. You crushed the crystal in time, and I also learned the news of your attack in time. The most important thing is that you successfully attracted the Rock Bone Wizard and the wizards of the Pangola family. It saves me the trouble of searching for you on the sea."
Li Nuo's words were not polite.
He truly appreciated Hedwig's ability to adapt to situations.
Sub-sea area No. 723 was chosen as the pick-up point purely because Hedo Pomida's miniature ocean could only use sub-sea area No. 723 as the destination when transporting people to the Black Fold Sea.
The entire Black Fold Sea is so big.
If Hedwig couldn't lure people here, Li Nuo really didn't know how to find their traces in a short time.
Fortunately, the result was good and Hedwig completed his mission.
Just because he risked his life to bring people to Li Nuo, he deserves a reward of 100,000 gold coins.
"I'll take the first step, Hedwig. You can sail back by yourself." Li Nuo greeted the other party.
He came to the edge of the open deck, fell into the sea with a splash, turned into a black shadow under the water, and rushed into the distance.
After a while, Li Nuo's figure disappeared from Hedwig's sight.
Facing Li Nuo who was coming and going like the wind, Hedwig was stunned for a few seconds before he came back to his senses and put the coin bag away happily.
He started the magic engine, turned the ship's bow, and sailed towards Suman City.
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If "Silent Maiden" and "Lalong Rock Bone" cooperate, the number of ore distribution maps required to mine non-metallic ores will likely be doubled, or even tripled, quintupled, or even more.
Li Nuo needs to prepare more and more energy points for this to meet the needs of the ore distribution map.
In addition, before mining non-metallic ores on a certain island, it is essential to buy that island.
There's no reason to go to other people's islands to mine resources and then take them away, right?
Li Nuo doesn't need to worry about buying the island.
Before setting off to sub-sea area No. 723 of the Black Fold Sea, he reached an intention to cooperate with Professor Erica in the "Garden of Silence".
Li Nuo was responsible for providing her with the distribution map of non-metallic ores.
Erica is responsible for negotiating with "Lalong Rock Bone" and providing a non-metallic ore distribution map for a fee.
"Lalong Rock Bone" will handle the purchase of islands and mining of ores.
The rock bone wizards were already extremely wealthy, and they also had ore mining capabilities comparable to those of the Pangola family.
Their mining speed will only be faster than that of the Pangula family.
After "Silent Maiden" and "Lalon Rock Bone" reach a contract, Professor Erica will receive 20% of the non-metallic ore production.
Professor Li Nuo and Professor Erica each share half of the 20% of the output.
Logically speaking, Professor Erica just came forward to negotiate and sign another magic contract. If he gave her half of it, would Li Nuo lose money?
No no no.
Don’t just look at numbers.
If the output is allocated purely based on contribution rate, then Li Nuo can get 15% of the total output, and Professor Erica can only get 5%.
But that's not how Li Nuo calculated this account.
The current situation is that Professor Erica particularly trusts Li Nuo because of the teacher-student relationship.
Professor Erica really wanted to train Li Nuo to become a lecturer professor, so as to help her share some of the academic pressure.
At the same time, Professor Erica would not impose any additional restrictions on Li Nuo except for complaining about Li Nuo not attending class.
As long as Li Nuo doesn't commit suicide and doesn't do bad things in the name of "Silent Girl" and force Professor Erica to clean up her family, then there will never be any estrangement or conflict between him and "Silent Girl".
Based on the principle of "what's good for her is good for me," Li Nuo doesn't mind using non-metallic ores to fund Professor Erica.
It's tiring to always use wisdom and force to defeat your opponents. It's better to use prestige to force those with bad intentions to retreat.
To achieve this step, "blood transfusion" to "Silent Girl" is indispensable.
Only when "Silent Girl" is powerful enough, no one dares to bully Li Nuo.
This is the reason why Li Nuo is willing to give Erica more share.
Li Nuo has not talked about these things with Selina for the time being. He needs an opportunity.
After dealing with Hedwig's matter, Li Nuo asked Selina to activate the teleportation function of the miniature ocean to pick him up from the Black Fold Sea.
When we returned to Island 33, it was already five o'clock in the morning.
Li Nuo first entered the bedroom to meditate for a while, and after his fatigue was washed away, he went to the "Garden of Silence" to find the professor.
He spent half an hour discussing the follow-up matters with Erica.
Next, patience is key.
"Lalong Rock Bone" has a rigid demand for non-metallic ores, which determines that it is impossible to refuse Li Nuo's proposal.
But it always takes a certain amount of time for "Lalong Rock Bone" to reach an internal agreement and discuss the competition with the Fagan lineage of the Pangola family.
Generally speaking, in as little as 3 days and as long as 7 days, the Fagan lineage of the Pangola family will send Dietrich Fagan to visit Selina again.
If Dietrich still hasn't come to the door after this time period, it means that the situation has changed and Li Nuo must be fully prepared.
Time passes in a sea of passive deconstruction day after day.
The sub-sea areas selected by Li Nuo are all far away from the waterway.
The thousand-meter-deep underwater environment is a restricted area for human beings.
Li Nuo soaked in the water for several days and did not encounter any blind wizards or sea monsters. Instead, he encountered some hungry deep-sea monsters.
It is not wise to use spells or fists to kill the deep sea monsters that come looking for trouble.
Because of the blood stains, wreckage and noise, more deep sea monsters will be attracted to "join in the fun".
After Li Nuo discovered the deep-sea monsters, he either used "Perception Tampering" to drive them away, or he used underwater mechanical spirits enchanted with "Psychic Illusion" to lure them away.
It could be considered that he was lucky and did not meet a Warcraft leader who was immune to psychic spells.
The entire process of passively deconstructing the sub-sea area was uneventful.
Six days later.
While Li Nuo was practicing the "Deep Sea Scale" meditation method with Dinasi in his arms in the dark water, Selena, who was far away in the inner circle, was waiting for the expected guest.
As on his last visit, Dietrich Fagan was accompanied by the Rockbone Enforcer this time.
The rock-bone law enforcer was none other than Barr Stone, who was stabbed in the waist by Li Nuo.
Selina didn't know that Li Nuo and Barr Stone were angry for the time being.
As usual, she wrote two letters, one to Li Nuo, and the other to her eldest brother.
When Longke sat down next to Selina, the second meeting between the two parties officially began.
Compared to the tense atmosphere during the first meeting, the atmosphere this time was much more relaxed.
Dietrich Fagan changed his aggressive attitude and expressed the request of Fagan's lineage in a calm tone:
"Ms. Selina, Mr. Longk, regarding the exploration competition we talked about last time..."
Dietrich told everything he had prepared, and Selina and Ronk listened patiently.
The game is still a game.
It is still a competition between the Pangula family and the Deep Sea Branch in terms of their capabilities in the field of non-metallic ore exploration.
The exploration objects used for the competition are no longer the islands under the name of the Pangola family, but two large islands are randomly selected from the Suman Islands.
The Deep Sea Branch and the Pangola Family first explored one of the islands, and then exchanged sites with each other to explore the other island.
When both parties' exploration reports on the two islands come out, non-metallic ores will be mined from the "Lalong Rock Bone".
Whichever exploration report the final non-metallic ore production is closer to, the author of the report will get 1 point.
If both teams score 1 point, the game is a draw, with no loser or winner.
But if the Fagan line of the Pangola family loses...
"On behalf of the Fagans, I promise that if we lose, the Fagans will stay away from the Suman Islands within five years."
Dietrich said solemnly.
The implication is:
Within five years, Fagan and his family will no longer think about regaining the right to take charge of the Suman Islands.
"In addition, Ms. Xi'an will receive resource tilt from the Pangula family and obtain more ore mining equipment and family wizards, which will help the Deep Sea Branch accelerate the mining of non-metallic ores. Ms. Xi'an currently only has three mining teams . The Pangola family will increase the number to 15. We, the Fegen family, will also donate a gold coin to the Deep Sea Branch, with an amount of no less than 50 million."
The game chips Dietrich proposed were decent.
Selina looked at Longke beside her.
It is up to my father to decide whether to accept the application for the competition.
Longke is responsible for communicating with his father.
Now it's his turn to reveal the deep-sea branch's competition chips.
"If the Deep Sea Branch loses, then we will allocate part of the mining order to your Fegen line for execution. Every time Qian'an gets an order, you Fegen line will get an order of the same size. Are you satisfied with this bargaining chip?" Longke said.
Dietrich thought for a few seconds and hesitated:
"Please wait a moment, Mr. Longk. I have to discuss it with Mr. Fagan Pangula first."
"Please." Longke nodded, and then whispered to Selina:
"I will also discuss it with my father."
"Okay." Selena responded.
Ronk took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter on the spot, informing his father of Dietrich's proposed competition chips.
Dietrich did the same thing.
Magic messengers from both sides delivered the letter.
Dietrich was the first to receive a reply.
After reading the contents of the letter, he said:
"Mr. Longke, His Excellency Fagan Pangula proposed to add a cash of no less than 50 million gold coins to the competition chips of the Deep Sea Branch. What do you think? If you agree, Fagan will agree with it. The Deep Sea Branch’s competition chips.”
Longke said:
"That's fine with me."
Selina also nodded, indicating that she had no objection.
"Crash..." Longke's magic conch emerged with a string of bubbles and placed a letter in front of him.
This is the reply given by Longke and Selena's father.
Longke opened the letter and took a look, his expression changed inexplicably.
Selina glanced at the content of the letter, her expression stiffened for half a second, and a trace of sullenness that she tried to suppress flashed through her eyes.
The changes in their expressions were seen by Dietrich and Barr Stone.
Dietrich and the two looked at each other, and for a moment they couldn't think of what was written in the letter, so that Selina and Ronk acted completely abnormal.
"Ahem."
Longke coughed lightly, folded the letter and put it back in the envelope.
He turned to look at Selena, but only saw his sister's cold side face.
Longke's heart sank, he sighed silently, smiled at Dietrich and the other three and said:
"That's right, Mr. Dietrich. The head of the Pomida family, His Excellency Mingwak Pomida, believes that the chips in our competition are very reasonable, but the way of the competition should be changed."
"Change the way of playing?" Dietrich was stunned for a moment:
"Does His Excellency Minwak Pomida mean to increase the number of islands to be explored?"
"Oh no, it's not." Longke took a breath and said in a low voice:
"My father proposed to use a wizard's duel instead of exploring the island to determine the winner between the two sides."
"Duel..." Dietrich was a little stunned.
Barr Stone, the rock-bone law enforcer, did not expect that things would take such a turn.
That's not to say that wizard duels can't be used instead of exploring the island.
But the Deep Sea Branch, a wizarding force that specializes in deep sea magic and water magic, is naturally at a disadvantage when dealing with the Pangola family, which is good at rock, earth magic and metal magic...
If you use island exploration to compete, the winning rate between the two sides is 50-50.
But if there is a wizard duel, it will become three or seven.
The Deep Sea Branch only has a 30% chance of winning, and the Pangola family has a 70% chance.
It can be said that the Deep Sea Branch's 30% chance of winning comes from foreign aid.
According to the provisions of Decree No. 1, both parties in the duel can receive assistance from the outside, but the number of aids cannot exceed one-third of the number of people participating in the battle on one side.
If it sends a total of 10 wizards for a duel, at least 7 of them will be members of the Deep Sea Branch, and at most 3 wizards will be reinforcements from other forces.
Unless those three foreign players can defeat multiple opponents with one strike, the Deep Sea Branch will definitely lose.
Why would Minwak Pomida put forward such a proposal that was unfavorable to the Deep Sea Branch?
Is he showing off his brain...
Dietrich was stunned.
What's the difference between this and your opponent's head being chopped off by you?
Dietrich's heart was filled with uncontrollable joy.
He grasped the magic robe tightly with both hands and pressed the corners of his mouth tightly to prevent himself from laughing.
But soon, he became vigilant and guarded against any hidden tricks hidden in the Deep Sea Branch.
"Um...Mr. Longk." Dietrich forced himself to calm down and asked:
"Is that really what Mr. Mingwak Pomida said? So if we use the wizard duel method to compete, what kind of foreign aid will the Deep Sea Branch send?"
Selena turned her head slightly and looked elsewhere, her expression extremely cold.
She gave up her right to speak, not wanting to answer the question.
Longke said bravely:
"The foreign aid that has been confirmed so far is Li Nuo Jarvis. The remaining foreign aid candidates have not yet been determined. Our Deep Sea Branch may ask Hotams for help. Of course, it is not ruled out that other wizard forces will be invited to assist us. .”
Baal Rockbone's gray-white eyeballs shook.
He actually got it right for Lenno Jarvis!
Minwak Pomida really wants to use the name of the competition to push the "Silent Girl" to the front!
As a law enforcer, the Silent Wizard has mastered powerful spell-breaking abilities.
With them as a helping hand, maybe they can really achieve the feat of fighting multiple enemies.
At that time, the Pangola family will probably suffer a disastrous defeat due to the intervention of the "Silent Girl".
When Ronk said "other wizarding forces were invited to come to our aid", he definitely referred to the "Silent Maiden"!
Barr Rockbone turned his head slightly and looked at Dietrich Fagan out of the corner of his eye.
A wizard who can become a family heir may be arrogant and domineering, but he still has the brains he needs.
When he heard that Lenno Jarvis would join the war, Dietrich naturally thought of "Silent Maiden".
If this kind of law enforcement wizard force is allowed to participate in the war, the final outcome of the battle will be really hard to say.
However, the Deep Sea Branch can invite law enforcement wizards to help, and so can the Pangola family.
This is not the prerogative of a certain wizarding force.
As long as the remuneration is generous enough, it is not impossible to get the Grand Inquisitor of the Jingguang Court to help.
Dietrich thought carefully and sent another letter to Fagan Pangula.
Longke also wrote several letters to his father.
After half an hour of correspondence and negotiation, the two sides finally determined the framework of the competition.
A power competition based on wizard duels is inevitable.
The rest of the work is in the details.
Competition venue, competition date, duel format, participating wizards, duel rules, duel referee...
Etc., etc.
These matters will be decided within five days.
Selina spread her hands and completely messed up, leaving all the preparations for the competition to Longke, saying that she would not participate at all.
Seeing that Selena was clearly opposed to this matter, Longke could only send Dietrich and the others away first.
After Dietrich and the others teleported away, Selina said angrily:
"Why don't you object to what your father is doing?! Don't you know that Jarvis was injured?! He just suffered a severe spell backlash not long ago, and he hasn't recovered much yet. You actually accepted it without even thinking about it? What my father did! Have you forgotten that Jarvis provided you with magic scrolls and lightning energy?!"
"Selena, Selena, calm down." Longke quickly comforted:
"Jarvis did provide help to the Deep Sea Branch, but it was all paid, and we also gave him corresponding rewards. We don't owe him anything. Also, my father's intention was not to let Jarvis personally participate in the war... "
Longke placed several letters in front of Selina, pointed to the contents and said:
"You see, Selina, father said that all Jarvis has to do is summon thunder clouds and provide magic scrolls. He himself does not need to step into the ring and participate in the duel."
Selena looked at the letter, and the anger in her heart disappeared at all:
"Summon thunderclouds? Are you kidding, Longke? Jarvis has been hit by spells, and he can only cast some simple spells. You and your father actually want him to summon thunderclouds. I tell you, don't want to I went to Jarvis for help. He does have a cooperative relationship with the Deep Sea Branch, but that doesn’t mean he has to help the Deep Sea Branch.”
Selina's anger gave Longke a headache.
Longke held down his excited sister and said:
"I will write to communicate with Jarvis. Maybe he just has some magic scrolls that summon thunder clouds that are useless..."
"Hmph!" Selina snorted coldly, turned around, and issued an order to expel guests:
"Leave all the wizard duel matters to you, Longke. You said it yourself, you will write to Jarvis. I don't want to be involved in this disgusting thing that takes advantage of others. Now, I have to work, please leave."
Longke touched his forehead, feeling melancholy.
He packed up the letters on the table and sent them away dejectedly.
"Alas~~"
A long sigh sounded in the study.
Selina's shoulders were slumped, she was depressed, decadent and a little disappointed in her family.
Even though he knew that Li Nuo was seriously injured, his father still wanted to let Li Nuo participate in the duel. This undoubtedly greatly damaged his father's image in Selina's heart.
"Jarvis...what should we do..." Selina asked in her heart.
Like last time, after receiving the letter, Li Nuo activated his "telepathy" with Selena.
He learned about the entire meeting through Selena's narration.
"Don't be impatient, Selena." Li Nuo said gently:
"This is more complicated than you think."
"Well...I can feel it..." Selena covered her face with her hands:
"I can no longer understand the dispute between you and your father. Isn't it just a magical contract? Why would he target you like this?"
Li Nuo smiled and said:
"Do you know about wild magic?"
"Wild magic? What wild magic?" Selina was confused.
"Due to the existence of "Ascension Fortress", magic can be divided into wild magic and local magic..."
Li Nuo narrated the secret knowledge he learned from Benqi Jilei to Selina.
"The spell I use to summon thunder clouds is a wild magic. The more times I use it, the faster it will be tamed by the "Ascension Fortress" and become a skill that all wizards can develop. magic. "
Li Nuo's words seemed to have magic power, attracting Selina to listen attentively.
"So, do you understand? Selena. If your father wants to master my wild magic, he must force me to use it more frequently and shorten the time for this wild magic to be converted into natural magic. Only in this way, Hotams By developing the same spell faster, the Deep Sea Branch can get rid of my influence and have its own thunder cloud."
"Wild magic...this magic..."Ascension Fortress"...there is such a connection..." Selina's delicate body was shocked and she came back to her senses:
"Then you must not follow Longke's arrangements, Jarvis. The wild magic of summoning thunder clouds is your foundation. You must not participate in a duel, otherwise it will speed up the taming process."
Li Nuo comforted:
"Things are not that bad. Just relax. I will negotiate with Longke. You don't have to worry about me."
"Hmm..." Selena tapped her chin.
"There is one thing I want to ask your opinion, Selena." Li Nuo asked:
"Would you mind if I wanted to take some countermeasures against your father?"
Selena's eyes were blank and she was in a daze for a few seconds:
"...I...I shouldn't mind...seeing you suffer and fall into passivity makes me uncomfortable and anxious. You shouldn't be treated like this."
Selena sighed helplessly:
"After understanding the concepts of wild magic and this magic, I also thought clearly. Unless you hand over the spell blueprint, my father will definitely not let you go."
"Yes." Li Nuo agreed.
Selina bit her lip lightly and made a decision:
"Jarvis, I will not interfere in any of your decisions, nor will I be involved in the conflicts between you and your father. I will unconditionally support any decision you make. I will actively avoid all things against you. Do you think this is okay? ?”
"Very good, very good. I don't want you to be involved in this matter, otherwise you will be hurt in multiple ways at the same time."
Li Nuo paused:
"Oh, there's a letter from Longke. I'll deal with him first. You go ahead and do your work."
"Okay~" Selena's mood improved a little after she made her decision.
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Somewhere in the Blackfold Sea.
Li Nuo emerged from the sea, activated the "Levitation Technique" on his magic boots, and levitated several meters into the air.
Waves several meters high swayed beneath his feet, and Li Nuo used the sound of the tide as his companion to communicate with Longke.
Although Longke couldn't stand Li Nuo, he still had the proper etiquette.
Since we are asking Li Nuo for help, remuneration is essential.
On behalf of the Pomida family and the Deep Sea Branch, Longke discussed the amount of remuneration with Li Nuo.
After some communication, the two decided:
Li Nuo provided three magic scrolls for summoning thunder clouds for a fee, each with a thunder power of no less than 100 million points of lightning energy.
Longke paid Li Nuo a fee of 150 million gold coins per magic scroll.
Without considering the research value of Lei Yun, the unit price of 150 million gold coins is just right.
After all, the public selling price in the Unas Ring for every 10,000 points of lightning energy is only about 4,000 gold coins.
100 million points of lightning energy is 40 million gold coins.
The selling price of 150 million gold coins more than doubled based on the cost. Li Nuo can be said to have made a profit.
But if the research value of Lei Yun is included, then Li Nuo's situation can only be described as blood loss.
But, it doesn't matter.
It is absolutely impossible for Hotams to crack the "Thunder Cloud Technique". This is the confidence that deconstructing the core system gives Li Nuo.
It is estimated that the Pomida family gradually realized that something was wrong after they invested billions of gold coins in succession to purchase Thunder Cloud from Li Nuo.
But by that time, Li Nuo might already be an unattainable existence in the Pomida family, and there would be no need to pay attention to the other party's inquiries.
After Li Nuo finished dealing with Longke's matter, he took out a pen and paper and wrote another letter and sent it to Barr Stone.
Since Mingwak Pomida is unkind, don't blame him Li Nuo for being unjust.
After the letter to Barr Stone was sent, Li Nuo wrote a third letter.
This letter is for Professor Erica.
Li Nuo asked the other party to formally sign a magic contract with "Lalong Rock Bone" after the wizard duel here in the Deep Sea Branch.
Li Nuo sent the third letter and waited quietly above the sea for a while.
Within about 10 minutes, three replies appeared in his hands.
Longke Pomida agreed to Li Nuo's offer and repeatedly promised that Li Nuo would not have to compete in person.
Barr Stone represents "Lalon Rockbone" and sincerely welcomes the friendship from "Silent Maiden".
Professor Erica first agreed to sign a magic contract, and then began to ask Li Nuo to come back to class...
Li Nuo smiled dumbly, flew down, dived into the sea, and continued his great cause of deconstruction.
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