Laying bricks is a technical job. If the apprentices can't do it, the teacher has to do it himself.
There is no reason why I put so much effort into it. Although according to current construction technology, magic bricks that meet the golden ratio should be the most ideal material, the Tower of the Great Sage was a product of a thousand years ago. People of that era must have been less particular about this aspect. They created different structural parts with bricks of different sizes, which made people who were interested in repairing it later confused.
The only good thing is that the magic brick Lin ordered the two girls to recreate is smaller in size than the antique bricks from thousands of years ago, no matter which part it is. There is no requirement to repair the bricks in the Lost World. The smaller size makes it easier to fill in the gaps. However, in the end, there will always be some small gaps that do not fit the size of the bricks. At this time, if there are two girls working, they will come to ask for instructions.
It takes time to listen to someone explain the actual situation, come up with a way to make up for it, and then explain it to the two girls until they understand. Even though they were ordered to follow the instructions, the two girls still asked about everything. As for the reason behind it, it’s unclear whether they really don’t understand, or they just pretend not to understand because they can’t stand someone being lazy. As he came and went, Lin realized that he came relatively quickly.
Who can tell someone who is not aware of being a teacher? He usually doesn't look like a teacher. Only when he wants to be lazy will he say some serious reasons that are not reasons. After a few attempts at fishing, people will see through his tricks, and he will no longer be able to maintain his airs. So Lin could only touch his nose and join the labor force.
Anyway, at the speed of two magic apprentices, it would take a lot of time just to make new magic bricks from scrap materials. When someone joins the construction, the overall efficiency improves a lot.
After working hard for a few days, seeing that the supplies were running out, and the caravan agreed upon when leaving the association had not yet arrived, and eating game every day was not an option, Lin had no choice but to order his apprentice to buy some food from a nearby village.
That's right! There is a human village in the territory within X ten days of the Tower of the Great Sage. According to common legal principles in the Lost World, villages and towns within a certain territory fall under the jurisdiction of that territory and have various obligations. In fact, the common people in the lost world are not at all like the ancient people on earth, whether it is medieval Europe or pre-modern China, who were so submissive to the nobles and scholar-bureaucrats.
Due to the threat of wild monsters and uncivilized races, the civil force is also quite strong. In addition to the various warriors, mercenaries and magicians who roam the entire continent in the name of adventurers, the vast majority of villagers, regardless of gender, are also qualified soldiers as long as they wear leather armor and pick up a sword.
After all, without such strength, it is impossible to protect oneself outside the city walls. Although noble lords have the responsibility to protect the land, it does not mean that ordinary people can receive protection from noble gentlemen when they face danger. Most of the time, you still have to ask for blessings and take up arms to defend the safety of your life and property.
This also creates the strong folk customs in the Lost World. The lord's responsibilities were to prepare the army and participate in wars; at the bottom, they were responsible for managing and mediating disputes. For things like tax collection, military service, and labor service, the people must agree with the lord before they can be expected to cooperate.
If you want to bully men and women, or use aristocratic weapons to force people to obey and collect wealth, once the reputation of the evil lord is spread, it will just attract some righteous demons to search for flesh, Internet bullying, etc. At most, it's just a face full of saliva.
The righteous devil in the problem world really knows how to greet the evil lord with a knife, and then chops off the evil lord's head. Then the bard told another story of chivalry and righteousness.
What's more, some small lords who were enshrined in remote areas took office with a few three or five followers. It is also common to hear of people being buried deep in the mountains and forests by local people before they can enjoy the power of the nobility.
If the central government sends troops to investigate, most of them will get a sentence: "The new lord thought he was very powerful, so he went into the forest to hunt monsters, but he never came back." There is no way to verify this kind of thing, but it is Words that are so reasonable that one cannot find fault with them. To put it simply, poor mountains and poor waters support unruly people.
To put it more bluntly, the village under the jurisdiction of the Tower of the Great Sage is populated by such a group of unruly people.
The world of Lost World can be said to be vast and sparsely populated. People are a kind of wealth. The development of wastelands by humans not only symbolizes the expansion of the scope of civilized activities, but also the reduction of the scope of monsters and other dangers. Therefore, destroying villages for no reason will attract the attention of high-level authorities in the world of Lost World, and it will not be a good thing for the initiator. Not to mention the "justice" messengers among the people.
Since the magic tower is the most powerful strategic weapon, the light bullet attack magic array is of no use, because if it is used, it will kill the village. Since you can't kill people casually, you can only rely on gentle means to gain the trust of the people. Huairou must have background power, political backing, and most importantly, bribery with benefits... Can a magician with so many advantages afford to be reduced to being a tower master?
Thinking of the rumors I heard before setting off, the previous tower owners had been indifferent to that village, and the previous tower owner sadly abandoned the tower and fled. Before setting off, Lin decided to continue the actions of the previous tower master and continue to ignore the human gathering place.
In the environmental assessment of the Tower of the Great Sage, the level of trouble was rated as medium to high, and the village really contributed a lot.
Now that he was forced to deal with each other for food, Lin said in his heart that it was impossible not to worry. However, instead of directly negotiating with him, he sent the eloquent Halumi, who also brought money to buy food. Since the girl is so cute, it shouldn't be a big problem. Lin thought to himself that maybe he was sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth.
No matter what, let's wait for the result.
The remaining two masters and apprentices became a lot quieter without the most outgoing and cheerful girl. Kaya herself doesn't like to talk, and Lin, a former fat nerd, is also the type who is not good at chatting. Suddenly someone is missing from their lives, both of them become lazy, and even their work efficiency drops a lot.
Then at the estimated return time, there was still no trace of someone, and the level of worry gradually increased. Lin warned himself not to be impulsive. Maybe the girl just wanted to play, and maybe she was delayed on the way.
Until dusk, the master and apprentice sitting at the door of the magic tower saw someone walking out of the woods crying. Was he angry? Or should you relax? Lin's heart was full of mixed feelings. What we hoped would not happen still happened. Although it was not the worst case scenario, the village under its control had made its attitude clear, and the next response would be very important.
The girl who returned to her teacher crying looked very embarrassed. Not to mention his clothes were in tatters, he had many bruises and sword wounds on his body, and his face was also disfigured. After Harumi went to that village, it was already clear what kind of treatment she received. Of course, the money bag that I brought with me and some of the shabby magic accessories I had on me were gone too.
After calming the girl's emotions, Lin didn't look so blindly that he insisted on asking what happened at the moment. He just told Kaya to prepare for a bath. At this time, brushing your body and soaking yourself in hot water will help stabilize your mood.
Lin closed the door of the magic tower and walked into the forest to find herbs for trauma and ingredients for dinner, while thinking about the next countermeasures.
The sky is dark and the moon is rising in the east. The sun and moon in the Lost World also rise in the east and set in the west. Lin was quite surprised when he first traveled through the world. And after seeing two moons in the sky, he was even more surprised. But twelve years is enough time for me to get used to it and look at the moonlight. The only thing that was different today was the smoke rising from the kitchen not far away, which was the location of the village.
Rush in and kill them?
From the tragic situation of Halumi, we can know that they have the means to restrain the magician. Although he could deal with magic apprentices, he might not be able to deal with real magicians, but this was not the reason why Lin couldn't find the murderer. After all, some people would be allowed to commit violence against a tower master's apprentice. To a certain extent, this represented the attitude of the entire village.
If you go to someone else's territory and start an army to investigate, you will definitely not get a good deal. But if you want to swallow your anger and settle the matter, it depends on whether the other party is willing.
Thinking of the rumors that the previous tower owner abandoned the tower, the reason behind it was not only that the village occupied the nearby resource output. The main reason is that after hunting the monsters, the skins peeled off and some bones and blood that can be used to refine magic potions are controlled by the people in the village, turning the already meager income of the tower owner of the Great Sage's Tower into nothing.
Not to mention that the village has not paid taxes for a long time, is not under the jurisdiction of the kingdom, and the magic tower is unable to control it. It is like an alien land.
The worst thing is that the former tower owner was forced to refine magic potions and nitrate the furs of monsters. All the income was also misappropriated by the village. Even as a magician, the fixed monthly subsidy he received from the association was subsidized into that miserable place. a career of unpaid labor. No wonder he escaped in the middle of the night and fled directly to the east of the mainland, under another branch of the association.
The Magic Tower Association in this area only discovered this exaggerated fact after it discovered that the magician registered as the tower owner had gone to other branches to log in. Today, the seal of the tower was imposed by a team of inspectors, who also brought back the abandoned magic tower log.
As for the ordinary people in that village, after discovering that the Tower of the Great Sage had become ownerless, they no longer dared to use the facilities in the tower. Magicians who are censors have permission to kill. Anyone who trespasses on property registered with the association will be killed first and asked later.
Anyway, physical death in the Lost World is not real death. Imprisoning souls and creating various tricks is also the specialty of magicians.
But Lin doesn't want to get into that realm. Since the people in this village seemed to be planning to find another unlucky guy to be their coolie, they also gave him a blow. How to deal with it became a question that Lin couldn't avoid and couldn't get around.
