Forty-three people, this was the result of Lin's personal counting early in the morning. Considering that there may be people with extraordinary talents who can stay in the poisonous mist all night and still not die, so after purifying the air on the first floor, it is up to me to do the last hits and count the kills.
However, the ropes in stock were not enough, so the two apprentices simply went into the forest to find vines and twisted several strands into one. They were of different lengths, either tied at the hands, or tied at the feet, or tied directly around the neck, and then more than forty corpses were hoisted to the outer wall of the magic tower.
Looking at the wall that almost occupied the entire intact part of the tower, with a total of forty-six miserable corpses, Lin Ke was not worried at all about whether there would be a plague.
Because he saw vultures and some carnivorous birds having a delicious feast, and even a bird-shaped monster in the forest, which quickly took a person in its mouth and flew away, Lin suspected that in this remote place, these exposed Do the remains outside have any chance of decay?
Lin looked in the direction of the village, wondering if the village could still stand in such a desolate place after losing more than forty people. But these people all bring their own fault, and there is nothing to sympathize with. In addition, since the decision was made to develop in the Tower of the Great Sage from the very beginning, that village was not included in the plan as a support. Whether the village should be destroyed or not was not among Lin's considerations.
The threat from the village is over for now. After days of calm, the renovation and internal layout of the Magic Tower has come to an end, and everything is finally on track.
What is more troublesome is the bathroom design that is not found in the Lost World. After living without a toilet for more than ten years, Lin was so depressed that he wanted to commit suicide. Now that I have the conditions, I am determined to build it. The faucet is directly connected to the water elemental plane, and the shower head passes through a heated magic circle.
The big project is the burial of sewage pipes. In order to hide the pipes in the walls, even the energy channels have been re-planned and laid out. Especially the burial of septic tanks. If it weren't for the fact that excrement had other uses in this world, Lin Du would have simply connected directly to the alien plane and dumped it on some unlucky guy's head.
The dining room and kitchen on the first floor are the first tidy rooms besides the core room. Lin also set up an additional refrigerator with a freezing magic circle. In addition to marinating all meats, there is finally a place to store them in a freezer.
The reason why the refrigerator is not considered as a commodity that can be used to earn money when coming to the Lost World is because the cost of maintaining this thing is unimaginably high, and even noble families can rarely afford it. Coming to the Tower of the Great Sage to settle down was only possible because of the energy supply from the semi-permanent energy pool. Lin had never dared to think about it before.
To build a basic energy pool, enough for the nobles to hire a small team of hunters to hunt every day, this would last for three to five hundred years. Just looking at the price comparison, you know you’re not getting it right.
If you want to sell it to other tower owners. All magicians have their own methods for preserving food, and the most cruel one is to set up a time stasis magic circle to keep vegetables and fruits at the moment they were just picked. Seeing such data and the material cost of setting up the magic circle, Lin simply ignored all unrealistic ideas.
The weapon room was enriched after the wooden frames were re-nailed. The most important thing was the large and small weapons of the three masters and apprentices. When you go out, in addition to the main weapon that is suitable for you, you must make some preparations for some backup, long-distance weapons and tools to deal with special situations. Sometimes you can save your own life by relying on these uncommon things.
But since you live in the magic tower, there is no need to bring all these things with you. For example, a crossbow that was taller than the two young apprentices, a flying claw for climbing, a two-handed sword, and the Qinglong Yanyue Sword that Lin didn't know what he was thinking about. Then he was disgusted and confused by everyone who saw it. After being oiled and maintained, they were put into the weapons room.
What is special is the captured demon-breaking dagger, which is placed in a conspicuous position on the short weapon rack. Although demon-breaking weapons are not rare, they are not special weapons that can be found everywhere. In addition to the material being different from ordinary magic weapons, the spell patterns engraved on it are also of considerable research value. So I'm keeping it.
There are a few more iron ingots in the corner of the casting room, as well as the leather from the leather armor after removing the metal buckles. These are the trophies contributed by the monsters, goblins and the like that were easily eliminated during the previous journey to the Tower of the Great Sage, as well as the group of village invaders, and they were remelted. Since there was no other demand for the time being, and there was no need for the crude, crude and eye-catching weapons and armor, they were all recycled.
The remaining warehouse was filled with rice, wheat, etc. that had been delivered by the caravan not long ago, and other sundries that were not yet used.
On the second floor, there are seven restored rooms and a half-covered platform.
The library was emptied, because there were really few books, so they were placed directly in the core room, next to Lin's bed, on the bookshelf against the wall. The research room currently only has two large tables and two stools. When venturing out, a portable grinding bowl for herbal medicine was placed lonely in the center of one of the tables.
The room shared by the two girls was decorated according to their wishes. The bed, small cabinet, and wardrobe are all provided for each person, but only the dressing mirror is shared by two people.
Cajado made a shelf, on which were placed all kinds of strange specimens collected, dried frogs, lizards, bats, claws said to be devils, skull candlesticks, and a handful of unknown dried flowers. Looking at those collections, Lin felt that this young apprentice had more potential to be a magician than he did.
Hallumi did get a few potted plants, growing pitcher plants, flytraps, piranha that hadn't grown up yet, and even a datura. It is very girlish to like flowers and plants, but if I like this kind of flowers and plants... I am speechless as a teacher.
The two meditation rooms were carefully decorated by the master and the apprentice. There will be so many meditation rooms, not just for the two apprentices, but purely because of the magical principles of the Lost World.
When he first came through time travel, Lin Ke was very unaccustomed to many common senses in the lost world. The basics of magic are not the four elements of earth, water, fire and wind, nor the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water, but eight powers.
Knowledge, strength, authority, faith, wealth, dexterity, perception, mystery. There are also eight corresponding gods.
Magic is the supernatural power exerted through the arrangement and matching of media after accumulating the power of these eight powers.
The meditation room is a space to accelerate the accumulation of these eight powers.
After spending most of the savings, the two meditation rooms were rebuilt with different functions. A quiet room that is made of magic stones and special paints mixed with magic materials to create a magic circle, and a special candle will be lit when used. Sitting quietly and meditating inside can greatly enhance the power of knowledge and belief, slightly enhance perception, and slightly enhance mystery.
The other room mainly uses special incense and self-singing wind chimes. With a special dance, one can greatly increase strength and wealth, slightly increase authority and dexterity, and slightly increase mysterious powers. This kind of dance is similar to the Tai Chi that Abel did in the park when Lin was on Earth. He moves his body slowly and smoothly, and enters a meditative state of ecstasy with incense and ringtones to enhance his power.
Both meditation rooms have shrines to eight gods, as well as their own preferred sacrifices, but this does not mean that magicians in the Lost World must have faith. Just like the AD&D novels Lin read when he was on Earth, the goddess of magic builds a magic net, and mages cast spells through the magic net, but they do not necessarily believe in Mystra.
The same is true in the Lost World. The eight powers of the eight gods are used by magicians to form magic, but they do not necessarily believe in the eight or any one god. The belief in the lost world has very strict requirements, including joining the religion, baptism, prayer, commandments, etc., because gods really exist. The miracles that are shown from time to time are nothing like the deceptive things that the magicians on earth use to deceive people.
As for the sacrifices in front of the shrine in the meditation room, it is more like a trading method of the magician. I borrow your power to cast spells, so I offer sacrifices you like as a price. It does not mean that it rises to the level of belief.
In addition, there are many ways to arrange the meditation room, all with different effects. However, considering the cost, Lin could only choose these two most popular meditation rooms. Two empty rooms have been sorted out on the second floor. Together with the cleared library, there are a total of three empty rooms. Perhaps in the future, they can be used to arrange the third, fourth, and fifth meditation rooms.
On the third floor, the ritual room was temporarily put on hold after clearing out some remaining magic circle formations that had lost their effectiveness. Since it doesn't have any use yet, Lin has no urgency to fix the functionality here.
A corner of the core room became Lin's living area. Generally speaking, the magician who is the master of the tower will live in a separate room and the core room. The common point is that they are all located on the top floor of the magic tower. But considering the practical application, and a humble dream I had before time travel, it was such a wonderful thing to have a bed next to me that I could fall down on when I worked until my eyes were straight. So Lin did not hesitate to place the bed in the core room.
The console has been transformed, from the original complex magic circle with a crystal ball, to something like the futuristic technology in science fiction movies.
As for the mercury mirror energy pool suspended in mid-air, standing upright facing the console, officially known as Atoli Source Pool, there has been no change.
For one thing, Lin had neither a clue nor a need for the transformation of the energy pool, so he did not change it. Furthermore, this energy pool can last for thousands of years without losing its effectiveness, and its technology is also used in this era. Not only is its stability highly recognized, it is also sufficient to serve as a carrier for most types of magic. With all its advantages, it is not an exaggeration to call it the most valuable part of the Tower of the Great Sage.
As for that 'Atoli', he was the builder of this magic tower, one of the members of the brave team that ended the Dark Age thousands of years ago, and the great sage Atoli from whom the tower was named. It is said that he is also one of the founders of the Magicians Association and a promoter of today's magic technology and development. As well as the reputation of being too numerous to prepare for various races.
How much credibility there is is a matter of opinion. At least after the era of the explosion of knowledge, and countless examples of ancestors who loved to tamper with history, it is really intriguing to see how much of this kind of legend or history written in black and white is true and how much false.
The last open space that was transformed into a platform is the focus of Lin's future research. After setting up the astronomical telescope he had built himself and setting various measurement scales, Lin looked at the vast starry sky and the two satellites in the dark night.
A moon like the Earth's moon, which will wax and wane, but the difference is that it is close to dark red, and it is also very large. This means that the Lost World star under your feet is extremely huge, or that the satellite is extremely close to the surface.
The other satellite is black, but has a cyan halo, which does not change with time, as if it is a big eye in the sky staring at the world. This astronomical wonder is unimaginable without seeing it with your own eyes.
But beyond the two satellites, the magnificent Milky Way is the real target of research. Astronomy was not only Lin’s education before time travel, but also his interest. After arriving in the Lost World, it seems to have become a different kind of lifelong ambition.
After twelve years of life experience, the phenomena Lin observed and the substances he discovered were surprisingly similar to what can be observed and discovered on the earth without the intervention of supernatural forces, that is, magic.
One night when he was looking up at the stars, he couldn't help but wonder if the earth was one of them - or to be more precise, the sun of the earth was one of them. When such a fairy tale-like thought flashed past, it seemed as if it had taken root and was deeply imprinted in Lin's thoughts.
If the Earth's sun can be accurately positioned, does that mean that we can use teleportation magic to return to our longed-for hometown?
But before that, Lin still has many difficulties to overcome. For example, in the core room, a row of messages in red font appears on the energy pool:
In a few days, a team of inspectors will be dispatched to investigate a large number of murders in the villages under their jurisdiction.
