Is it true that once things get started, they tend to follow each other easily?
The reason why Lin had this idea was because a wave of people had asked to settle in the village outside the Great Sage's Tower. Every once in a while, someone would come and make the same request.
Basically, Lin's attitude is that he accepts all comers. However, the final decision-making power was given to the group of people who had already settled in the village. It is up to them to decide whether to accept new people, how to allocate or build new houses, how to allocate the farmland restored from wasteland, and how to share the work in the small pasture dedicated to the tower owner.
Lin doesn't care about these things. In fact, this is how most magic tower owners manage the Homo sapiens gathering areas within X ten years (10 kilometers). At the same time, it is also the reason why ordinary people abandon the protection of nobles and live among the magicians. Not only is the degree of freedom relatively high, but if you are lucky, the taxes are also light.
Of course there are times of bad luck. If you meet a high-pressure magician lord who works harder than a dog and eats worse than a pig, it's quite possible that his life is in danger. Who is calling the Magic Tower? It is the top level of force in the world. There is no chance of resisting riots like under the rule of the aristocracy. To resist the tower owner is to blast it with a magic bullet, leaving no chickens or dogs behind.
But I don’t know if the reputation of the Great Sage’s Tower is too good, or if the people who come here have ulterior motives. Seeing the village to the east becoming more and more lively, Lin felt a little bit dumbfounded.
Because according to his observation, that village is now in the state of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces.
There were several waves of people who met the first wave of people and arrived here slowly. These people integrate into village life the fastest. After all, they are all familiar faces.
There were also a few waves of people who really met other people for the first time. But to say that he is a simple farmer, Lin also doesn't believe it. If he didn't have any ulterior motives, he was probably a fugitive elsewhere or a wanted thief with a reward on his head.
It seems more likely that the latter don't know each other. In other words, it is more likely that there are spies from all sides.
The reason why we can know these things is because of the surveillance footage outside the tower and the records of biological activities around the Tower of the Great Sage. The actions that those people thought were secret were actually exposed under Lin's eyes. After careful consideration, it is not difficult to guess the intention of everyone's strange behavior. Of course, he didn't know who was standing behind these people, and Lin had no interest in finding out.
The funniest thing is that someone actually started running a hotel. Because when they come to the Tower of the Great Sage, there is a small caravan every now and then to purchase browser magic stones. The village was originally in an abandoned state. If the caravans who came here did not leave on the same day, some slept outside and some stayed in the tower.
As for staying in the magic tower, it is actually a last resort. So when the village became populated, some quick-thinking businessmen united several families in the village and opened a simple hotel.
The people staying here are not just the caravans visiting the Tower of the Great Sage. Because of the rise of forums, adventurers and mercenaries have expanded their scope of action and moved more frequently. During their missions, they would occasionally pass by this place.
In the past, people stayed in the tower because there was no one around. Now that there is a hotel in the village outside the tower, no one wants to stay in a magic tower where the tower owner has the power of life and death.
In order to prevent him from not knowing where he offended the tower master, he would be destroyed without saying a word. You know, this tower master has a reputation for killing a team of inspectors; there were rumors of massacre of villages earlier. So don't make yourself unhappy.
In short, a group of people with different agendas gathered together, and the village became more and more lively.
Faced with this kind of thing, the Tower of the Great Sage cannot stay away. Villagers came to visit from time to time and used very poor methods to explore. He even thinks that girls in their early teens are easy to trick, and uses various strange reasons to try to trick girls. As the master of the tower, Lin was very easy to push aside and ignore everything. But two apprentices are not so convenient.
At first, Halumi and Kaya negotiated with the villagers enthusiastically, depending on their needs and whether they could help. If you have the mentality of taking advantage and coax a few words, you might be able to get two girls to do it for free. But maybe this group of people were too careful and didn't dare to take advantage of her. Maybe this group of people only cared about information and tried every means to get words out of the girl's mouth. The final result was that the patience of the two girls was worn out. Because different people ask the same questions, even a pig should know something is wrong.
Just how to refuse people? Even on Earth, this is a difficult problem for adults, let alone two elementary school-age girls in the Lost World.
Lin didn't want to deal with the group of people outside, and he couldn't bear the two apprentices to be tortured on his behalf, so he came up with a strange trick, which was to let the two big dogs come back as doorkeepers. Whenever a troublesome person comes to the door, he will take a few steps closer, look down from above, drool at the person, and stare at him intently.
After teasing the dog for a while, he was picked up by the arm and thrown a dozen steps away. Although his life was not injured, he lay in bed unable to get out of bed for several days.
After that, the two girls trained dogs, meditated, and practiced magic. Anyway, I just ran out of time, followed through on the evasion and pretense, and finally got rid of those annoying guys.
As for whether any villagers came to protest? This is really not the case. After all, there have been stories of killing people and massacres of villages in the past. No one wants to risk their lives by entering the magic tower and betting with the tower owner whether they dare to kill people or not.
It's so lively outside the tower, but it's not much different inside.
The conflict began on a night when clouds half covered the stars in the sky and the coolness gradually deepened. Kaya had just given midnight snacks to the teacher on the observatory. When she went down to the second floor, Halumi was wiping her wet hair and walking towards her room. Seeing a girl of the same age, she said: "Kaya, I've finished taking a bath. It's you."
"When I finish checking the other rooms, I'll go wash them."
"Okay, I'm going to bed first. Good night."
"Good night."
Passing through the dim central stairwell, the girl followed her habit and first inspected the rooms on the first floor. After the village outside the tower started operating an inn, no one came to stay at the Tower of the Great Sage anymore. This is a good thing for masters and apprentices who are afraid of trouble.
Walking down step by step. On the familiar stairs, Kaya would not feel any inconvenience even if she closed her eyes. So during this sleeping time, the lights in the entire Tower of the Great Sage are adjusted to a very weak state. This is one of the teacher's research results during this period.
In the past, the night lighting of the Tower of the Great Sage consisted of luminous pearls leaning against the wall. But I don’t know if it was poached and sold by a previous tower owner, or for other reasons. Although there are traces of luminous beads inlaid on many passages and walls of rooms, the most important beads are missing. Therefore, there is no lighting at one place or another at night, which is quite inconvenient.
Furthermore, in order to transform the energy channel layout of the entire tower, those beads are also an obstacle. So during a certain transformation, Lin was ruthless and dug out all the luminous pearls and changed the energy layout of the entire tower. Magic patterns similar to the laser network channels on the first floor were spread across every corner.
Although the change is not as good as the carefully arranged first floor, the laser beam of the same power can still be fired. In addition to this defensive method, the magic power channel is used to realize the self-luminescence of the entire tower wall.
Moreover, Lin used his research on spectral wavelengths to make adjustments. In addition to adjusting the intensity of the lighting, you can also adjust the color. In fact, this is also an important technical basis for Lin to create three-dimensional imaging clones. Use variable color light to project the appearance of the human body.
Of course, these are too complicated things for girls to understand. They only know that the lighting brightness in the tower can be adjusted at will, and can be controlled by voice or manual. Generally, when you need to be active at night, you will adjust it to simulate the sunlight during the day. When it's time to fall asleep, the entire tower will lower its brightness and turn into a faint orange light, which will give people a sense of peace of mind.
But this warm light that usually makes people feel at ease, why does it feel so cold today?
In the quiet night, the sound of footsteps is particularly clear. In the closed magic tower with no windows, every step seems to be accompanied by its own heartbeat. The sound of breathing will also be infinitely amplified, rumbling in the ears. The night lights of the Tower of the Great Sage are not like the light of candles, which sway in the wind. The soft and faint orange light is like embracing a calm soul, lulling people to sleep.
This was the feeling I had in the past, but today it seems a little unusual. Not to mention the dark shadows flashing around, the gentle flapping of wings, and the chirping sounds. Are there insects flying in? Kaya was confused.
Suddenly, a pair of cold hands grabbed her shoulders, and there was an unbearable sting on the right side of her neck. The girl couldn't help but shout loudly, breaking the tranquility in the magic tower.
Hallumi was worried about her companions and ran downstairs in a panic. However, in the tower where she thought she was safe, she was controlled by hands stretched out in the darkness. While covering her mouth, the thin girl was also lifted up, letting her feet kick in the air.
Lin, who was staying at the observatory on the third floor, also heard the shrill cry. He did not ignore it or panic. All kinds of thoughts flashed through their minds. If it was just a wrestling or falling, the two girls wouldn't have yelled like this. It’s not like I haven’t suffered more serious injuries than this in my past adventures. The two people, with their tough tempers, often remained silent.
See cockroaches, ants, spiders, mice, and get scared and scream? Little things like that can't scare them. This is not the earth, and they are not pampered little girls.
Then why is it still screaming so miserably? Lin had several guesses in his mind. When he was passing by the core room and preparing to go downstairs, he glanced at the surveillance images of the halls and corridors on the first and second floors. The unknown black shadow seems to be leading the situation to the place where he least expects to see it.
I walked slowly to the first floor. As soon as I stepped out of the stairwell, I heard a strange laughter coming from the corner and said, "His Excellency Guybrash Tripwood."
"Oh, these days, the little thief who hides his head and hides his tail is still so polite. He really learned a lot."
"Your apprentices are all in our hands. Say it like this, okay?"
There was a thin black mist where the sound came from, blocking the orange light of the Magic Tower at night. But he could still see clearly the two girls who were pushed to the edge of the mist. Halumi's mouth was covered, with a look of horror on her face; Kaya fainted and leaned on the person behind her to hold on.
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