"So this was the final content of your discussion with that clan leader?"
Walking in the darkness inside the tower, Duan Qing's figure kept shuttling between the old and familiar circular steps. Keeping silent, he finally returned to the small room inside the wall, which would belong to Nasia. The figure who was still busy came into his eyes: "Oh, I thought you would come up with some big theory."
"Sorry, my eloquence is limited." Duan Qing, who bowed slightly, leaned over and gradually stood up, also showed his own smile: "And as long as I explain the current situation and make him realize the seriousness of the problem, it should be It's enough."
"Really?" She frowned slightly, and Nasia's busy figure bent over the case remained unchanged: "But why do I always feel that your words can't impress him? I want him to It is not an easy thing to muster the courage to face what you and your tribe have always believed."
"Their attitude towards the sacred mountain is not a simple belief, but more like an expectation for a certain future." He walked forward again, and the face belonging to Duan Qing once again put on his own smile: "So As long as we can create the same, or even better, future, they will naturally come to our side."
"Irrespective of whether my small floating island has the ability to create a peach orchard outside of this world, we don't have the time."
The busy figure lifted up a little, and along with it was Nasia's gaze that was carefully observing Duan Qing: "The other party won't give us that much time to recuperate."
"I understand, so we are working hard too." Duan Qing stepped forward and spread his hands: "Don't you think tonight's banquet was a success?"
"—Where's my share?"
"...Ah, I forgot."
Bang!
Powerful magical energy then flashed through the narrow room, slamming Duan Qing's figure into the dark corner. Duan Qing, who blocked the blow with the power of the magic shield, also turned his sight. Retracting from the sight of countless streams of light passing in front of him, he raised his hands with a begging look on his face: "That, that! Don't get angry in a hurry! I really wanted to give you some of my craftsmanship, but in the end Because of this interruption—"
"Okay, okay, I know." The answer was Nasia's nonchalant sigh rising in the distance: "Anyway, I just want to remind you that I have been working here all day and night, and no one is busy, and it looks very... Just a poor weak woman, and-"
"Take a good look at that thing in your hand." After glaring back at Duan Qing's rebuttal, Naxia glanced at Duan Qing slightly: "Do you have any impression?"
"This is... the Stone of Wind?" As if he had just discovered that the magic attack had stuffed something into his arms, Duan Qing held his hands in his hands and sat up from a half-lying position: "How are you - wait? Wait, that’s not right.”
"It's a wind-calming stone."
Duan Qing replaced Duan Qing and spoke the next words. Naxia's voice also seemed a little dull because she buried her head between the workbench again: "Nahsia - that is, I was before. Didn't she once grab a piece of town?" Did you destroy the Wind Stone? I tried to use that memory to create a new one."
"At that time, she only thought about stopping the Hulun tribe's plan, and did not care about the true function of this stone." She pointed at the strange-shaped stone in Duan Qing's hand that also exuded an inexplicable emerald green light: "But in my opinion, the function of this stone may not be as simple as a large wind stone."
"It feels a bit like the ritual stone in the Ruins of Wind." Searching his memory, Duan Qing's eyebrows also wrinkled slightly: "But it's a bit different. The permeability of this stone seems to be one-way. Not suitable for gathering energy..."
"I don't have much time to study the detailed uses of this stone at the moment, so I'll leave this task to you." Waking her fingers, Nasia immersed herself in her work again: "I think this task is very important. It suits you, after all, you are someone who can identify many magical materials and crafts without any knowledge."
"Well, hahahahaha."
Duan Qing, who seemed to understand the implication of the other party's words, stood up holding the stone and laughed slightly awkwardly: "Okay, I will do it if I have time. I also have a lot of alchemy." The products need to be replenished, as well as scrolls and ammunition-"
"I also have some suggestions regarding your 'little crafts'." Before Duan Qing finished speaking, Naxia's voice suddenly appeared in it: "If you want to play a stronger role, deal with those For enemies beyond the level, your ordinary alchemy items and ammunition are still not enough, you need to add a bit of imagination in the 'process' in which they work."
"Don't look at me with that look. Do you still want me to tell you the details of these suggestions?" She raised her eyelids, seeming to notice Duan Qing's expectant eyes: "Those things in your mind must be It must be crazier than me, a guy who only knows magic."
"No, I don't dare to claim that." Duan Qing began to talk about him: "I haven't even mastered your rune magic yet."
"Making good use of rune magic is also part of my suggestion. Whether you can do it depends on you." Waving her hand, the smile on Nasia's face disappeared again: "Get out quickly. , don’t disturb my work anymore.”
"Before officially facing the sacred mountain, I have to restore all the functions here as much as possible."
After being kicked out of the room, Duan Qing put away his wry smile with helplessness. He looked at the stone in his hand for a while and the system displayed [Stone of Calming Wind (Replica)], and finally put it away temporarily. into his arms: "Okay, things have to come step by step."
"How is the situation?" He gradually walked out of the tower, and then met Xueling Huanbing again at the entrance and exit under the tower: "Is there anyone who needs help?"
"Probably...no, after all, they are all things in the field of magic." After scratching his cheek and thinking for a while, Duan Qing finally showed his smile again: "It's okay, I can handle all this, with the remnants of these grassland tribes Establishing good relations with people is only the first step for us to move forward. As long as everything goes well, it is not difficult to build an aerial fortress and fortress."
"Ah, of course, you also have your own things to do." Noticing the moment of disappointment that flashed across the other party's face, Duan Qing immediately patted the other party's shoulder: "You are a rare person on this empty island who is responsible for force. , train yourself well."
"We are still waiting for the once-feared 'Dark Witch' to reappear."
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Another early morning belonging to the Wind Continent appeared again on the edge of this floating territory as the sun rose. The light shining through the clouds seemed to have brought a new light to this territory that was becoming cold. Warmth, the faces of the various tribe members and warriors who got up from a night of hangover were also filled with dizzy pain, but the smiles that appeared involuntarily could not be concealed no matter what. The noisy aura of life also began to revive with the countless figures getting up again, bringing the scene of the enthusiastic reconstruction in front of everyone again. The magical radiance revealed by the slate tiles on the ground seemed to recognize these newcomers. The doubts and renewed vitality in the hearts of the people who came here continued to shine around the ruins: "Pay attention here, this rune can help you temporarily lift heavy objects, as long as you lift the stone Put some heavy objects on it and they will lift it up for you."
"This is the rune of wind. The effect is just like your common wind, but the channel it forms is constricted and the distance is very short, so the final effect is like a conveyor belt..."
"There is actually very little land and stone here. If you dig deeper, it will reach the bottom. So in order to supplement the materials you want to build the house, we must transport more stones and earth up from below - how to get down? Of course. Use the teleportation rune to go down, the location is over there."
"The gaps between the walls must be blocked. You don't want the house you live in to have air leaks, right? As for the sealing materials... The God Envoy has prepared some water element runes for you. Just put the appropriate earth and stones Go in, and it will help you make clay better for sticking to—"
It is difficult to teach these grassland tribes how to use magic, but it is very simple to teach them to use magic runes as "tools" - although this violates the proud concept of the magic world that always thinks highly of themselves, Duan Little by little, Qing taught and utilized the magic circuits and magic runes all over the floating island. The hunting and transporting teams also gradually became stable during this process, and the food and magic cores of monsters brought from below also began to become abundant with the stability of the supply line. The gray-robed magician, who was admiring the gradual changes in the ruins, also began to collect food. With a satisfied look on his face, he turned around to deal with more troublesome and difficult targets: "How far are the Hulun people from us?"
"According to reconnaissance, the distance we had previously opened is gradually being flattened, because our speed has slowed down - damn, their territory is much larger than ours, how do they move so fast?"
"We use anti-gravity magic and levitation magic to build something like an aerial ship."
Among the players who had gathered together again, Duan Qing's finger rested on the adventurer map he had spread out: "As for them - I guess they built a real ship."
"The kind that can swim on the grassland sea." He put away his fingers, and then gestured the wind calming stone in front of other players: "I have studied this thing for a while. In addition to absorbing strong winds, Its unidirectionality also has the property and function of compressing and gathering the wind elements in a certain direction, just like its name 'wind calming'."
"That makes sense." Nodding his head, Goldman then turned his attention to the adventurer map again: "If they use this kind of stone on a large scale, they will cover a whole piece of land. It doesn’t sound like a fantasy, but as for issues such as power... the most indispensable thing on the Wind Continent is wind, and just learning how to make sails is enough."
"Have the ley lines on this wind path been restored?"
"I don't know if the earth's veins have recovered, but at least no one can pass through this road safely." Pointing to his feet, Asahi Dongsheng's expression became rarely serious: "The speed of the beast tide has far exceeded ours. The place below has become their ocean. If it weren’t for the teleportation runes, our hunting team would have become their food rations the moment we went down.”
"We can ignore the existence of the beast tide, and the Hulun tribe can probably do the same." Duan Qing nodded his head: "With both sides unable to conduct ground combat, the final result is likely to turn into an air battle. "
"Besides the violet magic circle, do we have any other methods for long-range strikes?"
All the players fell into silence. After a while, Xue Ling Huan Bing's somewhat helpless conclusion came out: "God Envoy Naxia is still working hard to repair it. It is impossible for all the energy and magic circles in the entire territory to be used to fight against the Hulun tribe. Consumption, so we should try to avoid this happening... Is there any way to speed up?"
"No more." There was another unspeakable silence, and then Duan Qing's voice sounded again: "Unless we also learn from the Hulun people to make sails and other things, but it is difficult for us to even repair our territory now. , we simply don’t have that many manpower to do this.”
"There are not only two tribes in the Wind Continent, the Su tribe and the Wabu tribe." The one who spoke again was Jian Beidong, who was sitting in the corner lazily basking in the sun: "There are many more tribes and settlements here, right? ? If we just randomly bring people from the two tribes here, wouldn’t our problem be solved?”
"That's true, but -" The other players looked at each other for a while: "There are so many beasts below us, how can there be any human beings?"
"This wind channel leads to the central grassland, right?" Jian Beidong, who shook his head, continued in a casual voice: "Since it leads to the central area, there must be some tribes living here, and they We will soon be smitten by the beast tide."
"As long as we save them at this time." Understanding what the other party meant, Gedman nodded and replied: "They will definitely be grateful to us."
"The problem is still our speed. We can't be faster than the beasts to invade." Duan Qing curled his lips and replied helplessly: "This is a deadlock."
"of course not."
His eyes gradually became firm, but Xue Ling Huan Bing suddenly clapped his hands in front of everyone.
"As long as we take the initiative ourselves."
