The ominous and looming feeling of danger was fleeting. When Griffith first arrived in Beyeland, he had a vague feeling that there was a dignified darkness deep in the street, as mysterious and gloomy as a giant beast. Now the feeling was weirder, more twisted.
However, his attention was soon drawn to the majestic buildings near the sea.
When he first came to Beyeland, Griffiths was already impressed by the epic wall, but the new wonders that appeared near the port amazed him even more.
After years of on-and-off construction, the Beyeland Astronomical Tower was finally completed at an astonishing speed in half a year after the war, standing above the waves and cliffs. It stands on the top of the mountain, overlooking the raging ocean and looking up at the boundless starry sky, making the hearts of those who look at it surge.
The observation of stars has always been the focus of the occult world, and at the same time, many small astrological towers in important cities were completed. These buildings of various sizes monitor the trajectories of the stars, and provide services ranging from auxiliary divination, psychic detection, and mutant biological tide warning to weather forecasts and clock calibration.
The Great Astrology Tower sends powerful psychic signals to all corners of the civilized world, once near noon and once at midnight. Mage towers and astrological towers around the world calibrate their clocks based on this signal.
This signal has an additional layer of meaning.
All human activities are carried out under the guidance of the great astrological tower of Bijaland. Beyeland would become a truly single nation from an ancient union. After the powerful Eastern Orcs were defeated, the king and the wise Senate would surely find some particularly persuasive arguments to convince the princes everywhere.
Griffith stared at the spectacle, weighing the strength of his argument.
"Hey, Sir Knight, do you know?" The carriage driver also saw the magnificent spectacle, turned around and chatted with Griffith, "I heard that with this big astrological tower, many functions of the mage towers everywhere can finally operate safely. It's like teleportation or something, it can move people thousands of miles away in one go."
"Really!?" Griffith really didn't know.
"Everyone is talking about it, but there seems to be some restrictions," the coachman said with some envy. "It is said that only the mage and knights like you can use it. Ordinary people have to rely on my old skills."
This Griffith understands that many magic items require the psychic energy of extraordinary people to be used. No matter how sophisticated and simple the design is, the people it can ultimately serve are less than one percent of the total population of Beyeland.
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A few hours later, Griffith was lying on the soft bed of the Equinox, playing with the corrupted feather fencing sword from the Vampire Baron of the Whispering Forest, thinking about how to complete the purification. The soft sunshine and warm sea breeze make people drowsy with their comfortable comfort.
The seven-masted ship Equinox displaces more than 8,000 tons and sails smoothly and quickly through the waves. Her sails and rudder are assisted by magic devices driven by dust crystals. The structure is different from ordinary ships, and the efficiency and convenience are far superior. Although the cost of construction and maintenance is high, it also saves the number of sailors, and the cabin and cargo area are larger. It has become popular in recent years because of its comfort and convenience.
Although this unique sailing ship is still made of wood as the main material and relies on sail power to sail, it incorporates the latest technology in its construction, with iron or copper pipes and frames covering the hull. The Equinox was sturdier and tidier than a traditional sailing ship, and the first- and first-class cabins even had their own lavatories.
In recent years, Beyeland's iron production has grown rapidly. It is said that there are many abyss-like deep mineral veins that are being produced day and night, billowing thick smoke blocks the sky, and even the price of fine steel has dropped significantly. The newspaper said that the wise Senate was preparing to eliminate the old-fashioned leather armor of each legion and popularize the new combination of half-body plate armor and mail armor.
But that's all a matter for big shots. Griffith feels that the combination of leather armor and mail armor is also very flexible and has its own advantages.
Thinking about it, he gradually fell asleep.
After an unknown amount of time, it was unclear whether it was a dream or reality, but something cold, smooth, and curved like a tentacle gently touched his body.
At that moment, Griffith was awakened by fear and nausea, and the corner of his eye seemed to sweep across a snake-like thing that disappeared into the corner of the cabin.
"SHIT!"
Griffith jumped up from the cabin sofa, drew his sword and dagger and prepared to defend himself.
snake? Are there snakes in first class? ! Are there snakes in the first class cabin of this luxury liner heading south? ! !
Griffith jumped on the sofa, then jumped on the desk, rang the service bell as fast as lightning, and then stood on the desk, nervously looking up and down.
In the swamps and wastelands of the East, compared to the terrifying monsters, fierce orcs and evil magic, the elusive soft and slippery creatures like poisonous snakes left countless worse memories for Griffith. Moreover, he seems to have been afraid of this thing since he was a child, and he doesn't know when the shadow was left.
"Sir, what can we do for you?" The waiter knocked on the cabin door and asked the trainee knight's request seriously outside the door.
After receiving the clear answer, the waiter quickly walked away. After a moment, two tall waiters holding long poles and snake nets opened the door and walked in. They glanced at the Extraordinary who was still standing on the desk and said, "Sir, is there a snake in your room?"
Yeah! Otherwise, why do you think I’m on the table? Griffith hurriedly pointed to the bottom of the bed, "It's quite big, you can get in."
"Leave it to us!" The waiter closed the door and put on protective gloves. The two checked each other's equipment. Then one person took cover and the other moved the big bed.
"Are there often snakes on your ship?" Griffith couldn't help but ask after seeing their skillful and calm movements.
"How could it be?" the waiter replied very seriously, "The Equinox is the most luxurious sailing ship in this area. Snakes and other things that damage the dignity and quality of this ship will never be tolerated."
Then why do you prepare snake catching tools? Griffith asked in his mind.
"Be careful, it might be in that corner," a waiter said. "Spray a sedative first to make it quiet."
"Understood, my gloves are lined with iron mesh, it's okay." The other waiter showed no fear, but his every move was rough and subtle, and he didn't miss any blind spots.
Didn’t you just say that you have never had a snake? Why are you so skilled? Griffith became even more panicked when he saw the two men's professional looks. How many times have you caught snakes?
"I saw it, a sea snake!"
"Don't let it hide in the pipe!"
Sure enough, the waiters caught a curled, tumbling, grinning snake in the corner, and put it into a strong sack in a few clicks. Griffith was frightened by the complicated and bright patterns.
"Please rest assured, dear first-class passenger Mr. Brandon." The waiter calmly grabbed the snake and then called more service staff to come in. "We will conduct a comprehensive inspection of your cabin. The cabin foreman will be waiting for you." Arrive later.”
Looking at the sea snake still rolling and curling in the sack, Griffith felt panicked. Although he is already an experienced warrior and has killed many mutant creatures, his fear of snakes has not changed since he was a child. Besides, he couldn't figure out how this thing got into his cabin.
"Mr. Apprentice Knight," the cabin foreman respectfully brought a bottle of red wine, without any concern for whether the guest would drink it, "please accept our sincere apology."
"Do you know where this snake came in from?" Griffith took the red wine and put it aside, asking kindly.
"The only entrance is the lavatory pipe," the foreman took Griffith to check there. "But, Mr. Blanton, your room is on the upper level of the main deck, almost close to the top of the ship. As is the habit of sea snakes, For the most part, we have no idea how it climbed so high."
"Is it possible to crawl in through the pipe here?" Griffith followed the foreman's instructions and saw the possible entrance and exit, and found that there were indeed some traces there, "However, this place..."
The pipe here is not much thicker than the caught snake. Rather than saying that the snake climbed up, it is better to say that it was pushed in with a stick...
"Man-made?" Griffith's expression became extremely serious, "I don't think a snake can pass through this kind of pipeline on its own."
"We will launch an investigation throughout the ship, Mr. Blanton, and we will report to you on the progress during dinner." The foreman led the waiters who had finished cleaning the cabin out of the room, and gently closed the door.
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The fallen mage has noticed my existence? Did he send this snake in some way to kill me? So fast, is there a mole in the Earl's mansion?
Could it be someone else? Have I offended anyone? Well, maybe I offended a lot unintentionally, after all, I just killed a demon hunter.
Griffith sat on his desk, thinking with his toes.
If the target of the actor was not me, it was probably the passengers in the cabin next to me, and it was finally delivered to me due to some errors. But why use this method? It is incredible that this snake was still alive when it was stuffed into a narrow and dusty pipe.
The more he thought about it, the more uneasy Griffith felt, so he simply stood up and checked the equipment.
Now he can condense runes with two attributes: frost and blood, and reserve 6 runes at the same time.
After each rune is used, Griffith needs to use his mental power to condense new runes before he can use them. Since he doesn't have enough mental power, Griffith will condense runes whenever he has time to ensure that he has 6 runes that can be called at any time to support him.
The spells he can currently use include Ice Armor, Level 2 Freeze Nova/Ice Construct, Blood Puppet and Blood Bat Storm, of which Blood Puppet and Blood Bat Storm consume two blood runes each time they are cast.
