Knight and Wand

Chapter 165 I miss you, foot man
"I'm just asking by the way. When we go to Dragonmaw City or the royal capital if we have the chance, we can ask the alchemists in other big cities." Leon said with a wry smile.

Or the attitude of Miss Tari Lola, the mage, when she was replicating the Neti card, was too relaxed.

Leon had the illusion that this thing could be easily created.

That’s right, there are miracle items that can almost completely revive the dead. Even the three secondary Neti cards in the leather box on his waist can be called three “sacred artifacts”.

Based on the scarcity we have learned so far, even if the magic materials for making Neti cards are available on the market, their prices would probably be quite terrifying.

The materials used to make Neti cards were not in stock in the Mage Tower.

The three cards in his hand, two black and one silver, were degraded replicas that Miss Lola had managed to assemble based on Aphrodite's manuscript, after deconstructing the principles herself and using the remaining materials in the tower.

Because the only thing Ms. Aphrodite wanted to make during her lifetime was the one and only golden magic card, which was used to resurrect Miss Lola.

Therefore, the tower certainly never deliberately hoarded "low-level materials" that were never used.

The ones used before were probably the leftover scraps from Ms. Afros's experiments.

As a result, nowadays, in addition to the basic materials in stock and some common minerals that can be found on the market, if you want to continue to make the two low-level Neti cards, black and silver, you are missing five core materials.

They are Spirit Vein Ore, Moon Meteorite Silver, Molten Mountain Gold, Elosa Crystal, and Isua Soul Stone.

"Spirit Vein Mine" is the simplest.

The city of Avalon was originally built on the earth veins. It should be easy to find the mineral veins by searching the nearby areas with the earth vein spirit lamp.

Especially since the Nightmare Forest has been shrouded in a spiritual field for so long, the huge magical power gathered in this special environment must have created quite rich spiritual vein deposits around Avalon.

As for the "Molten Gold" and "Moonfall Silver", after the three Neti cards were consumed, there was still some left in the Mage Tower, but the stock was only enough to make one or two more Neti cards, depending on whether to make silver or black cards.

Molten gold can only be found near large volcanic craters where elemental activity is extremely active.

Lunar silver can only be extracted from special meteorites that fall from the moon.

Although the two are named gold and silver respectively, lunar silver is actually much more precious than molten gold.

Because the earth beneath our feet does not produce the special products that come from the moon in this world.

Most people have no choice but to try their luck in the "Meteoric Mountains" in the north of the continent and other areas where meteorites have frequently fallen in history.

Of course, when Miss Lola was alive and urgently needed Moon Meteorite Silver but did not have enough on hand, it would not be so troublesome.

She would personally go dig in the so-called "land of the moon".

Well, now that he has experienced all kinds of miracles created by wizards, Leon is not at all surprised at the experience of his saintly little teacher's powerful physical body landing on the moon.

As expected of a Dharma King who is worshipped as a god by word of mouth, he easily accomplished something that most people dare not even think of.
In fact, according to her, in the past and even longer ago, more than 90% of the moon meteorite silver circulated in the hands of Master Lorelit was dug back from the moon by several magic kings who were able to travel through the astral realm.

Thinking about it now, Leon couldn't help feeling ashamed. He still remembered that when he was short of money in the past, he had thought of stealing the gold and silver ingots in the warehouse of the Mage Tower. He wanted to discuss with Laura to bring back some of her students' inheritance for emergency use.

Now I know that these are not the precious metals that ordinary people trade, but two exaggerated rare treasures. No wonder they look much more beautiful than ordinary gold and silver.

Especially the moon meteorite silver. If he were to spend it as ordinary precious metals, it would be a waste of resources.

With the current level of civilization in the world, it is unknown how many hundreds or thousands of years it will take for humans to take the "small step" that the ancient kings of Dharma have taken countless times.
In addition to the above three mineral materials, a special element crystal called "Elosa Crystal" is needed to make the main body of the Neti card.

Just as Azerien had learned from Silver Mountain City, Elosa Crystal was a substance that looked like ice.

But it will not melt due to the surrounding temperature. Only by forcibly injecting magic power and destroying the elemental balance inside it can this permafrost melt.

Although we don't have to go to the moon to find this thing, it can only be born in an extremely low temperature natural element environment.

It is understandable that few people on the mainland have heard of such a treasure that needs to be searched for in the dangerous polar ice fields and has very limited uses.

Putting aside the difficulty of collecting Elosa Crystal, if it can be found, it will be enough to make a black card.

The last material is actually an advanced material for making the relatively advanced "Silver Medal".

The so-called "Isua Soul Stone" is also known as the "Soul of the Elves".

The four rare materials mentioned above were at least natural substances, but the last thing was extremely special. It was not born under natural conditions.

It is a kind of artificial... Oh no, it's an elf-made crystal stone that only grows on the floating islands and large arks where the ancient "elves" live, near the magic furnaces that power the floating magic.

Elf.

When Leon heard Miss Lola's description of this race that was even older than the Lorelit civilization, he suddenly became alert.

It turns out that the existence in the mainland folk legends is also an intelligent race that really existed, not a fabricated myth.

Of course, the so-called "elf" title is also Leon's own understanding.

Pointed ears, handsome, and immortal. For Leon personally, there is no more appropriate title than "elf" in his previous life.

The classics in the Mage Tower Library have special local names for those handsome, pointy-eared immortals.

However, it is not like the ancient word "Heraen", which has evolved into a direct meaning referring to the physical characteristics of a "short person".

That species, which was similar to the elves in Leon's previous life, was respected by the Lorelit people and called "Isulan".

It means "elder", "ancient", and also has the connotation of mentor.

In the history of Lorelit, the Isulan elves living on the Great Ark and the Floating Islands are said to have helped the ancestors of Lorelit explore the way of magic.

The two sides once had close contacts, until the Lorelites completely surpassed the ancient elves in magical attainments, and the relationship between the two tribes gradually cooled.

But Leon remembered that when Miss Lola was reciting the word "transcendence" on the throne, a sneer with obvious mockery appeared on her beautiful face.

When he wondered who Laura was targeting with her attitude, she did not tell him everything as she had done in the past, but just shook her head silently.

Seeing that she didn't want to elaborate, Leon didn't rush to ask.

After all, no matter what the relationship between the two ancient civilizations was in the past, it doesn’t matter anymore.

The Lorelit civilization has now disappeared without a trace.

And Lola, the Isulan elf, said that as early as the ancient times when the kingdom of Lorelit still existed, the elves boarded the "Great Ark" and left this world as a whole clan.

On the continent today, only the floating islands left by the elves prove that this race once existed.

Wow, the whole clan traveled through time together? Leon felt at that time that there was nothing special about his identity as a traveler from Earth.

I guess if I tell Laura my origins directly, she won't be surprised.

Impressed by the mysterious elves who were older than the Lorelits, Leon also understood that if he wanted to get the "Isua Soul Stone" again now, in addition to hoping that the elves had traded with the Lorelits in the past, there might be soul stones left in the world.

You must go to the floating island ruins left by the elves to look for it.
The premise is that the levitation magic is still functioning normally and the island in the sky has not fallen.

Miss Lola said that during her lifetime she was also certain of the existence of two floating islands in the world.

One is located above the "Dragon Heart Peninsula".

The other is located above the ancient island of "Isulan", the homeland of the elves.

In the tower, Leon carefully compared the ancient map with the general map of the countries in the Western Continent that he bought on the market today, and found that the so-called Dragon Heart Peninsula was already the eastern edge of the map of the Western Continent.

It is located in the center of a very long inland sea called "The Wound of Omros", under the rule of the Kingdom of Aurelia and is also the capital of its kingdom.

As for the "Isulan Island", it does not exist at all on the map of the Western Continent in Leon's hands.

According to the ancient map markings in the Mage Tower Library, the location of the elves' homeland is probably on the sea, quite a distance south of the Western Continent.

After comparing the difficulty of traveling to the two places, it is obvious that the "Soul of the Elf" cannot be found on the local market in Orland.

It would be relatively easier to go to the Dragonheart Peninsula of the Kingdom of Aurelia in the east.

Active volcano crater Moon-fall meteorite Far North frozen soil floating ruins
Leon felt a headache when he thought about how to obtain these materials.

For an ancient magician like Miss Laura who can reach the moon in her physical body, collecting these "treasures of heaven and earth" should not be a difficult task, even for a great magician like Ms. Aphrodite.

But I am a mortal who has just started learning magic as an apprentice.

He suspected that it would take him many years to travel around and collect the materials to make Neti cards from all over the world.

He didn't have the time to run around the world. He had to fulfill his promise as soon as possible and take Laura back to the Great Temple of Rolandar.

Although Laura didn't seem so anxious, Leon didn't think that his young teacher was willing to wait for more than ten or twenty years.

It seems that spending money is the simplest solution after all.

As long as you have enough wealth, you can either directly purchase from all over the mainland, or post a reward and entrust brave men to search all over the world.
Leon sighed, and at this moment he regretted that in this life, the "Adventurer's Guild" in the video game of his previous life did not exist at all.

If there are those hardworking tools, I can just post a bounty task, which is much easier.
Of course, as his wealth grows and his soldiers become more reliable, he can assign tasks to his subordinates to search separately. If there are no footmen, he can just create some himself.

After putting away the Silver Mountain crossbow for trial use, Leon continued to check other weapons purchased in the armory, including light armor and heavy shields for crossbowmen. At the same time, this time Azerien also bought enough soldiers' robes.

This is also an indispensable thing for building an army. By wearing these armor robes, helmets and armors of messy styles can also look relatively uniform.

Wearing uniform clothing can not only boost morale and military momentum, and deter the enemy, but also make it easier to distinguish between friend and foe on the battlefield, facilitating command while avoiding accidental injuries.

Reality is not like a game. Friendly fire cannot be turned off. It's okay when the army formation is complete, but once it gets into a messy melee, if the enemy and us have similar equipment, it will be a shame to kill one's own people in a blood-thirsty manner.

Of course, these chain mail robes were not dyed and printed as luxuriously as those of the lord's guards.

On the rough grey robe, there was only a sword-wing pattern outlined in extremely simple strokes.

Looking at it alone, this simple sword-wing emblem robe may be a bit monotonous, but when all the soldiers wear it together, it will surely look quite impressive.

Leon only hoped that the company that created the villain in the island country of Nottingham in his previous life would not travel across time and space to send him a lawyer's letter.

After arriving at the training ground, he and Old Brian instructed that the selection of crossbowmen would officially begin tomorrow, and then he took Azerien home to rest.

As they didn't know whether the Deathclaw was still basking in the sun in the backyard, Leon and Azerien didn't ride their horses, but just strolled on the street.

While the two were chatting, they heard the rhythmic and cheerful sound of horns coming from the village entrance in the distance.

"Another wedding?" Azerien looked over there at the bustling commotion.

"Well, look at the previous application for the use of the vacant land in the old village. This time it's a girl from the village who brought a boy to Selva." Leon said with a smile.

Selva's population has increased by one, so of course he is happy.

These days, the most abundant thing in the territory is the weddings of its citizens held every now and then.

Earlier, Leon was quite interested in joining in the fun and attending the wedding banquet of his subjects to show his people-friendly attitude.

But he couldn't help but go there too often. Going every time really delayed the government affairs that were in full swing. So later on, he gradually stopped appearing at weddings in the territory, but he would still send Lina to give a gift to the wedding of his subjects and his blessings to the newlyweds.

Nowadays, the men of Selva are sought-after commodities by widows and young girls in the surrounding villages and towns.

Whether it is a middle-aged man who has lost his spouse or children and wants to keep his children while he still has the "ability" to do so, or a young man who has enough money and wants to get married as soon as possible before joining the army, it is easy for them to find a wife. After all, they have the financial ability now, and they can find a wife anywhere if they have money.

However, Leon paid special attention to preventing population outflow, so young and strong men would naturally not be so stupid as to leave Selva and abandon their family property to marry into a wealthy family.

But there are also many girls in Selva who have huge amounts of money. If these young wealthy women were to marry out according to custom, the village would lose a person and a wealthy family, which would be a huge loss.

Therefore, Selva had already established relevant territorial laws.

Local women are not allowed to move unless they marry a resident of the village, or Lonka or Pletun. They must let the man move to Selva to settle down.

This is certainly not easy. He does not want to see population loss, and naturally other lords in the Thorn Flower Territory do not want to see this either.

Generally speaking, except for relatively relaxed areas such as cities, in most territories, serf tenants would not be allowed to move away without permission.

Even if the wealthier freemen wanted to move, they would have to pay a heavy tax, which not everyone could afford.

Due to the restrictions of various practical conditions, there are naturally very few young and middle-aged foreigners who can actually pay the relocation tax and immigrate to Selva.

But no matter how few, it does not mean none. Leon often receives young people from other places who apply to him and try to marry the Selva girl.

After weighing the benefits of population growth, Leon proposed another policy for this situation. He would write a letter personally to explain the situation to the man's lord and subsidize part of the heavy relocation tax that the other party had to pay to the original lord.

In the long run, the benefits brought by the growth of the young and middle-aged population will undoubtedly far outweigh the small amount of money lost.

After the territorial policy was implemented, it unexpectedly went more smoothly than Leon had expected.

In fact, for such a small matter, all the lords of the Thorn Flower Territory were willing to give face to the Serpent Slayer of Selva, the Griffin who devoured the wolf in the Battle of Longka, and the most promising Square Banner Knight in the current family.

There is no Thorn Flower Knight who would be unwilling to exchange a few favors and friendship from this legendary knight for just one or two men in the territory.

According to the last statistics in the past half month, including the men and women who moved into Selvane due to marriage, the long-term employed craftsmen and laborers of the territory, the new residents from Aiken, etc., the recorded resident population alone has reached nearly 500, not to mention the baggage camps of the Thorn Flower Family and Count Trosa in the east, as well as the traveling merchant teams in the surrounding areas.

The number of migrant workers continues to rise every month, almost approaching the current permanent population.

Now, not counting the subjects of Azerien and Lohak, Selva also has a population of around a thousand people, and the bustle of this place is incomparable to the past.

By today's standards, the entire village has reached the standards of a developing town.

All that remains is for the infrastructure to keep up in time.

Leon felt particularly satisfied as he saw the people on the street constantly greeting him and Azerien enthusiastically.

He watched with his own eyes as the small village, which was on the verge of collapse after the disaster, slowly developed into its current size under his hands.

This sense of accomplishment is even greater than starting a perfect management game.

Because unlike games, every person in front of you is a living individual who will express gratitude and respect to you as your life gets better and better.

Although most of the time, Azerien was in charge of the management and implementation of the livelihood issues of the three lords, he only provided general direction decisions.
Pushing open the door, Leon saw Ms. Elena receiving a dusty messenger in the lobby on the first floor.

"Ah, Lord Leon, you're back just in time. This gentleman said that he is a messenger from Earl Rahman of Duvana County in the Territory of Great West, and he was just about to meet you." Elena introduced hurriedly.

"Count Rahman?" Leon was stunned for a moment. He remembered Duwana County. Wasn't the county where Duwana war dogs were produced in abundance the hometown of Lady Adelina?
Azerien reminded: "If I remember correctly, the Count Rahman should be the father of Lady Adelina."

(End of this chapter)