Above the mage!

Chapter 277 Royal Power
A tremendous strength?
After listening to what Sunaifa said, Gaode couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

The first and only thing he could think of was the "Wind Spirit Moon Shadow" in his own magic star sea.

Apart from this, Gaode really couldn't think of anything else in himself that could be called by Sunaifa as a power that could change everything.

So, the one chosen by the prophecy is actually "Feng Ling Yue Ying" and not himself?

No. Feng Ling Yue Ying is mine now, a part of me, so choosing Feng Ling Yue Ying is equivalent to choosing me.

Gao De thought so.

From a newly promoted first-ring wizard who had no relatives or friends after the death of his mentor He Xi, he suddenly became the new king of a tribe with a population of over 500,000.

The changes were so huge and so sudden that Gaode still feels it's unreal.

Leading the glorious revival of Zhenbing and unifying the North, the prophecy has high hopes for him, and each of his goals can be called a great feat that is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Are you afraid? Are you stressed?

Gao De thought about it seriously and found that he did not have any negative emotions in these aspects.

He was chosen by the prophecy, chosen by Sunaifa and the Zhenbing tribe.

So if anyone really needs to feel pressured, it should be Sunaifa, not him.

Besides, after coming to this world, Gao De never thought that he would be mediocre.

As a reborn time traveler with the golden finger of "Wind Spirit and Moon Shadow", if you are still timid and have no confidence at all, then what's the point of traveling through time? You might as well burn to death in the library!
Because there was no pressure, Gao De could easily get into the role, and many ideas in his head began to unfold.

In the north, with the powerful force of the Zhenbing Tribe in his hands, there are so many things he can do.

At least, when it comes to "planting trees", we can do better and bolder than we previously thought.

"I hope you are not seeing things," Goder picked up the North Wind again, the blade shining with a deep blue light, "Do I need to give it back to you?"

Sunaifa shook his head. "The North Wind is not only a tool used to find the prophet, but also a symbol of the leader of the Zhenbing tribe."

"I already have Blizzard, which is Boreas's weapon. I no longer need North Wind as a symbol. Therefore, North Wind will be your sword from now on."

"To be honest, I can't grasp its power yet." Gode loosened his grip on the hilt of the [North Wind] sword.

It was visible to the naked eye that a small layer of ice crystals had condensed on the palm of his hand, freezing his palm pale.

With Gaode's current cold resistance, he cannot be completely immune to the chill of the north wind.

Of course, it's only a matter of time.

With [Adaptation], in a week or two at the least, or a month or two at the most, his cold resistance would be able to evolve to the point where he could hold the North Wind Sword as easily as an ordinary sword.

"To be honest, me too." Sunaifa smiled rarely and opened his white palms to Gaode.

Surprisingly, there was also a very thin layer of frost condensed on the palm of her hand.

"Won't it be painful?" Gao De asked in shock.

He naturally knew that this was caused by the coldness of the ice washing over his body.

In Gaode's impression, Sunaifah never leaves his [Blizzard] with him.

But he took it for granted that Sunafa's ice bloodline could completely ignore the extreme coldness emitted by the blizzard, but it turned out that this was not the case.

The extreme cold of [Blizzard] can still cause damage to Sunaifah.

Just like the North Wind to him.

He has [Adaptability], and as long as he continues to endure the pain brought by the extreme cold, sooner or later he will evolve to the point where he can ignore the pain of the extreme cold.

But Sunaifa did not have his expertise.

This means that the price she pays for bearing the [Blizzard] all day long is that she has to endure the pain from the extreme cold all the time.

What kind of willpower and nerves does this require?

To exaggerate a little, Gao De even suspected that only a masochist could withstand such torture.

"It was indeed a bit difficult at the beginning, but this is the symbol of leadership. I need it to be recognized by the tribe, so I have to carry it." Sunaifa explained calmly.

"Later, I no longer needed to rely on [Blizzard] to gain recognition from my tribe, but I was already familiar with this feeling. Although the cold was still painful, this pain allowed me to focus, clear my mind, and stay awake."

Gao De took a deep breath and for the first time felt admiration for the woman in front of him who was also young but had already reached the position of War Mother.

Bearing great responsibilities and pain, yet being self-disciplined, loyal to his ideals and his responsibility to his people, there is no doubt that Sunaifa is a true leader.

"Come with me. Ever since we saw you coming to the North through the Iceborn ritual spell, we have made all preparations for your arrival." Sunaifah said again.

Gao De did not doubt him and followed Sunaifa's footsteps.

As they walked, Sunaifa introduced the details of the Zhenbing Tribe and Phoenix to Gaode.

The total population of the Zhenbing tribe is about 550,000, but the total population of Phoenix is ​​nearly 700,000.

The extra hundreds of thousands are foreigners.

After all, Phoenix is ​​the largest and only city in the North. It has the most convenient trading and the best environment. Many foreigners come here to trade or even live.

If it weren't for the inconvenient "transportation" in the North, the number of people in Phoenix would definitely increase.

The most important reason why the Zhenbing tribe does not have to live a nomadic life like other tribes is its unique geographical location.

The first is the proximity to the Castella volcano.

The volcanic land brought by Mount Castella allowed them to develop an agriculture that is rare or perhaps even unique in the North.

However, the cultivated area of ​​volcanic land is limited, and the output of Golden Wheat is far from enough to supply 550,000 Zhenbing people.

In fact, so far, the production of Golden Wheat is only enough to supply the first-ring and above Iceborn mages in the clan.

The real food source of the Zhenbing tribe is still fishing and hunting.

Phoenix is ​​built on the mountain. At the foot of Mount Weiskar, there is an extremely large freshwater lake with an area of ​​more than 1000 square kilometers, namely the Arctic Lake.

The Arctic Ice Lake is rich in a variety of cold-water fish, including salmon, catfish, and perch, which provide fish meat to meet the nutritional needs of the ice people.

In addition, there are gains from hunting.

The Ice Mages in the Zhenbing Tribe were organized into hunter teams, which would go out hunting for at least half a year every year to obtain food resources.

Together with a small amount of livestock, the combination of the four barely ensured the balance between supply and demand of food for the Zhenbing tribe.

But it is only a barely guaranteed guarantee, and in fact its ability to resist risks is extremely poor.

Because if there is a problem in any link, it may lead to a complete collapse of this balance.

This is also the reason why Elder Grant was so nervous after something went wrong with Jinhuimai.

Golden wheat is the staple food for more than 10,000 Iceborn mages of the Zhenbing Tribe.

Food is the absolute top priority for any tribe in the North.

"How much ice marrow is in Phoenix?" God asked about what he was most concerned about at the moment. "It's actually very limited," Sunaifa said truthfully: "The reason why ice marrow can become the 'currency' of the North is not only because it is hard to obtain, but also because of its practical value."

"For most Iceborn mages, Ice Marrow is the only way to enhance the power of their own Iceborn bloodline, and Iceborn bloodline determines the mage's level."

"It goes without saying which is more important, external things or one's own strength."

“So most Iceborn will accumulate their ice marrow after condensing it. When it accumulates to a certain level, they will swallow it to increase their bloodline strength.”

"It's true that the True Ice Tribe is the largest tribe in the North, and theoretically should have the largest reserves of ice marrow. But you should be able to notice that the ratio of the number of Ice Mages to the number of ordinary people in the True Ice Tribe is extremely high, far exceeding that of most tribes."

"Therefore, the Zhenbing Tribe also has the largest number of Ice Mages among the tribes in the North, and consumes the most ice marrow."

Sunaifa no longer considered Gao De an outsider, and told him all the secrets of the Zhenbing Tribe without hiding anything: "We produce about 10 drops of fourth-level ice marrow, 400 drops of third-level ice marrow, 2000 drops of second-level ice marrow, and about 25000 drops of first-level ice marrow every year. In terms of production alone, it is actually quite a lot."

"But if an Iceborn wants to improve his Iceborn bloodline, he needs at least 400 drops of ice marrow of a higher level."

"That is to say, if you want to upgrade a three-ring Iceborn mage to a fourth-ring, you need 400 drops of fourth-level ice marrow, and the same goes for the others." Sunaifa gave an example.

Only a fourth-ring Iceborn Mage can condense the fourth-level Ice Mage. In this case, the output of all the fourth-ring mages in the Zhenbing Tribe for forty years must be provided to one person in order to cultivate a new fourth-ring Iceborn Mage.
Moreover, this is obviously impossible.

The output of all the four-ringed Iceborn mages in the clan for forty years is only supplied to one person?
Unless that person is Sunaifah's descendant.

Under normal circumstances, if a three-ringed Iceborn mage wants to collect 400 drops of fourth-level ice marrow to make further progress, he can only rely on his own contributions to the tribe, accumulate slowly, and endure over time.

With ice marrow being so popular, one can imagine the amount of ice marrow reserves in the Phoenix.

But Gao De didn't need to think too much, Sunaifa had already given the answer, "The output of the fourth-level ice marrow last year has already been distributed according to the contribution, not a drop left. This year's output, if you need it, can be kept for you. Donald, this year's output of the fourth-level ice marrow should be only 7 drops."

"There are about 20 drops of third-level ice marrow left, about 100 drops of second-level ice marrow left, and more first-level ice marrow left. There should be more than 1000 drops left."

This is pitifully little.

Because this is the ice marrow reserve of an entire tribe.

You should know that Elder Grant took out 15 drops of second-level ice marrow just to express his gratitude.

This is roughly equivalent to one and a half percent of the Zhenbing Tribe's second-level ice marrow reserves.

However, Sunaifa also explained the specific reasons, and Gaode could still understand it.

Generally speaking, it is because demand far exceeds output.

Only Ice Descendants can condense Ice Marrow, but every Ice Descendant needs Ice Marrow to improve themselves.

And if an ice mage wants to advance to the next level, he can only rely on high-level ice mages to condense the ice marrow.

After all, an Iceborn mage can only condense ice marrow of the same level, that is, a first-ring Iceborn mage can only condense ice marrow, and to enhance the Iceborn bloodline, a high-level ice marrow is needed.

This means that the reserve of ice marrow will never increase.

Moreover, most of the ice marrow is held in the hands of the Ice Descendants, and rarely taken out.

Although ice marrow is said to be the "currency" of the North, it is not a real "currency" after all. It has its limitations - the attribute of a consumable item means that it is destined to not conform to the nature of conventional "currency".

"I need 71 drops of second-level ice marrow." Gao De thought for a moment and said.

71 drops of second-level ice marrow are just enough to allow him to upgrade the second-level Mandela Magic Eye to the third level.

If a third-level Mandela Eye is to be upgraded to the fourth level, it will require 72 drops of third-level ice marrow, if nothing goes wrong.

This already exceeds the current reserves of the third-level ice marrow of the Zhenbing Tribe, so he is not going to take it all, and will only take the second-level ice marrow for the time being.

"No problem, I'll have someone send it to you later." Sunaifa responded without hesitation, without asking about Gaode's purpose and use.

"Does the tribe have any spell formula reserves?" Gaode asked again.

"There are some, but most of them come from you outsiders. You know, we Iceborn mages are not like you outsiders who need to build spell models and master spells by ourselves. Our spells come from the awakening of our blood, so we are somewhat limited in the reserve of spell formulas."

This is the expected answer.

"However, the Snowfield Guardian has a huge reserve of spell formulas." Sunaifa suddenly mentioned again.

Gao De nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "Then please copy down all the spell formulas in the tribe for me."

"No problem." Sunaifa naturally agreed again.

At least so far, Gaode feels that the king of the Zhenbing tribe is doing a very enjoyable job.

As a leader, the two most important rights are financial power and military power.

Now he has tried both rights, and all the demands put forward are executed unconditionally.

This feels good.

When has he ever been so wealthy?

Gao De was filled with emotion.

This is the benefit of having a power.

In the prison of Saint Sean City, Gode had already figured out the importance of having a force that supports him or belongs to him.

But he never imagined that in just less than three months, he would actually have a force of his own, and it was so powerful.

When he thought of this, he gradually began to feel a sense of identity with the identity of the king of the Zhenbing tribe.

As he was talking, Sunaifa had already brought Gaode to a building made of black flower stones.

It corresponds exactly to Sunaifan's residence which is built with white flower stones.

The black stone buildings are also distinguished from the all-gray stone buildings in Phoenix, and are also not far from the core spiritual land where the Ice Jade Wutong is located.

"From now on, this place is yours," Sunaifa opened the door and led Gaode in. At the same time, he explained to Gaode, "Since we were pressed for time, we didn't build it too big."

As soon as you enter the door, a strong magical aura hits you.

Although the concentration is not as high as the fifth-level spiritual land where Bingyu Wutong is located, it is also at the fourth level.

The fourth-level spiritual land means that the magic concentration is greater than 4500.

In Seres Academy, the rental fee for a third-level training room with a magic concentration of 1000 is as high as 10 gold per two hours, and it is not open to students.

One day, he, a first-level wizard, will actually own a residence equivalent to a fourth-level training room.

In the Principality of Sean, even the prince would not receive such treatment.

Gao De sighed again.

And this is just one of the benefits of the new king of the Zhenbing tribe.

"Someone will come to measure your body later," Sunaifa added, "and then the tribe will prepare a new set of clothes for you."

As for Gaode's current status, since he has been supported as the new king of the Zhenbing tribe, he naturally needs to be prepared with a set of clothes that suits his identity, which is also a manifestation of his status and authority.

(End of this chapter)