Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 338: Preparing to Build a Mage Tower
"Okay, in that case, I will leave this task to you. I hope that no more followers of Mask or other evil forces will come in and out of the sewers in the future."
The pastor, Andel, who was skinny but had a big head and was very energetic, immediately agreed with a smile.
"Don't worry, Lord Levi, this is not just out of excessive hatred, but also to repay your kindness. We will never let you down!"
Levi also smiled and nodded. To be honest, the other party's luck was really good. After Silver Town was captured by the Xirik Church yesterday, they were able to leave in the chaos. It can be said that they saved their lives.
However, this is also thanks to the "help" of Mask's followers and the Snake Cult.
After repelling the Church of Woking and occupying Silver Town, although these guys did not engage in internal strife, they could not help but start making small moves.
It was normal for thieves to be dishonest. The corrupt nobles of the Snake Cult were also very greedy guys who would capture villagers and sell them to vampires for money.
Now that they have captured Silver Town, which is famous for its wealth, even if most of the members of the Church of Woking have fled, the other businessmen of all sizes who did not have time to flee must have a lot of wealth on them, so they can't help but take action.
But Xirik's followers refused to accept this. They believed that Silver Town was already their territory and it was theirs to take it. How could it be the turn of others to get involved?
Although they did not immediately launch a large-scale battle because they had a common enemy and common interests, some verbal and physical conflicts were inevitable, and the town became extremely chaotic for a while.
So the people of Sigmar Temple took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Although they uphold justice and swear to fight against evil, they are by no means stupid. Fighting evil to death depends on the situation.
The followers of Larui were smarter. As early as the mercenaries of the Church of Woking began to turn against them, they felt that the situation was not good, so they slipped away at the first opportunity and successfully saved their lives.
As believers of a demigod, their backers are weak, and their own strength is even weaker. If they were not more alert, they would probably not be alive today.
Afterwards, they were all taken to Thorn Town by Simon, who was sent by Levi, and prepared to settle down here.
Sigma's followers were assigned by Levi the task of cooperating with the celestial creatures to patrol the sewers and search for thieves.
Because they were keen on fighting against evil, they brought their own food and did not need Levi to provide any free labor.
They also promised that if they encountered an invasion by the Church of Cyric or other evil forces, they would fight alongside Levi until death.
They had fled because they were isolated and helpless before, but if they could fight alongside Levi and Cindy, they would definitely not spare their lives.
However, Levi did not intend to get the benefit for free. Even if he ignored other factors, just for Cindy's sake, he would take extra care of her. He would not give less money, supplies, etc.
At the same time, he also asked the miscellaneous soldiers that the other party had sent over before to return to the Sigma Church, because he really looked down upon their strength.
He sent Larui's followers to assist Janet.
They also strongly supported Levi's plan. Isn't it what they have always dreamed of to be able to take care of plants and promote the faith of Goddess Laru at the same time?
So there was no need for Levi to mention it, they took the initiative to propose to gather other believers together and work hard to build Thorn Town.
But this is not the end. The next person Levi is going to meet is the real highlight, and that is the people from the Church of Woking.
They didn't know whether they went through a special tunnel or used some magic yesterday, but they managed to escape from Silver Town successfully.
Afterwards, they unexpectedly came to Thorn Town, and kept saying that they were willing to pay any price just to ensure that the faith in the goddess would not be cut off here, and to take revenge on the enemy.
As it was late and everyone had been busy all day and were very tired, Levi and the other party only confirmed the direction in general and did not completely discuss all the details, which would take some time.
When he arrived at the temporary residence arranged for the other party, he saw that the other party had already been waiting for him.
Although they looked more or less haggard due to having just experienced a tragic defeat, they were still covered in jewels and precious stones, even more gorgeous than the priest Levi had seen at the gate of Baiyin Town before.
But that guy was assassinated by the assassins of the Mask Church yesterday, so we can't see him anymore.
Seeing Levi coming, the leading female priest Della did not say too much politely and went straight to the point: "Levi, we have decided that we will temporarily stay in Thorn Town, but our real goal is still to retake Silver Town."
"If you can help us achieve this goal, from now on, our Woking Church will be your most loyal friend."
I don’t know if it’s because they are women themselves, but in many of the goddess’ churches, the high-ranking priests who hold a dominant position are often women, and the Church of Waukeen is no exception.
But Levi would not be grateful for these words. Even if the other party was the goddess' spokesperson, what could really make him change his mind was tangible benefits.
If he could capture Baiyin Town on his own, why should he hand it over to the other party?
So they discussed the details again, and after some heated debate, they finally reached a solution that was almost acceptable to both parties.
The Church of Waukeen set up a base here, and tried its best to help Levi develop commercial trade, recruit merchants from all walks of life, and mobilize the resources of their church to help Levi search for various high-level magic, magical expertise, military building blueprints, precious equipment, etc.
Of course, these are just verbal promises at the moment. What the Church of Woking really wants to do is to help Levi build a special building - the Mage Tower.
Why are the magic toads on the continent of Lustria, who are extremely rare and low-key, and remain dormant all year round unless they encounter a large-scale war, still regarded as the strongest magical race in the main world except for the elves?
This is because every magic toad can mobilize the magic power of at least an entire city through their unique giant network of spiritual veins, literally moving mountains and filling the sea.
It is even said that the Lizardmen do not have any ships, but they can move freely across continents and islands. This is entirely because the magic toads have performed super-large-scale teleportation for them.
The magic of the elves is extremely popular, while the magic toads are superior in their individual strength. It is said that with the blessing of the giant network of spiritual veins, the weakest magic toad can also be a legendary wizard.
Other races are unable to build or use ley lines, so they turn to magic towers as a substitute.
Generally speaking, a wizard above level 10 is capable of building and controlling a wizard tower.
In the Mage Tower, mages can study various magical knowledge, experiment with new magic, create magic items, and open up channels to the four elemental planes of earth, fire, water and wind to obtain elemental crystals.
Even including the bottomless abyss or heaven, summoning many alien creatures such as demons, devils or celestial creatures that they could not summon originally.
With the cooperation of many magic arrays in the magic tower, it will be relatively easy for mages to study, enslave, or sign a cooperation contract.
At the same time, with the help of the power of the Mage Tower, the mage can often mobilize more mana, which makes the mana limit, mana recovery speed, magic attack range, release speed, power and many other aspects have a fundamental leap.
If the wizard tower itself is endowed with intelligence, magic traps are set up, constructs are placed, etc., a wizard tower will often become a heavily guarded military fortress.
If additional magic arrays could be set up, a magic tower could even protect an entire town.
For example, by setting up a large-scale no-fly barrier or protective barrier, the town's defense capability will increase dramatically.
Even if the owner of the wizard tower is generous enough, he can also open up some permissions to other wizards to help them better learn and study magic, or summon elemental creatures and so on.
There are many more examples like this.
A wizard tower is not only beneficial to the wizard himself, but also of great help to the force he belongs to.
There used to be a wizard tower in Black Castle, but because the demons' attack was too sudden and there had been peace for a long time, they relaxed a little. The corresponding wizards who stayed behind were busy with other things and did not stay at their posts, so the wizard tower was quickly destroyed by the demon army.
If Princess Belinda or Michaela had been in charge of the Mage Tower at that time, the Black Castle might not have fallen so quickly.
It is even said that a long time ago, there was a group of powerful wizards who built a floating city that was as big as a city and could fly.
There seemed to be elves as well, but somehow they all gradually disappeared. In short, they have completely disappeared from the main world now.
But even building an ordinary magic tower is not an easy task. It requires a large number of extremely complicated construction drawings, a large amount of precious and rare materials, and a large number of mid- and high-level wizards.
Therefore, mages can only theoretically build a mage tower at level 10. In fact, if they do not have a strong background, even after level 15, when they have been transferred to a great mage, there are still many mages who do not have a mage tower.
Because the gold coins needed to build each wizard tower are almost in the tens of thousands, if you want to recruit soldiers, you may have to recruit several thousand people. Therefore, even an ordinary wizard will find it difficult to come up with enough gold coins to build a basic wizard tower.
But now, in order to show its sincerity, the Church of Waukeen is willing to help him build a wizard tower in Thorn Town.
Of course, because the cost of construction is too high, the Church of Woking will only help him reduce the trouble of collecting materials and purchasing blueprints, and give him the greatest discount in materials and blueprints, but he still has to pay.
The Church of Waukeen swore to their goddess that they would never make money from it, but they also did not want to lose too much, otherwise it would go against their teachings.
As for the mages, they are also willing to help solve the problem. If nothing goes wrong, they will arrive here together with the reinforcements called by their Church of Woking.
In other words, Levi had already captured the city of Ostark and seized a large amount of wealth from it, which enabled him to build a top-notch magic tower. If it were any other God-chosen hero, they would not even dare to think about it.
But his spoils were limited, and the recent series of battles had also consumed a lot of resources. Levi initially estimated that after the Mage Tower was built, he and the City of Ostak, Bitao Village, Blood Glory , etc. would almost be collectively drained of their wealth.
In return, Levi promised to do his best to fight against the culprits who led to the fall of Silver Town, and the Church of Woking was also willing to pay a certain amount of compensation for this.
At the same time, Levi will continue to protect them in Thorn Town until the Church of Woking retakes Silver Town or acquires other new towns.
Levi heard it at that time. It was obvious that the Church of Waukeen also hated the Church of Bane very much, and was also very interested in their Deadwater Town.
But that is none of his business for now. What he needs to focus on is the target he is trying to strike. There are quite a few names on this list.
The Church of Cyric, the Church of Mask, the Church of Bane, the Legion of Dread, the remnants of the Snake Cult, vampires and other undead, even those mercenaries who betrayed the Church of Waukeen, including the indigenous people and the chosen heroes, are all on this death list.
The Church of Waukeen is willing to take money if any of their members are killed.
If it were the leaders of various forces, the Church of Waukeen would be willing to pay a higher price.
Theoretically, if Levi kills fast enough and kills enough, it is not impossible for him to earn all the money used to build the wizard tower.
However, the two sides have never been able to reach a consensus on the future ownership of Baiyin Town.
The Church of Waukeen really wanted to take back Silver Town because it was the only large temple they had ever had in the vicinity. It was not just a town but also a symbol of their church.
But what Levi cares more about is, if he can capture Silver Town and hand it over to Prince Dragon, how much merit can he get?
He still remembered that Princess Belinda had reminded him through Michaela to accumulate more merits recently.
However, the current goal of both parties is to first defeat the coalition formed by Xirik, and then the issue of the ownership of Silver Town. Therefore, even if they have some differences, they will still maintain a consistent pace in external affairs.
The enemy hasn't been defeated yet, but internal strife has broken out on our side. That's something only crazy people in the chaotic evil camp would do.
Although the Church of Woking was not very satisfied with the result, they finally chose to accept it because they were hurt so badly.
Levi was more satisfied because Michaela had sent him information that the Dragon Prince had decided to set up border guards in Thorn Town. If he could join forces with Michaela, it would not be impossible to capture Silver Town.
When the time comes, he will just hand over Silver Town. Even if the Church of Waukeen is helpless, they can only choose to accept the reality, because they do not have enough confidence to compete with the Kingdom of Caledor, or even the High Elves!
