Refusal

Compared to two weeks ago, the Fortress Main Base has now returned to order and peace.

With a large number of enslaved creatures as laborers and rational and learned Mage in charge of the base's layout, everything recovered quickly after the war ended.

The dozen or so slave creatures that followed Saine back to the Fortress Main Base seemed very excited.

Because at this time, there were still a large number of Flame Creature corpses piled up around the fortress. This may be because the Flame Creature themselves have special properties, or it may be because the Mage in the fortress had specially set up some magical restrictions.

Therefore, the piles of Flame Creature corpses did not rot and served as excellent food for these enslaved creatures.

While Mage in the Wizard World do not regard these enslaved creatures as intelligent beings during wars, they treat them fairly in peacetime.

Aside from the valuable corpses of Flame Creature that should not be touched, the Mage of the Wizard Civilization are not stingy in rewarding these slave creatures with ordinary scraps of meat and rotten flesh that are of little value.

Almost all the slave creatures who followed the Wizard Civilization Legion's legions in their campaigns across the country possessed an iron stomach.

Civilizations like the Mage of the Wizard Civilization, which use wisdom and Mental Strength to drive a transformation in the Life Essence, are ultimately few and far between.

The vast majority of beings in most planes and civilizations still follow a relatively primitive, passive law of evolution.

Eating is an activity that most passively evolved organisms are enthusiastic about and enjoy. →

Strictly speaking, the Knight in the Wizard World also belong to the passive evolution system.

In Saine's few memories, Earl Grant was a big eater, as was his brother Solon.

Besides being able to enjoy a Gluttonous Feast at the Fortress Main Base, another reason why these dozen or so slave creatures were happy was that returning to the Fortress Main Base meant they would be safe.

Although they were slaves, these beings from different dimensions still possessed a certain degree of intelligence.

Those completely devoid of intelligence will definitely be among the first idiots to die in the Plane War.

The fact that they were able to survive repeated wars and battles indicates that they were quite clever.

The dozen or so slave creatures around Saine were not his personal slaves, but belonged to the Azure Flame Holy Tower and were considered the property of his grandmaster Cuilisi.

These mere dozen or so slave creatures come from all sorts of different planes of existence.

Since the war had temporarily ended, and because Saine was also curious about the other Alien Plane ruled by the Wizard Civilization, after asking a few questions, Saine learned that these dozen or so slaves came from five planes.

These five planes were all occupied by the Azure Blaze Grandmaster, Saine, tens of thousands of years ago.

The Antelope Horned Monster that the Construct Master had captured was the most intelligent of the dozen or so slave creatures. Its ability to walk upright made it easier for Saine to command than the reptilian slave creatures.

Upon arriving at the center of the Fortress Main Base, Saine waved away the other slave creatures, leaving only the Antelope Horned Monster carrying the Construct Master in place, while Saine himself went to the Mission Hall to submit the quest.

There weren't many Mage coming and going in the Mission Hall at this time, mainly because the war was still ongoing. There was still fierce fighting in the east, and patrols were also taking place in the other three directions.

After quickly submitting the mission, and seeing that over two hundred Magic Coin had been added to the Crystal Ball, Saine turned around and left.

The Magic Coin counted in the Crystal Ball will be distributed to all Mage by the Holy Tower after the war ends.

Of course, Saine could accept it directly at this point, but it would be a bit troublesome, since the Holy Tower wouldn't be able to bring a huge amount of Magic Coin with them on the expedition.

Despite having been in the Poison Fire Green Flame World for several years, Saine has already amassed hundreds of Magic Coin.

But sometimes you can't calculate things that way.

Because in addition to income, most Mage also incur expenses during Plane War.

Take Saine as an example. The expenses he has spent researching Azure Fire Magic in the fortress laboratory over the past two years have probably already exceeded what he earned in the Poison Fire Green Flame World.

This time, Saine also suffered considerable injuries, and treating these injuries will cost money.

This doesn't even include the Energy Crystal and Magic Potion that Saine consumed during the war.

Therefore, for ordinary Mage, the net profit of participating Mage in a Plane War is actually only so-so, from the moment they participate until the end.

Of course, the bulk of the Plane War still comes from the specimens, Heart Core, and rare resources that the Mage themselves plunder during the wars.

These are hidden assets that cannot be simply measured in Magic Coin.

Because each Mage's gains will inevitably differ, it is difficult for the fortress to accurately calculate the specific profits of all participating Mage. They can only average out the Magic Coin distributed during the combat missions.

All statistics.

After leaving the Mission Hall, Saine noticed that several Mage were gathered in the empty square outside the hall, pointing and commenting on his Spoils of War.

The Antelope Horned Monster, whose overall strength was roughly at the level of a quasi-ranked creature, had beads of sweat clearly appearing on its forehead and around its eyebrows as it faced the onlookers of several first- and Second-Level Magician.

These high-ranking Mage were certainly not idle; they were looking at this lowly slave who wasn't even at the first Life Level.

The real focus of these Mage' attention was on the Nesser Civilization Construct Master that the Antelope Horned Monster was carrying.

During the battle at the Fortress Main Base, a considerable number of Constructed Magic Puppet from the Nesser Civilization crashed, and many Mage also discovered the corpses of Construct Master.

But living Construct Master like these are ultimately a minority.

The only Second-Level Magician present was now looking at the female Construct Master was bound hand and foot with a curious and scrutinizing gaze.

When Saine approached, before he could even ask what was going on, the Second-Level Magician asked, "Is this your Spoils of War?"

The Second-Level Magician pointed his pine-colored Magic Staff at the Construct Master in the Antelope Horned Monster's hand.

"Indeed, these are precious Living Specimen I collected during this war," Saine replied calmly, his brow furrowing.

"How about you trade me a Second-Level Fire Element Energy Crystal?" the Second-Level Magician asked.

The price of a Second-Level Fire Element Energy Crystal is not low; in fact, it could be said to be almost equal to the total earnings of Saine over the years in the Poison Fire Green Flame World.

But when faced with the offer from this Second-Level Magician, Saine calmly shook his head and replied, "These are precious specimens I have collected, and I have no intention of selling them at the moment."

Saine's refusal made the Second-Level Magician's expression turn somewhat unpleasant.

However, the opponent did not rely on their strength to forcibly bully Saine.

This is the atmosphere of freedom and equality that is prevalent among the Knight and Mage of the Wizard World.

Under the protection of the Holy Tower's rules, it is difficult for high-level Mage to openly bully low-level Mage.

This is also one of the reasons why millions of low-level Mage support the rules of the Holy Tower.

If everyone were like the Black Magician, who valued strength above all else and acted entirely according to their own whims, the Wizard World would have descended into chaos long ago!