Early on the morning of the 15th, Landen was preparing to leave Salt Mine. Ben·Kaul and Pete·Bristle-Wolf came to see him off.
"I may stay a few more days," Ben explained to Landen. "Although at dinner last night, I felt that you were taking too much advantage of Wendy, but when I went back and thought about it, I thought that while Magic Fairy is still here, the roads and buildings in Salt Mine should be reinforced. It just so happens that Pete's team is here, so we can test whether it runs smoothly."
"Thank you." Landen I'm glad that Ben can figure it out. Ben's enthusiasm for Salt Mine at least shows that he regards this place as his own business.
Before leaving, Pete asked Landen quietly.
"Sir, just leave Wendy here like this. Don't be afraid of me Mage..." Pete winked in an unserious manner.
"Pete" Landen smiled and patted Pete on the shoulder, "Do you know why I was able to advance from beginner to intermediate and now to advanced so quickly?"
"Well, of course it's because you are a genius, sir." Pete was suddenly confused by Landen's words.
"Because I never meddle in other people's business!" After saying that, Landen mounted Blaze and flew alone on Ice Plain.
When Landen is on the road, he will put a complete set of tents, sleeping bags, Magic Jar, and supplies into Space Ring. Everyone will rely on these supplies to spend the night on the road.
But when returning, only Blaze accompanied Landen. Without the drag of others, Blaze burst out at a high speed that surprised Landen. A film surrounded by wind and fire seemed to form in front of Blaze and Landen. Landen could not feel the coldness of heaven and earth at all while riding on Blaze.
From early morning to noon, Landen found that he had walked half the way. In order to reward Blaze, Landen specially prepared a mixture of Magic Grain and Magic Beast Meat. This was Blaze's favorite food during this period.
When we set off again in the afternoon, Blaze continued to move forward at high speed. By evening, Landen could already see the shadow of Night-Kirin City. He felt happy thinking that he did not have to spend the night.
So after feeding Blaze another high-quality dinner, Landen hit the road again, and finally arrived at the city gate exhausted at 9 p. m.
After a day of running around, Landen slept extremely well. It was almost noon the next day when he opened his eyes tiredly.
"Last night, I dreamed that I was taking a driving license test while riding a horse. The examiner actually said that I was speeding." Landen was still recalling his bizarre dream after getting up.
"Sir, are you awake? What time did you come back yesterday? When I just passed the stables, I felt that Blaze was a little wilted." The first person to come to Landen was Neil.
"Ah, how about Blaze?"
"It's pretty good. I haven't seen you for a few days and I feel like I've gotten bigger again. I guess I've had another breakthrough with you." Neil mentioned Blaze with some emotion. "I guess if this continues, it won't be long before he becomes Mid-level Magic Beast."
Neil turned around and thought about it, and became happy. "If we really break through to the intermediate level, then our future Black-Scaled Horse group will be very powerful."
"Well, we will definitely be able to break through. How old is Blaze? She has great potential!" Mid-level Magic Beast corresponds to Mid-Rank professional. Warcraft at this level can cast spells on the population. Adding influence, it can be said that if Blaze can really break through Mid-level Magic Beast, there will definitely be several Magic Beast Horses in the Black-Scaled Horse group she belongs to in the future.
"By the way, what's going on outside now? How many tribes have defected here?"
"About 4 or 5. My soldiers said that there are also several medium-sized tribes that are coming. I estimate that after this winter, we can have 1,000 more people here."
Neil's messengers have returned one after another, and several small tribes have come back. These tribes have run out of food rations and are using Long-Haired Sheep to support themselves. Landen is willing to accept them, which is a great grace to them.
"Sir, a letter arrived from Rothe Territory yesterday. It is for you. Please tell me to find you as soon as possible." Neil said as he took out a letter. The outside of the envelope was sealed with a wax seal.
"Huh? Count wants to summon all the vassals?" After opening it, Landen found that it was a recruitment letter from Count Bristle-Wolf, requiring all the vassals who received the letter to arrive at Bristle-Wolf City before February 25 at the latest.
"What does this mean?" Landen was a little confused about the content of the letter.
"I think you should go to Rothe Territory and ask Mr. Hark!" Neil naturally didn't understand the meaning of this letter, so he could only suggest this.
Today is the 16th, Landen needs to arrive at Bristle-Wolf City within 9 days, which is not enough time, but it is still enough.
In the afternoon, Landen sent Lily out of the city first, because yesterday Landen arrived at Night-Kirin City the day before he died, even earlier than the messenger arrived, so Lily learned from Landen yesterday that he needed to go to Salt Mine the next day.
"Sir, you are too biased." Lily in the carriage got out of the carriage as soon as he saw Landen seeing him off at the roadside.
"Can you bear to let Wendy stay alone in Salt Mine? As a best friend, you should spend more time with her."
"You can let Kaiyi pass." Lily was a little unconvinced.
"This Mage has been teaching Wendy how to draw Magic Array every day for the past two days. You'd better not fall behind. You will never be able to become High-Rank or Mid-Rank in the future. Mage's words..." Landen looked like he was smiling evilly, as if he was talking about letting several girls marry other nobles.
"Sir, I have been working for you, you can't just abandon me like this." Lily heard what Landen meant and became even more anxious.
"So you should practice quickly." Whether it is Wendy, Lily, Landen, this person or Gallop Family, everyone knows that in the harsh magic plains, every magic Mage is a very valuable resource, and Landen cannot let any girl run away.
But Landen usually likes to tease and play with the girls, especially after getting their families back.
The girl hugged Landen goodbye and got on the carriage to go to Salt Mine. Landen rode a horse to inspect the ruins of the workshop 20 kilometers east of Night-Kirin City.
Before they set off, Ben mentioned this area where workshops once gathered. When they finally arrived, Landen first saw a forest, and then a hillside.
Gallop's tributaries flowed between the hillside and the woods. The bottom of the hillside was artificially dug into cave dwellings, with some artificially leveled foundations and bricks all over the ground.
Landen entered from the cave and found some huge caves that seemed to be blast furnaces Ruins used for iron smelting. The layers Magic Array carved on the ground had lost their light, but the huge space and the traces of magic left behind still shocked Landen.
Outside the cave, there is a deep pit that looks like it used to be a wastewater pool, but is now covered with lush weeds. There are also looming Flame Rune in several slightly smaller cave dwellings.
Obviously, this is a Industrial Zone ruins. It has convenient transportation and topography, and the location is also very hidden. It is quite close to Night-Kirin City. Landen is very satisfied and feels that this place can be used again in the future.