What did you do with the dice?

They are totally wrong. For the Sani Tower, this is called "labor remuneration" - I disclosed the information we brought from Estron to this group of people, and let them see our Mage Tower's backward, no, retro magic technology. They should pay me for their work. This is called equal exchange.

As for Sunny Tower, it never does business that cannot make money.

That night, the two elves had already crawled into their sleeping bags and gone to sleep early, so Sanita summoned some senior wizards and the two great wizards to have a candlelight chat together.

Everyone has recently become much more enlightened in this [Demon World] and has seen many new and strange spells that they have never thought of in their lives. It has been a fruitful experience. Naturally, they are no longer sleepy, so they interrupt their meditation and all the activities at hand and happily go to the Sani Tower to listen to what major discoveries they need to gather.

Sanita said bluntly, "Actually, the reason you're here this time is not only to discuss these Esterlun drawings and ancient magic, but also to discuss a pinnacle magic crystal from the Age of Gods. I'd like to invite you to analyze it together."

The mages weren't worried about the difficulty of his assignments, they were just worried about his future: "Is there such a good thing? Master Sanitieta, please speak frankly."

The Sani Iron Tower's true intentions were revealed: "The mist formation of the Elf Forest."

After he finished speaking, the scene was as if cast a silence spell. All the mages who had been interested before suddenly fell silent, revealing an expression of "willing but unable".

When you explain the magic of the Age of Gods to us, everyone listens with interest. Even if they don't understand it, they enjoy listening to it as a story. But if you really put the real magic of the Age of Gods in front of everyone as a difficult problem, it seems a bit too embarrassing for everyone.

Rusalka: (In ancient times, on Earth, there was the saying, "Ye Gong loves dragons." Now, in this world, there's the saying, "Wizards love God-era magic.")

If you think about it carefully, you will understand that the operation of the fog formation is almost exposed. If you have a higher level of magical attainment, you can get a general idea of ​​it by standing at the edge of the ceremony.

It's because I can see it that I feel helpless. If there is a way to break this thing, would humans be so kind as to hand over such a large and precious forest to so many beautiful elves? Then they must have become adults and would not make any choices - I want them all.

Maybe you can find a way to break the formation after entering it. After all, when a doctor diagnoses a patient, you observe, smell, ask, and feel the patient, but the precision is not as good as X-rays and tests. But you let such a senior wizard break the formation with a ritual left over from the Age of Gods. Who wouldn't cherish his life after reaching such a level?

"Well, do you have any ideas about it? Let's not talk about cracking it, but if we can replicate the runes and ritual arrangements on it."

Sanitieta raised two fingers and said, "There are two ways. The first is to use more people than the ceremony can hold, so that the formation will automatically fail for the excess number of people."

"So what's its capacity?"

"do not know."

"What about the second one?"

"Use magic to destroy the entire forest, so that the ritual will suffer more damage than it can bear and collapse."

"How much magic power is needed?"

This Sani Iron Tower has been questioned using the fifth-ring [Divine Communication], and the other party's answer is that even if a wish is made using the [Prayer] or the ninth-ring magic, it cannot be violently destroyed in the short term.

But he asked the gods: If we can provide a continuous and stable output of nine-ring magic for a long time, can we destroy it within an hour? The answer is yes.

The Sani Iron Tower doesn't have much else to offer, except for the many rings. Every time he takes a long rest, he tirelessly uses [Divine Communication] to ask three questions, compressing the total space each time and finally obtaining an accurate value.

According to Rusalka, the good brother was too bad. He made at least 10 harassing calls to the god every day, asking three questions each time, and he persisted for more than a month regardless of rain or shine.

If he were a god, he would have turned the Sani Iron Tower into black charcoal long ago - meaning he would have turned it into black charcoal by lightning.

"The self-recovery rate of this fog array is approximately 33.6 cores per minute, and the total amount required to destroy it is 1824.4 cores."

This number makes people gasp. If the top magic [Burning City with Fiery Fire] is used as the unit of measurement, then the basic magic power of [Burning City with Fiery Fire] combined with the characteristics of fire and wood counteracting each other, the destructive power to the forest can reach 450 cores. If the fog array has no attributes, then it is about 400 cores.

In other words, at worst, you need to cast 5 top-level magic spells at the same time, and you must ensure that it absorbs all of them in order to destroy it. In case the opponent has low health and manually turns off the magic circle's damage resistance function, then according to its recovery speed, it will only take an hour for the previous magic spells to be completely in vain.

But compared to this abnormal data, the mages were more surprised by the accuracy of the number revealed by Sanita. He didn't call everyone over just to brag, right? "How did you come up with such an accurate number?"

"I know the spells of the school of prophecy. I am very sure of this data."

Sanitieta spoke so confidently that everyone at close range understood why they heard those who knew Sanitieta call him "the miraculous almighty wizard". That is, he was a wizard with such strong combat ability, but he could also cast spells of the school of prophecy in addition to combat. This was not just a simple matter of being proficient in multiple elements.

Even if he took out a corpse and turned it into an undead now, no one would be surprised. Others learned the spells of the necromancy school and devoted themselves to studying necromancy. But before, Sinidi was called a black magician, evil, and hated by everyone. She is still discriminated against.

But if Sanitta knew necromancy, no one would think he was evil, because it is really possible that he just saw the magic structure and accidentally learned it by himself. Otherwise, how to explain that he learned and mastered so many top spells of various schools in such a young and limited life?

Chapter 434: Now that we are here, let’s fight a battle before leaving

The endurance of 4-5 consecutive top-level magics was only based on the data after this formation had been running for thousands of years and weakened. In fact, when the data reached this level, the surrounding mages didn't care, it was just like that - it sounded like it couldn't be broken, so what did it have to do with themselves?

What concerned them most was no longer the fog formation, but whether the Sani Iron Tower in front of them was really the incarnation of the Supreme Lord of Arcane?

Come to think of it, it shouldn't be necessary. If Sani Iron Tower is really the incarnation of the Supreme Arcane Mage, breaking the fog formation would be easy. Why would he need to summon them to discuss it?

It is impossible from a mortal's perspective, but if you look up to the level of gods, it is very different. You must know that it was only the moon goddess Elune who set up this magic circle. Putting aside the little obscene articles of the bards who have disordered private lives of those gods, in terms of magical attainments, how can Elune dare to compare with the Supreme of Arcane Mage?

Just by listening to the name, you know who is the ancestor of magic.

"And what do you think of the data I just listed?"

It sounds like he has absolutely no idea about this formation. Can this even be considered an idea?

Seeing no one answer, Sani Tower smiled and said, "This just proves that, theoretically, it can be breached and destroyed from the front."

Youkuri shook his head slightly. "That's just a theory, though. As far as I know, even mages from the Age of Gods can only chant top-level spells for at least 20 minutes. Furthermore, top-level spells are mutually exclusive in certain environments. As the top-level mage in Sinidi, you should be aware of this limitation."

The environmental mutual exclusivity he mentioned refers to the fact that when top-level magic is chanted, the surrounding magical elements will undergo changes in concentration and form in order to meet the needs of the spell. The direct manifestation of this change is the formation of a strange phenomenon of heaven and earth around.

This area of ​​vision is the radiation zone of this top-level spell, which means that all the magic power in the area is occupied. Therefore, sometimes even the release of spells with other attributes will be affected, not to mention the attempt to be compatible with a second top-level spell.

If you want to send people to release top-level spells at the same time, you need to ensure that the distance between the two is far enough so that they do not interfere with each other.

Then some Rushakas may ask: What will be the final result if we both release top-level spells in the area at the same time?

The answer is that they will suffer the backlash together. This is why most mages do not want to use top-level spells to solve the problem once and for all even in the safety of the battlefield. Mages will basically give each other a break when they meet on the battlefield.

Because once this thing is chanted, it is equivalent to launching the first nuclear bomb. If the opponent also has a top-level mage and the situation is disadvantageous enough that he feels there is no hope of interrupting you and no possibility of withstanding, as long as he is desperate enough, he will directly explode with you, and you will all set off fireworks at each other.

This is what the mage community calls environmental mutual exclusivity.

Therefore, at that time, Sanita was the only wizard who dared to cast top-level magic at the gate of Alice City. Everyone thought that he must have guessed that the wizard tower master inside was afraid of death and dared not fight him, or that he did not understand this unpopular knowledge point.

Actually...

Sanitieta: It doesn't matter if I fail to cast a spell and suffer backlash. I have a lifeless Rushaka right next to me. Deducting 300 points for each death, 3 points for each death, and still a death, Rushaka is standing by to take all the backlash damage for me. Which road is the other side? Is there still time to remedy the backlash from top-level magic? I'm afraid even a Nine Revolutions Resurrection Pill from the immortal world wouldn't be enough to stop it.

Let's get back to the point. According to this theory, if you want to forcibly break through the fog array of the Elf Forest, you need four mages to stand in the four directions of the Elf Forest at the same time, and then cast top-notch damaging magic, and try to hit them at the same time with only a few minutes of error. Only then will it be possible to break through the fog array.

But putting aside the fact that the chanting speed varies, as for the prior preparation, there are only three great wizards present. Even if a fourth one can be gathered, the chanting will take time. The elves are not fools. Wouldn't they take advantage of the ability of the fog array to conceal their bodies and take the initiative to attack from the dark? (This is currently a doubt in Rusalka's mind).

In short, the Elf Sharpshooter's reputation as a Mage Killer wasn't earned for nothing. You're being used as a living target in such an obvious way. If any of their team's magic-breaking arrows hit you, you'll self-destruct on the spot, and the entire most elite protection team around you will be buried with you. And four people means four times the risk.

Anyone who doesn't think like Rusalka, "Either I kill you, or you kill me and then I kill you," basically will not choose to do this. The mage is strong, but it is also a high-risk profession that is accompanied by risks every time it casts a spell. A mage who does not know how to avoid risks would have gone to see the Supreme of Arcane Mage long ago.

"Of course, a brute force attack isn't realistic." Sanita picked up a baton and knocked it against the wall behind him. A tactical map suddenly appeared, and in the center of the map was the Elf Forest area. "But the elves don't know that we have no way to defeat this fog formation."

"This forest covers an area of ​​approximately 6601.2 square kilometers and contains a vast amount of precious magical materials and wild magical beasts. It is a natural treasure trove bestowed by the gods. It also borders the Kingdom of Sneidi, the Church of Esdi, the United Kingdom of Humanity, and even a tiny portion of the border of the Aiel Empire. Every year, approximately 50,000 adventurers and hunters make a living from its produce, and the total population of the surrounding villages and settlements has reached over a million."

He paused and said, "And all this is based on the fact that we humans have only developed it to about 10%."

"And according to those in our territory, the number of elves in the forest is only around 3, less than one thousandth of our kingdom's."

He avoided the important point and overlooked a key piece of information, which was that the population of the elves was more than 30,000. Apart from the small number of newborns, the entire race had a standing combat force of just over 30,000 - the elves were even more elite than the El Empire, where everyone was a soldier.

If what the great elder Huafalin said was true, and if he could really rely on the mysterious vitality to mass-produce elves, then if you think about it carefully, the elf population only needs to increase sevenfold to reach a military strength of 200,000. Then, relying on the material and logistical support of the forest, no one would be able to resist them wherever they go.

It's hard to say about the terrifying orcs like the El Empire who will fight to the last drop of blood, but at least a human country like Snidi, which excludes the elderly, the weak, women and children when fighting, and divides the combat effectiveness of soldiers into different levels, and will flee if the casualties are too great, can never be their opponent.

As for the number of 30,000 elves, this number is very delicate now. It is in a state where they are more than capable of guarding the house but cannot go out.

Because fighting is not a simple data comparison, especially the most important part of morale, which depends entirely on the casualty ratio.

They might only start to consider retreating if 20,000 of the 200,000 elves died, but if only 3,000 of the 30,000 elves were killed or injured, they might have already entered a rout. Once the scale changes, morale will also increase exponentially.

Rusalka: (Wow, that elf thrived, eventually bringing the Teardrop Lord to his knees. They must be trying to capture the Sanita Tower and use it as a star!)

Sanita: (What the hell is the point of having such a good imagination?)

The surrounding mages were stunned for a moment, and it was the old man in the blue robe who interrupted, "Excuse me, Master Sanitieta, I have a question."

Sanita had already prepared his speech, and the answers to all the questions were clear in his mind: "You go ahead."

The other party asked, "Excuse me, what unit of measurement is kilometer?"

This question stunned Sanita for two seconds: "One kilometer is equal to one thousand meters, and one meter is three feet."

"Oh... a kilometer is about 3000 feet, and a square kilometer is... 250 acres. So why are you using such a strange unit of measurement?"

Sanita: (Damn, I'm really convinced. Should I start from here?)

Rusalka: (Understand, a tour guide is like this. If you lead a foreign tour group to visit the Elf Forest, you must first give a foreign language introduction, right?)

"In short, what I want to say is that if we can develop the entire forest, the price of spell materials in the market will drop to one-fifth of the original price."

Rusalka: (What? Genshin Impact? So, you play Genshin Impact too.)

Sani Tower: (Turns off.)

Rusalka: (Think about it this way. Our nation of Snidi has a total population of 30 million. If Snidi and the elves go to war, it's like each elf would have to fight 1000 humans at the same time. No, you don't care about the elves at all, because you only care about yourself.)

You say those mages aren't coveting the forest treasure house, but that's impossible. The problem is that the treasure house is a bank vault, and the guards are very formidable. Even if Sanita tries to incite everyone, he'll have to come up with a plausible idea to get everyone on board. "But you just said that a brute force attack isn't realistic."

"That's right." Sanita drew a line on the map. "At that time, I will send the army and lead the elves in the territory to the entrance of this area. You all just need to stay outside the safe forest."

Those mages were also a little amused: Well, we heard that there were open classes here, so we ran all the way here through the portal to learn. We thought we were taking a theoretical class, but we didn’t expect that we were taking a practical class - they have forced us onto the pirate ship, right?

It would be embarrassing to refuse now, mainly because the Sani Iron Tower was in very bad condition. They had just studied so many finished products in the Mage Tower and were fascinated by them, but suddenly they brought up this. No one would be willing to send them back home now.

To use Rusalka's words to describe Sanita's behavior, it was like blocking the toilet door and confessing his love.

He described the mages' mentality at the moment as: the napkins were in their hands.

Sanita was going through the crucial persuasion phase and was too lazy to attack Rusalka who was talking nonsense over there.

The other party also confirmed the risk: "Then what should we do?"

"I will then have the military stationed in this area to protect you all."

He marked a location near the outskirts of the forest, which was still some distance away from the fog formation.

"I'll give you another torch. All you need to do is follow the torch's instructions and fire long-range spells at that location. There's no limit to the type of spell you can use. As long as you can ensure your own safety, make it as powerful as possible."

Sanita had seen Rusalka's new torch. Compared with the underworld effect and underworld name of this torch, he felt that the [Colorful] attribute of this thing had great potential - although the bound person was Rusalka, it did not mean that he could not control Rusalka to use this thing.

Rusalka: I bought the equipment with my points, so why did he develop it first? He used the legendary move [Minotaur's Gaze] on me, didn't he?

I found a problem. Ever since I went into the sea, I have been wearing cow armor. I think the problem may be the color of the sea water. Its base color may be yellow - because yellow + blue = green, which leads to Amelie being green, me being green, and Weishas being green (referring to the cat). I must change the color of the armor before I go next time.

The Sani Iron Tower is described as the inverted Tiangang.

The mages also thought this job was pretty easy. Although the range requirement was a bit high, Sanita had said to do his best, so touching the fish didn't seem to be a big deal. "That's all?"

"Yes, after it's done..."

"No problem. How about you give us the finished technical drawings you brought out earlier so we can study them and then let us see the spacecraft called 'Guided Explosion'?"

"Alright, but you are not allowed to touch or experiment with the magic circuits on the spacecraft without my permission."

"Don't worry, this is the most basic rule for exchanging mage achievements. We understand it."

Actually, Sanita originally wanted to say that he would give them 1-2% of all the "trade" output of the Elf Forest after the matter was completed, but they were so polite that he let it go. A tour guide is a tour guide. After visiting the Mage Tower, he visited the Elf Forest, and finally visited the Guide Explosion Account. It was also good. He liked this tour guide job very much.

Rusalka understood Sanita: (How powerful could a long-range magic strike be? I guess that's not your goal. What exactly do you want these mages to do?)

Sanita: (I didn't expect them to do much damage, and I hadn't planned to rely on them in the first place. It's just that I considered that the elves are mostly a mix of marksmen and mages. I was worried that if I were gone, the elves would launch a decisive counterattack. The ordinary army and my mages, who are used to winning battles, wouldn't be able to deal with their invisibility and would be on the defensive. But now this army has two archmages personally commanding it, and its security has changed dramatically.)

Rusalka: (Then why don’t you just say it?)

Sanitta: (Heh, what should I say? I'm saying, if the elves riot and the army launches a counterattack, it's up to you to hold the line for me, okay? Well, guess whether they'll come or not? Please, human mages will retreat and lower their heads when they see elven sharpshooters. We can't let them think they might be in danger.)

Indeed, if there is a counterattack, it will be too late for these mages to run away, and they will have to cooperate with the army and fight even if they cry - running is useless, once they lose the protection of the front line of the army, they will be sitting ducks.

Chapter 435 Free Trade

The construction plan of the Mage Tower was in full swing. During this period, many elves took the initiative to "return to work" one after another because they had run out of money. Sunny Tower, of course, did not hold grudges and even proposed a notice and reward measure of "more salary for those who come back early". Under the reward effect of this carrot, most of the elves who still wanted to play for a while came back.

With the pooling of manpower and resources and everyone working together, it only took two months to successfully complete the half-built wizard tower.

There was no need for an opening ceremony or ribbon-cutting ceremony. Mages considered themselves to be above the world, so they certainly didn't need such secular celebrations. Rusalka's suggestion of setting off fireworks for a day was fine, so he took the torch out of the system space and inserted it on the top of the mage tower, allowing it to automatically launch a firework into the sky every minute.

As for the functional testing part, although everyone is eager to see the results, Sunitita said that it will be put off until later, and they will come back to test it after finishing the high-priority elves.

When exactly was it? He was a man who never played fast and loose and gave a specific date - that was the day the elves received their wages, which was also the day they returned to the Pearl Tear Territory after successfully completing the transaction in the Elf Forest.

The elves were dissatisfied at this time. They surrounded the Sani Tower and protested, saying: "What if you stay in the Elf Forest and don't come back? What will happen to our wages?"

When they were able to say the word "wages", Rusalka seemed to see the brilliance of humanity in these elves - are these still elves?

Sanitta thought the reasons they gave were simply unbelievable: What do you mean? I, who started my career in the Pearl Tear Territory, chose to stay in the Forest of Elves, but you, the group of people who were captured and brought to the Pearl Tear Territory, want to go back to the Pearl Tear Territory on your own, right?

After all, if the elves don't return to the Pearl Tear Territory, then human currency will be completely useless in the Elf Forest, a self-sufficient place that has no connection with the market. Isn't their subtext that they will come back after they are done?

That's fine. It's a good thing that they want to come back on their own. We can use less hemp ropes and sacks.

Sanitieta stretched out his hand and pressed down, comforting them, "Don't worry, Lord Pearl Tear has always been in Pearl Tear Territory. If you are really worried, you can ask him for money when the time comes."