1304 Underground 2 (1/2)

Although Garen was mentally prepared for it, he was still shocked by this figure. On one hand, gold coins were not worth very much at all in Snow City. Given the high cost of living, the buying power of one gold coin was equivalent to ten dollars back on Earth. But even if it was only ten dollars, more than one billion gold coins would still amount to more than ten billion in cost, and this was excluding the many rare materials that he needed to prepare himself. He also needed to exchange a treasure for that Eternal Divine Power Insulation Enchantment.

”What do I say? As expected of peak-level Wizard Tower equipment…” Garen sighed.

”As long as you get it.” The Soaring Wing King laughed. ”I'll give you a list of the materials you need to prepare on your own. I can help you with the basic construction fees, but my hands are tied with the materials. Many of those things are extinct now, the highest-level Wizard Towers now were all constructed thousands of years ago. That's why you need to prepare them yourself.”

He was a higher-up in Snow City, and a billion gold coins were nothing to him, seeing as his current net worth was at least several tens of billions. Still, he naturally would not fork out that sum for nothing.

”What do you want in return?” Of course, Garen knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch.

The Soaring Wing King smiled mysteriously.

”Do me a big favor…”

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Once he retreated from the Dream World, Garen sank into deep thought. The requirement the Soaring Wing King wanted in return was slightly too high up the danger scale.

But he had no other choice than to borrow the Soaring Wing King's power in order to build the Wizard Tower. That was why he had to consider the pros and cons on both sides.

The shadow of the Mother Stream Alliance was peeking out slightly from behind the Soaring Wing King's back.

The Soaring Wing King seemed to be a direct subordinate of the Mother Stream Alliance. In fact, Garen had received an invitation from the Mother Stream Alliance back then as well, but sadly he did not manage to reply to it before he was accidentally swept into this World.

”I still don't have enough information, and there's only so much I can do on my own…” Garen sighed. If he had a strong enough influence, he would be able to save a great deal of energy in terms of collecting money and materials, and then he would not have to ask such a big favor of the Soaring Wing King. And without enough information, he might accidentally be dragged by the Mother Stream Alliance into becoming cannon fodder at the front lines. Now, that would be a tragedy.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

Even an upper-level Demon Lord Level Thousand-Armed Giant could be tossed out as cannon fodder, what was more a middle-level Demon Lord like him.

Although the dragons were rich, several billion gold coins… was still a staggering sum to give away… Most Adult Colossal Dragons had about ten million gold coins, and that was already rather considerable. Those who had a hundred million were impressive indeed.

He fretted over it overnight and continued on his way the next day. When he was just about to reach Snow City, for some reason, the summoning forces that he had not seen for a while suddenly rang out again in Garen's brain.

He had almost forgotten that he still had an impromptu Summoning Contract.

This was a mandatory contract, so he had no choice but to go. Helpless, he ordered the two Dragon Guards to find a crevice and stay there for now, awaiting his return. The duration of the summon was very short, a few days at most, so he could return quickly after he solved the problem.

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In the dark Underground City

It had been a very, very long time since Kevin entered the ruins.

The tunnel had been sealed off, and Blue Void led everyone further into the depths, as though he wanted to reach the core of the earth. They encountered too many troubles along the way, and the Contractors even summoned almost a half of their dragons. Even so, they just managed to hang in there, losing a great many of their team members on the way.

But after he exchanged information with the Empire for the last time, Blue Void continued to lead everyone into the deepest parts of the Underground City without a hint of hesitation.

The entire Underground City was filled with abandoned houses, empty and dim grey-black abandoned buildings. There were no living creatures, no movement whatsoever, and the dust was piled up on the ground and inside the house. If they knocked down a door by accident, they would send dust flying up in the air for a very long time.

Thankfully, they had all brought more than enough food and water, so all of them managed to hang in there and could continue to hang in there for several years. They encountered many traps as they went, but Blue Void's men dismantled every single one of them.

There was no sun nor light in the Underground City, only the undead.

There were zombies, skeletons, corpses, and ghosts, each without wills, wandering around aimlessly.

Kevin sat in his own tent, looking at the pitch-black arc above the Underground City. Other than the tiny bit of light from their own campsite, there was no sign of light at all outside, and they could not see anything.

His tent was surrounded by the many tents of the other Contractors, and outside the rings of Contractors, there were more than ten dragons curled up on the ground, resting. Most of them were Red, Blue, Green, and White Dragons. There was only one Black Dragon.

Even beyond that, there was the campsite's campfire.

There was nothing else any further than that, at the very outside. There was only a sea of dark, dusty abandoned buildings.

”If only we could live inside those abandoned buildings,” said his daughter Maria softly as she walked to the entrance of her recently-illuminated tent.

”How long are we going to stay here?” said Ice Orchid, a friend she had just made along the way, helplessly. This female Wizard, dressed in blue robes, was not a Contractor, but she had become good friends with Maria, so they lived in Kevin's tent together. These tents looked quite small, but in truth they could be divided into several rooms inside, so they were actually quite large. There were many items and furniture in there. The Wizards could use spells to produce water, and although it was not much, it was still enough to drink. On the other hand, it was unfortunate but the water was not enough for them to bathe.