271 Expensive Research Part 2 (1/2)

At first Saleen thought he could continuously use trial and error to understand the theory behind the magic patterns, however; he had not expected the blue current to use up this much energy.

It seemed like only Alchemy City could withstand such expenses. Saleen's finances alone were limited and he could not afford to use such methods to uncover the secrets of the electric current.

In less than a second, he had used up more than two-thousand gold coins. Such methods of spending had to be the fastest in history, even quicker than dumping gold coins into water.

The standard weight of a gold coin in the empire was twelve grams, two-thousand gold coins were heavier than twenty kilograms. Saleen still did not feel satisfied after spending over twenty kilograms of gold coins.

As a sizzling noise sounded, the blue current on the body of the witcher spider disappeared and black smoke appeared. Saleen immediately used a cleaning spell to clean the witcher spider, holding it in his hands.

The nuclear position of the witcher spider was a piece of crystal, it had Saleen's focus imprinted on it and was used to command the actions of the puppet. When the blue current appeared, Saleen's imprinted focus had not been affected, this part of the magic was successful. At least after adding the magic pattern from the lightning dragon, Saleen's focus had not been hurt.

The problem was that the current produced on the body of the witcher spider was too weak. Even if it did hit Saleen, it would not hurt him at all. Saleen did not even need to use a magic shield to be able to withstand such a current.

That was the only value of this experiment, Saleen knew that if he was to continue researching, he would definitely be able to discover something.

It seemed like he needed his own magic tower now, without it, this experiment used up too much. Saleen also felt that even if he were to have his own nine-storey magic tower and became a grade-9 sorcerer, he would not be able to afford such expenses.

Continuing this experiment meant using magic nuclei non-stop, even if Saleen had that much money, he had nowhere to buy that many high-grade magic nuclei.

High-grade magic nuclei were so expensive not because they were much better in their properties as compared to middle-grade and low-grade magic nuclei, it was because it was limited. Every year the high-grade magic beasts that could be hunted were all found in the sea, those on land were either too hard to deal with or were almost extinct. Even though the Myers Mainland was vast, human powers were too great and their destructiveness was shocking.

The rise of every city meant that the living creatures within that area were being destroyed and hunted.

If a wealthy person were to spot a magic beast, they would definitely hire some soldiers and mages to get rid of it. Besides getting money for it, they would be able to protect their citizens from being threatened.

That was how the magic beasts on the Myers Mainland slowly disappeared, besides some places where the conditions are harsh and no humans would be willing to go. In other places, when a magic beast appeared, mercenaries and adventurers would gather like hornets.

A swordsman was willing to hunt for a magic beast that was one or even two grades higher than himself for gold coins. Setting traps, poison, and alchemy weapons; he would use them all.

The magic powers of a magic beast were limited, the rest of its powers came from its claws, so how could it fight against the armors and weapons of the swordsmen?

Because of that high-grade magic nuclei were not bought over with gold coins, they had to be traded with materials. In the rare occasion that someone lacked money, he could auction off his magic nucleus for gold coins, the price of the magic nucleus would be ten times or even hundred times greater than what it was really worth.

Alchemy City was rich because it defended the seas and it could defend against any attack by the combat fleet of the Cloudflow Empire.

Controlling the seas, one could reap the benefits of it. Human activity had not affected the magic beasts in the sea before. Moreover, the area of the sea was countless times bigger than the area of the mainland. There were far more magic beasts in the sea than the number of people on the Myers Mainland.

Saleen finally understood why Alchemy City could stand for thousands of years. Now he was about to do something similar, building a port and a fleet here, controlling the nearby seas, gathering a group and obtaining the magic resources in the sea.

However, Saleen felt that there was something wrong with that, what if all the resources in the sea were used up by humans? Would humans become weaker then?

During ancient times, the magic ingredients on the Myers Mainland were countless and anyone that was training would not meet with the problem of a lack of ingredients. However, only a few mages could have the luxuries that Lex had on the Mainland. As for the rest, they would usually die before reaching a sorcerer.

Lex wanted everyone to understand the secrets of magic but realistically, the number of people who could become sorcerers were the same now, because the Myers Mainland could only nurture that many sorcerers.

This was merely a flashing thought in Saleen's mind, he had not given it much consideration. Whatever happened in the future, he could not give up on his magic training.

If he became a mage like Raphael in the future, he would be able to create a world. He could nurture countless of magic beasts in that world; maybe that was what Raphael wanted to do?

Whatever humans wanted, they would need to pay a price for it, this made so much sense. Mages gained magic powers and boundless knowledge but the price to pay was the Myers Mainland getting increasingly desolate as time passed. Sooner or later, it would become like the interdimensional space with no signs of life.

The witcher spider was damaged after releasing a single blue current. Luckily Aini's parents had processed a magic pattern that was of high enough grade, it did not damage the structure of the witcher spider this time; the natural magic patterns within it had not changed.