395 Training On The Way Home Part 1 (1/2)
At first, Saleen was not keen about looking for the ruins of temples. Now that he knew about the news, he started thinking about what Lex said before.
Lex once told Saleen to gather people that he trusted and find all the ruins of the temples together. Saleen did not agree formally, but he had been taking precautions to find the ruins of the temples. Obviously, the ruins were built during the passing of the Goddess of Myers.
A God would be sensitive to a such matter. Saleen was always worried that his encounter was a trap left behind by the Goddess. As a mage, even if they did not repel the Goddess of Myers, held their guard up.
The achievement of the Ring of Gifts in Saleen's hand was not suspicions as the Goddess could not predict that there would be a bastard named 'Saleen' and that he had placed a bet with Baron Minghui. He won the Ring of Gifts from Baron Minghui and it was impossible for the two of them to intersect originally.
Saleen was able to place a bet with Baron Minghui because he was Viscount Gugger's guest. Viscount Gugger was willing to invite Saleen because he wanted to recover his family's reputation through the grand mage that backed Saleen up. Saleen was used because of Jason and Jason accepting Saleen as an apprentice was merely an accident.
All these incidents were not related at all so Saleen did not believe that his fate was arranged by someone else. Everything was due to his hard work, to be able to achieve what he had.
The origin of the ring was fine, but if the Goddess knew about her fall, what was her intention to build so many secret temples? From the myths, the Goddess of Myers was not an enthusiast of preaching. The cost to build so many temples was very high.
Saleen would not buy the idea of the Goddess suddenly turning crazy. There was always a reason that human did not know when God was doing something. Saleen did not want to get involved and only wanted to live and be assured that he had bread everyday.
Now that he had become a pure mage, suddenly there was a pathway right before his eyes and Saleen could not put off the idea regardless.
”Master, do you want me to leave immediately?” the winged skeleton's voice rang in Saleen's mind and Saleen shook his head.
”Soldier, you can continue. It'd be best to suck dry all the power of spirit of the dead. You never know when the next time you would be coming here is.”
The winged skeleton appreciated Saleen's effort, but he did not waste any time. He knew that Saleen was rushing to head back while he sent Banchajanna out to hunt. If Banchajanna did not follow the ship's movement, he might run into danger.
What the winged skeleton was worried about did not happen, he continued to take in the power of the dead for three days and Banchajanna managed to get back in time. Saleen was worried too. He was not worried about Banchajanna, but he was about the eighteen pieces of dimension stones that he had given to Banchajanna.
If he were to lose all those dimension stones, Saleen would weep, but he had no tears. When Saleen was making the armor for Sika, he already knew the value of the dimension stones and the twelve of them he used for Sika seemed to be wasted. If he had enough skill, only one dimension stone would have been sufficient to turn Sika's amor to be a semi godly item.
Saleen found it odd ”Sregl Island had such a good item, but why would they be attracted by the fire type element spirit.”
It could actually be explained easily. Those dimension stones belonged to Jason. Among the mages in Sregl Island, only Jason's water flame could make these gemstones while the other mages would not study it.
In Jason's plan, the real function of the dimension stones were not to be made into any sort of magic equipment. In Jason's heart, the biggest function of the dimension stone was to use as spatial equipment. Jason was very ambitious, he was dissatisfied with Sregl Island being positioned at the bottom of Alchemy City. How could he possibly design such a perfect city otherwise. This was a city that was specifically prepared for mages.
To build such a city, the expenditure was huge. It took manpower, material, resources, and also time. To put the building material together would perhaps take decades without sufficient spatial equipment to transport it. The city would need centuries to be built. It required more man power to guard the materials.
The material required to build a magic tower was a terrifyingly amount and most of the part where it required the most material were underground. A grade-9 magic tower was at least one square mile. The depth of the magic tower foundation was basically above double the height of the ground and all of the material was extremely precious.
”Banchajanna, well done. Let's go.” The last sentence was to the winged skeleton.
He complimented Banchajanna faintly and passed Banchajanna a few pieces of bone casually. Banchajanna was covered with wounds and he had used up all of his skill for the three-day-hunt. Luckily, most of the stronger magic beasts had passed, otherwise, there would be a problem for him to come back alive.