1093 Constructing the Magic Net Part 1 (1/2)

The materials that Saleen listed were enough to build a new Daliang City altogether. Furthermore, it would have been an all-magic city. The materials used for drawing magic arrays themselves were more than what could have been measured using gold.

The main materials for constructing cities were stones and wood, but Daliang City's construct apparently used more metals. There was simply no way Alchemy City would have been able to produce so many of the required metals.

Holy Rock City would have been able to gather ample materials from warehouses all over the place, but that too was not something that could have been accomplished within a day or two.

The two emissaries frowned as they looked at Saleen. He smiled and said, ”I know there are quite a lot of materials listed here, and even an empire wouldn't have been able to gather so many in such a short span of time. But, then again, feel free to write an evidence of debt. I believe what is beneath Daliang City will be worth your while.

The two emissaries had no problems comprehending all that. The fossilized gods that rushed outside were themselves precious materials. The Holy See would rather let scores of their own die instead of giving up the place.

Holy See or not, if I have control of what's going on down there, who's to say that I wouldn't have done the same?

The two sorcerers acknowledged his points, which meant that Saleen had them convinced.

”Get another contract scroll written. We have the authority to call the shots,” the two emissaries said to Saleen at the same time.

As emissaries, they were given a certain measure of power before coming to Daliang City to sign contracts with the city. While Saleen's demands were somewhat scary, they were still deemed acceptable.

Lex's insistence had been for such conditions. When Saleen went to draft another contract, he began discussing with the two emissaries meticulously, looking at what kind of materials they were able to procure.

The discussion went on for several hours. Furthermore, there were some things that the two emissaries were truly unable to be certain of, requiring them to contact Alchemy City or Holy Rock City through the use of magic arrays.

The first batch of materials delivered to Daliang City was used to construct a large scale teleportation portal.

The portal was constructed east of the city, a mile away from the wall. Everyone had the schematics of the large-scale teleportation portal, but its construction was something that had not been seen for the past several thousands of years.

Saleen needed such a portal since Alchemy City would have sent large numbers of sorcerers through when there was a need for it. He had also promised to use resources from all three parties to first complete the construction of the magic net to protect the safety of the sorcerers.

Not only would their combat capacity not be diminished within the magic net, their powers would have been brought to their peak.

Saleen did not hide his intentions of nurturing enchanters. In Alchemy City's perspective, while enchanters were powerful auxiliary forces, they were not as versatile as mages.

There were mages all over Alchemy City. If it had not been for such an environment, they would not have had considered constructing a magic net.

The city's huge number of magic towers were capable of providing mages with support. The cost of maintaining the net was hefty, but it was built so that even common folk would have been able to cast spells. There were simply nothing for mages to gain from it.

Even Saleen himself did not like magic nets much. That was because if humans grew to rely on magic nets, there would probably slack in cultivating their magic chords.

There was a huge difference between enchanters and mages. An enchanter would have been useless outside a magic net. There was no use for them other than the chants they memorized.

However, only those who had truly cultivated their own magic chords would have understood that it was ultimately futile to rely on external apparatus. A mage was utterly incapable of bettering their physical constitution without magic chords and unable to attain long life.

What is a lifespan? It's time. Only people who have lived long enough would have been able to learn more. If mages were only capable of living to 100, there would have been no more level nine powerful ones emerging in the future.

But, their current predicament said that they would have only been able to defend themselves against enemy attacks by constructing a magic net.

When the signing of the contract was finished, the people of Alchemy City attempted to talk with Saleen, hoping to acquire the manufacturing schematics of the magic power furnace.

Saleen refused tactfully. But, he offered it on one condition, which was the large-scale magic amplifier.

If Alchemy City was able to provide a set of large-scale magic amplifiers, Saleen would provide three types of manufacturing schematics of the magic power furnace.

The emissaries were incapable of deciding on that matter since the large-scale magic amplifier was simply too precious. The device would have enabled the city to become the strongest of strongholds to be found in the world, amplifying a mage's combat capacity by more than three times.

The problem was that the large-scale magic amplifier was something that humanity was no longer capable of crafting, even for Jason who had mastered Water Flame Alchemy. The price that Saleen set was simply too high for Alchemy City to bear.

However, the mages of Alchemy City were not disappointed. The extreme demand simply meant that the matter at hand was still negotiable.

After the large-scale teleportation portal was constructed, all materials required by Saleen were delivered to Daliang City one after another without pause.

Nailisi had moved all 600,000 elite Lex troops away and replaced them with mercenaries. The cost of the mercenaries was borne by Alchemy City and Holy Rock City.

The internal parts of Daliang City were quickly modified. With the exception of the core palace, every other place had been remodeled into complex forts. The construction of the magic net was faster than Saleen had anticipated.