1260 Floating Sky Part 1 (1/2)
Sika told Lex that the level-12 oracles had attacked Metatrin City and that they had probably headed back to Holy City.
After hearing all of that, Lex slowly said, ”The mages of Holy Rock City will back me up. I think it's better to hand the fighting within Qin territory over to Nature City. I will allow the propagation of the Nature Faith so that the Qin mages will not look for trouble in Nature City.”
”While the two oracles are of high levels, they are not actually all that dangerous for the time being. The gods are a very selfish bunch, so those two will not see eye to eye with each other.”
”The trouble right now is Alchemy City.” Under the cover of Saleen's Lightning Constellation, he projected a map of the entire mainland. He pointed at New Demon City and said, ”Here. This is the core city of the southwestern nobles. They are loyal to you now. And here...”
Saleen then pointed at the razed Pompeii City and said, ”This is where the line between Alchemy City and southwestern Qin was drawn. If we were to rebuild Pompeii, we'd end up clashing with Alchemy City.”
”Not necessarily.” Sika pointed at the ruins of Pompeii City and said, ”We could rebuild the place without migrating anyone there.”
”Without migrating anyone?”
”Hah!” Sika scratched her head in frustration and said, ”Saleen, do you remember that there is a memorial in Pompeii City?”
”I do. On the memorial, there is a list of soldiers who died in the line of duty defending Pompeii City.”
”We could preserve the ruins of Pompeii City and build an even bigger memorial, recording the city's history and destruction. Alchemy was the one that destroyed Pompeii City, there is no denying such a thing. So...”
”I get it now. If Alchemy City destroys Pompeii City a second time, it will make everyone fear Alchemy City. If Alchemy City dares to expand, it would mean that they are attempting to rule the entire mainland!”
Sika's suggestion was indeed very original. She would have Saleen build commemorative buildings in the place where Pompeii City had been, but not ones meant to house anyone. Alchemy City would not attempt to destroy the city again since it lacked a reason to do so.
Lex started to view Sika in a different light. It was an ingenious suggestion. Sika had seemed rather dumb in the past, but that was no longer the case. Could a person's intelligence really grow after advancing?
There was no doubt about it. Even magic beasts came to possess greater intellectual capacities after their levels were raised to a certain point. Sometimes, they would even begin to learn language and writing.
Sika was a human, so there was no way she could have remained a single-minded fool after advancing to level-ten.
If Alchemy City wanted to attack the newly restored Pompeii City, they would only be able to do so if they were willing to cast aside reason. Saleen needed time to consolidate his powers. At that moment, he only needed to ensure that his territories were not invaded by others.
The 12 mountains of bone crystals that the giant had acquired from the cemetery of the giants would allow Saleen to arm all of his forces. When the armies of the two nations were converted into full magic forces, their combat capacities would be raised enough to threaten some very powerful professionals.
For instance, the Holy See's Heaven Knights. Any common level-nine or even level-ten professional would die if they faced that relentless force.
The combat capacities of professionals were limited. Few were capable of having so many types of equipment at their disposal or of summoning 500,000 lightning puppets from the Lightning Constellation like Saleen was.
If a level-ten professional intended to kill a Heaven Knight, they would need to cast skills no lower than level-seven. The Heaven Knights were very well-fortified and their defenses were unparalleled. Level-ten professionals, on the other hand, were generally not able to cast over 100 level-seven skills.
A squadron of Heaven Knights consisted of about 60 members. There were also squadrons with about 100 members. Even level-ten professionals would only be capable of thinning some of their numbers before being forced to flee.
The Heaven Knights' suits of armor were capable of distributing attacks to all of their compatriots. Such equipment was a headache to deal with.
A level-ten professional was able to kill all of their enemies with just one single skill otherwise.
Holy See was so concerned about the fossilized gods because their fragments were capable of being forged into Heaven Knights' armor. Saleen had baited the Holy See using the fossilized gods, luring Theisio and a good number of elites into the cemetery of the giants.
He'd then taken them all out with a single sweep after baiting them inside.
Saleen's plan had not felt thorough, as if every single step had been something improvised instead. However, the Holy See was never able to resist such temptations, so both Theisio and the great head inquisitor had ended up dead.
Lex had been able to rake a small fortune out of the cemetery of the giants.
The bone crystals of the giants were of far greater value than magic nuclei. Not even magic nuclei above level-12 could compare with those bone crystals.
Saleen knew his own level well and that there was no way he could have taken down the Lightning Moon in the cemetery of the giants, so he'd had no choice but to leave it be. It was fortunate that no one but Lex was able to get inside and come back out alive.
Saleen was right outside the cemetery of the giants, dividing the loot into different portions. Saleen had gotten the larger portion. He needed to build a Sky City, and the required materials to do so were astronomical.
Lex took some from the remaining smaller portion, and the rest of it was sent to the alchemy factories.
The mages who had sided with Lex were unable to get much. While the bone crystals of the giants were indeed consumables, they burned inefficiently compared to magic nuclei.
They somewhat resembled dragon crystals, which were capable of slowly recovering lost energy within their crystalline structures over time.