Chapter 229 Alright Then, Winter Fort Is a Class Academy (1/2)

Have they really completed the construction of Winter Fort?

Upon hearing that news, Joshua raised his eyebrows. His heart was racing with joy and surprise. Well, that was a gigantic structure that was being built in the middle of a snowy mountain. It was already a big project that required a substantial amount of manpower to transport the construction materials over to the construction site. Also, it was not even a year since the construction began. Was the construction completed already?

”That's fast.”

As he was speaking, he opened the door and entered the study room. He could not help but sigh. ”I didn't expect the mage to be so efficient.”

03 came down from the ceiling gently. After that, she floated over to Joshua's side. She did not seem surprised though. She just spoke calmly, ”Back in those years, the people of Karlis did not spend more than a few years before they were done with the construction of the pyramid fortress. While you and your people here spent almost a year to build such a small academy. That's considerably slow.”

”How can we compare to that? You and your people had utilized the strength of a whole civilization. Meanwhile, we're just utilizing the manpower we have in a territory that only belongs to one count,” Joshua retorted.

”All in all, this is really slow.”

03 did not intend to be reasonable with the warrior. However, she then turned her head and told the warrior another good news, ”Oh right, the holy knight that has been looking at me with a strange expression on his face had recently found an unusual spot in the volcano. The density of the elements in that area is bizarrely thick, and they're very unstable. Ordinary members of the expedition party cannot even enter the area.”

As they were talking about that, the expression of the female Artificial Intelligence became serious. ”That's part of the deep area of the volcano itself. That's also the area where the lava gathers around. Joshua, with such volatile and strange area in there, you should grasp the concept of what it really is.”

When the warrior heard the news, he could not help but freeze for a very brief moment. Then he stopped doing what he was doing at the moment and sank into deep thought. ”Is there really such a thing? Can it be that… Can Roland really be that lucky?”

Upon thinking about that, he already made some guesses about that area. For that, Joshua made a decision. ”It is indeed possible that it might cause a volcanic eruption. When I have the time, I shall go over to the Great Ajax Volcano for an inspection.”

Afterward, 03 also spoke about some of the small trivial matters. As an Artificial Intelligence, the warrior entrusted her with the mission to transmit information. After reporting to the warrior, she then floated in mid-air above the liege's residence and went back to the other mansion where her true body was located at the moment.

Meanwhile, Joshua looked at some data and determined that there were no thirty creatures in the North that could advance to Gold tier. He could not help but let out a sigh.

He did not think that the quest was difficult though. It was just very troublesome for him. Thirty Gold-tier monsters were not like a bunch of naïve Chinese cabbages (1) that would just stay there and wait for someone to hunt them down. Furthermore, for each monster, one day would be required to search it, and another one day would be required to track it down. Yet another one day would be required to locate its lair and kill it. Occasionally, if he were to encounter a monster that was tougher or maybe much more proficient in fleeing away, then one more day would be spared for that hunt, wasted just like that. Under that circumstance, the warrior would need at least half a year to complete this quest even if he did not do other tasks and focused only on slaying daemons.

Of course, not to mention about completing it in half a year, even if he takes about one or two years, his progress to Supreme tier would be deemed as extremely fast. In other words, the others would have been joyful to the point that they would jump around in excitement if they could progress at that pace. However, Joshua was displeased to know that. All sorts of calamities were approaching fast now. There were only so few laid-back times left for him to take things easy. If he did not speed up his progression now, he would certainly be suffering a lot in the days to come.

Lifting his head and looking upward, Joshua stared at the fluorite lamp and the pyroxene lamp hanging above his head. The two colors, gold and white were dazzling. Compared to a year ago, the lights that these magic stones created were getting brighter already.

That was the proof that the density of magic elements was getting thicker and thicker before the arrival of the Great Mana Tide. The increasing density of the free-roaming energy would make it possible to awaken the bloodlines. Through trials and training of Combat Aura, the number of people who could activate magic power would increase along with time. Meanwhile, the dimensional barrier in the North had become thinner and weaker than the others across the Mycroft continent, all thanks to the 'visit' from the Evil God that attempted to invade this world in the past. That was also why the magic energy in this land could increase much faster than the other lands. Nostradamus decided to establish his academy here in the North because of that reason.

”If it's about the source of recruitment, I should not be worried about that. The mage has definitely found some noblemen that are close to him and invited them to join as his apprentices. Meanwhile, he should have certainly gathered quite a number of civilians with the 'Gift'. Also, he should have recruited some teachers. After all, he is the dean of the Royal Mage Academy back in Empire City. As long as he is willing to look, there will always be people for him to recruit.”