The Underground World had been in turmoil recently.
This was the message that Kevin had specifically brought when he had paid Leon a visit.
Of course, Kevin hadn''t visited him just to inform him of this message, but to also bring along the chief officer of Lothar Merchant who had been stationed in this ce. The purpose for their visit was to purchase those Blood Gas that had been awarded to Leon and Bleia in mine number seven.
Having spent some time identifying them, Leon determined that these Blood Gas were rather special magical materials. Those that were mainly used in crafting some types of unique magical items, however, they were of no help to the Golem that he needed now. Perhaps because of this, Leon briskly gave all six Blood Gas that he and Bleia had owned to the Lothar Merchant and let them handle the sale.
As for the fee, Leon had not asked for magic crystals, but instead had requested them to exchange all the profits into Pseudo-Mage level Elementium cores. In response to his request, the chief officer had agreed with a smile all over his face.
Since Leon had been willing to give away his Blood Ga, the chief officer was able toplete his half-yearly target. Additionally, since Leon didn''t ept the magic crystals and was willing to exchange them for Elementium cores with Lothar Merchant, the chief officer was able toplete two transactions in one go! How could he not be happy?
The reason why Leon had acted so briskly earlier was because he had found out that this Lothar Merchant was supported by the Mage Angus whom he had been dealing with this entire time and that both Kevin and Mage Angus had belonged to the same family – the Byron family.
Due to these two reasons, Leon had agreed to the request of this chief officer without any hesitation, as it would also serve as a friendly gesture towards the Mage Angus.
To reciprocate Leon''s friendly gesture, before leaving with satisfaction, Kevin showed a warmer attitude to their friendship. Secretly, he told Leon that if there was anything in the future that Leon wasn''t able to solve by himself, Leon could definitely pay a visit to Mage Angus. Regardless of whether it was the purchase of knowledge or exchange of resources, Mage Angus would be sure to give him the best discount!
In less than half a day, the Pseudo-Mage level Elementium cores that Leon had requested were delivered to him. There was a total of four Elementium cores, one of the Earth element, two of the Water element and one of the Wind element. In addition to the cores, he also received map of the entire Underground World which clearly marked every detail that had been discovered so far. However, this map could only be used as a reference, because it was very tough to perfectly line it up with the actual terrain and one needed to consider the changes in terrain.
Leon had finally understood that the only thing that could help him establish thepetitive advantage in future battles was arge quantity of Golems. There were many benefits that the Golems brought: they were convenient and fast, easy to hide, and could be owned inrge quantities. If the conditions permitted, Leon even wished that he could build an army of Golems that would obey his every singlemand.
If anyone so much as looked at him the wrong, he wouldn''t need to take care of them himself. With just with a signal from his eyes, a swarm of Golems would flood the enemy in an instant.
Of course, such fantasy could only be realized in the distant future. As for now, however, he could only continue carefully crafting his team of Golems.
Yes, Leon had already had a tentative idea – using a variety of Golems andbining different tactics to effectively use the fullbat force for each type of Golem. Since he had spent most of his time in the Underground World recently, he preferred to craft more Earth element Golems. However, considering the potential changes to the future battlefields he would encounter, he would have to prepare in advance.
The Water and Wind element Golems were in preparation for his future.
Especially a Wind element Golem, owning one of them meant that Leon would had a free flying demon pet, thus he would no longer have to worry about traveling long distances anymore.
After the Chip had scanned those Elementium cores, Leon ordered it to start drafting the most suitable design for the Golems. Once this hadmenced in an orderly fashion, Leon took the crystal ball and quietly gave the data and records stored inside a thorough study.
Within the dark screen, he could only see bright dots on the uppermostyer. Even though it was just the uppermostyer, it had still beenpletely formed by numerous winding and twisting tunnels, cracks, secret passages, valleys, and water channels. Countless caves and caverns were marked in between making them look like the dazzling stars in the night sky. While there were innumerable passages that connected all locations, most of them were impassable by normal human beings.
On this map, the spaces where one was only allowed to stay temporarily were marked in green, while the passable passages were marked with tiny blue lines. In between those dense andplicated arrays of blue and green were countless glowing red dots. These were the rough distribution of the currently known underground creatures, colonies and demons.
Of course, in this three-dimensional map of the uppermostyer of Underground Cave, Leon wasn''t find any information rted to the ruin of Elysium City.
For this reason, Leon called upon Snox and asked it to point to the exact location of that Mage treasure. After spending half a day seriously studying the map, Snox finally pointed to a region. Leon didn''t see any indication of a city in that region. Instead, he saw arge patch of red that represented danger.
In the Underground World, there were many regions filled with dangers that made no outsider want to step into them. Usually, either those regions had a harsh natural environment that no apprentice would be able to endure or they housed some extremely dangerous demons. No matter the reason, they were all dangerous regions that all Apprentice Mages had to handle with extreme care.
Looking at the dazzling red glow on the map, Leon couldn''t help but start to hesitate.
Judging from the brightness of the color, the region was a dead zone where even Pseudo-Mages would be faced with danger. Hence, when Snox pointed at it without the slightest hesitation, it seemed rather logical that it was the right ce.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om
Since the ancient era, Mages liked to build all sorts ofboratories in their own residence. From Snox''s description, Leon could tell that this Second Grade Mage had been an expert in biological modification. However, once hisboratory was abandoned, there was a very high chance that those mutants, golems and the magical energy that had been stored in theboratory could irreversibly contaminate that particr region.
It would have been fine if those mutants or modified creatures had died, but if a powerful fellow was lucky enough to have survived, those Apprentice Mages who went to explore the region would be facing a frightening monster simr to an Mage. Though Snox imed it knew the magical password for some of theboratories, the potential risk still held Leon back.
While Leon was hesitating, a message from Snox boosted his confidence to take the risk.
A Fire Lord''s Scepter!
There was actually a Fire Lord''s Scepter in a secret chamber of that Second Grade Mage!
For others, this Fire Lord''s Scepter was merely a powerful magical item that could summon three Pseudo-Mage level Fire Spirits every day. But for Leon, it had an inexplicably special use.
With Leon''s elemental affinity of Fire, he could totally use this scepter to construct a Teleportation Gate to get to Fire Elementium ne. By doing so, he would have an endless supply of Fire element cores. And once his overall strength reached a powerful stage, he could even try to upy a territory in the Fire Elementium ne and be a true Fire Lord himself.
Putting aside everything else, just take those Elementium cores that Leon had been gathering. Perhaps most of them weren''t even produced in his own ne, but were harvested from those other Elementium nes.
The entire multiverse was boundless and deep. It waspletely filled with elemental energies that came in all forms, which would eventuallypose into a vast ocean of energy. Meanwhile, different nes were like inds – isted from each other and floating in this vast ocean of energy.
Each ne was apletely different world of its own – from earth, mountains, rivers to oceans, sky and living beings, nothing wascking. But, when each ne was born, they were mixed with an imbnced Elementium energies, thus making each ne show a totally different and unique characteristic.
The ne where the world of Mage resided was a major one that was extremely suitable for the survival of living things. However, when the control of the ne fell into the hands of Mage who rose abruptly, the characteristics of the ne had changed as well and deviated towards the chaotic yet powerful energy of magic.
And as for the Elementium nes mentioned just now, when they were born, they resided in a region where a single Elementium gathered. Hence, when these nes had matured, they became a ne with a single Elementium.
In an ordinary material ne, the distribution of Elementium matters would be nearly bnced. Earth Elementium gathered together forming mountains, hills, ins and different terrains. Water Elementium gathered together to form into streams,kes, and ocean. Wind Elementium brought clouds, rains, thunder and lightning to material nes, while Fire Elementium broughtva, volcanoes, and life.
Due to the collection of these Elementiums, it gave birth to numerous perfect material worlds that flourish and became the breeding ground for all living things.
Elementium nes, on the other hand, weren''t like these worlds.
Take the Fire Elementium ne that attracted Leon the most. Although there were mountains, hills, oceans andkes, the basic Elementium that constructed them all were Fire Elementium. Inside of that ne, the mountain, the ocean, even the sky was on fire.
Of course, a world like this was not suitable for the survival of normal living things, but it actually gave birth to Fire element creatures that used Fire element energy as their source of life: Fire Spirits, Fire Giants, Lava Hounds, Fire Deities, Fire Hawks, Magma Core Giants, Fire Demons, Fire Element Elders, Fire Lords, Fire Kings... It was a world ruled by Fire element creatures and simr to the human world, they also had a well-structured ruling hierarchy, based on the overall strength of each individual.
If Leon really wished to have a great achievement in the Fire element, then sooner orter, he would have to visit the Fire Elementium ne.
The World of Mage was, after all, a major ne in itself. As invading and upying was an Mage''s second nature, an Mage loved to search for new material nes in the vast ocean of stars. Once they found one, they would invade them straightaway, pulling them onto the bandwagon of nes that kept expanding at a rapid rate.
Even with the cruel and ruthless characteristic of Mages, though they had long found the coordinates of these Elementium nes, not even one Mage ever dreamt of conquering an Elementium ne and making it into an auxiliary ne of the Mage World. The reason was that all these Elementium nes were frightening major nes. Just judging from their overall strength alone, if the Mage World really connected these Elementium nes, perhaps the happiest party would be those unambitious Elementium creatures.
At that point in time, perhaps it would not be not the Mages who would happily carve up the massive resources of Elementium nes, but the countless Elementium creatures who would swarm into the Mage World and turn this ce into a brand new Elementium ne.
Therefore, in the rules of the Mage World, all Mages held a very careful attitude when managing the Teleportation Gate that connected to any major ne. Because even the slightest mismanage could have devastating consequences!
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