Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 2062 The Mage Corps of the Great Zhou Dynasty
The Elven race is clearly well aware of the storage costs associated with this life-saving potion, so they themselves do not store large quantities of it.

The daily work of elven apothecaries is generally very laid-back. They usually wait until the leaves on the Tree of Life are about to be replaced, or until the Tree of Life is about to be cut down, and then they will make a batch of life potions.

After all, from the elves' perspective, they don't need that many life potions in reserve.

Even if an emergency occurs, the Elf Forest is only so big. If a Wood Elf Life Mage rushes over and uses healing magic, it will usually be in time to save the day.

But the situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty is different. Given the vastness of the Great Zhou's territory and its population, the number of Wood Elf Life Mages would be far from sufficient to serve as healers.

According to Zhou Xu's idea, life potions should be stockpiled in large quantities at all borders and even at all important military bases, in case of emergency.

After some contemplation, Zhou Xu gave a number.

"Then let's make 100,000 bottles first."

"..."

Good heavens, this was an unprecedentedly large order since the destruction of the old civilization, leaving the elven apothecary completely dumbfounded.

Making a life-saving potion isn't as simple as just throwing in the ingredients and stirring them together.

One hundred thousand bottles of life-saving potion, how long would that take?

From Zhou Xu's perspective, considering the scale of the various borders and military bases, at least 100,000 bottles would be needed to distribute them, and even that wouldn't be enough to give everyone a bottle; it could only be used for emergencies.

This decision was made after considering the difficulty of storage; otherwise, he was really planning to make sure everyone had a bottle.

I gained a lot from this trip.

However, he did not stop. At this moment, Zhou Xu returned to his original state of having his schedule fully booked. He went to see another Saint Realm mage in the Elven race, who was also an elder of the High Elves, Harlan.

If Elder Loth was a kind and approachable old man who could play with the village children, then Elder Harlan, a high elf, was a wise and elegant elder with a faint smile always on his lips.

Even now, with a full head of white hair and wrinkles, it's easy to see that Elder Harlan was a renowned beauty in the tribe when she was young.

Zhou Xu's purpose in coming to see Elder Harlan this time was similar to his previous purpose in seeing Elder Roth: he wanted to invite the elder to join the mage corps of their Great Zhou.

With the increase in the number of mages, the mage corps within their Great Zhou Dynasty is now divided according to the type of mage.

For example, there are wood elf mage groups, water mage groups, fire mage groups, wind mage groups, and so on.

In fact, their Great Zhou Dynasty has formed mage groups of all attributes, since common attributes appear with roughly the same frequency.

The most successful of them all was actually the necromancer group led by Gargamel, after all, they directly built a huge undead army.

At the same time, Zhou Xu also mastered the rank of 'Undying Lord', which can grant the Undying race a complete system, so they don't need to worry about their subsequent cultivation path.

Then there's the Wood Elf Mage Corps, which also inherited the legacy thanks to the existence of the Ancient Elf Tree. Now, they also have two Saint-level mages, John and Sion, in charge.

Recently, Zhou Xu successfully invited Elder Roth to join the Wood Elf Mage Order as a Royal Mage. This means the Wood Elf Mage Order now boasts three Saint-level mages!
Further down are the water mage group led by Jabbar and the fire mage group led by Gilt, with the fire mage group faring much worse.

In terms of spellcasting, the fire mage group and the water mage group are actually about equal.

However, with Jabbar, a Saint-level mage, leading the Water Mage Corps, the current leader of the Fire Mage Corps, Gilt, is still stuck at the peak of the Transcendent Realm and has not been able to break through. This makes it difficult for the Fire Mage Corps to compare with the Water Mage Corps in terms of actual status.

Not to mention that water-based mage groups also hold a special strategic position at sea.

Further down the line, groups like the Earth Mage Group, Wind Mage Group, and Lightning Mage Group are all doing rather poorly.

One reason is the lack of outstanding talents, and another reason is the lack of sufficient magic spells for them to use.

The worst off was the lightning mage group, which lacked both talented individuals and good spells.

Aside from the lightning attack, the only other usable move is the Lightning Serpent Dance. Although Lightning Dance is also a lightning-attribute mantra, it is a combat skill that mages cannot afford to use, so it is not included here.

Under this premise, the Lightning Serpent Dance is generally mediocre and can only be used as a control spell to prevent close-range attacks, or as a support spell in conjunction with other mage groups.

Lightning attacks are indeed a powerful offensive method, but their short range is a major drawback. They also consume a lot of resources. If you're not strong enough, a single lightning attack might not even be enough to defeat the enemy, let alone consume half of their own life.

This is also the fundamental reason why lightning mage groups are doing so poorly.

From then on, the earth mage group and the wind mage group were evenly matched.

They lack talent, but their magical abilities are all excellent; in fact, they possess quite a few magical skills.

First, let's talk about the Earth Mage group. From low to high, they have typical Earth Mantra spells for them to use, such as Earth Wall, Flying Stone Attack, Mudstone Missile, Earth Spike Attack, and Earth Serpent Dance.

Reaching the Saintly Realm through cultivation is more than enough.

As for the mantra spells like 'Mudslide Assault' and 'Mudslide Vortex', they are actually composite spells that require a combination of water and earth attributes to cast.

This makes the mantra spell more demanding on its user; ordinary earth or water mages may not be able to resonate with it. Jabbar, for example, was not compatible with either of these spells.

Even if they were to find a match, without the backing of Saint-level strength, they simply couldn't unleash its power. Currently, within the Great Zhou Dynasty, apart from Zhou Xu, there is no one else who can use it.

The situation was similar for the wind mage group, which had spells such as Wind Wall, Wind Blade, Wind Serpent Dance, Gale Blade, and Whirlwind Blade.

Among them, "Wind Like a Blade" is the most powerful true spell that Zhou Xu has mastered at this stage. Even Saint Realm mages find it difficult to use. Naturally, no one in the wind mage group, which also lacks talent, has mastered it. They have basically only mastered "Wind Serpent Dance".

As for Elder Harlan, a wind mage at the Saint Realm level, Zhou Xu naturally wanted to invite him to join their Great Zhou's wind mage corps.

In fact, the urgency to invite Elder Harlan was even greater than that to invite Elder Roth.

After all, their Great Zhou's Wood Elf Mage Corps was already very strong, while their Wind Mage Corps currently didn't even have a single one that could be considered capable.

(End of this chapter)