Eternal Punishment Dragon in Prison

Chapter 79 Mage Tower

In the center of the inner city of Fort Franco, there is a mage tower 30 meters high and 6 meters wide, which was naturally left by Kaz Winters, the first Earl of Winters.

However, after more than 2000 years and repairs by successive Earls of Winters, the power of the Mage Tower has not only remained intact, but has also been strengthened.

The entire mage tower basically has a constant difficulty level of 30 [avoid detection], which means that level 10 spellcasters do not use rituals or magic items.

It is basically impossible to use divination to spy on the inside of the mage tower.

And in some important areas, the difficulty level of [avoid detection] even reached 40 points, or even 45 points.

Non-legendary don't try to spy at all.

Of course, the use of [avoid detection] in such a large area, the cost of the mage tower is of course expensive.

A single item is close to more than 100 million gold coins.

Equivalent to half a year's tax revenue for the earldom.

But taxation is not pure profit, and it takes a lot to learn. It is great to save 50 a year.

In fact, it basically takes longer, ten years is not surprising.

But this is only the cost of [avoiding detection]. The mage tower also has basic material costs, as well as protection and reinforcement costs.

For example, constant [Protection Elemental Damage], [Protection Arrow], [Protection Camp], [Anti-Magic Field] and the like.

Another huge expense.

This does not include the construction of [Spell Pool], the cost of special rooms such as arcane room, bondage room, blasting room, detection room, and sealing room.

As well as the cost of alarms, dedicated energy areas, summoning guards, magic portals, password doors, anti-gravity areas, and observation eyes.

Finally, use [Activation Mage Tower] to give wisdom to the magic tower.

The most outrageous thing is that this mage tower is also endowed with the ability to fly.

Although the flying speed is very slow, just like ordinary people walking, they cannot fly for 24 hours and need to rest for 8 hours after landing.

But that means it can be moved, it can be transferred.

It doesn't have to be fixed in one place at all.

These fees are scattered, no less than 2000 million gold coins.

And it needs to spend no less than [-] gold coins for maintenance every year.

Every hundred years, a major maintenance is needed.

This means that a mage without a territory has no ability to build a mage tower at all.

Even if the construction is successful, there is no ability to maintain it.

Of course, the mage tower built at such a high price.

Not only is the defensive ability strong, but the offensive ability is also very strong.

[Spell Pool] The stored energy can allow the nine-ring mage to release thirty nine-ring spells in one day, which is basically equivalent to the spell slots of six nine-ring mages.

Coupled with the [Special Energy Area], the caster has its own [Spell Enhancement], which is basically an invincible fort.

Thirty nine-ring spells [Meteor Burst] that have been boosted by [Spell Empowerment] are released to wash the ground with artillery fire.

Although the effect is not very good for powerful monsters, it is a deadly threat to the army besieging Fort Franco.

As for powerful monsters, it is natural to use the nine-ring spell [Time Stop], and in the [Time Stop Field], they can accelerate their own time infinitely.

Make everything outside look static.

Although in this state, the enemy cannot be attacked.

But you can set bomb traps, such as 【Delayed Explosion Fireball】.

Or another type of delayed evocation-like spell.

You can put as many as you want.

Unless you have the corresponding immunity or use [Trigger] to escape, you can basically be bombarded to death after [Time Stop] ends.

It is impossible to tear the scroll.

No matter how bad it is, you can use the magic portal to escape in the end.

So a mage with a mage tower and a mage without a mage tower are two different concepts.

Because of this, the mages of Gaohuan will form a regional strategic balance.

At this moment, the current Earl of Winters, Brad Winters, is standing on the top of the mage tower, holding a wine glass, overlooking the city.

There were two beautiful maids behind him, one was holding a tray, the other stood respectfully aside, always following Brad's orders.

"Where did this mighty dragon come from?"

"Why have I never heard of such a strong man?"

"And my elder sister is really lucky, and I don't know what price I paid to get the help of this strong man."

Brad muttered to himself.

Yes, he already knew the opponent he was about to face.

In the daily practice of using divination spells to detect problems with Wattley, plus not returning all the time, and not using [SMS] to contact.

Brad was alarmed.

Immediately summon the five-ring mage or warlock to cast the five-ring spell [Discovery of the Other World] to ask the powerful existence in the other world what happened.

Why didn't Brad ask himself?

This is because the powerful existence of [Discovery from Other Worlds] inquiry is random.

For Brad, the powerful existence of the astral world and the elemental world is fine.

However, when encountering the gods of the outer plane, they will basically become temporarily mentally retarded, and their charm attributes will be greatly reduced, and they will temporarily lose the ability to cast spells.

This is absolutely impossible.

So he found some five-ring arcane spellcasters as cannon fodder.

Finally, a statistical analysis is performed on all the answers obtained.

While most are safe answers, there is a small amount of dangerous information thrown in.

Some keywords are eye-catching such as dragons, legends and the like.

This made Brad feel vigilant.

Especially on a certain day, Ta Ling of the Mage Tower told him that there were creatures spying on him through divination spells.

Brad knew there was an enemy.

And it's legendary.

Because he had told Ta Ling a long time ago that if it was the prying of some weak people, just write a report every day.

Do not specifically remind.

Only those powerful beings need to tell him immediately.

So in the next period of time, Brad will be completely stuck in the mage tower, and he will not go out unless he can.

Just because he's a warlock doesn't mean he can't wield the power of the mage tower.

As long as it is an arcane spellcaster, it can use the energy of the [spell pool] to assist itself in casting spells.

The only thing Brad can't do is to maintain the mage tower alone.

Need some mages to help.

It shouldn't have been.

Because the secrecy of the mage tower is very important, but Brad can't do it, so he can only compromise.

"Damn it, how long will you stay in the Mage Tower!"

The more Brad thought about it, the angrier he became. He is a warlock, and he should have done whatever he wanted.

Coupled with years of forbearance, he was finally released after inheriting the earl's position.

He never wanted to go back to the days when he cowered and pretended to be his grandson.

Sometimes Brad also thinks, the big deal is to go out with [avoid detection].

However, this spell can only guard against divination spells, not people or things.

The enemy does not necessarily need to obtain information through divination spells.

[Pre-warning technique] can only provide insight into the current danger in advance, but the intelligence personnel will not maintain killing intent on the subject.

They are also unlikely to cause harm to the subject.

So it is also invalid.

[Trigger] is very good, as long as the trigger conditions are not set too badly, basically nothing will happen.

But the enemy is a mage, and also has [Teleportation Prediction].

This is troublesome.

The mage tower prohibits teleportation, relying on powerful energy to block the [Teleportation] from taking effect, and this blocking does not distinguish between friend and foe.

This means that if a mage wants to run away, he cannot be teleported back to the mage tower immediately.

And [Teleportation Prediction] is to analyze the teleportation location according to the change of the teleportation energy.

It's not something that [avoid detection] can block.

So you can use [Trigger] to escape, and the enemy can also catch up.

And during the blank period of entering the mage tower, it is a dangerous period.

If it wasn't for the legendary spellcasters, it would be fine, they couldn't cast spells so fast, and they couldn't stop Brad from entering the mage tower at all.

Even with a super magic scepter, it only takes six seconds to cast an instant spell.

Legendary spellcasters, however, are different.

Even if it is not a legendary spellcaster above level 27 who has personally mastered the instant casting of spells.

As long as you can use the super magic scepter to cast instantly, you must master [Composite Spellcasting].

As long as there is one more spell, the threat is two levels.

Of course, Brad can also turn off the energy of the mage tower, let himself teleport in, and then turn on the energy immediately.

But this is a stupid behavior, because it takes time to activate the [Spell Pool], and the enemy has already followed up.

Even if the [Spell Pool] is activated instantly, if the energy of the mage tower is turned off, the enemy can use prophecy spells to spy on the mage tower at will.

It is equivalent to throwing sesame seeds to pick up watermelon.

That's why Brad is so entangled, the enemy is in the dark, he is in the light, it is too passive.

Even if there is a report from his subordinates today, it is suspected that the enemy has appeared.

However, Brad's suspicion has struck. Is this really the enemy?Could this be fake?
Did he send someone to test if he would fall into some kind of trap, making it unsafe for him to hide in the mage tower?

So Brad, who was thinking about it, simply ignored it.

As if they didn't exist, he also warned his subordinates not to touch them.

Take a look with a telescope from a distance at most.

"Forget it, forget it, that's it."

"I endured it for the first 18 years, and it doesn't matter if I endure it now."

Brad thought so, anyway, as long as he doesn't leave the mage tower, he is always safe.

Even legendary spells can block it for a while, enough for him to escape safely.

……

Brad's dog, Murphy was expected.

It can be said that any spellcaster is such a person.

This is why the caster can live so long.

When encountering a powerful enemy, don't think about how to win, but think about how to escape.

As long as you are alive, you have all possibilities.

"Father, what should we do, should Earl Winters still stay in the mage tower?"

Otilia was still upset.

At this time, the four masters and servants walked on the street again, and Dandy was still escorting a jewelry store owner.

Murphy smiled and said, "Haha, Otilia, don't worry, no matter how powerful a fortress is, it can be breached from the inside."

Ottilia wondered: "Dad, do you have an internal response? Or does Erica have an internal response?"

Erica at the back smiled wryly, "It turns out that I have an internal response, and I'm still the captain of the guard of the Mage Tower."

"But now I'm not so sure."

"Maybe there is no mutiny yet, maybe it's a trap."

"The specifics need to be decided by the master."

Today's Erica and Dandy call Murphy Master, although this is just a disguise for the time being.

But for some reason, Erica always felt that she was very comfortable.

It seems like calling Murphy the master is a very right thing to do.

Murphy said indifferently: "You don't need to think about it. There is a high probability that it is a mutiny. Even if there is no mutiny, it will play little role in the battle between me and Earl Winters."

"From the information I got, Earl Winters is not a stupid person."

"As the most important mage tower, he will definitely send someone to guard it again, and even extreme points may secretly deal with the original guard."

Otilia frowned and said: "It's so cruel, it's not like Dad at all, even the offenders are reluctant to kill, like the soldiers who besieged Erica last time, they are still alive."

Murphy touched Otilia's head and said with a smile, "Father is a good man, unlike those cruel and evil lords."

Yes, Murphy did not kill those warriors Watli brought.

As long as Murphy is still breathing after interrogating Wattley, he will be treated with [Cell Regeneration].

Then send them to mine.

This is the vein of fine gold that Murphy discovered while hunting demons. It is located near the River Styx, and the content is not bad.

Murphy can naturally do it himself, and the efficiency is quite high.

But is he as tall as a group of people?
Besides, Murphy himself didn't have much time, and his usual schedule was full.

So he needs people, lots and lots of people.

After all, at Murphy's level, he also wanted to build his own mage tower.

And he has great ambitions, he wants to build a mage tower that can move quickly, not just a mage tower that moves slowly like Earl Winters.

Nor is it a [mystery lock] that permanently changes a piece of terrain.

It is also not a floating city with [Mystery Lock].

The mage tower that Murphy wants to build is a magic ship, or a starship.

This is not without examples,
The magic ship used by the Githyanki to plunder is something similar to a starship.

Of course, due to the enhanced characteristics of astral magic, those magic ships used in the astral world are extremely difficult to build and the maintenance cost is also low.

Any persistent spells used in the astral world have permanent effects.

There is no need for extremely difficult constants like in these planes of Kaserli.

Naturally, this is extremely difficult.

Murphy planned to build the tower first, and then consider other things.

It would be even better if Earl Winters' mage tower could be captured completely.

"Oh yes, Dad, since we are all good dragons."

"If Earl Winters doesn't come out, we can go and catch people from the county, especially those from Fort Franco."

"In this way, all the people in the territory are gone."

"At that time, Earl Winters will be a fake earl guarding the mage's tower."

"And we certainly treat these people better than Earl Winters."

"I walked all the way and found that even the locals in Fort Franco mostly have yellow skin and thin bodies."

"That's what daddy called the lack of food, the malnutrition that results."

"So I thought, rather than let Earl Winters be their lord, it's better to let Dad be."

"And there are so many planets in Kaserli, and there are so many unclaimed lands. We don't need territories, we only need a population."

"It's a really big act of kindness."

"Then Dad will use the [Secret Magic Eye] to monitor the Mage Tower at all times, and as soon as Earl Winters makes any changes, he will rush to destroy him."

"Even if he is very patient, after dozens or hundreds of years, the mage tower will fall into disrepair."

"At that time, it was also easy to break into the mage tower."

The more Otilia talked, the more excited she became, and the more she felt the trick of the trick.

This is simply a strategy of drawing fire from the bottom.

The reason why spellcasters need territory is because only enough territory can provide them with resources for progress and the power to protect them.

The most important thing in the territory is naturally people.

Without people, there is no output, and there are no resources.

It would be fine for the spellcasters to collect it themselves, but it's too inefficient and takes up too much of their time.

The mage tower has no materials to maintain, and it will eventually decline and become a waste tower.

Although this time is very long, it is not unacceptable for the lifespan of the dragon.

Murphy laughed loudly: "Good idea, good idea, according to Otilia's thinking, Earl Winters probably couldn't bear it at the beginning."

"But have you considered some issues, such as transporting people?"

"It's not dozens of hundreds of people, but tens of thousands to 10."

"And where to live, where to eat, and how to solve the threat of the external environment?"

Aurelia rolled her dark eyes, hugged Murphy's arm and said coquettishly, "I believe Dad has a way."

Murphy said to himself: "I do have a way, and this is also my trick to deal with Earl Winters."

"It is also a technique of internal breakthrough."

Murphy always felt that it was too unreliable to attack the mage tower.

Because of the time-stop tactics, it's too shameless.

As long as the mage tower blocks the first wave of attack, after [Time Stop] is activated, it will be the opponent's turn.

[Time Stop] This spell acts on the caster himself, accelerating the caster's time, not the regional time stop that ordinary people understand.

So no magic resistance.

Delayed evocation spells suffer from spell resistance, but effective caster levels stack.

Where is the magic resistance of 37 points enough?
And it's not impossible to reduce spell resistance.

The stacked BUFF will be blown up by [Backlash Vortex].

Even if Earl Winters doesn't know these spells, he can tear the scroll.

It is too embarrassing to have to use [Trigger Technique] to run away every time in these situations.

If you want to play, play harder, hit Earl Winters seven inches directly, and commit a crime if you force him.

Anyway, it was for the benefit of Murphy to attack Earl Winters. As long as he paid the price, it was not impossible for Murphy to retreat.

Murphy did not learn from other evil dragons to kill and set fires, completely destroying the Earl of Winters, which is considered extremely conscientious.

(End of this chapter)