The mage arrives

Gordon has signed a blood pact with Reinas.But there was a special reason after all, and the goddess Titus also contributed to it.In addition, Gordon also got a lot of benefits from it.Moreover, Lenas herself is at least a powerful blood paladin, not only trusted by the goddess of revenge, but also still has the favor of the goddess of dawn.

But for the ice goblin queen Ania in front of him, Gordon felt that it was not worth it for him to take the risk to save her.After all, after leaving the water elemental world, Ania is now very weak. Not only can the Arcanist Nesser order her, but even an evil spirit can control her.

If he saved her by using the soul contract, wouldn't he have a big weakness?

You just met today, and you are not very familiar with each other. Why do you have to give selflessly?Is it because this Ania is a petite and peerless beauty?

Gordon said to Brian again: "This is the only way?"

"Master, when you signed the contract with this ice goblin, it was the time when I, a servant, was downgraded in history. If there were other options, why would I provide this method?" Brian said with a look of resentment.

If Gordon really signed a soul contract with Ania, then it is obvious that Brian, who only signed a servant contract, is the bottom of the food chain around Gordon.After all, there is no life-sharing relationship between it and Gordon.Even if Brian died, Gordon would have no effect.

Seeing that Gordon didn't agree immediately, the goblins started chattering again.

"Mage, save our queen!"

"Her Majesty Ania is a very good person. Please save her!"

"It's just a soul contract, you sign it quickly!"

"Okay, don't embarrass Mr. Gordon." Although Ania's voice was weak.However, she still calmly stopped her people, "Signing a soul contract is a very important thing, which is equivalent to sharing one's life with others. Any rational person must carefully consider this matter."

Although there are not as many political disputes in the elemental world as in the civilization of the main material world, Ania is the queen of the ice fairies after all, and she can see what Gordon is hesitating about.Unlike those goblins, who are completely ignorant of the world.

"You're right." Gordon nodded towards Ania, "Although it's a bit too mundane to say so. But if you can show the value that interests me, I can help and sign a soul contract with you."

"If you want to get it, you have to pay... You are a mage. You are just like Antik. You believe in the value of 'equivalence exchange'." Ania said.

Although her personality is indifferent, Ania also has the survival instinct that any creature has.Besides, she couldn't worry about her own people who were almost ignorant of the world.So if there is a chance to survive, she will naturally try her best to seize this opportunity.

Seeing Gordon's question, Ania said: "If I fully recover, I will be equivalent to a five-ring warlock who specializes in evocation spells. Although my strength is far inferior to that in the water elemental world, but for you today, It’s also a good fight.”

Anya was right.Among the people around Gordon now, that is, he himself is a five-ring mage.other casters.They are all rookies like Dalinar, who don't even have official mage qualifications.An apprentice who can only prepare potions.

Although the variety of spells mastered by warlocks is far less than that of mages, under the premise of the same level, warlocks often have more spell slots than mages.It would be a good choice if there was a mobile turret like Ania by her side.

But this is far from being able to impress Gordon.

"By the way." Gordon suddenly remembered something, "Since you are the Queen of the Ice Fairy, you should have enough self-protection means when you are in the water elemental world, so that the enemy does not dare to covet it. I believe that you protect your own It's impossible to rely on these little guys for the territory of pure ice mountain peaks?"

Seeing Gordon pointing at themselves, the goblins immediately showed expressions of dissatisfaction, and all of them pouted.

"Hmph, you mage, don't look down on us, we can do a lot of things!"

"Yes, yes! I can eat half my own weight in honey in one go, but you can't."

"I like to eat chocolate, I can eat three~big~pieces a day~"

"I can quietly steal candy from other people's houses!"

Watching the goblins talk about their "expertise" proudly, Gordon couldn't laugh or cry.Even Ania felt embarrassed by her gluttonous and mischievous subjects.

She waved her hand again to silence the goblins, and then said to Gordon: "Mr. Mage, you are right. Not only us ice goblins, in fact, all goblin races have low combat effectiveness, but we have Protect yourself in other ways."

Ania was right.

Creatures like goblins often live in symbiosis with other creatures.

For example, the forest goblins would support and protect ancient trees, piranhas and other ferocious and powerful plants in exchange for their own safety.

Ania pointed upwards, and then said to Gordon: "Mr. Mage, please follow me."

A group of people left the hall with ice energy gems through the exit on the other side.They followed the long spiral staircase, all the way up.

This section of the road is much easier to walk than when Gordon came down, and there are magic lamps on the walls on both sides that have been emitting soft white light since the completion of the underground complex.Even the closed stone gates will automatically open after sensing the arrival of someone.

This is like a magic laboratory built by a great Nesser arcanist.

Walking into a large room, Gordon found all kinds of decayed metal tools scattered on the ground.But this is not the point. What Ania wants to show Gordon is a statue at the end of the room, standing against the wall.

This three-meter-high statue is purely carved out of ice and is not the work of any ice sculpture artist, so it has neither smooth and graceful body curves nor lifelike expressions.It's hard and cold.More like a tall armor.

"This is……"

Seeing Gordon's puzzled expression, the Ice Fairy Queen explained: "When we were in the water elemental world, we ice fairies used to guard the pure ice mountain peak. These are the ice soul fighters."

"Ice Soul Warrior?"

"Yes." Ania nodded, "The way we make them is very simple. We just need to let the little ones shape pieces of pure ice mountain ice into human shapes, and then I will use the holy water of extreme ice to shape these sculptures." Endowed with souls, they become mighty warriors."

"But..." Ania's tone full of memories suddenly changed.She withdrew her gaze from looking at the ice sculpture, and turned to face Gordon. The pure white dress fluttered on her body, emitting a little bit of crystal clear light.Dreamlike.

"This queen is quite charming..." Gordon secretly praised in his heart.

Ania looked at Gordon, and continued: "But after coming to the main material world, the only extreme ice holy water has lost its spirituality because it left the environment of the pure ice mountain peak, so I can no longer give these sculptures The soul. But I have other ways to make these ice sculptures into golems."

"Ice Golem?" Brian, who had been keeping quiet at the side, suddenly shouted, "So that's it! In the data I remember, there is indeed a Nether Arcanist. He once led an army in the Sun Elf War. Armies of ice golems have fought in all directions, and have won many and many glorious victories."

"Monster, don't be surprised!"

"You're already scary enough, but if you yell out so suddenly, do you intend to scare us to death!"

The goblins protested one after another.

But Ania nodded and said: "You are right. Antik did ask us to help him create an army of ice golems. The difference between ice golems and ice soul warriors is that we are only responsible for Antik He can't make the torso of the golem, but the soul of the golem is resolved by himself."

Antik chose to do this.In addition to Ania's inability to give souls to ice sculptures, another aspect.I'm afraid that Antik considers that these ice elves are only working for him temporarily and have not given their full allegiance, so it is impossible to hand over the control of the golem army to the ice elf queen.

Gordon asked again: "I'm not a great arcanist, and I don't have the ability to get elemental souls immediately. So even if you use extreme ice to create a group of statues, it's useless to me."

Ania gave a rare smile: "Don't worry about this. We can help you cultivate ice elemental spirits. Although it is much more troublesome and time-consuming than directly producing ice soul fighters with the holy water of extreme ice, it can still be produced Completely obey your golem."

"I see." Gordon nodded and asked again, "The last question, what are the abilities of these ice golems?"

The ice sculpture of the Ice Fairy Dynasty, which still has an unfinished arm, pointed to it: "You can try it yourself."

Since the golem was made of an almost unheard-of substance like ice, the first thing Gordon had to test was the biggest flaw that the golem should have: fire resistance.

If the enemy can melt these ice golems with just a fire, it will be a big cry.

Gordon was also polite, and directly raised his hand and shot a flaming arrow.

But I didn't expect that the three-ring spell, which could melt iron, was shot on the ice sculpture, leaving only a shallow wound.

Gordon used Burning Hand, Scorching Ray, and Fireball one after another.It turned out that these spells only melted a superficial layer of the ice sculpture's surface.

Ania said at this time: "Mr. Gordon, extreme ice is not ice in the ordinary sense. This material is not afraid of flames. Unless you throw this statue into the furnace for a day, it will melt. But The problem is, even metals like fine gold and mithril cannot withstand such high temperatures."

According to Aniya, the substance of extreme ice can only be produced by their ice fairies by extracting the essence of ordinary ice. Although it is extremely cold, it can be used as metal.

"Such substances do not conform to the laws of thermodynamics at all... But this is the world of magic, so I don't need to worry too much about it."

After thinking about it, Gordon quickly accepted this setting.

"The only problem is that the extreme ice is relatively brittle. If it is hit hard—such as being hit by a mountain giant, it is easy to crack or even break." Ania added.

Gordon didn't expect the ice goblin queen to be so honest, it didn't seem like a way to sell merchandise.

For this person who is not contaminated with human vices.Gordon felt that he already had a crush on Her Majesty, whose heart was as pure as ice crystals—of course, it wasn't a man's crush on a woman.He is a gentleman.There will be no desire for such a pocket beauty who is only twenty centimeters tall.It's just pure appreciation.

Leaving aside Ania's likable personality, Gordon has already been tempted to sign a soul contract with her.

If these goblins can help him create a batch of ice golems, then undoubtedly, the power he can use will be greatly enhanced.As for the small flaws of these golems mentioned by the other party, it doesn't matter.He has an endless metal melting pot that he got from Grand Duke Antero, so far.Considerable quantities of rare metal materials have been stored.

Gordon can use these materials to strengthen and transform the ice golems, making them stronger than the original ones made by Antik.

in addition.Although a bit noisy and annoying, these ice goblins were all magic assistants who worked for a great Nesser arcanist back then.With them here, this underground magic laboratory can be restarted soon after rest.Then you can use it to do many things.

If you rely on your own strength.Whether recruiting or training a group of assistants, it is almost impossible to re-operate this laboratory with Gordon's current strength.

After weighing it, Gordon finally decided to sign a soul contract with Ania.

After a short magic ceremony, the contract was completed in this underground stone chamber.Ania flew around Gordon, leaving a cold breath around him.

The former Ice Fairy Queen pulled up her skirt, revealing her crystal white calves.Then he said to Gordon: "I can feel how powerful the source of life is from you! I can't believe that a mage has such a strong life force. I feel much better. Maybe in a few days I will be completely Recovery. Thank you for saving my life, from now on, you are my master."

"Hmph!" Brian seemed to know that although he was also a servant of Gordon, in terms of appearance alone, he was really not competitive with Ania, so he snorted sourly.

As for the other goblins, seeing that Her Majesty the Queen had become Gordon's servant, they had no objection.After all, fey creatures have absolutely distinct upper and lower classes, so they immediately accepted Ania's idea.

"Master, will you be our master in the future?"

"What song do you like to listen to? What color do you like?"

"We will work for you in the future, can you let us eat sweet and good things?"

A group of little guys surrounded Gordon, asking around.There has been a huge change in their attitudes, and they don't even laugh at Brian much anymore.

Gordon knew that these goblins were just simple-minded creatures, and it was really easy to subdue them as long as they liked what they liked.

"Don't you guys like sweets very much? I may not be good at other dishes, but I am good at making desserts... When the time comes to the temptation of food, the labor value of your employees will have to be squeezed out by me, a capitalist... thought Gordon.

…………

Half a month has passed since the night when the source energy tide occurred.

During these 20 days, Gordon's new city has undergone earth-shaking changes.More than 150 neatly planned wooden houses have been erected.Based on the calculation of eight people living in two families in one house, almost 200 people lived in these houses.

The first to move into this new city were the sailors and their families who originally lived in the slums of Yunlin City, a total of 400 people.The other residents are all artisans.

Five hundred shipwrights obtained from the Lord of Haven.It was impossible for the other party to honestly send experienced shipbuilders to Gordon. Not only were spies mixed among the 500 people, but there were also some impostors who knew no carpentry except hammering nails.But despite this, these people are also valuable assets in Gordon's hands.

As for Gordon's original [-] craftsmen—the queen was very caring, and assigned him [-] stonemasons, [-] craftsmen, and [-] blacksmiths.These people can meet almost all the needs of economic development and territory construction.They are also technical talents, so naturally they should give priority to living in a good house.

As for Gordon and Xiona, they lived in a comfortable big castle even more luxuriously.

Their home, of course, is Strindberg.

Why is a castle that was smashed into ruins repaired in just half a month?

The reason is not complicated.

Because of Ania's activity, the ice fairies took the lead in repairing an arcane energy replenisher in the underground magic laboratory.By absorbing the energy emitted by the underground ice energy gem, this machine can replenish the consumption of any magic item that can be used repeatedly.

Originally, Gordon wanted to replenish the depleted spells for his architect's staff. He needed to prepare earth-type gemstones such as ocher or citrine, and perform complex and time-consuming spell-casting steps to replenish the depleted spells. spell.And there is another premise, that is, he has the spell stored in the staff.

But with the Arcane Energy Supplement, you can directly put the magic item up. After starting it, you can wait for a while to complete it.

Gordon has a total of four architect staffs, which are used and recharged in turn.Fossils into mud, mud into stone, stone shaping, rock metamorphosis and other spells are constantly repairing and transforming Strindberg, coupled with the guidance of Brian, who has rich architectural knowledge and artistic knowledge, and now he has rebuilt The completed Strindberg can be said to be a model of aristocratic residences.

Now, of course, the castle has been renamed Sea Cliff Fort.There is no long historical meaning, no elegant artistic atmosphere, Gordon is named so purely because the castle is located on the cliff by the sea. (To be continued..)