The mage arrives

When the great Nesser Arcanist Antik built this underground magic laboratory, he built a total of two entrances.In order to deceive the public, he built a shrine to the goddess of the sea at the entrance.Later, this shrine was abandoned, but the Earl of Stirling took a fancy to this "geomantic treasure", so he decided to build his own castle here.

Now that the castle has been restored, another passage has been sealed off by Gordon, leaving only the underground wine cellar—that is, the entrance that Gordon entered in the first place.

The magic laboratory under the Sea Cliff Fort is a great secret for Gordon.In order to ensure safety, he set up quite a few security circles and organs at the entrance leading to the underground in the wine cellar.

The entire underground laboratory is divided into three floors.

On the first floor, there is an alchemy laboratory for preparing magic potions; a study room for storing precious books and transcribing scrolls; a workshop for enchanting small magic props and constant spells; and a warehouse for storing various alchemical materials.

On the second floor, a small plantation was built that used spells to provide light and adjust temperature and humidity to cultivate various magical plants.In addition, there is a gold workshop with a large arcane furnace and various heavy magic machines, which can manufacture large-scale constructed creatures such as golems, and perform various metal processing.

The third floor is the ice and snow world where the goblins live.In addition, the entire energy supply system with ice energy gems as the core is also here.

Gordon and Ania came to the gold workshop on the second floor, and saw the ice fairies surrounding an ice golem, chatting non-stop.From the way it looks, it seems that he is struggling with certain appearance details, such as whether the shoulders of the golem should be widened.To look more mighty, or whether to carve specific facial features on the head.

Seeing Aniya appear, they immediately surrounded her.

"Your Majesty, long time no see. I miss you very much."

"Your Majesty, living in that narrow space must be very lonely."

"This mage is too hateful. He must be infatuated with Her Majesty the Queen. That's why he wants to tie you by his side."

In front of these goblins, Ania showed a rare gentle expression, and said with a smile: "We met last time. It was just yesterday. How can it be called a long time no see? Besides, I live in the ring of the master." , and there is nothing wrong with it.”

Gordon knew from Ania.The Ice Fairy Queen lives in the Wind Fairy Ring—should be renamed the Ice Fairy Ring by now.They transformed it into a small ice and snow house.Then she asked Gordon for a few books about the history of the mainland and the knowledge of the territory, and stayed there quietly.Judging by her appearance, she should be doing well.

However, Gordon simply ignored the goblins' slander about him being "obsessed with Her Majesty the Queen".He simply asked, "Is this ice golem ready?"

"It's only half finished, and there are still many appearance problems that have not been resolved." The fairies replied in unison.

In fact, the implication is that all the functions of the first ice golem are ready, and the appearance problem they are entangled with is meaningless to Gordon.

The shape of the ice golem was designed by Gordon himself.The whole is full of near-future sci-fi style on earth, although it is unheard of in this world.But it looks good, at least I don't need to modify these goblins.

"Then quickly install the armor plates of Mithril and Meteorite, and after I'm done, I'll treat you to shaved ice."

The goblins wanted to make a fuss when they heard that Gordon ignored their request to modify their appearance, but when they heard the word "shaved ice", they immediately quieted down and began to work hard with serious faces.

What could be more appealing to these ice goblins with a sweet tooth than something sweet and icy like ice cream or shaved ice?

With little free time, Gordon didn't have time to make ice cream.But shaved ice is very simple.It is not difficult to make a shaved ice machine, and there is a natural ice bank underground.And being on the Haiwen Peninsula, there are all kinds of delicious and fresh fruits all year round.

It's not just these little guys who are full of praise for the fruit shaved ice in various flavors, to the point of obsession.Even Ania, the queen of the ice goblin, also fell in love with this cold drink completely.

With a big bowl of mango shaved ice and a book, she can stay in Gordon's ring all day.This ice goblin queen has even tended to degenerate into a house girl now.

"Shaved ice~shaved ice~shaved ice~"

The goblins hummed a strange ballad with only this word in their mouths, and directed a few tall icemen to place the metal plate on the ice golem.

These ice men are actually ice golems, but they are just labor force used to do heavy work, and their combat power is much weaker than the fighting ice golems that Ania made for Antik back then.

Because there are many heavy metal parts to be moved, forged, and installed, and the ice fairies who are only ten centimeters tall obviously don't have the physical strength, so Gordon signed a soul contract with Ania, and put the entire magic laboratory into operation After that, the first thing they do is to make some ice golems for work.

The battle ice golem that Gordon focused on today has not yet been implanted with the ice element essence.Compared with the ice golem used for work, the extreme ice made of it has been carefully selected and has a higher hardness.And Gordon is still in its body, placing a skeleton made of pure gold.

With the support of these pure gold bones, the shortcomings of the ice golem being relatively brittle and easy to crack under a huge blow have also been made up for.And on the outside, it will also be inlaid with metal armor made of mithril and meteorite.

The metal properties of meteoric iron are second only to fine gold, but it is lighter than fine gold, and it also has strong fire resistance.Mithril, on the other hand, has a natural affinity for arcane energy, which can be used by Gordon to engrave various runes and magic circles on it.

After the goblins kept busy, a battle ice golem in a completed state was finally born.This big man with a near-future sci-fi style unprecedented in the world of Telos, with silver and black as the main color, at least from the appearance.Gordon was very satisfied.

In addition to being extremely cold to the touch, it is easy to get frostbite, even standing a little closer.Apart from being too cold to sneeze, this kind of ice golem is no different from ordinary metal golems, at least in appearance.

"Master, now I'm going to implant ice element essence into the golem." Ania said.

The so-called elemental spirit is actually the thing in the body of the elemental organism that maintains its consciousness, in other words.It is the soul of the element.

As the Queen of the Ice Fairy, Ania naturally has the ability to create ice elements to serve her.It's just that since she only endows the golem with a soul, there is no need for her to create a complete ice element.Instead, it only needs to create its essence, and then directly implant it into the golem's body.

Compared with mages who capture complete elemental creatures, then destroy their bodies and extract their souls.This method is obviously more efficient.

Ania kept waving her small arms.Draw a series of beautiful ice crystal patterns in the air.She chanted the mantra with a clear and translucent voice, guiding the source energy to gather and form.

Compared with humanoids casting spells, when this fine creature casts spells, it seems to have been integrated into the natural environment, and it looks like a beautiful dance, which is pleasing to the eye.

It wasn't the first time Gordon had seen Ania cast a spell.But he never tires of watching.

Soon, a crystal clear white energy light cluster flew out from Ania's palm.Then submerged into the ice golem's head.Then the ice goblin queen landed on Gordon's palm, in a half-kneeling position.Press down with both hands.

Gordon could feel a trace of comfortable coolness coming from his hands and seeping into his palms.

The icy blue light on Ania's body suddenly surged, and then, there was a small imprint in the shape of a snowflake that flashed across Gordon's palm.

"Okay, master, you have obtained the control of this ice golem." Ania flew away from Gordon's hand, and said softly.Due to the soul contract, Gordon could feel that she seemed a little tired.However, because of the shared vitality, Gordon's physical attributes as high as 26 points can bring her back to life quickly.

"You've worked hard." Gordon nodded, at this moment he could already feel in his mind that there was a little more telepathy.

Gordon ordered the battle ice golem to walk around and stretch it a little, but found that there was no major problem.Then, he included it in the dark green spinel necklace.

The space inside this necklace was originally used to store the Blade Golem and its vest Black Titan.The space inside is huge, and after some modification by Gordon, it can be used to store ice golems.It can be summoned at any time when needed.And the space of the necklace can accommodate ten ice golems in total.

Gordon reckoned that with his own ability, commanding ten golems at once was the limit.If the number is more, it will be too busy to take care of itself.

Ten ice golems, as a combat force controlled by Gordon himself.

However, this amount is far from reaching his goal of forming a golem army.

Since it is a legion, the number must reach three digits no matter what.

But in that case, Gordon would definitely not be able to direct it alone.So his plan is to let each of these goblins under Ania's command control a golem.

Now there are a total of 140 people under the Ice Fairy Queen's command.Moreover, these ice goblins are born to be spellcasters with an affinity with origin energy, so they can just become golem controllers.

Although the fighting power of the goblins themselves is very weak, as long as they are equipped with a remote control device invented by Dalinar and modified by Gordon, which can be put into practical use, these ice goblins can stay in this safe underground laboratory. Command the Ice Golem Legion and conquer the entire Haven Peninsula for Gordon.

The combat radius can even extend north to the territory of Changxia Province.

But the only problem is that the characters of these "drone pilots" are very troublesome.They are lively and active, innocent and curious, not good material for soldiers.Although they don't need to go to the front line to fight, they must have good discipline and obedience in order to be able to exert the strength of the Golem Legion.

Fortunately, Gordon also thought of a solution.

With Ania, Her Majesty the Queen who has absolute authority among the ice fairies, a good education and training, plus Gordon's food as a temptation, should be able to make these little guys obediently obey orders when fighting.

The ice golem was very satisfying to Gordon, so naturally he would not be stingy with rewards.

It's different from Brian, whose appearance is too weird.Gordon didn't deliberately keep these cute-looking ice fairies a secret.They can freely enter and leave the castle during non-working hours.

With their lovely appearance and innocent and lively character, the ice fairies are loved by everyone inside and outside the castle.Even the civilians in the southern part of the peninsula.I also know about these lovely creatures living in Sea Cliff Fort.

There are even rumors that these beautiful fairies are the real spirits of the island.Now they have recognized Earl Freeman and regarded him as the real ruler of this land, so they lived in the castle.

Although I don't know whether this statement was released on purpose by Gordon's people, or whether it was an idea born by the aborigines themselves.All in all, because of the appearance of the ice fairies, Gordon, the lord of the lord, has gained a lot of prestige in the southern peninsula.Also getting higher and higher.

The ice goblins left the underground laboratory, cheered and rushed into the castle kitchen, amidst all kinds of shaved ice on the big dining table.Pick your favorite flavor.Even Aenea was jumping and laughing like a child.

Gordon didn't want to disturb the group of little guys who fell into a sweet-tooth binge, and returned to his office room on the third floor of the castle.

The view from this room is the best in the entire castle.Gordon could look out to the sea from the window.You can also overlook your newly built city, or observe the still crowded and dirty Yunlin City not far away.

Looking down from the window, it happens to be the beautiful back garden of the castle.This small quiet world planted with various flowers unique to the southern country is the place where Xiona spends most of her time every day.

Gordon found that his sister practiced swordsmanship every day, or spent more and more time alone in cross-legged meditation.Even the topics of conversation during meals every day are mostly related to swordsmanship.If it weren't for seeing that Xiona was still in good spirits, Gordon would even have suspected that his sister had a trance.I'm going to play the set of "slashing the six desires with a sword to prove the Tao and ascend".

"Fortunately, this is a magical world, there is no element of cultivating immortals..." Gordon didn't know whether to comfort himself or complain.

all in all.Xiona is still Gordon's lovely younger sister, except that she is too obsessed with swordsmanship, there is no abnormality.So Gordon devoted all his energy to the construction of the territory.

When Gordon took it out of the dimension bag and was in the Cold Mist Mountains, the halfling brother gave him the tome "Comprehensive Use of Runes, Enchanting, Mechanics, and Forging".

The knowledge in this book was of great help to Gordon in the process of making and improving the ice golem.

Now, the reading progress of this book has reached 90%, and he believes that when he finishes reading the whole book, he will gain more.

Before turning two pages of the book, a guard's voice came from outside: "My lord, Mr. Hernandez is asking to see you."

"The lord has a lot to do..." Gordon sighed and put the book back.

For him, the status of a mage is higher than that of a lord.The reason why he managed this land with all his heart was that his ultimate goal was to lay the foundation for his future construction of the mage tower.If possible, he would still like to think about the leisurely life of reading books every day, studying arcane arts, and getting intimate with his lovely lover when he was in Clear Water City.

But everything is difficult at the beginning. Now, in order to develop his territory as soon as possible, Gordon can only continue to work in this state.

But Hernandez's request to see him was a rare occurrence.

The arcane shadow thief gained freedom from Gordon, but was not appointed, so he simply became a traveler.Wandering around the forest and mountains near the castle every day, or mingling in urban villages, and hooking up with two passionate native girls from time to time, life is very leisurely.

This guy who has been keeping a low profile is coming to see Gordon, it must be something important.

Sure enough, just as Gordon had guessed in his mind, Hernandez was allowed to enter the room, and the first sentence he said made Gordon interested.

"My lord, the Aldrich family is probably preparing to rob the prison."

"Prison robbery? They want to take Simon back?" Gordon asked.Although Hernandez's statement was a bit absurd, Gordon did not immediately veto it.

Today, about 150% of the materials that the King of Haiwen needs to hand over to Gordon in order to redeem his son Roshan have already been delivered. [-] tons of grain, all [-] craftsmen, and enough wood to make five sea-going ships have already arrived in Gordon's hands.So he couldn't think of any reason for Mr. Abel Aldrich to suddenly change his mind at such a time and want to take back his heavyweight sweetheart by force.

Hernandez also knew that Gordon would not believe his statement without a reasonable explanation.He said: "I'm afraid this matter was not meant by Abel Aldrich, but by his other two children."

Different from Simon, Hansel and Greta are both very outstanding young people, and they are mages who have five-ring arcane attainments at a young age.With such outstanding ability and potential, in the Aldrich family, apart from the King of Haven himself, other people naturally support the two brothers and sisters more than that Simon Roshan.

As early as when Gordon was in the Black Iron City, he noticed the discordant atmosphere within the Aldrich family.Now, if Hernandez's news is confirmed, the smell of the Aldrich family's split will become stronger and stronger.

Gordon said with a smile: "If your news is true, then I'm sure that the purpose of the prison robbery planned by the two brothers and sisters this time may not be to really rescue their idiot brother. On the contrary, they probably hope that the prison robbery will fail. , and then I was enraged because of the Aldrich family’s backlash, so I directly killed Simon. If you do that, the twin siblings will be the biggest beneficiaries.” (To be continued..)