Mage Lord: The Tech Tree is Skewed by Me

Leon never thought that a simple dinner could achieve such fruitful results.

It wasn't until Fast personally told the current situation of the Lapluke people that Leon finally realized the situation of this descendant of the ancestors at this time.

all in all,

Very bad. Very bad.

Leon also found it difficult to understand the explanation given by the priest in front of him.

According to Fast, in the mountains south of Antolia, black mist from the other side of the mountains actually appeared.

"How can this be?"

Leon asked in surprise.

"It doesn't seem possible, but it's true."

Fast was quite helpless about this:

"The thin black fog has little effect on animals and plants, but near the Lapluk camp, the concentration of the black fog has obviously exceeded previous levels."

"Although humans have not yet experienced obvious sensations, animals in the mountains and forests have begun to flee down the mountain, and large areas of plants planted nearby have withered."

"Most of the creatures in Antolia have been affected by the black fog. Unless the concentration of the black fog increases significantly, such a phenomenon will definitely not occur, and the Lapruk people will definitely not face this food crisis."

Leon listened quietly to Fast's description, with thousands of thoughts in his mind.

obviously,

The density of black mist is lower than that of air.

Otherwise, there would be no phenomenon where the top of the mountain is filled with black fog and everything is normal below.

For Antolia,

It is actually quite normal to be shrouded in black fog from time to time.

Even in the Thorn Territory, which is located to the north of the mountain range, a layer of oppressive clouds and fog often hang over the city.

It's just that the people living in this land have long been accustomed to the gloomy and hazy sky, and their sensitivity to black fog has become very low. On weekdays, they will not notice the changes in the black fog entrenched thousands of meters high.

"Perhaps this means...that something has changed on the other side of the mountain range?"

After pondering for a long time, the old priest finally told Leon his suspicions.

"Some kind of change..."

Leon nodded, but then changed the topic and said with a smile:

"But since the Lapluk people are willing to become my subjects, there is no need to worry about the black mist."

"The Jimena family has no other abilities, but when it comes to dealing with the black mist, we must not lag behind anyone else."

Hearing this, Fast couldn't help being shocked:

"What you mean, Lord Viscount, is that you really know how to dispel the pervasive black mist?"

"Just as you thought."

Leon nodded affirmatively.

Using shadow monsters to swallow the black mist is only the most basic method. A more efficient method is to create a batch of shadow manipulators.

This is the information Leon previously obtained from the ancient archives.

The only problem is that Leon currently does not have enough materials to build such a machine.

But so what?

Whether you know something and whether you can do it are not in conflict with each other.

In addition to the changes in the black mist, the Lapluk people's contribution also brought more useful information to Leon.

And these,

It just makes up for Leon's knowledge of the land of Antolia.

In addition to the Lapruk people, there are dozens of mountain tribes living in Antolia, with a total population of tens of thousands. The population even far exceeds that of the Thorn Territory today.

To know,

Even if you add the Lapluk people,

At present, the number of people directly ruled by Leon is just over 4,000, which is not even half of the total population of mountain people!

in this era,

At least in Leon's eyes,

Population is the most precious resource.

Now that the Lapluk people are facing a food crisis, what about other tribes?

Should we strike while the iron is hot...

No, no!

Leon quickly put an end to the thought of being so happy about his success.

Not all tribes face the same predicament as the Lapruk people, and the current food inventory of the Thorn Territory has reached its limit after accepting the Lapluk people, and is completely unable to support a larger population.

You won't become fat if you eat in one go, but if you just blindly recruit the mountain people and end up with a shortage of food supply, it will be great fun.

"And I'm actually more concerned about the source of the warm stone than the black mist."

“The warm stones in the hands of the Lapluk people all come from the southwestern highlands.”

Now that he had decided to lead the Lapruk people aboard the Jimena family's warship, Fast naturally spoke frankly to Leon's question and answered it without thinking.

"Southwestern Highlands?"

"Exactly."

"The plateau hounds came from the southwestern highlands, right?"

"Yes, the previous generation mentioned that there is a canyon leading to the Forsaken Land, but over the years, no one has set foot there again."

"After all... the Southwest Highlands is not a peaceful place."

"Why do you say that?"

Hearing this, Leon couldn't help but become interested.

The southwestern highlands were originally Leon’s exploration direction for the coming spring.

Obviously, the priest in front of him seemed to know a lot about that highland, otherwise he would not have given such an evaluation.

Since the warm stones I had seen before were also mined from the southwest highlands, the exploration of that land should be put on the agenda.

"Tall Bird."

Fast explained: "A unique creature similar to a plateau hound. They live in that land all year round. Although they cannot fly, they can kill people with just one beak. They are quite dangerous."

"It is precisely because of the tall-legged strange birds that we don't actually have many warm stones in our hands. We can only mine them while those strange birds are hibernating."

"However, winter is also the day when the plateau hounds migrate in groups. Without the strange birds, there are more hounds, which is naturally extremely dangerous."

"As for why plateau hounds don't attack mountain people..."

Fast didn't wait for Leon to ask, so he simply said: "There is a stone monument left by the ancestors in the camp of the Lapluk people. The birds and beasts stained by the black mist dare not approach, so naturally there is no need to worry about the hunting dogs of the plateau. Invasion."

"Stone tablet?"

"A stone tablet with different runes carved on it?"

Leon seemed to remember something and asked quickly.

Seeing this, the old priest nodded repeatedly: "Does the Viscount know the origin of that stone tablet?"

It's funny to say,

Although the Lapluk people regard the stone tablet as a treasure,

However, thousands of years of history have long since turned the history of the stone monument into dust, and all that remains are mere fragments of words passed down orally by priests from successive generations.

"Heard of it, but never seen it."

Leon prevaricated.

If his prediction was correct, the so-called stone tablet was probably the stone slab inscribed with the original ancient magic text that had been recorded in the ancient archives. (Note: Chapter 14)

after all……

The functions Fast had previously described were quite similar to the original uses of the stone slabs.