Master Tongtian

Chapter 389 Master Raven, turn back (24)

In the blink of an eye, more than three months have passed.

While Beluga Island was rapidly accumulating strength, the situation on the Eastern Continent was also evolving violently.

The Glory Alliance formed by the major lords gradually gained the upper hand and attacked Raging Waves City from all directions.

The Storm Alliance forces in Raging Waves City are like trapped animals in a cage. Although their claws and claws are sharp and they can often achieve good results, they cannot stop the general retreat.

After all, one city is fighting against four cities, and there is no difference in weapons, so it is naturally difficult to resist.

At a difficult moment, the Storm Duke, who had been silent and transparent, jumped out again and declared that the Storm Alliance forces were traitors.

This time, the firepower was completely drained, causing ordinary civilians who had firmly supported the Allied Forces to feel hesitant in their hearts.

The result of the hesitation was that the resources obtained by the Storm Alliance dropped by more than 40%.

As a result, the power of one city was reduced to the power of half a city, and the decline of the Allied forces became more and more obvious.

As the leader of the Storm Alliance, Archmage Raven clearly felt that the Mage Alliance, which he had spent a lot of effort and devoted all his efforts to establish, was rapidly sliding into the abyss of failure.

Under tremendous pressure, he felt extremely anxious and became a little suspicious, fearing that a terrible assassin would jump out of the corner and kill him.

After suffering for several days, the peak mage could no longer bear it.

Gritting his teeth, he took three of his trusted masters with him and landed on Beluga Island again.

When a group of mages approached about 30 meters away from the island, there was the sound of wind and thunder in the sky.

After a while, two wide and fat planes appeared in the distance.

After getting close, both planes were suspended, the cabin opened, and a young mid-level mage stood at the door waving the eye-catching beluga flag to everyone.

Raven and his men approached. When they reached the vicinity of the plane, the mid-level mage said: "There is a martial law on Beluga Island. Please indicate your identity and purpose of coming."

This is not the first time Raven has come to the island. In fact, he has come twice in the past month.

When faced with such an interrogation, he immediately responded cooperatively: "I am Lavin, the president of the Mage Alliance of Raging Waves City. I request to go to the island to see the earl to discuss important matters."

He must cooperate.

If you don't cooperate, combat aircraft will come next time and fire directly from a distance of several kilometers.

There were people who did not believe in evil and wanted to storm the island by force. After losing several archmages, everyone became honest.

The young mage said: "It turns out to be the president, wait a moment, I want to report to my superiors."

The young mage returned to the cabin, and about five minutes later, he walked out again.

"The superior replied that it is okay to land on the island, but you can only do it alone. Everyone else will wait at Midway Reef."

The so-called Midway Reef is an additional reinforced and elevated reef about 30 meters away from Beluga Island. There are three in total, which receive guests from the west, north and south respectively.

Raging Waves City is located directly west of Beluga Island, and is usually placed on Reef No. 2 in the middle.

Raven nodded: "Okay."

So he boarded the cabin of one of the planes, and the other three entered the cabin of the other.

The two planes started up again, one taking Lavin back to the island, and the other going to Midway No. 2 Island Reef.

The cabin of this wide and fat aircraft is divided into two sections, front and rear.

The front section and the rear section are not connected. The young mage and Raven were sitting in the rear section of the cabin, and the aircraft was driven by a specialized flying mage in the front section.

Raven sat quietly on the thick leather chair in the back cabin, resting one hand on the small table next to her, tapping it every now and then.

In less than three minutes, the plane began to land slowly. The young mage said: "Master Raven, below is the lord's mansion. The lord said that you are a distinguished guest, so he will give you thirty minutes to explain your purpose."

"Understood."

If it were in the past, how could this be considered VIP treatment?

But things are different now.

White Whale Island made a fortune selling weapons, and used this wealth to create a large number of powerful magic weapons, surrounding the entire island into an iron barrel.

In the entire Eastern Territory, the best-performing and most stable bullets all come from White Whale Island.

Although they have tried their best to imitate some of them, in terms of production capacity and performance, they are still far behind the products of Beluga City.

It can be said that the group of people currently fighting in the East must rely on the breath of Beluga Island.

The count is also very busy, and most people can't even meet him. Giving him 30 minutes now is indeed a rare VIP treatment.

When the plane landed, there was an attendant waiting outside the cabin door. After seeing Raven, he respectfully said: "Master Raven, please come with me."

The attendant turned around and led the way, taking Raven to the VIP reception room.

After the maid brought tea and snacks, the attendant whispered: "Master, the lord is conducting experiments in the laboratory. It will take about twenty minutes to arrive. Please wait a moment."

"Hmm~~Okay."

He just took this time to sort out his thoughts.

Twenty minutes was not long, about nineteen minutes or more, when familiar footsteps came from outside the door.

After a while, the door opened and a tall young man walked in.

He has neat short hair and a neatly trimmed beard. He wears a snow-white cotton vest, a dark blue leather jacket and leather trousers, and a pair of high-top leather boots. He looks very energetic.

Master Raven immediately stood up to greet him: "Earl, um~your magic power?"

As a peak mage, he could tell at a glance that Rosen's magic power had exploded compared to the last time.

Rosen smiled slightly: "I gained some understanding and broke through the master's cliff."

As he spoke, he sat down on the bench opposite, folded his legs casually, and rested his hand on the back of the chair.

"Master Raven, don't waste your precious time on me. Just say what you have to say."

Master Raven could not calm down.

As a peak mage from a minor noble family, he claims to be a genius, but due to his rough experiences as a young man, he did not achieve the status of a master until he was 36 years old.

But the other person became a master at the age of 17, and he immediately felt the huge gap.

Originally, a peak master would have some psychological advantage over a high-level mage, but now, the advantage is gone.

It is also completely conceivable that as long as the opponent is given a few years, he will definitely be able to catch up with himself in the realm of mana, and it is even possible to break the extraordinary limit.

When he thought that the other party might be promoted to the extraordinary, even in his master's peak state of mind, he could not control the turmoil, and it was difficult to maintain a deep expression on his face, showing even a trace of emotion.

"Master Rosen, your progress is beyond my imagination."

But time is indeed precious. After sighing uncontrollably, Raven went straight to the point.

“I want to buy some aircraft, what will it cost?”

In this current situation, only stronger and more powerful magical weapons can help the Allied forces reverse the situation, and the most powerful magical weapon in the Golden Land today is the extraordinary aircraft on White Whale Island.

As soon as he finished speaking, Rosen shook his head without hesitation.

"I only sell this plane to the Duke, or to be more precise, God has made an agreement with me that extraordinary planes can only be used to deal with foreign races, and can never be used in civil wars among mortals."

Raven immediately found a loophole in the logic: "But you used airplanes to deal with the archmage who invaded the island."

Rosen nodded and admitted, "Yes, I did it, but this is a privilege given to me by God."

"God said that I can use extraordinary aircraft for self-defense, but I cannot take the initiative to attack unless authorized by the Duke."

A very reasonable reason that is impossible to refute.

Raven's heart suddenly went cold. After a pause, he asked: "I heard that Beluga Island also produces a large rune gun that can shoot more than ten kilometers away. Can it?"

Before he finished speaking, Rosen interrupted.

"Master Raven, I'm actually curious, what are you insisting on?"

"Now, the Duke has declared you to be traitors, and the major lords have also declared you to be traitors. The protracted war has also caused great harm to the civilians of Raging Wave City."

"The civilians of Raging Wave City and even the ordinary mages who originally supported you are gradually turning away from you."

"You and I both know that persisting like this will have no meaning except causing greater damage to the Eastern Territory and losing more lives."

"You want to buy more weapons from me, and I'm telling you the truth, I don't plan to sell them anymore, because this war has no more meaning than destroying the Eastern Territory."

Raven was shocked: "Not selling? Not selling to me, or not selling to everyone?"

"No one is selling, I think enough is enough."

A hint of anger at being teased suddenly appeared in Raven's heart.

"Master Rosen, let me tell you the truth, if you hadn't sold weapons at both ends, we, the Storm Alliance, could have defeated those rebellious lords, instead of being stuck in a tug of war like we are now!"

"Now that you have made enough money from the Eastern Territory, you just say you won't sell it. Isn't this a joke?"

Rosen spread his hands.

"Let me tell you the truth, if I hadn't sold you the powerful weapons, it would have been impossible for the Storm Alliance to defeat the Ocean Legion from the beginning."

"And I didn't stop you from imitating new weapons. There are so many samples here and so much time has passed. How many guns can your gun workshop make in a day? How many rune bullets can it make?"

Raven got angry hearing that.

He is not easy to fool!

"It's not because you sell weapons to both ends that your opponent has a large number of new weapons. As a result, I have to spend a lot of resources and cash on you to buy more weapons."

"If this resource can be invested in the gun-making workshop, our production capacity will definitely increase ten times compared to now!"

If they can take a breather, it won't take long, two months will be enough. With the resources of Raging Wave City, there will be no problem at all in making five thousand guns in one month.

But this damn Earl Beluga didn't even give them a chance to breathe.

Seeing that LaVine was not easy to fool, Rosen simply stopped pretending.

"Master Raven, you have your plans, and I also have mine."

"We all rely on our abilities. Now that your plan has failed, is it all my fault?"

This is true.

Raven took a long breath, calmed down the boiling anger in his heart, and said, "Are you really not going to sell it?"

"Yes, not for sale."

"Then my allies have definitely failed, and I will definitely not end well. But before I die, I can recruit a few people to accompany me to heaven."

Since the establishment of the Storm Alliance, they have fought more than a dozen battles, winning and losing. As a result, Raging Wave City has lost about 30,000 soldiers and killed about 60,000 soldiers.

There must be one person responsible for so many lives. As a loser, LaVine is naturally the best container to hold infamy.

Therefore, no matter how brilliant he was in the past, he will definitely be sent to the gallows after failure, and his family will certainly not be spared.

What he said now was also a threat to Rosen, with a vague intention of dying with Rosen.

Rosen smiled faintly: "Master Raven, your power is indeed far greater than mine. In order to prevent you from suddenly attacking, I have also made some preparations."

Following his words, the door was pushed open, and two middle-aged mages walked in, none other than Hamilton and Godel, who were both peak mages.

The two sat down on either side of Rosen.

Hamilton sighed: "Laven, you have gone astray."

Godel took a sip of the fragrant tea handed to him by the attendant.

"Master Raven, there is no need to be so extreme. If you look back now, it won't be your turn to be guillotined."

As soon as he saw the two peak mages coming, Laven's heart went cold, knowing that he was not even qualified to fight.

He looked at Rosen: "The count is really good at it, I am far inferior to you."

Rosen smiled and said, "I didn't use any means. I just took advantage of the island's location."

"The reason why these two masters are willing to support me is not because of my methods, but because we have a common pursuit."

These are beautiful words. If the benefits are not enough, who will mess with him?

But these words cannot be said nakedly. They have to be wrapped in a gorgeous gift box to make people feel comfortable.

Hamilton and Godel felt very comfortable.

Hamilton said: "LaVine, turn back, it's not too late."

Raven's heart moved, and a wry smile appeared on his face: "We have reached this point, how can I turn back?"

Rosen smiled slightly: "As long as the Duke believes that the Allied Forces are not traitors, and believes that the major lords are traitors, then the major lords should be liquidated, and all the sins will be borne by them."

It doesn't matter whose fault it is, as long as you can win, you can pour all the dirty water on the loser.

Raven was shocked: "It's impossible to liquidate the major lords just by relying on the Duke's verbal declaration."

After all, the Lightning Spears in the East can only be used to defend Thunder Castle, and the major lords carefully maintained a line and never really violated the Storm Duke.

Therefore, if you want to liquidate, you must have strong enough mortal power.

Rosen laughed: "As a god-given earl, I have always supported the Duke. I will naturally help the Duke liquidate the traitors."

Raven understood immediately after hearing this: "You plan to join the war?!"

"why not?"

Raven's heart was shocked, and lightning flashed in his mind, and he understood Rosen's strategy.

"You are so ambitious!"

White Whale Island joins the battle, with aircraft, huge cannons and countless bullets easily creating an airtight iron flow of destruction.

There is no way the Glory Alliance is an opponent and they will be defeated in an instant.

In other words, this guy is sitting on the mountain watching the fight between tigers. After watching the two tigers fight to the point of victory, he is here to reap the results!

Faced with Raven's question, Rosen sighed.

"Maybe I am very ambitious, but my ambition is not to be a duke, but to build a large floating city."

"But relying on the manpower and material resources of Beluga Island is far from enough. Only by gathering the strength of the entire Eastern Territory can this be possible."

Hearing this, both Hamilton and Godel showed reverence in their eyes.

Because Rosen not only said this, but also did it. His words and deeds were consistent, without any water mixed in.

Hamilton looked at LaVine: "Come back, come and build a big floating city with us."

Godel also said: "Master Raven, with your outstanding intelligence, why do you need to be entangled with a group of greedy lords?"

Raven was a little moved, and he looked at Rosen: "If a large floating city is really built, who does it belong to? Does it belong to you alone?"

Rosen had already thought about it: "Of course it belongs to the entire Eastern Territory, and the distribution of benefits will be based on the Beluga Island Development Bank."

"As for the management of the Great Floating City, I will also form a council of mages."

"All mages involved in the construction of the floating city will get a seat and jointly decide everything about the floating city."

"There are nearly 6 million mages in the East, that's 6 million seats. Wouldn't this be too inefficient?"

"So I will also set up a multi-layered parliament, one layer at a time. The highest-level Storm Parliament will have 7 or 9 seats to quickly decide on daily affairs."

"I naturally have a seat in the Storm Council, and Master Hamilton and Master Godel will also have a seat. If you join, you will also have a seat."

Raven understood. This was actually the way the mage and the duke jointly governed the Eastern Territory.

It's the same route as him, but the methods are much more powerful than his.

If he agreed, his status would be downgraded from the expected president of the Mage Alliance to one of the seven seats in the Storm Council.

After nearly half a year of fighting, the hammer of cold reality has also hammered away a lot of LaVine's ambitions.

He was moved, but still a little hesitant.

"Can the Great Floating City really be built?"

He is not a three-year-old child, but a peak mage. He feels that with the current magic ability of the Golden Land, he can at most lift thousands of divin weights into the sky at one time.

And the floating city will cost at least hundreds of thousands of divins, right?

As soon as he heard this, Hamilton laughed: "Laver, I have been busy fighting in the past few months, so I am afraid I have no time for magic, right?"

Raven was startled: "How do you say that?"

Hamilton began to explain in detail.

"The Count discovered the basic rules of mana, and based on these rules, we jointly developed an amazingly large-scale master level 7 logical gravity spell."

"After casting the spell, you can lift a weight of thirty thousand divins into the sky."

Raven was shocked: "But who has so much magic power?"

Hamilton continued to present the results.

"At the same time, the elemental mage Phoebit discovered a great source of power, which can provide enough mana when combined with the endless mana core."

"Finally, Godel and I are developing automatic casting of gravity spells and are nearly successful."

"The dawn is actually in front of us."

Raven was dumbfounded: "How could it be so fast?"

It's only been less than half a year.

Godel smiled and said: "Because the count invested all the money he earned, at least 80 million crowns. Every day, there are 40,000 talented mages thinking about how to solve the problem."

Of course, this 80 million is not cash, but a credit note issued by the Islands Development Bank, but it is also very amazing.

Hamilton said: "I assert that the first available floating city will rise from Moby Dick in the near future."

Raven was completely convinced and felt a sense of urgency.

I feel that if I move slowly, I may not be able to get on this ride that will leave its mark on history.

He nodded immediately: "Okay, I'll join."

Commitment follows immediately.

"I will bring at least 8 logic mages and 2,000 high-level mages to White Whale Island. Each of them will be an outstanding mage with outstanding intelligence."

Rosen laughed happily: "Master Raven, this is what I have been waiting for!"

In this way, research on floating cities can be greatly accelerated.