Chapter 105: Divine Spear (23)

【Hiss~~~~Ha~~~~】

He took a sip of maple dew wine, letting the rich, smooth northern liquor linger on his lips and teeth, then flow down his throat to his stomach, instantly relieving Luosen's mental fatigue from days of busyness.

He lounged lazily on the bench, legs propped on the desk, idly watching the sunlight patches slowly move across his boots.

When the warmth from the sunlight moved from his ankle to his toes, the study door was knocked.

Outside the door came Makeximu's Levinde common speech with a slight lisp.

"Baron, it's been over a month, and your territory has changed a lot."

Luosen thought, and Mage Hand opened the door while he poured a cup of maple dew wine and handed it over, then sat up straight.

"Knight, please sit, and please forgive my rudeness."

Makeximu shrugged indifferently: "It's obvious the baron has been swamped lately; taking occasional breaks is only natural."

He took the cup, sipped, and couldn't help but praise: "Good wine."

Luosen smiled and said, "I received a report that each ship is full of refugees, totaling about twelve thousand, which far exceeds my expectations."

Makeximu sighed and began to explain the reason.

"The Lightning Messenger is incredibly powerful; after I brought it back home, it instantly put many soul-communicating mages out of work, and even His Majesty took great interest."

He paused, then Makeximu sighed again: "But I must also say, the baron's magic seal is truly formidable; for over a month, our mages have still failed to break it."

He bluntly said that since it couldn't be cracked at all, they could only continue importing finished products from White Sturgeon Island.

Of course, research on lightning in Levinde is not entirely blank.

In fact, the appearance of the Lightning Messenger greatly inspired Levinde's lightning mages.

These mages also experimented with building some Lightning Messengers, achieving some long-distance communication functions, but the functionality still falls short of mature application.

Luosen also roughly understood Levinde's lightning research level, so he bluntly asked: "How many do you want this time?"

"400 units."

Makeximu reported a shocking number, then explained with a sigh.

"To be frank, His Majesty Xila is dissatisfied with the status quo and has ordered all arcane academies nationwide to quickly replicate the Lightning Messenger."

"Whoever finishes first will receive a huge reward."

"But doing so would inevitably damage the finished magical devices, so the arcane academies raised funds to have me buy more samples."

Luosen understood; researching new things naturally costs money.

He also felt uneasy, sensing that the Levinde Kingdom spares no expense on new knowledge and technology, and his own technical edge would not last long before being caught up or surpassed.

"It seems I have to squeeze out my advantages bit by bit, lest those big fatties on the White Continent learn all my signature skills."

He is now a small guy of a few dozen kilograms, while the other is a huge fat man of several hundred kilograms; if the opponent mastered all his techniques, a single backhand strike could knock him down, tumbling over eighteen times.

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and he smiled: "Even 400 units would cost only 400,000 ogres, which seems insufficient to cover all the refugees' expenses."

These refugees are estimated to cost over 500,000 ogres.

Makeximu nodded: "Indeed. So I also brought a batch of customers who need the Fine Transformation Technique; I'm sure the baron will like them."

"About fifty of them, all nobles from my country, both men and women, willing to pay high prices, currently staying at the Crescent Moon Inn."

Luosen raised his eyebrows: "Oh~~ Knight, you've really helped me a lot."

He immediately reciprocated: "Knight, in the Fine Transformation Technique, I've recently made a brand-new advancement."

"It not only completely cancels the side effects, but also greatly enhances the knights' ability to gallop across fertile fields."

"If you need it, Knight, I can upgrade you for free."

This is naturally a byproduct of researching the Six Rings spell "Nature's Endowment."

Of course, what manifests is not Six Rings power, but a weakened version downgraded to Two Rings; combined with Transformation Technique, Luosen named it the basic form of the "Divine Spear."

"Having form and spirit, it is called the Divine Spear!"

Of course, being a Two Rings power, its effect is good but duration limited; depending on usage frequency, it lasts from one to six months.

This means at most half a year later, one must find him to reinforce it again.

Makeximu's eyes lit up: "Of course it's needed."

Over the past month, he's been indulging to his heart's content, releasing all the pent-up frustration of the past few years.

He even secretly found his first love, now married, and gave her a huge shock.

Seeing her utterly conquered by him, speechless and weeping, he felt indescribably delighted.

But a month of wild riding also drained his stamina, leaving him feeling somewhat weak.

Luosen's words now exactly meet his most urgent need.

"Baron, the stronger the ability, the better!"

Luosen shook his head advising: "Knight, you should still exercise restraint; after all, life is far more than bedroom pleasures, and should pursue higher goals."

"Of course, Knight is my customer, and I respect his personal needs, so I will continue to do my best to enhance his ability."

Words of advice should be spoken first, so he won't be blamed later.

Nor need one worry that he'll change his ways due to these kind words, for once addicted, as long as his body holds up, he can never turn back. So after giving the advice, he closed the study door and began upgrading Makeximu.

About a quarter of an hour later, the upgrade was complete.

Makeximu felt a change; his sore waist and weak legs vanished completely, and just thinking of a beauty made his device spring ready with a "whoosh," even better than before.

It works so well it's almost frightening.

"Baron, won't this overconsume one's life?"

Luosen shook his head.

"Simple transformation doesn't overconsume; it even benefits the knight's body. The real overconsumption comes from the knight's lack of restraint. So one must curb desires."

He spoke with earnest sincerity.

Makeximu instantly felt that Luosen was truly the best person in the world, even better than his own father.

He nodded repeatedly.

"Yes yes yes, need to restrain~ need to restrain~~ I will definitely do my best to restrain!"

Afterwards, he again made a small request: "Baron, many male nobles at the New Moon Inn hope to have a divine gun, so as to gain the favor of the Empress Dowager."

He paused, lowered his voice, using a very embarrassed tone: "Not to hide it from you, I also have a similar idea, so I hope the Baron does not give them overly high ability upgrades."

After saying that, he quickly added: "I know this will cause the Baron economic loss. Don't worry, I will provide extra compensation. Next time transporting refugees, I will give an extra 5000 refugees, how about that?"

Luosen understood, looked up and assessed Maxim's handsome face: "Your country's Empress Dowager also has a fondness for you, right?"

"Not wrong." Maxim smiled proudly.

Luosen's heart stirred slightly, many thoughts flashed like lightning.

He immediately said: "If you can freely give me ten thousand refugees, I guarantee I will only give them transformation, not ability upgrades."

"Furthermore, I will keep upgrading this ability. As my power increases, the effect will become stronger. But no matter how it's upgraded, I will give it to you for free and will never use it against your rivals in Levinde."

"Finally, if you indeed gain the Empress Dowager's favor, you report her measurements to me, and I will tailor-make adjustments for you, guaranteeing the Empress Dowager will never be able to leave you."

Maxim's eyes lit up: "Deal!"

Anyway, it's still early, Luosen said: "Let's go, let's go directly to the New Moon Inn for transformation."

"No problem."

On the way to the inn, Maxim, to ensure he had a unique competitive edge, became increasingly attentive toward Luosen.

He carefully introduced the nobles' detailed information in the carriage.

He introduced not only the males, but also the females.

There came 52 nobles, 42 male nobles, 10 female nobles.

The male nobles' purposes are mostly the same: they want a divine gun, other things don't matter.

As for the female nobles, naturally they want beauty, preferably beautiful everywhere.

The different characteristics of male and female thinking are fully displayed.

Maxim whispered: "But there is a woman whose situation is somewhat special."

"Oh? Does she have special needs?"

"Not exactly, her identity is somewhat special."

Maxim whispered softly: "She is a trusted maid of the Levinde Crown Princess."

"Because her identity is sensitive, they deliberately used Transformation Technique to conceal her true appearance. If later you notice anything abnormal, just pretend you don't know, absolutely do not point out her true identity."

Luosen's heart stirred upon hearing, he asked: "The Crown Princess's maid, why does she also need Transformation Technique service?"

According to his knowledge, the appearance of such sensitive members needs to be recognizable, cannot be randomly changed.

Maxim shrugged: "I don't know the reason, I only take care of making connections, I'm not curious to explore the secrets of big shots."

After saying that, he looked left and right, lowered his voice: "In Levinde, this is indeed the most important means of self-preservation."

This subconscious reaction made Luosen's heart stir: "It seems the internal political pressure in Levinde is not small, and this surely has countless ties to the bloodline of Her Majesty Sala."

Thus, he put on an attitude of "respectful distance": "I don't want to get involved in your domestic troubles; later I will keep my mouth shut tightly, lest I bring fire upon myself."

Regarding this, Maxim completely believes it, and even if the other side wanted to get involved, they couldn't, after all Luosen's territory is at least a month's voyage away from Levinde.

He didn't know, Luosen's thoughts were completely opposite.

He will be very careful.

Because with his current status level, he is far from the royal princess, and even the distance to the kingdom's ministers is enormous.

What basis does he have for saying that? Based on the resources he can mobilize.

The resources he can currently mobilize are less than one-tenth of the neighboring Shire County, let alone a decree that could affect the entire kingdom's king and ministers.

If he provokes the other side, inviting a thunderbolt strike, it will be very troublesome.

However, his little fish may be small, but he has a clear mind and agile movements, while Levinde's big fish has contracted a dizzy illness.

Not taking the opportunity to bite a big chunk of meat from the big fish would be a real pity.

(End of chapter)