Chapter 122: Island Lord's Continental Balance Strategy (33)

The high-ring mages of this world may not be able to move mountains and fill seas, but they can certainly turn decay into marvels.

Because high-ring mages possess sensitivity far beyond ordinary people.

Sensitivity to future fate, sensitivity to the surrounding environment, and sensitivity to minute forces are all far beyond what low-ring mages can match.

Luosen not only has ultra-high-ring mage sensitivity, but also the fine control ability granted by Laifu.

In the magic potion laboratory of the Magic Method Center.

Luosen, La'erte Lisi, and Weige collaborated again, gathering all bodily treatment knowledge, and crafted a brand-new healing magic potion.

This magic potion's color is like gold, its texture like honey, it is placed in a sealed magic orichalcum bottle, with a total volume of about 100 milliliters.

Weige evaluated: "This is probably the strongest-effect healing magic potion I have ever seen."

She felt that even if a person had stopped breathing, as long as the body wasn't completely dead, after pouring this magic potion down, they could revive on the spot and become lively, no different from a healthy person.

La'erte Lisi lightly laughed: "What a coincidence, this is also the strongest healing magic potion I have ever seen."

Luosen, however, was not so optimistic.

"The body of the Kao king must already be at the brink of collapse. The Kao court apothecary must have exhausted all possible treatments."

"This medicine may not necessarily be 100% effective."

Of course, the drug's effect is indeed strong.

This magic potion combines the Six Rings "Nature's Grace", the Six Rings "Flawless Steel Dragon Body", and La'erte Lisi's Pure Water Knowledge; it was guided in its alchemy process by Weige's genius apothecary, and by Luosen, this Ten Ring mage's overall fine control, before finally being successfully refined.

Potion name: "Golden Blessing", its purpose is to prolong the life of the old Kao king.

The old king cannot die; if he dies, Kao's domestic situation would lightly fall into chaos, or heavily into turmoil, and the restraint on Aaron would greatly weaken.

At this juncture, Luosen this little baron, if he again jumps out to open a new route, will certainly suffer Aaron's iron fist.

After carefully storing this precious Golden Blessing, Luosen said in a solemn voice: "I must hurry to Kao; I'll leave the Magic Method Department in your watch, Weige."

"I'll watch over it; all plans will be carried out orderly, no trouble will arise."

"As for you, be extremely careful."

Luosen smiled: "I'm not going alone; Lili and the guard team will accompany me all the way at sea. I will also bring various powerful protective magic devices."

The key is, he has a Steel Dragon Body; as long as he doesn't get hot-headed and clash head-on with people, nobody can stop him from going where he wants.

After saying that, he and La'erte Lisi exchanged a smile: "Dear, let's go; we'll head together to the Eastern Siren Port."

Naturally, they went by electric carriage.

Also, there's no need to worry about the territory falling into disorder, because Luosen has already transferred control of Puppet No. 2 to Instructor Anna, and left behind all the plan documents for the following month.

During his absence, the instructor will control Puppet No. 2 and help him manage the island.

And if special circumstances arise, he can also remotely control it via the already-built telegraph line.

Soon they arrived at the Eastern Siren Port.

The Eastern sea port is temporarily not open to outsiders, and with the operation being secret, there's no need to worry about information leakage.

The port already had a medium-sized high-speed sea ship waiting, fully loaded with Clean Black Stone.

This ship was built by Mage Beilite with his shipbuilding team, using the latest composite tempered material, employing the newest version of power output, sparing no cost, fiercely piling materials to create a high-speed ocean-going ship.

This sea ship was named the "White Sturgeon"; it is 50 meters long, 6 meters wide, with a cruising speed of 20 knots, which is about 37 kilometers per hour, and can reach a maximum of 28 knots.

Because it is loaded with a large amount of Clean Black Stone, its range reaches 9,000 kilometers.

If taking the deep-sea route, it is not only enough to go to Kao and back, but on the return it can also detour to the Flying Fish Archipelago of the Eastern Golden Cape.

When Luosen arrived, the ship's cabin already held thirty powerful battle mages.

Among them, fifteen were siren warriors, whose magic was at high-tier or above, including two masters.

Another fifteen were human battle mages: five high-tier mages, and ten were mid-tier mages.

There were no qi warriors.

Because naval warfare relies extremely heavily on various spells, the effect of qi warriors is far inferior to that of battle mages.

Besides that, the cabin was naturally also fully stocked with various combat and voyage supplies.

When Luosen and La'erte Lisi arrived, everything was already ready.

After boarding, Luosen said: "Depart."

"Woo~~~~"

The ship's hull gave a slight tremor; the pointed bow steadily cut through the waves, the hull gradually accelerated, heading southeast.

According to the plan, they would sail southeast into the deep sea to avoid encountering other navy fleets en route, which would leak Luosen's southward plan.

Once in the deep sea, La'erte Lisi would act as navigator, guiding the White Sturgeon along the safest and least effortful route.

Not long after, the White Sturgeon's speed rose to about 20 knots and remained stable.

This speed already far surpasses the current sail warship's speed of about 10 knots.

Even if they unexpectedly encounter situations such as pirates or warships, they can easily shake off the opponent.

After over an hour of sailing, the White Sturgeon had far left White Sturgeon Island behind; the sea surface gradually shifted from light blue to deep blue, and then bit by bit toward ink blue.

At the bow of the White Sturgeon, La'erte Lisi softly told Luosen about the sea conditions: "According to knowledge passed down from our ancestors, flying nonstop from White Sturgeon Island all the way south to Kao would take roughly thirty hours."

Luosen roughly estimated: "That means the straight-line distance is about 3,000 kilometers."

Because La'erte Lisi's long-distance flight speed is 100 kilometers per hour, and because the Transformation Technique grants her large wings, she can greatly rely on sea winds for gliding, even able to rest on the 'wind', so her endurance is strong.

If fortunate to receive aid from sea winds, La'erte Lisi could continuously fly for over ten hours, covering over a thousand kilometers in one go.

Of course, if she uses dash flight, speed can approach 200 kilometers per hour, but she would quickly exhaust herself, requiring desperate effort.

At the White Sturgeon's speed, traveling straight all the way would take about four to five days.

After sitting for a while, La'erte Lisi said: "It feels too slow by ship; why don't we fly there instead?"

Luosen shook his head: "The old king's body should be able to last half a year; a few days don't matter. It's also a good chance to accumulate deep-sea navigation experience."

"Alright."

At this moment, the White Sturgeon is surrounded on all sides by endless deep sea, and on the surface there is no reference point to be seen.

And nowadays there is no GPS; to keep one's bearing, the sun in the sky is the biggest reference during the day.

For this, Lartelis is very experienced, and she carefully instructs the human battle mages.

"At different locations, the sun's altitude at the same time each day is different."

"Therefore, when using the sun to determine the exact time, one must pay special attention to this point."

After a while, she added, "There are invisible rivers in the ocean."

"Some seawater flows in a unique direction, and once a ship enters such a current, it is easily carried off course."

"The direction and bearing of these currents change with the seasons, but worry not, I have carefully recorded every current in the Golden Ocean."

A battle mage asked, "Lady, if there is no sun, when clouds cover the sky, how can one discern direction in the deep sea and determine one's position?"

Lartelis lightly clapped her hands, "Well asked!"

"From what I've recently learned, in such cases even ships sailing close to the coast lose their bearing and fall into extreme danger."

"Fortunately, pure water will give us the answer."

"Two methods."

"One is pure water divination—not the common pure water divination you currently use; the method you employ works a bit near shore, but in the open sea it's blind."

"This is a pure water divination technique unique to my race. I can't speak for other seas, but in the Golden Ocean region it is quite precise. Unless disrupted by magical interference, it does not err."

"The second method is to use the seabed terrain for positioning."

She looked at the human warrior‑mages on the ship and indeed saw surprise on their faces: "Indeed, the seabed also has mountains and plains."

"By employing Banshee's shriek technique, one can obtain detailed seabed topography, and by comparing it with the mental seabed map, know one's exact location."

"Combine the two methods, and even if you try to get lost in the Golden Ocean, it will be difficult."

Luosen watched Lartelis imparting open‑sea navigation knowledge, feeling very pleased.

"We should have the Banshee open a dedicated open‑sea magic class in the future."

Because the White Sturgeon is equipped with a unique underwater ultrasonic device, there is no worry about interference from giant beasts.

The ship sailed smoothly, and fortunately encountered no storms along the way.

By the evening of the fifth day, the White Sturgeon arrived safely at a desolate coast in the north of Kao.

Seventy kilometers north lies Kao's famous port city, White Sand City.

Following the Oriel River that flows through White Sand City southeast for over 200 kilometers leads to Kao's capital.

The city of Silver Moon, dubbed the "Rose Capital," the "Central Golden Capital," and the "Knights' Hometown."

These last 270 kilometers, of course, cannot be taken by the Sturgeon along the river, because Luosen does not want electric power to show up this early on the White Continent.

Naturally, he also cannot transform into a steel dragon body and fly over.

Because intense magical fluctuations would turn Luosen into a spotlight in the sky.

Approaching the Natural Alliance's capital in that state would be nothing short of courting death.

The safest method is, of course, to find a good horse and ride low‑key across the ground.

By continuously swapping horses in relay, one would arrive quickly.

"Plop~~"

Luosen, carrying a long wooden crate filled with various artifacts, jumped off the ship alone.

"Find a hidden bay nearby and wait for me; I'm heading to Kao's capital now, and will be back in at most a week."

He then looked at Lartelis: "We can keep in touch via telegraph at any time."

"Alright. Take care on the way."

Although she really wants to go with Luosen, she is a deep‑sea banshee and does not dare to venture deep into the Natural Alliance kingdom's interior.

After all preparations were complete, Luosen cast a divine speed technique on himself and rushed toward a nearby village.

Soon, his figure vanished into the night.

(End of Chapter)