Chapter 289 Gathering sand to form a tower

Author: Half-wounded but not broken

Chapter 289 Gathering sand to form a tower

The climate around the sea of ​​trees has always maintained unreasonable heavy rains, and the rain seems to be endless.

Especially in July, it is the period when the rain is the most abundant. Even if it clears up, the strong sunshine will turn the water on the surface into water vapor again. Perrenli even wondered whether the dark clouds hanging over Naspar were recurring in a single cycle.

However, because it is so common, unless it is a heavy rainstorm that makes it difficult to see the road, it has almost no impact on the Adventurer School in Naspar.

For Pei Renli, he had to be careful not to let his books and scrolls get damp during heavy rains, and he had to rely on ice cubes and magic to find a way out of the hot weather. Other than that, everything was business as usual.

As usual, Pei Renli was copying scrolls at this time.

Nethar said he would never treat his friends badly, which was true. Before leaving, he secretly gave Perenli and Kaya a gem worth hundreds of gold coins each as a reward for their entrustment.

Honestly, this is too high for delegation.

Considering the risk and difficulty of entrustment, the market price of an entrustment of this level is usually only about 10 gold coins. This is still an artificially high price, and it will be even lower in actual terms.

However, Perrenli knew this very well. Nethar paid ten times the market price. This was his investment and a signal.

If you are willing to help me, I will give you a lot of gold coins.

All a person wants in life is nothing more than money, reputation and status. Perenli is always short of money, and he believes that Nethar should know that, and Nethar has never been short of money.

It can be said that Pei Renli took advantage of this to reassure Nethar.

After all, as long as he asks for something, Nethar will think that he can cooperate. If he doesn't want anything, then he should consider whether Perenli is holding back something bad.

Only Kaya, who was in the dark, still didn't understand the reason. She felt that the reward was too high, and Pei Renli had to explain it to her quietly before she could accept it with confidence.

Pei Renli has completed the first step of understanding Muxing City. As for the second step, he also has a plan.

Larry is indeed just a little person, but this little person may not be as simple as he seems.

It is unreasonable for him, an illusionist, to find work in Nethar's warehouse even though he could easily find a more respectable job.

The secret room that Perrenli and the others found in Larry's house is also a suspicious point. A large number of documents were stored there, and they were so important that Larry had to go back and take the documents away at the risk of being caught. He couldn't take them away.

Some are destroyed directly.

This made Perrenli feel that Larry was not simply bribed by Nethar's enemies to steal the ledger. His behavior was more like an agent operating in an enemy country. He was hiding well but suddenly received a request from his superiors.

Or some unexpected situation forced him to steal the account book, which resulted in his being exposed.

And who is this country...

It must be the Republic of Tula.

Larry originally immigrated from the Republic of Tula, and the destination of the ship he planned to take when escaping was also the Republic of Tula. Although there may be a possibility of transshipment, the previous actions of the Republic of Tula made Perrenli have to doubt this powerful

country.

For example, let's let the lizardmen attack The Hague Castle.

The Republic of Tula kept making small moves, which gave Pei Renli a strong sense of crisis. One was that the Republic of Tula was too close to the Sea of ​​Trees, and the national border was close to the west of the Sea of ​​Trees.

The second reason is that he knows very little about the intelligence of the Republic of Tula.

Due to transportation problems, of course, the transmission of information cannot be as fast as in the information age. Magic communication also has great limitations, and long-distance communication has always been an insurmountable problem. It can be spread all over the world in a few minutes like on earth.

Things that are unthinkable.

Perrenli's understanding of the Republic of Tula could only rely on the periodicals and magazines he subscribed to from businessmen. Not to mention that the information was very lagging behind, and not all of it was information about the Republic of Tula.

The unknown is the scariest thing, which makes Pei Renli very uneasy.

Mu Xing City is an important part of Pei Renli's plan, and he does not want it to be controlled by the Republic of Tula.

Of course a country must have a stable economy, in which import and export trade naturally plays a very high role.

Although the southern side of the Big Tree Sea is adjacent to the real ocean and has a long coastline, there is no place suitable for a port.

The only one that can barely be used is The Hague Castle. However, the berths at The Hague Castle that are full after just a few ships park there, cannot meet the demand at all.

In Muxing City, the excellent deep-water port that has been operated for hundreds of years, and the complete management and logistics warehousing system are all right in front of you.

However, Pei Renli has no intention of taking down Muxing City. Once a demon king shows too much aggression, it is easy to repeat the same mistakes. The violent demon king and the demon kings who have entered the history books are proof.

Pei Renli needs cooperation, preferably a stable cooperative relationship.

And there is no better way to achieve this kind of cooperative relationship than by having a common enemy.

From this perspective, the Tula Republic's small move was beneficial to Pei Renli, but he was actually a little worried that Muxing City would really be taken over by the Tula Republic, which would be very troublesome.

Larry's affairs are over, and his existence is probably just a simple name on the death record, but he and the affairs behind him are probably not over yet.

Pei Renli's second step is to start here.

Larry must be hiding something, and it's not good for Star City.

With the success of the first cooperation, Nethar will probably make additional 'investments' in Perenli, and it is very likely that he will also come to Perenli for help with matters behind Larry's back.

In addition, Pei Renli is still thinking about whether there is a chance to contact the city owner of Muxing City. After all, it is likely to be related to the God-killing Demon King Balam. Maybe there is information or items that are beneficial to him stored there.

There are still many things to consider, but this is not a problem for Pei Renli. He has long been used to it.

"Your Majesty the Demon King, what you want is here."

Ravna came back from the Demon King's City, carrying a basket in her hand, which contained many materials collected from the sea of ​​trees.

Pei Renli had just finished the last stroke of the scroll at this time. He threw the ingredients into the potion and prepared it, and then used a clip to add a gem from another beaker on the table.

Wearing gloves with the function of suspending objects, he let the sapphire hover in his palm. Then he picked up the carving knife and concentrated on leaving runes on it.

This is very difficult. Untreated sapphires cannot be touched at will. Any stains on them will lead to a decline in function, and the suspended state is difficult to exert force. Pei Renli has carved several sapphires during this time, which is a big deal.

expenses.

Making magic items, even the lowest level ones, is not easy, and there is no shortcut. You can only rely on materials to continuously improve your skills.

After working attentively for almost an hour, he finally succeeded. He threw the gem back into the beaker and soaked it in the special potion, breathing a long sigh of relief.

"Where is the maid golem?"

"We are heading towards the border of the Republic of Tula, but since there is no entry and exit permit, the maid golem still needs time to make a detour before entering the Republic of Tula from the empty area of ​​the border post."

As mentioned just now, being completely unknown without information is really too scary. Among the powers that Pei Renli can currently use, only the maid golem has the opportunity to enter the Republic of Tula.

However, since they are just golems, even if they have a certain level of intelligence, they cannot transform into professional intelligence agents. The information they obtain is probably only at the level that ordinary people in the Tula Republic would know.

However, something is better than nothing.

Hearing that things went well, Pei Renli felt relieved. He had too many things to do and he clearly felt that he was short of manpower.

And the threat of the Demon King's Arena is approaching again.

Observing the remaining amount of the hourglass and having the experience of the previous Demon King Arena, Pei Renli estimated that there are about ten days until the next Demon King Arena. During this period, he has turned down all the invitations from his classmates to help him with the mission.

, concentrate on preparing for the Demon King Arena.

Making magic items is of course also for this purpose.

With a slight headache, Pei Renli leaned on the chair and closed his eyes to rest. Ravna very considerately came over and rubbed his shoulders.

"Your Majesty the Demon King, your subordinates have something to report."

"What's up?"

"What you expected has happened. Someone is peeping near the residence of the blue-ringed fish people."

The creatures in the big tree sea are in awe of the tyrannical Demon King, and they will not enter the area around the Demon King's City. But on the other hand, since there are creatures settling here, it means that they must have received permission.

Of course, the only one who is qualified to grant permission is the Demon King.

Pei Renli had thought about this when he took away the blue-ringed fish man, so he was not surprised.

Due to the danger and complex terrain of the Big Tree Sea, the outside world does not know what Pei Renli is doing inside, but the creatures living in the Big Tree Sea can obviously easily detect the movement. After all, the blue-ringed fish and the newly moved evil wolf

There are a lot of horned wolves, it's like building infrastructure in front of someone's house, it would be strange if they weren't noticed.

"Tree elf?"

"There are traces of them, but there are also..."

Ravna seemed a little hesitant, but still said:

"There are lizardmen too."

She hesitated because she knew that Pei Renli disliked lizard people.

There are lizardmen living in the Big Tree Sea. They are not the same tribe as the lizardmen who attacked The Hague Castle. Most of them live in the swamps and wetlands deep in the Big Tree Sea, relying on fishing and insects to survive. Since their residence is far away from the Demon King's City

Relatively far away, Pei Renli had never had any contact with the lizard people in the Sea of ​​Trees.

Having said that, Pei Renli really doesn't like lizardmen, mainly because their ideas are too doge-coined, but from a rational point of view, the lizardmen in the sea of ​​trees are very useful chess pieces.

"It's far enough. They suddenly ran around the Demon King's Castle. Did something happen?"

"If you are interested, I will send the maid golem to check."

"Well, let's find out what the lizard people need. It's definitely not an accident to suddenly run so far away."

"As you command, Your Majesty the Demon King."

The kingdom belonging to Pei Renli seems to be slowly taking shape by gathering sand into a tower...
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