Liang Lidong explained the concept of 'support', and the mayor's wife immediately understood the benefits of doing this. Her eyes flashed with a bright luster, and then she walked in front of Liang Lidong, grabbed his hands, and said in an almost worshipful tone, "Lord Betta, you are definitely a genius from a very powerful family. Otherwise, there is no way to explain how you know so many things, and can even think of such a method, it is really amazing."
All males liked female compliments, and so did Liang Lidong. However, he could sense that the castellan's wife was being pretentious. Perhaps the castellan's wife truly admired him, but not as much as she pretended … Acting skills were too important in life. As a person from Earth in the information age, he had seen all kinds of "performances." It was needless to mention movies and TV shows, and the "plot reversals" in the hot news in reality were even more dramatic than novels. Perhaps the City Lord's wife's acting skills were quite good in this world, but compared to those professional actors and influencers on Earth, she was far inferior.
The castellan's wife's hand was warm and smooth. Liang Lidong got rid of it and said, "The Longman family and the Guild of Assassins are searching for the Necromancer at the same time. Then, I'll go to the gold mine and finish the magic array with Barbara and the rest of them. One more settlement means one more trump card for us. If things don't go well, we won't be too passive. "
"Okay, I'll have to trouble you with the magic array, Sir." The castellan's wife smiled, as if she didn't care about Liang Lidong's rudeness.
Thinking for a moment, Liang Lidong said, "Also, someone in the Guelph family seems to be related to the Necromancer. You'd better be careful. Also, the Guild of Assassins is going to take over a few iron workshops that Rex left behind. Just be generous and give them to them. "
"Iron workshops are very important. I'm reluctant to give them up," the castellan's wife said in a sticky voice.
Liang Lidong said with a smile, "That's one of the conditions that they promised to help us. I'm a man of my word. If someone stops me from keeping my promise, I won't be too happy. "
There was a hint of threat in his words, but the mayor's wife acted as if she didn't hear it. She continued to smile like a spring breeze. "Since that's the case, then for the sake of Sir Beta, I'll give the Assassin Guild three ironware workshops."
"Thank you." Liang Lidong smiled and waved as he left the room.
The City Lord's wife returned to her chair. Not long after, the bookshelf gently opened, and Uther walked out. He walked to his wife's side and sat down. He sighed and said, "How is it? You still can't seduce Beta?"
The castellan's wife nodded in disappointment. "He doesn't seem to be interested in men and women at all. I've made it so obvious, but he doesn't have any reaction. Maybe it's because he's an ascetic believer? In addition, he seems to value his promises. Apart from that, we don't know anything about him. We can't even find his weakness. A powerful Spell Caster with no weaknesses. We don't dare to get too close to such a person. "
"No matter what, let's get through the current crisis first." Uther put his arm around his wife's shoulder. "No matter how powerful Beta is, even if he's scheming or has ulterior motives, he's not as much of a threat to us as the Church of Life. After the Church of Life's matter is over, we'll find a way to ask his true intentions. I don't believe that a powerful Spell Caster would be willing to stay in a small village to spread his teachings. That's too illogical."
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Liang Lidong asked for a horse from the castle guards and quickly returned to the mine on the mountain. Barbara and the black-robed girl were laying the magic patterns, but because it was their first time laying the magic array, their progress was very slow. Liang Lidong returned to the mine and immediately threw himself into the work of laying down the magic array. Because the two Sorceress had a backbone, their speed was also greatly increased. In less than two days, the magic array was completely laid down.
Nothing special happened in those two days. The mayor's office and the Guild of Assassins had been searching for the Necromancer, but they didn't find any traces.
At this moment, all the graveyards near Winterwind had been sprinkled with coarse salt. Probably because of the activities of the two forces mentioned above, the Necromancer didn't steal any more corpses, and nothing unusual happened in the Church of Life that Joan Of Arc was monitoring.
But the more it was so, the more guilty Liang Lidong felt. That was exactly the calm before the storm. It was also why Liang Lidong was in such a hurry to build the magic array.
There was a large magic array below Winterwind's castle. However, in Liang Lidong's eyes, the magic array was very delicate. It was a combination of multiple magic arrays. It seemed powerful at first glance, but in fact, it could be easily broken.
After thousands of battles in the game, the players had long understood that everything had to be able to withstand constant use and still maintain its normal state. To put it simply, it had to be able to withstand being beaten. The players knew very well that specialties that increased weapon Toughness were much more important than those that increased weapon damage. After level fifteen, the players were much stronger. Any weapon, including marvelous blades, would definitely be damaged in one or two battles if it didn't have Weapon Specialties that increased Toughness.
It was the same for defensive magic arrays. They didn't need to reflect attacks or deflect arrows. Defensive magic arrays only needed to increase the hardness of the magic shell after they were cast. They didn't need any other extra functions.
That was because strength was relative, even in the world of magic. After the core of a magic array was created, the amount of damage it could withstand was already a fixed amount of time. However, if the design of the magic array's core was too complex, then under the pressure of external attacks, the operation of the core nodes could easily go wrong, resulting in the collapse of the magic array.
The magic array in Winterwind was too delicate, and the defensive magic array had multiple other functions. So, Liang Lidong didn't think it was safe, but he didn't want to talk to the mayor about it. After all, it wasn't easy to rebuild a magic array in the castle. First of all, it would be troublesome to dismantle the original magic core, and secondly, the terrain had to be taken into consideration if the new magic array was to be built. A large building like the castle would be the greatest obstacle to the design of the magic array.
However, the magic array that Liang Lidong designed at this time was different. It simply increased the defensive strength of the outer shell of the magic array. Although it was only a medium-sized magic array, if it was attacked, this medium-sized magic array could last longer than the large magic array in the castle.
After examining all the magic patterns and making sure that there were no mistakes, Liang Lidong calmly activated the core.
The two young sorceresses held their breaths and watched as the core of the magic array buzzed. Then, the magic circuits connected to the core of the magic array lit up. The three of them quickly walked out of the mine and saw that the sky was covered by a transparent, pale yellow dome. Next to them, they could hear the excited shouts of the guards.
It worked! The two magical girls hugged each other and jumped in joy. It was the first time that they had participated in the deployment of such a sophisticated magic array. Naturally, they were excited that they had succeeded.
Liang Lidong, on the other hand, was quite calm. He had hosted the deployment of magic arrays in the game more than a hundred times. He had earned a lot of gold coins with the skills. He was already numb to it.
Although it was a medium-sized magic array, it covered a wide range. Also, the mine was on the mountain in the first place, and the magic array was so eye-catching that almost everybody in Winterwind could see it.
The Longman family and the Guild of Assassins were naturally happy to see it happen, but some other forces were not happy about it.
In the Temple of Life, Mark stared at the bright yellow shell of the magic array from the window. Because of the distance, the magic array looked like a bubble the size of a ripe apple in his eyes. It seemed that it would burst the moment he touched it, but the steady magic waves were coming from that direction. He knew that the magic array was unbelievably solid.
"Somebody in Winterwind knows how to design magic arrays?" Mark's expression was unsightly. "Is it the mayor's daughter, Barbara, or that unknown Red Priest Beta?"