Chapter 780: Chapter 467: For the Wizard (5.6k)_3
If he could successfully break through, then returning to the Tilaimei Plain to farm would certainly be the best choice.
If not... then there was no choice but to bravely forge ahead, striking out a path for the future!
...
Under the same sky, the Sea Domain was pitch black, but on the Tilaimei Plain, it was a glittering starry expanse.
Just outside the city of Golden Barley, at a warehouse where the grain harvester machines were stored.
Shelley and Lillian hovered in mid-air.
Beneath their feet were several black-clad wizards, solidly bound in ice crystals. They had silently infiltrated the warehouse outside the city, intending to steal the grain harvesters, but were caught red-handed.
"Speak! Who sent you?" Lillian asked coldly.
The black-clad wizards at their feet remained silent, heads bowed, resigned to fate.
Lillian furrowed her brow.
"If I’m not wrong, you are from the Oden Chamber of Commerce?" Shelley suddenly interjected.
The black-clad wizards maintained their silence, but their stiffening bodies spoke volumes.
"Oden Chamber of Commerce... hmph, a bunch of unscrupulous fellows," Lillian sneered and suddenly continued, "Don’t you know that the grain harvester machines will be sold off at the Golden Barley auction in a week’s time? Ten units, no less."
This statement caused some reaction from the black-clad wizards knelt on the ground.
"Such a precious piece of machinery... you’re willing to sell it?"
"It’s just a machine for harvesting wheat, not like we’re selling off the land of Tilamei. Even if we sell it to you, could it possibly cause any harm to the Tilaimei Plain?"
Lillian said this, her mind drifting to what Colin had told them before he left.
Colin had anticipated that the harvesters they were putting forth would inevitably attract the desires of many forces.
However, he didn’t plan to keep things secret. Constantly guarding against others would result in mutual harm; as long as Tilamei’s land was secure, the status as grain supremo would remain unchallenged.
Furthermore, Colin wasn’t interested in myopic concerns for short-term benefits.
He even wanted to hasten the promotion of the grain harvesting machines, the improved wheat varieties, and all other advanced agricultural technology.
Once all the different powers possessed the grain harvesters and the improved wheat varieties, they would, for their own sake, certainly start competing.
Such competition would ultimately result in a flourishing development in agricultural technology, a significant increase in grain yield, and a decrease in prices.
As a result, the people at the bottom would gradually escape hunger, and the population would continue to grow...
In the end, such a chain reaction would propel the development of the entire Wizard World.
And this was exactly what Colin wanted to see.
He wanted to drive the development of the entire Wizard World, to increase the number of wizards, to expand new knowledge.
In a world where might is consolidated into oneself, power is the foundation of everything.
Even sacrificing some insignificant short-term benefits, in the long run, the advantages of world progression would ultimately benefit the wizards who possessed great power.
It’s like a rising tide lifts all boats; as long as he maintained power, the advancement of the whole world would only be beneficial to him.
Swish!
After the interrogation, Shelley waved her hand and dealt with these black-clad wizards, then turned to Lillian and said, "We might have to speed up our process."
Lillian nodded, worry apparent on her face, "There are too many powers lusting after everything on the Tilaimei Plain... Some time ago, the textile factory produced its first batch of Wizard Robes, and their low prices caused quite a few chambers to complain. Some even sent wizards to try to destroy the factory. Although we’ve caught them all, I fear there will be more wizards coming."
"We’ll have to further strengthen the defenses around the textile factory, and the looms must still remain secret," Shelley said.
Following Colin’s directions, they needed to wait until the public formed... brand awareness, before they could gradually, and at high prices, release part of the technology through auctions.
"I wonder when Colin will return. If he were here on the Tilaimei Plain, these powers wouldn’t dare be so brazen!" Lillian exclaimed.
"I’m afraid he won’t be back for a while," Shelley sighed, "This trip of his, although he didn’t tell us explicitly, is probably to further enhance his strength.
And now, he is already at the peak of the Third Rank... His next step is to advance to Fourth Rank Wizard, which is no small feat."
Lillian remained silent, for she was only a Second Rank Wizard, and Colin’s pace was simply too fast for her to keep up.
"I wonder why junior brother is in such a hurry, he’s already very strong, his training speed is already at the Peak of Wizard... The front lines are so dangerous, wouldn’t it be better to stay in the Tilaimei Plain for a few more years and improve gradually..."
"Time waits for no one." Shelley shook her head, "The situation in Graham City is very bad, there might be a risk of downfall, and many wizards have already started moving to other Wizard Cities..."
Shelley looked up at the dazzling starry sky, her snow-white hair fluttering, and her heart couldn’t help but feel a bit gloomy.
The Truth Society wants to save the people at the bottom of this world, to make the rigid classes of this world flow again... But if the world is destroyed, then no matter which class one belongs to, there will be no difference.
"The situation in Graham City has become that bad?" Lillian was startled and sighed deeply.
"But I firmly believe that wizards will eventually defeat the Divine, just as they did thousands of years ago." Shelley withdrew her gaze and spoke in a softer voice.
"I believe too, and many people are working hard for the sake of wizards," Lillian nodded lightly.
With mixed emotions contained in her heart, she then spoke with anticipation:
"If Colin can successfully advance to a Fourth Rank Wizard, then we’ll see who dares to steal knowledge from Tilamei. Even if we gave those technologies away, without Colin’s consent, I dare to see who would dare to use them without permission!"
"Looking forward to that day," Shelley said with a smile.
...
Two days quickly passed.
In the morning, on Clara Island, the sunlight was bright, and in the distance, battles broke out again in the Sea Domain.
This was probably the fifth battle in the past few days, and as time went on, the frequency of battles between the Divine and wizards kept increasing.
Inside the castle’s guest room.
Colin sat cross-legged in the center of the Meditation Room, slowly closing the pale blue light screen projected by the library onto his hand through a crystal.
’The last piece of research material about Divine Power has also been finished,’ he thought.
He let out a gentle breath, not looking at the Golden Paper, but closing his eyes and falling into contemplation.
With the help of the Superbrain, all the research materials about Divine Power he had seen these days appeared clearly in his mind.
These pieces of knowledge interwove and collided, sparking countless inspirations.
As if an idea was like a dusty stone slab being wiped clean, the relief upon it gradually became clear.
However, he was always just a hair’s breadth away from the feeling, and after a moment, Colin opened his eyes in regret and summoned the Golden Paper.
Particles of pale gold gathered, and an ancient piece of Golden Paper emerged in front of him.
Behind the Red Light Breathing Method, the golden characters had blurred a lot, but the symbols for advancement had still not appeared.
Colin sighed.
"Just looking at research materials on paper is clearly not enough, Divine Power... I must go and see it for myself."
"And that Divine Blood, before I just thought it could enhance my own strength, but now that I think about it, it is clearly the best material to study Divine Power!"
"If only there were still some left..."
Buzz—
Just as Colin was ruefully pondering, the crystals on the Meditation Room wall suddenly started to flicker.
This indicated that someone outside the guest room had rung the doorbell.
It was still daytime... Who could it be at this time?
Colin slowly got up, left the Meditation Room, and approached the door.
Upon opening the door, he saw several familiar figures: Ryden, Yeats, and Jacqueline, who had just opened her door as well.
Mill was there too, she was now ringing Lance’s doorbell.
A moment later, Lance also came out.
"Now that everyone’s here, I’ll keep it brief," Mill said, standing in the middle of the hallway, "There has been a change in the timing of our mission, it has been moved up to tonight, please be prepared."