Before ascending to God, be a good lord

On the morning of January 998, 1, in the secret ruins of Iowa, the algae tank that was originally a wall had disappeared and was replaced by the original carved stone wall.

As more and more mermaids follow Lant completely, the layout of this magical independent underground ruins has also changed: all the mermaids are placed in an exclusive underground cave water layer, which is as large as an underground cave. A small constant-temperature lake, hundreds of large and small rock pillars are erected in hundreds of thousands of square meters of water. It is these rock pillars that allow a space more than ten meters high above the water layer to be filled with sufficient air. And this Above the water layer are the rock formations of the Iowa Mountains thousands of meters above sea level.

Lant drew some lighting magic patterns and life magic patterns on the rock pillars and top rock slabs to ensure that the mermaids can live comfortably in the water layer.

The many magic algae tanks in the ruins were scattered by Lant into several rectangular caves. The clear water left by the legendary creature Lingzhu years ago had a strong promotion effect on these magic algae, especially the legendary panda. The dozen or so seeds that Ren Xiu Ming gave to Lante broke out of their shells and sprouted inside the jellyfish. They grew even more rapidly after being added to clear water, and they had to be moved to a higher and larger ocean tank.

The remaining living sea monsters were also put into special holes by Lant. In addition to signing some kind of magic agreement with himself, there were also a few die-hards who were directly planted with magic algae by Lant and became A typical example of intimidating other sea monsters.

And this morning, after Lant had paid homage to various temples in Iowa and had little interaction with the orcs and half-orc priests, he took Xiu Ming to visit his underground "aquarium".

After seeing the mermaid cave, seaweed tank and sea monster pool, the legendary panda man sighed: "I heard that many people in the Imperial City regret that you were born 1000 years too late, and now I am beginning to agree with them."

Lant smiled and said: "Thank you for your affirmation, Your Excellency."

In the past 1000 years, many strongholds and cities of the Sea Beast Tribe and Sea Elves have been invaded by the Poseidon lineage. The two tribes have reached a critical point. If it weren't for the fact that the Dragon Tribe has no vassals in the ocean and has to protect the two tribes, I'm afraid they It had been completely destroyed by the mermaids long ago.

For the Empire and the Dragon Clan, Lant's appearance, whether on land or in the sea, has curbed their considerable decline, and the two will naturally make similar sighs.

"Your Excellency, but I still suggest that it is best to bring some seaweed to Your Excellency Lingzhu. The last time he came, he showed me his appearance thousands of years ago through his mind. At that time, he was obviously more mature than he is now. Prosperity." Lant really has no words, because the spirit plant is not a magic plant, but more like a small ecosystem.

"I think he just needs more magic algae to be added to his body."

"Don't worry, I have already reported to His Majesty Jinghe, and we will launch an operation in the near future." The panda nodded. He understood the current problems of the spirit plant better than Lant. "But there are some things that require your cooperation. I We need to customize some magic pattern containers specifically for transporting these magic algae and send them to Red Dragon Rock together with other ordinary containers."

After several plans, Jinghe thought that instead of letting his subordinates smuggle it in secret, it would be better to send some of the magic algae to the Red Dragon Rock in a big way in the name of transporting seafood. Anyway, those lazy dragons are too lazy to care about the magic. What exactly is in the cupboard?

Lant naturally fully supports Xiu Ming's words. After all, every mission in Honglongyan has generous rewards.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Lant raised a question: "Your Excellency, yesterday's fire reminded me that if I could have a device that could stay in the air for a long time, I could avoid the threat of the ocean and monitor the entrance and exit of the fjord for a long time. "Hmm..." The Pandaren thought for a while and then said, "There is indeed the kind of thing you mentioned in history. In the goblin era, there was a kind of floating boat, which was as big as a battleship. It could stay in the air for a long time with the help of wind magic. Stay.”

"Ah, there is such a thing!" Lant said in admiration. In fact, he already knew it in his heart. After all, there were two former demigods in the family. He brought it up today because he wanted to know Honglongyan's attitude towards airships.

"In fact, as early as after the fall of the goblin era, various city-states tried to restore those airships, but no matter whether it was the elves, dwarves or the human empire, they never succeeded." The Pandaren said, "Not only because of magic problems, but more importantly Machining an empty boat is very difficult.”

The Pandaren told Lant that the dragons, as the masters of the sky, did not regard the slow-moving airships as a threat at all. Instead, they actively funded the empire's research and development of airships. After all, there were special dragon-stationed airships in the goblin era, which were specially designed for long-distance use. The trekking dragon provides rest and supplies in the sky.

However, the airship in the goblin era was not the hot air balloon in Lant's hometown. Its shape was more similar to a sea ship with sails hanging on both sides of the hull. The airship in the late empire even had a special magic furnace inside to heat the sails. The wind magic circle provides magic power.

"That means the difficulty still lies in the magic furnace?" Lant said subconsciously.

"The airship magic furnace is not a difficulty," the Pandaren shook his head. "At the end of the Goblin Empire, at least dozens of airship magic furnaces were built. These magic furnaces did not need to store magic power, and even had very limited power and could not be used. In cities or magic towers, there are always several such magic furnaces in the Empire and Red Dragon Rock. Just because birds have a heart, it doesn't mean they can fly.

The same goes for airships. The construction of airships in the goblin era is very complicated. In addition to the magic furnace that drives the magic patterns, the real difficulties are the various magic patterns on the hull, the processing of the hull, and ensuring the temperature, air pressure, and magic environment in the air. . "

"So that's it..." Lant nodded. Although he already knew that there were airships in the goblin era, he never understood why the human empire failed to reproduce them. At first, he took it for granted that it was an energy problem. However, after hearing what the panda said, Obviously there is something hidden.

Seeing Lant's interest in the airship, Xiu Ming said with a smile: "But I would suggest that you go to the Imperial Capital Academy of Magic to visit the machinery workshop there.

They have been studying the goblin-era airships for thousands of years, collected the wreckage of more than a dozen airships, and have been working on repairing the most intact one among them. "

Speaking of the Imperial Magic School, Lant was not very unfamiliar, but he had never been to the so-called Mechanical School: "Huh? There is such a thing. I have been there several times before, but I have never heard of it?"

"Yes, because you always like to stay with elves, and the mechanical academy of the magic school is full of dwarves and halflings, and they don't like elves very much."