Mage Lord: The Tech Tree is Skewed by Me

Leon is in no rush to return to the territory.

Although he only cares about the enrollment qualifications he can get after becoming a mage, based on the principle of not giving up, Leon will not miss any free gifts.

The Kingdom of Andal will provide subsidies for every mage.

Although the subsidy of ten escudos per month is not much, it is a reflection of each mage's identity and status.

Therefore, during the period since the agreement was reached, he has been wandering around the city of Parma wearing aristocratic robes that symbolize the identity of a mage and an exquisite mage badge.

Today I went to visit this mage tower, and tomorrow I went shopping in the nearby streets. The main thing was to do nothing and show off my new skin.

Anyway, everything in Antoria is going smoothly and for the better now, so it won't hurt to go back a little later.

On the one hand, it is to purchase some supplies that are in short supply in Antolia, and on the other hand, it is to collect as much available materials as possible.

Collecting available talents is the real focus, and it is also the reason why Leon is willing to transfer some of his interests.

The talent introduction plan for Antolia, which is still in Leon's mind, focuses on introducing four main types of talents.

The first is magic talents including mage apprentices, mages and archmages. Although the archmage is definitely not willing to go, writing about them will help improve their qualifications.

The second is all kinds of craftsmen including blacksmiths, carpenters, and stonemasons, all of which are urgently needed for the expansion of the new city.

Third, whether you can encounter races with special talents, including dwarves and elves, depends entirely on luck.

The fourth is special talents who believe that they have sufficient abilities and are willing to serve the Jimena family.

Leon himself does not know what the fourth category of talents mainly includes. Anyway, the standards for evaluating this type of talents are determined by Leon, approved by Leon, and announced by Leon, which can be said to be very rigorous.

Therefore, Leon stayed in Parma City for less than half a month. It was not until the Antolian mercenaries led by Todd arrived that he began to prepare for his return.

It's not that Leon didn't dare to return alone, it was mainly because during this period of time, he was tinkering with a lot of things in Palma City.

If you don't dispatch a reliable guard, it will be a lot of fun if someone accidentally cuts you off.

The first is iron ore.

The southwest highland, located southwest of the Thorn Territory, is the key development direction of Antolia in the next few years.

If the Antorians want to set foot in the southwestern highlands, they are bound to encounter the tall, strange birds that the Lapluk people have mentioned countless times.

Mercenaries are not afraid of fighting, but fighting requires weapons.

To this day, iron ore has never been found on the land of Antolia, and if you want to make weapons, you can only purchase them from the city of Parma.

And this has also been a headache for all the Viscounts of Antolia in the past.

Fortunately, according to Lapruk Priest Fast, there are countless mineral deposits in the southwest highlands. Although it is not known whether iron ore exists, it gives Leon a rare hope.

Apart from iron ore, the next most important thing is the mage.

In these days, even if Leon walks around the streets of Palma City all day long, it is not for nothing.

There is definitely no archmage, but at the level of the mage, Leon was really clever in deceiving him.

Master Collins.

He was the opponent that Leon faced during the mage certification, the old guy who gave up in shame because the backyard was bombed.

While Leon was wandering around, Master Collins kept thinking about the scene of that day over and over in his mind.

Master Collins is in his forties.

But even with decades of experience in magic research, he really couldn't figure out why that weird fire could suddenly change direction and go straight into the back courtyard.

He is a very serious person.

It is precisely because of this that he can make progress in the study of the path of magic.

Collins doesn't care about status or money. What he cares about are only those magical factors that intoxicate him, only those long and profound spells that deeply attract him.

so……

When he stood in front of Leon without hesitation and said that he was willing to serve as Antolia's mage advisor, Leon was shocked.

Although Leon has been walking around the streets, he has never had any expectations of recruiting mages.

As a result, Collins, who had only met him once, made this choice that surprised Leon extremely.

"Why?"

"Why did you choose Antolia?"

On the way back to Antolia, Leon finally asked this question that had puzzled him for a long time:

"There is nothing in Antolia, only barrenness and desolation, only chaos and death. Especially in terms of subsidies for mages, it is completely incomparable to the city of Parma."

Faced with Leon's doubts, Collins looked at the young lord in front of him affectionately: "For you..."

Leon: "!!!"

"For your magic, I think the magic you use is of a kind I have never seen before."

"So... I hope you can give me the opportunity to come into contact with this kind of magic. In return, I will be loyal to you."

Master Collins said extremely seriously.

"call……"

Hearing this, Leon finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Having a mage take the initiative to defect was undoubtedly something that made Leon very happy.

But whether Collins should be exposed to ancient magic so quickly, Leon still needs enough time to observe.

…

Sunken wood forest.

When Greywater Castle's request for help caused a sensation among the nobles...

Another neighbor of Antolia, the Viscounty of Sunwood Forest located on the edge of the Dukedom of Galicia, seemed to have completely disappeared.

Shenmulin is neither located at a traffic hub, nor does it belong to a wealthy territory. Since no letter for help was sent from Shenmulin, it naturally did not receive the slightest attention.

However, this does not mean that Chen Mulin is safe and sound.

Giorny is a bard from the northern frontier of the kingdom.

The bagpipe behind your back is the best musical instrument beside the campfire; the poetry in your mind is the best biography of an adventurer.

His favorite thing is to ride the old horse left by his father, wander among the nobles, and tell the adventure stories he made up to the quiet listeners.

Along the way, he encountered thieves and robbers, and rebels and civilians, but he was always able to avoid danger, calm and composed.

However, this time, when he stepped onto the land of the Sunken Wood Forest, a rotten and damp atmosphere made Qiaoerni feel particularly depressed.

In his sight, there were plateau hounds lying dead on the roadside, and civilians who had frozen to death due to hunger and cold. The blood on the ground had long dried up.

But these are obviously not the sources of that depression.

Just when Qiao Erni was confused, the old horse under him suddenly neighed. No matter how hard he pulled the reins, the old horse refused to take a step forward and just kept spinning in circles frequently.

Seeing this, Qiaoerni couldn't help but cast his gaze into the deep and dense forest, as if there was a huge terror hidden in this dense forest.

Let me talk about the questions raised by book friends in the previous chapter (Chapter 9). Self-examination, my previous reply may be ambiguous. What I meant was to modify the sentence "the largest mercenary producing area in the kingdom", not to modify An The population of Tolia has been modified. Just refresh it.