Chapter 40 Floating Island Plan!
2016-03-13
Author: Floating Tower
The Tower Spirits departed at high speed.
It seemed that they had already planned this when Soren last explored the higher levels of the Arcane Tower.
For some reason, these Tower Spirits could not leave the Arcane Tower, so they had always been waiting for Soren’s arrival. If Soren did not agree to give them freedom, these Tower Spirits might really risk a fight to the death. Staying in the same place for thousands of years could only be endured by advanced alchemical constructs; otherwise, other intelligent beings would probably have gone mad long ago. Seeing these Tower Spirits immediately activating the portal to the outer plane and leaving, the Fallen Witch clearly seemed hesitant to say anything, but ultimately did not speak up.
This matter could only be a trade-off; fortunately, Soren had effectively left a clue connecting to the mechanical plane.
“Activate the Maze!”
“Connect to the Element Pool!”
“Open the half-plane passage!”
Since he had obtained the highest authority of the Arcane Tower, Soren immediately activated the Maze.
The energy required for the Maze was immense; relying solely on the Element Pool of the Arcane Tower was insufficient. At best, it could only be activated temporarily. After activating the Maze, Soren immediately said to Gloria, “You need to establish an energy transmission channel.”
“Find a way to input the energy from the Elemental Furnace into the Arcane Tower.”
Gloria and the Fallen Witch understood that this was the most important task at the moment, and they nodded and prepared to leave immediately. The others, being wizards, were also very curious and followed suit. Only the High Priest remained in place; as a Mind Sorcerer, she was not very interested in arcane matters.
“My lord.”
“Now that we possess the Arcane Tower, Modo City essentially has the means to confront other deities.”
The High Priest looked at everything before her and slowly said, “However.”
“In my opinion, this Arcane Tower is not very advanced; its floating ring has not been completed. The ley line network has not yet been established, so it can probably only combat weaker deities. Against some with strong divine power, it still won’t have much effect.”
Soren nodded, “I understand.”
“However, having this foundation is sufficient. The floating ring can be entrusted to Gloria and the Fallen Witch to complete, and the presence of the Elemental Furnace means we can temporarily disregard ley line energy.”
“But.”
“Right now, what’s important is to establish a network. Can you complete it with psychic energy?”
A psychic network.
The High Priest possessed a terrifying ability to connect matter and psychic energy, forming a super psychic network centered around herself.
When they targeted the Spider Queen, it was using her power.
Soren was now preparing to grant her a portion of high-level authority, using her psychic energy to upgrade the control system of the Arcane Tower.
In simple terms.
The current arcane system was flat control, while if the High Priest completed the psychic network, it would be three-dimensional control.
“Can do.”
“But I may need a little more time.”
The High Priest glanced at Soren at this point, wisely refraining from continuing to speak.
“I know.”
Soren nodded and said, “However, I am not completely confident in lifting the curse of the Spider Queen; her domain of Trickery is too powerful. If I force the lifting, it may provoke her directly, leading to unforeseen consequences.”
“You need to hold on a little longer.”
“Once I advance to Medium Divine Power, I will be able to easily remove the curse from you.”
Soren lied.
In fact, he had a way to remove the curse of the Spider Queen right now, but the cost was a bit too high.
He needed to buy some time.
Since the High Priest’s own power was still too great, a Mind Sorcerer above profession level 30. Soren could not be certain that he could contain her if he did not level up a bit more.
If he lifted it now, the power of both parties would likely be evenly matched.
Soren would need to expend a substantial amount of divine power, including a certain amount of divinity value. After lifting the curse, the High Priest’s power would significantly increase, likely directly becoming a Demigod.
Given this consideration, Soren had to ensure his own strength was greater!
There was no question of trust.
Soren needed everything to be under his control. He would not take any risks with matters that might pose a danger.
Even if it was a one in a million chance.
Soren did not want to risk the situation of being overthrown!
Now was the time of the Saint’s Cataclysm, and anything could happen. Deities were unprecedentedly vulnerable; Soren had to think even more carefully.
The High Priest nodded at his words.
She was not very clear on the domain of deities. However, as long as there was hope of breaking the curse, that was good enough.
The Spider Queen was an established Strong Divine Power.
The domain of Trickery was a very special power; ordinary deities sometimes had no countermeasures at all against it.
Rumbling.
A faint sound of vibration came.
The flat ground outside the Arcane Tower began to move; Gloria and the Fallen Witch joined forces to activate the large floating ring, and the entire land slowly began to drift toward them.
Floating movement.
This was the most basic ability, and during the era of the Arcane Empire, the top floating cities could even achieve planar teleportation.
The entire city could directly teleport to the Astral Realm!
Of course.
This required a massive energy shield; at that time, the floating city was almost equivalent to an independent half-plane.
“Begin the energy transmission establishment.”
“Mother.”
“You are responsible for the Maze repair!”
Gloria’s voice echoed in everyone’s minds. Soren activated all permissions, but just as the Maze connected to the Arcane Tower, and the energy of the Chess Half-Plane was activated, a special function was triggered.
——“Phase Move!?”
Soren’s expression was somewhat shocked, and then he muttered, “No! Is this planar movement?”
Arcane Tower control center.
A noticeable spatial beacon appeared in his mind.
He was very familiar with this location.
Because the spatial beacon was locked on Modo City, and it was a place Soren remembered.
Time rewound to last year’s second half.
Shortly after Soren arrived at Modo City and established the city, he explored the surrounding land.
Near the land occupied by mutated plants near Modo City, Soren discovered a destroyed ancient ruin. This ruin resembled the ruins of a tower, corresponding to the coordinates of the Shadow Plane’s Arcane Tower.
Soren later sent people to explore it.
However, in fact, there was almost nothing special about it. It had long been almost completely destroyed.
Later, when Modo City expanded, that place was also leveled, and there were not many significant discoveries; it was included in the next planning of the City Hall of Modo City.
But!
Now in front of Soren was a teleportation beacon.
The spatial beacon connected to the Maze, the Chess Half-Plane seemed to act as a grafted bridge, ultimately connecting to the entire Arcane Tower.
“It seems it can teleport!”
Soren murmured, “The coordinates are northwest of Modo City. The spatial beacon is very stable.”
“This Wizard Tower can teleport to the Material Plane!”
“Right next to Modo City!”
“Uh.”
“The energy required for teleportation is immense!”
Soren’s words made Gloria and the Fallen Witch pause for a moment, then the two legendary witches immediately rushed over excitedly.
Wizard Tower.
What Modo City lacked right now was a high tower to intimidate enemies!
If this Arcane Tower could be moved to the Material Plane and was right next to Modo City, it could be incorporated into Soren’s current plan.
The Wizard Tower could serve as the energy core for the entire Modo Island!
Moreover, even the defense system of the Modo City temple could be assimilated and connected to the Arcane Tower; most importantly, the Arcane Tower and the Maze were interconnected.
If the Arcane Tower could be moved to the Material Plane.
Then the Maze enveloped by this space lock could also be moved to the Material Plane!
Maze.
So far!
The entire Material Plane harbored only two forces with the Maze: one was the Northern Witch Council, and the other was the Wizard Alliance.
If Modo City could possess the Maze, its defensive capabilities would directly enhance significantly!
“Teleportation must be in a floating state!”
“This will require my mother and I to complete the large floating ring and place it beneath the Arcane Tower.”
“Once floating.”
“They can teleport to Modo City in the Material Plane through the half-plane.”
Teleportation can only be in a floating state.
According to the information displayed by the Arcane Tower, this kind of teleportation cannot have any connection to the ground; only by lifting this tower will they be able to activate the teleportation energy.
“How long will it take to transform this Arcane Tower into a Floating Tower?”
Soren was always decisive and immediately said, “The manpower and material resources of Modo City can be allocated by you. If you need anything else, I can find a way.”
The Arcane Tower was not complete.
Looking at the floating ring below, it seemed that only two-thirds of it was finished.
“Adamantine.”
“The materials for the floating ring require adamantine infusion; Modo City has no adamantine reserves.”
“Completing the Arcane Tower requires a large number of gems and materials.”
“These can be obtained through the Witch Council, but the cost may reach as high as one million Gind!”
Gloria calculated quickly and immediately said, “There are no issues regarding manpower. If we have enough materials, we can complete the transformation within half a month.”
“We need at least one pound of adamantine! And over one million Gind in funds!”
Adamantine!?
Soren couldn’t help but furrow his brow upon hearing this.
Gind was not an issue; he secretly controlled Treasure Island and worked closely with the Church of Wealth. However, adamantine was indeed extremely rare, and it was almost impossible to find in the surface world.
To obtain it, one would have to go to the Underdark.
Moreover!
One pound of adamantine was already a frightful amount.
Such a reserve could only potentially be found in larger cities in the Underdark, but these forces would basically never hand over such expensive and rare materials; if they did, the price would also be incredibly high!
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