Constructing-Style Wizard

Chapter 779: 248. Remove “metal”

Days passed in the routine of hunting spies and cleaning up pirates.

Noland Lee, having lived two lives, had a wealth of experience in slacking off.

He accurately grasped the psychology of his employer, Lape Charnel Wright.

Every day he persisted in bringing one or two bodies of Tidal Spies to report to Lape Charnel Wright.

Every now and then, he would bring an extra one, to give his employer a pleasant surprise.

After delivering the bodies in the evening, Noland would cloak himself in the night and head to Treasure Sea, lying in wait for the Sea Monsters that communicated with the Tidal Spies.

The process of sweeping the Sea Monsters could be described in one sentence:

Floating the ship for half an hour, sinking the ship in three seconds.

Noland first had to spend half an hour breaking the pirates’ diving magic array, causing their ship to float to the surface.

Then, he could spend three seconds using the Thundercloud to blow up both the Sea Monster and its ship.

He had tried directly boarding the ship before, using the “Death Two Finger” technique to fight the Sea Monsters up close and personal.

Truth be told, it was much better to attack discreetly with mental magic and thunderclouds when the Sea Monsters were unaware of his presence.

Although the Sea Monsters couldn’t withstand a single hit of the “Death Two Finger” technique, their numbers were overwhelming and they were immune to “Perception Obstruction” and “Mind Control”.

At most, Noland could use “Group Disability Technique” and “Fear Charm” to temporarily halt their advance, but he’d still inevitably face an ant-bite-elephant-type offensive.

One time, Noland almost had his Magic Shield penetrated by a barrage of venom spells from a group of Sea Monsters.

Since then, he had honestly adopted the “float for half an hour, sink in three seconds” strategy for dealing with all Sea Monsters.

After two weeks of high-intensity work, Noland earned a substantial amount.

During his leisure time, he also produced more Elemental Energy Reactors and other magical items as backups.

Soul Strength: 6000

Energy Points: 15/336 (40+296)

Energy reserve: 5.4 million points

Cash and equivalents: 3.7 million

Amount of 0.01% complete Elemental Energy Reactors: 45

The so-called “cash and equivalents” refers to gold coins and un-sold Abyssal Alloy.

Noland dug a cave on Snow Mountain 1 to mine while disguised as a prospector, setting up an alchemy array inside the cave.

The alchemy array occupied a 50-meter-deep cave and was used to convert standard tridents into Abyssal Alloy.

Noland currently had around 75 kilograms of Abyssal Alloy in his possession.

Only when it was impossible to squeeze any more resources from the pirates would Noland secretly sell the Abyssal Alloy to Lape Charnel Wright in exchange for gold coins.

The energy reserve came from the Dragon Clan collection Noland scavenged from pirates and numerous small objects.

The soul strength data showed a decrease instead of an increase compared to half a month ago.noveldrama

This was mainly because Noland had converted it into elemental energy.

The elemental energy eventually became 25 Elemental Energy Reactors with a 0.01% completion rate.

As of now, there were 45 Elemental Energy Reactors stored in the Magic Pouch.

They could generate about 12.6 million points of thunder and lightning energy in 6,999 seconds.

This energy intensity was astonishing.

But it was not enough.

Magic Shields and Magic Metal Armor had resistance to thunder and lightning energy.

Assuming a thunder and lightning resistance of 99% and a total strength of 500,000 points for a Tenth-Ring Wizard’s Magic Shield,

Noland would have to output 50 million points of thunder and lightning energy at once in order to break through the shield defense system of a Tenth-Ring Wizard.

50 million points of thunder and lightning energy correspond to 178 Elemental Energy Reactors with a 0.01% completion rate.

If considering factors like “missing”, “not hitting”, and “lightning being reflected”, Noland needed to prepare hundreds more Elemental Energy Reactors on top of that base amount.

Only in this way could he launch a second attack immediately if the first one failed.

So, though 45 Elemental Energy Reactors seemed quite formidable, there was still a long way to go.

That evening, Noland delivered the bodies of the spies to Lape Charnel Wright but didn’t head out to sea like he usually did.

Perhaps it was because of his diligence, as the pirates significantly reduced their plundering frequency at sea in the next few days.

According to the intelligence Noland had gathered, he might have to wait a few more days, allowing the repeatedly defeated pirates to recover before he could continue stalking them.

Though leeks grow fast, they also need time to grow, right?

Noland just happened to want to take a short break for himself.

He returned to his house in the Core Circle and played with the Snow-winged Cat.

Denise Green finished her daily meditation and began preparing dinner with the Magic Cooking Machine.

While cooking, she said to Noland:

“Noland~ I’ve finished learning the Four-circled Resurrection Spell~ My teleportation distance is now 369 kilometers!”

Noland picked up the Snow-winged Cat, rubbed its head, and entered the kitchen, smiling:

“Well done, Denise. I just found a new way to make money, and I need your cooperation. In a few days, once I have the carrier ready, I’ll take you out to sea.”

“Yes, yes, yes!” Denise nodded vigorously, delighted that she could finally help Noland.

“Oh, there’s one more thing.” Denise fumbled in her Magic Pouch and took out a classically styled metal box.

She placed the metal box in Noland’s hand:

“It seems like Nicolette’s soul is waking up. You better take a look, her soul has changed a lot recently.”

Noland draped the soft cat around his neck, hanging it on his shoulders, and then opened the metal box.

This box was specifically used to store Soul Stones.