Abe the Wizard

479 The Hanging Fort Platform

After using the "rabbit essence" so much in his cooking, Abel reached the conclusion that it was not so addictive to wizards. If wizards ate the rabbit essence for ten days, the addictive effects would eventually wear out and instead, turn into a strong preference for well-cooked food.

Not for non-wizards, however. While the rabbit essence would still not be as good after ten days, they would still have sudden episodes where they can't help but want to eat it again. Still, it wouldn't be as bad as when they first had it.

After some further analysis, Abel also discovered something with his Horadric Cube. If he was synthesizing wine, rum, water, rabbit essence, or any other regular liquids with something else with the cube, there would usually have some special properties to them.

For red wine, it was good for improving bodily functions. For rum, it could warm up the body within seconds. For water, whatever potions made with it would have longer-lasting effects. For rabbit essence, there was a great boost in the psychological wellbeing of a person.

There was probably something else that Abel didn't know about. Still, for the time being, he wasn't ready to look into the effects of these liquids.

Lunch was over pretty quickly. While Wizard Cyril was certainly a drinker, he was not good enough to take an entire barrel of the master's wine by himself. It was time to start building.

Right now, there was already a teleportation circle that was installed in Harry Castle. Still, without a professional to properly set it up, it was still very dangerous to activate it. This was why Abel needed to bring the dwarves with him to Harvest City.

Fortunately, all the dwarves had mounts that could take them there. They were all riding mountain rams, a beast that could move in hills, grounds, mountains, and forests. Since Wizard Cyril was too lazy to move with his "instantaneous movement" spells, he was just resting on Isiah's mountain ram.

The whole trip took about an hour. After they arrived at Harry Castle, they decided not to head in right away. Instead, according to Abel's instructions, they all headed to the hill behind the castle. That was the spot that he wanted his magic tower to be built. Before that, however, they needed to set up the core of their hexagonal circle.

Wizard Cyril looked around him and frowned, "Forgive me for pointing this out, Grandmaster, but the mana here isn't very dispersed! I'm afraid you can't build a magic tower here."

"I know!" Abel said, then pointed at the hillslope in front of him, "That's why I've prepared myself a large mana gathering circle! If that still isn't enough, I'll change it to a super-sized mana gathering circle!"

That shut Wizard Cyril up for good. The dwarves were rich, but Abel's wealth was the same as that of a king. A super-sized mana gathering circle? That was like ten thousand points.

The hillslope behind Harry Castle was very big. It was about five miles in length. It was filled with bushes and trees. Usually, this area had no practical use.

Since Abel had already done the calculations, he quickly brought everyone to the centremost position of this area.

"Here," Abel said to them, "This is the location I've prepared for my hexagonal circle. Wizard Cyril, please place your base over here."

Wizard Cyril nodded, "Alright. Move, everyone! This thing is a bit huge!"

As a dark golden light appeared in Wizard Cyril's ring, a gigantic platform appeared on the ground. From sight alone, Abel could tell that it was between 1500 to 1600 acres in area. It was a circle, with countless rune patterns drawn at its bottom. The top surface was shiny like a mirror. The only part that stood up was a shelf, which was set at the edge of the platform.

"Here, Grandmaster," Wizard Cyril said as he handed a card to Abel, "This is the replica we've made. You've probably known this already, but most of the magic tower's operation plates in this world are copied from the technologies of the ancient times."

"And what's that," Abel took the card over, then pointed at the shelf.

"It's where the magic gemstones are. Please, come have a look."

After Wizard Cyril grabbed Abel's arm, they both disappeared and reappeared in front of the shelf.

"Guide your power of Will here," Wizard Cyril instructed, pointing at a crystal body laced on the shelf. When Abel did so, white light flashed and created a bond between him and the platform.

The platform recognized Abel as its master. Whatever this crystal body was, it was the same thing that wizards used to claim ownership for their magic towers. Now that Abel had owned this platform, he could use it to gain information.

For example, he could use the platform's sensor to tell that Isiah was running towards him. He could tell which direction he was running, and he could even get a picture of the way he was running.

Wizard Cyril explained, "As long as you are inside this platform, Grandmaster, you'll have access to all the information it collects. And with this portable plate, you can control the entire base even without being close to the crystal body."

"Is this the same as a magic tower?" Abel asked. He couldn't tell for sure, but this technology was very similar to a wizard's magic tower.

Wizard Cyril smiled, "Of course, of course! Magic towers. Magic platforms. They are made from the same technology! Magic towers are modern, but they are also created from ancient technology."

"Oh? Okay, then," Abel nodded his head.

"You might want to try opening this door with your power of Will," Wizard Cyril instructed, then pointed towards the crystal body.

Abel commanded with his power of Will, "Open the door at the bottom!"

Then, the door below the crystal body opened on its own. There were a bunch of slots lined up inside. To be precise, there were a total of two thousand of them. Right now, the topmost twenty slots had twenty intermediate gemstones in them.

"As you can see, this is where the energy storage box is," Wizard Cyril introduced to Abel, then let out a long sigh, "It's a shame. Even if you owned the entire Holy Continent, I don't think you can get two thousand advanced gemstones to power this thing up."

"How long will these twenty intermediate gemstones last, then?" Abel asked.

Wizard Cyril explained, "If you are only using the platform for seclusion, it can probably last a couple months. If you want to switch the barrier on, though, probably less than half of a day. Obviously, if the structure is attacked, the energy will run out in even less time."

Isiah had come over, "So, what do you think, Grandmaster Abel?"

Abel turned to Isiah, "It's a little plain, to be honest. It'd be really nice if I can build a garden here."

"Then we'll have to set up a layer of soil first. After that, we can talk about building a magic tower on top of it."

"Sure, sure! I trust the dwarves. I'll leave it all up to you," Abel laughed, then proceeded to move out of the way.

"Okay, boys! Time to get to work!" Isiah called the others. Then, after touching his portal bag, a three-meter tall puppet appeared in front of him. He then jumped on top of it to move it around. It was like he was driving a robot or something.

The others did the same, and they all began to start on the construction work.