Chapter 420 - 214: Building a Wizard Tower, The Memory in the Divine Blood (Part 2)

Chapter 420: Chapter 214: Building a Wizard Tower, The Memory in the Divine Blood (Part 2)

For instance, the most crucial material for building an Element Pool, the Elemental Source Crystal, costs 100,000 Magic Crystal Stones apiece.

Building a small Element Pool requires only one Elemental Source Crystal.

A medium one needs three.

And a large one requires five.

If he chose to build a large Element Pool, the expense would be an additional 200,000 Magic Crystal Stones. Even for Pei Ze, that was a painful sum.

’I should build a medium-sized Element Pool for now. I can use it for the time being and upgrade it later.’

The second part of the power supply was the Floating Ring. As its name implies, it’s the device that allows the entire Wizard Tower to ascend and fly.

This device requires a large amount of Mithril, so it is also quite expensive.

The final component, the central crystal energy transmission system, was cheaper than the first two but was nonetheless an indispensable part of the Wizard Tower.

Its main function is to graft the entire Wizard Tower onto the Crystal Trace, allowing the energy from the Element Pool to be transmitted to every part of the tower.

Beyond the power supply, there was spatial planning.

As the name suggests, this primarily concerned the layout of the Wizard Tower’s interior space.

A complete Wizard Tower’s internal space includes, but is not limited to, an Experimental District, a Planting District, a Meditation District, a training area, warehouses, and more.

These weren’t just a matter of simply marking out a space.

The Experimental District needed to be set up with Protective Magic to prevent accidental explosions from destroying the Wizard Tower.

The Planting District required an Elemental Activity Array to gather wood elements and enhance the growth of rare plants.

The Meditation District needed to channel the flow of elements to increase Meditation efficiency, which was mainly for future apprentices.

Even the simplest area, the training area, required reinforcement and protection.

But the most important aspect was using Dimension Space Technology to expand the space.

A small Wizard Tower that looked to be only about twenty stories and less than a hundred meters tall on the outside often had an internal area larger than an entire Wizard Academy.

The final component, the combat systems, was also of paramount importance to the Wizard Tower.

The combat systems were mainly divided into two parts: defense and offense.

The former was primarily the Maze Locking Protective Energy Field.

Generally speaking, even a basic, small-scale Maze Locking Protective Energy Field could easily withstand a magical bombardment from a thousand Level 3 Wizards for a full twenty-four hours.

As long as the instantaneous attack intensity did not exceed the Energy Force Field’s defensive limit and the Element Pool had ample energy, it was nearly impossible to breach.

In this regard, Pei Ze thought it over and over, then gritted his teeth and decided to raise the standard, opting to build a Large-scale Maze Locking Protective Energy Field.

’The offense can be a bit weaker, but my survival standards have to be the absolute highest.’

A Large-scale Maze Locking Protective Energy Field was standard for large Wizard Towers and cost a staggering 750,000 Magic Crystal Stones.

The offensive systems were further subdivided into long-range strike devices and dispatchable legions.

The former was typically a Spell Tower—a type of turret that could fire beam attacks.

The latter usually referred to various puppets or golems.

Of course, there were also sentient beings.

For example, the various Magical Creatures Pei Ze had recruited or was about to recruit for his Wizard Tower, including the Ancient Tree Deer Spirit, Thorn Spirits, and the Shadow Giant Dragon.

Any creature that was stationed long-term within the Wizard Tower and could leave it to fight during wartime fell into this category.

However, the main force of most Wizard Tower dispatchable legions consisted of various golems, specifically Middle-High Tier Golems.

Elemental Mages wouldn’t even deign to look at Low-Tier Golems like Flesh Golems, Clay Golems, Stone Golems, and Iron Golems. At most, a few would be kept inside the Wizard Tower for cleaning or moving heavy objects.

The main forces of most built-in Golem Legions started with Shadow Steel Golems (Level 2 Liquefaction), with a small number of Vajra Golems (Level 3 Gasification).

Some wealthier Elemental Mages would also include a small number of Secret Silver Golems and Supreme Golems.

As for the former, its name gives it away: its main construction material is precious Mithril, measured by the ton. Its combat power is extremely formidable, capable of wielding a large number of spells below the seventh circle and strong enough to face a Level 3 Crystalized Wizard head-on.

The latter was the primordial form of a magical energy construct.

These so-called magical energy constructs were also known as legendary constructed lifeforms, including but not limited to Arcane Guards, Magic Power Armor, and Tower Spirit constructs.

Without exception, these legendary constructed lifeforms possessed immense combat power comparable to an Elemental Mage; the strongest among them could even face a Demigod in direct combat.

However, because they were extremely expensive to build, very few Wizard Towers could afford them. They were generally part of a Floating City’s combat forces.

Although a Supreme Golem couldn’t compare to a magical energy construct, it was still far stronger than a Secret Silver Golem.

To make a simple analogy, it was like the difference between Wen Huachun, Fei Xian, and Ye Sinan, whom he had met during the Battle of the Holy Ring, and an ordinary Level 3 Crystalized Wizard.

A single Supreme Golem would have no problem taking down four or five Secret Silver Golems in a direct confrontation.

Of course, its cost was also several times higher.

’Golems...’

A glint appeared in Pei Ze’s eyes.

If he had to choose, he would definitely prioritize quality over quantity.

His built-in Golem Legion would have to start with Vajra Golems at the very least.

It would be even better if the main force consisted of Secret Silver Golems, supplemented by a few Supreme Golems.

But the dream was grand, while reality was harsh.

A single Secret Silver Golem cost 7,000 Magic Crystal Stones to build.

A Golem Legion of the smallest scale required at least one hundred golems. If they were all Secret Silver Golems, that would be 700,000 Magic Crystal Stones!

That was almost the cost of an entire small Wizard Tower!

There was no way he could be that extravagant.

And that wasn’t even mentioning the Supreme Golems, which cost a whopping 30,000 Magic Crystal Stones each.

In contrast, a Vajra Golem cost only 3,000 Magic Crystal Stones each. A hundred of them would only be 300,000 Magic Crystal Stones, which could almost be considered ’a bargain’.