Chapter 25: Building the Mage Tower

The location for the Wizards' Tower was chosen to be on the highest hill at the mouth of Sarzoe Bay, so that the amplified spell attacks could completely block the entire mouth of the bay. In other words, any unauthorised ship attempting to enter Sarzoe Harbour would be sunk by the Mage's Tower.

This more than compensated for the disadvantage of Baron Stewart's lack of a navy, and even if a famous pirate band attacked, the port could be kept safe.

As for relying on numbers to bring down a high-level wizard's tower, there are historical precedents, but that would require several 15th-level masters, along with dozens of 7th-level professionals and thousands of well-equipped soldiers, and they would have to take at least half the casualties.

Not to mention the pirates, even the average duchy doesn't have that kind of strength, not to mention the fact that the mages inside can still use the teleportation array to get out before the wizard tower falls.

And in a mixed place like the harbour, security is guaranteed by the Wizards' Tower.

Any spell or divine art above level 3 will be detected by the Mage Tower. This is because Fireball is a level 3 spell and is already considered a powerful killing spell. However, if you want to monitor spells and divine arts below level 3, the consumption of the Mage's Tower will be too high, which is a good balance.

No creature with evil tendencies can avoid being scanned by the Wizards' Tower, not to mention demons and devils. Priests of evil gods and people who have killed too much will be detected.

Even in the case of an ordinary murder, if the Mage Tower is not afraid to use energy to pay attention, the murderer will have nowhere to hide, not to mention the ability to teleport, which can instantly send the Law Enforcer to the target's side.

At the top of the hill:

Master Adret Morningstar, this is the place I have chosen to build the Mage Tower,' Christine said.

OK, let's get started,' the Master said. A Master can tell at a glance whether a place is suitable or not.

Get started.

The steward, having received the order, immediately arranged for the digging of the foundations to begin.

The craftsmen would build the entire Mage Tower with sturdy boulders as requested, and after laying the magical energy conduits, they would use the Mud to Stone spell to turn it into a whole.

Kristin also planned to build a small castle with the Mage Tower as its core, to serve as a barracks for the soldiers guarding the harbour.

As this had been planned for a long time, the stone and wood had already been prepared, and 300 prisoners of war were available for labour.

Of course, the materials and labour to build the Mage Tower were not included in the construction costs. Of the 120,000 gold coins, 30,000 were for the drawings and labour, and 90,000 for the various magical materials. Half of this was purchased from the elves, and the other half was entrusted to the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, affiliated with the Church of the Goddess of Fortune.

Today is just a ceremony to mark the start of construction, and the foundation work will naturally be carried out by the elven mages accompanying Master Adret Morningstar.

Master Adret Morningstar, this is Knight Albert Leuwsser. He will be responsible for your safety in my territory. You and the other mages can ask my steward for anything you need,' Christine said politely.

Thank you, Baron Stewart.

The master mage did not mention the spells he knew, and since he relied solely on magical equipment and scrolls, there was no need to worry about security. Christine did this to show sufficient respect.

After leaving a squire to ensure the safety of the site, Christine and Master Adret Morningstar returned to Stewart Castle in separate carriages.

As dragon vein technicians can easily have the talent of a mage, the ancestor who built the castle made the tallest tower the family's magical laboratory and library.

It can be thought of as a mid-level wizard's tower, without an installed magical power line. If it hadn't been for Christine's decision to build the wizard tower at the harbour, and if it hadn't been necessary to build a high-level wizard tower, this modification could have been used directly.

Later, it was continually improved by successive generations of elders and became quite presentable. In particular, after Kristine's mother, Felocille Morningstar, married into the family, she did a lot of interior decorating to suit the elven aesthetic, and Master Adret Morningstar and the two wizards accompanying him lived here.

With this master in Kristine, she no longer had to go to the Wizards' Guild in Raine City to study. She sent the master various small gifts and asked him questions when she had time. After all, Master Adret Morningstar had told her many things that were valuable to the seventh-level mage Dubois Deldor.

Of course, Master Adret Morningstar also liked Kristine, a beautiful and likeable child, and did not hesitate to teach her some rudimentary magical knowledge.

You should know that Kristine is a Field Baron, and her territory is twice the size of an ordinary Baron's. Although she is a descendant of the dragon bloodline and believes in the dragon god, she also has half elven blood and her relationship with the elves is beyond doubt.

She therefore deserves to be on good terms with the elves, otherwise they would not have sent Master Adret Morningstar to build a wizard tower for her. Making money is also an aspect, of course.

Although the elves have a long life expectancy and many specialists, especially in the field of magic, their population is very small.

Otherwise, even with the protection of the true god, why have the elves retreated to Elven Island? Is the resource-rich mainland no good? Because it is really impossible to defend.

The human lands have friction with each other, and the human nobles are still fighting each other. It is inevitable that the elves will have conflicts with the humans if they stay on the mainland. When the fighting starts, there will be casualties. Humans can afford to lose elves, but elves cannot afford to lose humans.

The orcs are not a small population, and their individual combat effectiveness far exceeds that of humans. Isn't it because they were unwilling to give up the rich continent that they were defeated and driven into the cold and miserable lands of the north?

The elves who withdrew voluntarily maintained friendly relations with the human lands. Later, the Dragon God came up with the Dragon Vein Bloodline plan to establish the Dragon God Church and had several places of worship.

The elves took advantage of the situation and started the Half-Elf Territory Plan. A few outstanding half-elves were given titles on the mainland, which not only created many followers for the elven pantheon, but also provided the elven islands with many resources.

Although the human gods did not want this, they could not stop it. The combined power of the dragon god and the elven gods meant that even if they won, they would still suffer considerable losses. Furthermore, the two gods saw that things were going well and stopped expanding. So the human gods turned their attention to suppressing the orc gods.

After all, the dragon race and the half-elves only have a higher fertility rate than the orthodox dragons and elves, but compared to humans it is negligible and a flea bite. The orcs not only have a large population, they are also very fertile, which is a big problem.

Christine knows what the elves are thinking, of course, but at the same time she is willing to maintain good relations with her mother's family, the elves. She doesn't mind having more support behind her.