Chapter 1377 - Fortress (1/2)
Even if everything went well, and the place would be occupied after the array was set up, it would be useless. The place would be desolate for at least 1,000 years without any living creatures due to the overlapping with the Plane of the Undead. The resources there would be corrupted by the power of death too.
Then, why would everybody compete over the qualification for that task?
Agalon shook his head.
“If everything goes well, the Starry Sky College will probably gain the most returns. The overlapping space is very special. It’s not just a collision of spaces; the spaces within that range have been completely combined. That shouldn’t have happened. There’s something weird about it.
“In such a case, to cut off the connection between the two planes, the core of the planes will be involved. The core of the Leviathan Plane won’t be happy to be swallowed by the Plane of the Undead.
“So, the core of the Leviathan Plane will be activated, and the alchemists that supervise the Hexagonal Array will gain some of the Leviathan Plane’s core power…”
Hearing that, Lin Yun became solemn. He had already figured out the reason.
The core power of a plane, and especially that which the plane voluntarily offered, would be the best nutrition for a Saint Alchemist. It was the only thing that could increase a Saint Alchemist’s power of creation.
To loot the plane core wouldn’t grant such power. For every Saint Alchemist, it was a rare opportunity. Although the increase wouldn’t be significant, it would still be much faster than learning and improving on one’s own. At least a millennium would be saved.
For any Saint Alchemist, the opportunity was too great to be missed. Because they were short of a Saint Alchemist, they had to find a replacement who was the best Artisan and very close to becoming a Saint Alchemist.
None of the alchemists that participated in the contest qualified, because they couldn’t accomplish the final task. Sven was the one who was the closest to becoming a Saint Alchemist. If he was given the chance, he might be able to become a Saint Alchemist in the Leviathan Plane.
However, the matter about the Plane of the Undead was of critical importance. They couldn’t afford any risk. Since Lin Yun was already a Saint Alchemist, they would surely use him. That was the safest choice.
Then, Lin Yun would gain all the benefits in the Plane of the Undead…
Lin Yun finally realized why Sven gazed at him with bloodshot eyes. The man had every reason to be angry. Lin Yun wouldn’t be surprised if the man considered him a mortal enemy, because he had robbed the man’s chance of becoming a Saint Alchemist. The man might never get another one…
On the other hand, Lin Yun understood Agalon’s implication, which was more important.
All lives born in Noscent carried Noscent’s core marks in their souls. Wherever they went, the marks would linger because they were part of the soul.
The mages of Noscent could never stay too long in other planes, exactly because they carried the marks of Noscent. The stronger they were, the more restrained they would be.
Those who were very strong would be rejected in other worlds. The longer they stayed, the more rejected they would be.
The creatures below the Heaven Rank didn’t have such restraints. The weaker they were, the less affected they would be.
If the races of Noscent left Noscent, it would mean exile, not because they were leaving for terrible places, but because of the marks they were born with.
The exiled races were destined to decline. If the experts of the races couldn’t adapt after leaving Noscent, they would constantly decline.
Only those who were weak could adapt to other planes as the reproduction of those races. Unfortunately, it was very difficult to get rid of the decline.
The Blood Elves in the underground world were only lucky to receive the Void Blood Pool that the 73rd God had dropped. They had risen with the Void Blood Pool’s power. The other exiled races rarely had Heaven Rank experts.
Take the dark elves for example. There were few Heaven Rank experts among them, even though it had been a long time.
In the future, the top experts of Noscent would all die along with the decline of Noscent because none of them could remove the marks they were born with.
However, at this moment, there was a way to receive the core mark of another world as its gift. It meant that even if Noscent was destroyed someday, the people who carried the marks of the Leviathan Plane would still be able to survive in the Leviathan Plane!
Thinking about that, Lin Yun had complicated feelings. He finally realized why Agalon introduced him to everybody as his disciple.
It was all because of this. The aforementioned returns were already worth fighting for. The contest wouldn’t have been held if there hadn’t been only five Saint Alchemists in Noscent, and the others couldn’t have been found or reached.
The contest was actually quite pointless because the winner could only be either Sven or Lin Yun anyway…
By everybody’s estimation, both Lin Yun and Sven were better than the best Artisans. Unless another Saint Alchemist had shown up, neither Agalon nor Alonzo would’ve given away the spot.
Both the Lionheart Prince and the forest elves’ king understood their selfishness. It was fine for them to give the privilege to their disciple as long as it didn’t affect the big picture.
If Agalon hadn’t made so many preparations, and Lin Yun hadn’t become a Saint Alchemist, the spot would’ve surely been given to Sven, whether or not Lin Yun’s product was better than Sven’s.
Lin Yun felt quite warm. Agalon was truly taking care of him as a son, not just an heir that would succeed as the leader of the Starry Sky College.
There was nothing Lin Yun could say at this moment. He had made several plans for the worst-case scenarios, but clearly this one was not really a bad ending.
If it was impossible to stop Noscent’s destruction, then it would be better to go to the Leviathan Plane than to die with Noscent.
After Agalon left, Lin Yun made a decision on his hill.
The Shelter Tower would be built in the Starry Sky College. He had planned to build it in the Andlusa Kingdom, which was fully under his control. The royal family of the Andlusa Kingdom didn’t dare to mess with the Merlin Family at all.
Santon Merlin, a prodigy, was from the Merlin Family. Although he hadn’t been seen in years, nobody knew whether he was really dead. Then, Mafa Merlin showed up. He was even more terrifying than Santon Merlin. A lot of young geniuses were appearing in the family too. Its position would be unshaken in the next 1,000 years.
In particular, thanks to the Gilded Rose’s development in the Odin Kingdom, the Merlin Family’s position in Andlusa was even more stable.
It was the safest to build the tower in the Andlusa Kingdom, but at the same time, the effect of the tower would be affected because it was in the northeast of the continent.
To build the Shelter Tower in the north of the Odin Kingdom was the best option. This was the heartland of the continent, which would be fully under the Shelter Tower’s protection. However, in the Odin Kingdom, there might be unnecessary trouble during the construction.