Chapter 19 We have money! Lots and lots of money!
Shu Xin was observing the wheat seeds drying on the terrace. When she came to check on them today, she found that the magic within the wheat seeds had stopped increasing. After calculating the time, she realized that the wheat grains had been exposed to the sun for a full week.
Suddenly hearing Nonoli talk about the state of magic and mention that she needed to prepare a patrol team, and seeing Nonoli's serious expression, Shu Xin felt completely confused:
"Patrol team? What does 'preparing a patrol team' mean? Is it related to the state of magic? Is it related to the patrol envoy?"
After Nono explained it carefully, Shu Xin finally understood.
The only connection between the patrol team and the patrol officers is that all the patrol officers come from the patrol team; there is no other connection.
The patrol team was actually an armed guard force organized by lords from various regions. The main task and purpose of organizing this guard force was to defend against possible attacks from monsters from the outer continent during the harvest month.
The extraterrestrial monsters that Nonori mentioned are closely related to the magical power of the territory. According to Nonori, the more abundant the magical power of the territory, the stronger the extraterrestrial monsters that attack during the harvest month will be. Because the magical power of the Sinful Land has always been extremely bad, it has never been attacked by extraterrestrial monsters.
Upon learning this, Shu Xin was speechless. It turned out that this was because she had improved the magical environment of the Land of Sin that it had attracted this?
But even knowing about the attack by monsters from the outer continent, she couldn't let the situation in the Land of Sin worsen just because of that... It's just one problem after another!
Remembering that Pengpeng'an had previously mistaken the stream for a magical beast from another continent, Shuxin asked more questions, and then she learned some more common knowledge that far exceeded her expectations—
There is an outer continent, and naturally there is an inner continent. The Kingdom of Ganar is located on the Ganar Plain of the inner continent. What separates the inner and outer continents is not some natural barrier, but an extremely thick black fog. In his conversation, Nonoli believed that the magical beasts of the outer continent were born from this seemingly endless fog.
The reason why Pengpengan regarded Xi as a magical beast from the outer continent is because a large portion of those magical beasts from the outer continent are humanoid.
To be honest, are humanoid magical beasts really magical beasts? Shu Shuxin has no memory of magical beasts from the outer continent, and she has never seen any. Considering that Peng Peng'an no longer refers to Xi as a magical beast from the outer continent, it seems that magical beasts from the outer continent are different from truly intelligent beings.
“I set up a magical barrier before, you should be able to see it, it’s that white wall materialized by magic, which in theory can cover and protect the entire territory of the Land of Sin,” Shu Xin asked, “Can’t even such a high-level magical barrier keep out those magical beasts from the outer continent?”
The old flower fairy hesitated for a moment before finally replying, "I'm not sure, sir. No lord has ever set up such a large-scale defensive barrier. My impression of the magical beasts of the outer continent is only from my childhood memories. You may not remember, but my parents were members of the patrol team."
His tone was somewhat heavy: "My father was seriously injured and lost an eye, and my mother's crippled left leg was also a gift from a magical beast from another continent. The magic wands they could get were all of very poor quality."
Father and Mother... Shu Xin tried hard not to think about her parents. She thought to herself that the attacks of the magical beasts from the outer continent sounded really ferocious.
It's unlikely that the lords would waste their magic power to set up a defensive barrier. With the Tree of Life there, Flower Castle should be absolutely safe. Shu Xin just hopes that the magical barrier she set up, which cost her a lot of magic power, will be of some use.
As for magic wands—it's a magical world, so it's perfectly normal to use magic wands!
No, something's still not right. Aren't magic wands made of wood? Why would they use mithril, gold, crystal, and diamonds?
Does the Land of Sin even look like it possesses such valuable items? And why, if they're using all these things, is it being treated like a cheap wand?!
“It’s not what you think, sir. The most the patrol members can get their magic wands are studded with a few grains of quartz sand,” Pompon explained, who had been called over to discuss matters related to the patrol. “Magic wands that can use large amounts of high-quality magical materials like mithril and gold are basically only found in the hands of important figures like patrol officers.”
Peng Peng An took out his magic wand from his pocket and showed it to the flower fairy: "Because I am your direct officer, I am able to possess a magic wand made of rush and inlaid with red crystals."
The magic wand held perfectly in the flower fairy's hand was only the length of Shu Xin's finger joint, and the red crystal embedded in it was just a tiny bit big.
After lovingly stroking it, Pengpeng carefully put the magic wand into the inner pocket of his uniform before continuing, "Nonoli was talking about the patrol captain. If we use some good materials for the captain's magic wand, the mortality rate of the entire patrol team will be greatly reduced, sir."
Nono nodded and explained, "Unlike flower fairies, even if flower fairies have great magical talent, they can only cast low-level spells. But even the worst magic wand can provide enough magic power to cast mid-level spells, so magic wands are a must if you want to form a patrol team."
After a pause, seemingly thinking of her parents, Nono's tone lowered: "But if the magic wand is too poor quality, it can't withstand frequent spellcasting and is easy to break in battle. Once the magic wand is lost, the patrol team will be almost powerless against the monsters from the outer continent. If the captain had a better magic wand, at least everyone would have time to escape."
Taking a deep breath, Shu Xin felt that there were blind spots in her knowledge everywhere.
She organized her thoughts and concluded:
"When the harvest month arrives, there's a high probability that monsters from the outer continent will attack the Land of Sin. The magical barrier I set up might work, but it might not. So, to be on the safe side, we need to form at least one patrol team specifically to fight off these monsters. And to ensure the patrol team's combat effectiveness, magic wands are essential. Very well, let's solve the magic wand problem first—"
Nonori said gravely, “We don’t have a magic workshop.”
Peng Peng'an looked distressed: "We don't have any magical materials either."
Shu Xin slammed her hand on the table: "But we have money! We have lots and lots of money!"
After inquiring about the specific crafting process of the magic wand from her two subordinates, and learning that a talented flower fairy could handcraft a inferior version of the magic wand even without a magic workshop, provided there were enough magical materials, she made her decision:
"Go buy them! If we can't buy a magic workshop, we'll buy magic materials first!"
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