"That's it, Lord Lynn!"

Lord led Lynn all the way to a slightly dilapidated mansion in the south city and stopped.

This house looked like it had been abandoned for a long time. The outer walls were covered with ivy and the yard was overgrown with weeds. Only a few dead trees stood there alone, making rustling sounds when the wind blew.

After walking in, it was very lively inside. About a hundred people were crowded in the small lobby. Lynn recognized at a glance that these people were the sailors who had crossed the sea with Lord.

However, after not seeing each other for more than half a month, they looked even more miserable than when they had been drifting on the sea for half a month.

Many people's clothes were disheveled, their faces were sallow, and there were traces of bandages on their bodies. There were even several seriously injured sailors lying unconscious on stretchers.

"It's Master Lin!"

When the sailors saw Lynn, they immediately surrounded him excitedly, but were quickly stopped by Lord.

"All of you please be quiet for a moment. I still have something to discuss with Mr. Lin En!" After Lord Lord persuaded everyone to leave, he turned around and looked at Lin En:

"plz follow me!"

Lynn glanced at everyone present, said nothing, and followed Lord into the inner room.

This is a reception room. It looks shabby on the outside, but the inside is very clean, and the tables, chairs and benches are all wiped clean.

"Can you tell me the news now?" Lynn sat down on one of the chairs and asked directly.

"Just this afternoon, one of my sailors accidentally found a wizard apprentice with strange whereabouts near the residence of Black Doctor Ladak. I think it is very likely that he attacked the halfling named Ralph..."

Lord described as detailed as possible. The wizard apprentice was dressed in a black robe, about thirty-four or thirty-five years old, about 1.7 meters tall, and walked with a staggering posture, most likely with a leg injury. There were some traces of acid corrosion on the hem of his robe.

Was it because the distance was too close that he used [Corrosion] to kill Ralph and hurt himself at the same time? Lin En thought to himself. It was understandable that an apprentice would make such a mistake.

"In addition, he is very likely a member of the Bloody Thorns." Lord said hesitantly.

"Bloody thorns?" Lin En paused. If he remembered correctly, this was a very strange potion that required a large amount of blood to water in order to bloom the most dazzling flowers.

But what the other party was referring to was definitely not a magic potion.

"I heard that there is a big shot inside the Bloody Thorns who is willing to pay 500 magic gold coins to buy your airship blueprint, no matter what the method." Lord said in a low voice.

"Who?" Lin En's eyes narrowed, and then he asked coldly. "How did you get this information?"

"I heard it from some well-informed Whistles... but I'm not sure which wizard gave the order." Lord shook his head.

"So what exactly is this [Blood Thorn]?" Lin En leaned back in his chair and thought for a while, then suddenly asked.

What made him even more puzzled was that since the other party wanted the blueprints of the airship, why didn't they discuss it with him first and buy it openly?

After thinking about it, Lin En had some guesses. To him, the technology of this airship was nothing, but others might not think so.

Even I had no intention of selling airships before I developed the internal combustion engine.

In response to Lynn's question, Lord hurriedly explained that no one knew who the leader of "Blood Thorn" was. They only knew that this was an organization composed of a large number of wizard apprentices who had no hope of promotion. The internal forces were complicated and even attracted many formal wizards to join. It was heard that it had deep connections with many alchemy workshops.

Rumor has it that as long as there are enough contribution points, [Crimson Thorns] will be able to make anyone become a formal wizard 100%!

Hearing this, Lin En's face couldn't help but be moved.

From the information he had obtained indirectly in Yieta Academy these days, it seemed that a person's magical talent would largely determine whether he could become a formal wizard.

For example, a wizard apprentice who has not completed his studies at Iyeta College by the age of 30 will be deemed to have no magical talent, and the possibility of making a breakthrough in this lifetime is very slim.

Even if one has completed all the studies and successfully filled the body with magic power, after taking the [Source of Magic Power], the success rate of promotion is not 100%. Usually only about 40% of apprentices can successfully become official wizards.

After screening layer by layer, you can imagine how difficult it is.

This Bloody Thorn actually claims to have the ability to make anyone a formal wizard. If it is not a lie, it is no wonder that it can attract so many people to join.

However, after seeing those so-called defective products, Lin En was not naive enough to think that this was a normal method, otherwise it would have become the mainstream long ago.

The Magic Council has always advocated the use of [Source of Magic Power] for advancement, at least it has no side effects, and the fact that so many apprentices are still alive and well after taking the potion is enough to prove this.

"Then do you know what they want my airship to do?" Lynn's fingers tapped on the armrest of the chair from time to time.

It would be impossible to hide the use of such a large thing. He would know about it sooner or later. Moreover, Lin En has been preparing to apply for a patent from the Alchemy Association these days. It would be useless even if the other party got the drawings of the airship.

Unless they never thought of using it openly...

Not long after the flight experiment yesterday afternoon, the other party sent a message wanting to obtain the blueprints. It seems that these people are in urgent need of an airship to do something.

"I'm not sure about that. Probably only people inside the Bloody Thorns know about it," Lord shook his head helplessly.

"Then the last question is, why did you come to tell me this information? Do you want to get something?" Lin En stood up, stared at Lord in front of him, and asked.

Lord's expression changed again and again, countless words came to his lips but he swallowed them back, and finally he just responded with a wry smile.

"In fact, we just want to find a way to survive."

"I remember you brought about 300 people with you when you crossed the sea?" Lin En asked curiously. He remembered that these sailors were all strong young men, but after only half a month's absence, they almost became a group of refugees.

Even if I was doing odd jobs, I wouldn't end up like this.

"You probably don't understand that the wizarding land is different from the outside world." Lord sighed. "What is most lacking here is people, or rather, us poor people who don't know magic..."

(End of this chapter)