140: From Point to Surface, Military Intelligence, Arcane Recall

As the third wizard building was successfully assimilated by the system, the system provided new data:

“System available space increased by 2.02 cubic meters.

Anchor stability increased by another 0.1%.

Outpost No. 3… theoretically cannot be destroyed by any force, unless external force instantly exceeds 5 tons (total converted value of all types of forces);

In places without physical objects… if the instantaneous external destructive force is higher than 0.5 tons, it can break through the force field defense of these places.

Further reduce system energy dissipation speed by 0.0005%…”

In addition, the system also displayed a very important message—

“From Points to Plane!

The Host has established three wizard buildings in this plane, forming a plane from points, increasing anchor stability by another 1%.

Important! In addition to wizard buildings and mass increasing anchor stability, the larger the area covered with wizard buildings as edge points, the more anchor stability increases.

System Reward: Within the elongated triangular area between these three points, the Host can use a small amount of system energy to enhance his spell power, with a maximum equivalent to +1 spell level. (Note: This area is defaulted as the Host’s territory. The Host’s spell power, weapon power, and checking advantage are increased by 4% within the territory, effective immediately in this area.)

As the number of wizard buildings increases, or the quality of the buildings improves, the power can continue to increase.”

Before teleporting back to Gorebest, Ryan saw this system information, which was truly a pleasant surprise.

And the system’s confirmation of the territory, it expanded so much all at once!

After everyone returned to Gorebest, they exited the magically surging “small wizard tower” with Randall.

After Randall returned and learned that Ryan would return via the teleportation gate, he waited outside the Wizard's Cottage. When he saw light illuminate inside through the window, he came in to greet them.

Ryan had the others imprison the three captives, first making them reveal what information they knew. After the charm spell automatically wore off, he would “persuade” them to surrender; otherwise, attacking the lord’s territory was also a capital offense.

Ryan and Randall went to a private room on the second floor of the mall, and Randall began to report the details of this expedition to Ryan.

The assault team had reached the bandit lair in the Las Forest five days ago.

Forty cavalrymen waited for orders on the outskirts of the forest, and seven successfully infiltrated the bandit camp.

At that time, the Black Claw Mercenary Group was mobilizing its forces, planning to attack Gorebest at dawn the next day.

However, one of Edmund Kleiss’s adopted sons recognized Ran Yan Kovenreid.

The battle broke out early, and the seven-person team was besieged by nearly two hundred bandits.

When the forty Flame Fist cavalrymen saw the signal flare and arrived, they relieved the siege. The seven people broke free from the entanglement of ordinary bandits and fought alongside Edmund and others.

Edmund’s archery was indeed excellent; no matter how the seven-person team attacked, they couldn’t get close to him.

After a fierce battle, “Gray Feather” Aige was killed by our side, and almost everyone in the seven-person team was injured.

Nearly two hundred bandits were also killed, with only dozens remaining.

When the light of dawn shone into the battlefield, the Kedas City Lord cast one last group healing spell, instantly healing everyone, and then summoned divine grace to restore all his divine spells.

The Gnoll “Splittooth” Goruk saw that the situation was not good and ran away alone.

The seven seized the opportunity to severely wound the founder of Black Claw.

Randall took out a handbook from his In arms, “This is an archery handbook obtained from Edmund Kleiss’s adopted son. I saw you studying magic arrows a while ago, so I asked for it from the City Lord and the others. Perhaps it will be helpful to you.”

Ryan took the handbook, flipping through it while listening to the Holy Knight continue his report.

The injured Edmund also began to flee.

The seven, unfamiliar with the nearby terrain, were led in circles through the forest by Edmund, chasing for two days and two nights.

In the end, the opponent’s trace was still lost.

As expected of the notorious legendary bandit Edmund, just like Flame Fist’s countless previous pursuits, he successfully escaped again this time.

The seven-person team had no choice but to return to the bandit camp and, with the forty-odd Flame Fist cavalrymen, escort the remaining sixty-plus bandit captives back to Gorebest.

After hearing the report, Ryan only sighed, “This bandit leader is indeed difficult to deal with.”

Then he let Randall return to his room to rest.

The next day, Ryan adjusted the defense forces. As the Midwinter Festival drew nearer, everyone became increasingly nervous.

Lord Ryan thought that as long as they endured tonight, the entire New South City would be protected by the “Wizard Tower” force field. Neither bandits nor Gnolls would likely be able to attack it.

But for the North City, could they defend it?

After handling official business, the Kedas City Lord led a group of high-ranking officials to the second-floor banquet hall of the mall to hold a military meeting.

At the meeting, Ryan did not hold back, stating the magical defense strength of the entire South City: “If the North City unfortunately cannot be held, the civilians can temporarily enter the South City for refuge. I am confident that they cannot break through the South City.”

Tyrantier the wizard also spoke, “That’s right. The rune array I personally drew can at least resist magic attacks below level 5 or mechanical impacts of equivalent magnitude.”

Ryan thought to himself, it’s far more than that.

Kedas and the others nodded.

He knew that there were also some nobles in the North City who had magical defense runes set up in their castles and mansions, but none of them were willing to let commoners enter their homes.

A grand gesture like Ryan’s, drawing defensive rune arrays all over the walls of an entire new city, was something he had never heard of.

After the military meeting, Ryan was not busy with anything else. Apart from occasionally listening to scout reports, he listened to Tyrantier’s lectures.

And the lessons of this day demonstrated the value of mid-to-high-level wizards.

By evening, Ryan had mastered the wizard skill “Arcane Recall.”

The information tallied by the system is as follows—

[Arcane Recall]

The Host has learned how to restore magical energy by studying spellbooks.

The Host can use Arcane Recall once daily to restore some expended spell slots after completing a short rest. The total spell slot levels restored must not exceed half of your wizard level (rounded up), and the level of any single spell slot must be less than level 6.

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