123: Upgraded magic circle

"Very good!"

Renn happily patted Walt's shoulder and handed him a bottle of clansias blessing.

"Your talent and aptitude are decent. With the help of this magic potion, I believe it won't be long before you break through to the Silver Rank."

"Is there anything that needs improvement at the Forge Workshop? What equipment do you need? You can come straight to me, and I'll provide whatever I can."

Walt cautiously took the magic potion he had longed for, feeling a sense of peace once it was in his hands.

"Rest assured, Lord. I will ask if I need anything. The batch of black stones you brought back earlier is of excellent quality, and the furnace modification is complete. We can forge Black Iron Rank transcendent weapons at any time."

"There's no rush for that. We'll talk after you've consumed the magic potion."

"You've been working in the blacksmith workshop for a while now. Tell me, how many of those blacksmiths are qualified to learn the Fire Hammer Breathing Technique?"

After going through all the blacksmiths in his mind, Walt spoke truthfully:

"Lord, there are seven who have the talent to learn it, but only one is worth cultivating, and that's Holland."

"The other six are either too old or lack sufficient aptitude. They won't achieve much even after learning the Fire Hammer Breathing Technique."

Renn didn't mind much.

"No matter. Teach them first. They can serve as assistants for you and Holland, sharing some of the workload."

"In the future, the weapons and equipment I need cannot be completed by just you and Holland alone, even if you worked yourselves to death without eating or drinking. I need more Transcendent Blacksmiths, and I also need top-tier ordinary blacksmiths."

"In short, I can never have too many high-level blacksmiths."

"I understand, Lord!"

"Alright, go back and consume the potion first. Improve your strength as soon as possible."

Renn saw that Walt's mind was entirely on the magic potion, so he didn't keep him any longer and let him go back to consume it.

"Yes, Lord."

Walt excitedly left Red River Fortress and returned to his residence.

After Walt left, Renn stroked Reck's increasingly smooth fur, thinking of Colt and his group operating in the south of the Red River Territory.

Over the past few months, Colt would occasionally send Renn some people abducted from the Blackstone Territory.

However, the numbers weren't large, totaling only a few hundred people.

Renn provided Colt and the others with some necessary supplies and two bottles of low-grade magic potions.

The Blackstone Family had increased patrols in the northern region of the Blackstone Territory, so Colt and his men didn't have many good opportunities to strike.

But Renn hadn't expected them to achieve great results; they only needed to continuously harass the Blackstone Territory. For now, the effect was very significant.

Having consumed the magic potion and broken through to Silver Mid-rank, Reck lay comfortably at Renn's feet.

clansias blessing was too precious. Out of all the magic wolves, Renn had reserved one for Reck to use, allowing its strength to break through once more.

At the same time, with its aptitude improved, Reck's control over wind elementals enhanced again, and it mastered several wind elemental skills.

They were Wings of Wind, Wind Blade, and Wind Cannonball.

Using Wings of Wind allowed Reck to possess a pair of wind elemental wings and gain the ability to fly. Wind Blade and Wind Cannonball were both skills with good offensive effects.

Renn was most satisfied with Wings of Wind, as a flight skill could greatly increase his offensive options.

After breaking through to Gold Rank, Renn could also use battle qi for brief flights, but it consumed too much battle qi and lacked flexibility, making it easy for enemies to find weaknesses and attack.

Reck's Wings of Wind was different; it had low consumption and was very flexible.

Reck's progress made Renn feel that the resources spent were not wasted.

After the matter with Walt, Renn was in a great mood. The appearance of the Fire Hammer Breathing Technique filled a major gap in the Red River Territory.

With Walt and Holland forging transcendent weapons and Master Capdo, a Gold Rank Archmage, available for enchanting.

Although Master Capdo's specialty was Potionology, as a Gold Rank Archmage and a mage of orthodox academic background, Renn believed Master Capdo would certainly know some enchanting crafts.

Renn didn't need his enchanting skills to be profound; having a few simple magic rune effects would be enough.

By producing transcendent weapons along with enchanting, Renn could even sell transcendent weapons in the future to generate revenue for the territory.

A piece of transcendent-grade enchanted weapon or equipment would cost at least a thousand gold coins. Selling just a few pieces a year would bring in a significant income.

"What a good thing!"

Over the following days, Renn continued to step up the construction of the territory's walls. When he had time, he would visit the Medicinal Herb Field to see Dora, go to the academy to teach a few classes, or head to the blacksmith workshop to check on Walt's teaching progress.

After taking the magic potion, Walt's strength had significantly improved. He had just broken through to Bronze Low-rank a few days ago and had now reached High Bronze Rank, and his aptitude had also improved greatly.

After finishing the potion, he also began teaching the Fire Hammer Breathing Technique to Holland and the others as Renn had requested.

With Walt teaching in person, Holland's progress was rapid, while the remaining few were indeed much slower.

Renn was very satisfied with Walt's performance and full of confidence in the future of the blacksmith workshop.

By December 7th, as a surge of magic power covered the entire Red River Territory's Medicinal Herb Field, Master Capdo's Magic Array was also completed.

Renn saw that after the Magic Array covered the Medicinal Herb Field, the entire field was enveloped by an invisible dome. People outside couldn't see inside clearly, but those inside the Medicinal Herb Field could see the outside world clearly.

At the same time, the Magic Array continuously condensed the surrounding magic power to nourish all the magic plants within its range. Renn could clearly feel that the state of the magic plants had improved a lot under the nourishment of the magic power.

"Master Capdo, the effect of this Magic Array is much better than what you described before. As expected of you, Master Capdo, you are truly amazing."

Master Capdo looked at Dora, who was playing with Cecilia nearby, and said in a complex tone:

"It's not that this old man is amazing, but that the Spirit of Nature is too powerful."

"Dora?"

Renn also looked at Dora; the little one now had a pair of wings on her back.

This was because Renn had told Dora to hide her identity and not tell everyone she met that she was the Spirit of Nature, letting her use the identity of a fairy as a cover.

After hearing this, Dora had directly condensed a pair of wings for herself. Now, she truly looked no different from the fairies of legend.

"Yes, Dora helped me when I was setting up the Magic Array. She knew it was for the Medicinal Herb Field and added some special nature magic to the Magic Array."

"Now, this Magic Array connects to a wisp of leyline energy deep within the earth, making its auxiliary effect on magic plants nearly ten times what it was before."

"Originally, this Magic Array was primarily for protection, and aiding the growth of magic plants was just a minor incidental effect."

"Now, this Magic Array has shifted to aiding the growth of magic plants, and the protection function has become secondary."

Renn was very happy about this change; for him, this was a good thing.

"In other words, the Magic Array has been upgraded, and now both the protection and the plant-aiding functions are very powerful?"

"Yes. Not only that, with the support of the leyline energy, the Magic Array's operational consumption is very low. These hundred magic stones can probably last for many years without needing replacement."

"That's wonderful!"