Chapter 95

After returning to Ellington and handing over the inferior magic crystals ground into magic dust to Brian, Tang En finally felt relaxed again.

The recent tense planning and construction work had kept his mind constantly on edge. Now that he could relax, he could only sigh at how difficult it was to be a lord.

In reality, he had delegated all the truly troublesome tasks to Fiona, and he himself was just a hands-off manager.

If Fiona knew that Tang En still found it troublesome, she would probably be furious again.

Now, Ellington was basically on track for construction, and almost everyone had something to do. According to Tang En's plan, Ellington would be operating at full capacity in the short term, with no idle personnel.

This bustling construction also adjusted everyone's state. Ellington, which had been in decline, was now a town filled with a positive and upward atmosphere. Everyone was happy to work and willing to contribute to the construction of Ellington.

At the same time, they also received surprising rewards from their work. Under Tang En's deliberate control, the wealth of the lord's mansion began to gradually transfer to the hands of the Ellington residents. Enriching the people was what he wanted to do.

By giving wealth to the people and making them prosperous, their sense of belonging and honor would gradually increase. In the future, even if Ellington encountered difficulties, they would spontaneously organize to defend its honor.

At the same time, they would naturally be more supportive of Tang En's rule, who had made them prosperous.

These were methods Tang En had seen while browsing the internet. He couldn't guarantee whether they would work, but he couldn't come up with anything better on his own, so he decided to adopt these strategies.

Whether these methods would be effective would become clear after Ellington was rebuilt.

With nothing to worry about, Tang En focused on teaching Elia magic.

Although Elia claimed she had no awakened talent, Tang En felt that this little girl had already awakened her talent. Her terrifying learning speed and magic affinity had already surpassed others' so-called talents.

Tang En couldn't even imagine how terrifying her magic talent would become if she could awaken again.

The only method Tang En could think of to help Elia and the guards awaken their talents was to concoct a magic awakening potion.

This potion, made from secret language pollen, blood bat teeth, bitter vine roots, and elemental water, could stimulate the user's magic pool, creating resonance with external magic to increase the speed of magic recovery. However, from the literal meaning, Tang En felt that this thing might not be so simple in the real world.

Using a magic awakening potion for someone who couldn't sense magic was precisely to help them perceive and awaken their magic talent.

However, Tang En had already obtained the first three ingredients, but the elemental water was causing him a lot of trouble.

Elemental water was a basic magic material, and Tang En had no reserves. If he were an ordinary mage, he could summon a natural water element and obtain it from the water element. But he was a level 100 mage, and what he could summon was not an ordinary water element but a water element lord...

In a real world, summoning a water element lord and asking it to give some "blood"...

Tang En would swear with his life that only a mage who wanted to die quickly would do such a thing.

Actually, the simplest method was to find a mage who knew how to summon elemental creatures, have him summon one, and collect some elemental water. But Tang En had no other mages, so this method had to be abandoned.

The only option left was to find a place rich in water elements and borrow some elemental water from a naturally formed water element.

But in this area...

"The Emerald River is out of the question; there are no traces of water elements here."

Tang En shook his head and looked further away. Suddenly, he remembered a place.

The Shimmering Lake.

In the southwest of Ellington, in the Radiant Forest, the Shimmering Lake was a place rich in water elements. He remembered that when he was leveling up, he had farmed water elements there. Those naturally formed, instinct-driven water elements were undoubtedly the best source of elemental water.

Tang En decided to act immediately. After informing Fiona, he went to find Elia, who was at home enjoying the air conditioning. Elia was immediately delighted when she heard that Tang En was taking her out to play and eagerly followed him out.

Clara didn't say much, just smiled and wished them a good time.

She still trusted Tang En very much.

"Big Brother Lord, where are we going?"

Elia sat on Tang En's neck, swinging her little legs, her eyes almost forming crescent moons from her smile. In the past few days, Tang En had been teaching her magic and telling her interesting stories, making her almost ecstatically happy.

"We're going south, into the Radiant Forest, to the Shimmering Lake. We might encounter monsters. Are you afraid?"

Tang En looked at Elia with interest, wanting to see if the little girl was afraid of monsters.

Hearing that they might encounter monsters, Elia shuddered and instinctively hugged Tang En's head, but she quickly let go and said proudly, "Elia isn't afraid! Elia can cast spells now! I'll definitely drive the monsters away!"

"Great, Elia is the best."

Tang En laughed and, after leaving the town of Ellington, cast an invisibility spell and floated up, quickly flying toward the distant Radiant Forest.

Although the Shimmering Lake was a distance from Ellington, Tang En could use magic to travel when there was no one around, so it wouldn't take too long.

"Wow! We're flying!"

Elia laughed happily, spreading her arms to feel the wind.

Tang En was a bit surprised. Although children often yearn to fly, they usually feel fear first when they actually fly, and only calm down after getting used to it. But Elia showed no fear and seemed to enjoy it.

Could this little girl really be a prodigy? Would she become a hero who saves the world in the future?

What would that make him, a穿越者 (穿越者 means "穿越者" in Chinese, which can be translated as "time traveler" or "穿越者" in English, but in this context, it's better to use "穿越者" to maintain the original meaning)?

Tang En had a strange look on his face. A hero's mentor?

After a short while, Tang En and Elia entered the Radiant Forest. Unlike the lush Emerald Forest, the trees in the Radiant Forest were more ordinary, and occasionally, some dead trees could be seen. After all, this forest had not been nourished by elves and the World Tree.

At this moment, Tang En suddenly felt an abnormal surge of magic ahead and instinctively stopped flying.

"What's wrong, Big Brother Lord?"

Just as Elia finished speaking, there was a loud explosion in the forest ahead. Tree fragments and dirt flew into the sky, and faint shouts could be heard.

Someone was fighting?

Tang En's spirit was invigorated, and he quickly flew over.

Tang En could clearly feel the power fluctuations ahead. The combatants were likely Enlightened Ones, which would be very helpful for him to understand the situation of the Prandar Enlightened Ones. He didn't want to miss this good opportunity.

"Hurry! Get out of its way, you idiot!"

"But it's too fast—oh, damn!"

A red figure quickly darted past the man, and sharp claws tore his neck completely, blood splattering. The man gasped and struggled to run to his teammates.

"Get out of here, you idiot! You'll get us all killed!"

A man in green armor cursed and kicked the unfortunate one away. The unfortunate one stared in shock until his death, never expecting to be abandoned.

The green-armored man roared, "Use his body as bait! Otherwise, you'll all die here!"

"Captain Kuripa! It's not trying to eat!"

After throwing the body, one of the men was shocked, "It's just hunting us!"

Kuripa was furious, "Everyone, gather around me! Don't give it a chance to separate us!"

Not far away, the Flame-tailed Leopard flicked its tail, sparks flying, and a layer of black mist floated in its red eyes, staring intently at the group.

Kuripa took a deep breath. After his team gathered around him, he felt much safer and had the chance to examine the monster.

"Damn it, it's just a second-stage juvenile Flame-tailed Leopard, but its strength and speed are better than a third-stage adult! I should have known better than to target it!"

Kuripa now realized that this Flame-tailed Leopard was larger and more muscular than the ones he had encountered before, clearly a mutated individual.

"Captain, only you can withstand its attack now."

A team member said nervously, "Your mithril armor should be able to withstand the Flame-tailed Leopard's attack and flames—"

"Damn it!"

Kuripa cursed mercilessly, "Are you trying to send your captain to his death!? Remember, I am the captain of the Flame Sword, and you are my team! I brought you wealth and glory!"

The team members grumbled a few times but then fell silent. They knew it was unlikely for Kuripa to withstand the Flame-tailed Leopard, but if he didn't, they would all die.

"Roar!"

The Flame-tailed Leopard, having recovered some strength, roared and pounced at the group again!

Kuripa shouted, "No one is to dodge! Attack! Hit it hard! Even if it kills one of us, the others can survive! Where are your swords!? Your combat skills!?"

"Captain! There are too many of us to use combat skills!"

"Where are the mages!? Our mages!? Use magic quickly!"

"Captain! The mage you kicked just died!"

"This damn waste—wasted a thousand gold coins!—oh damn! It's casting a spell!"

Under Kuripa's terrified gaze, the flames on the mutated Flame-tailed Leopard's tail suddenly expanded several times, and a scorching flame ray shot toward them!

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