Chapter 114: Chapter 114: Underground City’s Plans

In the next moment, a massive wave surged up beside the goblin high-ranking knight, directly crashing onto him.

The intense pain felt like being cut by a thousand knives, leaving his mind somewhat unclear and his reactions much slower than usual, making dodging impossible.

He could only rely on his body’s instincts, subconsciously surging his internal battle energy over his body to resist the crashing wave.

Though he resisted Xia Lin’s magic, the last surge of battle energy from his vital acupoint was nearly exhausted.

Soon after, Noel struck again, punching the shoulder of his other arm.

The goblin high-ranking knight barely regained a bit of consciousness.

He wanted to dodge, but he wasn’t as fast as Noel’s combat techniques, and the intense pain severely hampered his body control, making dodging impossible.

Additionally, the surge of battle energy in him was reduced to a trace, which was also being severely eroded.

Despair filled his heart, wanting to take someone down with him, but next to him was only Noel attacking him and a Mage encased in a 360-degree water defense magic.

Everyone else had long distanced themselves.

Despair completely drowned him, and the bit of consciousness he had regained was lost again.

With another bone-crunching sound, his other arm also failed, while the last bit of his surging battle energy was fully eroded.

He passed out directly.

Xia Lin withdrew her defense magic, then looked at Fang Ka in the distance: “Fang Ka, it’s done.”

Fang Ka gently nodded, glancing at Sonam, who was still unconscious and being choked by Parod.

Mages are different from knights; magic requires time to cast, and being choked like this, even a middle-tier knight like Parod could easily kill Sonam.

Thus, it was very prudent.

Fang Ka turned to Xia Lin: “Get someone to throw him into the Sacrificial Altar.”

Xia Lin nodded, looking at Tina in the distance: “Tina, you go throw him in.”

At the entrance of the Sacrificial Altar, Fang Ka had arranged several merfolk guards before, so there was no worry of mishaps with the goblin high-ranking knight with vanished vital acupoints and broken arms being thrown in.

Once he has arranged matters concerning the Underground City and the magic crystal vein, he can spare some time to do alchemy experiments.

Tina nodded slightly, leading the goblin high-ranking knight towards the Sacrificial Altar.

Fang Ka looked at Xia Lin: “Tell me more about his activities in the Underground City.”

Xia Lin immediately understood and began to explain Sonam’s activities in the Underground City in detail to Fang Ka.

After listening, Fang Ka looked at the unconscious Sonam: “Wake him up.”

Parod nodded, then went to the sea, directly pressed Sonam’s head into the water, and stirred vigorously.

“Cough cough cough cough…” Sonam coughed violently, and weakly opened his eyes: “I… Am I still alive?”

Fang Ka replied calmly: “You’re alive now, but that might not be the case soon.”

Fang Ka had already decided to send a group of players to the Underground City later, in charge of mining the magic crystal vein there.

The tireless and persistent skeleton players are perfect for the job, as long as their virtual rewards are slightly high, they will absolutely work themselves to death.

As for the slaves, Fang Ka intends to free them from slavery, give them NPC status, and let them return to normal life to assist him.

In the future, as the player base grows, he indeed needs more obedient and loyal NPCs for many special positions.

A game without colorful NPCs would be too low, right?

These slaves, having been rescued from hell by him, see him as a second parent.

He believes making them obedient won’t be difficult, let alone they might have long been conditioned to accept and endure, with loyalty sufficiently assured.

Hearing Fang Ka’s words, Sonam instantly followed the voice over.

Upon seeing a young man in a black robe, he froze.

Fang Ka continued calmly: “You better behave; the knight choking you can break your neck the moment you act strangely.”

Sonam glanced sideways at Parod, who was holding his neck, then at the yawning Noel beside him, and finally at the high-tier Mage level Xia Lin, instantly behaving obediently.

He gave Fang Ka a flattering smile: “And you are?”

Fang Ka’s gaze lingered on Sonam’s face: “Fang Ka, the owner of this island. I’m taking your Underground City and the magic crystal vein inside it. Now, let’s discuss your issue.”

“I’m considering killing you and turning you into my skeleton subordinate. Does that sound appropriate?”

Sonam’s face changed dramatically. In an instant, he understood the young man before him was a Necromancer.

However, the strange thing was, this young man was clearly just a low-tier Mage, so why did he claim to be the island’s owner?

Even the high-tier Merfolk Mage next to him looked up to him with reverence?

Without time to ponder more, his expression changed several times, then hurriedly pleaded: “My most respected Lord Fang Ka, I am proficient in the domain of alchemy potions, have significant research in the magic domain, and possess extensive geological knowledge. Keeping me alive is beneficial! I can be of great use!”

“I can create unimaginable value for you! You want the Underground City; fine, it’s yours. You want the magic crystal vein; alright, it’s yours too!”

No matter what the situation is now, regardless of what the other party did while he was unconscious to learn about the magic crystal vein.

As long as the other party is in charge here, pleading directly with them is the right move.

In any case, preserving his life comes first before anything else.

Fang Ka’s gaze lingered on Sonam. From Xia Lin’s introduction after reading his memory, it’s clear Sonam is not like other goblins.

He is a goblin with a strong scientific spirit, spending his days in the Royal Palace of the Underground City conducting research.

He originally intended to use the magic crystals mined from the vein to support his study of the magic domain.

But after being severely injured from a magic pattern backlash, fearing death, he abandoned the endeavor, focusing on cultivating and alchemy research instead.

Over the years in the Underground City, he achieved many accomplishments in alchemy.

For instance, he identified suitable alchemy carriers for many magic arrays in his possession.

And various other unique alchemy potions.

His greatest dream is to reach the top-tier Mage level, then head to the Ten Mother Islands, using his accumulated magic crystals to acquire the things he needs.

The Ten Mother Islands aren’t easy to reach; one needs sufficient strength or influence, or the ability to escape.

Otherwise, on the island, things are fine, but once outside the Ten Mother Islands’ jurisdiction, one might lose both life and wealth.

Sonam believes that reaching the top-tier Mage level and mastering a top-tier water magic spell he had previously obtained would enable him to trade and escape successfully.

Unfortunately, his Demon Source is merely average, so to reach the top-tier Mage level, time and patience are needed.

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