Chapter 332 Plundering the Granary, the Archmage’s Mage Tower! (7200)

Chapter 332 Plundering the Granary, the Archmage's Mage Tower! (7200)

A moment later, Cao Xing clapped his hands and returned to the granary.

"Very well, I am the only one left here."

"Now, it is time to get down to business!"

The corners of his mouth curved upward.

Looking at the mountains of grain before him, intense joy appeared in his eyes!

Because all of these grains would soon belong to him entirely!

However, before that, there was still a problem facing Cao Xing.

That was there was simply too much grain here.

And his backpack only had 80 slots of space…

Having scavenged various resources earlier, along with some items, 20 slots were already occupied.

In other words, he only had 60 slots left to pack things.

Calculated at 4,000 kilograms of grain per backpack slot, he could hold a maximum of 240,000 kilograms of grain.

There was definitely no way to transport all this grain out in one go.

Cao Xing sighed, "This is a bit troublesome. Having too much grain is also a headache!"

If other Survivors heard of his trouble, they would probably curse Cao Xing to death behind his back.

After all, although everyone wasn't as lacking in food as when they first entered this world,

they were still tightening their belts to get by.

As the population in various territories grew larger and larger, the daily problem of just getting enough to eat would stump quite a few people.

The same was true even for those top-ranked legions.

At the current stage, before everyone's territories had been fully cultivated, it was completely impossible to achieve self-sufficiency through farming.

Therefore, they either had to go hunting outside or purchase supplies from nearby villages and towns.

But that required paying various resources.

So it was impossible for them to be like him, wandering over to the camps of the Church of Light whenever they lacked food, practically treating it as their own warehouse!

After pondering for a moment, Cao Xing quickly found a solution.

He first dialed Liu Muxue's communication.

The other party chose to answer almost instantly.

"A-Xing, how are things on your end? No accidents, right?"

Liu Muxue's concerned voice came through his ear.

Cao Xing chuckled, "Rest assured, nothing's wrong on my end."

"And I've even made quite a harvest!"

Hearing the reply, Liu Muxue on the other end gradually calmed down.

She spoke softly, "Mm-hmm, as long as you're fine."

Cao Xing continued to ask, "Muxue, how many spatial backpacks do you have over there?"

The other side pondered for a moment, then replied, "I only brought 6, and they are all 40-slot ones."

These spatial backpacks were all acquired by Cao Xing in previous trades.

Now everyone knew the importance of spatial backpacks.

But the output rate of this gadget was extremely low.

Among the natives, this gadget was also an extremely, extremely precious thing.

Even among the nobility, very few people could possess one.

After all, it involved space, making the manufacturing difficulty extremely high.

Moreover, when natives used spatial backpacks, they didn't have as large a capacity as they did.

Just like hidden inventory slots, however much physical space was inside the backpack, that was how much stuff it could hold.

Cao Xing and the others had the system's built-in backpack stacking function, allowing them to practically use a single backpack as if it were a dozen backpacks.

But even so, not everyone could have such an item.

Especially those backpacks with more than 20 slots; they were even rarer, and you couldn't find even two in the entire trading market.

Cao Xing's 6 40-slot backpacks had also cost him quite a few resources.

He pondered inwardly, "The backpacks on Muxue's side add up to 240 slots of space, which can hold a total of 960,000 kilograms of grain."

"Coupled with my own 60 slots of space, it is completely enough."

"As long as we make a few more trips, all the grain here can be transported away!"

Thinking of this, a look of excitement gradually emerged in his eyes!

"As expected, plundering such a Giant City is how resources come the fastest!"

Just think how he had fought hard for an entire night previously, flattening so many camps, only to scavenge a little over 70,000 kilograms of grain!

And now, just by casually coming in and wandering around for about two hours, he had harvested over a million kilograms of grain!

This efficiency was simply too fast!

Furthermore, according to the two cultists on the ground, the food in this granary was even more abundant two days ago, except that most of it had been hauled away by the Church of Light!

At the thought of this, Cao Xing felt heartbroken!

Originally, all this grain was supposed to be his. If only he could have come earlier!

However, thoughts were thoughts, but he also knew that now was the best time.

If he had come two days ago, he wouldn't have acquired this powerful disguise skill yet, and he wouldn't even have been able to get in.

The number of Hunters in the city would also have been many times greater than now!

He shook his head, casting the thoughts in his mind aside.

Cao Xing had Liu Muxue and the others continue waiting for him outside.

Then he began his journey of plundering!

Walking straight over, he stored piles of grain into his backpack.

[Obtained: Peeled Wheat (40KG)] * 177 bags

[Obtained: Rice (40KG)] * 194 bags

[Obtained: Air-Dried Cured Meat] * 724KG

[Obtained…]

…

As the system prompts continued to ring out, the mountain of grain in front of him steadily decreased.

In less than five minutes, the remaining 60 slots in his backpack were completely filled.

This also meant that Cao Xing's backpack now held an extra 240,000 kilograms of grain!

And a section of the grain inside this granary was now empty.

Cao Xing sighed, "Not bad, the backpack's transfer function is truly convenient!"

"Now, it's time to go out and transfer this batch of grain out."

Seizing the time, he quickly left the granary.

Then, taking advantage of the deep night, disguised as a white-robed priest, he arrived outside the city without any obstruction all the way.

Following that, he slipped right through the barrier.

After confirming that no one noticed his whereabouts,

Cao Xing walked quickly toward the place where Liu Muxue and the others were located.

…

A few kilometers away.

Liu Muxue and the others were still waiting behind that pile of rocks.

Seeing a white-robed priest walking straight toward them, the crowd wasn't sure if that was Cao Xing, so none of them acted rashly.

They remained calm on the surface, with a hint of vigilance in their eyes.

After Cao Xing came over and confirmed that there was no one around,

he quickly changed back to his original appearance.

Seeing that familiar figure, smiles of joy appeared on everyone's faces one after another.

Elisa took the lead in saying, "Lord Lord, welcome back!"

Assam also solemnly prayed, "Lord Lord, may the Goddess of Fortune protect you."

Facing everyone's concerned greetings, Cao Xing smiled.

Lacking time to reminisce with them, he said directly, "Muxue, first distribute the 6 backpacks in your hand."

Because items like spatial backpacks could only be equipped by one person each.

Under normal circumstances, if it was an empty spatial backpack with nothing inside, it could be placed into another spatial backpack.

But if it contained items, it could no longer be stuffed into another spatial backpack.

Liu Muxue also knew that Cao Xing's time was very tight now, and quickly began to act.

She distributed a spatial backpack to Tong Chuchu, Sarah, Assam, and the others.

Then, Cao Xing began swiftly transferring all the grain in his backpack into their backpacks!

"Swish swish swish!"

A massive amount of grain gradually piled up into a small mountain in front of everyone.

Since things inside a spatial backpack could not be directly transferred to another backpack, they needed to be taken out first and then collected by another person.

Liu Muxue was also the first to step forward, storing all this grain into her backpack.

Watching Cao Xing conjure a staggering amount of grain continuously as if doing magic tricks,

expressions of joy and excitement gradually appeared in everyone's eyes.

However, when Liu Muxue finished stuffing an entire backpack,

and saw that Cao Xing was still continuously pulling out massive amounts of grain, they gradually shifted from excitement to shock…

Braum rubbed his bald head and said in a daze, "Ancestors above! How much grain did Lord Lord rob… scavenge? With so much food, it feels like it's enough for us to eat for a year!"

Andrew beside him pressed his palms together even more piously and said, "The will of the Nature God protects Lord Lord, thanks be to nature's bounty…"

Including everyone else, they were equally astonished!

After all, the batch of grain Cao Xing brought out was simply too terrifying in quantity, and its value had reached a staggering degree!

"A-Xing, this much?" Liu Muxue asked softly.

Cao Xing smiled and nodded.

"Mhm, and that's not even all; there's still a lot more in there."

"I must seize the time and make a huge haul while I haven't been exposed yet!"

Hearing this, Liu Muxue also nodded excitedly, "Mhm, mhm! Be careful."

Little Chuchu clenched her fists and encouraged, "Big Brother, you can do it!"

"Alright."

Finishing his words, Cao Xing quickly turned back and walked in the direction of Lake Doron City.

Looking at the Giant City before him, Cao Xing was also extremely excited!

To him, this was simply a mountain of gold!

As long as he seized the time now to haul away as many things inside as possible, he could cause his territory's foundation to skyrocket by a huge margin!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but quicken his pace.

Soon, Cao Xing walked straight through the barrier.

But this time, he didn't enter from the main gate.

After all, it was already deep into the night.

A white-robed priest entering and exiting Lake Doron City would definitely attract the attention of others.

Cautiously coming to the foot of the city wall and confirming that no one was above, Cao Xing took out the grappling hook.

"Whoosh!"

The grappling hook hit the wall, carrying him rapidly across.

Soon, he arrived near the granary once again.

Then, repeating the same trick, he filled his backpack with the grain inside.

He turned back again to leave Lake Doron City, transferring the grain into the backpacks of Liu Muxue and the others!

Although such frequent comings and goings would increase the risk of exposure,

compared to this harvest, it was all worth it!

Taking about an hour, Cao Xing's operation finally reached its end!

The time… had already reached two o'clock in the morning.

And this large-scale granary had been completely cleaned out by Cao Xing!

Just as he estimated, this wave directly yielded nearly one million units of grain!

Converted into units, that was five million food!

It could be said that this time they traveled thousands of miles to Lake Doron City.

Just these gains alone meant they had made a massive fortune!

At this moment, Cao Xing could hardly help laughing out loud.

"Hahaha! Damn it, this wave feels ridiculously good!"

His own Divine Warrior Altar.

Breaking through from Tier 4 to Tier 5 required 5,000 units of food per unit, which was 1,000KG.

If there were over two hundred of them, it would require at least over 200,000 kilograms of grain.

This time, this problem was completely resolved.

"Very well, now what is needed is more crowns, plus other resources…"

"Hoping… there are other surprises in this city!"

Thinking of this, Cao Xing instructed Liu Muxue and the others a few words.

And then continued to jump back inside Lake Doron City.

Since it was already deep into the night, the entire city appeared very quiet.

Cao Xing was standing on a street at this moment, pondering inwardly, "By tomorrow, the Church of Light will discover that the granary has fallen."

"That means the time left for me is still one night."

"Then for the remaining time, I won't search the outer areas anymore. Let's go straight to the central urban area and take a look, striving to maximize the gains."

"After all, that is the most luxurious district of the entire city."

Thus, Cao Xing came to an uninhabited corner and transformed back into the appearance of that captain.

A moment later, a Hunter captain holding a longsword and wearing a mask on his face walked out from the corner.

Lake Doron City was very large.

Walking from the outer urban area to the central urban area at a normal speed took at least an hour.

Now that it was deep into the night, Cao Xing definitely couldn't burst out in speed and rush over, as that would be noticed by the red-robed bishops inside.

He also tried to maintain a normal speed as much as possible.

Taking about twenty minutes or so, he arrived at the location of the central urban area.

The buildings here were indeed much more luxurious.

Neatly arranged streets, with buildings of various shapes on both sides.

Various mansions, pavilions, and some entertainment venues.

Every building covered a very large area, adorned with various light stones, colored ribbons, exquisite reliefs, and other decorations.

This was a place where only those wealthy people had the capital to indulge themselves.

However, looking at the deserted streets, a new question arose in Cao Xing's heart once again.

That was—

"Where did those Other-Ghost armies go?"

Through the last live broadcast, everyone knew that the Church of Light had hidden a massive army of Other-Ghosts in Lake Doron City.

Yet Cao Xing had wandered around Lake Doron City for so long, and still hadn't found any trace of the Other-Ghost army.

Even those three red-robed bishops were nowhere to be found at this time.

"Strange…"

But soon, his gaze was attracted by a lavishly decorated shop in front of him.

It read: [Candice's Gold Shop]

"Oh? It's actually a gold shop?"

"Being able to open in a location like this, and with such a large area, there should be quite a bit of gold inside, right?"

Cao Xing's heart stirred, casting the problem of the Other-Ghost army to the back of his head.

A look of anticipation appeared on his face.

He quickly circled around the vicinity of this gold shop, then found a window to enter.

After landing steadily,

the situation inside left people deeply disappointed.

The interior of the gold shop was in complete chaos, with various counters overturned on the ground and scattered everywhere.

The second and third floors were the same as well.

Cao Xing searched for a moment, and only picked up a silver ring in a corner.

He pondered inwardly, "It seems this gold shop has already been completely plundered clean."

With a look of slight regret, Cao Xing returned to the outer street.

Then, moving with swift actions, he looted several shops.

The situation was pretty much the same.

The insides had already been looted by these cultists.

Cao Xing did not obtain anything of value inside.

"So that means the shops in the central district have all been searched by them?"

Thinking about it, this was also normal.

After all, the Church of Light was not stupid.

They definitely knew that the central urban area was the place containing the most resources.

Therefore, the very first moment they captured the Giant City, they looted everything once, concentrated the resources together, and perhaps already transferred them out.

Glancing at the time, it was already half past two in the middle of the night.

The time Cao Xing set for himself was to leave Lake Doron City before six o'clock in the morning.

In other words, he still had three and a half hours.

"Currently speaking, there are not many resources left in the central urban area."

"I must make use of the remaining three and a half hours."

"Better go back to the outer urban area to search first."

After all, the returns from the periphery were also quite good.

In the looting process of over two hours earlier, he had obtained millions of crowns, as well as promissory notes worth tens of millions.

If he could maintain this efficiency, there would also be quite a harvest in the second half of the night.

Just as he was about to turn and leave, his gaze was suddenly attracted by a strange building in front of him.

This looked like a tower.

The floor height was nearly thirty-something meters, divided into a full seven floors!

The tower body looked like it was built from a dark purple stone, and the walls were carved with ancient and mysterious runes and patterns.

These runes and patterns flashed with weak light from time to time, forming a circle of blue magic shields.

"Good fellow, so luxurious?"

"This thing doesn't look like a Mage Tower either."

With a look of some confusion, Cao Xing approached it.

Then, the information of this building appeared in front of him.

[Archmage Genadi's Mage Tower (Special Area)]

…

"An Archmage's Mage Tower?"

Cao Xing did not know who Genadi was, but he noticed the other party's title.

You must know that any Archmage possessed strength above Tier 6.

Coupled with the fact that he was also a mage, he instantly developed curiosity about this Mage Tower.

He directly came to the bronze heavy door beneath the Mage Tower.

The blue magic shield in front of him seemed to have lost its effect and did not block Cao Xing.

Then, he pushed open the door directly.

"Rumble…"

As the heavy sound of the door opening rang out, a breath of magic suddenly rushed toward his face.

After Cao Xing entered, a system prompt appeared.

[You have entered a special area: Archmage Genadi's Mage Tower]

[Warning! Genadi is the guardian of Lake Doron City, one of the two major guards of the City Lord. His Mage Tower is a private area, and outsiders are forbidden to trespass. Once discovered, you will be expelled…]

…

Seeing the system prompt, a look of realization appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"I see, this Archmage is the City Lord's guard? No wonder he can live in this kind of place and even had a Mage Tower built exclusively for him."

He quickly glanced at the scene before him.

A look of disappointment appeared.

Just as he expected, everything inside had been looted once.

Such an important area definitely wouldn't be easily let go by the Church of Light.

Looking at the messy tables and chairs around, as well as the scattered papers on the ground.

Cao Xing casually picked up one and took a look, finding that they were some magic notes.

However, the content of the notes was relatively messy, looking like random notes by this Archmage, which were of no help to him.

Cao Xing continued to search, his gaze sweeping around.

And right at this moment, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Eh? They actually didn't confiscate these things?"

On the wall next to him, he saw rows of wooden bookshelves.

They were tightly packed with a large number of books, roughly estimated to be at least a hundred copies!

Sweeping his gaze across, the names of the books appeared one by one.

"Not As Evil As You Imagine"

"On the Origin of Magic"

"Thirty-Three Days Imprisoned by a Succubus…"

"On the Taste of Female Vampires and Succubi"

…

Cao Xing's mouth twitched.

"This Archmage's scope of reading… is quite broad…"

He didn't turn anything away either, putting all these more than a hundred books into his backpack.

"Not bad, not bad. Just as the library in my territory is about to be built, these books can all be taken back to replenish the collection."

After searching the books here, he continued to carefully search inside.

But obviously, the looting of the Church of Light was extremely thorough.

Cao Xing only picked up a few low-tier scrolls in the corner, along with some stones containing weak magic power.

[Obtained: Tier 2 Wind Blade Magic Scroll]

[Obtained: Tier 3 Wind Blade Slash Magic Scroll]

[Obtained: Magic Crystal (Green)]

…

"Oh? Magic scroll, what is this?"

Cao Xing glanced at the attributes.

[Tier 2 Wind Blade Magic Scroll]

[Item Effect: After injecting a small amount of magic power, you can directly release a Tier 2 Wind Blade, causing 112% tearing damage to a single enemy]

…

[Tier 3 Wind Blade Slash Magic Scroll]

[Item Effect: After injecting a small amount of magic power, you can directly release a Tier 3 spell, Wind Blade Slash, causing 137% wind-attribute damage to three enemies in front]

(Note: Mages at the Archmage level can imprint their own spells on blank magic scrolls, which can be cast with only a small amount of magic power)

…

A look of realization appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"I see, this kind of magic scroll is quite easy to use, actually allowing one to directly use spells of other classes."

"And most importantly, this thing has no cooldown time."

"If the number of magic scrolls in my hand is large enough, I can directly release them all at once and bury the enemy with skills!"

Of course, the cost of doing this was relatively high.

After all, even with one's toes, one could think that the creation of magic scrolls was not so simple.

Moreover, at the very least, mages at the Archmage level could make them, and this threshold was already frighteningly high.

Therefore, this kind of scroll must be extremely precious.

Cao Xing thought to himself: "It looks like this Archmage is a wind-type mage?"

"Speaking of which, there is not even a wind-type mage in my territory."

Several small black stones appeared in his hands again, containing relatively weak magic power.

Glancing at the attributes.

[Magic Crystal (Green)]

[Effect: A crystal containing weak magic power. In the 'Meditation' state, mages can extract magic power from it to increase 1,000 experience points and slightly increase magic affinity (Daily usage limit: 10)]

(Note: A precious crystal that allows mage apprentices to increase their magic power. Its sources are relatively rare, and a small amount of crystals are contained in some magic-rich mineral veins.)

…

"Oh? These magic crystals can not only increase experience points, but also increase affinity?"

"For those mage apprentices and junior mages, this thing is a good item!"

As mentioned before, before joining a lord's command, the aboriginals of this world could not level up quickly by killing enemies.

And with these crystals, they equivalently had a way to accelerate getting stronger.

Coupled with the assistance of the Mage Tower, a junior mage could be promoted to an intermediate mage, or even a senior mage, in a short period of time.

Of course, this would burn a lot of money, equivalent to a pay-to-win stream among the aboriginals.

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction, "Although it has already been looted once, the harvest on the first floor is not bad."

"As expected of an Archmage, even the leftover scraps are astonishingly valuable."

Soon, he continued to the second floor to start exploring.

The situation on the second floor was similar to the first floor, with a floor full of messy cabinets, and things had been looted once.

Including the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth floors, basically it was all like this.

But through Cao Xing's careful screening, he still obtained some good items.

[Obtained: Tier 2 'Wind Blade' Magic Scroll * 5]

[Obtained: Tier 3 'Wind Blade Slash' Magic Scroll * 3]

[Obtained: Tier 3 'Wind Gallop' Magic Scroll * 2]

[Obtained: Magic Crystal (Green) * 32]

[Obtained: Magic Crystal (Blue) * 15]

…

Glancing at the attributes of the two new items.

[Tier 3 'Wind Gallop' Magic Scroll]

[Scroll Effect: After injecting a small amount of magic power, you can cast 'Wind Gallop' on yourself or allies, increasing movement speed by 20% for the next 30 seconds]

…

[Magic Crystal (Blue)]

[Effect: A crystal containing some magic power. In the 'Meditation' state, you can extract magic power from it to increase 3,000 experience points and slightly increase magic affinity (Daily usage limit: 10)]

…

"Oh? This Wind Gallop is not bad, actually capable of directly increasing movement speed by 20%."

"It's just that I don't know if the skills released by this magic scroll can receive the blessing of Eternal Power?"

Cao Xing decided to try it immediately.

He directly took out a scroll with a faint wind breath from his backpack.

According to the method above, he injected a trace of magic power.

A moment later, the scroll in his hand burst out with an invisible gust of wind.

That gust of wind fell on Cao Xing's legs, making him feel that his whole body had become much lighter.

[Successfully used [Tier 3 'Wind Gallop' Magic Scroll], movement speed increased by 20% for 30 seconds. Affected by talent [Eternal Power], this spell has become a permanent state…]

…

"Haha! It really works!"

Cao Xing was very excited.

After all, a 20% movement speed bonus was no joke.

Now that Hilda and Victoria were not by his side, he couldn't enjoy the halo effects from them, which was equivalent to lacking a 50% speed bonus, but now it was almost made up for.

(PS: Halos inherently exist permanently and are not blessed by Eternal Power, otherwise it would cause a setting conflict. It has always been set this way before, the little author is not suppressing the protagonist ovo)

Currently, the movement BUFFs on him were [Queens Will] + [Black Mist Totem] + [Wind Gallop], reaching a total of 120% speed bonus.

At this speed, even a Tier-matching leader-class assassin would find it very difficult to catch up to him.

"Not bad, not bad. In this way, survivability has increased quite a bit."

A smile curled up at the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

Then, he went directly to the very top floor of the tower.

This place looked like where the Archmage frequently stayed.

Inside were many of his living utensils, wooden barrels, wooden beds, wooden basins, and so on.

On the ground, there was also a magic circle surrounded by magic crystals.

It's just that those precious magic crystals had already been taken away.

"Damn it, these bastards looted so cleanly!"

"One day, I will find your lair and rob all these resources back."

Cao Xing said hatefully, unwillingly scanning the surroundings.

And right at this moment, he seemed to catch a glimpse of an off-white treasure chest unintentionally!

It was used as a storage box, casually placed in the corner of the tower, covered with dust.

"Oh? Could it be a Silver Treasure Chest?"

With a bit of curiosity, Cao Xing stepped forward, and a system prompt appeared.

[Discovered an unlocked Bright Moon Treasure Chest, do you want to open it?]

Cao Xing: "！！！"

"Holy crap! This is actually a Bright Moon Treasure Chest!"

…

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