Chapter 621: Lan Zao Obtains Armor

Dueling Divine Domain.

The battle that occurred from Shuang Lian’s sneak attack had come to an end.

Shung Lian’s troops had lost on the battlefield, and the duelists had defended Tranquil Hill successfully.

The most important person in this battle was none other than Gu Dong.

When he detected the gold level snow elementals raiding Tranquil Hill while on duty, he immediately reacted to stop them. Furthermore, during the battle, despite the many difficulties, he did not cower and really planned to defend the place to the death!

The Bayonet Gang remnants played a crucial role, and among them, the iron level Lan Zao was especially impressive.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Mei Lin received the information, and even she had to admit that Lan Zao’s Air Cannon had a very subtle effect, and he indirectly saved Gu Dong.

Gu Dong then was being impaired by an alchemy puppet, and was in quite the passive situation, but thanks to Lan Zao’s assistance, he was able to recover for a breath.

Long experiences on the battlefield gave Mei Lin a clear understanding that on the battlefield, being able to “recover for a breath” was quite pivotal.

“I didn’t expect the Bayonet Gang remnants to actually have such an effect.” Mei Lin would never have thought of this happening.

She allowed Bing Xiao and the others to stay on Tranquil Hill to rest and recuperate, mainly to prevent undiscovered traitors from revealing information, and didn’t expect such a gain during this battle.

“From another point of view, Shuang Lian is not a battle-oriented magician. She didn’t grab hold of crucial battle opportunities and her troop’s formation, and composition had serious problems.”

“Let’s not speak more on it, if there was just one more Divine Halo Scattering Device, the war situation might be far different. Shuang Lian might have been able to assault the summit of Tranquil Hill.”

“Even so, Shuang Lian cannot be looked down upon, to think she had such a spell!!”

Mei Lin ran her eyes across the battlefield, and saw the gigantic rift valley of ice, her expression heavy and gloomy.

This new ice rift valley was created by Ice Breaker.

Mei Lin did not know it was the Ice Breaker spell, nor did she know it came from the Great Pyrolysis spell, but she saw how powerful this class of spell was.

“Under normal circumstances, this magic cannot damage the divine domain.”

“However, the Dueling Divine Domain has no master, and Shuang Lian unfortunately has the legend level artifact, the Old King’s Crowbar too.

After shifting the divine domain, Ice Breaker still retained its considerable might.

“There is a spatial crack in the Dueling Divine Domain, and although the divine domain is automatically repairing itself, it’s at a slow rate. Honey Snow Tower might not be able to get out, but it’ll be easier to send a distress call.”

“The top priority is mending this spatial crack, thus ensuring the Dueling Divine Domain is kept hidden!”

Mei Lin was unable to fix this problem herself.

“It seems I have to ask the royal family to use the Iceberg Crystal Ball.”

The Ice Sculpture Kingdom was a legend level maritime power, and despite the current king not being a legend level, the royal family had a legend level foundation.

The Iceberg Crystal Ball was one of those things.

Like the Old King’s Crowbar, it was also a legend level artifact!

“Apart from that, in order to prevent Shuang Lian from attacking again, we need to garrison a second gold level here.”

According to the information, Mei Lin knew that Shuang Lian’s demi-plane only had two gold level snow elementals. In this battle, Shuang Lian suffered disastrous damage, and on paper, she wouldn’t be able to launch an offensive of similar strength again.

But it is better to be safe than sorry, and magicians really had a lot of skills.

Especially since Shuang Lian also had a magician tower!

The magician tower could attack and defend, it was also a formidable base of manufacturing, and perhaps Shuang Lian could make gold level puppets in her magician tower?

Men Lin fully anticipated this happening.

Therefore, she chose to increase her gold level transcendent power.

“The National Ceremony is near at hand, and getting gold level military strength isn’t easy.” Mei Lin sighed to herself.

Although there were many gold level duelists, they were rather strapped in actual usage.

Mei Lin was busy with the navy, and she needed to protect and patrol. Da Han and other pirates were flocking over, putting Ice Sculpture Kingdom’s strong frontier defenses under pressure.

Gu Dong was worthy of his army background, he was reliable, and Mei Lin felt relieved that she appointed him. This battle also saw how reliable Gu Dong was. Most crucially, he was already retired. Without a doubt, following this, he would be the main person on duty, and even be a permanent resident here.

Bao Li Gen was an Ice Sculpture Army soldier, and not only would he be participating in the National Ceremony Grand Duel, but he also held an important seat in the army exercise.

The first seat, Long Meng, was not from a military background and Mei Lin did not have jurisdiction over him.

Zhu Gan was a foreign elf.

Mo Gui Ji was mainly focused on the National Ceremony grand duel; he really wanted to win it!

Xue Tuan Zi wanted to participate in the Warm Snow Cup; she had been preparing for it for a long time.

Qing Hong Yan was a rabbitman and had a worrying condition. If he went mad, the duelists had to deal with him.

Yun Zhong was the newest member of the duelists. He had an undisciplined temperament and valued freedom. Despite the Li Jian Clan offering him a high price, he didn’t join them. Mei Lin also tried to invite him at a high price, but he rarely showed interest in acting.

Next was He Gai Tou, and putting it nicely, he was shrewd, while putting it bluntly, he was treacherous.

Finally, there was Yi Jiu.

He was an assassin from the Thieves Guild, and since joining, and because of last time, he had a grudge against Mei Lin. If Mei Lin wanted to use him again, she would have to pay at least triple this time!

Due to this, Mei Lin barely had any duelists she could use.

“Damn you, Long Fu!”

“Teng Dong Lang, Jia Bing, Lin, and also the Ax Gang Leader were all slain by your hand.”

“Those four had a military background, and were as reliable and stable as Gu Dong, but they were lost one after the other.”

“If they hadn’t died in battle, today’s situation would not be so passive!”

The duelists had complicated origins, and the largest faction among them was the military faction, headed by Mei Lin. But Long Fu (Zong Ge) inflicted unprecedented losses on the military faction, and it caused Mei Lin a heartache ever since.

In the end, gold levels were the core of transcendent forces, and only that core could stabilize things.

Mei Lin didn’t know Zong Ge was impersonating the dragonman youngster, and to her, it seemed Long Fu had slain no less than four duelists, all from the military faction!

Mei Lin’s hatred towards the dragonman youngster was the kind that would not be resolved until one party was dead.

Not long after, the battlefield cleanup finished, and it was confirmed there were no alchemy puppets on Tranquil Hill.

Mei Lin summoned the Bayonet Gang remnants, evaluated them, and bestowed rewards upon their merits.

“In this battle you have contributed greatly. Whatever you need, say it and I will meet it as much as possible.” Mei Lin smiled.

She looked at Bing Xiao, “You are their leader, speak first.”

Bing Xiao exposed a rarely seen expression, apprehension and expectation, “Based on this merit, can I leave behind my inheritance on Tranquil Hill’s summit?”

Mei Lin shook her head, “I don’t have the qualifications to give you such an arrangement. You are all believers of the Dueling God. I believe you all received God’s divine blessing during this battle already, isn’t that so?”

The Bayonet Gang remnants, including the human ringleader, had received divine favor.

Of course, everyone received a different amount of divine favor.

Lan Zao said, “The greatest divine blessing bestowed is the one that protected our lives!”

Those words caused everyone to look at him.

“Hen Fa speak true.” Xiong Ju loudly approved, “That we are still alive is the greatest gain! Ah ha ha.”

Spring Boxer clapped Hen Fa’s shoulder, “Thanks to you, Hen Fa.”

Lan Zao promptly responded, “I only fought with all of my strength, and when death approached, I prayed in desperation. This is all the Dueling God’s benevolence!”

Those words caused everyone to nod repeatedly.

Lan Zao seized the opportunity to inquire, “Lord Mei Lin, I also want to become our Lord’s holy warrior. After enduring this battle, I have become a pious believer!”

Mei Lin shook her head, “I will say whether or not you become a holy warrior is not for me to decide.”

“But I can give you all a good suggestion, that is to participate in many duels.”

“Our Lord is the Dueling God, what acts do you think He will favor?”

The human ringleader’s eyes shined, feigning excitement while in actuality he was declaring what he had ruminated on for a long time, “The National Ceremony Grand Duel! The kingdom wants to hold the most majestic duel during this celebration.”

Mei Lin shook her head, “In the short term, you won’t be able to leave.”

“The following arrangement needs you all to be garrisoned here at the foot of Tranquil Hill for a long time.”

“I will supply your daily needs and cultivation resources to your satisfaction.”

The human ringleader’s heart sank, unavoidably feeling disappointed.

He had gathered enough information but was unable to get out of here.

Bing Xiao understood Mei Lin’s purpose in this, he nodded, then raised an additional request, “Can you provide me with a gold level giant attendant?”

Bing Xiao wanted to cultivate another gold level giant slave, and he had the means to do so.”

But the Ice Sculpture Kingdom had the slavery ban, therefore, Bing Xiao said “attendant”.

“Based on your contribution this time…I can.” Mei Lin consented.

Of course, she knew that attendant meant slave.

Gold level giant slaves were actually very pricey, but Mei Lin considered future battles and found that as of now, Tranquil Hill really needed more defenses.

Next Mei Lin asked Spring Boxer.

She knew Spring Boxer was Teng Dong Lang’s coffin bearer and successor, therefore, his status in her eyes was rather high.

Thirdly, Mei Lin asked Lan Zao.

At the fishman youngster’s behest, Lan Zao stated, “I hope I can get gold level full body armor.”

Mei Lin hesitated, but despite the kingdom’s armor prohibition, she still agreed to this request.

After dealing with things appropriately, Mei Lin immediately departed Tranquil Hill. She had already been missing for some time, and the navy still needed her to show her face.

The fishman youngster who had been watching the entire time also withdrew his focus.

“If this happens, Lan Zao will be temporarily safe there.”

“Not only that, but he will also have gold level full body armor. With that armor, his defense will surpass both mine and Zong Ge’s.”

Lan Zao was only an iron level right now, and his bloodline limit was the silver level. Even if he was a silver level, having gold level armor would be rather luxurious.

Due to the armor prohibition, Xiong Ju only had the Gold Flower Hacksaw, and no armor, let alone full body armor.

Lan Zao being able to get it was extremely lucky. For example, if it wasn’t Mei Lin who came, and another, it might not have happened.

“Mei Lin.”

“If I remember correctly, isn’t she the rear admiral of the first fleet? Although she is a mermaid and not a snow elf, she is one of the representatives of the Ice Sculpture Kingdom’s military.”

The fishman youngster sank into pondering and recollection.

After the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps came to the Ice Sculpture Kingdom, they had purchased a lot of information.

This information included all sorts of aspects of the kingdom. One of the main focuses of it was on military affairs. Mei Lin was a famous figure, so of course, the survivors learned about her.

“I didn’t expect this military figure to secretly be one of the Dueling God’s holy warriors.”

“In what areas can I exploit this secret?”

“Were they the ones who raided the mercenary corps branch in Snow Bird Harbor?”