Constructing-Style Wizard

Chapter 763: 243. Lin can’t afford to pay

Selena clenched her hands on the table:

“I want to eliminate the threat of sea monsters and bring peace to the Suman Archipelago. I need all relevant knowledge and intelligence.”

Noland Lee squinted slightly:Nôv(el)B\\jnn

“Hmm, a noble demand. Why do you care so much about the peace of the Suman Archipelago?”

“Ah, it’s related to my family…”

Selena calmly explained her reasons.

Many times, Noland Lee asked while already knowing the answer.

This question is no exception.

He had already found the answer in Selena’s deconstruction result.

Selena has a feature:

“Peace Manager.”

She prefers managing a peaceful area rather than a place like Suman Archipelago that is frequently harassed by Dread Sail.

So, could she apply to Hotams Academy to manage a more peaceful location?

The answer is no.

The Deep Sea Branch has one dean and three deputy deans.

All four of them are family members from the Pomida Family, which supports Selena.

The Pomida Family has a total of seven heirs, with no family branches.

Selena is ranked fourth and is the fourth in line to inherit.

Her older brother, Lonco Pomida, is one of the deputy deans of the Deep Sea Branch, responsible for managing routes, exploring the Mist Threshold, and defending against sea monsters.

The aid fleet from the Deep Sea Branch that Noland Lee saw a few days ago was dispatched by Lonco Pomida.

Selena’s second brother, Sidney Pomida, is also a deputy dean, responsible for deciphering Dread Sail magic books, researching deep-sea spells, and managing the daily affairs of the academy.

Selena’s father, Mingwaq Pomida, is the Dean, who stays in the capital Starlight City of the Ulnas Circle, responsible for training deep-sea combat wizards for Hotams Academy.

Four family members, neatly divided in their duties.

The father, oldest son, second son, and oldest daughter are the first to fourth heirs in line, respectively.

The fifth to seventh heirs in line, the first two are the main lecturers at the Deep Sea Branch, and the last one is a Councilor-level Professor at the Wizard Council, usually staying in the Ulnas Circle.

Under such circumstances, Selena’s only option is to manage the wizard forces in the Suman Archipelago, which requires her to cooperate with her father and older brother in cleaning up sea monsters.

How strong is the combat capability of the Deep Sea Branch?

It’s pretty okay.

Hotams in the Ulnas Circle can always send combat wizards through the teleportation gate to support the Deep Sea Branch in the Suman Archipelago.

However, the problem is that their understanding of sea monsters, Dread Sail Wizards, and other forces is not enough to provoke them to launch an all-out attack on the sea monsters.

Noland Lee looked at Selena’s recent memories with the Deconstruction Technique.

Selena hadn’t mentioned Noland Lee’s existence to outsiders or her family.

Selena’s demand at this time is also her own wish, not the result of her discussions with other people.

From this, Selena’s revealed demand is due both to her duty and the “Peace Manager” feature.

— Of course, here, Noland Lee interprets the term “feature” as “essential personality trait,” which is the inherent driving force that prompts a person to do something.

After listening to Selena’s explanation for purchasing knowledge, there was a few seconds of silence in the study room before Noland Lee spoke:

“Selena, you can’t afford the price of this intelligence.”

“Can’t afford…” Selena looked a bit lost.

“Yes, you can’t afford it. Not just you, even your father can’t.” Noland Lee said calmly:

“The entanglement between the Deep Sea Branch and sea monsters can be traced back hundreds of years.

“You think the Deep Sea Branch is facing a group of nomadic, thieving, and extorting sea monsters or fallen human wizards.

“But in fact, sea monsters are a group of ancient creatures with magical knowledge and background, not inferior to the Deep Sea Branch at all. The Dread Sail Wizards are just puppets bred by the sea monsters.”

“Besides, the ‘Tidal Surge’ meditation method you practice now comes from the ancient sea monsters that you drove from Suman Archipelago into the ocean.”

Noland Lee’s words left Selena in a daze.

All this time, Dread Sail wizards had appeared before her as criminals.

What appeared most in the Suman Archipelago were tide spies.

Selena didn’t know much about the sea monsters causing trouble at sea, thinking that they were similar to tide spies.

The strongest sea monster Selena knew of was a high-level tide spy, whose strength was equivalent to a Sixth Ring Battle Wizard.

These phenomena combined to create an image of the Dread Sail wizards and their weak Dread Sail Pirate Nation in Selena’s eyes.

Dread Sail could only harass the Suman Archipelago by theft, robbery, poisoning, etc.

But is that really the case?

Obviously not.

Selena has only seen a small part of Dread Sail.

As her daily work is to manage wizard forces, she can only see the content affected by Dread Sail wizard forces.

Only those who are directly responsible for combat matters, like Selena’s father and older brother, can rely on their experience to speculate the specific relationship between Dread Sail wizards and sea monsters.

According to the deconstruction results from a few days ago, Noland Lee had a rough guess in his heart.

He was just waiting for more intelligence to fully unravel the mystery of the sea monsters.

In Noland Lee’s view: