Published: March 12, 2025
Chapter 684: Vigan Family and Barn
The reason Zhao Hai dared to speak to these people like this was that he had a plan. He was not afraid of them betraying him; he wanted to elevate them to the strength of ninth-level experts. Then, he would take them to the Demon Abyss to capture undead beings and dark beings to serve as summoned creatures for these individuals, helping them fight and improve their strength. Zhao Hai wanted to see how these people would react to this.
If Tei and the others were sincere in following him, their benefits would be substantial. If they were not truly loyal, Zhao Hai would not be polite to them.
However, this time Zhao Hai was overly cautious. Tei and the others genuinely wanted to become servants of the budah family. Don’t think that being a servant for someone else is a shameful thing; in fact, just as Tei thought, serving a king and a divine-level expert is an opportunity that not everyone gets.
Zhao Hai took out a bottle of water, which was naturally Spatial Water. This bottle would help the lower-level mages in the Vigan Family to increase their levels, while the higher-level mages would have to use divine blood.
Zhao Hai handed the bottle to Tei and said, “This is the potion that can elevate your levels, but it only works for those below level eight. This bottle can elevate all those under level eight to level eight. Come find me when you all reach level eight.”
Tei trembled as he took the bottle of Spatial Water. This water was incredibly precious for them. While there were some potions on the continent that could increase a mage's or warrior’s level, those potions had specific features: they were expensive!
Even ordinary wealthy nobles were reluctant to spend that kind of money. In the eyes of those nobles, it was better to cultivate a new talent than to spend that much money on potions. Thus, potions that could increase levels were extremely rare on the continent.
After giving the potion to Tei, Zhao Hai turned and returned to his room. He wanted to see how long it would take for Tei and the others to elevate their levels.
One must know that the potions now were better than before. Zhao Hai believed they would be able to elevate their levels faster than Laura and the others did. Zhao Hai had just seen that the lower-level mages in the Vigan Family were not lacking in talent; they were just young. In fact, according to the standards of the continent, the training talent of these people from the Vigan Family was still quite good. It was known that producing a ninth-level expert on the continent was extremely difficult. Even for eighth-level experts, ordinary small families couldn’t train one. Yet, the Vigan Family in a place like Demon City could actually produce two eighth-level experts, which spoke volumes about their training talent.
There was not much restriction in Demon City, but similarly, the resources here couldn’t compare with those in the mainland. If the capital of the Pagoda Empire was a great magical metropolis, then Demon City was like a small mountain village, often attacked by beasts.
Seeing through the surveillance device that Tei and the others were practicing, Zhao Hai stepped out of his room. He needed to meet Barn. Now that all the servants of the Vigan Family had left, Vigan wanted to keep a few people behind, but Zhao Hai did not agree. Once a fight broke out, he would not have the energy to manage them, so it was better to let them leave early. However, this meant that small tasks like summoning people would now have to be done by Zhao Hai himself.
Barn was still sitting in the carriage outside, quietly waiting for Zhao Hai. It was obvious he was a very patient person. Zhao Hai looked at Barn, smiled slightly, and said, “Barn, come over here.”
Barn was sitting in the carriage in a daze, knowing his family might not survive. This was the reason for his distraction. He had never left Demon City since he was young; he didn’t even know how to live if he left, so Barn chose to stay.