Chapter 296
Chapter 296 Magical Energies
An entire two hours later, Greem exited Piro’s adept tower.
Adept Nunnally stared at Greem as she calmly spoke to him on the way back to the outpost, “If you still have spacestones in your possession, the Byron Clan will be willing to buy it from you at an extremely high price. We won’t disappoint you!”
Despite how composed he usually was, even Greem almost panicked at how intensely she gazed gazing at him. Still, he was able to keep up the facade. He smiled awkwardly as he said, “My Lady, that spacestone was a spoil of war from the planar war I have just returned from. It’s only because I was unfamiliar with its attributes that I conducted such a reckless experiment. You have already seen the outcome… “
Greem betrayed an expression of regret after saying that.
Adept Nunnally calmly looked at Greem, only shifting her gaze away after a long period of time. She fell silent.
The atmosphere became slightly awkward.
When they finally returned to the outpost, they found that the place had returned to its usual peace.
The Cannon’s cooldown was fairly short. It fired one shot every five seconds. This allowed them to fire at an incomparable rate when they faced off against adept apprentices.
Ten ugly goblins equipped with these Magic Cannons could easily crush a group of ten apprentice adepts armed to the teeth. If magic-powered weapons were spread throughout their entire population, the strength of the Goblin Plane would be enough to rival those of mid-sized planes.
Greem’s mad thoughts were quickly dismissed by the chip. The reason provided by the chip was a logical one as well.
The Goblin Empire could not possibly reach a level envisioned by Greem. The main factor restricting their growth was the lack of elementium crystals.
Their success and innovation might have come from the limitations of the low-magic world they lived in, but it was the same low-magic world that held them back!
It was precisely because of the low-magic environment they lived in that they lacked magical talents. This forced them to go down the path of magical-machine technology. However, the magical-machine technology required a massive energy source if it was to rapidly develop!
The low-magic Goblin Plane couldn’t possibly possess large elementium crystal reserves. Thus, the development of their magical-machine technology required an alternate source of energy. Greem actually had high hopes for the Goblin Empire’s development when he thought about it from this perspective.
As long as they were able to solve the problem of an energy source, they could easily rely on their usage of magic-powered weapons and machines to rapidly rise into a powerhouse of the multiverse.
Honestly, even Greem felt that conquering the world wouldn’t be a problem if he was able to gain control of this group of goblins. However, it was nearly impossible for him to suppress these wild goblins before he obtained absolute power. He had to wait in patience.
Once his own powers increased, and the influence and military strength he held reached a level capable of dealing with a planar war, he would consider invading and conquering this Goblin Empire.
With this understanding, Greem encouraged and consoled Snorlax. He even set aside a batch of resources and money for Snorlax to use for continued communication with the goblins of the other world. However, Greem made a rule for Snorlax to follow. This was to avoid excessive strengthening of the Goblin Plane.
He made a list of items that could be traded and items that were forbidden from trade.
Greem asked Snorlax to attract Gazlowe with continuous trading but to never allow this savage wolf to evolve into a ferocious tiger. Every item involved in the trade had to be vetted by Greem before the actual trade.
Of course, Snorlax agreed to Greem’s requests.
Trust, pride, dignity, and loyalty to his race were completely irrelevant in Snorlax’s eyes. His only priority was getting into the good graces of his master. Selling his race to his master? As long as the price was right, he would gladly do it in the blink of an eye and with a wide grin on his face!
Moral dilemmas and guilt? My greatest apologies. Snorlax would never possess such unnecessary emotions for even the slightest second.