Kapitel 1142: Merfolk (Part 2)

"Yet without resources, we couldn't craft the proper tools and without tools, we couldn't learn powerful magic and acquire resources. We've been stuck in this vicious cycle until the plague." Khalia said.

Lith pondered their words, finding them to be as ugly as they were true. Every lab needed to be shielded by external influences and each failed experiment usually exploded.

'I didn't have most of such problems because of Solus, yet I can't even count the number of times one of my experiments would have killed me if not for the tower's protection.' He thought.

"We are masters at using water and earth magic to create artificial underground flows. We use them to make Reghia completely self-sufficient and to travel safely from our city to here.

"We even created a thermal bath to keep the humans clean." Mal said.