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Chapter 848: Bountiful Spoils
Chapter 848: Bountiful Spoils
As expected, there were scarcely any creatures left alive in Green Spikefur King’s Emerald Forest.
When Sein and the others arrived, the once lush and vibrant landscape had been reduced to a graveyard of dry, rotting, ash-white tree trunks—silent remnants of the forest’s former glory.
Fortunately, Lorianne showed care for her “pets” that had pledged their loyalty to her long before the war erupted.
In addition to granting Green Spikefur King the opportunity to relocate to her world laboratory, she also allowed the hedgehog to bring along some of its clan members.
Despite this, Green Spikefur King chose not to follow the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring Army back to Magus World right away.
Instead, it stayed behind in Emerald Forest with the few surviving members of its clan.
Even a broken and desolate home was still a home.
Green Spikefur King remained deeply attached to its Emerald Forest.
As a demigod, Green Spikefur King could influence the planar power and its environmental laws to a certain extent.
With its presence here, Emerald Forest would undoubtedly recover more quickly than other parts of Verdant Wilderness World.
For now, its move to Lorianne’s world laboratory would be postponed.
Of course, Lorianne respected its decision.
After bidding farewell to Green Spikefur King, Sein began his journey back to the Magus World.
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Inside the space fortress...
Lorianne looked at her apprentice with an air of interest.
Her complexion had improved significantly since her time in Sandstorm World, though it was unclear whether her recovery was due to proper rest or the invigorating effects of the bountiful spoils of war.
After returning to Verdant Wilderness World, the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring Army had finally completed the calculations for their gains from this civilization war.
Every mage from the Divine Tower had earned far more than they could have imagined.
Sein, for instance, amassed not only loot and special materials during the war but also a wealth of exotic specimens.
Her suggestion carried a clear double standard. After all, Lorianne herself had not deeply explored the mysteries of the pyro element, even though her own mentor, Feylis, was a renowned Pyromancer.
Of course, Sein had no intention of rejecting his mentor’s suggestion. With his impending promotion to Rank Three, expanding his knowledge base into other fields of study could benefit him in the long run.
Moreover, dendro elemental knowledge was closely linked to apothecary—a field in which Lorianne also excelled.
With the Wild Gorilla World War now over, dedicating time to learning dendrology and apothecary under Lorianne’s guidance seemed like a valuable opportunity for Sein.
“When Master Archimedes and the others were tallying the post-war gains, I asked them to exclude the kill counts from the plant giants under your command. You don’t have a problem with that, do you?” Lorianne asked, raising an eyebrow.
“Those plant giants were grown using the Viridescent Seeds I gave you. Technically, their contributions don’t count as your own strength,” she explained.
Then, with a pointed look, she added, “In fact, the only reason I agreed to credit part of the kills made by the Verdant Wilderness World plant creatures to you is because you’re my apprentice. Consider it a generous backdoor favor.”
“No problem, no problem! I have absolutely zero issues with that,” he replied hastily, waving his hands.
All the war gains, aside from the portion allocated to mages like Sein, were considered public funds of the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring—or more accurately, Lorianne’s private earnings.
As Lorianne’s apprentice, Sein was not foolish enough to argue over profits with his own mentor.
If even Sein and every other mage who participated in this war had earned significant amounts, one could only imagine how much the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring itself had gained.
A war of this scale, if repeated, could potentially allow Lorianne to eliminate the debt she was burdened with entirely.
Beyond these immediate war gains, Verdant Wilderness World, Lavender Harmony Plane, Sandstorm World, and the surrounding resource demiplanes also came under the control of the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring.
These planes held immense potential for development. With long-term management, they could provide sustainable profits.
Although the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring suffered considerable losses during the war, it also reaped significant rewards.
The only downside was that the gains were not directly in magicoins.
The immense war earnings were largely reflected as converted figures, with much of the loot comprising the corpses and materials of high-level Wild Gorillas or captured gorillas who had been subdued.
It would take time to convert these materials and enslaved gorillas into magicoins.
Fortunately, the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring had already partnered with Black Oblivion’s family and the Arriba Interstellar Chamber of Commerce, which would expedite the process of converting these resources into currency.
Of course, the Divine Tower also encouraged war mages to accept Wild Gorilla slaves or valuable specimen materials as substitutes when redeeming their war gains.
This practice would help the divine tower save on transaction fees.