Chapter 234: Let’s Create… a Magic Circle Together!

Looking at Tina, who appeared behind her, Lolth showed a look of curiosity.

"Tina… what are you doing here?"

She didn’t think there was any reason for Tina to be in the mountain forest of the southern new district at this time.

But Tina had a good reason.

"I came to find you, Master Lolth… City Hall has discussed a feasible plan for building ‘public transportation’ to other cities," Tina presented a thick stack of materials to Lolth, "Based on the suggestions from Mayor Old Harper, I think we can use… monster-drawn carts as a temporary substitute for ‘rail transit.’"

Hearing Tina saying this, Lolth immediately understood that this was mostly inspired by Dadaka and Happy Number Dog Cart.

Although it might take a long time, having enough magical creatures could indeed be a good idea.

But the challenge is how to find magical creatures that can pull carts and be tamed.

Even though it is common for the Abyssal Demon and others to use magical creatures as mounts or transport… this requires a Superoperator to control them.

Getting a Superoperator to drive magical creatures to pull carts is also a difficult task.

"This idea is good, but where will we find so many magical creatures and a Superoperator to control them…"

Lolth said this as she paused her work on upgrading the magic circle and looked at a stack of about twenty pages of information.

While feeling pleased and amazed by City Hall’s efficiency, Lolth also began to understand the Demon King’s struggles.

Especially since this information was very different from her own, which was filled with unnecessary details; it was packed with useful facts.

It is hard to imagine that in such a short time, Tina and City Hall conducted a survey on the travel willingness of all residents in Hillenbrand Town, found a map of Vera Plain, planned the routes, and roughly figured out the population and trade situation of several major cities.

This document about "the establishment and construction of public transport" indeed provides a "feasible plan" rather than just a proposal.

It considers exactly how many lines to open, how many trips each line will run each day, what ticket sales methods will be used, how much they will cost, how return trips will be arranged, and how to negotiate with other cities’ demon races.

The creation of the carriages and the taming of magical beasts are no exception.

"I see… I was planning to ask Kululu about this method, but Dorothy said we could use some large magical beasts for training, right?" Lolth nodded and said, "That is one way… But isn’t it still not enough to rely only on Dorothy?"

"Yes, so Master Lolth, we still need to come to you… The laboratory should also have suitable magical creatures, and Master Kululu has raised excellent magical beasts like ‘Dadaka’ that don’t need a driver at all," Tina said with a look of shame, "Not completing the task independently is our neglect!"

"No, using the power of Kululu and me can definitely be considered a plan. If you hadn’t reminded me, I would have completely forgotten about it, so thank you all," Lolth said while tapping her head, "But there’s no rush, right? Let me first finish upgrading the magic circle… By the way, it’s not like someone is attacking, so there’s really no need to rush here to report—it’s a bit strange."

As Lolth said this, Tina apologized again.

"I’m very sorry, Master Lolth, I was indeed a bit too anxious… These matters can certainly wait until you return to the torture tower to report!"

She felt a little confused about her own behavior.

After returning to the torture tower, I found that my master Lolth was not in the tower. Naturally, I went out to look for her and then followed the directions of the farmers on duty in the southern new area to come here… I never considered that I could wait for Lolth to come back in the torture tower.

Ever since becoming the real leader of City Hall, Tina has rarely acted so recklessly!

But actually, Tina herself vaguely guessed the reasons for her series of actions…

I really wanted to see my master Lolth, I wanted her to praise me so much.

Because of this, I disturbed my master Lolth, and indeed, as a mere maid and servant of Lolth, I did not think things through well enough.

How could I let my feelings ruin my master Lolth’s plans… Although this time I only interrupted her a little, it is still an issue of my attitude, a mistake in my thinking.

Tina reflected on her regret but at the same time felt a little joy for having these emotions.

It seems I am truly a hopeless person who loses my rationality whenever it comes to matters related to "Master Lolth"…

Lolth would certainly not be truly angry with Tina or blame her for such a thing.

"No… it’s alright, it’s actually a good time for you to come—come over and lend a hand; you know how to set up a simple magic circle, right?"

She looked at the guilty Tina, waved her hand, and spoke to her.

When Tina heard Lolth’s words, she naturally pulled herself out of her emotions and regained her spirit.

"I know a bit, Mistress Lolth."

She said humbly.

Although she was not a mage by profession, since learning that Lolth was good at magic circles, Tina had studied a lot to catch up on this knowledge.

Spellcasters have some common traits; even an epic elf priest learning some magic circle knowledge is not starting entirely from scratch.

Hearing Tina’s words, Lolth showed a relaxed expression, "That’s great! Please help me by using your magic to maintain the structure of these common runes; it would be best to help stabilize the structure—while I connect the two structures, you can also help by channeling your magic to complete the link."

Although Tina couldn’t directly help build the magic circle, due to the special nature of the ancient runes, it was necessary to maintain a high concentration of magic in the environment while constructing it. So, if Lolth had to split her focus to stabilize the common rune structure and inject magic when bridging the new structure with the existing magic circle, it would be quite tricky.

There was a high-level priest who continuously used magic to maintain the structures. It was a simple job, but considering there were hundreds of these magic circles, it was indeed very helpful.

Tina, of course, would not refuse; she even felt excited and honored to be able to help Master Lolth with the magic circles, and she began her task.

She stood in front of Lolth, clasped her hands together, and released her magic, feeling her power gently guided and blended with Lolth’s, gathering in the magic circle, and her cheeks even felt slightly warm.

"This is… what it feels like to create a magic circle with Master Lolth…"

She whispered excitedly, unable to stop her body from trembling.

Meanwhile, inside the torture tower, Isabella, who had completed the Superoperator training at the police station, returned to the torture tower, searching everywhere but could not find Tina and Lolth.

"Lolthlinda—Tina—where did you go?"

The knight, who had been hungry all day and had only managed to eat three boxed meals in the cafeteria, showed a puzzled expression.

Then, recalling the recent half-plane channel incident, this puzzlement turned into worry.

Could there be some trouble again?