Chapter 549: Purchase of property
Chapter 542 Buying Real Estate
Owen was doing crafts, he used silver thread to meticulously sew runes on a pair of high-grade deerskin gloves, inlaid small pieces of crystal as stable nodes to guide the magic infusion, similar to transcribing scrolls, but one must possess a clear understanding of the spell’s construction, as well as good craftsmanship, or else the slightest mistake would risk fracturing a finger.
In fact, what he had made was a half-finished enchanted equipment, there was no place to store energy, so it could not be activated on its own, it needed to be personally infused with magic to be able to do so, which greatly limited the scope of the user as spell casters were always in the minority, and the spells inscribed on these gloves were mage’s hands of little use, once again narrowing the scope of use.
However, Owen had uniquely reduced the release distance and instead enhanced the strength of the spell, so upon activation his hands would be covered in a layer of reinforcing magic, making his hands stronger and more powerful.
If he could only crush and burst eggs before, he could now make durians burst with juice.
This was just the beginning, Owen planned to inscribe the spell Sword Edge Protection on his light leather armor and reduce the defensive area, instead strengthening the basic structure, and then connecting it to the mage gloves, which would then be a magical version of a simplified exoskeleton.
As long as the supply of magic power was constant, Owen’s upper body would have the strength of a professional warrior level.
It wasn’t as good as adding points directly to strength, but it was just the beginning, and he could theoretically combine as many spells up as he had, and even create a magical version of power armor.
And that’s just the pure mage route, he’s gained a lot of insight during his time in Sea Breeze, such as goblin technology, gnome machinery with dwarven guns, all of which are unique.
If he absorbed all of them, he would be able to greatly enhance the basic technology of the territory and provide more inspiration for the fusion of magic and technology.
However, the most important thing for Owen now is to get a stable real estate, instead of living in the tavern’s guest room all day long and listening to the intermittent sound of playing cards next door, which is almost like adding fuel to the fire for the young man who is on fire.
On the other hand, he was also a bit of a clean freak and had no intention of sharing a bidet with the crowd.
He didn’t even have any material for his craft, so he had no choice but to use a foot and a half of parchment to write a simple, everyday essay to soothe his young, flirty heart.
But this also made Owen full of motivation, copying books during the day, copying scrolls at night, and doing odd jobs when he was not doing anything, and then calculated that he only needed three years to buy a residential house in Sea Breeze Town, which was so efficient that it made him sigh with emotion when he was burdened with several decades of mortgage payments in his previous life.
The problem was that he couldn’t wait that long, so he went looking for a haunted house.
Unfortunately, this thing was surprisingly in demand, after all, Sea Breeze Town wasn’t some remote mountain village, there weren’t many law professions, but they couldn’t be called rare either, not to mention that there was a shrine here, so as long as there was enough interest, no haunted house could exist.
It was not easy for Owen to find a leakage, located at the foot of the mountain several miles away from the town’s wooden house.
Where it was originally built by lumberjacks, but it was abandoned after being destroyed by a group of dog-headed men, and Sea Breeze somehow thought of it and returned it to the town’s property, but it was haunted by the undead, leading to it becoming a negative asset that rotted in the hands of the town.
It’s not that the town couldn’t find someone to fix the problem, it was the cost.
The labor and commissions spent exceeded the value of the cabin itself, and since it didn’t affect the town, it was naturally put on hold indefinitely.
The town’s paperwork also remembered the place after watching Owen rummage through the haunted house one way or another.
“For only ten silver coins, all the land within a hundred paces of this wooden house belongs to you, a very good deal.” The clerk sold this wooden house that had the potential to become a historical legacy, and Owen was indeed moved.
Ten silver coins was obviously a bit steep for a log cabin, let alone one that was miles from town and located at the foot of a mountain.
With little land to farm and the threat of dog-heads and bandits, even the penniless would be reluctant to go there. But a hundred paces is more than a hundred meters, ten silver coins can get such a piece of private land is very cost-effective, if it is a little bigger, it is comparable to a small knight fiefdom.
Most importantly, this was recognized by Sea Breeze Town, so Owen had the right to kill anyone other than nobles within this range, even knights couldn’t trespass without the lord’s order.
This was not to say that the rights of the house lord overrode the knights, but to maintain the lord’s authority, and everyone knew this by heart.
Besides, what could an ordinary person do to stop a knight from breaking in? Just kill the homeowner and the violation is no longer a violation.
It’s as if there is no case without the sufferer.
But Owen was a spell caster, even if he was just an apprentice, and no knight would want to be easily offended, as well as having the ability to defend himself, so this place was not less attractive to him.
After going through the formalities, Owen collected the land deed and went alone to the forest hut five miles away from Sea Breeze Town.
The terrain here was slightly rugged, so it wasn’t reclaimed as farmland, and the nearest farmland was three miles away from here, which was very secluded, perfect for Owen who needed a quiet environment.
Coming to the foot of the mountain, there was a long house of about ten meters on a flatter terrain, and two wooden sheds in a wide yard surrounded by a fence.
Because it was built by lumberjacks, the materials used were very solid, even if no one had maintained it for a long time, it still remained intact, and the ground in the yard was also hardened by the bases.
“Next is the wilderness survival program.” Owen put on his gloves, and after activating the enchantment, the invisible force field covered his upper body, making him as strong as an ox, and swung the shovel he brought with him to shovel away the ground inside the longhouse to a depth of half a foot, and then fill in the new yellow soil to make it solid, and then lay wooden planks when he was in a position to do so.
Owen so much trouble, mainly a bunch of lumberjacks hygiene habits are too poor, eat, drink and shit in the house, the smell are seeped into the soil, do not clean up, how to clean up is useless.
After all this there was nothing more to do, because apart from a fire pit, there was only a row of wooden beds made of round logs, that is, lined up in rows close to the ground, not even the legs of the beds, and there was no place to clean.
The only good thing about it was that the lumberjacks used a special wood that repelled snakes and insects, and I’m sure they didn’t want to find some little cutie on their bodies as soon as they got up every morning, so there weren’t any critters in the house to repel.
Spreading the animal skins he brought and lighting a fire pit to dispel the humidity, Owen finally had an environment where he could study in peace.
The Sword Blade Protection and Mage’s Hand that he knew in his previous life, after all this time of copying scrolls, Owen had already mastered them in depth, so he decided to start learning new spells, and that was why he chose a quiet environment.
However, Owen had forgotten that there were undead here in addition to the bias, and didn’t think about it until he heard the sound of clacking dead bones rubbing together from outside the door.
Carrying a one-handed axe with a round wooden shield, Owen stepped out of the longhouse and frowned when he found the three skeleton soldiers roaming outside.
Skeleton soldiers were not naturally occurring undead, or unless in a large-scale battlefield, skeleton soldiers would not appear at all without a necromancer’s summoning.
Thankfully, these Skeleton Soldiers had obviously lost their command, or else they wouldn’t be roaming around, or else Owen would have to think about how to deal with the necromancer.
(End of chapter)