In the next moment, the sound of bones cracking echoed.
Li Meng's body rapidly expanded.
He only stopped growing when he surpassed Margarita in height.
Lowering his head, Li Meng kissed Margarita's flushed lips.
Just then, hurried footsteps sounded outside the door.
Three Lizardman maids entered.
Upon seeing the two embracing and kissing, the maids' expressions changed slightly.
They quickly lowered their heads and exited the chamber.
They didn't forget to close the chamber door as they left.
Before long, the chamber was filled with noise.
The Lizardman maids outside listened, blushing furiously.
It wasn't until the next morning that Li Meng leisurely left the chamber.
After leaving, Li Meng headed straight to the Throne Hall.
"Great King!"
Hurried footsteps sounded outside the door.
A tall, robust green figure hurriedly entered the Throne Hall.
It was Gobu Sheng, who had evolved into the Goblin Leader.
Standing at 3.5 meters, it appeared very tall.
It knelt on the ground, looking somewhat simple and honest.
"Send centaur messengers to notify the leaders of all tribes to come see me immediately!"
"Yes!"
Gobu Sheng stood up, turned, and left in a hurry.
Li Meng didn't linger in the Throne Hall either and got up to leave.
After leaving the throne palace, Li Meng went to the Gobu Da tribe.
"Great King, why... why have you come?"
The arrival of the Great King made Gobu Da a bit nervous.
As soon as Li Meng entered the tribe, Gobu Da, having received the news, eagerly came to greet him.
"I need to make some things. Prepare the best carpentry workshop for me!"
Gobu Da's eyes lit up.
His face was filled with an ugly smile, full of flattery.
"Great King, this way, this way!"
Li Meng followed Gobu Da deeper into the tribe.
Eventually, they entered a carpentry workshop.
Inside the workshop, Li Meng looked around.
He found some suitable wood and tools and sat cross-legged.
"Xiao Bai, can it be done?"
Li Meng held a small knife, cutting the wood under Xiao Bai's guidance.
The seemingly tough wood was like tofu under Li Meng's knife.
"First, build the model, then measure the data of each component in detail. Once you have the data, the final task is assembly. Master, the intelligence of each tribe varies, so it's best to have them collaborate."
"Goblins have the lowest intelligence but are small and agile, useful for building the airship."
"Ogres are big and strong, so they can chop trees and transport logs."
"Building the airship requires a lot of tree resin to seal the joints of each component. This task can be given to the Gnolls."
"The Pigmen tribe has good carpentry skills, so they can process the logs."
"The Orcs have decent intelligence and can work with the Goblins to build the airship."
"Lizardmen have nimble hands, so they can handle rune engraving and weaving sails."
Compared to him, the king of all tribes, Xiao Bai knew more about each tribe.
There was still much to do.
Li Meng didn't ask more questions and focused on making the model.
While making the model, Li Meng also discussed some data about the airship with Xiao Bai.
Since it was for an expedition, the airship couldn't be too small.
Although larger airships consumed more magic power.
But as long as more slimes were equipped, this problem could be solved.
Time passed little by little, day by day.
"Xiao Bai, do other races' airships also use slimes to provide magic power?"
"No, without a life-sharing contract, slime magic only goes in, not out."
"All races on the Augus continent rely on magic crystals or elemental crystal mines for their airships!"
Xiao Bai's words reminded Li Meng of the Water Slime.
The Water Slime had a very high magic attribute.
But it didn't have any magic skills that consumed magic power.
"So, using Fire Crystals can also provide magic power for the airship?"
"Yes, but converting fire elements to wind elements is very complicated. You must convert fire elements to non-attribute magic first, then convert non-attribute magic to wind elements, which results in significant magic loss."
"Then there's not much difference between Water Slime and Fire Crystals."
"There's a big difference. All life forms have non-attribute magic within them. To elemental spirits, non-attribute magic is like food. By consuming their own magic, they can drive elemental spirits. Different personalities and mental wavelengths attract different elemental spirits."
"Then how does battle energy drive elemental spirits?"
"Battle energy allows the body to absorb elemental spirits for enhancement. During this process, the body gradually adapts to elemental magic and is gradually assimilated by elemental spirits. This increases the body's compatibility with elemental spirits. The higher the compatibility, the more battle energy can be released. If you forcibly release more battle energy than the body can handle, the body will collapse, and the user will be rejected by external elemental spirits, making it impossible to drive them."
Li Meng learned another piece of knowledge from Xiao Bai.
"Then besides elemental battle energy, there should be other types of battle energy in this world."
"Yes, there are many variants of elemental spirits, some naturally born, others artificially created."
"What type of attribute battle energy is my monstrous strength battle energy?"
"It should be non-attribute, purely magic release!"
Is that so?
Li Meng felt Xiao Bai's guess was wrong.
But Li Meng couldn't think of a reason to refute it.
His monstrous strength battle energy came from the 'Divine Child. Monstrous Strength' skill.
This power seemed to be more than just battle energy.
After all, the destructive power of monstrous strength battle energy was incredibly strong.
To this day, Li Meng had never fully unleashed his monstrous strength battle energy.
When he annihilated the Papal State's envoy convoy, Li Meng was merely testing the waters.
He used less than one-tenth of his strength.
In the carpentry workshop, Li Meng continued to work on the airship model.
While processing the wood in his hands.
Li Meng would occasionally pick up a wooden board and draw on it.
Looking around Li Meng, the wooden boards were piled high.
Each board recorded the data of a component of the airship.
Busy times always seem short.
Unknowingly, day after day passed.
"Great King, the leaders of all tribes have arrived!"
In the morning, Gobu Da cautiously entered the carpentry workshop.
Seeing the Great King almost buried under wooden boards, Gobu Da spoke cautiously.
"How long has it been?"
The Great King's question made Gobu Da count on his fingers.
"Ten... seventeen days!"
"Let them wait, I'll be done soon!"
"Yes, Great King!"
Gobu Da turned and eagerly ran outside.
The centaur messengers were waiting outside.
Those big guys were really beautiful.
If one day the Great King rewarded him with a centaur, that would be great.
Such a big rump, so much white meat, it must be delicious.