Chapter 9: The Magical Society
Greenie Avenue.
The most prosperous street in the city of Diluo, the royal capital.
Building No. 18 is home to the Magical Society.
The Magical Society, like the Adventurers' Guild, is a long-established organization governing the wizard's profession.
It has been established for at least tens of millions of years...... Older than the Holy See of Light.
Millions of years ago, on the continent of Azeroa, the human race was weak, and the elven race who mastered magic was an unshakable overlord, and the purpose of the establishment of the Terran Magic Association was just like Prometheus who stole the holy fire, for the rise of the human race, a magic research institution was established.
After the establishment of the Magic Association, a large amount of magical knowledge was stolen from the elves, and a large number of magicians were trained for the human race.
For this reason, the Magic Association was severely suppressed by the elves, and even banned by explicit...... A large number of sages were brutally killed in the "Forbidden Order", and the activities of the Magic Association were once underestimated.
But the spark of knowledge was successfully passed on, and the Terrans eventually replaced the elves and secured the position of overlord.
The role of the Magic Association can be said to be indispensable.
Therefore, in the human world, the Magical Society is welcomed and respected by all countries.
The influence of the Magical Society has also grown, and this organization not only manages tens of millions of registered magicians, but also some highly respected legendary magicians, and can even mediate wars between the two kingdoms.
Of course, with the continuous expansion of the influence of the Holy Light Holy See in the past thousand years, the Magic Association has gradually declined, but its incomparably profound heritage still makes the Holy See quite jealous and does not dare to clash.
And in the face of the increasing erosion of divine power on secular royal power, many kingdoms in the human world have increased their support for the Magic Association, hoping to balance it.
However, the organizational structure of the Magic Association is relatively loose, the term of office election system of the elders, and the pursuit of knowledge by magicians is generally greater than power, and they do not like to intervene in power struggles very much, and there are no irreconcilable contradictions with the Holy Light Church, so they are generally safe.
But Zhou Ming knew that in the eyes of the Holy Light Sect, the Magic Association and the Adventurer Guild were the second "Elven Clan", and once their gods sent down oracles, I was afraid that overnight, these two unions that had existed for thousands of years would disappear completely.
The end will be worse than that of the elves.
After all, in God's eyes, what else can be placed in it besides his own believers?
After showing the badge of "Trainee Magician" to the staff, and entering the door of this low-rise building that seemed to be only two stories high from the outside, Zhou Ming's eyes suddenly brightened.
Big!
The hall inside is extraordinarily large, almost as large as a football field.
The height of the inner space is more than 10 meters.
There is a three-story building with offices, shops, taverns, inns, and other functional buildings.
and an underground auction house and professional level testing center.
"The space magic that opens up the dimensional space can only be opened up by a mage of the rank of a legendary mage or above. ”
In addition, the magic lights in the hall are bright, as if it were daylight.
On the magic crystal display wall, various quest information is displayed in scrolling...... Continent-wide networking.
There are also air conditioning and humidity control equipment to keep the temperature and humidity in the association in the best condition at all times.
Even, Zhou Ming also saw the elevator device that made it easy for people to get on and off, as well as the phone placed at the front desk.
Everything in the Magic Association made Zhou Ming think that he had traveled to modern society.
He even wondered if a time-traveler had ever been to this plane and invented something familiar to him.
But when I think about it, the Magic Association has been founded for more than tens of millions of years, and magicians are all knowledgeable intellectuals, and it is quite normal to produce a few genius scientists and inventors to improve magic technology and facilitate the work and life of magicians.
Traversers are not omnipotent, and natives cannot be conceived of as stupid and imbecile.
……
Inside a magic shop.
Looking at the buff staff hanging on the commodity wall, Zhou Ming swallowed his saliva.
Want.
He wanted it so badly.
For example, the top staff was inlaid with a superb magic stone at the top, and there were also seven magic cores of different colors inlaid with the staff below, which he especially wanted.
The sloppy old man in front of him, that is, the store manager Golf, showed a mouthful of crooked yellow teeth and said:
"The magic stone inlaid with this buff staff can hold up to 10 units of magic power, enough to release 20 level 3 magic, and the seven magic cores embedded in the middle are all the magic cores of third-level magic beasts, and the remaining magic power can directly release 21 level 3 magic without chanting, these magic cores have wind, fire, earth, water, ice, and a very rare thunder system, with huge attack power...... Boy, this buff staff, do you want to either?"
Squaff said in a seductive tone.
"Yes!"
Zhou Ming nodded, not to mention the magic stone with huge capacity, the seven magic cores embedded around the staff are absolutely good!
You must know that Warcraft is different from humans, many Warcraft are born with a very high "elemental affinity", the soul frequency is inherently high, and it is easy to master magic...... Legend has it that in ancient times, Warcraft was the master of the ground.
The magic core is easy to consume in battle, and after killing the demon beast, the magic core obtained often only has a small amount of magic power left, or even disappears completely.
Therefore, the Demon Core is not only difficult to obtain, but also very precious.
In addition, the magic core is a consumable item, which can be used once and consumed once until it disappears and cannot be restored.
Therefore, it is expensive.
"Boy, do you have this number in your hand?" said Golf with five fingers and asked Zhou Ming.
"500,000 is so expensive?" Zhou Ming was speechless.
"What a hundred thousand, that's five million!" Golf corrected him.
"Five million?"
Zhou Ming was taken aback, five million?
It's so expensive, you must know that the purchasing power of gold coins is very high, and the cost of an ordinary family of six and a year old is only more than 10 gold coins.
Five million gold coins is enough to feed 500,000 families.
Excuse me, excuse me!, he thought to himself, the buff staff.
He didn't have that much gold for the time being, so he could buy this top-tier staff.
Only the one of the second class can be selected.
"How many gold coins does that buff staff inlaid with a large magic stone and two second-level magic cores sell for?"
"400,000. ”
"What about this buff staff with two medium-sized philosopher's stones?" "The medium-sized philosopher's stone is the size of a one-year-old baby's fist.
"150,000. ”
"That'...... What about this buff staff inlaid with three small philosopher's stones?" "The philosopher's stone on this staff is not as big as a walnut.
"75 thousand. ”
"Could it be...... I can only choose the bottom one with only a small magic stone embedded in the buff staff?" Zhou Ming said a little depressed.
"25,000 gold coins, young man, the buff staff in my store is all high-grade magic stones, not the garbage outside that can only hold a few first-level magic, I have tested this staff, and it is no problem to hold 12 first-level magic, I didn't arbitrarily make a price. ”
The 12 first-level magic that Squaff is talking about here refers to the magic particles that can be accommodated, not the complete magic, and if you want to use it, you have to import the magic power from the user.
Even so, this greatly facilitates the mage and saves the cost of gathering Magic Grains.
And the magic stone can be used repeatedly, and after the magic particles inside are used up, they can be refilled.
"Well, it looks like I can only afford this staff. ”
Zhou Ming nodded, the original owner of his body, the staff worth more than 10,000 gold coins he used before, could only hold 6 first-level magic, and the staff he wanted to buy now had twice the capacity, and the price would naturally be doubled.
"Here's my Crystal card, help me wrap that buff staff, I bought it. ”
Zhou Ming took out the magic crystal card in his pocket and handed it to Squamb.
Take the magic crystal card, swipe it on the transfer machine, and after a "drop" sound, the transaction is completed.
"Next time, boy!"
Handing the boxed buff staff to Zhou Ming, Golf's attitude became a little more enthusiastic.
Zhou Ming was not very happy, because the balance on his magic crystal card was only 7000.
What can you buy with this little gold?
He walked around the magic potion shop.
For magicians, the role of magic potions is quite important.
For example, the [Stamina Restorer] can quickly restore the physical strength of the magician, and the price is 500 gold coins per bottle.
There is also [Mana Recovery Agent], which has the effect of speeding up the recovery of mana, and the price is 1000 gold coins per bottle.
There are even [Super Magic Elixirs] that increase the frequency of the soul, and [Dragon Blood Elixirs] that can be mixed with dragon blood to increase the qualifications of magicians...... The price of these drugs is unusually expensive.
In addition, there are [healing potion], [tranquilizer], [incendiary potion], [corrosive potion], [explosive potion], ...... Some potions even have offensive power.
There are hundreds of varieties of potions in the pharmacy.
In addition, it also sells [strong acid potion], [strong alkali potion], and [neutralizing potion], which are commonly used in experiments, and the customers are those magicians who love to study potions.
Zhou Ming thought about it for a while and bought 1 bottle of [Healing Elixir] and 3 bottles of [Tranquilizer] (which can enhance the effect of meditation).
A total of 4,000 gold coins were spent.
Looking at the only 3,000 gold coins left on the card, Zhou Ming's shopping action came to an end.
However, he still went to the "Magic Scroll Shop" next to him to take a look, and the dazzling array of magic scrolls, as well as the prices of at least hundreds of thousands, and up to hundreds of thousands of millions, made Zhou Ming feel that he was still very poor.
I have to continue to find a way to make money.
……
After buying things, Zhou Ming walked out of the Magic Association.
One appeared on the street.
He attracted far more eyes than he had just come.
A gaze of envy, respect, adoration.
As well as whispering.
"He's a venerable magician. ”
"This magician is so young. ”
"It seems to be a student at the Brno School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. ”
"If only I could marry a magician. ”
"If only my son were a magician. ”
There were all kinds of chattering voices in my ears.
Zhou Ming is no longer surprised...... After all, the probability of the birth of a magician is 1 in a million, and the number of magicians in the entire royal capital does not even exceed 300 (including the students of the Brno School of Witchcraft and Wizardry).
Extreme rarity, representing extreme dignity.
Even the soldiers patrolling the streets saluted the magicians and called them "Venerable Mage".
Those gangster forces of the three religions and the nine streams dare not provoke it...... Magicians don't have to bear any legal responsibility for killing them.
However, on the way back to the rental house, Zhou Ming frowned.
He was followed.
Walking to an uninhabited alley, Zhou Ming stopped and shouted in a low voice: "Don't follow, come out!"
"Honor... Dear Sir, I ...... I ......"
A man walked out of the alley and said in a trembling voice.
"Say, what's the purpose of stalking me?"
Zhou Ming turned around and looked at this thinly dressed, thin and handsome young man with a serious face, his expression was cowering, but he also revealed a stubborn young man.
"I ...... I ......"
The boy was stumbling and seemed to have difficulty speaking.
"Don't say it, die!"
In front of Zhou Ming, a whirlwind blew.