Volume 1 Omen of the Moon Chapter 5 The Tower Master
On the second day of Muen's birthday, the guards who came to escort the imperial capital finally arrived, and Ansher took Muen's family to prepare to return to the imperial capital in a carriage. Medanzo made a rare appearance, and the two classmates and best friends stood together and chatted a few words. On the side of the carriage, Ansher could be heard saying to Medanzo: "You are my most important person besides my father and teacher, and I am also the nobleman I look up to, and when I come back next time you must make the province richer." Then I could hear Medanzo tell him that it was better not to come if he had something to do, and if he came once, he would have to pay for a string of source stone bracelets, which was really unbearable. It is also emphasized that this kind of behavior cannot be regarded as a guest at all, it is a naked robbery.
In the end, the two hugged each other vigorously, but judging by the fact that their bones could be heard "clicking" from a few meters away, things should not be as simple as they seem.
Ardan was on the far frontier of Atlantis, and it took nearly a month to reach the emperor. During this time, Ansher took out a few basic knowledge books in his luggage and began to teach Mu En, who was already six years old, and normally this is the age to start elementary school.
"Let's talk about the education system of the empire today, the knowledge taught in all junior schools is the same, the school system is four years, and everyone in the junior college will carve a simple magic circuit, which is a universal attributeless circuit, but it is very simple, only a few strokes. Many of the magical genera that were chosen later could be evolved on this basis, and became more and more complex. As for knowledge, junior colleges only teach some common sense knowledge. When you get to the intermediate school, it will start to be divided into a magic academy and an ordinary academy, and the ordinary academy will not be introduced to you, and you won't go to it anyway. The requirements for graduation from the Intermediate Academy of Magic are to obtain the most basic mage qualifications and pass the theoretical written exam, as well as at least one elective, most of which are simple and general Potions, Circle, Combat, and the like. Then, for some special cases, the Intermediate Academy is at least four years old, and this refers to the children of the nobility who are unwilling to study. There is no such hard and fast rule for students who can graduate early with excellent grades, and if they are not talented but like to learn, they can only study in intermediate colleges until they are twenty years old......"
Ansher spoke patiently, but Mu En was still drowsy to listen, and there was no way, Ansher had to take him to play when he stopped and rested every day, and made the lessons more interesting in an entertaining way. Time gradually passed, and the two slowly laid a good emotional foundation.
The escort of Mu En is to avoid attracting attention to travel in casual clothes, and the tower personally accompanies the "psionic guard" for the royal family's drive, this kind of soldier is extremely expensive to cultivate, and every soldier who meets the standard must have at least the magic concentration of a high-level magician, and be proficient in combat science and magic battle array cooperation. This time, three squads were directly dispatched. The Magister Ansher sits in a carriage inscribed with a high-level defensive circle and an alarm system that is directly linked to the Tower Guard. In this way, the number of guards on the surface is thirty-four. The carefully planned route of the Tower's memories, no matter where they were attacked on the road, the Tower's grandmasters could arrive at the battlefield within ten minutes of receiving the alert. Such treatment is not luxurious.
After all, sitting in the carriage was a young man who was personally certified by the Sage Diaxun: a young man with the talent of "even if he is a pig, he can become a holy magister".
But Anschel, who was sitting in the carriage, often had the feeling of being spied on for a moment, which made him not feel relaxed all the way.
But fortunately, it finally arrived safely at the end of the month.
"Wow! What a high city wall! I've never seen such a tall city wall!" Mu En and his party jumped in surprise as they entered the city. In fact, almost everyone who comes to the imperial capital for the first time will express similar feelings, but children's emotions always seem particularly high-pitched.
Ansher grabbed Mu En, rubbed his little brain and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there will be something more beautiful later, let's save some strength and shout together." β
"Is there a more powerful wall than this?" Muen couldn't believe it.
"It's not a city wall, but it's much more powerful than that. β
Hearing this, several of the soldiers who were on guard with a strong sense of honor turned their heads to look this way, but after looking at Ansher's flowing snow robe and the embroidered badge, they turned their heads back.
Inside the tower, in the office of Tavasis.
A magician, who looked much older than Tavasis, walked in with a smile and no knock.
Tavasis raised his head, stood up, and asked with a junior salute, "Teacher, why are you here?" β
The magician, whom Tawasis called his teacher, smiled even more: "I heard that little Ansher has returned with the child. β
"Oh?" said Tavasis in a voice expressing his slight surprise, he glanced at the calendar, it was the twenty-fourth today, and the time was indeed about the same.
"No one has come to inform me about how the teacher knows. Tawasis got up and stepped forward, and walked out with his master in his arms.
"Hey, I don't think it's almost time for them to arrive, they've been on guard for a few days. The little old man looked very happy.
"Teachers are rarely free, how can they still care about such trivial things. And you're old, so leave it to the juniors to do this kind of thing. β
"Eh, what do you call this, nothing related to the future of the empire is a trivial matter. And I'm not even 600 years old, and I still have a job, not too big or too big. Ah...... I think of the fact that I have been an ordinary teacher all my life, and now that I have the opportunity to teach such a gifted boy, I am happy to think about it!" the old man was old and a little chattering, but Tawasis listened patiently.
"Teacher, you want to teach him yourself?"
"If it's advanced learning, you, the Holy Magister, are certainly the best candidate. But there are always some boring things in this study, so you have to have a teacher to be the bad guy. Let me do this bad guy, at my age, he can't blame me if he wants to blame me in the future. Hahaha. "The old mage should have already drafted these words, and he said them very smoothly.
Tabasis pretended to blame: "What is this called, teacher, you just said that you are not very old, in the opinion of foolishness, the teacher can at least appreciate the world for another hundred years." And the teacher's teaching ability, I know. I'll leave it to you, and I'll be most assured. β
The old mage laughed heartily and said, "If you are still 'stupid', there is really no smart person in the world." But what you just said, I'll take it seriously, and I'll work hard to live another hundred years and teach a holy demon master again!"
Tavasis also laughed, "That teacher is the most legendary teacher in the history of the empire. But there are still many people who are smarter than foolishness, such as you, and the child who is about to come. As they spoke, the two of them had already walked to the gate of the tower.
Although the Tower of Eternity is full of clouds, and the facilities inside can be regarded as complete, there is no way to find it, but it is not only the scope of the Tower of Babel, but also the outer courtyard outside the tower, where there are many buildings, and a vast garden.
It only took a few minutes for the old mage and Tavasis to reach the gate of the outer courtyard of the tower from their offices at the top of the tower, and their breathing did not become short, which was enough to show that the old mage was not as old as he looked, and could not be an ordinary teacher, but a hidden tower master.
As an educational institution, the tower also has its own primary, secondary and higher colleges, mainly used to teach the children of the higher nobles, and even if the nobles are unwilling to study, after learning the knowledge of the primary and secondary schools, when they reach adulthood at the age of twenty, they must enter the tower to study for three years.
It was the policy of the empire that nobles were forced to study, and the academies everywhere would accept such nobles, but those who wanted to enter the academies opened by the Tower had to pay extremely high tuition fees. Even so, for thousands of years, capable nobles would still send their children to the tower. There are many reasons, the most utilitarian is at least you can know other nobles, old nobles, favored upstarts are readily available here, if you are lucky, you can also know His Royal Highness the prince who studied here, if you are lucky, you can be added by the descendants of the high-ranking and powerful......
It can be said that this is a good place for nobles to turn over, and the sub-elves live much longer than humans, so their friendship can even last for hundreds or even thousands of years, which is an important reason why a family is intertwined and deep-rooted.
No sooner had the two of them settled in the doorway than a young magician chanted a spell to make a chair from the roots of the tree for them to sit on. After a while, more and more people came to the gate, some of them looked middle-aged, and some of them were already old and even really needed help. But without exception, they all contain a powerful torrent of magic in their bodies.
The old people all had a chair, and they sat together and talked about the old things that had gone through the ages, and even a few professors who were known for their unsmiling smiles had a rare smile on their faces.
Coming to the imperial capital, the psionic guards returned to the royal city to resume their lives. And the more Anschel in the carriage walked towards the tower, the more sweat he had.
"This ...... This is basically all coming......" He secretly smacked his tongue in his heart, people who don't have magic perception will not be affected too much, just like Mu En is still chattering, his parents reacted a little, but they just felt a little depressed.
There is a magic circle in the tower that hides the atmosphere, so walking in the tower campus is no different from other places, but there is not much concealment near the door. And these grandmastersβlet's put it this way, if there is no magic circle or anyone else to stop them, any of the nearly forty people standing in the doorway who looks the weakest can blow up at least a quarter of the imperial capital when the magic is exhausted.
With such a lineup, the natural magic pressure is enough to scare a great magician to death from a distance of a kilometer.
"Ansher, that kid is sweating. Tavasis' teacher said suddenly, causing the surrounding magic masters to burst into laughter.
"When he gets a little closer, we'll rein in our breath when we're five hundred meters away. Another Grandmaster said.
At this time, Tavasis suddenly added fuel to the fire and said: "No, I remember that this kid didn't set fire to your garden last time? β
"Yes, if you don't say I've forgotten, then it's 300 meters. After saying that, there was another round of laughter around.
Anschel in the carriage was very uncomfortable, feeling that the speed of his magic flow was at least two percent slower, and he said in his heart: These old unscrupulous people must be deliberately revenge, it is too much!
When the carriage finally saw the gate of the tower, the majestic magic pressure disappeared, and the flow of magic that had been suppressed for several miles in a radius became smooth again.
Ansher jumped out of the carriage, shook the coachman who almost fainted, and then stepped up more than twenty steps in a few steps, as expected, the grandmasters who were still in the imperial capital were basically all there, he first saluted the mentor and the ancestor, and then stretched out two fingers with his head held high, and shouted to the other magic masters: "You can't do it! With so many people together, it can only make my magic speed slow down by two percent!"
This trip is very arrogant.
Hearing this, the magic master named Pan began to deliberately exert magic pressure on him.
At that time, Ansher felt that his heart and magic circuit stopped beating together, and Master Pan laughed and asked, "What, how much slower is it this time." β
Ansher couldn't even speak well, so he could only say intermittently: "Reluctantly, reluctantly...... Slow...... Half percent. "Of course it's a lie, his mana circuit is being suppressed at almost half the speed of the flow.
Pan laughed, put away the magic pressure, and praised: "Yes, it's still a little progressive." β
With that done, Ansher went back to bring the Muen family up. The Grandmasters rose from their chairs, and the roots of the trees they sat on retracted as if they had never existed.
When Mu En was led up the steps by the hand, he was startled by the old grandfathers standing in front of him, and cautiously asked Ansher if this was what he said, something more powerful than the city wall.
Although Mu En felt that his voice was small, he was still heard by the grandmasters, and they all laughed. The grandmasters looked at Mu En as they studied on their own, as if they wanted to see something. Mu En was already a little afraid of life, but now he became more nervous.
After watching it for a long time, a grandmaster suddenly said, "You have a good drawing of this sealing circle. Then he disappeared from Muen's field of vision in an instant. The other grandmasters also nodded, and disappeared one by one. In the end, only Tavasis and his husband remained.
Muen was taken by his parents and bowed to Tabasis. Ansher explained beside him: "That young looking old man is my mentor, and he will be your mentor in the future. The older looking old man next to him is our master. β
Tavasis flicked Ansher in the air and said softly to Muen, "It will be some time before the apprenticeship ceremony will be held, and before that, you don't have to call me Mentor." β
The child's mother dragged Mu En and said in a low voice: "Hurry up and say hello, be polite." β
Mu En sighed, bowed to the two old men, and said, "Good old man, good old man." β
When Tawasis's master heard this, he laughed so hard that his beard was shaking, and he was full of thought that this child was cute, and how cute he looked at it.
Ansher felt even more proud, one hand on Mu En's shoulder, the other hand rubbed the place where the brain was broken, and sighed: "This is the same brother." β
Mu En looked at Tawasis and asked, "Grandpa, do you know where the tower master is?" My father said that my name was given by the tower master, and I think I should say thank you to him. β
At this moment, even Tabasis laughed, he stepped forward and took Muen's hand and said, "If you want to find someone, you can't know his name, do you know the name of the tower master?"
"Hmm...... I don't know, my dad only said it was the tower master, and I thought this was his name. Muen put her finger to her lips and replied.
Tawasis laughed, "That's hard to find, but it's okay, I'll take you here to find him." β
"Thank you, old man, but Ansher's brother just said that he wants to show me something more powerful than the city gate, can I take a look at that thing before I go with you?" asked Mu En in a milky voice.
"Come, brother, I'll take you to see!" Ansher trotted and slid and stopped beside Mu En, and before the carriage reached the imperial capital, Ansher repeatedly told Mu En not to call himself uncle, but to call him brother, otherwise he would not be worthy of his youthful and beautiful face.
Ansher picked up Muen and walked against the wind, heading straight for the inner courtyard. Muen was startled by the feeling of speed, and when Ansher stopped at the gate of the inner courtyard, he was still a little unsatisfied.
Xiao Muen looked in from the door, pouted, and said, "Isn't this just a vegetable garden, what's the big deal." β
Ansher sighed, and said solemnly in Mu En's ear: "Don't rush to conclusions, my brother will show you something magical." But remember, when we go in, no matter how surprised we are, we have to wait until I count to three before we can shout. β
"Okay!" Xiao Muen agreed, although he was a little unconvinced.
Ansher led Muen into the magical enchantment of the inner courtyard, and Muen felt as if she had squeezed into a large bubble. Then he looked back to touch the bubble in the doorway again, but heard Ansher shout "One" in a long voice.
He turned his head, and immediately kept his mouth long, but he thought of the agreement with Ansher, and quickly covered his mouth with his hand.
After shouting the number "two", Anschel deliberately did not move.
"Whew!" Mu En covered his mouth and could only make a muffled sound, but looking at his expression and the extent of his body twisting, he must be very anxious.
"Hey, hey. Ansher smiled evilly, and then shouted three.
Then the two of them shouted in amazement at the Tower of Eternity, where they couldn't see the ends and couldn't see the poles with their heads up.
"Wow!!"
The exclamations of the two of them continued for a long time, and they rose again and again. Actually, children are fine, after all, they are always like this. But when the magicians passing by saw that the magister in the robe of flowing snow was also nervous here, all they wondered was whether Ansher had been stupid to try the potion.
"Well, I didn't lie to you, did I? But don't worry! Here's a lot of fun, I'll take you to play in the future, and play the most fun things in the entire imperial capital. Now~ tell me out loud, do you want to stay?"
"Yes!" Mu En cheered.
At this time, Tawasis stepped out of the tower.
Mu En sighed and asked Ansher why the old man came out of the front again, was it twins?
"Of course not, he's my master, and he's definitely faster than me, and he's actually the tower master, Lord Tavasis. β
"Ah, is Old Man Tavasis the owner of the tower......? It's a shame again, it's so annoying!"
Tavasis walked up to Muen, smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "I heard that a child just wanted to thank me, I wonder if it's you?"
Mu En was a little squirming, looking embarrassed.
Ansher walked up to Tavasis and whispered to him about the Pope's presence at the ceremony, but Tawasis didn't show anything, but nodded his head to indicate that he knew.
Later, the apprenticeship ceremony was scheduled for the first Monday in September. Before that, Muen and her parents were arranged to live in the tower's room. However, Muen did not live with his parents, but lived next door to Anschel, who took Muen to learn about the history and codes of the tower, as well as his future plans.
The tower is consciously reducing the number of times Muen meets his parents, so that Muen can adapt to the life of his parents in advance. This made Ansher miserable, and almost every night Muen would cry because of his uneasiness, and he had to stay up all night to coax this not very strong child. Poor Anschel, who doesn't have a girlfriend yet, has to learn to take care of the children.
Annu VII ordered his cabinet ministers to inform the world that the Empire had another unparalleled genius. On the day of Muen's apprenticeship, the Atlantean Empire will celebrate with the whole world. And His Majesty the Emperor also decided to grant amnesty to the world after the completion of the apprenticeship ceremony. All of a sudden, news spread around the world, and elves, dwarves, humans, and even orc leaders received invitations to join them in the world's largest empire to observe their grandest ceremonies.
In the Forest of Avalon, the tranquil Elven King instructed his men to find a manuscript of a poem he had written six years earlier as a result of a vision.
The emperor of the largest empire of the Terran sneered, lit the letterhead in the flames of candles, and temporarily promoted a minor official to attend as an envoy.
King Beamon sat on his tall grotto throne and frowned, but after thinking about it, he sent a chief of a large tribe to observe the ceremony.
The golden-armored dwarven king convenes a council to discuss what to send to rival the broken elves next door.
And goblins are rare creatures that are not treated well by any race, from the noble dragons to the orc Naga, one counts as one, and no one likes them. Although they are of the same origin as the elves, the attributes of the soul are completely opposite to the elves: untrustworthy, greedy for money, despicable and debauched, and almost every derogatory word can accurately describe them. So no one was willing to inform their king of this visit. Ugly goblins still hide in crowded crypts and dance around campfires.
In the extreme south of the empire, the cold and fierce wind blew on Diaxun's handsome and resolute face like a knife and an axe. He stood on the edge of the cliff, indifferently watching the waves crash against the sharp and strange reefs. Beneath the black sea, the Naga and the fishmen, who had been almost slaughtered, were still staring at the scarlet eyes. It took thousands of years for the Poseidon Order to wipe out the Naga and the Fishmen from the borders of Atlantis to the cold and desolate South Seas. According to the oath left by the canon, Diason was finally able to grow long hair. He was also the first saint of the Poseidon Order to regain his long hair since the first Pope cut his head. He turned away, the wind ruffling his long hair, but not his rebellious soul.