It's a gigantic city—yes, there are few words to describe the capital of St. Endos's empire. There are at least ten cities like Noren in this vast empire that is the size of the entire civilization where Rhaegar lives, but compared to the city known as the City of Miracles, they are simply gnomes in front of giants.

Surrounded by a moat of 50 meters at its narrowest point, it is 20 meters high and 15 meters thick, and the city wall is completely made of long bluestone walls like a giant python enclosing about 600 square kilometers of land in the middle. Under the protection of the walls and outer moat, which St. Endos' people say will never be breached, a whole 1.9 million people live in the city, and at least nearly 600,000 people arrive here from all over the world every day. In order to build this city of miracles, the Empire of St. Endos spent nearly two hundred years before and after, almost emptying a third of the treasury, and here, you will not see a place without people, shoulder to shoulder crowds, shops on both sides of the road, high-rise buildings everywhere and almost as lively as daytime, brightly lit nights... There is no first-time visitor who is not impressed by the city's prosperity, noise and spectacle.

Walking through the streets of the city, even Rhaegar had to marvel at the creativity of mortals, driven by desire, these seemingly weak intelligent beings were always capable of performing some miracles.

Compared to the cities in the civilized region where he lived, St. Endos's architecture was undoubtedly more sophisticated, with high-rise buildings made of stone everywhere, and almost all the types of architecture that Rhaegar knew of were included here: from delicate to bold, from patchwork to uniformity, the vastness of the territory, the strength of the country, and the breadth of the mind led the vast empire to adopt an inclusive policy in the design and construction of its own capital.

Of all the buildings, the most striking is the Imperial Palace, which is located in the center of the city, and even surrounded by lavish mansions, this magnificent palace covering an area of nearly six square kilometers is still the center of attention, compared to which the mansions of the dignitaries built around it are undoubtedly like the servants of the emperor.

However, Rhaegar was not attracted by the golden palace, and after only one glance, his attention shifted to a tall tower in the northeast corner of the city—a mage tower.

According to the law of St. Endos, no building should be taller than the palace in the City of Miracles, but this tower of mages is clearly not subject to this restriction, and the towering minaret stands like a pillar connecting heaven and earth, and the white jade body of the tower shines in the sunlight. At a glance, Rhaegar was sure that the builder of this mage tower was far stronger than any of the Storm Gods' masters.

For mages, owning a mage tower is undoubtedly a dream thing, and these spires that are not much different in appearance are not only a residence and laboratory for mages, but also their best shelter and source of strength. The owner of each mage tower can make some rules within the mage tower to the extent that the rules of the universe allow, which makes these towers a separate world to some extent, dominated by their owners, and each mage tower is also a huge device for absorbing, storing and transforming energy, and the magic symbols engraved on each piece of material make them constantly absorb the surrounding original energy, which is stored in the entire tower, even if it is thousands of miles away, it can provide a steady stream of energy to its owner。 It is no exaggeration to say that as long as you can have a mage tower, even a mage who has just stepped on the sixth order can beat that archmage to the bust.

But not all mages can own such a treasure. In fact, for 99% of mages, the only chance to get close to a mage tower is to be a member of an organization that owns a mage tower, and even those with a long history, most of their mage towers have been built through generations of hard work, and these mage towers have become the most precious thing in these organizations - just like the god of the storm.

The rarity and scarcity of the various construction materials are not the only factors that limit the construction of the Mage Tower, the real difficulty lies in the magic of the host builder. Only those above the archmage have the ability to apply various kinds of magic to those materials and make them work, and in the process of finally merging these materials into an organic whole, there is no room for any mages below the eighth order to interfere.

Once a mage tower is built, it cannot be changed in any way, so in the eyes of mages, the size of a mage tower is a direct reflection of the strength of its builder - a large mage tower not only means that the builder can get more precious materials, but also be able to hold more rules, absorb and store more energy, and in turn, only the most powerful mages can have enough power to turn a pile of materials into a giant tower that rises to the sky.

The original master of the God of the Storm, and its builder, is said to be a twelfth-order mage - this realm is also the highest among the masters of all generations - It took him nearly two hundred years to build the tower that is one hundred and seventy meters high, covers an area of two square kilometers, and is considered a miracle by the vast majority of mages, and the mage tower in front of Rhaegar is only from a distance, and the height is also more than two hundred meters, judging from the body of the tower that has been seen, it covers an area of at least three kilometers, except for those legendary demigods, almost no one can do such a thing.

But it wasn't the mage tower itself that really moved Rhaegar's heart, almost at the same time as he saw the latter, a throbbing from the depths of his soul took over his mind, and it was a throbbing when he first saw the Calren Scepter, when he came into contact with the crystal he had lost in the Central Swamp, when he encountered all the lost soul fragments.

Taking a deep breath and forcibly suppressing the emotions in his heart, Lei Shen realized that if he rashly broke into the mage tower to find his soul fragments, the only consequence would be to be blasted to pieces by the owner of the tower, he took a deep look at the building called the archmage tower that was regarded as a sacred place by the people of St. Endosi, and turned around and walked towards the center of the city.

"I owe Carson a favor," Hawker put down the magic gem in his hand and looked at Rhaegar sitting in front of him, "If it weren't for him, I would have died in the adventures of my youth, so I can't refuse his request." ”

"But there's a little bit of a problem," said the chief mage of the court of the St. Endoth Empire bluntly, "Carson doesn't know where we are now, in fact, my subordinates and I are in an awkward situation. ”

He stood up and walked to the window, as the first mage of the Empire, the mansion owned by Hocker was large enough to rank in front of the entire capital, and through the clear crystal that adorned the window, he could clearly see the night scene of the city below from the tall building.

"It's a beautiful city," Hocker exclaimed, "but it's also terrifying, and everywhere the light doesn't shine, there can be a deadly murder motive." He turned to face Rhaegar who was quietly listening to him, "Listen," he continued, "the water here is so deep that even a mage would have trouble getting out. You're Carson's only student, and he's entrusted you to me, and I don't want you to get involved in any trouble, so," he paused slightly, "I'm not going to let you into the court. ”

"Is it politics?" Rhaegar was no stranger to this kind of court struggle, whether it was in his old memories or in the collection of the Mage Tower, he had seen too many of these kinds of battles.

Hawker didn't answer Rhaeggar's question, he walked briskly to the table and took a letter out of a drawer.

"Prince Kohler is my only friend in the royal family, and he is the youngest brother of the Emperor. The old mage handed the letter to Rhaeggar, "His realm is far from the City of Miracles, and he himself almost never sets foot in the capital and any political circles, which makes him deeply trusted by His Majesty the Emperor. He sat down in his seat again, "His realm is now plagued by demonic beasts, and the prince has specifically asked me and the emperor for help for this, but know that even in the history of magic, which dates back to before the fall of the gods, the number of mages is by no means much more than the gold in the sand, especially in the current situation, almost every court mage has his own responsibility. ”

Rhaegar knew exactly what the other man meant, and it was clear that the enthusiastic old man had taken great pains to keep his friend's student from getting caught up in the political maelstrom. If he hadn't sensed his soul fragment, he would not hesitate to accept the other party's kindness, because all he asked for was a place where he could cultivate without being disturbed, and as for whether this place was a palace or not was not in his consideration, but now...

"I am so grateful for your kindness," Rhaegar said respectfully to the ninth-order archmage, "I am sure that my teacher will also appreciate all that you have done for his students. He gently put down the letter from Prince Kohler in his hand, "but as you said, the water here is very deep, and as a spellcaster, my only wish is to explore the mysteries of magic undisturbed, and I do not wish to have anything to do with such troubled waters, even indirectly, in the most superficial way." ”

Hocker was somewhat taken aback by Rhaeggar's reaction, and he stared at the latter, as if hoping to see something in his face.

However, he was doomed to disappointment, and no one could discern the inner workings of a geist with memories thousands of years older than his own.

I'm going to have to get out right now, so much first