66. Hello, Gen Kel'thugad (I)
Shane listened to the caravan owner's introduction that Dalaran was in a rare area, where the warm wind from the South Sea Bend and the cold wind from Oakland met. You can imagine how much of a year there is fog and rain, with cold and wet weather being the main tone of the climate.
At this time, the little mare suddenly became in a better mood and went to the side of the road to nibble on the tender grass with dew. The abundant rain allowed the meadow to grow well, and it did not pass a little past the horse's hooves. It ate happily, completely indifferent to its owner's commands.
"Your Excellency, you need someone to help you hold it," the caravan master smiled and asked his men to help lead the little mare forward.
Dalaran is not just a country of mages, it is also a center for the trade of magical goods, a diplomatic city, and many nobles and kings of many countries like to send their children to study, and sometimes they will live for a long time. Spying, exchanging intelligence, negotiations of all kinds, staged every day.
Doing your homework will naturally have many benefits and avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles.
The exact location of Dalaran was completely different from what Shane remembered, and he crossed the Ice Wind Trail to the west, and saw the city of Dalaran two days away. From afar, mysterious and graceful white towers spread throughout the city, summoning the wisdom, ambition, status, and power of the mages.
The problem was that Dalaran was built on an island, not on the shore of the lake as Shane remembered.
"It's amazing, Your Excellency Mage" The caravan owner thought that Shane was stunned by the city scene, and said with a smile: "Dalaran is an ancient city second only to Riptide Castle, the crystallization of human wisdom, if you want to go to the island, you can find an institution on the shore that specializes in receiving mages." ”
"Thank you for the reminder" Shane quietly separated from the caravan master, the merchant is not a spellcaster, nor an important nobleman, and has no qualifications to go to the island.
To make things easier, the first thing Shane did was to go to the shore to record the teleportation coordinates of Dalaran, and the second thing he did was to visit Prince Kael'thas.
"I'm the caster of Quill Ayras, Shane - Dawnblade, and this is my diplomatic letter"
The mage on duty read the official letter and immediately got up: "Master Shane, please, the ship will come to pick you up immediately." ”
"He's just an apprentice" Shane showed a little mental probe, because the strength was far surpassing, causing a lot of oppression to the apprentice, seeing that his forehead was full of fine sweat, he retracted his spirit. The quality of a human apprentice is average. I just don't know how it is.
"You don't have to worry, I'm patient," Shane said.
I saw that the apprentice wiped his sweat, and then said a few incantations to the crystal, and after a while, a delicate unmanned dinghy leaned against the shore dock.
"Your Excellency, it will automatically take you to the island."
Dalaran is still magical, and the dinghy has the self-discipline function of a puppet, and when it gets on it, it automatically turns around, rows, and automatically stops at the dock on the island. The city was full of mages, and no one paid much attention to this newcomer, not to mention that he seemed to be just an ordinary mage.
Shane asked passers-by about the prince's residence, walked to the door, lifted his hood to reveal the appearance of an elf, and was immediately invited in. As soon as you enter the tower, you feel like you're being watched, but it's not strange to be in someone's mage tower, it's a very normal thing.
The prince's status in Dalaran was very high, and the unobstructed view of the sunset from the tower to the reflection of the water and sky of Lake Lordamir and the reflection of the double sun from the tower speaks for itself.
"Master Shane, it's great that you can help me," the prince said politely when he met, "I received a message from Silvermoon City early on that a promising mage was coming to help me. At the time, I was curious about who it was, but when I saw your name, I thought you would be my right-hand man. You may not know, but I've been paying attention to you for a long time, and your abilities and skills are impressive. ”
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness, I feel very honored to serve under His Highness," Shane said something he didn't believe. Out of the agreement between the high-ranking clan and the royal family, he only needs to maintain half of the etiquette in the face of the prince. Talk to the prince as long as you don't look at him directly.
"Most of the mages come to Dalaran to study, and Master Shane must be no exception."
"Yes, I want to learn the magic of the Defense School under Master Antonidas." The bigger goal is to gain mass use of levitation technology, but Shane won't say it, because knowing the purpose will make his actions passive.
"It's a little difficult, but it's not impossible, just make some exchanges."
When the prince said this, Shane understood that he was destined to owe him a favor. After some more chats about Quir Silas and what he saw on the road, the meeting ended. Out of the prince's room, he was arranged to live in a guest room, and he was treated with everything. But even food, drink, shelter and transportation have to rely on the prince, and he is really like his retainers, and he feels very unhappy. I'm going to find an opportunity to move out when it's stable.
The prince waited for Shane to leave, and said a few words into the air, and an elven mage appeared out of the air. "How does Master Rothman feel?"
"I've been monitoring his expression," Rothman paused, as if to recall, "He has a lot of self-esteem, he's assertive, he's got the ability to stand alone, he's a good helper." But His Royal Highness the Prince, you must know that a high-ranking clan can never become a subordinate of the royal court, only a minister. You need to give enough courtesy, and common interests, and they will consciously help His Highness. ”
"Thanks for the guidance, I think we'll have a common interest," Kael'thas said, watching the sunset and flipping through the book.
The land price of Dalaran is expensive, and most of the 100,000 g of trade income from this year's trade in Xia En's purse is left in the Mage Tower, and he only carries 30,000 gold with him. But this huge amount of money cannot be used to buy a house. In a few years, it is another matter whether Dalaran on this island will exist.
Dalaran has an academy open to the public to train apprentices in basic magical knowledge, and after a few years of study, apprentices with big enough brains are selected to advance their studies. In a few years, the mage with a huge brain will be recruited to the Enlightenment Academy of Kenrito Higher Magic Studies. For example, the current chief mage of Dalaran, Antony Das, was a model of a big brain when he was young, and entered the Kenrito Enlightenment Academy at the age of 14, killing an unknown number of geniuses in seconds.
Shane was notified and found the super-genius's office, told to wait outside, where Chief Mage Antonidas was meeting guests.
"Gen Shane, please take a seat, the master will be free for a while."
The chief assistant politely asked Sean to sit down and wait, and served a good cup of tea. The temptation had already been carried out, and at the first glance of entering the reception room, the spiritual tentacles of the chief assistant were easily rebounded by Shane.
Patience is a quality a mage should have, and Sean sat down and waited. There are restriction class magic circles everywhere, and when the spirit touches the wall, it is blocked back, and it can only be used in a small indoor space, and space teleportation spells cannot be used.
After a cup of tea, the door to the archmage's office was pushed open and slammed against the wall with a clang. A tall and thin mage, with his own cold wind, walked away without touching the ground. Shane couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and the mage's aura had a deep chill. His spirit couldn't bounce back automatically, and he needed to use the power of the blink of an eye to dissolve the cold feeling caused by rubbing the edges.
"Master Shane, it's your turn to meet, please don't keep the master waiting," the chief assistant said with a pleasing cheek.
Sean nodded, walked to the door and knocked on it, waiting for an echo before pushing the door in.
Antonidas sat behind his desk waiting for him, with a thick white beard and white hair, both of which were about to drag to the floor.
"Hello, Master Antonidas" Shane half-bent down.
Like Shane's mentor, Antonidas's spirit also gave him a sense of wisdom like a sea, and the knowledge accumulated over the years was boundless.
"You're this, Shane - Dawnblade, I've heard of you, Stratholme, and your magic item has robbed us of a piece of our market. My workshop director has commented that you are very skilled, but for that reason you will need to pass the test to learn under me. ”
Saying that, the spirit of the ** division was pressing, and he advanced solidly and powerfully, and Shane also fought back unceremoniously. The mental impact distorted a small space, and through this space, the figures on both sides were like reflections in the waves, shattered to the point that they could not be seen.
In just three seconds, there was a "ding" sound, and the lampshade on the ceiling shattered into countless powders at once. Sean took a step back and regained his senses, while Antonidas breathed calmly.
"The quickest way to get to know a mage is to mentally shock him," Shane thought of what his mentor had said. In the spirit hedge, he sensed that Antonidas' arcane was simple and solid.
Thinking about it, seeing Antonidas touching his beard, he said, "You are not my apprentice, just a mage who studied under my tutelage. ”
"Come to the lecture room tomorrow, teach you what the defense school is first, and then send you a task to complete."
"Thank you for your guidance."
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