There are three rows of seats neatly arranged in the hall of the "Independence", and the first row is full of "trick warlocks" in blue uniforms, most of whom are the protégés that Matvey brought from Sayre; Next to him were druids dressed in green robes, more women than men, apparently from the "Harvest Ring", who had come to assist in the construction of the Far Eastern Railway on the orders of Valentina; The last row of arcane spellcasters, dressed in yellow robes, is Beacon Hill's famous "Engineer Mage Regiment", hired by the government of Kolas to provide the necessary arcane support for the construction of the railway.

The eight Arcane schools of Beacon Mountain have different colors of robes, with yellow representing the School of Change. There are eight main types of spells commonly used in construction projects: soft stone, stone molding, earth digging, stone walling, fossil to mud, mud to stone, geodeticism and seismic. With a little observation, it is not difficult to see that most of the above spells belong to the "School of Change".

As the saying goes, "there is a specialization in the art industry", and the "engineering mage" is also a specialized mage of the change school, just like the "banking mage" who is engaged in the financial industry and the "surveying mage" who is engaged in the survey industry are mostly from the "prophecy school".

Roland walked into the hall as Matvey led him into the hall to greet the technical team of traps, druids, and mages. All the spellcasters present also gave his Royal Highness the prince a bow, and hurriedly stood up and bowed in salute.

Needless to say, the leader of the Green Field Druid, Sophie, is a cheerful and smiling elder sister, don't look mediocre, but in fact, one of the four elders of the "Harvest Ring", a level 15 Green Field Druid. The leader of the Lighthouse Hill Engineering Mage Regiment, Lendl Fawkes, is a level 14 "Changemaker", and this fat white man with squinting eyes and a mustache has made a deep impression on Roland.

In fact, Roland had heard of his name from Nikita for a long time, and also knew that this person was nicknamed "Fat Fox", and was a proud disciple of Master Anatoly, the chief of the Transfiguration School on Beacon Mountain, and had a good chance of becoming the next chief of the Transfiguration School after Master Anatoly. Nikita specifically spoke to Roland about Lendl Fawkes because he was also going to participate in the Archmage Advanced Trial at the end of the month, and was considered one of her most threatening competitors.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Excellency, the supervisor of the twelfth battalion has just sent a magical message, the battalion has completed the laying of the track, and requests to enter the next stage of construction." Matvey's assistant came in to report.

"The 12th Battalion is working very well today, and it seems that they really want to get the bonus," the old man Matvey joked casually, and turned to the "fat fox" and said, "Mr. Lawfox has appointed an engineering mage to go to the construction site where the 12th Engineering Battalion is located, and use the 'ground movement' to dig drainage ditches for them, and by the way, demarcate the route for the next stage of construction. ”

"Idle is idle anyway, I'll go down myself." "Fat Fox" happily stood up, said goodbye to Roland and Matway, and took an assistant to bless "Flying Skills" and left the airship directly to the construction site where the 12th Engineering Battalion was located.

"This 'fat fox' has a lot of eyes, and he rarely takes action in person in the past, but today he is extremely positive, it must be because His Royal Highness the Prince came to inspect in person, and he wants to behave well in front of you." Sister Sophie said to Roland very gossipingly.

Roland smiled noncommittally, and was calculating the value of the "fat fox" in his heart.

Mages and spells in the world of Varess are scarce resources, and of course they have to pay for mages to cast spells, usually according to the number of spells cast, "caster level× spell level × 10" is the basic cost of a spell cast (denominated in gold coins), the cast price is slightly different in different places, and in general, it fluctuates up and down around the above market.

Roland hires the "Engineering Mage Regiment" of Lighthouse Hill to cast spells, and the cost is discounted by four percent on the above quota. The 50% discount is because Fawkes is not using their own spell slots, but the spell slots that the Kolas government has raised from the two major arcane banks of Beacon Hill and the Naraku Order through the issuance of treasury bonds, which is equivalent to bringing their own raw materials and hiring someone to work on behalf of them, so they only need to pay half of the spell casting fee. In addition, the discount was obtained by Roland by virtue of his personal relationship with Beacon Mountain, and the overall cost was not too high - if he didn't have a big face, even if he was willing to spend more money, he might not be able to invite a high-level mage like Fawkes to provide spell casting services.

The "Independence" airship descended to less than 100 feet above the surface and followed Fox and his party to the construction site of the 12th Engineering Battalion, hovering in mid-air.

Roland stood at the porthole overlooking the construction site, the two straight rails reflecting the light in the rising sun, the roadbed beautifully manicured, and the trapezoidal drainage ditches on either side of the rails were as neat as they were drawn with a ruler.

At first, Roland thought that the road builders were casting the roadbed and laying the rails before digging the trenches on both sides of the tracks, but it soon became clear that the actual construction method was the opposite of what he had envisioned.

By this time, "Fat Fox" Fawkes and his mage assistant had landed at the front of the construction site, with a smooth roadbed behind him and an overgrown wasteland in front of him. The site supervisor ran over quickly, spread out the construction map and pointed out the next construction route to Fawkes. Fawkes nodded, turned to whisper a few words to his assistant, and got to work.

The two high-ranking mages walked to the left and right of the rails, each taking twenty-five steps before stopping, exactly 100 feet apart.

Fawkes and his assistant turned to face north, making the same spell-casting gesture and chanting the same incantation in the direction of the track's intended extension, and intense arcane energy surged beneath their feet like two shining golden blades bursting through the ground, tearing the ground forward.

Spell Shaping!

Spell Expansion!

Geokinesis!

The mud, soil, and weeds tossed by the magic blend into a black and green wave, driven by spells, and rush forward. Leaving behind the mud waves are two trapezoidal ditches with a bottom width of 1.2 feet (0.4 m) and a depth of 1.8 feet (0.6 m), with a cross-section, stretching straight into the distance.

"It turns out that the drainage ditches on both sides of the railway were excavated with 'ground motion', no wonder they are so neat." Roland watched Fawkes and his assistants cast spells on the airship, and his heart was full of realizations.

The 6-ring spell "Geokinesis" of the School of Change is a very typical "engineering magic". Once this spell is cast, the caster can change the terrain within a maximum of 750×750×10 cubic feet, and the area of influence is doubled after the "Spell Expansion" spell, and the other spell "Spell Shaping" can limit the spell to only take effect on narrow strips of ground, so as to achieve the purpose of accurately controlling the size of the trench.

PS. MoveEarth

Variation system [soil]

Ranks: Druid 6, Warlock/Mage 6; Spell Components: Speech, Posture, Materials; Cast Time: See Description

Distance: Long range (400 feet + 40 feet per level); Area: Dirt up to 750 feet in length and width, up to 10 feet in depth (variable)

Duration: Immediate; Exemptions: None; Spell Resistance: No

Geokinesis can move dirt (clay, loam, sand), collapse embankments, move hills, and displace sand dunes. However, in any case, the rock formations will not collapse or be moved. The cast time varies depending on the size of the area affected by the spell. It takes 10 minutes to change each square area with a side length of 150 feet (up to 10 feet deep). If you want to affect the maximum planar range (750 feet × 750 feet), it will take 4 hours and 10 minutes.

This spell does not violently damage the surface. Conversely, the affected area will first appear in wavy folds, and the entire surface will move slowly like a glacier until it reaches a certain shape. Trees, houses, rock formations, and most above-ground objects will only change their height and topography without taking damage.

This spell cannot be used to dig tunnels, and because it changes too slowly, it cannot be used to trap or bury mobs alive. Generally speaking, this spell is mainly used to dig trenches, fill trenches, or adjust the terrain outline before war. This spell does not work on earth creatures.

Material Composition: A small pouch containing various mud mixtures (including clay, loam, sand, etc.) and an iron knife.