271. This place is actually not quite what it seems

Mages are all arrogant, down to the most ordinary apprentices, up to the most powerful demigods, Bai Yi's master and apprentice are like this, the officer in Yafen City is like this, and the branch leader of the headquarters should be even more so, the humility and politeness he showed made Bai Yi a little uncomfortable, and the idea of making a big fuss fell through, making him feel like he was punching cotton.

Is the name of the church really that useful? I'm not a member of the church... Bai also thought a little strangely.

But this is not bad, the matter can be properly solved, and the classroom effect is almost full marks, it is simply a textbook-like standard demonstration, Bai Yi didn't think much about it, after all, others are releasing goodwill, and they are quite sincere, so he naturally can't maliciously speculate about others.

Then take the students around Cloudsdale and today's lesson will be successfully concluded! With this in mind, Bai Yi beckoned the students to board the floating disc and head towards the highest point of the Tower of Babel.

Unlike the previous bottom-up experience, this time each student watched as the floating disk carried themselves through a pale blue light curtain, and their vision appeared as if they were passing through the teleportation array, and when they recovered, a beautiful city had already appeared under their feet.

It is like a city in a fairyland, surrounded by clouds and mist, and the city is full of gorgeous and extravagant beautiful buildings, filled with wonderful groves and exquisite little gardens and pearl-like lakes between the buildings, this beautiful city itself is a beautiful scenery when viewed from the sky.

"It's so beautiful..."Xiao Miya involuntarily took Bai Yi's hand and sighed softly: "What a blessing it would be to live in such a beautiful city..."

Fairy Nota echoed: "Yes, this city is perfectly integrated into nature, harmonious and harmonious, it would be nice if we could live here..."

"Ahem..."Hearing the words of the two little guys, Bai Yi coughed a little embarrassed, and continued: "Hmm... Let me tell you a little bit about the history of Cloudsdale. ”

"According to the uncertain legend, this Cloud City was originally decided to be followed by the president of the Mage Guild after seeing the magnificent floating island scenery of the Gufu plane, and this place is different from the naturally formed floating islands on the Gufu side, but a small island was forcibly lifted into the air with a super-large floating magic circle."

In fact, the area of this Cloud City is not very large, strictly speaking, it is about the same as a small and medium-sized floating island on Gufu's side, far less than those large floating islands, and it may be more appropriate to call Cloud Town. After all, this place is floated by manpower, not the power of the rules on Gufu's side, and it can be seen from here that there is still a big gap between the two forces.

When Bai Yi spoke, the floating disk had already landed on a lush lawn outside the city, and he beckoned the students to continue to introduce the background of Cloudsdale as they walked towards the city not far away.

"The original plan here was to make the headquarters of the Mage Guild, but it was abandoned for various reasons, and they finally chose the more suitable Tower of Babel." Bai also continued.

The reason for this is that it is too small and cumbersome - the headquarters of an association does not mean that a row of offices and conference rooms is all over the place, and the corresponding supporting settings, such as magic workshops, training grounds, advanced training institutions, warehouses, mage residences, etc., and a lot of things, if all of them are crammed into this small-scale city, it is inevitably too crowded. On the contrary, the arrangement of the Tower of Babel, which makes full use of the sky, layer by layer, is more appropriate.

Then there are a lot of people who come to the Magic Association to do business, and if they all pour here, then I don't know what the chaos will be, and this beautiful scenery in front of me will definitely not exist.

In short, considering various factors, this is not suitable for the headquarters, but it has already been tossed to the sky, and it can't be idle and wasted, right? So after a total of half a day, this place was arranged into a high-end residential area specially prepared for the high-level mages in the association, which was equivalent to the luxurious villa area of the rich on the earth.

However, later the mages found that this was still not possible, in order to maintain the normal operation of this cloud city, the expenses were surprisingly huge, whether it was the floating magic circle or the windproof enchantment temperature control enchantment, these were all large expenses, just like a gold-swallowing beast, which was distributed to high-level mages for free to live, and the association could not afford it.

Cloudsdale looked embarrassed all of a sudden...

In the end, the mages had to become real estate developers with tears, selling the land and real estate here to the powerful and wealthy people who had too much money to spend at all kinds of unbelievable prices, and collecting a large amount of 'property management fees' from them every month, so as to solve this huge burden and obtain an additional amount of financial income.

According to the memories of the apprentice scholars, every villa and mansion here was sold in the form of auctions, and the specific price was not dared to inquire by a poor teacher, in short, this place has completely become the most luxurious rich area in the Vosa Empire, and a key here is the top weapon in the aristocratic circle.

"Actually, those people bought the house here, not because of the false name of Tuyun Midtown, but because they fancy the fact that this is the territory of the Mage Association." Bai Yi went on to explain.

His meaning is obvious, the dynasty will change, but the Mage Association will not, in the eyes of many people, this is actually a shelter from the war, even if you lose power in the battle for hegemony, you can keep your house safe, and if you sell it after the war subsides, it is another amount of money that is discounted but enough to enjoy your old age.

Therefore, the main customers here are basically the royal family and dukes, and ordinary people can't buy them if they want to.

"Actually, when this place was just about to start selling, people from the Mage Association also approached me, and the price was relatively cheap at that time, right? That's only 300,000 gold coins. The lord said faintly in the void.

"Did you buy it?" Someone asked.

"I had an idea, but I ended up buying a batch of horses." The lord said with some regret, "But fortunately I didn't buy it, this mage association looks like a cowardice to the church, and I'm afraid I won't be able to save my life even if I buy it." ”

The lord was very miserable back then, his head is one of the most fruitful achievements of the church until now, the bloodthirsty archduke, the demon duke or something has been infamous for thousands of years, and with the degree of hatred the church has for him, even if he buys it, he can't save his life.

The lord is in an era of war, the dynasty is declining, the heroes are divided, the flames of war are burning in the whole southern continent, in such a crazy background, a lot of crazy things often happen, a large scale to all the forces are extremely threatening to the rebel army eyeing the rich and peaceful holy city is a matter of course, they need this piece of delicious fat to fill their stomachs, and the churches that are scattered in various regions to protect their own churches and congregations have no time to organize reinforcements, they can only ask for help from the nearest lord.

The lord refused the Church's request, because once his army left his domain, the rebels were likely to abandon the Holy City and attack his territory instead; But if the troops were divided, he would face the danger of being broken through at both ends, so he still chose to die rather than save him.

In the end, the holy city of Canning burned in the fire for three days and three nights, and tens of thousands of worshippers died at the hands of the rebels.

It can be said that he is selfish, or it can be said that he is cruel, in short, the war gradually subsided, and when it came time to settle the situation afterwards, in order to maintain the image and prestige of the church, he was inevitably branded as evil.

But Bai also felt that it was not his fault, that protecting his people was the duty of a leader and the justice that should be adhered to, and his choice was just helplessness in that damn era; The Church may understand this, but allowing a lord who has indirectly killed tens of thousands of believers to remain alive will not be able to account for the rest of the congregation below, and it will threaten the foundation of the Church.

Later, in the face of the crusade of the Church, the lord rose up and killed an unknown number of paladins and crusaders, and a helpless disaster turned into an undying blood feud. The lord did not choose to flee and surrender, and the people and armies loyal to him did not betray and give up, he carried out his ideas and justice to the end, fell under the combined attack of the church and other secular forces, and after being killed by the church, his soul was banished into the void.

In short, the story of the lord is a microcosm of that tragic era.

Okay, let's go back to Cloudsdale, in short, this is currently the existence of such a shelter, since it is a shelter, it will definitely not live in normal times, after all, the city in the sky is still inconvenient, and the corresponding infrastructure can't keep up. However, it is also a waste to put the house, but some people use this place as a birdcage for captive mistresses, which is luxurious and atmospheric, and it is particularly hidden...

So when Miya and Nota said that they wanted to live in this kind of place, Bai Yi felt very embarrassed... He couldn't have told the two little ones the truth.

In short, after listening to Bai Yi's story, the students were still very curious about this place, and the village girl of Radicia even said, "I have never entered such a high-end mansion in my life, if only I could go in and have a look..."

Why is this girl so unambitious? Bai Yi scolded helplessly, and then Vidnina next to him suddenly quietly pulled his arm, motioned him to bow his head, and hugged his neck and whispered something in his ear.

"Oh? Do you have a set here? Your father bought one for each of your children! Bai also replied in a low voice in surprise.

How rich is this duke's family? is also a duke, why is the gap so big?