Chapter 45: The Ruins. Control Hub
The Magic Tower, also known as the Wizard's Tower.
In the middle of the Dark Ages, the wizarding circle arose as a special building that integrated experiments and dwellings - of course, this is the information recorded in the general information, according to Merlin, the young witch, in addition to these basic things, the magic tower is also a symbol of a wizard's status, in the eyes of the dark wizard, the size of a wizard's magic tower can fully represent his status and fame.
It seems that the owner of this magic tower had an absolutely high status at that time!
Standing at the door that was pushed open, Ye Qi looked in front of him, according to the height of the room that should be located on the bottom floor or the penultimate floor of the magic tower - a wide space, even if there were twenty experimental tables with a length of ten feet and a width of six feet, there was no sense of narrowness, and each experimental table was neatly arranged with various experimental instruments; Ye Qi could completely imagine the busy figure of the wizard apprentices here back then.
That's right, it's the Wizard Apprentice!
Thanks to the blessing of the merchants in the black market, Ye Qi was fortunate to see a set of elementary experimental equipment used by wizards, and these equipment were undoubtedly similar to the equipment on the experimental table in front of him; Aside from the fact that the crafts have become more elaborate due to the passage of time and the advancement of craftsmanship, the effect is basically the same - the phrase 'wizards' items are dangerous is not only for outsiders, but also for any wizard himself who wants to exaggerate the use of certain items.
And the fact that some people regret their lives because of their own pride has made this sentence even more widely circulated—at least, the black marketeer touched the young witch's experimental vessel out of curiosity. Eventually, he was poisoned by the spray of violently toxin. Examples of a week in bed before it gets better; It is already a deep understanding of Ye Qi; He knew it perfectly. If it weren't for the presence of the little man and Ava, the two toxin masters and potion masters, the Dark Merchant would definitely not have been in bed for a week.
Very calmly, and there is no urgency!
Ye Qi's gaze swept over the neatly arranged experimental equipment on the experimental tables, and he came to an extremely positive conclusion - the wizard's experiments did not have any time at all, and the equipment in the laboratory would not stop their own function at all without prior notice; So, obviously. The wizard apprentices here had already been informed by their mentors to stop experimenting and pack their experimental equipment very neatly.
The wizards' laboratories may seem messy, but this does not mean that they are sloppy themselves, but that the experiment itself has caused such signs; After all, in a lab that can fly out of acid, toxic smoke, flames, or even an explosion at any moment, any neatness is just to maintain until the next time the experiment begins, and once the experiment begins, everything will revert back to that mess - and the neat arrangement in front of you. Although because of the time, it has been covered with dust. But it must have been neat and tidy; And this is enough to tell Ye Qi that these wizard apprentices and their mentors went to the battlefield at the beginning, but in the end, none of them came back.
Will the loser of the war lose everything......
Silently muttering these words, Ye Qi's eyes looked to the side - a row of cabinets made of solid wood, along the wall of the magic tower, formed a semicircle, forming a diagonal with the staircase that rotated to the top of the staircase on the opposite side and went up the wall.
In those solid wood cabinets, through the pieces of glass, Ye Qi could clearly see the spare experimental equipment and some experimental materials stored inside—undoubtedly, compared to the materials in the room where he had stored experimental materials in those five 'points' before, the value of these materials in front of him was quite a lot higher; at least, with a slight sweep, Ye Qi found more than a piece of Mithril in this cabinet, and even a piece of pure gold.
Sure enough, it is a magic tower that existed during the Dark Ages!
With such an exclamation, Ye Qi finally stepped into the magic tower and walked straight to the stairs leading to the upper floor - undoubtedly, in order to ensure the safety of the laboratory and the apprentices, there were no magic traps on this level, except for a magic alert similar to an alarm when leading to the upper floor, there was no existence that emitted magic fluctuations.
After easily stepping over the vigilance magic on the penultimate staircase leading to the second floor, Ye Qi pushed open the door of the second floor—the configuration was basically the same as the previous one, except that the number of experimental tables was more than half less, and the level of experimental equipment was more than one order higher; If the previous experimental equipment still belongs to beginners and beginners, then this time it is already advanced, through these experimental equipment, Ye Qi can get the wizard here Although he is still in the name of an apprentice, he is already a real wizard in terms of strength.
Becoming an apprentice under a wizarding mentor and then advancing to a wizard does not mean that the wizard apprentice has 'graduated', according to Merlin, after the apprentice becomes a real wizard, he still needs to serve his mentor for several years, ranging from one year to ten years, and sometimes more than twenty years - this is unimaginable to ordinary people, but it is normal among wizards; After all, the knowledge taught by a wizard as a mentor is priceless; It is the key to the apprentice's honor, power, and even life.
Especially in the Dark Ages, when wizards were proud, becoming a wizard was almost everyone's dream or lifelong wish; Therefore, any abnormality in the face of these will naturally appear to be extremely normal!
Of course, apprentices with the strength of real wizards also have a certain right to speak in the face of their mentors, and often participate in their mentor's important experiments, and will also receive corresponding 'financial subsidies' every year according to the quarter - the expenses required for the wizard's own experiments will directly double with the growth of their own strength and the expansion of experimental projects; The kind of Kimpton calculated on the basis of thousands of pieces, even wizards are not enough, especially a wizard who has just passed the apprenticeship stage.
Therefore, after completing their 'contracts', these 'apprentices' with the strength of true wizards still do not choose to leave their mentors. It's about signing a 'work contract'. to gain a real foundation for their independence; And every mentor will be happy to sign such a 'work contract'; after all. The tacit understanding between master and apprentice is enough to increase the success rate of some experiments, and the success of any experiment will be rewarded far beyond the 'work contract' - of course, if their apprentices have excellent performance during the 'work contract', those mentors don't mind changing the content of the 'work contract' and making their apprentices their assistants.
In fact. The reason why some wizards from poor backgrounds have always followed behind their mentors is mostly for the sake of being 'assistants' - not only because of the generous treatment, but more importantly, for the opportunity to get access to more advanced spell concepts!
Retracting his gaze on the experimental table, Ye Qi glanced at the solid wood cabinets similar to those on the lower level, and when he saw a Mithril nugget the size of a lighter, his eyelids couldn't help but jump - when he was renovating his bar, Ye Qi was on the verge of bankruptcy because he bought a piece of Mithril that was smaller than the Mithril in front of him; But now, a Mithril Mine that was even bigger than before appeared in front of his eyes, not at an auction on the black market. It's not in some family's treasured secret room, it's just in a cabinet where ordinary experimental materials are stored.
Especially when there is more than one piece of Mithril of this size. Ye Qi couldn't help but smile bitterly - the wizard's wealth is really beyond the imagination of ordinary people!
Taking a deep breath, Ye Qi resisted the desire to put all these Mithril Ore in his pocket, turned around and walked towards the staircase leading to the third floor - according to the current configuration, Ye Qi was very much looking forward to what would be on the third floor; As for these experimental materials on the lower two layers? Ye Qi is not giving up, but already has a better use.
Professional questions are left to professional talents - although he also has a proficient level of alchemy, there is still a lot of gap compared to Merlin, who was born in a wizarding family; He may be a little better than Merlin in crafting magic items or some special potions, but in the wizard's most important spell model composition experiment, and the resulting wizard's most valued existence: spells; He was more than a little bit worse.
Of course, this is a matter for the future, and now Ye Qi knows very well what he needs most - to find the key to the cage, and by the way, to get a full view of the entire magic tower.
The third floor did not disappoint Ye Qi, and the moment he pushed open the door, Ye Qi was attracted by the exaggerated laboratory table in the middle of the room—thirty feet long and twelve feet wide; If it weren't for the fact that this was the magic tower and the wizard's laboratory, Ye Qi would have thought that he had entered the conference room of some of the highest government officials; Even the conference tables in the high-level meeting rooms of the highest government were quite different from the experimental table in front of them.
At the very least, Ye Qi didn't think that the top government officials and their staff members would be more valuable than the experimental table in front of him—it contained advanced experimental equipment that he had never seen or heard of, although it was already covered with a layer of dust, but if the dust was wiped off, it was enough to drive any wizard crazy, let alone the solid wood cabinet next to it.
This is supposed to be the laboratory used by the wizard and his assistants!
With this in mind, Ye Qi walked to the solid wood cabinet that contained the experimental materials; Although he was mentally prepared, Ye Qi was still shocked when he saw those transparent beakers and test tubes filled with various unknown liquids and solids - he clearly saw that in a small test tube, there was a black liquid like mud, but it was still tumbling, and the label attached to this test tube was marked in the abyss language.
Fire Demon Blood!
With the mystical knowledge of the proficient level, Ye Qi instantly understood the markings on it, and it was precisely because he understood it that he was shocked - the Fire Demon, whose full name is the Barlo Fire Demon, is a high-level existence whether it is in the Endless Abyss or the River of Brimstone; Like those demonic creatures, they were all born from Chaos, but almost all of them had lord-level strength; Powerful and powerful, he controls fire, is not afraid of most spells, and likes to destroy and destroy like other demons; Such a being is the number one land for witchers almost as soon as it appears.
Fortunately, it is not easy for such beings to descend into the material realm; Therefore. The Witcher has not fought each other a few times in its history; But. Those few encounters had cost the Witcher a lot of losses - the existence below the Solar level. When you touch each other, it only takes a moment to be burned to ashes; And the solar-level existence, in the face of the long whip formed by the flames, also needs to dodge in time, otherwise, if it is touched, it will be slaughtered; After all, it wasn't just an ordinary flame, it was a real fire of chaos – not afraid of water, and could spontaneously combust nothing. Directly cauterize with the soul!
Therefore, even a Solar level powerhouse had to dodge in the face of such a flame.
And according to the previous record, every time he fought with the Barlow Flame Demon, there was no loot - either the opponent blew himself up and turned into ashes, or was instantly eaten by those demons who appeared together; Therefore, not to mention blood, even a piece of scale armor, Ye Qi has never seen it.
It should be a special technique that suppressed the chaotic force in the blood!
And the cabinets on this floor are also different from those below. It should be made in a special way, otherwise. The magic fluctuations emitted by the gathering of so many rare materials have long attracted people!
Ye Qi stood silently in front of the cabinet, glanced at the other experimental materials, and looked at the solid wood cabinet in front of him that seemed to be the same as the one he had seen before-because it contained magic materials, Ye Qi didn't care about the faint fluctuations emanating from the cabinet at first, but when he saw the test tube containing the blood of the fire demon, he immediately overturned his previous random guess.
Perhaps, the next two layers are just as he guessed, but this one is absolutely different.
With such an idea, relying on the mystical knowledge and alchemy at the proficient level, Ye Qi finally found a clue after spending almost ten minutes - on these solid wood cabinets, the unique texture of the trees has not been processed, and it is completely presented in front of Ye Qi, at first looking for the magic array or items that may exist with hidden breath, Ye Qi did not notice these textures, and only regarded them as a preference of the original owner, the wizard.
But when he observed around the cabinet several times, and even after opening the cabinet, Ye Qi noticed these textures - when there was such a magic array or special item that concealed its own fluctuations, Ye Qi certainly didn't dare to open these cabinets rashly; Because no one knows whether there will be a trap in the Dao after hiding its own fluctuations; Don't dare, after seeing the special materials including the blood of the fire demon, after thinking about it, Ye Qi decided in his heart that there was definitely a trap.
Therefore, the hand raised, instinctively retracted; But at the moment of retraction, Ye Qi keenly noticed the changes in the texture of wood—not the drastic changes that have completely changed all at once, but a subtle, similar and extended change; It's as if the water droplets hanging on the transparent cup have slid down from the port of the cup and then completely melted into the original water in the cup.
Such a change is naturally imperceptible to ordinary people, after all, most people's eyes will be attracted by more and bigger existences - the original water in the cup; And it's hard to notice the tiny presence, the little droplets hanging from the mouth of the cup; Especially when the small droplets fall a very small distance and then merge into the water in the cup, this change has a feeling of being unaware.
If it weren't for the fact that he raised his palm, had a fixed reference, and had reached 18 with a keen perception, Ye Qi would not have noticed this change—but, on the other hand, the most difficult part of anything is the beginning; Once the beginning is solved, then the rest will be logical; With such a discovery, Ye Qi discovered the peculiarity of these cabinets containing precious materials almost instantly.
It flows like a liquid!
What kind of magic array is this, or is it the material itself?
Ye Qi couldn't help but frown after pacing two steps in front of these cabinets containing precious materials—obviously, just because he found something unusual didn't mean he could understand it; Undoubtedly, for the existence in front of him, Ye Qi's mastery level of mystical knowledge and alchemy was already dwarfed.
If you have the chance, you should look through some strange objects or special existence materials!
With this thought, Ye Qi let out a sigh of relief, then turned around and walked to the staircase leading to the upper floor again—obviously, Ye Qi had not yet had the luxury of using valuable skill points to satisfy his curiosity; He prefers the traditional way of acquiring this knowledge: reading or asking for advice.
Hey!
The staircase leading to the fourth floor was devoid of any warning magic, but the door was different—it had the same texture as a cabinet containing rare materials!
The faint fluctuations flowed like liquid on the door, emitting softly, no different from the fluctuations emitted by the solid wood cabinets that Ye Qi had seen before—with their own subtle fluctuations, they covered up all other magical fluctuations!
Unlike those cabinets with transparent glass, Ye Qi temporarily stopped in front of such a door that completely obscured his vision—as a cautious person, he did not rush open the door to investigate the existence inside; After all, there is a possibility that something more precious is there, or something more dangerous.
And Ye Qi is undoubtedly inclined to the latter!
PS First Update~Timing~ (To be continued.) )