23. As seen in the port of Karachi
It's a really powerful scene.
Adam's eyes can't fully see the full picture of this port city, but the marina alone is amazing enough.
Magic technology has completely surpassed the earth, ether, magic, and the existence of 'mystical side' energy in terms of application, making it very easy for a technology to be transformed from a theory to a reality.
All the 'machines' that work on the docks are completely out of the realm of traditional power that Adam understood, which means that Adam's current knowledge has no way to understand their principles.
The mechanical arm hovering out of thin air grabbed the hull of the ship and fixed the ship firmly to the 'card slot' of the dock, and a passage made of unknown material appeared at the feet of the people, and the mages motioned for the apprentices to step on, and then the capital began to flow, sending everyone to the dock.
Next was a torrent of silver, the naked eye could not tell whether they were individuals or groups, Adam diverged his mental power and then vaguely observed that it was countless 'nanobots' general alchemy products, they instantly wrapped the Moldor Academy, and then disappeared at the same speed, Adam found that the stains and wear and tear of the ship after a long voyage had been completely repaired, and the whole ship was brand new.
The ship then 'merged' into the dock in an unknown way and vanished.
Elsewhere in the harbor, the same thing was happening, and the apprentices had even seen even larger, more magical ships appear, not only on the surface of the sea, but also in the sky with flying objects from time to time.
There is no runway, no noise and no bumps, and the aircraft takes off and lands so smoothly.
The mages ignored the apprentice's astonishment, they had become accustomed to such scenes, and this was the first step for all the 'natives' from the overseas islands to get to know the mage world.
"Is this the world of mages? such a world, it's... It's justβ" William muttered to himself. On the island where he was born, Southern Harbour City was already the most developed city, but it still could not escape the shackles of primitive productivity, and he could not imagine that on the other side of the sea, the humans here actually lived like this.
"It's incredible, no wonder I've never met a mage before, not even an apprentice, and if I had seen this, I wouldn't have been able to go back to my old life. Ophelia sighed to herself, she had lived in the Northland since she was a child, and her knowledge was worse than William's, so the impact was even greater.
Adam was infinitely relieved to be in such a world, to be in contact with such an advanced civilization, to have the opportunity to explore the unknown, and not to have to spend the rest of his life in loneliness.
After waiting quietly in the harbor for a while, a 'car' drove up. It wasn't the car Adam was familiar with, with no wheels and no exhaust ducts, and the car was hovering at a low altitude, coming to a steady stop in front of the mages.
The car door opened, and a driver in a very colored uniform saluted respectfully to the mages: "Respected mage, welcome back to the mage continent, the permission to use the teleportation array has been applied for, and it will be activated on time in two hours." β
Master Black nodded to him and said to the apprentices, "Unfortunately, there is no time left for you to visit the port of Karachi this time, the apprentices who are your contemporaries have already arrived at the academy, we need to hurry. β
Of course, the apprentices did not dare to have any doubts, and said in unison: "Your will, respected Master Black. β
Everyone rushed in, and the space inside the car was far larger than what was seen outside, and Adam couldn't help but marvel, can even the knowledge of space be extended to civilian use?
But in such a developed world, there is such a barbaric way of struggle as the Academy War? Adam took this question to heart, and soon set foot on the road, so the basic information about the mage world will soon be understood.
In the car, the curious Krystel asked the driver, "Sir, may I ask about the ...... we are on?" In her mind, there are only two concepts of transportation: an animal-powered car and a boat, and she doesn't know what to call it.
The driver was very talkative, and explained softly: "The general-purpose suspension vehicle in the industry, its name." Created by a great mage. β
"That's amazing!" said Krystel, who was simply amazed, unable to come up with any other words.
The driver didn't say anything more, and in the face of these apprentices from the 'desert island', he had a slight sense of superiority in his heart, something like 'although I don't have mage qualifications, I can enjoy the fruits of mages'.
The general purpose hovercar looks closed from the outside, but people sitting in the car can clearly see the outside scene.
Adam Tsai carefully observed what he saw and heard on the road, the buildings were high-rise structures, each one was towering into the clouds, there was a flow of light on it, but the distribution was not dense, there were large areas of open space between them, the facilities similar to the lanes were distributed in an orderly manner, countless hovercars drove on the middle and lower floors, and the higher floors were empty, Adam guessed that it should be a passage for the transcendent to escape.
There aren't many pedestrians on the ground, but their way of walking is very unusual - after all, living in such an incredible and huge city, if you rely on ordinary walking methods, it will probably take a long, long time to reach your destination, so most of them are using the way of blood and qi explosion, and occasionally some people use incomprehensible abilities, these are probably mage apprentices.
Sure enough, the ordinary people in the Mage Continent all have knight-level power.
Along the way, Adam saw at least three brawls, knights against each other, and even magical duels, but no one stopped them, and the Enforcers and the like never showed up, and everyone was used to fighting.
Adam pointed to the scene of the battle he had just passed by, and asked the driver strangely, "Didn't anyone stop it?"
The driver said very calmly: "It's a normal thing, at least a dozen people die in duels every day in the port of Karachi, as long as you apply in advance and promise to compensate for the public facilities destroyed in the duel, the Mage Council allows the conflict to be resolved in this way." β
Adam realized, the 'Mage Council' is probably the ruling body of the Mage Plane, in this kind of world where the power of individuals is obviously extraordinary, the kind of laws on the earth for ordinary people are obviously not easy to implement, and the mages do not seem to be willing to spend time maintaining balance and administering justice, and it is normal that there will be a way similar to the 'judicial duel' invented by the ancient Germanic people on Earth?
What is this? Barbarism in civilization? Or is it a civilization sustained by barbarism?
The driver asked curiously, "Isn't it allowed to fight on a desert island?"
Quentin sneered, "Duel, only nobles can start a duel......" He stopped here as he said this, Adam is a commoner, but Randy and Krystal are the same, it's not good to continue.
However, this was enough for the driver to understand that he did not say anything about his civilian status, but said: "There are no nobles in the mage continent, only mortals and mages. The only restriction of duels is that mages cannot be launched against mortals. He paused and continued, "Offending a mage is a capital offense. Of course, it won't be as stupid as mortals. β
After saying nothing all the way, we quickly arrived at our destination.
The Teleportation Array is in a strange building with a very scientific and mysterious side, and Adam can't describe what it looks like in words, because it seems to be changing all the time.
"Visual deception caused by space-time interference?" Adam could only analyze, what he had seen and heard since he came here was beyond his inherent knowledge, and the fragmented knowledge brought from Earth seemed to be of little use.
The hovering car path left, and Adam and the others walked into the building under the guidance of the mages, and it looked very lively, with many people coming in and out at all times, and their unique energy fields were intertwined, making all the apprentices feel extremely uncomfortable.
It was a powerlessness in the face of a higher level of life.
When a mage is alone, he can perfectly restrain his field, which is a means to avoid useless energy consumption, and it is not a protection for mortals, but when there are multiple mages or low-level mages in a space facing a more advanced mage, their field will spontaneously spread, which is probably similar to a unique proof of identity and class proof.
The four mages of the Moldor Academy also looked a little humble after entering the building, and from time to time they stopped and bowed their heads to the high-ranking mages passing by, and the apprentices were even more trembling and cautious, lest any behavior would anger the mage and lead to destruction.
As they walked all the way inside, Master Black lowered his voice and said, "All teleportation arrays belong to the Second Element Holy Tower, which is the property of the great Randolph True Spirit Archmage, you must be humble enough, we will meet the Holy Tower Master later, remember, do not speak." β
This is the first solemn request of Master Black, no one dares to express doubt, the consequence of disrespect must be death, no one wants to die.
After walking around a corner and passing through a curtain of light, everyone finally saw the teleportation array - it was a regular figure composed entirely of runes, each rune contained a strong magical power, seemingly floating in front of them, but it seemed illusory and untouchable, the ether from the void was constantly poured into the runes, in the face of this magic array, everyone's souls were trembling, Adam was very sure that the explosion of any one of them would be enough to destroy the apprentices present hundreds of times.
Presiding over the magic array was a mage whose face could not be seen clearly, and he, like the magic array, seemed to stand between reality and illusion: "The Moldor Elemental Tower?
After the four mages bowed, Master Black said respectfully, "Yes, Venerable Master Santa Venerable. He took out the complete aether crystal from the unknown place and handed it to the Santa mage.