The afternoon sun was warm, through the round crystal lattice, and then through the thick velvet drapery, turning into a faint yellow streamer, lighting up a huge bed. The whole body of the bed is made of rare purple ironwood, without the use of a single nail, and the connection between the bedpost and the bed board is all made of mortise and tenon structure, which is tightly seamed and meticulous.

"Hmmm......"

A soft female voice sounded, and between the tuans lying on the bed, a jade-colored body could be faintly seen, the body was slender and beautiful, and the skin was fair and smooth, without a trace of flaws. The faint sunlight was blocked by the embraced Hua, and large and small spots of light were reflected on the jade-colored body, which made this rare beautiful body in the world have a little more temptation.

"Are you awake?"

In the half-light and half-darkness beside the bed, a deep male voice sounded. The rays that came through the curtains seemed to be a little intimidating to him, bypassing him. He immersed himself in inky darkness.

"Hmmm......"

The woman let out another soft moan, then rolled over. She stretched and sat up.

"What time is it, honey?"

"At two o'clock in the afternoon, you're pretty sleepy."

Seeing that the woman woke up, the man snapped his fingers, and the heavy blackout curtain slowly slid to the sides with his snapping fingers, revealing the afternoon of Verndingen. The city at this time, like the girl on the bed, exudes a faint lazy atmosphere.

"It's too bright......"

The woman moaned softly, but did not receive positive feedback. She squinted her eyes and adjusted to the light for a moment, and then sat up, completely unobscuring herself. But even so, the man did not take another look at her body, but got up from the sofa beside the bed, opened the wardrobe, and found a robe that looked no different from the other ones from the entire row of plain robes, looked at it twice, put it back, changed into another robe that seemed to be exactly the same as the previous one, and put it on. And the moment he put on the robe, the magic bracelet that the woman had never taken off from her hand vibrated gently.

"There's still time," the woman rolled over and sat on the edge of the bed and began to dress, "At half past two in the afternoon, you are going to give a lesson to the first batch of apprentices, and according to our plan, they will try to activate the magic sense next month." And this year's Thunder Festival, at four o'clock, the Council of the Six Towers will meet to discuss the number of archmages in attendance—"

"Okay, okay, I know", the man interrupted the woman impatiently, "Mia, I made you the head of the Mage Tower, just to be lazy, these things don't need to be reported to me in everything......"

"I've omitted a lot of details", the woman pouted when she saw the man's impatience, "Now I'm talking to you about the streamlined schedule, and I haven't even brought out a lot of work-level communication." Besides, you are a great magister who can live for two hundred years, and the best time in my life is only these ten years, and I can't accompany you for a lifetime, and you still annoy me......"

The woman was drooling, and half of her clothes were casually held in her arms, looking a little messy and sexy. She rubbed her eyes with one hand, and she was about to cry.

"Okay, okay, I'll fly you after the meeting!"

The man stepped forward impatiently, but when he bent down to kiss the woman, he was extremely gentle, and Mia seemed to be satisfied by this kiss and that promise, and laughed softly. She quickly got dressed and went out the door.

"I'll go get ready first, you remember to come over on time."

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After the woman left, the man stood by the round crystal window and looked out at the city. It's the time when the Mage Tower rules the world. Standing on the upper floors of the city's tallest building, you can see the entire city and the landscape in the distance. Even without using magic to buff vision, men can easily see the country's capital. In the afternoon sun, Ferndingen is gradually waking up.

"Bell—"

The rattle hanging on the wall of the room rang, and the man knew it was Mia urging him. He chuckled and touched his lips, recalling the kiss he had just had. This girl named Mia, whom he had met since becoming an apprentice to the Mage Tower, had a quarter of royal blood, the blood of the old Emperor Nicholas Lerio, and one of the more than thirty princesses he personally sent to the Mage Tower. When she first entered the Mage Tower, the man took a fancy to her, but he never took much action. He knew very well that no one had the right to touch these girls until his mentor, the previous Grand Magister Kupen Massa had chosen. The man thought that he might miss such a lovely girl, but he didn't expect that he would become a magister earlier than expected, so he took the opportunity to get Mia Lerio, the most beautiful jewel in the crown with the title of the flower of the Fern Empire.

Gently pinching his thumb and forefinger, the magic circle that had already been embroidered on the robe was triggered by the man's consciousness. In the blink of an eye, he appeared in the large classroom on the fifth floor of the Mage Tower. Here, he wants to introduce his group of apprentices to the basic situation of activating the magic induction next month.

"Mentor—"

Seeing the man suddenly appear, the apprentices, who had become accustomed to his style of conduct, stood up respectfully, took their luggage, and then sat down. The man looked at everyone with satisfaction and began to lecture.

"Ladies and gentlemen, next month will be your first magic induction, and it will also be the day of our Thunder Festival. I think you all know the relevant knowledge, so I won't say anything more here. As for how to activate the magic sense, I only have one experience myself, and it may not be applicable to all situations......"

Mia Lerio watched as the man on the podium began to lecture, casting the most tender gaze at him. At the beginning, he was not conspicuous among the apprentices, and it is said that his family background was also very ordinary. But he has a ruthlessness and tenacity that does not hit the south wall and does not look back, all the knowledge taught by teachers and tutors, what he learns slowly and what he doesn't understand, must be understood before he is willing. Perhaps it is precisely because of this insistence on not giving up until the goal is achieved that he has become the one who wins in the end.

The hour-long class ended quickly, and the apprentices who were about to participate in the first magic induction activation in their lives were somewhat apprehensive. However, the man's lecture was intimate and natural, and there was no majesty and arrogance of the Grand Magister at all, which more or less eased everyone's nervousness. Seeing that the apprentices had basically adjusted their rhythm, the man snapped his fingers and left again.

At four o'clock, the Council of the Six Towers, Mia estimated that it would take about an hour. He didn't want to waste that time.

When the man reappeared, he had left the mage's tower that stood in Verndingen and had come to the interior of an unknown mountain range, in a huge cave that had been dug by hand, or more precisely, by his own strength. On the walls of this cave, there are a large number of cold and radiant stones, which are lit all year round and will last for a long time. Under the light of those cold and radiant stones, the entire cave is divided into six areas, where a large number of mechanical equipment with different functions, shapes and materials are placed. Some of them are functioning, some of them are silent. But no matter what it is, it is something that has never appeared in this world, and it naturally carries a strange sense from the mystery.

Men don't seem to be new to these devices. He walked a few quick steps to a large workbench with a stack of notebooks neatly arranged. He took a random copy and began to flip through it.

"Oh, master, you're back......"

Another, deep, somewhat mechanical voice rang out. Out of behind the equipment came a figure made of stone. Its face is carved out of a single piece of rock, and its mouth is carved into it. Surprisingly, he was able to speak very clearly and freely.

"Stone, what's the recent result? Do you have any of the requirements? ”

The stone is a magic doll, made by a man using materials and materials found from the mage tower, and the IQ is not particularly high, but the execution and accuracy are good, and the loyalty is not questionable. What the man was doing in this cave was too secretive for him to trust and not intend to trust anyone but this stone man called Stone.

"It's not very ideal", the stone man stepped forward slowly, and saw that the man began to look through the record book, and continued, "I have done three repeated tests on each of the thirteen alloy formulas you gave me before, and I have verified it, but it cannot achieve the strength you said, and the other main indicators are also far from ......"

"This is also normal, the alloy equations and laws of different worlds must be different, if it can be easily applied, it will really save me a lot of time."

“…… There are still twenty-two formulas you have given me that have not yet been verified, and I am continuing to verify them, but judging from the current trend, the situation is not optimistic. ”

"It seems that the trick is still not good", the man did not seem to become depressed by hearing the bad news, "the related work still has to continue, but it is also possible to start the ladder test at the same time." ”

The ladder test was what men were exposed to in that world, a stupid way to find new alloys. Through the existing alloy properties, the possible performance range of different proportions of alloys is locked, and then other components of the alloy are locked, the metal ratio of a certain composition is adjusted one by one, and the test is repeated according to a certain range, and finally the performance curve of a specific formula alloy is drawn. Because of the wide variety of metals that can be used to make alloys, ladder testing often requires hundreds or even thousands of times before it is possible to find a metal that roughly meets the needs. In that world, the time and capital costs of ladder testing are extremely high, and ordinary individuals and enterprises simply cannot carry out them continuously, but in this world, as a magister, men do not have the pressure of these two aspects at all.

"I see," Stone nodded, and then began to ask, "Master, demonized metal can also achieve the strength you want, and even far beyond, why do you have to use ordinary metal to make alloys?" ”

"Have you ever wondered what we would do if one day there was no magic in this world?"

The stone stopped. The man's question was beyond the limits of his thinking, and he was stunned for a moment before giving an answer that was not an answer.

"I don't know."

"I know you don't know," the man smiled, walking through the metal test area to the equipment area. Here, more than 40 steam engines of different volumes, specifications and principles are discharged sequentially, and the key indicators such as the production process, technical difficulty, power and energy consumption of these machines are recorded in detail on the front of each brand.

"What about these machines?"

"Three of them broke down, and two high-powered boilers blew up, so I packed them all up and put them aside", the stone followed the man's footsteps, "It's hard to get enough power from this thing called a steam engine without using demonized metal......"

"That's why we need to test the alloy formula."

The man replied, snapped his fingers, and handed the stone a thick pile of materials that suddenly appeared.

"These are new drawings, you do it slowly as it is, and I'll come over and help you when I have time."

"Good master."

The stone took the material and bowed. When he raised his head, the man had disappeared, and in the large space, only a lone figure remained.

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"You're back?"

Mia heard the voice and looked up just in time to see the man's back. She jumped out of bed with joy and hugged him.

"Take me fly! I'm going to Genting Snow Mountain! ”

The man smiled, hugged her and snapped his fingers again. A second later, they appeared on the top of the Genting Snow Mountain of the Negru Empire. Furious winds and snow struck his shield, sending out patches of lightning.

"It's beautiful......"

Mia clasped her arms in her arms, trying to warm herself up. Although the man gave her a shield, the scenery outside still made her feel cold. In front of her, the huge, orange-red sun was slowly setting into the valley, and the golden sunlight painted the entire Genting Snow Mountain in a stunning color, which was incomprehensible in beauty.

"Indeed, the sunset of this place is always ......"

"I also said who came, it turned out to be our master of Havare", another voice emerged from the wind, and a tall man in a white robe stood in front of the two of them. He is Roberto Zeggs, the Grand Magister of the Longsword Mage, a genius who became a Magister seventeen years before Havare.

"What, come and see our sunset again? I'm telling you, there's a fee! ”

Zeggs was obviously familiar with Havari, and he opened his mouth with a hint of teasing. Havari listened to what he said amusementingly, and chuckled softly.

"Give money to money, as long as you don't want Mia, I'll give you everything."

"Haha, you're really the most dedicated archmage I've ever met......"

Zegers said as he bent over, stretched out his arms, and spread his palms into the empty space. In just a moment's effort, a delicate little house appeared in the place that was originally empty, with a red hilltop, a blue board wall, and even the smell of paint.

Havari was not welcome, and together with Mia, he followed Zeger into the house and began to chat. Mia knew that many of the words of the two big men were something she couldn't listen to, so she consciously left, saying that she was going to find Snow Lotus. Havari double-shielded her and watched her leave before he began to discuss it with Zeger.

"Master Zeger, that's the case, I recently wrote a book that discusses a conjecture of mine on the future development and changes of society, and I would like you to take a look at it and give some advice."

When he said this, although Havari seemed relaxed, he was extremely nervous inside. Although he is already a great magister, he can not be afraid of the vast majority of existences in this world. However, if the archmage in front of him, or other archmages, knew his thoughts, read the book, and united against him, then he would have no power to resist.

"Oh, what book?"

Zegar first came over because his warning circle showed that an archmage had entered the territory of Negru, so he stopped by to take a look. Havari and his little woman, Mia, would come over every once in a while to watch the sunset, and they knew Zeger well. He didn't expect that this time Havari came over, it turned out to be really something.

"That's it", Havari pulled out a simple-bound book from the air and handed it to Zeger, trying to make his tone as smooth as possible, "I think it's boring to have empires everywhere now, and I want to find something to do for myself, and after thinking about it for a long time, I don't know how I came up with such an idea." You can help me see if it's okay. ”

"Okay, find a way to pass the time so quickly?"

Zeger smiled and took the book. He flipped to the first page and saw the title at a glance.

"Oh? "On Capital"? This book is going to sound boring......"

"It's probably a little more fun than you think."

Huni Havari sat on a wooden bench, relaxed, and looked at Zegar across from him. Whether he can successfully plant the flame of revolution in this world, and whether he can make the great mage in front of him accept his theory, depends on now. And "On Capital", on which he pinned his high hopes, is lying quietly in Zeger's hands.

"Really?" Zeger's voice was slightly curious, and he glanced at Havari and turned the first page of the book "On Capital".

The gears that changed the world, slowly, unswervingly, began to turn gently.

And the snow-capped mountains outside the wooden house still stand quietly, as they have been for countless years in the past.

As if no one could disturb its tranquility.