Chapter 15: The Mage's Guild
Punk walked into the mage union that can be said to be very deserted, the floor of the entire mage union seems to be carved with a whole piece of quartz, bright and magnificent, although it is also turquoise, and it also exudes a very bright light, the entire mage union is almost entirely lit by this "fluorescent floor", so that the light shining from the bottom to the top greatly strengthens the mystery of the mage, but the price is that in addition to the flashy effect of the bag, there are only various inconveniences.
There were very few members of the Mage Guild, only a few young mages in gray robes who couldn't see their faces clearly gathered at a small door to listen to what an old mage was saying.
The receptionist of the Mage Guild is an alchemy puppet who looks dumbfounded, and it can be seen that this little puppet is not carefully made, and it has not been maintained and repaired for a long time, and many parts engraved with the magic circle are exposed outside, and the joints are creaking and screaming when they walk.
The alchemy golem stretched out its thin, hardcore arm to the punk, and the golden paint on the mechanical arm was cracked and peeled off.
I saw a magic array released from the end of the puppet's arm, and an operation panel similar to "holographic projection" was presented, but the picture quality was really a little blurry.
You can see that there are several options written in general text: join the Mage's Guild, consult, post quests, buy items, receive quests, hand over quests, and buy knowledge.
However, only the first four options are shiny, while the last three are dim.
Punk clicked on the option to join the Mage's Guild, only to see a fluctuation on the panel, and the text on it changed to four lines of text:
"Please enter a name"
"Please inject magic to record the magic mark"
"Note to Members: None"
"Members enjoy benefits: the right to receive tasks, the right to hand over tasks, the right to purchase knowledge,"
Punk sighed in his heart, "This seemingly backward world is actually a little bit advanced", and at the same time, he was a little surprised by the rules of the Mage Guild, although he had long known in his inheritance of knowledge that the Mage Guild could be said to be one of the loosest organizations, but this kind of rules that were no different from the strictness of the study group system were inevitably too loose.
However, Punk decided to join the guild anyway, his current knowledge was far from enough, and he needed to gain more knowledge and learn from the experience of his predecessors. In order to get this, it can be said that joining a faction in the early stage can be said to be essential, even if it is a loose organization like the Mage Guild, Punk will never believe that it will sell really important knowledge to the outside world.
After only a few seconds, Punk's application to join the Mage Guild was approved, and he almost couldn't wait to open the knowledge purchase column, Punk planned to buy one or two alchemy potion recipes, and when he bought some basic alchemy equipment, when he could become proficient in making potions, he could get a steady stream of funds - after all, his parents didn't leave any money, and they were obviously not proficient in alchemy, and there was almost no alchemy knowledge in his memory, and Punk could only rely on himself.
Punk opens the apprentice-level alchemy potion column, and a dazzling array of potion names appear on the panel.
Calming Elixir, Secondary Meditation Aid, Moxa Fire Crystallizer, Cold Potion, Secondary Wind Element Concentrate..................
Punk quickly took a fancy to a recipe for a "Night Vision Potion", and Punk clicked on the potion's profile with his slender fingers.
Knowledge Name: "Detailed Explanation of the Formula of Night Vision Pharmacy"
"Grade: Apprentice"
"Difficulty: Medium"
"Effect: Gives apprentice-level creatures the ability to blur vision in the dark (equivalent to a cloudy night) within the brightness of the Nine Tsuki (unit name). Duration – one hour and fifteen minutes".
Punk was pleased with the potion, and it was expected that many Warfighters would need a potion to help them see their enemies in the dark.
Finally Punk looked down...... See the Conditions of Purchase section......
First: Become a member of the Mage's Guild – it's easy!
Second: 200 gold coins of the Kingdom of Mecamos
"Two hundred gold coins, that's reasonable, the alchemy equipment is only ten gold coins, I can get enough of these gold coins if I go hunting some monsters or something, or go to the adventurer's guild to take on a few tasks", Punk thought to himself!
But as he continued to look down............ But he was stunned............
I saw that the purchase conditions were clearly written: I need to complete an apprentice-level task issued by the Mage Guild............
"Are you sure you are the Mage Guild and not the main god space"?Punk looked at the third condition and was both indignant and speechless, he already knew why the membership standard of the Mage Guild was so low, this unreasonable knowledge monopoly method could completely tie those mages who were in dire need of knowledge reserves to the chariot of the Mage Guild, and unfortunately, now Punk was facing the dilemma of having to take the initiative to jump on the chariot!
"This little gentleman, what do you want to buy", the old mage who was still telling the gray-robed mage just now walked up to Punk's side at some point, and when he saw Punk staring at the purchase panel of "Night Vision Potion Recipe Details" in a daze, his whole old face as furrowed as tree bark wrinkled with laughter. This potion formula is quite good, but this purchase condition is really not very humane, after all, this is just a small city, how can there be so many apprentice-level tasks, even if there is, it will be preempted by others"!
When Punk heard this old man's words, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, but he didn't fight back, because he felt the soul level of this old man who didn't hide anything.
"May I ask the old gentleman for any advice", Punk said in a flat tone, knowing that the other party must not have come to him just to tease a few nonsense words.
"Hehe, the young man is lucky, the old man happens to have an apprentice-level task here, how about it, are you interested", the old mage bared a mouthful of big yellow teeth, with a smile of "I think I am very kind" and opened his "paws", only to see a pale white spar in the palm of the thin and thin hand, with the injection of the old mage's magic power, the introduction of a task appeared in the spar:
Title: "Investigate the Undead Breath in the Little Wasteland of Egmar"
Complete the requirement: "Determine and record the location of the undead breath (locating using the Razor locating method)".
"What's the matter, the mission that came in such a timely manner is usually forcibly picked up, and if you don't take it, it'll be too late."
Punk only felt a twitch in his heart at this time, "Isn't this the undead forest that I tried to dodge by myself, I didn't find my hunch so quickly and it worked."
"Excuse me, why don't you go by yourself?" Punk asked the old mage with some doubts, "Isn't this kind of task easy for you?"
"I ...... Ahem...... Am I not here to leave you juniors some chances", the old mage straightened his stiff waist, trying to make himself look like a superior senior.
However, after seeing the punk's expression of "I don't believe it", he had to tell the "truth": "If I go to investigate, the church dog noses will definitely follow, this is the only official professional in our Konora City, Lord McNessy, predicted, and I heard that there will be good resources worth obtaining, how can such a good thing without danger and light things be contaminated by the church gods." The old mage's eyes radiated the same essence as the goblins saw gold coins, and he even danced for a while.
Determined not to complain about the slotted mage, Punk quickly asked, "But I've heard that the undead aura there has encroached on a forest, and there are many ............"
"Nonsense"!, old mage, we interrupted the punk with a "what do children know" tone.
"It's just a small wasteland, and it's not an endless abyss, how can there be so many dangers." The old mage was obviously disdainful of the Little Wasteland, "Young people nowadays are just afraid to do nothing"!
Punk originally wanted to refuse this task that seemed to be a conspiracy, but thinking that he only had five gold coins left by his irresponsible parents, and on the other hand, he was on the verge of breaking through the apprentice level, and needed some resources to assist in cultivation......
The punk, who was thinking about the end, pretended to be casual and said to the old mage: "This task, I'll take care of it."