5. Foothold Chapter Seventy-One: The High Mage Tower and the Knight Assessment

After the complete family coat of arms design came out, the Marquis lady who looked at it exclaimed loudly.

"It's so beautiful! It's so mysterious!"

Judging by this, if this young lady can call the shots, maybe she is already planning to change the badge for their family.

"The mother sample has been completed, and in three days your family crest will be fully created, and you will be able to pick it up yourself when the time comes!"

The old man put away the thank you gift that Donald had prepared without saying a word, and then impatiently drove Donald and the others out.

Out of the Bosai residence, Ferdinand said with some embarrassment: "This master's temper is really as strange as rumored, it's still early, let's go taste the strange food in the south of the continent!"

Donald smiled and said, "Since you're going to enjoy the food, don't you mind if I add another seat?"

"Donald, do you have any friends in the royal capital?

Although it had only just been separated in the morning, Donald also wanted to spend more time with his woman, so he simply proposed to call the countess over for a meeting, and several people to dine together.

Of course, the Ferdinand siblings had no problem with this, so Donald sent a message to the countess and met in front of the previous hotel.

"This is my ......"

Before Donald could finish his introduction, Ferdinand opened his mouth to say hello.

"Hello! Catherine!"

As a court lady, Catherine naturally knew such a hot young magnate as Ferdinand, and Ferdinand had several dealings with the countess. In fact, the familiarity of these two people is longer than the time they have known Donald, but because of their different identities, it is impossible to have too many intersections, so they have not had too in-depth contacts, and the atmosphere of the meeting between the two sides is relatively harmonious.

Probably because of the geographical similarity, the southern Solon style food launched in this restaurant has a bit of the taste of southern Cantonese cuisine in the previous life, which is quite novel compared to the food in the north, but it can only be said to be good, not a top delicacy.

However, for the Ferdinand brothers and sisters, who are pure northerners, even after eating them a few times, they still feel fresh.

The countess, on the other hand, has already nourished her appetite during her days at Night Manor, and has seen nothing of food in the palace these days.

In this world, there is no rule of eating and sleeping, and the nobles like to exchange some interesting things at the table to arouse the atmosphere and enhance the mood of the meal.

Thinking that he was going to go to the Mage Tower's group in the Mage Guild, Donald threw out the question.

"Kingdom Mage Association, Your Majesty has given you such an opportunity?"

Ferdinand was amazed at His Majesty's pampering of Donald.

"Even if the average member of the royal family makes such a request, it is difficult for His Majesty to agree, Donald, you are really lucky! But those mages in the Mage Guild are not easy to get along with, especially the few mages in power, who are either stubborn and respectful, or greedy for money, and like to be calculating. ”

Ferdinand has a special status, and he is not afraid to gossip about those mages behind his back, as long as he doesn't confront him in person.

Catherine was more scruples about this, and asked with some concern, "Those mages won't embarrass you, will they?"

Donald smiled indifferently and said, "Don't worry, I'm not going to join the Mage Guild, I'm just going to study in the library for a few days, what can they do to me?" ”

Then they changed the subject and chatted for a while, and the dinner was over.

Since Catherine had to rush back before the palace gates closed, and the Ferdinand siblings stayed in the palace with their mother for the time being, instead of going to Ansel's house in Kosovo, Donald and the two brothers and sisters sent the countess back to the palace.

After parting in front of the palace, Donald returned to the inn for a quiet night's rest, and the next morning he arrived at the Mage Guild.

The headquarters of the Celtic Mage Guild is located on a high ground a few miles outside the palace. The topography is shaped like a protruding delta, the highest position in the whole of Kosovo, nearly 100 feet higher than the place where the royal palace is located, and the seven-story tower in the center of the delta is the tallest building in the royal capital, and it looks even more towering because it was built on this high ground.

Like the North County Mage Club, there is also a mage enchantment here, but the enchantment of the Kingdom Mage Association is not a simple warning enchantment, because with the increase of the mage tower, the enchantment on the periphery of the association is enough to resist attacks below the silver level.

The person in charge of receiving Donald was a bronze mage in his thirties, with a cold attitude, as if Donald owed him a thousand gold soles and did not pay it back.

Seeing a mage building like the Mage Tower for the first time, Donald really felt its power.

According to his understanding, the mage tower is a defensive building for the mage that combines the functions of spell amplification, magic array constantness, alchemy laboratory and energy reserves, a mage with a mage tower is equivalent to an astronaut waiting for a space battleship, as long as someone operates, unless the energy is exhausted, otherwise the mage tower will never fall.

The High Mage Tower of the Mage Association is different from several ordinary low-level mage towers around it, it is a collection of many mages and the power of the kingdom to build together, including many of them have a golden rank of archmage, so this mage tower is more functional, if there is a golden archmage presiding, even the legendary powerhouse can also keep it out.

Feeling the nasal energy and oppressive force brought by this building, Donald's heart was filled with awe and yearning for great power.

Each floor of the tower is about twenty feet high, the first floor is the reception hall and living quarters, and the library where Donald is going is on the third floor.

Along the way, I saw many mages and mage apprentices hurrying by, which was the most Donald had ever seen a mage in this world. However, compared to the happy and intimate atmosphere in the mage club, the mages here, despite their large numbers, are all a little cold and lack cohesion.

He was taken to the library by the bronze mage, and after completing the formalities in front of the door, Donald walked into the sea of books happily, regardless of the cold eyes of the other party.

Compared with the small fight like the library of the Mage Club in Boulder City, it is divided into five major areas, each of which is comparable in size to the Mage Tower Library of his own villa, which undoubtedly has a huge collection of books.

Donald himself alone visually inspected. It is estimated that there are at least 100,000 books in it, although some of them are related to history and geography related to non-magic, and this number can also show that an organization in the country such as the Mage Guild is indeed not comparable to a local organization like the Mage Guild.

In the first three days, Donald didn't have time to pay attention to books other than spells, but selected the main books on spell principles, magic array structure, alchemy, and so on.

However, instead of thinking about his own memories like the other mages in the library, Donald hurriedly skimmed through one and immediately opened the next one.

This couldn't help but make the members of the Mage Guild, who were in charge of monitoring foreign mages like Donald, feel puzzled and surprised, and then disdain Donald's methods. Thinking that he was too greedy, it seemed that he had read a lot of books, but it was impossible to gain anything at all, because the knowledge of spells had to be read carefully before he could understand and comprehend it.

As a result, the mage then relaxed his surveillance of Donald's target.

At this time, Donald had no time to pay attention to the eyes of others, and hurried to look through the books he had selected.

In fact, in a carriage outside of the Mage Guild's Lish, there were three creatures lying in the middle of it copiing with all their might.

This is the old method of Donald's attempt to copy the Mage Guild's collection, this time in addition to the Spirit Hún Walker, there are also two Blood Elf Priests, one of whom is responsible for copying the text, one is responsible for drawing pictures, and finally the Spirit Hún Walker is responsible for turning the pages and binding.

The skill of the Spirit Hún Walker can connect up to four units, including itself, and the distance can also reach a range of two kilometers, and no matter how many people Donald has, he can't control it with limited energy alone.

In the carriage, with parchment and ink alone, Donald had prepared three thousand gold soles worth of them, all of which were packed in a space backpack for the three scribes to use.

Unlike the Mage Club, there were too many books in the Mage Tower, and his time was only four days, so Donald could only pick and choose more valuable books to copy.

Although his approach seemed a bit maverick, due to the negligence of the mages in charge of monitoring, he did not report it to those high-level mages, so no one noticed the difference in Donald's behavior at all. Otherwise, a golden archmage with his strong mental sense and sensitivity would definitely be able to detect the abnormality of Donald's state.

While Donald was buried in the library, his guardian knight Uther was also arranged by Ferdinand to participate in the knightly examination established by the Council of Nobles of the Royal Capital at this time every year.

Although Uther's hero template is used, his strength in all aspects is not inferior to that of a bronze-level high-level knight, and there is no need to participate in such a level of assessment. The rank division of the knight is a noble profession, and there are some differences between the level of other professions, but it is almost the same, the black iron and below are all knights, and when you reach the high level of black iron, you can have the strength of a beginner knight, the bronze level is a high-level knight, the silver is the chief knight, and the gold level is the paladin.

But Donald must make his first hero a name, so that he can rightfully become the guardian knight of Melina's family, attract more talents for his family in the future, and develop his power, so that the Merlinna family's territory will be more stable.

Although the strength of a junior knight is only required to be at the level of the high black iron stage, it is not easy to become a knight by reaching the strength of the high black iron stage.

In addition to the rank restrictions of the strength assessment, several necessary assessments for knights: literary accomplishment,

Aristocratic etiquette and tactical command are essential.

Among them, literary accomplishment alone can brush off at least half of the candidates, and civilian adventurers can recognize some commonly used words It is already considered some knowledge, surpassing ordinary civilians. The content of the literary accomplishment assessment is to have read at least three books of more than 10,000 words, and be able to tell the gist of the content. It is not a difficult task for ordinary candidates from aristocratic families, but it is a blow to the head for civilian candidates.

Every year, there are many people who don't understand the rules and think that they are strong and come to refer to it, but they are dumbfounded on the spot in the examination room, leaving a lot of jokes for people.

The civilians laughed at these people without knowing that this was the sorrow of their civilians. @。