Chapter 106: The Public Pool
The deep web of magic is like a vast starry sky, where lingering laws and intertwined energies become incomprehensible curtains, and endless information sometimes flows and sometimes converges, and every glimpse of the content can fill the library of the White Tower in the capital of Essin.
Only a Central mage with his real name can navigate such a complex and great environment and absorb wisdom and strength from it. Kaye was only a new level 2 mage, but he came in because he had a brilliant gem.
He walked through the magic net, and the light emitted by the gem quenched and refined the power of the magic net, reducing it to something that the little mage could understand. He cruised intoxicatedly, and the gems in his hands were like the seal of a lord, unimpeded. Layer by layer, up to the fifth layer of the net, Kaye could not move forward.
The deeper web contained, even the most simplified information, beyond Kaye's acceptance, and he stopped there. Turning around and looking around, he stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and a mass of automatically condensed spell models was in his palm.
In the real world, Kaye, with blonde hair and a large red cloak on the shoulders of the clouds, opened his eyes and let the arcane energy flow through his will. Sediment floats at the bottom of the clear water of the Jinxue River, floating in the air, across both banks.
【Turning Mud into Stone】
A towering arch bridge gradually solidifies.
【Advanced Stone Plasticity】
The pillar rumbled into the ground on both sides of the river, and the slight vibration surprised thousands of spectators on both sides. The bridge deck clicked flat, carved guardrails grew, the arc was extremely symmetrical, and after a dozen seconds, a magnificent white granite arch bridge stood out of thin air.
"Miracles!"
The men exchanged surprised looks, and the women were so impressed by Kaye's mystery and strength that they ran up to offer a bouquet of flowers.
Kaye coldly clasped his hands on his sleeves, and his tall and handsome figure caused a commotion. He can use a string of lightning or ice to create a visual effect that is ten times more exaggerated than this, but destruction is terrifying, and creation is revered. The mage already has some experience in this area.
The royal dwarven craftsman went up and knocked and beat for a while, before he came down to report to the young emperor of Essin, Asherwal, and the chief knight of the Knights' Sect of the Church: "Your Majesty, it is quite incredible, the entire arch bridge does not have a single crack in splicing, it is completely a whole piece of stone, and its service life is at least a hundred years!"
The nobles exchanged words again, and the commoners who were far away passed it on to each other, and there was a lot of noise when they got there.
The Emperor of Essien, with excitement on his face, happily proclaimed: "Loyal people of Esin. The traffic on both sides of Plzeň is never enough, and the blockade of the Jinxue River, which is like the lifeblood of the river, will bring great losses, and we have to thank the Night Phosphorus Commander for his wonderful art, for which I declare the bridge 'Night Phosphorus' to commemorate it!"
Applause and cheers abounded, and for a long time, Kaye bowed slightly to the Emperor.
Asherwall and Kaye didn't have to talk a few words before daring to return to the Golden Palace, he was a rather diligent king. And the great knight Captain Laurel, who accompanied him on the left and right, glanced at him with deep meaning. before turning away.
This glance made Kaye very uncomfortable, and he was not in the mood to enjoy the compliment. After getting into the carriage and leaving, the audience that slowly dispersed was in full swing, and the topic of conversation in the coming months will be very concentrated.
The little mage closed his eyes. In my head, Laurel's eyes were in my head, and I was urging. The Chief Knight, who is also the head of the Knights' Congregation of the Church and the Supreme Military Advisor, remembers the Commander's promise to increase his military power through magic. The power of the Tian elves is growing. And the mysterious power of the Crimson Federation was also rising, and he knew how restless the true emotions under the emperor's smiling face were.
But what can I do? Kaye pulled out a diamond from his cuff. It is also very dazzling in the dimly lit carriage. This treasure taken from the corpse of the previous king has unparalleled power, and Kaye is able to control the magic net with it, which is equivalent to raising a full 10 mage ranks! And that's not the limit.
However, it is only "equivalent", he can use the spells of a level 12 mage, but he cannot understand these advanced skills like a real 12 mage, and he cannot use them to copy scrolls, make wands, potions, and other magic items. To put it bluntly, he is just a crossbowman who pulls the trigger, and he doesn't know anything about how to wind it up or how to copy it.
Kaye scratched his head fiercely, not only annoyed, but he couldn't think of how to use such a treasure with his grasp. Only one mid-level mage is almost useless against Essien's overall national strength.
Thinking again, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, once upon a time, the highest dream of a homeless child was just a sheltered house and enough to eat, but now he has walked up the steps above ten thousand people under one person, but he still looks at the higher steps and sighs.
The carriage stopped in front of a new tall tower, the height of the White Tower, built by the Emperor for Master Night Phosphorus, located in the northwest corner of the capital. For the whole of Essien and even for Sarafur, countless curious eyes were fixed on it.
Walking to the steel gate, there was a strange head with eight eyes at the top, and eight extremely long swords crossed below. The door staggered with the sound of gold and iron, and the sword parted on either side, revealing the oblate spherical steel body behind it—the door turned into a metal spider thirty percent high.
The Mage Tower, called the Strings of Life, was once unbearable when it was first built, but since Kaye summoned a sword spider from the Machine Realm with a gem to guard the door, it has been much quieter. The powerful constructed creature he wielded was extremely agile and light, each of its eight legs could penetrate iron armor lightly, its mouthparts could shoot fiery glue, and it had a trap net launcher at the end. If damaged, it can be repaired with a single power generation spell.
Kaye felt confidence and pride return to his body again, his head held high through the sword legs, and how much more could he be afraid of now.
As soon as the door closed, his rebellious posture was shattered by a short footstep. A dark, thin southern girl, dressed in an apron, with sleeves on her arms and a spoon in her hand, rushed to the most mysterious high-ranking person in Essien, tiptoe to her face.
"Jelly lend me. ”
Master Night Phosphorus's entire face was ripped off, along with his body and clothes, revealing Kaye inside. The morph slime is dragged by one of the girl's hands, turning back into a green-watery colloid, and its two floating eyes look at its owner, making a pitiful grunt.
The boy had no choice but to follow him all the way to the kitchen, where he saw the girl throwing hard fruits into the slime's body, waiting for the shell to rot, then spitting it out, then digging out the flesh and sprinkling it with cheese. Drizzle in the olive oil and add the wheat kernels. The girl bit her lip and stirred.
"Mina, if you want to eat berry rice, let the servant make it. ”
"It doesn't taste the same as what I made. ”
"What's the difference. ”
"It's just different!" Mina scooped out a spoonful and put it to the boy's mouth.
Kaye took a bite, Mina ate it, and the two children smiled sweetly for their age.
"Send it to Aston, he's going crazy copying books. They grabbed the pet with the food and walked to the storage room. It's a mess, full of new manuscripts, some of which haven't dried yet. A former naturalist spread out the open sea devil scroll. He is working hard to transcribe the text.
"It's time to eat. "Put the berry rice on the table where there is no room for it.
The Aston Martin scholar couldn't take his eyes off it, his hair was oily, his eyes were deep, and he sleepwalked and picked up a spoon and put it in his mouth.
He frowned, "It's a little bitter......"
Mina was angry and said, "Nonsense! You dug up a spoonful of ink, can you respect the fruits of my labor, and besides, you have to take a shower today, it stinks to death!"
Kaye smiled wryly as Mina lectured Aston. This is the string of reverie, in addition to him and the servants who come to sweep regularly, there is only a level 1 female mage who loves an apron more than a robe, and a nerd with low emotional intelligence and even worse self-care ability. He has no minions to trust. When I think of the road ahead, I am even more sorrowful.
He clapped his hands, "Don't make a fuss, come to the living room after eating." Let's talk about it. ”
After eating, Aston scratches his dandruff and enters the living room. "What are you going to discuss?"
"The road ahead, Aston. Kaye said meaningfully. "I stand in this position, and in a word, I can call on all kinds of resources of Essien, and enjoy high respect, not only for personal strength, but also for the expectation of His Majesty Asherwall for the expansion of the Commander, and Esin needs spells to increase the strength of the defense force. ”
Mina shrugged, "Tell me about your intentions." ”
"The premise of the overall military strength is that there is a sufficient number of mages, and we must start cultivating and recruiting apprentices as soon as possible. ”
"Now, we're all students ourselves, and we're going to teach others?"
"No way, time is our enemy. My plan is to create a longitudinal academy based on the system of the White Tower, and recruit students locally in Plzen. There are many people with the basic talent of mages, and if you are under 10 years old, you can have a tenth-based ratio. Maybe half of these people will be able to get started and become full-fledged apprentices, and we'll give them a badge. They continued to teach until they trained the next generation of mages, and gradually spread throughout the realm of Essin, building the foundation little by little. ”
Aston and Mina looked at each other, but neither spoke.
"Give me some advice. ”
Mina opened her mouth first, "The first question, the apprentices with good conditions, I'm afraid they are all nobles, I don't want to make a group of intriguing guys, they are all crooked families behind them, how do you control it." ”
Aston nodded in agreement: "Even in Plzeň, the literacy rate of the common people is very low, and we can't start with literacy." ”
Kaye frowned and said nothing.
"Also, just the three of us, how can we be in charge of the course of hundreds of people, I don't want to manage it, it's enough to be the child king in Razor City. What about your own study, maybe you have time. ”
Aston continued, "I think these are all overcome, the big problem is time, how many years will it take to raise two or three generations of people until there is a quantitative basis to increase the strength of the country?"
Kaye hesitated, "Fifty years...... bar. ”
Mina rolled her eyes, and the scene fell silent, Kaye frowning.
"Kaye, if you want me to say, Essien is not our hometown, and if we can't get it, we ...... Let's go. Mina said helplessly, looking at the beautiful living room.
Kaye lowered his head, he knew that Mina was most reluctant to be here, and the girl was desperate for a stable home.
"Actually, I have a plan, and it may work. ”
Mina Kaye watched in amazement as Aston pulled out a dozen new book manuscripts that read "The Arcane Federation and the Spell Pool". (To be continued......)
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