Chapter 8: Warlocks and Mages
This is a stretch of mountains, as far as the eye can see, full of verdant mountains and forests, mountains and mountains, up to the horizon. Here, you can't see the slightest breath of human civilization, some are just grass growing, warblers flying, fish leaping and deer singing.
In the middle of the mountains there is a hidden valley with waterfalls, streams, woods, and a tower, a tall stone tower.
The circle triggered, and Enid disappeared silently from the chamber, and then she appeared at the bottom of the tower.
At the bottom of the tower was a circular hall, and in the empty hall, in addition to the magic circle in the center, there were several tall steel golems.
Measuring up to 12 feet (about 3.6 meters) and weighing 5,000 pounds (about 2.2 tons), these constructed creatures are intimidating in size and obviously powerful, but luckily they aren't fast, and their 20 feet (about 6 meters) movement speed per round (6 seconds) can easily escape most people's range, provided they don't stay indoors, of course!
A constructed creature like a golem is perfect for the defense of some important locations. Speaking of which, the proudest force of the Noble family is a golem army handed down from their ancestors.
But Enid wasn't interested in that.
This is the first floor of the tower, and there is only the first floor that can be transmitted from the outside by using teleportation spells, and the spaces on other floors have been processed to a certain extent, which can prevent the transmission of spells.
This is also a place that Enid envisioned as a last escape for family members, so she left a teleportation circle leading to it in Lilac Castle.
Although she thought so, in fact, she didn't think that the family would be able to use this method one day when she could still see it.
The Noble family has been peaceful for hundreds of years, and it looks like it will continue to be peaceful.
Enid has been trying to find a cool and cool way to make a potential descendant of the Noble family in an unknown number of years to gain access to his knowledge and legacy.
Like hiding a magic puzzle on a portrait in the Lilac Castle, or scattering clues in the books in the family library?
Enid hadn't thought about it yet, but there was no rush for this kind of thing. But, in any case, the idea that a four-year-old girl would have such a thought is really ridiculous.
Fortunately, no one knows that she has the ability to cast spells, except for the personal maid.
Enid didn't actually deliberately hide herself, and only needed a three-ring arcane-eye to easily discover the secret of this silver-haired young girl (blinded by the dazzling magic aura).
But what spellcaster would be bored enough to cast such a spell on a little girl?
Enid's nominal magic teacher, Mr. Noble's Magic Advisor, has not paid attention to Enid since he first tested that she did not have the caster's bloodline.
And now Enid already knows that the so-called caster bloodline, the correct way to say it should be a warlock.
Warlocks are natural spellcasters, and their ability to cast spells comes from bloodlines, often because their ancient ancestors may have had powerful creatures, such as dragons.
On the continent today, the vast majority of spellcasters are warlocks, and they will try to be part-time mages after they reach a certain level of strength (usually because the bloodline limit reaches a bottleneck), and if a person is tested and does not have the potential to become a warlock, then he is basically certain to have nothing to do with magic.
In a book about the events of the Great Fracture, Enid sees that spellcasters like herself should be called mages, and that mages learn to master the power of magic, even though Enid doesn't rely on something like a "spell slot" that sounds super cumbersome to cast spells.
As for the reason why pure mages are so rare now, Enid doesn't know very well, maybe it's because ...... Education is not popular, and human intelligence is generally not high? Or, before the Great Collapse, the threshold for becoming a mage was low?
Of course, for ordinary civilians, there is no difference between mages and warlocks, and those who can use spells are called mages, and they are all characters that only appear in aristocratic lords anyway.
In addition, in the books that Enid saw, there was also a mention of another kind of spellcaster-priest, whose power (magic) came from the gods, but in today's continent, there is no sign of the existence of gods, and the names of many gods have gradually turned into stories in the pile of old papers, and the priests and other gods have naturally died out.
If those warlocks on the continent knew that there was an existence like Enid, they would definitely be jealous to the point of madness, but Enid himself was very envious of them.
Enid didn't know what it was like to cast spells with blood, but she thought it would be cool.
Just like the superpowers in the movies in another world, you can "biubiubiu" a bunch of small fireballs and ice arrows or something when you close your eyes, which is a power that becomes the body's instinct like breathing, and it is as easy to use as drinking water.
And Enid used spells herself, as if in another world, she worked hard to make a longbow completely by hand, and then shoot, and she couldn't feel that kind of ...... at all By the way, the pleasure of getting something for nothing!!
It seems that the young girl does not understand the truth that "the fruits of labor are the sweetest......
......
Enid punched a secret sigil into the console next to the magic circle, which could connect every floor of the tower and was the only way to go up and down the stairs.
Enid appeared on the top floor of the tower, walked to the windowsill, and looked out.
Rolling mountains, warm skylight, mountains and forests, gentle breeze.
Enid felt much better, and the haze that had accumulated throughout the day seemed to disappear with the bright sky.
Russell's story was a bit weird, but Enid decided not to think about it for a while, and went back to check the information when she had done the scheduled experiment.
For all kinds of arcane research, magic experiments, your own bedroom is certainly not a suitable place. So, what is the right place to be?
A magic laboratory?Yes, Enid's teacher had his own magic laboratory, which was provided by the Noble family for each magic advisor.
In the magic laboratory, the mage can use the energy pool to cast spells, which allows him to have more money to study and master the essence of spells, and can also use the energy pool to more easily recharge the magic items he has created.
Compared to the magic laboratory, the place where Enid is now is more advanced. Yes, this is a magic tower, a magic tower that belongs to the Nine Rings ~ mage - Enid Noble!
Golem Guard, Four Elemental Energy Pools, Positive and Negative Energy Pools...... This is only the standard configuration of a magic tower, but even so, it is enough to make that magic consultant Mr. envy drool, after all, on this continent, even legendary mages do not necessarily have their own magic towers.
But for Enid, the meaning of a magic laboratory, or more advanced - a magic tower, is no longer the study of magic, at least not for now.
Enid has completely focused her research on the exploration of the nature of the world.
The nature of the world sounds so big, so big that it is a completely nonsensical word to many people. But for Enid, it's very realistic.
Because the experiment that is scheduled to be carried out today is called the Faraday Electromagnetic Induction Experiment in another world.