Chapter 68: The Mask
After a few small talks with old Barton, Roger left the tavern.
An aqua blue butterfly fluttered in front of him, leading him.
This is a butterfly that old Barton specially summoned for him because he was afraid that he would not find the location of the mysterious wizard he hailed as the master of apothecary, and with the unique ability of the Lost Butterfly Clan, he instilled the route into the mind of this aqua blue butterfly, so that it could lead Roger.
Roger did not refuse the kindness of the elder Barton, because there was something special about the place he was going to this time.
Although it is still in the subspace where the Sky Canyon is located, it is not in the area where the academy is located, and it is not very close to the location of the academy.
At the time of admission, the instructors will warn the students not to leave the academy and go outside the academy unless there is a specific reason. Because most of those places belong to the territory of the official members of the Chaotic Sky Canyon, and the official members of the Chaotic Sky Canyon are the weakest of the official wizard-level existences, and it is not surprising that the students are running around in case they provoke anyone.
No wizard wants to be invaded into his territory for no reason.
It's like Roger's Marcus Mentor's bloodline laboratory, if anyone wants to get close to it for no reason, whether they can get in or not, Marcus can't mind it.
Under normal circumstances, those official members who belong to the Chaotic Sky Canyon will not easily make a move on the juniors of the academy, and they have a ** share, but if they are inexplicably knocked into their own territory, even if they are killed by a big bully and a small offender, no one can say anything wrong.
It's not the first time that Roger has left the area where the academy is located, but in the past, he used to go to his mentor's bloodline laboratory, and he was already familiar with that route, even if he could walk there with his eyes closed.
The place I was going to this time was obviously not in the same direction as my mentor's bloodline laboratory.
Judging by the direction in which the aqua blue butterfly is currently leading the way, it is a route he has never taken.
"This side is almost the opposite direction from Tutor Marcus, but I don't know how far I have to go from the academy. Roger looked at the buildings as far as his eyes could see, trying to make sure he wouldn't forget them the next time.
The speed of the aqua blue butterfly is not very fast, it is almost the same as the speed of Roger's forward, and it flies in front of it, in fact, according to the speed of Roger's forward to determine the flight speed.
And the scope of the academy is actually not very large, with Roger's unhurried pace, it only took a moment to come to the edge of the academy.
Roger had never been in this direction before, and the reason why he knew that he was about to walk to the edge of the academy area was because at the edge of the academy area, there was a translucent protective light film that spread all the way to the sky, forming an oval light mask similar to an enchantment.
If you are a little farther away, you will not be able to see it at all with the transparency of this reticle.
Only when you get close to the edge of the academy and want to leave the academy will you find that there is such a light shield at the edge of the academy area that envelops the entire academy.
Roger was first brought to the academy by Monterey and was shocked when he saw this huge and magnificent mask, only to learn that it usually does not block entry and exit.
The original reason for laying this mask was to prevent the explosion of alchemy experiments or some other unexpected situation in the territory of those official wizards outside the academy area, which could be controlled by humans to block those accidental effects.
This is not a trivial matter, but because this kind of thing did happen before the mask was established, when a mistake by an alchemist caused an accident in one of his experiments, and a huge explosion occurred. The power of the explosion was terrifying, not only seriously injured the alchemy wizard himself at the center of the explosion, losing half his life, but even the aftermath implicated several wizards around him, and they were more or less injured.
However, this was nothing, the most tragic consequence of that accident was that it was only swept away by the aftermath of the explosion, and the Chaos Sky Wizard Academy, which was a long distance away from the explosion point, was almost completely wiped out, and most of the students who stayed in the academy were instantly killed by the aftermath.
The biggest difference between wizard apprentices and formal wizards is that their bodies are still mortal bodies, whether it is lifespan, defense or survivability, wizard apprentices are only slightly stronger than ordinary people.
Since then, the person in charge of the academy has learned the painful lesson from the past, and at a great cost, he has asked several powerful alchemists in the canyon to work together to arrange such a protective light shield for the academy to prevent such a tragic thing from happening like last time.
The Protective Light Shields are controlled by three guardian spirits whose strength is unfathomable and will not leave the canyon for many years, and each of them can activate the full power of the protective light shield in an instant.
However, as with all alchemy products, if the protective shield is fully powerful, the consumption of the witch crystal will be extremely terrifying, which will be a huge expense.
Therefore, in normal times, the protective shield is only maintained in a minimum open state, and the protective shield in this state can neither consume any energy nor get in the way.
"Yo ho, Roger boy, where are you going? Your big mentor's territory isn't here. Just as Roger was approaching the protective shield, a voice that seemed familiar to him came from the direction in front of him.
When I looked closely, on the translucent protective shield, a rickety little old man with a goatee appeared on the same translucent mask as the mask.
Roger is no stranger to this rickety little old man.
Because this little rickety old man who suddenly appeared on the translucent mask was the same Master Guy who helped him register for school and arranged for Marcus to be his mentor.
One of the three guardian spirits of the Chaotic Sky Canyon.
"It's Lord Guy, it's been a long time. Roger saluted the little rickety old man with a slight respectful salute and smiled.
"It didn't take long, it's only been a little over a year, and if you're in the world of official wizards, you'll know that it's short-lived. The little old man Guy touched his goatee and sighed.
"That's what Mistress Guy said. Roger smiled slightly, always maintaining a polite attitude towards this Lord Guy, "I wonder how Lord Guy is here?"
"That's what you say...... I happen to be here because today it is my turn to hand over this shield, and for the past fifty years, the dead bird of Dia has been in charge of it. Little old man Guy shook his head and explained, "The three of us rotate control every fifty years, so we don't have to be distracted by this all the time. ”
Guy didn't elaborate on which three people took turns controlling the shield, but needless to say that Roger knew that Guy was talking about the three Canyon Guardians.