8 a.m. the next morning.

The open space outside the south gate of Silvermoon Castle.

280 informal civilian mages were waiting outside the door early.

If the economic conditions are slightly better, they will ride horses and donkeys, or a few people will ride a dumped ox cart, and those with poor economic conditions will walk directly.

At 9 o'clock, a team of Silver Moon Ranger escorted a four-horse carriage to the city gate.

The Silver Moon Ranger is led by Senior Sergeant Major Watson.

And there are two flags planted on the side of the carriage, one is a dark gold divine flag, which means the noble status of the divine grace mage of the owner of the carriage.

One is the Night Sky Crescent Flag, which is also the flag of Crescent Town, representing the identity of Mayor Lawson Crescent.

As soon as they saw this carriage, the mages who had been waiting at the door a little lazily stood up straight, and their eyes were all focused on the gorgeous carriage.

They are all young people, and their yearning for a better life has not been wiped out by the cold reality.

As a result, there was both awe and yearning in their eyes.

The carriage came to a moment, the windows opened, and the voice of a group of hearts rang out.

"Let's go, to my territory."

After that, the carriage should go first.

The mages immediately followed.

Soon, the crowd discovered that there was more than one carriage.

Behind the carriage was a black wagon full of wooden boxes.

It was fully loaded, and the carriage was hovered by the best thurrow in the world, and even if the road was a little bumpy, the carriage was quite stable.

All the mages looked at the black carriage curiously, secretly guessing the goods it carried.

At this time, Lawson stayed in the carriage, closed his eyes, and studied the "High-level Thorn Rune" in the virtual machine

He was not worried about his safety at all, because not only was the Silvermoon Ranger protected by the outside of the carriage, but the carriage was also specially reinforced.

And he himself is blessed with the lucky shield of extreme dexterity unleashed by Thrandis.

Now, the high-level thorn rune given by Vena has been triggered and used, and he has completed the spell analysis.

Unfortunately, although this is a high-level spell, it is not a pure logic spell, but a half-witch and half-magic transition spell.

He looked at his spell book, and it was written.

Shield of the High Thorns.

Spell difficulty: 25 stars.

Standard Spell Power: High-tier.

Dexterity: None.

Spell Description: Adds a powerful shield to the caster. Defend against all known types of attacks, and like a thorn, reflect 50% of the attack power of some types of attacks.

The types of attacks that can be reflected include physical, spells, curses, soul strikes, and more.

Extreme cast time: 5 seconds.

Spell Energy Cost: Very high.

(Note: In the unsupported state, the current mana can only cast 0.8 spells.) ）

Not to mention the high casting difficulty of 25 stars, if you don't use a flower staff and drink medicine, Lawson won't even have enough mana to cast spells.

Looking at this incomparably complex spell, Lawson got two pieces of information.

First, Alphroya's spell-casting ability

The probability has been increased to 25 stars.

Second, the increase in the power of spells is actually getting slower and slower.

There is nothing to say about the previous point, but it can only be said that she is worthy of being the daughter of the golden god.

The latter point reveals a somewhat pessimistic truth.

That is, the stronger the base power of the spell, the more difficult it is to improve, and the lower the cost performance of mana.

What is the value for money of mana?

It is the proportion of mana that is used to achieve the true goal of the spell.

The cost performance of the trick is the highest, as far as a pure imagination is concerned, the cost performance is almost 100%.

When it comes to low-level spells, it is necessary to use part of the mana to generate a spell structure in order to maintain the stability of the spell.

The cost performance is naturally reduced, but the power of the spell is basically proportional to the mana consumed.

When it comes to mid-tier spells, things aren't quite right, with at least a third of the mana used to maintain the additional spell structure.

High-level spells, this proportion has increased to more than half, this is still the proportion of divine spells, and mortal spells will only be lower

It is also conceivable that when it comes to master spells, the cost performance will be further reduced, to a miserable point.

"At that time, it is estimated that only a quarter or even a fifth of the spells will be really useful, and all the other mana will be used to maintain the stability of the structure."

Then, if this trend continues, the power of the spell will definitely touch a ceiling.

At that time, no matter how much mana the mage consumes, the power will be limited to the limit, and it will never be able to break through.

Just like the limit of the speed of light, no matter how much energy is blessed, it can only approach the speed of light and cannot be exceeded.

"This power limit is probably a manifestation of the extraordinary extreme wall."

The Transcendent Extreme Wall, a barrier that every mortal mage dreams of breaking, but very few have ever truly broken it.

The pinnacle of the archmage seems to be the limit of mortals.

Retracting his reverie, Lawson's attention returned to the spell itself.

Looking at it, he sighed softly.

"The logic of high-level spells is really difficult, and it's no wonder that Master Sophia has failed."

The Master found it tricky, and he and Thrandis found it tricky, and there was a feeling that there was nowhere to start.

It can also be seen that Alfroya, as a transcendent archmage, also failed to break through.

"It's difficult~It's difficult~~ Even the gods are stumped~"

I stared at the structure of the spell for a long time, but I had no clue, and I made myself dizzy.

Simply quit the virtual machine, opened the car window a gap, and watched the countryside scenery.

Babas is doing a good job, the road to the territory has been preliminarily leveled, the potholes on the road have basically been filled, and the carriage has been smoothly driven up.

He turned his head to observe the informal mages following and after the car.

I saw that everyone was also in a hurry with the mentality of a wild outing, and all of them looked very relaxed, and acquaintances walked together, chatting while walking.

Because it's still summer, and the weather is some, all faces are red.

"They are all young people, and they are in good spirits."

The territory is 13 miles away from Silvermoon Castle, and in this era, it is not far at all, and everyone has already come to Philande Village.

It was just over ten o'clock in the morning.

Under the effect of money, the appearance of the village has changed dramatically, although the thatched huts are still the majority, but the roads are smooth, there are more villagers on the road, and they are all wearing pants.

When they saw the carriage and a large number of well-dressed city people, many children chased after them, and few of them were bare-bottomed.

Babas had given the advance notice, so the villagers knew that it was the benevolent and generous lord who had arrived.

When they saw the carriage from afar, the villagers gave way to the side of the road, bowed and saluted, and watched the crowd away with reverent and fearful eyes.

In a short time, the crowd arrived in the open space under the big tree in the village.

It's not raining these days, the ground is dry, and the clearing has been leveled by Barbas with sand and gravel, which looks pretty clean.

Rosen stepped out of the carriage, and Barbas, dressed neatly in black, hurried up to meet him.

He looked much stronger than he had been a few months ago, his skin much darker, and his eyes more condensed.

"Lord, everything you asked for is ready, and the lunch in the cauldron is ready. As instructed, each person will receive a serving of thick broth, two boiled eggs, and a barley flatbread. ”

Lawson had already seen several large stoves set up in the open ground, and he also smelled the rich aroma of food, so he waved his hand and said, "Then eat first, and then talk about it later."

"Yes, my lord."

Babas waved to a few cooks in the distance and began to distribute the food.

The conditions were simple, and Lawson didn't bother to pay attention to it, so he sat with Watson and other rangers at a few temporary round tables in the open space, and ate the same lunch as the civilian mages.

Of course, the samurai could eat, so the supply was opened.

While he was eating, suddenly a carriage appeared on the edge of the clearing, and before it could stop steadily, another carriage came.

The first carriage opened and Mage Lydia and Mage Hal walked away, and the latter opened the door and Vivien walked down.

The circle of nobles is not large, the three of them know each other, and after saying hello, they walked through the crowd and walked straight towards Lawson.

As the lord, Rosen sat alone at a square table, and although he was strange when he saw the three of them coming, he still asked Barbas to quickly prepare three chairs, and at the same time released a powerful cleaning technique on the chair and table.

As soon as they were ready, the trio arrived.

Ladia and Hal sat down without hesitation, but Vivien asked the maid who followed her to spread a cushion on her chair before sitting down.

Rosen is peeling eggshells, and the three of them are either friends or super friendly acquaintances, so it's very casual.

He peeled the eggs and asked, "I didn't expect you to come, the food is a little shabby, do you want one?"

Lydia and Hal immediately nodded, "Then let's have one."

Vivien turned to the maid and said, "Go and get the food box."

When the maid brought the food box, it was white flour bread, steamed bacon, fish soup, radish and vegetable soup, and a salty cream dipped in bread.

Served by the maid, Vivien began to enjoy a fine lunch.

This made the other three look at each other, and also made the civilian mages who were observing from a distance secretly amazed, surprised by the delicacy of the noble woman.

Lawson ate the peeled boiled egg, rinsed his mouth with water, and asked, "Three of you, can you tell me what each of you wanted?"

Lydia said simply, "Hal and I plan to follow you and help you build Crescent Town with petrification." The reward, of course, is that you have to take the time to instruct us so that we can master the extreme dexterity of spells as soon as possible. ”

Hal on the side nodded: "What Lydia means is what I mean."

Rosen shrugged: "You can also see that the initial conditions will be very simple, if you don't care about hardship, I agree."

Ladia laughed: "I have always had a low requirement for material conditions, in fact, I think that simple living conditions are conducive to focusing the mind."

Hal said: "I am the second son, I have no inheritance rights, and now I don't work hard to achieve something, and I will be hated when I am old."

It seemed that these two thought clearly, and Rosen was also happy to have two more trustworthy helpers, so he nodded.

"Is it okay to have five hours a week of instruction, one hour a day?"

"That's enough."

Then the matter between the two was agreed, and Rosen looked at Vivien again.

"Ma'am, are you just going on an outing in this area?"

Vivien shook her head and smiled sweetly at Lawson.

"I'm here to keep you in place, and to see what fun new things you've invented."

Rosen was a little embarrassed: "Madam, you are too anxious, you and I are still young, and we have time."

Vivien laughed again, "I'm kidding you." In fact, I want to give you a gift, which is considered a gift for you~~ I will give you an apology. ”

Rosen felt a little weird: "Apologies? Why? ”

"Well~~ It's hard to say why, probably because of a small experiment of mine, which may cause you trouble."

With a vague word, she stretched out her hand to the maid, who handed over an immaculate crystal bottle the size of a mineral water bottle.

Vivien uncorked the bottle and poured about a milliliter of the water-like clear liquid onto the ground next to her, then recorked it.

Then the maid took another stick and pounded it on the ground as if it were batter.

"Look at the ground."

Rosen looked down and saw that the gravel and sand on the ground had completely melted into a slimy, soft clay mass.

He tried it with the mage's hand, and found that it was extremely malleable, like plasticine, and its volume was about a dozen liters.

As soon as his heart moved, he found that this thing was a perfect match for his petrification, which could greatly lower the threshold of petrification.

"Does this potion have a name?"

"I call it a clay potion."

"It's just a potion, and you didn't pour mana into it?"

"Of course it's infused with mana, but it's not solidified spells, you know I can't spell."

Rosen's heart was immediately impressed, because this potion was an excellent addition to petrification.

He asked, "What about the cost?"

"A bottle of 20 crowns can turn 10,000 times the volume of rock and soil into dough-like clay."

Rosen suddenly had a toothache: "Is there a way to reduce the cost?"

Vivien took out a book and handed it to Rosen: "This is a book of alchemy, you can try to improve it."

Rosen didn't answer: "I always feel a little weird about this."

Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief.

Vivien said coquettishly, "Oh, don't think about it, I won't hurt you anyway." ”

After saying that, she smiled sweetly at Rosen again and continued to focus on lunch.

"Okay."

Lawson took the alchemy book, and after a quick glance, he thought about it and nodded: "I remember it, and I'll give it back to you."

Vivian couldn't help but ask, "Refining medicine is very detailed, aren't you afraid of remembering mistakes?"

Lawson shook his head: "I can't be mistaken, and I don't have time to study it for the time being, so I'll ask you when I have time."

Vivien's eyes lit up: "It's okay." ”

After lunch, Vivien threw Rosen a wink, twisted her thin waist, and left.

It wasn't until she was gone that Hal whispered, "Rosen, why are you entangled by her?"

Lydia also said: "She is notoriously difficult. No one can reject her outright unless she gives up on her own. ”

Rosen let out a long sigh and looked helpless.

"It's a bit of a twisty story, but trust me, my friend. I didn't provoke her on my own initiative, it was just an accident. ”

In fact, he's already had some of a taste for it.

He didn't think it was an accident, but a peachy trap that Vivien had set up to borrow her husband's stupidity.

In short, this world is too sinister, whether it is a teenager or a girl, if you are not careful, you will be deceived.

After lunch, get down to business.

Led by Babas, the group arrived at a barren clearing at the west end of the village.

The weeds in the clearing were pulled out and the floating soil was cleared, revealing about two acres of flat gravel land.

Lawson pulls out a long black box from the black van, opens it, and pulls out a Mithril Petrified Staff.

"This afternoon, and for the next four days, your task is to familiarize yourself with the use of petrification.

"In the process of training, they also helped me build a beautiful country estate."