Section 40 The Tower of the Stars
Everyone walked through the portal one by one, but to their surprise, behind the portal, there was actually the top of a bare mountain.
The mountain wind blew on their faces like a sharp blade.
Lance suddenly felt something in his heart and looked down.
I saw a small building at the foot of the mountain, and the palace of the city lord on the mountainside was clearly visible.
"This is the top of the mountain?" he was the first to react.
"That's right. Lawrence's voice came from behind the crowd.
The old city lord stood against the mountain wind and said loudly: "The lord once mentioned to me that the Star Tower is built on the top of this mountain, and mortals cannot see it with the naked eye, but you wizards, you should be able to find a trace. ”
"Is it hidden?" Lance looked around.
The top of the hill is quite spacious, and if you talk about the foundation of a tall tower, it shouldn't be a problem.
"Solidified invisibility, I'll look for it!"
Landry volunteered.
He took out a black eyepatch from his bosom and put it on his right eye, which looked like a pirate.
Landry stroked the blindfold gently, and in a moment, a dark red eye flashed on the black blindfold.
He closed his left eye and scanned the surroundings with the dark red right eye on the mask, but there was a stunned look on his face.
"How?" asked Valerie.
"Nothing. It's weird. Landry took off his blindfold, a little confused.
"If it's stealth, I won't be able to find it. ”
"Then there is only one reason. Reims took a step forward. Say to the crowd, "It's not stealth. ”
"What is not invisibility?" asked Valerie.
Lance shrugged: "There are two possibilities, space hiding, or light refraction. If it's a tower, the target must be larger. I know how difficult it is to solidify a spell on a mage's tower, especially invisibility, which usually only works on creatures. ”
"Of the two remaining possibilities, I prefer the former. Because if it is the refraction of light, it is impossible to hide the main body of the Star Tower, we only need to touch it around casually to find the target, and the space hiding is very much in line with the hobbies and styles that the Quinn family has shown along the way. ”
"If you don't believe us, we can try touching the surrounding area. ”
The crowd nodded. Scattered on the top of the mountain, they were tentatively explored.
......
More than twenty minutes later. Even the edge of the cliff was searched by five wizards, but the results were still nothing.
"Mr. Lawrence, didn't my grandfather mention this place to you?" Dora, who couldn't find a clue, could only try to turn to the old lord for help.
A wry smile appeared on Lawrence's wrinkled face, "Miss Dora." The lord only told me to wait for your arrival here. I knew almost nothing else. The matter of the Star Tower. I've only heard him mention it a few times by chance, and I only learned about those two portals today. ”
"Is that so?" said Dora, frowning. Somewhat helplessly, she glanced at the entire top of the mountain again. Above the empty White City, there was nothing but white stones.
Dora bit her lip, a little dazed. She's never been good at dealing with this kind of stuff.
But she's not good at it, so naturally others are good at it.
Thinking of this, she suddenly set her eyes on Lance.
"Hey, Lance, did you find anything?" she asked, walking over and asking softly.
Lance hadn't been deterred by her arrival, in fact, his gaze had been fixed on the unremarkable stone in front of him since the initial search had ended.
"It's a little bit there. He replied.
"Where?" Dora's eyes showed a hint of anticipation, and at the same time, some envy rose in her heart.
This guy's insight is just too strong.
To Dora's surprise, Lance didn't point out anything particularly out of the ordinary, but instead pointed to the big rock and said, "Here." ”
"You mean this stone, just an ordinary stone, what's so nice about it?" Landry leaned in.
"Color. ”
A deep voice answered him. But this time it wasn't Lance who spoke, it was Sacra.
There was a smile on Lance's face, he had long known that among the five wizards, Sacra's eyesight should be second only to him.
"Color?" Dora frowned slightly, and then showed a look of sudden realization.
At the top of the mountain, and even in the entire mountainside, including the foot of the mountainside, all the stones are pure white. This is also the reason why the city under their feet is called the White City.
However, the stone in front of me is white at first glance, but when I look closely, I find that there are some subtle black dots hidden in the white.
It's like a starry world in the vast universe.
"I don't know if you've heard a story...... A fairy tale. Lance walked slowly towards the stone, saying as he went.
"What fairy tale?" Valerie was curious.
"The story of Mirror City. "A long time ago, I read a book called The Rose Nita Tales. There is a little fairy tale in this, which is about [Mirror City]. This fairy tale is not the point, but the point is that it gave me some inspiration - if a city can be hidden in a mirror, can a tower of stars be hidden in a stone?"
As he spoke, he reached out and pressed against the edge of the stone.
He exerted force with his five fingers, and his fingertips gradually exerted pressure on the surface of the stone.
There was no movement.
Lance groaned slightly, and then used the magic guidance, injecting some magic power into his five fingers.
Soon, something magical happened.
The surface of the stone was like a thick curtain, under the pressure of Lance's five fingers. There were some wrinkles.
Lance snorted softly, grabbed hard, and actually grabbed the layer of stone-wrapped exterior alive.
There was a burst of dust, and Lance looked at it, and the thing in his hand was actually a thick blanket. There is also a line of small text written on the edge of the blanket:
[Feitian No. 9, honorably produced by Gilles Store. Note: This is the latest model of the magic carpet, and the trendy magic carpet enthusiasts are likely to fight for it. So, please don't use this magic carpet outside of the safe area – unless you're confident in your own strength. 】
In addition to this small line, there is also a date underneath: Autumn 2876 in the Lunar calendar.
"It's a magic carpet, even though it's a long vintage. But the aura of magic above. It's still very intense. ”
Lance's heart shook slightly.
In the next second, under the eyes of everyone, the magic carpet suddenly shrank into a small ball of yarn and fell into Lance's hand.
Lance looked at the crowd. The rest of the people all looked envious.
Dora said generously, "Since you found it." Then this thing is yours. You should have no opinion, right?"
Both Landry and the Barbarian Wizard nodded bluntly. Valerie was the only one who looked disgruntled, but she quickly nodded in agreement.
Lance wasn't just welcome, he put the ball of yarn away.
By this time. Attention shifted again.
Covered by the magic carpet is a small pagoda. The pagoda is built in a stone-sized crystal, and the top of the crystal is pitch black, like the sun, moon and stars.
"This is the Star Tower?" Landry curiously stroked the surface of the crystal, but this time, he couldn't grab a magic carpet from it like Lance did.
"It's true that we don't have a wizard's tower to shelter in now, but we can't live in the crystal, right?"
At this moment, a crack suddenly appeared on the surface of the crystal.
Click, click!
The crack widened and widened, and Landry's face changed, and he shouted a little wrongedly, "I didn't use my strength. ”
Bang Bang Bang!
With a continuous cracking sound, the outer layers of crystals peeled off.
Dora looked at Lance, but she didn't expect the latter to run far away.
"Guys, I think it's safer for us to stay farther away. He reminded loudly.
Everyone's faces changed, although they didn't understand what Lance meant, but after staying with this guy for a long time, they also knew that Lance would probably not be untargeted.
So Dora immediately helped Lawrence and quickly ran after Lance.
The group ran for a distance, and suddenly there was a rumbling sound behind them!
When they turned around, they saw a towering tower rising from the ground!
The crystals that enveloped the Star Tower had long since shattered, and the small Star Tower was expanding wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The surrounding stones were struck by the ever-expanding size of the Star Tower, and they rolled up and fell down the mountain.
"Oh no! The people down there are in danger. Dora was startled and shouted.
Lawrence's face turned a little pale.
"Don't worry, it's already being processed!" Lance's voice rang in their ears again.
Whoosh!
Fireballs burst out of their hands and smashed at the rocks that rolled down the hillside.
Every fireball is precise. Hit every stone correctly, smashing them to pieces.
In this way, even if it falls, it is still a small debris and will not cause much damage to people.
"Thank you, Mistress Lance!" said Lawrence's face with gratitude. If it weren't for Lance's reaction and decisive action, I am afraid that many people in the White City would have encountered flying disasters this time.
"Yes, after all, we released the Tower of Stars. ”
Lance also breathed a sigh of relief. His eyes were fixed on the tall tower firmly rooted on the top of the mountain.
At this moment, the Star Tower has been completely expanded.
It has a pitch-black exterior with a few stars on it, and the tower has about nine floors, each of which is designed to be oval.
At the bottom of the Star Tower, a gate slowly opened, and a goblin in a tuxedo walked out with a delicate cane.
"Welcome to the Star Tower, please allow me to introduce myself, I am Megan, the steward of the Star Tower. ”
"Miss Dora, the new owner of the Tower of the Stars, I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”
"The rest of the wizards, please come in as well. I've got a separate floor for each of you. (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you book friends for eating God's pig and St. Joseph's monthly ticket!