Chapter 167 Mages Guild, Dark Blue Platform
(Added update for the respected [Succubus Queen Jezebeth])
In the blink of an eye, two days have passed, Vesdon purchased All the warcraft have been settled, and Denise has also taken care of a supply of supplies, preparing to leave Eagle Castle with Vesdon and go to Munn City to take up his post.
This time Denise returns to Meng En City, it can be regarded as a "return to her hometown", so the preparations are quite grand. Outside the Eagle Castle, there are more than 30 horse-drawn carriages. It became a long queue.
In order to ensure safety, Raven sent Link to lead a squad of ten soldiers and a hundred-man recruits to form a escort team.
At the gate of the castle, Raven looked at Denise and told her: "The water in Munn City is deep. If the Slater family is involved or there is any trouble, you must notify me as soon as possible."
Although She was somewhat dissatisfied with Raven's toughness before, but at this moment, Denise still smiled: " Don’t worry, I’m also a native of Men’en City, not to mention the two gangsters you gathered.”
Hearing this, Raven smiled noncommittally, and he did not deny Denise’s business. Ability and grasp of people's hearts, if nothing else happened, then Denise would indeed not need his help.
But the problem is that the least surprising thing in the world is accidents.
For example, if you are addicted to cigarettes, you go downstairs to buy a pack of cigarettes from your usual shop. As a result, it is out of season and the shop that is usually open 24 hours a day is closed at this time, so you can only walk half way hours to go to a store further away.
"Weisdong, you are already fifteen years old." Raven patted Vesdon on the shoulder and said seriously: "When you go back with your mother this time, you must protect her. Remember, when I am not around, you He is the only man in the family.”
Vesdon, be serious. He nodded: "Brother, don't worry, I won't let you down!"
"It's almost time." Denise said: "Raven, go back."
With that said, Denise stepped onto the carriage, and Vesdon followed.
The carriage drove away slowly, and the convoy brought up a cloud of smoke and dust, rushing into the morning sun, just like the bright future led by the eagle.
At the same time, the Dominion of the Mages Association.
This territory of the Mage Association is located outside the southwest border of the Cairns Empire, on the edge of the ancient jungle. It is a holy land in the minds of all mages on the entire continent, and it also represents the most advanced magical civilization in the entire plane.
From magic crystal cannons to magic potions, almost everything related to magic that can be seen was invented and spread here.
In the territory, there are towers of different colors, with the lowest level being six floors.
These towers are privately owned by magicians. The height of the towers symbolizes the identity and strength of the owner. Six floors represent the third level, eight floors represent the fourth level, ten floors represent the fifth level, and so on.
The tallest one has nineteen floors, which is also the headquarters of the Mages Guild. It is nearly a hundred meters high. In addition to the main dark blue tower, there are more than ten towers of different heights attached, which together form a mountain-like towering building. group.
Just outside the southwest side of the building, in a room at the top of a six-story tower, a magician wearing a blue mage robe was holding a letter in his hand and whispering to himself: "The province of Nord... is majestic. Eagle Territory? I’ve heard of Meng’en City, where is this Eagle Territory?”
The whole room is arranged like a library, with various books on the walls. Dark red magic light flows.
Hearing this question, with a pop, the sculpture-like bronze statue of a little devil on the wall came to life.
It is only one foot tall, with a purple-red body, two bat-like wings behind its bare head, and a tail with an arrow hanging from the back of its butt.
With its wings flickering, it flew to the wall full of books, reached out and grabbed a book, and flew to the table.
The magician opened the book and looked at the genealogy of the names on it: "...Oh, the Griffith family, I remembered..."
"Another delusion. "Idiot!"
This magician is fifty-one years old and his name is Bartley. With his gray beard, green mage robe, and thin body, he fits the image of a great magician in public perception.
However, compared to his image, he is not that strong in terms of strength. Now he is only at the third level, and he serves as the most boring, public-oriented, and least promising "auditor" in the entire Mage Guild. A position.
Although he can exclusively enjoy a six-story mage tower, his job is to receive applications from all over the world, verify their strength and level, and collect a certification fee.
The surname Griffith immediately brought back an unpleasant memory for Barrett.
As early as five years ago, Bartley received a letter from the Griffith family. It turned out that the guy named Donald had no magical talent at all and was already a knight. Got it!
Donald applied for certification purely because he wanted to get in touch with the Mage Association and purchase some magic raw materials and minerals.
He even offered three hundred gold coins as a bribe!
How unreasonable!
You want to bribe me with this little money?
You have to add a zero at the end anyway, right?
Thinking of this, Barrett crumpled the letter in his hand into a ball and kept it on the ground. The lid of the trash can next to him opened, and a suction force was generated. He immediately swallowed the paper ball and burped loudly. .
“Hmph, it’s destined to be a wasted trip anyway, or I won’t get through...” Barrett touched his beard: “Dalaben, go and bring me a copy of letterhead No. 2. .”
When the little devil heard this, he suddenly flickered his wings and pulled out a gold-plated letter from a pile of documents on the wall.
Barrett stamped it, wrote the address, and smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Finally, I got rid of a troublesome thing."
If he didn't reply, God knows what would happen. Will the boy from the Faith family send another letter?
Just give him this No. 2 letterhead. As long as you draw the magic circle according to the above layout, you can still verify the level and contact the magic guild.
The problem is that this magic circle can only be completed by senior second-level magicians who have received systematic education.
With this, it can be guaranteed that at least within ten, no, fifteen years, the guy named Raven will not harass him again.
After all, Raven himself said in the letter that he just became a magician last year. How could he be promoted to the second level without fifteen years?
"It took thirteen years for a genius like me!"
After saying that, he smiled proudly and thrust the letter into the hands of the little devil named Dalabeng:
“Go, deliver it, cash on delivery!”
The Mages Guild works very efficiently. Even though they are thousands of miles apart, only five days have passed before this letter appeared on Raven's desk.
Although he paid twenty gold coins for shipping, Raven did not feel it was a pity. Instead, it was well worth the money, because from the perspective of the Eye of Truth, this letter was stained with sufficient magic power. The material itself is not ordinary parchment.
What is inside, and how to verify your mage level? Is it a badge, or will an image of an old man with a white beard pop out of it after opening it?
Unable to suppress his curiosity, Raven opened the letter and felt a little disappointed because it contained just an ordinary piece of parchment.
But when he opened it and took a look, he suddenly smiled again: "So this is it... draw a magic circle and contact the Mage Guild through this magic circle, which can not only establish contact, but also test the strength of the mage. Wonderful! ”
Recording all the above parameters in his mind, Raven calculated the suitable location in his mind.
The dungeon was originally a good place, but Mark is still locked in it and can't be used now. If he puts it in his bedroom, he always feels a little unsafe...
Yes!
Lei Wen's eyes lit up, he grabbed the letter and quickly left the study and came to the secret room on the third floor.
Since I practiced magic once, this place has basically not been opened again, and the scale is very suitable and very hidden. It is simply the most ideal place!
After closing the door and activating the magic lamp, Raven carefully read the contents of the letter from beginning to end. When he was sure that nothing was missing, he breathed a sigh of relief.
This is Raven's first time drawing a magic circle, so he is extremely cautious.
He opened the Eyes of Truth, and his eyes turned silvery white. He used his spiritual power to draw the magic power and began to draw this magic circle on the ground.
Once pure magic power is lost to the material world, it will dissipate very quickly. The difficulty of this magic array, apart from accuracy, is that the magic array must be operated before the magic power dissipates to complete a closed loop. Only in this way can be stabilized.
This is a blow to the back of Raven's hand. With the Eye of Truth as an aid, he can't lose to anyone in terms of subtle control of mental power!
A faint blue magical light lit up on the ground, and a few mysterious runes appeared on the dark ground. If a third person were here, they would find that every rune on the ground was exactly the same as the one on the letterhead. It’s just like enlarging it and printing it!
The runes emerge little by little, and the points, lines and surfaces are intertwined and outlined, stabilizing the overall shape. The speed is not like drawing, but like charging the magic circle that has been drawn!
Finally, the inner and outer rings of the magic circle closed, and with a vibrating sound of magic resonance, a bright light lit up!
The magic circle is outlined at this moment!
Leaven slowly opened his eyes, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and showed an exciting smile on his lips: "It's finally done!"
Looking at the magic array in front of him, a sense of accomplishment arose in Raven's heart. He wiped it on his belt, took out two magic crystals, and placed them in the magic array to stabilize the operation of the magic array. Then he looked at it with a smile. Looking forward to it, according to the method in the letter, two magic runes were outlined and entered into the magic circle.
Like a volcano erupting, a burst of bright light erupted from the magic circle, and a screen woven with blue light appeared in front of Raven.
At the same time, an ethereal female voice sounded: "Dear Mr. Magician, welcome to the 'Deep Blue Trading Platform'."
"This platform aims to strengthen the communication between magicians. You can query, buy, and sell any items on this platform, including not limited to magic, books, magic plants, Warcraft, enchanted props, and enchanted equipment."
"I wish you a happy use."
Raven was stunned for a moment.
Deep Blue Trading Platform? This, isn't this a treasure from another world?
And the operation method is similar to that of Moubao. Not only does it list a lot of tags, but it also allows you to set price ranges and keyword filters.
Raven became curious for a moment, input his magic power into it, and selected all categories and arranged them by price from high to low.
He wanted to see what the most expensive thing could be like!
At the first moment, Raven's eyes were attracted by the thing hanging on the top: "Let me go, there are such good things!?"
"The semi-artifact ring' lost Paradise'. Possessing characteristics: [Plane Travel] [Mimetic Crystal Wall] ] [Internal Time Flow Speed Adjustment] [Ninth-Level Permanent Magic Well]..."
There are seven or eight entries after that, but Raven is no longer in the mood to read any more. Just these four characteristics are better than the last. Abnormal, especially the ninth level permanent magic well.
The magic well, to put it simply, is an externalized magic vortex that can continuously extract elements and turn them into magic power. The ninth-level permanent magic well means that the magician who wears this ring will be protected almost forever. Don’t worry about running out of magic power!
Raven swallowed and looked at the price marked on the back. At a glance, there were at least eight zeros!
It is priced in one billion gold coins!
No.
Leaven rubbed his eyes again and finally determined that it was not eight zeros, but eleven!
The total price is 600 billion gold coins! ?
Are there so many gold coins in total on the mainland?
And what’s the use of so many gold coins? Throwing it around for fun?
Lei Wen murmured: "I'm afraid this is not for sale, but for showing off."
Looking down, the prices below are much more normal. But that's relative, not everything Raven can covet now.
"Let's find some content that you can afford!" Raven calmed down and was about to change the filter conditions. Suddenly the screen flickered and a magician with a gray beard appeared in front of him. in front of.
Raven asked: "You are...?"
"Barrett." Whitebeard looked at Raven, a little unbelievable: "You are so young, whose child are you? Who is your teacher? Who? "
" Raven, Raven Ota Griffith, the one who just sent the letter before." Raven said. : "I don't have a teacher, I'm all self-taught."
"What did you say?" Barrett was stunned for a moment: "You said...your name is Raven? Are you Donald's heir?"
< br>He received a reminder from Shenlan and learned that a brand new user appeared on the platform, so he came to take a look.
"Yes." Raven nodded without knowing why.
Barrett swallowed and looked a little gloomy: "Did you complete this magic circle by yourself!?"
"Yes." Raven scratched his head in embarrassment : "My vision before was still too small. I thought I I have some talent in magic, but I didn’t expect the test questions to be so difficult.”
“If I hadn’t reached the second level, even if I could complete the painting, I would have exhausted all my mental power and magic power.”
Barrett Pupil Earthquake!
Second level? !
Didn’t you become a magician last year? It’s only been a year and you’ve reached the second level?
From what Lei Wen said, it seemed that even if he did not reach the second level, he could complete this magic circle independently.
This...how is this possible! ?
"Ahem! Very good, you have an honest attitude, which is the basis for success." Barrett coughed and asked insinuatingly: "What level is the engraving pen you used? Is it produced by Heinrich or Mendes? ”
Raven blinked and asked a question that shattered Barrett's outlook: "What is the engraved formation pen?"
Barrett's face froze, unable to maintain expression control: "... ...You mean, you drew the 'Dark Blue' terminal magic circle with your own magic power without using an array pen? The magic is maintained , I used two magic crystals."
Looking at Barrett's expression, Raven asked cautiously: "...Did I fail the test?"
It's not that it has to be certified by the Mages Guild, but this Deep Blue Trading Platform is really magical. If nothing else, without it, Raven would have cut off most of his ways to learn magic, and he could only rely on the Church of Light.
Barrett didn't speak for a long time.
He's a bit of a defense breaker.
Break the defense!
If you had to choose someone between him and Raven who should not exist in the Magicians Guild, it would definitely not be Raven.
What kind of monster is this! ?
Looking at others, and then looking at himself, Barrett is very grateful that his mother did not throw him away when he was born.
He was only promoted to the second level when he was thirty-one years old!
As for Raven, it only took one year to advance from the first level to the second level, and he even drew a second level magic circle using only his own magic power.
Let alone the second level, even if Barrett comes now, he cannot guarantee success in the first time!
At this moment, Barrett even suspected that Raven was the illegitimate son of a certain magician, or even a legendary magician.
"Uh, Mr. Barrett?"
Raven's words awakened Barrett, and he cleared his throat: "Well, you did a good job, and then input a little magic power into Deep Blue and let her record your Magic properties, the guild can then issue you certification as a second-level magician.”
“A second-level magician, if you purchase materials produced by the guild, can do so on the Deep Blue Level. Taiwan enjoys a 3% shopping discount, you should complete the certification as soon as possible.”
“By the way, do you have enough gold coins for certification? Do you need me to help you?”
Every time you are certified in the Mages Guild, you need to pay a certain number of gold coins. A first-level magician needs one thousand gold coins, a second-level magician needs three thousand, a third-level magician nine thousand, and so on.
Raven smiled and said: "Thank you for your concern, it's enough."
"Really no need?" Barrett asked: "Although you can grow magic plants in exchange for money, you have to know that magic plants It’s not cheap either.”
Lei Wen said: “It doesn’t matter. Although I don’t have many gold coins, I still have hundreds of thousands.”
Barrett's mouth twitched, and with a flick of his finger, a small box appeared in the lower right corner of the screen: "This is my personal communication method. If you have any questions in the future, you can ask me through the Deep Blue platform."
After saying that, Barrett closed the communication and slumped down in the chair. Darabeng thoughtfully gave a wet towel and covered Barrett's face.
He regrets it now!
If he had known that Raven was such a genius, he should have gone there himself.
Not to mention building closer relationships, because Raven is so rich, if he helps Raven build the Deep Blue Terminal, he can take 1% of the profit!
With hundreds of thousands of savings, even if only half is spent on Deep Blue, that is still an income of several thousand gold coins!
But obviously five years ago, the Eagle Leader was still poor. Where did Lei Wen get these hundreds of thousands of gold coins?
If he hadn't known that he didn't have the ability and qualifications, Barrett would have wanted to accept Raven as his mage apprentice.
Father is more valuable than son, and the same applies to the master-disciple relationship!
Thinking of this, Barrett sat up straight and touched his beard: "By the way, do you want to lead Raven..."
I had no idea what Barrett was doing at this time. Psychological activities, Raven sighed: "I thought the Mage Guild People are very arrogant. I didn’t expect there to be such a good person!”
Although with Margaret’s help, he was able to master several second-level necromancy magic, but this was all hidden from the light! If you really want to protect your body, it must be a serious magic weapon.
There was already a second-level fire attribute magic, so Raven chose a second-level magic from each of the six elements: wind, water, earth, ice, light, and darkness, which cost him 20,578 yuan. gold coin.
To be honest, it is much more expensive than the market price, but the advantage is that the variety is complete, and you can get whatever you want.
Although the payment was not deducted immediately, but had to be paid after the goods arrived, it still made Raven feel a little painful.
It seems that the gold coins in hand will not last long.
A magician needs too many things. He needs to buy incense. In the future, when he levels up, he also needs to buy third-level magic. A better third-level magic will add more than the ones Raven just bought. It’s all expensive together!
As for whether someone will default on their debt—offending a group of magicians, seriously?
Lack of money!
However, after confirming the purchase, a prompt popped up: The purchased magic is not allowed to be taught privately to other magicians. Once discovered, you will be expelled from the Magicians Guild immediately.
Expulsion from the guild is only the most basic punishment. There are some detailed rules below. Depending on the level of magic leaked, the punishment items are also different, ranging from fines to physical annihilation to soul extraction.
Raven suddenly thought of Nancy. She was probably under a lot of pressure when she handed over the second-level magic to him.
"I don't know how she is doing now."
Shaking his head, Raven cheered up again and prepared to continue shopping around this "treasure from another world".
Barrett mentioned before that planting magic plants can be exchanged for money!
Given the wealth of a magician, it is said that he can make money, so the profit margin here is certainly not small!
……
(End of this chapter)