The magic tower built on a small hill, together with the other five towers, formed an almost substantial barrier to surround the large library complex in the basin.
That barrier gives someone the feeling of seeing a five-story high-voltage power grid, with clearly visible blue-white plasma flowing throughout the body. It seems that as soon as any conductive object comes close, the plasma flow will rush to the people and things that are close to it, electrifying them to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside.
The area around the Magic Tower is not quiet at all. Because no one can force their way through the barrier, it would be like fighting the power of six towers at once. Therefore, those who plan to enter the Great Library or work in the Great Library must pass through the Magic Tower. Over time, a market formed around the Magic Tower.
Most of them are shops selling various kinds of food. If you put up a pergola and put in a few tables and chairs, it can become a small restaurant. Because eating and drinking are not allowed inside the big library, if someone dares to violate the prohibitions set by the magistrates, the consequences will not be just a warning or a small fine. If you shed even one layer of skin, you are considered lucky.
The second most popular are smoke shops. As one of the few entertainments in the Lost World, smoking is of course also popular among magicians. And then smoke in a place full of books? This is more serious than eating in the big library. The magistrates will not punish or warn, and will kill anyone who dares to light a fire!
Several magicians are killed every year for violating this ban. They all think that if they are addicted to cigarettes, as long as no one sees them, they will be fine. He also didn't want to think that he was under the supervision of six magic saint-level five-story magic towers. Unless he hid in another plane to smoke, as long as he got a little hot, his life would be gone, without exception.
Therefore, people who want to relieve their addiction to cigarettes can only leave the confines of the big library and go to the opium dens in the market outside to smoke to their heart's content.
Also as a refreshing product, the number of coffee shops in the market is increasing year by year. The reason why there are not as many opium dens is simply due to the coffee production and not enough people who know how to roast and brew coffee.
As long as there is a way to grab a site outside the magic tower and start a coffee business, he will be busy from morning to night and will not be idle for a moment. The store will be closed, and there will only be one reason: no materials.
Although the area around the Magic Tower is lively, no one would block all the roads without being discerning. On the contrary, the road planning here has developed a fairly efficient road system after hundreds of years of operation.
Those who dare to disobey and want to cross the line should look at the tall tower above. Killing or burying, in the Lost Land, refers to the magic tower, and if an offensive tower magic is blasted down, there will be nothing to bury even if you want to.
Looking at the bustling scene in the early morning outside the window, someone felt like he was in another world. Speaking of which, since I came to the Holy City, I really haven't taken a walk in it to take a good look at the city.
Looking up again, I thought that a mere five-story building was nothing to a time traveler. But looking up from the plane at the bottom of the tower, the tower actually gives people the feeling of towering into the sky. The top of the tower seems to be infinitely far away, intangible and out of reach.
If you look carefully, you will find that there is a mystery hidden in the outer wall of the tower. That is to use color to create a visual illusion for others, so that they will feel as if they are towering when looking up from below. This discovery surprised Lin. I didn't expect to see such an arrangement in Lost Land. I don’t know if the tower owner who did this is purely speaking from experience, or if he really has done research on these visual misleadings.
Another less surprising thing is the illusion that lingers around this magic tower.
Although the magic tower in Lost Land is a war fortress, it is not that mysterious. Because as long as you have money, you can learn about the size of the magic tower, the main magic formation, and the layout of the tower by purchasing a simplified 'Tower Chronicle' from the Magician Association. There will also be information about the Magic Tower, its history, previous tower owners and other information.
Of course, it is impossible for a simplified tower chronicle to cover all magic towers in the land. Normally, a simplified tower journal will contain the resumes and introductions of ten to twenty magic towers. There is also another type that is only provided to the succeeding tower owner. It contains more detailed information, including the transformation process of previous tower owners. The magician who succeeds the tower owner can specify and purchase it from the association.
Of course, someone's knowledge of Tower VI is a detailed version. As for the source of the information... it cannot be said or made explicit, as long as everyone knows it. Those who use free resources should keep a low profile.
According to the Tower Chronicles, Tower VI, one of the six towers in the Holy City of Estali, is best at phantoms and illusions, and its internal space is like a maze. It can be said that among the six towers, it is the magic tower with the strongest ability to trap enemies and confuse it.
But the tower records are only historical records after all. It is unknown what changes the current tower owner has made based on the magic tower. And this part is usually the trump card of the current tower owner. There are even those who are cunning and will use the tower log records as a kind of inducement, but the actual settings in the tower will be changed to the completely opposite situation, making the road that was originally shown as a safe road in the data become a trap.
In addition to the tower records as reference data, the introduction of the local great magician Kabambai also allowed Lin to understand the current situation of Tower VI. The first floor of the Magic Tower has the most people coming in and out, and it can almost be regarded as a public place.
All persons entering and leaving the Great Library will be registered and checked here. In order to protect the books inside, some contraband cannot be brought in. But here we will only provide advice and custody, and there will be no drastic actions. balance
Starting from the second floor is the space belonging to the tower owner. In addition to regular traffic, if you want to handle matters related to the big library, you have to go to the second floor. The third floor is the defense floor, with the famous folding space and phantom maze of Tower VI.
It operates in the most basic state under normal circumstances, but when facing foreign enemies, this maze can be expanded to trap an army of ten thousand people within it. And divide the large army into individual units, causing them to get lost in the maze.
There is very little information about the fourth floor. Some say it is similar to the third floor. Others say it is the living space where the apprentices of the master of the tower, the Dharma Saint, live and practice magic. But there are only two students of the current tower master who are still with their teacher. Although they are second-level magic apprentices, it is said that their combat prowess and strength are not inferior to those of formal magicians.
The fifth floor is the private domain of Saint Mildiades, and it is also the core part of the entire magic tower. But unlike most magicians who do not welcome outsiders into the core of the magic tower, Milediades' friends and some guests are often invited to the fifth floor for a chat to show their closeness... or to cause trouble. Degree. Think of an outsider trying to pass through the third or fourth floor.
"So the most ideal situation is to have that adult's student come forward and accept the journals we presented on the second floor. Then you can leave." Lin said.
For someone to come to such a strange conclusion, Kabamba was speechless. Although he was vaguely aware that this young man didn't like attracting attention, it was rare to see him being so afraid of things.
Most people are eager to become famous, and profit will follow closely behind. But this person hopes that others will treat him as a transparent person and ignore him. But what he did attracted everyone's attention. What a contradiction.
However, from the life-saving point of view of the great magician Kabamba, it is a good thing to be able to leave other people's magic towers as soon as possible. He no longer needs to let a Dharma Saint touch his head and then excitedly go around to announce that he has received a reward to become famous.
The Dharma Saint who can sit in the Sixth Tower of the Holy City may behave very kindly, but he definitely has nothing to do with the word "good old man". If you are deceived by their appearance, the consequences are obvious.
In any case, the great magician Kabamba tried to hide, and his not-so-calm performance made someone following him feel slightly uneasy. But what was supposed to come had to come, and Lin could only obediently hold the wooden box containing the mathematics journal and follow the old man into a five-story magic tower.
The scene on the first floor is no different from that of a general Magician's Association office, or the reception hall of the Adventurer's Guild or Mercenary Guild. A noisy group of people crowded in front of the counter, harassing the little girl or young man sitting behind.
Of course, the so-called harassment is nothing more than verbal teasing. If anyone dares to do anything, think about where you are first. At least no one dares to drink and cause trouble in such a place, or pretend to be crazy while drinking.
And those who want to go up to the second floor to do business don't have to mix with those who want to enter the big library. There is a staircase next to it. Just tell the guard guarding the staircase and you can go up.
Logically speaking, there are no firewalls or soundproof doors in the stairwell. The open passage should allow the noise from the first floor to reach the second floor. But once you get to the second floor, it's like entering another world. It's quite quiet and there aren't many people. The only counter girl at the reception desk was fiddling with her hair in boredom.
As soon as she saw someone coming up, she immediately stood up, made a fairly standard professional smile, and greeted: "Good day, Your Excellencies. I don't know if there is anything I can do for you."
"Good day, ma'am. I am Kabamba, and this is the wizard Guybrash Tripwood. We are here to present ten volumes of mathematical journals to the Great Library. We hope you will check them out."
Upon hearing the name, the female apprentice smiled kindly and said, "Two of you, please sit down for a moment. Sir Hakim has told you that you two will come, and he will receive you personally. I will inform Sir Hakim immediately."
It seems very troublesome. Lin thought so. The lady at the reception said she wanted to inform, but she didn't actually leave. Maybe it was like the earth's bank alarm bell. After she touched a switch somewhere, she served two cups of hot elf flower tea to the two people who were sitting next to the seats in the waiting area.
After a while, a handsome young man with two silver tassels tied on his chest came out from the stairs behind the counter. He bowed respectfully to the great magician Kaban, but did not look at the other person. He simply regarded the other person as the principal's entourage.
After a few polite words, the arrogant magic apprentice said: "Teacher hopes to meet you in person, so please come with me." He turned around, waved his hand, and welcomed the great magician Kaban Bai.
Had someone not been holding something to offer, he might have been turned away. Lin guessed this from the expression of disgust the young man showed when he saw him walking by. It seems that this trip will not be very peaceful.
