From the appearance point of view, this is just an ordinary mage's notebook, without the exquisite silver edges and energy flow. When Griffith reached out to the black cover...
"Be careful," Galadia looked at the notes and then at the trainee knight with wide eyes, "When powerful mages record notes, part of their spiritual power will be poured into the pages. If things go on like this, ordinary book pages will also become hidden contents. Mysterious objects may even preserve part of the author’s consciousness.”
"So powerful?" The trainee knight didn't know much about magic items. He retracted his hand warily, "Then do I need to take any protective measures?"
"Hmm~ This mage is not very strong," Galadia thought for a moment, looked at him, blinked, and looked at the notes: "In addition, reinforcements of mages and knights will come at any time!"
Griffith immediately reached out his hand, and when his fingers touched the cold cover...
Nothing happened.
"Huh~" The beautiful elf breathed a sigh of relief and loosened his grip on the short knife at his waist. "I forgot to tell you just now. If the situation goes bad, I can chop off your hands for you. I am super fast!"
Beautiful and neat words are written concisely and crisply on the title page, just like reading a pen pal's correspondence.
"To you a hundred years from now,
"When you open this notebook, what is the difference between your time and my time?
"Let me make a wild guess.
"In your time, has magic entered thousands of households? Fireball replaced coal for cooking and heating? Carriages can fly in the sky without hitting pedestrians? Have humans landed on the moon? Elves have lifted restrictions on our entry Is it already? Has poverty, war and disease been eliminated from the world?"
"I'm sorry~ There are none... The world a hundred years later has let you down!" Galadia came over at some point, almost leaning on Griffith's shoulder, with pointed ears and long hair. The subtle touch brought by the black hair made Griffith's heart itch.
"In my time, learning magic was a very dangerous thing." The author of the note continued,
"Young magic apprentices are from time to time disabled because of the loss of control of their magic power, or they fall into madness due to touching the dangerous consciousness hidden in the darkness. At the beginning, my friends tore their own bodies in frantic pain. The sight of countless flesh sprouts and eyes sprouting from my body gave me constant nightmares.
"However, studying at Homemon Watts allowed me to gradually realize the nature of magic, and I was deeply attracted by this powerful and mysterious power. Although magic is full of dangers, I firmly believe that this power will change the world, and ultimately It enables us to break away from the shackles of this skin and go to the boundless sea of stars.
"This notebook records my various experiences in studying and my insights after experiencing various terrible scenes.
“Although I was on the verge of collapse, with the help of my professors and my close friends, I got back on my feet, renewed and empowered. I decided to keep going in the next few years and record what I saw and heard that I couldn’t tell others. Later, when you spend some time with this notebook, the magic on the notebook will gradually lift the restriction on reading.
“May imagination change the world.”
Galadia stood up slightly and flipped through the notes at the back: "The places that can be read are the experiences in magic learning, and most of the pages cannot be displayed. Rudias put the notes on the desk while preparing the monster. , probably got inspiration from it. Oh my god~ I can’t imagine that someone who wrote such words on the title page would do such a terrible thing.”
"Anyway, this thing belongs to me." Griffith put the notes into his backpack, "Let's go to the basement and take a look."
The two men regrouped and smashed open one room after another in the mage tower, and finally groped towards the basement.
Along the way they found almost no valuable supplies.
"Be careful," Galadia grabbed Griffith's arm and whispered almost against his back, "the room in front is the last one."
Holding a sword in one hand and a torch in the other, Griffith smashed open the wooden door in front of him and rushed in. Galadia opened her long bow and followed closely.
This basement is very dry and tidy than expected. There are several stone cabinets, tables and chairs placed indoors. Beside the cold stone wall, the two saw a naked woman chained at the foot of the wall.
"She's an elf!" Galadia saw the victim's pointed ears at a glance.
Griffith found a key from the table and freed the imprisoned elves.
Galadia observed the condition of the rescued elf and found that she was too weak to speak and could only barely swallow the potion fed to her.
Griffith opened the stone cabinet and looked inside by the light of the torch. The huge stone cabinet was filled with dried limbs and bones, which looked decayed and pale as if they had been stored for hundreds of years.
"There are the remains of humans, orcs, and goblins here," Griffith briefly identified them before closing the stone cabinet. "They should be the experimental subjects Rudias mentioned before, as well as the missing travelers."
"Well," Galadia nodded and helped the female elf lie down on the ground, "I need some blankets and clothes."
Griffith was about to nod when the sound of the door opening suddenly came from above the basement, accompanied by the unmistakable sound of heavy footsteps.
"We are garrison knights, Miss Galadia, are you there?" A loud voice resounded throughout the building, "We are traveling with Master Velonos."
Strong pressure followed. Griffith felt a strong aura going down the steps. A young mage wearing a light blue robe appeared in front of the two people with a solemn expression.
As a spellcaster, with a crystal shield of light spinning around him, he walked indifferently as a vanguard in front of two heavily armored warriors. Turning his eyes, he found the elf and the trainee knight, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Archmage, long time no see. This is my companion, Griffith Brandon trainee knight. Thanks to his Rudias conspiracy, he failed." Galadia, wrapped in a blanket, brought He bowed slightly to the Archmage with an unsurprised expression.
"As long as you're fine, just fine. Leave the rest to us. When you arrive in Beyelan, the embassy will receive our detailed report," Velonos spoke to the elf politely. Then he nodded to the knights and followers who followed closely behind, "Search this place thoroughly. We must give the elves an explanation for this scandal!"
Archmage is the honorific title of Spellcaster Path Sequence 7. Unexpectedly, such a person and reinforcements came so quickly... Griffith saluted respectfully to Velonos.
"What a disgusting guy," a follower who followed Salorian checked the situation in the basement with disgust, "I thought Rudias was just lonely, but I didn't expect him to be so depraved."
"On the road of exploring the truth, if you are not careful, you will go astray." Velonos gently opened the sarcophagus filled with bones and then slowly closed it. "We must take this as a warning."
The Beyonders who followed Velonos investigated meticulously. Everywhere they went seemed to have been licked by a dog, and hidden compartments and secret rooms were discovered one after another.
Galadia watched with wide eyes. She originally thought that she and Griffith had searched thoroughly, but she didn't expect that the Extraordinaries would uncover many hidden documents and items all over the Mage Tower. She couldn't help but tilt her head and sigh.
Velonus suddenly turned to Griffith and said, "Griffith Brandon, are you a vassal of Earl Larmore?"
"Yes, Your Excellency the Archmage, I am Shutoral of the Larmore family," Griffiths replied hurriedly, not expecting that such a person would be interested in talking to him.
"Then you have to prepare well for the course of Potions," Velonus said softly with a smile, "Are you going to enroll at Homemonworth? My tutor, the Supreme Mage Lord Salorian, will occasionally come to teach you The one you teach is very strict... look forward to it!"
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At the beginning of the Second Age, the ancestors of Bjerlan built the city walls with strips of stone and built the world capital of marble on the peninsula between the Broken Sea and the Sea of Tranquility. Under the setting sun across the strait, the endless giant city is wrapped in golden light. From here, to the west, through the vast fields and forests, a road that can accommodate four carriages driving side by side leads to the boundless mountains; to the east, there is the vast Eastern Province, the snow-capped mountains and the kingdom of the dwarves.
The inner city wall is more than 12 meters high and 5 meters thick. It is made of finely cut large pieces of limestone on the surface, and the interior is made of mortar pressed by lime and broken bricks. Even if it is chopped with a sharp sword, it will only leave a shallow mark. trace. There are hundreds of towers protruding outwards on the city wall. The ground floor can directly connect to the road around the city, and the upper floor is connected to the city wall.
20 meters outside the inner wall is the slightly shorter outer wall. The outer wall is 9 meters high and 2 meters thick at the bottom. It is also guarded by hundreds of towers.
The city's towering walls, towers, and horse faces look like gold in the sunlight. Looking from the Jianhai Strait, the seven purple mountaintops behind the city wall are covered with marble dreams, flowing with the light of holy white.
"Is this the city I'm protecting..."
After leaving Rudias' mage tower, Griffith and the elf were escorted all the way to the seaside by the authorities, where they took a boat and crossed the strait in only half a day.
Griffith, who came to this city for the first time, was extremely shocked when he saw this giant city on the sea level. Beside him, several travelers from far away were lying on the deck, crying towards the golden royal city under the setting sun.
"Indeed... it's very spectacular," Galadia whispered. "Although it is a bit rough, your human's architectural level is still passable~ If you have the opportunity in the future, I will show you my hometown."
The sailing ships across the sea docked at the port under the city wall. The huge port and the epic city wall not far away are somewhat out of place. The place is already packed with busy people, the smell of fish from the dock lingers, and pigeons fly between the white or red roofs.
Deep in the narrow and winding streets behind the port lies a solemn darkness, as if there are ancient behemoths inhabiting under the high walls, giving people a mysterious and gloomy feeling.
Griffith stared at the dark street behind the pier, as if being sucked in bit by bit by the darkness. In that darkness, his weak inspiration seemed to be touched, and he always felt that there was a mystery hidden, but he couldn't tell what it was.
"Follow me," Galadia grabbed the dazed trainee knight, "You need to change into a new set of clothes. You can no longer wear this leather armor, and you will be treated like a monkey by those snobbish Bayerans. of."
The elf pulled Griffith through the crowd in a familiar manner and came to the square outside the port area to stop a light carriage: "Go to the St. Romunus Department Store in the uptown area."
The driver waved his horsewhip and drove the two of them into the busy Ring Road.
Griffith found that his eyes could not see at all. After leaving the port, the gentle slopes are full of beautiful residences and lively shops. The avenue that can accommodate 16 carriages is constantly flowing with carriages and horses at all times, so that pedestrians only have to cross the avenue when they want to cross it. Can pass through the sky bridge in mid-air. While going uphill, Griffith even saw hundreds of domestic pigs, cattle and sheep being driven in the distance, moving like a tide along the dedicated road towards the city.
The carriage carried the two people through the port area and the lower city, and entered the upper city built on the hills. This place immediately changed into another scene. The noisy and crowded road just now disappeared in the blink of an eye. Grape vines hang down from the terraces of small buildings on the street, and leisurely pedestrians stroll under the tall plane trees. It is a completely different world from the people before.
The Saint Romanus Department Store, built of pure white marble, was larger than any fortress Griffith had ever seen. Each beautifully dressed customer walked through it with a happy look on his face.
"This is the uptown area. The Larmore family you work for lives here." Galadia jumped out of the carriage with Griffith. "Let's go and change your skin first."
"I can do it myself, I won't bother you." The trainee knight who had just arrived felt that he was particularly uncomfortable with this place.
"That won't work," Galadia rejected Griffith's idea and pushed him toward a store. "They will bully you if I'm not here."
Several very beautiful young men and women stood respectfully inside and outside the store. When they saw the plainly dressed Griffith, they couldn't help but frown. Just then, Galadia walked out from behind the broad shoulders of the trainee knight.
The clerks immediately came forward with radiant faces and eager faces, and showed great courtesy to the beautiful elf.
"Find him a coat, boots, shirt and cuffs, mainly in red and black colors," Galadia said casually, "Don't care about his opinion, the price is about 10 gold florins."
200 silver francs!
Griffith was shocked. This was his two months' salary.
The clerks immediately seized the apprentice knight, and two tall gentlemen dragged him into the fitting room and stripped him naked in the blink of an eye.
Galadia sat elegantly on the sofa nearby, watching the clerks constantly replace the trainees' hangers with new clothes and push them out of the fitting room, and then push them back.
"He is Shutoral, so he doesn't need too exaggerated styles," Galadia folded her arms and admired Griffith being pushed around. "I need two sets of shirts. Cut one set for him to wear first. Another set will be delivered to Larmour House tomorrow."
This name earned the store clerks great respect. They looked at Griffith's expressions a little more kindly.
The suit finally selected is a white crisp shirt, silver cuff studs, black trousers, leather boots and a slim long coat. The style is solemn without looking stuffy. The exquisite red pattern outlines comfortable lines on the coat, and perfectly shows the physique and strength of the trainee knight.
"This is good," Galadia stood up and walked around in a circle, "Just this. This way I won't worry about them not letting you have dinner together."
Griffith felt like he was flipping around in the clouds, spending all his money before being let go.
"Then let's say goodbye here!" Galadia waved, turned around lightly and walked to other stores alone, "I want to buy something and then report to the embassy. We will meet again in the near future!"
"Is the near future the time dimension of elves?" Griffith asked hurriedly.
"No, no, it's really not too long in the future," the elf girl waved her hand, "This is what the amazing prophecy told me."
