Act 73 Mage Tower

After the demon spirit exited the outside of the mage tower, the progress of the battle outside became slow. The battle in "More More Complete" soon rotated to the group of Nymesis and Laurenna, but Brando expected that it would take at least three to four rotations to completely eliminate these demons.

This period of time was a bit long, but fortunately he didn't have nothing to do. The first floor of the mage tower is as big as a small square. Adhering to the outer wall of the square, there is a circle of stairs spiraling upwards, leading to the platform on the second floor. This platform is actually suspended between the square and the third space above. The platform is a circular structure with parapets and crenels built around it. Brando looks like a fortification. Its function is self-evident. Naturally It was used to attack the enemies on the square on the first floor after someone broke through the entrance of the mage tower.

Presumably when the mage tower was still in operation, it should have been full of wizards' guards and young apprentices, but now the place has long been empty, leaving only the lifeless fortification itself.

But even so, there are still many dangers in the Wizard Tower. ‘Wizards’ things should not be touched’, this is a common saying of the Karasu people, and as the wizard’s most valuable property, the wizard’s tower itself is a forbidden area for ordinary people.

Especially in such an abandoned wizard tower, the wandering magic power, the magic traps that are still running, the magic puppets that have lost their masters, dangerous creatures, plants, and even the books on the bookshelves are full of mystery and unknown. For a normal person, the best way to stay safe when entering this wizard's tower is to stay down there and not move.

But this restriction is only for ordinary people.

Brando knows another secret in this tower. He ordered everyone to rest where they were, and then he took Akane, the little prince and Feras up to the third floor of the mage tower alone.

There is no physical connection between the third and second floors of the Mage Tower. Instead, twelve teleportation arrays are used to transport manpower and materials. The twelve teleportation arrays are marked with different colors, and Brando chose the red teleportation array without thinking.

Setting traps on the teleportation array is the most vicious and the most common way for wizards to protect themselves from enemies.

Red is a warning color for most people, but Brando knows that the colors of these twelve teleportation arrays are not just used to express warnings. The wizards of the Black Tower associate them with the twelve months of Eruin and the twelve magic moons, with different months and different moon waxing and waning conditions. There will only be one teleportation array that is a true teleportation array.

Most of the other teleportation arrays will teleport you to the icy and snowy Storm Mountain, or to the lava land, or to Marocha's hometown of Shallow Sea, or to a corner of the world that you can't even name.

Although most teleportation arrays are not fatal.

But the effects are more dangerous than deadly, especially for players. It is said that in "The Amber Sword" back then, an unlucky guy broke into the teleportation array and was sent to a kingdom called Hilma. It took him a full year in real time and countless requests for help on the forum before he found a way to return to Warnd.

It is said that the action to save this player could even be written into an epic epic, and the methods the players came up with for this purpose were also all kinds of strange. For a long time after "More and More Complete", players even started a craze to go to other worlds.

Because of Eruin's war, Brando did not personally participate in the grand occasion of that event, but he knew that the players did not really find out how many 'different worlds' there were outside Warnd in the end.

It's just that these different worlds have obviously existed since early on, and Trishman comes from one of them. Regarding these worlds, players are more inclined to think of Martha's fragments of order scattered in the vast dark world. Warnd is just one of the larger ones.

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It took Brando a lot of effort to activate the magic circle, because he discovered that the mana pool of the facility inside the wizard tower was not the same as the mana pool of the advanced exorcism magic circle outside. The mana pool inside has obviously dried up long ago. He had to use the magic crystal he carried with him to finally drive the teleportation array.

Light flashed in front of the four people, and the next moment they found that the scenery in front of them had changed. It was originally a rather spectacular fortification. But now it has become a long and dark corridor - the mana pool in the wizard's tower has long dried up, and the magic lighting originally used naturally no longer exists. If it weren't for some strange luminous plants in the corridor, they would probably see it now. It should be pitch black.

But Brando was already prepared. He took out the magic crystal, and the bright light immediately illuminated the corridor in front of him. This seemed to be the first time in a century that light had visited this place again. Brando heard a rustling sound, and then they both saw a large vine retreating from the corridor as if shy, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. .

Qian could still remain calm, but Ferras and the little prince couldn't help but feel a little creeped out when they saw this scene. They have seen many things, but they have never seen a plant that can grow legs and run around on its own.

What's more, the shape of this corridor is a bit unsightly. It should have been a corridor paved with marble or obsidian, and the walls on both sides are covered with bricks, with torch holders on it at regular intervals. . Similar walkways can be seen in many castles or temples.

But the road in front of me looked like this. Many sturdy Tenmans grew out of the broken bricks and stones. The stone slabs on the ground had already been lifted up here and there. The corners of the wall were covered with various plants like a tropical jungle. Most of them are ferns or some luminous fungi. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you would have imagined that such a place would become a plant paradise.

But the wizard's territory is like this, and most people call it a 'miracle of magic'. It's just that this miracle is not necessarily friendly. There are many examples in folklore of people who touch things randomly and are permanently turned into frogs.

"What place is this?" Ferras opened his mouth in surprise and couldn't help but ask.

"This should be the top floor of the wizard tower, where the wizards live." Brando replied. Red teleportation array. On the day of the Moon of Fire, when the magic of the harp is overflowing, it is the only way to the upper level of the wizard's tower.

"Ah..." Haruze suddenly shouted in a low voice - although the wound on his shoulder had been bandaged, the sound of tugging on the wound still made him frown. Then the little prince said curiously: "It turns out those below are the Twelve Moon Teleportation Arrays!"

"Twelve moons?"

Haruze seemed to realize that he was too rude to make such a fuss. He blushed and explained in a low voice: "...My sister and I have heard some rumors about wizards from our father. The wizards of the Black Tower have some unique characteristics. One of the most famous defensive methods is the Twelve Moon Teleportation Array. The wizards designed this complex array system based on the seasons and the waxing and waning of the moon on the Warnd continent. It is said that the blueprint of this array is After it was destroyed in an accident, no one could undo it.”

"Even Buga's wizards felt sorry for this. It is said that although the proud people of Silver look down on this crude array technology, they admit that it contains the most exquisite astronomical and calendar calculation methods."

Haruze's tone was a little excited: "It can even be praised by the people of silver. It is undoubtedly the pride of Eruin."

Ferras curled his lips: "Didn't Mr. Brando untie it?"

The little prince thought for a long time before he remembered this question. He couldn't help but look at Brando with some admiration: "That's because the teacher is very knowledgeable. Even my sister admires the earl very much. My sister has always been a proud person. Master Lee Woods said personally that her knowledge is no less than his. ."

When he said this, he couldn't help but look at Brando a little cautiously.

Brando felt a little awkward when he said this. He could clearly hear the little prince trying to please him. What's more, the complex calculation method of these teleportation array 'codes' was certainly not invented by him, nor does it mean that the players are so smart. In fact, the way the players deciphered this set of 'codes' can be regarded as a model of brute force cracking. He I remember that a big guild used human lives to fill it.

He didn't remember the name of the guild, but the other party later received a lot of rewards. They sold the mystery and the magic circle itself to the Black Tower Wizard, and it was said that they paid the price of a city.

Wizards have always been the most money-hungry people on the Warnd continent. Although they are rarely seen spending money lavishly.

"But having said that, this is where the wizards live. There must be some priceless things left in it, right?" Feras seemed to suddenly remember this legend: "I heard that everything belonging to the wizards is It’s a rare treasure.”

He was about to rush inside, but Brando quickly grabbed him and reminded him angrily: "That's not the case. The wizards just have more magic items in their hands. Believe me, you have a lot of them, too. Mr. Ferras. Not every magic item is worth a fortune. Even if it is, it is to ordinary people, not to you-"

Ferras was stunned. Then he realized: "That's right. Then what are we doing here?"

"You'll know in a moment," Brando breathed a sigh of relief, but still reminded: "Be careful, there is a big maze inside. It's not the kind in your garden. Some people in the wizard's maze can walk in it for a lifetime. If you don't come out, let alone the tauren inside, you must have never seen those monsters raised by wizards, they can eat you until you have no bones left."

Feras was about to move forward, but was startled when he heard what he said, and quickly stepped back: "This tower has been here for at least several centuries. Won't they starve to death?"

"Have you ever seen a monster starving to death?"

Ferras blinked, as if he had never seen it before.

Brando then raised the lighting crystal and walked forward. Although the plants around him were all weird, he looked at them and they were basically harmless plants. The highly offensive Nepenthes devourer and snake-like vines that wizards like to plant are nowhere to be seen here, but presumably it is because these two plants are carnivorous vegetation, and they will not be eaten when no one feeds them. It's probably because he won't live long.

He followed the directions in the guide in his memory, turned left after passing five closed doors, and then walked forward for about a hundred steps. Under his reminder, Ferras, Qian and the little prince tried not to look at those doors. In fact, even if Brando didn't say it, they had heard similar stories. Door is a mysterious word for wizards, and their Most of the doors lead to mysterious different dimensions. Once a mortal enters, they can never come back. It’s hard to tell whether these stories are true or false, but it’s best not to take them seriously as a joke.

After walking almost a hundred steps, Brando stopped. Sure enough, he saw a body in the grass in front of him.

That was not the wizard's skeleton, because the skeleton was still wearing conspicuous armor. It was at this location when the first player in the game discovered it. That player believed that the skeleton should be that of an adventurer who entered here later. It is unknown how they discovered the wizard tower, but according to his analysis, the skeleton The owner of the skeleton should be the warrior-type character in this team of adventurers.

As for the cause of his death?

Brando turned back and looked carefully into the grass. At this time, he noticed that Haruze next to him looked a little strange, so he stopped and asked, "Did you find anything?"

"Who is he?" the little prince asked curiously.

"A warrior, or a knight, but certainly not a wizard."

"He was the guardian of the wizards, how could he die here?" Ferras also asked.

"Because of this -" Brando finally found what he was looking for in the grass, and the Sword of the Earth was already in his hand. He stabbed it with his sword and immediately nailed the thing to the ground.

With a sharp cry, a black thing struggled under Brando's sword, and then died. Others took a closer look and realized that it was a weasel-like creature.

"What is this?" Ferras was slightly startled.

"This is Itachi."

"You said a ferret killed this guy?" Mr. Knight, a young man from Cruz, widened his eyes exaggeratedly: "Then I will be bitten to death by my hunting dog in the future?"

Brando was a little speechless about this metaphor. Besides, he felt that given this guy's IQ, if he wasn't so lucky, he might actually be bitten to death by a dog. Anyway, being bitten to death by a dog in Warnd is not a strange thing. Even the Dusk Dog they will face later is a serious canine.

"This is a demon pet." He then replied.

"Magic pet?" Feras then reacted: "You mean it was a wizard who killed him, and there are wizards in this tower?" He suddenly became a little creepy.

The little prince also immediately looked around.

Akane didn't answer, but silently held the Azure Spear. (To be continued...) (Amber Sword)