The Emerald Tower is the holy place for wizards and research centers in the entire waterfall town, and it can also be called: the war fortress.

The tower on the cliff to the west can be seen by anyone from any angle in the town of Falls.

The towering dark blue tower seems to be very close, but it gives people a feeling of being out of reach and unattainable, which is daunting.

"Anyone who wants to become a wizard must seek the only arcane truth as the ultimate goal. The world often says that only the arcane is the highest realm of wizards.

But the unfathomable arcane has never been explored by the spellcasters who manipulate the arcane arts. Many wizards dream of discovering new schools, being able to understand secret arts more deeply through other means, or in forbidden research. to gain terrifying power. "

In the study hall on the second floor of the tower, a young man in a gray robe looked at the dozen or so students below, and focused on spreading the most basic magic knowledge to them:

"In the history of the continent, many new spells have been discovered and then abandoned, and in the continuous research of various spells, various unprecedented disasters have been brought to the world.

If we want to master magic, we must first learn to fear magic, suppress the terrifying fantasies that grow in our minds, and explore the truth of arcane art with a heart of awe and reason. long.

In that ancient age when elves, dwarves, giants, and dragons ruled the world's dense forests and savage wilderness. Anyone who has the ability to use magic is committed to the pursuit of powerful power, knowledge of hidden taboos, and a better understanding of the nature of magic, even at all costs and by any means, just to be able to defeat the enemy.

In this regard, the powerful empires of early human beings are the same.

The Imaskar Empire has a wealth of knowledge about portals and otherworldly gates, and they plunder tens of thousands of unfortunate natives from other worlds, forcing them to become slaves to their own arcane power and squeezing their value.

In the end, in order to fight the enemy, they summoned countless monsters from the other world, but it didn't take long for these monsters and slaves to escape the master's control and become a permanent scourge that is still threatening the main material world.

The Netheril Empire is proficient in all kinds of craftsmanship of magic devices, and their floating cities spread over the clouds, obscuring the sky and the sun. Who would have thought that these amazing or dreaded magical skills have long since turned into very inconspicuous dust in the wild desert.

This is why there is such a saying on the mainland: What could be more dangerous than letting wizards rule the world? You ask what that is, of course when a wizard is trying to have fun...

Therefore, the final fate of these powerful empires is: perish!

Because they lack the reverence for magic and the calmness and reason to pursue knowledge and truth. They give up everything in pursuit of power. They can't see anything except spells and don't care. Such an irrational lunatic, how can you talk about the pursuit of arcane truth? They have long lost themselves.

They are like a tragedy staged on the other side of perfection. All the blood and tears have bred flower buds in the withered thorns. The flower buds will bloom in the raging wind and rain, and finally disappear into the humid air.

As a wizard, I have also studied in the wizard's tower for a long time. I feel that it is necessary to give you these advices. I hope that when you really set foot on the wizarding path, you can always keep these words in your heart. "

When the students heard the words, they seemed to have heard all of them, and nodded solemnly.

"The path of wizards is one of the most difficult and quiet paths. Most of the ordinary people stop at the wizards, fall into the method of attack, and die of inferiority. The gate of the tomb is always open for this generation, and it is very crowded." The dark elf with long white hair walked up to the human wizard and warned everyone:

"The pursuit of arcane truth must be carried out with a sense of awe. If you want to embark on the path of wizards, you must face difficulties and obstacles and endure loneliness. If you can't do both of these, your path to wizards will also be lost. It's impossible to go further. That's why a lot of the time spent refraining from abusing power takes longer than the pursuit and acquisition of power."

Listening to the path of the wizards told by the two mentors of the tower, Palso and Aamir, most of these wild path wizard players from all over the world fell into contemplation and thought about their future path.

Players who are qualified to become wizards and join the Emerald Tower through a series of assessments are all talented people, and naturally they can easily understand what they said.

As for whether these people can rationally carry a heart of reverence, embark on the road of lonely wizards, and go further, it is unknown.

"Mr. Pardo, I want to ask a question." After some time, a good-looking female elf player suddenly stood up from the chair and noticed that the teacher's eyes were turning towards him.

She immediately asked respectfully: "When I read the history books of the Wizard's Tower just now, I found a problem, that is, the magic of elves was much more advanced than that of humans at first, and even a lot of arcane knowledge was taught by elves, but why did they In the end, was it surpassed by humans?"

Faced with the student's question, Pardo pondered for a moment and slowly replied:

"If the elves wanted to, I'm sure they could. But they're peaceful creatures, and that's not what they meant. In human terms, they're a little lazy, and their favorite thing to do is to have fun, not to keep learning. In other words: because of their long lifespan, they do not have the tension and oppression of life that humans do.

Although the spells of human wizards were not as good as those of elves at first, their ambition and jealousy kept them looking for lost spells and trying to create new and powerful spells. The elf wizard just smiled and said that they already knew everything and just didn't bother to do it. "

"To put it simply, elves are like ostriches that bury their heads in the sand and refuse to face the truth and threats. Do you know what an ostrich is? It has a huge body but a very small head.

They retreated again and again in the face of ambitious humans taking land and knowledge from their hands, always feeling that this was the last time, thinking that the enemy would not continue to encroach on them.

However, it turns out that humans are not that stupid. Most elves don't like to fight, they just hide in mountains and forests, or go to islands that are not inhabited by humans. "

"What about the dark elves?" The elf player looked at the drow wizard strangely, and she asked another question in her heart.

"Dark elves? A society full of conspiracy and betrayal. They don't have to give up on themselves, and expect them to rule the surface world? Too naive."

The drow wizard with his arms crossed his chest, blew a sigh of relief at the long withered white hair in front of his forehead, and a disdainful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

His sarcasm showed that he didn't care about the fact that he was a dark elf, that is to say, he didn't identify with the dark elf at all.

After all, their souls and consciousness come from another world, and they don't pay much attention to the so-called racial concept.

Moreover, in the laws of Waterfall Town, the punishment for those who discriminate against races is also very serious.

"I also have a question." At this time, a student with a notebook got up and said his inner doubt:

"I once heard a story from aboriginal wizards. When a wizard prepares to enter, the first thing to do is to sense the magic net and wake him up, and this is undoubtedly true for most people who try to become wizards. is very tough.

But just now, without any guidance, I easily sensed the magic web according to the meditation method you taught me, which doesn't seem to be very difficult. "

The student who had just joined for a few days was talking, his expression gradually became arrogant, and his waist could not help but straighten a little bit, like a big **** strutting.

However, what puzzled him was that most of the people looked at him in a weird way, and a few looked at him like an idiot.

As if such an outstanding talent is inconspicuous to others.

Could it be that all the people here have this kind of talent?

Thinking of the wizard exam he took before, the student who had just come into contact with magic suddenly felt a little depressed.

"That's because the souls of our players are different from the original inhabitants of this world. We are more like born awakeners, and have an inexplicable affinity for magic. It is not difficult for us to sense and contact the magic net. It is not so much that we approach the Weave actively, nor that the Weave is inherently close to us."

Pardo showed a hint of understanding, and he calmly explained to the secretly proud new student: "This is the real reason why we can directly use enough practice points to master spells instantly."

"...So that's how it is." The student who was already a little depressed became even more depressed. After hearing the truth of the blow, the whole person's expression was like an eggplant beaten by frost.

Indistinctly, there were a few snickers from the hall, which made his depressed little face flush to the root of his neck.

"Although we have this talent, we can easily come into contact with the magic net. But you must keep in mind that when you have insufficient knowledge of spells and your own wizard level is still relatively low, if you rashly touch the deep magic net, It will be a very dangerous thing." Pardo gave the new student a formal warning.

Because this kind of thing has been said many times in the past three years, especially in the Magic Academy in the lower city.

"What are the consequences?" In order to resolve the embarrassment, the depressed student took the initiative to transform into a curious baby.

"This kind of consequence? In the words of the original resident wizard, it is: when the mental force with insufficient strength contacts the deep magic net, it is easily washed out by the magic energy that is constantly flowing in the magic net itself. This process will not only make you Depressed spirit, and even severe cases will turn into an idiot." Pardo explained patiently to the curious baby.

In fact, it's not that serious. In the light, the mental strength is severely damaged, and it can be recovered after a few days of rest. In the most serious case, it is nothing more than a loss of a few intelligence attributes.

However, he also knows that if he tells the truth, it will arouse the curiosity of some people who are daring and have no reverence for magic.

"In the words of our players..." As soon as the voice fell, the drow wizard took Pardo's words:

"Your wizard level can only master second-level spells at most, and if you have insufficient knowledge and understanding of spells, try to learn third-level spells. Even if you have enough practice points, if you forcibly learn them, you will Being overwhelmed by spell-related information that cannot be understood and discerned, or being directly impacted by terrifying mysteries into a madman, falling into permanent madness."

Looking at the new student who was in a cold sweat, the drow wizard nodded with satisfaction, then laughed and joked: "Does Karthus of Netheril know?"

The student who wiped away the cold sweat nodded subconsciously, secretly thankful that he had asked in advance, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

"The 12-level spell "Conferring God" that Karthus once cast on the goddess of magic was researched based on this principle, and the final result can be imagined. "The drow wizard blinked his pale red eyes and shrugged.

The student immediately became like a good baby.

"Since we are all born awakeners and people who are loved by the magic net, is it true that the warlocks are also the same, and they will be more likely to awaken spells." Another student asked curiously in the hall that was silent for a while.

"They rely on blood, and we rely on knowledge. Having brains and no brains is the difference between our wizards and warlocks. The two cannot be compared."

The drow wizard seemed to remember some unpleasant events that happened in the Warlock Academy in the Royal City of Rezim, and without hesitation, took the opportunity to answer the question, and mocked the warlocks in the caster's companions to the students.

However, as soon as the voice fell, an icy mechanical metal sound instantly reverberated throughout the hall:

"...Warning!...Arcanist Aramir taunted the Mistress of the Emerald Tower at risk!...I'm thinking of the first offense!...Treat it lightly!...You will double the number of Fireball scrolls that you need to copy today! "

"I..." The drow wizard who suddenly woke up immediately realized that the main occupation of the hostess of the wizard tower was a warlock. He looked around with his eyes and opened his mouth instinctively, but he didn't know how to refute.

In the end, he could only helplessly wave to the students who were holding back their smiles: "This is the end of today's class, everyone should leave."

The students forced many questions in their hearts to disperse, and then went back to complete the unfinished homework and the tasks Taling explained to them.

However, just as everyone was about to leave, a strange figure appeared near the spiral staircase, causing them to look over curiously.

"Tower master, why do you have time to come here today?" Pardo was surprised when he saw the unexpected figure, and then greeted him with the drow wizard, saluting and greeting.

The comer is the real owner of the Emerald Tower: Thorne.

In Pardo's mind, however, the hand-slinger came here less frequently in a year than the steelhead trout migrated up the Emerald River.

So every time I see Thorne coming, it's a surprise for him.

"No need..." Thorne was about to reach out his hand to stop the two of them from bowing and salute, but after thinking about it carefully, he withdrew his half-stretched hand.

"It turns out that he is the tower owner of the Emerald Tower." A student who had not joined for a long time was surprised when he saw what Pardo and the two called Thorne.

"So cool! So handsome!"

Another female student, who was a little bit nympho, was surprised, and immediately caused a group of male compatriots to roll their eyes.

With bursts of whispering whispers, the students stood there as usual, unmoved.

Thorne casually glanced at these wizard players with very good mental outlook, smiled at Pardo and Aamir, and said, "I'll leave it to you to manage it. I'm more relieved, it's hard for you."

Although the Emerald Tower has its own wizarding force, it is not like Twilight Town and Iron Horse Town. As long as it is a wizarding profession, it will accept it. Instead, it only collects some relatively excellent wizards for key training.

In the lower part of the town of Falls, he and Carlos jointly established a small academy dedicated to training wizards.

If the wizards in the academy perform well, they will pass a round of magic assessment and get the opportunity to study at the Emerald Tower.

In other words, the wizards standing in front of him are undoubtedly the most outstanding people in the entire waterfall town.

As a hands-off shopkeeper, Thorne was naturally very satisfied with the performance of the two in front of him when he saw the two people in front of him managing him in good spirits.

In this way, when he leaves Waterfallshang Town, he can completely trust them to manage it.

"Why isn't Vel'Koz here?" Suddenly, Thorne found that he didn't see the figure of the mind flayer. He looked at Pardo and asked curiously.

I have to say that after three years, the little wizard who used to cry at him has grown up completely and has become mature and stable.

The most important thing is that the opponent's arcanist level also reaches level 10, and the difference from the hero level is the accumulation and comprehension of knowledge.

As for the drow elf Aamir beside him, he was even more surprised.

Because the other party had been lying flat in the lighthouse town in the dark area for more than a year, this indirectly caused him to come to waterfallshang town, the wizard level was still only level 1, which also provided him with the opportunity to become an arcanist.

In three years, the opponent not only succeeded in inauguration as an arcanist, but also gained a background expertise through the Battle of Conferred Gods, allowing him to achieve a 100% perfect advancement when he was promoted to the second-order transcendence.

His current Arcanist level is only level 5, and Thorne intends to focus on cultivating it, so that his heroic level advancement also reaches 100% perfect progress.

The only troublesome thing is that the other party's character is a bit too detached, not as stable as Pardo.

However, after he received a word from the other party's sister, Herist, from the Underdark: As long as you don't kill him, you can do whatever you want.

With the consent of the other party's family, Thorne directly issued an order to Tarling to control his bells and whistles.

So far, it looks pretty good.

"He's still transcribing the spell scroll." Pardo replied a little helplessly when Thorne mentioned the workaholic.

It is precisely because of the existence of this buddy that every time he and Alamiel go to the lower city to relax, he feels a deep sense of guilt, and always feels like he is being lazy.

"Transcribing the scroll?" Thorne looked startled, then he figured out the reason and couldn't help laughing.

As a mind flayer, in addition to his hands, his octopus-shaped head also has four retractable snake-shaped tentacles.

Since Vel'Koz mastered a very special "multi-attack" feat, his four tentacles can transcribe spell scrolls at the same time.

Therefore, the spell scroll made by this dear friend has suddenly become one of the sources of income for the entire wizard tower that cannot be ignored.

And he eventually developed a character that likes to transcribe scrolls whenever he has something or nothing, and he can be said to have brought the word 'otaku' into full play.

It is rumored that wizards are rich.

Unbeknownst to most, however, wizards are often short of money.

All kinds of expensive alchemy materials, high cost of spell learning, and consumption of research spells, etc., are too many.

Thorne, who has raised so many wizards, has a deep understanding of this.

Fortunately, the caravan managed by the old butler of the troll has relatively good income. The cooperation with Carlos will also bring in a lot of gold coins every month.

And these wizard apprentices will also exchange some special spells, knowledge, materials and other consumables from Taling due to the accumulation of contribution points. They will use the alchemy, enchanting and transcription scroll abilities they master to provide a good sum of money. income.

More fortunately, he didn't have to worry about all kinds of spell knowledge at all.

Otherwise, he would not be able to raise so many wizards who were loyal to the tower.

The mind flayer Vel'Koz, who has the ability to transcribe multiple scrolls, is undoubtedly a very cost-effective subordinate, and it is not an exaggeration to call him a small mobile vault.

However, what worries Thorne is that, according to Taring's account, Vel'Koz, the mind flayer who specializes in necromantic spells, has developed an inclination to transform the lich at some point.

He seemed to pretend to turn a deaf ear to this matter, but in fact, with the secret assistance of Taring, he hinted at the other party several times to let him dispel this idea, but unfortunately the effect was not very big.

In this regard, he can only temporarily seal the knowledge related to the Lich Transformation Ceremony in the tower.

After a while, check again to see if his thoughts have shaken.

After all, there is definitely a reason why the Lich's reputation on the mainland is extremely poor, and he doesn't want the other party to degenerate.

In fact, as the owner of the tower, Thorne's relationship with the towering spirit is as close as that of a magic pet.

As long as he is in the tower, and then through arcane magic, he can establish a connection with the towering, which is like a high-end intelligent creature, which is very convenient to use.

In many ways, a wizard's tower with a towering spirit is more like a self-conscious construct.

Although Thorne is not a wizard, it is still easy for him to control the operation of the wizard tower with 100% authority.

He seemed to ignore the wizarding apprentices Pardo managed, but sometimes when he returned to the tower, he would ask Tarling to tell him some recent interesting and important events.

"If the two of you are free, please remind Velks more, let him go out and relax more, and don't lock yourself in a small room all day." Thorne looked at the drow wizard Aamir, and ordered casually one sentence.

He found that the dark elf looked a little depressed, and then guessed that the other party must have been given the opportunity to punish him severely because of his personality.

Thinking of this, he suddenly recalled some pleasant things in the past, and couldn't help chuckling.

"I see." Pardo hesitated, and finally replied.

Although he promised Thorne with all his might, every time he walked to Vel'Koz's door, he would appear very hesitant.

The main reason is that the things placed in his laboratory are so terrifying that he can't help but want to keep a certain distance from each other.

After all, Vel'Koz is a mind flayer wizard who is proficient in necromantic spells, and he is specialized in the psychic realm of the three realms of arcanist.

It will also instinctively reject the spells of the necromancy school.

Now that he has been ordered, he can only bite the bullet and try with his friends.

As the tower owner, Thorne patted the two on the shoulders, and briefly talked to the wizard apprentices, and then walked directly to the upper floor without delaying any time.