Celestial Mage

Chapter 224 The Inexplicable Apology (36)

8 o'clock the next morning.

The open space outside the south gate of Silvermoon Castle.

280 unofficial civilian mages were waiting outside the door early.

If the economic conditions are slightly better, they ride horses, donkeys, or a few people share a bullock cart with a tipping bucket; if the economic conditions are poor, they walk directly.

At 9 o'clock, a team of silver moon rangers escorted a four-wheeled bright moon carriage to the gate of the city.

Leading the Rangers of the Silvermoon is Senior Sergeant Major Watson.

And there are two flags on the side of the carriage, one is a dark golden golden god flag, which means the noble status of the owner of the carriage, the divine grace mage.

On one side is the night sky crescent flag, which is also the flag of Crescent Town, representing the identity of the mayor of Rosen Crescent.

Seeing this carriage, the mages who had been waiting at the door stood up straight, and all their eyes were focused on the gorgeous carriage.

They are all young people, and their longing for a better life has not been wiped out by the cold reality.

Therefore, there is both awe and yearning in their eyes.

The carriage stopped for a while, the windows were opened, and the spiritual voice of a group sounded.

"Let's go to my territory."

After speaking, the carriage drove away first.

The mages followed immediately.

Soon, everyone discovered that there was more than one carriage.

Behind the Bright Moon carriage was a black cart filled with wooden boxes.

It was fully loaded, and this carriage was also suspended by the best Thurow, so even if the road was a bit bumpy, the carriage was quite stable.

All the sorcerers looked at the black carriage curiously, secretly guessing the goods carried in it.

At this time, Rosen stayed in the carriage, closed his eyes, and studied "Advanced Thorn Rune" in the virtual machine

He was not worried about his safety at all, because not only was the Silver Moon Ranger protecting the carriage, but the carriage was also specially reinforced.

And he himself is blessed with the lucky shield of extreme dexterity released by Selandis.

Now, he has triggered and used the high-level Thorn Rune given by Wei Na, and has completed the spell analysis.

It is a pity that although this is a high-level spell, it is not a purely logical spell, but a transitional spell that is half witch and half magic.

He looked at his spell book, and it was written on it.

Advanced Thorn Shield.

Spell difficulty: 25 stars.

Standard spell power: high-level superior.

Dexterity: None.

Spell Description: Adds a powerful shield to the caster.Defend against all types of attacks currently known, and like thorns, rebound 50% of the attack power of some types of attacks.

The types of attacks that can be reflected include physical objects, spells, curses, soul strikes, and more.

Maximum casting time: 5 seconds.

Spell power consumption: very high.

(Note: In the unassisted state, the current mana can only release 0.8 spells.)
Not to mention the high difficulty of casting spells at 25 stars, if you don't use the flower staff and drinking medicine, Rosen doesn't even have enough mana to cast spells.

Looking at this extremely complicated spell, Rosen got two pieces of information.

First, Alfroya's spellcasting ability

The high probability has been raised to 25 stars.

Second, the improvement of spell power is actually getting slower and slower.

I have nothing to say about the previous point, I can only say that she is worthy of being the daughter of the Golden God.

The latter point reveals a somewhat pessimistic fact.

That is, the stronger the basic power of the spell, the more difficult it is to upgrade, and the lower the price-to-performance ratio of mana.

What is the price-performance ratio of mana?
It is the proportion of a mana that is used to achieve the real goal of the spell.

The price/performance ratio of tricks is the highest. Just a pure imagination, the price/performance ratio is almost 100%.

When it comes to low-level spells, part of the mana must be used to generate the spell structure to maintain the stability of the spell.

The cost performance will naturally decrease, but the power of spells is basically proportional to the consumption of mana.

When it comes to middle-level spells, the situation is not quite right, at least one-third of the mana is used to maintain additional spell structures.

For high-level spells, this ratio has increased to more than half. This is still the ratio of divine spells, and mortal spells will only be lower.

It is also conceivable that when it comes to master spells, the price/performance ratio will be further reduced, to the point of being horrible.

"At that time, it is estimated that only a quarter or even a fifth of the spells will be really useful, and the rest of the mana will be used to maintain the stability of the structure."

Then, if this trend continues, the power of spells will definitely reach an upper limit.

At that time, no matter how much magic power the mage consumes, the power will be limited below the limit, and it will never be able to break through.

Just like the limit of the speed of light, no matter how much energy is added, it can only approach the speed of light and cannot exceed it.

"This limit of power is probably a manifestation of the extraordinary wall."

Extraordinary extreme wall, the barrier that every mortal mage dreams of breaking, but very few people can really break it.

The peak of the great mage seems to be the limit of mortals.

Withdrawing his reverie, Rosen's attention returned to the spell itself.

Looking at it, he sighed lightly.

"The logic of high-level spells is indeed extremely difficult. It's no wonder Master Sophia failed."

The master found it difficult, and he and Serrandis also felt very difficult, feeling like they had nowhere to start.

It can also be seen that Alfroya, who is an extraordinary mage, also failed to break through.

"It's hard~ It's hard~~ Even the gods are stumped~"

I stared at the structure of the spell and thought for a long time, but I had no idea, and I was so dizzy.

Simply exit the virtual machine, open a gap in the car window, and watch the countryside scenery to relax.

Babas did a good job. The road leading to the territory has been initially leveled, and the potholes on the road have basically been filled. The carriage drove up very smoothly.

Then he turned his head to observe the unofficial mages following behind the car and behind the car.

I saw that everyone was on their way with the mentality of an outing in the wild, everyone looked very relaxed, and acquaintances in twos and threes walked together, chatting while walking.

Because it was still summer and there were some people in the weather, so every face was flushed.

"They are all young people with good spirits."

The territory is 13 miles away from Silvermoon Castle. In this day and age, it is not far at all. While talking and laughing, everyone has already arrived at Philander Village.

It was only a little after ten o'clock in the morning.

Under the influence of money, the appearance of the village has changed dramatically. Although thatched huts still account for the majority, the roads have been smoothed out, and there are more villagers on the roads, and they all put on trousers.

Seeing the carriage and a large number of well-dressed city people coming, many children chased after them to watch the excitement, and few of them were naked.

Babas gave the notice in advance, so the villagers knew that it was the kind and generous lord who came.

Seeing the carriage from afar, the villagers gave way to the side of the road, bowed and saluted, and watched the crowd go away with reverent and fearful eyes.

After a while, the crowd arrived at the open space under the big tree in the village.

It hasn't rained these days, the ground is very dry, and the open space has been leveled by Babas with sand and gravel, and it looks clean.

Rosen got out of the carriage, and Babas, who was dressed in neat black clothes, quickly walked up to him.

He looked a lot stronger than a few months ago, his skin was much darker, and his eyes were more concentrated.

"My lord, everything you asked for is ready, and the lunch in the cauldron is ready. According to your order, each person has a thick broth, two hard-boiled eggs, and a large fine wheat loaf."

Rosen had already seen several large stoves set up in the open space, and smelled the strong aroma of food, so he waved his hand and said, "Then eat first, and we'll talk after the meal."

"Yes, lord."

Babas waved to a few cooks in the distance, and began to distribute the food.

The conditions were simple, and Rosen didn't bother to pay attention to it. He sat with Watson and other rangers at a few round tables temporarily set up in the open space, and had the same lunch as the civilian mages.

Of course, the samurai could eat it, so the supply was wide open.

While eating, suddenly a carriage appeared beside the open space, and before it stopped, another carriage came.

The door of the previous carriage opened, and Mage Lydia and Mage Hal got off, while the door of the second carriage opened, and Vivienne got off.

The circle of nobles is not big, and the three of them knew each other. After greeting each other, they went through the crowd and walked straight towards Rosen.

As the lord, Rosen sat alone at a square table. Although he felt strange when he saw three people coming, he still asked Babas to quickly prepare three chairs, and at the same time released a powerful cleaning technique on the chairs and the table.

As soon as they were ready, the three of them arrived.

Lydia and Hal sat down without hesitation, but Vivienne asked the maid who followed her to spread a cushion on the chair before sitting down.

Rosen was shelling eggs, and the three were either friends or super-friend acquaintances, so it was casual.

While peeling the eggs, he asked, "I didn't expect you to come. The food is a bit simple. Would you like some?"

Lydia and Hal immediately nodded: "Then let's have one."

Vivian turned her head to the maid and said, "Go get the food box."

When the maid brought the food box, it was white flour bread, steamed bacon, stewed fish soup, radish and vegetable soup, and a portion of salted butter for dipping the bread.

Served by the maid, Vivienne began to enjoy an exquisite lunch.

This style made the remaining three people look at each other in blank dismay, and also made the commoner mages who were observing from a further distance secretly dumbfounded, surprised at the delicacy of the noble woman.

Rosen ate the peeled boiled egg, rinsed his mouth with water, and asked, "Three, can you tell me why you are here?"

Lydia was straightforward: "Hal and I plan to follow you and help you build Crescent Town with the petrification technique. Of course, the reward is that you have to find time to teach us, so that we can master extreme dexterous spellcasting as soon as possible."

Hal on the side nodded: "What Lydia means is what I mean."

Rosen shrugged: "You have also seen that the initial conditions will be very simple. If you don't care about suffering, I agree."

Lydia laughed: "My requirements for material conditions have always been very low. In fact, I think that simple living conditions are conducive to concentrating on the soul."

Hal said: "I am the second son and have no right to inherit. If I don't work hard to achieve something now, I will be disliked when I get old."

It seemed that the two of them thought very clearly, and Rosen was very happy to have two more trustworthy helpers, so he nodded.

"Five hours of coaching time a week, one hour a day, okay?"

"enough."

Then the matter between the two of them was agreed, and Rosen looked at Vivienne again.

"Ma'am, are you just outing in this area?"

Vivian shook her head and smiled sweetly at Rosen.

"I'm here to see you to fulfill the contract, and also to see what fun new things you have invented."

Rosen was a little embarrassed: "Ma'am, you are too impatient, you and I are still young, and we have plenty of time."

Vivian laughed again: "I'm just joking with you. Actually, I want to give you a gift, which is um~~ I'm going to give you an apology."

Rosen felt a little strange: "Apologize? Why?"

"Hmm~~ It's hard to say why, it's probably because of a small experiment of mine, which may cause trouble to you."

After saying something vaguely, as soon as she stretched out her hand to the maid, the maid handed over a flawless crystal bottle the size of a mineral water bottle.

Vivian uncorked the bottle, poured about one milliliter of the water-like transparent liquid on the ground around her, and then re-corked the bottle.

Then, the maid picked up another wooden stick and pounded it vigorously on the ground, as if pounding batter.

"Look at the ground."

Rosen looked down and saw that the gravel and sand on the ground had completely melted into a sticky, soft clay.

He tried it with the hands of a master, and found that the plasticity was extremely high, just like plasticine, and its volume was about a dozen liters.

With a thought in his heart, he found that this thing perfectly matched his petrification technique, which could greatly lower the threshold of petrification technique.

"Does this potion have a name?"

"I call it a clay potion."

"It's just a potion, no mana is poured into it?"

"Of course it's infused with mana, but it's not solidified. You know I don't know how to spell."

Rosen was immediately moved, because this potion was an excellent supplement to petrification.

He asked, "What about the cost?"

"Such a bottle of 20 crowns can turn [-] times the volume of rock and soil into clay like dough."

Rosen suddenly had a toothache: "Is there a way to reduce costs?"

Vivian took out a book and handed it to Rosen: "This is a book on refining medicine, try to improve it."

Rosen didn't answer: "I always feel that this is a bit weird."

There is nothing to be courteous, and it is either a traitor or a thief.

Vivienne said softly: "Oh, don't think about it, I won't hurt you anyway."

After speaking, she smiled sweetly at Rosen again, and continued to focus on eating lunch.

"Ok."

Rosen took the medicine refining book, and after a quick scan, he frowned and thought for a while, then nodded: "I've memorized it, I'll return it to you."

Vivienne couldn't help asking: "Refining medicine is very particular about details, aren't you afraid of remembering it wrong?"

Rosen shook his head: "I don't remember wrongly, and I don't have time to study it for the time being. I will ask you when I have time."

Vivian's eyes lit up: "Alright."

After lunch, Vivian gave Rosen a wink, twisted her slender waist, and walked away.

After waiting for her to leave, Hal said softly: "Rosen, why are you being entangled by her?"

Lydia also said: "She is notoriously difficult. Unless she gives up herself, no one can completely reject her."

Rosen sighed, showing helplessness.

"It's a bit of a twist, but trust me, my friend. I never provoked her. It was an accident."

In fact, he already had a little aftertaste.

He felt that it was not an accident, but a peachy trap set by Vivienne with the help of her husband's stupidity.

In short, this world is too dangerous, no matter whether you are a boy or a girl, you will be deceived if you are not careful.

After lunch, get down to business.

Led by Babas, a group of people came to a barren open space at the west end of the village.

The weeds in the open space were pulled out, and the floating soil was cleaned up, revealing about two acres of flat gravel.

Rosen took out a long black box from the black truck, opened it, and took out a mithril petrified staff.

"This afternoon, and the next four days, everyone's task is to familiarize yourself with the use of petrification.

"During the training process, he also helped me build an exquisite country estate by the way."

(End of this chapter)