Lord of Arcane

Chapter 169 Spellcasting Level Certification
The Mage Guild in Savile Land is located in a small alley in the East District. It has neither a spacious facade nor a constant flow of people.

Xia Duo asked several people to find this place, and when he saw this old signboard that was completely unworthy of the name "Mage Guild", he muttered in his heart.

"This is too bad!"

But in any case, Xia Duo's professional level certification is here.He would not have come if he hadn't been paid according to the grade, it was a waste of time.

The certified level does not increase his strength, and he does not give him money. Instead, he has to spend money to buy a certificate, which is a huge loss.

Generally speaking, when mages deal with mages, apart from knowing that the other party is stronger or inferior to themselves, most of them communicate on an equal footing.

The so-called low-level and middle-level judgments are also very simple. Those who can fly are at least middle-level, and those who can teleport and have a mage tower are at least high-level.

Of course, ordinary mages can't build mage towers, and they can be considered high-level mages if they can cast [Teleportation].

For example, the Eberke mage who was sent with Xia Duo before was a high-level mage, and now he has successfully advanced to an arcanist, so all arcanists must be at least a high-level mage.

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Walking into the mage union, the inside is not as bad as it looks outside, but the moment Xia Duo came in, the whole surrounding environment was instantly quiet.

There should be magic to eliminate noise, Xia Duo thought secretly.

The biggest difference between the Mage Guild and the Adventurer's Guild is that it doesn't look like an office at all, but more like a living room at home.

Two or three mages dressed in completely different styles from the Tower of Time are sitting on soft seats reading a book, occasionally chatting a few words, the overall atmosphere is also very different from the Tower of Time.

Seeing Xia Duo coming in, no one came to greet him. Instead, they each did their own things, as if Xia Duo didn't exist.

Xia Duo walked around the room, and the most conspicuous thing was the bookshelf on one side. The books on it were a bit messy, as if they could be taken at will.

However, Xia Duo saw the existence of magic on this bookshelf, he did not act rashly, but paid attention to the names of the books inside.

He was very curious about the difference between the books in the Mage Guild and the Tower of Time. Seeing this, he almost died of laughter——

Books like "How to Impress a Lady" and "Saville's List of High-Quality Ladies" are placed here majestically.

There is no disguise at all.

As for magic books, there are very few. Xia Duo only saw one [Parrill Spell Book] and a few mage biographies—if mage biographies can be considered magic books.

"who are you?"

Finally a mage found Xia Duo and asked sharply, "What's the matter with you?"

The other two mages also raised their heads to find Xia Duo, but they just glanced at each other and went their separate ways.

"I'm here to verify the spellcasting level." Xia Duo said.

From the chatter of these three mages just now, he already knew that he and these people were not fellow travelers, and he was not interested in exchanging pleasantries, so he should finish early and go back early.

This so-called mage guild is so disappointing.

Hearing that Xia Duo said that he wanted to verify the spellcasting level, the mage who spoke first stood up immediately, looking at Xia Duo with burning eyes, "Certify the spellcasting level? Do you know the rules?"

"Yes, 50 gold coins per level."

"Follow me!" The mage pointed to the table in the far corner of the room, and then asked, "What level of certification?"

"Level 2."

"It's only level 2!" The mage whispered, came behind the table, took out a piece of parchment, and asked, "What's your name?"

"Xia Duo!" Xia Duo replied honestly.

This feels like going to the window to do business on the earth. If the next sentence is to report the ID card, then Xia Duo will think that he is in an office on the earth.

"Turn on the magic net, if you are certified level 2, go to the first level!"

Xia Duo activated the first layer of the magic net according to his words, and then the mage of the mage union wrote a few words on the paper, and finally cast a spell to leave his mark.

A spellcasting level certificate was still in front of Xia Duo, "Okay, let's pay the money."

That's all right?Xia Duo couldn't believe it, he was already ready to use his bloodline ability to replace another spell certified at level 2.

I didn't expect to use [Steam Ray], just activate the first layer of the magic net, and it would be fine?
This is a bit exaggerated, Xia Duo expressed his doubts, but he didn't expect that the staff of the Mage Union didn't care.

Tell Xia Duo plainly, "As long as you can activate the first layer of the magic net, you will be able to master the first-level magic sooner or later, and there may not be only one. So what's the problem with the second-level certification?"

Such a strong reason, Xia Duo paid the money, got the certificate and was ready immediately, but the staff member took the initiative to stop Xia Duo, and whispered:

"If you need it, I can certify you up to level 4."

"Can it still be like this?"

"Of course you can. Master Xia Duo is young and promising. I believe you can become a level 4 mage. Do you want to be certified in advance so that you won't come again next time."

"This—" To be honest, Xia Duo was a little moved, and he asked tentatively, "Another 100 gold coins?"

"How is this possible?" The staff member changed his face in an instant, "500 gold coins, I will do this for you, think about it, why did you come to the certification, and as long as you get a level 4 certification, it is no better than a 2 Is it much better!"

The certification is of course to increase the salary level related to the level of spellcasting, otherwise, who would want to spend such a waste of money, of course Xia Duo didn't say this.

He was indeed a little tempted, but he was a little unwilling to spend an extra 500 gold coins, and it was too exaggerated to directly certify to level 4. He had become an official mage less than half a month ago!
If he really said that to Mrs. Patty, he would be playing for a fool!Moreover, Mrs. Patty knew the lord, and Xia Duo didn't plan to leave any hidden dangers, just come normally.

If the spellcasting level certification is similar to the evaluation title on earth, then the so-called advance certification is similar to academic fraud.

Academic dishonesty does not endanger life on Earth, but it might not in the wizarding world.

Employers become angry from embarrassment, challengers come here admiringly, superiors assign difficult tasks (qualified for the certification level) and so on, all of which stem from exaggerating the level of spellcasting.

So although Xia Duo was tempted, he still refused.In this way, he came quietly and left quietly.

And when he walked out of the gate of the Mage Union, Xia Duo looked back at the old signboard again, and suddenly felt that the Mage Union was quite suitable for this somewhat biased alley!
(End of this chapter)