Mage? Spell Engineer!

Nearly a month after enrolling in school, Alek decided to write a letter to Vog. He sat at the table in his dormitory, carefully selected a flat and clean piece of paper and started writing.

"To Vog:

"How is your life on the ground? Have you been to the ruins recently? If it is too dangerous for a person, it is better not to go. I found that there are many part-time jobs for apprentices to make money in the tower, such as research assistants. The pay is much higher than that on the ground. good.

"Of course, the prices here are not cheap. You have to pay a corresponding price to eat bread. Fortunately, the earl has generously sponsored my living expenses. Of course, when I find a part-time job, I will decline your subsequent support.

"Here, I heard from a mage who studies the main plane world that the ground is becoming more and more unstable, and there may be a new round of disasters. I will save money as soon as possible for you to come to the star realm. If it is too late, I can only Ask for help from Lord Earl Vog, it’s time to say goodbye to the earth. The dwarves in the astral world are very happy. They have developed very well in the fire elemental plane. They are all rich by mining and drink dynamite wine every day."

Alek wrote a lot in the letter eloquently, and also prepared dynamite wine and a set of fine craftsmanship tools to send to Vog.

"I advise you to just send a letter, and keep it simple. The money for delivering messages is based on the number of letters." Jonas saw that Alek had made such a big fuss, and couldn't help but remind him: "As for mailing, it's still the same now. Don’t think about it, the postage is far more than the value of the things you plan to send. You can take a boat and take these things with you when my father comes to pick me up.”

Alek didn't think about the postage issue. After getting the charging standard from Jonas, he immediately packed the things he had prepared for Vog and started writing again.

"Have you finished writing? Hurry up and join a study club with me."

"ah?"

"I found a very interesting club, don't you want to take a look?"

"Have you changed your mind?" Alek was a little worried. Now that Jonas is being targeted by the imperial faction, it's not good to be too active. Although no scar-faced man appeared since that day, and there was no sign of anyone causing trouble for them, this was Alek's last warning.

Jonas didn't care about that episode at all: "It is said that the seminar has passed down many tricks, which cannot be learned in the classroom. The teacher is too lazy to teach them, especially for beginners like us."

A few days after enrolling in school, they finally started to cast spells, but even the first-level spells were not easy for acquired players like the two of them, and there were also restrictions on the number of times. Jonas's drive meter had already been cleared and he was waiting for recovery. middle.

There is no limit on the number of times the magic can be performed. The young master learned that every training club exchanges this kind of entry-level magic, and the big training club also masters the secret zero-ring spell, which is very attractive to him.

The "Ye Xiao Society" he found did not have any red tape for assessment and interviews. Membership only required a "ceremonial test."

The more Alek listened, the more unreliable he became, and he tried to dissuade him out of safety concerns, but Jonas had already made up his mind: "If we want to be safe, we have to unite and find a few brothers, right?"

That’s not what you said when you first entered school! Alek still remembers that Jonas always followed his father's words at first, but these days after getting familiar with the environment, he seems to "expose his true nature".

Alek, who couldn't handle him, could only go with him and follow the Ye Xiao Club's leaflet to find his way there. When they arrived at the place, both of them were stunned.

Ye Xiao Club occupies an open-air grassland, which is very rare in the Tower of Ten Thousand Arts. There are architectural corridors on all sides, and permanent air bubbles are fixed above the grass. From the sky, they are on the air elemental plane.

The grassland was divided into grids and numbered. A common beast of burden on the air elemental plane was slowly floating on it. Inside and outside the cloister and on the edge of the grass were crowds of commune members, shouting and blushing, each holding a note and a drink.

Seeing the new students coming, a member came over and waved a handful of tickets: "Come and choose the grid."

"ah?"

"If that beast poops in the grid you selected, you can win money. I see that the current prize pool is more than 1,300 alliance tickets. There are twelve people in the middle grid to divide it up, and even fewer people bet in the edge grid. The probability Small but profitable.

"Seeing as you are freshmen, you can choose one for free. If you have money, you can cast a wide net."

Jonas chose carefully and even posted 60 bucks to buy an extra box. Alek thought it was ridiculous and randomly drew one.

As soon as the draw was finished, while the person making the invoices was still counting the invoices, the onlookers exclaimed: "Pull it! Pull it!" "Oh my god, this thing is pulled on the corner! The most biased grid!"

"Theta-8! Who bought this grid?"

Everyone just sighed, except for Alek, who tremblingly raised the randomly selected ticket in his hand.

He won and pocketed thousands of alliance coupons.

"I*!" Jonas couldn't help but curse. Other club members had already rushed over: "Newcomer? You haven't joined our study club yet? This is not okay. You are our great prophet."

Alek's "shit luck" made Jonas a little crazy: "What about me? I want to join too."

"You, let me see if you want to join, you need to pass the test." It probably means that Jonas needs to bring back a strange thing from the abandoned area of ​​​​the Magic Tower: "Anything can be used, we will tell whether it is valuable and qualified." Have the final say.”

"Fart, I'm afraid you're not kidding me." Jonas was about to give up, but the senior stood up and said, "You still have other options, Newborn Eggman, such as throwing away all your clothes and kissing the beast of burden, or blowing up the usual records office."

But Alek accepted the job: "Just hunt for treasure. Give us a rough map and direction."

He became interested as soon as he heard this, because Alek was one of the two strongest scavengers in the earldom, and the other one was of course Vog.

The member who proposed the terms from the "two people" was a little hesitant, but when the president nodded, he agreed.

"The abandoned area is located in the secondary plane near the fire elemental plane. Because the mages later discovered the existence of the death force field, they abandoned the building complex. But don't worry, it's okay to stay for only a few hours or even a day or two."

The two accepted it dubiously. Tomorrow was also a day off, and they agreed to go to the designated area.

The members of the Imperial faction who received the news couldn't believe that such a good thing was happening. He quickly invited "mercenaries" - Star Mage who was stranded in the Tower of Ten Thousand Arts in the name of academic exchanges.

"Only one night? This is too rushed. It is very complicated to tamper with the magic circle. You also require extra money for the teleporter to be 100% safe." Even though he is famous for his space magic, the mercenary still feels embarrassed.

"Okay, okay, I can't do without you. How can I miss such a good opportunity?"

Early the next morning, the members of the Ye Xiao Club got up early for the first time on a day off. They didn't want to miss the grand event. The president said to the two newcomers: "Enter through this door is the abandoned area. We don't know how many floors there are. Let's first say that the three outermost floors have been looted by us. You have to go deep inside to get the goods. ”

"Got it." Alek left a sentence after temporarily collecting scavenger equipment. He turned around handsomely and pulled Jonas into the abandoned area. There was not even a magic lamp to light up here. Fortunately, Alek came from the Devourer. The city got a headlamp.

After the first cross corridor was a passage with twists and turns, Alek still asked: "Are you really sure? There will be risks if you go any further."

"The teacher of the History of Magic is familiar with my dad, and I made an agreement with him that if I don't come back at noon, I will find a way to recruit him." Jonas said proudly.

"If you let those club members know that you are suing the teacher, they will definitely not do it."

"If we are fine, no one else will know. If something happens to us, will we still care about the study club?"

"It makes sense." Alek secretly envied him. It was great that he could do whatever stupid things he wanted to do with his father's backing.

After making final mental preparations, the two set off. When they were about to open the third door, Alek suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?"

Alek stretched out his hand to open the door, but he retracted and rubbed his fingertips. They were very clean: "The door handle of this door is not dusty at all. Someone has been here recently." As he said that, he turned on his headlight and tried to See clearly.

Unexpectedly, the door opened automatically, the circuit on the door frame was operating abnormally, and sparks flew everywhere. A hand grabbed them from behind the door, and two people came out from behind them and pushed them over.

Alek wants to protect Jonas, but soon he realizes that all attackers seem to be targeting him. In his peripheral vision, he saw Jonas being knocked unconscious by a spell and then thrown aside. He was surrounded by many masked people and wrapped in a thick wool blanket, unable to move.