Warlord: King of All Clans

Following the servant into the Mage Tower, Leo found that it was brighter inside than he had imagined.

Except for the first floor, each floor has a laboratory where some mage apprentices are studying or experimenting.

Some of these young mage apprentices have not yet awakened their transcendental powers and can only do some routine experiments, while others are already low-level transcendental powers and have the ability to control magic power to cast spells.

But there are not many mage apprentices, only five or six.

Leo looked all the way and found that the experiments in this wizard tower covered a very wide range. There was not only an alchemy room like a chemical laboratory, an enchantment room like a laser welding room, an inscription room like a painting studio, but also a gloomy and terrifying anatomy room.

One laboratory even houses some strange little animals and unknown luminous plants.

Walk all the way to the top floor of the Mage Tower, which is the study of the intermediate mage Morse.

The intermediate wizard Morse is a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a fair face and no beard. He wears a pair of single-sided glasses and looks gentle and refined.

He was wearing a black wizard robe with the lightning emblem of Ancestor Magic Academy tattooed on his chest.

Apart from some magic schools, there is only one formal magic school in the North, and that is the Holy City Ancestor School of Magic.

Ancestor is the holy city of the North, the seat of the Supreme Wizard, and the main city of the Earldom of Odalov, the ancestral home of the High King's family in the North.

Half of the legendary figures in the history of the North came from this thousand-year-old city.

Although the Grand Duke of the North established his main city in the enclave of Olenik in order to stop the orcs for hundreds of years, the economic, cultural, and military centers of the North are still all located in Ancestor in the south, and there is a trend of moving southward.

Mage Morse, who had received an appointment from Riverbend a few days ago, put down his work and extended his hand to Leo, shaking hands with him. "Sir Leo Mondo, welcome to my humble abode."

Leo was also very polite, "Hello, Master Morse."

Morse mentioned Leo's identity as a knight right away. It was obvious that he knew something about Leo's expedition to the north, unlike the lord's mansion which was isolated from the news.

The two exchanged pleasantries and then sat down. Mage Morse was the first to smile and say, "Sir Mondo's expedition to the north this time was fruitful."

Leo replied modestly: "It was just luck, just luck."

Morse glanced at the four Rose Knights standing at the door and asked, "What brings you here, Sir Mondo?"

"I came to Isembol to attend the Lords' Conference and visit the Master Mage." Leo looked at the items in the study. "The herbs in the river bay have never been sold well. Someone introduced Master Morse to me, so I came here to talk."

Morse nodded and said, "Hewan does have a lot of good stuff. The psychedelic mushrooms we found before were pretty good, but the quantity is a bit small. If there are any similar herbs, I'm willing to pay a lot for them."

After the herbal medicine industry in Hewan was reorganized by Uliyan, there were specialized herbalists to identify the herbs, and most of the rare magical herbs were purchased by the wizards of Isenbol.

In the North, the great wizards of the temple and the priests of the church are also called magicians.

Psychedelic mushrooms are a secondary ingredient for making awakening potions, and Master Morse is an alchemist who makes awakening potions. It makes perfect sense that the psychedelic mushrooms from the river bend would fall into his hands.

This was already stated in the letter, but Leo had something else that he didn't say. "Hewan is of course very happy to do so. Unfortunately, the situation is tense now, so I'm afraid there won't be many opportunities for a deal."

"Why do you say that?"

Leo said bluntly, "Tariq doesn't like Hewan, and he doesn't like Petukhov either. Sooner or later, they will resort to violence. I'm worried that after a while, we will become enemies."

Mage Morse laughed. "Sir Taric is at odds with Riverbend. What does that have to do with me, Morse? The Mage Tower is only responsible for spell research and never participates in battles between other families."

Leo felt relieved after hearing what Morse said, but he still asked, "Doesn't the Lord's Mansion allocate funds to support your research every year? Why don't you contribute when you should? Isn't Tariq angry?"

Morse said seriously, "My funding comes from the Earl's Mansion, not Tariq personally. Moreover, all the output of my laboratory is sold through the Lord's Mansion. Sir Tariq makes more money than I do. We are even."

Leo stared at Mage Morse and asked solemnly, "You think it's even, but what about Tariq?"

Morse fell silent and stopped talking.

This is the difference between a technician and a lord. Morse feels that his reward is great enough and he deserves the courtesy of the lord's mansion and the right to independence.

But in Tariq's opinion, if you take my money, you are my subordinate. When I do things for you, do you still need to ask for rewards?

This is just like the local boss of a small private company in the previous life, who felt that hiring an employee was equivalent to hiring a long-term worker.

Just leave when you're done with work? Don't pick up the kids for me?

I paid for it!

Leo could only sigh and advise: "If you don't want to be involved, you'd better find Lord Tariq and make your position clear as soon as possible. You think you can stay out of it, but they still regard you as their last trump card."

After coming to this world, Leo gradually witnessed the power of the extraordinary magic system.

He coveted the high-level mages and high-level shamans of Frovald, but unfortunately, the other party was of noble status and ignored him.

Low-level mages are also very good, but Leo has not encountered many of them, and he doesn't think highly of Riverbend.

But the power they displayed made Leo deeply fearful.

A low-level mage is a mobile turret and fireball launcher. When it reaches the mid-level, isn't it at the level of a rocket launcher?

Moreover, the power of mages is not only reflected in frontal combat. Give them a little time and they can do something incredible for you.

What if this mid-level wizard has some unconventional weapons and gives Riverbend a severe blow? Leo won't even have anywhere to cry.

Mage Morse understood what Leo said and said solemnly, "I will have a good talk with Sir Tariq tonight. I also want to make it clear that I will never get involved in your fight."

He added: "You are the adopted son of the Duke of the North, and the favored one of the demigod Bobak. Even if I give up everything and run away alone, I will never be your enemy."

"That's good." Leo finally breathed a sigh of relief with this assurance. "If everyone was as rational as you, everyone's life would be much better."

Morse also lamented: "It's a pity that once people are blinded by greed, they will ignore everything and walk into the abyss."

In order to lighten the heavy atmosphere, Leo looked around and saw a potion on Morse's desk. "What is this potion? It's red and festive!"

Mage Morse showed pride on his face. "This is the entry-level awakening potion I just made. It's sold for one hundred gold in the market in Isembol."

Leo couldn't help scratching his head. "Beginner Awakening Potion? Isn't it blue? Why is yours red?"