The Truth of Magic Chapter 294: The background of the mage
Mage Tower?
Zhao Xu almost didn't react when he heard it.
Looking at a group of 30 or 40 players in front of me, they are basically fully armed, and they can be regarded as an excellent team among players.
It can be said that this time the "Watchmen" union is basically all the elites.
But even so, in the face of the Mage Tower, these players basically only have to give it away.
The minimum requirement for designing a mage tower is the "Arcane Geometry" expertise that can only be mastered by at least a 9th-level mage, but most wizards who want to build their own mage tower will entrust the design of this project to professionals.
In Zhao Xu’s backpack, there is also a "Mage Tower Construction Guide" that he borrowed from the legendary library, which lists the cost and even the required conditions of the Mage Tower.
The main reason is that making the mage tower itself is a long-term task. In addition to considering the transportation of materials at the construction site, a large number of workers with corresponding technical skills have to be hired.
At the same time, the various function rooms and special rooms of the Mage Tower are also expensive to build.
If you choose to build in a city where the fabric is the most accessible, even if it is a plot of rice, you will have to spend thousands of gold coins on the land purchase. Afterwards, the additional costs of various taxation and monitoring costs were hundreds of gold coins, which was the least spent in the entire construction process.
is like a workshop. Even the construction cost in the field costs 8,000 gold coins. The sealing room and the blasting room have to be built according to the budget of 1,500 gold coins per square meter. A small room of 10 square meters costs 15,000 gold coins. Take off.
If it is more luxurious, the upper folding space would be 500 gold coins per square meter. Like the folding spaces that Zhao Xu saw before, they are often hundreds or thousands of square meters. Just for arranging tens of square meters of folding space, that is completely taking off your pants and farting.
And then on the flight package to allow the Mage Tower to fly in the air, that would be an additional expenditure of 250,000 gold coins.
So basically, only casters of more than ten levels would consider building a mage tower.
only their net worth can afford.
Therefore, it was a little strange for Zhao Xu to see a group of players with the highest level of one or two to explore this mage tower.
As if knowing Zhao Xu’s confusion, as the chairman of the "Frost Sword" smiled and explained: "That mage tower fell from the sky to the bottom in a certain war. It's just that the mage's relatives at the time The environment is afraid of causing trouble to the upper body, so I dare not rush to explore, so I just painted a simple map and passed it down."
"Who would have thought that when the descendants of the mage wanted to pick up the hidden objects in the mage tower a hundred years later, they accidentally leaked the news, and was killed in the middle, and eventually the map fell to ours. In hand."
Zhao Xu frowned slightly when he heard it.
But what he cares about is not the twists and turns of the story, but that this is actually the "Mage Tower" built in the air.
The construction cost of this mage tower is four times that of the mage tower built in the field. It is conceivable to what extent the master of the mage tower is a local tyrant.
I just didn’t expect that the other party’s descendants had endured for a hundred years, but they still suffered.
Looking at the meaning of Frost Sword, I’m afraid it’s just a search for the hidden treasures in the tower.
It is estimated that by then the entire mage tower will be handed over to him for processing. After all, the player cannot move it away.
At this time, Zhao Xu also understood why the opponent asked for a level 5 mage.
He just happened to be able to perform the "water breathing" of the three rings, and he could cast spells to let everyone dive into the bottom of the water and enter the tower to explore.
Also, the existence of the Mage Tower is reported by a member of the Mage Association, and he himself can obtain greater benefits than the reports of their players.
At the same time, the opponent does not invite more advanced wizards, because they are afraid that the opponent will directly kick them away and swallow all the wealth in the wizard tower.
And the 5th-level wizard is just at the point where their forty players can still contend.
At the same time, the news of the Mage Tower is enough to fascinate the mage of this level, even if it is just the building of the Mage Tower itself.
In the case that the current player mage is up to 3 levels, appointing a 5th level mage, it also avoids the risk of player leaks.
It's just that the opponent didn't expect that the mage who was armed with no less than ten magical equipment in front of them was also a player himself.
Just when everyone thought that the 5th-level wizard "Star Reflection" was still in the Northern Alliance, he had already returned to Mystra.
I am afraid that the other party has also been thinking hard before putting forward such a delicate level request.
Zhao Xu also smiled. In the past two months, after the players were pitted by the native Arthur, even pigs knew how to learn.
Arthur’s adventurer, in fact, has a relationship with players and competitors.
"What about the specific task and harvest distribution?" Zhao Xu also straightforward.
Several players sitting next to "Frost Sword" saw this wizard with extraordinary equipment asking for rewards. Several of them were even more happy, knowing that the other party had accepted it.
This task, every more person knows, represents an extra risk.
They dare not find a more advanced wizard, and they are afraid that the other lion will open up.
"Afterwards, the whereabouts of the mage tower itself and the ownership of the tower belong to you, the master of "Guangfeng". The harvest in the "magic tower" belongs to us, but you can choose one of them first. At this moment, the woman next to Frost Sword stood up and said, her expression was cold, and she looked at Zhao Xu on alert.
She is "Jie Xue", Frost Sword's sister.
Hearing this reward, Zhao Xu also nodded, completely acceptable.
After all, the other party has already prepaid a large amount of compensation from the "Association".
As long as he takes over the task, he can get the reward, regardless of success or failure. This is also the reason why major organizations are so entangled when they seek help from the Mage Association.
"I accept, but I have to talk about a few questions first." Zhao Xu said.
At this time, his gaze looked at the thirty or forty men sitting behind Shuangjian in another corner of the station, frowned slightly and said: "My third-ring mage's water breathing can last for 2 hours per level. 10 hours. Its duration will be divided equally among all people who come into contact."
Zhao Xu’s words are very clear, that is, he only has 10 hours for a spell, which is really evenly distributed to 40 people, and each person only takes 15 minutes. Even if the water hasn't penetrated much, he has to come out.
Arthur does not have oxygen tanks to provide diving, so if creatures want to dive deep underwater, they either have to rely on the three-ring spell "water breathing" that can breathe freely in the water, or they have to transform into underwater creatures.
There is also an "Ion Stone" that can be used without breathing.
And Zhao Xu has a "ritual" and an iron stone. The caster is level 7 and can last for 14 hours. He would not tell the other party so easily.
Who knows that Frost Sword smiled at this time and said: "Don't worry about the wind mage. The descendants of the previous mage have prepared two scrolls of "breathing in water" for many years to explore the mage tower. We also bought two from the market, so the total of four reels is a total of 40 hours."
"At the same time, some of the teammates behind me were also on the shore to guard and **** us out of the supplies. The real ones who got into the water were the level 2 teammates beside me." Frost Sword said.
Zhao Xu nodded. Even if the 40 hours are allocated to 10 people, each person will have 4 hours, which is enough for basic exploration.
The water breathing spell itself is the core spell, so its scrolls are barely available on the market, especially in the magic capital of Mystra.
If you want to put it in other cities, I'm afraid Frost Sword will not necessarily be able to buy a third-level spell scroll for 375 gold in two or three days.
"So you will have to ask the Storm Mage to cast these spell scrolls." Frost Sword asked.
Hearing the other's plea, Zhao Xu also accepted.
He is now a three-ring mage, so all arcane scrolls of the third ring and below can be cast as if he were casting spells by himself.
If the class of rogue wants to rely on the "use magic device" skill to simulate the use of spell scrolls.
In addition to simulating 13 points of intelligence, they also have to simulate a level 5 wizard. The simulation difficulty is a full 25 levels. Basically, few wanderers can do it now.
Once it fails, it means 375 gold coins will float in the water, and serious consequences may occur, such as recoil damage, random targets take effect, and even some strange effects, such as bubbles directly in the mouth.
So it is safest to be used by Zhao Xu.
But Zhao Xu still sabotaged the scenery and asked, "Are you ready to die once for the consciousness?"
Originally thought that Zhao Xu was just going to raise the price again. Several managers of the "Watchmen" union did not expect this to be such a problem.
"Don't talk about a resurrection stone, even if the two hundred resurrection stones of all of us on the scene add up, it is worth it." Shuang Jian said with a serious face at this time, and his eyes looked at Zhao Xu as if gleaming.
Zhao Xu nodded, and he was determined.
just gave up because he was afraid of death.
Even if he is a 5th-level mage, but to test out the trap of the mage tower against outsiders, you have to use the "resurrection stone" to try, otherwise it would be so easy.
And the other party deliberately brought thirty or forty people, I am afraid it is also prepared for this.
"Then go now?" Zhao Xu asked.
"As long as you are convenient to Mr.'Kurfeng', we can do it now." Shuangjian said heartily.
"Let's go, then." Zhao Xu didn't have any entanglements, and it was easy to change after a long time.
The descendant of the mage will be robbed and killed, which means that outsiders already know about it.
At this time, Shuangjian came over eagerly, "Master Kuangfeng, the road ahead is long, so we rented a carriage from the inn. Although it's a bit crude for sourcing goods, we can only wrong you, Mr. Master."
Zhao Xu also noticed that outside the door, a post clerk was pulling a cart over.
He smiled lightly and said: "No need~IndoMTL.com~Leave it to the ladies in your team."
"No, Mr. Gale, this journey is not short, you'd better save your energy." At this time, the mage Chen Nuo standing in the corner said, he is also a rare level 2 mage among current players in Floating City.
"Well, no, the wizard is on the way with magic tricks." Zhao Xu gently declined.
, he chanted the spell directly, spending a full 6 seconds, using the "Bizarre Foresight" feat to cast the three-ring spell "Phantom Horse".
A half-truth, a "creature" in the shape of a horse appeared in front of everyone.
Its four hooves are all intangible smoke, and the black horse head is very energetic, and the gray mane is also very soft. It also has accessories such as saddles, horse bits and reins.
"The Phantom of the Three Rings!" Chen Nuo, the mage who just let Zhao Xu save his energy, exclaimed.
originally thought they were just ordinary level one "summon mount" spells. At first, they were curious to look at the mounts summoned by Zhao Xu. At this time, they heard what Chen Nuo, who has the final interpretation power of the union spells, said. Can't help being surprised.
So luxurious?
5th-level mage is not just one or two three-level spell slots?
It's just that Chen Nuo doesn't care about it anymore.
Because he recalled the details of this spell, his lips trembled and said: "Impossible, the casting time of this spell is 10 minutes?"
"Agreement 1: Just ask about the ability to hire a mage." Zhao Xu replied with a smile, and turned directly on his horse.