295 The foundation of a mage
Mage Tower?
zhao xu listened and almost didn’t know how to react.
looking at the group of 30 to 40 players in front of him, they were basically fully armed and could be considered an elite team among players.
It could be said that this time, the ” watchman ” Guild had basically sent out all their elites.
However, even so, these players were basically nothing more than free gifts to the mage Tower.
The minimum requirement to design a Wizard Tower was to be at least a level 9 wizard, who could master arcane geometry. However, most Wizards who wanted to build their own Wizard Tower would entrust the design of this project to professionals.
In Zhao Xu’s backpack was a book called ” Wizard Tower construction guide ” that he had borrowed from the legendary library. It listed all the necessary costs and requirements for building a Wizard Tower.
The main reason was that building a Mage Tower was a time-consuming task. In addition to considering the transportation of materials at the construction site, a large number of workers with the corresponding skills had to be hired.
At the same time, the cost of the various functional rooms and special rooms in the mage Tower was also very high.
If they chose to build it in a city where the fabric was the easiest to obtain, even a plot of land 15 meters by 15 meters would cost thousands of gold coins. After that, they had to pay all kinds of taxes and extra fees for supervision, which also cost hundreds of gold coins. This was the least cost in the entire construction process.
for example, a workshop would cost 8000 gold coins to build even in the wild. a sealing room and an explosion room would cost 1500 gold coins per square meter. a small room of 10 square meters would cost 15000 gold coins.
If he wanted to spend more money, he could add on a folded space, and that would cost him 500 gold coins per square meter. The folded spaces that Zhao Xu had seen before were all hundreds or even thousands of square meters in size. setting up a folded space for just a few dozen square meters was like taking off his pants and farting.
on top of that, if the flight package allowed the mage tower to fly, it would cost an additional 250000 gold coins.
therefore, basically, only spell casters above level ten would consider building a wizard tower.
Only their wealth could afford it.
so when zhao xu saw a group of players who were at most level 1 or 2 going to explore the wizard tower, he was a little surprised.
as if he knew what zhao xu was thinking, the guild leader, frostsword, smiled and explained, ” “that mage tower fell from the sky to the bottom of the lake during a great battle. it was just that the relative of that mage was afraid of getting into trouble at that time and did not dare to explore it rashly, so he only drew a simple map and passed it down.”
who would have thought that a hundred years later, when the descendant of that wizard wanted to retrieve the hidden item in the wizard Tower, he accidentally leaked the news and was killed along the way. In the end, that map also fell into our hands.
when zhao xu heard this, he frowned even more.
However, what he was concerned about was not the twists and turns of the story, but the fact that this was a ” Wizard Tower ” built in the air.
the construction cost of such a mage tower was four times that of a mage tower in the wild. one could only imagine how rich the owner of the mage tower was.
However, he didn’t expect that the other party’s descendants would still suffer after enduring for a hundred years.
from the looks of it, frostsword was probably only thinking of plundering the hidden treasures in the tower.
he reckoned that the entire mage tower would be handed over to him to deal with when the time came. after all, the players could not move it away now.
Zhao Xu finally understood why the other party had asked for a level 5 wizard.
It just so happened that he was able to use the third-circle “underwater breathing” and cast a spell to let everyone dive into the bottom of the water and explore the tower.
Moreover, if he, a member of the mage Association, reported the existence of the mage Tower, he would be able to gain more benefits than the players.
at the same time, the other party did not hire higher level mages because they were afraid that the other party would choose to kick them out and take all the wealth in the mage tower for himself.
and a level 5 mage was just what the forty players could handle.
at the same time, the news of the wizard tower was enough to tempt a wizard of this level, even if it was just the wizard tower itself.
In the current situation where the player mages were at most Level 3, appointing a level 5 mage would also avoid the risk of the player leaking the secret.
however, the other party did not expect that the mage in front of them, who was armed with no less than ten pieces of magic equipment, was also a player.
just when everyone thought that the level-5 wizard, starry sky reflection, was still in the northern alliance, he had already returned to mystra.
he was afraid that the other party had thought hard about it before coming up with such a subtle level requirement.
Zhao Xu laughed as well. After the players had been scammed by the natives of Arthur so many times over the past two months, even a pig would learn its lesson.
The adventurers in Arthur were actually competitors with the players.
“then what about the specific mission reward distribution?” Zhao Xu also got straight to the point.
A few players sitting beside frostsword were overjoyed when they saw the mage with extraordinary equipment asking for a reward. They knew that frostsword had accepted the offer.
for this mission, every additional person who knew about it meant an additional risk.
They did not dare to look for a higher level mage because they were afraid that the other party would demand an exorbitant price.
“After this, the location of the wizard Tower and the ownership of the tower will belong to you, wizard ‘Gale’. the loot from the ‘mage tower’ will belong to us, but you can choose one of the items from the ‘gale’ mage tower first.” At this moment, the woman next to frostsword stepped forward and said. Her expression was cold as she looked at Zhao Xu warily.
She was snow, frostsword’s sister.
zhao xu nodded his head when he heard this reward. it was completely acceptable.
after all, the other party had already paid a large sum of remuneration to the ‘association’ in advance.
As long as he accepted the mission, he would be able to get the reward regardless of whether he succeeded or not. this was also the reason why the large organizations were so conflicted when they sought help from the wizard association.
“I accept, but I have a few questions to ask first.” zhao xu said.
at this moment, he looked at the 30 to 40 subordinates behind frost sword, who were sitting in another corner of the courier station. he frowned slightly and said, ” “My third circle mage ‘underwater breathing’ can last for 2 hours per level, for a total of 10 hours. its duration will be evenly distributed to everyone who comes into contact with it. ”
Zhao Xu’s words were very clear. Even if he cast a spell, it would only take ten hours. If he were to spread it out among the 40 of them, each of them would only take 15 minutes. They wouldn’t even be able to get into the water much before they would have to come out.
Arthur didn’t have an oxygen tank to dive, so if creatures wanted to dive deep, they had to either rely on the level 3 spell ” underwater breathing “, which allowed them to breathe freely in the water, or transform into an underwater creature.
the other thing was to prepare an ain stone that didn’t require breathing.
but zhao xu had the ritual and the ain stone. the caster was level 7, and the spell could last for 14 hours. this was something he would not tell the other party so easily.
unexpectedly, frostsword laughed and said, ” “you don’t have to worry about that, gale mage. the descendants of the previous mage have already prepared two ‘underwater breathing’ scrolls over the years in order to explore the mage tower. we also bought two scrolls from the market, so with four scrolls in total, it will take a full 40 hours.”
“at the same time, some of my teammates behind me will be on guard on the shore and escort the supplies we are carrying out. the ones who really went into the water were my level 2 teammates.” Frostsword said.
Only then did Zhao Xu nod his head. Even if 10 people were allocated 40 hours, each person would still have four hours, which was more than enough for a basic exploration.
The underwater breathing spell itself was a core spell, so its scroll could still be barely purchased on the market, especially in a city of magic like Mystra.
if it was in any other city, frostsword might not be able to buy a level 3 spell scroll with a selling price of 375 gold coins in two or three days.
“That’s why I’ll have to ask you to cast these magic scrolls.” Frostsword pleaded.
when he heard her request, zhao xu agreed.
he was now a third-circle wizard, so he could cast all arcane scrolls below the third circle as if he were casting spells himself.
if a class like the rogue wanted to rely on the ‘use magic device’ skill to simulate the use of magic scrolls …
in addition to having to simulate 13 points of intelligence to meet the prerequisite of casting, they also had to simulate a level 5 mage. the difficulty of the simulation itself was a full 25 levels, and basically, not many rogues could do it now.
If it failed, the 375 gold coins would go down the drain. There might also be serious consequences, such as recoil damage, random target effect, and even some strange effects, such as bubbles coming out of the mouth.
So it was the safest for Zhao Xu to use it.
However, Zhao Xu still asked them a question that would ruin the scenery, ” are you guys ready to die once? ”
they had thought that zhao xu was just going to raise the price a little more, but the few people in charge of the watchmen guild didn’t expect this to be the problem.
let alone one Lifestone, even if all of us here had 200 Lifestones, it would still be worth it. frostsword said in a serious tone. he looked at zhao xu with eyes that seemed to be shining.
Zhao Xu nodded. As long as he was determined, that was enough.
he was afraid that he would give up after he died. at that time, he would not be able to save her, and he would not be able to save her either.
Even if he was a level 5 wizard, he would have to use a Lifestone to test out the wizard Tower’s trap that could defend against outsiders. Otherwise, it would not be so easy.
And the other party had specially brought thirty to forty people, which was probably also in preparation for this.
“Should we leave now?” Zhao Xu asked.
if it’s convenient for you, Mr. Storm, we can do it now. frostsword said in a clear voice.
“then let’s go.” Zhao Xu didn’t think too much about it. Things could easily change if he dragged it out for too long.
the fact that the mage’s descendant had been killed meant that outsiders already knew about it.
at this moment, frostsword walked over. ” gale magician, the rest of the journey will be long, so we rented a carriage from the station. although it’s a little crude for transporting goods, i’ll have to trouble you, mr. mage.”
zhao xu also noticed that a porter was pulling a carriage over from outside the door.
” no need, ” he said with a smile. ” let the ladies in your team sit. ”
no, Mr. Gale, this journey is not short. You’d better save your energy. the wizard, chen nuo, who was standing in the corner, said. he was also one of the rare level 2 wizards in floating city.
well, there’s no need for that. Mages use spells to travel. zhao xu gently declined.
as he spoke, he immediately chanted an incantation and spent a full six seconds to use the bizarre forethought specialty to cast the level 3 spell, phantom stallion.
A half-real, half-fake horse-shaped ” creature ” appeared in front of everyone.
its four hooves were all smoke without substance, and the black horse’s head was very energetic. the gray mane on its body was also very soft, and it had accessories such as saddles, munchles, and reins.
“a 3rd ring phantom colt!” Chen nuo, the wizard who had helped Zhao Xu save some energy, exclaimed.
The people in the Guild had thought that it was just a normal level 1 mount summoning spell. At first, they were looking at the Mount that Zhao Xu had summoned with curiosity. But when they heard what Chen nuo, who had the final interpretation of the Guild’s spells, said, they couldn’t help but be surprised.
So extravagant?
A level 5 wizard only had one or two level 3 spell slots.
however, chen nuo no longer cared about these things.
He recalled the details of this spell, and his lips trembled as he said, ” ” that’s impossible. the casting time of this spell is 10 minutes. ”
agreement one: do not question the abilities of the hired mages. zhao xu laughed as he replied and immediately got on his horse.
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295 The foundation of a mage
Mage Tower?
zhao xu listened and almost didn’t know how to react.
looking at the group of 30 to 40 players in front of him, they were basically fully armed and could be considered an elite team among players.
It could be said that this time, the ” watchman ” Guild had basically sent out all their elites.
However, even so, these players were basically nothing more than free gifts to the mage Tower.
The minimum requirement to design a Wizard Tower was to be at least a level 9 wizard, who could master arcane geometry. However, most Wizards who wanted to build their own Wizard Tower would entrust the design of this project to professionals.
In Zhao Xu’s backpack was a book called ” Wizard Tower construction guide ” that he had borrowed from the legendary library. It listed all the necessary costs and requirements for building a Wizard Tower.
The main reason was that building a Mage Tower was a time-consuming task. In addition to considering the transportation of materials at the construction site, a large number of workers with the corresponding skills had to be hired.
At the same time, the cost of the various functional rooms and special rooms in the mage Tower was also very high.
If they chose to build it in a city where the fabric was the easiest to obtain, even a plot of land 15 meters by 15 meters would cost thousands of gold coins. After that, they had to pay all kinds of taxes and extra fees for supervision, which also cost hundreds of gold coins. This was the least cost in the entire construction process.
for example, a workshop would cost 8000 gold coins to build even in the wild. a sealing room and an explosion room would cost 1500 gold coins per square meter. a small room of 10 square meters would cost 15000 gold coins.
If he wanted to spend more money, he could add on a folded space, and that would cost him 500 gold coins per square meter. The folded spaces that Zhao Xu had seen before were all hundreds or even thousands of square meters in size. setting up a folded space for just a few dozen square meters was like taking off his pants and farting.
on top of that, if the flight package allowed the mage tower to fly, it would cost an additional 250000 gold coins.
therefore, basically, only spell casters above level ten would consider building a wizard tower.
Only their wealth could afford it.
so when zhao xu saw a group of players who were at most level 1 or 2 going to explore the wizard tower, he was a little surprised.
as if he knew what zhao xu was thinking, the guild leader, frostsword, smiled and explained, ” “that mage tower fell from the sky to the bottom of the lake during a great battle. it was just that the relative of that mage was afraid of getting into trouble at that time and did not dare to explore it rashly, so he only drew a simple map and passed it down.”
who would have thought that a hundred years later, when the descendant of that wizard wanted to retrieve the hidden item in the wizard Tower, he accidentally leaked the news and was killed along the way. In the end, that map also fell into our hands.
when zhao xu heard this, he frowned even more.
However, what he was concerned about was not the twists and turns of the story, but the fact that this was a ” Wizard Tower ” built in the air.
the construction cost of such a mage tower was four times that of a mage tower in the wild. one could only imagine how rich the owner of the mage tower was.
However, he didn’t expect that the other party’s descendants would still suffer after enduring for a hundred years.
from the looks of it, frostsword was probably only thinking of plundering the hidden treasures in the tower.
he reckoned that the entire mage tower would be handed over to him to deal with when the time came. after all, the players could not move it away now.
Zhao Xu finally understood why the other party had asked for a level 5 wizard.
It just so happened that he was able to use the third-circle “underwater breathing” and cast a spell to let everyone dive into the bottom of the water and explore the tower.
Moreover, if he, a member of the mage Association, reported the existence of the mage Tower, he would be able to gain more benefits than the players.
at the same time, the other party did not hire higher level mages because they were afraid that the other party would choose to kick them out and take all the wealth in the mage tower for himself.
and a level 5 mage was just what the forty players could handle.
at the same time, the news of the wizard tower was enough to tempt a wizard of this level, even if it was just the wizard tower itself.
In the current situation where the player mages were at most Level 3, appointing a level 5 mage would also avoid the risk of the player leaking the secret.
however, the other party did not expect that the mage in front of them, who was armed with no less than ten pieces of magic equipment, was also a player.
just when everyone thought that the level-5 wizard, starry sky reflection, was still in the northern alliance, he had already returned to mystra.
he was afraid that the other party had thought hard about it before coming up with such a subtle level requirement.
Zhao Xu laughed as well. After the players had been scammed by the natives of Arthur so many times over the past two months, even a pig would learn its lesson.
The adventurers in Arthur were actually competitors with the players.
“then what about the specific mission reward distribution?” Zhao Xu also got straight to the point.
A few players sitting beside frostsword were overjoyed when they saw the mage with extraordinary equipment asking for a reward. They knew that frostsword had accepted the offer.
for this mission, every additional person who knew about it meant an additional risk.
They did not dare to look for a higher level mage because they were afraid that the other party would demand an exorbitant price.
“After this, the location of the wizard Tower and the ownership of the tower will belong to you, wizard ‘Gale’. the loot from the ‘mage tower’ will belong to us, but you can choose one of the items from the ‘gale’ mage tower first.” At this moment, the woman next to frostsword stepped forward and said. Her expression was cold as she looked at Zhao Xu warily.
She was snow, frostsword’s sister.
zhao xu nodded his head when he heard this reward. it was completely acceptable.
after all, the other party had already paid a large sum of remuneration to the ‘association’ in advance.
As long as he accepted the mission, he would be able to get the reward regardless of whether he succeeded or not. this was also the reason why the large organizations were so conflicted when they sought help from the wizard association.
“I accept, but I have a few questions to ask first.” zhao xu said.
at this moment, he looked at the 30 to 40 subordinates behind frost sword, who were sitting in another corner of the courier station. he frowned slightly and said, ” “My third circle mage ‘underwater breathing’ can last for 2 hours per level, for a total of 10 hours. its duration will be evenly distributed to everyone who comes into contact with it. ”
Zhao Xu’s words were very clear. Even if he cast a spell, it would only take ten hours. If he were to spread it out among the 40 of them, each of them would only take 15 minutes. They wouldn’t even be able to get into the water much before they would have to come out.
Arthur didn’t have an oxygen tank to dive, so if creatures wanted to dive deep, they had to either rely on the level 3 spell ” underwater breathing “, which allowed them to breathe freely in the water, or transform into an underwater creature.
the other thing was to prepare an ain stone that didn’t require breathing.
but zhao xu had the ritual and the ain stone. the caster was level 7, and the spell could last for 14 hours. this was something he would not tell the other party so easily.
unexpectedly, frostsword laughed and said, ” “you don’t have to worry about that, gale mage. the descendants of the previous mage have already prepared two ‘underwater breathing’ scrolls over the years in order to explore the mage tower. we also bought two scrolls from the market, so with four scrolls in total, it will take a full 40 hours.”
“at the same time, some of my teammates behind me will be on guard on the shore and escort the supplies we are carrying out. the ones who really went into the water were my level 2 teammates.” Frostsword said.
Only then did Zhao Xu nod his head. Even if 10 people were allocated 40 hours, each person would still have four hours, which was more than enough for a basic exploration.
The underwater breathing spell itself was a core spell, so its scroll could still be barely purchased on the market, especially in a city of magic like Mystra.
if it was in any other city, frostsword might not be able to buy a level 3 spell scroll with a selling price of 375 gold coins in two or three days.
“That’s why I’ll have to ask you to cast these magic scrolls.” Frostsword pleaded.
when he heard her request, zhao xu agreed.
he was now a third-circle wizard, so he could cast all arcane scrolls below the third circle as if he were casting spells himself.
if a class like the rogue wanted to rely on the ‘use magic device’ skill to simulate the use of magic scrolls …
in addition to having to simulate 13 points of intelligence to meet the prerequisite of casting, they also had to simulate a level 5 mage. the difficulty of the simulation itself was a full 25 levels, and basically, not many rogues could do it now.
If it failed, the 375 gold coins would go down the drain. There might also be serious consequences, such as recoil damage, random target effect, and even some strange effects, such as bubbles coming out of the mouth.
So it was the safest for Zhao Xu to use it.
However, Zhao Xu still asked them a question that would ruin the scenery, ” are you guys ready to die once? ”
they had thought that zhao xu was just going to raise the price a little more, but the few people in charge of the watchmen guild didn’t expect this to be the problem.
let alone one Lifestone, even if all of us here had 200 Lifestones, it would still be worth it. frostsword said in a serious tone. he looked at zhao xu with eyes that seemed to be shining.
Zhao Xu nodded. As long as he was determined, that was enough.
he was afraid that he would give up after he died. at that time, he would not be able to save her, and he would not be able to save her either.
Even if he was a level 5 wizard, he would have to use a Lifestone to test out the wizard Tower’s trap that could defend against outsiders. Otherwise, it would not be so easy.
And the other party had specially brought thirty to forty people, which was probably also in preparation for this.
“Should we leave now?” Zhao Xu asked.
if it’s convenient for you, Mr. Storm, we can do it now. frostsword said in a clear voice.
“then let’s go.” Zhao Xu didn’t think too much about it. Things could easily change if he dragged it out for too long.
the fact that the mage’s descendant had been killed meant that outsiders already knew about it.
at this moment, frostsword walked over. ” gale magician, the rest of the journey will be long, so we rented a carriage from the station. although it’s a little crude for transporting goods, i’ll have to trouble you, mr. mage.”
zhao xu also noticed that a porter was pulling a carriage over from outside the door.
” no need, ” he said with a smile. ” let the ladies in your team sit. ”
no, Mr. Gale, this journey is not short. You’d better save your energy. the wizard, chen nuo, who was standing in the corner, said. he was also one of the rare level 2 wizards in floating city.
well, there’s no need for that. Mages use spells to travel. zhao xu gently declined.
as he spoke, he immediately chanted an incantation and spent a full six seconds to use the bizarre forethought specialty to cast the level 3 spell, phantom stallion.
A half-real, half-fake horse-shaped ” creature ” appeared in front of everyone.
its four hooves were all smoke without substance, and the black horse’s head was very energetic. the gray mane on its body was also very soft, and it had accessories such as saddles, munchles, and reins.
“a 3rd ring phantom colt!” Chen nuo, the wizard who had helped Zhao Xu save some energy, exclaimed.
The people in the Guild had thought that it was just a normal level 1 mount summoning spell. At first, they were looking at the Mount that Zhao Xu had summoned with curiosity. But when they heard what Chen nuo, who had the final interpretation of the Guild’s spells, said, they couldn’t help but be surprised.
So extravagant?
A level 5 wizard only had one or two level 3 spell slots.
however, chen nuo no longer cared about these things.
He recalled the details of this spell, and his lips trembled as he said, ” ” that’s impossible. the casting time of this spell is 10 minutes. ”
agreement one: do not question the abilities of the hired mages. zhao xu laughed as he replied and immediately got on his horse.
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