December 6th.
Early in the morning, when Houdini woke up from his comfortable bed, the scene in his dream seemed to have not dissipated yet. He stared at the beautifully decorated ceiling in front of him for a while.
For a Magician who had been in the parliament in Lassiman, coming to a foreign country and becoming the "Chief Magic Consultant" should be the most important turning point in Houdini's life.
He had thought that it would take a long time to adapt, but fortunately, everything in Elson was new, so it was not as difficult as he had imagined. In just a little more than a week, he had completely gotten used to his position.
Houdini's current residence was located in a villa next to the Pasha Magic Tower. The area was not as big as the manor, but it was enough for a Magician. He rubbed his eyes, then got up and looked out of the window. There was no warm sunshine today, and the thick clouds in the sky were constantly falling snowflakes. However, after entering the thermostatic enchantment at the edge of the city, the snowflakes turned into fine raindrops, making everything in his field of vision look damp. The neat and beautiful High Elf buildings looked very exquisite in the rain. In the distance, the Magicians who were rushing to get up early to prepare for their speeches at the Magic Tower walked in groups of twos and threes with papers in their hands, talking and laughing. Everything seemed calm and orderly.
Houdini withdrew his gaze and went to the study. He picked up Feather's notebook and recorded his dream last night.
As a "prophecy" Magician, he would sometimes have strange dreams like a normal person. So he had always ignored the "premonition" of dreams. However, when Roddy personally proved that his dream did indeed have a "reference value" ten days ago, Houdini began to record all the things he had dreamed in detail. He originally just wanted to verify it, but in the past ten days, Houdini found a problem. Now, he either did not dream, or when he did, he would unknowingly use up his Magic Power, so he always felt a little tired after waking up.
"This is the third time."
He picked up the pen and recorded the content of the dream. In the dream, he stood in a river, facing a small waterfall. The originally smooth river flowed smoothly, but he always felt that he was being pulled down by a force. This force made his heart palpitate, and he finally woke up with a start.
The content of the dream was not much. It was recorded in a few words. After Houdini finished writing, he stuffed the paper into his briefcase. He was going to bring it to Roddy on his way to the Magic Tower. Speaking of which, Houdini's dream was the main reason why Elsen City was able to survive the crisis. So Roddy had ordered that all of Houdini's dreams be recorded in this way and handed over to him personally for analysis.
He didn't know if it was useful, but Houdini could feel that his divination skills were steadily improving.
After washing up and eating breakfast, Houdini walked across the street. At this moment, the third batch of goods from the port passed by. The carriages were lined up with snow. The magic crystals that had been transported before were already in place. Now, the goods that had arrived were Lachman's unique cloth and spices, which were obviously expensive specialties to be sold to the nobles.
Elsen City's profit was ten times that of the previous trade. If this ratio was maintained every year, Houdini knew that the trade surplus would be an astonishing figure.
Of course, the premise was that the southern port could be built smoothly.
But looking at the current situation, Houdini really couldn't think of anyone who could stop Roddy.
"I've been thinking for a long time these days. I always feel that Sir Victor's speech about the origin of magic is really profound. The more I think about it, the more I learn … His level is really amazing."
"Sigh, I haven't slept well for three days after I went back. 'Magic' is like a mountain in my eyes, but in the eyes of the Dragons, it's like a stone that can be picked up and observed at will. This difference in height is really scary! "
"Now I'm more and more looking forward to today's speech."
Above the Magic Tower, the figure of the Coswo Earth Dragon had disappeared. After entering the hall on the first floor of Pasha, Houdini could hear the discussion of the mages next to him. Most of them were revolving around the speech of the Lord of the Frost Dragon Race a few days ago – or "Academic Open Lecture".
After all, these mages never thought that they would unexpectedly get a live lecture from the Lord of the Dragons when they just came to participate in the "exchange meeting" between the same level … Regardless of whether they had learned anything before, after listening to Victor's speech, without exception, they all felt that their lives were worth it.
Houdini only felt that Roddy's ability to "borrow power" was too strong. At the same time, he was also surprised that Victor was so easy to talk to. After all, even an ordinary mage would not casually take out his own theory to give a public speech, let alone one of the ten most powerful people in the world.
However, the fact was that not only did Victor give a speech, but he also said that there would be a speech on a different topic every week, at least four times!
This meant that in the next month, he would stay in Elsen City – this alone meant that Elsen City would become the "authority of magic" in the kingdom in the future!
A week after the news was released, the number of mages entering Elsen City had directly increased to five hundred. Including the magic apprentices, the total number had exceeded two thousand. Such a scale had already made Houdini feel an unprecedented wave … He used to think that the Kingdom of Karen was a magic desert, but now it seemed that if Elsen City could make good use of its own resources and authority, it could at least be expected to catch up with Duriel City in terms of "City Mage Reserve" within ten years, not to mention surpassing Lassiman City as a whole!
These mages would not stay in Elsen, because Elsen City could not afford to raise so many expensive mages. But after Elsen City became the "authority", in the future, it would have an advantage in the field of "magic" that was close to a commercial monopoly. What would benefit the most? In Houdini's view, whether it was the reselling of magic tools, raw materials, even scrolls or knowledge, the one who would benefit the most would be the one who had the "monopoly".
And from now on, Elsen City would exist like this: it set the standard so that all mages would have to refer to the market price of Elsen before doing any business. This was a sky-high amount of wealth, and with this alone, the whole of Efta would not have to worry about any financial problems in the future.
Houdini admired Roddy's way of doing things from the bottom of his heart, but as the current "Chief Magic Consultant of Elsen City", he needed to think about the content of the second meeting that was about to take place today.
Even Victor could not help Camilla out of the predicament of the "Confinement Sphere", so as the archmage, Houdini became the best candidate to assist Roddy in the meeting. Thinking about the content of today's meeting, he weighed the memo in his hand, pushed the door open and walked into the meeting room on the top floor of the magic tower.
"Mage Houdini, did you not sleep well last night?"
The one who asked the question was not Roddy, but Victor who was standing in front of the window overlooking the panoramic view of the city.
This was also something that Houdini was impressed with: Victor was obviously standing at the top of this world, but he spoke with humility and politeness, and his self-restraint was much higher than those superficial nobles.
"I'm a little ashamed to say it out loud. I feel like I was dreaming."
Houdini bowed, and then found that Kardashian and Roddy were chatting with a set of leather armor and a short bow. He felt a little strange, but listening to the words of the two, he quickly realized that this was a "gift" from Victor to Roddy.
"Oh? Then I have to congratulate you, the fog of the future has finally dissipated in front of your eyes. "
Seeing that Houdini was puzzled, Victor explained patiently, "The ability to see the future mainly depends on your state of mind, and at the same time, it also depends on some luck. I'm guessing that you've encountered a big change recently, but luckily you survived it, so your state of mind has greatly improved, and you can unconsciously see the future in your dreams. But although your ability has improved, your magical power reserve has not kept up, and there is a bit of a gap. "
The reason why Lassman's School of Prophecy was not favored by most people was that at Houdini's level, he was already considered to be at the top. Everyone was still trying to figure out how to advance further, and there was no mature path to take. But Victor's strength and vision were far beyond that of humans, and his words were from a strategically advantageous position. With just a few words, Houdini was enlightened, and he was very grateful, so he repeatedly thanked him.
"Speaking from experience is not much help. In fact, the green dragons are better at this kind of thing, but … even I can't see their shadows."
Victor laughed self-deprecatingly. Obviously, the green dragons seemed to be a bit cold among the Dragons. After he finished speaking, he turned to Roddy, "How is it? Are you satisfied?"
"I won't say much about the polite thanks, Lord Victor." Roddy took the paper about the dream from Houdini, casually stuffed it into his pocket, and continued with a smile, "Efta is willing to fully cooperate with the cooperation with the Frost Dragon Race."
The leather armor in front of him was obviously made by the Dragons, and the name displayed in front of Roddy was very interesting. It was called "Roddy's Guardian". This obviously meant that the maker was completely customized for Roddy, and not some random toy found to make up the number.
It was made from the bones and hide of the "Melgar Beast." This demonic beast's bloodline was slightly inferior to the Dragons, but it had similar defense and magic resistance as the Dragons. This Epic leather armor should be around the level of Advanced 52, but there was no level requirement to wear it. Whether it was the armor, resistance, or the increase in attributes, it was a lot better than the previous dragon scale leather armor.
The short bow named "Shaker" was made of wood, and it was very light. Its shape was similar to the recurve bow in his memory. Roddy couldn't recognize the material, but it was obvious that there was a strong magic wave when he touched it. According to Victor's introduction, this was made by the giant dragons of his race imitating the craftsmanship of a small country on the continent that was good at making bows. It was unique and exceptionally accurate.
The reason why it was called "Shaker" was that in addition to the super terrifying attack power, this bow also came with the special effect of "15% stun when attacking."
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