Salin and Rex stared at the tens of thousands of notes, unwilling to let go. These magicians' notes recorded a large amount of knowledge on magical beasts, as well as more than 100,000 magic formulas.
Figaro's magic formula was the basic theory of all magic, but it didn't mean that one could not learn anything else after learning Figaro's magic formula. There were tens of thousands of basic sequences in the complete Figaro's magic formula, which gave rise to more changes than stars.
It was impossible for a magician to learn all the formulas in their lifetime, let alone create so many formulas. But the magic notes in this hall were all interrelated knowledge. If they were separated, their value would be greatly reduced. Seeing that Rex was silent, Salin knew that she couldn't let go of these notes.
"How about this, you can choose between the second and third floors." Salin proposed a plan, which was commonly used by Scotia merchants. It was usually used in large commodity transactions. When a merchant wanted to buy all the goods this month, they had to give up the next month's transactions to the opponent, in addition to the problem of funds.
The prices of commodities fluctuated. Buying in advance could result in a loss, or it could result in a profit. This was a gamble. Apart from business acumen, luck was also needed.
Rex said without hesitation, "I want the second floor."
The third floor might be more valuable. That was usually how magic towers were set up. But Rex couldn't give up the knowledge of modifying magical beasts. This knowledge was the same for magicians, but it was completely different for a country.
Salin glanced at the books and notes on the second floor one last time. He called out to Sicar and Nelis and turned to leave. He was afraid that he would regret it if he stayed any longer.
Rex slowly collected the information on the second floor. Salin, with the Ice Pattern Armor and the Water Pattern Shield, walked up to the third floor from the mezzanine.
He pushed the door open anxiously. A sharp murderous aura gushed out. The Water Pattern Shield on the surface of Salin's body expanded violently, turning into a huge ball that blocked the door. At the same time, he released another Water Pattern Shield. The Water Pattern Shield blocking the door was crushed by the murderous aura. Salin released the third spell without hesitation.
Now that his Magic String had grown, he could release almost 100 level-two spells consecutively. Sicar and Nelis were behind him. He couldn't retreat, so he could only block them with spells one by one.
Fortunately, the defensive power of his Water Ripple Shield had reached the level of a level-four spell, and the defensive spells of the water element were the toughest and most difficult to destroy. The sharp murderous aura was stopped by the Magic Shield. It only paused for a moment, and Salin used this opportunity to cast a second Magic Shield.
It was impossible to retreat. The murderous attacks didn't stop at all. Before Salin finished releasing 96 spells, he could only retreat a few meters.
Salin struggled to hold on. Huge transparent blisters swelled up one after another outside his body. The third floor of the Magic Tower exploded with a murderous aura of unknown attributes, and the Magic Shield was abnormally fragile under this attack.
Salin broke out in cold sweat. He had been too careless. There were so many unknown things in this world. He had only risen to Level Four, but he had already become arrogant. Now, even if Rex discovered the danger, he wouldn't be able to rush over. Each of the Water Ripple Shields would shatter in less than half a second.
Shika had already taken the stick off his back. Neris was also anxiously baring her teeth, wanting to return to her demon form. But this couldn't help Salin. Salin's body clearly didn't have the strength of the Water Ripple Shield. Once the magic strings were exhausted, he would be torn into powder in an instant.
Salin's left hand was still holding the family badge. At this time, he could only fight with all his might. If the badge absorbed energy in the same way as on the first floor, then he was dead for sure.
The 95th Water Ripple Shield had already shattered. Salin was about to use the badge to absorb that unknown energy when the murderous aura surging out from the door suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Salin's body swayed a little. The continuous release of magic had almost depleted his magic strings. He had done this when he was training, but normal training wasn't life-threatening, so he wouldn't be so nervous. The pressure of dying at any time had greatly exhausted his physical strength. If he hadn't used the badge to train regularly, the first thing to collapse would be his body, not his mental strength and magic strings.
The scenery of the third floor of the Magic Tower was finally revealed in front of Salin. It was still a hall. The hall was empty, and there was a skeleton in the middle. This skeleton was about eight meters long, and more than half of it was the tailbone. The structure of the skeleton was a little strange. There were two pairs of bone wings, and the slightly long skull was naturally covered with complicated magic patterns.
This complete skeleton of a magic beast wasn't big, and the tailbone was thick. If the tail was removed, it would only be one meter bigger than a level-four magic beast in the forest.
There was nothing else on the third floor. Salin was a little regretful. He almost lost his life just now, and lost those magic notes on the second floor, only to get a skeleton of a magic beast?
"Salin, that was it just now." Shika pointed at the skeleton in the middle of the hall.
Only then did Salin realize that the whole third floor didn't have any offensive magic arrays. The only thing was this pile of bones. This magic beast had probably died thousands of years ago. Otherwise, there wouldn't be no fur left. The remnant power of a thousand years almost killed a Great Mage like him. How strong was this magic beast when it was alive?
Shika carefully walked forward and touched the skull of the skeleton. He said to Salin, "Salin, this bone, give it to me."
"I'll have a share," Neris said at the wrong time.
"What's yours is mine." Salin glared at Neris and said, "Think of a way to put it away first."
This magic beast's skeleton was only long. It wasn't bloated, and it wasn't big either. In fact, it was similar to Rex's battle puppet. Nelis reluctantly put away the Magical Beast's skeleton.
Salin then asked, "Shika, what do you want this for?"
"The magic beast's battle soul is still in the bones. When I become a real battle priest, I can use it as a mount." Shika's eyes shone with happiness. Salin had never seen her so happy before.
Salin felt a little better. Losing tens of thousands of magic notes in exchange for Shika's happiness seemed pretty good. He owed her too much in the past, and rarely even cared about her.
As for the mount that Shika mentioned, Salin didn't take it seriously. This magic beast was strong when it was alive, but it was just a pile of bones after death. Even if it could be made into something like a puppet, it wouldn't be able to fly. It would drag four wings and run on the ground. Just thinking about it was hilarious. This skeleton might be very strong. There was only one magic beast on the third floor, and it was at least a level-nine creature raised by a level-ten mage. If this bone was used to make magic tools, it would be a top-grade material.
"Salin, the magic beast's battle soul in this bone is very strong. It will be very powerful in the future." Shika was afraid that Salin would regret it, so she patiently explained to him. Salin was also moved. Shika's staff had not been refined by Faylen, and she had relied on the magic beast's battle soul to block the Ascetic's divine spell. And that magic beast's battle soul was incomplete, and its level was lower than the magic beast she had now. This meant that the skeleton of a level-nine magic beast was very valuable. Even though it wasn't as valuable as the magic books on the second floor, at least for Shika, if she hadn't come here, she probably wouldn't have been able to get such a powerful magic beast's battle soul in her life.
"I understand. We didn't lose anything." Salin thought to himself. The magic beast's magic core must still be there. If it didn't work, he could dig it out and sell it for a sky-high price.
Shika was a little depressed when she saw that Salin still didn't care. But when she thought that after she became a battle priest, she would be able to control this bone beast and soar in the sky. Her mood improved again. Battle priests among the Caucasus were already rare, and there hadn't been one in hundreds of years who had a flying bone beast.
When the time came, she could forge a suitable weapon, and she wouldn't need to wield this staff anymore. The more Shika thought about it, the happier she became.
Neris didn't get anything. She bared her teeth behind Shika's back and thought to herself, Who told you to laugh foolishly? Next time you eat, you'll choke to death.
If Salin knew what Neris was thinking, he would definitely find that she had become kind. If it was before, Neris would definitely think of poisoning Shika's bread, or stabbing her in the back.
Salin's magic strings couldn't be restored for the time being, so he waited for Rex on the third floor. Holding the magic core in his hand, Salin sat down and meditated. The feeling of losing magic strings was terrible. For a mage, magic strings were more important than their limbs. With the magic strings gone, Salin felt uncomfortable all over.
When Salin opened his eyes, Rex was already waiting beside him.
"Did you meet with danger?"
"Yes." Salin saw Rex and felt a lingering fear. If Rex was by his side, he wouldn't have been so embarrassed. Rex definitely had some special magic tools on him, or he could simply release a level-six scroll to help him. In that case, it wouldn't be a problem to escape.
"Let's not split up." Rex didn't say much. She saw that the third floor was empty and knew that there was probably nothing here. She won the gamble this time. When she returned to the Myers Continent, she could use the power of the prefecture to start producing these special magic beasts on a large scale, or use them in wars, or simply dig out their magic cores.
"I hope the fourth floor doesn't disappoint me." Salin stood up and made a gesture of invitation. Rex smiled sweetly. Salin's mentality was very good. The losses on the third floor could be completely made up for in the later floors, and there might be another chance to gamble on the next floor.
The first three floors had actually yielded an unusually huge harvest. Even some wealthy mages might not be able to obtain so many resources in their lifetime. Salin really let go of his mood, and didn't care about the gains and losses anymore. He followed Rex to the fourth floor, and also gave Rex a Water Shield.
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