Salin and the others were led to the city center by Sumanno. Salin walked very slowly. He and Rex observed the city as they walked.
Alchemy City was indeed unique. Salin had never thought that a city would look like this.
On the wide streets, the stones on the ground were all pieced together by magic. There were drainage holes on both sides of the street, and there was a maze of drainage pipes below. The street was wide enough that carriages could only move along one side, so there would be no congestion.
Outside the tall buildings on both sides of the street, other than decorative sculptures and patterns, there would be a magic lamp every 100 meters. It was still daytime, so the magic lamps weren't lit. But Salin could imagine how spectacular it would be when all the magic lamps in Alchemy City lit up at night.
The first floor of the buildings on both sides of the street was basically all shops, selling all kinds of things. Passing by a huge glass window, Salin saw a few magic apprentices dismantling a five-meter-tall puppet inside.
The equipment shops here were also quite different from those in other cities. Basically, they only sold a single type of equipment. The equipment shop at the corner of the street only seemed to sell armor. Since Alchemy City had four swordsman battalions, the swordsmen's consumption was not small. The armor shop at the corner had two puppets as tall as a normal person standing in front of it. They wore yellow magic armor and occasionally made a few imposing movements to attract customers.
On the glass window of the shop, two lines of changing colors were written in magic potions — Dinima Knight Armor Forging Technique. 1,500 years of inheritance. Ensure your safety.
Although the knight class had declined, the forging technique of knight armor had been passed down. Such magic words might be quite attractive to a swordsman.
The sky was gloomy, and it seemed like it was going to rain. The people on the street didn't care at all. Salin saw many people wearing magic apprentice robes, and they were all in a hurry.
Among the many oppressively tall buildings, there were often some relatively short buildings. These buildings all had different styles, and from the material, they were all built according to the standards of magic laboratories.
These buildings were much shorter than the houses around them, but they were still about 20 meters tall. These buildings were no more than five stories, and there was space in front of them for carriages and horses to park.
According to Sumanno, Alchemy City was 12 miles wide. With so many tall buildings, they could indeed accommodate as many people as Sacred Rock City.
Alchemy City and Holy Rock City were both very big, but Holy Rock City was the most majestic. One look at it was enough to make one's heart tremble. Alchemy City was huge. Aside from horse carriages, everything else was much bigger than a normal city.
This kind of vastness made people feel empty. It was as if you were always alone in this city, and everyone else was far away, unable to get close to each other.
How strange! Salin found that he really liked Alchemy City, but there was an indescribable feeling that made him want to escape from this place.
Saint Rock City was also very clean and orderly, but that kind of order made people live more comfortably.
The order of Alchemy City had no warmth. It was like a magic formula that treated everyone equally. This was the feeling of magic, a kind of extreme order.
Salin gradually understood the difference between Holy Rock City and Alchemy City. Alchemy City was like a Construct Puppet. Its interior was very intricate, and there would be no mistakes in its operation. Holy Rock City was a mutated Construct Puppet that could communicate with you.
If you wanted to survive in Alchemy City, you had to have strong control. Only then would the city, which was like an alchemy machine, not be a kind of harm.
Salin had long seen the Alchemy Tower. Rex also looked at the towering tower from afar. The complicated feelings in his heart were indescribable.
This wasn't a traditional "tower" at all. From afar, it looked like a mountain that had been cut into six sides. Countless rooms were carved on the mountain. The square in front of the tower was wide enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people.
The six corners of the Alchemy Tower were made of pure metal, and magic words were engraved on them. Such a common layout on an Alchemy Tower had an indescribable effect. This tower was probably more than 50 floors. Even if the dozens of floors above it were slightly shorter, it was definitely more than 200 meters tall.
The six metal corners were like spears that pierced into the sky. Above the nine floors, there were also covered bridges in the air that passed through the tower, extending in all directions.
The covered bridges were built in an ancient style. It was said that in the imperial capital of the Second Dynasty, some covered bridges were dozens of miles long, and carriages could run on them.
Alchemy City indeed didn't have a ten-story Magic Tower, but this Alchemy Tower was definitely the tallest in the entire Myers Continent. Compared to this building, the number one church of the Vatican would be considered good if it could be half as tall.
This wasn't pride; it could already be considered arrogance. If one stood at the top of this building, would he feel like he was looking down on all living things?
Salin knew that this kind of arrogance was very wrong, but in his heart, he longed to own this tall building. At least this time, he wanted to buy the tallest room here.
Looking at the front door that was close to ten meters tall, Salin secretly warned himself that this was just an ordinary building. Apart from its height, it couldn't compare to Rafael's ten-story Magic Tower in any way. Being so excited was not a reaction that a Magician should have. If it were humans from tens of thousands of years ago, it wouldn't be difficult to build a building like this.
No matter how tall this building was, the Magicians of Alchemy City didn't build it into a Magic Tower. Even the name they gave it was just like a large alchemy laboratory. Above the nine floors were all residences that could be sold. This could only mean that the Magicians of Alchemy City weren't really prepared to face the gods.
"Sumano, take me to the place where the houses are for sale." Salin didn't want to look anymore. This Alchemy Tower was an extremely contradictory thing. On one hand, whether it was the size or the height, the Alchemy Tower surpassed the largest building of the Vatican. On the other hand, the Alchemy Tower didn't really exceed the bottom line of the gods.
This was a mixture of confidence and inferiority. Confidence came from the power of the Magicians, and inferiority was because this power was still declining. Magicians no longer had the courage of humans from tens of thousands of years ago to declare war on the gods.
Now, the Magicians of the Myers Continent relied on the rules of the plane. After the fall of the goddess, no gods could personally descend to the Myers Continent.
A thought suddenly came to Salin's mind. If it was Rex, would she build a Magic Tower that the gods couldn't stand? If Rex provoked the gods, would he still have to be with her?
The interior space of the first floor of the Alchemy Tower felt similar to the size of the square outside, and there were no obvious pillars. Looking up at the dome, a huge and unparalleled Magic Formation supported the space above the first floor. Salin didn't see any grooves in the Magic Formation, but the operation of such a huge Magic Formation couldn't just rely on the bit of elemental power absorbed by the Magic Formation itself.
It seemed to be the structure in Figaro's magic formula. Salin didn't calculate it carefully. This Magic Formation was too complicated. It should be spreading the weight of the dozens of floors above and letting the hundreds of thick metal pillars hidden in the walls bear it.
If the scale was reduced to one-tenth, Salin could design it himself. Even with such a huge structure in front of him, the Magicians of Ceylon City would be able to build a similar tower according to the blueprint in 30 to 50 years.
There weren't many people on the first floor, and it didn't have the layout of the most common Professional Guild on the continent. In the hall, other than the parts against the wall, there were some independent small houses in the middle, which looked like closed counters. Salin liked these delicate and small houses, and there were many magic plants planted around the houses.
"Sir Salin, do you really want to buy the houses in the Alchemy Tower?" Sumano asked again. He didn't want to bring a young man with no money. If he was implicated, he would be thrown back to his hometown and never be able to make a living in Alchemy City again.
"Don't worry, we can afford it." Salin understood Sumano very well.
"Then, follow me." Sumano led Salin and the others through the hall to a door at the side. He said tactfully, "Sir Salin, you can't joke around in Alchemy City. The houses in the Alchemy Tower will cost at least five million gold coins. "
Salin wasn't angry. He also answered Sumano tactfully, "Gold coins are meaningless to Magicians."
In the trade of items above Level-7, Magicians didn't care if you had gold coins or not, as long as you could take out materials or equipment of equal value.
The door in front of them opened, and Salin followed Sumano in. This was a winch-like lifting machine, usually used in mines. However, the Alchemy Tower was too tall. Low-level Magicians would probably be exhausted if they wanted to climb it.
"Go to the tenth floor," Sumano said to a Magic Formation in the lifting machine.
The sound of metal chains rattling could be heard from the top of the elevator. For safety reasons, there was no soundproof enchantment in the elevator.
The machine rose slowly, and Salin had mixed feelings. The reason he became a Magician was that Jason wanted to buy his house, which gave him the chance to walk the path of magic.
Now that he was a Grand Magician, he wanted to buy his own house. The difference between now and now was like a lifetime ago.
Rex also wanted to own a house here, in the center of Alchemy City. However, she was from the Glycos family, so this idea was a little unrealistic. When signing the purchase contract, it would definitely be a magic contract. If she revealed her full name, it would probably cause a lot of trouble.
Letting Salin buy it was not a bad idea. Salin's teacher was from Alchemy City. In a sense, Salin could join Alchemy City at any time and become a Magician not restricted by the country.
The metal winch at the top of the tower stopped working after rising about 70 to 80 meters. The door opened. Salin tidied his robe and asked Rex, "How many can I sell?"
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