Roland felt a little shocked. Not long ago, he had told Hawk and the others that some players might be fooled by NPCs, and now he was almost slapped in the face.
Sure enough, people shouldn't think too highly of themselves.
Roland squeezed the fake wooden emblem hard and returned to the Magic Tower.
This wooden emblem wasn't so much a clue as a warning that Big Edward left for him before he committed suicide.
After thinking it through, there were many suspicious points.
If it wasn't John, then who sent the gang to kidnap and kill Lisa's family, and who threatened Big Edward to take the blame? Moreover, less than five days after Hawk sent the beggars to secretly watch John's movements, Big Edward jumped out to confuse them.
The gang members were all wiped out by Bard, so there was no way they could find out anything.
And the real culprit seemed to know about the Golden Sons' actions?
Did Hawk the Beggars leak the news?
The more Roland thought about it, the more troubled he felt. This kind of case, which was all based on speculation and didn't have many clues, was really troublesome. He finally understood why there were Skynet cameras everywhere in the Celestial Empire.
No matter how intelligent a criminal was, it was useless if they were caught on camera.
After returning to the Magic Tower, Roland spent nearly four hours deriving the Spell Puppet model before he finally managed to calm his slightly angry emotions.
He decided not to think too much about it for the time being. The culprit would definitely be lying low during this time. He would consider it again after the Gray Sand Gang investigated and obtained the information.
It was already evening. Vivian brought him dinner and placed a few thin books in front of Roland.
"What's this?" Roland asked in surprise.
"The income and expenses of our Magic Tower last month," Vivian explained. "Originally, the chairman was supposed to be in charge of reviewing this, but he's not here, so I can only leave it to you."
Oh, I see. Roland ate dinner while flipping through the account books.
Roland looked for a while, then looked up and asked, "Who made these records?"
"Claus," Vivian said. "Among all of us magic apprentices, he's the best at arithmetic."
Claus was the young man Roland had brought to the Magic Tower for the first time.
He was one of the more talented magic apprentices. He learned magic quickly and was very hospitable.
"What's with the extra dozen or so gold coins?"
Vivian glanced at it and said with a smile, "This is the tax collected from the surrounding areas. With the Magic Tower as the center, everything within two kilometers is our territory. "
"Why didn't you mark who paid the tax?" Roland was a little curious. "Otherwise, how would you know who didn't pay?"
"There's no need to mark it. They just have to gather together 15 gold coins every month and hand it in." Vivian smiled. "Our Magic Tower doesn't care about anything else other than collecting money and protecting the peace of this area. “
Vivian's words were very gentle, but there was a sense of superiority in them that was directed at an outsider.
But on second thought, it was quite normal. Mages were a respected and feared profession. As a spellcaster, Vivian had the right to be proud even though she was only a magic apprentice.
After reading these accounts, Roland finally realized where the Magic Tower's money came from.
This also meant that Roland had officially taken over the Magic Tower's affairs.
Especially when Aldo was hiding and recuperating.
The entire Magic Tower's affairs were on Roland's shoulders. He had to meet the nobles or merchants who had something to ask of him and reach an agreement with them. For example, he had to get rid of some beasts or magical beasts near Delpon or help exorcise evil spirits.
This made Roland extremely busy. He ran around with a few magic apprentices, and even had less time for magic experiments.
It couldn't be helped. He was paid a high salary by the Magic Tower.
If he was paid, he had to do things. This was a very simple logic.
But thanks to the recent game update, the probability of triggering quests increased. During this period, he triggered several small quests, such as how much experience he would get after solving a certain problem.
Thanks to the completion of the quests, Roland was now only a little bit away from level five on the experience bar.
Then, he locked himself in the magic lab and specifically told Vivian not to let anyone disturb him.
After that, he stayed in the magic lab for more than five hours and finally derived the first derivative spell of Spell Puppet: Enhanced Spell Puppet.
Roland had considered many ways to enhance, but no matter which one they were, they all had shortcomings. In the end, he decided to do comprehensive enhancement. Of course, the first enhancement wouldn't have much effect, but with this enhancement as a foundation, what about a second enhancement? What about a third enhancement?
Of course, before that, he had to solve the problem of the lack of memory in the spell models.
The moment he summoned the enhanced Spell Puppet, he immediately received a system notification.
"You've mastered Spell Puppet. You've received 140 EXP."
"You've reached level five."
"Please choose your class's mastery."
Then, a page of class abilities was listed in the system menu.
Roland sighed softly. Finally, level five. It wasn't easy. After reaching level five, the experience needed to level up would greatly increase. From this level onward, even Warrior players' leveling speed would significantly slow down.
Roland looked at his system menu and gently read out the names on the list of specializations.
Evocation Specialization, Divination Specialization, Summoning Specialization. He scrolled down the progress bar and found the specialization he wanted at the end of the list of specializations.
'Spatial Specialization.'
This world was very, very big, incredibly big, so the ability to travel was quite important.
There were already players complaining on the forum. They often received quests to transport supplies to other cities and even went abroad. Right now, they weren't even proficient in the language of Hollevin, let alone going abroad.
Just going to other cities was enough to make them want to cry.
Unlike the convenient, well-connected transportation system of modern society, in this world … the better roads were dirt roads, and in many places, they were rugged mountain roads. Not to mention the distance, many times, walking on the mountain roads, they would encounter man-eating beasts or magical beasts.
If they were lucky, they could get a large pile of meat that could last them for days.
If they were unlucky, if they lost, they could return to the city for free and lose a lot of EXP.
Sometimes, they could even encounter robbers, which was quite exciting.
Therefore, unlike games in the general sense, in this real game world, the ability to travel long distances for professionals was quite important.
Unless you wanted to stay in a fixed area for the rest of your life and never leave.
This was the biggest reason why Roland chose the spatial specialization.
He wanted to travel around in the future. The world was so big, why not travel around?
Whether it was a fast mount or flying magic, it was certainly not as easy as snapping a finger and swooping to another city.
And it was very cool.
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