A certain someone did not know the truth behind the book keeper's massacre. He had pieced together all the information he had gathered from the stories passed down from mouth to mouth in the Lost Land. A certain someone had not had the chance to read the official history books of the Lost Land.
After the book keeper's massacre, all the buildings in the basin other than the library were demolished, and no one was allowed to live nearby. At the same time, five five-story Magic Towers were built on the surrounding hills, forming a hexagram formation that completely protected the library.
Of course, this did not mean that everyone was forbidden from accessing the knowledge in the library. It was just that the mages thought that they could protect and borrow the knowledge at the same time. After that, the higher-ups of the Society of Sorcerers used their own actions to show that they had no intention of sealing off the knowledge. There were only a few rules that had to be followed.
All the staff in charge of the library had to live on the other side of the hills and could only enter when they were working. The mages who studied the knowledge in the library had to follow the same rules. In the basin, no residential houses or magic laboratories were allowed to be built around the library. All the buildings were only for the purpose of protecting and collecting knowledge. Otherwise, they were not allowed to exist.
In other words, the closest buildings that could be lived in were the six five-story Magic Towers that guarded the library.
However, not everyone could live in them, or had the guts to live in them. The Magic Towers were under the control of the Tower Master, which meant that the lives of everyone in the Magic Towers were under the control of the Tower Master. In addition, the Tower Master had absolute power in the Magic Towers. He would not be held accountable for killing someone. Therefore, most people who valued their lives would choose to live on the other side of the hills.
Because of this, people who came from all over the world to search for knowledge radiated outwards from the six Magic Towers, forming the six districts of Estali. And now, the expansion of the city had been connected to each other, forming a city that surrounded the six hills and the magic tower. The magic tower's hexagram formation also surrounded the great library.
Today, the Holy City of Estali was not only the headquarters of the Feist District's branch, but also the headquarters of the Society of Sorcerers. Of the six Magic Tower Masters, except for one who was the president of the branch, the other five were the five presidents of the headquarters.
In other words, the highest authority of the Magic Caster Association was divided among five people, and not concentrated in the hands of one person. However, in practice, it was more like five people were taking turns to take care of things while the others were slacking off.
However, even though it was said to be the highest authority in the association, there wasn't much that it could do. The reason why it was divided into so many regions was because each region was vast and it was not easy to communicate with each other, so there were very few interactions. Therefore, most of the divisions did their own things and did not need a superior to guide them.
At most, when there was a dispute between them, they would use the energy pool of the Magic Tower to cast Charles' Summon, open a Middle-style online video conference, and argue in front of the general chairman.
However, even if the Main Guild Leader had made the decision, there was nothing the Sub-Guild Leaders could do about it. Just like in history, there was once a branch chairman who directly declared that he would defy the decision of the main chairman. He even said, "If you're not happy, then come and hit me, idiot!"
… There was really no one who could do anything about him, unless the Main Guild had to send enough people across the entire Maze Continent to teach the Sub-Guild Leader a lesson for speaking rudely. If they really did that, the manpower and material resources that would be wasted, even if all the interests that caused the dispute were used as compensation, would not be able to make up for it. Therefore, the matter was left unsettled.
Real mages did not act for the sake of face. Only nobles were like this. Mages only considered reality and truth.
However, it did not mean that the Main Guild Leaders had nothing to do with a title. One of their more important duties was to manage the large library, and to research, organize, and classify the knowledge that was collected in the library or sent to them. This was because when it came to judgment, if one did not have a prestigious academic status like theirs, it was really impossible to convince other mages to accept the judgment that they made.
Therefore, in the Holy City of Estali, the I Tower that was first established was stationed by the branch chairman of the Pfeist district, who was mainly responsible for administrative work. The II to VI Towers were responsible for knowledge and academic work, but of course, there were still some differences in the details of the duties. This also caused the six districts of the Holy City to have their own personalities, and because of this, they focused on different functions of life.
"So, after all this talk, which district do you want to stop at?" the goblin Totokani asked as he stopped the Sid high in the sky above the Holy City.
He asked this because the Holy City covered a large area, and the six districts had their own docking ports for airships. Although there was no restriction on each other's passage, if it was decided from the beginning, it would save them a lot of unnecessary trouble. Although Totokani did not have much experience, under the advice of a senior airship pilot who was also an airship pilot, he would introduce and ask every traveler who had just arrived.
Using the Head Coffin to open the miniature of the Holy City, Lin looked like he was seriously considering the goblin's question. This scene made Totokani a little envious, of course, mainly because he coveted the various functions of the Head Coffin. That thing would be taken away with the mages after they left, and would not be left on the airship. That mage had also confessed that if he could defeat the Demon King, he could leave whatever he wanted behind …
Alright, he could not do it. In Totokani's evaluation, that Demon King was undoubtedly the top of this group of people.
Although he did not want to admit it, he actually thought that the second place was the male mage and not the black dragon. Flash Spell and Cassette Cutting, he had never seen a combination more despairing than this.
The black dragon, relying on the characteristics of its race, occupied the third strongest position. The rest of the people were all placed on the same level by the goblin.
As for that male mage, Totokani, who had a little understanding of his personality, still dared to joke or argue a little. But if the opponent was the Demon King, he did not even dare to breathe loudly. So his desire for the Head Coffin could only be buried deep. As for collecting materials to make one himself … Totokani gave up on this idea when he saw the Purple Change magic stone in the Head Coffin.
And Lin Huang, who was in deep thought, did not spend much time. Anyway, they were unfamiliar with this place, so Lin directly stretched out his hand to Hallumi and said, "Girl, the lucky gold coin."
The blonde girl, who was called out, was stunned for a moment before she remembered the gold coin that Lin Huang had given to her for safekeeping. It had been specially modified by Lin Huang and had the dwarf's lucky rune added to it. Because she had been asked to carry it with her, even if she had not used it for a while, she still carried it with her out of habit. So very quickly, Hallumi took out the gold coin with human heads on both sides from a small cloth bag and handed it to her teacher.
Lin Huang took this very commemorative gold coin that had been modified by the elite money of the Karlsruhe Empire in the south of the land of mystery. Lin Huang shrunk Estari's realistic map and casually pulled up a temporary wall outside the map with a shaping spell. After that, he murmured, "Spirit of the heavens, spirit of the earth, Taishang Laojun has shown his spirit, Guanyin Bodhisattva has guided, Lady Mazu has pointed out the maze. Wherever the gold coin falls, there it goes. "With that said, he flicked his finger.
The gold coin was bounced into the sky under everyone's gaze. As it flipped, it drew a beautiful arc and fell toward the shrunk realistic map. After bouncing a few times, it even hit the outer wall and bounced back. In the end, the gold coin spun a few times on the spot and settled down. Everyone looked and saw that it had landed in Estari Area VI.
With the result, Lin did not continue to dwell on it. He said, "Totokani, send us to Area VI."
"Teacher, is it really okay to go to Area VI?" Hallumi asked with a frown.
Lin Huang, who was already immune to such questions from his female compatriots, picked up the lucky gold coin and stuffed it into Hallumi's hand. He said, "If you don't think it's okay, you can toss it to a place you're satisfied with."
Except for Lin Huang, everyone looked at the coin that was returned to the blonde girl's hand. Speaking of which, along the way, when they encountered a fork in the road, this was how they decided to go. Even if the others wanted to nitpick, they would always be dismissed with this sentence. Perhaps the newcomers did not feel much, but Fen and the two girls had a small complaint about Lin Huang's irresponsibility. But … what could they do?
Seeing that some people did not continue to care about this matter, those who wanted to care seemed to have a helpless expression. They could not continue to care. Of course, Totokani knew that this matter was settled. He controlled the Sid to descend and pass through the bottom of the clouds.
As the altitude decreased, the area of the city became larger. The Sid, which was moving at a low speed, still overtook a few other airships in the sky. Because the mysterious land did not have the concept of air supremacy and airspace, Totokani boldly cut a watermelon and crossed the sky above the Holy City of Estari. He directly arrived at Area VI where the airships were docked.
Aiming for an empty spot, Totokani swayed left and right. The Sid nimbly passed through the gaps between airships in the sky and arrived directly above the empty spot. Because the speed was already very low, there was no need to open the parachute at the tail of the ship. Instead, he directly pulled up the clutch and switched to reverse gear. He reversed the propeller and lowered the landing gear at the same time.
Under the control of the goblin, the Sid landed steadily in the empty spot with a fancy landing technique that was incomprehensible in the eyes of others. However, in Lin Huang's eyes, this kind of operation was the result of mistakes, corrections, mistakes, corrections, and corrections. It was not some fancy landing technique. Sitting inside, he was about to get airsick.
Totokani pulled up the clutch and switched to neutral gear. Although the engine remained idle, the propeller did not continue to rotate. Totokani followed the operation manual and confirmed that everything was normal before stopping the engine according to the standard procedure.
They had arrived at the Holy City of Estari.
All the magic authority was collected into the airship's energy assembly. The light in the magic array's operation also gradually dimmed as the authority faded. Only a few oil and gas lamps were left, illuminating the enclosed space very brightly.
As one of the products of the fractionation of crude oil, the oil and gas had not been preserved in the Jura Mountains because it had been done on a whim. When the Sid was modified for the second time in Abadan, a gas tank was specially built next to the fractionation tower to store the oil and gas that was originally thought to be of little use.
However, the small kitchen stove and lighting equipment on the airship unexpectedly made the oil and gas useful. It saved the energy that had to be consumed in order to do things, such as lighting the airship's interior with no windows and using magic flames to maintain the temperature of the stove to cook food. Because of this, Sid's energy efficiency had increased by a few percent.
Although there was light in the cabin, Totokani still opened the door of the airship and waited for the tax collector of Estari to board the airship for inspection. Although the Holy City of Estari was not actually under the jurisdiction of the Guevana Empire, because it was within the empire's territory, some of the administrative procedures were more or less the same.
The sorcerer who was in charge of the local airport soon boarded Sid with a few young and clever magic apprentices.
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