After the demonic spirits retreated from the outskirts of the Mage Tower, the battle outside slowed down. The battle soon switched to Maynild and Laurenna's group, but Brando estimated that it would take at least three or four more rounds to completely wipe out these demonic spirits.
It was a long time, but fortunately, he had something to do. The first floor of the Mage Tower was as large as a small square. Against the outer wall of the square, there was a spiral staircase leading up to the platform on the second floor. This platform was actually suspended between the square and the third floor above. The platform was a circular structure, surrounded by parapets and battlements. Brando looked like a defensive fortification no matter how he looked at it. Its purpose was self-evident. Naturally, it was used to attack the enemies on the first floor square after someone broke through the entrance of the Mage Tower.
Presumably, when the Mage Tower was still in operation, it should have been full of Mage guards and young apprentices, but now it was empty, leaving only the lifeless fortification itself.
Even so, the Mage Tower was still full of danger. "Don't touch the Mage's things," was a saying of the Karsuk people, and the Mage Tower, as the Mage's most precious property, was a forbidden zone for ordinary people.
This was especially true in an abandoned Adept Tower like this. The scattered magic energy, the magic traps that were still operating, the magic golems that had lost their masters, the dangerous creatures, the plants, and even the books on the shelves were full of mysteries and unknown. For an ordinary person, the best way to ensure their safety after entering this adept tower was to stay down there and not move at all.
But this restriction was only for ordinary people.
Brando knew another secret in the tower. He ordered everyone to rest where they were, and then he alone took Scarlet, the young prince, and Firas up to the third floor of the Mage Tower.
There was no physical connection between the third and second floors of the Mage Tower, but twelve teleportation portals transported manpower and supplies. These twelve portals were labeled with different colors, and Brando chose the red portal without thinking.
Setting traps on the portals was the most vicious and the most common way for Mages to guard against enemies.
Red was a warning color to most people, but Brando knew that the colors of the twelve teleportation portals were not as simple as a warning. The Black Tower Wizards linked them to Erouine's twelve months and the twelve magic moons. In different months, under different moon conditions, there would only be one teleportation circle that was the real one.
Most of the other portals would send you to the Mountain of Ceasing Storms in a world of ice and snow, or the Lava Lands, or Malourcha's homeland, the shallow seas, or some corner of the world you couldn't even name.
Although most teleportation arrays weren't fatal, their effects were far more dangerous than that. This was especially true for players. It was said that in The Amber Sword, there was an unlucky guy who barged into the teleportation circle and was sent to a kingdom called Hilma. He spent an entire year in real life, and after countless posts asking for help on the forums, he finally found a way to return to Wohnde.
It was said that the rescue of this player could even be written into an epic. The players had come up with all sorts of strange ideas. For a long time after that, the players even set off a craze for going to other worlds.
Because of Erouine's war, Brando didn't personally participate in the grand occasion of that event, but he knew that in the end, the players didn't really find out how many "other worlds" there were outside of Wohnde.
It was just that these other worlds obviously existed a long time ago, and Kelsie came from one of them. Regarding these worlds, the players were more inclined to believe that they were the fragments of Martha's Order that were scattered in the vast World of Darkness. Wohnde was just one of the larger pieces.
…
It took Brando a lot of effort to activate the portal, because he found that the mana pool of the facility inside the Wizard Tower was not the same as the mana pool of the advanced exorcism portal outside. The mana pool inside had obviously dried up long ago, and he had to use the magic crystals he carried with him to finally activate the portal.
There was a flash of light in front of the four of them, and the next moment, they found that the scenery in front of them had changed. It was originally a rather spectacular defensive fortification. But now it had become a long, narrow, dark corridor — the mana pool in the Wizard Tower had long since dried up, and the magic illumination that was originally used was naturally no longer there. If it weren't for some strange luminous plants in the corridor, it was estimated that they would have seen darkness at this moment.
But Brando was prepared. He took out the magic crystal, and the bright light immediately illuminated the corridor in front of them. It was as if this was the first time in a century that light had returned to this place. Brando heard a rustling sound, and then they all saw a large swath of vines retreat from the corridor as if shy, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Scarlet was still able to keep calm, but Firas and the young prince couldn't help but feel a little creeped out when they saw this scene. They had seen a lot of things, but they had never seen a plant that could grow legs and run around on its own.
What's more, the shape of the corridor was a bit of an eyesore. It was supposed to be a corridor paved with marble or obsidian. The walls on both sides were covered with bricks, and there were torches placed at intervals. Similar corridors could be seen in many castles or temples.
But the one in front of them was like this, with many thick vines growing out of the broken bricks, the stone slabs on the ground had long been lifted up in pieces, and the corners were full of all kinds of plants as if they were tropical jungles. Most of them were ferns or some luminous fungi. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, it would have been hard to imagine that such a place would be a paradise for plants.
But that was the way it was in the territory of wizards, and the average person called it a 'miracle of magic'. It was just that this miracle was not necessarily friendly, and there was no shortage of folklore examples of touching things and being permanently turned into frogs.
"What is this place?" Firas opened his mouth in surprise and couldn't help but ask.
"This should be the uppermost level of the Wizard Tower, where the wizards live," Brando replied. The red teleportation circle, on the day the harp's magic overflowed in the Month of Flowing Fire, was the only way to the upper levels of the Wizard Tower.
"Ah …" Haruz suddenly cried out in a low voice. Although the wound on his shoulder had been bandaged, he could not help but frown at the movement of the wound. Then the little prince said a little curiously, "So those below are the Twelve-Moon Teleportation Circles!"
"Twelve moons?"
Haruz seemed to have just realized that he was being a little rude for making a fuss over nothing. He blushed and explained in a low voice, "… My sister and I have heard some rumors about the wizards from our father. The Black Tower Wizards have some unique means of defense, and the Twelve-Moon Teleportation Circle is one of the most famous. The wizards designed this complex array system according to the seasons and changes in the moon's waxing and waning on the continent of Wohnde. Legend has it that after the blueprint of this array was destroyed in an accident, no one has been able to solve it. "
"Even the wizards of Buga once felt that it was a pity. It is said that although the proud Silver Folk despise this crude array technology, they admit that it contains the most exquisite astronomical and calendar calculations."
Haruz's tone was a little excited. "To even be praised by the Silver Folk, it is undoubtedly the pride of Erouine."
Filas pursed his lips. "Didn't Mr. Brando solve it?"
The little prince thought of this question for a while, and he couldn't help but look at Brando with some admiration. "That's because the teacher is so knowledgeable, and even my sister admires the Count. My sister has always been a proud person, and Master Fleetwood himself said that her knowledge was no less than his. "
As he said this, he couldn't help but look at Brando a little cautiously.
This made Brando a little awkward, and he clearly heard the little prince's flattering tone. Besides, the complicated calculation of these teleportation circle passwords was certainly not something he had tinkered with, and it wasn't that the players were so wise. In fact, the way the players deciphered this set of passwords could be regarded as a model of brute force cracking. He remembered that a large guild had filled it in with human lives.
He didn't remember the name of the guild, but the other party later received a handsome return. They sold the riddle and the magic circle itself to the Black Tower Wizards, and it was said that they bought it for the price of a city.
Wizards had always been the kind of people in Wohnde who didn't lack money, although it was rare to see them spend money extravagantly.
"But then again, this is where the wizards lived, there must be something valuable left in here, right?" Filas seemed to have suddenly remembered this legend as well. "I heard that everything the wizards own is a rare treasure."
He was about to rush inside, but Brando hurriedly grabbed him and reminded him in a huff, "That's not true, the wizards just have more magic items in their hands. Believe me, you have a lot of them too, Mr. Filas. Not every magic item is valuable, and even if there is, it's for ordinary people, not for you- "
Filas was stunned for a moment before he reacted. "That's true. Then what are we doing here? "
"You'll know in a moment," Brando breathed a sigh of relief, but still warned, "Be careful, it's a big maze inside. It's not like the ones in your garden, a wizard's maze, some people walk in and never come out, not to mention there are Minotaurs inside. You must have never seen the monsters the wizards raised, they can eat you until there's not even bones left. "
Filas, who was about to move forward, was startled when he heard this and hurried back. "This tower has been here for at least a few centuries. Won't they starve to death? "
"Have you ever seen a magic creature starve to death?"
Filas blinked, as if he hadn't.
Brando then lifted the illuminating crystal and walked forward. Although the plants around him were grotesquely shaped, he looked at them and found that they were basically harmless plants. The aggressive Demon-Devouring Nepenthes and Serpentine Vines that adepts loved to plant were nowhere to be seen here. However, this was probably because these two plants were carnivorous. Without food, they probably wouldn't survive for long.
He followed the guide in his memory, turned left after passing five closed doors, and then walked about a hundred steps forward. At his reminder, Filas, Scarlet, and the young prince tried not to look at the doors. In fact, even if Brando didn't say it, they had heard similar stories. Doors were a mysterious word for wizards, most of their doors led to mysterious other dimensions, and once mortals entered, they could forget about coming back. It was hard to tell the truth from the lies, but it was best not to treat them as jokes.
After walking about a hundred steps, Brando stopped. Sure enough, he saw a skeleton in the grass in front of him.
It wasn't the skeleton of a wizard, because the skeleton was still wearing conspicuous armor. In the game, when the first player found it, it was in this position. That player thought that the skeleton should be an adventurer who came here later. As for how they found the wizard tower, he didn't know. But according to his analysis, the owner of the skeleton should be a warrior-type character in the team of adventurers.
As for the cause of his death?
Brando turned back and looked carefully at the grass. At this time, he noticed that Haruz beside him had a strange expression, so he stopped and asked, "Did you find something?"
"Who is he?" The young prince asked curiously.
"A warrior, or a Knight, in short, definitely not a wizard."
"He's one of the wizards' guards, how did he die here?" Filas also asked.
"Because of this-" Brando finally found what he was looking for in the grass, and Halran Gaia was already in his hand. He stabbed down with the sword and immediately nailed the thing to the ground.
There was a sharp squeak, and a lump of something black struggled under Brendel's sword for a moment before it died. The others took a closer look and found that it was a weasel-like creature.
"What is this?" Filas was slightly startled.
"This is a weasel."
"You said a weasel killed this guy?" The young Knight from Cruz widened his eyes exaggeratedly, "Then won't I be killed by my family's hound in the future?"
Brando was a little speechless at this analogy, and he felt that with this guy's IQ, if it wasn't for his incredible luck, he might really be killed by a dog. Anyway, being killed by a dog in Wohnde was not a strange thing, and even the dusk hound they were going to face in a while was a proper canine.
"This is a magic pet." He then replied.
"Magic pet?" Filas then reacted, "You mean it was a wizard who killed him, and there are wizards in this tower?" He suddenly felt a little creeped out.
The young prince also immediately looked around.
Scarlet did not answer, but silently held the Azure Lance. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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