Compared with the towering and mysterious Netherrealm Clock Tower or the Stellar Spire, Anthony Alfonso's mage tower looked much more modest. Though it looked mysterious, this tower was less than half the size of the Netherrealm Clock Tower, and its style was more 'pragmatic'. Its gray appearance and lack of lines made it look no different from an ordinary castle clock tower. The only thing that stood out was that the overall shape of the tower was like a weird fork. The lower half of the tower was a straight cylinder, while the upper half was divided into several slightly thinner parts. Each fork had its own independent spire, which made the tower look very unstable even though it was actually very strong.
Apart from the weird spire, there was nothing special about the whole mage tower. But the simple appearance did not mean that the place was simple. Anthony Alfonso's mage tower was built with huge gray-white rocks, and between the rocks was a mixture of adamantine and mithril. These metals were enough to buy any small kingdom on the continent. But this tower had stood here for hundreds of years, and no one dared to touch it.
Well, in fact, some people had tried. These people were now buried under the giant wooden walls of Grandia, nourishing the forest of the Elven Kingdom.
The old magician did not use the valuable rare metals as cement just for the sake of extravagance. In fact, the magic metals cast in the cracks of the rocks brought a huge magic integration rate to the mage tower, allowing it to conduct the power of the master of the tower at a very high efficiency. It also provided convenience for many of Anthony Alfonso's daily magic research. Before Anthony Alfonso became an inspector, he was first a powerful and knowledgeable court magician of the kingdom. Studying the mysteries of magic and the stars was his greatest hobby. After becoming the agent of the gods, of course, he had more opportunities to continue his research. The old magician had his own identity on many civilized planets in the Chattar Galaxy. Sometimes he was a mysterious prophet, sometimes he was a royal wizard hired by a kingdom, sometimes he was an eccentric and awe-inspiring magician, but most of the time he was a hermit. But no matter what identity he had, he would build a mage tower on the local planet, just like the one in front of him.
This was his habit when he was still an ordinary person.
The Wizard Tower was not as gloomy and depressing as ordinary people thought. In fact, apart from the magical creations and arcane phenomena that would scare people from time to time, the Wizard Tower was brightly lit and lively. Hao Ren could see that the stone walls of the tower were glowing in a dim blue or green light. That was the glow released by the magic-conducting metal that had seeped into the cracks of the stone. Anthony Alfonso was obviously very proud of his design. As he led the way, he introduced his home to the others. "I've spent over three hundred years improving this traditional structure. Finally, inspired by the 'simulated nerve fiber network' technology of a certain world, I wrapped the entire tower in a three-dimensional energy network. These metal wires and magical conduits embedded in the rock walls conduct energy like blood vessels and nerve bundles. The tower can also be used as an antenna to contact the bases I've set up on other planets. I'm ashamed to say this, but most of the basic techniques and resources were given to me by the Goddess. There's always a limit to a person's strength … But for people like us who don't age or die, as long as we have time, we can actually research anything. "
"You've made more progress than me." Hao Ren scratched his head. "I'm not cut out for scientific research."
"Don't belittle yourself. Many people are paying attention to you. Your ability is enough to put many senior inspectors to shame." Anthony Alfonso waved his hand. "And I'm sure that your research on divinity is better than mine. I've been an inspector for thousands of years, and I've never dared to deal with a divine artifact. But I heard that you've piled a lot of divine artifacts in your home. You even dare to put a demigod in the lab to dissect. I've never done such a feat in my life."
Hao Ren twitched his mouth, thinking that he was not willing to deal with such dangerous things all day long.
"Tell me about Yggdrasil," Hao Ren changed the topic. "How is it now?"
"I've never encountered a creature like the First Born, but according to my observation, it should be stable now. Maybe it's exhausted. Anyway, it's quite well-behaved now," Anthony Alfonso said as he walked up the long spiral staircase, stroking his beard. "I have a wizard's hut in space. An apprentice on duty in the hut happened to capture the scene when 'that thing' came. Poor child, he was almost traumatized."
They walked up the spiral staircase, passing through the banquet hall of the mage tower and two laboratories of unknown purpose. The upper space seemed to be empty. Hao Ren did not know if it was an illusion, but he found that the higher they went, the wider the surroundings became. It was as if the inside of the tower was tapered at the top and tapered at the bottom. But this was completely opposite to the shape of the tower.
He suspected that this was the effect of some kind of space expansion inside the tower.
Finally, they came to a huge round hall that was almost as wide as a football field. The round hall was surrounded by stained glass, and above it was a black dome made of obsidian. The dark and heavy dome was oppressive, and between the obsidian dome, there were countless stars moving like stars. Those spots of light looked like they were projected on the roof by some kind of spotlights, but if you looked closely, it looked like the light penetrating from inside the obsidian. "This is Anthony Alfonso's observatory," Galazur said.
"As I said before, I have temporarily shielded Yggdrasil with the astral barrier to prevent ordinary people in the Chattar galaxy from being disturbed. This is the entrance to the astral barrier." Anthony Alfonso's voice echoed in the huge round hall, and as his voice trailed off, a thick dark object suddenly bulged from the shadow of the round hall. The darkness quickly took shape and finally turned into a petite, pale girl. The girl looked at Hao Ren curiously, and like a real shadow, she "floated" silently in front of Anthony Alfonso.
"Teacher," the girl bowed respectfully, "the astrolabe has been debugged."
"This is my student more than 30 years ago, Aylu. She is responsible for the maintenance of the observatory here," Anthony Alfonso said. "I have to say, not many students can complete those studies. You have just seen the half-bottle of vinegar that ran away. So don't underestimate Aylu. Aylu, this is Mr. Hao Ren I have mentioned to you before. He is my colleague, and these are his friends. "
Aylu was looking at Hao Ren curiously. When she heard his name, she suddenly looked like she thought of something and jumped back like a frightened rabbit.
Hao Ren was speechless.
"I, I'm sorry!" Aylu immediately realized her rudeness and apologized nervously. "Mr. Inspector! I just — "
"No, don't say it. I know what you want to say," Hao Ren said with a straight face, then slightly tilted his head to look at Galazur. "Haha."
Galazur was speechless.
Please do not forget who spread Hao Ren's nicknames of "exploding wherever he goes", "blasting genius", and "bomb maniac".
Anthony Alfonso was also very awkward, but the old man was really good at handling the situation, or rather, the old man was thick-skinned. He directly ignored the awkward atmosphere caused by his student and said, "Open the entrance to the astral barrier. We are going to meet the big guy we found yesterday."
Aylu breathed a sigh of relief and then ran to open the barrier. The barrier controller was on the edge of the round hall. It was a magic ball floating in the air. At first, Hao Ren thought it was a light bulb.
As Aylu injected energy into the magic ball, Hao Ren heard a strange crackling sound in the hall. And the source of the sound was …
It was the obsidian dome above their heads!
Under the stunned gazes of the crowd, countless crisscrossing bright cracks suddenly appeared on the seemingly thick and seamless obsidian dome. These cracks were like lines connecting the stars of a constellation, outlining countless patterns on the stone dome. Then, the entire obsidian layer, with these lines as the benchmark, gradually disintegrated, dispersed, and slowly disappeared from everyone's sight.
An endless expanse of space appeared in front of everyone, and real stars shone brightly in space.
The top of Anthony Alfonso's tower was built directly among the stars.
"I connected the space equipment provided by the organization to the facilities of the magic tower itself and built a plane hall. The tower is actually divided into two parts. The lower half is on the surface, and the upper half is near the Chattar star. The Chattar star is the origin of the name of this galaxy. Although it is the most inconspicuous of the hundreds of stars here, it is the birthplace of the ancient civilization here … Oh, you should have read this part of the information. "
At this time, Hao Ren had a thought in his mind: What a veteran!
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