The Primordial Wizard

"This is the masterpiece of Mr. Betty, a senior wizard apprentice. The train is driven by magic heat. This is half a magic item." Carlo was speaking to several young militiamen with emotion.

"Captain, why can the train move by itself?" A militiaman asked puzzled.

Luther also pricked up his ears, and he also wanted to know the reason.

"Because there is a sealed magical heat drive device on the front of the car. I heard that Master Betty first developed a steam drive device, and then listened to Master Ace's suggestion and directly changed it to a magic heat drive device. The efficiency has improved a lot!"

Carlo saliva said.

"However, I heard that this kind of magic device is expensive to make, and magic stones are necessary for daily use. Even the lowest piece of secondary magic stone is equivalent to our ten-year work points!"

A young militiaman raised a question, and Luther listened intently, even though he couldn't understand.

"So this is a half magic item. Although the driving device is composed of exquisite mechanical cylinders and rune arrays, the key source of heat is burning coal. Using coal instead of magic stones greatly reduces the cost of daily consumption. .”

Carlo said with a smug expression, he has not been idle these few years, and often has relationships with apprentice wizards stationed at the port. The magical world, which is mysterious in the eyes of ordinary people, is not so mysterious to him.

While thinking about it, Carlo touched his chest inadvertently, it was a secondary magic stone.

Luther's eyes revealed thoughts, but the unfamiliar environment made him subconsciously vigilant, he only listened with his ears, and never spoke.

As the sun gradually set, the train arrived at the platform outside the city of Luminous Light.

Ten militiamen including Carlo brought the group of "prepared free citizens" into the city, and after the handover, they went straight to the Territory Administration Office.

Luther followed the crowd to a camp in a daze. The aroma of barley porridge was already overflowing, and even the smell of meat made Luther's saliva secrete unconsciously.

"This aroma should be pork sausage!"

Luther's eyes were shining, and he swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva.

Soon, their dinner came, hot barley porridge, buttery white bread,

Two greasy grilled sausages.

After wolfing down a meal, they quickly ended their "battle".

Several people who seemed to be so-called wizard apprentices led them one by one to stand on the stone platform covered with strange patterns. When it was Luthor's turn, he stood on the stone platform somewhat staggeringly, staring at the unknown pattern under his feet. , Listening to what the people around you are saying.

"Inspire, detect hostility. After detection, no hostility."

On the other side, a person in a neat and well-fitting black dress was recording in a small notebook.

"Contract, secrecy, loyalty."

As the words fell, Luther felt as if there was some kind of constraint on himself, and he searched carefully but disappeared.

Afterwards, the wizard apprentice pointed at Luther again. Luther felt that his vigilance had disappeared and he trusted them very much.

The man in the black dress asked Luther a lot of questions. After Luther answered in detail, he changed the booklet and continued to ask another person.

The black dress will file and store the books in the territory's household registration archives. At present, the territory can achieve one book per person, and no one is blank. These files are the tools of rule.

After everyone signed the confidentiality contract and loyalty contract, the black dress said to everyone:

"In the High Tower Territory, except for the sinful slaves, everyone else is a free person! Although you were bought as slaves, here, you will all have the opportunity to become completely free people.

As preparatory free citizens, you will have three years of directional labor under the arrangement of the government affairs department. As long as you pass the work point assessment within three years and do not violate the laws of the territory, you will all become true free citizens..."

At night, Luther was in the temporary dormitory, studying ceramic water pipes and ceramic faucets curiously. He looked at the lights outside the window and thought in his heart, everything seemed to be getting better. It would be even better if his parents and sister were here.

Back to a few hours ago, when Carlo entered the government affairs hall, Eddie had already arrived.

Eddie has just handed in the mission and is casually browsing the mission in the lobby.

According to Resolution No. 4 of the Magic Council, every wizard apprentice who graduates from a junior magic school needs to complete a paid task issued by the government affairs department every year.

A task catches Eddie's attention.

[Clean up the group of unknown monsters in the northern mining area.

Related information: The group of monsters has attacked hundreds of people in the northern mining area, and even killed three apprentice wizards.

Monsters are transparent liquids that seem to swallow other monsters and wizard apprentices, living or dead, taking on their likeness and their abilities.

All members of the Magic Council can apply, and the deadline is April 30th, with a minimum team of dozens of people.

Mission reward: Master Ace will give a custom magic item. 】

It's a difficult task, Eddie thought.

He didn't have a fever in his head, he had just completed a paid task, and he didn't want to participate in such a troublesome task with uncertain returns.

After finally saving enough magic stones, I can finally buy the high-level gargoyle that I have wanted for a long time, Eddie thought.

This is a high-quality gargoyle made by Mr. Ace himself. Its main material is magic mud transformed from powerful low-level monsters. The core rune structure and the inscribed rune array are all soul runes.

A high-level gargoyle also has an intelligence level close to that of a ten-year-old human child. With it, it has a familiar equivalent to a hero.

Of course, he envied Paulina even more. As the wizard who proposed the original principle of the gargoyle, any wizard who traded the gargoyle needed to provide her with 10% of the patent money.

Eddie left quickly and went to Ace's magic item shop, just passing by Carlo.

Carlo didn't stay in the hall, but went straight to a courtyard behind the hall, and quickly opened the door to enter.

"I am Carlo, an official citizen. This is my identity badge, and this is my proof of work points. I'm here to exchange for a secondary permanent spiritual blessing."

While speaking, Carlo reached out his hand to shake the hand of the apprentice wizard in charge, and stuffed a lesser magic stone into his hand.

The sorcerer's apprentice, whose expression was a bit indifferent, suddenly became enthusiastic. He stuffed the secondary magic stone into his pocket, and said to Carlo: "Just now a bottle of excellent spiritual blessing potion arrived, and the 'pollution-free secondary soul powder' in it 'The concentration is 30% higher than normal."

Carlo said with a naive smile: "It's all up to you, Mr. Wizard."

When Carlo performed the secondary permanent spiritual blessing spell, Eddie had already taken the magic carpet to the castle front street of the magic school. This street is the most prosperous and luxurious place in Luminous City. It is run by Romon, the father of the flame spreader Ace. .

Thinking of Romon, Carlo couldn't help but feel a little bit emotional, even the Lord Fire Spreader, there are some things that he can't do.

Romon is a mentally unfit person. Master Ace has exhausted almost all methods, but he still hasn't allowed Romon to achieve mental overclocking. This situation is not uncommon.

In Luminous City with a population of 30,000, more than 4,000 people have received secondary spiritual blessings or taken cheap secondary wisdom potions, but only over 1,100 people have achieved spiritual overclocking and become wizard apprentices.

As for the way of the knight, the conditions are even more stringent. Not only must the spirit be overclocked, but also the creed of virtue must be condensed. Although Master Ace tried his best to support him, there are no more than twelve knight attendants in the entire territory.

Just thinking about it, Carlo walked into the largest magic item store, which was Ace's magic item store. As for the magic item stores opened by other people, the richness and quality could not be compared with it.

Eddie chatted with the store manager familiarly, and suddenly his face turned pale.