The Mages Council of Fenghua Town looks no different from an office building from the inside.
The same spacious hall, the same magnificent decoration, the same bright and shining magic lamp - if it weren't for the huge sign at the door and what Duan Qing and I had learned before, they would have thought they were coming to this place.
The administrative center of a town, or a place where business is conducted.
It has nothing to do with the magical mystery as imagined.
The square hall was divided into four parts by four square counters in the four corners. The door they entered was located in the center of a certain square side. On the white floor tiles under their feet, a red carpet extended forward from the door, and then
As the white columns and stairs gradually rise, until they reach the wall on the other side of the hall, they are divided into left and right directions, connecting the place that should lead to the second floor. In front of the counter on their left,
A few people were waiting in that place together, as if they were dealing with something. Some people lined up consciously, and some people sat on the seats beside the wall, probably waiting for others to finish.
The square counter on their right had a completely opposite scene - it was very empty, with no "customers" patronizing it at all. Duan Qing could even see the cards placed on the counter through such a long distance.
.
It says "Reception" on it.
In the other two corners of the hall, that is, under the left and right sides of the bifurcated stairs, there are also two counters circled in a square shape. Just like the situation here, the two counters are also busy at one end and idle at the other end, but this time
, it looks like there are not many people on the left, but there are many people on the right.
There are still a lot of people in the entire Mage Council, but according to Duan Qing's preliminary observation, the people here seem to be aborigines, and there don't seem to be many players. Under the urging of the girl on the side, he had to put it away and continue.
In an observing mood, I walked towards the reception desk on the right.
When asking about something, you should probably talk to someone here...
"This is the Mage Council, Fenghua Town branch. Can you two...do something happen?"
The counter is large and the texture looks good. Through the smooth white wood that almost reaches the height of Duan Qing's chest, Duan Qing can still see what's inside. The office table with a ninety-degree angle seems to be divided into partitions.
The appearance of each work area. In each area, there are some papers similar to documents, some writing supplies, and some... things that Duan Qing does not recognize. In the square area surrounded by counters,
Several pots of green potted plants are neatly placed in the back, and there seem to be some cleaning utensils in the corners. The entire white floor, as well as the counter in front of you, have been cleaned very clean, especially for those who have just arrived here, especially those who just came here.
Duan Qing and Duan Qing, who had been to the Adventurers Association, had a completely different refreshing feeling.
However, there was only one person sitting in the work area at this moment. This woman wearing glasses did not notice the arrival of Duan Qing and Mengzhu at first. It was not until Duan Qing lightly knocked on the table that the woman
He hurriedly put down a book in his hand, stood up and ran to the two of them, asking with an embarrassed smile.
"Well..." Duan Qing looked at the girl next to him, and as expected, he saw nervous and warning eyes: "We want it, let me think about it..."
"Well, can you introduce..." He pointed around: "Is there anything we can do here, because we are adventurers who have just arrived in Fenghua Town, and to you...
.Business, I still don’t understand...”
"...Huh?" Perhaps Duan Qing's question was too strange. The girl wearing glasses was stunned for a while, and then she finally realized something and said: "Oh, oh, okay, you are adventurers, right...
....”
She lowered her head and adjusted her glasses, seeming to sort out her thoughts, then covered her mouth with her hand and cleared her throat: "This is the Council of Mages, the most powerful alliance of mages on the Free Continent. We are usually responsible for everything on the Free Continent.
Magic-related services, such as providing spell identification, management of magic artifacts, and identification and registration of mage members, etc. Of course, if you are a magician, we strongly invite you to join our Mage Council...
Of course, it doesn’t matter if you don’t join. We will still provide you with magic information and magic skills support. At the same time, you are welcome to exchange experiences with us, cooperate and make progress together. If you are determined to become a magician, then this is the place for you.
Two choices..."
"Okay, okay." Finding that the other party was very skilled in her business, Duan Qing hurriedly interrupted her: "So... all those people over there are here to be mages?"
He pointed at the long queue opposite.
"Um..." The girl with glasses tilted her head cutely, looked at the long queue of people, and then replied with a smile: "This is the characteristic of Fenghua Town. As the Council of Mages, we
, we should lend a helping hand to those in need, so..."
"Are you, they...all looking for help? Are all the mages in your organization so idle?"
"Of course not, so these applications need to be reviewed. If there are problems that need to be handled by other organizations, we will transfer them to them for resolution. As for manpower, there are many newly promoted magicians here recently, President Descartes
This is also a way to gain experience...ah!"
As if she noticed that she said something inappropriate, the woman wearing glasses suddenly stopped talking and said quickly: "Anyway, if you need any help and need to entrust it to us, you can go over there and queue up, and our staff will review it.
of......"
What is this? A club for helping others? Aren’t all magicians supposed to be condescending? And if you do this, wouldn’t the mayor of Fenghua Town be embarrassed...
Thousands of thoughts passed through Duan Qing's mind, but he quickly suppressed these complaints and turned to what he wanted: "If I want to become a magician, where should I go?"
......Ouch."
His leg was kicked by Mengzhu.
"Well..." The bespectacled woman looked at Duan Qing with a strange look, and then pointed to the opposite corner of the hall: "Over there, Master Norman is responsible for the identification of mages. If you have...
..Qualifications to become a mage..."
Her words became slower and slower, as if she was hesitating for something. Duan Qing smiled helplessly, then thanked her and walked in the opposite direction.
Another counter with few people around seems to have the same structure as the counter just now, but the environment inside is a bit different. The back of that area is a bit messy, and there are no files or tools. Only in the corner inside,
Next to a tall wooden cabinet placed on the ground, an old man was leaning against him. The old man's head was gray and somewhat disheveled. He seemed to be wearing a mage's robe, but it might be because it was too old, and it was covered with
There were all kinds of wrinkles on it. At this time, the old man was leaning against the wooden cabinet, sitting on the floor and dozing off, unaware of the arrival of the two adventurers.
Why are the people in the Mage Council we met like this... Duan Qing thought to himself, while knocking on the counter as before.
"Well...is it time to eat..." The old man with his head tilted suddenly stood up and said in a dignified voice.
"Are you Master Norman?" Duan Qing tried his best to maintain a smile, but black lines were already starting to appear on his head: "We are adventurers from Greenstone Village. We would like to ask for your help to make a...
Appraisal by a mage.”
The old man rubbed his sleepy eyes, then yawned, and then he saw the two people in front of him clearly: "Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
"Even adventurers, no one has come to my place for a magician's appraisal for a long time." He stood up and stretched, stretching his arms upward: "You...you are from Greenstone Village?
It’s really not easy in such a remote place..."
"Excuse me, are there any preparations or procedures required? Are there any fees or anything..." Duan Qing asked with a smile, ignoring the girl's tugging at the corner of his clothes.
"No need." The old man motioned for the two people to come in through the wooden door on one side, and then continued slowly: "It should be there, but I am very free recently, so forget it. As for money or gold coins...
."
He glanced at the two of them with his dim old eyes: "Our Council of Mages is not so poor yet."
The old man signaled Duan Qing to come to the tall cabinet, and then he reached out and opened the cabinet. The two curious babies looked inside and saw a... strange device placed inside.
It was a ring-shaped device, and the outside was made of a circle of black material. Either spiral or parallel strange lines were engraved on the black outer ring, or even on the side of the outer ring - that ring-shaped device
The thickness of the ring is very large. Although the width of the ring varies, the narrowest part is enough to compare with an adult's fist. The inside of the ring device is not completely solid, but consists of several thick or thin short columns.
, a disk-shaped device is supported in the center. The white disk is centered on the circular hole in the middle, and four irregularly shaped stones are evenly embedded around it. They are arranged into a circle with the circular hole as the center.
Cross shape.
The four stones look like the same stone. Apart from their irregular translucent appearance, there seems to be nothing different about them. The only thing that can distinguish these four stones is probably the bottom of the disc they are embedded in.
The fine lines carved on it - they are four different patterns, probably something like a magic circle.
"What is this..." The girl whose curiosity temporarily took over asked in a voice: "Why do I look like car tires from the last century..."
"Have you ever seen such a weird tire..." Duan Qing also covered his mouth with a hand and replied: "Originally, I thought it would be a crystal ball, but it turned out to be such a thing...
..”
"The simple mage identification device m-II is a bit...old, but it is guaranteed to work properly." The old mage named Norman said, and then blew his beard: "Xinyi! This is
It’s a very precise instrument, you can’t afford to pay for it if it’s damaged!”
The two of them hurriedly acknowledged each other, like two obedient students.
"Forget it, you don't understand either." The old man shook his head, and then said to the two of them, "Which one of you will come first?"
"Well, he's the only one to do it. I don't want to..." the girl hesitated, then was pulled back by Duan Qing.
"Why are you panicking? It's just an appraisal. They won't charge you for it..."
"Well, but..."
In the old man's confused eyes, the two pushed each other for a while, and finally Duan Qing pushed the girl's back and said, "Let her come first."
The reluctant girl sat down on the bench in front of the device, and then under Norman's guidance, she stretched an arm into the round hole in the middle of the tire.
"Don't be afraid, this thing won't hurt you..." Seeing Mengzhu's frightened look, Norman couldn't help but added.
He fiddled with the tire for a while, and then started the so-called mage identification device. Amidst the subtle buzzing sound, the device trembled slightly, and the translucent stones on it gradually glowed.
The transparent stone at the bottom gave off a faint green light.
The girl's originally unhappy face gradually became better, but the next moment she collapsed again, because the old man next to her quickly made a conclusion: "The attribute is wind, with weak elemental affinity and weak elemental control.
The appraisal result...is unqualified, next one."
In the girl's somewhat depressed eyes, Duan Qing said in a funny voice: "Why are you so discouraged? If you want to be a mage, you just need to turn back your intelligence..."
"No! Don't try to trick me. Do you think I'm as stupid as you..."
While laughing, Duan Qing sat on the bench where Mengzhu sat just now. Under the same operation process, the stones once again emitted a transparent light. But this time, there were two stones that lit up, among which the stone on the left
There was a faint yellow light on the top, and there was some faint red light on another stone above. The red light was so inconspicuous that Duan Qing initially thought that only one stone was shining.
"Well..." The old mage Norman sat on the side with his eyebrows lowered in deep thought. Until a long time later, the light of the stone was extinguished, and he still sat on the side motionless.
"What's wrong?" It was a bit tiring to keep one arm stretched out, so Duan Qing couldn't help but ask.
"Ah? Oh, it's over. You can take it back."
As if he had just woken up from a dream, Norman looked at Duan Qing with strange eyes, as if he was studying a prehistoric artifact. Duan Qing was a little confused by the old man's gaze, and even his words were trembling: "
Master...you, if you want anything, just ask..."
"Let me ask first." Norman spoke slowly, just like his name: "Have you... received any guidance, gifts or inheritance from any mage in the past?"
"Uh..." Duan Qing was stunned, and then replied: "No..."
"Hmm... So, have you ever come into contact with elemental stones in the past? No, before this... did you know the elemental stones? Or the mage tools and devices that you find strange, you now
You can also bring it with you..."
"No, no, definitely not." Seeing the old mage's impatient look, Duan Qing waved his hands repeatedly.
"Weren't you recommended to study at the Mage College when you were young? Ragfuss College, Frey College, St. Anthony's College, any college... weren't your parents recommended?"
"No, I have not received any mage training." Duan Qing answered very simply this time: "Besides, I am an orphan."
Players in the Free Continent are all people who "dropped from the sky", so when they declare themselves to be adventurers, they usually call themselves orphans when introducing their life experiences. Therefore, sometimes, the Adventurers Association is also attacked by some malicious people.
People call it "Orphans' Home".
So when Mengzhu heard Duan Qing calling himself an orphan, he didn't think there was anything unusual. He just felt that the uncle in front of him was indeed a master of acting, and his own life experience was so straightforward.
"That's weird..." Norman muttered.
"What the hell happened?"
"Your elemental attribute is earth." The old man narrowed his eyes, but did not look at Duan Qing, just minding his own business.
"Oh! You are so miserable, uncle..." There was a hint of gloating in the girl's voice.
Although there are very few people playing mages in the free world now, some basic statistics are still there. According to the four series of spells, the most powerful one is the fire system, and the most difficult...
Naturally, it is the earth element. Many players who aspired to be mage, after passing the mage appraisal and learning that their attributes were earth, gave up their dreams in despair, and sadly found a random weapon to play the melee profession.
Already.
"It's just that... you have plural elemental affinities." Before Duan Qing could digest the meaning of the previous conclusion, the old mage continued on his own.
"What do you mean? Can I learn spells with two elemental attributes?" Duan Qing was overjoyed.
"What are you so happy about? Look at the brightness response of those magic stones. This is the weakest elemental response I have ever seen!" Norman suddenly raised his voice. The cry passed through the hall, on the first floor of the Mages' Council.
It echoed, and there seemed to be a trace of echo.
"Although I am here to eat and wait to die, I am still a responsible appraiser." Norman's expression gradually became serious: "So before there is enough evidence to prove your strange condition, I
We still have to draw conclusions conservatively.”
"You... are not suitable to be a mage." He said solemnly.
This chapter has been completed!