The Supreme Mage has always been selfless to Salomon, and although the Supreme Master is also the same to other apprentices, the Supreme Mage does not mind taking Salomon to see the darkest place of Kama Taj.
Like a shadow in the sun, Kamal Taj is not a particularly "just" organization.
"You have now seen the price of magic." The Venerable led Salomon into a courtyard. Here stood many ascetics wearing red robes and smeared with white ash. Their bodies had abscesses and abscesses that were unimaginable to ordinary people.
Although they were deformed, the pain and itching did not cause any change in the expressions of the ascetics. They remained calm and muttered.
"They believe in magic, so they are willing to bear the cost of magic for Kamal Taj. To be precise, they bear the cost for me... But how are you going to pay your bills?"
"I think it's a good idea to use casting materials, teacher." Salomon suppressed his nausea and looked at the pustules and wounds. He tried to slow down his breathing to avoid inhaling the rotting smell of the wounds. He said: "You also know
The knowledge that the stigmata brought me is very special, but I think I can still pay off my bills, and I won't just grow some weird things on my body."
"During World War II, there was a mage named Monar. He is still alive now, and you may see him again in the future. Every time he saved a girl under Na Cui, he would drown a rabbit on the way home.
." The Venerable put away the folding fan and knocked Salomon on the head. "The cost of using magic is not physical deformation, but other things, such as emotion, love, and interest. No one knows what to pay for.
What you pay for your own bills cannot be offset by casting materials.
I have paid my price, and you will pay yours in the future."
According to His Holiness, embarking on this road means paying the bill of life. Before Salomon knew it, he had already paid something to come to Kama Taj. Perhaps it was Jezeta.
His Holiness is not sure about other lives or other things.
As for the last ring, the Supreme Mage urged Salomon to get it as soon as possible, and the Supreme Master also provided a map and... a book?
"Many years later, a new grave was dug near a sunken old grave. The two graves shared a tombstone. On it was engraved this line of inscription: A piece of black land, a red letter A." The little mage.
When I was flipping through this book, I read this paragraph at the end.
The author of this book is the greatest romantic novelist of the 19th century in the United States, Nathaniel Hawthorne. The familiar "black" land in "The Scarlet Letter" refers to Hawthorne's hometown.
Salem.
This land was called New England by the Puritans. The passengers of the Albert landed in Salem and first settled in the town of Salem, and then slowly built the city of Boston. Since then, the town of Salem has welcomed a steady stream of people.
There were many Puritans, including Hawthorne's ancestors.
There was also a case of religious persecution here, namely the famous Salem Witch Case. The Puritans of that era had a fanaticism that is unimaginable today, and the chief judge of this trial was Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Ancestor of John Hawthorne.
But now, the local government of Salem has developed the "witch" into a selling point, vigorously promotes tourism, and even has a witch cemetery. The whole town has a strong occult atmosphere, and when Halloween comes,
There will be weird witches and devils, large and small, gathering together.
There is even a witch museum in Salem. This museum is very small. Salomon sits in the center of the museum, and the surrounding walls light up one after another, showing scenes from the witch trials of that year.
To ordinary people, the Salem witch case was a somewhat sad religious joke, but to Salomon, it smelled something indescribable, like the stench of alien magic... Perhaps the Salem witches were there back then.
There may be some doubts about the case, and the magic is lingering on this land, but it has become more and more dull as time goes by.
Perhaps the two little witches who triggered the trial were not ordinary people, but the innocent people involved later were enough to give people a taste of the disgusting fanaticism of those Puritans.
The clothes of Salomon and Master Xiao Wang did not attract attention.
As I said before, the occult atmosphere here is very strong. The descendants of the fanatical Puritans no longer adhere to their beliefs. There are many tourists here every day looking for witches. It is normal for a few to dress like wizards.
, it’s not worth making a fuss about.
"So where is the ring that the Lord mentioned?" Master Xiao Wang looked around. He stared at everyone's rings, trying to find something unusual.
"Oh, are you still moving?"
"What's still moving?"
"Of course it's a map." Salomon pointed to the map he opened. There was a small red dot on it marking the location of the ring. He said, "We are going to say hello to the descendants of those Puritans."
"What stubborn lunatics are you talking about?" Master Xiao Wang clenched his fists, "We must remember the teachings of His Holiness and not let magic be displayed in front of ordinary people... so fists are more useful."
"King, you can't even use a Ring of Raggador now. If the Venerable hadn't created so many spells that can use your own magic power, you wouldn't even be called a spell caster." Salomon raised his head.
, trying to compare the location on the map with the real building, "And others also have guns. Don't forget, this is the United States."
The Ring of Raggador that Salomon mentioned is one of Kama Taj's commonly used spells. It is represented by a magic shield on each hand, one is orange and the other is red.
This is a difference in magic power output. There is not much difference in the spell structure, but it is also the first magic with a spell structure that Kama Taj's mage learns after acquiring magic power.
"OK, OK, what should we do now?" Master Wang's chubby cheeks were full of impatience, and the fat on his cheeks trembled from time to time.
"Use magic, my dear king." The young mage said, "Waiting for our target to appear. Have you brought any money?"
The reason why Master Supreme asked Wang to follow Salomon was not only because Master Wang was not currently under contract with Emperor Weishan, but also because Wang was one of the rare apprentices among Kama Taj who was not so rigid.
Other mages often yelled and killed when they saw wild magicians. However, their strength did not keep up with their momentum. Years of guarding made them develop a lot of arrogance, making it difficult for them to look down on ordinary people. In fact,
Almost all the difficult targets were solved by the Supreme Mage himself, leaving some low-level soldiers to be handed over to other mages of Kama Taj.
To put it simply, the Supreme Mage is a legendary mage, and except for a small number of the mainstays of Kama Taj, other mages may not have exceeded level ten. If caught off guard, a bullet can easily kill all Kama Taj except the Supreme.
The life of any mage other than the mage.
The Supreme Mage is also aware of this problem. Humanity has developed much more in the past hundred years than in the past thousands of years.
If Kamathaj cannot face up to the power of ordinary people, he is likely to suffer a big loss in the future. Master Wang is one of the talents that the Supreme Master focuses on training, and broadening their horizons is exactly what he and Salomon need to do.