Chapter 1633 The life of an elf commoner, observation of the lock
After dinner, Shado refused the elf waiter's guide service, left the "Oakenhill House" hotel alone, and went to the lower level from the eastern trail.
In a dark corner, Xia Duo briefly blocked the monitoring of the Mystic Lock, changed his image to a local elf noble, and then passed through the lower level of Melon Market, which was obviously more lively than the upper level, to the southernmost end of the market.
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Here you can summon the ships that go to and from the Manda River system in the city. Shado is planning to take a night trip to Everesca. Of course, the main purpose is to observe the mystery lock.
Going south from Mellon Market is a swordsmanship academy called "Taltat". However, you can't go there directly from the lower level. You need to go to it from the suspended walkway on the upper level.
If time is free, Xia Duo is also prepared to walk around the city a few more times. The so-called swordsmanship academy is not a place similar to a technical school on earth, but a training institution for nobles and mages.
The Magic Academy and the Combat Academy are more like technical schools. The former does not teach any advanced magic knowledge, but rather trains various magic craftsmen, while the Combat Academy trains sword singers.
Real mages are usually passed down by families, or by a small number of masters and apprentices, or by vassals, and they rarely teach publicly.
Generally, elf civilians have extremely limited opportunities for advancement, and they must prepare to enter the Magic Academy or Combat Academy when they are minors.
If you are found to have outstanding talent while in the academy, you may be favored by some mages or nobles and learn real magic.
If not, then wait until you graduate to work in a noble or mage's workshop or shop, or join the army. During this period, you may also come into contact with real magic, but the chance is extremely small.
And if you can't even graduate from the Magic Academy or the Combat Academy, then the only path left is to become a druid.
As for playing art, it was something only nobles and even the mage class who had no worries about food and clothing could afford. Common people could only passively accept the aesthetic education from the upper class. It was almost impossible to influence the upper class through art.
Basically, for an elf commoner, from birth to death, everything is almost arranged properly, and few accidents happen.
Of course, it is still possible for a commoner family to save two or three generations and open a small shop, or it is possible to gain the favor of a powerful person and rise suddenly.
But that's all. Without magic inheritance, everyone will disappear after two or three generations.
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As the ship started, Xia Duo leaned safely on the cushion at the stern and looked at the sky. The sky at this time was the real sky, not the false sky just simulated by the magic in the "Quiet Bamboo Garden".
But this seemingly vast sky with countless constraints, separated by layers of mystery, gives people an indescribable sense of oppression.
At this moment, Chateau assumed the identity of an ordinary civilian in Everesca, living in such an almost unchanged society, seemingly carefree, but losing the most precious freedom of development.
An elf life that has remained unchanged for hundreds of years may not be as exciting as a human adventurer who died in middle age!
After so many years of the Crown War, elf society has become more and more conservative, and is not even as open as it was ten thousand years ago. Perhaps the decline of elf magic also has this reason.
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While observing the mystery lock with the help of the mystery lock authority, Xia Duo's thoughts also wandered far away. After a while, the ship sailed near Shuguang Square.
When he first arrived in the afternoon, he didn't take the road to Shuguang Square, but now he finally saw Shuguang Square, even though he had been here last year.
The magic ship's automatic sailing was not fast and dissatisfied. Xia Duo noticed that a strange sculpture appeared on the edge of the square. From his angle, it looked like a thick tree root with many branches.
After checking the information on the mystery lock, I found out that it was a commemorative sculpture for the founding of the Northland Alliance. The main shape was the hands of representatives of the thirteen countries holding each other together. After a certain amount of artistic processing, it turned into a sculpture that resembled a tree root.
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After passing Dawn Square, Xia Duo followed the river all the way south, and soon arrived at Dawn Pond. When he came here last year, he and several companions came here by boat under the leadership of the elf Lunasis.
It's just that they came from the waterway north of the Morning Light Pond, and after arriving at the Morning Light Pond, Lunasis involuntarily steered the ship toward the east, which was the direction Sha Duo was coming from now - Dawn Square.
He did not follow the trend to the river south of Chenguang Pond.
Last time Xia Duolai came, he speculated that the Everesca Mystery Lock was based on the Manda Water System, and that there was another more important node hidden to the south of the Morning Light Pond.
So this time, as he had the authority, he did not go north from Chenguang Pond to the Sky Garden, but chose to go south.
According to Lunasis, the Dawn Pool is a natural hot spring. It was difficult to refute it last time, but this time, he clearly knew that this was an important node in the Everesca Mystery Lock.
The morning light pool is not open at night, which is convenient for Xia Duo. Otherwise, even if he is playing an elf noble now, it would be too blinkered to head south so rashly.
As for the patrols in the air, since they are far away, Xia Duo can easily block their perception with the help of the Mystic Lock authority. As long as he doesn't mess around, there will be no problem.
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As the boat moved forward slowly, Xia Duo soon felt that some transpiration and free energy began to appear above the river. Just when he was in the morning light pool, there was also positive energy dissipating, but it only existed a little above the river.
Not as high as the edge of the ship.
But now, Xia Duo is surrounded by dissipated and free positive energy. If it weren't for the fact that he had not been transported through the plane, he would have thought that he had arrived at an alien plane where positive energy dominates.
Slowing down the speed of the boat, Xia Duo reached out and talked into the river. The water temperature was cooler than the morning light pool just now, and the temperature became lower as we went south.
But the positive energy concentration is just the opposite.
Xia Duo only traveled less than 200 meters south, and the river water here was no different from the ordinary holy water sold by the Saville Temple. But if he continued to go south, the concentration of positive energy would continue to rise.
Generally speaking, positive energy represents the essence of life. A positive energy environment with a suitable concentration can prolong life. However, if people are exposed to a high concentration of positive energy environment for a long time, they will be overly radiant and will lose their life span.
Xia Duo blessed himself with a set of [Resist/Absorb Energy Damage·Positive Energy] spells and continued to move forward. Soon, he saw the end of the river——
It is a miniature oval lake about 100 meters long and 50 meters wide.
That is to say, before completely entering the pool, he received a message from the puzzle that no passage ahead was allowed.