The central tower of the Floating City of Plantia is undoubtedly the tallest and majestic building in the entire city.
It is more appropriately said to be a building than a tower.
However, the overall shape is based on the traditional cylindrical spire structure, with a height of an astonishing 500 meters. The entire body looks like it is carved from a huge stone, and both the outer and inner walls are blessed with a large amount of protective magic.
As for the interior, it stores almost all the magical knowledge, technology and history from the establishment of the floating city to the present.
In particular, the secret library located on the upper floor contains backup copies of spells created and invented by the great mages of the past dynasties.
According to the provisions of the "Supreme Code", all spells invented by mages enjoy a so-called "patent protection period".
Within this period, the inventor can exclusively enjoy all the secrets of the spell, and anyone else has no choice but to rob it by any means, otherwise they will pay a heavy price according to the penalty mechanism of the contract.
This time is usually based on the life span of the inventor.
When this person dies due to aging or accident, the backup copy of the scroll he prepared in advance will be automatically transferred to the library and stored for all other mages to study and research.
This can not only protect the rights and interests of the inventor himself, but also prevent the spells created from being lost easily.
When Zuo Si was still an apprentice, he once came with his mentor Asta.
But unfortunately, his level in the Council of Mages was too low at the time, so he could only stand at the door and watch with envy as he rummaged through the bookshelves and scroll boxes for various precious spells and information.
But now, with the entire mage council of Plantia Floating City being wiped out, Zuo Si, as the only survivor, has naturally gained the highest authority and is qualified to enter this place that is under heavy protection.
But when he openly passed through the construct golem guards and pushed open the door, he did not touch any book, note or scroll. Instead, he walked straight to the huge statue in the middle, held his chest with one hand and bowed.
Bowing, he stated in a very ancient language: "In the name of the Council of Mages, I now need the "Supreme Code" to attract new members."
Instantly!
The statue's ruby ​​eyes suddenly flashed with light, and then it came to life, bent down and said in a low voice: "The Supreme Code responds to your call. Please wait a moment, I am testing the authority you have.
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After saying that, the statue raised the huge book in its hand and released a detection magic that could cover the entire floating city.
After about a few minutes, a sad expression quickly appeared on its face.
"The test results confirm that there are 15,468 people registered in the Mage Council of Plantia Floating City, and one person is currently alive. Congratulations, you have obtained the right to hold the "Supreme Code"."
As the last word blurted out, the statue slowly placed the huge book in its hands gently on the ground.
The next second...
The book began to shine with golden light, and then began to become smaller and smaller until humans could pick it up.
You don't need to ask to know that this book is the "Supreme Code" that maintains the normal operation of the entire Floating City of Plantia. It is also a powerful magical contract with binding force.
It is precisely because of its existence that the battles between the archmages have always been maintained within a safe range and have not fallen into serious internal strife like the red-robed mages or the Arcane Brotherhood.
It is said that the "Supreme Code" was jointly produced by several great mages who originally built the Floating City. Its source of magic is tied to the heart of the earth, so it cannot be resisted by any spellcaster.
Other floating cities that were built later also adopted similar methods.
In other words, each floating city has its own "Supreme Code", but the provisions recorded in it are very different.
Picking up this slightly heavy book, Zuo Si quickly returned to the corridor and said to the lichs waiting outside: "Come on, write your name on the last page of this code.
In this way, you are considered members of the Mages Council.
Then go to the conference room to initiate a vote, and I can gain the highest control of the central tower.
When I get control, I can promote you to become Archmage, and you can freely use all the facilities in this Mage Tower, including several secret libraries and laboratories."
No hesitation!
Vanessa took the lead and was the first to write her name on the last page.
Instantly!
He felt a force behind the city that closely connected him with this floating city.
At the same time, the previous sense of being watched everywhere disappeared.
After the last lich finished signing, the "Supreme Code" suddenly burst out with a blue light, followed by the illusory influence of an old man appearing out of thin air.
I saw him using a tone that could make people sleepy, explaining in detail the basic rules, taboos and precautions that need to be followed to join the Mage Council.
Although most of these contents have lost their meaning with the destruction of the Mages Council.
The most important thing is that Zuo Si has no intention of attracting too many people, but wants to monopolize the entire floating city.
Except for the lichs and a few summoned creatures under their control, the rest of the people don't want their names to appear on the last page of the "Supreme Code".
After an hour and a half of tossing, the entire process was finally completed.
After obtaining the highest authority, Zuo Si did not hesitate for a second, and immediately initiated the wartime agreement and forcibly took over all the mage towers in the entire floating city, as well as the structures and other magical creations that had not been destroyed in the mage towers.
Order them to throw all the undead corpses down the streets and every corner.
Meteor fragments caused by the collision of two comets caused widespread fires below.
So we can take this opportunity to deal with the garbage that exudes stench and may carry a large number of mutated viruses and bacteria.
As for the remaining undead, they were all stuffed into boxes under Vanessa's collection and control. What awaits them will be working day and night in the mine.
In short, Zuo Si did not rush to lift the magic blockade, but first cleaned and disinfected the entire city.
With the elect ability bestowed by Talona, ​​the goddess of poison and disease, it took him three full days to completely eliminate the plague raging in the floating city of Plantia.
Finally, with the help of the amazing magic power provided by the heart of the earth, a heavy rain was created, extinguishing the forest fire that stretched for tens or even hundreds of kilometers below.
At this point, all the tasks of this trip have finally been completed without missing a beat.
Looking at the scorched ground and mountain peaks in the distance that had been extinguished by heavy rain and emitted a large amount of white smoke and water vapor, Jeffrey sighed with a high-spirited smile: "Now, this world is ours."
Vanessa nodded with deep understanding: "You are right. There are no gods here, and there are no dangerous lower plane creatures such as demons and demons. Moreover, it has countless resources we need. It is simply the natural choice of the organization.
Earth. What we have to do is to find those survivors, give them shelter, and then rekindle the fire of civilization."
"This is not difficult. As far as I know, in addition to the continent under my feet, there are three other continents on this planet.
Although one of the continents was pushed back to the barbaric era by the impact of powerful magical power, the other two continents have quite a few countries and city-states, as well as sufficient human resources.
What we have to do is to restore the prosperity of the port city of Hull, and then dump goods to those countries and city-states through trade, while absorbing outstanding immigrants and training qualified young people to become mages.
It won't be long before a powerful magical civilization will rise in our hands.
Of course, before that, we need to clean up the undead creatures entrenched in other cities and villages, as well as the plagues they carry."
When he said these words, Jeffrey's eyes flashed with naked excitement and expectation.
As a mage, especially a Faerun mage who had heard of the era of Netheril, he simply could not refuse such a temptation.
What's more, by studying the magic system of this world, you can get rid of your dependence on the magic network, directly contact the most primitive and manic magic energy, and try to conquer and control them.
These are privileges that only elven high mages and legendary mages can obtain in Faerûn.
"It's too early to talk about these now. Don't forget, this world is not just a floating city, we also have some potential competitors that need to be solved."
Vanessa, who has a gloomy personality, is obviously not as optimistic as Jeffrey, but begins to secretly plan to launch a war, a war between the floating city and the floating city.
"Don't worry, didn't Lord Soth already get the last location information from the floating cities and send out gargoyles to investigate?
I believe it won’t be long before other floating cities will be included one by one.
What's more, what happens even if those floating cities are controlled by others?
Being able to use two magic systems at the same time, we have an overwhelming advantage in combat casting.
When necessary, you can also use Starfall to directly destroy the opponent's floating city."
Jeffrey obviously has strong confidence in Zuo Si, the leader of the organization.
He had no idea that the previous Starfall magic was copied from the planeswalker's card and was not really mastered by Zuo Si.
Just when Vanessa was about to say something, she suddenly saw Tyrantir walking over from behind with a pile of scrolls in his arms.
Driven by curiosity, he couldn't help but ask: "What is that in your hand?"
"They are some spell scrolls that have been encrypted by special means. In order to prevent others from easily learning the spells they invented, these damn bastards deliberately used many messy magic symbols to confuse the audience." Tyrantir complained through gritted teeth.p>
You must know that learning a new magic system from scratch is not an easy task.
But now, those dead archmages have raised the difficulty a lot out of thin air.
To be continued...