The little magician named Leah was suddenly so happy, which caught Hao Ren a little off guard, he had prepared a lot of words, but none of them came in handy at this time, so he could only look at each other with a little incredulous eyes: "You don't know much anymore?"
”"What else do you know?
Wait until you admit that you are a black household?
”Leah said as she flipped the staff in her hand, "And now that you react, I'm more convinced that you are really down-and-out adventurers."
But I'm a little strange, how can there be children in the adventurer team this year?
”As she spoke, her eyes fell on Elizabeth, who was fiddling with the peaked wizard hat on her head quite uncomfortably (in order to block the demon's little horns, because Hao Ren and his party did not realize that there was a free-walking demon race in this world), and when she heard Leah's words, she immediately raised her head and bared her teeth menacingly: "You are the child!"
How big can you be bigger than me?
”"The little girl has a pretty big temper," Leah's eyes widened in surprise, then smirked, "Don't look at me like this, I'm a complete adult - well, this place is not suitable for chatting, would you like to come and sit in my mage tower?"
If you want to introduce each other, you have to sit next to the warm fireplace, right?
”This seemingly reckless female mage invited a group of strange adventurers who suddenly appeared in front of her to rest in her mage tower, which was not a lack of vigilance, but a sign of caution: the power that a mage can exert in his mage tower increases exponentially, and the mage tower itself also has a large number of self-running defenses, so "inviting strangers into your mage tower" is actually the best way to verify whether the other party is hostile in many cases.If it's really a bunch of unscrupulous people, then this invitation must be weighed - anyone who wants to play the idea of a mage will try to make sure that they kill the target outside the opponent's mage tower, rather than stupidly running to the opponent's home field.Of course, it is not excluded that there are assassins with super bull X who can drill into a certain magician's mage tower to open Wushuang, but if you really provoke that kind of opponent, there is no need to think about whether to go to the mage tower or not, it is just a question of where you die......
Hao Ren can probably guess some of the twists and turns in between, after all, Halletta is also a world with a fairly developed magical civilization, and he has also dealt with magicians over there, and at this moment, in the face of Leah's invitation, he pretended to think a little and nodded in agreement: "Okay, it just so happens that we don't have a place to go tonight."
But before I go to your mage tower, can I ask you what direction the commission is heading?
”This is a necessary question, if there is no question, then the group of guys in front of them who call themselves "down-and-out adventurers" will look suspicious, so Leah didn't think much about it, she nodded: "Actually, it's just to follow me to a ruin to find something."
Sure, there's a little bit of danger, but it's definitely not as exaggerated as you've heard from the Mercenary Guild - every mercenary who goes out with me comes back alive!
If you don't believe me, you can ask the person concerned tomorrow!
”Seeing the little magician so excited, Hao Ren couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, okay, we are willing to trust the employer - but the specific situation will have to wait for you to explain the details of the commission." ”"Of course, I'm the most honest man," Leah said with a smug chest, and then pointed to the end of the alley with her staff, "Then come with me, let's go to my house first." ”The sorceress took Hao Ren and her party to drill through the intricate alleys of White Maple Leaf City, and all the hidden paths that ordinary people would not take were able to walk.This centuries-old city is like an ever-expanding anthill, with streets and houses built by generations of inhabitants stacked on top of each other, and a labyrinth of old alleys within the glossy walls.A newcomer to the city will have the illusion that he will never see the light of day again for the rest of his life, and only locals who have lived in the city for a long time dare to casually chart their own route between the alleys - the sorceress is obviously a fairly senior "local".Under her leadership, the group passed almost directly through the layered and thick civilian quarters, and arrived at the mage quarter in the southeast of the city without going through any formal gates.It's nightfall.There is a saying that nobles are not necessarily mages, but mages are at least half nobles - as a well-deserved intellectual class and power group, magicians represent advanced productivity and advanced knowledge in this world, so the place where they gather must be extraordinary.Mages are qualified to live in the center of the city, living with lords and nobles, but this group of arrogant and knowledge-hungry dead mansions obviously prefer quieter places, so most of the city's mage districts are located outside the main city, and White Maple City is no exception.Located in the southeast of the city, the mage district is the only part of the city that is not protected by the city walls, but the mana barrier formed by dozens of magic towers and various automatic defensive golems make it more reliable than any city wall.Here, the glow of various magic devices and the discrete magical energy that filled the air illuminated the entire city, no less than the lights of the lord's mansion in the center of the city, and the magic towers that stood silently in the night sky added a lot of mystery to the city that never sleeps.In such a luxurious and upscale city, Leah's shabby and dilapidated mage tower naturally stood out from the crowd.Her tower is the closest to the civilian area in the entire mage district, it is a stone building only more than twenty meters high, this building has obviously been in service for quite a long time and is seriously undermaintained, the outer wall of the tower is mottled and cracked, the original finish has long been eroded by wind and rain, and in some of the places that have fallen off the most, even the magic wire buried in the tower wall is exposed, squeaking sparks in the air.Looking up along the tower, you can see poorly closed windows and incomplete windowsills, and an iron pipe sticking out of a window hole, on which are still drying clothes.Compared to this tower, any building that can be seen is golden.Hao Ren lowered his head silently, thinking that the only way to make Leah's mage tower reasonably exist in this city area is probably to write "demolition" on the wall......
"This is my mage tower!"
”Leah pointed at the gate with an iron staff, and then she noticed Hao Ren's and his party's eyes, slightly embarrassed, "Aha......
In the past two years, the funds have been tight, and it has not been repaired much, but you can rest assured, the magician's things, as long as the magic structure is complete, there is no problem, and the things inside are still very useful, hot water and heating are available.I'll tell you, don't look at this tower now, but it's a sign of seniority, it's one of the first mage towers in the area, and it was the tallest building here when my teacher's teacher's teacher's teacher was still alive!
”The tower hasn't been renovated since then, has it?
How many generations have you been poor, this young lady?
Lily secretly poked Vivien's arm: "Hey, bat, you should be related to you if you are so poor, right?"
”"Shut up!"
Leah thinks that this embarrassment can't last any longer, and the best way to end the embarrassment is to let the group of people in front of her stop looking at the big houses around her, so she hurriedly took the guests inside: "Ahem, everyone come with me, don't be restrained, it's like going to your own house."
Ah be careful when you enter the door, this brick is a little moving......
"The group entered the Mage Tower, and indeed as Leah said, although the exterior of this building is a little broken, the facilities inside are still complete: at least the lights are still on, the tables are four-legged, and the door can be closed......
The climate control circle inside the Mage Tower was working as usual, the warm spring breeze dispelled the chill of the night outside, and the circular main hall on the first floor, although simple, had a warm fireplace and seating for rest, enough to entertain a small group of visitors.Leah tossed her staff aside as she entered, took off her tattered robes, and the two flew to the coat rack and shelf against the wall to settle herself.Then she went to the fireplace, dressed in light home clothes, and touched one of the bronze carvings on the fireplace, and the flame of the stove immediately became brighter, and the stove itself became a different look.It turns out that this whole thing is some kind of illusion device."
There's a warm air enchantment here, and you don't actually need a stove, but my teacher likes this useless thing very much, and I keep it because it feels like home," Leah said as she instructed the shiny brass tea stoves and cups and saucers to make tea and pour water, and at the same time beckoned Hao Ren and his party to find a place to sit, "Sit down, don't be restrained, there are no rules for those annoying people in this mage tower, just feel free." ”Hao Ren sat down near the fireplace, looked up at the place, and after ignoring the furniture and the unknown magic equipment, he saw a row of circular picture frames hanging on the opposite wall, each with a bust of a mage, who was nodding to the guests in the living room, and the picture frame "My teacher, my teacher's teacher, and all the ancestors......
Haah, they're all a bunch of abnormal and unserious guys," Leah noticed that Hao Ren was looking at the portraits, and said in a helpless tone, "The first generation, who was seriously drunk and challenged the dragon and died; The second generation, after severe drug abuse, challenged the dragon and died; The third generation, after a serious drug addiction, drank too much alcohol and challenged a group of dragons and died; The fourth generation, who didn't drink alcohol or take medicine, ran to propose to the dragon and was killed by the dragon's husband......
My teacher was one of the most normal, and he was killed by a dragon-slaying spell he developed before he could challenge the dragon. ”Hao Ren: "......
How much enmity does your family have with the dragon?
”"Don't say it, I'm tired," Leah waved her hand unlovingly, "before we explain this commission, let's introduce it again......
Belch?
Sister, what's sitting on your shoulder?
”She looked at Vivien in amazement, and on Vivien's shoulder sat a little girl the size of a figurine.Hao Ren was shocked the moment he saw that little thing: "Hey, how can I go with this guy ......"
"biubiubiu!"
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