The Truth of Magic

160 The secret of advancement

the hall of truth was the highest core area of the floating city. it was equivalent to the floating city’s brain.

The entire floating city’s defense core and energy hub core extended from The Palace of Truth.

the various levels of the mage association’s headquarters were also located in the hall of truth.

on the other hand, the various logistics organizations that served the entire floating city were set up on the surface of the floating city.

Zhao Xu and Antonya had to go through a few rounds of registration, and he even had to take out his wizard badge and his Mithril chip before he could be let through by the magic guards.

This was also the first time Zhao Xu had been tested by the magic guards at such a close distance.

After Zhao Xu passed through the checkpoint, he still had a curious look on his face as he turned around to look at the magic guards who had determined expressions on their faces.

don’t be curious. You’ll become one of them in the future. antonya said.

“Me?”

zhao xu had just entered the alchemy elevator with antonya when he heard antonya’s words and was a little surprised.

“Mentor, you also have an advanced ‘Magic guard’ class?” Zhao Xu asked.

“What do you think?”

before zhao xu could ask any more questions, the alchemy elevator had already reached the bottom.

Zhao Xu watched as the two fine gold gates slowly opened and they walked out. He couldn’t help but sigh at how extravagant this place was.

then, the two of them walked down a narrow and gloomy corridor. the entire road was covered in a dim magical light, and there were no eternal flame lamps, which were the most common things in floating cities.

when zhao xu became a level 3 wizard, he had mastered the level 2 spell, eternal flame.

he only needed to sprinkle 50 gold pieces of ruby powder on the corresponding object, and then cast the ‘eternal flame’ spell on the target.

That item would be able to burn with a flame that had no heat but would never be extinguished, even without oxygen.

as such, the floating city had no lack of such lighting items.

This was also the first time that Zhao Xu had seen a floating city with such a dark corridor. It was so damp that even the corners of the walls had green moss growing on them, looking like green spots of light.

“You can’t open fire on this road,” Antonya explained, ” otherwise, you’ll get a special attack.

“because of the molin stone tablet?” zhao xu remembered the connection between the molin stone stele and the fire elemental plane.

“No, the Molin stone tablet has long been rid of all the abnormal power. It’s just that there’s something sealed in the underground of this corridor.”

as he listened to antonya’s words, zhao xu couldn’t help but admire the boldness of the wizard association.

as expected, anything that he felt was dangerous should be kept under his nose.

The final scroll, for example, was suppressed at the bottom of the obelisk.

Even if Zhao Xu wanted to go, Antonya would have to take him through the back door, because the formal process and ceremony to get in were too complicated.

“Mentor, why did you come to see the stone tablet this time?” Zhao Xu finally asked.

before this, he had been kicked by antonya into the dark ages of the ancient times. after that, he’d walked around and returned. antonya had been extremely mysterious throughout the entire process, and she hadn’t said much to him.

Now that they were about to reach where the Molin stone stele was hidden, Zhao Xu couldn’t help but ask curiously.

“let the mage explain it to you when we get there.” Antonya said simply.

in the end, the two of them walked for almost ten whole minutes before they finally passed through the corridor. it was rare that antonya didn’t use any spells during the entire process.

“proof.” two guards in pitch-black armor were blocking the two of them.

zhao xu didn’t think that they would still have to go through a check-up at this point.

furthermore, he had never seen such a fully-armored person in the floating city before. he could not help but feel curious and kept sizing up the three people in front of him, but he felt that they were too cold.

It was a taboo for most mages to wear armor, as the failure rate of arcane spells would be heartbreaking, even if Mithril was added.

at this moment, antonya took out a piece of leather paper with a thin gold foil on it from her pocket and handed it over.

the mage with the heavy hood reached out from behind the two armored guards and took the documents. he looked through them carefully, then nodded and let them pass.

that mage’s hands are abnormally thin. Zhao Xu said in a low voice.

” it’s good enough that an undead creature like a lich is willing to show you a withered hand. ” antonya said.

Zhao Xu’s eyes immediately widened.

a lich!

as the spellcasters of the undead creatures, liches were very famous in arthur. as long as their phylacteries weren’t destroyed, they could be resurrected in a short time even if they were killed.

hence, liches were often the ultimate bosses behind the scenes in arthur’s hero novels.

But weren’t liches mostly evil?

Antonya seemed to have guessed what Zhao Xu was thinking, so she explained, ” even though there are great liches in the Lich community who are on the good side. However, the one you just saw is indeed an evil Lich. It lost its bet, so it has to guard the floating city for 100 years.”

zhao xu finally understood why all the guards at the previous checkpoints had taken the initiative to show their respect to antonya, no matter how serious they had been. at this stage, she was actually cold. it turned out that she was just an unreasonable lich.

when he thought about this, zhao xu couldn’t help but look forward to seeing the molin stone steles.

He didn’t look ordinary at all.

then, zhao xu followed antonya into a large hall that was shaped like a hemisphere. there were at least a dozen people in the room standing in every corner of the room. they raised their heads and glanced at the two of them before going back to their own work.

the molin stone tablet that zhao xu had seen in the dark age was still standing in the middle of the hall, but there was still no sign of it at all.

there wasn’t anything like what antonya had said. was there something carved on it?

three meters in front of the stone tablet, there was a stone bench made of the same material.

Was he supposed to sit there?

At this moment, the wizard in charge of the hall came forward and bowed slightly to Antonya. “young miss, long time no see.”

Antonya just waved her hand gently and pointed at Zhao Xu. he’s here to take the test, so why don’t you give him an explanation while you’re at it? ”

The wizard looked at Zhao Xu and smiled, revealing his white teeth. let me introduce myself. I’m Hill, the person in charge of the Molin stone tablet awakening ceremony.

awakening ceremony? ” zhao xu asked.

wizard hill immediately understood that antonya hadn’t explained too much to zhao xu beforehand, so he laughed heartily and said, ” “it’s an awakening ceremony for advanced professions.”

“But I’m not Level 5 yet.” Zhao Xu was a little confused.

Although he quite liked the advanced path, no matter how he looked at it, it wouldn’t be much worse than the fact that mages could only get a specialty at Level 5.

don’t worry, Mr. Zhongxia. It’s true that only after reaching Level 5 will the core seeds of the floating city be arranged to undergo the awakening ceremony here. It’s guaranteed that they will have a 70% chance of awakening and advancing.

“however, there are quite a few core members like you who will enjoy some special treatment. For example, if you travel outside for a long time, once you reach the level-up limit, it’s easy for you to be directly promoted to your original profession and miss the opportunity to advance to an advanced profession.”

“that’s why the floating city also allows you to obtain advanced class content in advance. this way, you can successfully advance to an advanced class even if you level up while traveling.”

After hearing this, Zhao Xu finally understood.

It turned out that this awakening and advancement ceremony was not available to everyone.

“Then how do you awaken?” Zhao Xu asked.

spellhill lowered his head slightly and looked at zhao xu. ” ” it’s very simple. you just have to sit on that stone bench, and we’ll activate the ritual and activate the energy so that you can start communicating with this molin stone tablet. ”

“Then, the stone tablet will absorb your consciousness and make you feel like you’re in a certain space for the test. The stone tablet will arrange a suitable advancement for you according to the results of the test.”

When Zhao Xu heard this, he didn’t think it was too complicated, so he just nodded.

all of a sudden, antonya directly used the ” mind link ” to communicate with his heart.

Zhao Xu didn’t understand why Antonya had to use a spell to tell him everything at the start and why she had to wait until they got here. however, he still quickly accepted the connection request.

“Wait, if that stone stele makes things difficult for you. Just tell him what you’ve seen when you transmigrated.” antonya said calmly.

Zhao Xu didn’t know how to react.

Repeat it to the stone tablet?

“ha, this stone tablet had been bragging to me about how it was engraved with the wisdom of magic when it was born. later, ernest met it and became the most powerful mage with the knowledge on the stone tablet.”

Zhao Xu immediately reacted. that can’t be right. Isn’t it also empty now? ”

“It said that Ernest didn’t want anyone to see the stone tablet and become a mage as powerful as him, so he erased the contents of the stone tablet.”

When Zhao Xu heard this, he couldn’t help but pout. This stone stele was too good at bragging. It really thought that it was the final stone stele.

“Since you’ve seen it from the dark ages of the ancient times, you can’t use it. Then, when it made things difficult for you and didn’t allow you to advance, you could say this to mock it. Naturally, it wouldn’t dare to make things difficult for you anymore.”

“this stone tablet has a 70% chance of awakening because it barely looks pleasing to the eye when it only looks at the 70%. however, even if you’re within 70%, you’ll still be played by the other party’s wicked tricks until your vitality is greatly damaged.”

” that’s why many mages in the floating city who advanced by relying on this stone tablet have a phobia of it. ”

zhao xu finally understood why antonya had to go in such a big circle to make him go back in time and see the molin stone tablet before he met ernest.

So it was to let him establish an unbreakable friendship with the stone tablet first.

Zhao Xu smiled as he looked at the stone tablet. He slowly walked over and sat down on the stone bench that was made of the same material. It was funny to say that it had been at least 10000 years since the last time they had met on the monument.

“begin.” mage hill also ordered.

Immediately, the seven mages sat at the seven core positions of the ritual circle, working together to connect the central hub of the ritual circle.

as the trigger, they all offered their spell slots as fuel for the magic circle.

[ adventurer zhongxia, beginning connection to the core of Molin’s stone tablet. ]

Countless lights flashed across Zhao Xu’s eyes in an instant, and the entire ground started to peel off. The space around him started to twist and change, and it started to become grotesque and grotesque.

In the end, darkness came and devoured everything.

then, just as zhao xu felt like he was about to go into a claustrophobic state, the light from the sky fell straight down from the ceiling and warmed his entire body.

” dear brother, may i ask what advanced profession you want? ” A fawning voice came from the void.

It seemed that the plot was not quite right?