Chapter 203 Nine-Ring Tower, City in the Sky!
Deya and others entered the door opened by Mavis.

Deya only felt that everything around him seemed to become bizarre, making him unable to distinguish up, down, left, and right. All kinds of strange colors poured into his eyes. Even at that moment, the passage of time seemed to have been lost.

If he had to describe it, Deya felt that the feeling of teleportation was similar to entering the world of recollection, which was completely different from ordinary spell portals.

In that strange space where even time and space seemed to be distorted, Deya didn't know how much time had passed, and time became chaotic in an instant.

When he came to his senses, he found himself on a quiet and deserted street.

When Deya stepped onto the road paved with bluestone slabs, the first thing he did was look around him.

Deya didn't feel relieved until he saw Mavis, Celeste and others appear beside him.

It is possible that this kind of teleportation is affected by others and then teleports oneself to an inexplicable place.

Deya didn't want to fall into the calculations of some powerful being. When he walked out of the portal, he came to an unfamiliar environment, and then started a life-and-death chase and escape.

Judging from the results, this low-probability event did not happen, and Deya safely stepped into the territory of the Nine-Ring Tower.

After confirming that he was safe, Deya looked around.

The buildings here are somewhat old, similar to the style of the Kingdom of Anglo-Australia, and even look older.

The Kingdom of Lu in Britain was established a long time ago, at least more than a thousand years ago, and many of its buildings are too rough.

But Susaytani is different. Because it has only been established for 400 years, the architectural style of Susaytani has more modern aesthetics and looks more fashionable.

But from the architectural styles around, Deya could already guess that this street had a history of at least more than a thousand years.

Deya seemed to sense something at this time, and he suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky.

Then, he finally saw the true face of the Nine-Ring Tower.

The sky was shrouded in mist. In the thick and mysterious clouds, nine huge wizard towers stood in the air, looking like a mirage.

These wizard towers are based on clouds and are mainly white in appearance, looking sacred and magnificent.

The nine wizard towers are connected together, with the largest tower in the middle as the center. There are aerial corridors between the towers, and there are various strange buildings, as if you have come to the palace where the gods live.

Fortunately, although the Lord of the Nine Rings Tower is represented by a color, not every tower here has a different color, otherwise the colorful colors would make the Mage Tower less majestic and more funny.

Nine mysterious towers stood in the air. Even though there was a distance between them, Deya could feel the strong acidic, fire, water, electrical, positive and negative magical energies filling them.

Except for Mavis, everyone else was visiting the Nine Rings Tower for the first time. Seeing this majestic building that looked like a palace of the gods, everyone showed expressions of amazement.

However, the silver dragon girl Ignis felt it was very ordinary. In terms of size, it was not even as big as the Sky Island where she was. As for the so-called grandeur and majesty in the eyes of humans, especially the art involved, Ignis did not understand it at all.

The first thought that came to Ignis’ mind when she saw the Nine-Ring Tower was, could these towers be sold in exchange for more gold, silver and treasures?

Deya retracted his gaze and said to Mavis, who was becoming more and more charming beside him, "That should be the real location of the Nine Rings Tower, right? Do I need to use another portal to enter there?"

Mavis shook her head slightly: "No, as the Lord of the White Tower, I have the ability to take you directly into the Mage Tower where I am, but the reason why I brought you here is to introduce you to the specific situation of the Nine Rings Tower.

I think Master Irwin is not interested in taking you to do these things, so I have to do it myself."

When you come to a strange place, the first thing you need to do is to get familiar with it.

Since Mavis was willing to be a tour guide, Deya was naturally happy to let Mavis take everyone on a tour here.

"The reason why I brought you here is because it is easier to introduce here."

As she spoke, Mavis walked along the deserted street in another direction, and motioned Deya and the others to follow.

Following Mavis's pace, less than 5 minutes later, a mist appeared at the end of the street.

Deya and others walked into the fog, and the next moment a strong wind blew, causing people to subconsciously squint their eyes and raise their hands to block the whistling wind.

"This is actually a city in the sky?"

Deya was surprised to find that after passing through the misty door, they actually arrived at the edge of the city.

This place is surrounded by stone railings. Standing next to the railings and looking down, you will find that this place is at least several thousand meters high.

There were thick clouds under his feet, the sky was clear blue, and the sun was emitting blazing light and heat, shining on the city floating above the sky.

The misty door should be a protective barrier, and also an illusion. So when inside the door, no matter the climate or the intensity of the sunlight, Deya thought he was standing on the earth.

But in reality, this place is thousands of meters high in the air!
"Yes, the Nine Rings Tower is a city in the sky. Although the historical records have become blurred due to the intervention of the gods, all the mages of the Nine Rings Tower know that this is a city in the sky built by the 'original mage.'

Among the extraordinary professionals, the mage is a profession that appeared very late. The first mage created the first spell slot and divided the magic into eight major schools.

The reason why the Nine Rings Tower is worshipped and pursued by all wizards is because it is the original and oldest wizard organization, and all spells were born here. "

Even the witch Mavis, as a wizard, had a strong sense of pride when she introduced the Nine Rings Tower.

This is the holy land for all mages, the true paradise for mages!

After confirming the overall appearance of the Nine-Ring Tower, Mavis led everyone through the mist and returned to the city.

The air outside is thin, the wind is strong, and the sunlight shines almost directly on people. Even if there are spells that can block these external environments, people will still feel uncomfortable.

"How big is this city?"

Deya asked out loud.

“The overall size is probably about the same as Abranah.”

Mavis replied.

This is not small, you have to know that Abram is a big city with millions of people!

"I don't feel any breath of life here. Is this city empty, with no one here?"

Deya and others walked here with Mavis for a long time, but didn't see anyone, which made Deya a little strange.

It is understandable that we cannot see the mage, after all, the mage of the Nine-Ring Tower may be in the nine higher towers.

But it is really strange that such a huge city is empty.

Patricia sat on Deya's shoulder, frowning, she always had a familiar feeling about the Nine-Ring Tower.

Mavis smiled brightly and said, "Of course not, there are not only people here, but also a lot of them. There are humans, orcs, elves, dwarves, giants, etc. You may have heard of them or not. As long as they are races with wisdom and some civilization, you can find them here.

The reason you can't see them is because the spell has hidden them in a space similar to a demiplane."

The witch Mavis pointed to the giant oval mirrors that could occasionally be seen in the city and said, "...Do you see those mirrors? Those mirrors are the entrances to different demiplanes.

As long as you walk in, you will go to a gathering place of a certain race. I think you should have guessed that the reason why all races are separated by magic is to isolate the curse of each race."

Deya's heart moved, and he said thoughtfully: "Is this actually a huge experimental field?"

The Lord of the White Tower applauded and said, "You guessed it right, this is the mages' testing ground, where they study the origins of these racial curses and try to crack them.

At the same time, this place is also a racial protection base. With the development and growth of human beings, too many races have become extinct or are on the verge of extinction.

But the mages of the Nine Rings Tower brought those endangered races here a long time ago, allowing them to thrive under the control of the mages. "

Wow, the mages in the Nine Rings Tower are actually doing protection work for endangered species.

These endangered species are not purely animals, they may even be intelligent races.

But on the other hand, this is enough to show the arrogance unique to mages. Mages think they are superior to others and treat intelligent races as inferior creatures, thus keeping them in captivity.

Deya declined to comment on these.

Because he is also a wizard and a vested interest, he sits very firmly on the throne.

"How many mages are there in the Nine Rings Tower?"

Deya asked again.

Mavis answered knowingly, "There are about 1000 mages, most of them are from the fourth to sixth ring. There are not many mages with the seventh ring. As for the eighth and ninth ring mages, they are generally the status of tower masters."

More than a thousand mages may not seem like a lot, but considering that the weakest of them has the strength of four rings, this is already a very scary group.

A mage is no different from other extraordinary professionals. It is extremely difficult for a mage to be promoted, but at the same time, as the number of levels increases, a mage becomes stronger than other extraordinary professionals and is better able to cope with all environments.

Otherwise, becoming a mage requires extremely high talent, and promotion is so difficult. If one is not strong enough, who would be willing to become a practitioner of this extraordinary profession?

"On average, there are only one or two hundred mages in each school." Deya nodded.

"That's not the case. There are some schools with relatively few mages, such as the School of Prophecy. This school requires special talents, so naturally, there are very few mages who can become mages of this school.

In the Nine Rings Tower, the schools with the largest number of people are the Conjuration School and the Evocation School. These two schools account for the vast majority of mages."

Mavis explained with a chuckle.

Deya thought about it and it seemed so. The spell expressions of these two schools were closer to those of traditional mages. They either used elemental spells directly or summoning spells.

Anyway, the mages of these two schools are the kind that are very suitable for combat at first glance.

As they were talking, Mavis, Deya and the others had already taken a tour of the lower level of the Nine Rings Tower.

Most of the time, it was just the two of them communicating. The others were not familiar with this place and just listened carefully.

“Okay, I’ve finished introducing the basics of the Nine Rings Tower. Now let’s climb up to the main part of the tower.

If you want to see the lives of those races, you can go to Master Irwin and use some special magic devices to watch them at any time."

Deya nodded slightly. According to Mavis, there are nearly one million intelligent creatures being "cultivated" by the mages in the box garden.

This is like the Truman Show. The various races living in the lower demiplane have no idea that they are actually the wizards' experimental subjects and ornaments. This place is more like a huge zoo.

Mavis took out the white chess piece again and threw it into the air, and a new portal appeared.

Deya walked into the portal impatiently. He wanted to enter the hall of knowledge and learn more spells.

Since becoming a mage, Deya has rarely had the opportunity to calm down and study carefully.

Most of the time he was improving his strength while fighting, which was quite hasty.

If it weren't for the golden finger on the panel, Deya believed that his foundation would be weak.

And now, as his strength has reached the sixth ring, he can no longer run around, but must really put aside all distractions and focus on the study of magic.

Only in this way can he go one step further and get promoted again.

I experienced that uncomfortable feeling of teleportation again.

When Deya regained consciousness, he found himself in a huge and magnificent palace.

The interior of the hall is filled with negative energy. It is like a temple with huge pillars supporting the dome.

The dome is half hollow, allowing you to see the clear sky.

Mavis, who also walked out of the door, was stunned for a moment.

Because the destination did not match what she had set, she originally planned to place the destination in her own White Tower.

But this is definitely not the wizard tower where she lives!

Just as the witch was about to remind Deya, an unpleasant sound like metal rubbing against each other or scratching on a blackboard came:

"Don't be nervous, Lord of the White Tower. I changed your teleportation destination and set it here. This is my Black Tower. There is no danger at all!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Deya quickly turned his head and saw a tall skeleton wearing an ordinary black wizard robe standing there.

That was Deya’s teacher Irving Aldridge!

"teacher!"

Deya was pleasantly surprised to see his teacher again and immediately bowed to him.

Deya respects his teacher from the bottom of his heart.

It is rare to find a teacher who is so kind to his students. It can even be said that Irwin treats him better than his own father.

When Deya just became a wizard, he used many rare materials to create a permanent eight-ring spell for Deya.

You have to know that a mage apprentice may die suddenly at any time, and it is a complete waste to keep such magic on such a mage apprentice.

But that's what the teacher did.

After that, Irvin left Deya with all the spell knowledge and spell scrolls that could reach the sixth ring, making Deya's path to promotion smooth.

He even personally took action to protect Deya when he encountered an eight-ring strong man.

Even the forbidden object in Deya's hand was given to him by his teacher to stabilize the Church of Silence, preventing the church from taking any action at will.

It can be said that no father in his life has ever been as good to him as Irwin!

If Deya had not been very sure that he had the blood of the Cavendish family flowing in his body and his teacher had become a lich two hundred years ago, he would have doubted whether his last name was actually Aldrich.

Irving's skull opened its mouth, as if laughing. He looked at Deya with satisfaction and said in a villain-like voice to others:

"Deya, you have been promoted to the sixth ring in just over two years. I have never heard of such a speed of promotion in the history of mages. Your talent in magic is unprecedented.

Of course, your experience is also very moving. In my 300 years of life, I may not have had more experiences than you."

Having said this, Irving looked at the people who followed Deya.

Lamia is the 'Witch of Time', which is something Irving never thought of.

When he helped Deya capture Lamia, he thought she was just an ordinary witch, but he didn't expect that she possessed the power of "return from death".

This kind of power that even gods cannot control appears in a witch, which greatly increases Irving's curiosity.

Ignis, a nine-ring silver dragon, is also the chosen one of the ancient spirits and the only one chosen by this god so far.

Even Irvin would feel enormous pressure facing a dragon of this level and would not be sure of winning.

If he was in his own wizard tower, using his hundreds of years of accumulation, he still had a chance.

Otherwise, even if it was a nine-ring lich, it would be too difficult to defeat a nine-ring dragon chosen by God.

Unless Irvin uses the power of the tenth ring he has researched, it will be difficult for him to face her directly.

Celeste and Patricia, these two are monsters among monsters.

One is the human body of the fallen God of Corruption, and the other is the resurrection backup of the Dark Moon Goddess, or in other words, the Dark Moon Goddess.

These two people can already be said to be true gods, although now for various reasons they are not complete, one is a demigod, and the other can only exist temporarily in the form of a puppet.

But their essence is noble beyond mortals.

If it weren't for their relationship with Deya, Irvin's first thought when he saw these people would be to dissect them all, study them carefully, and satisfy his curiosity.

As for Mavis, well, this colleague whom he was not very familiar with was actually the most ordinary one in Irving's eyes. He was not very interested in Mavis.

"Master Irwin!"

When Mavis saw Irving, she stopped smiling and called out in a respectful tone.

Except for Patricia who didn't care and Ignis who was too relaxed, Lamia and Celeste greeted each other uncomfortably.

They all knew how much Deya respected his teacher, so they didn't want to give Irwin a bad first impression.

Of course, Lamia knew that she had already left a bad first impression, because when she broke into Deya's villa, she was caught by Irvin and given to Deya to play with.

"Deya, do you want to change jobs? There is really nothing to study in the School of Necromancer. How about you come here to study the School of Prophecy?"

At this time, an old man with a white beard came over and said to Deya with a smile.

Irwin introduced Deya in a cold tone: "This is my old friend Adolf, the Lord of the Purple Tower, the mage of the Prophecy School. You don't have to pay attention to what he says."

"Hey, Irwin, you said we are old friends, why are you so cold to me?"

"I'm just a lich, how enthusiastic do you want me to be?"

"You were not like this before, Irwin. When you were a wizard's apprentice, you called me Master Adolf!"

Deya looked at the two of them and always felt that they were a pair of bad friends.

(End of this chapter)