The Palace of Truth is the highest core area of the Floating City, which is equivalent to the brain of the Floating City.
The entire floating city's mythical core and energy center core extend from the Palace of Truth.
Institutions at all levels of the Mage Association headquarters are also in the Palace of Truth.
On the contrary, various logistics organizations serving the entire floating city are set up on the surface of the floating city.
Zhao Xu and Antinoya went through several registration procedures, and he even had to take out the mage badge and the mithril chip before he was allowed to pass by the magic guards.
This is also the first time that Zhao Xu has been tested by magic guards at close range.
After Zhao Xu passed the inspection level, he still looked back with curiosity on his face and looked back at the spell guards with resolute faces.
"Don't be curious, you will become one of them in the future." Antinoya said.
"I?"
Zhao Xugang and Antinoya entered the alchemy elevator, and Zhao Xu was a little surprised when he heard Antinoya's words.
"Teacher, do you also have the advanced 'Spell Guard' profession?" Zhao Xu asked.
"What do you think?"
Before Zhao Xu could continue to ask, the alchemy elevator had reached the bottom floor.
Zhao Xu watched the two fine gold gates slowly open, then walked out, sighing at the luxury.
Next, the two walked onto a narrow and gloomy corridor. The entire road was covered in dim magical light, and the most common eternal flame lamps in the floating city were not installed.
When Zhao Xu became a level 3 mage, he mastered the level 2 spell of Eternal Flame.
Just use 50 GP ruby powder to sprinkle on the corresponding object, and then cast the "Eternal Flame" spell on the target.
That object can burn with an eternal flame that has no heat and will not go out even if there is no oxygen.
Therefore, the most indispensable thing in the floating city is this lighting item.
This is also the first time Zhao Xu has seen such a dim corridor in the floating city. It is so humid that green moss grows on the corners, like clusters of green light spots.
"There cannot be open fire on this road." Antinoya explained, "Otherwise, it will attract special attacks."
"Because of the Molin Stele?" Zhao Xu recalled the connection between the Molin Stele and the fire elemental plane.
"That's not true. The Molin Stone Monument has long been driven away from all abnormal powers. It's just that something has been sealed underground in this corridor."
Listening to Antinoya's words, Zhao Xu couldn't help but admire the boldness of the masters of the Mage Association.
As expected, anything that seems dangerous must be sealed under one's nose.
Just like the final scroll, it was suppressed at the bottom of the obelisk.
Even if Zhao Xu wanted to go, Antinoya could only take him through the back door because the formal entry process and ceremony were too complicated.
"Teacher, why are you here to see the stone tablet this time?" Zhao Xu finally asked.
Before, he was kicked by Antinoya to the Dark Age of the Ancient Era, and then he came back for a walk. Antinoya was extremely mysterious throughout the whole process and didn't say much to him.
Now that he was almost reaching the hiding place of the Molin Stone Tablet, Zhao Xu finally couldn't help but asked out of curiosity.
"Let the mage explain it to you now." Antinoya said simply.
In the end, the two of them walked for almost ten minutes before passing through the corridor, and Antinoya rarely used any spells during the entire process.
"Prove it." Two guards in black full-body armor were seen stopping the two of them.
Zhao Xu didn't expect to get to this point and still need to check.
Moreover, he had never seen such a person wearing full armor in the floating city before. He couldn't help but be very curious. He kept looking at the three people in front of him, but he felt that they were too cold.
Generally, mages are very taboo about armor piercing, and the failure rate of arcane spells will make people feel distressed, even if mithril is added.
At this time, Antinoya took out a piece of leather paper with a thin gold foil from his pocket and handed it over.
The mage wearing a thick hood reached out from behind the two armored guards, took the certification documents and looked through them carefully, then nodded and let them pass.
"That mage's hands are a little abnormally thin." Zhao Xu said in a low voice.
"It's enough if an undead creature like the Lich is willing to show you a skinny hand," Antinoya said.
Zhao Xu's eyes suddenly widened.
Lich!
As spellcasters among undead creatures, lichs can be said to have a great reputation in Arthur. As long as their phylactery is not destroyed, even if they are killed, they can be resurrected in a short time.
Therefore, the lich often serves as the final behind-the-scenes boss in Arthur's heroic novels.
Is it just that lichs are not mostly from the evil camp
Antinoya seemed to have guessed Zhao Xu's thoughts and explained, "Although there are great lichs from the good camp in the lich group, the one you just saw is indeed a lawful evil lich. I lost the bet, so I have to guard the floating city here for 100 years."
Zhao Xu suddenly realized that no wonder the guards in the previous levels would take the initiative to show respect to Antinoya, even if they were extremely serious. At this level, he turned cold and cold. He turned out to be an inhumane lich.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but look forward to the Molin Stone Tablet in front of him.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look ordinary.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Xu followed Antinoya into a hemispherical hall. There were at least more than a dozen people standing in every corner of the room. They raised their heads and glanced at the two people before continuing to do their own work.
The Molin Stone Stele that Zhao Xu had seen in the Dark Era still stood in the middle of the hall, but there was still no trace on it.
Didn't he carve something like Antinoya said
Three meters in front of the stone monument, there is a stone bench that looks to be made of the same material.
Could it be that he was asked to sit there
At this time, a mage in charge in the hall came forward, bowed slightly to Antinoya and said, "Miss, long time no see."
And Antinoya waved her hand gently and pointed at Zhao Xu, "He is here for testing. Please explain to him by the way."
The mage looked at Zhao Xu and smiled, showing his white teeth: "Introduce yourself, Hill, the person in charge of the awakening ceremony of the Molin Stone Tablet."
"Awakening ceremony?" Zhao Xu asked.
Mage Hill immediately understood that Antinoya had not explained much to Zhao Xu beforehand, so he smiled heartily and said: "Advanced professional awakening ceremony."
"But I don't have Level 5?" Zhao Xu had a hint of doubt.
Although he really likes to take the advanced route, no matter how he looks, he won't be any worse than a mage who can only obtain a specialty at level 5.
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhongxia, it is indeed true that only after reaching level 5, the core seeds of the floating city will be arranged here to undergo the awakening ceremony, ensuring that they can awaken and advance with a probability of more than 70%."
"But there are many cores like you who will enjoy some special treatment. For example, you may travel outside for a long time. Once you reach the upgrade limit, it is easy to be directly promoted to the original profession, and miss the promotion to Opportunities for career advancement.”
"So the floating city also allows you to obtain the content of advanced professions in advance, so that you can smoothly advance to advanced professions even if you upgrade while traveling."
After hearing this, Zhao Xu understood.
It turns out that this awakening advanced ritual is not available to everyone.
"Then how to awaken?" Zhao Xu asked.
Magic Hill lowered his head slightly and looked at Zhao Xu: "It's very simple. As long as you sit on that stone bench, we will start the ceremony, stimulate energy, and let you start communicating with this Molin stone tablet."
"Then the stele will absorb your consciousness and make you feel like you are in a certain space for testing. Based on the results of the test, the stele will arrange appropriate advancements for you."
When Zhao Xu heard it, it wasn't that complicated, so he nodded.
Suddenly, Antinoya directly used the "spiritual link" to communicate with his heart.
Although Zhao Xu didn't understand what Antinoya had to say, he didn't say it at the beginning. He only used magic to whisper it when he got here. However, he still quickly answered the other party's connection request.
"Wait a minute, if that stone tablet makes things difficult for you, just tell him what you saw when you traveled to the past." Antinoya said calmly.
Zhao Xu didn't react for a moment.
Retell it to the stone tablet
"Oh, this stone tablet has been bragging to me before that it was engraved with the principles of magic when it was first born. Later, when Ernest met him, he relied on the content on the stone tablet to become the most powerful mage."
Zhao Xu immediately reacted: "No, isn't it also blank now?"
"It said that Ernest didn't want anyone to see the stone tablet and become a mage as powerful as him, so he deliberately erased the content of the stone tablet."
When Zhao Xu heard this, he couldn't help but curl his lips. This stone tablet was so good that he really regarded himself as the final stone tablet.
"Since you saw it in the ancient Dark Age, when it made things difficult for you and refused to let you advance, you can tell it about this to mock it. Naturally, it won't dare to make things difficult for you anymore."
"This stone tablet has a 70% chance of awakening, because only those 70% can barely see it. But even if you are within 70%, you will be seriously injured by the other party's evil tricks."
"So in the floating city, many mages who rely on this stone tablet to advance have a shadow on it."
Zhao Xu suddenly realized why Antinoya had to go around in such a big circle, allowing himself to travel back in time and see with his own eyes the Molin Stone Tablet before he met Ernest.
It turned out that he was allowed to establish an unbreakable "friendship" with the stone tablet first.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xu looked at the stone monument with a smile, walked slowly over, and sat on the stone bench of the same material in front of the stone monument. It's funny to say that it's been at least 10,000 years since we last met.
"Start." Master Hill also ordered at this time.
Immediately, the seven mages sat directly at the seven core positions of the magic circle, cooperating with each other to connect the central hub of the ritual magic circle.
As triggerers, they all dedicated their respective spell slots as fuel for the magic circle.
[Adventurer Zhongxia begins to connect to the core of the "Molin Stone Tablet"]
Countless lights and shadows flickered in Zhao Xu's eyes in an instant. The entire earth began to be peeled off, and the surrounding space continued to distort and deform, becoming bit by bit weird.
Eventually darkness comes and swallows everything.
Then, just when Zhao Xu felt that the time was extremely long and almost claustrophobic, the light from the sky fell straight from the dome, shining and warming his whole body.
"Dear brother, what advanced profession do you want?" A flattering voice came from the void.
It seems that the plot is not quite right
(End of chapter)