Mage tower
When Zhao Xu heard this, he almost didn't react.
Looking at a group of thirty or forty players in front of them, they are basically all fully armed, which can be regarded as an elite team among the players.
It can be said that this time the "Watchmen" union is basically full of elites.
But even so, when it comes to the Mage Tower, these players basically just give it away.
The minimum requirement for designing a mage tower is the "Arcane Geometry" expertise that can be mastered by at least a level 9 mage. However, most mages who want to build their own mage tower will entrust the design project to professionals.
In Zhao Xu's backpack, he also placed a "Guide to the Construction of the Mage Tower" that he borrowed from the Legend Library, which listed the cost and even the required conditions for the construction of the Mage Tower.
The main reason is that making the mage tower itself is a long-term task. In addition to considering the transportation of materials to the construction site, a large number of workers with corresponding craft skills must be hired.
At the same time, the various functional rooms and special rooms in the mage tower itself are also expensive to build.
If you choose to build in a city where fabrics are easiest to obtain, even if it is a 15-meter by 15-meter plot, you will have to spend thousands of gold coins to purchase the land. After that, we have to pay for various taxes and inspections, which also cost hundreds of gold coins. This is the least cost in the entire construction process.
For example, the construction cost of a workshop even in the wild is 8,000 gold coins. The sealing room and blasting room must be built according to a budget of 1,500 gold coins per square meter. A small room of ten square meters will cost 15,000 gold coins.
If you want to be extravagant and add folding space, it will be 500 gold coins per square meter. The folding spaces like those Zhao Xu saw before were often hundreds or thousands of square meters. Just to lay out a folding space of tens of square meters is like taking off your pants and farting.
And if you add the flight package to allow the mage tower to fly in the sky, that will be an additional expenditure of 250,000 gold coins.
So basically, only spellcasters of more than ten levels would consider building a mage tower.
Only their wealth can afford it.
Therefore, it was a little strange for Zhao Xu to see a group of players who were only one or two levels up to explore this mage tower.
As if knowing Zhao Xu's confusion, "Frost Sword", as the president, smiled and explained: "The mage tower fell from the air to the bottom of the water during a certain battle. It's just that the mage's relatives were afraid of causing trouble in the environment at that time. I didn't dare to explore rashly, so I just drew a simple map and passed it down."
"Who would have thought that a hundred years later, when the descendants of that mage wanted to retrieve the objects hidden in the mage tower, they accidentally leaked the information and were killed on the way. In the end, the map also fell into our hands. "
When Zhao Xu heard this, his brows furrowed slightly.
However, what they were concerned about was not the twists and turns of the story, but the fact that this was a "Mage Tower" built in the sky.
The construction cost of this kind of mage tower is four times that of a mage tower built in the wild. It can be imagined how wealthy the owner of the mage tower is.
I just didn't expect that the other party's descendants would suffer disaster after enduring for a hundred years.
Judging from Shuangjian's intentions, he probably only wanted to search for the treasures in the tower.
It is estimated that the entire mage tower will be handed over to you at that time. After all, the players cannot move away now.
Only then did Zhao Xu understand why the other party asked for a level 5 mage.
He just happened to be able to use the third ring of "water breathing", and he could cast a spell to let everyone dive into the water and enter the tower to explore.
Moreover, if he, a member of the Mage Association, reports the existence of the mage tower, he can gain greater benefits than if they, the players, report it.
At the same time, the other party did not invite more advanced mages because they were afraid that the other party would directly choose to kick them away and monopolize all the wealth in the mage tower.
The level 5 mages are just at the point where their forty players can still compete.
At the same time, the news about the Mage Tower is enough to make mages of this level tempted, even if it is just the Mage Tower itself.
In the current situation where the player's mage is at most level 3, appointing a level 5 mage also avoids the risk of players leaking secrets.
But the other party didn't expect that the mage in front of them, armed with no less than ten pieces of magic equipment, was also a player himself.
Just when everyone thought that the level 5 mage "Starry Sky Reflection" was still in the Northern Alliance, he had already returned to Mystra.
I'm afraid the other party also thought hard before putting forward such a subtle level requirement.
Zhao Xu also smiled. After the players have been deceived by the Arthur natives in the past two months, even pigs have learned to learn.
Arthur's adventurer is actually a competitor with the player.
"What about the specific task harvest distribution?" Zhao Xu also got straight to the point.
Several players sitting next to "Frost Sword" saw this mage with extraordinary equipment asking for compensation, and several of them even looked happy, knowing that the other party had accepted it.
Every additional person who knows about this task represents an additional risk.
They didn't dare to find a more advanced mage, and they were also afraid that the other lion would open his mouth.
"Afterwards, the whereabouts of the Mage Tower itself and the ownership rights of the tower belong to you, Mage Gust. The harvest in the Mage Tower belongs to us, but Mage Gust, you can be the first to pick one of them." At this time, the woman next to Shuangjian stood up and said with a cold expression, while looking at Zhao Xu warily.
She is none other than "Jiu Xue", Shuang Jian's sister.
Hearing this reward, Zhao Xu nodded, completely accepting it.
After all, the other party has already paid a large sum of remuneration to the "Association" in advance.
As long as he accepts the task, he can get that reward regardless of whether he succeeds or not. This is also the reason why major organizations are so entangled in seeking help from the Mage Association.
"I accept it, but there are a few issues that I need to talk about first." Zhao Xu said.
At this time, he looked at the thirty or forty subordinates sitting in another corner of the station behind Shuang Jian, frowned slightly and said: "My three-ring mage's water breathing' can last for 2 hours per level, a total of 10 hours. Its duration is divided equally among all those it comes into contact with.”
Zhao Xu's words were very clear. He only had 10 hours to cast a spell. If it were divided evenly among 40 people, it would only take 15 minutes for each person. He didn't even dive into the water very much before he had to emerge.
Arthur does not have an oxygen tank for diving, so if a creature wants to dive deep underwater, it must either rely on the three-ring spell "water breathing" that can breathe freely in the water, or it must transform into an underwater creature.
Another thing is to prepare an "Ioun Stone" that can be used without breathing.
Zhao Xu has "Ritual" and an Aoun Stone. The caster level is level 7 and can last for 14 hours. He would not tell the other party so easily.
Who would have thought that Shuangjian smiled at this time and said, "You don't have to worry about Mage Guangfeng. The descendants of the previous mage have prepared two scrolls of 'water breathing' over the years in order to explore the Mage Tower. And we also started from I bought two of them at the market, so the total of the four scrolls is a full 40 hours."
"At the same time, some of the teammates behind me were on guard at the shore and escorted us to carry out the supplies. The ones who actually went into the water were the level 2 teammates around me." Shuangjian said.
Zhao Xu nodded. Even if 40 hours were allocated to 10 people, each person would still have 4 hours, which was enough for basic exploration.
The water breathing spell itself is a core spell, so its scrolls are barely available on the market, especially in a magic city like Mystra.
If placed in another city, Frost Sword might not be able to buy a third-level spell scroll priced at 375 gold coins within two or three days.
"So I have to ask Mage Guangfeng to cast these spell scrolls." Frost Sword asked.
After hearing the other party's plea, Zhao Xu also accepted it.
He is now a third-level mage, so he can cast all arcane scrolls of third-level and below as if he were casting spells himself.
If a class like the rogue wanted to rely on the "Use Magic Device" skill to simulate the use of a spell scroll.
In addition to simulating 13 points of intelligence to meet the prerequisites for casting spells, they also have to simulate being a level 5 mage. The simulation difficulty itself is a full 25th level. Basically, few rogues can do it now.
Once it fails, 375 gold coins will be wasted, and serious consequences may occur, such as recoil damage, random targets taking effect, and even some strange effects, such as bubbles coming directly from the mouth.
Therefore, it is safest for Zhao Xu to use it.
However, Zhao Xu still asked, ruining the scenery, "Are you ready to die all at once?"
I originally thought that Zhao Xu was just going to raise the price again, but the managers of the "Watchman" union did not expect that it would be such a problem.
"Not to mention one Resurrection Stone, even if all of us here have two hundred Resurrection Stones combined, it is all worth it." Shuang Jian said seriously at this time, his eyes looking at Zhao Xu seemed to be shining with light.
Zhao Xu nodded, just be determined.
He is afraid that he will give up as soon as possible. It will be wrong for him to fish at that time, and it will be wrong for him not to fish for it.
Even if he is a level 5 mage, if he wants to test the trap of the mage tower to resist outsiders, he must use the "Resurrection Stone" to try it, otherwise it will not be so easy.
The other party specially brought thirty or forty people, probably for this purpose.
"Let's go now?" Zhao Xu asked.
"As long as it's convenient for you, Mr. Guangfeng, we can do it now." Shuang Jian said cheerfully.
"Then let's go." Zhao Xu didn't have any entanglements. It would be easy to change if it was delayed for a long time.
The fact that the descendant of the mage would be robbed and killed means that outsiders already know about it.
At this time, Shuangjian came over diligently, "Master Guangfeng, the journey ahead is long, so we rented a carriage from the inn. Although it is a bit crude for hauling goods, I can only aggrieve you, Mr. Mage."
At this time, Zhao Xu also noticed that outside the door, a cook at the post station was pulling a carriage.
He smiled softly and said, "No, leave it to the ladies in your team."
"No, Mr. Guangfeng, this journey is not short. You'd better save your energy." At this time, the mage Chen Nuo standing in the corner said. He is also a rare level 2 mage among the current players in the floating city.
"Well, no, the mage uses magic to travel." Zhao Xu declined gently.
As he spoke, he directly chanted the spell and spent a full 6 seconds using the "Strange Seeing" specialty to cast the three-ring spell "Phantom Pony".
A half-real, half-false "creature" with the shape of a horse appeared in front of everyone.
Its four hooves are all disembodied smoke, and its black horse head is very energetic, and its gray mane is also very soft. It also has accessories such as a saddle, a bit, and a rein.
"Three-ring phantom pony!" Chen Nuo, the mage who had just asked Zhao Xu to save his energy, exclaimed.
The members of the union who originally thought it was just an ordinary first-level "summoning mount" spell were curiously looking at the mount summoned by Zhao Xu at first. Then they couldn't help but be surprised when they heard Chen Nuo, who had the final authority to interpret the spell of the union. stand up.
So luxurious
Doesn’t a level 5 mage only have one or two third-level spell slots
It's just that Chen Nuo doesn't care about this anymore.
Because he recalled the details of this spell, his lips trembled and he said: "Impossible, the casting time of this spell is 10 minutes?"
"Agreement 1: Don't ask about the ability of the hired mage." Zhao Xu replied with a smile and got on the horse.
(End of chapter)