Chapter 679 - The Unconventional Transmutation Magic Tower (1/2)

Chapter 679 The Unconventional Transmutation Magic Tower

The Transmutation Magic Tower was hidden to the south of the Elf Forest in the unpopulated area beyond the border of Fareins.

Roland had learned that piece of intelligence from Alfred.

This Magic Tower wasn’t good at fighting, but they knew a lot of weird spells.

Those spells were quite unpredictable, but not very powerful in head-on clashes.

So, this Magic Tower preferred to hide and conceal its presence from outsiders.

However, there were communications among the eight Magic Towers, or the seven Magic Towers left, anyway.

It took Roland three days to find it. Then, he successfully got admitted by the special Magic Tower with a recommendation letter from the Red Magic Tower.

Unlike the Red Magic Tower where students were divided into classes, the Transmutation Magic Tower featured a communication system.

It had a super big open-air classroom, where a dozen teachers sat in different places.

The students could just sit down next to whichever teacher they wanted to listen to during the class.

They were allowed to move freely as long as they didn’t make noise. Such a communication system had an advantage. Many teachers and students often gave impromptu speeches on the knowledge and theories they recently developed, and the listeners who disagreed with them would debate with them.

These debates could have hundreds of participants.

One couldn’t acquire truth without communication… The Transmutation Magic Tower’s pedagogical methods might not be very scientific, but the collisions of different thoughts often raised sparks of inspiration.

So, the spells of this Magic Tower were all rather untraditional.

However, Roland liked its taste very much.

He fell in love with this place after merely three classes. He completely forgot about the expedition in the Realm of Devils and making money. He listened to the teachers and students’ heuristic speeches every day and crazily took notes with the system. The speeches of many students didn’t make sense from either a scientific or magic point of view, but they were still very interesting. Roland noted them down and hoped to see if he could make use of their insights in the future by inferring with big data.

On one particular day, he was seated next to a mentor named Kujira, who expounded on the theory of the Rope Trick spell.

“The Rope Trick spell creates an alternate dimension for us to hide in. Many of you may wonder why it’s a transmutation spell instead of a spatial one.” Kujira stroked his long beard and explained nicely, “The spatial magic allows you to move in a space that’s known and exists in reality, or to kill your enemy with the features of space, whereas the Rope Trick essentially creates a fake space. Remember, this space is fake. But thanks to the wonder of magic, it temporarily exists in a real space, like a small country within a bigger one.”

Some students were greatly enlightened, and some were still confused.

Their expressions indicated the gap of the ability of comprehension among them.

Naturally, Roland was one of the people who were greatly enlightened.

“Fake spaces can exist briefly.” Kujira was always delighted to talk about magic theories. “So, compared to Mystra’s Mansion, this spell has a time limit and cannot create a permanent space where you can keep your personal items. However, the Rope Trick has its own advantages. First of all, it doesn’t require a high level. You can learn to cast it when you’re almost a Master. Secondly, it’s very fast. You only need no more than two seconds to create a rope. Of course, its shortcomings are quite obvious too. You cannot enter the illusionary space until you climb to the end of the rope. If your arms aren’t strong enough to pull you up, you might not be able to enter that space. Also, the rope will still exist after you enter the space, and may expose your location to a canny enemy.”

Roland listened to the lecture with great interest.

Transmutation magic was essentially different from evocation magic.

Evoking was just a random bombardment of energy.

Transmutation magic, on the other, enabled people to do incomprehensible and interesting things.

After seven days, he had learned some transmutation spells, including Essence to Magic Power, Short-Time Shapeshift, Substance Transformation, and the Rope Trick he just heard about.

None of the spells were good for fighting, but they were very intriguing. They gave Roland the feeling that they should be what magic was like.

For example, at first, Roland thought that “Essence to Magic Power” was a spell to transform redundant energy in one’s body into magic power.

As it turned out, it was a spell to turn semen into magic power.

The male Mages could use it on themselves, and the female Mages could use it on men.

It was a highly-rated spell in the Transmutation Magic Tower.

Almost all the capable male Mages loved the spell because it could keep them focused on magic studies without thinking about random stuff and increase their magic power. It was truly a great aid to Mages.

The female Mages, on the other hand, loved the spell because it gave them an absolute edge in competition against mistresses.

They would never worry that their husbands might cheat on them. With this powerful spell, they could easily have their men return to them in peace without making a scene.

It was the guardian of their marriages.

Transmutation magic was based on different principles from evocation magic.

So, Roland had met many perplexing points during his study, but they didn’t prevent him from absorbing the nutrition of transmutation magic like a dry sponge. Kujira continued, “Magic is a culture and a symbol of civilization. Whoever masters magic will be extremely civilized. Magic is meant to serve the world and the people. Those who only learn offensive spells are essentially barbarians who can read. Speaking of serving the people, one fellow Mage created the water-making and oil-making spells a year ago. You all know that, right?” “Yes!”

Many people nodded.

The two spells had already spread out in the magic world.

The water-making spell stopped the Mages from worrying about water sources, or that someone might poison the water they drank.

The oil-making spell, on the other hand, gave the Mages who were relatively poor a source of income and made it possible for them to continue their studies.

“The Mage who created such spells really understands the purpose of magic.” Kujira looked at Roland and asked with a smile, “Mr. Roland, can you tell us why and how you created the two spells?” A lot of people looked at Roland, and the whole classroom seethed.

“Sir, are you Roland?”

“Mr. Roland, thank you so much. The water-making spell is very convenient. I couldn’t have found a treasure in the desert without it.”

“Thank you for your oil-making spell, Mr. Roland. I’ve saved enough money for my tuition fees for the next ten years.”

Other students surrounded Roland and expressed their gratitude at the same time.

Unlike the other Magic Towers which merely regarded the two spells as tools, the Transmutation Magic Tower really appreciated Roland’s creations.

After all, the doctrine of the Transmutation Magic Tower was to make everybody’s life easier.