Chapter 640 - The City Of Miracles (2/2)

It could be said that although the war in the Dark Age had brought about long-awaited freedom to humans and other races, it’d also caused many skills to suffer setbacks. It had been long since a Guru appeared amongst humans. Even the Pharmacists Guild which had an extraordinary position in Anril only relied on a few Masters to survive. The Master of Inscription, Master Moke who had been sent by the Supreme Council to draw the mageweath for the Tower of Dusk in the past, held a high status in the Supreme Council even though he was just a Master.

However, there was an absolute gap between the Masters of the Dark Age and the current ones. Could one really be considered a Master just because he could formulate a Master-level potion and draw a Master-level mageweath? In addition to that, there were also plenty of skills that had even completely disappeared. The apprentices learning those skills were hard to find, what more the masters.

Although they had been walking slowly along the empty streets, Lin Li and others were still far from their destination—the skysc.r.a.per that was located in the center of the Sky Castle. Although the two Undead servants were puzzled, they followed closely, fulfilling their duties as servants.

Someone who hadn’t done a lot of research on mageweaths would definitely laugh out loud and mock the High Elves for having a terrible design of the Sky Castle, for it seemed absurd for one to make a huge detour to get to a place that was obviously not that far. Was it necessary to make the city seem like a labyrinth? Could it really stop the intruders? However, Lin Li clearly knew that the design of the Sky Castle was one of the important reasons why it was considered a sky city that never fell.

Back when Lin Li had got the blueprint of the Sky Castle, he vaguely made a terrible guess after a.n.a.lyzing the design of the streets. However, now that he was in the place itself, he deduced that his guess was right, for the evidence further confirmed his guess that these zigzagging streets and the towers scattered around him const.i.tuted a huge Conquering Mageweath. Even though this mageweath might not have been activated for more than 1,300 years, the solid and powerful aura still filled the streets and alleys, making it seem intimidating.

In Anril, there was probably no one who knew the horror of the Conquering Mageweath better than Lin Li. Even amongst Master-level mageweaths, the Conquering Mageweath stood out the most. In Anril today, the Conquering Mageweath might not be necessarily recognized by anyone, though.

Even though Lin Li had also mastered the art of drawing mageweaths, he had never dared to think of drawing such a huge Conquering Mageweath in a city. The required materials alone included the blood of hundreds of wyrms.

Indeed, only a lunatic could design such a marvelous city, but he would definitely be a genius with a lot of imagination. When a Conquering Mageweath was enlarged by many times, it meant that all residents in the entire city could be integrated at any time and possess G.o.dly powers. If all the Sky Castles in the world were designed in such an impressive manner, it would be impossible to imagine how Geresco and the rest managed to destroy those Sky Castles back then.

Lin Li had once been amazed by the Eternal Furnace designed by Osric and shocked by the Throne of Darkness created by the Dragon of Destruction. After Connoris proposed to fuse the Throne of Darkness and the Eternal Furnace, he once thought that his mighty power might not be inferior to the Sky Castle, though it might not exactly be equal. However, now that he was truly standing in a Sky Castle, he realized how childish and ridiculous his previous mindset was.

Although the High Elves had already disappeared from the Sky Castle now, Lin Li could totally imagine how majestic of a view it would be when someone invaded the Sky Castle and they activated the Conquering Mageweath, allowing the ordinary High Elves to suddenly possess power greater than the deities.

However, while Lin Li was marveling over the power of the Sky Castle, he also gained a new understanding of Geresco’s abilities. The t.i.tle of the G.o.d of Mages was not just given to Geresco out of the mages’ respect for his contribution to development of magic. Although he was not alone, he definitely was G.o.dly.

Be it the Conquering Mageweath which had infinite power or the deadly designs on both sides of the buildings, Lin Li had seen more than just those. He had every reason to believe that there must have been more deadly traps where he couldn’t see them. Therefore, he still walked down the street even though he could already fly past those buildings as a Legendary-mage.

Despite having taken a lot of detours, Lin Li finally arrived at the center of the Sky Castle. In the middle of the s.p.a.cious square lay the control hub of the entire Sky Castle. Compared to the tower in the middle of the Sky Castle, the Tower of Dusk was just like a toy. Even the materials used to build the Tower of Dusk that Lin Li was rather proud of seemed to be incomparable despite being gold and adobe.