143 Gamble Part 2 (1/2)

Lex approached the fourth floor of the magic tower. She turned her head and said to Saleen, ”Saleen, want to do it again?”

”Again?” Saleen looked at the fourth floor’s door, stunned. It took him a while to understand what Lex was saying. ”How?”

”The fourth and fifth floor are one section together, and the sixth floor is another section. You choose.” Lex laughed, in a good mood. In any case, she was satisfied with what she had gotten on the second floor, and even if she lost this time, she would not care. She wanted to see what Saleen would choose.

”Then I shall pick the sixth floor.”

”Don’t regret it.” Lex winked, showing off her youthful side.

Saleen gave a snort. What was there to regret? He had already absorbed the energy of the magic array that had been protecting this ten story magic tower and learned the essence of water-type magic. He had even promoted to a grand mage. All these things were enough to satisfy him.

Lex extended her hand and opened the door to the fourth floor. She released an Illumination spell. Inside was a tunnel in the shape of a cross. She walked into the tunnel and realized that it had been the room of a disciple.

The daily necessities of a mage were taken care of by their disciples. For example, Lex was a Grade 5 mage, and even if she had not been a viscountess, she would have been able to find magic disciples or even low-grade mages to follow under her. Even Saleen currently had that privilege.

For some reason, looking into this room, Saleen felt sorry for Lex. There would not be anything valuable on the entire fourth floor, and if the disciple living here had still been alive, they would have been the ones with the greatest amounts of wealth. To have been accepted as a student of a Grade 10 mage, their talents must have been one in a million.

Lex gave a light laugh and said, ”Let’s go to the fifth story.”

It was possible that there were valuable things in the disciple’s room, but they were too sparse and Lex did not even bother looking for them. Saleen nodded. Lex’s attitude was much more stable than his. Back on the third floor, he had not been this calm.

Walking up to the fifth floor, Saleen began to feel nervous and had to readjust his breathing using the guidelines of meditation.

Lex opened the door without hesitation and even Saleen had to respect her luck. At least in these two stories, Lex had not met with any danger. On the other hand, he had nearly been killed by a magic beast from thousands of years ago.

The fifth floor was also separated into rooms. In this moment, Saleen realized that on the fifth floor, despite having expected it to be smaller, there was the same amount of space as the other floors. He had heard that Grade 9 mages were able to create such spaces, but he was a little shocked seeing them for the first time.

There were four rooms on the fifth floor and all the people who had lived here must have been grand mages at minimum. This time, Lex did not even bother walking in. She cocked her head and said to Saleen, ”Looks like fate is fair. Let’s go to the sixth floor.”

Fate is fair? Saleen thought back to his childhood.

Saleen had played the right cards with this gamble. As Lex opened the door to the sixth floor, the interior glowed with a soft light. This light was a magic lamp.

At the center of the hall was an enormous magic array. There was nothing inside, but on four of the walls to the side were bookshelves. This must have been the place where the owner of the magic tower had imparted their knowledge to their students.

The bookshelves were filled with books, and as Saleen walked over, he picked up a book and started flipping through it. It turned out to be a book on magic languages.

When mages learned a new spell, they had to go through a phase where they recited the spell. The pronunciation and focus of the mage determined the accuracy of the adjustment of their magic chords. This technique was incredibly important, as it determined the speed with which a mage could familiarize themselves with a new spell.

If the notes on the second floor contained targeted knowledge, then those on the sixth floor contained the guiding principles and foundations of magic. The more knowledge a mage possessed, the greater his or her achievements would be.

”Nailisi,” Saleen called out softly. Nailisi understood what Saleen wanted as she started putting away the books. These books may not have been as numerous as the ones which Jason possessed, but they were not lacking in quality. The wealth left behind by a Grade 10 mage was even able to entice Lex.

Nailisi moved quickly while Lex and Saleen waited. Sika had no interest whatsoever in these magic books and she had already gotten what she wanted the most. A skeleton necklace would allow her to become a warrior priest, and the remains of that magic beast had provided her with a magic beast soul. She took out a piece of jerky from her bag and stuffed it into her mouth, chewing roughly.

”Sigh…” Lex let out a sigh. Her teacher already had enough books in his collection, however, looking at the books on the sixth floor, she could not help but feel her heart flutter.

”Lex, again.” Saleen was in a good mood, and with these books, he would go back and search for his teacher so he could share all of them with him. Now that he felt completely balanced again, even if there was not anything on the other floors, it would not matter to him any longer.

”How shall we split it?” Lex immediately regained her clarity. Both her and Saleen had noticed that with their ascension up the magic tower, in addition to gaining unexpected wealth, they had also managed to train their wills. Lex was glad that she had managed to control herself today and she would not be tempted in the future. They were merely magic books, and even without them, she would be able to reach the peak of magic.

”Same rules. The seventh and eighth floors will be one section and the ninth floor will be another. This time, you choose.”

”I will take the seventh and eighth floor.”