1369 Evolution of the Magic Tower Part 2 (1/2)

Saleen managed to pass through the magic net undetected when a voice penetrating the clouds reached his ears.

”Saleen, you're here.”

It was Jason's voice.

Saleen looked down and saw that magic tower on the mountain. Then something unexpected happened: Those ten floors transformed into twelve.

The reason Saleen was able to notice this was that there had been no changes to the top of the magic tower. That is to say, the tower was raised from below.

Saleen then turned his eyes down along the length of the tower and saw the two floors at the bottommost part, which were grown out from the mountain.

They had an organic form and looked very natural, like plants.

Since Saleen's thought processes were about 1000 times stronger now, he instantly realized that the entire mountain was actually one whole piece of equipment with the magic tower hidden inside.

”I'm here, teacher,” Saleen replied and sped up, lowering the clouds and putting away the Lightning Constellation as he approached the tall mountain.

There were steps surrounding the mountain, which were no longer things that could have stopped Saleen. The magic array at the doorstep of Raphael's tower was gone. The magic tower's main door was wide open as low-level mages sauntered in and out without a trace of tension on their faces.

Saleen dropped from the sky and took Rafel to the front of the tower. No one was guarding it, and the low-level mage walking out did not recognize Saleen but seemed startled nonetheless.

”Saleen, get up here!” Jason's voice was heard at an opportune moment; otherwise, that low-level mage would have immediately sounded the alarm.

That mage had only recalled, after hearing Jason's voice, that the young mage who wore a peculiar robe was none other than the King of Metatrin City, master of the interdimensional space.

Saleen saw that low-level mage take out two scrolls, one for the attack and one to sound the magic alarm, when the mage spotted him. He was very satisfied with the mage's reaction.

While things looked loose and nonchalant, in truth, every mage there knew that the enemy could show up anytime.

Saleen took out a magic notebook and tossed it to that mage before walking into the tower. The mage took the notebook and saw that it was filled with information on water magic—the field they were most versed in.

Overjoyed, he ran back to the tower, locked himself in the room and began reading.

Saleen didn't know his action would have nurtured a powerful mage in the future. He simply noticed that the mage's magic chords looked peculiar. While they were not unique like his, they were unbalanced.

The development of water magic chords seemed to be a little too much, and he found that his experiences would have helped that mage take fewer detours in his studies.

Saleen marched up to the 12th floor where he found Sika playing with his children. Jason was at the center of the tower, researching a magic array.

The 12th floor, which measured 300 square meters, confirmed Saleen's speculation that Raphael had already set up an ample number of tricks when he built the tower all those years ago.

”So you've advanced then, Saleen.” Jason looked pleased.

Saleen stared at his teacher and said with a deadpan face, ”You've advanced too, teacher.”

As anticipated, Jason advanced to level-12 before Saleen did. To Saleen, his teacher was like a mountain peak that he would never be able to reach.

Regardless of how envy-inducing Saleen's adventures were, his speed at advancement still paled to that of his teacher, who simply trained as he was supposed to.

”Well, come over here and take a look at this magic array,” Jason waved to him, just like old times in Ceylon City.

Saleen glimpsed at Sika, who waved at him, smiling exasperatedly. She came to the interdimensional space to acquire some of the place's power from the ground, never expecting to get trapped there.

She couldn't even send one word back to Myers Mainland. She was very apologetic about that. Saleen must have put his life on the line to come to the interdimensional space.

Saleen walked to the edge of the magic array, took a chair and sat down, observing the magic array before him patiently.

That magic array was a three-dimensional one. Saleen saw the tight arrangements of the elemental points. Many were broken, causing energy to leak outside.

Raphael wouldn't have been so bad drawing a magic array, no?

Elemental points were unavoidable flaws in magic arrays. Countless mages attempted to draw magic arrays without them and all had failed without exception.