Chapter 55 - 55. A Tower To Call Mine (1/2)

Mack put the mages clothes and was ready to go, but then he remembered something.

'I can't fucking hear them!'

”Shit! Shit! Shit!”

Raz, by the side, didn't know what was happening and was about to ask when Mack suddenly removed his mask and threw to him.

Raz quickly understood what was happening.

Mack was deaf. At least for everyone else at this gate.

'Is this going to work, Arcane?'

[In all these years in this vital industry, this is the first time this happened to me]

'Oh, man! Now you are mimicking those cartoons I saw on Earth. I created a monster!'.

[...]

Raz put the Mask and walked forward. He knew he would need to do the talking.

Mack, for instance, felt naked without the mask. He was already used to it.

Approaching the tower range they suddenly felt an extra pressure. Essence.

'Did they discover us?'

Mack was ready to run if things turned sour. He could not fight. Not today.

And as quickly as the pressure came, it also vanished. It was just an automatic response from the tower.

'That was close'

Thought Mack, before continuing to walk to the tower with the other warlocks.

Approaching the tower, Mack saw a device close to the door that seemed to be for communication.

'Now comes the hard part'

But then he hears some noises, and the door suddenly opened.

Mack looked at Raz but he too didn't understand what was happening and shook his arms.

'That easy?'

A mage came out of the door.

Looked at the group for a few seconds and screamed something that Mack could not hear.

Raz gave a nod and ordered to everyone to quickly come inside.

Mack was lost for words.

'Did they never get tricked like this before? What's wrong with these people? In Earth, if you look to the wrong side you get robed.'

[Warlocks don't have a use for mage towers. In battle, they usually leave them alone or destroy them]

'Makes sense'

Mack and the warlocks entered the small door one by one and the mage that opened it waited by outside, quickly closing it after entering too.

Mack looked inside the tower and it was so plain that he felt like a child discovering that Santa was not real.

The first floor looked like a lounge with some kind of beds and other stuff for daily use and a few mages were playing some odd kind of cards at a table while others were just resting or eating.

'I was expecting way more. Where is the magical stuff from movies?'

[This is a battlefield mage tower. It's as simple as common outposts from Earth if compared to castles]

~sigh~

'I hope it will not be a wasted trip'

Thought Mack, looking around while Raz talked with the mage.

He could not hear anything, but that mage seemed very preoccupied with something.

The mage said something to Raz and started to walk to some door by the side, and pressed a button.

'An elevator? What a modern tower they have. Now that is something unexpected.'

Mack image of a mage tower was like medieval towers from earth with long staircases and candles by the sides.

But this one looked like a common building from Earth.

Simple and functional.