Imperial Crown

(Added update for the respected [Succubus Queen Jezebeth])

In the blink of an eye, two days passed. All the monsters purchased by Vesdon were settled. Denise also packed a supply of supplies and prepared to leave Eagle Castle with Vesdon and head to Munn City to take up his post.

Denise's return to Men'en City this time can be regarded as a "return to her hometown in glory", so the preparations were quite grand. Outside the Eagle Castle, there were more than thirty carriages alone, forming a long queue.

To ensure safety, Raven sent Link to lead a ten-man squad of soldiers and a hundred-man-sized recruits to form a convoy.

At the gate of the castle, Raven looked at Denise and said, "The water in Munn City is deep. If the Slater family is involved or there is any trouble, you must inform me as soon as possible."

Although she was somewhat dissatisfied with Raven's toughness before, Denise still smiled at this moment: "Don't worry, I am also a native of Munn City, not to mention the two gangs you have gathered."

Hearing this, Raven smiled noncommittally. He did not deny Denise's business ability and grasp of people's hearts. If nothing else happened, then Denise would indeed not need his help.

But the problem is that the least surprising thing in the world is accidents.

For example, if you are addicted to smoking, you go downstairs to buy a pack of cigarettes from a shop you often go to. As a result, it is out of season and the shop that is usually open 24 hours a day is closed at this time. You can only walk for half an hour to a farther place. shop.

"Weisdon, you are already fifteen years old." Raven patted Vesdon on the shoulder and said seriously: "This time when I go back with my mother, I must protect her. Remember, when I am not around, you He is the only man in the family.”

Weisidong nodded seriously: "Brother, don't worry, I won't let you down!"

"It's almost time." Denise said: "Raven, you go back."

With that said, Denise stepped onto the carriage, and Vesdon followed.

The carriage drove away slowly, and the convoy brought up a cloud of smoke and dust, rushing into the morning sun, just like the bright future led by the eagle.

At the same time, the Dominion of the Mages Association.

This territory of the Mages Association is located outside the southwest border of the Cairns Empire, on the edge of the ancient jungle. It is a holy land in the hearts of all mages on the entire continent, and it also represents the most advanced magical civilization in the entire plane.

From magic crystal cannons to magic potions, almost everything related to magic that can be seen was invented and spread here.

In the territory, there are tall towers of different colors, with the lowest level being six floors.

These towers are privately owned by magicians. The height of the towers symbolizes the identity and strength of the owner. Six floors represent the third level, eight floors represent the fourth level, ten floors represent the fifth level, and so on.

The tallest one has nineteen floors, which is also the headquarters of the Mages Guild. It is nearly a hundred meters high. In addition to the main dark blue tower, there are more than ten towers of different heights attached, which together form a mountain-like towering building. group.

Just outside the southwest side of the building, in a room at the top of a six-story tower, a magician wearing a blue mage robe was holding a letter and whispering to himself: "Nord Province...Eagle Territory? Meng'en City I’ve heard about it, where is this Eagle Territory?”

The entire room was arranged like a library. The grids on the walls were filled with books of various colors, and dark red magic light was faintly flowing on the walls.

Upon hearing this question, with a pop, the bronze statue of a little devil on the wall that originally looked like a sculpture came to life.

It was only one foot tall, with a purple-red body, two bat-like wings behind its bare head, and a tail with an arrow hanging from behind its butt.

With its wings flickering, it flew to the wall full of books, reached out and grabbed a book, and flew to the table.

The magician opened the book and looked at the genealogy of the names on it: "...Oh, the Griffith family, I remembered..."

"Another delusional idiot!"

This magician is fifty-one years old and his name is Bartley. With his gray beard, green mage robe, and thin body, he fits the image of a great magician in public perception.

However, compared to his image, he is not that strong in terms of strength. Now he is only at the third level, and he holds the most boring, public-oriented, and least promising position of "auditor" in the entire Mage Guild.

Although he can exclusively enjoy a six-story mage tower, his job is to receive applications from all over the world, verify their strength and level, and collect a certification fee.

The surname Griffith immediately brought back an unpleasant memory for Barrett.

As early as five years ago, Bartley received a letter from the Griffith family. It turned out that the guy named Donald had no magic talent at all and was already a knight!

Donald applied for certification purely because he wanted to get in touch with the Mage Association and purchase some magic raw materials and minerals.

He even offered three hundred gold coins as a bribe!

How unreasonable!

Do you want to bribe me with this little money?

You have to add a zero at the end anyway, right?

Thinking of this, Barrett crumpled the letter in his hand into a ball and kept it on the ground. The lid of the trash can next to him opened, and a suction force was generated. He immediately swallowed the paper ball and burped loudly.

"Hmph, it's destined to be a wasted trip anyway, or it won't make it through..." Barrett touched his beard: "Daraben, go and bring me a copy of letterhead No. 2."

The little devil heard this and fluttered his wings again, pulling out a gold-plated letter from a pile of documents on the wall.

Barrett stamped it, wrote the address, and smiled: "Finally, I got rid of a troublesome thing."

If I don't reply, God knows whether the kid from the Griffith family will send another letter.

Just give him this No. 2 letter. As long as he draws the magic circle according to the arrangement above, he can still certify his level and contact the magic guild.

But the problem is that this magic circle can only be completed by a senior second-level magician who has received systematic education.

With this, at least it can be guaranteed that within ten years, no, fifteen years, the guy named Raven will not harass him again.

After all, Raven himself said in the letter that he just became a magician last year. Without fifteen years, how could he be promoted to the second level?

"It took me thirteen years to get this letter, even though I'm a genius!"

After saying that, he smiled triumphantly and stuffed the letter into the hands of the little devil named Daraben:

"Go, deliver it, and pay on delivery!"

The Mage Guild is very efficient. Even though they are thousands of miles apart, the letter appeared on Raven's desk in just five days.

Although he paid twenty gold coins for shipping, Raven didn't feel sorry for it. Instead, it was worth the money, because from the perspective of the Eye of Truth, the letter was stained with sufficient magic power, and the material itself was not ordinary parchment.

What was inside, and how to authenticate my mage level? Was it a badge, or would an image of a white-bearded old man pop out of it after opening it?

Unable to suppress his curiosity, Raven opened the letter and felt a little disappointed, because it contained just an ordinary piece of parchment.

But when he opened it and took a look, he smiled again: "So that's how it is... drawing a magic circle, and contacting the Mage Guild through this magic circle, can not only establish contact, but also test the strength of the mage, great!"

Recording all the parameters above, Raven thought about the right place in his mind.

The dungeon was originally a good place, but Mark was still locked in it, and now it can't be used; if it is placed in his bedroom, it always feels a little unsafe...

Got it!

Raven's eyes lit up, grabbed the letter and quickly left the study, and came to the secret room on the third floor.

Since practicing magic once, this place has basically not been opened again, and the scale is very suitable, and it is very hidden, it is simply the most ideal place!

Closing the door and activating the magic lamp, Raven carefully read the contents of the letter from beginning to end, and when he was sure that there was nothing missing, he was relieved.

This was the first time Raven drew a magic circle, so he was particularly cautious.

He opened the Eye of Truth, his eyes turned silver-white, and he began to draw this magic circle on the ground with his mental power to pull the magic power.

Once the pure magic power leaks into the material world, it will soon dissipate. The difficulty of this magic circle, in addition to its accuracy, is that it must be operated before the magic power dissipates to complete a closed loop, so that it can be stable.

This hit the back of Raven's hand. With the Eye of Truth as an aid, he is not inferior to anyone in terms of subtle control of mental power!

The blue magic light lit up on the ground, and a little bit of mysterious runes appeared on the dark ground. If there was a third person here, he would find that every rune on the ground was exactly the same as the one on the letter, just like it was printed after being enlarged!

The runes emerged little by little, and the points, lines and surfaces were intertwined and outlined to stabilize the overall shape. The speed did not seem to be drawing, but rather it was like charging the magic circle that had been drawn!

Finally, the two inner and outer rings of the magic circle closed, accompanied by a vibration sound of magic resonance, and the bright light lit up!

The magic circle was completed at this moment!

Raven slowly opened his eyes, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and showed an excited smile at the corner of his mouth: "Finally done!"

Looking at the magic circle in front of him, a sense of accomplishment arose in Raven's heart. He touched his belt, took out two magic crystals, put them in the magic circle, stabilized the operation of the magic circle, and then, with expectation, he outlined two magic runes according to the method in the letter and entered them into the magic circle.

Like a volcanic eruption, a brilliant light burst out from the magic circle, and a screen woven by blue light appeared in front of Raven.

At the same time, an ethereal female voice sounded: "Dear Mr. Magician, welcome to the 'Deep Blue Trading Platform'."

"This platform aims to strengthen the communication between magicians. You can query, buy and sell on this platform, including but not limited to magic, books, magic plants, magic beasts, enchanted props, and any items of enchanted equipment."

"I wish you a pleasant use."

Raven was stunned for a moment.

Deep Blue Trading Platform?

This, isn't this Taobao from another world!

And the operation method is similar to Taobao. Not only are there many tags listed on it, but you can also set price ranges and keyword filters.

Raven was curious for a moment, input magic power into it, selected all categories, and arranged prices from high to low.

He wanted to see what the most expensive things would look like!

At the first moment, Raven was attracted by the thing hanging on the top: "Oh my god, there are such good things!?"

"Semi-artifact ring 'Lost Paradise'. Possessing features: [Plane Shuttle] [Mimetic Crystal Wall] [Internal Time Flow Adjustment] [Ninth-level Permanent Magic Well]..."

There are seven or eight entries after that, but Raven is no longer in the mood to read any more. These four characteristics are more perverted than the last, especially the ninth-level permanent magic well.

To put it simply, the magic well is an externalized magic vortex that can continuously extract elements and turn them into magic power. The ninth-level permanent magic well means that the magician who wears this ring will almost never have to worry about the depletion of magic power!

Raven swallowed and looked at the price marked on the back. At a glance, there were at least eight zeros!

Priced in one billion gold coins!

wrong.

Raven rubbed his eyes again and finally determined that it was not eight zeros, but eleven!

The total price is 600 billion gold coins! ?

Are there so many gold coins in total on the mainland?

And what’s the use of so many gold coins? Throwing it around for fun?

Raven murmured: "I'm afraid this is not for sale, but for showing off."

Looking down, the prices below were much more normal, but that was relative, not every item could be coveted by Raven now.

"Let's find some content that we can afford!" Raven calmed down and was about to change the filter conditions. Suddenly the screen flickered and a magician with a gray beard appeared in front of him.

Raven asked: "Are you...?"

"Barrett." Whitebeard looked at Raven in disbelief: "You are so young, whose child are you? Who is your teacher?"

"Raven, Raven Otta Griffith, the one who just sent the letter before." Raven said: "I don't have a teacher, I'm all self-taught."

"What did you say?" Barrett was stunned for a moment: "You said... your name is Raven? Are you Donald's heir?"

He received a reminder from Shenlan and learned that a brand new user had appeared on the platform, so he came to take a look.

"Yes." Raven nodded without knowing why.

Barrett swallowed and looked a little gloomy: "Did you complete this magic circle by yourself!?"

"Yes." Raven scratched his head in embarrassment: "My horizons were still too small before. I thought I had some talent in magic, but I didn't expect the assessment questions to be so difficult."

"If I hadn't reached the second level, even if I could complete the drawing, I would probably have exhausted all my mental power and magic power."

Barrett's pupil earthquake!

Second level? !

Didn't you just become a magician last year? It’s only been a year and you’ve reached the second level?

From what Raven said, it seemed that even if he did not reach the second level, he could complete this magic circle independently.

This...how is this possible! ?

"Ahem! Very good. You have an honest attitude. This is the basis for success." Barrett coughed and asked insinuatingly: "What grade is the engraving pen you used? Which company produced it? Heinrich or Mendes?"

Raven blinked and asked a question that shattered Barrett's outlook: "What is the formation pen?"

Barrett's face froze, unable to maintain his expression: "...You mean, you drew the 'Dark Blue' terminal magic array with your own magic power without using an array pen?"

Raven said anxiously: "Ah... now I don't use my own magic power to maintain it. I use two magic crystals."

Looking at Barrett's expression, Raven asked cautiously: "...Did...did I fail the assessment?"

It's not that it has to be certified by the Mages Guild, but this Deep Blue Trading Platform is really magical. If nothing else, without it, Raven would have cut off most of his ways to learn magic, and he could only rely on the Church of Light.

Barrett didn't speak for a long time.

He's a bit defensive.

Breaking the defense!

If he had to choose someone between him and Raven who shouldn't exist in the Magicians' Guild, it would definitely not be Raven.

What kind of monster is this! ?

Looking at others, and then looking at himself, Barrett is very grateful that his mother did not throw him away when he was born.

He was only promoted to the second level when he was thirty-one years old!

As for Raven, it only took one year to advance from the first level to the second level, and he even drew a second level magic circle using only his own magic power.

Let alone the second level, even if Barrett comes now, he can't guarantee success in the first time!

At this moment, Barrett even suspected that Raven was the illegitimate son of a certain magician, or even a legendary magician.

"Uh, Mr. Barrett?"

Raven's words awakened Barrett, and he cleared his throat: "Well, you did a good job. Then input a little magic into Deep Blue and let her record your magic characteristics. Then the guild can issue you a second-level magician." certified.”

"Second-level magicians, if you purchase materials produced by the guild, you can enjoy a 3% shopping discount on the Deep Blue Platform. You'd better complete the certification as soon as possible."

"By the way, do you have enough gold coins for certification? Do you need me to help you with it?"

Each time you are certified in the Mages Guild, you need to pay a certain number of gold coins. A first-level magician needs one thousand gold coins, a second-level magician needs three thousand, a third-level magician nine thousand, and so on.

Raven smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, it's enough."

"Really?" Barrett asked: "Although you can grow magic plants in exchange for money, you have to know that magic plants themselves are not cheap."

Lei Wen said: "It doesn't matter. Although I don't have many gold coins in my hand, I still have hundreds of thousands."

Barrett's mouth twitched, and with a flick of his finger, a small box appeared in the lower right corner of the screen: "This is my personal communication method. If you have any questions in the future, you can ask me through the Deep Blue platform."

After saying that, Barrett closed the communication and slumped down on the chair. Darabeng thoughtfully gave a wet towel and covered Barrett's face.

He regrets it now!

If he had known that Raven was such a genius, he should have gone there himself.

Not to mention getting closer, because Raven is so rich, if he helps Raven build the Deep Blue Terminal, he can take 1% of the profit!

Even if only half of the savings of hundreds of thousands is spent on Deep Blue, that is still an income of several thousand gold coins!

But obviously five years ago, the Eagle Leader was still in poverty. Where did Lei Wen get these hundreds of thousands of gold coins?

If he hadn't known that he didn't have the ability and qualifications, Barrett would have wanted to take Raven as his mage apprentice.

The father is more valuable than the son, and the same applies to the master-disciple relationship!

Thinking of this, Barrett sat up straight and touched his beard: "By the way, do you want to lead Raven..."

Completely unaware of Barrett's psychological activities at this time, Raven sighed: "I thought people in the Mage Guild would be arrogant, but I didn't expect there to be such good people!"

Although with the help of Margaret, he was able to master several second-level necromancy magics, these were all shady things. If he really wanted to protect himself, he would have to use serious magic.

There was already a second-level fire attribute magic, so Raven chose a second-level magic from each of the six elements: wind, water, earth, ice, light, and darkness, which cost him 20,578 yuan. gold coin.

To be honest, it is much more expensive than the market price, but the advantage is that it has a wide range of products and you can get whatever you want.

Although the payment was not deducted immediately, but had to be paid after the goods arrived, it still made Raven feel a little pained.

It seems that the gold coins in hand will not last long.

A magician needs too many things. He needs to buy incense. In the future, when he levels up, he also needs to buy third-level magic. A better third-level magic is more expensive than the ones Raven just bought combined!

As for whether someone will default on their debt—offending a group of magicians, seriously?

Short of money!

However, after confirming the purchase, a prompt popped up: The purchased magic is not allowed to be taught privately to other magicians. Once discovered, you will be expelled from the Magicians Guild immediately.

Expelling from the guild is only the most basic punishment. There are some detailed rules below. Depending on the level of magic leaked, the punishment items are different, ranging from fines to physical extermination to soul extraction.

Raven suddenly thought of Nancy. She was probably under a lot of pressure when she handed over the second-level magic to him.

"I don't know how she is doing now."

Shaking his head, Raven cheered up again and prepared to continue shopping around this "certain treasure from another world".

Barrett had mentioned before that planting magic plants can be exchanged for money!

With the magician's wealth, it is said that he can make money, so the profit margin here is certainly not small!

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