Cao Xing glanced at the figures of more than thirty mage apprentices.
These people include both men and women.
Except for an old man who looked a little old.
The others looked young, around 15 or 16 to 20 years old.
They all wore dark brown wizard robes, with a wide brown leather belt around their waists and a few small cloth bags containing materials needed for spellcasting.
Compared to the fair skin of most races in this world, their skin is wheat-colored and looks very healthy.
Cao Xing nodded, then looked at the attributes of these mages.
[Earth Mage Apprentice: Patty]
[Race: Human]
[Affiliation: Yudia Mage Association]
[Level: Level 27 (Level 3 Ordinary Creature)]
[HP: 16559/16559 (Blessing from the Pale Tree)]
[Magic Attack Power: 461~487]
[Armor: 183~213]
[Attributes: Strength 175, Agility 189, Spirit 257, Constitution 211]
[Skill: Intermediate Earth Element Control (Increases the speed of earth element casting by 20%).
Earth Elemental Shield (Concentrates magic power to create an earth elemental shield around itself. The shield has health equal to spirit*5, lasts for 30 seconds, cooldown time: 80 seconds)
Ground Spikes (Summons 1~3 ground spikes, causing 157% piercing damage to enemies hit, cooldown time: 60 seconds)]
[Talent: Magical Affinity (Only humans who are naturally sensitive to magical fluctuations can grow into magicians)]
[Bond: Earth Mage (When the number of Earth Mages acting at the same time in the team reaches 10, the spell casting speed increases by 20%
When there are 20 players, spell cooldown time is reduced by 20%
When there are 50 players, spell damage increases by 20%
When there are 100 players, the additional skill "Heart of Stone" is activated.
(Character introduction: An earth mage apprentice who is devoted to his training and has good combat ability.)
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[Honorary Mage: Teron Rockspeaker]
[Affiliation: Yudia Mage Association]
[Race: Human]
[Level: Level 28 (Level 3 Boss Creature)]
[HP: 38112/38112 (Blessing from the Pale Tree)]
[Magic Attack Power: 1046~1107]
[Armor: 469~478]
[Attributes: Strength 352, Agility 348, Spirit 576, Constitution 473]
[Skills: Intermediate Earth Element Control, Earth Element Shield, Earth Spikes (same attributes as above)
Summon Rock Golem (Concentrates a large amount of earth elemental power, summons 2 rock golems that inherit 120% of its own attributes to assist in the battle, the rock golem has skills such as "Stone Skin Protection" and "Earth Trampling", lasts for 120 seconds, cooldown time: 5 minutes)
Earth Devour (Connect your magic power to the earth's veins, causing the ground to crack and create a crack, allowing the enemy to fall into the crack, and then close the crack to swallow the enemy;
The number of enemies devoured and the damage coefficient are determined by the magic value released this time. There is a certain probability of killing them instantly. Cooldown time: 5 minutes)
Advanced Spell: Rock Wall (Draws the power of the earth, causing the ground in front to rise rapidly, quickly generating a large number of rock walls to block the enemy's attack. The durability of the stone wall is spirit*10;
If used on a wall, it consumes magic power based on the size of the wall, increasing its armor by 300 and durability by 30,000. It lasts for 30 minutes and has a cooldown of 1 hour.]
【Talent: Magic Affinity】
(Character introduction: A member of the Udia Mage Association, an honorary mage who has practiced earth magic for many years and has studied in the Mage Holy Tower, mastering advanced earth magic that few mages can master.)
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After reading the attributes of these earth-type mages, Cao Xing gradually felt happy.
Compared to mages of the same level, their attributes and skills are very good!
The two skills [Earth Elemental Shield] and [Earth Spikes] not only deal damage, but also have the ability to protect yourself.
After becoming an elite creature, you can also learn a skill to summon a rock golem.
And that leader-level honorary mage is even more awesome!
He actually has two perverted skills, [Earth Devour] and [Advanced Spell·Rock Wall].
The former not only takes into account control, but also has a certain effect of killing enemies instantly.
The latter advanced spell is even more perverted, it can actually work on city walls!
Directly increase 300 points of armor and 30,000 points of durability!
What is the concept?
You know, even the intermediate Frost Wall only has 240 armor and 6000 durability!
This time, the improvement is more than doubled!
So fucking strong!
However, Cao Xing was somewhat worried: could this [Advanced Spell] be blessed by the [Eternal Power]?
If you can, that would be awesome!
In the future, even if you build a primary city wall casually, it will be more durable than a mid-level city wall.
Cao Xing decided to let the honorary wizard named Tailun give it a try later.
"Welcome, apprentices from the Udia Mage Association. Let us build a territory full of magic together!"
Hearing Cao Xing's solemn voice, all these earth mages raised their heads.
Including the old wizard Tyrone, who was also looking at him with a careful gaze.
One of the apprentice wizards asked cautiously, "I can sense that you have a very strong magical power fluctuation. Are you also a wizard?"
Cao Xing nodded, "Yes."
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately released the magical aura from his body!
In an instant, the temperature around dropped sharply!
The horrible cold even makes people feel their bodies stiff.
Seeing this scene, not only the more than 30 earth mages on the field, but even the old mage Tyrone, showed shock in their eyes!
The mage apprentices exclaimed.
"Goddess of the Earth, this lord's magical power is so vast, you must be a powerful ice mage!"
"Yes, the aura of this lord is almost reaching the level of a great wizard..."
"Very good!"
As fellow mages, these earth mages have a natural affinity for Cao Xing.
In addition, with a set of powerful BUFFs, his current strength can indeed be regarded as a fifth-level magician.
When Cao Xing saw how honest these earth mages were, he also laughed.
"Starting today, you will be under the jurisdiction of these two mages. They will teach you the rules of this territory and help you get familiar with the environment of this territory."
Although the old wizard looks very powerful and stable, it is best to have him lead the team.
But in this territory, Cao Xing trusts these two wizard wives more.
After hearing this, the mage apprentices all turned their eyes to Sylvia and Ellie.
One of the two women jumped up to try, while the other timidly grabbed the staff.
The earth mage apprentices nodded again and said, "I sensed that these two are also powerful mid-level mages!"
"From now on, I hope the two masters will give me guidance!"
These earth mages are relatively calm and easy to talk to.
So it seems that there are no difficult troublemakers among this group of people.
Even the old wizard remained silent and didn't seem to like talking much.
Seeing this, Sylvia and Ellie also breathed a sigh of relief.
Sylvia chuckled and said, "With our magic skills, we may not be able to teach you too much about magic practice."
"But if you want to learn more spells, you can come with us to the Mage Tower to meditate and study."
After hearing this, the mage apprentices also turned their gazes behind them, towards the three-story giant tower that was more than ten meters high.
In an instant, the attention of all the mage apprentices was drawn to it.
"This is actually a wizard tower! In our Udia Wizard Association, only those adults who are mid-level wizards or above can occasionally use the wizard tower!"
"I didn't expect there would be one here!"
"Oh my god, what kind of territory have we come to?"
Even with their calm personalities, they couldn't help but sigh in surprise!
They also heard what Sylvia had just said, and they were surprised and said, "Great, we can actually go to such a sacred place to study in the future!"
"Yes, we will soon be able to become novice mages!"
At this moment, the old wizard in high-level robes stood up.
He spoke for the first time, "Apprentices, I understand your surprise at seeing the Mage Tower."
"But you should know that this sacred building cannot be used casually. Even I have to apply to the Mage Association to get a certain amount of usage time."
"Don't act rashly in front of these two wizards and the powerful lord."
This old wizard has extremely high prestige among this group of wizard apprentices.
Seeing this, the other earth magicians lowered their heads and responded in unison, "Yes, respected Master Tailun."
Cao Xing felt a little confused.
"In your Mage Association, there are still such rules?"
"Yes, your Excellency."
Then, the earth magician explained it to him.
Before being summoned, these people were all apprentice mages of the Udia Mage Association.
The power structure of each mage association is relatively complex.
In addition to the elders, committees, and the logistics resources department.
It is composed of a large number of mage apprentices, junior mages, intermediate mages, senior mages and even honorary mages.
Unlike Cao Xing, they can level up by killing monsters.
Before joining the ranks of those lords, the mages of this world can only improve themselves by constantly absorbing the magic power between heaven and earth.
But this speed is definitely not comparable to theirs.
Normally, if a wizard apprentice wants to be promoted to a junior wizard, in addition to learning a lot of spell knowledge, he also needs to have a certain level of magic power.
It will take at least four or five years.
The process from a junior mage to an intermediate mage is shorter because the foundation has already been laid during the mage apprenticeship stage.
But it will take about three to four years.
With the Mage Tower, their breakthrough speed will be greatly accelerated.
For all mages, the Mage Tower is like a holy place, and they wish they could stay in it 24 hours a day.
However, since there are only a limited number of meditation rooms, it is impossible for the mage associations to allow every mage to use them indefinitely.
Forget about becoming a mage apprentice, just focus on building your basics.
After listening to this, Cao Xing nodded suddenly.
Those mage associations have a large number of people and tight resources, so it is normal for them to restrict the users of the mage tower.
But it’s different here with Cao Xing. There are not many mages in his territory.
So the meditation room in the Mage Tower is basically empty.
Then he winked at Sylvia.
The female mage understood what Cao Xing meant, and then she stood up and said, "Don't worry, in our territory, as long as you are a subject of the lord, you can use the mage tower at any time."
"It's okay even if you sleep in there."
However, when the group of earth mage apprentices heard these words, they felt as if they were hearing some kind of Arabian fairy tale.
A junior wizard named Malin asked tentatively, "My Lord, is what this wizard said true?"
She knows who's in charge here.
Cao Xing nodded slightly, "That's right."
After receiving the lord's personal confirmation, all the mage apprentices held their breath.
Despite their calm personalities, they couldn't help but exclaim at this moment.
"Oh my god, we might have really arrived in wizard's heaven!"
"It's incredible that even apprentices like us can use the Mage Tower."
"With the help of the Mage Tower, I feel that I can become a junior mage in one or two years."
These mage apprentices were extremely excited.
Including the old wizard, there was deep surprise in their eyes.
Look at their excited expressions.
Sylvia and Ellie smiled at each other.
They could understand these people's feelings, after all, they themselves started out as mage apprentices.
With the help of their lord, they have achieved their current strength.
If they had been able to study in the Mage Tower when they were weak, they would have become junior mages long ago.
Sylvia continued, "But there is something I need to tell you in advance."
"Since the territory is still in the development stage, our Mage Tower is only elementary, and there is still a big gap with the Mage Holy Tower in the Association."
"Don't be disappointed."
However, these wizard apprentices were not disappointed at all after hearing this, and they were all excited.
"How can I be disappointed? The beginner mage tower is also very powerful!"
"Yes, yes, not only can we meditate in it, but we can also learn the 'Flying Stone Technique' and the 'Stone Skin Technique' in it!"
"I decided to stay in the Mage Tower 24 hours a day from now on, haha!"
Listen to their passionate discussion.
At this time, Cao Xing interrupted and said, "You can continue your studies in the Mage Tower tonight, but you have to come out tomorrow."
"Don't worry, I'm not stopping you from using it, but I'm going to upgrade the Mage Tower to an intermediate level tomorrow."
"Then, you can learn more advanced magic inside, and absorb more magic power when meditating."
All the mage apprentices on the field suddenly looked confused.
Even Ellie and Sylvia were confused.
Sylvia asked tentatively, "Lord...you said you would upgrade the Mage Tower to the intermediate level tomorrow?"
"Yes."
After hearing Cao Xing's clear reply, all the mages on the field held their breath!
After a moment, Sylvia exclaimed, "Lord, didn't we just build a beginner wizard tower in our territory? Is it going to be upgraded to the intermediate level so soon?"
"Is this true?"
They didn't know that their lord had actually obtained a more advanced wizard tower diagram.
Cao Xing laughed and said, "Of course it's true. When have I ever lied to you?"
The two girls looked at each other and nodded solemnly.
Those mage apprentices were also completely shocked.
After all, having an elementary wizard tower for them to use unlimitedly was something they could never even dream of.
But now, this lord said that the wizard tower must be upgraded to the intermediate level tomorrow!
Even some branches of the Mage Association do not have a mage tower of this level.
Cao Xing looked at the apprentice mages and continued, "As for you, as long as you make contributions to the territory, you will not only be able to enjoy the mage tower, but also other privileges of the territory."
"The Intermediate Mage Tower is not the end of this territory."
"In the future, we will also have advanced wizard towers and even wizard holy towers."
After hearing Cao Xing's personal promise, these mage apprentices all showed intense excitement in their eyes!
At this time, the old wizard Tyrone also came to his senses.
He clenched his right hand into a fist, placed it on his left chest, and then solemnly saluted Cao Xing.
"Thank you, my lord, for being so powerful and generous. I would like to thank you on behalf of all the apprentices."
"This territory will surely become a holy place for all mages in the near future!"
After he finished speaking, the other mage apprentices followed the old mage and saluted Cao Xing.
[Due to your words and deeds, the loyalty of Territory member: Tyron Rockspeaker has been greatly improved. Current loyalty: 75]
[Due to your words and deeds, the loyalty of territory member: Valentin has been greatly improved. Current loyalty: 76]
[Because of you...]
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More than thirty system prompts appeared.
The loyalty of the mage apprentices and junior mages on the field has all increased significantly!
A smile also appeared on Cao Xing's lips.
Then, at his signal, Ellie and Sylvia led the group of mage apprentices and the old mage into the mage tower to meditate.
After doing all this, Cao Xing looked at the time.
It's already 11:30 at night.
Since returning from the Tigern Mountains, Cao Xing has been digesting the gains of his trip.
It's almost all digested now.
Although I still have a few things to do, it's okay to deal with them tomorrow.
"That's enough, time to go back and rest!"
He turned around and headed towards his magnificent lord's mansion with a happy mood.
The beauty had already prepared the bath water.
He also warmed the bed and waited for Cao Xing to come in.
After taking a warm hot bath, Cao Xing went straight into bed.
He stroked Liu Muxue's smooth back, "Thank you for your hard work, Muxue. You prepare bath water for me every day and warm the bed for me."
The beauty rested her head on the table, but shook it and said, "It's not hard at all. It's my job."
Cao Xing chuckled and kissed her on the forehead.
The two fell asleep in each other's arms.
After midnight.
Cao Xing hugged the beautiful woman's shoulders, but still did not feel sleepy.
Since becoming a fourth-level wizard, Cao Xing has felt particularly energetic.
Even if you sleep three or four hours a day, you can still feel energetic the next day.
So, as usual, Cao Xing checked the survivors' chats and the world forum.
Found a lot of interesting posts on it.
Since more and more survivors began posting on the world forum, the number of posts per day has skyrocketed.
Most of the posts here are about seeking help and discussing survival skills.
But there are also a lot of posts that allow people to complain and vent freely.
After all, as modern people, we cannot live without entertainment.
There are also some silly players who have started shooting short or long videos.
Therefore, the survivors' daily entertainment activities have become increasingly rich.
Moreover, due to the looseness of the world forum, there is no review system, so basically any video can be posted.
Of course, some contents involving blood, violence, and horror are basically not open to survivors under the age of 18.
After all, the system is omnipotent and can automatically identify your age and give you the appropriate permissions.
Moreover, according to speculation by some survivors.
As the system is continuously updated in the future, a paid content section may be launched to fully improve the functionality of the world forum.
In the future, it is estimated that many people will copy the model on Blue Star, first producing various high-quality content on the forum, and then accumulating popularity.
We will release some paid content appropriately later.
With several billion survivors in the world, you can obtain a huge amount of resources just by running a forum.
By then, they might have completely forgotten about life on Blue Star.
Of course, these are not what Cao Xing considers.
He also doesn't need to become a blogger by gaining popularity on forums.
After browsing for a while, Cao Xing closed the world forum.
Then, before going to bed, he habitually monitored the situation of the Baron's son, Fitz Walker.
In the past few days, there was nothing special about the baron's son.
Life was just like that, practicing swordplay with the knights during the day and with the female slaves in the Baron's mansion at night.
And this kid plays very colorfully.
In the entire Baron's mansion, from the cooks in their fifties and sixties to the teenage girls, almost no one could escape his clutches.
Two nights before, Cao Xing also discovered a secret of his.
That is, this guy would sneak into the Knight Captain's room at night and steal his boots...
Even Cao Xing felt that this guy was a little too abnormal.
Sometimes, Cao Xing didn't want to continue eavesdropping.
But tonight, he heard something a little different.
Fitz Walker was lying on the bed, hugging the Knight Captain's boots and reveling in it.
At this moment, there was a sudden and rapid knock on the door.
“Boom boom boom!”
"My little master, something happened!
"Madam asked you to get up quickly and go to the Baron..."
"He seems to be dying completely!"
Hearing this, Fitz Walker was shocked.
He quickly threw away the boots in his hand, put on his clothes hastily, and rushed out of the room.
When Cao Xing heard the news, his expression also brightened up.
"This baron is really strong enough."
"According to what this guy said, he has been poisoning people for more than two months. Even an elephant would be poisoned to death."
"As a result, the Baron managed to hold on for so many days. I guess he is a very powerful man."
Cao Xing had thought about secretly sending someone to tell the Baron the news and then expose Fitz Walker's crimes.
But let’s not talk about whether others are willing to believe it.
There is another main reason - doing so seems to have no benefit for Cao Xing.
If the Baron wakes up, even if he executes Fitz Walker, he will definitely continue to send people to collect taxes in his territory.
And now, with the relationship with Fitz Walker, Cao Xing can be said to have saved a lot of trouble.
Therefore, the current situation is more favorable for Cao Xing.
Half an hour later.
When Fitz Walker returned to the room, he was silent for a long time.
But Cao Xing felt something strange.
After a moment, Fitz Walker couldn't help laughing!
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