Chapter 119: Sponge Clause (Part 2)
"You mean, this Cober has existed since the Great Arcane Age?" Fang Yu looked at this city, which was completely different from Mercforet, curiously, and communicated with Yuzu through the Eselan Core in his mind.
"No, great master, I'm talking about this city of Cober, which was built on the ruins of a previous city. Although there are many differences, you can still tell at a glance that this is Cohenklai."
After Fang Yu joined the team, he found that it was just as he expected. With Youzi around, he basically had nothing to do.
So, it’s time to switch. We had already reached the edge of Cober’s city last time, so how could we not go in?
Fang Yu was in a small square.
The square is paved with uneven cobblestones. The cobblestones that have been worn smooth and the road surface with two deep grooves worn by wheels bear witness to the hustle and bustle of this town.
Narrow but deep channels run down the center of the streets to channel sewage into the river, but they are often insufficient, leaving the streets permanently filthy, a mixture of mud and feces.
Around the square, several two-story wooden and stone structures stand.
The buildings are tall and narrow, touching each other so that no space is wasted.
Each building had a low cellar on the ground floor, connected by massive stone supports and with a characteristic "big step" on its front threshold to prevent the entry of water and excrement.
The first floor of these buildings looks like shops and workshops, while the upstairs are residents' homes. From time to time, you can see curious children sticking their heads out of the windows.
The winding stone pavement connects the ancient buildings. The square is formed by the intersection of two streets about seven or eight meters wide.
Looking along the street, you can see houses built of rough stones and plaster. Their exterior walls appear a little mottled due to the passage of time, but they are still solid and stable.
The square is not very large, but there are many people. You can often see horse-drawn carriages or ox-drawn carts carrying goods moving slowly and clumsily through it, with the wheels making squeaking sounds.
Occasionally, livestock would defecate while walking, but the children running around would quickly shovel the feces into the baskets on their backs.
All the large livestock that can be seen have a palm-sized metal badge with intricate patterns on their foreheads, which seems to be some kind of identification mark.
All the pedestrians on the street would bow their heads and salute Fang Yu, who was wearing a black cloak and carrying a sports backpack across his body, and no one dared to come forward and talk to him.
"In other words, there may be relics from the Great Arcane Age preserved here? Could there be some powerful arcane items that can be discovered?" Fang Yu stomped on the green stone on the ground and asked curiously.
"I guess it's difficult, great master." Yuzu said regretfully.
"Why?" Fang Yu was a little confused. Since the ruins of a city from 16,000 years ago were confirmed to be here, it could be dug out with just a few clay shaping techniques. What was so difficult about that?
"Because this place was an arcane forbidden zone during the Great Arcane Era." Yuzu's tone was a little strange.
"Arcane forbidden zone? Didn't the Arcane Federation occupy all planes at that time? How could there be a so-called arcane forbidden zone in the main plane? I don't think there is anything abnormal about the magic network nodes here." Fang Yu wondered.
Yuzi laughed out loud, and under the threat of punishment from the Core of Esseran, Yuzi finally stopped laughing and explained the matter to Fang Yu.
The area where the city of Cober is located was called Conclave during the Great Arcane Era. Before the Great Arcane Era, it was a neutral commercial city on the Norven Continent and the largest commercial center, without a doubt.
The name of Cohenkle means the city of wealth in the common language.
At its peak, this place gathered nearly one-tenth of the continent's wealth, and countless goods were transferred through here every day and shipped to the entire continent.
Before the arrival of the Great Arcane Age, Cohenklay commissioned a legendary wizard to set up a magic network to monitor fluctuations throughout the city.
As long as an unauthorized person casts a spell in the city, even if it is just a 0-ring trick, the magic network fluctuation monitoring will accurately locate it, and then Cohen Clay's powerful anti-magic army will arrest the wizard and demand a huge fine.
The Koenklai people believe that there is no good or bad in the arcane, but there are those who use it.
Due to the power and cunning of the arcane, if you want to ensure the safety of everyone's property, you should not grant private spellcasting power.
Therefore, private spellcasting is completely prohibited in Cohen, and all spellcasting services are provided by Cohen City Hall.
But at the same time, after the private right to cast a spell is taken away, any loss of life and property caused by theft or robbery within the territory of Cohen will be fully compensated by the Cohen City Hall.
This act is also known as the Cohen Clay Prohibition Act.
Due to the existence of the magic ban, basically all mages who are not from Cohenkle will bypass this place. Even if there are tasks such as delivery, they will wait at the border of Cohenkle and wait for the owner to leave from the border of Cohenkle before receiving the goods.
After the advent of the Great Arcane Age, the Union of Arcane Law established branches in various places, but encountered very strong resistance in Coenclave.
After several rounds of negotiations with the Conclave Council, the Conclave people only agreed to allow the Federation of Arcane Magic to station a branch. The Federation of Arcane Magic mages can only cast non-offensive spells within the Federation's base, and outside the base, they must also abide by the Conclave's ban on magic.
In the first few years, everything was relatively peaceful, but in TR22, the situation changed drastically.
There was an unlucky 7th level wizard who stayed in Cohencle for a few days for some reason. One day he went out to eat and went to the toilet without a sponge.
In Nowen Continent, sponges are high-end materials used to solve the problem of post-defecation cleaning and can be reused after rinsing.
But this wizard might have been used to using magic to solve the problem, so he forgot to bring it with him and just used a 0-ring trick to cleanse his place of reincarnation of grains.
Rumor has it that before this level 7 wizard could even pull up his pants, a group of anti-magic army law enforcement officers rushed into the toilet and took him away, fining him 2,000 gold browns.
This incident caused great anger among the arcane mage community. For a time, many arcane organizations and mages stopped cooperating with Cohenkle.
Ultimately, under pressure from the Occult Union and the existing opposition within the Conclave Council, the Magic Ban was not abolished, but a supplementary clause was added - spellcasting based on convenience would not be considered a violation of the Magic Ban.
This clause is the most famous sponge clause in the Great Arcane Era for thousands of years.
As for the unlucky level 7 mage, he was nicknamed the Sponge Mage by many of his peers.
The heads of the various branches of the Austrian Law Federation rotate every five years, and every time the Austrian Law Federation has a headache about who to send to Cohenkle.
The only promise is that whoever goes to Konkrai for five years can retrace the path of a mage after returning to the headquarters.
It is indeed a border area.
Even with the sponge clause, no arcane wizard was willing to come here. Therefore, until Yuzu fell asleep, this place was a barren land for arcane wizards.
So that’s how it is. Fang Yu nodded.
Fortunately, it has been 16,000 years now, and the damn anti-magic order here has long been invalid.
It’s better to find someone first, cast a charm on a human, and understand the situation here.
Suddenly, Fang Yu felt a hand pinching his butt.
Fang Yu instantly added arcane armor to himself and repelled the dirty hand.
"God damn it, Vol'jin! You, a druid, actually used natural magic in Cober!" A middle-aged man with silver-gray hair and ragged clothes danced excitedly with his big yellow teeth bared.
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Before Fang Yu could come to his senses, he heard exclamations from all around him and a team of knights on tall horses rushed out of the crowded market.
"Follower of the God of Nature, you have violated the laws of Korber and the agreement between the God of Nature and Vol'jin by using the power of nature within Korber. According to the divine covenant, you will be arrested."
A middle-aged knight with a dignified appearance rode on his horse, arrogantly announcing Fang Yu's crimes.
Finally it’s updated, go to sleep.
(End of this chapter)
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