"Ash?" Yelena stopped and looked back at him, "What's wrong?"
Ash shook his head. The burning pain of the mark came and went quickly. The pain just now was just like an illusion. Now it was fine.
It should be fine--eh!
There was a problem with the back of my right hand again. It suddenly became hot, as if it was licked by a flame!
There isn't any leaf mark there?! Ash raised his right hand in surprise and suddenly found a mark on the back of his hand: a small tower that looked particularly familiar.
Yelena also saw the obvious changes on the back of his hand and exclaimed: "The wizard tower of Stone Castle! The mark of taking the tower? Why?!"
Ash immediately remembered that the tower looked familiar because he had seen it before when he arrived at Stonehenge. Of course, it was a real tower that was countless times larger than the mark - the ancient and heavy wizard tower that stood in the center of Stonehenge.
In Iluf, every city has a wizard tower, which protects all the territories and people within its range. He knew this in Broken River Plain.
When he first saw the Wizard Tower yesterday, he was not far away from it, because the teleportation point was located very close to it.
However, he only had time to look up before he sneezed three times due to the cold. Then Yelena grabbed him and took him to the equipment store to buy a robe.
Afterwards, Yelena chose a remote alley to find a place to stay, and gradually came to the edge of the city, getting farther and farther away. She could only look from afar and saw a majestic stone tower that soared into the sky, which left a deep impression on her at the time.
Ash looked down at the back of his hand. He was sure that this was a smaller version of the Wizard Tower in Stonehenge, but what did Yelena mean by "the mark of capturing the tower"?
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He cast a questioning look at Yelena, but the first thing he heard was the voice of the innkeeper behind him.
"Oh, let me see." The old man came over with vigor and lifted Ash's right hand without any awkwardness. After just one glance, he concluded, "Yes, this is the mark for capturing the tower. I remember when I was a child, there was a tower capture in Stonehenge. At that time, the wizards who were qualified to capture the tower all had such marks on their hands."
After saying that, his eyes moved suspiciously around Ash's face and chest: "But that's not right... this young... ahem, Mr. Wizard, are you a black-robed wizard?"
Ash shook his head, still confused, "Why do you ask?"
"Because the wizard tower in Stone Castle is a level three wizard tower, only wizards with the strength to reach the level of black robes are qualified to participate in the battle to capture the tower and obtain this mark." Yelena had recovered from her shock, but the voice of her explanation was still vague and quite unbelievable.
"Can you explain it in detail?" Ash Countryman Alvin asked humbly.
"It's not a good time to go out now anyway." Yelena smiled apologetically to the shop owner, "Sorry, we have to renew our previous room for a few more days. Let's avoid this battle for the tower first."
The old man glanced at Ash's young face, as if he was looking at something strange, but he kept his composure and waved to Yelena very clearly: "Go upstairs. This young man should not come down these few days. If you need anything, I will bring it upstairs for you."
"Thank you, old man!" Yelena took Ash and returned to the fourth floor of the hotel.
Confused, Ash followed Yelena into her room.
"Come, sit down." Yelena lay down on the small sofa and scanned Ash from head to toe with the eyes of a magical creature. "Let me tell you about our battle to capture the tower of Ilufu."
Ash sat down upright and listened attentively.
The first thing to talk about is the wizard tower that Ash only knows a little about -
There are thirteen thrones in the wizard world, and each throne owns a vast territory, that is, a kingdom. The wizard tower where the throne is located is the wizard tower that protects the entire kingdom and is called the first-level wizard tower.
Under each kingdom, there are several provinces. The wizard tower that can protect a province is called a second-level wizard tower. Usually, a white-robed or gray-robed wizard serves as the tower owner. The number of white-robed wizards is far from enough to meet the needs of all provinces, so most of the owners of the second-level wizard towers are gray-robed wizards.
The province is divided into major cities, and corresponding to each of them are three-level wizard towers managed by black-robed wizards.
Among the major cities, there are smaller towns and villages... According to the size, there are fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh level wizard towers behind them. The wizard towers require the owner's strength to correspond to high-level wizards, mid-level wizards, low-level wizards and wizard apprentices respectively.
"As I said before, the wizard tower in the Stone Castle is a level three wizard tower." Yelena said, "Only black-robed wizards are qualified to be its owners."
Next, we have to talk about the tower battle in the wizarding world.
The owner of the wizard tower in each city is not fixed.
The wizarding world believes that the strong are respected and the capable are in power. Therefore, every once in a while, a "tower battle" is held. The first challenger is decided, and then the first challenger challenges the current tower owner. If he can defeat the opponent, he can replace the opponent and become the new tower owner.
"Even the throne can be challenged!" Yelena said with great passion and high morale.
Ash was also inspired by her emotions and nodded vigorously.
"Very ambitious!" Yelena pointed her finger proudly, "The owner of our third wizard tower defeated the predecessor in the battle to seize the tower a few years ago and became the new owner."
"Where's Scarlet Moon?" Ash asked curiously.
"He is the main force." Yelena puffed out her chest even more proudly, but ended up breaking a button on her chest due to embarrassment. "..." She twitched her lips and continued as if nothing had happened. "During the battle to seize the tower, wizards were allowed to bring a servant with them. He fought as a servant. He swept away all opponents, beating challengers like them and the former owner of the third wizard tower speechless!"
There were signs of another round of exaggeration like last night, and Ash really wanted to listen, but he needed to understand the mark on the back of his hand now - considering that Yelena and the store owner had unanimously agreed to let him hide for a few days.
So he silently stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Yelena: "Then... this?"
Yelena froze for a moment, shook her high ponytail, and abruptly changed the subject: "Yes, speaking of capturing the tower, there is the question of the challenger..."
Generally speaking, when a city is approaching the day of the tower battle, the Wizard Association will first issue a notice, and wizards who want to challenge will submit applications to the Wizard Association. The Wizard Association will then organize a screening and select only one to compete with the owner of the wizard tower.
But the wizard tower in Stonehenge is a little different.
The location of the Stone Castle is remote and not within the territory of any throne. However, because it once had rich magical beast resources, the Wizard Association could not abandon it, so they built a wizard tower. The wizard tower is not under the management of any force, and only a tower-grabbing battle is held every fifty years, and wizards from all forces can participate.
Whichever faction's wizard wins in the end, the Wizard Tower will temporarily belong to that faction, and the distribution of interests in Stonehenge will also be decided by that faction.
"In the past, every battle to seize the tower was extremely fierce in order to compete for the ownership of the Stone Castle. But later, the monsters became increasingly scarce, and the wizards no longer valued this place. The wizard tower in the city has long been ownerless." Yelena said, "But now with the resources of your Broken River Plain, this place has become important again. The fierce battle to seize the tower is likely to revive in this city."
"The mark on your hand means that you are qualified to seize the tower this time." Yelena held up her forehead, puzzled. "But why do you have it? When the battle to seize the tower begins, the wizard tower in the Stone Castle will sense all wizards within its coverage area. Only black-robed wizards will be marked with this mark by the wizard tower."
"induction?"
"Badge." Yelena took out her identity badge and showed it to Ash. "Our badges are all registered with the Wizard Association. The Wizard Tower can sense the badges worn by each person, and thus judge their strength and selectively mark them. If a black-robed wizard who does not want to participate in the battle to seize the tower happens to be within the marked range, he can temporarily take off the badge and put it in the space equipment to avoid being marked."
Ash was confused, how could he have a badge when he was new here?
"I can't figure it out!" Yelena scratched her hair in confusion. "Originally, the battle for the tower has begun, so we should leave quickly and not worry about being affected. But now you have a mark on your hand, Ash, and you will be targeted by other challengers as soon as you go out. Before the challenge begins, other black-robed wizards will definitely secretly test the opponent's strength. If you are a real black-robed wizard, it would be ok, and a simple test can be easily dismissed. But you are not even an apprentice, and I am just a low-priced wizard. A simple test from a black-robed wizard is fatal to us."
"Can't you cover your hands?" Ash fumbled to think of a solution. "Use gloves?"
"How is that possible? Wizards never rely on their eyes to perceive each other." Yelena's expression became serious. "Ash, you must also remember that in the wizarding world, what you see with your eyes is the least trustworthy."
Ash took note and nodded seriously.
Seeing that Ash had listened, Yelena's stern expression fell again, and she sighed, "I can't understand why you, Ash, are qualified to seize the tower? Did the Wizard Tower make a mistake because of its poor eyesight? The Wizard Tower has never made such a big mistake before!"
Ash tilted his head, suddenly remembering the first, sudden burning sensation of the leaf mark before the tower mark appeared.
...Will he be able to qualify to capture the tower because of the leaf mark?
Or is it because of——the Scarlet Moon?
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