Chapter 36: The Mage Tower is complete

Any ship passing through the port of Salzau will see the towering building on the hill. At night, it is even more striking when illuminated. This is the newly completed Mage's Tower in Baron Stewart's territory. It represents the greatness of magic, the order of the territory, and the safety of the harbor.

Just take a look at the picture you can find online, it's just a rough idea, and it's actually nicer than this.

A stone path was built from the harbor to the hill where the Wizards' Tower stands. Today, a convoy of carriages arrives here.

This is where Christine brought the officials and vassals of the area to visit after the Mage Tower was completed.

A small stone castle protects the Mage's Tower in the center, and this is also the barracks for the soldiers. Passing through the castle gate is a small cobbled square lined with houses where the soldiers live, as well as functional buildings such as stables and warehouses. This is also where the soldiers train during peacetime.

Further on is the main building of the small castle. The first floor is the main hall, meeting room and other functional buildings, the second floor is the room for receiving important people, and the third floor is for the lord's exclusive use. Because there is a wizard tower in the small castle, there is no need to focus on the defensive function, so the living conditions are no worse than those in the manor.

Behind the main building is a garden the size of a football field. The Wizard Tower is built in the middle of the garden. Both the appearance of the Wizard Tower and this garden are very much in the style of the elves, beautiful and exquisite.

Christine led everyone to the door of the Wizard Tower and then instructed them, "After you go in, don't touch anything inside. Much of it is enchanted and could hurt you."

Everyone immediately took note, after all, magic has always been a symbol of mystery.

Christine walked up to the door of the Mage Tower, and the eyes of the gargoyle statues on either side shot beams of light at her, and then the door opened automatically.

This is one of the Mage Tower's defenses. If a person does not have the proper authorization, they will not only be unable to enter, but they will also be attacked. This light can see through spells such as invisibility and shape-shifting. Teleportation, levitation, and wall-walking spells also cannot enter, as the Mage Tower is protected by a magic circle.

After entering the door, you will find a hall with stairs leading to the upper and lower floors, as well as a magical elevator. The ceiling of the hall emits a soft light, so although the Mage's Tower has no windows, it is no different from the outside.

This floor also serves as the Mage Tower's supply warehouse, where the stone used to make gargoyles, the metal used to construct golems, and wood and other bulky materials that take up a lot of space are stored. It is also the storage area for finished products. If the Mage Tower is attacked, the constructs stored here can be activated to go out and fight. Of course, it is currently empty.

Going up to the second floor is the living area, with a small living room, a meeting room, a kitchen, a storeroom, a dining area, sanitary facilities, and a dormitory for apprentices.

The water used in the Mage Tower is drawn directly from the Water Elemental Realm, and the supply will automatically stop when the reservoir is full. The kitchen uses a magic array for cooking, which can be understood as a modern gas stove, except that it can only be used by at least one mage apprentice. The storeroom also has a magic array, which can theoretically keep food looking the same even after ten years, as long as the energy source is constant, but cannot preserve living things.

On the third floor is the Arcane Garden, which is used to grow all kinds of magical plants and can be thought of as an indoor garden. Each room is separated by large transparent crystals that can simulate different plant growth environments as needed. This floor also has a cistern that leads to the water element world to water the plants.

This magical Arcane Garden was the first time everyone had seen it. Some of the plants inside could not be seen in the main world, which made many people want to see it again and again.

The fourth floor was the library. Christine only let the group go in to look at the reading environment, as spell books are not generally accessible to the public. For this reason, she also reminded them not to touch the books.

There are six magic laboratories on the fifth floor. Not only have the walls between them been thickened, but there are also protective magic circles and soundproof magic circles to prevent accidents during experiments from affecting others. This was the first time the group had seen a magic lab, and even though they could not touch it, it was still a great learning experience.

On the sixth floor, there were three advanced magic laboratories. This is the difference between a high-level magic tower and a high-level magic laboratory. This level of laboratory can meet the requirements of a 15th level master wizard.

However, although it has been built, the various types of equipment inside have not yet been purchased. On the one hand, Christine cannot use them yet, and on the other hand, they are too expensive and there are no funds for them at the moment. The equipment for a single advanced laboratory costs at least 50,000 gold coins, so the 120,000 gold coins used to build a high-level wizard tower have only basic functions.

The seventh floor is the living area for ordinary mages, with nine suites. They can be thought of as executive suites in a five-star hotel, with everything from magical air conditioning that keeps the room cool in the summer and warm in the winter to running water provided by a magical array.

The group's tour ended there, and Christine led them back to the restaurant on the second floor for a lunch of extradimensional ingredients from the Magic Garden, which was the end of the tour.

The eighth floor was the living quarters of the owner of the Mage Tower, which could be considered a presidential suite. After all, the Mage Tower was built as a residence for the old Archmage, so he naturally had to provide comfortable living conditions for himself.

Don't be fooled by the luxury here, but it's nothing like it was in ancient times. Back then, many archmages used magic to create huge rooms on this floor. Building a mansion was the beginning, building a city was average, and there were quite a few who built a city. What's more, the top archmages put a sublevel comparable to a god's realm in there.

The ninth floor is the control room of the Mage Tower, and the long-range attack formation is also located here. Currently, no one but Christine has permission to enter.

Above the ninth floor is an elevated terrace with a crystal ball that serves as a lighthouse. It absorbs sunlight during the day and glows at night, which is brighter and farther than the traditional burning of wood. Of course, since lightning and thunder will inevitably strike this single skyscraper on rainy days, the Mage Tower will also convert the energy of the lightning into magical energy and condense it into magical stones.

There are three more underground levels in the Mage Tower, but they are not open to the public.

The basement level is the Summoning Chamber, which contains the summoning, binding, and attack spells, as well as the departure and return points for the teleportation spells. The Mage Guild's teleportation spells are open to the public, and upon payment of a f*e, users will be guided here by an apprentice without interfering with the daily lives and experiments of the mages on the upper floors.

Of course, this design is not intended to allow the Mage Guild to use the teleportation array to make money. The main reason is that the second basement level of the Mage Tower is a holding cell, a prison. The difference is that it can hold powerful creatures, such as demons, because of various protective and binding arrays.

This design is intended to facilitate the mage's research into other dimensions. When the mage summons a creature or object worthy of research, it can be sent directly to the holding cell on the second basement level.

At the bottom are the four elemental pools that provide the power for the entire Mage Tower. When they overflow, magical stones automatically form. For a mage, however, the energy of the Mage Tower is never enough.