Chapter 154 Magic Tower

There were many buildings in the vicinity, but the magic tower was the tallest and most conspicuous.

Generally, after completing their first class advancement, mages could enter the magic tower to further their studies, learning at least one advanced spell and other types of spells according to their needs.

After becoming archmages, most would choose to enter the magic tower, forget some of the spells they had learned before, and systematically learn new spells suited to their tactics.

A magic tower contained at least several thousand spells to choose from. An archmage who emerged from a magic tower could be described as having undergone a complete transformation.

It was said that there were ten magic towers in the entirety of Greenland. Three were located in the remote polar regions, the perilous Endless Sea, and the desolate swamps. The magic towers in these places contained countless powerful spells. Two slightly lesser towers were located in Carol City and Nysode City, with fewer spells, only five or six hundred, and mostly common spells. It was rare to find powerful ones.

No one knew where the remaining five were. Later, news broke that one magic tower was in Cripps Fortress. Cripps Fortress's popularity surged. At that time, the Triumphant Empire controlled the magic tower and only allowed members of their guild to enter for training. Outsiders who wished to enter had to be friendly to the Triumphant Empire, not their enemies, and also cough up money. You couldn't even think about entering the magic tower without five or six thousand gold coins.

The magic towers in Carol City and Nysode City were too poor. Many players heard that there was a magic tower in Cripps and rushed over, willing to spend money to enter and train.

Generally, magic towers were not destroyed because they were protected by powerful magical barriers. Even if the fortress was destroyed, the magic tower would remain, standing there forever.

As long as they occupied Cripps Fortress, this magic tower would become a valuable resource for the Nirvana Guild!

This magic tower was a reward building for Cripps Fortress. Intermediate fortresses in cities like Nysode City and Moonlight City also had similar reward buildings: arenas for training warriors, prayer halls for training priests, temples for training paladins, thieves' guilds for training thieves, and so on.

"Our mages are in luck," Nie Yan said. Having such a magic tower would greatly benefit the Nirvana Guild's mages.

In his past life, the Triumphant Empire only captured an intermediate fortress. When they were over level 100, they tried to clear an advanced fortress once, but they were completely wiped out. After that, they didn't dare to go again. The sealed history of this life had been opened ahead of schedule, and there would probably be new changes.

The importance of the intermediate fortress, Cripps, was beyond doubt! Its geographical location was also very important. Five fortresses surrounded Cripps Fortress like stars surrounding the moon, only twenty minutes apart. Once they occupied Cripps, they could attack or defend, firmly controlling the surrounding five fortresses.

If he took down Cripps, Nie Yan would definitely move the Nirvana Guild's headquarters there. This place would become the Nirvana Guild's main city.

Two of the five fortresses belonged to the Holy Roman Empire, two belonged to the Nirvana Guild, and the other belonged to the Temple of Galan, forming a defensive circle around Cripps. This area would completely become the Nirvana Guild's territory.

The importance of the magic tower was undeniable. The Nirvana Guild would definitely manage this fortress well and make full use of the magic tower.

Nie Yan walked towards the magic tower in the distance. A faint film of light enveloped the magic tower, blocking everyone outside. He walked up and touched the light film, and a strong force of repulsion came from his hand.

A small path paved with bluestone led straight into the magic tower. The magical elements were still, and the gray-white tower body looked deep and solemn.

System: Players other than Archmages are not allowed to enter.

Nie Yan turned to look at the others and asked, "Which of you have successfully become Archmages? Go inside the magic tower."

Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun, Xia Chong Yu Bing, and Xi Huan Jiang Nan had all become archmages. They could enter.

"Guild Leader, we'll go inside and take a look."

The three of them walked to the side of the barrier. They reached out and found that they could easily pass through it. They walked into the barrier and towards the entrance of the magic tower. If they could successfully complete their training inside the magic tower, their attributes and strength would be greatly improved.

Seeing them go in, the others continued to clear the monsters inside the fortress.

Nie Yan's commanding work was very simple. Cui Can Dao Guang and the others had excellent awareness and didn't need much guidance from him to do very well. His work was naturally very easy.

At this moment, Guo Huai suddenly sent a message from Carol City that the people he sent had lost track of the elven thief from Angel Corp.

Thieves had stealth skills, so it was easy to get rid of pursuers.

Guo Huai kept an eye on the other four people, but the thief alone had avoided their pursuit.

What did a thief want to do?

"Could he have gone to your side?" Guo Huai asked, feeling vaguely uneasy.

"Even if he did, it's nothing. Just an elven thief," Nie Yan said. With so many members of the Nirvana Guild, a thief couldn't make much trouble.

"I hope nothing happens." Guo Huai was still a little worried.

Nie Yan smiled. When a person had enough confidence, they wouldn't be troubled by such small things.

The team advanced slowly. Gradually, a wide plaza appeared in front of them. Several thousand Wraith Warriors were gathered on the plaza. In the center of the plaza was a giant bear five or six yards tall, like a mobile fortress, quite terrifying.

Level 70 mutated Lord, Blacket Black Bear!

A very famous mutated creature. In his previous life, the Triumphant Empire and Radiant Sacred Flame had been wiped out countless times trying to clear the Blacket Black Bear. Corpses littered the ground. Later, they found some tricks to kill the Blacket Black Bear and finally cleared this big guy.

It turned out that when the Blacket Black Bear activated Bloodlust, it could convert all the nearby corpses into its health. So, when dealing with the Blacket Black Bear, the players' corpses had to be cleared as soon as possible. The dead had to quickly run over from the graveyard to resurrect. On the eve of the Blacket Black Bear activating Bloodlust, even at the cost of the dead teammates losing levels, they had to purify their corpses.

The Blacket Black Bear had a skill called Dark Roar, which could deduct health from all players within a hundred yards. The health deduction calculation was related to the defense type. Warriors could still withstand it, but all mages within a hundred yards would be instantly killed! Priests could avoid this by using Holy Light Shield.

There was also another skill called Dark Bloom, which could cause continuous health loss to units within a thirty-yard radius. During this time, the main shield warriors had to be blessed with Paladin's Protection from Evil, otherwise they would definitely die. As for the other warriors, a batch was sacrificed, and new warriors had to immediately take their place. Otherwise, with the Blacket Black Bear's strength, a few shield warriors alone couldn't withstand it. A large amount of cannon fodder was needed to buy time for the shield warriors.

In his previous life, the Triumphant Empire had posted a video online to show off their achievements, showing their guild of six or seven thousand people taking down the Blacket Black Bear. Nie Yan had watched it at the time and remembered the general process.

In his previous life, the Blacket Black Bear had dropped three sub-legendary equipment. The attributes of those three pieces of equipment were posted online, making everyone envious. Nie Yan was just like ordinary players at the time, looking at those three sub-legendary equipment with admiration. But in this life, he didn't feel anything, after all, his equipment was so good. Among the players, it could be called divine equipment.

Nie Yan looked around. Buildings were scattered around the square, row upon row, but most of the buildings were relatively low, about five or six yards high.

They had to clear all the Wraith Warriors near the Blacket Black Bear first!

Nie Yan said, "All magic-type classes go on the rooftops!"

Some magic-type players went up to the rooftops either by using stairs or some props. Those who didn't have similar skills were pulled up by other mages using their skills. Mages had a rescue skill. When their teammates were in danger, they could use their skills to pull their teammates to their side. Now, this skill could also be used to pull teammates directly to the rooftops.

A group of mages were scattered on the tops of various buildings.

"Sun and Yi Chui Ding Qing, go with me to lure the monsters. Everyone else, stand by," Nie Yan said. He arranged the monster-luring task. With Sun and Yi Chui Ding Qing's strength, this monster-luring work was very simple.

Three figures flashed across the square, running in different directions.

Nie Yan arrived at an open space, raised the riding crossbow in his hand, and shot arrows one after another. A group of Wraith Warriors gathered towards him, as many as two or three hundred.

Nie Yan quickly turned around and ran back. The group of Wraith Warriors followed behind, accelerating their charge and rushing up with their greatswords.

This group of Wraith Warriors was very difficult to deal with. Once they got close, they would use all kinds of combat skills. Fortunately, Nie Yan's running speed was relatively fast.

Soon, the group of Wraith Warriors was attracted to the designated location. In the sky, range magic spells fell down fiercely. Magical elements exploded and danced. Nie Yan used Gale Step to dodge these magical attacks and quickly ran into the corner of a wall, leaping over a low wall.

Under the explosive magic, the group of Wraith Warriors let out shrill screams and fell to the ground one after another.

Various area-of-effect spells blocked people's vision. They couldn't see what was going on in the center of the area-of-effect spells. After a few tens of seconds, the area-of-effect spells subsided. They looked at the open space in front of them again. It was a mess, with corpses lying everywhere and all kinds of equipment dropped on the ground. Only a few scattered Wraith Warriors were still standing.