Chapter 639 Qionghua Enclave, Extreme Credit Society!
A month later, Qionghua Enclave.
The wizard's airship suddenly appeared from the network channel above the Qionghua Enclave. The network channels in the sky were connected to each other in the form of water channels. Above the wizard's land, there was a long magic water channel.
Locke stood at the translucent Golden Crystal of Time window and looked down, "This is one day earlier than the expected arrival time. It seems that the waterway plan of the Star Territory Sea has not had no impact on us. The influence has spread to all aspects and penetrated into our lives."
Wizard Warwick nodded and said, "That's right. The round-trip speed between the major wizarding places in the Eastern Border has been improved."
"Although not a lot."
"But if Star Territory Sea's demon promotion plan continues, then maybe one day, the time cost of traveling to and from the major wizarding places will be reduced to a minimum!"
Locke nodded slightly.
At the same time, he paid attention to the current situation of the Qionghua Enclave. He saw many floating islands appearing in the sky of the Qionghua Enclave, and beneath the floating islands was a dark, deep basin.
There are some urban buildings in both places.
But it is like the division between heaven and earth.
The floating island sits high in the sky, absorbing a large amount of magical energy from the ground and gathering it into the floating city in the sky.
The floating city is beautiful, with green mountains and green waters, and many magical aircraft. The level of civilization development seems to be comparable to that of Yunze Wetland.
On the ground, there are black mountains and white water, a state of decay, with almost no decent city.
Mortal people live in this desert like ants, existing in the form of tribal city-states on this land.
Locke frowned slightly when he saw this scene. "Warwick, what's going on in this place? The magic tide on the floating island can be compared to the Yunze Wetland, but the ground basin is almost a magic-free environment."
"The difference in civilization between heaven and earth... is really too big."
Wizard Warwick waved his hand and said: "Don't ask me. This has nothing to do with us dark wizards. I have to ask you white wizards. This is a good thing you white wizards have done."
"Of course, the working styles of the White Wizard Association and the Black Wizard Alliance in each region are completely different. Whether it is history, culture, or even racial composition, they are very different."
"So it has nothing to do with you two. At least you Yunze Wetland will give people a fair. In Yunze Wetland, as long as you work hard, you will be rewarded, I can admit this."
Witch Charlie snorted coldly.
Wizard Warwick pointed to the ground and said to Locke, "This is the special ecology unique to the Qionghua Enclave. The Qionghua Enclave is a typical area with low magic and medium martial arts."
Low magic?
Locke said: "The basic environment of the Qionghua Enclave is not as good as even the southeast corner."
Warwick said: "So. The wizards of the Qionghua Enclave have set up inheritance witch formations in various places, and are looking for alchemists to build floating cities to absorb the magic tide between heaven and earth. On the floating island, it is a paradise-like area, and below, there is... a scorched earth of purgatory."
"Locke, after all, what you have seen and heard is too little. You have only been to three wizarding places, so you are naturally surprised at this moment. The white wizard lady next to you is very adaptable to this situation."
Warwick said: "Welcome to the most terrifying credit society in the Eastern Border!"
Lock looked at him doubtfully.
At this time, the aerostat has already landed on the largest floating island and is heading towards the landing place on the ground.
Warwick said: "In this wizarding land, only wizards and wizard apprentices, as well as mortals who are about to become wizard apprentices, have the opportunity to live on the floating island." Come up."
"Other than that, everyone can only be on...this ground."
"So the mortals on the ground will call the wizard in the sky a heavenly being."
h"But if the heavenly man dares not to repay the debt and goes bankrupt because he cannot pay back the money for a long time, then the wizard will also be expelled from the floating island and can only live on the ground."
Warwick said: "So, this is one of the most terrifying credit societies in the Eastern Border. If you don't pay back the money you owe in this wizarding land, you will be forced to leave the floating island and go to the ground, where you will be enslaved by your white wizard's black factory." "You don't need to be alarmist. Only wizards who don't pay back the money they owe may be expelled from the Floating Island."
"As long as a wizard works hard, he will not be forced to leave the Floating Island! The wizards here are far from as hard as you said."
"I think you are too focused on the assumption of extreme situations."
Warwick looked at Witch Charlie and said: "Work hard? Miss Holy Master, what you said is too idealistic. What if a wizard is unable to work? What if he is injured, sick, what if his research direction is wrong and a lot of money is wasted?"
"I am not talking about a formal wizard in his heyday, but an official wizard encounters an accident, If he cannot afford to pay back the money, he will first be expelled from the floating island because of losing his real estate. "
"Because he will be expelled from the floating island, he will not be able to find a normal job."
"Because he cannot find a normal job, he will eventually be forced to go to a black factory in exchange for some magic resources to maintain his most basic magic power in the lower world."
Warwick used cold words to tell the cruel truth about the Qionghua Enclave. "The inherited witch formations in various places will absorb all the magic tides from the lower world to maintain these large floating islands like the heaven. Therefore, if the wizards in the lower world do not go to black factories to sell their labor, they will soon lose their magic power due to being forced to extract magic energy, and their bodies will become weak and miserable."
"Miss Holy Master, have any of your friends encountered this situation?"
"No, you are a noble researcher of Golden Mian Mountain. Of course you will not encounter this kind of situation. You have powerful division commanders by your side. Even if you encounter an accident, there will be someone to help you."
A deep sadness flashed in the eyes of Wizard Warwick. "But I have a lot of friends who have fallen into what I call miserable situations."
"They just had no background, they were just alone, and they just had no one to help them. Then, they encountered a situation, and because of some accidents, they lost their property on the floating island, and then they could only fall on the ground."
They fell into an extremely miserable situation. The black factory found them, and they were even worse there, but they could only further sell their remaining value for the little resources the black factory gave them to supplement their magical energy."
There was a deep anger in the voice of Warwick Wizard. "Some of my friends are indeed worthy of such an end. But some friends just love their work and want to explore the truth, but they are just not that talented."
"It's just because they don't have talent, so they took out loans and did research, but they didn't come up with anything. Then they went bankrupt and were thrown into the lower world. Why are they treated like this."
The Warwick wizard closed his eyes. "Locke, can you figure it out? I can't figure it out."
"Qionghua Enclave, my stupid and miserable hometown, the white wizard society here is systematically eliminating the untalented low-level wizards it does not need."
"Those low-level wizards are a little less talented, but why are they treated like this! This wizarding world is systematically creating those wizards who fell into the black factory." Warwick looked at Locke and said: "And the ones who are most likely to encounter accidents are precisely those wizards who want to advance."
"A wizard apprentice, or a formal wizard, if he just wants to keep what he has now, accidents are less likely to happen. But if he wants to go higher, he must take risks. Once he fails, he will be forced to leave the floating island."
A vicious cycle will soon occur, with continuous decline in class, and eventually being led to the black factory. "
"This wizarding place is constantly punishing those who work hard but have no talent."
Wizard Warwick questioned Locke and Witch Charlie with his hands behind his back. "White wizards, let me ask you, should this be?"
"Is this the reason why you became a dark wizard?" Witch Charlie gave him a cold look. "You dark wizards always have your own reasons for doing evil."
Witch Charlie snorted coldly and whispered to Locke: "Locke, don't pay attention to him. Who are you, what is his identity. You are a close disciple of Lord Throne, how can you believe his words."
Wizard Warwick smiled and showed a knowing look. "So you white wizards will never understand us." Locke glanced at Wizard Warwick in surprise. He did not expect that the hometown of this abyssal werewolf wizard was this Qionghua Enclave.
Locke whispered. "Warwick, don't forget the purpose of our coming here. We are not here to reform society or criticize this society."
Warwick immediately understood what Locke meant, and took the initiative to apologize to Witch Charlie: "Sorry, sorry. I will make some stupid complaints as soon as I return to my hometown, so please don't mind, Witch Charlie."
Witch Charlie snorted coldly. "Nothing. Anyway, our relationship is just a purely cooperative relationship. You'd better really have information about the ancient tomb of the wife of the unknown king." Warwick said confidently: "Don't worry. I really do. It's just that the ruins are guarded by a large number of ancient magic traps, making it difficult to get close for a while."
The three of them stepped off the airship together and saw that Main Island No. 1 was a paradise of birds and flowers. The air was extremely fresh, and the people walking on the streets were all wizards.
Magic street lamps stand on the clean road, and carriages pulled by magical creatures can be seen everywhere.
Warwick stopped a magic carriage with familiarity, and after paying 100 magic stones, he asked Locke and Witch Charlie to get on the carriage.
Warwick said: "Our destination is the [Ashes Secret Cult] Academy on the No. 13 vortex floating reef. However, the No. 13 vortex floating reef is connected to the main floating island No. 1 by a magic bridge built by the architect."
"You two, there are plane coordinates and portals leading to the Tomb of the Wife of the Unknown King within the [Ember Secret Cult] Academy. You two can be mentally prepared now. Tonight is a good time for our archaeological team composed of four archeology doctors to show off our skills."
A deep desire flashed in the eyes of Wizard Warwick. "If we can crack the secret of the unknown king from the age of stars, we will definitely win this year's Istoria Archeology Prize!"
"I am willing to put my name at the bottom! As long as two people help me decipher this ancient secret buried in history."
In the carriage, Locke and Witch Shirley sat on one side, and Warwick sat on the other side.
Locke was on the carriage and saw that Floating Island No. 1 was basically a small independent society with rows of buildings and magic props everywhere.
For the civilization on the ground, it is indeed like a fairyland.
But Locke cannot comment on this. One reason is that he is currently a low-key person. The second one is that he has just arrived here.
As a wizard, how can you make a certain judgment about the civilization of a region based on the first impression you just saw?
But from the bottom of his heart, Locke did believe that the development of civilization should naturally lead to an improvement in the quality of life of everyone.
Honghua Enclave, this kind of civilization development path where the strong plunder the resources of the weak, makes Locke feel a little conflicted.
“Perhaps, the fifty-three wizarding lands in the eastern border area have different development directions, which in itself is one of the sources of vitality for our wizarding civilization. The difference between the Southeast Corner Domain, Yunze Wetland, the Land of Six Pagodas and this Qionghua Enclave is indeed very big. 』
Locke thought: "But I have no contact with people from the formal wizarding colleges in this wizarding land, so I don't know what the scientific research level of the wizarding colleges in this area is."
Maybe there will be any advantages. 』
Witch Charlie said to Warwick on the carriage: "No need. It will be as it should be. There is no need for you to show off, dark wizard."
Locke also smiled at Warwick and said: "Mr. Warwick, your contribution to this operation is well known, and so far, you are still the one who has made the greatest contribution."
"It's more fair. Let's decide the order of our names according to their respective contribution values." "As expected of someone who comes from Yunze Wetland. In your place, hard work will indeed be rewarded."
"Otherwise, your wizards over there won't be so fond of hard work."
"Okay, We will rank our names according to your favorite performance."
The magic carriage carried the three of them across a wizard bridge about 5 kilometers long, and then came to the No. 13 Whirlpool Floating Reef.
This vortex floating reef is a small floating island in the storm vortex in mid-air. There seems to be only one small city on the floating island, and the center of this small city is the Ashes Secret Cult Academy.
Warwick removed the soundproof barrier on the carriage, then paid the wizard driver, and then he got off the carriage first.
At this time, a wizard wearing a black wizard robe was already standing in front of the ancient castle building of the [Ashes Secret Cult] Academy.
The middle-aged wizard glanced at Warwick. "Teacher Warwick, you have been here for a long time this time." Warwick smiled and said: "My two friends were too enthusiastic and hosted me in Yunze Wetland for two months."
"Teacher McKinley, it is our decision when to set off anyway. Two months late will not affect anything."
Warwick said to Locke: "This is wizard Christopher McKinley."
"He and I are both official wizard instructors of the [Ash Esoteric Cult] Academy."
"I have taught here for many years. The [Ash Esoteric Cult] Academy is an archaeological wizarding academy. And we have our own white wizard status in the Qionghua Enclave. As long as you have money in the Qionghua Enclave, you can buy anything, including "Kuo Bai Wizard's identity!"
h "So, Miss Holy Master, don't think about suddenly attacking us afterwards. Wizard McKinley and I are both members of the White Wizard Association."
h "We are all good wizards."
(End of this chapter)