Arcane Lord

The Mage Guild in Savileland is located in a small alley in the East District. It has neither a spacious facade nor a constant flow of people.

Xia Duo asked several people before he found this place. When he saw this old signboard that was completely unworthy of the name "Mage Guild", he murmured in his heart.

"This is too bad!"

But no matter what, Xia Duo's professional level certification is here. If there was no pay according to grade, he would not come here. It would be a complete waste of time.

Certifying the level does not increase his strength, nor does he receive any money. Instead, he has to spend money to buy a certificate, which is a huge loss.

Generally speaking, when mages deal with mages, except that they know that the other person is better or inferior to themselves, they mostly interact as equals.

The so-called low-level and mid-level judgments are also very simple. If you can fly, you are at least mid-level. If you can teleport and have a mage tower, you are at least high-level.

Of course, ordinary mages cannot build a mage tower. They can be considered as high-level mages if they can cast [Teleportation].

For example, Master Aibo, who brought Sha Duo to teleport before, is a high-level mage, and he has now successfully advanced to an arcanist. Therefore, all arcanists are at least a high-level mage.

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Walking into the Mage Guild, the inside was not as bad as it looked from the outside, and the moment Xia Duo came in, the entire surrounding environment instantly became silent.

There should be magic to eliminate noise, Xia Duo thought to himself.

The biggest difference between the Mage Guild and the Adventurer Guild is that this place doesn't look like an office at all, but more like a living room at home.

Two or three mages, dressed in completely different styles from the Tower of Time, were sitting on soft chairs reading books, and occasionally chatting. The overall atmosphere was very different from the Tower of Time.

When Xia Duo came in, no one came to greet him. Instead, everyone did their own thing, as if Xia Duo didn't exist.

Xia Duo walked around the room. The most conspicuous thing was the bookshelf on one side. The books on it were arranged in a messy manner, as if they could be accessed at will.

However, Xia Duo saw the existence of magic on the bookshelf. He did not act rashly, but paid attention to the names of the books inside.

He was very curious about the difference between the books in the Mage Guild and the Tower of Time. When he saw it, he almost laughed to death——

Books like "How to Impress a Lady" and "Saville's List of Quality Ladies" are displayed here in a grand manner.

No cover-up at all.

As for magic books, there are very few. Sha Duo only saw one [Paril Spell Book] and a few mage biographies - if mage biographies can also be considered magic books.

"Who are you?"

Finally, a mage discovered Xia Duo and asked sharply, "What's the matter with you?"

The other two mages also raised their heads to find Xia Duo, but they only took a glance and went back to their separate ways.

"I'll verify the spellcasting level." Sha Duo said.

From the chat between the three mages just now, he already knew that he and these people were not on the same journey, and he had no interest in chatting with them. He should finish it as soon as possible and go back early.

This so called mages union is so disappointing.

Hearing Sha Duo say that he wanted to certify the spell casting level, the mage who spoke first stood up immediately and looked at Sha Duo with a burning gaze, "Certify the spell casting level? Do you know the rules?"

"I know, 50 gold coins per level."

"Follow me!" The mage pointed to the table in the innermost corner of the room, and then asked, "What level is the certification?"

"level 2."

"Only level 2!" the mage whispered, came behind the table, took out a piece of parchment, and asked, "What's your name?"

"Xia Duo!" Xia Duo answered honestly.

It felt like going to the window to do something on earth. If the next sentence was to report your ID card, then Xia Duo would think that he was in an office on earth.

"Trigger the magic network. If you want to be certified to level 2, let's go to the first level!"

Xia Duoyi's words triggered the first layer of the magic network, and then the mage from the Mage Guild wrote a few words on the paper, and finally cast a spell to leave his mark.

A certificate of spellcasting level was presented to Xia Duo, "Okay, pay the money."

Is this good? Xia Duo couldn't believe it. He was already ready to use his bloodline ability to replace another level 2 certified spell.

I didn’t expect that I didn’t even need to use [Steam Ray], I just activated the first layer of the magic network and it was all right?

This was a bit exaggerated. Xia Duo expressed his doubts, but he didn't expect that the staff of the Mage Union didn't care at all.

Tell Xia Duo clearly, "As long as you can activate the first level of the magic network, you will be able to master the first level magic sooner or later, and there is not necessarily only one. So what's the problem with the level 2 certification?"

What a strong reason. Xia Duo paid the money, got the certificate and was ready to go immediately. This staff member actually stopped Xia Duo and whispered:

"If you need it, I can certify you up to level 4."

"Can this still happen?"

"Of course. Master Xia Duo is young and promising. I believe you can become a level 4 mage. Do you want to get certified in advance so that you don't have to come again next time?"

"This -" To be honest, Xia Duo was a little moved. He asked tentatively, "Pay another 100 gold coins?"

"How is this possible?" The staff member's face changed instantly. "500 gold coins, I'll do it for you. Think about it, why do you come for certification? As long as you get a level 4 certification, isn't it much better than level 2!"

Certification is of course to improve the salary level related to the spellcasting level, otherwise who would be willing to spend this money in vain? Of course, Xia Duo didn't say this.

He was indeed a little tempted, but he was a little reluctant to spend an extra 500 gold coins, and it was too exaggerated to directly certify level 4. He has been a formal wizard for less than half a month!

If he really said this to Mrs. Patty, he was simply playing with her as a fool! Moreover, Mrs. Patty knew the lord, and Xia Duo was not going to leave any hidden dangers, so he could just come normally.

If the spellcasting level certification is similar to the evaluation of professional titles on Earth, then the so-called early certification is similar to academic fraud.

Academic fraud on Earth will not endanger life, but it may be in the magic world.

Employers may get angry, challengers may come to you because of your reputation, and superiors may assign you difficult tasks (that meet the certification level). All of these may happen because of exaggerating your spellcasting level.

Therefore, although Xia Duo was tempted, he still refused. In this way, he came quietly and left quietly.

When he walked out of the gate of the Mage Guild, Xia Duo looked back at the old signboard and suddenly felt that the Mage Guild and this remote alley were quite suitable!