Law of the Devil

Those magic apprentices in silver robes were walking around nervously, busy. Some were holding thick and tall sheepskin volumes in their hands, and some were even cleaning up with buckets—the only difference What's more, they don't need to do it themselves, even those cleaning tools, brooms or buckets are magic props, as long as they read the spell, they can start cleaning automatically, and these busy magic apprentices can only pay attention to control up.

Walking into this hall, what makes Du Wei feel the most different is... the headquarters of the magic union is not as majestic and mysterious as he imagined... On the contrary, it has a sense of worldliness!

There are two spacious passages extending from both sides, and there are some strange shops on both sides. They sell all kinds of strange magic materials, magic props, and even some special ancient incense and other things.

These shops are all places that magicians like, and they are all opened by magic unions. Magicians from all over the continent can purchase all kinds of magic materials they need here.

The currency used is not the gold coins or any currency commonly used in the mainland empire.

But... an exchange!

The oldest exchange, barter!

This made Du Wei very curious and interesting.

Because, this place is the last place in the whole continent that preserves the custom of exchanging goods with other goods. And there will be shops of this kind of magic material in the branches of the Magician Union in various places in the mainland. But you can use the place of the empire. Gold coins to buy anything.

Only in the headquarters of the magic union in the imperial capital, in order to protect the tradition, the ancient tradition of the magicians from thousands of years ago is still preserved. Barter.

Du Wei took a few steps casually, and all the people he met around him, those magic apprentices in silver robes, saw Du Wei in black from a distance, and quickly stopped their work, and bent over from a distance, Respectfully, one or two magicians in gray robes passing by occasionally looked surprised when they saw Du Wei, and then nodded one after another. They smiled friendly and showed respectful etiquette at the same time.

It seems that Clark is not lying, the position of this magician is really aloof, magicians below the sixth level should respect him and salute him.

Anyway, Du Wei is not in a hurry to meet the chairman of the Magic Union—in fact, he doesn't know how to meet the chairman. Anyway, there is nothing urgent, but he has developed a strong interest in the magic props shops next to him.

These shops are not big, but in this tall and spacious hall, each of them is sealed and built separately, forming a room within a house. The shops are all built with various strange materials. For example, the one around It is a shop, but it is a big house built with a black stone that exudes a strange smell. There is still smoke on the top of the house. There are bursts of black smoke coming out from the smoke, and the black smoke reaches the top of the head. In the illusion like the sky created by magic, it actually dissipated!

At the entrance of the shop, on the table in the window, there are densely packed crystal balls of various qualities. Obviously, this is a shop that specializes in selling crystal balls for magicians. Du Wei took a look and thought that he hadn't It was a crystal ball that belonged to him, and he couldn't help being curious, so he walked in.

Standing in the shop was an old man who was probably old enough to be Du Wei's grandfather, but he was still wearing a silver robe of a magic apprentice, and his long beard almost reached his chest. When he saw Du Wei coming in, although Du Wei was younger He didn't know how much younger he was, but he still hurriedly bowed his head to Du Wei, and then said in a dry voice respectfully, "Dear Your Majesty, Mage, what do you need?"

Du Wei looked kindly, and was very polite to the old magic apprentice: "I need a crystal ball... um."

"Oh, let me see..." The old apprentice's eyes were a little muddy, but he still took out a form and handed it to Du Wei. His face was wrinkled like dried orange peel, but heaped Smiley face: "I don't know what kind of ball you need? Is it a magic test ball? Oh, a magician like you must be ready to accept disciples, right? I have a good magic test ball here, which can clearly test children Our magic talent... oh. There is also a detection ball, if you are ready to go on an adventure. Then you might as well buy a detection ball. As long as you inject a little magic power, you can use the crystal ball to place any direction within a mile around It's all displayed...Of course, if you need a more advanced one, I also have a magnetic black crystal ball here, which can display everything within a ten-mile radius, but the exchange price is a little more expensive..."

Du Wei became more and more curious: "Is there anything else?"

"Of course!" The old apprentice looked proud: "This is the oldest crystal ball shop in the magic union! Do you know? The current president of the magic union, Mr. Jago Doug, when he was young, he became a magician. The first crystal ball at that time was bought from my store! The person who sold him the crystal ball was my father! I have crystal balls of all styles here... I don’t know which one you need?"

Although Du Wei's magic ability is not bad, he has not studied formal magic knowledge systematically after all. Most of his understanding of these magic props is from those messy books. The knowledge of magic props such as crystal balls is really not much. After thinking for a while, he smiled wryly: "This old man, I have just become a magician and I am going to buy my first crystal ball, so I don't Know what you need? Do you have any suggestions?"

The old apprentice froze for a moment, looked at Du Wei's black robe, and opened his mouth: "Oh...you, a master of magic, haven't you ever used a crystal ball before?"

Du Wei smiled: "I also just became a magician."

The old apprentice immediately realized that he was being rude. The position of a magic apprentice is the lowest in the entire magic system, not to mention that the other party is a magic bachelor wearing a black robe. You're being polite. It's already inappropriate to ask such an impolite question just now.

But...as a bachelor of magic, but just became a magician...it's strange.

"So..." The old apprentice hesitated for a moment, and the smile on his face was even more polite: "Excuse me, which department of magic do you mainly practice?"

"Is there a difference?" Du Wei asked.

"Of course, if you are majoring in fire magic, here I have an auxiliary crystal ball for enhancing fire magic power, which allows you to act as the best formation eye when setting up fire magic formations. As long as you have one ball in your hand, the whole Any subtle fluctuations in the magic field cannot escape your eyes. If you are practicing water magic, I have a water summoning ball here. Even if you are in the dry northwest wilderness, it can also enhance the range of magic summoning and detect it. Going down to the water to help extract water elements... Uh, let me think about it... Well, I am old and my brain is not very good, I almost forgot, I still have a few wind-type earth crystal balls here, but they can only It is a low-level prediction ball. It can predict the fluctuation of the clouds in the sky and the strong wind within a hundred miles. When you set up a wind magic formation, you can use this crystal ball to find the surrounding wind force, so as to mobilize... er, mobilize the ready-made wind , it’s better to save mana than to create a whirlwind by yourself. Are you right?”.

Du Wei thought for a while, then smiled and said, "What if it's dark magic?"

The corners of the old apprentice's eyes twitched slightly, and there was a trace of fear in his eyes. He looked Du Wei up and down, and sighed: "Oh... dark magic... there are not many magicians who practice dark magic. let me see……"

After a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with a smile: "I remembered, I have a special item for dark magicians here, but it is an antique for decades, and no one has been buying it here. .This is an undead search ball. If you are a dark magician, when you want to collect undead to refine undead creatures, then this undead search ball can help you detect those who are not scattered after death. Go to the ghost."

Du Wei couldn't help shaking!

Collect ghosts who have not died? Refining undead creatures?

So, the Necromancer Summoned by Master Clark was also refined by himself?

Doing this...such an evil thing, is it also allowed by the Magic Union?

Seeing the change in Du Wei's face, the old apprentice hurriedly added: "However, I must remind you that if you want to buy this crystal ball, you must first sign a contract with me."

"contract?"

"Of course!" The old apprentice's face became more and more puzzled... This little guy is wearing the robe of a noble magician. Why does it seem that he doesn't know anything about these most basic things?

If it weren't for the protection of the magic field in the magic union, outsiders would not be able to pretend to come in... I am afraid that the old apprentice would really think that Du Wei came here pretending!

"It is legal to refine dead creatures with dark magic, but there are many prohibitions and restrictions on practicing this kind of magic. For example, collecting the souls of creatures to refine undead creatures is permitted, but There are also several prohibitions. One of the most important ones is that only ghosts that are dead and lingering are allowed to be collected. Magicians are absolutely not allowed to kill innocent people with their own hands to refine their souls! This is an absolute taboo! So, if If you want to buy this crystal ball, you must sign a contract with me! To say something bad... If you go out and use my crystal ball to do something that violates the regulations, then, this matter will definitely It has nothing to do with me! Even if the responsibility is pursued, it will not be pursued on me. The magic union has regulations that all dark-type magic items must sign a contract before purchasing. So..."

After the old apprentice finished speaking, he secretly glanced at Du Wei.

It's no wonder that Du Wei doesn't understand these things, after all, he hasn't really studied the magic system systematically.

In the magic union, the dark magic has always been an embarrassing and ambiguous existence.

In particular, there is a kind of magician, which is an evil existence that is absolutely strictly prohibited by the magic union. Once discovered, no matter how much effort is spent, the evil magician must be eliminated!

Black Necromancer.

Although in the dark magic, magicians are allowed to use those dead souls who are still alive for refining, but it is absolutely not allowed to use living people for refining!

In history, there have been some evil dark magicians who had evil thoughts in pursuit of powerful power. They often used their powerful strength to kill ordinary people at will for their own selfishness. There were even some evil strong men in history. , Will slaughter villages and towns at every turn, even kill all the people in a city, and then refine all the people into dead creatures for him to drive!

Therefore, the difference between a dark mage and an evil necromancer lies in this line.

If you only occasionally capture one or two ghosts that linger after death, the kind of ghosts that are filled with resentment and linger after death will harm the world instead, so you capture them and refine them into your own necromantic creatures , then not only will Li not be blamed, but it will be considered a good thing.

And slaughtering living beings to refine undead creatures is evil.

Du Wei listened to the old apprentice's introduction, and he probably understood something in his heart. He was about to leave, but for some reason, his heart suddenly moved, and he said, "Then, I will buy the dark place where you are." A ground crystal ball."

This was completely a random thought in Du Wei's heart, and he had asked himself for a long time. It would be a little embarrassing if he didn't buy something and leave.

Although he doesn't practice any dark-type magic now, it is also interesting to buy one and study it back.

The old apprentice immediately became happy, walked into the back of the shop, took out a box made of black inkstone after a long time, put it heavily in front of Du Wei, smiled and said: "This thing, I I’ve waited for decades, but I haven’t sold it, since you like it, then I’ll sell it at a low price..."

After some bargaining, Du Wei exchanged for this crystal ball with two high-quality orchid diamonds and a catty of magic crystals for arranging the magic circle. Anyway, he has quite a lot of luggage now, and the last time the Luolin Plain Magic Union branch gave it away. He brought a lot of those things with him in his magic luggage. Although the crystal ball was worth a lot in exchange, Du Wei didn't care - after all, they were all given by others.

Signing a parchment scroll contract, the old apprentice was very happy. He casually picked up a bell behind the counter that was so rusted that its original color could not be seen. The music floated out.

A moment later, a young man wearing a silver robe of a magic apprentice ran in, holding another six-pointed star badge on his chest, slightly sweating on his forehead, and smiled when he came in: "Father Hans, are you calling me? "

"This... I sold a dark item, this is a contract, you take it back for the record." The old apprentice smiled.

This young apprentice was obviously a staff member of the Magic Union. He took a look at Du Wei, bowed quickly to salute, carefully took away the contract signed by Du Wei, and then left.

Du Wei was very curious about the system in the magic union, but he was too embarrassed to ask more questions, and then he left.

The black ink crystal ball was also casually thrown into the magic bag carried on his body.

This seems to be just a small episode of Du Wei's wandering...

But history is often like this. A small wave can often change the direction of the trend of the entire era...

A small dark-type crystal ball, faintly, seems to have a slight change in Du Wei's life, and this slight change is still unclear.