Mage Lord: The Tech Tree is Skewed by Me

It is impossible to pay the tithe, even if you kill me you will not pay it!

The church in this era is far less outrageous than in some eras. Although it has a respected status, it is still just a church.

Otherwise, the heroes of Antolia would not have refused to pay tithes for decades.

If he had enough time, Leon might still be able to have a good chat with the church fathers.

But it was still early today, and he had other plans, so naturally he had no intention of squatting at the city gate with Father Matthews and beeping.

He wants to get a professional title first.

To be more specific, you need to first go to the Mage Tower in Palma City to verify your identity as a mage.

Leon is still a lord after all. Although he is only a viscount for the time being, he is also a real feudal noble!

If you have to act as a mage apprentice all day long, you will not be qualified enough after all.

Now that he has the blessings of ancient archives and ancient magic, although he cannot be said to be outstanding, it should not be a big problem to judge a mage.

Even if you are stuffing money, you still have to rate it!

This is not because he really wants the title of mage, nor does he want to get the mage subsidy from the Kingdom of Andal. The main reason is that only by becoming a mage can he have his own mage tower and be eligible for enrollment!

What Leon wants is the admission qualification!

A mage can recruit mage apprentices, and an archmage can recruit assistant mages.

As long as Leon becomes a mage, he can recruit mage apprentices with great fanfare, thereby recruiting more talents for Antolia.

As soon as a normal mage hears the name of this place, Antoria, they won't even think about it. It's even difficult to recruit talents.

But the mage apprentice is different.

Just like the students in the previous life, they all belong to a group that is easier to fool.

[Note: I am also a student, please don’t troll me! 】

Anyone who can feel the magic factor in the air can become a mage apprentice through certification.

But not every mage apprentice can receive the guidance of a mage.

After all, mages still hope that they can achieve something in the wizarding world rather than being famous in the educational world.

And this means that as long as Leon can become a mage, his enrollment qualifications can provide Antolia with a stable supply of mage apprentices.

It is a sure profit without loss.

Most of the mage towers in Parma are located in the northeast corner of the city.

This is also the largest mage settlement in the southwest of the Andal Kingdom, with more than fifty mages and three archmages gathered, and the number of mage apprentices is approaching 600.

Looking from a distance, a large number of spire-topped mage towers stand straight in the city. They are arranged in a staggered manner and are particularly spectacular. They form a very sharp contrast with the low slums that are only two streets apart.

The destination of Leon's trip is the residence of his teacher, Archmage Albert.

With three pieces of moonlight velvet satin as a gift that he had already prepared, Leon successfully met his mentor.

As one of the three great mages of Parma City, at least in the circle of mages, Albert is considered a person of some status.

However, when he heard that Leon wanted to authenticate the identity of the mage, even though he couldn't put it down for the moonlight velvet in front of him, this rigorous mage finally broke through.

Of course he knew that Leon was now a well-known noble man, but he still couldn't help but said:

"Mage?!"

"You have only learned a few basic magics and you want to be certified as a mage? Have you learned the magic that a mage apprentice needs to learn?"

"Lord Viscount, please forgive me, your current magic strength may be..."

Suddenly, Albert's words stopped abruptly.

Because a huge fireball is expanding at the top of Leon's staff.

Ten centimeters, twenty centimeters, thirty centimeters, forty centimeters...

As the diameter of the fireball grew longer and longer, Albert couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Fireball is indeed the most basic magic, but there are only a few people in Palma City who can make the fireball expand to this extent.

Just looking at the size of the fireball, it is indeed large enough to certify a mage.

Could it be that...becoming a real noble will help improve your magic power?

For a moment, Albert's heart was in a mess.

As Leon's mentor, he was very aware of the young Viscount's previous magical abilities.

Just a few months ago, the success rate of releasing a fireball spell was only half, and even among mage apprentices, it could only be regarded as a mid-range level.

But now...

Not to mention anything else, the huge fireball alone was enough to make him look proud of all the mages in the city.

"how did you do it?"

Albert was extremely confused by this.

“This was probably an epiphany.”

Leon said very humbly: "Only through accumulation can one gain, and through quantitative changes can one achieve qualitative changes. Perhaps it is precisely because of the previous continuous failures that my magic strength has improved by leaps and bounds during this period."

"In this case, you can indeed try to authenticate the identity of the mage."

Albert actually didn't believe Leon's statement, but everyone had their own secrets, let alone the nobles?

Maybe, this is the heritage of the Jimena family.

"But, how do you want to authenticate it?"

"Actual combat."

Leon said crisply.

There are two main methods for mage certification.

One is to form a jury of mages, and then cast any three kinds of magic in front of the jury. If you meet the requirements, you can become a mage certified by the Mages Association.

The other is what Leon calls actual combat, which is to defeat a mage in actual combat.

In theory, most people will choose the first option.

Because you only need to prepare three types of magic that reach the level of a mage in advance, which is relatively easy and has a higher error tolerance rate.

The second method will face great uncertainty. After all, you will face a veteran strongman who has already become a mage. Whether you can win depends half on luck and half on letting go.

It's really not that Leon doesn't want to choose the first one, but because he really can't come up with three kinds of wizard-level magic.

Ancient magic is indeed very powerful, but facing the threat of the Year of the Jackdaw and the plateau hounds, Leon can only choose the most cost-effective fireball technique and continue to study it.

So much so that even though Leon came here aggressively to get certified as a mage, he actually didn't even learn all the basic magic that a mage apprentice needs to learn, and the only one he could master was the fireball technique.

If he were asked to choose the first method, there would be no chance at all.

"Actual combat?"

Albert was obviously stunned: "An interesting choice."

"When are you going to certify?"

"The sooner the better."

Leon said in a deep voice.