The Lord of Ashes

"Master Thane, the overall quality of your apprentices in the Holy Tower of Ashes is so high. It's hard to believe that these children are participating in the academy war for the first time."

"Do you have any tips for training apprentices? Can you share them?" After the academy war ended, the master of the Flowing Light Waterfall Holy Tower approached and asked.

Liuguang Waterfall Holy Tower ranked fourth in overall performance in this academy war.

If it weren't for a peak apprentice who ranked first in personal points to support the situation, the face of the Holy Tower Master might not be any better than that of the Purple Calyx Flower Holy Tower Master.

Before the college war started, the master of the Holy Tower was quite confident in the little guys in his college.

"Master Rex, you are joking. There is no special trick."

"If anything, it's the harsh environment and frequent battles in the Land of Ashes that give these little guys a lot of experience in advance."

"And I came to a conclusion as early as when I was a third-level magician. With the same resources, the success rate of civilian apprentices is higher than that of noble apprentices."

"Although noble apprentices may have some advantages in initial mental strength when they first learn magic." Thain replied.

Thain's introduction made several Holy Tower owners look thoughtful. 🄲

Immediately afterwards, Thain smiled and said, "Master Ricks, the peak apprentice of the ice system in your academy, Sean, is also pretty good."

"If the little guy's 'Ice Storm' magic is improved, he will be able to reach the level of a Desperate Apprentice in this academy war," Thain said.

Rex, the master of the Flowing Waterfall Holy Tower, also had a slight smile on his face after hearing this.

In fact, that peak apprentice was his disciple.

The little guy has earned enough face for him this time.

After returning to the academy, the tower master might give some personal guidance to the child.

…

After chatting with several Holy Tower owners for a while, this regional academy war was officially over.

Except for the six holy tower colleges that bear a small part of the resources and magic currency rewards accompanying the college war, other more subsidies come from the Wizards Alliance.

After the Academy War ended, Thane personally met with the two apprentices who performed exceptionally well in this Academy War - Cohen and Amiya.

Although the two little guys have not yet been promoted to the first level, considering their outstanding talents and academy results, Thain, as the tower master, has given them many benefits.

Including the Holy Tower contract after promotion to the first level, it will be very biased towards them.

Cohen and Amiya now have their own mentors, and their mentors are both registered magicians of the Holy Tower of Ashes.

When asked what wish the second-ranked Cohen wanted to fulfill, Cohen made an astonishing statement and said that he hoped that the great Master of the Holy Tower of Ashes could help him resurrect a person.

Cohen's request made Thain shake his head.

He had never heard of any magician who could bring the dead back to life.

Even Master Cuilis could only watch his two disciples' vitality run out. What could he do?

If the corpse is transformed into an undead creature, or a corpse is transformed into a beast... Thain can help.

Some high-quality undead creatures can even inherit part of their memories during life.

I just don’t know if this approach counts as “resurrection”.

After Cohen's first wish could not be fulfilled, he then proposed that all the black magicians in the Land of Ashes could be eliminated, including himself, who would devote his entire life to this goal.

For this request, Thain highly praised Cohen's quality.

The little guy is not old, but his ambition is not small.

Thain said that as the tower owner, he will definitely be responsible for the peace and stability of the entire Land of Ashes.

As for the other female apprentice Amiya who seemed to have higher potential, when Thain asked if he could replace her with a mechanical arm, Amiya respectfully declined the tower owner's offer.

Amya said, "My mentor, Sir Flack, has promised to build an elemental arm for me after the academy war is over."

Amiya, who gave other apprentices a feeling of being cold and unapproachable, turned as red as a ripe apple when she mentioned her mentor, Flack.

The elemental arm is at least a method that only second-level magicians can master. The reason why Flack did not use it on Amiya in this academy war is probably because of the academy rules, and he was worried that doing so in advance would be suspected of cheating.

"Flac? Is he the magician who saved you?" Thane asked later. He had a deep memory of Amiya's experience.

Facing the tower master's question, Amiya nodded shyly.

…

After meeting two potential seeds who performed outstandingly in the Academy War, Thane returned to the underground part of the Holy Tower of Ashes and met two more distinguished guests.

They were the masters of the Red Gold Dragon Holy Tower and the Lava Volcano Holy Tower who had just said goodbye to Thane not long ago.

On the shoulders of the owner of the Red Golden Dragon Holy Tower, a pocket-sized golden flying dragon squatted.

This golden dragon gave people the impression of being very powerful, but after arriving at the Holy Tower of Ashes, this golden dragon carefully restrained its aura.

Not just for reasons of confidentiality.

There is another reason... Bixi is sleeping in the lake above.

"Tsk, tsk, this is your three-stage holy tower, Master Thain, right? It's really extraordinary!"

"I can feel that if we get to the lowest level of the Holy Tower, the lava environment and the thickness of the fire laws there will be of great help to us in exploring the truth." The owner of the Red Gold Dragon Holy Tower sighed.

At this time, the master of the Lava Volcano Holy Tower was also looking around curiously.

Both of their main professions are fire elementalists, and they are peers with Thane.

Therefore, the two of them can better understand the ingenuity of the site selection and construction structure of the holy tower in Thane than other level four magicians.

Different from his previous talkative performance in the Academy War, after arriving at Thain's underground holy tower, the master of the lava volcano holy tower did not speak much. The one who had been communicating with Thain was the master of the red gold dragon holy tower.

After a few words of modesty, Thane talked with the two fourth-level magicians from the Beren Empire about cooperation in areas such as resource exchange and commercial trade.

The reason why they did not speak openly during the previous Apprentice War, but now went to the Holy Tower to have secret conversations, was naturally because some of the contents of the conversations involving the three Holy Tower Masters were not suitable for exposure.

Even from some angles, the three of Thain violated the rules of the Wizards Alliance and the strict laws of the Beren Empire.

These two fourth-level magicians from the Beren Empire were introduced by the Spider Queen.

And they are probably not the highest-level people the Spider Queen has come into contact with. They are just people sent by a certain power group in the Beren Empire to contact Thane.

The smuggling profits, which can reach tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, are exciting.

Maybe Thane is not a righteous person by nature.

When doing this kind of thing, Thain had no moral condemnation or guilt at all.

He just wants to know how much benefit he can get from it.