Chapter 834: Mage Architect, Status

Just as Xia Duo and the others were entering the formal training phase in the jungle south of the camp, a team of black-robed Mages suddenly walked out of the camp's Portal.

After arriving at the camp, a Mage also dressed in black robes left the Mage Tower construction site, and after a brief negotiation, this newly appeared team of black-robed Mages immediately went to the east of that row of stone buildings.

After each took their positions, they took out their Spellbooks and began Spellcasting.

A Creation School Earth Element Domain building Spell with a complex structure was gradually woven into shape under the Joint Casting of the group of black-robed Mages.

As the Spell was completed, a row of brand-new stone buildings rose from the ground, connecting with the previous buildings and appearing exceptionally strange.

However, as they cast spells in succession and the buildings went from one row to multiple rows, a sense of order emerged; yet, after completing the multiple rows of simple buildings, the Mages did not leave, but instead took out the Dimensional Bags they carried with them.

They poured out a large amount of Magic Array materials and, starting from the buildings completed in the first casting, set up simple Protection and warning Magic.

Magic maintained solely by a Spellcaster's casting does not last long, nor is it easy to stabilize; only by solidifying it into a Magic Array can it be preserved for a long time.

In contrast, apart from a small amount of Mithril material that could be reused, other materials such as Five-Colored Gemstones and sealing materials were very difficult to reuse.

Even as a Temporary Camp, where large amounts of resources would not be spent to deploy permanent Magic Arrays, these relatively stable and long-lasting temporary Magic Arrays alone were quite costly.

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By the time Xia Duo and the others finished their first day of training and returned to the camp, the Intermediate Mage was completely stunned by the scene before them.

As for the Advanced Rank Mages like Xia Duo, even if they were fully immersed in training, if they couldn't notice the intense Magic fluctuations coming from the camp not far to the north, then these Advanced Rank Mages would be far too incompetent.

It was just that Xia Duo initially thought someone in the camp was attempting some special Spell, and he hadn't expected it to be a group of black-robed Mages building houses here.

The camp and the jungle where they had been training were not far apart, but not close either, about two or three hundred meters; Xia Duo could only judge that the Spells on the camp side involved a massive Flow of energy.

As for anything more, it was difficult to judge at this distance.

"Since you arrived first, you may choose any room as a temporary place to rest; get some sleep early, training continues tomorrow!"

Fusitemu gave this final instruction and left directly.

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"Let's pick rooms first!"

Xia Duo adapted well; he didn't care much about these unnecessary external environments, and seeing that the others looked unwell, he was the first to break the silence.

With him taking the lead, Niya and Beilaila followed him to pick rooms, and the others, seeing this, hurriedly followed.

As for picking rooms, there was actually not much room for choice; every room was almost carved from the same mold.

The room was not large, and there was only one; the conditions were not even as good as the Apprentice Dormitory at the Tower of Time, containing only a bare stone bed, a stone chair, and a stone table.

There was nothing else.

Xia Duo casually picked a room closer to the Portal; Niya did not pick one, preparing to stay with Xia Duo—after all, it was just a temporary place to rest, and two people staying together was nothing.

The others each took a room, though they all chose to be near Xia Duo's room, seemingly having a real intention to stick together.

However, at such a distance, even with relatively independent Protective Spells separating them, and the ability to set up their own Protective Magic, such a distance still seemed too cramped for Spellcasters, especially Advanced Rank Mages.

It was almost an assault on the psychological safety distance of an Advanced Rank Mage.

Such large-scale centralized housing is truly quite "thoughtful"!

Xia Duo had no way to guess the intentions of those above; after settling in, he immediately cast a Spell to seal the entrance and put all the table and chairs that came with the room into his Personal Space.

As for the stone bed, Xia Duo was underprepared; the bed he brought wouldn't fit in the room, so he didn't rearrange it, just noting it for next time—anyway, his Personal Space was large enough to store any supplies he wanted to carry.

When a whole set of familiar desk, chair, paper and pen, and even teacup, teapot, and bookshelf appeared in the room, a look of pleasant surprise immediately appeared on Niya's face:

"You carry all these things with you?"

"Of course, and there's more than just these; it's just that during a mission, it's not good to be too flashy."

For an Advanced Mage, a Dimensional Bag is no longer a high-end expense; with a little effort, buying one a month is not a problem.

The only concern is the issue of safety!

But for supplies related to living and status, even if Dimensional Bags do indeed have hidden dangers, no thief would be so low as to steal those things.

One must know that those who manufacture Dimensional Bags are at least Advanced Rank Mages, and stealing items from a Dimensional Bag is actually stealing from the Ether Plane, which cannot be done without the decision-making of the organization's top brass.

Although Xia Duo had heard the theory that Dimensional Bags were not secure, and they were theoretically indeed not secure, he had never heard of anyone who had actually been robbed via a Dimensional Bag.

Perhaps it was due to the caution of Spellcasters, but it actually also involved a question of credit costs.

Once a problem is exposed with the Dimensional Bags produced by a certain house, it is very likely to affect future sales; without a sufficiently large profit temptation, even the producers themselves will avoid Dimensional Bag safety issues as much as possible.

As for what means are used to avoid them, in the presence of competitors, Xia Duo believes it should still be on the positive side.

Unless all Dimensional Bag manufacturers unite to collude in the shadows, but that is almost impossible; many Mage Towers have the ability to produce Dimensional Bags, and if they really colluded, someone would always want to take a shortcut by exposing it.

Once exposed, even the Seven Towers would find it difficult to bear such consequences.

This is the power of order.

Therefore, without a sufficiently large profit temptation, Dimensional Bags are still relatively safe.

Thus, for an Advanced Rank Mage, it is not surprising to use a Dimensional Bag to carry some supplies for living and status.

Xia Duo believes that even Niya would carry some living supplies with her, just not as abundantly as he did.

And if someone possessed a Dimensional Bag linked to a Semi-plane, then even Xia Duo might not be as well-stocked as them.

After all, his current Personal Space is only 1000 cubic meters; no matter what, it cannot be as spacious as a Semi-plane!

However, using a Dimensional Bag linked to a Semi-plane is more cumbersome to store and retrieve items than a regular Dimensional Bag, and as for comparing it to Personal Space, it is even less so.

By comparison, Xia Duo's desire for a Semi-plane lies more in its research value than its use value.

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After simply decorating the temporary residence and finishing dinner, the two washed up briefly, then lay on the bed in their clothes and began to talk through the night.