fantasy novels Chapter 23 Listen to me, let me see.
Chapter 23 Listen to me, let me see.
The large fire array emitted billowing heat waves, which spread rapidly outward from the center of the square.
The guards, standing beside the formation, could clearly feel that the snow and wind within a dozen meters around them would instantly evaporate if they got too close.
"With this large-scale fire-gathering array, it's far superior to your Holy Light Tower that can only emit light!"
Jack boasted smugly to the guards, "With this temperature and this area, those low-level magical beasts outside wouldn't dare come near Silver Town again!"
The guards had no idea about the principles of magic circles, but this genuine warmth brought tears to their eyes.
"Thank you so much, Great Master!"
An older guard wiped away his tears, his voice choked with emotion.
"With this powerful formation, no one in the town will freeze to death anymore..."
Upon hearing this, Luo Mu frowned slightly and turned to ask:
"Isn't your mayor Kevin a fire mage too? Doesn't he even know how to draw a fire-gathering array? Since he claims to be the guardian of Silver Town, why doesn't he make you a few more heating arrays?"
Upon hearing Luo Mu's question, the guards exchanged glances, their eyes darting around, and none of them dared to speak.
Jack sneered from the side: "Rom, don't bother asking. Drawing arrays is a very tedious and mana-intensive task."
Those pampered young masters would rather save their magic for showing off with a couple of fireballs than waste their precious magic on the common people.
Rom fell silent.
He couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness, realizing that in this world, magic was an extremely unequal luxury for ordinary people.
Just then, the sound of horses' hooves broke the tranquility of the square.
Several fast horses galloped over and stopped at the edge of the square.
Elena jumped off the horse without hesitation, not even caring that her robes were covered in mud.
When she felt the heat wave rushing towards her and saw the huge ring of fire burning in the center of the square, her fair face instantly turned red in the firelight.
"This...this huge magic circle?!"
Elena was utterly shocked, her voice trembling with surprise.
Although she majored in light magic and didn't understand the principles of fire magic arrays, she was very clear about one common sense:
The range and power of the magic array increase exponentially with its difficulty!
The coverage of this great array is so vast that even with the strength of a third-tier mage like Professor Cassius, it took him a full half month of day and night to carve out the "Holy Light Tower" back then.
The radiation range of that light tower is not even half the size of the fire-gathering array in front of us.
What surprised Elena even more was... looking at Rom's relaxed expression, it was hard to imagine that he had created such a giant magic circle out of thin air in such a short time.
"Just how profound is his magical power...?" Elena was astonished.
Rom smiled as he walked toward Elena:
"I kept my word. The heating problem in Baiyin Town has been temporarily resolved."
Now, you need to fulfill my request.
Elena then came to her senses and remembered the "demand" Rom had made on the city wall earlier.
She nodded repeatedly and readily agreed:
"Of course! No problem! You saved Silver Town, so I'll do anything you can!"
You want magic crystals, right? Besides what you already have, I can also allocate some more from the attic's inventory for you!
Romuz shook his head.
He walked up to Elena and lowered his voice, "I don't want magic crystals. Let's go, there are too many people here, let's talk back in the mage's pavilion."
Elena paused for a moment, looking into Rom's deep eyes. Although she didn't understand, she obediently nodded and agreed to his request.
……
The group quickly returned to the mage's pavilion.
As soon as he reached the second-floor lobby, Rom suddenly stopped and unceremoniously shoved Jack, who was about to follow him in, out of the room, then slammed the door shut with a bang.
"Huh? Luo..."
"You stay outside the door and guard it; no one is allowed to come near."
Luo Mu left a comment and then locked the door from the inside.
In the spacious yet dimly lit hall, only Rom and Elena remained.
Elena looked at Rom's complicated expression and suddenly became nervous.
With a man and a woman alone in a room, and given Rom's somewhat rough actions just now, Elena felt uneasy.
She gripped the edge of her robe tightly with both hands, her heart pounding uncontrollably.
She didn't understand why Rom had kicked Jack out and locked the door. Could it be that the request he made on the city wall earlier... was extremely unreasonable?!
As she was lost in thought, Rom approached step by step, looked at Elena, and gave her a kind smile:
"You can't refuse the request I made, which you just agreed to."
Rom reached out and pointed to Elena's full robes, whispering:
"I want...the most precious thing about you."
"..."
On your person? ...The most precious thing?
Upon hearing this, Elena glanced at her chest in the direction Rom was pointing, and her head buzzed.
Startled, she took several steps back, her back slamming against the hard bookshelf with a thud.
She clutched her robe collar tightly, her cheeks instantly turning bright red with embarrassment, and her voice trembled:
"No, no! Master Romu... what do you want?"
"You...you can't do this...I'm grateful to you, but I'm a believer in Holy Light, I can't..."
Seeing Elena on the verge of tears, Rom pointed again at her robes.
"I mean, take out that [Spellbook] from your inner pocket. I need to borrow it for the night."
"what?"
Elena was stunned.
She remained in a defensive posture, clutching her chest, stunned for several seconds.
She felt her face turn even redder, and she wished she could dig a hole in the wool carpet with her toes and disappear into it.
So you were just looking at your journal...
Elena breathed a long sigh of relief.
However, she never expected Rom to make this request.
In the world of mages, each person's spellbook is an extremely private and precious item, and it is rare for anyone to ask to borrow it.
Not only because it's private property, but also because the underlying magical energy operates in completely different ways for mages from different schools to look at each other's notes—it's like reading gibberish, utterly unnecessary.
But since he had agreed first, and Rom did indeed save the whole town.
Elena said nothing, obediently reaching inside her robes to pull out the spellbook inlaid with silver gems, and handing it to Rom with both hands:
"These are all the light-based spells I've been able to access so far, and they're all recorded in detail here."
Rom took the magic book.
He felt the girl's warmth and a faint fragrance emanating from his hand, but he paid no attention to any of that.
He immediately went to the table, sat down, opened the book, and began to read intently.
From the moment he received the book, Romé seemed to enter "Do Not Disturb" mode, completely ignoring Elena and not uttering a single word.
Elena stood to the side, watching Rom's earnest expression, which resembled that of a hungry ghost pouncing on its prey, her heart filled with curiosity.
Why would a fire mage be so interested in reading a light magic book? And why would they be so engrossed in it?
"Master Romuk...would you like a cup of hot tea?" Elena asked cautiously in a soft voice.
However, Rom remained silent.
He stared intently at the pages, his hand unconsciously gesturing and pointing rapidly in mid-air.
Seeing this, Elena had no choice but to shut her mouth and not dare to make a sound to disturb them. She obediently pulled over a chair and sat down quietly to wait.
At this moment, in Rom's world, he encountered an unprecedented problem.
"That's strange... This is the first time I've encountered something like this."