Chapter 278: Lost Votes
"Remino, I've had enough of the dark and damp basement. The stench from the experiments is almost blinding me!" "What can I do,
my Abbotts? " , His Majesty has ordered the banning of all arcane associations, prohibited arcane mages from exploring the truth, and even dismissed us as wizards." In the dark basement, dots of light shone on the face of a young man, full of helplessness.
"It's only temporary. Your Majesty was only deceived by those noble knights and stopped us from exploring the truth. We will definitely wait until the day when the seal is lifted." The dim light shone on the face of another young man, reflecting his slightly mediocre facial features.
The young man Abbott was cleaning an experimental table filled with bottles and jars of experimental materials.
Lemino followed the cleaning, then shook his head and said: "Don't think so much, it's not easy to have a basement for us to do experiments... Tsk tsk, you have condensed the rings, and I am just a bunch of energy lines. !"
"You can also condense rings. I believe in your talent." Abbott comforted him, then raised his fist and said excitedly, "We will never hide in the basement all our lives, secretly studying the working principles of arcane magic. Do you believe it? !"
Reimino rolled his eyes: "I just want to know what to eat for dinner."
When he didn't get a response from his companion, Abbott put down his fist in embarrassment, as if to say to his companion, and as if to encourage himself: "Sooner or later, there will be One day, I will build a high tower overlooking the earth, high in the sky, and conduct experiments openly!" "
Hey!" Reimino continued to roll his eyes, "Although it's dark now, it's not dark outside yet, don't be like this You've been dreaming for a long time, okay!"
"You don't believe me, Lemino!" Abbotts shouted loudly, "It doesn't matter, you will see all this one day. Arcane mages no longer need to form secret societies, arcane mages can live in In the tower, you can freely study arcana and explore the truth!"
As he finished speaking, the picture blurred into white light.
The previous image was just a phantom being played on the big screen. Several Gao'an mages were sitting in the audience, commenting on it.
"The filming was good, and the two actors performed well."
"But it still feels like something is missing, what do you think?"
"I also have this feeling, it seems to be the actor of Sage Abbott, there is something... How should I put it? It's a bit too exciting. When I read "Abbots's Diary", I felt that the sage Abbott did not have this kind of passionate character." "Yeah, I also
remembered it when you said that, Ah. Sage Botz is a man of few words. Only at the most critical moments, he will say one or two final words." "
Well, that means there is something wrong with the script and it needs to be changed."
"Change it, change it." The leader Master Ao nodded and said, ""Sage Abbots" is a blockbuster documentary launched by our Tower of Ofa, and it must be perfect. The first one is well received, so that future Sage Documentaries can be better promoted." Several Ao's next to
him Masters, all agree with this.
After confirming the revision of the script, the arcane mages chatted about other trivial matters. One of the arcane mages suddenly mentioned: "Sages can only be remembered, but prophets are being recommended. Do you think anyone can be added to the position of prophet this year? ?"
The chief sage of Offata is commonly known as the prophet.
"It's hard to say, but I think Sage Inkoseth has a better chance, right?" "
I don't think so. Sage Inkosasi is a sage of life. There are already five prophets in the field of life in Offata. , to add the sage Inkoses, wouldn’t it be necessary to have six prophets of life?”
“Yes.” Someone agreed, “The field of life is certainly a large field, but five prophets are already crowded enough, and it is unlikely to be added. The sixth prophet of life."
"What about Falun Silver Fish Sage?"
"He has enough qualifications, but I don't think highly of him. The reason is very simple. He has no major achievements in the field of alchemy."
Another Master Arcana smiled and said: "If you want to talk about the heavyweight results, it's Duke Sage. The fantasy film you and I are discussing here was invented by Duke Sage. Last year, Lord Thersus and Lord Lambert both said they would recommend it. His."
"Hey, it's really possible."
"No, how old is Duke Sage, twenty-two? Oh, it was twenty-two last year, and it's already twenty-three this year. But twenty-three is too small. How many twenty-three people have not been promoted to arcane mage? Wouldn't they add him as a prophet?" "
But the technology of the Brand Ring is really shocking. In the past year or so, puppets, contracts, and card making , formations and other fields, almost all have undergone earth-shaking changes due to the invention of the Brand Ring!" "Let
me give you the most intuitive feeling. In the past, if the spirit card at home was broken, it would be repaired, but now it is no longer the case. It needs to be repaired. The cost of re-branding a new card is lower than the cost of repairing a card... It will benefit the entire society!" "Spiritual
apprentices can earn enough for their cultivation by guarding a spiritual card branding device. Resources. Sage Duke's contribution to spiritual arcana is huge and far-reaching." "
More than that, I recently heard that the Supreme Tower of Magical Spirit is discussing the formalization of professions such as card warriors and puppet warriors and bringing them into the category of Three Seas monks... In the past, card warriors cost money, and they couldn’t play without any capital. Now spiritual apprentices can arm themselves.” Ka warriors
are spiritual apprentices who use spirit cards as a means of combat. In the past, because they relied on foreign objects to fight, they were not affected by magic spirits. Tower recognized as a regular profession of monks.
"Strong light technology and film and television technology have benefited the entire lower class of society, and the Ring of Brand has benefited all Linghai monks." The leading arcanist shook his head and sighed, "Think about it now, let alone being promoted to a prophet, we just have to wait a few years for us to film him. A documentary might as well be a good idea."
"Um, this is an exaggeration, the Temple of Heroes..." "
What's wrong with the Temple of Heroes? The branded ring has been confirmed and recognized. It's named after the ring. It's probably not far away from the Temple of Heroes. Not far away."
As we all know, the "ring" has a very high status in the minds of arcane mages.
Therefore, great technologies are basically named after rings, such as the Ring of Distortion, the Ring of Projection, the Ring of Contract, etc.
The branding ring can be named successfully, so naturally everyone recognizes the greatness of this technology.
So when Master Arcana said this, several people nearby hissed, absorbing a lot of the air-conditioning in the screening room.
...
People in the Holy City of Offa are secretly paying attention to the upcoming election of the chief sage of Offa Tower. However, there is no movement in the media, and the people have little feeling about it. There are no people discussing it in the streets. None.
Major matters such as the recruitment of prophets are the top personnel arrangements of the Seven Towers Federation and are no longer something that ordinary people can discuss.
In essence, the Seven Towers Federation is not an independent country, and even the aristocratic system has not been completely abolished so far.
Therefore, the content that people can discuss is limited, and the things that can be exaggerated in newspapers and media are also limited.
However, inside the Offa Tower, surrounding the Offa Projection Room, there was almost no rest from morning to night. The twenty-seven serving chief sages often came from the Offa Projection Room to communicate face to face in the form of avatars.
After all, not all prophets live in the Holy City of Arcane. Many prophets explore spiritual arcana in various parts of the Seven Towers Federation, and even go out for many years without returning.
"The candidate recommended by me is very clear, Duke." Sirsus received a clone of the prophet in the office of Offata, "Your Excellency Joseph, it is indeed necessary to add a new prophet to the puppet field, but the learned field Why not."
Joseph seemed to be a middle-aged and elderly man. He was not only a prophet, but also a 7-ring Morning Star arcane instructor.
Hearing this, he retorted: "Duke is too young. I have met and talked with many prophets, but they all do not support Duke being added as a prophet now. A very important reason is that Duke is not a great magician, so he cannot cast the ring of projection and cannot hold meetings. ."
"The honor can be given first, and it won't be too late to come back to the meeting after he is promoted to the Great Arcane Mage." "Isn't
the Chapter of Mist enough? Isn't the title of Card Sage enough?" Joseph said, "In the worst case, I will promise him that I will wait for him. After being promoted to the Arcane Mage, he was immediately added as a prophet."
"He has been enlightened by the will of the stars." "
That cannot cover up his current dilemma of being unable to participate in the overall situation. He is unwilling to settle in the Holy City of Arcana, and he wants to occupy the position of the prophet. It's unreasonable."
"Duke has brought about earth-shaking innovations in the field of erudition in recent years. For this reason, we should also add him as a prophet so that he can continue to shine in the field of erudition." Sirsa Si insisted, "Furthermore, the Ring of Branding has contributed too much. If he is not given the position of prophet, he will not be able to convince everyone."
Joseph also frowned and responded: "It's not that I won't give it, let alone denying the Ring of Branding, but I'm just waiting first. I believe Duke can understand this truth."
"I still have the same opinion as before, those who have merit will be rewarded, and those who have mastered it will be their teachers." Celsus revealed a tone that could not be changed, "The purpose of establishing a prophet is to promote various spiritual and arcane methods. For the development of large fields, natural history needs a new prophet, and Duke is also capable of promoting the development of the field of erudition." "
Since Sir Thelsus insists, I will say no more and leave here." "
Slowly. Are you leaving or not?"
After Joseph left, someone came to visit him not long after. This time it was not a clone, but the real body of Madelon Rhodiola.
"Madron is here." Celsus leaned back in his chair and did not do any polite etiquette. "What did you think about it?"
Madron Rhodiola, as the chief director of the Erudite Supreme Tower, is also a Prophets lead the spread of natural history to society, that is, the promotion of new technologies.
He said calmly: "I don't plan to recommend Duke."
Selsus frowned: "Why?"
"The reason is the same as most prophets. Duke cannot hold meetings. The prophets not only have to hold meetings in the Holy City of Offa, but also They often come to some ruins for meetings, and Duke can't participate for the time being. There is no point in being added as a prophet." "
If even the person who invented the Ring of Brand is not qualified to be selected as a prophet, what qualifications do we, the prophets, have to sit in this position? ?"
"You can wait a moment." Madelong said calmly.
"The science of natural history has developed rapidly in the past few hundred years. The third prophet is a logical step. If we wait for the next time, I am afraid it will be wasted for decades!" Sirsus snorted, the chief sage of Offa Tower, according to regulations Supplemented once every ten years.
But not every addition will definitely select a prophet. Otherwise, due to the long life of the Austrian mage, there will be more than the current twenty-seven prophets.
Madron was silent for a moment and said: "As far as I know so far, Duke will not get one-third of the votes, there is no possibility of forced election, and the possibility of losing votes is 100%." The
prophet added, once every ten years.
Each prophet can nominate a candidate.
Of course, before the supplementary vote, the prophets will communicate with each other and will not blindly recommend candidates.
Candidates who receive more than half of the prophets' recommendation votes can be directly added as a new prophet. If there is less than half of the recommendation votes, but more than one-third of the recommendation votes, as long as there is a strong recommendation from Huiyue Arcane Teacher, the forced recommendation mode can be turned on.
In the push mode, all prophets can only vote against or support the candidate.
If the number of votes is still more than half, the new prophet can be co-opted. If the number of votes is still less than half, the co-optation will fail.
Basically, every year when additional prophets vote, most of the time there is no result and only a loss of votes - it is really difficult to get the support of half of the prophets.
"I will still recommend Duke." Cersus looked at Madron and snorted coldly, "The worst case scenario is that the votes will be lost. In my opinion, no one is as qualified as Duke. He can't create shocking results, I think. Relying on seniority to get a position won't work here."
Madron frowned: "It's just a matter of fact, no one wants to rely on seniority to get a position." "
I'm tired, you can go on your own." Selsus directly served tea to see the guests off.
Madron stood up calmly and left the office.
When he left, Thelsas immediately threw the tea cup and cursed: "What a fool. As the chief director of the Erudite Tower, I don't want to expand the Erudite field. I don't know what I am thinking about all day long. I think I want to degenerate into perdition." Demon!"
Then he calmed down the fire, and Thersus sighed with emotion: "It's better to cancel this kind of meeting. The older the arcanist mages are, the more stubborn they are, and sparks will fly when they meet..."
Who Can't convince anyone.
He rubbed his forehead and looked at the white clouds outside the window.
At this time, the figure of the Shell Sage slowly condensed, and he said gently: "Lord Thersus, you can't slander others as fallen demons casually."
Thersus immediately smiled and said: "Didn't I just curse a few words to vent my anger? , Shell Wise Man, please don’t record my remarks.”
The entire Offa Tower is basically maintained by Shell Wise Man.
Except for private places, anything anyone does here will be faithfully recorded by the Shell Wise Man and become part of the historical information of Offa Tower.
Register it in a book and put it on a bookshelf for future generations to notice.
"I will set this piece of information to the highest confidentiality level so that no one else can easily access it. Only the Arcane Master can access it," said the wise man Shell.
Selsus shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, just don't let the kids see it. As for the Arcane Master, it doesn't matter. I dare to scold him in front of him, let alone a few words behind his back... Besides, when we quarreled in the past, we would scold each other. I've already done spitting, so why not curse a few times."
"Uncivilized behavior should still be restrained." said the wise man.
Selsus sighed: "This is the reason why I don't like to come to Offata. Shell Wise, you can't show any kindness at all. You have to be restrained in everything you say and do."
Shell Wise's tone is still so gentle: "Sage's Seat Yizi once said that rules are the basis of spiritual arcana. Even in complex circles, rules must be followed. Without the rules, spiritual arcana will collapse." "Oh, I know, I know."
Se Ersus quickly changed the topic, "I heard that Offata is toying with the documentary of the saints recently?"
"Yes."
"Does the wise man know what the filming is like?" "
I only saw some clips, the film crew still In preparation for revision, judging from my taste, I can only say that it is not bad."
"Haha, does the Shell Wise Man have any fantasy films that he likes?" Selsus asked with a smile.
"I like the documentary series "Man and Nature", "Seven Towers of Aerial Photography" and "The Black Dragon River Land on the Bite of the Tongue" produced by DreamWorks Pictures." Hu Zhizhe quickly replied, "The maturity of the work is far from It surpasses other fantasy films."
Then the wise man added: "The planners of these works all have the name of Sage Duke." "
Isn't it him who invented the fantasy films? How can other people's poor imitations surpass him? This inventor."
"Sir Thelsus, do you have any fantasy films you like?"
"The younger generation of my family founded a film and television company and made several fantasy films based on stories from my youth. I think they are pretty good." Celsus touched his beard, feeling content with the legend of his youth.
"Is it "The Arcane Mage of the Earth vs. the Nine-Headed Phoenix Dragon"? I've also watched it. Sir Thelsus's demeanor when he was young was stunning." "Hahahaha, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning
. !”
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“My hope is not great.” Duke looked at Erwin and shook his head slowly, “Not to mention my qualifications, the mere fact that I cannot cast the Ring of Projection limits the height that I can stand. "
"What if we settle in the Arcane Holy City?"
"It's still no good. After all, the level 3 arcane mage is a little bit behind." Duke said and smiled, "If I solve the ring copying material, there may be a glimmer of hope. Now Just let it go, I have to focus on the development of Cuihai City." "
Well, if you think about it carefully, Duke, you are too young. The big shots in the Holy City are afraid that they don't want to see you, Duke. Sit with them."
After a pause, Erwin added: "It doesn't matter if you can't be chosen this time. You will definitely have a place in the position of prophet. It's just a matter of time." "Let's not talk about
this anymore. Let's continue. Experiment."
"Okay."
After several times of using the ring of projection to condense the clones, Erwin was a little tired and left the laboratory first, leaving Duke still thinking hard.
"Xiao Yi."
"Master, I am here."
"Do you have any good way to avoid the fog of spiritual arcana?" "
Xiao Yi is thinking about it, but the data collected by Xiao Yi is far away from the origin of spiritual arcana. With a layer of intuitive feeling, it is impossible to analyze directly. We can only rely on data calculations to indirectly speculate on the fog of spiritual arcana." "Recalculate the data
to find the missing variables, and we will collect it again!" Duke did not give up and decided to continue to study the data. .
He liked something Leo Weiss said.
Life may not have a solution, but spiritual mysteries must have a solution.
The projection ring must have a way to avoid the spiritual arcane fog, making the copy ring a real arcane weapon, allowing arcane mages of all levels to project clones.
After letting Xiaoyi fight to the death, Duke still has something else to do, which is to activate the star mark and enter the dreamland of stars to continue lighting up the stars.
As of now, it has been over a year since I earned the Duke star.
He has lit up about five thousand stars, among which the tree king developed by humans has also lit up three.
One tree is the 3-ring tree king of Snowshirt Palace in the Grand Duchy of Broken Ice - Snowshirt King.
One is a city located in the New Free Federation. Duke did not choose to come, but just explored the situation to prepare for emergencies.
The New Free Federation is located between the Storm Empire and the Storm Empire, and has little contact with the Seven Towers Federation.
There is another tree located in the Sea Soul Empire, in a city bordering the Great Western Sea. Half of the tree king is blowing the sea breeze, and the other half is blowing sand and dust.
Duke also didn't come, he just wrote down the coordinates.
"What I want is the tree king in the Seven Towers Federation. I don't know when it will be lit... And how big this world is. I lit more than 5,000 stars and only came across three trees. The tree kings developed by humans are simply unimaginable."
The planet in the wilderness world is indeed very vast. Judging from the current information, the entire wilderness continent is located approximately in the northeastern hemisphere of the planet.
Possibly across the poles and tropics.
But even if it covers the entire planet, the land area cannot support so many tree kings. According to probability theory, the tree kings in the Seven Towers Federation should have been lit up long ago.
This can't help but make Duke wonder whether the Wilderness Continent is a planet after all.
"Keep lighting up. Anyway, time is mine. I don't believe that after several years of busy work, I still can't find the stars in the Seven Towers Federation. Maybe I'll get lucky and directly turn the stars corresponding to the 3-ring tree king-Green Banyan Forest It's all lit up."
After the tug and pull of the heaven and earth, he had appeared in the starry sky in the dreamland of stars.
The Duke's star beneath his feet was shining with light, and there were countless lines of light around him, connecting the stars one after another to form a bright area.
Outside this area, it was still dark, with only the stars twinkling.
"Goddess Nyx!" Duke shouted, and then guided by his thoughts, he teleported directly to a star at the edge of this bright area.
Goddess Nyx did not respond. For more than a year, Duke would call out every time he came in, but Goddess Nyx never responded.
Maybe it will take a hundred years before He awakens again.
After a run, dozens of stars were lit up. Duke shook his head in disappointment, and then the world began to spin, and the surrounding scene returned to reality.
"Phew, nothing was found again." Duke was already used to it.
So I didn't feel too discouraged. I packed up, left the laboratory, and returned to my office on the top floor.
"Calculating the time, by this time, the results of the recruitment of the chief sage of Offata should have been produced." Duke drank the tea made by his assistant and thought to himself, "As a nominated candidate, the result will be the second." Let me know as soon as possible."
He didn't know whether others would choose him, but Sirsas said on many public occasions that he would nominate Duke.
Therefore, Thersus' vote is stable.
Although he knew very well that relying on Selsus' vote alone was of little use. After all, there were twenty-seven prophets in Offa Tower.
but.
"People will always hold on to this glimmer of hope before it is shattered, like a life-saving straw for a drowning person... I am no exception." Duke blew the tea leaves and smiled slightly to himself. , take another sip of tea.
However, he believed that the Ring of Brand was worthy of the status of a prophet, and even worthy of the status of a sage, it just depended on when it would be fulfilled.
Whether they are prophets or sages, there are actually a large number of people waiting in line.
Duke is new here, and whether he can jump in line depends on the Ring of Brand, and whether it is worth setting a precedent for him by the prophets.
Waiting was the most tiring thing, and he was a little irritable.
I simply put down the teacup, got up and went to the newly installed greenhouse in the office. It was stuffy, hot and humid in the greenhouse, and a flower bed was built in the middle.
There are some tropical plants in the flower bed, which he purchased one after another from other places, and arranged the flower bed to protect against the tropical rainforest climate.
Then.
In the middle of the flower bed he buried the heart of oak.
Come back every day and use the breathing method to catalyze the heart of oak, hoping that the heart of oak can sprout and then grow an oak sapling.
This is an oak tree that is about to break through to the third level of tree king. When it is dying, the essence of its body is condensed into the heart of oak. Just like the original queen of burrowing army ants, Red Branch gathered all the blood in her body and laid an ant egg, which eventually hatched into Little Red.
"I hope it will be useful. If it really sprouts, maybe a three-ring tree king will grow on Lingya Mountain. Then I will sell iron to support its growth." Duke has a special feeling for the tree king
.
The reason is simple. He can descend to every tree king from the dreamland of stars, and the whole world will be open to him.
After watering, fertilizing, and breathing for a while, Duke left the greenhouse.
Assistant Mulali immediately came over: "Sir, the document from the Union Tower was sent directly from the Union Tower in the Holy City of Austria." "Really."
Duke took the document and already understood that this was to supplement the prophet. the result of.
and.
He must have failed to add the position of prophet, otherwise it would not be just a document, but a great arcane mage came to the Holy City of Arcane to congratulate him in person.
Sure enough, after opening the document, there was a paragraph written on it.
Duke's eyes focused on two of the words - "votes". This addition of the prophet ended in "votes".
Please vote~
(End of this chapter)