Under Franky’s guidance, you once again experienced the comfort and pleasure brought by Instantaneous Movent Magic. Franky brought you in front of a tall tower, which seed odd because the first four floors were built on the ground, but the fifth floor was separated from the fourth and floated above it, with the tower itself emitting a faint cyan glow.
"Teacher, what place is this?"
"This is the Academy Museum, Haotian Tower. You wouldn’t absorb much if I went on about it, so let’s just go straight in and take a look."
There were no guards in front of the museum, just two tall Dragon Statues erected. As you approached, you were suddenly horrified to discover that the two statues abruptly opened their eyes, staring straight at you.
"Teacher, they moved?" You noticed that the wing of a Dragon Statue on the right twitched, frightening you.
"No worries, they are just guardians here. As a student of the Imperial Academy, as long as you show your academy badge, they will let you pass."
As Franky ntioned, when you took out the badge from your crotch— cough, indeed you had placed the academy badge in your crotch.
After you showed your badge, the two statues cald down again and closed their eyes. Franky looked at you with an odd expression and asked, "Have you always kept your badge in that spot?"
Suppressing a laugh, you awkwardly hung the badge on your chest: "This morning, I fought with a monster in the Arena, and all my clothes were burned, leaving only this badge. It seems like this badge has a strong defense against magic."
"Naturally, the Imperial Academy’s badge is known as the ’Magic God Shield.’ Um, placing the badge there is quite creative."
"Teacher, let’s go in." You didn’t want to continue on this topic and took the lead into the museum.
"Hey, don’t wander off. Without my guidance, you will get lost inside," Franky quickly followed you.
The museum was indeed huge. From the outside, it looked rely like a tower, but when Franky brought you inside, you found the place surprisingly spacious—this was no longer just a tower level, it was clearly a square!
And looking around, you couldn’t find any stairs or passages leading to the second floor. On the vast square, there were many strange creatures arranged everywhere. Although these creatures had no life, they looked lifelike. You had barely walked a few steps when you were startled by an enormous monster in front of you.
"Ah, teacher, what kind of animal is this?" You pointed at a trendously large creature not far ahead. The creature you were pointing at was about ten ters tall, with a huge head and a mouth full of sharp teeth, appearing as if it could swallow you whole.
"The specific na of this creature I am not clear, all I know is that they lived thousands of years ago during the Ancient Era."
"Creatures from the Ancient Era have been preserved this well?" Your face was full of surprise and for so reason, as you watched, two words naturally popped into your head— "Dinosaur."
"Hmm? What did you just say?"
"Dinosaur. I don’t know why, but when I see these creatures, that word just cos to my mind, as if that’s their na."
"Dinosaur?" Franky thought for a mont, then nodded with a smile, "This na is quite fitting. These creatures are indeed terrifying, and they do resemble dragons to so extent, haha. In a few days, when I et the teacher who specializes in researching these creatures, I’ll tell him this new term."
"Teacher, didn’t you say you were going to tell about the Domain of Blood?" Your main concern is naturally your own Domain of Blood, which originally didn’t belong to you; other matters are out of your scope of concern.
"Hmm, those records aren’t here, let’s go to the fourth layer. Don’t wander around aimlessly, as there are restrictions everywhere here. With your current abilities, I’m afraid you won’t even be able to make it to the second layer. Even I can only reach the sixth layer. To get to the seventh layer, I’d need twice my current power, and it increases progressively after that."
"Heavens! So, how much strength is needed to reach the top layer?" Upon hearing Franky’s explanation, you couldn’t help but show a face full of astonishnt.
"There are a total of thirteen floors here. No one from the Three Great Human Empires can reach the tenth floor, not even the Archbishop can only go as far as the ninth floor. It is said that beyond the ninth floor, the requirent for each layer is ten tis the strength of the previous one."
"Who then has reached the tenth layer?"
Franky looked straight at you, a mysterious smile on his face: "That’s why I brought you here today. Do you know, I’ve seen the lost art of close combat magic and the supernatural healing ability in you, which have been absent for over a hundred years? Those who reached the tenth floor in the past, one of them was famous across the continent for these two Domain of Blood abilities."
"Teacher, what exactly is close combat magic?" You don’t want to ntion your second Domain of Blood.
"Co on, we’ll talk as we walk." Franky started leading you towards the farthest left corner of this level of the plaza, "Close combat magic, as the na suggests, is the combination of martial art and magic. For example, what you did yesterday, enshrouding your fists in flas, even though the fire you produced had no lethality. Don’t think that close combat magic is just for show; it’s different from what’s commonly known as magic and martial arts dual cultivation."
"Heh heh, I had no choice but to do that, I was actually planning to enroll in the Close Combat Departnt."
"By the way, let ask you, did you learn to create that fire on the spot yesterday?"
"Yes, Ah-Jian taught on the fly."
Franky’s face lit up with joy, and then he patted your shoulder, saying: "Not bad, kid, you’ve got real potential. You’re cut out to be my student."
"I haven’t said I want to be your student yet," you murmured.
"What, becoming my student is beneath you? I happen to be the most outstanding Air Attribute Magician at the Imperial Academy, and those who want to beco my student, if they were lined up, could circle around the outskirts of Somari."
"You boast too much. You can only reach the seventh floor," you rolled your eyes at Franky.
"You brat, you have no idea about the might of the Haotian Tower. In all three Human Empires, less than sixty people can reach the seventh floor of the Haotian Tower, and among them, only sixteen are magicians. Your teacher here is one of those sixteen," Franky said with irritation in his voice, but without getting angry.
"Alright, just take to the fourth floor to have a look first, and then we can talk about the matter of accepting you as a ntor." You are a smart person; from your brief interaction with Franky, it’s not hard to see that he really wants you to beco his student. However, you wouldn’t want to beco a student so easily; at least before that happens, you’d want to take advantage of getting sothing good out of him.
Led by Franky, you directly reached the fourth layer through the Magic Teleportation Channel.
The fourth layer is completely different from the first layer, with its area being less than half of the first layer, and besides a giant central scroll, there are no other items. Franky walked you up to the scroll, placed his hand gently on it, and then quietly recited a string of incantations. When he finished chanting, accompanied by a burst of dazzling white light, the scroll slowly opened. Soon, a series of paintings and texts began to transfer from one end of the scroll to the other.
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