Chapter 189: Construction

This rune, existing between reality and illusion, was a particularly complex single rune he had never seen before. Ace suddenly missed the Spirit of the Book intensely. He touched the limp cowlick on his head and sighed helplessly.

If he could use the Spirit of the Book’s powerful ability to comprehend the unknown and deduce, he could probably force himself to memorize even this fleeting, ultra-complex Soul Rune.

Without the Spirit of the Book’s help, relying solely on his own Insight, Ace didn’t know how long it would take to record it.

Three days passed in a flash. Ace had not yet observed any results. Xavier was still comprehending his creed, but he was still some distance away from realizing it.

“Unless the Spirit of the Book awakens, recording the fleeting, ultra-complex Soul Rune will take too much time. Let’s go to the clearing for the Magic School first. The apprentices must have been waiting for a long time.”

Ace said to the others. He then used Flash Teleportation, leaped into the sky, spread his geometric Mana Crystal wings, and glided toward the large clearing on the west side.

“Sharp” looked at the host body already in the sky and said to Ancestar and Arno: “Let’s hurry to the clearing too. Don’t be late.”

After speaking, he ran off quickly. Ancestar and Arno saw this and also ran quickly.

Thud!

Arno seemed to have bumped into something. He rubbed his arm but didn’t pay it much mind, continuing to run toward the clearing. Leon, the territory’s Temporary Magistrate and Betty’s father, lay twisted on the side, struggling continuously.

Half an hour later, at the Magic School site.

All the Wizard Apprentices had arrived. Ace spoke a few words, then announced that the apprentices would begin constructing the Magic School according to the updated tasks on the sixth page of the Grimoire. He then walked to the edge of the school clearing.

He planned to build a new magic laboratory in the southwest of the school according to his plan. This would be a tower-shaped laboratory. Before he had the ability to build a true High Tower, building a magic tower laboratory was a good choice.

Ace planned to leave the top floor of the tower empty. In the future, he would create a large Magic Item capable of solidifying the Dream Mental Network and transmitting, storing, relaying, and receiving signals, placing it there. The other floors would be similar to the original underground magic laboratory.

While Ace was conceiving the design of the magic laboratory, the apprentices had already begun reading the updated information on the sixth page of the Grimoire.

【Update: The original point system is canceled and changed to Social Practice Points and Combat Practice Points. Exchanging for any Spell Model or Rune Array requires a certain amount of both types of points.

Note: The points counted for school advancement are cumulative points earned.】

【Below is the construction blueprint for the High Tower Elementary Magic School. (Image)】

【Please click on the construction blueprint to view the methods for obtaining Social Practice Points this time.】

Polina, wearing a fitting Magic Robe, walked gently up to Caruso. Seeing Caruso staring at the sixth page of the Grimoire for a while, she said to him with a smile: “Caruso, can you tell me what has been updated this time?”

The scar on tall, thin Caruso’s face twitched. Looking at the smiling girl, he sighed helplessly and said: “Why are you so lazy? Can’t you read it yourself? Completing any task earns 10 points. You can only accept one task at a time.

Furthermore, if you lack the necessary spell to complete a task, you can choose to forgo the points and directly obtain the spell. For example, the task of producing bricks requires producing 10,000 qualified bricks, which requires the Lesser Spell Lesser Mud-to-Stone.

If you wanted to exchange for this spell in the Grimoire’s spell list, it would cost 10 Social Practice Points and 10 Combat Practice Points. So obtaining a new spell this way is actually a profit…”

The apprentices studied the construction blueprint on the Grimoire and discussed it enthusiastically. Sulu, with a warm smile, approached the contemplative Warren. He planned to get close to Warren and learn about the spirit of questioning.

Under the command of the mirror image “Sharp,” the apprentices accepted their new tasks via the Grimoire and began constructing the future High Tower Elementary Magic School in groups.

The overall design of the school was a castle-style building. The center was an open courtyard, divided into a magical plant garden and a combat training ground. The northern part of the castle was the teaching and laboratory building. The west side was the Monster breeding and confinement area. The east side was the apprentice dormitory. The south side was the library and the main gate.

The tower in the southwest corner was Ace’s magic laboratory and his residence. It would house the future hub of the Dream Mental Link Network, the Forbidden Library, the laboratory floor, the Magic Array and Ritual floor, and the Magical Material and Item floor.

There was a corresponding tower in the southeast corner, which would be the editorial department for the future magic journal Spells.

The basement of the entire castle was the Mana Conversion Station, equipped with the Mana Stone Conversion Magic Array and large-scale Mana Siphoning, Storage, and Supply Magic Arrays. It would be the future Mana supply source for the entire castle.

In Ace’s expectation, the construction period for the entire school castle would be about six months. Apprentices would study first-year courses for five days every other week, in the mornings.

Combat drills would be held every Saturday morning at the combat training ground under Ace’s supervision. At other times, apprentices could freely choose to construct the castle or rest.

According to Ace’s calculations, most apprentices could earn about 100 Social Practice Points after completing the school construction. As for Combat Practice Points, winning combat drills would only yield a small portion.

In another week, the first combat practice mission would be announced. The best performers in the combat drills would be selected to clear out Monsters on the road to the northern mining area and within the mining area itself.

The combat practice missions for the next year would mainly include: collecting magical plants, planting and cultivating magical plants, hunting low-level Monsters, breeding and caring for low-level Monsters, and guarding and patrolling the valley territory.

At night, the crowd, exhausted from a day’s work, returned to their respective dwellings to rest, filled with longing for the construction of the future Magic School.

Ace didn’t want to observe Ancestar and the others any longer today, so he gave them the night off. Only he and the mirror image remained in the residence.

Under the cool and gentle light of the Controllable Light Orb, Ace said to the mirror image:

“After our territory develops for a year and the granaries are full, it will be time to conquer new barbarian tribes to bolster the territory as slaves and reserve population.

I have considered this for a long time. Our management of the barbarians needs to be more refined. Currently, the territory’s management layer consists almost entirely of former Citizens of Medimus City-State. We have overlooked an important group: the barbarian chiefs!

Although they dare not resist due to our power, being excluded from the ruling class and commanded by Reserve Citizens must cause them some loss. It is time to absorb some chiefs who lean towards us into the Administration Office. This will prevent the former city-state Citizens from dominating completely and is conducive to balance!”

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