Chapter 582: Chapter 378 New Flying Witchcraft_2
Erwin, although aged in appearance, spoke with a resonant and powerful voice.
"Alright, let me briefly explain your duties. In the Roon Kingdom, the main responsibility of resident wizards is to address any threats to the kingdom, particularly those affecting the harvest of crops.
And the Roon Kingdom, while possessing extremely fertile land, also has two hazards: one is the Lightless Forest located to the south, and the other consists of 69 entrances to underground caves scattered throughout the kingdom—most of which are concentrated in the east."
"From these two places, demon specters and filthy underground creatures emerge periodically. Your task will be to patrol according to my schedule and then deal with these monsters when it is your turn."
"I understand," Colin continued to nod, but his attention was on observing Erwin.
This seemingly old wizard was not to be underestimated; he must be Second Rank Advanced.
Of course, strength wasn’t the main focus of Colin’s interest; he was suddenly reminded of yesterday’s outcome from Anando’s Dice.
The White Tower belonged to Erwin, so the treasure revealed by Anando’s Dice must also belong to Erwin... but he wondered what it was and if Erwin was carrying it now.
After observing for a while and discovering nothing, Colin refocused on the conversation.
What Erwin mentioned had already been discussed with him by Welber, so it wasn’t too surprising.
After all, a stationing task was still a task. Those wizards who came to be stationed weren’t here on vacation; following certain rules and arrangements was to be expected.
"That’s all from me, Colin."
"As for your daily duty station... let it be at the Southern Three Tower. I remember Welber there is also from the Tin Saint School, so you can ask him if there’s anything you don’t understand."
"But remember, the job of a resident wizard is very important. The grain yield of the Roon Kingdom not only affects Roon Kingdom but also impacts the entire Neustadt!
In fact, this is the reason why you resident wizards are here, do you understand?"
"I understand," Colin nodded emphatically.
However, the next day, when he asked Welber which wizard tower was the Southern Three Tower, he received a completely different answer.
"Southern Three Tower... What day is it today... um, Wednesday, ah, actually, there’s no need to go over there." Welber glanced at the time before turning to him, "Never mind, I’ll take you there."
"But, Lord Colin, you don’t need to take too seriously what Lord Erwin said... Although it’s not officially stipulated, we usually only genuinely work one day a week on Mondays.
The rest of the time, we just take a stroll there in the morning."
Chatting along, the two walked toward the wizard tower. The Golden Barley District was quite close to the Wizard Tower District, and in a few minutes, they had already reached the Southern Three Tower.
Just then, Colin expressed his confusion to Welber.
Reading his expression, Welber continued to explain:
"These attacks from demon monsters and underground creatures are a thing of the past. The Roon Kingdom hasn’t seen a large-scale attack in three hundred years, and in the last decade, there hasn’t been a single incident."
Welber smiled, "Honestly, I have been here for so long, but I have never encountered an incident that required calling for reinforcements."
These wizards from Neustadt, stationed in Golden Barley, primarily played the role of reinforcements.
Golden Barley was ideally situated between the Lightless Forest and the main entrances to the underground caves; at the speed of a First Rank Wizard, it would take at most ten minutes to reach either location.
In the past, when there were more wizards stationed and more frequent attacks, they would split into two groups to guard each side.
But it gradually evolved into the current style of reinforcement—when local areas encounter dangers they can’t handle, they seek support from Golden Barley through the short-distance Communication Ring Tower.
Initially, the stationed wizards were mainly powerful wizards from the Nine Major Schools, including not a few of Second Rank.
But things had changed now; when the attacks ceased and the rewards for their assignments decreased, the guard duties began to feel boring, tedious, and a waste of time. So they gradually fell to the wizards of affiliated schools.
Colin and Welber walked into the empty South Three Tower.
Before entering, Colin had briefly observed the area. South Three Tower was located on the southern side of the Wizard Tower District, counting from the central White Tower, it was precisely the third.
Compared to the other typical four-story wizard towers, South Three Tower was noticeably shorter, with only two floors.
According to Colin’s observation, like this short tower, there were about eight or nine in the entire Wizard Tower District... because it was too short, he had even excluded it when previously tallying the number of wizard towers.
The first floor of South Three Tower housed a device quite familiar to Colin—the Communication Ring Tower, the smallest he had observed so far, but it almost occupied all the space of that floor.
Aside from the Communication Ring Tower, the only other furnishings on the first floor of South Three Tower were some elegantly designed single sofas in the corner.
Welber took him up to the second floor, which only had two rooms, both were identically furnished with a large white bed that almost took up each of the rooms.
"There isn’t much to see."
After checking the area, Welber leisurely walked and settled himself into the soft sofa on the first floor and comfortably squinted his eyes.
After indulging briefly, he noticed that Colin hadn’t joined him yet, so he opened his eyes and gestured towards the adjacent sofa:
"Come sit over here, Sir Colin."
"Since encountering the Tainted Babbling, the demons and ghosts of the Lightless Forest, like those Demon Beasts, have gradually vanished, and this is the case for the Underground Caves too, those annoying subterranean creatures haven’t appeared under the sunlight for a long time now.
This isn’t exclusive to the Roon Kingdom; the entire Siya Continent is this way. Underground Caves can be found everywhere, and dark forests like the Lightless Forest that harbor dangers are present everywhere, albeit not necessarily called by that name."
"Although these places haven’t completely lost their strangeness, it’s hard for wizards to probe deep into them, yet their decline is a fact.
Moreover, Roon Kingdom has been raising a large number of Great Knights and some Wizard Apprentices, capable of dealing with any minor dangers, usually sparing us stationed wizards from intervening."
After a long explanation, Welber contentedly watched as Colin also sat down on the sofa.
Not long after, Welber suggested they go out for a walk.
But Colin declined and stayed until six in the evening, the designated shift change time, then he leisurely went home.
Throughout the period, just as Welber had said, no calls for assistance came.
As for Welber, he had slipped away at noon, claiming he was going for lunch, but he never returned.
The next day.
Colin came to South Three Tower as usual.
When he was sure Welber wouldn’t be coming, he left a protective witchcraft spell at the entrance of South Three Tower and went up to the second floor where he opened the Silver Chamber.
With all the stationed wizards absent from duty, Colin found that the South Three Tower was a better place for routine practice than his home basement.
With the Silver Chamber installed, it was equally hidden; even if discovered, no one would know exactly what he was doing, and the quality of a Silver Chamber laid out based on the wizard tower was also higher.
Additionally, Colin was somewhat concerned about the statements Erwin had initially emphasized, at least... he couldn’t start by skipping work.
Now, this arrangement neither affected his practice nor neglected his duties—it was killing two birds with one stone.
Thus, Colin spent a calm ten days in Roon Kingdom.
With focused effort, on the eleventh day, he successfully broke the limits of the Soaring and Flying Technique, and it successfully merged with the Light Flame Soaring Skill, forming a new type of Flying Witchcraft.