The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 477 Lance Mage Tower

"You?" Lilith and the other two were puzzled.

"That person must have guessed from the magical beast materials that there was a high-level mage on the vehicle! In the Duchy of Lance, there are only two openly recognized spellcasters above the high level: Grand Duke Kra and Marquis Della."

A high-level mage is already enough for the humans of the Duchy of Lance to value and treat with respect.

Moran said, "It is precisely because human merchants are intelligent that they will not make things difficult for you at this time."

Humans are adept at assessing situations; people's attitudes towards you will differ depending on your status and position.

Goblins are different from humans; they'll swindle anyone they can find and then run away after making a quick buck.

Especially for a business guild that has built its business to this point, it is unlikely to offend people it cannot afford to offend.

But if you were just an ordinary person today, your situation and treatment would be completely different.

Lilith, Vasita, and Sylph were completely baffled.

In the world of witches, those of the same race can be absolutely trusted, while those of different races must be treated with caution.

The witches roughly divided the alien races into three types:
One type is friends who are well-intentioned and can be befriended; another type is enemies who are malicious and need to be kept at a distance or eliminated; and the last type is people whose intentions are not yet clear, with whom one can only have a superficial relationship and will not entrust them with trust.

How to treat people of other races is determined by their character and attitude, not by their status, position, or strength.

Witches may meet many different kinds of friends in their lives. They may be shepherdesses they meet on their journeys, queens or princesses of a country, or even a tree that has become spiritual.

“How can humans be so…so hypocritical to their own kind?” Lilith said.

Moran shook his head: "Not everyone is like that, but many people are. Humans are very different, unlike witches."

Humans find witches just as incredible as witches find humans.

Wasn't it the same when she first tried to understand the witch race from the perspective of a human from her previous life?

Perhaps this is due to racial differences!

Each race in Valen is different.

It's not just about differences in physical structure and racial talents, but also about differences in beliefs and customs.

Although human society in Valen is different from that on Earth, the humans are quite similar.

Lilith, Vasita, and Sylph immediately lost their desire to wander around the city any longer.

They wanted to understand what human towns were like, just like ordinary people, and what the differences were between humans and witches. They wanted to experience how to use their own abilities to wipe out the legendary clever human merchants.

It's not that I want to be treated like a great person wherever I go.

They play the role of human mage apprentices, but they are still witches after all, and they are not very comfortable with this kind of thing, nor do they feel happy even if they gain an advantage.

“Let’s go!” Moran said. “The situation should be better in Lance City; there are more mages there.”

“Mm.” Lilith and the other two nodded.

Squeaky's little hands touched the little wooden horse, and with a gentle push, the carriage slowly moved forward, passing through the city and exiting through another city gate.

Without the foot guards slowing them down, their pace quickened considerably.

On the wide trade route, Squeak pushed the little wooden horse forward several spaces, and the carriage sped along.

Inside the bumpy car, the four witches each occupied a corner, studying their own things.

Along the way, they did not accept any other escort jobs and went directly to Lance City in a carriage.

On the boundless plain, golden waves of wheat ripple like a golden ocean.

This is the granary of the entire Lance Empire, the Golden Wheat Field.

In the middle of this vast wheat field stands a colossal city—Lance. The trade route comes from the north, leading directly into the north gate of Lance.

Moran and her companions' magical carriage was speeding along this road.

They all crowded around the left-hand window, sticking their heads out to look.

However, they all glanced at the city of Lance ahead a few times before their eyes fell on a spot about one kilometer to the west of the city.

There stands a colossal structure that towers into the clouds.

Even though they had never seen it in person, they recognized it at that moment.

"Is that the Lance Mage Tower?"

"so high!"

"Standing atop the mage tower, one can take in the entire city of Lance!"

……

From the outside, Lance City doesn't look much different from Pallouf City, which we passed by earlier, except that it's bigger and more prosperous.

The shock it brought them was less than one ten-thousandth of that from the Lance Mage Tower.

Even Moran couldn't help but marvel at the wonder of magic.

But she wasn't marveling at the tower's height; rather, she was marveling at how such a tall tower, built and stabilized entirely by magic, without a foundation or concrete binding and steel reinforcement, was the most robust and best-defended building in the magical empire.

In the Magic Empire, only high-ranking mages and above can build mage towers.

The higher the rank, the higher the mage tower can be.

The Lance Mage Tower belongs to the Grand Duke of Lance, and is only a level 2 mage tower, slightly better than the worst level 1 mage tower.

But this tower can protect the entire Golden Wheat Field and the city of Lance.

From the moment it stood there, the entire Golden Wheat Field enjoyed lasting peace.

Before this, it was part of the Emerald Creek Plain, where magical beasts were the main characters.

The entire Duchy of Lance also began its development from this mage tower.

All races unanimously regard alchemy as the most powerful aspect of human mages because they created alchemical behemoths like the Mage Tower.

It is said that the mage towers in the capital of the Magic Empire are as dense as trees in a forest. When the energy is abundant, even dragons, angels, and demons cannot break through the protective shield erected by the tower forest.

Tallinn, the capital of the Magic Empire, is the only place in all of Valen where, without relying on individual magical energy, but solely on magical creations, one can contend with the continent's top combat forces.

So far, she has only been defeated by one person—the Fireworks Witch Anita.

Her firework bombs are unparalleled in their destructive power.

Moran and the others all made contracts with the Firework Magic Bullet, but after cautiously trying it out, they only regarded it as a last resort to save their lives.

This is a magic with no upper limit. It can compress energy to its extreme and then explode like fireworks. As long as there is enough energy, it can create fireworks of any size.

The one-time magic power that Moran and her three friends have earned so far, if poured into the Firework Magic Bullet, would probably be enough to raze the Magic Empire's Towering Tower to the ground.

Witches possess such abilities only because they are favored by the world's consciousness and have extraordinary talents.

The mage towers of humans are entirely the result of the wisdom and ingenuity of the mages themselves!

Even the alchemy used to create the mage tower was developed by the mages themselves.

Although humans have all sorts of shortcomings, their wisdom is unparalleled, even making up for their lack of magical talent and physical abilities compared to other races.