The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 533 Magic Ladder

Moran entered the enormous mage tower.

A map of the interior of the main tower of the School of the Mind unfolded in her mind, and she followed the map directly to Magic Staircase No. 7.

As one of the famous large-scale alchemical products of the Magic Empire, the Magic Ladder was widely used in various mage towers.

In the witches' travelogue, Moran saw many times the witches' amazement at the wizard's magic ladder.

She had always been curious as to why so many books described the lower levels of the mage tower as being used to house magic ladder devices.

Even in the freshman brochure she saw today, the internal area map of all the mage towers in the School of Mental Sciences marked that the first floor of the mage tower was the entrance to the magic ladder, and the second and third floors, or the second, third, fourth and fifth floors, were the space for the magic ladder device, and the entrance was not open to the public.

Moran couldn't understand how a magic staircase device, placed only on the lower floors without using spatial magic, could transport people to various parts of a mage tower that had at least dozens or hundreds of floors.
However, the alchemical blueprints and related knowledge of the magic ladder were strictly protected by the Magic Empire, and Moran had not yet found the answer.

Fortunately, today she had the opportunity to see it for herself.

Each magic elevator is a single, dedicated elevator that leads to a specific floor. The number of the magic elevator corresponds to the floor it leads to, making it easy to remember.

The second, third, fourth, and fifth floors of the main tower are not open to the public, and the magic staircases numbered two, three, four, and five are all closed.

The sixth magic staircase leads to the sixth floor, where the regular lounge is located.

The seventh magic staircase leads to the seventh floor, where the most complete collection of apprentice-level mental magic books in the entire magic empire is kept.

The beginner's mental magic book is on the 17th floor of the main tower.

The intermediate level is located on the 27th and 37th floors of the main tower.

The higher-level rooms are located on the 47th and 57th floors of the main tower.

The peak level is on floors 67 and 77.

Super-peak level and above magic books are not located in the main tower area accessible to students.

Moran hasn't learned any mental magic yet; his understanding of it is limited to a few basic theoretical books, so he naturally has to start from the very basics.

Of course, even if she went to the 67th or 77th floor now, she wouldn't be able to read any top-level mental magic books.

The academy stipulates that elite students can read all the magic books in the academy for free, but they can only read the next one after they have mastered one.

The ancient mage training program also required that students must learn at least three of each of the elemental magic, alchemical magic, and mental magic at each level before they could learn the next level.

In other words, she can't even read the advanced spellbooks in the main towers of the various elemental branches or the advanced alchemy blueprints in the main tower of the alchemy branch. She can only start from the apprentice level, learning mental magic. Only after learning at least 3 apprentice-level, 3 beginner, and 3 intermediate mental magic spells can she read the advanced spellbooks in the various branches.

Moreover, they have to learn them one by one; they can't learn multiple things at the same time.

While pondering these things, she finally found the magic staircase number 7.

This is still following the shortest route on the map. The higher the level of the magic staircase, the closer it is to the entrance of the mage tower. The lower the level of the magic staircase, the further inside it is. Magic staircase number 7 is hidden in the deepest part.

Human lifespan is too short, and mages are unwilling to waste a single moment, so high-level mages often frequent high-level magical staircases located near the exit.

The lower-level magic staircases, where students of lower ranks often frequent, are located at the very back, and it takes several minutes to walk there.

Just as Moran saw the entrance to Magic Staircase No. 7, a mage walked in.

She ran over, but still missed it, and had to press the magic staircase up button again.

In a way, she felt it was quite similar to the elevators on Earth.

The moment she pressed the up button, the door in front of her opened. Inside was a fully enclosed, box-like room.

The elevator-like feel is even stronger now.

Where is that person?
Moran walked in with a puzzled look and pressed the start button.

Soon, she lost all interest in thinking about anything else.

The magic ladder has been activated.

The closed door was merely the door to the entrance of the magic staircase, and the wall was simply the wall at the entrance of the magic staircase.

Only the metal floor beneath her feet, the wall opposite the door with a magic wall lamp, and the other three waist-high openwork railings followed her upwards.

They quickly left the magic staircase room on the first floor and entered the second floor. A light blue magic shield rose up, protecting the entire space on the metal floor.

This should be considered a safe "elevator" room!
Moran comforted herself.

But what about this huge space, and those thin metal rails?

The entrance to Magic Staircase No. 7 was located deep within the first floor, so her view was quite expansive.

The view in front, above, and to the left and right is unobstructed, except for what's under your feet and what's behind you.

However, once she reached the railing, she could see clearly below.

The ceiling on the first floor is covered with rectangular openings, from which hundreds of magical stair platforms rise up along thin metal rails. As soon as one magical stair platform rises, another immediately falls behind, carrying passengers upwards.

Looking up, there was also a magic ladder platform above her head.

Now she knew where that person had gone; he should be on that magic staircase platform up there.

Each of the thin metal rails has a series of magical staircase platforms.

Once the descending magic staircase reaches the ceiling of the first floor, it will start queuing up. Only when someone gets on it will it start moving upwards along the thin metal rails.

Several floors above, there are floorboards, and like the ceiling of the first floor, they have many rectangular gaps, but the arrangement is slightly different. At first glance, they look a bit messy, but in fact, they are orderly in their chaos.

Now Moran knows why the second to fifth floors of the Mage Tower map are blank; they are simply spaces used by the magic ladder to adjust their positions.

Because these metal rails are not mostly straight up and down.

Moran had a good memory. Combining the distribution of the magic staircases, she quickly discovered that the straightest metal rails were those leading to the top magic staircase platform. They were basically straight lines that slanted in, while the other metal rails were crooked.

The lower the metal rails are, the more curved they are, and the more complex the routes become.

Sometimes, it even has to make way for the magic elevator platform on the upper floors.

It was precisely because of this that Moran was able to have time to see this space more clearly.

Why did the mages design it this way?

This not only takes up more space, but also makes it more difficult to produce.

Why not use elevators like those on Earth, which go straight up and down and serve multiple purposes?
Moran didn't think it was something the mages couldn't have imagined.

If they can create such a complex magic ladder structure, how could they not think of a straight-up and down, multi-purpose ladder?

After much thought, Moran could only come up with one reason—time.