Throne of the North.

Chapter 63 The Crucible and the Archmage
The Mage Tower is located in the Mage Academy, and the Mage Academy is built on the most important place in the city, above the underground fire vein.

As soon as he entered the Mage Academy, Ryan felt himself warming up. In this Mage Academy, in this harsh winter, he actually felt the hot summer.

Shocked in his heart, Ryan followed the information Moriarty had given him and found a nobleman, who was also a magician and the apprentice of the great wizard.

"Miss Olive."

Ryan performed the etiquette of a noble, and the woman opposite him also responded to his etiquette.

"Mr. Viscount Wittman."

Strictly speaking, the other party is a baron, and the Viscount Wittman used by Ryan is still a viscount, but the situation is different now, and he has a teacher who is a great wizard.

"Mr. Moriarty has already told me the reason for your visit in his letter, but the teacher doesn't know when she will meet you."

Olive said that Ryan didn't seem too anxious, after all, there were still three days.

"I have always longed to attend the Mage Academy. I have communicated with Mage Luna a lot before, and now I finally meet her."

Ryan said this, breathing in the air here greedily, and Olive, who was standing next to him, also had bright eyes when she heard him say the name of Master Luna.

"Viscount Wittman actually met Master Luna. I wonder if Master Luna has successfully advanced?"

For the Mage Academy, Mage Luna is a legend. She never relies on anyone, but has surpassed countless people to become a great mage. Even the three great mages said that if it were fifty years ago, Mage Luna would almost certainly have become a sanctuary mage, and if it were a hundred years ago, she would have even become a legendary mage.

In the Mage Academy under the bitter winter, no one can surpass the talent of the Mage Luna.

Even the potatoes in the Crucible City were sent back by Master Luna, which alleviated a lot of food shortages.

"There isn't much communication. That Luna Mage...is not a genius who likes to communicate with others."

"She is indeed a genius."

Olive acknowledged the friendship between Ryan and Mage Luna, and they spoke more cordially.

Then, he took Ryan and started wandering around the Mage Academy.

"Some places are meditation places for magicians, and other people are not allowed to approach them."

The Mage Academy is very large, but there are many forbidden areas, so Ryan quickly figured out everything here.

"I heard that the Crucible City and the Mage Academy are both able to resist the winter because of the underground fire veins. I occasionally heard Mage Luna mention it before..."

Ryan looked at Olive and continued:

"That underground fire doesn't seem to be able to persist forever?"

Ryan's words made Olive look ugly. She didn't expect that the biggest secret of the Crucible City had been leaked long ago.

But thinking that this was what Master Luna told Ryan, she didn't get very angry and just said it helplessly.

"As you can imagine, the Crucible City is almost exhausted."

Mage Olive was a little desperate at this moment. This was already the warmest place on the continent of Exnel, but soon it would be covered by the cold winter.

"Please don't tell anyone about this, Viscount Wittman. Otherwise, the Crucible City will become chaotic."

"Don't worry, I understand."

Ryan sighed, and then at this time, Olive seemed to sense something and said to Ryan:

"Mr. Viscount, the teacher has come out and she agrees to meet with you."

"grateful."

Olive brought Ryan to a tall tower. Looking at the magnificent tower in front of them, with its ancient meaning and looming secret patterns on its surface, Ryan felt that this was a building that did not belong to the era at all.

The Mage Tower is the most powerful magical creation.

Shocked, Ryan followed Olive into the tower. Walking along the circular staircase, he felt that the interior of the Mage Tower was not as spacious as he had imagined. "There are magical restrictions in many places here. The things inside cannot be easily exposed, especially the experimental products that the teacher is researching. If they are released before they are completed, it will cause a lot of trouble."

A great wizard who owns a wizard tower is not only powerful in themselves, but also because of the forbidden knowledge they possess.

Soon, Ryan arrived at the top of the tower and met one of the three great wizards of the Crucible City.

"Meet Master Amethyst."

As a great wizard, he can already hide his real name, because the name can often become a weakness.

At the same time, having a title represents the power of a mage himself.

Amethyst is the name of this wizard tower, and naturally it became the title of this great wizard.

Although strictly speaking, only those who become legends should have titles.

The archmage nodded towards Ryan. She was old and seemed to have lost much of her vitality.

"Viscount Wittman's family. A long, long time ago, I met your grandfather, or your great-grandfather?"

"As a noble, they are all very qualified, and I have received some help from your family in the past."

"I am also happy to see that you are alive in the winter."

"It is an honor for Viscount Wittman's family to serve the Archmage."

Ryan also said modestly, at this moment completely putting himself in Viscount Wittman's perspective.

"You came to see me, what do you want to say?"

As the Amethyst Master spoke, he placed a purple crystal in his hand on the table. Ryan saw it clearly and was surprised. Inside the purple crystal was the emblem of Viscount Wittman's family.

But Ryan did not ask at first, but said:

"Master, because of the last invasion by the cultists, Crucible City has no more food to survive the winter. If this continues, I'm afraid that within ten days at most, half of the people in Crucible City will starve to death."

"Starve to death? Then starve to death. Compared to death, becoming a sacrifice to the devil is more terrifying."

This great Amethyst wizard also revealed a hint of fear in his eyes.

However, after hearing the words of the great wizard, not only Ryan, but also Olive was shocked and looked at their teacher.

"teacher……"

She remembered that her teacher was not such a cruel person. Ten years ago, he even suggested that the three great wizards take action again to break up the ocean ice so that more fish could be caught in the Crescent Lake.

In comparison, Ryan was much calmer.

He looked at the Purple Crystal Master and asked:
"Master Grandmaster, I wonder if there is something wrong with the underground fire."

Archmage Amethyst looked at Ryan and nodded after a moment.

"The underground fire has been dying for ten years. We have united the power of dozens of mages and cast legendary spells using the scrolls left by our ancestors to create an underground fire furnace to seal the underground fire and slow down its disappearance."

"After ten years, the furnace can no longer sustain its capacity and cannot store any more underground fire."

"In the beginning, Luna left the Crucible City because she realized this. She knew that this place no longer had the ability to support her breakthrough to become a great wizard."

"Just yesterday, the furnace dimmed once again, and the temperature dropped by hundreds of notches."

"There is no more underground fire under this city."

The great wizard just looked at Ryan.

"So, even if there is enough food, most people in this city will not survive this winter."

(End of this chapter)