Chapter 47 047: Drifting Bottle Harbor (Please Read, Collect, and Recommend!)
A few days later, Drifting Bottle Harbor.
Since they couldn't catch up with the Apprentice on the South Coast, they had to come to Drifting Bottle Harbor to find a ship if they wanted to go to the Vesona Islands. This was the largest ocean-going wizard port in the entire South Coast Wizard Domain. As long as it was a passable route, they could basically find a ship here.
After a lot of picking and choosing, Luo Xi finally bought a ticket for the "Return of the Kingdom", which could reach Shell Beach, a station near the Vesona Islands. The Vesona Islands were not on the route planned by the wizards, and there were basically no direct ships. They all went to the nearest destination and then found other ships or thought of other ways.
A ticket cost 500 magic stones. There was no way. After the internship period, many preferential benefits could not be enjoyed. Ocean journeys like this could only be purchased at full price. 500 magic stones were already cheap, and ocean journeys were always expensive.
It was not impossible to find cheaper ships in the port, but those were all from some small wizard organizations and chambers of commerce. I felt that the safety factor was not very reliable. Luo Xi thought about it and gave up.
The Kingdom Return belongs to the South Coast Wizard Ocean Chamber of Commerce, which is the largest ocean chamber of commerce on the South Coast. It is jointly funded by the eight wizard organizations in the South Coast Wizard Domain, and is also operated by the Level 5 Wizard Domain's French Blue. There will be basically no problems with safety.
Standing on the platform of the King's Return, Luo Xi looked at the large glass bottles that kept floating out of the port on the distant dock. Such a strange sight is rare.
Those glass bottles are wizard ships.
Wizard ships like the Apprentice, which have various facilities such as defense spells, space spells, and balance spells, are very expensive. Only a very small number of large wizard organizations can afford it. Most wizard ships are made in a very rough and cheap way.
For example, the ones that are floating out of the port now are just a super huge glass bottle with a stopper. At most, there is a balance spell in the bottle. The protection depends entirely on the strength of the bottle itself. Some of the power relies on the pets raised, some are equipped with power devices behind the bottle, and some use alchemical puppets.
Such a wizard ship is very cheap to manufacture and maintain. Some small wizard organizations and even individuals can afford it. The safety factor is not low. The bottles are made of magic crystals. The protection strength is equivalent to that of high-level protective magic. As long as they do not encounter particularly high-level sea beasts, there is basically no threat. Many wizards go out to sea with bottles.
There is no way. The ocean in this world, like the earth, occupies a large area. There are many very precious materials in it, some of which are closely related to the promotion of wizards. The ocean is almost unavoidable for every wizard.
"What an expensive ticket. If I had known this, I would not have gone back." Nicole was still distressed. She really did not expect the travel expenses to be so expensive in advance.
Luo Xi flicked her forehead with his finger: "What are you thinking about? It's just a boat ticket. With you as my companion, 500 magic stones are nothing. We came together and of course we should go back together."
Although he said so, he was still very nervous. He had never thought that the boat ticket would be so expensive. If it weren't for the 3,000 magic stones from the manuscript fee of Magic Mirror Journal a few days ago, he couldn't even afford the boat ticket at this time.
Magic stones, magic stones!
Only after he finished the protection of the internship period and truly stepped into the wizard world did he understand how much he had taken advantage of in the past, and gradually felt some of the survival pressure of this world.
He comforted: "Don't worry, I will earn more magic stones in the future, this is nothing."
Nicole shook her head stubbornly: "It's us, I will work hard, and I can't rely on you alone."
Luo Xi changed the subject and pointed to the sea under the platform and asked: "Let's talk about something else. Don't you look forward to such a magical means of transportation?"
On the sea in front of him was a train track that led to the distance.
Yes, the Kingdom Return is not a wizard ship, but a train that Rosie was familiar with before, a magic steam train.
The world is very big, and it is OK for travelers to make short trips. If the distance is too long, the space structure is difficult to maintain stability, and the energy consumed is also astronomical. Long-distance journeys still need to rely on wizard tools, and the magic steam train is one of them.
This technology originated from the Sigrama wizard civilization that died thousands of years ago. This powerful wizard civilization that once dominated the world once built many tracks in the world to facilitate wizards to travel long distances around the world.
Although Sigrama has perished, some of its technologies have been preserved. The Land of Falan is the best inheritor of it, and many magic tracks have been built in the new world to run trains again.
Hearing Rosie's words, Nicole also looked around curiously: "I have only seen it in books before. Can such a big guy really run in the sea? It looks like a metal monster like a giant snake. I am really looking forward to it."
She stretched her head and looked at the track on the other side of the sea.
"Huh?"
At this moment, she seemed to have discovered something, and pulled Luo Xi's hand and said, "Luo Xi, look over there, is that it?"
Luo Xi turned his head and looked in the direction she pointed, but saw an apprentice wearing the same cloak as them, with the badge on his chest also from the Elemental Castle, and he was about the same age as them.
Classmate?
Luo Xi looked carefully and felt vaguely that he seemed to have seen him somewhere, but he couldn't remember.
Nicole reminded: "Stupid, Joshua!"
Luo Xi suddenly realized.
It's no wonder that he realized it late. After all, this genius has been separated from them and went to the inner castle since he arrived at the Elemental Castle three years ago. Although Luo Xi has heard a lot about his deeds in the past three years, he has never seen him, so it's hard for him to remember.
"It's really him."
Nicole asked curiously: "Why is he here alone? Is he also planning to go back to his hometown?"
"It should be."
Nicole couldn't help but gossip: "Such a long distance, the castle let him go alone on the road, and didn't arrange a bodyguard for him. Could it be..."
"Finally found out that he is actually a fake, so they are too lazy to protect him? Hehe."
Luo Xi said seriously: "Don't talk nonsense, he is a genius, why does a genius need protection on his small journey? If he really meets some blind guy looking for death, wouldn't it be over if he farted and died?"
"Hehe." Nicole laughed so hard that she fell backwards.
I don't know if the two of them talked too loudly, but Joshua over there seemed to have noticed something, and suddenly raised his head and looked at them.
The two of them lowered their voices quickly like thieves.
"Shh, he's looking over here."
"Don't talk."
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