21st Century Necromancer

Chapter 727 - 727 723 Copying Books (Seeking Subscriptions, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

?727: Chapter 723 Copying Books (Seeking Subscriptions, Seeking Monthly Tickets) 727: Chapter 723 Copying Books (Seeking Subscriptions, Seeking Monthly Tickets) While controlling a puppet to work for her, Misumi Mikoto followed her mentor into his Mage Tower, her eyes brimming with curiosity as she looked around at the high tower constructed of Obsidian.

A Mage Tower is a structure that every mage builds for themselves, serving as their dwelling, stronghold, and the most powerful weapon in their arsenal.

The combat power of a mage inside their Mage Tower versus one outside is completely different, as different as heaven and earth.

Of course, building a Mage Tower requires not only essential knowledge and sufficient strength but also a substantial wallet.

Misumi Mikoto had, of course, been to Chen Yu’s Mage Tower before, but last time she passed out in the Blood Pool and was carried directly to the bathroom.

When she woke up, she went straight to Chen Yu’s study without having a chance to look around her mentor’s Mage Tower.

Having the opportunity to enter again, she naturally wanted to take a good look at how her mentor’s Mage Tower was constructed to glean some experience for when she would build her own in the future.

Misumi Mikoto could tell that the main building material of the Mage Tower was Obsidian, a gemstone that originates from volcanoes, primarily composed of silicon dioxide.

It is natural glass formed from lava rapidly cooling after erupting from volcanoes and belongs to the non-crystalline gemstones.

For Necromancers, Obsidian is a very common material; its good affinity with necromantic elements and Negative Energy makes it necessary for many necromancy-related constructions or Spell Rituals.

Although this material is named a gemstone, its price is not too high.

Japan itself produces Obsidian.

However, due to its fragile crystalline nature and the way it forms, it’s rare to find large raw pieces of the material, and natural Obsidian is mostly used to make gemstone jewelry.

Yet, Misumi Mikoto knew that Chen Yu’s Mage Tower was almost entirely constructed of Obsidian, as was the castle beside it.

How much Obsidian was needed for such constructions?

Misumi Mikoto couldn’t calculate it, but she knew that even if Obsidian was inexpensive, using something sold as gemstone jewelry to build a house would be a staggering cost.

She feared that with her current assets, she couldn’t even afford a single bedroom.

“Teacher, where did all this Obsidian come from?” Misumi Mikoto asked Chen Yu, curious to know the source of all the Obsidian, which she might use herself when building her Mage Tower in the future.

However, instead of an answer from Chen Yu, what came was a Mage Hand knocking on her head.

“Not focusing on your studies—copy the ‘Mage Tower Construction Guide’ material section and the ‘Necromancy Space Composition’ elemental section twenty times, using the Necromantic Language,” Chen Yu commanded without turning back and then explained, “Do we mages need to buy construction materials to build a Mage Tower?

Even if you did buy the materials, how would you transport them into your Necromantic Space?

And why use a method that costs money when there’s one that doesn’t?

Why choose a laborious method over an easy one?

“All you need to do is sign a Contract with the Earth Elementals of the Earth Elemental Plane, offering sacrifices in exchange for various materials you need.

Obsidian and such…

if the price you pay is enough, those Earth Elementals would build you a pyramid with Goldshine Crystals.”
Goldshine Crystal is a very precious Magic Gemstone, which Misumi Mikoto had read about in the Book of Inheritance.

It is a positive energy crystal that forms only in the most pure Negative Energy Planes—created only when such a plane faces apocalypse, the world collapses, and a massive concentration of Negative Energy might give birth to fragments of Goldshine Crystals amid the world’s end.

This was truly the condensation of a world’s essence, so precious that it even surpassed the divine ranks of deities.

It is said that within the Multiverse, a grain of Goldshine Crystal could buy a Floating City capable of suppressing a Demigod, and a piece the size of a fingernail could even purchase a Divine Position.

But to use such precious materials to build a pyramid…

Misumi Mikoto found it hard to imagine what kind of sight that would be.

Perhaps comparing it to the Egyptian pyramids, if all their materials were replaced with diamonds, might give a rough idea?

However, for mages, diamonds, those carbon crystals, were hardly considered building materials.

Some might say diamonds are precious and valuable, but in reality, the preciousness and value of diamonds were hyped up by diamond merchants last century to sell them.

The claim that diamonds symbolize eternal love is nothing but a made-up story.

In the end, diamonds are made of carbon, the same element found in the pencil you use to write or the coal burned in furnaces.

They are chemically identical.

As for the rarity of diamonds?

In the early days when diamond mining technology was not advanced, these shiny trinkets indeed were rare.

Mining a carat of diamond meant having to dig out a ton of ore.

In the times when diamond mining solely relied on manual labor, the output of diamonds really wasn’t too high.

But to say diamonds are truly rare is not quite right.

The world’s diamond reserves are not low at all.

Just the super diamond mine owned by Russia alone exceeds the total existing diamond stock of the world and can supply humanity for three thousand years.

The high price of diamonds is largely due to hype and diamond merchants controlling the supply.

Compared to Goldshine Crystals, which can only be formed with the possibility of breaking an entire world, diamonds are like the sand found everywhere on the ground compared to the Cullinan diamond in the Queen’s crown.

However precious the Goldshine Crystal might be, it wasn’t something Misumi Mikoto could covet at present.

It was fine to give it some thought, but the actual aspiration for such an item was beyond her qualifications even to pick up.

“So, Teacher, what you mean is, when I’m constructing the Necromantic Space and the Mage Tower, I only need to exchange for building materials from the Earth Elemental Plane?” Although it hurt to be hit on the head by the Mage Hand, Misumi Mikoto quickly grasped Chen Yu’s point.

“Not just the Earth Elemental Plane, but the Four Elemental Planes, other worlds of the Multiverse—these places can all be sources for you to acquire materials.

However, before that, you need to first enhance your strength to make yourself qualified to trade with them instead of being treated like a fat sheep.” Chen Yu looked at Misumi Mikoto, his tone becoming serious, “Countless worlds in the Multiverse are there for the taking by Necromancers, but the precondition is that you have enough power to protect yourself.”
“I understand, Teacher.” Seeing Chen Yu’s serious demeanor, Misumi Mikoto obediently nodded her head.

However, after being serious for three seconds, Misumi Mikoto pleaded with Chen Yu again, “Teacher, I know I was wrong.

Can we forget about copying ‘Mage Tower Construction Guide’ and ‘Necromancy Space Composition’ twenty times?”
“Thirty times.” Having said that, Chen Yu turned and entered the laboratory, leaving Misumi Mikoto alone with a bitter face.