Chapter 400: Special Resources of the Mage Plane
Alicia and Locke entered Mage Saint Hall City alongside Great Wizard Sura.
At this time, with the Demonkin having retreated, the citywide lockdown had been completely lifted, and the magical radiance atop the various mage towers had vanished entirely.
Locke looked toward the mage towers. They were different from wizard towers.
Spell Eyes floated at the tops of the towers, transforming into multicolored, spiritual, eye-shaped virtual Spell Models. It was as though a Spell Eye had grown from the top of each tower, with magical radiance still swirling around them.
This was because mages relied entirely on external power when casting spells, so the energy cores of their mage towers were placed outside.
Those Spell Eyes were the energy cores of the mage towers. Inside the towers were countless Mana circuits that amplified magical energy. Aside from the difference in their energy cores, the rest was basically a simplified version of a wizard tower.
At this moment, all the Spell Eyes atop the mage towers turned toward Locke—or rather, toward the back of his hand.
Some of the native mages in Mage Saint Hall City had already noticed the cyan mark on the back of Locke's hand, and anger appeared on their faces.
"That is the Child of Prophecy. Everyone, prepare..."
The next moment, Great Wizard Sura snapped his fingers. At the same time, bark-like marks appeared on his face, along with the tree patterns unique to a Dryad Elder.
It was obvious that this incarnation was not centered on the Scorpion Woman Bloodline, but on the Dryad Elder bloodline.
Locke had seen a Dryad before. In the deepest part of Witch Sophia's Magic Creature Breeding Room, a Dryad was being held captive.
A Dryad Elder was far more powerful than a