Magical light darted back and forth, and runic script floated in the air.
As the magic array activated, the sealed inner area opened before everyone.
Everything inside the Mage Tower seemed wondrous even to Roland, a modern man from the information age. In this Low-Magic World, where most societies had yet to undergo an industrial revolution, it seemed all the more incredible.
The visitors from Leiner displayed a variety of expressions.
Some showed envy and admiration, some excitement and delight, some wonder and awe, and some profound despair.
Most of all, though, they longed for the chance to reside in this Mage Tower.
Under Atrelin's influence, the Lainer World also held arcanists in great esteem. Those who could live in a Mage Tower were regarded as the elite in the truest sense.
In particular, Atrelin deliberately sought to create a new aristocratic class distinct from that of the old era, further elevating the status of arcanists.
The Lainer people invited here were all elites and nobles, so they naturally understood what this Mage Tower represented.
For a long time to come, it would be the center of Arcana in the Lainer World. Through Arcana, it would influence politics, economics, and culture, extending into every aspect of other fields as well.
Even art and fashion could be profoundly affected by the tastes of certain important figures.
"This is the residence the Council assigned you? It even comes with a small demiplane, with all this space! It's incredible!"
On the eighteenth floor of the Mage Tower, Sophia, Polina, and the others had been invited to visit Roland's assigned residence. Instead of the tower interior they had expected from outside, they found a vast enclosed landscape resembling a scenic garden, and could not help exclaiming in admiration.
"The Council isn't so extravagant