Ultra: Dark Shadow Mage, Founding a Magic Empire

Chapter 66: Technology is good, but not as useful as our magic

"okay!"

The boss smiled and nodded. Although he was an old man, he kneaded the dough and pulled the noodles enthusiastically and quickly. With smooth movements, he made a bowl of noodles and placed it in front of Harry.

"Boy, you've been sighing a lot lately, why is that?"

"Ah, the experiment never makes any progress." Harry shook his head and lowered his head to eat noodles.

"Oh, that's right. The most annoying thing is that the experiment has not made any progress. I can never draw the magic runes properly."

The boss nodded in agreement, "But this is not a reason to be decadent. Are you short of money?"

"No, can you give me another bowl?"

"Of course!"

The boss took the bowl and refilled it, even putting some peanuts in it.

"There are indeed no poor people now, and no one pursues money. I am so lucky to be born with no worries about food and clothing and to be supported by the empire!"

"It's all thanks to Your Majesty!" the boss exclaimed.

"I just feel that the gap is too big. I feel like I will never catch up with my brothers and sisters." Harry put down the bowl, lay on the chair and looked up at the sky.

There are two bright spots in the sky, one is the super-large magic tower and the other is an extraterrestrial space station.

Some of his brothers and sisters work there, and it is another technological mecca besides the headquarters of the Science and Technology Bureau.

"Yes, we have enough food and clothing, we can enjoy life, and there are many entertainment things, but it is very difficult to shine."

Harry sighed, got up, took out two bottles of wine from the freezer, opened them, gave one to the boss and one for himself.

"I'll pay."

"That's a good feeling."

Harry took a big gulp, then said somewhat dejectedly: "My brothers and sisters are all very capable. They are scientists in the Empire, and they are great people who can shine and help move things forward."

"They taught me about science since I was a child. I thought I could become a great scientist like them and help the empire move forward."

"But after working for so many years, I feel like... I'm not suited to this industry."

"Now that you know, let's change direction." The boss said with a smile.

"I want to, but I don't know what else I can do."

Harry took another sip of his wine and found that it was gone. He stood up and wanted to get another bottle, but was held down by the boss.

He looked at the boss in confusion, but the boss just smiled and said, "Free refills on beer."

"Snapped!"

The boss snapped his fingers, and the bottle in front of Harry was full again in the blink of an eye.

Harry looked at the boss in surprise. He never expected that the noodle stall owner who looked like an ordinary one was actually a magician?

This powerful energy fluctuation is at least at the fifth level!

"I've been watching you for a long time. Our Shadow Empire has more than just technology. Although the technology is good, it can't compare to my magic."

The boss smiled and said, "How about it? Do you want to learn?"

"You, you are a great magician?"

"He's not a great magician, he's a great mage, a sixth-level great mage!"

The boss stood up with a smile, and his work clothes instantly changed into a gorgeous ice-blue silk magic robe.

His originally old appearance has become young and handsome.

"Let me introduce myself. I am the founder of ice and snow magic, one of the twenty titled Demon Lords, one of the titled Lords of Lanton Star, Lanster Free." "I guess you also saw the scene when His Majesty threw us out of the palace not long ago, right?"

Harry came back to his senses and said softly, "Well, I still have the video."

"Cough cough."

Lanster coughed lightly and said, "His Majesty thinks there are too many complaint letters from the Ministry of Labor, so he asked us to take a vacation."

"Your father is one of them. You should know why we don't rest. We have too much to do. Although the group of young people we trained before have grown up, they are still too few compared to the speed of the empire's expansion."

"So His Majesty asked us to recruit some apprentices who are capable of taking turns with us."

"I searched a lot and found you."

"I?"

"Yes, although your magic power is weak, that is only compared to regular magic. Learning my ice and snow magic does not depend on these, but on the heart and the understanding of ice and snow."

Lanster raised his hand and a large snowflake instantly condensed in his hand.

The moment the snowflakes appear, the surrounding air condenses and the temperature drops rapidly.

“You study molecules and atoms, which allows you to quickly understand the structure of snow, the structure of ice, the formation of cold air.”

"And the most important thing is the heart. There is a chill in your heart, a special drive. Well... to put it simply, you don't get any feedback because of your hard work, which makes you feel discouraged."

"Among my various experiments, this mentality is the most suitable for learning ice and snow magic."

"..."

Harry opened his mouth, wanting to curse, but didn't know how.

Because at this moment, he didn't know whether Lanster was scolding him for being incompetent and making himself suffer, or was praising him for not committing suicide despite his mentality...

"Okay, no kidding, your dad said you have talent, let me see if you can do it."

Lanster smiled and said, "You look pretty good. You are indeed very talented. How about learning magic from me?"

"I really have a talent for magic? But I have been practicing magic since elementary school, and I have only reached the second level until now..."

"Oh! They say ice magic is different! When I developed this magic, I didn't practice it the normal way! Don't worry, there's an entire planet filled with ice magic, so it's easy to practice!"

"Then... should I try?" Harry asked uncertainly.

"Hey! How many people want to be my apprentice but I won't accept them. You're still unwilling to do so. Fine, I'll take you and try first!"

Lanster laughed, then waved and left with Harry.

In a flash, Lanster brought Harry to his wizard tower.

"You've seen the Mage Tower, right?"

"Well, when I was studying, I went to the magic academy."

"The structure of the Mage Tower is actually not very efficient. It was built like this because the spiral structure can better absorb the magic power at the root and can better conduct magic power."

Lanster took Harry upstairs. The stairs were automatic and Harry couldn't tell whether it was magic or technology.

"This is all learned from the high-dimensional space. When you break through to the third level, you can go there once. I will help you apply."

"The development progress in the high-dimensional space is still too slow, but we still found some ruins. You will have three suitable magic towers to choose from. I suggest you choose Magic Tower No. 3. The magic in it is most suitable for our ice and snow magic."

Lanster said, taking out a thick thread-bound book and throwing it to Harry Osborn.

"Let's start with this. We have a hundred years. Whether I will be forced to take a thousand years off depends on whether you are motivated enough!"

(End of this chapter)