Wizard: You can become stronger by living life to the fullest.

Chapter 47: Drifting Bottle Harbor (Please read, add to your favorites, and recommend!)

A few days later, at Floating Bottle Harbor.

Since they couldn't catch the Apprentice on the South Coast, the only way to get to the Visona Islands was to find a ship at Floating Bottle Harbor. This was the largest ocean-going wizard port in the entire South Coast Wizarding Domain, and ships could be found here for almost any navigable shipping route.

After much deliberation, Rosie finally bought a ticket for the "Return of the Kingdom," which would take her to Shell Beach, a stop near the Visona Islands. The Visona Islands were not on the wizard's planned route, and there were basically no direct ships; people would have to go to the nearest destination and find another ship or find another way.

A ticket costs 500 magic stones. There's no way around it; after the training period ends, many of the discounts and benefits will be gone, and for a long-distance voyage like this, you can only buy it at full price. 500 magic stones is already considered cheap; long-distance voyages have always been expensive.

It wasn't impossible to find cheaper ships in the port, but those were all from small wizarding organizations and merchant guilds, and their safety seemed questionable. Rosie decided against it.

The Kingdom Returns belongs to the South Coast Wizarding Domain Ocean Merchant Guild, the largest ocean merchant guild on the South Coast. It is jointly funded by the eight major wizarding organizations of the South Coast Wizarding Domain, and also has the participation of the Level 5 Wizarding Domain member, Falan, in its operation. There should be virtually no security issues.

Standing on the platform of the King Returns, Rosie gazed at the large glass bottles floating out of the harbor in the distance, a rare and unusual sight.

Those glass bottles are wizard ships.

Wizard ships like the Apprentice, equipped with various facilities such as defensive spells, spatial spells, and balancing spells, are extremely expensive, and only a very few large wizarding organizations can afford them. Most wizard ships are crudely made and cheap.

For example, what's floating out of the port now is a super huge glass bottle with a stopper on it. At most, a balancing spell can be placed inside the bottle. The protection relies entirely on the strength of the bottle itself. Some rely on raised magical pets for power, some have a power device placed behind the bottle, and some use alchemical golems.

Such wizard ships are very cheap to manufacture and maintain, and can be afforded by small wizard organizations or even individuals. They are also quite safe, as the bottles are made of magic crystals and their protective strength is comparable to high-level protective magic. Unless they encounter particularly high-level sea beasts, they are not a threat. Many wizards use these bottles when they go to sea.

Unfortunately, the oceans of this world, like those of Earth, occupy a considerable area and contain many precious materials, some of which are closely related to a wizard's advancement. The oceans are something that almost every wizard cannot avoid.

"The boat ticket was so expensive. I wish I hadn't gone back." Nicole was still feeling the pinch; she really hadn't expected the trip to be so expensive.

Luo Xi flicked her forehead lightly with his finger: "What are you thinking? It's just a boat ticket. With you by my side, what's 500 magic stones? Of course, we'll go back together since we came together."

Despite this, he was still quite uneasy. He hadn't expected the ticket to be so expensive. If it weren't for the 3000 magic stones he received from the Magic Mirror Journal a few days ago, which replenished his wallet, he wouldn't even be able to afford the ticket.

Magic stone, oh magic stone!

Only after his internship ended and he truly stepped into the wizarding world did he realize how much of an advantage he had previously enjoyed, and gradually he also began to feel some of the survival pressures of this world.

He comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll earn more magic stones in the future, this is nothing."

Nicole stubbornly shook her head: "It's us, and I'll try my best too. We can't rely on you alone."

Rosie changed the subject, pointing to the sea below the platform and asking, "Let's talk about something else. Aren't you looking forward to this kind of magical transportation?"

A train track stretched out into the distance on the sea ahead.

Yes, the Kingdom Returns is not a wizard's ship, but a train that Rosie used to know, a magical steam train.

The world is vast. While short trips are manageable for travelers, long distances make it difficult to maintain spatial stability, and the energy consumed is astronomical. Long journeys still require the use of magical artifacts, and the magical steam train is one such example.

This technology originated from the extinct Siglamar wizarding civilization thousands of years ago. This once powerful wizarding civilization, which dominated the world, built many tracks around the world to facilitate wizards' long-distance travel to various parts of the world.

Although Siglam has perished, some of its technologies have been preserved. The Land of Falan is one of the best inheritors of these technologies, and many magical tracks have been built in the new world, allowing trains to run again.

Hearing Rosie's words, Nicole also looked around curiously: "I've only ever seen such things in books before. Can such a huge creature really run in the sea? It's a metal monster that looks like a giant snake. I really can't wait to see it."

She craned her neck to gaze at the tracks across the sea.

"what?"

Just then, she seemed to notice something, and tugged at Rosie's hand, gesturing, "Rosie, look over there, isn't that it?"

Rosie turned her head to look in the direction she indicated, and saw an apprentice wearing the same cloak as them, with the Elemental Castle badge on his chest, and about the same age as them.

classmate?

Luo Xi looked at it carefully for a moment, vaguely feeling that he had seen it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where.

Nicole warned, "Idiot, Joshua!"

Luo Xi suddenly realized.

It's no wonder he was slow to realize it. After all, this genius had parted ways with them and gone to the inner castle after arriving at the Elemental Castle three years ago. Although Rosie had heard a lot about his various deeds during those three years, he had never met him in person, so it would be a miracle if he remembered him.

"It really is 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: "The castle let him travel such a long distance alone, without even arranging a bodyguard or anything. Could it be..."

"Finally discovered he's a fraud, so you're too lazy to protect him now? Hehe."

Luo Xi said seriously, "Don't talk nonsense. He's a genius. A genius doesn't need anyone to protect him on his little journey. If he really encounters some blind fool who's looking for death, he can just fart some kind of domineering fart and kill him, right?"

"Hehehehe." Nicole laughed so hard she almost fell over.

Perhaps because they were talking too loudly, Joshua seemed to notice something and suddenly looked up at them.

The two quickly lowered their voices as if they were thieves.

Shh, he's looking this way.

"Don't speak."

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