I am the only one who practices magic: I practice magic in the city

Chapter 119 Sponge Clause (Second Update)

"You mean, this Cober has existed since the Great Arcane Age?" Fang Yu looked around curiously at this city that was completely different from Mercfore, and communicated with Yuzu through the Core of Esseron in his mind.

"No, great master, I mean that this city of Cober was built on the ruins of a previous city. Although there are many differences, one can still tell at a glance that this is Cohenklai."

After Fang Yu joined the team, he found that it was just as he expected. With Youzi around, he basically had nothing to do.

So, it’s time to switch. We had already reached the edge of Cober’s city last time, so how could we not go in?
Fang Yu was in a small square.

The square is paved with uneven cobblestones. The cobblestones that have been worn smooth and the road surface with two deep grooves worn by wheels bear witness to the hustle and bustle of this town.

There are narrow but deep channels in the center of the streets to channel sewage into the river, but they are often insufficient, resulting in a perpetually dirty street filled with a mixture of mud and feces.

Around the square, several two-story wooden and stone structures stand.

The buildings are tall and narrow, touching each other so that no space is wasted.

Each building had a low cellar on the ground floor, held together by massive stone supports and with a characteristic "big step" on its front threshold to prevent the entry of water and excrement.

The first floor of these buildings looks like shops and workshops, while the upstairs are residents' homes. From time to time, you can see curious children sticking their heads out of the windows.

The winding stone pavement connects the ancient buildings. The square is formed by the intersection of two streets about seven or eight meters wide.

Looking along the street, you can see houses built of rough stones and plaster. Their exterior walls appear a little mottled due to the passage of time, but they are still solid and stable.

The square is not very large, but there are many people. You can often see horse-drawn or ox-drawn carts carrying goods moving slowly and clumsily through it, with the wheels making squeaking sounds.

Occasionally, some livestock would defecate while walking, but the feces would quickly be shoveled into baskets on their backs by the children running around.

All the large livestock that can be seen have a palm-sized metal badge with intricate patterns on their foreheads, which seems to be some kind of identification mark.

All the pedestrians on the street would bow their heads and salute Fang Yu, who was wearing a black cloak and carrying a sports backpack slung across his body, and no one dared to come forward and talk to him.

"In other words, there may be relics from the Great Arcane Age preserved here? Could there be some powerful arcane items that can be discovered?" Fang Yu stomped on the bluestone on the ground and asked curiously.

"I guess it's difficult, great master." Yuzu said regretfully.

"Why?" Fang Yu was a little confused. Since the ruins of a city from 16,000 years ago were confirmed to be here, it could be dug out with just a few clay shaping techniques. What was so difficult about that?

"Because this place was an arcane restricted area during the Great Arcane Age." Yuzu's tone was a little strange.

"Arcane Forbidden Zone? Didn't the Arcane Union occupy all the planes at that time? How come there is a so-called Arcane Forbidden Zone in the main plane? I don't think there is anything abnormal about the magic network nodes here." Fang Yu wondered.

Yuzi laughed loudly, and under the threat of punishment from the Core of Eseran, Yuzi finally stopped laughing and explained the matter clearly to Fang Yu.

The area where the city of Cober is located was called Conclave in the Great Arcane Age. Before the Great Arcane Age, it was a neutral commercial city on the Norven continent and the largest commercial center, without a doubt.

The name Cohenkle means the city of wealth in the common language.

At its peak, nearly one-tenth of the continent's wealth was concentrated here, and countless goods were transferred through here and shipped to the entire continent every day.

Before the arrival of the Great Arcane Age, Cohenklay commissioned a legendary wizard to set up a magic network to monitor fluctuations throughout the city.

As long as an unauthorized person casts a spell in the city, even if it is just a 0-ring trick, the magic network fluctuation monitoring will accurately locate the person, and then Cohenkle's powerful anti-magic army will arrest the wizard and demand a huge fine.

The Koenkree believe that there is no good or bad in the arcane, but there are people who use it.

Due to the power and cunning of the arcane, if you want to ensure the safety of everyone's property, you should not grant private spellcasting power.

Therefore, private spellcasting is completely prohibited in Cohen, and all spellcasting services are provided by Cohen City Hall.

But similarly, after the private right to cast spells was taken away, if there was any loss of life or property due to theft or robbery within the territory of Cohen, Cohen City Hall would be fully compensated. This bill was also known as the Cohen Magic Ban.

Due to the existence of the magic ban, basically all mages who are not from Cohenkle will bypass this place. Even if there are tasks such as delivery, they will wait at the border of Cohenkle and wait for the owner to leave from the border of Cohenkle before receiving the goods.

After the advent of the Great Arcane Age, the Union of Arcane had branches in various places, but encountered very strong resistance in Coencle.

After several rounds of negotiations with the Coenclave Council, the Coenclave people only agreed to allow the Union of Arcane to station a branch. The Union of Arcane mages can only cast non-offensive spells within the Union's base, and outside the base, they must also abide by the Coenclave's ban on magic.

In the first few years, everything was relatively peaceful, but in TR22, the situation changed drastically.

There was an unlucky 7th level wizard who stayed in Cohencle for a few days for some reason. One day he went out to eat and went to the toilet without a sponge.

In Nowen Continent, sponges are high-end materials used to solve the problem of post-defecation cleaning and can be reused after rinsing.

But this wizard might be used to using spells to solve problems, so he forgot to bring it with him, and just used a 0-ring trick to cleanse his own place of reincarnation.

Rumor has it that before this level 7 wizard could even pull up his pants, a group of anti-magic army law enforcement officers rushed into the toilet and took him away, fining him 2000 gold browns.

This incident caused great anger among the arcane mages. For a time, many arcane organizations and mages stopped cooperating with Cohenkle.

Ultimately, under pressure from the Union of Arcane Law, and due to existing opposition within the Conclave Council, the Magic Ban was not repealed, but a supplementary clause was added - spellcasting based on convenience would not be considered a violation of the Magic Ban.

This clause is the most famous sponge clause in the thousand years of the Great Arcane Era.

As for the unlucky level 7 mage, he was nicknamed the Sponge Mage by many of his peers.

The heads of the local branches of the Austrian and French Union were rotated every five years, and every time the Austrian and French Union had a headache about who to send to Coencle.

The only promise is that whoever goes to Cohenkle for five years can retrace the path of a mage after returning to the headquarters.

It is indeed a border area.

Even with the sponge clause, no arcane wizard was willing to come here. Therefore, until Yuzu fell asleep, this place was a barren land for arcane wizards.

So that's how it is, Fang Yu nodded.

Fortunately, it has been 16,000 years now, and the damn anti-magic order here has long been invalid.

It’s better to find someone first, cast a charm on a human, and understand the situation here.

Suddenly, Fang Yu felt a hand pinching his butt.

Fang Yu instantly added an arcane armor to himself and repelled the dirty hand in one go.

"God, Vol'jin! You, a druid, actually used natural magic in Cobalt!" A middle-aged man with silver-gray hair and ragged clothes danced excitedly with his big yellow teeth bared.

???

Before Fang Yu could come to his senses, he heard exclamations from all around him and a team of knights on tall horses rushed out of the crowded market.

"Follower of the God of Nature, you have violated the laws of Cober and the agreement between the God of Nature and Woking by using the power of nature within Cober. According to the contract with God, you will be arrested."

A middle-aged knight with a dignified appearance rode on his horse, arrogantly announcing Fang Yu's crimes.

Finally the update is out, go to sleep.

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(End of this chapter)