We crossed a round-arched stone bridge, and at the end of the road was the practice field, and Yerkes walked ahead with his messy hair, his emaciated body hidden in a wide magical robe, his back a little hunched, his body bent, his steps were not large, but the pace of his steps was fast, his thin mouth was slightly pursed into a line, and his eyes like falcons were sharp and mean.Along the way, he hardly greeted anyone, just kept his head down and thought about things to himself.Instead, I followed behind him, putting on a smiling face, and constantly greeted a certain magician in the research institute, or some magician assistants I knew, and there seemed to be many people in the magic research institute who knew me, but in their eyes, the curiosity about me was greater than the friendliness conveyed in their eyes.I followed closely behind the Yerkes scholar, feeling his breath become slightly gasping because of the rush of this journey, so I released the moonlight stone drum totem, and the cold milky white light spread out from the stone drum totem, and a trace of wind magic power turned into two wind balls the size of a fist, one floated to the feet of the Yerkes scholar, and the other formed a round wind circle under my feet, and the wind ball kept rotating around my ankles, An invisible force of the wind made Yerkis and I a lot lighter.Yerkis glanced back at me and said, "Your magic is really mixed, and you can actually control the wind element, and in the early days, it was better for a mage to refine the magic of a certain element." ”After finishing speaking, he smiled self-deprecatingly again, patted his forehead with his hand and said, "Hey, then again, aren't I also a junior magician who has not passed level 10 myself?"
It's really self-defeating to stand here and judge others in vain!
”I was a little dazed and touched the back of my head, not knowing what to say for a while.Looking at his gloomy back, I suddenly felt an indescribable emotion in my heart, and I could feel a trace of concern in his mean language.Yerkis didn't explain much about the authorship of the Magic Pattern Construct Design of the Bat Skin Gloves, but simply told me that the name of the Devil Pattern Builder should be filled in with his name in the field.I understood what he meant, and it was not difficult to guess that the Yerkes scholars had made this decision to protect me.Even in the imperial capital, where the magic atmosphere is relatively open, this kind of magic pattern construction with very sensitive magic skills will definitely cause some controversy on a small scale.Magicians in this world believe that the world was originally composed of the four basic elements of wind, fire, earth and water, and that other magical elements are derived from these four basic elements.As for shadow magic, undead magic, curse magic, and summoning magic, these magic skills all belong to the category of black magic, which is spread from the hell realm of the demon race and the underworld of the undead race, and these black magic have always been excluded from mainstream magic in the human world.For a well-known magician, it seems plausible to study a certain shadow magic skill in order to design a classic magic pattern.If the list of designers is revealed to the public, and those who oppose shadow magic know that the designer is actually only a first-year student at the Royal Academy of Magic, then the problem is quite serious.I'm afraid that these people are most interested in how a magic student in the academy came into contact with these black magics, which have little to no means of transmission in the Grimm Empire.The only way to do this is through the mysterious organization: the Dark Arts Retreat.If it is determined by the Magic Guild to have anything to do with the Dark Arts Hermitage, it will be a stain on a magician's life.I'm afraid I'm going to be questioned by the Magic Guild's ruling, or at least the old-fashioned ones will suspect that I might have a wizard who specializes in shadows.Once the shadow magic apprentice hat is fastened on my body, then the great priests of the temple will follow, and maybe I will be charged by the high priests and put in the prison set up by the temple for infidels, which is the most terrifying thing.As he walked, Yerkis turned his head to look at the relief frescoes of war and magic on the stone pillars on both sides of the cloister, and he stopped next to one of the stone pillars, turned to me and asked, "Jiga, everyone has their own ideals, what are your ideals?"
”"I'm going to be a master!"
I replied without thinking.I didn't expect Scholar Yerkis to suddenly ask such a question, and when I subconsciously said the answer from the bottom of my heart, my eyes stared at Sister Guoguo, who was standing by the pool not far away.Sister Guoguo stood in the waist-deep pool, watching the clear pool water flow through her body, looking at the pool blankly with empty eyes, looking a little thoughtful.Yerkes' eyes were full of relief, and he exhaled softly, and then said to me, "Jiga, you know what?
It's actually nice to be able to go on this path of magic inscription, but I feel more fortunate to have someone to help me prove that my research is not just a piece of paper, when those ideas are turned into magic pattern constructions one by one, that sense of accomplishment is here!
”Yerkes clenched his fists, tapped his chest, and then said with a flushed face, "Full!
”"That's the only one," Yerkis said, referring to the magic pattern of the batskin glove, and he looked slightly regretful, "You actually ran in front of me, but I think even if I didn't have that drawing, as long as I had enough ink, I would be able to get it out!"
”Yerkis smiled, "Tell me, I can make those lines a little simpler, and I won't have halfway magic patterns." ”I think I may owe Yerkes an apology, at least after he agrees, and then move that glove.After all, I was a little reckless, and I didn't think about what kind of responsibilities Yerkes and I would take on if this magic pattern construction failed."
I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been in those pairs" I tried to apologize to Yerkes, but he interrupted."
No, no, no, don't apologize, don't even think about it!"
Yerkis waved his hand at me, winked at me, and said, "Besides, you made it according to the drawings I provided, with my consent, and we made it together. ”"Next, we need to make another leg armor and a hat, and as for that cuirass, I have already prepared it in advance.I don't think that legnail will stump you. ”Yerkis put his arm around my shoulders and said to me, "When I have time, I'll take you to visit Bruce officially, he is a close friend of my teacher before his death, he is a second-turn high-level magician, he has a deep study of the knowledge of elemental spirits" "But before that, we must make this set of magic pattern construction armor and make it beautiful, this involves a bet, if I win, we can let him tell all the secrets about those elemental spirits, this guy, What a stubborn old stubborn old stubborn!
”Follow the outer corridor until you reach the end of the practice area of the Institute.It is a fan-shaped building made of granite square stones, which looks like the Colosseum, and upon entering the field, Yerkes registers with the driving range keeper that he needs to test the power of a magical skill, and explains that this magic belongs to the category of shadow level 1 magic.The administrator didn't say any nonsense, but asked Yerkis with a straight face, "What kind of experimental beast do you need, an agile demon antelope, or a strength-type mane beast?"
”The Yerkes scholar thought for a moment and said, "Then choose the Maned Beast, this guy has rough skin and thick flesh. ”Afterwards, Yerkes handed over the badge of his institute and made a simple registration.Through the conversation between the administrator and the Yerkis scholars, I learned that the research institute tested the power of magic skills, and chose to use the lowest-level magic beasts, and I couldn't help but be amazed, full of expectations, so to test the power of magic, presumably the data obtained by those wooden people is more real."
Ranked ninth, there are two more scholars in front of you to test their magic, please be patient!"
The Administrator glanced up at the Yerkes Scholar and admonished.The caretaker then handed Yerkis a numbered medallion and said, "A sturdy maned beast will be prepared for you shortly, but please be careful not to fatally damage it when you test it, or you will bear a portion of the compensation yourself." ”"It's just a first-level magic, and it can't hurt the Mane Beast."
With that, Yerkes led me into the driving range with a big grin.After passing through more than 20 stone steps, passing through a dark passage, the passage was lit with magic wall lamps, and after turning a corner, a bright light suddenly appeared in front of me.This is what the Yerkes scholars call the so-called practice ground, and what caught my eye was a large oval stand, and there were not many people in the stands, basically some scholars in magical robes, and they were often accompanied by one or two assistants, sitting in the stands in twos and threes, as if some people were about to pack up their things and go out.Strictly speaking, this is supposed to be a testing ground for magical skills, a place for scholars to test their magical powers.There is a practice table in the middle of the stands, and on the opposite side of the training platform is a huge animal pen, which is very spacious inside.At this time, the magician on the practice table held a bone weapon in his hand, standing in the center of the practice table, and a strong fire elemental aura rose under his feet, but the magic pattern circle he drew casually was a very simple fireball magic pattern array, only to hear him skillfully spit out a series of magic spells, and a fireball appeared out of thin air.In the pen opposite him, a wild boar with a head more than two meters long and as big as a calf stood in the center of the corral, looking at the magician vigilantly, with a bloodthirsty gaze shooting out of his bell-sized eyes, staring vigilantly at the magician opposite, his muscles tensed.This wild boar is covered with gray hairs as hard as steel needles, this wild boar's strong body is coated with a thick layer of pine oil, and a thick layer of scabs has condensed on its body surface, from between its ears to its back, it is covered with two-foot-long sharp needle-like manes, the original so-called mane beast is just the evolution of the wild boar, this kind of first-level demonic beast is distributed in the forest swamps in the central region of the Grimm Empire, and it is the most common low-level demonic beast.The magician pointed at the maned beast not far in front of him with the bone weapon in his hand, and the fireball in front of him snorted, with a long tail of flames, and smashed into the maned beast, which was immediately enraged by the flames, it raised its head to the sky and howled, spread its hooves, and carried its thousand-pound body, straight towards the fireball.With a bang, the fireball exploded directly in front of the gray maned beast's face, and it directly blew the maned beast back more than a dozen steps, the huge pig face was blown into a bloody blur, and those manes were also burned to the ground, lying on the ground only with the strength to hum, and even had no strength to get up from the ground.The magician standing on the stage, seeing this scene, finally had a hint of joy on his face, and glanced at the bone magic weapon in his hand again.At this time, someone was actually in a small magic circle next to him, and said to the magician, "This demonic fangs increase the magic power of the fireball technique by 1.2. ”Hearing the man say this, a group of people in the stands cheered with excitement.The magician standing on the stage also seemed very happy, he carefully took the demonic fang in his hand, ran down from the practice platform, came to the middle of the group of people in the stand, and excitedly said to a gray-haired magician in the stand: "Teacher, this time the demonic fangs on the demonic fangs dominate, and the power of the increase is 1.2. ”The Green Empire Magic Guild stipulates that the power value of the standard fireball technique is 1, and the power conversion of other magic skills is calculated with reference to the power value of the standard fireball technique, for example, the magic power of the water polo technique is only 0.4, the magic power of the ice arrow technique is only 0.6, and the magic power value of the wind blade is only 0.7."
Well, the quality of this demon's fangs is pretty good!"
The old magician was very calm, and he said calmly with a normal expression.Then, the group of young magician's assistants surrounded the old magician and left the practice field happily.Yerkis stood on the side of the stands with his hands in front of his chest, staring at the demonic fangs in his eyes, as if he had suddenly thought of something, and turned to me and asked, "Jiga, don't you have a wand in your hand?"
I'll give you a pair of demonic fangs like this one another day?
But it's up to you to figure it out for enchanted ice domination. ”Scholar Yerkes' words reminded me of a branch of the World Tree in my backpack, but that branch didn't seem to be of much use, only slightly increasing the speed of gathering magic, which seemed dispensable to me with heating and mana regeneration.But after all, I use one wand of my own, oh, three of them, and I don't lack wands.Furthermore, Mentor Heidi has repeatedly emphasized that while studying magic, try not to rely on or use a wand.Otherwise, after getting used to using a wand, all before casting a spell will be the first time to think of their wand, this kind of problem will be difficult to change in the future, sometimes, without a wand in the hand, there will even be repeated failures in casting spells, which is very deadly on some battlefields.I guess maybe Yerkes wanted to give me some comfort, after all, on the surface, he took advantage of me by becoming the designer of the batskin glove, and the Yerkes scholar must have thought of how to make up for it."
Wand, the one I have!"
I smiled at the Yerkes Scholar, and then continued, "If you really want to give me something, then please allow me to make another set of Demonic Patterns according to your drawings of this Demonic Structure, and I would like to give it to my sister Tracy during the summer vacation." ”"Hey, I know that you and your classmates have opened a grocery store in El City, but I didn't expect that in a few years, you will become quite wealthy!
According to this set of drawings to make a new set of magic pattern construction, of course, there is no problem, but you have to think about it, making these magic pattern construction, each material is worth a lot, but don't be too reluctant, otherwise the production failure, will make your mentality unbalanced, if you are unstable, when making the magic pattern construction, your hand will not be stable!
”Yerkis reminded me with a little surprise.At this time, several strong warrior professional attendants came out of the small door next to the beast pen, and quickly approached the injured maned beast, the maned beast that fell to the ground saw someone approaching, and issued an angry warning sound, of course, these warrior professional attendants will not be afraid of a seriously injured maned beast, the warrior waiter who walked in front took out a head mallet, and hit the maned beast on the head fiercely, beating the maned beast to wail again and again, and finally honestly did not dare to struggle anymore.Several attendants dragged the badly injured, dead pig-like maned beast from the animal pen into a large iron cage, and then pulled the large iron cage to transport the maned beast out of the training ground, and there was a young water magician on the side, constantly performing hydrotherapy on the maned beast, and seemed to take out a huge hair brush, and smear a slimy medicinal juice on the maned beast's face to treat it as necessary.I'm thinking: the miserable life of this maned beast doesn't seem to be over yet.This is the first time I've seen a non-magician attendant in the research institute, and a young magician who is good at hydrotherapy, but this magician's daily work doesn't seem to be fundamentally different from that of these warrior attendants.At this time, the magician who walked on the stage took the lead in getting into the beast pen opposite, and then quickly took out a magic carpet from the magic waist bag and spread it in the center of the beast pen, and then he squatted on the blanket and installed several magic crystals in the gem inlay grooves in the four corners of the blanket.The magician next to the small magic array said very cheerfully, "Get ready, release the wind wolf in the No. 3 beast cage!"
”The young magician half-squatted on the carpet and began to draw a milky white magic pattern circle on his chest, as he quickly twisted the spell, I saw that his hand had an extremely obvious pause for a moment, and then the hand disappeared out of thin air incredibly, and reappeared, and in this instant, the magic pattern circle in front of him had tended to be drawn.He used "Time Stagnate", and when his magic skills were completed, a faint white mist poured out, quickly enveloping his body.The young magician squatted motionless on the carpet, and as the faint milky white mist dissipated, the young magician's body gradually became transparent, but apparently did not disappear out of thin air until the end, but in the lightened mist, it became blurry and unreal, like a phantom.At this moment, there was a cacophon of roulette twists and screeching in the rally, followed by a few whimpering wolf howls.The two wind wolves rushed out of a narrow iron cage tunnel one after the other, and they immediately noticed the magicians in the stands, and immediately became extremely vigilant, and then stretched out their huge wolf heads, constantly sniffing around the animal pen, and with the occasional tooth movement of the two wind wolves, the half-foot-long white fangs appeared and disappeared in the giant mouth.When the two wind wolves confirmed that the beast pen had become their new territory, the two wind wolves actually wandered around the beast pen at will, and turned a blind eye to the young magician on the magic carpet in the center of the beast pen, and the young magician was also a little nervous squatting on the magic blanket, not daring to move at all, for fear of letting the two wind wolves find out.It seems that the magicians in the stands also involuntarily held their breath and watched this scene quietly.Only then did I know that they were testing the effect of the stealth magic array, but, in my opinion, there must be something wrong with the eyes of these two wind wolves, otherwise those phantoms in the mist are so obvious, how could they not be seen!
The two wind wolves never seemed to be able to spot the young magician squatting on the blanket, and once even passed three meters away from the young magician, and it seemed to smell a faint smell in the air, but still ignored it.I was secretly surprised in my heart: it seems that this portable stealth magic array designed by a certain scholar is really ingenious, and it seems to be very useful, even the wind wolf's sense of smell can deceive my heart, and I am still amazed that this portable magic array is extraordinary.But I didn't expect that the two wind wolves at this time would wander to the left and right sides of the young magician in a daze, and seeing the unconcealable greed and killing intent in their eyes, my heart was suddenly cold, sure enough, the wisdom of this wind wolf is much higher than that of the maned beast, and they are still so good at acting.I know much more about the temperament of the wind wolf than these magicians and magicians in the research institute, because I have hunted these fierce beasts in the wasteland, and the wind wolf skin is on the side of the orc tribe, which is also a very valuable magical beast material.So I knew very well the kind of look in their eyes before they caught it, and at this moment, the two wind wolves suddenly opened their fangs in their bloody mouths, and pounced on the young magician at the same time, one left and one right."
AhhThe young magician who was crouching on the magic carpet was also so frightened that he collapsed on the blanket, and even forgot to dodge and escape.The two ice shields of the "Ice Shield Technique" appeared on the left and right sides of the young magician at the same time, and the two wind wolves gnawed on the ice shield with their big mouths, and actually bit the ice shield to pieces.However, there was a layer of light blue ice flame floating on the ice shield, which suddenly spread to the whole body of the wind wolf, making the two wind wolves covered in frost.With such a moment of respite, I don't know if it was the young mage himself, or a certain magician outside the field, who directly opened the magic shield, and a pale yellow eggshell covered the young magician's body, wrapping the magician in it.The two wind wolves pounced again, only to be bounced open by the translucent eggshell