In front of the gate of the headquarters of the Ming Trade Union, there are two humanoid sculptures more than three meters high on both sides of the door, the relief on the copper gate is full of mottled traces under the wind and rain, only the bracelet of the copper gate is polished to a shiny shine, and can reflect its own reflection on it.The reliefs on the bronze gates have become blurred, as if they depict a war, and I found that many of the buildings in the imperial capital are depicted in reliefs depicting various war scenes.This is very different from the city of El Eyre, where the buildings are basically extremely monotonous, and there are very few reliefs with such a surface like a work of art.In recent decades, the city of El has been brutally cleaned by barbarians on the ice, snow and tundra, and not many of the city's ancient buildings have survived.But the imperial capital is different, the people in the city have not suffered the baptism of war for nearly a hundred years, so many ancient buildings have survived, although the headquarters building of the Ming Union has been repaired not long ago, but a lot of valuable things, many things with the characteristics of the Ming Union have been preserved, the two statues in front of the guild gate and the quaint bronze gate are one of them.The two statues are carved from a kind of black spar, the statues are two magicians wearing magic robes, I saw them wearing hoods, hands unfolded magic scrolls, in a posture of reading aloud to people, this non-gold and non-jade black spar is the most suitable rock for carving, this black rock is called smoke jade, the texture is soft and glutinous, can be sketched by craftsmen every line.Nowadays, the surface texture of the statues has become a little blurred, and the two statues are the work of the famous master carver Amos.
Blair's masterpiece, now, the master carver has not many surviving works, the two statues of the magician in front of the headquarters of the Ming Union are the works of the master carver at his peak, many carvers come to the imperial capital, and they will inevitably come to the headquarters of the Ming Union to pay respects.These two statues stand on the left and right sides of the gate of the headquarters of the Ming Labor Union, and they are also a reminder to every master of the inscription, asking them to remember that carving skills and techniques are one of the basic criteria to measure whether a master is excellent.When I came to the front of the Ming Union headquarters building, I honestly stood next to the stone pedestal under the statue to bask in the sun, Katerina stood quietly beside me, and we, like the other magicians standing here, were quietly waiting for the Ming Union headquarters building to officially open.At this time, a young magician stood under the statue opposite, he looked a little bored, he held his chin with one hand and looked at me curiously, and then looked at Caterina next to me, with blinking blue eyes, a high bridge of the nose, the tip of the nose was a little red, a few faint freckles on the cheekbones, wearing a black magic robe, chest.
The previous magic badges were the same as mine, they were all junior mage badges.His personality seems to be a little jumpy, standing under the statue, always moving his feet from time to time, holding a magic carving knife in his hand and constantly spinning rapidly between his fingers, watching him fiddle with the magic carving knife like a colorful butterfly dancing among the flowers, you know that the carving knife in his hand has become a part of his body, and only exquisite knife skills can fiddle with magic carving knives like this.I can be sure that he is not a magician in the Royal Academy of Magic, nor has he ever appeared in the Academy of Magic, it seems that the imperial capital is still too big, and many magicians usually hide in their own small world, and only when they participate in some kind of ritual, they will probably come out of their nests.The middle-aged magicians next to him almost all stood in place with their eyes closed, and at this time, no one wanted to chat.When I was bored, I heard someone around me say to me, "Hi, hello. ”I turned my head and saw the young magician under the statue opposite, who was already standing in front of me, I don't know when.He had already put away the magic carving knife in his hand, he rubbed his hands a little awkwardly, and asked me, "Did you come with the teacher to meet the world, or did you come to take the Mingshi exam?"
I raised the letter of recommendation in my hand, it was a letter of recommendation made of magic parchment, which not only had the seal of the Magic Research Institute, but also the comments written by Bruce, the vice president of the Magic Research Institute, and the magic parchment wrote: There is a magician Ji Jia in the Ming Department of our Academy, and after many investigations, our Institute believes that he is qualified to participate in the junior Ming Master Qualification Examination, please approve it from the Ming Guild Headquarters!
Probably the most valuable thing on it is the seal of the Academy of Magic and the personal seal of Vice Dean Bruce, this letter of recommendation was applied for by the Yerkes scholar for me, at that time, he looked excited, and shook the letter of recommendation in his hand vigorously, and shouted to me: Jijia, you can take the junior master qualification exam.In fact, I didn't expect that there was no place to register for the Mingshi qualification examination, and there was only one way for magicians who wanted to participate in the Mingshi qualification examination, and that was to ask the Mingshi in the Mingshi Association to write a letter of recommendation.Many of the magicians in the Green Empire are not good at carving, and Mingshi is a very money-burning life profession in the early stage, so the magicians who dare to choose this kind of magic profession in the Green Empire are basically supported by noble families or big chaebols, otherwise, the high cost of magic materials alone is not something that an ordinary magician can afford.Of course, I and the Yerkes Scholars are the outliers among these magicians, and I have always had the support of the Yerkes Scholars' inscriptions, and I also have a very high success rate in drawing the magic pattern circle, so as long as I continue to draw magic scrolls and magic pattern structures, there is no shortage of magic crystals."
Hah!
Are you also planning to take the Junior Master Qualifying Exam?
”He said with a look of surprise on his face.I nodded.He held out his hand to me, and I politely held out my hand, both hands clasped together.When shaking hands, I felt that his hands were very strong, the palms were a little dry, and there was a layer of calluses on the palms, which should have been left over from practicing carving.And so, the young magician, who stood a whole head taller than me, began to talk to me enthusiastically.He is very talkative and even a little chatty, and his name is Norbert.
Gillingham.However, he seemed to be very closed to the news in the imperial capital, and I said that my name was Ji Jia, and his expression did not have a strange expression, which made me breathe a sigh of relief.What worries me the most is that when I introduce my name, the other person will look at me in surprise and say, "Oh!
You're Jijia!
Long admiration of the great name, long admiration of the great name!
I heard that you have just married His Royal Highness Qige, the flower of the imperial capital, and Princess Yingli, the pearl of Prince James's palm, it's really not easy!
Every time someone says that to me, I want to pour a bucket of ice water over their heads.He seemed unfamiliar with my name, and when he heard that I didn't have a surname after it, Norbert asked me, "Are you a magician from a civilian background?"
”I nodded and acknowledged, "Well, I'm here in the northern province of Sloyth. ”"So you're from the North!"
He exclaimed, and then his questions kept asking me like a cannon, "Then forgive me for taking the liberty of belonging, I mean, which family paid to train you?"
If you are a magician in the province of Sloit, shouldn't you take the master's qualification exam at the Magic Guild of the province of Sloit?
Why did you come all the way to the imperial capital?
”I said to him: "First of all, I am not a magician from an aristocratic family, no one pays for me, and learning Ming is just my personal hobby, so I don't belong to any wealthy nobles. ”"Personal hobbies" Norbert was a little dumbfounded, apparently, he didn't think a wizard could stand here just because of some hobby, but I don't want to explain it to him in too much detail.I then said to him, "Besides, I am a magic student at the Royal Academy of Magic in the Imperial Capital, and I came to the Imperial Capital to learn more advanced magical knowledge, so I will take the Junior Master Qualification Examination in the Imperial Capital, not in Sloit. ”When he heard me say this, he immediately gave me a thumbs up and complimented, "I didn't expect you to be a master of magic." ”Subsequently, we began to talk about why we chose the magic profession of Mingshi, you must know that basically all magicians can draw magic scrolls, many magicians earn living expenses with their superb skills in drawing magic scrolls, but there are not many magicians who become Mingshi.Norbert told me that when he showed great interest in carving at the Junior Academy of Magic, the family decided to tilt his resources and train him to become a master, even if he became a junior master, it would be of great significance to some of the great nobles, because it meant that the family could make and repair the magic pattern construction independently.Nowadays, in the Grimm Empire, only the Constructed Knights are considered to be the strongest combat power, and all territorial expansion and confrontation with the dark forces are inseparable from the power of the Constructed Knights, so if a great nobleman can have a Ming Master dedicated to his family, then it means that his Constructed Knights are endless, as long as there is enough time, the magic pattern construction will continue to be manufactured.At the same time, there is no need to worry about the damage of the Magic Pattern Construct on the battlefield, and for junior masters, repairing the Magic Pattern Construct is also a compulsory course for them.It wasn't until I said that I was a magic assistant under a magician in the Ming Department of the Magic Research Institute, that Norbert showed a sudden look and said to me: "No wonder you don't need the support of the great nobles, it turns out that the person standing behind you is a scholar of the Magic Research Institute, I heard that the resources of the Magic Research Institute are the richest places in the entire imperial capital, even when magic herbs are the most scarce, the Imperial Capital Magic Research Institute has not cut off the supply of magic herbs" We were chatting, and the bronze gate of the Ming Union headquarters building suddenly creaked, It was opened from the inside, and a team of magicians in magic robes stood neatly inside, these magicians all looked at the group of people at the door with expressionless faces, and the old magician standing in the center took a step forward, and then the whole gate became silent, and all the magicians waiting outside the door surrounded the door, only a small footstep sounded.Norbertra grabbed my arm, and we both blended in the crowd and headed for the door.When he saw that Caterina was still following me, he whispered to me, "No retinues are allowed in the examination room, let your Constructed Knight wait for you outside." ”I nodded and whispered to Katerina, "Otherwise, you go to Qige and wait for me, anyway, this place is not far from the research institute, and I will go to you after the exam." ”Caterina pointed to the apple trees outside the headquarters of the Ming Union and said, "I'll wait for you under those apple trees." ”Seeing that Caterina was so persistent, I nodded and whispered, "Okay." ”Seeing that I agreed, Caterina no longer hesitated to perform a flash in the crowd, and the next second she appeared outside the crowd, which startled some of the attendants standing around, but when these people saw that Caterina was wearing a gorgeous magic pattern makeup, they immediately looked away, no one wanted to provoke a construction knight for no reason.It wasn't until Caterina left that Norbert whispered to me beside me, "Giga, is this Miss Constructed Warrior your follower?"
”I hesitated for a moment, and nodded, thinking that Caterina should be considered my follower by now."
She's got pretty eyes, and that long red hair."
Norbert said to me.I smiled and didn't speak.The old magician standing at the gate of the Mingji Guild began to say to us unhurriedly: "The magicians who are taking the Junior Mingshi qualification examination stand on my left, please pay attention to stand in a row, and then you will be brought into the examination room by the Mickey Scholar standing in front of you for the written test. ”Then he said, "Magicians who are taking the Intermediate Master Qualification Examination, please stand on my right hand" His voice was not high, but his voice was very clear, and his penetrating power and recognition were very high, so that I could hear clearly while standing in the outer circle.Sure enough, most of the magicians waiting in the headquarters building of the Ming Guild were taking the junior Ming Master qualification examination, and this part of the people accounted for almost more than ninety percent of the total number, and I was a little special among a group of middle-aged magicians with Norbert, but those people in the Ming Guild seemed to have been used to it, and they didn't look at us more because of this.Only the old magicians wearing the golden magic badges on their chests stood to the right of the old magician, and sure enough, these second-turn magicians were participating in the promotion exam.Finally, the old magician said, "Those who have taken the Advanced Master Qualification Examination can stand in front of me, and then I will test it myself." ”There were many people standing at the door of the headquarters building of the Ming Trade Union, and no one answered in the whispering.After waiting for a while, the old magician sighed softly, turned around and silently returned to the headquarters building of the Ming Union, and the remaining magicians from the Ming Union began to tell us about the rules of the exam and the matters to be paid attention to: The primary examination of magic talismans is divided into three parts, the first part is a written test, and the answer sheet of basic theoretical knowledge.The second part is to make a magic pattern structure, and the third part is to defend in front of the examiner with the magic pattern structure made.Then, we were taken into the headquarters building of the Ming Union