Chapter 135 Let’s meet at the top
"Master Lu Ke, you need to study."
On the second day after he came to the New York Temple, Ancient One took him to Kama Taj's library.
"No one will trust a person who doesn't understand magic to lead them. If you want to be a good Supreme Mage, you must have profound attainments in magic."
"Wait a minute!" Luke's face darkened.
“Am I not just the head of the New York Temple?”
Ancient One looked at him as if he was mentally retarded, "I thought you should have known that the Supreme Mage's words are as untrustworthy as a man's words of 'I can't get in'."
After finally deceiving someone who could take over the job, how could he just let someone take on a casual position?
The current situation of Karma Taj is that he is a level 100 elite boss leading a group of level 10 and 20 shrimp soldiers and crab generals. If he leaves him, not to mention the dimension demon, any stronger reptilian mages will be tortured to pieces. Scum.
It is difficult for a novice to take on important responsibilities, and it is difficult for him to take the blame even if he wants to.
This is also related to the magic setting in Marvel. All mages who use white magic on the earth derive their power from the "Vishan Emperor" who is the trinity of Ohit, Hogs, and Agamotto.
White magic itself is not good at attacking, and the use of magic comes at a cost. It is just that the magicians on the earth use white magic and are shouldered by Emperor Weishan. As for the magic created by the dimensional demon gods, it is more like leasing than mastering.
Similarly, learning and using magic is also a long process. After all, not every mage is a genius like Strange.
In the later period, when there was no backbone, even a mage who slipped away from a certain portal could become the Supreme Mage, which greatly reduced the value of this title.
Gu Yi is a special case of old villain, who steals the power of demon gods from other latitudes and does not return it. There are people above who are not easy to move. Those who can win cannot win, and those who can survive cannot win. Even if they want to force debt collection, they can't. .
The white-bearded version is obviously more fierce than the bald female. From the fact that he can produce tea leaves containing the energy essence of the dimensional demon gods, we know that this guy is not simple.
"Before you take the throne, I have to let you practice and make some achievements, otherwise you will not be able to convince the public."
"Have you never considered the possibility that I don't want to be the Sorcerer Supreme?"
Gu Yi followed suit and said, "Think about it, what's wrong with being the Supreme Mage? Many mages are working hard for this goal."
"You should tell me what's good!"
This was the first time Luke heard someone selling a job like this.
Gu Yi lowered his head and thought hard, no matter how much he loved his career, he would lose his enthusiasm once it became a job. He was once a partner of justice, but after so many years of fighting monsters, he was really tired.
The Supreme Mage does not receive a salary for this position, because he is the top leader and cannot contribute much to those below him. In order to prevent disturbing the order, he also protects the world secretly, and does not get any benefits in terms of fame, wealth or material.
Not to mention that resisting dimensional demons and some foreign visitors with malicious intentions is also a thankless task.
"At least the name Supreme Mage sounds cool!"
It took a long time before Gu Yi could hold back these words.
"Bad promise." Luke sighed, looking like "It's hard for me to handle this."
"Otherwise, you can give me the Eye of Agamotto for safekeeping first, and let me get familiar with the business first. What do you think?"
He opened his hand to Lao Deng, who had never exploded the gold coins.
Gu Yi opened his extended hand angrily, and the abacus beads almost jumped onto his face.
"Master Lu Ke, your shamelessness reminds me of an old friend. It's impossible to give you the Eye of Agamotto right now. If you have to ask for something... I can give you a book."
Nice!
The corners of Lu Ke's lips curled up, and he knew that people like to compromise.
The two walked into the library. The place that looked small from the outside was as big as a different dimension. At a glance, countless bookshelves were filled with books.
It contains almost all the magic books on earth, and even some magic books from other planets and dimensions, those belonging to the Ancient One's trophies.
In this seemingly endless sea of books, Gu Yi waved gently, and a wave of wrinkles appeared in the space. A pure white and flawless book, which looked strangely powerful just by looking at its shape, appeared in his hand.
"[Book of Emperor Weishan]."
Gu Yi glanced at the book twice, then handed the book to Lu Ke.
"This book contains the most powerful known white magic in the world. The spells it records can never be used offensively, only defensively."
Luke wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, coughed twice, and looked disdainful.
"That's it?"
Gu Yili, who lived like a man, ignored Lu Ke's provocation and took out a few books from the side and placed them next to Lu Ke.
"If you feel that the magic in Weishan Emperor's book is too profound, you can read these books first."
After explaining this, Gu Yi patted Lu Ke on the shoulder sincerely.
"Master Lu Ke, maybe you can't understand my feelings, but I have high hopes for you."
At this point, his expression changed, "Oops, I sensed that a dimensional demon is trying to invade the earth. Go out and resist the foreign enemies first. You should study hard here and don't move around."
After speaking, Gu Yi's figure simply disappeared from the spot.
"Ah bah!"
Luke raised a middle finger to where Ancient One left.
You old bastard, you'd better be really fighting against the Dimensional Demon God instead of trying to catch fish!
He looked at the books that Gu Yi had selected for him, including Proverbs Quotes, Guidelines for the Use of Magic, Spell Analysis, Witchcraft Guide, Nova Cosmology, and the Classics of Solomon.
Most of them are introductory models that explain the principles of magic, rather than powerful magic that only focuses on power and range. They are indeed more suitable for him at this stage. It can be seen that Gu Yi is still interested. "Actually, you don't have to learn it yourself."
Luke thought for a moment and formed a seal with his hands, "The art of multiple shadow clones!"
A dozen Lukes appeared on the spot, with reluctance written on their faces. They knew what they were sorted out for.
"My dear, I don't want to study."
"Me too, why don't you remove the spell."
"Plus one, I'd rather clean than study!"
"Shadow clones are just useful for partying. You really don't need them for studying."
…
There was a squeal of objections, and Lu Ke's face turned stern.
"Shut up, we are all Luke, we should love each other and help each other."
"You study together for my sake, and I am happy together for your sake. We all have a bright future!"
Shadow clones: "..."
Looking at myself from another perspective, I really can’t bear to look at myself, and I can even say such shameless things!
Under the forced order of the original deity, the shadow clones had no choice but to transform into learning elements, pick up the books one by one and start studying.
Luke looked at the rich learning atmosphere and nodded with satisfaction.
"That's right. After reading these books, everyone can rest and settle down. We'll see you at the top then!"
After encouraging the shadow clones, Luke waved goodbye, activated the space spell, and disappeared.
After Luke left, the shadow clones' reading efficiency immediately dropped sharply. Although they had to listen to the master's words, the efficiency of this unclear order was determined by the shadow clones themselves.
They began to talk among themselves.
"I think it's not without reason for Ancient One to find me as the Supreme Mage."
"If we continue like this, I'm afraid the Supreme Mage will become a derogatory term like Crouching Dragon and Phoenix."
"I suddenly felt very shameless and I had to repent."
One of Luke's eyes blinked, and he suddenly suggested, "How about this, let's die together with me?"
This sentence suddenly aroused the curiosity of other shadow clones, and they all looked at him.
The Luke coughed twice and cleared his throat, "We have been studying hard during this period. The few books Gu Yi picked are not enough. Let's show him everything from low to high!"
"At that time, we will control it and use ninjutsu at the same time to exhaust the chakra, and it will be automatically released, allowing him to feel a wave of strength strengthened by knowledge!"
"It makes sense!"
"Surprised, I'm a genius!"
"Let me know that shadow clones also have human rights!"
The shadow clones' eyes lit up one by one, and they lowered their heads and began to read seriously. Although it was a bit uncomfortable to study, they immediately gained fighting spirit when they thought of the tragic situation of their original self.
They want to fill their mouths full of me!
For a time, the learning efficiency of the shadow clones skyrocketed. Now Luke has already become a genius through Jenga, and the shadow clones who have been separated are naturally very smart, and photographic memory is a trivial matter.
It didn't take much time for the shadow clones to finish reading their respective portions, and then they began to pick out books from the bookshelf to read.
Whenever a shadow clone feels a little tired and wants to rest, he sees that the others are continuing to study, so he grits his teeth and continues to persevere.
Time passed little by little, and unknowingly, involution behavior even appeared in the shadow clone.
"This book "Occult Symbols" was my first choice!"
"What's yours and mine? Everyone is Lu Ke. Why do you think it's yours!"
"Who has seen the second volume of "Mysteries of the Stars"? My book has been discontinued."
"Damn it, did you just peek at the book while I was resting with my eyes closed?"
"Stop it, stop it, what are you doing now?"
"Oh, you picked up the book and read it before I even gave you the forcible order. Don't I know what your little thoughts are?"
"Bitch, your eyes are red, go and rest!"
"Bah, that's a good idea. I can just use medical ninjutsu to treat it!"
"Brothers, don't do anything that consumes chakra, otherwise it will be bad if you disappear early. If it is not released at the same time, I can withstand it!"
Amid the infighting among the Lukes, the shadow clone that was originally proposed quietly withdrew from the battlefield and slipped behind a large bookshelf in the distance.
"I've finished all the things you asked me to do, so you can release me."
"Okay, you deserve it, go and rest."
Lu Ke punched the person to death, and looked at the red-faced shadow clones reading desperately in the feedback memory, and the corners of his mouth slowly raised.
"It's just a shadow clone trying to resist the original body. It's so naive. It's so naive."
(End of chapter)