Chapter 231 Apprentice
The morning after returning from the demiplane.
In the living room of the Wizard Tower, Brian was eating breakfast while looking at the two young people in front of him.
The first thing that catches the eye is a thin and handsome moon elf.
He has a pair of gray eyes and is wearing a brand new black coat and white shirt. According to the aesthetic standards of elves, he is considered a handsome young man.
Beside the moon elf, unexpectedly stood a human girl.
She looks smaller than the elf in front of her, very beautiful, with gentle elk-like eyes, long chestnut hair hanging lazily around her shoulders, and her smile is both shy and sweet.
"Orange Orientis?"
Brian asked calmly, but his eyes were on the toast, bacon and lamb sausage on the dinner plate.
The bread is not crispy enough, the bacon is too greasy, and the mutton sausage still has the smell of mutton.
This substandard breakfast made him frown slightly.
However, he can’t blame others for this, because he did it himself.
As a creative psion, it is easy for him to make breakfast with ready-made ingredients. Unfortunately, it is difficult to control the taste.
Fortunately, he has been in adventure for more than ten years, so he is not so picky about food. As long as it doesn't kill people, he can digest it.
"I am, I am, the tower master." The handsome moon elf man took two steps forward quickly, and his slightly impatient steps completely destroyed his elegant elf image.
"Well, it's not bad." After digesting a piece of bacon, Brian took a sip of tea from the plate to dilute the greasy taste in his mouth, and nodded with slight satisfaction.
After the wizard tower was established, he told Ru Yin, the president of the Silver Scholars Association, that he needed a wizard with good magic talent to serve as his assistant.
As the tower owner of a wizard tower, whether it is researching, making magic items, collecting materials, etc., having a flexible assistant to do odd jobs can get twice the result with half the effort.
In the game world, after his wizard level reached the fourth level of paragon, in order to find a way to break through the legendary realm, he served as the tower master of the Star Tower, one of the four wizard towers in Silver Moon City. Assistant of time.
Most of his knowledge of magic circles was taught to him by the legendary tower master when he was assisting the master of the Star Glory Tower in maintaining the magic circle of Silver Moon City.
As he expected, the moon elf mage did recommend his younger brother to him.
Olanque Oriandis.
Brian glanced at the young moon elf, and it could be seen from his clear eyes that his actual age was not very old, only about fifty years old at most.
It is still very rare to be able to raise one's spellcasting level to around level 7 in just a few decades in the unorganized elf society.
After all, elves are a magical race with otherworldly elegance.
They love nature and magic, art and crafts, poetry and music, and even all the beautiful things in the world.
So the main goal of most elves in the first hundred years of their lives is to choose the career that suits them best among these many beautiful things and skills.
After turning a hundred years old, they will truly become adults and begin to systematically train professionals in various fields such as magic, sword and bow combat skills, and divine arts.
It is their loose and free character that keeps the age of high-level professionals among the elves almost all above 150 years old.
Brian recalled Olank's information in the game world.
According to the original timeline, his sister Ru Yin should have died in some kind of battle in Mokou Town, so Olanke took up the banner of the Silver Scholars Association in Misty Town in the valley.
When the army controlled by Sembia in Ghost City invaded the valley, all members of the Silver Scholars Association also joined the army of the Valley Alliance to fight against the invaders.
However, with the expansion of the power of Shadow City, many towns in the valley were devastated, and Mist Town was no exception. This small and inconspicuous organization was eventually forced to disband, leaving all living beings behind.
The fundamental reason for this situation is that Olanke, the president of the Silver Scholars Association, is unwilling to be loyal to the caster group in the City of Ghosts.
Looking at the handsome moon elf in front of him, it was difficult for Brian to think of the president who would rather die than surrender.
However, this is not important to him anymore, after all, many things have changed a lot with his rebirth.
“I heard that your companions like to call you ‘Little Sparrow’.” Brian asked calmly: “And you also like this title very much, so I am very curious. What are you looking for?"
Although he had already decided in his heart to let the moon elf in front of him become his assistant and had been secretly observing him for nearly a month, there were still some steps to follow.
Otherwise, they will think that these things are so easy to obtain and will not cherish them.
After saying this, he watched the other party's reaction with interest.
After all, the elves are synonymous with arrogance in the world's impression, especially the golden elves. Although the moon elves are among the elves and are the kindest elves, that is only a relative term.
He doesn’t want to accept an elf assistant with eyes on the top of his head. If that’s the case, it’s better to let him get out of here as soon as possible.
“It’s like this, Tower Master, among the bird family, sparrows are the most common and humble birds. They are thin and unattractive. They are chirping and not elegant at all. They are not as colorful as peacocks and golden pheasants. The dazzling feathers do not have the melodious singing voice of the thrush and the lark. Compared with the red-crowned cranes, eagles and other tall birds, they are even less worthy of mention."
Moon Elf Olank. He removed the nervous expression on his face, mustered up the courage, and said seriously, "However, in my opinion, none of this can prevent it from becoming the 'spiritual king' of birds and even the animal world. Only sparrows are qualified to be crowned with this title." It’s their hardworking, free and tenacious spirit that attracts me.”
“That’s a good explanation.” Brian nodded slightly and said:
"It can be seen that you are a moon elf who loves magic. Then do you know how human magic civilization compares with that of elves?"
"Of course the magic of elves is higher!" The moon elf did not hesitate. He replied, speaking so fast that even the human girl beside him couldn't help but roll her eyes at him to show disdain.
"Their magical civilization is so advanced, why don't they rule the world?" Brian didn't care and asked a little playfully.
What Olank said is not wrong. Compared with the human arcane empire Netheril and the mechanical empire Imaskar, the magic civilization of the elves is indeed higher.
This can be seen from the fact that the elves used the King-Killing Star to activate the Dragon Madness Lock, causing all dragons, including many ancient dragons in the demigod realm, to fall into unconscious destruction and destruction and kill each other.
It was also the Dragon Madness Myth Lock that ended the rule of the dragons and allowed the elven civilization to reach its peak in the world of Toril.
What follows is a familiar scene. After any race conquers the world, there will be a traditional skill: internal fighting!
The elves who ruled the world began to commit suicide five times in total. The Crown War lasted for hundreds of years and completely destroyed their own civilization.
Then the Founding Era and the Age of Man appeared, marking the rise of all humanoid biological civilizations and human civilization.
The mechanical empire Imaskar and the arcane empire Netheril were born one after another during this era.
"Because our pursuits are different." The moon elf mage gradually relaxed and began to chat with him.
“We, the elves, have a lifespan of more than 700 years, so we can look at many things from a detached perspective, and will not be troubled by short lifespans like other races.
Humans are not. Similarly, although their attainments in magic and civilization are not as good as those of the elves, they are always looking for lost spells and working hard to create new powerful magic. However, because of our long lives, we are not as eager for magic as we imagine. When we realize that the crisis is coming, it is already too late."
"So, this is the real reason why you are so eager to learn magic and gain power, right?" Brian said with deep feeling.
"That's right." Olanke nodded seriously.
"If we elves were not so undisciplined in our lives and concentrated on practicing magic skills, Mis Drannor would not be turned into ruins and occupied by a group of fallen demon elves."
"Very good. , you have fulfilled my request." Brian smiled and threw a platinum badge to the moon elf mage, "I hope your actions can make me feel as happy as what you said today."
< br>Olanke happily took the magic badge and immediately revealed his true nature. He patted his chest righteously and assured him, "Don't worry, Tower Master. My passion for pursuing magic is second only to you." Of respect, you have to know..."
Brian didn't like hearing this kind of flattery. He raised his hand to interrupt his chattering like a sparrow and motioned for him to step aside.
Then, he looked at the other human girl with a slight headache.
This slender girl, fifteen or sixteen years old, was the same Sissi he had rescued in the Quiet Lily Temple.
His original plan was to follow the trajectory of the timeline and let the female lord of Arabe City accept her as her student to learn the ability of a super magician.
After all, in the game world, this girl is Myrcella's most outstanding student, and the only super magic user who has successfully advanced.
If we break this timeline, we will undoubtedly lose a super magic user who can reach the legendary realm in the future.
And when he mentioned to Myrcella that she should accept Sissy as an apprentice, the other party not only readily agreed, but also said in a teasing tone: "Are you planning to arrange for me to have someone who is good at beating children? The person who reports it can monitor my every move at any time.”
However, not everything can be done as he wishes. He persuaded the female lord of Arabe City, but did not consider that the girl in front of him was not willing to go to the Mage Tower to study.
Brian is not a person who likes to force others to make choices. In the end, he let Sissi come to his wizard tower out of the idea that the good news should not go to others.
"Actually, you have a better choice." He looked at Sissi, who was a little embarrassed, and tried to make a last-ditch effort.
“The female lord of Arabe City is a super magic user whose strength has reached the legendary realm. She is also more experienced than me in teaching apprentices, so she can make you grow up faster. Besides, I am A spellcaster who specializes in the schools of evocation and conjuration, for someone like you who likes the schools of magic control and prophecy, he has no teaching experience at all."
He is a spellcaster who specializes in the schools of magic and conjuration. Arcanists in the field of creation, if divided according to the eight major schools, focus on evocation, conjuration and protection.
Regarding the two schools of confusion control and prophecy, the coverage is indeed not that deep.
On this point, the moon elf mage Oranke is the same as him. "It's too late for you to regret it now." He pushed aside the rest of his breakfast, sipped the tea, and made the final additions.
"I have no regrets, Lord Lord." The girl raised her head, her clear voice filled with determination, "I have only unlocked the permissions of the third layer of the magic network now, and I can change my specialization. The school doesn’t have much influence on me.”
After saying this, she quickly avoided Brian’s gaze, stared down at her toes, and wrapped her small hands around her chest. Hair, trying to hide the uneasiness in her heart.
Brian was amused by her expression and wanted to laugh a little. It was hard to imagine that this was a girl who had quarreled with the cat Talling with her arms crossed and dared to bark at an ancient dragon.
He said curiously, "Then tell me what value you can play here."
"My magic talent is very good." The girl glanced and stood aside. Olank, "Better than this playful and smiling elf. When Ms. Polaris tested my talent, my intelligence reached 19 points. Isn't such a magical talent worthy of being accepted as your student?"
Brian nodded secretly, she was right about this.
Afterwards, he personally checked with Ms. Polaris to see if there was any malfunction that caused the intelligence attribute of the girl in front of him, who obviously didn't look very smart and was a bit clumsy, to soar to 19 points.
As a result, Ms. Polaris's answer was: "There is no problem."
This made him vaguely guess that Sissi's intelligence attributes may be related to the green hag's curse.
Otherwise, it is really difficult to explain that a human being has such high innate intelligence.
"Hey, kid, just show off your magic talent to the tower master." The elf on the side said in a depressed tone, "Why did you step on me by the way?"
However, no one paid attention to his protest at this time.
"Talent does not determine everything." Brian sipped his tea and said with a smile, "This is not a reason to persuade me to accept you as a student."
The moon elf mage Olank leaned back in his chair and spoke with He looked at the girl with gloating eyes.
The girl took a deep breath, as if to suppress the tension in her heart. She raised her head and tried to calm her tone as much as possible, "Then I tell you to accept me as your student. It’s a responsibility, do you believe it?”
“Responsibility?” Brian was stunned, put down the tea cup in his hand, and asked curiously, “What kind of responsibility is it for me to accept you as a student?”
"Yes, it is responsibility. This is exactly why I want to become your teacher." She brushed back the hair wrapped around her fingertips and mustered up the courage to say:
"This is exactly why I came to you. Lord Lord, Mokou Town has experienced too many disasters. You are too busy...well, busy fighting, planning and launching wars, that you have forgotten another more important thing. Something—responsibility.”
“Resisting the army of Ghost City and protecting Mokou Town and the Kingdom of Cormyr are more important than anything else,” Brian replied with a smile.
"Yes." The girl finally overcame her nervousness under his kind face. She showed a naughty smile and said to him:
"Defeat the City of Shadows and save this Ruru A town like a little white rabbit in the tiger's mouth is indeed more important than anything else, but cultivating the next generation is equally important."
"If the lord is willing to fulfill this responsibility, there will be a very special young man here. Girl, I hope you can think about it." She said with a hint of pride in her narcissism:
"She has outstanding talent and is full of strong curiosity about the world outside Mokou Town and the Kingdom of Cormyr. She doesn't want a powerful and influential mage lord like you to stay alone in her house all day long. Tower."
"She also has superb cooking skills."
She glanced at the remains of breakfast on the table and added:
"Won't let it go. A high-ranking mage lord goes to eat this kind of greasy bacon and sausage that smells like mutton. In my opinion, only the worst chef can make it."
"..."
Being inadvertently commented on his magical cooking skills, Brian's face flashed with embarrassment.
Under this situation, he naturally could not admit that this dark dish was made by himself.
He regained his composure and looked at the girl in front of him.
Until this moment, he finally saw the familiar shrewdness and wisdom that were incompatible with her gentle elk-like eyes and innocent face.
He had to admit that what this girl named Sissi said was not unreasonable.
Although he had already made up his mind, he still secretly sighed that her words really touched him.
And that familiar mysterious self-confidence reminded him of Hesiah who had adventured with him in the Dark Territory.
"Ms. Polaris."
Brian immediately contacted Talling through telepathy and asked: "You are not a great arcanist who specializes in the spiritual field. If you are asked to teach this girl There’s nothing wrong with magic, right?”
The spiritual realm has three major schools: prophecy, illusion, and enchantment, which are exactly similar to Sissi’s specialization in magic.
"In fact, I had this idea at the beginning." Ms. Polaris's gentle voice echoed in his mind.
"It's just because you are too lazy, so you don't want to accept students, right." Brian instantly guessed her little thought, "Then the task of teaching this girl the arcana of the spiritual realm will be left to her. You don't have to do anything every day."
"Okay, I reluctantly accepted it." Ms. Polaris nodded reluctantly and then said:
"This. The two children have good talents. If the demiplane fusion is successful, I suggest you let them master the magic hub. In this case, they may be able to advance to the true arcanist profession like you."
"I think so too, so let's just say it." Brian nodded slightly and finalized his decision.
Then, he looked at the girl who had become uneasy again during the long wait, "Very good, Sissi, your words moved me, so I will reluctantly accept you."
" Really?"
When the girl heard this, her sullen expression disappeared immediately, she excitedly expressed her gratitude and prepared to perform the apprenticeship ceremony.
Brian didn't like this cliché, so he raised his hand and used gentle energy to drag her body up from her knees.
“You?” Olanke on the side caught the point of the words and asked quickly, “Tower Master, do you mean that this sentence also includes me?”
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"That's right, I plan to take you two on as my part-time student assistants." Brian smiled slightly, then changed the subject and became serious.
“But before that, I need you to answer me a question.”
“Tell me, what is magic?”
“Magic?” Sissi Talking to himself, he squeezed out a little wrinkle between his eyebrows, then relaxed them, and said slowly:
"Magic is an art, a great and outstanding art that can create extraordinary and beautiful things. When I was a child, when I saw magic for the first time, I secretly sighed in my heart: Without magic creation and magic talent, how boring the world would be. So when I found out that I had magic talent and mastered magic, I was convinced. He doubtfully believes that he has found the most gorgeous art, and believes that he has been blessed to become an artist who manipulates magic.”
Brian nodded secretly. Only spellcasters who like illusions, prophecies or the school of magic control can say that magic is art.
As she said, these three schools are indeed artists in the field of magic.
Of course, the Shaping School can also be called: a gorgeous and violent art.
"Yes, it seems that you have a relatively thorough understanding of magic." Brian said to Sissi, "I hope you can remember what you said and don't lose your way."
Otherwise, it would be impossible for her to find a way to enter the realm of legend.
He didn't say this, because there were some things that were most impressive for them to find out on their own.
This is like a Mathematical Olympiad problem. Is it impressive that you solved it independently? Or was it the teacher’s explanation that left a deep impression?
Obvious truth.
Otherwise, no player would jokingly say: The end of magic is mathematics.
"What about you, Olank." He looked at the moon elf mage, "What do you think magic is?"
"I think magic is science." Oranke said:
"Magic is a science. If you want to control magic, talent and innate ability are not enough. Years of painstaking study and hard research are crucial. , endurance and self-control are also indispensable. The magic acquired in this way is equivalent to knowledge and knowledge. A smart and sound mind, coupled with experience, experiment and practice, can expand its limitations. The magic acquired in this way means progress. It is the plow, the loom, the water wheel, the winch and the pulley. It is progress, evolution, and change. We follow it upward, toward a better world. Heading towards the stars, we discovered magic after the worlds merged, and one day, it will lead us to the unreachable parts of the multiverse."
Brian looked at him in surprise, and then immediately figured it out. , I am afraid that this sentence was not something he came up with, but the purpose of the Silver Scholars Association.
Even he has to admit that magic is science and should be the most correct answer. As an arcanist in the field of creation, he has been going down this path.
"What you said is correct." Brian's expression became serious.
"Whether it is art or science, it is magic. Similarly, in the eyes of some people, magic or the embodiment of chaos is the key to unlocking the forbidden door, which lurks nightmares, fears and unimaginable things. Disaster.
The enemy is waiting behind the door - it is a destructive force, a pure and evil force that will not only destroy the person who opens the door, but also destroy the entire world. But those who try to open the door will never be able to do so. There is a shortage, and one day, someone will make a mistake, so the disaster of the world is inevitable. In other words, magic is also a weapon of chaos and a tool of revenge."
"The path of arcane is extremely difficult. The road to silence. Many ordinary people stop here, fall into the trap of attack, and die by inferior means. The door to the tomb is always open and even crowded." He warned the two of them with sincerity.
"So, to pursue arcane truth, you must have a rational and awe-inspiring heart. If you want to embark on the path of arcane magic, you must face difficulties and obstacles and endure loneliness. If you cannot do these two things, you It is impossible to go further. This is the real reason why many people spend more time restraining themselves from abusing power than pursuing and gaining power."
Seeing that both of them looked solemn. After nodding, Brian smiled with satisfaction.
Magic is actually the same as the scientific field in the real world. If there were no various prohibitions in the scientific field in the real world, this world would have been destroyed by scientists long ago.
Since he is preparing to establish a magical kingdom, he needs to ban some magical research that threatens social security.
"Brian, the Water Fairy has successfully merged with the demiplane."
Just when he was about to take them to check the production progress of his legendary construct creature, the Power Golem. , Ms. Polaris’ voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
Hearing this exciting news, Brian immediately changed his route, sent a magic message to the female lord of Arabe City, and took the lead in transmitting it to the demiplane.
(End of this chapter)