Arcane Journey

Chapter 232 The 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 men in front of him.

The first thing that catches the eye is a thin and handsome moon elf.

He had gray eyes, wore a new black coat and white shirt, and was a handsome young man by elf standards.

Beside the moon elf, there was a human girl standing unexpectedly.

She looks smaller than the elf in front of her, very beautiful, with gentle eyes like elk, long chestnut soft hair lazily draped over her shoulders, her smile is both shy and sweet.

"Orank Oriondis?"

Brian asked quietly, but his eyes were fixed on the toast, bacon and lamb sausage on the dinner plate.

The bread was not crisp enough, the bacon was too greasy, and the lamb sausage still had a mutton smell.

This substandard breakfast made him frown slightly.

However, he can't blame others for this, because he did it himself.

As a psion of the creation department, it is easy for him to make a breakfast with ready-made ingredients, but it is a pity that the taste is difficult to control.

Fortunately, he has been an adventurer for more than ten years, so he is not so picky about food, as long as he can't kill people, he can digest it.

"I am, I am, the Tower Master." The handsome moon elf man hurriedly took two steps forward, his slightly impatient footsteps immediately destroyed his elegant elf image completely.

"Well, it's not bad." After digesting a piece of bacon, Brian took a sip of the tea beside the dinner plate to dilute the greasy taste in his mouth, and nodded with 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 be his assistant.

As the tower owner of a wizard tower, whether it is researching, making magic items, collecting materials, etc., having a nimble assistant to do chores is enough to get twice the result with half the effort.

In the game world, after his wizard level reached the fourth-order model, in order to find a way to break through the legendary realm, he acted as an assistant for the tower master of the Tower of Stars, one of the four wizard towers in Silvermoon City, for a period of time.

Most of his magic circle knowledge was also taught to him by the legendary tower master when he assisted the tower master of Xingyao Tower in maintaining the magic circle of Silvermoon City.

As he expected, the moon elf mage did recommend his younger brother to him.

Oakland Oriondis.

Brian glanced at the young moon elf, and from his clear eyes, it could be seen that his actual age was not very old, at most he was around 50 years old.

It is very rare to be able to raise one's spellcaster level to around level 7 in just a few decades in the undisciplined elf society.

After all, elves are a magical race with otherworldly elegance.

They love nature and magic, art and craft, poetry and music, and even everything beautiful in this world.

Therefore, the main goal of the vast majority of elves in the first 100 years of their birth is to choose the most suitable occupation among these many beautiful things and skills.

After the age of one hundred, they become adults in the true sense, and they 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 makes the age of high-level professionals in the elf group almost always remain above 150 years old.

Bryan recalls Oranke's profile 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 Oak Lanke carried the banner of the Silver Scholars Association in Misty Town in the valley.

When the army of Shadow City controlling Sembia invaded the valley, all the members of the Silver Scholars also joined the army of the Valley Alliance to fight against the invaders.

However, with the expansion of the power of the City of Shadows, many towns and cities in the valley were devastated, and Misty Town was no exception. This small and inconspicuous organization was eventually forcibly disbanded.

The root cause of this situation is that Oranke, the president of the Silver Scholars Association, is unwilling to pledge allegiance to the spellcaster group in the City of Shadows.

Looking at the handsome moon elf in front of him, it was difficult for Brian to associate 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 still like this name very much, so I'm curious, what does the sparrow symbolize in your eyes."

Although he had already decided in his heart to let the moon elf in front of him be his assistant, and had secretly observed him for nearly a month, there was still a process to go.

Otherwise, they will think that these things are so easy to get, and they will not cherish them.

After saying this, he watched the other party's reaction with great interest.

After all, the elves are synonymous with pride in the world's impression, especially the golden elves. Although the moon elves belong to the elves and belong to the most kind elves, that is only relatively speaking.

He didn't want to accept an elf assistant with eyes on the top of his head, if that was the case, he might as well get out of here as soon as possible.

"It's like this, Tower Master, in the bird family, sparrows are the most common and humble birds. They are thin, ugly, chirping, and not elegant at all. They don't have the colorful and dazzling feathers like peacocks and golden pheasants, nor Compared with tall birds such as red-crowned cranes and eagles, the melodious and melodious singing voices of thrushes and larks are even less worth mentioning."

The moon elf Oranke put away the tense expression on his face, summoned up his courage, and said seriously, "However, in my opinion, none of this can prevent it from becoming the 'king of spirits' in the world of birds and even animals. Only the sparrow It is their industrious, free and tenacious spirit that attracts me."

"That's a good explanation." Brian nodded slightly, and said again:
"It can be seen that you are a moon elf who loves magic. Then do you know how the magic civilization of human beings compares with that of elves?"

"Naturally, the magic power of the elves is high!" The moon elf replied without thinking, speaking so fast that even the human girl beside him couldn't help but roll her eyes at him to show her disdain.

"Their magic civilization is so high, why didn't they rule the world?" Brian didn't care, and asked a little playfully.

What Oranke said was not wrong. Compared with the human arcane empire Netheril and the mechanical empire Imasca, the magic civilization of the elves was indeed a bit higher.

It can be seen from the fact that the elves use the king-killing star to launch the dragon mad lock, causing all giant dragons, including many ancient dragons in the demigod realm, to fall into unconscious destruction and destruction and kill each other.

It was also Dragon Madness that ended the rule of giant dragons and made the elf civilization reach its peak in the world of Toril.

What follows is a familiar scene, a traditional skill that will appear after any race conquers the world: internal fighting!

The elves who ruled the world began to kill themselves, a total of five times, and the crown war lasted for hundreds of years, completely destroying their own civilization.

This was the beginning of the Age of Creation and the Age of Man, marking the rise of all humanoid and human civilizations.

It was during this era that the mechanical empire Imasca and the arcane empire Netheril were born one after the other.

"Because our pursuits are different." The moon elf mage gradually relaxed and began to talk with him.

"Our elves have a lifespan of more than 700 years, so we can look at many things from a transcendent perspective, instead of being troubled by a short lifespan like other races.

Humans are different. Although their magical civilization is not as good as that of elves, they are always looking for lost spells and trying to create new powerful magic.But because of our long life, we are not as urgent about magic as we imagined. 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 emotion.

"That's right." Oranke nodded seriously.

"If our elves' lives were not so loose, and we concentrated on practicing magic skills, Myth Draenor 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 be as gratifying as you said today."

Oranke happily accepted the magic badge, immediately revealed his true nature, patted his chest righteously, and assured him, "Don't worry, Tower Master, my enthusiasm for pursuing magic is second only to your respect. ,you need to know……"

Brian didn't like to hear this kind of flattery, so he raised his hand to interrupt his chirping like a sparrow, motioning him to step aside.

Then, he looked at another human girl with a slight headache.

This slender, fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl was exactly the Sissi he had rescued in the Temple of Resting Lily.

His original plan was to follow the trajectory of the timeline and let the female lord of Araby City accept her as his student to learn the ability of the super-spellcaster.

After all, in the game world, this girl is Myrcella's most outstanding student, and she is also the only Super Spellcaster who has successfully advanced.

If this timeline is broken, there is no doubt that a super magician who can reach the legendary realm in the future will be lost.

Moreover, when he mentioned to Myrcella that she would accept Sissy as an apprentice, the other party not only readily agreed, but also said in a teasing tone: "Are you going to arrange a person who is good at making small reports by my side, so that I can help you at any time?" Monitor my every move."

However, not everything can be done according to his wishes. He persuaded the female lord of Araby City, but he didn't 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 Sissy come to his wizard tower out of the idea that the fat and water will not flow to outsiders.

"Actually, you have a better choice." He looked at Sissy who was a little embarrassed, trying to make a last effort.

"The female lord of Araby City is a super-spellcaster whose strength has reached the legendary realm. She is more experienced than me in teaching apprentices, which can definitely make you grow up faster. Besides, I am an expert in plastic surgery. Spellcasters of the School of Ability and Conjuration have no teaching experience at all for someone like you who likes the School of Enchantment and Prophecy."

He is an arcanist who specializes in the field of creation. If he is divided into eight schools, he is mainly based on evocation, spells and protection.

For the two schools of enchantment and prophecy, the research is indeed not that deep.

In this regard, 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 his tea, and made the last supplement.

"I don't regret it, my lord." The girl raised her head, her clear and clear voice was firm, "I have only unlocked the authority of the third layer of the magic net. Changing the school of specialization will not have a big impact on me."

After saying this, she quickly avoided Brian's staring gaze, lowered her head and stared at her toes, and wrapped her small hands around a strand of hair hanging down her chest, trying her best to hide her uneasiness.

Brian was amused by her expression, and it was hard to imagine that this was a girl who once quarreled with the cat Tarling with her waist crossed, and dared to shout at an ancient dragon.

He said curiously, "Then tell me, what value can you play here."

"My magic talent is very good." The girl glanced at Oranke who was standing aside, "It's better than this elf with a hippie smile. When Ms. Polaris tested my talent, my intelligence reached 19 points, so Isn't the talent for magic not worth taking you as a student?"

Brian nodded secretly, she was right about this.

Afterwards, he personally confirmed to Ms. Polaris whether there was something wrong, which made the intelligence attribute of this obviously not very smart, but a little clumsy girl soar to 19 points.

As a result, Ms. Polaris replied: "There is no problem."

This made him vaguely guess that Sissy's intelligence attribute might be related to the curse of the green hag.

Otherwise, it is really difficult to explain the natural intelligence of a human being so high.

"Hey, kid, just show off your magical talent to the tower master." The elf beside him said in a depressed tone, "Why did you step on me by the way?"

At this time, however, no one heeded his protest.

"Talent doesn't determine everything." Brian sipped his tea and said with a smile, "That's not the reason to convince me to accept you as a student."

Oranke, the moon elf mage, leaned back in his chair, looking 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 put her tone as calmly as possible, "Then I said that it is your responsibility to accept me as your student, you Do you believe it?"

"Responsibility?" Brian was startled, put down the teacup in his hand, and asked curiously, "What kind of responsibility is it, let me accept you as a student."

"That's right, it's responsibility. That's why I want to take you as my teacher." She brushed the hair wrapped around her fingertips behind her head, and summoned up her courage to say:
"That's exactly why I came to you. Lord Lord, Mokou Town has experienced too many disasters. You are too busy... uh, busy fighting, planning and launching wars, so that you have forgotten another more important thing. Stuff—responsibility.”

"Resisting the army of Shadow City, protecting Mokou Town and the Kingdom of Cormyr, in my opinion, is more important than anything else." Brian replied with a smile.

"Yes." The girl finally overcame her nervousness under his kind face. She showed a mischievous smile and said to him:
"Defeating the City of Shadows and saving this town, which is like a white rabbit in the mouth of a tiger, 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 girl here, I hope you will consider it." She said with a hint of narcissism:
"She is very talented, and she is full of strong curiosity about the world beyond Mokou Town and Cormyr Kingdom. She doesn't want a powerful and influential mage lord like you to stay alone in her own room all day long. Tower."

"She also possesses excellent cooking skills."

She glanced at the remaining breakfast on the table, and added:
"I won't let a high-ranking mage lord eat this kind of greasy bacon and sausage that smells like mutton. In my opinion, this kind of food can only be prepared by the worst chef."

"..."

Being inadvertently commented on his magical cooking skills, a touch of embarrassment flashed across Brian's face.

In this case, he naturally couldn't admit that he made this dark dish.

He regained his composure and looked at the girl in front of him.

Until now, he finally saw the incomparably familiar shrewdness and wisdom in her docile elk-like eyes and innocent face.

He had to admit that what this girl named Sissy said was not unreasonable.

Although he had already made up his mind, he still secretly sighed that her words really moved him.

And that kind of familiar self-confidence reminded him of the Hesaiah who had been adventuring with him in the Underdark Region.

"Ms. Polaris."

Brian immediately contacted Ta Ling through telepathy, and asked: "You are not a great arcanist who specializes in the spiritual field. If you teach this girl magic, there is no problem."

The spiritual field has three major schools of prophecy, illusion, and enchantment, just like Sissi's specialized magic.

"Actually, I had this idea at the beginning." The gentle voice of Ms. Polaris echoed in his mind.

"It's just because you're too lazy, so you don't want to accept students, right?" Bryan guessed her little thought in an instant, "Then I will give you the task of teaching this girl the arcane art of the spiritual field, so as to save you from being idle every day." doing nothing."

"Okay, I will reluctantly accept it." Ms. Polaris nodded reluctantly and agreed, and then said:

"These two children have good talents. If the half-plane fusion is successful, I suggest you let them master the Magic Hub. In this case, maybe they can advance to the real arcanist profession like you."

"I think so too, so let's say it like this." Brian nodded slightly, making the decision in his heart.

Then, he looked at the girl who had become embarrassed again during the long wait, "Very well, Sissy, your words have moved me, so I will accept you both as hard as I can."

"really?"

When the girl heard the words, her frowning expression disappeared immediately, and she expressed her thanks repeatedly excitedly, and was about to perform the ceremony of apprenticeship.

Brian didn't like this cliché, and raised his hand with a gentle energy, dragging her body that was about to fall to the ground, and dragged it up.

"You?" Alanke grasped the point of the words and asked hastily, "Tower Master, do you mean that you include me?"

"That's right, I plan to take the two of you as my part-time student assistants." Brian smiled slightly, then changed the topic and became serious.

"However, before that, I need you to answer me a question."

"Tell me, what is magic?"

"Magic?" Sissy murmured to herself, a little wrinkle squeezed out between her eyebrows, and then stretched out, and she said slowly:

"Magic is an art, a great and excellent art, capable of creating extraordinary and beautiful things. When I was a child, when I saw magic for the first time, I secretly sighed in my heart: If there is no magical creation, no magical talent, the world will be a different place." How tedious it is to practice. So when I discovered that I had a gift for magic and mastered it, I believed that I had found the most magnificent art, that I was blessed to be an artist who manipulated magic."

Bryan nodded secretly. Only spellcasters who like illusion, prophecy, or enchantment can say that magic is art.

As she said, these three schools are indeed artists in the field of magic.

Of course, the evocation school can also be called: gorgeous and violent art.

"Yes, it seems that your understanding of magic is quite thorough." Brian said to Sissy, "I hope you can remember what you said, and don't lose your way because of it."

Otherwise, it would be impossible for her to find her way into the legendary realm.

He didn't say this sentence, because some things let them find out by themselves, which is the most impressive.

This is like an Olympiad problem, is it impressive that you solved it independently?Or was the teacher's explanation impressive?
For obvious reasons.

Otherwise, there will be no players jokingly saying: the end of magic is mathematics.

"What about you, Oranke." He looked at the moon elf mage, "What do you think magic is?"

"I think magic is science." Oranke said:
"Magic is a science. In order to master magic, talent and innate ability are not enough. Years of painstaking study and hard research are crucial. Patience and self-control are also indispensable. Magic acquired in this way is equivalent to knowledge and Learning, a wise and sound mind, with experience, trial, and practice, stretches its limits. Magic thus acquired means progress. It is the plow for plowing, the loom, the waterwheel, the furnace, It's the capstan and the pulley. It's progress, it's evolution, it's change. We follow it on and on. Upwards, toward better worlds, toward the stars, we discover magic as worlds merge, and one day, it will lead us to places beyond the reach of the multiverse."

Brian glanced at him in surprise, and immediately realized that this sentence was probably not his own idea, but the purpose of the Silver Scholars Association.

Even he himself has to admit that magic is science, which should be the most correct answer, and as an arcanist in the field of creation, he has been walking down this road.

"You are all right." Brian's expression became serious.

"Whether it is art or science, it is magic. In the same way, in the eyes of some, magic is the embodiment of chaos, the key to the forbidden door, the door that lurks nightmares, fears and unimaginable things. Disaster.

An enemy awaits behind the door - a destructive force, pure and evil, that will destroy not only the one who opened it, but the entire world.But there will never be a shortage of people who want to open the door, 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 an instrument of revenge. "

"The path of the arcane is the most difficult path to silence. Ordinary people stop here, fall into the method of attack, and die from inferior means. The gate of the tomb is always open and even crowded for this generation." He said to the two with earnestness cautioned:
"So, to pursue the truth of arcane arts, one must have a rational and awe-inspiring heart. If you want to embark on the path of arcane arts, you must face difficulties and obstacles and endure loneliness. It is impossible to go further. This is the real reason why many people take longer to restrain themselves from abusing their power than to pursue and acquire it."

Seeing that both of them nodded solemnly, Brian smiled in satisfaction.

Magic is actually the same as the field of science in the real world. If there were no prohibitions in the field of science in the real world, this world would have been overwhelmed by scientists long ago.

Since he is going to establish a magic kingdom, he needs to prohibit some magic research that is dangerous to social security.

"Bryan, Mizusawa 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 transmission suddenly echoed in his mind.

Hearing this exciting news, Brian immediately changed his course, sent a magical message to the female lord of Araby City, and sent it to the demiplane first.

(End of this chapter)