Volume 1 The Omen of the Moon Chapter 4 Both soft and hard

On the third day of Anschel's arrival, the two of them were resting in the forest outside the provincial capital, and they had been on the road for almost a whole day after waking up from alcohol yesterday, and Anschel had been overdrawn to the point of collapse.

"Such a long distance, it should have taken five days, but we actually came here in one day......" Anschel leaned against the trunk of a tree and held the map, his eyes already tired and lost.

"Actually, you don't have to be in such a hurry, I'm just in a hurry to get back to work. Medanzo had been working on the stone for about half an hour, sweat soaking the surface of the stone.

"I'm not afraid that you will be beaten up if something happens again, so I have been following you. And why is it that my mana concentration is almost fifty percent higher than yours, but I feel that you are in a better state than me......"

"Because your wind circuit is not as sophisticated as mine. Medanzo rested for half an hour, and felt that he had finally evened out his breath, "You said that in the current state of the two of us, even if I am assassinated, what difference does it make between you and not following." ”

Ansher sneered: "The difference is still a little, it determines whether one or two will die in the event of an accident." ”

On the third day of Anschel's arrival, the two of them were resting in the forest outside the provincial capital, and they had been on the road for almost a whole day after waking up from alcohol yesterday, and Anschel had been overdrawn to the point of collapse.

"With such a long distance, we should have walked at least three days, but we actually came here in one day......" Ansher leaned against the trunk of a tree and held the map, his eyes already tired and lost.

"Actually, you don't have to be in such a hurry, I'm just in a hurry to get back to work. Medanzo had been sitting on the stone for about half an hour, sweat already soaking the surface of the stone.

"I'm not afraid that you will be beaten up if something happens again, so I have been following you. And why is it that my mana concentration is almost fifty percent higher than yours, but I feel that you are in a better state than me......"

"Because your wind circuit is not as sophisticated as mine. Medanzo rested for half an hour, and felt that he had finally evened out his breath, "You said that in the current state of the two of us, even if I am assassinated, what difference does it make between you and not following." ”

Ansher sneered: "The difference is still a little, it determines whether one or two will die in the event of an accident." ”

After returning to the provincial capital, Medanzo rinsed briefly, changed his clothes and began his work for the day. Anschel, who had nothing to do and was very tired, fell asleep in the bathtub groggily.

In this way, Ansher spent another three days of idleness.

"Tomorrow is Muen's birthday, I have to pay a visit, will you come along?" Ansher has been living in Medanzo's castle for the past few days, and although he leaves early every day to go to the town hall to work, he can still be blocked if he has the heart.

"No, my help to their family is not on the surface, and their family doesn't know me, so it may be a little abrupt to go. Medanzo politely refused.

"Okay, but you can do me a favor and give Mu En's father a few days off. ”

"He's been on vacation since the day before yesterday, you go straight ahead, their family should be there. ”

"They didn't have to give the child to me the day before yesterday, and the child wanted to run away!" Ansher felt a little panicked, the magic circuits on the couple's bodies were very basic, and they couldn't find it if they were thrown into a sea of people. There was no special mark on the seal given to Muen, and the more Ansher thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he walked away.

Medanzo looked at Anschel, who was at a loss, and wondered: "What kind of brain circuit are you, as long as you go to the tower to practice, as long as you are a normal person, you will agree." ”

But Ansher didn't answer him, for he had already urged his magic to go away from the wind.

The luxurious streets of the provincial capital are bustling with people. Although Anschel came in a hurry six years ago, he still wandered through this street on his way back.

It's a lot more prosperous than it used to be.

When I came to the front of Mu En's house, there was a burst of food smell, and it was about eight o'clock, which happened to be the time when Medanzo walked into the office every day.

Ansher knocked softly on the door, and it was Muen who answered the door.

"You're the big brother of the tower who saved me that day!" Mu En's eyes flashed with a bright light that belonged to a child, and then he ran to the room and told his parents who were cooking that the good-looking brother who had saved him was here.

Muen's father walked out of the dining room, and Ansher smiled at him, "Your beard is very spirited, and the house at home is a lot more magnificent. ”

The man saluted slightly: "I don't have any ability, and I can get to this point all thanks to the help of all the adults." Little Mu En hugged his father's thigh, looking at his father's respectful appearance towards this brother, he didn't quite understand.

"Muen, I'm actually a few months older than your father. Ansher walked into the house and touched Muen's head.

Mu En was obviously very surprised, he looked at his father, and found that his father said that it was indeed true, and suddenly Mu En's little mouth opened wide, and he looked very cute. Then he seemed to be shy because he was called the wrong name, and hurriedly ran upstairs.

"I was not at home the last time you came, so if you are not polite, please bear with me. The man invited Ansher to sit down in the living room, and Muen's mother brought him some freshly made breakfast. Ansher was also not polite and ate quickly.

"Tomorrow is Muen's birthday. The tutor said that he hoped to see me go back with my little brother before the end of the month. After he finished eating, he said to the man.

"Little, junior brother?" the man was a little stunned.

"Yes, Sir said that he decided to take Mu En as a disciple, and it is likely that he will also be the last personal disciple of Sir as well. However, it should not be difficult to understand that his talent is so good, and only the teacher can be sure that he can teach well. ”

"W-This news is really ...... It's so shocking, sorry, I'm a bit out of shape. The man was a little incoherent, he had just thought that his son would make an exception to enter the tower to study, but he didn't expect such an unexpected joy now. The thought that his son was about to become the disciple of the legendary Holy Demon Master, who called the wind and rain and was a thousand people, his excitement was indescribable.

Ansher lowered his head and rubbed his hands, as if the next words were a little difficult to speak, and after a while, he said, "But what Master means is that he is going to devote himself to studying in the tower, and his parents ...... You can only visit occasionally, and you can't always be around. I know it's emotionally hard to accept, but practicing magic ......" he spoke quickly, because he felt that such a request was unreasonable, but there was no way, the bad guys still had to do it.

Before he could finish speaking, the man interrupted him: "It's okay, the saint must have his reasons for doing this, it is already a great honor for our family that he is willing to accept Mu En as a disciple, and we dare not expect more." The man was relieved to Anschel, and his face beamed with joy.

Ansher didn't expect them to agree so quickly, and he was also relieved, but he also secretly slandered his own teacher: "Such a good talent...... Who's the honor is not certain. ”

However, this kind of words that are extremely unreliable in the ears of people who have not studied magic, he naturally will not say it. shook hands with the man, and said solemnly: "Then you can tell Mu En about this matter first, so that he can be mentally prepared, tomorrow is his birthday, I will take him away after his birthday, tomorrow I will bother again, he will give a birthday gift." ”

"Your Excellency bothered. ”

Walking out of the house, Ansher let out a long sigh, feeling that he was not suitable for this kind of conversation where he had to hold some shelf to each other, and looked at the city that had awakened, and began to wonder where to spend his time today.

While he was here to be idle, he suddenly sensed a powerful aura coming from a hill outside the city, and it seemed that it was aimed at him.

The distance from the release of the mana was too far away, and Ansher was a little unsure of the provocateur's strength, but he still decided to take a look, anyway, the hill was very close to the protection range of the tower barrier, and he only needed to urge the mana a little, and he could come back within three breaths.

Instead of wearing the snow robe that would catch the eye wherever he went, he wore a regular robe that matched his blue pupils and long brown shawl hair.

Unhurriedly out of the city, the hill gradually came into view. The feeling of being watched had not yet dissipated, and strangely enough, the hill was empty. Puzzled, Ansher walked to the top of the hill, where he had expected to have a prankster circle, but found nothing.

Suddenly, that feeling disappeared, and he frowned, slowly turning his head to look behind him.

The long black hair of the shawl fluttered in the wind, and the sleeves of the man's shirt were blown by the wind, clinging to his skin, and his majestic body hidden under the shirt could be seen.

Ansher recognized his back, and he recognized the one-of-a-kind crown.

He knelt down slowly, and said in a reverent and awe-inspiring tone, "See ......"

"No need to be polite. The man said, "I'm just coming to see the kid." You guys...... Have you decided to take him with you?"

"Yes, Lord Diason, this is the agreement between the tutor and his parents. Although Ansher did not kneel, he still bowed slightly, never straightening up.

"Such a talent, as long as he can live, within three hundred years, even if he is a pig, the Holy Demon Master will be at his fingertips. The man withdrew his gaze from the tower, turned around, looked at Ansher calmly, and said, "Who doesn't want to have such a child?"

Ansher's magic circuit began to rush on its own the second moment he turned around.

Because even just being watched, Ansher felt as if he was facing an endless abyss alone.

The Pope was supposed to be a Venerable sitting high in the palace, but Diaxun's body exuded a ferocity that could not be concealed, that kind of aura, I don't know how many people I had to kill with my own hands to get contaminated. The unparalleled pressure was a warning to everyone who dared to approach him. Even if he looks calm at the moment, he is just talking peacefully with the person in front of him. Ansher couldn't help but wonder if he was the worshipper of the sea god, or the body of the sea god himself who devoured thousands of lives.

Ansher didn't dare to answer his question, but Diason didn't seem to care, and just said to himself: "But the Poseidon Order is already too powerful, and the royal family should already have a lot of complaints, and it may be a better thing for everyone to get him from the Tower of Eternity, which swears eternal allegiance to the royal family." He raised his eyes, looked at Ansher, and smiled slightly, "You say, right?"

In an instant, Ansher's ears rang with the raging waves, and he raised his head, looked directly into Diasun's eyes in disbelief, and then lost his mind for a moment, as if all his magic and five senses had been stripped of him in a millimeter. At the moment when his eyes met, he began to fall endlessly. He bit the tip of his tongue, the pain brought him back to his senses, and he looked at the scenery around him, only to find to his horror that he had been floating in the deep sea at some point. There was not the slightest light around him, and the pressure and salty waters came at him like a whisper of death. He grabbed himself by the neck and couldn't breathe, so he had to do everything in his power to avoid the pressure squeezing the last breath of air out of his lungs.

"How could I possibly die here. His soul began to roar unyieldingly. The magic circuit began to boil, and a loud and green dragon roar soared into the sky.

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On the knoll, Anschel's face was covered with sweat, and he gasped for breath as if he had escaped death, and his body also fell to his knees due to the loss of strength.

Diason smiled even more as he watched Ansher break free from his magic.

"Three breaths. The old madman teaches, and he really has to force me a little bit. Diason didn't seem to care about Anscher's condition, and left on his own.

"Tell the old madman that I will attend this child's apprenticeship ceremony as the Pope of the Order and bless him. These were the last words of Diason before leaving.

The tide is surging again, and the mighty Pope is nowhere to be found.

"Is this the strength of the Holy Magister...... I'm so envious....... With that, Ansher's spirit seemed to be emptied in an instant, and he fell headlong and fainted.

By the time he woke up again, it was evening, in Medanzo's castle.

"It's a chic place for you to take a nap. Medanzo, who was reading a book, noticed the change in Ansher's breathing, and teased.

"It's already night, do you have the 'Abyss Canon' at home?" Anschel regained his spirit, remembered what had happened before, and immediately sat up.

"Do you think the Abyss Canon is a potato? Where did you buy that kind of thing? I only have the 'Poseidon Codex' in my house, but every family in the empire has a copy, do you want to read it?" Medanzo closed the novel in his hand, feeling that Anschel's brain was broken.

"Do you know why I fainted there?" Ansher asked angrily.

Medanzo shrugged and said, "It's probably clear that I arrived within ten minutes of you fainting, and before that, the tower's defensive circle sensed two powerful magic fluctuations and raised an alarm. But when I arrived, there were no other corpses around, and there was no sign of a magical collision, just you. But you're not dead, what does that mean?" Medanzo laughed.

"You don't know or you're selling the guanzi! You're selling the guanzi to the victim!" Anschel was furious.

Medanzo cleared his throat and continued: "In the case of fighting with yourself unless you have a problem with your brain, then it is only possible that some grandmaster has intervened to educate you, and you just said the Abyss Sect, right? Tomorrow is the birthday of that little genius." Then I guess the saint moved his mortal heart and wanted to come and see this rare beast that is rare in an average of 500 years, by the way...... If you don't satisfy him, I guess you won't be able to take this person with you. Medanzo walked up to the sofa where Ansher was lying, peeled a fruit for him, and asked, "I know that my analysis is absolutely correct, so I am not worried about your physical and mental health at all." However, I'm curious now, that genius is called ...... Muen, right?, will his fate be the next Lord of the Tower or the next Pope of the Poseidon Cult?"

Ansher rolled his eyes and said, "No, he will be honored to become the first Holy Magister-level 'judge' in history, and devote himself to eradicating all the evil in the world for the rest of his life." ”

Medanzo naturally knew that he was pulling the strings, so he stretched out a thumbs up and said, "Everyone must be very happy to hear this news." ”

"yes, I fainted with joy...... It's so late, I won't talk to you, do you have anything at home that I can give away, I'm going to give Mu En a birthday gift tomorrow. ”

When Medanzo heard this, he immediately exploded: "You are the first disciple of Lord Tavasis! The Magister of the Imperial Tower! You actually want to give gifts and slander me! Do you want face!"

Ansher didn't give an inch: "I can't ask for a few dollars to make children happy! Aldan Province is not poor now! Don't always think like this kind of victim, okay?"

The old butler of the castle walked in, with two goblets and a bottle of precious wine on the tray in his hand, and he smiled kindly: "I haven't seen the young master so happy for many years. ”

The two turned their heads to look at the butler, and Ansher pointed to the tray and said, "I know this wine, it's very expensive." ”

Medanzo looked at the wine, opened his mouth, and finally was speechless.

"Whatever you want, pick it yourself......" Medanzo decided to surrender.

"Then if I want the source stone bracelet from before......"

"This is absolutely impossible!" Medanzo simply refused.

Ansher held his head with his hands: "Medanzo...... You've become the stingy aristocrat of the fable. ”

"It's okay for you, and the tower will be reimbursed when the time comes. Medanzo took a step back.

"More stingy......" Anschel grimaced.

“......”

The next day, Ansher put on the snow robe again, holding a small gift box in his hand.

Today, the children from the neighborhood have come over, they are going to hold a grand birthday party for Mu En, a few children have made an appointment, no one is allowed to mention that Mu En does not have a little magic talent today, otherwise everyone will not play with him.

They came to Mu En's house early in the morning, and Mu En's parents warmly entertained them, but strangely, none of them saw Mu En, and Mu En's mother just said that he was still sleeping lazy and told everyone not to wake him up.

The children can play happily on their own, and the parents sit together to chat, compared to the sub-elves, Muen's parents can be said to be very young, and the general sub-elves will wait until they are about fifty years old to get married, after all, although they are still adults, even if they don't use magic to prolong their lifespan, they can only be regarded as middle-aged when they are about two hundred years old.

The door was open, but Ansher knocked on the door before entering, and his presence caused the other parents to gasp and exclaim, and some parents who had studied the magic system seriously even knelt down to show respect for the Magister, and the other parents didn't know why, so they knelt down together, and Ansher had to help them up one by one.

In fact, he was not used to such a situation, and no one in the tower would see him perform such a big salute, so every time he saw a person kneeling down here, he was tired of coping. At this time, Mu En's mother came to his side and whispered to him: "My lord, after his father told him about the matter yesterday, the child was a little emotional, why don't you go up and persuade him?"

Ansher nodded, and he wanted to quickly get out of this place surrounded by many pairs of admiring eyes.

Upstairs, Muen's door was tightly closed, Ansher knocked on the door, and said softly inside: "Muen, I am the brother who took you home that day, today is your birthday, I brought you a gift, do you want to see it?"

After a while, a childish and angry voice came from the room.

"You're a bad guy! I want Mom and Dad to want to be my bad guy!"

Ansher smiled dumbly: "I'm not a bad person, you open the door first, and I will slowly explain to you the cause and effect of this matter." ”

Mu En snorted angrily and said, "No! Don't think I don't know, as soon as I open the door, you will abduct me! I tell you, I won't open the door, and I won't leave the house!

Ansher looked at Muen's mother as if asking for help, but she said she couldn't help it.

"Alas. Ansher sighed, stretched out a finger and poured magic into the door, and then he snapped his finger and the lock opened.

The door opened, and Mu En sat down on the bed dumbfounded, and around the bed was a fortress he had made out of pillows, quilts, and everything else he could move. It seems that he was prepared for the "bad guys" to break into the door and decided to resist to the end. But how could this little fortress hold off the Magister? Ansher put his hands around his arms, and the index finger of his right hand gently lifted up, and all the objects that made up the wall flew up, and he gently drew a circle, and everything returned to its rightful place.

"How is it, do you want to learn?" After doing all this, Ansher asked Muen with a smile.

Mu En was very surprised, but he was stunned for two seconds, and still refused with righteous words: "I! no! I want to!" and then said as if he was suddenly deflated, "I can't learn if I want to." ”

Ansher reached his bedside, leaned his body to about the same height as Muen, and asked him, "Your parents didn't tell you that you are actually a genius, but your talent has been sealed." ”

"This kind of talk can only coax a three-year-old child!"

"What they say is true, I can assure you that I drew the seal myself. Anschel seems to be very patient with children, which is very different from what he usually looks like.

"Then you can untie it for me now, or I won't believe you." Mu En pouted, looking very cute.

"Not now, your unsealing ceremony is very important, and my mentor, Lord Tavasith, the leader of the Tower of Eternity, has decided on the spur of the moment before I come to break the seal for you during his apprenticeship ceremony. ”

"Forget it, I'm not going to leave my parents anyway. "Mu En is soft and hard.

Ansher pretended to be embarrassed and thought for a while, and then said to him, "Then what if Mom and Dad accompany you to the imperial capital?"

"Really?!huh...... If I'm in a good mood, let's talk about it. ”

At this time, his father, who had been listening outside the door for a long time, rushed in, and he entered the door and reprimanded Mu En: "Don't mess around anymore! Do you know how many people want to become the apostle of Lord Tavasis! This is the honor of our family! You don't know how to cherish such an opportunity! It seems that I am really used to you too often!" As he spoke, he was about to start fighting, but when he grabbed the bamboo weaving, he didn't hit it a few times.

Ansher gave a thumbs up to the man who could read words and expressions, and said in ecstasy: "This has really helped me a lot!"

He snapped his fingers, and the sound was muffled through the door so that the people downstairs could not hear the chickens and dogs jumping here.

Mu En looked very aggrieved and cried loudly, his mother stood at the door, although his eyes showed great distress, but he did not hold his father who was "thunderous" for him, so he cried even more aggrieved. Ansher began to dissuade the man, but the man seemed to be bent on whipping the unmotivated child.

Eventually, Ansher seemed helpless, so he used his magic to snatch the whip from the man's hand, pushed him out of the door, and closed the door.

"This man, with a salary of only five gold coins a month, is really wronged by him. Ansher thought to himself.

Although Mu En did not suffer from flesh and skin, she still stood in the corner of the room and sobbed.

Ansher squatted down and looked at him levelly, a faint and gentle smile appeared on his face again, and said to Muen, "Don't cry, it's your birthday." Do you know that in my hometown, there is a proverb that says, "Crying children don't grow tall, do you want to grow taller?"

Hearing this, Mu En touched his tears with his sleeve, and looked at Ansher cautiously, and Ansher took out the gift box, which was small and exquisite.

"This is a birthday present for you, do you like it or not?" Ansher handed it to Muen, but Muen still stood there, not moving.

Ansher had to squat and take two steps, looking a little funny, Mu En forced a smile, but still did not take the gift box. Ansher was not in a hurry, he placed the gift box on the ground, and then crouched back again. After a while, Mu En finally picked up the box, opened the box and said with a pout: "Girls only bring this kind of thing." ”

In the middle of the box was the source stone bracelet that Anschel had obtained from Medanzo last night with his three-inch tongue.

Ansher patiently explained: "The gem on it, called the magic source stone, is very precious, it can be used as the energy supply of the magic array, the source stones of different colors, can provide amplification for the magic circle corresponding to their respective effects, when your mother gave birth to you, I used a green stone on it to keep your mother and son safe." They are very precious, and such a small string will cost at least a hundred gold coins to buy. ”

Muen looked up at Anschel, his red face full of incredulity. Ansher lifted his wrist, and there were only three gems left in his bracelet, but they were larger than Munn's.

"It's a must-have for you when you become a magician, believe me, right?"

As Ansher walked down the stairs, he held Mu Eun, who had red circles in his eyes, and he greeted everyone with a smile.

"I'm talented, I'm a kid, I'm a real top genius. ”

He thought with a hearty laugh.