The inscription master's level certification location is located in a circular hall on the fifth floor of the main tower of the Alchemy Guild, which is a special hall for the inscription master's assessment, and other auxiliary professions also have their own special halls. The grading in this hall is not held in secret, but is semi-public. Before, Darko thought that no one would watch such a boring thing as level certification, but when he arrived in this hall, he found that he was wrong.

The ring-shaped hall was surrounded by a high platform that was one floor higher, and there were quite a few people on the high platform, most of them wearing the inscriber's badge, but also those wearing the badges of other professions, some of them whispering and some of them writing and drawing. Darko raised his head and saw that the outer ring of this hall had a name in the form of light and shadow - Alchemy Guild Inscription Master Professional Qualification Assessment and Grade Certification Exchange Research and Discussion Hall.

Dakko looked back and forth twice, but still couldn't understand the meaning, and the old man who led Dakko up saw his doubts and explained to him, "This hall is a place for technical research and discussion for inscriptionists, and if any inscription master has a new idea or application, it can be publicly released here, and the guild will evaluate the contribution and give the opener a certain alchemy point." And the Inscription Master who has problems in some aspects that need to be solved can also issue a bounty here with alchemy points. As for the certification of the practice level, it is just one of the functions here. ”

In the main hall, simple shelves for magic pens and ink can be seen everywhere, and tables are arranged in an orderly manner to facilitate communication between the inscriptionists. The old man casually took Darko and Kuchi to a shelf where inscription tools were placed, and then stood still, "First choose the materials and tools you need, and then copy out the inscriptions you are best at, each person has three chances, and a time limit of half an hour." ”

The level certification of the inscriptionist is very simple, as long as you can copy an inscription of the corresponding level, even if it is only this kind of inscription, you are considered to be the corresponding level of inscription. Due to the low success rate of the glyphs, and also to save time, the inscriptionists in the level certification will always choose to copy the magic scroll.

Dakko noticed that there was a whole surface of magic ink on the shelf next to it, seven bottles horizontally, from level one to level seven, and ten columns vertically, marked with ten different departments, and the blood of different magical beasts was added to the ink at different levels.

Kachi walked to the shelf, reached out and took a bottle of water-based fifth-level magic ink, turned to Dakko and said with a smile, "I'm going to be certified as a master inscriptionist, what about you?"

Normally, copying several levels of magic scrolls requires several levels of ink. When Darko used parchment made of first-class vampire bat skin to copy second-level magic scrolls, it failed due to insufficient carrying capacity, and the same is true for ink. If low-grade ink is used, the power of the magic scroll will not be up to the mark, or even fail altogether. The use of higher grade inks will result in a much higher failure rate. As the level increases, the instability of the ink becomes stronger and stronger, and if you use the sixth-level ink to copy the fifth-level magic array, then you have to bear the risk of failure of the sixth-level magic array, but the power is still five-level after it is made. Therefore, the choice of grade 5 ink means that Kachi wants to be certified as a master inscriptionist.

Darko was shocked, he just wanted to come over and copy a random first-level scroll, get a junior inscriptionist's badge, and be able to sign up for the competition. didn't expect Phyllis to meet her opponent at the gate, and inexplicably asked him not to lose to the other party. Darko's order to Phyllis is, of course, unconditionally obedient, even if he is apprehensive, he must be stubborn.

"What a coincidence, I'm also a master-level certification," Darko said as he took a bottle of ice-based fifth-level ink.

The fifth-level ink of the ice system is added with the blood of the Ice Demon Bear, and compared to the rainbow mantis shrimp of the water system, there is much more manic factor in the blood. Therefore, it was relatively easy to copy the single-element magic scroll, and of course, now Darko did not have the strength to compete with it again, but devoted himself to the magic array that he would copy. What he was going to transcribe was a fifth-level ice magic, the Freezing Technique.

Seeing that neither of them had the magic pen on the shelf, the old man was not surprised, "Do you all have your own magic pen? ”

A pen case appeared between the flips of Kutch's palm, and he took out the magic pens from the box one by one, there were three in total. The old man nodded approvingly, "It is the work of the master foundry Raguil Cains, made of red copper doped with mythril, and the three pens correspond to different array structures, which can give full play to the greatest ability of the inscription master." ”

Dakko saw this set of pens and found that there were only needle pens, oblique edge pens and tracing pens among the three pens, although there were seven of his death withering, but until now he has not been able to fully figure out which position of the formation is most suitable for which pen to copy, not to mention that many times there is no need to change the magic pen frequently, and a sense of continuity in one go can also improve the success rate of the formation diagram, and these three pens are the most commonly used in copying. So Darko's many puzzles were suddenly relieved at this moment, an inscription master of his level actually didn't need seven pens, in fact, three were enough. The design of the seven pens is actually for those who are already comfortable with inscription technology and need to rely on the pen to perfect their skills, and Dakko is still in the stage of improving his own skills, so three pens are enough.

Originally, when the three of Daktronics entered, they didn't attract much attention, and there were not a few people who carried out level certification every day, and more than 90% of them were for primary, intermediate and advanced level certification, which was not worth paying attention to. But when Darko and Kuchi chose the fifth-level ink, several inscriptionists around cast curious glances, after all, those who can perform master-level certification are all technical, and Dacko and Kuchi look very young and easy to notice. When Kutch pulled out his custom-made magic pen, those who began to notice it sighed.

"To be able to have a custom-made magic pen at such a young age, it must be the heir of a big family, I'm really envious. ”

"I just don't know how the inscription technique is, otherwise no matter how good the pen is, it will be useless. ”

"Didn't you see that he chose the fifth-level ink, obviously for master-level certification, maybe there will be another inscription master soon. ”

These people's comments attracted more people's attention, so more eyes were drawn to this side. Darko was still immersed in thinking about the use of the magic pen just now, and when he was thinking about the steps of copying various ice magic arrays with three magic pens, he heard the old man say, "Take out the magic pen, here it begins." ”

Darko came back to his senses and took Death Wither out of the spatial ring, in his opinion, Kutchi's magic pen was also custom-made, and the two were still on the same starting line. Darko thought so, but it didn't mean that others thought like this, and when Darko took out the moment of death and withering, a burst of exclamations immediately erupted in the hall.

"Hey, look at that kid who is grading up, look at his pen. ”

"Why do he have seven pens in this set? ”

"Ahh......h It's ......"

"That's right, a set of pens that can reach seven is definitely a fine product made by an alchemy master!"

Because Darko took out the set of pens, there was an immediate commotion in the hall, and for a while, several inscriptionists approached in the direction of Darko, wanting to see the details of his pen to determine which alchemist's work it was.

Seeing someone approaching, the old man in charge of the assessment gestured with his eyes, and several people immediately realized that the level certification was not allowed to be approached by others, and hurriedly stopped, just standing outside the area and watching from a distance. Although this old man was only an ordinary mid-level inscriptionist, he had sufficient power during the performance of his official duties. When conducting the assessment of the level certification, this old man represents the authority of the Alchemy Guild, and if someone contradicts him, he is provoking the Alchemy Guild.

The old man stopped a few people who wanted to approach with his eyes, and then looked at Dacko deeply, but he sighed in his heart, to have a set of famous pens at such an age, for this young man, I don't know whether it is a pros or cons.

Darko also sighed in his heart, he didn't expect a good set of magic pens to set off such waves in the crowd. It's been a year since he got the Apoptotic Cloud Silence, and it's not like he hasn't shown it in front of others, but those laymen are indifferent. However, this is the Alchemy Guild, where the best inscriptionists in the entire Amicasian plane gather, and many people can tell the clue just by the appearance of the magic pen. Darko couldn't help but feel more grateful to Kevin, if it weren't for his help in thinking about these details and transforming the Apoptotic Cloud into Death Wither, this set of pens would have been recognized.

After laying out the seven pens in turn, Darko double-checked them and put away four of them, leaving only three outside. The old man finally laughed heartily when he saw Darko's behavior, and he felt that Darko had at least a deep understanding of the inscription in the choice of pen. But he didn't know that Darko had only just figured out the truth after seeing Kutch's pen.

What Dakko left outside were spirals, tracing, and oblique pencils, the same as the three pens of Kutch. He was not unaware of the truth of excess, and he also realized that he did not need seven pens to copy inscriptions below level 5, and he did not have the ability to use all seven pens flexibly, but he did not know which ones to use before. It wasn't until he saw Kutch's three magic pens that he matched all the transcription processes to these three pens, and found that this was the most suitable configuration for his level.

Kutch was also looking at Dacko curiously, he had not had much contact with people and things in the outside world because of his young age, only more contact with inscriptions. And this time, he was brought out by Ajda to participate in the competition, and he didn't tell him much about it, but he just learned a little about the past few days in St. Yale, and it seems that the level of inscriptionists here is not very good. And his own level is almost the same as those so-called inscription masters who are invincible.

Due to the bloodline talent, Kuchi has grown into a great mage at an extremely fast speed since he was a child, and it has not stagnated until now, but the growth is slow, and the holy beast bloodline is first fast and then slow. Both powerful bloodline abilities are capable of supporting inscription skills, and his inscription level is only limited by the level of mana. Darko was his first opponent in the truest sense of the word, and Kachi felt it was a good warm-up to meet him before the Grand Prix, and he was curious about Darko.

With the old man's "start", Darko and Kuchi spread out the parchment almost simultaneously and began to copy the diagram. Because of the attention he received before, almost everyone's eyes were on Darko, which invisibly put a lot of pressure on him. Phyllis and Agida had already walked to one side of the platform, one on the right and one on the left, staring at each other disdainfully across the field.

Darko chose the fifth-level ice magic freezing technique. This magic was the first level 5 ice magic he had ever seen, and it was performed by Benjamin at the time, who saved him at the hands of the Corpse King. Therefore, after Darko himself reached the level of a great magician, he also had a soft spot for this magic, and conducted a lot of related experiments when he was idle in the void, so his understanding of it was the most profound of all the fifth-level magic.

Darko went straight to work, holding the magic pen steadily in his right hand, accurately copying the lines on the parchment. But the crowd around him still had some impact on him, resulting in some lack of concentration, and in the middle of the way, he found that there were some deviations, so he wanted to make up for the deviations in the later stage of isomorphism, but found that the errors were getting bigger and bigger, and at first it was just a matter of fit, and then there were serious problems such as the decline in the efficiency of the magic circuit.

The people around him were all connoisseurs, and when they saw Darko's situation, they let out a burst of discussions, shaking their heads at each other from time to time, and these voices reached Darko's ears and made it even more difficult for him to transcribe accurately. Finally, his heart became more and more confused, and finally his hand shook, and the whole parchment emitted a burst of ice mist, and he directly failed.

Darko looked at the failed scroll on the table with a stunned expression, still a little stunned. It's not that he hasn't failed, it's just that it's been a long time since he's failed because of the accumulation of such small mistakes. He thought about it for a while, and suddenly thought of the reason, it was the source liquid! If there was the assistance of the source liquid, there would not be a problem of fit due to small deviations, and then many mistakes in the later stage would not be brought out, and the slightest mistake would be lost! At this time, he suddenly realized that he relied too much on the source liquid, which caused many technologies to regress.

Darko subconsciously turned his head to look at Kuchi next to him, the other party had already copied to the finishing stage, and he saw that there was another peripheral magic ring about to be completed. At this moment, Kachi turned his head slightly, looked at Dacko out of the corner of his eye, and then he suddenly wrote a pause, and the parchment was overflowing, and it failed.

The voice of the old man in charge of the assessment came, without any emotion, "Both of you failed the first time, thirteen minutes have passed, and there are only seventeen minutes left, hurry up." ”

Darko looked at Kuchi strangely, it was not difficult to close there, he couldn't figure out why the other party made a mistake there, was it too nervous?

"He made a mistake on purpose!" a thought suddenly flashed through Darko's mind, if Kachi had just finished first, it would inevitably cause him a lot of pressure, and under the heavy pressure, it was very likely that Darko's second copy would also end in failure. But Kachi also failed, although he couldn't be sure whether the other party did it on purpose, but Darko vaguely felt that it was likely to be like that.

The second copy, both sides were engaged with more attentive expressions. In order to prevent some wealthy people from often coming to the level certification, the probability is piled up with money. The Alchemy Guild stipulates that after a level certification, no matter whether it is successful or not, it cannot be certified again within a year. In other words, if they fail this time, they will not be able to level up for a year, and if they can't get badges, they won't be able to participate in the Alchemy Grand Prix.

Darko did not regret his decision to choose the Master Certification, and immediately threw himself into the transcription of the second magic scroll.

This time, Darko entered his own state without distraction, completely ignoring the onlookers of unrelated people around him. After all, when it comes to the Alchemy Grand Prix, the audience will only be more and more noisy, and if you can't even pass the current level, then you don't have to participate in the competition. Eventually, when Dakko finished the last stroke, the parchment in front of him quickly completed the self-check, emitting a burst of light. At the same time, a ball of light was also emitted in front of Kuchi next to him, and the two of them actually completed it together!

The old man came closer, took the magic scrolls of Darko and Kuchi, looked at them carefully, and said, "Very good, both of them have passed the certification of master inscriptions, come with me to receive the badge." ”