As the constellation of the goddess of music, Eloise, slowly turned to the western sky, a gray stone hammer rose in the middle of the starry sky, it was the constellation of the rune dwarf Olimola, some people called him the god of dwarves, others called him the god of creation, the gray stone hammer symbolized power and creation, legend has it that he was born in the valley of the ashes, and was obsessed with craftsmanship and warfare, for which he paid more than other gods to raise his constellation. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But because of this, even the darkest of nights could not hide the gray light of the stone hammer.

During this time, Maureen can be described as very busy. After the students were baptized by magic, the requirements of each course were also raised, and in addition to the daily schoolwork, the teenager had to spend half a day a week as a coolie for Wang De, chopping wood and fetching water, and by the way, he broke a few new wands made by Wang Deer, and his wand research seemed to have made no progress for more than a month, and his brows were tightened more and more.

The teenager also spends most of the week listening to Mr. Ed Warlund, and reads a magic book before each class. But the gains are not small, for example, he has already mastered illusions, which can make the inattentive Marcus go around the corridor in circles, and can also make Baron, who is about to fall asleep after listening to the history of magic, "follow the mountain road" to the passage outside the cliff.

But the most commonly used is the illusion around his eyes, his green eyeshadow has not been washed off yet, and I don't know how to remove it, the only good thing is that every time Ed sees it in class, he will give the boy some spell casting materials, which is somewhat of a comfort. Merlin has also learned a ring of magic such as the Mage Armor, which requires only a small pinch of special dirt to coat the surface of his clothes with a sturdy armor shield, and it is also transparent.

However, every time you practice spellcasting, you will consume a lot of mana, which can only be replenished through the magic crystal card, and most of the money bags kept by the little vampire have been empty for more than a month, of course, practicing magic is just a small head, and the most money-burning is the simulated arena.

In order to prepare for the gladiatorial fight with Senior Ryan next month, Morin practiced with Barron in the arena whenever he was free, except for the occasional two times when he used flash magic to sneak attack successfully, and kicked Barron off the arena while he was temporarily blind, most of the time he was at a disadvantage.

Although Merlin has learned a lot of magic, he still uses blade fighting in battle, supplemented by magic, after all, his current level is too low, the power of magic is not strong, and it takes time to cast, and his strength has been improved to the first level by magic baptism, and he has many years of training experience, and he is more handy in fighting with a short sword,

And in the sparring again and again, the teenager also found his strengths: if he couldn't beat others, the teenager could use money to smash them.

Oh no, it should be said to be smashed with magic!

He found that he could draw mana from the small puddle of mana at any time during battle, even faster than someone of the same level could draw mana from the sea of mana when meditating. And the capacity of his small puddle of magic power far exceeds the capacity of the mana of his body at this stage, so that the amount of mana capacity that is already larger than others has increased several times, and when fighting, as long as he goes to the small puddle to pour enough water, he can hold on long enough to consume the opponent until his mana is exhausted.

It can be said that it is a road to victory paved with gold coins.

Of course, the premise is that he has enough magic to prepare and be able to stay undefeated in the face of his opponent's onslaught, at least not when facing Barron's whistling stone hammer.

The only problem is that in the simulated arena, the boy still doesn't like to play a dead hand, and he is always hesitant to give his opponent a fatal blow, always trying to knock his opponent off the stage to win the battle. Barron understood this, and just patted the boy on the shoulder to encourage him, but Marcas, who occasionally came to watch the game, couldn't figure it out at all, and he couldn't help but reason with the boy after a spectator.

It was a Thursday afternoon, and Merlin asked Osmond to compete in the arena, and in preparation for the duel with Ryan, he specially applied to the house elves for a more simulated arena.

Osmond has reached the strength of a second-order warrior after the baptism of magic, and he is not inferior to Barron with his fierce fighting style, and the battle between Merlin and him is quite tragic, and in the end, the boy failed to delay being killed by Osmond.

Marcus held on to Morin, who was pushed out of the arena, and couldn't help but say: "Morin, what's the matter with you, why didn't you come out with a sword just now, Osmond stabbed you through!

"I've already lost, forget it," Merlin shook his head and said slowly, "The simulation of this arena is so high, it's almost the same as the real thing." If it weren't for the increased mental strength, I would have fainted in pain just now. ”

"But it's all fake, isn't it, how can you fight Ryan like this when the time comes, he won't show mercy!" Marcas cried with a sad face: "We bet fifty points on your duel, if we lose, our group will definitely be the last in the bottom this year." ”

Seeing that the young man Gessock didn't quite understand, Mo Lin thought for a while and asked very seriously: "Marcas, why don't you rarely fight in the simulated arena?" Although you like magic machines, you must have practiced swordsmanship at home since you were a child, and this is one of the compulsory courses for nobles. ”

Marcus was stunned for a moment: "I ...... I don't really like ......"

"yes...... "Although I like the collision in battle, the tension of wandering on the edge of the sword, the joy of victory, the increasing skill and strength of myself, there are many things I don't like," said Morin.......

Marcus was stunned.

"I don't like my body to be cut by a cold blade, just like I don't like to use a sword blade to cut through a classmate's body, even if the damage is fake, but the feeling of the curse is real, you think," Merlin looked into Marcas's eyes: "Even if it's a dream, even if the pain is weakened, are you willing to dream of being stabbed into the heart by a sharp sword, are you willing to have your fingers chopped off by an axe, and you are willing to continue fighting if you are blinded?"

"Or, would you rather dream of stabbing your classmates with a sharp sword, feeling the blade of the sword piercing through the skin and cutting off the muscles and bones and stabbing the other person's body layer by layer, willing to have other people's blood splashed on your face, covering your eyes and seeping into your nose, willing to see the expressions on other people's faces distorted by pain, willing to listen to other people's dying moans?"

Marcus shook his head silently: "...... I don't want to, if I dream about this, it must be a nightmare. ”

"So it's not easy," Morin said, "If I am willing to endure these things in order to hone my will and skills in battle, in order to protect my friends and relatives, I am willing to endure these things in order to win the game and maintain dignity and glory, but it does not mean that I like these things, maybe the tension of fighting is exciting enough, but it is not the meaning of fighting." ”

"I think Osmond is the only one who really likes the smell of blood. Morin recalled the battle just now, and said with a little palpitation: "That guy is very excited when he smells blood, and it is really scary to fight him." ”

In fact, judging from the fact that Morin often watches battles in the arena, even in the simulated arena, most first-year students are still very careful about proportion, only a small number of students in the direction of combat are more open, and their will to fight is stronger, like Barron, no matter how seriously injured they are, their brows will not wrinkle, and they are often seriously injured and dying.

After listening to Morin's words, Marcus finally understood the young man's feelings, and he didn't mention it anymore from that day on.

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Something else worth mentioning is Morin's special memory ability, after his mental power increases, he uses this ability to memorize ordinary books and will not even fall asleep, just slightly dizzy for a moment and find that everything has been memorized in his mind. After noticing this progress, Merlin attempted to touch a magic book that contained a spell model of Cryoray.

As a result, Morin slept for a whole day and a night, but fortunately it was a weekend when nothing happened, and the boy had told his companions in advance, so he was not sent to the Tree of Life.

Fortunately, after waking up, Merlin found that he had memorized that complex spell model all his life, and given him some time, he didn't need to cast spell materials to directly use mental power to construct this magic, although it was very stiff to use now, but I believe that he would become proficient after practice.

This powerful memory ability also amazed his teacher Ed, although mages can use mental power to speed up reading, but memory is limited after all, and if they don't review it occasionally, their memory will become less accurate over time, and when their mental power is no longer enhanced, some mages even need to deliberately forget some things to remember more important things.

Master Ed even said that with this powerful memory ability alone, a young man can become a great scholar mage, but this master can't even handle eye shadow, and what he says must not be reliable.

In addition, the first-year freshmen were surprised to find that Anna Goo no longer asked Morin to get up and answer questions before the two classes of History of Magic and Spiritual Perception. This caused an uproar, and Anna Goo, the strictest, harshest and most vengeful person in the whole college, actually opened up to the "Sleeper" Morin?! Even Alice didn't know what was going on, she didn't seem to have met Ed yet.

Only the teenager knew that Professor Anna had given him reading assignments that were far beyond the scope of the lesson, and that asking questions in class would not help the other students. But he didn't know how to explain it to others, which led to all kinds of bizarre speculations from others.

Through Sandi Hammer's combat lessons, the first-year students finally learned to condense the Dash Barrier, which is a short-lived elemental plane formed by the condensation of elements by magical power, which can be used to borrow force to have a defensive or offensive effect. And the most intuitive effect is that the freshmen often can't help but run in the sky in the arena and other areas where there is no limit to height, stepping on the dazzling patterns all the way up, of course, this takes a certain risk, a few students are too excited to run too high, and as a result, the magic power is exhausted and can no longer condense the barrier, falling from a high place and falling half to death, and being sent to the tree of life for several days without being able to come back to class.

Gradually, no one ran blindly to the heights, and the higher the height, the rarer the elements became, making it more difficult to condense the dazzle barrier, which is why few people could run to the clouds.

The color of the Dazzling Barrier is theorized to be related to the affinity element, with Barron and Marcus both red, Aenuno green, and Tierna condensing a grayish-blue halfway between earth and water. As for Morin, he originally felt that he had perceived a little more water element when he was practicing, but the small puddle of magic suddenly shook slightly, and then the boy condensed a strange gray mixed with various colors.

It stands to reason that this extraordinarily mixed elemental barrier should be very unstable, but the boy stepped on it and found that it was surprisingly strong, and the duration was slightly longer than that of Marcas, so it was easy to use anyway, which is also a continuation of the pragmatism of Daddy Pike.

And the most tiring course is pharmacy.

Since confirming that Firth is not a good person, every time he takes his class, Morin can't help but feel furious in his heart, and thanks to the various teachings of Daddy Pike when he was at home before, the boy can barely maintain the same expression as before, but every time he is closer to Fez, whether it is handing in the reagent or approaching him during the configuration process, Morin always has sweaty palms and can't help but be nervous, so he has not been able to successfully prepare a first-order healing potion.

If it is relatively easy to maintain a lie and demeanor for a while, then it can be said that it is a kind of torture to maintain it for a long time, and the careful Emino even noticed Morin's abnormality, and it seems that he feels strange as soon as he arrives at the plant and potion course, and can't help but ask the boy if he is sick, and Merlin has to say that he has not been able to dispense potions and feels very irritable.

During this time, Minerma had not given the boy any news, and Morin rarely saw her in the academy, and as March drew to a close, Morin began to prepare for the next duel with Ryan, and did not care about anything else for a while.

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Morin is going to duel with Ryan on the first weekend of April, this matter has also attracted a lot of attention in the academy, the name of "Sleeper" Morin can be said to be known to everyone, everyone still admires the courage of the boy, but as for the fight, there are still not many people optimistic about him, after all, the first-year freshman is still too pink in their eyes.

It can be seen from the odds given by Senior Bob that not many people dare to bet on the teenager to win if they lose one or win three.

In late March, when the weather warmed up, the snow finally melted away, and the trees were full of young green plant shoots.

Clio was walking on the road, his expression was triumphant, before Bob was in the card use course, he waited at the door for a long time until the end of the class, and successfully bet a large amount of money on the captain of Lane to win, thinking that the odds will have to fall a lot in a few days, and he can't help but be proud of his decisiveness. The thought of seeing Mo Lin's fiasco in a few days couldn't help but be quite excited, looking forward to the time passing quickly.

As he walked, a strong wind hung by, and a page full of handwriting happened to be blown into Clio's face.

"I'm going to go! I'm really unlucky!Who is so unqualified to throw things around!" Cleo snorted, grabbed the page from his face, and was about to knead the dough and wait to find a recycling enchantment to throw away, but when he saw the handwriting on it, he subconsciously glanced at it.

At this glance, I couldn't take my eyes off it.

I saw that the names of Morin and Ryan were written on this paper, and some observation records were written messily underneath, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the two little by little, and finally calculated a ratio of about one to four, which seemed to be a gambling analysis written by Bob's senior.

Clio turned to a corner, looked carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more he frowned, how could it look like this, Senior Ryan still had more than 20% of the loss, how could this be?

He never thought that Senior Lane might lose, but if it was an analysis written by Bob, he, as a senior who often opened a bank, would obviously have a more accurate judgment of the situation than himself.

But when he saw the end, Cleo's eyes lit up again.

I saw the last sentence read:

In this way, Ryan Smith would never have lost. ”