Chapter 21: The Talent for Spellcasting
The mage is powerful, the mage is noble, and the mage is out of the ordinary level and into a kind of "god-like" concept of existence.
At the same time, mages are also proud, mages are a group of creatures who believe in exploring the truth of the universe and interpreting the mysteries of magic, as a code of conduct, and as the basis for thinking.
Mages are scarce, the requirements for becoming mages are strict, every promotion of mages often takes up to several years, more than ten years of tempering and knowledge accumulation, every formal mage is erudite, every formal mage is incomparably precious, in the same way, every seed that has the potential to become a mage is also extremely cherished.
It is the duty and obligation of every mage to discover them" and lead them to the glorious path of truth, which is the mission of every mage, as natural and sacred as the continuation of the instincts of all things in the world.
Therefore, a militia, an evil that does not know what kind of origin has come, can be disposed of at will!
Nobles and priests have such rights, but a potential mage with a talent for spell-casting is not something that these minor nobles and country priests can dispose of at will now.
Wu Chen was rescued from the "barbecue grill" in a trance, and the people around him, including the white-robed clergy who were going to burn him just now, had a completely different attitude towards him, and it was impossible to say that he was respectful, but at least it was not the kind of bitter contempt and disdain just now.
Just when he stepped off the stake and didn't know what to do......
"Wait............" the old priest who had been silent for a long time stepped forward, "Master, since you said that he has a talent for spell-casting, why don't you test it on the spot?" ”
"Pastor Sneiard, you don't believe me and my mentor anymore?" Lias was full of color, it was the old stubborn man in front of him who overwhelmed people with power, and snatched this young man with a huge secret from his own hands, otherwise, he would not have sent a message to his mentor in desperation, as a magical genius, as a proud descendant of a legendary mage, Lias has eaten deflated the number of times he has eaten in the palm of one hand, and now, he actually capsized in the gutter on the body of a junior priest in the countryside!
"These lackeys of the gods, slaves, walking dead!" Lias muttered resentfully in his heart.
"These arrogant unbelievers!" The old priest also replied in his heart.
Priests and mages are similar on the surface, especially in terms of the types and effects of spells, but they have very different foundations.
The priest serves his own shrine, dedicates his devout faith, guards countless believers for the shrine, develops and spreads the power, glory and ideas of the shrine, and the priest returns the power, power and glory of the priest, which is essentially an obscure exchange relationship.
The mage, on the other hand, is to perceive the true meaning of magic on their own, to understand the laws of the universe, to insist on complete independence in thinking and behavior, and to study and explore the mysteries of this world.
Because of the nature of mages, the gods dislike mages, and the priests naturally have little affection for them, and the mages disdain the priests from the bottom of their hearts, calling them "parasites", lying on the mortal spirit to suck gluttony (a kind of magical beast that only enters but does not leave).
But the two take care of each other, in terms of the level of strength, there are many priests who can be compared to the powerful of legendary mages, not to mention the elect who have obtained the divinity of the divine residence, and at the same time, the priest's power in the mundane depends on the major churches, which is incalculable......
Mages generally don't provoke priests, and similarly, priests also stay away from powerful and strange mages, so that a general antagonism and mutual restraint are formed, so the whole scene, everyone, including the nobles who have come down from the high wall, are in awe of the mage, but this old priest has enough position and confidence to question.
The old and the young do not give in to each other, and with this buffer, Wu Chen has the leisure to think about his situation.
Of course, he was not interested in being burned alive, but the great pain he experienced last time made him shudder, but fortunately, a variable appeared, that is, the middle-aged mage who had been looking at himself with a smile and had never said anything about the dispute between Lias and the old priest.
"Child, come here......" The middle-aged mage beckoned to Wu Chen, who pointed at the tip of his nose stupidly, looking a little flattered.
"Come here, let me take a good look at your ......"
Wu Chen smiled wryly, and walked over hesitantly, the middle-aged mage stretched out his palm and put it in front of Wu Chen, just when Wu Chen hesitated whether to hold it forward......
The light in front of him flashed, and a round crystal the size of a fist appeared on the middle-aged mage's palm incomparably abruptly.
"Put your hands up, don't think about anything, empty your body and mind......" The middle-aged mage's voice was low and magnetic, like a warm wind that burst in, blowing away Wu Chen's distracting thoughts and resistance, Wu Chen didn't know why, his brain didn't even produce any thoughts or give any instructions, his body subconsciously responded to the middle-aged mage's words, and his right hand held the crystal clear......
The moment Wu Chen's palm touched the crystal, the color of the crystal was split in two, the left was silver, the right was green, and similarly, his palm also became silver and green.
The change took shape in an instant, mixed with the exclamations of the entire square, and after a few breaths, there was no change, and after a short period of stagnation, the crystal silver half began to faintly and subtly emit a misty silver halo, this halo gradually deepened with the struggle and pain on Wu Chen's face, slowly, brighter and brighter, more and more obvious, so that in the end, the green half of the right side was completely obscured......
The silver light radiated, the old priest got some kind of answer, he didn't want to stay for a moment, and led a group of clergy to turn around and leave, but Lias was deeply surprised, this spell-casting talent was just an excuse, Wu Chen's secret was the main reason for his perseverance, seeing that the excuse unexpectedly became a reality, his first reaction was not his mentor's ghost?
But when he saw his mentor's increasingly happy face, he completely let go of this last luck, and now it was good, the other party really became a potential spellcaster, and the talent in spiritual power seemed to be very good, then, no matter how much secret the other party had, legally and morally, he had no excuse to peep.
As for another important metric to measure, elemental affinity......
Lias looked closely and found that the crystal green half was completely negligible, and he shook his head regretfully, a purely theoretical magic researcher?