The old magician, who loves nature and is forgetful, obviously has a bit of bad taste, and after he threw out this topic, he did not continue, but deliberately sold it, so as to enjoy the flattery of the elementary school apprentice, he picked up the crystal ball, and then held it up and asked Arthur and Izumi.

"What do you think of my crystal ball?"

At this time, the light in the crystal ball had completely disappeared, and it had turned back into a crystal clear transparent sphere without a trace of impurities.

As a researcher at the research institute, and also a researcher with a senior researcher certificate issued by the Elf Alliance, and has published several papers and participated in several important projects, Izumi knows all kinds of ores in the PM world, but he can also recognize them, so he can clearly see that this crystal ball is not made of crystals that he is familiar with, nor is it a glass product, but it should be some kind of unique ore here.

However, although he couldn't recognize what material it was, and he had only seen this one crystal ball, and he didn't know how the other crystal balls were, it didn't prevent him from really admiring it: "Very powerful and practical." "The theory of the production of this kind of magic prop is completely beyond his scientific view, and it is simply unscientific.

Arthur also nodded in agreement: "It's much stronger than the one in the Wizards' Guild." "Whether it's functionality or practicality, it's simply not comparable.

The old magician said proudly: "How can this of mine be compared to the kind of ordinary goods that anyone can make, this is specially made for me by my old friend Nicol." ”

The old magician's old friend, Nicol, Arthur knew, because it was the only human friend he knew who had forgotten his past teacher for some unknown reason.

Compared with the obscure and reclusive Redagaste, his friends are much more famous.

Nicol, whose full name is Nicol Lemay, is a very famous alchemy master in the whole of Austria, who has invented and improved many magical equipment and potion recipes, and it is rumored that this master can not only turn stones into gold, but also concoct elixirs.

Of course, rumors are rumors at best, and Arthur doesn't believe them, but that doesn't stop him from being curious about the teacher's friend.

However, this alchemist is also a mysterious figure who cannot see the end of the dragon, and almost no one can find him.

But this definitely doesn't include Ridagast.

"Although this little friend of yours can't learn magic fighting qi, he can try alchemy." That's the advice the old magician gave, and that's why he mentions his old friend.

Alchemist is an important branch of the magic system, most of the middle and senior magicians have a certain amount of research on this, compared to magicians, the threshold for alchemists is relatively low, as long as you have magical talent, you can get started, but it is not easy to be a successful alchemist.

"Learning alchemy requires not only talent, but also the balance and control of magic, and in this regard, your little partner is very advantageous." So said the old magician.

"Each magic element has its own characteristics, in the time of alchemy, there are many times when the alchemist needs to output magic power, the more stable the attribute of the magic power, the less likely it is to have accidents, so many alchemists themselves are multi-attribute magic physiques, and few magicians with single attributes choose to become alchemists."

Izumi was confused, because Arthur himself didn't know much about alchemists, so Izumi, who could only learn about these things from him, didn't know about this magical profession.

The old magician was a very talkative person, and he explained this profession to Izumi with great interest, and after hearing this, Izumi's eyes became brighter and brighter.

Although I don't know a lot about it, don't things like scientific research, such as the improvement and research of various magic arrays, potions, and magic equipment?

"Can I really learn?" If it was dispensable at first, now Izumi really wants to try it.

Ridagast didn't give him a satisfactory answer, but shook his head slightly: "I can't guarantee this." ”

He continued: "When Nicol and I have been in correspondence lately, I have often mentioned Atholl, which seems to irritate him a bit, and he seems to want to take in apprentices lately. ”

"For the sake of these little friends of yours, I can help you write to ask him, if he has this intention, then the possibility is still very high." Ridagast's favorite thing is animals, so he has a bunch of elves, and he has a good relationship with each other, and the spring naturally wins his favor.

"I also have a copy of "Fundamentals of Magic Alchemy" here, you should bring it with you when you go back."

Izumi was very happy to express his gratitude, fortunately, along the way, there was Arthur to teach him to read, although now although he does not say that he knows everything, but the basic common words have been memorized, and then as long as he goes to this dictionary to subsidize it, ordinary reading should be no problem.

- But magic books aren't considered ordinary readings, are they? I hope I can understand it.

After writing a letter to a friend, Ridagast summoned an owl, fed it something to eat, and then tied the letter to its feet and sent it away.

After solving this small problem, the old magician grabbed his junior apprentice and began to test whether Arthur had practiced magic well outside during this time.

"You're not lazy outside, are you?"

Arthur clenched his fists and was full of confidence: "Of course not, I have practiced well during this time!" ”

"Alright, let's show me some magic first."

Although the old magician is a little confused and sloppy, he is also a very competent teacher, and he knows that the junior apprentices may not have time to recite magic spells or meditate for a long time to improve their magic power, so he wants to test the actual operation of the junior apprentices.

Although the magicians here will learn the type of magic they practice according to their own magical talents, it doesn't mean that they can't use other types of magic, after all, there can't be only one type of magic element in everyone's body, at most, which one is stronger and more suitable for them.

So in fact, even magicians who major in fire can cast water magic, but the power is too small, and most of them will only major in one series of elemental magic or two systems of composite magic, except for the period when they are still magic apprentices, they will learn a variety of low-level magic to make themselves understand the differences between various magics.

Arthur's magical talent is the most common four-system elements - wind, fire, earth and water, among which the water system talent is the highest, the wind system is second, the earth system is the third, and the fire system is the lowest.

However, because of his talent, he can release a fist-sized water ball, but he can only release a fireball like a flame, which Izumi has seen during his journey.

Of course, magic could not be exercised in the hut, and the old magician led them out of the hut and into a clearing in the woods.

Judging by the targets and the like in the clearing, this is also where Arthur usually practiced.

Arthur stood in the middle and began to read the spell, and the onlookers were two people, one old and one young, five elves (Lightning and Wind Speed Dog had not yet returned), and various small animals raised by the old magician.

Arthur, who was in the spotlight, almost mispronounced the spell, but fortunately he persevered.

Magicians need to recite spells when they cast magic, and when they recite spells, they don't use a lingua franca, but in a mysterious and strange and very tongue-twisting special tone, each spell is lengthy and long, and the magicians who have just come into contact with it need to recite them fluently, without any mistakes in between, but after being familiar with a spell, you can reduce some syllables accordingly, and completely master a spell, that is, you can only pronounce the name of the magic in a special tone to cast magic as the standard.

Of course, Arthur couldn't do that now, it took him at least half a minute to finish a spell, and then a water balloon slowly formed in his hand, and finally it was thrown out.

The water balloon hits the target and pops open with a thud, with no effect other than wetting the target.

Later, Arthur unleashed Fireball, Wind Wall, and Earth-based primary support skills Retardation, even though the fireball looked like flames. The thin wall of wind broke at the touch of a button, and the slowness technique only slowed down the spring who helped make the target for a second, but the old magician was satisfied.

"Yes, yes, your spell casting speed is faster than before, especially the water polo spell, and the spell phrase has been reduced by two."

The teacher's praise gave Axel more confidence and said that he would continue to work hard in the future.

They stayed here until the sun was about to go down before they went home, and before leaving, Izumi helped to make dinner and repay the help of Ridagast.

Although he had only briefly processed the food they had brought, his motives pleased the old magician.

So he didn't mind being more kind: "From tomorrow onwards, Arthur will come to my class every day, if you are interested, come along." ”

Arthur, who knew his teacher well, continued: "You come with me, and the teacher can teach you meditation." ”

Izumi, of course, was very happy to go down.