The armies of the Holy Empire are divided into two parts. One is the private army of the nobles, all the expenses in peacetime are borne by the nobles to which they belong, and only when the nobles are recruited by the empire, they will unify into an army and join foreign wars.

The other is the standing army, the Imperial Infantry, the Imperial Cavalry, and the City Defense Army.

The size of the army is also divided into corps, divisions, regiments, battalions, brigades, squadrons, and squads. At this moment, it was the city defense army that surrounded Oss with a full squad, and the leader of the squad was an intermediate swordsman, and the rank was also seventh-order.

The two sides are in tension.

"Stop" suddenly sounded. Oss immediately relaxed, he knew that he couldn't fight, because he heard that the person who spoke out was Palan, and the entire Gothic City defense regiment was under the jurisdiction of her father, Lord Carter, and with her intervening, this was the end of today's conflict.

Sure enough, after Paran appeared to identify himself, the city defense team quickly withdrew. Mark's two companions didn't dare to say anything cruel, and ran away with Mark in a gray manner.

At this time, Oss found that Dirubi had long been gone, and he was the most slippery.

Today, Paran was wearing a mage robe and a round badge with a staff pattern pinned to her chest, and she said apologetically, "Os, it's all my fault, it's late." ”

Oss shook his head, motioning for Paland not to apologize.

"Palan, you don't have to apologize, it's not that you're late, it's me who came early. Moreover, they came specifically to keep an eye on me, and it had nothing to do with coming sooner or later. Instead, I have to thank you, if you hadn't shown up in time, I would have been in prison right now. ”

Paran blinked his eyes and said, "You really want to thank me?" Okay, I reluctantly accepted it, say, how do you want to thank me?"

Oss found that Paran loved to blink this action, and it was not pretentious, giving people a playful and cute feeling, in fact, Paran used to give him the impression that he was quite cold, but since there was that pretending to be a marriage agreement between the two, Oss felt that the relationship between the two was much closer, thanks to this, Oss was able to appreciate Palan's gentle, cute and strong side, and he was really a good girl.

"As a token of my appreciation, I will accompany Miss Paran on her tour of the Goode Magic Materials Market. At the same time, I am honored to inform Miss Paran that you are the first woman to receive this honor. After Oss finished speaking, he bowed gentlemanly.

The two of them looked at each other and laughed at the same time, and it was going to be another enjoyable day.

There are not many people in the market, after all, it is the eighth prayer hour, and the active period of the magic market is usually after lunch. So, when the two entered, they found that there were still many shops and stalls that were not open. But it doesn't matter, the materials and tools that Oss needs to buy are the most ordinary, and most of the shops sell them.

After listening to what Oss needed, Paran led him to the front of a shop called Bill's Shop.

"This shop is one of the ones I come to often, the goods are good and the prices are fair, let's go in and have a look. ”

With that, Paran walked in first, followed by Os.

The owner of the shop is a middle-aged man in his forties who wears a pair of heavy black-rimmed glasses. He was obviously familiar with Paran, and when he saw Palan walking in, he smiled kindly, and then the two greeted each other.

"Uncle Bill, I'm here to procure something, here's the list, you can take a look. With that, Paran handed over the list he had brought from Osna.

Bill took the list, tugged at his glasses, and looked at them carefully. After a moment, he looked up, first at Paran, and then at Os, who was standing beside Paran, and his smile became more and more pronounced.

"Paran, are you going to portray the fireball magic circle? It's definitely not that you want to buy materials, it's you who help this... Uncle Bill paused, "My boyfriend bought it?"

Paran's cheeks flushed slightly, and he glanced at Oss quickly, and then said to the shopkeeper Bill in disgust: "Uncle Bill, you can help with the materials, we are still waiting to use them." ”

The shopkeeper Bill smiled heartily and replied, "Okay, okay, I'll go now, you can sit in the reception area over there, and you will be ready soon." ”

Paran and Oss sat down in the reception area, and the atmosphere was a little awkward, so neither of them said anything, but just sat quietly. Sure enough, as the shopkeeper Bill said, he did quickly prepare everything he needed and brought it to the two of them.

Oss took out his money bag and asked the shopkeeper Bill for the price, ready to pay, but was stopped by Palan, who said to Bill, "Uncle Bill, put it in my account." After saying that, the face that had just recovered turned red again.

Then she asked Oss again.

"Can you carve the fireball spell circle now? If you can, why don't you just go here, Uncle Bill has a special carving room for mages, and I can help you see it nearby." ”

Oss nodded in reply. "Yes, then here, it's even better to have a high-level mage like you by your side. ”

The fireball magic circle is the simplest magic circle, and it is also a must-learn magic circle for mages to get started, and it is the foundation of many high-level magic circles, such as the fifth-order magic circle musket technique, which is an enhanced version of the fireball technique.

In the depiction room, everything was ready, Oss picked up the spirit pen, dipped it in the blood of the Vernon beast that had been mixed with the dragon grass powder in proportion, and concentrated for a moment, according to the composition of the magic circle in his memory, and slowly put down the pen.

The depiction of the circle is important and must be completed in one stroke, without pause or interruption in between.

Oss was extremely calm in his heart, only the image he had memorized in his mind, and the hand holding the spirit pen was extremely calm. The strokes of the pen are moving, the smooth lines leap onto the parchment, and the key turning points in the middle are all outlined with the smooth flow of the wrist.

Palan on the side nodded again and again, and Os, who was seriously portraying the magic circle at this moment, looked very much like a skilled senior carver.

Towards the end stage, Oss felt a little sore in his wrist, but he didn't dare to relax, and forced a breath, the most difficult and important part of depicting the circle is the final finish, it must be connected from end to end, the beginning line and the end line must coincide perfectly, and the depth and thickness must be completely consistent, otherwise, the depicted circle will be invalid.

Oss's hand seems to be calm, has been maintaining a lateral movement, in fact, if you look closely, you will find that his hand is trembling very slightly, this tremor is not caused by unconscious exertion, but Oss is intentional, he is slowly adjusting the line, as the nib slowly wanders, the two threads are getting closer and closer, finally, the tip of the pen returns to the original point, Oss gestures slightly upward, and the spirit pen is immediately disconnected from the parchment.

Papa, papa, papa, the moment Oss stopped writing, Paland applauded applaudively.

"Congratulations, perfect portrayal. Are you sure this is your first time portraying a circle?"

Oss nodded, answering in the affirmative, he was still immersed in the state he had just portrayed, and he was savoring the ethereal feeling, and when he finally finished, he felt that something in his body seemed to beat a little, and then it was back to normal.

After receiving an affirmative answer, Paran said with surprise and complexity: "Os, no matter how long or short your awakening time is, even if you are a waste, it can't prevent you from becoming a supreme portrayer, you are a genius who carves the magic circle!"

Oss smiled happily, pointed to the circle he had just completed, and said, "Thank you for the compliment, but I still hope that I can be more talented in cultivation rather than portrayal." Come on, try the effect of my first circle, I'm looking forward to it. ”

"Good"

After speaking, Paran picked up the parchment, touched the center of the circle with his fingertips, and a wisp of elemental energy poured into the circle through his fingertips, and the paper instantly ignited, swelling into a fireball the size of a basketball, shooting straight towards the protective wall. The protective wall in the carving room is specially used for mages to try out the magic circle, and the protective wall in this room can resist spells below the fifth order.

With a "bang", sparks splashed everywhere, leaving a blackened circular mark on the wall.

The effect is perfect.

Paland clapped his hands, shaking off the ash from the explosion of paper. "There are also nicotus and Gaedsea graphite powder in the materials you bought, are you going to carve a combination of magic circles, and five first-order fireball techniques to form a third-order fireball array?"

Oss smiled brightly and replied confidently: "It's ninety-nine chain fireball techniques combined into a tenth-order magic circle, Fire Rain!"

"You lunatic!"

Because of Oss's crazy thoughts, Paland couldn't help but ask him a question. "Why are you so obsessed with magic after being reborn?"

Oss thought for a moment and replied.

"I wasn't born again for a moment, I was in a hazy way for a long time, and during that time, I seemed to go to another world, and I wasn't sure if it was hell or heaven, and in that world, I gained something and lost something. After I was reborn, I was obsessed with that world, and I tried my best to find out if there was some connection between the two worlds. That's why I suddenly wanted to study magic, because the only way I could possibly find this connection at the moment was magic. ”

North Town Chapel

When Oss walked into the door of the church with the magic materials, he was caught by Elena, who had been waiting for him for a long time. The little girl chirped to see if he was in love with Palan, and after receiving an affirmative reply from Os, she cheered and ran away again.

Oss shook his head helplessly, what a little girl who likes to give people a headache.

After lunch, Oss took the basic introduction to magic that he had already read and visited ascetic William again.

William was very happy about Oss's arrival, and his old face was filled with the joy of the elders looking at the younger ones. After listening to what Oss had to say, he stood up, walked to the bookshelf, fumbled for it, and took out two books. "The Ultimate Meaning of Meditation" and "On the Core Elements of the Combined Circle"

After handing the book to Oss, the old man said kindly: "There are my notes on these two books, and when you read them, you can refer to my understanding, which should be helpful to you." ”

Oss can feel the care and love of the elders for the younger generations from the words and deeds of the elderly, but the time of contact is too short, and Oss still can't suddenly switch to the role of godfather and godson.

The old man himself knew very well what Oss was thinking, so he kept talking to Oss about the magic he was interested in.

After a long time of conversation, Auth took his leave. The old man didn't do anything more, just lay down in the rocking chair and enjoyed a gentle afternoon.

After a long time, the old man was shaking in the rocking chair, muttering to himself. "I want to break the game through my own efforts, it's good, it's good, it's good, it's worthy of being my godson. ”