In this way, I recuperated at home for about ten days, and the wound on my hand was almost healed, but it would leave a scar; Although the back injury has recovered a bit, it still can't move too much, but at least it can move normally. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

I looked at my left hand, the fingers were slender, the nails were rounded, and it was a good hand; Then he looked at my right hand again, and from the back of the hand it was still intact, some minor burns had healed, but on the palm side of the hand there was already a ball of flesh and skin, which was simply unsightly.

Rand looked at me with some guilt: "It's all because of me that you became like this......"

I smiled wryly, feeling a little regretful in my heart, but I still comforted him: "But the skin hurts, it's nothing," and I picked up the leather gloves that Rand had customized for me and put them on: "You see this is not very suitable!" "The gloves themselves are half-fingered and made of brown leather, but for breathability, the back of the hand is made of silky mesh material, so it doesn't feel stuffy when you put it on.

And the matter of meeting the undead in the palace before, Rand didn't seem to want others to know, so we didn't mention it to others.

Now Rand and I are ninth year students in the lower division of the Royal War College, and in ten or so days we will finish our studies and officially enter the higher department for special study, making choices for the career we want to pursue after graduation.

Before entering the Higher Division, we have to choose our own major. But before that, we have to usher in a big event, which is to go to the Elven Woodland, Merlin Forest, and capture a mount of our own, which is also the most important event for human mages in adulthood. Due to the complexity of such summoning rituals, and the extremely cumbersome and time-consuming domestication of magical creatures, such an opportunity is only once in a lifetime, and what is summoned is what it is, and it cannot be changed. The daily empty horse is the most common one, its level is not high, but it is not weak, the character is docile, the endurance is also good and can fly, it is very practical. Of course, there are other creatures of different shapes and types.

Rand looked at me with a worried look: "Tomorrow we will go to the Forest of Merlin, where the environment is primitive and complex, and the undomesticated creatures are not docile and prone to accidents. You haven't recovered yet, does it matter? Or call Gray to take care of it. ”

"No, you don't! The playboy who called him might be hooking up with girls along the way, and it would be good enough not to make a mess, and you still expect him to help? "I get a headache when I think of Gray's sassy face.

Rand's personality has always been very gentle and elegant, and occasionally he is a little stubborn, such as this time.

On the day of departure, Barrow was waiting for me at the door in a carriage, and I was a little surprised: "Why are you ......?"

Barrow smiled at me honestly: "I am idle in the mansion in addition to raising horses, and it happens that there is a shortage of grooms in the house, so I begged His Highness to let me take up the position of groom, so that I can follow you out for a long time." I nodded and got into the car, where I found Rand and Gray already waiting for me.

When we took Gray to the house, the rest of the class had already arrived. Most of them had already seen Gray at O'Neira's birthday party, so it wasn't surprising to see him.

I looked around and noticed that Red Luo had somehow come up close to Aunilla as well. Since the students who went to the Forest of Merlin this time were all in the students' own carriages, and the students were either rich or expensive, the teachers didn't care if they came a few more. Red Luo tried to get into our carriage, but was forced down by Gray, and could only return to Aurilla's carriage in anger. From that point of view alone, I think it's a good idea to bring him here.

Gray leaned against the window and looked around bored, "Why don't you two speak?" ”

Rand smiled reluctantly: "I'm not in the mood right now." ”

Indeed, the other carriages were surprisingly calm at the moment. For these noble children, this is not just a simple matter of capturing mounts, it is also a test of their own ability. Although there is a certain randomness to what creatures are summoned, it actually has something to do with the individual's abilities and talents. A mage with little ability can only have a free horse at most, and no high-level magical creatures will appear in the summon. However, there are very few high-level magical creatures themselves, and most of them are unruly and untamed, so it is not easy to appear once. If someone in the gang can summon one or two high-level creatures this time, it means that he is extremely talented. This will definitely leave a deep impression on the imperial court, then their future will be limitless, and it will be of great help to their future careers, so everyone attaches great importance to this task.

Although the capital of the Duchy of Salander, Doddrow, is on the border with the Forest of Merlin, the road is not easy to follow due to the fact that it is uncultivated virgin land. The carriage traveled for several hours before it reached a point where the capture ceremony could take place.

We got out of the car in twos and threes, and were immediately shocked by the scenery in front of us.

The extent of the Merlin Forest is huge, a huge primeval forest, several times larger than all the areas inhabited by humans. Due to the lack of human destruction, this place still maintains its most primitive appearance, and it is full of strange flowers and plants that have never been seen before. The number here is very huge, some of the trunks are more than ten meters wide, and the leaves are faintly shining. In addition to the plants that have never been seen before, there are many points of light that pass through them, and if you look closely, you will see that they are thumb-sized elves working in them. In addition, there are all kinds of creatures that have been seen and never seen walking between the bushes.

The teacher gathered all of us together, said some precautions, and each of us gave out a magic seal with a special magic array painted on it, and each magic array on it had a different shape. It is a mark that belongs to the individual.

The rest of the time is free to capture, and although the teacher has told you not to go too far, most of the students still move into the interior of the forest in order to have a good result. After all, there is a distance limit to summoning magic, and most of the small creatures on the outer edge of the forest are medium and low-level, and it is difficult to summon any good creatures. Of course, this does not mean that getting close to the center of the forest will have a good result, and there are still many people who summon empty horses in the interior of the forest.

A few of us walked to the side of the forest with Onilla and the others, trying to keep our distance from the large army, but since there were so many people from the entire year of the Royal War College, there were still quite a few people around.

We found a large and secluded place to stop, and decided to perform the summoning ritual there. Onilla crouched on the ground and began to draw magic circles in the way the teacher had told her before. Since this is a large-scale magic, the circle is also extraordinarily large, with a diameter of about six or seven meters. Aonila drew very carefully and seriously. Rand also drew with her for efficiency, and even then it took almost half an hour to finish. At this time, I saw a light shooting out not far away, rushing into the sky, and it seemed that someone had successfully summoned it. Then I heard someone shouting, laughing: "Haha! It's an empty horse! "What's wrong with the empty horses? It's going to fly! ”

Then there were bursts of light rushing into the sky. Everyone has their own mounts. I looked around, and there didn't seem to be any particularly high-level magical creatures, most of them were ordinary ones like empty horses, big horse monkey lizards or small pearl horses, and the better ones were flaming birds, and of course there were low-level magical creatures. In short, some people are happy and some are worried.

"I'll do it first!" Aurniela folded her hands, took a deep breath, and then crouched down and placed her hands on the edge of the magic circle. The magic array instantly began to glow, and the light was so strong that it darkened the surrounding environment a lot. The ground beneath the circle began to shake and loosen, and then a snow-white bird gradually rose from below. It wasn't until it was fully out that the magic circle stopped glowing, and the ground was as smooth as it had been before.

The bird was not large, one might even say a little smaller, only slightly larger than a turkey, and difficult to use as a mount; But it is snow-white and very beautiful, and its feathers are delicate and shining. Its eyes are blue, shining like gems, and when it flies, it drags its long tail, and its movements are light and aura, and it looks like a high-level magical creature.