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A smile appeared on Elsie's face.

"That's exactly what I'm going to tell you," she said with a smile, "and the past belongs only to the past." She walked to the door and opened the door, and said in a relaxed tone, "If you have only come to say these things, then we have reached a consensus, I need to meditate now, you know, how important it is for a trainee mage to use meditation to exercise mental strength." ”

Elsie had a smile on her face until she left, but when she closed the door, two tears rolled down her white jade cheeks.

Rhaegar let out a sigh of relief as he walked out the door, and though it only took him a few minutes to say those words, it had been more time for the geist than it had been centuries for him, whether as a god or as an undead, dealing with such emotional aspects had never been his specialty.

And yet he had to. His keen insight into the soul had led him to detect certain fluctuations in Els's mood in the training grounds, and it was clear that the female mage had some vague thoughts that were likely to be unfavorable to him. Maybe she didn't realize it herself, but if she allowed these thoughts to take root, sooner or later, she would become suspicious of him, and then she would easily notice the differences in detail between him and the other Rhaegar, who was usually overlooked. After careful consideration, Rhaegar decided that there was only one way to delay this from happening: to stimulate her with something that would cause her more emotional turmoil, so that her attention would be drawn to the event and forget about the thoughts for a while.

But that's just a superficial reason. As the contact with Elsie deepened, he found that this female mage and Philos had too many similarities: they were almost the same beauty, they were both kind and gentle, and when facing themselves, they showed almost the same demeanor, plus Els's soul that was originally part of Philos, several times he almost regarded the other party as the goddess of agriculture and spring rain, especially just now, Els's tearful smile reminded him of Philos when he said goodbye to him, the goddess who always followed him and gave her life for herself。

But she's not really Philos.

The months that followed were largely peaceful, but Rhaegar and Elsie were still partners in their magical studies, and in between their studies with their respective mentors, they would always get together to study and discuss the mysteries of magic- Of course, most of the time it was Rhaegar who guided Els, and they got along well and always talked and laughed together, like old friends for many years, but only they knew that some invisible barrier was firmly established between them, and they could not and did not want to break it.

Although this result had long been expected by Rhaegar - in fact, it was exactly what he had deliberately created - every time he faced Els and saw the seemingly calm eyes of the other party, the geist could always feel the grief hidden underneath, which was almost impossible to dissolve.

This feeling that never appeared in his memory made the geist very uncomfortable, and the deceased, who had always been known for his calmness and rationality, was under unprecedented psychological pressure, and in order to get rid of this pressure, Rhaegar finally made a decision.

Proving grounds.

This is the place that the mages of the God of the Storm yearn for and fear the most, for those mages below the fifth order, coming here means that he or she is already sure of the sixth order, and for those who enter the proving ground, the dangers here are enough to make them suffer before they fail or advance to the next level.

Carson stood in front of the entrance to the proving ground with a serious face, and beside him stood the well-dressed Rhaegar, and nearly a hundred meters behind them, Elsie was standing with the other mages, looking at her former lover with indescribably complicated eyes.

"Before we begin," Carson turned to face his beloved disciple, "I have to make sure again, are you really going to go through this trial?" you know, it's only a few months before you get promoted to a fifth-order mage, so you don't have to be in such a hurry to level up at all. ”

Rhaegar nodded silently, not speaking—in the past days, in the presence of a stern mentor, in order to avoid revealing flaws, and to conform to the performance of a man who had lost his past—but the resolute look in his eyes spoke volumes about his determination.

Carson didn't say anything more about his disciple's insistence, the man who had dedicated his entire body and mind to magic was not good at words, even to his only student, he just nodded at Rhaegar as an encouragement to the latter, and then turned around and began to recite the incantation that opened the entrance to the proving ground.

The Proving Ground of the Mage Tower is not a walled hunting ground as one might imagine, but rather a semi-separate space between the mortal world and other dimensions, where all kinds of magical beasts and unexpected creatures are nurtured by mages, whose only role is to serve as a touchstone for mages to conduct trials.

In the sound of lengthy spells, the spatial door to the trial ground was slowly opened, and people could even hear the roar of the demonic beast coming from the door, but no one was worried about this - there was a one-way barrier outside the spatial gate, and no one could get out of it except for the mages who passed or abandoned the trial.

Rhaegar checked himself again, and after making sure everything was adjusted to the best, he looked back at his mentor and walked into the entrance to the trial space without hesitation.

On the surface, this place is no different from the outside world, the dense jungle, the gurgling river, the chirping of birds in the forest, except that the sky is not illuminated by the sun but a huge ball of light, the scenery here is almost a replica of the mortal world.

However, Lei learned that beneath this seemingly calm surface lurked an unpredictable danger.

In the process of mages' cultivation, they will encounter many levels. After passing the first hurdle with half of them eliminated, and successfully advancing from a zero-order apprentice to a first-order mage, magic cultivators will encounter a relatively flat stage, in this stage, it is only a matter of time before they improve, as long as there is enough time and enough effort, even the most talented people can become a fifth-order mage, until they reach a level close to the sixth-order. But in the ascension from the fifth order to the sixth order, at least four-fifths of the people will stop there, although it is only the difference between the first order, but for the mages, it represents the boundary between the apprentice and the official caster, and only after passing the sixth order trial can they officially become a mage.

Below the sixth order, mages are often promoted based on the ability to issue a certain level of spells, in fact, this division is not very accurate - the difference in strength between a mage who can successfully use all the fifth-order magic and another mage who can barely use one of them is even greater than the gap between the fifth and fourth orders, and those who can skillfully use the fourth-order magic may not be less powerful than a mage who has just mastered the fifth-order magic. In the battle of trainee mages, it is not uncommon for a lower rank to defeat a higher rank, or for a single person to defeat several opponents who are in the same rank as themselves.

But all of this is completely different in the tests above the sixth order. In addition to the necessary magic and spells, formal mages tend to pay more attention to the flexible use of magic, so there is only one criterion for the evaluation of mages of the sixth order and above: actual combat. Only by passing the test in the actual battle can you get the title of the corresponding level, and those who lose, even if they can master the magic of a higher level, will definitely not be able to advance.

At this moment, Rhaegar entered a special testing ground for sixth-order mages - this trial space was divided into different areas according to the level of the tested, and each area was blocked by a powerful force field. It is a dense jungle as far as the eye can see, tall trees and dwarf shrubs, and vines that cling to trees are the main members of this jungle, in addition to some creatures that have been caught by mages from different places and even different spaces and put here are also one of the inhabitants of this jungle, they are extremely unfriendly to outsiders. As a task for this test, Rhaegar had to pass through the jungle in front of him, which was fifty kilometers deep, to reach the exit of the space on the other side, and then come out from there, after which he could be promoted to a sixth-order mage.

The edges of the jungle are relatively sparsely wooded, and it stands to reason that there are no large beasts or monsters other than those herbivores and a few small predators that feed on them—the overlords of the jungle all live in the depths, where the abundance of food is enough to satisfy their huge appetites. However, for the sake of caution, before entering the jungle, Rhaegar first applied a magic shield to himself - although this spell could not protect the whole body like a magic shield, it could allow the caster to move freely while maintaining the shield, and with Rhaeggar's magic power at the moment, this shield could at least resist the impact of an underage dragon- Then, with a single thought, three detection techniques were launched in different directions, these magics could detect all living activities within a radius of two hundred meters in three hours, and coupled with the extremely sensitive ability of the geist itself to the soul, no one could attack Rhaegar without him noticing.

This preparation proved to be the right one: less than five hundred meters into the jungle, Rhaegar had already avoided at least three powerful souls with the help of detection and his own senses, and with good preparation and his own alertness, the geist had successfully passed the initial stage of the proving ground.

However, his good fortune came to an end, and after about fifty meters of further travel, Rhaegar finally met his first opponent since entering the proving ground.

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