Chapter Ninety-Eight: Life is Learning
"The first lesson of being a witch is to control your own minions."
The witch spoke, "They will be with you for the rest of your life, so be careful when summoning." ”
It's no secret that witches are weak, and to overcome this weakness, Marianne created a summoning spell - a summoned three-headed dog that could easily take out most witchers.
"Turn your spell book to page eighteen, which contains detailed summoning rituals and required materials. The Material Society is ready for you, but remember that the three-headed dogs you summon may not be obedient to you. ”
An Ling flipped the parchment book to the designated position according to the witch's instructions, and the book densely recorded the relevant steps and precautions of the summoning ceremony, and she held the "Apprenticeship Handbook" as if she was back in high school
This world is really full of suffering, and even if you become a witch, you can't escape the fate of learning.
The five people holding the parchment book had different expressions, either frightened or curious, and only An Ling had a face full of reluctance.
She didn't want to study, she didn't want to be a witch, she just wanted to go back and play "Monster Hunter", and in the day she was captured, she had lost a lot of material.
Damn witch!
Even though her heart was full of dissatisfaction, An Ling had to read it hard, but she soon found that she could understand all the obscure spells in the parchment, and she could even recite it easily, so she couldn't help but study it for a while, and inexplicably had a sense of gap from a scumbag to a top student.
"So, who's going to be the first to try it?"
The witch's gaze swept over all the apprentices, and most of them subconsciously avoided her gaze.
An Ling understood the steps of the ritual and the meaning of all the spells, for her, the difficulty of the spells in the parchment book and "4*25=? "This level of questions is a grade.
It can be summoned, but it is not necessary.
No, it's not just unnecessary.
An Ling glanced at the appearance of the three-headed dog from a distance, she couldn't accept it from a physiological point of view - being broken and pasted was already the limit, and she couldn't help but feel a chill at the thought of having this behemoth licking and rubbing against her.
"I'll come."
The little girl beside her, who looked younger than her, spoke up, and she was the only apprentice who didn't flee in fright when the three-headed dog fell from the sky.
After a day of contact, An Ling only learned that the little girl's name was Luo Xin, and she didn't know anything else.
She couldn't have imagined that this little girl with a personality like a stuffy gourd would be the first to stand up and break the deadlock.
"Very good, but you have to remember that in addition to the summoning ritual itself, what you think during the summoning process will be reflected on the summon."
The summoning ritual is directional, and it will only be a creature called out of the three-headed dog, but the three-headed dog also has individual differences, and the three-headed dog summoned by different witches has a big gap, among them, there will naturally be a difference between strength and weakness.
In general, the militant three-headed dog is very capable individually, but it is also more difficult to control.
Luo Xin completed the ceremony with an expressionless face, and his methodical movements made him look like an old scholar.
After completing all the steps, Luo Xin took out the knife from her waist and slashed it on the back of her hand without hesitation, blood flowing down her fingers into the soil.
An Ling watched silently, and when it came to the clip of cutting the back of her hand, she couldn't help but gasp.
The parchment does mention details of the blood sacrifice that must be made in the summoning rite.
"Teacher, I want to ask if anyone accidentally cut their own arteries?"
An Ling raised her hand and asked.
It is said that teachers like students who are diligent in asking questions the most.
It's just that the teacher didn't answer anything, and the eyes staring at her were a little scary, and when she heard her cold words, Luo Xin couldn't help but pause, and turned her head to look at An Ling.
Before An Ling's words fell, two sharp claws propped up from the ground, but this huge action did not tear the ground apart, and for a while, the huge body more than five meters tall was clubbed in front of the apprentices.
A scream followed, and the viper wrapped around the body of the giant dog sprang out as if it had seen food, and the letter that kept spitting out seemed to be biting them in the next second.
The three heads of the giant dog opened their huge mouths at the same time, and a bloody storm rushed towards them.
Facing the giant dog, which was several times larger than herself, Luo Xin was unmoved, she glared at the giant dog, and said coldly, "Sit down!" ”
In the next second, the restless body actually crawled directly on the ground, the three dog heads hung to the ground at the same time, and the snake heads that scurried up also shrank back at the same time.
"Yes, you have a lot of potential."
The witch's previous praise turned into surprise, Luo Xin's performance was no longer "excellent", she could not imagine that such a talent would appear in a foreign land.
"Next."
"I'm coming!"
Before An Ling was chased to the shelves, a brave volunteer rushed in front of her, probably because Luo Xin's success gave everyone confidence, making them think that the three-headed dog was actually just fierce on the outside, and in fact it was as loyal to its owner as Erha.
The only one who knows the truth is a girl who looks like a girl......
Cough.
An Ling didn't act rashly, because she smelled the Flag from it.
She suddenly remembered the witch's previous words - although a total of six people were recruited, two of them who could finally pass the apprenticeship assessment were in the sky.
An Ling is not aimed at anyone, it's just that Luo Xin has just succeeded, and according to probability, most of the people behind her are going to pad.
And the next second, a warm, viscous liquid splashed her face.
She wiped her face sluggishly, not even having time to back away.
There was a red patch on his face, hands, clothes, and sleeves, and everyone standing nearby was not spared, An Ling didn't see what happened just now, but vaguely glimpsed a black shadow emerging from the ground.
The suddenness of her relaxed mood was so sudden that she didn't even have time to prepare.
The eldest sister was still drawing a circle on the mound just now, and there were still several steps to complete.
An Ling looked ahead in a daze, and there was a belated scream in her ears, under this confused emotion, she inexplicably thought of the scene where the eldest sister peeled a plate of fruit and distributed it to everyone yesterday evening.
The ending was completely different from what she had imagined.
She thought that the apprentices who failed to complete the ceremony would receive a rejection notice similar to "failed the exam", and then the association politely persuaded her to quit.
If you fail the exam, you won't die!
The witch who led the way stood at a distance, indifferently watching what was happening, while the three-headed dog that followed her was prostrate on the ground dozing, looking like she had no intention of coming forward to help.
Anling would remember the lie yesterday when Marianne Sesia took her apprentice's hand and said "we will be sisters from now on".
And it was only at this moment that she realized that this is how witches treat their "sisters".
"It seems that the ritual setup failed, but it just happened to be a wake-up call for you." The guiding witch not only did not feel the slightest regret, but showed a look of good play, "Rituals and spells need to be absolutely precise, and if there is a problem in any link, it may lead to the result of the position... So, next, who's coming? ”
No one responded.
An Ling glanced back at the several apprentices who were shrinking back, and then looked at the blood stains on the ground that had not dried up, and was angry for a while.
"I'm coming!"
She gritted her teeth and stepped forward, blocking the other apprentices.