"Good morning, mentor."

After saying hello, Kyle noticed a chair in front of ———— desk, directly opposite Ernest, and half a cup of steaming moonshine herbal tea on the desk.

Without hesitation, Kyle sat down and took a sip from his cup.

He had just told Arya for a long time, and he was already thirsty.

"So well prepared, mentor, do you know I'm coming? Could it be that astral magic can really predict the future? ”

Astral magic is good at finding information, and there are many spells that are marked as prophecy, but Kyle doesn't believe it———— because he can't learn any of these spells (intuition is less than 500, he can't learn prophetic magic).

"No, no, just put a mage's eye in the library, it's not that mysterious. ’

But the truth is different from what Kyle said and thought.

"I just had a guest here, didn't you notice that this is half a cup of tea! Not afraid to eat other people's saliva? ”

"Gross~!"

Kyle suddenly felt sick to his stomach, but it wasn't disgusting enough for him to throw up.

Seeing this, Ernest was kind enough to help him. "By the way, this is still an undead!"

"Gross!"

After spitting it out, Kyle quickly sealed the vomit in a stone ball with magic so as not to stain the place. As he was casting the spell, Kyle suddenly thought, 'No! Words of the undead......'

"Mentor, the people of the Throne of Bones have just come looking for you?"

"Yes!"

Ernest nodded affirmatively.

The first thing that comes to Kyle's mind about the undead near Sharpsburg is the people of the Throne of Bones organization.

After all, it's still far from the desert of death where the undead are entrenched.

Moreover, Kyle knows the background of the Throne of Bones, and he fears that Ernest will agree to their terms and go against Reut, who has to serve the Platinum Empire.

"Mentor, they came to you for ......"

"They said I was dying, and they advised me to transform myself into a ghost when I was dying." Ernest glanced at Kyle's worried eyes and continued, "But I refused. ”

"Oh...... Well!! ”

Kyle stared at the old man sharply, "Give me your hand!" ”

Hearing this, Ernest smiled bitterly: "It's useless, but it's ...... I'm going to give you a chance to experiment with life-detecting magic. With that, he handed Kyle a withered, wrinkled old human palm.

"Wuji, detect Ernest's attributes!"

Hearing the master's order, the voice of the machine spirit quickly came from the bottom of his heart: "Obey!" Detecting ...... Completed, Ernest's stats are:

Name: Ernest Shengyao

Life type omitted

Race: 97% Human, 3% Golden Dragon

male

Age/Lifespan: 83/84 (in years)

Strength Level: Extraordinary

Class: Mage (Archmage)

Life Person: Silver (originally Black Iron, when promoted to the entry level, it underwent a primary life transition and became a Bronze Life; When promoted to the Transcendent level, experience an intermediate life leap and become a silver life)

Body type: Medium

Life Force Field: 300 (specific secondary attribute unknown) attribute ability unknown

Soul Strength: 755 (Soul Field -755, Focus -566, Courage -530, the rest unproven) attribute ability unknown

Intelligence: Undetected, but above 50, attribute ability unknown

Perception: Undiscovered

Resistance (Rough Assessment): Intermediate (Electric, Icy Acid, Medium, Annihilation-None, Death-Intermediate)

Energy Affinity (Rough Assessment): Medium (Electricity-14, Fire-22, Qi-19, Water-21, Earth-20, Light-48, Death-2, Soul-39)

Transcendent Strength: The Way of the Mage; Triple magic solidifies

Mage's Way - Archmage ———— Mastery of Magic - Undetectable, Extraordinary Specialty - Undiscovered, Extraordinary Trait - Light Elemental Mastery, Effect: Light-related magic casts faster and more powerful

Mana Cure (High Magic Resistance, Shadowhunter's Eye, Man of Steel)

High Magic Resistance: Level 3 All-Attribute Life Magic - Increases all resistances by 3 levels except 'Annihilation', with a cap of Super Resistance

Eye of the Shadowhunter: Omitted

Body of Steel: Level 3 Earth Attribute Life Magic - After activating this magic, by consuming physical strength, the strength attribute of the body can be increased to the strength of steel, with a value of about 700. ”

…………

"At age 83, life expectancy is 84, you're really dying."

Kyle looked at the archmage solemnly, his hands shaking.

Ernest's influence on him was too great, whether it was his dream of traveling throughout the Taeyang system or his bad taste for teasing others, it was Ernest who left a mark on Kyle.

And now...... He's dying!

But Ernest himself looked away:

"Boy, what a look on your face! I have a year to live! If you really want me to be happy, then wait until I finish writing the "Diary of a Traveling Mage", pay for me to print a lot of them, send them everywhere for free, and let others know about me. ”

"Let others remember you, and I will! Certain! ”

"That's it!"

Ernest looked dissatisfied.

"Work hard, boy, when you have money, just remember to give it away for free everywhere. Well............ That's right! You've been out and about being careful lately, and I expect the Throne of Bones to have a big move soon. ”

Kyle nodded, "Okay! ”

………………

Ernest suddenly looked up: "I didn't notice that the topic was diverged just now...... It's amazing, why did you come here so early? ”

"I'll come and read a book, learn magic, and ask you two questions by the way."

Ernest glanced at Kyle, "Let's start with the two most important questions you asked, I think those are the most important." ”

"Well, I can't hide it from you."

Kyle shrugged, "First of all, do you know how to become an elemental?" ”

"Why do you ask this, do you want to be an elemental messenger! This is not a good choice, although you can easily have power, but the ability is too single, too easy to be restrained, for you who plan to take risks, what you need is not strong magic, but suitable magic, don't be confused by seemingly powerful power, although the road of the mage is long and difficult, but it is a smooth road. ”

Ernest admonished, "Don't go into a dead end of power." ”

"I know, it's not that I want to become an elemental envoy, it's for Nasha to ask, her talent in elementals is not very good, and she doesn't have a warrior foundation, only this class is the most suitable for her."

"Who?"

"Nasha, my maid, exclusive."

When Ernest heard this, he looked at him with a strange smile.

"Ahh So that's the case, as long as it's not what you want, and it's not a secret, but there are too few people who can be valued and loved by the Elemental King, and the Elemental Envoys are not bad, the Elemental Legion they summoned is very powerful, but it is a good ability. ”

As soon as he heard that Kyle didn't want to be an elemental, the old man immediately changed his mind.

Kyle rolled his eyes, but didn't say anything, just continued, "Then how can I communicate with the Elemental King, even if I pray, I need to have a holy emblem." ”

"This is simple, you begged me to be right, as long as you build a specific elemental summoning altar according to the star map, you can summon the will of the elemental king to come, if the person who prays to the king for power can be recognized by the king, he can become the king's elemental envoy."

"It's not that simple, what's the risk."

Kyle doesn't believe it's that simple, there's never a real free lunch in the world. In the various paths to power, there is either a ceiling like the power of the bloodline, or it is accompanied by pain and calamity like the warrior monk and the mind, or it is reduced to a pawn of the gods like a priest.

If none of these three are present, then there must be other risks as well.

Ernest nodded approvingly: "Very well, it is good for your future to maintain such a cautious attitude all the time............ There is no fixed cost to summon the king's will, but if the invoker/summoner angers the king, there will be a price. ”

"If the Elemental Envoy is the one who is approved and blessed by the King, then the person who angers the King will also be cursed in various ways, and more often ———— will have a reduced affinity, perception, and resistance to specific elemental energy; or increased aggro against certain elemental creatures. However, since the altar only allows the will to exist, there is only a curse. ”

Listening to Ernest's words, Kyle wondered:

"If you only have the will, then you can actually use the altar to isolate the curse! It's not that difficult. ”

"Hmm...... Let's put it this way, it's an unspoken rule, you know that kings are gods, and if you provoke them and don't let them vent, you're going to suffer even more rage. Although the kings' bodies cannot leave the elemental realm, they are the masters of the elemental realm, and there are demigod-level elemental beings under them at any time. ”

"If the power of those who anger the king is not strong, the king will issue a reward to the elemental messengers, and those rewards are not low; If those who provoke them are powerful, the kings will command the Elemental Messengers to summon their Extreme Realm, and even demigod-level subordinates, to punish those who blaspheme. You see, who dares to do this, do you dare? ”

"There's so much to learn here?"

"What do you think? Have you thought about it? Is it for your maid to try. Ernest finished the moonshine tea, put the empty cup on the table and said, "Puel, pour the tea!" ”

Upon hearing his command, a metal construct floated over.

As he spoke, "Puel is at your service," he poured tea for Ernest with a teapot in his mechanical hand.

It has no legs, its lower body is a ball floating in the air, and its head is also a ball, and the upper and lower balls seem to be magnetically connected together. On either side of the lower hemisphere are slender metal manipulators; The eye area is an aperture that circles the upper part of the sphere of the head - it should have full angle vision; The mouth that makes the sound is clearly a magic speaker.

The overall appearance is more than half a meter tall.

Kyle was curious, "When did you become interested in constructing, did you make it?" ”

"No, I bought it from an acquaintance, and I can only do some odd jobs, which is far worse than the two iron lumps at the door............ I'm still too old to even take care of myself. Ernest's tone was a little low, and there was a moment of silence in the room, and Kyle didn't know what to answer him.

After a long silence.

In the end, it was Ernest who spoke first.

"People get old, and you're starting to grow up. Say, don't let your maid try. ”