For the next two months, the Northland was completely covered in snow and ice, and it was rare to see a pedestrian in the already sparsely populated wilderness.

Adam's hunting career also stopped completely half a month ago, the beasts are too scarce, often only a few days to harvest, this is still because of the pervasiveness of spiritual power, only to take out some small creatures from the underground cave, this group of small points to provide energy can not even catch up with the consumption.

The manor canteen Riadam became a tyrant, and all the food provided by the fat chef and the fat aunt every day was occupied by Adam alone, and the rest of the servants had to go to other places to eat after the first few complaints and found that it had no effect.

Earl Johnson never looked for him once, not even to deliver a message, as if he had completely forgotten him. The Earl's two sons had co-opted him, and the foolish Marshall, assuming himself the status of the Earl's first heir, commanded Adam's allegiance to him in a charity tone, and the price he wanted to pay was only a complete knightly breath. The cunning Dennis was much smarter than his brother, and he not only provided Adam with the complete breathing method, but also promised to provide Adam with all the resources he needed to cultivate, including a monthly poultice and the position of future Knight Captain, as well as a lowly title.

Adam rejected them one by one, and Adam had no interest in them since he learned of the existence of the mage. After two months of continuous and efficient training, Adam has become a knight, and the subsequent breathing method has already been deduced. Adam thus became even more certain that knighthood was an inferior profession, because in his deduction, the road ahead was already broken.

I don't know if it was because of the Count's silence or Ophelia's support, although Adam refused the offer, but did not encounter any trouble, Marshall and Dennis, although angry, did not foolishly attack Adam, which indirectly saved the lives of both of them.

One evening, in the midst of the never-ending snow of the Northland winter, Adam saw Ophelia again. Unlike the noble and indifferent before, Ophelia looked very happy today, and even said to Adam in a cheerful tone: "The Master Mage from the Moldor Mage Academy has arrived. ”

Adam exhaled heavily, his breath turned the flying snow into a tornado, the scarlet blood fluctuations were fleeting, in the cold weather, Adam was only dressed in a single clothes, and the temperature seemed to have no effect on him.

Ophelia's eyes flashed with brilliance, it was only two months, this former playmate was already so strong, this talent was really terrifying.

"Pack your things, you're going to go to Cold Maple City with me tonight, and Lord Mage will start the qualification test early tomorrow morning. Ophelia commanded.

Is it possible that the assessment of this profession is based on public examinations?

Sensing Adam's doubts, Ophelia explained, "It seems that for some reason, the mage, who was originally scheduled to arrive two months ago, postponed his trip and changed the original plan to a small-scale test selection. So to avoid wasting time, you and I will be tested by Master Mage in advance after dinner. "Actually, the only one who could test it in advance was Ophelia, but there is no need to mention this little thing.

Adam nodded, and then signaled that he didn't have anything to pack, and Ophelia didn't bring any retinue, and the two of them rode on their horses, and the other ran on the ground and galloped towards Cold Maple City.

Cold Maple City didn't bring any new senses to Adam, and with the low productivity of ordinary people in this world, the city they built was not as good as the earth.

After arriving at the City Lord's Mansion, Adam was arranged to rest in another place, and the free servants prepared dinner for him, while Ophelia bathed and went to the main hall for dinner.

Two hours later, Adam was told to rush to the main hall, where at the top sat a man of unknown age, dressed in the tight-fitting garb peculiar to nobility, talking to the Earl, and Ophelia stood below with a nervous face, and when he saw Adam, motioned for him to stand beside him.

Adam could feel the strong blood fluctuations in Count Johnson's body, which was the power that was about to reach the end of the knight's profession, but he couldn't feel any energy fluctuations from that man, this mage, it looked like an ordinary person.

"Dear Master Black, these are the two I would like to recommend, and that is my youngest daughter, Ophelia Johnson. ”

Mage Black nodded to Earl Johnson, then looked at Adam and Ophelia, and saw no movement from him, and his powerful and violent spiritual power filled the entire hall.

"A massive energy invasion was detected, extremely dangerous, and autonomous defense began. "Adam's mental power reacted instantaneously, spreading on the surface of his body to deal with the invasion, but Adam's mental power only lasted a hundredth of a second before it was defeated.

"If the defense fails, develop a response plan...... No plan. ”

Logical thinking is crazy alarm, but there is nothing to be done about the situation in front of him, fortunately, Mage Black is not trying to kill the two, his spiritual power is immediately released, and he said with a smile: "The spiritual power talent is excellent." Then he turned to Adam: "Especially you, it's hard to imagine that an ordinary person actually has such a huge amount of spiritual power, which will be of great help to your apprenticeship." ”

Seeing that Ophelia still had a look of horror on his face, Master Black explained, "Don't be afraid, oh, it's not an ordinary mage qualification test, it's just that I heard from the Earl that you have extraordinary talents, so it's just a test." ”

Ophelia came to her senses, gasping violently a few times, her body had been soaked with sweat in just a short time, and her blonde hair was wet and sticking to her back, she didn't expect that Blake, who looked ordinary at the dinner, was so powerful.

Mage Black continued, "There are two important conditions required to become a mage apprentice, the first is extraordinary spiritual power, and you are qualified. Second ......" Mage Black stretched out his finger and lightly traced it in front of him, and a brilliant rune was suspended in the air. "The basis for learning spells is knowledge, and the basis for applying spells is runes, which are the simplest spiritual power to solidify a rune, depict it with your spiritual power, and then leave it in your soul. ”

The structure of the rune is not complicated, but it is not easy to copy, the main difficulty for Adam is the amount of mental power required to copy it, and for Ophelia, the most difficult thing is how to keep it in the soul.

Adam stared at the spiral spiritual power solidification rune in the air, his super memory and calculation power made him remember the structure of the rune at a glance, Adam all the threads were copied hundreds of times at the same time, and the spiritual power spread and rippled on the surface of the body, and this ripple was formed by the fragmentation of the spiritual power of the condensed rune after the number of spiritual power was too large.

Mage Black looked at Adam, even though he had become a full-fledged mage, almost out of population relations with ordinary humans, but he was still amazed by Adam's talent, this situation was obviously caused by the mismatch between the most rudimentary solidified runes and Adam's spiritual power, but he would not kindly give Adam a higher-level rune, which is very important knowledge for mages, and knowledge represents value.

"If I had this talent, I don't think I would have spent 80 years in the apprenticeship stage. ”

An hour later, Ophelia successfully copied the rune and kept it in her soul, the moment she succeeded, she felt a small gap in her mental power, and then a new spiritual power generation filled the gap, Ophelia showed a dazzling smile, looked up at Mage Black, and said, "Master Mage, I succeeded." ”

Mage Black was in a good mood, every talented apprentice would change the embarrassing status quo of the Moldor Mage Academy to a certain extent, and he said to Ophelia: "Your talent is very good, if you are smart enough and don't go the wrong way, there is a good chance that you will become a member of the mage." ”

Earl Johnson also breathed a sigh of relief, this is undoubtedly good news, the future Master Johnson, he is going to spread the news.

"Dear Master Black, then, he ......" Earl Johnson wanted better news, that is, Adam did not have mage qualifications.

Master Black understood what the Count meant, shook his head and said, "He has better talents, and if you don't get impatient, he will succeed." ”

Adam is indeed close to success, due to the huge amount of mental power, it takes more effort to copy such a simple rune, which is easy to understand, just like you can't use a sledgehammer to sculpt, so he needs to constantly reduce the output of mental power. Thanks to his great computing power, Adam was able to find this value in two hours and successfully copied it in his soul.

Unlike Ophelia, he didn't feel an obvious gap in his mental power, and the condensation of a low-level rune was only a dispensable improvement for him.

Earl Johnson was slightly disappointed.

Count Black stood up and said, "Congratulations on passing the test, from now on you have become a mage apprentice, and after tomorrow you can go with me to the Moldor Mage Academy and start learning how to become a mage." ”

Master Black continued: "Your qualifications are excellent, but don't be obsessed with your qualifications, it is only useful in the apprenticeship stage, to learn knowledge, to master knowledge, to change the soul with knowledge, to explore the truth, this is the true meaning of the mage's path. Remember, knowledge is the most valuable asset and the most powerful power. ”

Adam and Ophelia bowed slightly to him in unison and said, "Yes, Venerable Master Black. ”

Just as Mage Black was about to leave, Adam suddenly asked, "Excuse me, what is the rune?"

Master Black stopped, looked at Adam and said, "Good question, as your guide, I can answer a question for you for free, so is this what you want to ask?"

"Yes, Venerable Master Black. ”