At dawn, the weather was clear, and the sky was bright and transparent, like a flawless blue crystal. The sound of hurried horses' hooves broke the silence of the early morning and woke Li Xun from his contemplation.

Looking at Dascal City, which was getting closer and closer, Li Xun smiled bitterly, this will be the first step he has taken, a very important step. Dascal City is the closest city he can find with a Mage's Guild Residence. The limited money on your body does not allow you to choose, and whether you can successfully become a mage indicates whether you can have a public activity status, which is especially important!

Li Xun stabilized his mind. I hired this dilapidated carriage from Yongwang Town, and it took me 2 days and 2 nights to come to this nearest city, and it is estimated that there are only 2 silver coins and 5 copper coins left after entering the city, so it seems that I have to find a way to get some money quickly!

After paying the entrance tax, Li Xun ordered the carriage to go straight to the Mage Guild.

Located in the southwest corner of Dascal City, the Mage's Guild is a free-standing 5-story tower made entirely of large cyan stone bars, with narrow windows on each floor and a platform at the spire.

The carriage drove directly to the main entrance of the Mage Guild Tower, and it was deserted all around, with no pedestrians in sight. Li Xun stepped out of the carriage with empty hands, and did not have any luggage, and paid the remaining half of the fare to the coachman after paying the agreed half. Ignoring the elated coachman turning his horse's head, Li Xun took a deep breath and calmly walked into the tower.

The tower occupies a large area, and directly opposite the entrance is a large hall, and in the corner of the hall there is a large wooden counter, and a young man in a short robe is looking up at him in amazement.

Li Xun calmly walked to the counter and asked, "I need a mage level appraisal, can I handle it here?"

The young man was even more stunned when he heard this, and looked at Li Xun, who was younger than himself and wearing a simple traveler's robe, and asked in surprise: "This gentleman, you said that you want to conduct a mage level appraisal?"

After receiving an affirmative answer, the young man hurriedly put away his undeserved expression, bowed respectfully and said: "Dear sir, I am the mage apprentice Annell, and the current mages resident in the mage Tari are the 13th level Flame Mage His Excellency Tuckwell, the 9th level intermediate mage Master Colon, and the 8th level intermediate mage Master Link, because His Excellency Tuckwell is busy with spell research, the usual mage appraisal is in charge of Master Colon and Master Link, they are all here today, who do you plan to invite to be your appraiser?"

Li Xun smiled indifferently and said, "Hello, Annell, you are familiar with everything here, please help me pick an appraiser!"

The mage's apprentice Annell raised his eyes and peeked at it, and replied without thinking: "Dear sir, Master Colon is kind, and Master Link is strict, it would be better for you to choose Master Colon." ”

Li Xun nodded and said, "Then please inform Master Colon!"

The mage's apprentice Annell nodded yes, turned around and picked up a communication crystal: "Dear Master Colon, there is a gentleman in the hall who needs to be identified by a mage, please take the time to come down." ”

Before Master Colon arrived, Anel briefly introduced the basic situation of the Mage Tower to Li Xun, and asked Li Xun to fill out a simple form about his personal information.

It didn't take long for 2 middle-aged mages to walk into the front hall from upstairs together. Both of them were dressed in orthodox black mage robes, one with a dark face, low and short, holding up the mage robe, and the other was white and tall, with slender eyes, and always thinking.

Humpty Dumpty introduced himself, "I'm Master Colon, and this is Master Link. We haven't had a mage appraisal here for more than a year, so let's be the two of us together today!"

After Li Xun and the two mages met, he followed the two mages through the hall and down the corridor into a separate room. The room is small, the walls around it are delicately depicted with magic patterns, and in the middle of the room is a stone ring with various magic patterns painted on it.

Master Colon looked at the form, waved his hand, and said, "Mr. Li Xun, please stand in the middle of the ring." ”

Li Xun walked into the ring quietly and turned around to signal that everything was ready.

As soon as Mage Link, who had not spoken, raised his hand, mana fluctuations came out, and the magic patterns on the ring began to light up in turn, and when they were connected, the spell enchantment centered on the ring quietly formed.

"Don't be nervous," Mage Colon ordered, "This is a spell barrier barrier to prevent your spells from harming this room." Now, Mr. Li Xun, you need to cast 2 spells of the highest level that you have mastered, and we will determine your level based on your spell casting. Mr. Li Xun, if you are ready, you can start casting spells!"

Li Xun looked at this spell enchantment, calmed down, stretched out his hand, sensed the runes in his soul, and shouted softly: "Magic Divine Arrow!" As soon as he pointed out, there was a hissing crack, and the spell enchantment raised by the ring appeared a fist-sized depression, and turned into ripples, and after a few seconds, the enchantment returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

Mage Colon smiled and nodded, looked at Mage Link, and commented, "Very good, it should be a variant of the "Magic Missile", right? Mr. Li Xun, you can use this magic so skillfully, congratulations, you are already a qualified mage!"

Master Link calmly reminded, "Mr. Li Xun, you can cast a second spell!"

Li Xun nodded to Master Link, then raised his hand to the ground 5 meters away, pretending to whisper a vague incantation in his mouth, and finally shouted softly: "Sharp thorns of rocks." ”

With a low drink, a cross-shaped ground thorn jungle on the ground pointed by his finger suddenly erupted nearly 1 meter, each of which was the thickness of a bowl and gradually tapered upward. The entire spell lasted for about 5 seconds, and Fang turned into a free earth element in the air and disintegrated, slowly disappearing.

Master Colon frowned, hesitated to look at Master Link, and said slowly: "What you just cast should be an enhanced variant spell of "Earth Spear Thorn", which is much smaller than the second-order "Earth Spear Stab" with a much smaller range of effect, and its power is not weak in the first-order group spell. Mr. Li Xun, I hereby officially announce that you did not use any foreign objects when casting spells, and completely relied on your own mana to release a single first-order spell, a group of nearly second-order spells, and the spell was cast quickly, which met the standard of a level 4 mage. I, Colon, are you sure you're a level 4 mage, do you have any opinion?"

Li Xun bowed with great joy: "Thank you to Master Colon and Master Link, I have no opinion on the appraisal results. ”

Master Colon nodded, took out the parchment that had been filled out in the hall, and swiped his finger a few times underneath it, leaving his own mage brand, and then handed it to Master Link, who also left the mage mark.

After the certificate was completed, Colon and Master Link immediately became enthusiastic.

Courant smiled and motioned to Link, who took out two pieces of parchment from his pocket and introduced to Li Xun, "Master Li Xun, congratulations on becoming a member of the group of mages. Since you have become a mage in the Dascal City Mage Guild, I have 2 contracts here, and you can choose at your discretion.

One is the contract of the Mage Guild General Association. If you are willing to become a direct mage of the Mage Guild, you can read the same level of spell books for free in all the Mage Guild residences, and enjoy the treatment of a direct mage, and after completing 3 tasks designated by the Mage Guild every year, you can use the Mage Guild laboratory in a certain amount.

The other contract is the Duchy of Novis Contract, if you are willing to become a Duchy Contract Mage, you will get a preferential treatment, and free access to all the books and materials in the public library in the Duchy, usually not bound by the Duchy, but when the Duchy is facing a crisis and issues a conscription order, it is necessary for you to provide spell support without threatening your life.

Of course, if you don't want to choose either, you'll have to become a wandering mage!"

Li Xun thought about it for a moment, chose to become a principality contract mage, signed his name after carefully reading the contract provisions, and learned from the two mages to leave a personal imprint.

With a flick of his finger, Master Colon performed a short teleportation technique, whispered a few words, and after a while, the mage's apprentice, Annell, walked in quickly.

Master Colon gave the parchment to Annell and instructed him to go to the warehouse to get the treatment of a level 4 mage of the Duchy of Novis and put the certificate in the warehouse for archiving.

Annell peeked at Li Xun a few times, his face was full of shock, he didn't dare to say more, he answered, took the parchment certificate, and hurried away.

Master Colon smiled and said, "Master Li Xun, you are very surprising! Most of the people who came here to identify the level of mages in the past were mage apprentices, and it would be very good to be able to successfully become a level 1 official mage, and it is rare to be able to directly become a level 4 mage like you." You're still so young, if you work hard, you'll soon be in the ranks of mid-level mages. ”

Mage Link also quipped: "It's a pity, you don't want to become a direct mage of the guild! It seems that you don't want to be subject to too many constraints, but in comparison, the treatment of the direct mage of the guild is much higher than that of the principality contract mage, and the spell books are not comparable to a small duchy library, if you are willing to sacrifice some freedom, you will find that you will gain far more than you lose." ”

Li Xun smiled bitterly: "Thank you two for your kindness, I feel that the principality contract mage is more suitable for me." ”

Master Colon shrugged his shoulders and stopped persuading: "It is your right to choose, and since you have completed the appraisal here, there are still appropriate preferential treatments. If you fancy any spell books in the Mage Guild or expect some help, you can pay a fee in exchange for it, of course, the price is also expensive! Without the support of a large family, the cost of learning spells will make any mage cry. ”

During the conversation, Annell had retrieved all the items, and Master Colon handed them to Li Xun one by one. A mage badge, a gray mage robe, a small dimensional pouch, and a money pouch with 300 gold coins.

Master Colon explained: "The Mage Badge is a standard badge issued by the Mage Guild, which represents the glory of the mage, and the four gold threads on it represent your rank. With it, you can enjoy basic noble privileges in all human realms on the Klein continent. Mage's robes, a small dimensional bag, and 300 gold are the basic benefits of being a contract mage in the Duchy of Novis, and for the details, you'll need to go to the Dascal City-State Council to talk to Sir Edward. In addition, as a mage, you have the right to use most of the facilities of the mage guild, but you are not a direct mage of the guild, you still need to pay the usage fee, you can go to the hall to ask, in short, everything you don't know, you can ask at the reception of the hall. ”

After explaining some matters in a routine manner, the two mages returned directly to their laboratories. Li Xun put away his things and returned to the reception counter in the hall.

Master apprentice Anel respectfully saluted: "Congratulations, Master Li Xun, you can tell you if you have any needs, Anel is willing to serve you." ”

Li Xun asked directly: "Hello, Annell, I just arrived here today, I don't know what the situation is here, can you give us a brief introduction?"

"We're here to help. The mage's apprentice Annell replied: "At present, in addition to the 2 middle-level mages who are responsible for daily affairs, there are also 5 low-level mages, among them are 3 mages directly under the guild, 1 contract mage of the Duchy of Novis, and a wandering mage, they spend most of their time in the library or laboratory, rarely go out, if you want to communicate with them, you can only make an appointment in advance, I will convey it as soon as possible." If you haven't arranged accommodation, you can live in the mage tower for 2 gold per day, and you can also hand over your daily purchases to the mage apprentices on duty. Your contract has been sent to the City-State Council, and Sir Edward, who recently took the time to visit the Lower City-State Council, will officially become the Duchy's Contract Mage. ”

Li Xun listened very carefully, thinking that there was nothing more to understand, so he said goodbye to the mage's apprentice Annell. He wasn't going to live in the Mage Tower, at least not anytime soon.