The fifteenth floor of the Parliamentary Magic Tower, in an additional room.

The crisp sound of the bell was pleasant and clear, and a puppet jumped over after hearing the sound, and then picked up the paper and flipped it over: "The sonic paper, apprentice-level, the master has explained, and it is related to high-level magic or the latest arcane realm that he will review it." A few of the master's students are not here today, hey, they can only be handed over to a few of the Arcanists from the "General Arcanist Monthly" to review the Arcanists. ”

After recognizing the magic level, he waited for another five minutes, and when the "Bat Scream" had been identified and teleported, the puppet beckoned a beautiful bird with a red beak and green feathers outside the window to fall, rolled up and tied up several papers accumulated today, and let it fly to another magic tower in Alinge with a strap in its mouth.

It's not in the same magic tower, so it's hard to teleport.

The bird flies unusually fast, and its feathers create a pale green barrier to block the wind, and it quickly disappears from the puppet's sight.

............

On the third floor of a magic tower as blue as the sky, in a room full of books and looking very crowded and messy.

A middle-aged gentleman with a golden mustache was looking at the journal in front of him, frowning and thinking deeply.

Learning about the latest research results in their respective fields is one of the main ways that magicians of their level want to go further.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of something pecking at the outer energy barrier of the magic tower, so he smiled and put down the journal in his hand and pressed a magic button on the table in front of him.

The energy barrier was removed, the window opened, and the red-billed green-feathered bird flew in, pacing proudly on the table for a few steps before putting down the few papers in his mouth: "Mr. Woods, this is today's paper, please review it as soon as possible." ”

The sound is as pleasant as its chirp.

Woods took out a handful of snow-white strange particles and threw them to the bird: "Selena, is there a magic rating? If not, then come and get it at this time tomorrow." ”

Selena pecked at the pellets in satisfaction. "There is a copy, Mr. Woods, you hurry up and evaluate." ”

Woods heard this and untied the tie rope. Retrieved the parchment with the new magic written on it:

"The scream of a bat, apprentice-level magic...... Hey, kind of interesting. Woods, who was originally careless, was surprised when he looked at the principles and construction process behind it.

Wait for him to finish. I couldn't help but bend my fingers and tap on the wooden table, and my mouth nagged: "This, this." This one...... There should be a corresponding paper, right?"

As he spoke, he flipped through the other parchments:

"From the Little Bat Flight Experiment on the Use of Sonic in the Field of Magical Exploration, Lucien Evans, is it. ”

Taking out the paper, he read it carefully from the beginning:

“...... A very inquisitive mage with basic arcane potential. ”

"In the past, the research of living beings in the Magic Empire and the current Magic Council was basically limited to the realm of magical creatures and humans, and few people studied ordinary creatures. Even if there were, it was obvious that it was similar to the strength of a bear or the agility of a cat. It's no wonder that no one has ever discovered that small bats fly by hearing rather than by sight. ”

“...... The design and exclusion process of the controlled experiment is quite wonderful and rigorous, although there is not much arcane knowledge involved, but this kind of thinking method and thinking mode is worth advocating and learning, and it is very tenacious and the spirit of arcane exploration...... Hey. It's amazing that there is only a lone ring of magicians?this young magician doesn't have an arcane rank!" As he read it, he couldn't help but flip to the front and look at the author's signature and rank.

"Lucien Evans, this name is too common to think of who it is, but I'm sure I'll see his name more often in the future, and I have to suggest that he publish his paper by adding a letter to his name to distinguish him from other people with the same name and surname. ”

After reading the paper carefully, Woods stood up and told his apprentice to catch two small bats.

Although he didn't understand why Mr. Woods wanted bats, the requirements of the fourth-level arcanist and the four-ring magician could not be violated, but fortunately, bats could also be used as the recipe for several magic potions, so he could find two in ten minutes.

Woods repeated Lucian's experiment in a short time, and his expression became more and more excited: "It can really use high-frequency echolocation, which allows sonic magic to break through the previous limitations, and it is no longer just used for shock, destruction and killing!"

Sonic magic is generally scattered into the major factions, such as Homanz's Choking Cough series, which is a force field, and Banshee's Howl is a necromancy.

Suppressing his desire to write a paper on the application right away, Woods sat back in his seat, picked up his quill and wrote the results on the front of Lucian's paper:

"Groundbreaking ......"

The same scene was seen in another magic tower, which had become the headquarters of the journal Sonic Waves.

............

In the hall of the "Wizard Management Department", Lucien sat on the sofa and drank a non-alcoholic drink "Sky Blue" highly recommended by Lazar, which was sweet and moist and was liked by Lucian.

In the clear glass, the pure blue liquid slowly rippled with Lucien's swaying, and he drank it while chatting with Lazar about the common knowledge of the Magic Council.

Seeing that it was almost 5:40, when the magic tower of the council headquarters was about to close, the two gentlemen magicians were sitting in the hall unhurriedly tasting drinks, Cindy and Dona were very curious, so Cindy, who was a little more lively, quietly stretched her neck and whispered: "Mr. Lazar, Mr. Evans, do you have anything else to do in the management department?"

Lazar pointed at Lucien and smiled, "I'll accompany Evans to wait for the results of his new magic evaluation, hehe, and the results of the paper review." However, it usually takes three days for the paper review to come out, and as Cindy knows, the gentlemen of the review committee are all big shots, and they have always been 'rigorous', so the speed is very slow. ”

"Of course, the gentlemen of the review committee have their own busy hours of research, exploration, and family fun. Cindy replied at Lazar's note, then turned to Lucien in surprise, "Mr. Evans' paper?"

Lazar nodded affirmatively.

Cindy and Donna both opened their mouths and said twice, "Mr. Evans, you studied arcane before?"

"After studying for more than a month, although I felt that I was making good progress, that paper was just some of the previous ideas for improving magic. Lucien took a sip of "Sky Blue".

The two girls sighed, and Cindy smiled and said, "Although it may not be high to pass such a paper, I think that new magic will definitely bring you the activation of the Arcane Emblem for you, Mr. Evans." And, Mr. Evans, you are the first person I have ever met who dared to present a paper on the day he joined the Parliament. Hey, congratulations on making it to Cindy's Annals!"

Getting along with this kind of lively girl will make people feel less pressure and inhibitions. Lucien chuckled, "What an honor. ”

The four young men laughed and laughed for a while, and Lazar took out his pocket watch and looked at it: "It's 5:40, Evans, let's go to Mr. Eric's office to see the results of the audit." Hopefully, you'll have a smooth time activating the Arcane Emblem. ”

"I hope you'll get arcane points, Mr. Evans. The two girls also blessed them.

............

Inside Eric's office.

"The results of the audit have not yet returned, is it possible that the gentlemen in the field of the audit committee have important things to do today. Even someone like Eric, who pays attention to appearance and majesty, can't help but ask. Normally, an apprentice-level magic review would take twenty minutes to get results. After all, everyone knows that the gentlemen of the committee will certainly not judge this level of magic on their own.

Lazar was a little worried for Lucien: "Mr. Eric, there are twenty minutes until six o'clock, can you let us wait here for the result?"

"There should be nothing to do, you can sit at will. Confused, Eric took out a magic book without disrupting his rhythm and began to parse the magic with the help of the auxiliary magic array. No time is wasted.

Lucien was calm, because it meant that "Bat Scream" had passed the review of the "Magic Exchange Hall" and was a new magic in the standard sense, otherwise it might only take five minutes to be knocked back. I have at least one Arcane Credit.

Due to Eric's concentration on studying, Lazar's was slightly worried. The office was a little oppressively quiet.

In this atmosphere, as the minutes ticked by, Lazar's pocket watch minute hand was about to cross the line of the penultimate square, and ten minutes after the end of the day, the jingle bell rang and the iron cage lit up with a milky white glow.

Eric closed the auxiliary magic array, put down the quill, and shook his head as he got up, "It's finally here." ”

The milky white light disappeared, and Eric wondered, "How can there be three documents?"

He took out a copy and looked at it first: "The Scream of the Bat, apprentice-level magic, Mr. Garfield and Mr. Jeffrey all evaluated: 'The application direction is groundbreaking magic, but the magic structure has serious flaws, and there are many areas that need to be improved, and the five aspects of level, principle, effect, structure, and meaning are rewarded, and three arcane points and four arcane points are rewarded'." ”

Eric forgot the other two documents for a moment, and looked back at Lucien in surprise, muttering, "Groundbreaking? Three arcane points, this is an apprentice-level magic ......"

Normally, the new ring of magic only awards two Arcane Points, and Eric knows exactly what the word groundbreaking means in terms of evaluation!

All the magicians present were not low in mental power, and both Lazar and Lucien heard Eric's whispered to himself.

"Mr. Eric, do you mean that the new magic submitted by Evans has received three arcane points and a groundbreaking evaluation?" Lazar looked at Eric with a slight tilt of his head.

Lucien was calmer, not quite understanding the meaning of the three arcane points and the groundbreaking, but thinking that since magic had received this evaluation, the paper should not be much worse.

Eric had already recovered his emotions at this time, after all, it was only apprentice-level magic, and he didn't know the details of the Dao. He gave Lucian a deep look, "Yes, it's hard to believe that Evans' apprentice-level magic 'Bat Scream' has been rewarded with three Arcane Points and a groundbreaking evaluation. ”

As he spoke, he flew the document to Lazar.

Lazar caught it and looked at it several times before he could believe it, and looked at Lucien like a monster: "This magic is imitating a bat?" This seems to be the direction of ancient magic.

"Yes. Lucien replied in the affirmative, "Detective magic that mimics bats." ”

Lazar rubbed his forehead and sighed, "What a jealousy? By the way, Mr. Eric, what are the other two documents?"

Eric was reminded that he still had two more documents, so he picked up another one.

His expression froze suddenly, and it wasn't until Lazar whispered that he whispered, "Evans' arcane paper review results are out." ”

"So fast?!" Lazar couldn't believe that the gentlemen of the committee would be so diligent in reviewing it.

Eric's expression was a little bitter, as if he remembered what it was like when he submitted his first arcane paper:

"Yes, this is the result of the audit. Mr. Garfield commented: "The groundbreaking use of sound waves, the rigorous experimental design, and the astonishing keen observation and way of thinking make this a weighty paper with research and discussion value, and it is recommended that four arcane points and six arcane points be awarded, and that the author of the paper should add a letter to his name to distinguish himself from the others." ”

Both of them looked at Lucien at the same time, something like that had never been seen in a mage who had not been in contact with the arcane for a long time! )