Chapter 33: Knowledge (and a Wave of Leave)

The bald head didn't notice anything unusual in Brunei - maybe he did, but at least he didn't show any reaction. He just smiled www.biquge.info "I can understand your thoughts." If I were you, I wouldn't trust a stranger wandering in the mountains in the middle of the night. Moreover, you are very smart, it's just that you don't have enough experience. Hmmm......"

The bald head pondered for a while, and suddenly laughed: "Then I will be a good person again." ”

It wasn't until the bald head opened his mouth that Brunei Dareith came out of his previous cringe state, realizing that time had not stood still when he hesitated and was confused, and that he was still with someone who had complete and at least more magical abilities than he was. The thought of this sent a chill through his heart.

"You ......" Perhaps due to the fear in his heart, Brunei subconsciously changed to using honorifics to address the other party, but as soon as the words came out, he noticed this and changed his words, "Bald, what do you mean?"

The bald head shook his head, and instead of answering Bruneisi's question, he grinned and said, "Your mind-wandering problem just now is too serious." If I were really a bad man, you would be a corpse by now. Because, since you don't doubt that your bounty is limited, it means that you don't feel like you're strong. Look at your young face, maybe you're just a magic apprentice, right?"

Brunei swallowed, agreeing with the bald head's words, and the hairs on his body stood on end.

The bald head reached out and patted Brunei's shoulder, ignoring Brunei's sudden agitation, and showed a bold smile: "I'm tired of standing like this all the time." You've been on the road for a day, haven't you?"

Only then did Brunei react, nodded again and again, and pointed to the other side of the fire: "Sit down, sit down, please sit." ”

[Hehe, a one-sided intrigue with no gains, it looks really interesting. 】

The system's taunt made Brunei Si bruise, but he also understood that now was not the time to be angry with the system, and watched the bald head go around to the other side of the bonfire with a big grin, sit on the ground, and begin to unload the mountain-like burden on his body, he opened his mouth and said: "Even if I am a magic apprentice, yes." According to what you said earlier, you should be like me, right?"

The bald head simply unloaded the package on his body, and after placing it quite neatly on the uneven ground, he smiled at Brunei: "I'm also a magic apprentice, you're right." But I'm not like you. ”

Brunei frowned slightly, and squatted down himself: "What do you mean?"

The bald and wrinkled face rippled with smugness that can only be seen when showing off, and raised his left hand and turned his back to Brunei. Before Brunei could be frightened by his strange movements, he took off his strange fingerless gloves with a smile.

On the back of the bald left hand, there is a very colorful five-pointed star. As a high-achieving student who had completed the Imperial Enlightenment course well, Brunei saw at a glance that this was exactly the style of the standard low-level badge that was used as a template in the textbook, and although it had no features or advantages, it was easy to understand. Judging from the yellow color in the top corner, this is a magic emblem based on earth attributes. He'd only heard of this type of magic emblem before, in the bald head's own story.

"The emblem of magic is on the back of the hand...... "The emblem of magic of every imperial mage is inlaid on the chest like Bruneith, but it is not the first time that Brunei has seen it on the back of his hand," ...... You're a federal mage?!No wonder you're wanted. ”

"What are you thinking? Aren't you also counted, aren't you also a federal mage?" The bald head shrugged his shoulders and lifted his clothes, revealing his bloated abs, as well as his pectoral muscles, of course, the most noteworthy was a large area of his chest that was different in color from the surrounding area, "I am also an Imperial, and of course I was an Imperial mage in the beginning. ”

It was the mark of stripping away the emblem of magic. To tell the truth, Brunei only heard in the past that the emblem of magic can be stripped off, which is often used as a punishment for the most heinous criminals, and in the distant Holy See, everyone's magic emblem is on the forehead, so these people will be seen at a glance wherever they go, and then spurned by everyone.

However, the five-pointed star pattern on his chest is difficult to explain other than that it was left over from the removal of the magic emblem.

Brunei coughed: "Then, you gave up your identity as an imperial mage because you hate the empire too much?"

The bald head was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "Your idea is interesting, so interesting." However, this is not the case. ”

"Now that I've decided to be a good person, I'll explain these things to you clearly. The bald man laughed for a long time before stopping, and said with a pretended seriousness, "You've made this mistake before. Just when you asked me if I could find the magic squire. That's why I immediately knew that you were a rookie with little knowledge, after all, judging your age by your appearance, I wouldn't be a young man in your twenties, would I?"

The bald man's last joke didn't make Brunei laugh, and the bald head expressed some regret about it: "Well, to put it simply, you think that all mages in this world must have magical acolytes, which is wrong. ”

Brunei was stunned for a moment: "Are you joking with me that magic apprentices don't need magic attendants or something?"

The bald head listened to this sentence coldly, snorted and laughed again, and coughed several times before regaining his previous serious appearance: "Of course not." Now, to answer my question, what is a magic squire?"

"It's people. Of course, Brunei couldn't answer like this, although the question almost blurted out, but after all, he was not a funny character after all, after a little thought, he briefly summarized what he had learned in the past and said: "It is the person who was chosen by the mage, and after being branded by the mage's magic emblem, he followed his master and assisted the mage in casting spells." Among them, under the command of the mage of the third turn mage and above, there may also be several high-level attendants with spell-casting ability. ”

"Very good, it seems that you have learned well. The bald head once again showed the same smug smile as before, "This is from the perspective of the magic acolyte himself. From a mage's point of view, why would there be a need for a magic acolyte?"

"This ......" Brunei was stunned for a moment, the content of this part did not give a direct answer in the enlightenment education of the empire, he thought for a while, connected many details in the historical knowledge, and recalled the passage in the "A Brief History of the Development of Magic" given to him by Su, and finally said uncertainly, "Because, the spiritual power of the mage's personal is limited?"

"Exactly. The bald head snapped his fingers, "The first function of the magic emblem is to act as a medium, making the process of mobilizing the magic elements of people's mental power easier. But a person's spiritual power, even if he is talented, casting a second-level spell is already up to the sky. Because of this, it is necessary for the magic attendant to share his spiritual power with him. ”

In the past, Brunei didn't think carefully about this matter, but now when he heard the bald head say it, he suddenly felt that his mouth was suddenly opened. Unconsciously, Brunei's wariness of the bald head gradually weakened, sat on the ground, thought for a while, and asked, "According to what you say, doesn't it mean that the mage must have a magic attendant?"

The bald head smiled smugly: "Who said that only the method of magic squire can provide additional mental power?"

Looking at Bruneisi's bewildered expression that was speechless for a long time, the bald head felt great satisfaction, and the bald head, who was becoming more and more interested, continued to show off: "Actually, only the mages of the imperial system need magic attendants. Mages of the Federation will obtain a part of their spiritual power from others through trading and store it in the magic emblem. ”

"It is said that in the Holy See on the other side of the sea, every believer who prays to their god will send down a different amount of spiritual power for them to use when they need it, according to the grace of God. However, the Holy See is so far away from us that we don't see anyone from the Holy See, and I don't know if this statement is correct. ”

The bald head's endless stream of fresh knowledge poured into Brunei's brain, which made him a little overwhelmed for a while.

[Because you understand the reality of the world, and realize the huge problems in your worldview, you are one step away from normal people after being exposed to forbidden knowledge, so here's a SAN value test - forget it, it is estimated that you will be very upset by this kind of thing, and to be honest, this is not taboo knowledge. This time, I will spare you once, and don't say it unexpectedly. 】

It wasn't until the system suddenly started to say something confusing again that Brunei came back to his senses and nodded to the bald head: "I see." Federal mages can store mental power, which means that after becoming a federal mage, even if you are just a solo magic apprentice, you will still have enough mental power to use some powerful magic. ”

"You're really smart. The bald head, who was in a good mood, did not hesitate to praise himself and gave Brunei a thumbs up, "Of course, just as the magic apprentice of the Imperial mage can only have a maximum of three magic attendants, the magic apprentice of the federal mage can also store very limited mental power. Still, I can't find a magic acolyte anyway, can I?"

For the first time, Brunei was amused by the bald man's joke about himself, and the bald head was even more satisfied.