Counting up, the total number of magic apprentices who graduate from the primary magic academy in the Duolun Empire every year is usually between 80,000 and 100,000, although it fluctuates every year, but basically it will be in this range. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, with so many magic apprentices, only one-fifth of them can actually embark on the path of full-fledged magicians. The other four-fifths of them can only stay in the position of apprentices for the rest of their lives, although this does not mean that their future is hopeless, on the contrary, these people can basically enjoy a high status in the highly developed society of the Demonic Revolution, but after all, they are not due to the real power.

And that one-fifth of magic apprentices, that is, nearly 20,000 people, is the number of new full-fledged magicians in the empire every year. Compared with a superpower with a population of more than 100 million, this number is not large at all, basically only one out of 5,000 people.

There are a total of 17 advanced magic schools in the Duolun Empire, which are spread across various provinces. Of course, not every province has it, and small places like Tridis, where there are only elementary magic academies.

Among these 17 academies, St. Peter's Academy is naturally the most powerful, and only the second-ranked Capital Dorok School of Magic can compare to it. It was established hundreds of years after the concept of "magician" appeared, and now it has a history of nearly 2,500 years, and has experienced countless vicissitudes, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it has witnessed the establishment and destruction of countless dynasties.

And this is perhaps the most outstanding high-level magic academy in the entire northern continent, and the total number of magic apprentices recruited every year is only 500, of which only a dozen or twenty are directly escorted like Su Wen, and the rest of the indicators must all be assessed by magicians.

The Duolun Empire does not have a unified examination for magicians, so the criteria for the assessment are completely determined by the advanced magic academies. For apprentices who have formal mage's talent but are not recommended for admission, they have two months to decide which house they want to apply to and prepare for during the three-month vacation after graduating from the Junior Academy of Magic, and then use the remaining month to take the exam.

People go to high places, especially in St. Peter's College, which is overcrowded every August - of course 20,000 people can't do this, but such a large academy can not only recruit magic apprentices, and there is still a large space for students in various schools related to magic energy, but Su Wenming confessed, the entrance exam in the mouth of the Ptolemy Grand Magister must have nothing to do with these, but specifically refers to the entrance exam for formal magicians.

However, what is the difference between taking the exams that are prepared for normal magic apprentices and dying?

If the results achieved are ugly, as the personal disciple of the Ptolemaic Grand Magister, he will definitely lose face even with the kind old man in front of him, and if he can achieve good results, he will naturally be able to redeem his prestige...... Forget it, there is no if, Su Wen, who can't even release the flame technique, can he use his fists and fighting skills to win high scores, if that's the case, it won't be called the official magician entrance exam.

So when Ptolemy said this, although Su Wen didn't dare to show too many expressions, the surprise on his face couldn't be stopped. He really couldn't think of any benefit from doing so, unless Ptolemy could find a way out of his magical talent that had plagued his former mentor Lila for half a year in less than half a month, and give him the means to get good results even if he took the test.

"Mentor, do you ...... Have you found a way?"

In addition to being surprised, thinking of this slim possibility, Su Wen's eyes were more hopeful.

Ptolemy did not answer this question positively.

"Answer me, Suwen, what does it mean to be a demonic conduction?"

He asked rhetorically.

This question can be easily answered even by many people who have no chance to learn magic, so it is naturally impossible to ask Su Wen, and he immediately replied: "Magic energy conductivity means the efficiency of the absorption and release of magic energy or elements, as well as the efficiency of decomposing magic energy into usable elements, in addition, it also has a certain help in understanding the use of elements, so that magicians can learn to operate complex magic more quickly." ”

"That's right, I checked the information of the academy, and your 167 points of magic energy conductivity ranked eighth among all the historical archives of the academy since it was recorded. Ptolemy smiled, "Two of the seven magicians who preceded you eventually became the gods of their time—Elisievus the Sunseeker and Pendragon Rogier, the God of Revival. ”

"Yes, I've heard their names. ”

"In fact, the remaining five people all have the potential to become transcendent archmages, but unfortunately, they either fell voluntarily or died in the years to come, so they can only cross the night sky like meteors, and they are destined to not be recorded by history. When he said this, Ptolemy's expression was slightly regretful, "Magic conductivity will not deceive us, not before, and I believe it will not in the future." So, even if you can't perceive the elements, you don't have to forget about your strengths, and in the report that Professor Lira gave me, the speed at which you absorbed magic energy matched your talent of 167 points, which means that as long as your problem is solved, everything is actually optimistic. ”

"That's true. ”

Similar to this passage, Su Wen remembered that Tutor Lila had also told him, but after all, he was only a high-level magician, and although he could find the crux of the problem, he couldn't find a solution despite all his efforts.

"However, the perception of the elements requires you to understand it yourself, and all external forces will be in vain in the end. Since Professor Lilla's practice over the past six months has confirmed this, I do not see any need for me to repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

Hearing this, Su Wen was finally able to determine that Ptolemy had already made a way out of his talent, and his words were full of unquestionable confidence, and he must have been confident.

"Su Wen, you might as well tell us about your understanding of the history of magic. ”

However, by this time, Ptolemy did not seem to be in a hurry to give out all his thoughts, but once again asked Suvin a rhetorical question. And the scope of the question this time is quite huge, unlike the previous question, the standard answer can be found from almost any magic popularization book, Su Wen naturally will not blurt out, he finally gave what he thought was a reasonable answer after being silent for a long time.

"I believe that the three eras of the universally recognized development of the magician, the earliest Dark Ages, the later Golden Ages, and the Age of Regularity that continue to this day, represent the process of deep understanding of the elements. During the Dark Ages, almost all nations, from lords and kings to commoner slaves, feared and even hated magicians, so much so that magicians had to remain incognito, but the Church of Light, which also belonged to the power of the elements, was loved. This is because magicians emphasize self-improvement in the study of elemental magic, and are in the exploration stage, so not only is it difficult to get the approval of ordinary people, but even they themselves tend to produce some kind of deformity. The Church of Light emphasizes the belief in the gods, all of which are derived from the gifts of the goddess of light, avoiding misunderstandings and distances caused by cognitive differences, and at the same time they have strict classes and laws, unlike the magicians in the Dark Ages. ”

"During the Golden Age, the system of magic finally matured in the midst of difficult exploration, and the mages had a standardized and self-disciplined organization, and the first magic schools were born. This shows that elemental magic has been accepted by the world, and at the same time, magicians' understanding of elemental magic has also matured, and many forbidden spell-level magic of the Eight Rings or even higher have been invented one after another, and laid the foundation for the magic revolution with elemental magic as the driving force. ”

"The era of rules began after the outbreak of the race, and has been two thousand years to the present, which is three times the sum of the previous two eras, and people's understanding of the elements has stabilized after the vigorous development, and today, the gap between magicians and ordinary people has become smaller and smaller, and even become the foundation of the country and society, which means that it has reached the level of popularity, if it is not limited by magical talent, maybe everyone can become a magician. ”

Because of his perennial wandering in the library, although his magical talent is painful, Su Wen is not inferior to most people in terms of magical knowledge. The above answer is not so much his personal understanding of the history of the development of magic, but it is more a summary of the knowledge he has absorbed, but Su Wenming's answer is enough, and Ptolemy's Grand Magus will not observe how unique his understanding is at such a time, and the reason why he made this question is probably the same as the question just now, as a continuation of what he will say next.

Su Wen did not guess wrong, and after quietly listening to his narration, Ptolemy nodded lightly, noncommittal.

Subsequently, he made additions.

"Observe, imitate, summarize, master, create a hypothesis to imitate when there is nothing to imitate, the so-called development, that's it. As he spoke, the old man stood up on crutches and looked at the lake in the distance of the lawn, "Your situation is very special, even unprecedented, then you must follow this rule, Professor Lilla completed the task of observation, but after this he could not find the next way, because he had nothing to imitate, and now the problem is to me, even if you do not have the gift of perceiving the elements, I will create them." As for whether the false magical talent is contrary to universal knowledge, it does not matter at all, what we have to do now is to grope in the dark. It's like a dark age in the history of magic, and luckily, there are more than two thousand years of foundation to use as a reference. ”

After a pause, Ptolemy continued.

"Your future, no one can predict. (To be continued.) )