In this world, the necessary condition for humans to cast spells is to have a magic circle. And the construction of the circle also has a specific set of rules.

There are countless kinds of magic circles in the world, but no matter what kind of magic circle they are, their composition is actually similar, they are all based on the simplest basic magic circle, and they are superimposed by mutual influence. And this so-called most basic magic circle, there are more than 40 kinds of mainstream ones at present, so you can see how many different possibilities there are when you arrange them and combine them with each other, not to mention that there are many niche basic magic circles.

For a gifted mage, activating a basic circle is the easiest. All you have to do is inject mana into the circle and you'll get a perfect effect. But a mage could never rely on a basic circle alone.

There is no other reason, just because the power of the basic magic circle is too weak!

The power of the circle is also related to the size of the circle. Generally speaking, the larger the circle, the more mana is required to activate it, and the stronger the effect will be. However, this does not apply to the basic circle.

For example, at present, the most mainstream basic fire circle, no matter how big you draw the circle, after it is actually activated, it can only produce a flame as big as the match head in the center of the circle, and it is difficult to even light a cigar!

Therefore, in this case, in order to make the effect of this flame greater, it is necessary to add a basic expansion array on the basis of the fire array. When these two basic arrays are stacked together, a composite array with practical effects is formed, which combines the effects of fire and amplification, and only then can powerful fire spells be cast.

And the other magic circle combinations, most of the same. It's just that the more circles you stack, the more troublesome it will be to operate, and the more mana you need to consume. In particular, the cross-attribute magic circles are superimposed, and if the control is not careful, it is easy to have completely different results.

For example, if the compound magic circle is also a water attribute and a fire attribute, the effect may be completely different when cast by different mages. The ideal effect of this composite formation itself should be a cold mist blocking the line of sight, but many people will cast it into hot steam, or even directly scald themselves with hot water!

The problem lies in the fact that the circle is not standard enough. There was a problem with the size ratio of the two circles, which caused the distribution of mana to be problematic as well. In this case, you won't be able to get the desired effect. It is precisely because of this that the academy will set up a special formation course to train students in drawing the magic circle and help students deepen their understanding of the magic circle.

This also shows that to become a qualified mage, talent alone is not enough.

However, although it is said that there are too many permutations and combinations of basic circles to count, in fact, the magic circles that are really practical are not infinite.

After all, it's similar to the combination of light attribute and shadow attribute magic circles together, I'm afraid that only idle guys will use it, right? So after thousands of years of practice and induction by mages, most of the powerful magic circles have been finalized and passed down from generation to generation, which can be regarded as a typical example of predecessors planting trees and descendants enjoying the shade.

In actual combat, there are many forms of spell casting, but at present, there are only two types of more mainstream ones. One is to draw a magic circle directly and then cast it, which is also the most direct way to cast a spell. However, this method has an obvious drawback, that is, when the structure of the circle is more complicated, it is quite time-consuming to draw a standard circle!

And on this entire continent, different countries are under the same spell system. This also means that if you are on the battlefield, the magic circle drawn by the mage of one side on the ground can also be activated by the other side. In other words, the magic circle that one party has drawn with great difficulty may also become an accomplice to trap them.

Of course, there is no way to avoid this situation.

As long as the name of the caster is written in a special font on the drawn circle, it is equivalent to adding a seal to the circle, and no one can activate it except the signer. It's just that if you do this, you will have to spend more time to complete the magic circle, which is not a good way to say in a battlefield where time is a fighter.

Therefore, the mages on the front line of the battlefield basically do not use this way to cast spells. Most of them chose another way to practice spells, and that was to use the power of magic weapons.

A magic weapon is a weapon made of a special material, and can be in any shape, depending on the caster's preference.

At present, the more mainstream magic weapons in the War College are wands, canes, and staffs. Of course, there are not a few students who use swords, knives, or whatever. It can be said that in terms of appearance alone, there is actually no similarity between different ritual weapons.

There is only one thing they have in common: that is, the bodies of different magic weapons will be engraved with different basic magic circles according to the caster's preferences. This is a weapon created to simplify the steps for mages to draw circles.

The mage only needs to use mana to activate the basic circle on the magic weapon when casting a spell, and then stack them together to achieve the same effect as directly activating the magic circle. And in this case, the size of the basic magic circle is not limited, the mage can use his mana to freely choose the degree of expansion, the magic circle is also more extensive, and the magic circle can even be suspended in the air, which is also the most mainstream combat method in the current war college.

It's just that although this method of casting magic sounds beautiful, it actually has obvious drawbacks. In the case of using magic weapons, casting spells is slower than activating the magic circle directly, and once the implementation process is interrupted, then you can only start over. At the same time, it also requires the mage to have more concentration, and it consumes more mana than it would have if the circle was launched directly.

It can be said that both methods of administration have their own advantages and disadvantages. So which one to choose depends on personal preference. Moreover, basically all mages will still learn both ways of casting, but their personal preferences are different, and their preferences are slightly different.

That's why Xiu, as soon as he got the wand that someone had lent him, he looked at it carefully. The first thing he had to confirm was what basic magic circles he was used to using on that wand. After all, everyone's expertise and choice of basic magic circles are different. Very few people would have engraved all of their base circles onto their instruments. This is not practical, not to mention, and will be considered uninformed by others.

When the bearded lecturer saw Gray swearing that he didn't want magic weapons, he thought that someone with ambition had come. Gray's next words were, "Wait a minute! Wouldn't it be too unfair for the three of them to play against the two of us?"

Xiu immediately nodded beside him like pounding garlic, and echoed: "Yes, yes, it's so unfair!" He also didn't want to fight in his heart.

Of course, the main reason for this is that Xiu is worried that his fragile little body will be irretrievably damaged.

The bearded man looked up at the two of them for a long time, and then said with a disgusted face: "I said that you two guys are tall and big, why are you still so careful? You see that one of the three people on the other side is a woman, and the other two are also thin like monkeys, what is there to be afraid of? Why don't you have any courage at all? Don't talk nonsense with me, hurry up! Everyone else is still waiting!"

Damn, this mage doesn't rely on hand-to-hand combat, it has something to do with gender and body type?

Xiu couldn't help but complain in his heart.

At this time, the three people on the other side had already begun to approach the place where they were, and Xiu immediately nervously hid directly behind Gray, while not forgetting to whisper a broken thought: "They rushed up......, you have to protect me! I'm afraid of pain!"

"Got it, but you're a big man, how can you be so timid like a!" Gray glanced back at Xiu with disdain, only to find that the three of them had already stood up and started casting spells!

"Hold the rear, I'll go first!" Gray said. Then he suddenly began to rush straight to where the three of them were!

Xiu was stunned when he watched from the sidelines: What is Gray doing? It stands to reason that the correct thing to do in this situation is not to dodge and leave the range of the spell?

As a result, before Xiu could figure out what was going on, he saw that Gray had already rushed in front of the three of them with an arrow! Then Gray raised his hand, and with three strokes, he pulled out the wand in the hands of the three people, and then fell over the shoulder again, which threw a boy to the ground! Then, while the other two were stunned, Gray turned around and threw it again, and another man fell to the ground.

Gray's whole movement was like a smooth flow, and it was literally done in one go.

The last remaining girl looked at the scene in front of her with an embarrassed face. After realizing that she could not be all kinds of opponents after losing her magic weapon, she finally consciously and voluntarily lay on the ground.

In this way, Xiu and Gray's group can be regarded as a win.

This, that's it?

I'm afraid it didn't take a minute before and after, right?

Most of the other people watching at the scene were also full of surprise at this time: I had never seen this kind of operation before!

Xiu only reacted at this time: No wonder Gray swore just now that he didn't want magic weapons, it turned out that he was planning to do this!