Section 136: Mage Assessment (Part II)
After Norman finished it, he didn't immediately hand over the one-star black-robed mage's assessment paper to Ahriman.
This thing cost him 1 Kintaran, and he was really a little distressed, so he didn't dare to slack off. He checked the paper again from the beginning to make sure there were no omissions before handing it to Ahriman.
"I'm done. ”
After motioning for the priest to put away the papers, Ahriman said to Norman, "Follow me." Then he led Norman through the door on the inside.
Although he had already decided that Norman was answering nonsense, after all, everyone had paid their money, and the procedure that should be taken still had to be followed.
When Norman followed Ariman inside, he found that it was an empty room again, but unlike the outside, there was no place to sit in this room, and the whole room was bare, except for a table a little further through the door, on which an hourglass was placed, but there was no stool.
On the floor in the center of the room, a large pattern is drawn.
At a cursory glance, there is a huge six-pointed star painted on the ground, and the diagonal distance is even more than the height of a normal person, and then if you look closely, you can see that there are many small patterns scattered in the six-pointed star, densely carved on the ground, and finally take a closer look, and find that it is an ancient saying.
The dense old language is composed of patterns of different shapes, which are distributed in various parts of the hexagram: some are distributed in the corners of the hexagram, some are distributed in the central area of the hexagram, and some are distributed along the line of the hexagram.
For a moment, I couldn't see what these ancient sayings were.
This is the magic circle, right?
Norman thought.
He had heard from Franklin that some knowledgeable mages would master this special magic technique, and could cast very complex spells at any time through this form, saving the troublesome casting steps, but the disadvantages were also obvious, that is, it was difficult to make, expensive, fixed, and inconvenient to move.
"You don't have any magic items on you, do you?"
After Ahriman brought Norman in, he asked first.
Norman replied, "No." ”
"Get in,"
Ahriman then pointed to the six-pointed star in the center of the room and said to him with a slightly impatient tone.
After reading Norman's answer just now, Ahriman now completely sees Norman in his heart as a noble child who has money and nowhere to spend to experience the mage assessment. So there was a slight urging in his tone, hoping that Norman would hurry up and come down quickly, so as not to delay him too much.
Norman walked in as he was told, and after standing in the middle of the six-pointed star as Ahrman had instructed, he asked, "What should I do?"
"Try to stand still as much as you can, and sit down when you can't hold on," Ahriman said. ”
It's that simple?
Norman was a little surprised, not knowing what it was, and then he saw that Ahriman had pulled out a blue crystal from somewhere.
The blue crystal was about the size of an ordinary person's index finger, and Ahriman held the crystal in the palm of his hand, simply recited a few ancient words on his mouth, and then casually turned the hourglass on the table upside down, and then Norman found that the lines of the six-pointed star magic array under his feet lit up slightly.
Is this the magic array activated?
Norman tried to experience the changes around him, but felt nothing.
Failed to launch?
Norman had such a doubt in his heart, and he unconsciously looked at Ahriman, only to see that the priest was still holding the crystal in his hand, silent, just looking at himself.
Norman was bored, so he looked at him and stared at him with big eyes.
Ahriman looked at the young man in front of him, and after a few breaths, he was quite surprised: he originally thought that this kid would not be able to hold on to it with only two breaths at most, but he didn't expect that this spiritual power could still be used?......
The main spell contained in this magic array in the room is called Spiritual Whipping, which is a level 4 spell, and its main function is to oppress the spirit of the caster, and after improving it in the way of the magic array, some detailed functions have been added, so that this spiritual oppression can be gradually increased, and it will not be put to the maximum at once.
In addition, this magic array also integrates a level 3 magic item alarm, as long as the caster has a magic item, an alarm will be generated, eliminating the possibility of the test subject using magic items to fool the level.
The combination of these two functions makes this magic array available to test the mental strength of the caster, and it is also a common mental power test method for the church when conducting the qualification test of the black-robed mage level.
Generally speaking, when the sand in the hourglass flows to one-third of the time, the test subject has not sat down, then the test subject has passed the mental power assessment, and two-thirds is a two-star black-robed mage, if the sand in the hourglass has all flowed and the tested person has not sat down, it is a three-star black-robed mage's mental power project assessment.
And now, the sand in the hourglass is almost a third of the way.
Seeing that Norman was still calm, Ahriman couldn't help but nod his head secretly in his heart.
This should be a student of Mannheim, right? It's still a bit capable, it seems that this mental strength is at the level of a one-star black-robed mage, no wonder he would be willing to spend 1 Kintaran to participate in the one-star black-robed mage's mage qualification assessment.
It's just that the test paper is too casual, and it's completely nonsense.
Maybe this student is not very proficient in the ancient language?
It's no wonder, after all, the old language is still too difficult and complicated, and if you don't have the patience to spend a long time learning it, you can achieve a good learning result.
Thinking so, Ahriman casually glanced at the hourglass, only to realize that the sand in the hourglass had already flowed a third of the way. And when I looked at him again, I saw that this young man was still standing here, and his face was still very calm, without the slightest hint of pain.
This made Ahriman's eyes light up.
Kind of interesting, huh?
Looking at Norman's expression, not to mention anything else, just with this mental power strength, this kid may not be more than the level of a one-star black-robed mage, but close to the spiritual strength of a two-star black-robed mage!
In the practice of a mage, spiritual power is a very important thing, which is directly related to the efficiency of meditation, the precise control of spells, the immunity and power bonus of some spells, and many other things. It can be said that with a strong foundation of spiritual power, you can get twice the result with half the effort on the way of spell cultivation.
I just don't know how strong this kid's mental strength is.
Can it reach the strength of a two-star black-robed mage?
Ahriman thought so, looking at Norman in front of him, his eyes glancing at the hourglass from time to time.
Closer, closer......
Finally, two-thirds of the way through the hourglass.
Two-star black-robed mage's mental strength!
Norman, on the other hand, was standing in the magic circle......
Ahriman's heart skipped a beat, and his eyes were even brighter.
Could it be that this kid's spiritual power can reach the strength of a three-star black-robed mage?!
Ahriman couldn't believe it, but he had to admit it, because the sand in the hourglass continued to flow, and Norman was still standing.
The sand flowed little by little, but for Ahriman, it was like a year. As there was less and less sand in the upper layers, his heart was beating faster and faster.
Until all the sand in the hourglass flowed into the lower level, and Norman held on to it.
Ahriman's heart was pounding, and his eyes were staring at the boy standing in the magic circle without blinking.
Three-star black-robed mage strength!
The strength of this kid's spiritual power has reached the strength of a three-star black-robed mage!And he is still so young, looking at it at most, it is only 25 ......
Unlimited, unlimited!
Ahriman thought to himself repeatedly, intending to ask him later if he was a student of Mannheim or a student of the mission school, and if it was Mannheim's, he would have to find a way to pry him over.
After thinking about it for a while, Ahriman raised his eyes and found that the sand had flowed for a while, and Norman was still standing in the magic array, looking like a dragon and a tiger.
So Ahriman froze and looked at Norman stupidly.
What's the situation? Why is he still standing?
Now the power of the Spirit Whip has been fully exerted, right? It's a level 4 spell, and even a one-star red-robed mage like himself can't stand up if he doesn't cast a spell to resist......
Norman also looked at Ahriman, and without the permission of Ahriman, the examiner, he didn't dare to come out of it casually.
The two of them stared at each other with such big eyes, you look at me, I look at you, and they looked at each other for a long time with "affection", and no one spoke.
The silence around was like snow, and the atmosphere was a little ambiguous for a while.