The mental power test is followed by a basic magic assessment, which focuses on testing the candidate's ability to control magic and the ability to play on the spot.

It should be said that after the screening of the mental power test, the number of candidates who have entered the spell casting assessment stage is already very small, and there are less than 100 candidates left standing on the lawn of the mountain behind the academy at this moment.

There were seven stools on the lawn, and seven elderly mages sat on the stools with their eyes closed.

Most of the candidates looked serious, and there was a lot of awe in their eyes when they looked at the seven mages, unlike the previous assessments, the Royal Academy of Magic seemed to attach great importance to this spellcasting ability test, because the seven mages who came to the assessment all had a golden balance badge pinned to their robes.

Some candidates who had planned to make some amazing moves during the assessment secretly dispelled the idea of grandstanding, with their magical strength, in the eyes of these seven high-level mages, it is estimated that it is no different from a child's trick, so why be embarrassed?

The midsummer sun shone on the lawn, and everyone held their breath and waited for the examiner to give the exam questions.

A distant bell rang and many tired candidates looked uplifted.

The seven high-level mages opened their eyes almost at the same time, and one of the oldest mages said in a kind voice: "This year's exam question is very simple, cast a magic that you are best at, and the seven mages present will score you according to your performance. ”

All the beings present breathed a sigh of relief, compared to the previous tests, this requirement is not too high, as long as you don't make mistakes, you can basically pass the test.

So this exam is the most bland of all the tests, and the candidates have chosen the magic that they are most sure of, and overall, it can be described as decent.

Not surprisingly, the vast majority of candidates cast elemental magic.

The only exception came in the middle of the exam, when Juno, a talented girl from the Duchy of France, stood on the lawn, with three light blue balls of light around her wrists.

There was a slight commotion in the crowd, and most of the candidates recognized that this was the "energy orb" in the arcane, an advanced version of the arcane missile, and the arcanist who could cast this arcane was at least the level of a mid-level mage.

Although many of the candidates in the field are bearing the name of geniuses, most of them are still spinning outside the threshold of middle-level magicians, and this girl is actually able to cast energy magic balls that only middle-level arcane masters can master, which shows the strength of her arcane talent.

Juno looked proud, this arcane was something she had started learning not long ago, and she had been practicing for a long time, and finally succeeded in mastering it a few days ago.

Being able to win the attention of the world's most powerful magic academy is an enjoyable experience even for a girl who has been accustomed to the stars holding the moon since she was a child.

The next was Rommel from the Dragonlance Dynasty, a young man standing in the lawn with his hands in his hands, looking as if he were the examiner.

"Young man, please show me what spell you are best at, and we will comment on your performance. A mage said.

"Unfortunately, I'm not here to perform these humiliating tricks like these clowns. The handsome young man replied coldly.

The mages outside the lawn were in an uproar, and many of the young mages of the Holy Empire let out angry roars, "Get out of here." "And so on and so forth.

The eldest mage frowned and said, "Then what do you want to do?"

Rommel said calmly: "I heard that many years ago, there was a magic genius in the magic academy of the Holy Empire, who once challenged all the examiners present in the examination and defeated them all, and even the dean at that time was not the opponent of that genius. ”

Hearing Rommel's words, the candidates outside the venue were extremely shocked.

"Is there really such a terrible figure in the history of the Royal Academy?" asked her brother in surprise.

"I've heard a lot about the Royal Academy of Magic from my father a long time ago, and he says that the academy is indeed a place where geniuses come out. Julils sighed, "But I don't seem to have heard of such a mage, even the current dean, the archmage Joy, did not perform so amazingly when he was young, if it is true, I can only say, it is incredible." ”

The deans of the royal academies of the past dynasties, except for the first dean who was a simple scholar who did not know magic, the successive deans were at least crown-level mages, and there were also a few magic powerhouses in the history of magic, and it would be terrible to be able to defeat a crown mage.

When the eldest high-ranking magician heard his words, he didn't get angry, but a look of remembrance involuntarily appeared on his old face, but he quickly calmed down and said, "That was also many years ago, young man, do you want to be like her, and challenge the current dean?"

"Of course I don't have what it takes to do anything with an archmage, and even if I do, it's in the future. Rommel said lightly, with an unconcealed edge in his tone, "I just want to ask, do all the examiners present today dare to fight with me?"

There was another uproar, and the mages were dumbfounded, this... It's too arrogant.

"Magic doesn't come about for fighting. The old mage looked at Rommel fixedly. "The pursuit of ultimate power is not the root of the devil's path. ”

"However, to climb the pinnacle of magic, it is impossible without extreme strength. The dragon lance mage replied coldly, "Or are you too old to even pronounce spells?"

"The people of the dragon lance are as aggressive as they are rumored. Constantine, who was standing in the crowd, sighed, of course, he admired the courage of the young man, although in his eyes courage and stupidity had always been twins.

This invitation to duel can be regarded as a problem for the academy side, if the academy mages choose not to fight, then it will be the face of the entire Holy Empire magicians, and in the future, countless passing imperial mages may spit on the statue of St. Angel at the entrance of the academy.

"The masters are getting old, so leave this battle to me. A gentle but firm voice rang out from the crowd, and the onlookers erupted into a shout of excitement, for the person who walked in front of Rommel was Diana, the fourth empress of the Empire.

"As much as I would love to fight you, Your Highness, not now. Rommel narrowed his eyes.

"Why, can't you even pronounce a spell in front of me?" Dianna replied with a smile.

"Since he is challenging the mages of the academy, then it is natural that the mages of the academy should face the battle. The old mage spoke. "Your Highness, please go back. ”

Diana frowned, but didn't say anything.

The old mage stood up tremblingly, walked up to Rommel, straightened his robe, and looked at the junior very calmly, "Let's begin." ”

The two magicians saluted each other, then quickly distanced themselves and stood at each end of the lawn.

The duels between high-level mages often have to be approved by the Magic Guild, and the procedures are cumbersome and extremely difficult to see in daily life, and the young mages in the field are all seeing this kind of scene for the first time, and they can't help but look at Rommel curiously, wondering if he can defeat a high-level mage of the Holy Empire wearing a golden balance badge.

The old mage chanted a incantation, and countless silver-white points of light converged in front of him, drawing the outline of the magic array.

This is a defensive magic, [Adelan's Mirror], which has a defensive effect on most magic, and is a defensive arcane that is used very frequently in high-level mage duels.

As long as this defensive magic is completed, the old mage can stand behind the [Mirror of Adelan] for a long time and launch magic to attack the opponent, which is the most classic and effective tactic that has been proven in practice.

However, the opponent did not seem to want to give the old mage a chance to complete the magic, and just as the Mirror of Adelan was about to be completed, the two attack spells had already been completed.

Brilliant flames exploded on the magic array, and in an instant, the flames splashed, countless fire snakes tore together, and the scorching flames ignited half of the lawn and surged towards where the old mage stood.

Everyone present let out an exclamation, and some mages had even called out the name of the magic: "Yang Yan, this is Yang Yan." ”

Yang Yan is a genuine mid-level magic, and its power is even higher than that of the well-known fireball technique, and on the battlefield, the appearance of this magic often means the death of several heavily armed knights, so this spell is also more difficult to cast.

But this dragon lancer not only used the Yang Yan Curse, but even more hell, this magic was almost instantaneous.

Instant magic, what it means in mage battles is self-evident, a mage who can cast magic without chanting spells, on the battlefield, almost means invincible, so instant magic is also recognized as the top spell casting skills.

Only the other six high-level mages in the field recognized that this was not a spell instantaneous in the strict sense, it was a realm that required the spiritual power of a crown-level mage to achieve. Instead, the dragon lancer used some secret method to greatly shorten the length of the spell he chanted, and skipped some spell casting steps, so that he could achieve a similar effect, at the cost of greatly reducing the power of this Yang Yan Curse, and the real lethality was far less than it seemed.

At this moment, the old mage had also recovered from the first wave of blows, and although the [Mirror of Adelan] was interrupted, he still completed another protective magic at the last moment.

A layer of brilliant barriers appeared around the old mage, and the defensive arcane of [Elemental Veto] bloomed with dazzling light, and the flames automatically extinguished when they touched the wall of light, and the quality of the high-level mage was unobstructed.

Just as the old mage was about to chant the incantation, the light flashed in front of him, and an attack magic roared, this time it was the [Condensing Light Arrow] in the arcane, and the narrow energy beam looked at the barrier as if it were nothing, and went straight through.

Elemental Veto is not immune to arcane art.

The old mage who reacted had no choice but to give up his plan to counterattack and blessed himself with a layer of [Arcane Shield] to block the blow.

The next scene made all the mages watching the battle stunned, only to see Rommel casting spells at an astonishing speed at high speed, and one attack after another almost continuously bombarded the old mage, completely suppressing a high-level mage.

With such a rapid spell casting connection, the rhythm was orderly, and the old mage was in a state of passive beating from beginning to end, and he couldn't even successfully cast an attack magic.

There are even mages in the audience who have secretly calculated that Rommel's spell holding speed is at least three times that of the old mage, so as to cause such an effect at the moment.

This data made the hearts of all mages chill, which meant that as long as they were mages below the crown, in the face of such a high casting speed, the only choice was to be beaten on the spot.

Sunfire, Ice Spear, Condensing Arrow, Wind Scar...... The continuous magic surrounded the old mage like a tide, and the brilliant light and flames couldn't stop exploding on the shield, and the old mage who was on the attacked side was as tenacious as a reef, and he was forced to resist the storm like an attack, and completed the protective magic one by one.

His intention in doing this is very obvious, as a high-level mage, compared to a low-level mage, his advantage lies in the high-level magic and stronger spiritual power he masters, although the former was wiped out by Rommel with a powerful spell casting speed, but the gap in spiritual power is indeed irreparable.

In other words, as long as he maintains his current state, the first person to be exhausted in the end will definitely be Rommel.

For the old mage, this tactic is very scoundrel and helpless, and it is indeed the only effective solution at the moment.

He patiently waited for the moment when his opponent's mental strength was exhausted.

Finally, there was a brief gap in the storm-like offence, and Rommel's mental strength was not enough to support him to chant incantations at high speed for a long time.

So, at the last moment, the youth chose to take a desperate gamble, giving up the fast-paced attack in favor of a low, slow chant.

It's time!

The old mage finally fought back, and the long-prepared magic was activated, a layer of lilac undulating ripples, like ripples spreading across the surface of the lake, towards Rommel.

[Magic Seal] is one of the most proud spells of high-level arcanists, which can temporarily block the connection between mages and magic, especially for elemental magicians, [Magic Seal] is an almost natural enemy-like spell.

Once hit, it is equivalent to being deprived of the ability to cast spells in a short period of time, even the Grand Magus is unwilling to be hit by this arcane, even if it is only a few seconds and cannot cast spells, it is very likely to be fatal in a battle.

Even for high-level mages, it takes a certain amount of time to buffer after casting this extremely powerful arcane art. The old mage breathed a sigh of relief, but he knew in his heart that Rommel would never be able to resist this magic, and that he had not won this battle very glamorously, but he had won it.

However, Rommel had no sense of restraint, and at the moment when the old mage activated the [Magic Power Seal], he had already summoned a frost spear, and the slender ice spear emitted a chilling chill, which was particularly eye-catching on the battlefield that was scorched by magic.

Then, with a leap of his might, the cold ice spear bursting through the purple ripples, he ran like a charging warrior, his wind-like figure crossing the lawn in a few blinks of an eye.

That's the first thought everybody had when they saw this.

By the time everyone reacted, the ice-blue spear was already pointed at the old mage's chest.

"You lost. The dragon lance mage said calmly.

"I'll go, that's fine. Many mages called out, and many mages from the Holy Empire angrily said that Rommel was invincible.

"I do look old. The old mage sighed lightly, he figured out one thing, that is, this young man did not intend to win with the help of magic in the first place, in addition to suppressing himself with high-paced magic attacks, another more important reason was to mislead himself into choosing passive defense, so as to create a chance to get close.

However, he was not dissatisfied with this, Rommel had shown a very impressive ability to cast spells, worthy of the name of genius.

If you want to practice the tactic just now and truly defeat a high-level mage, strength, courage, and determination are all indispensable, and these are all traits that the old mage appreciates, and over time, this young man will definitely become an excellent mage.

For the old mage, victory and defeat are secondary, and it is more important to make the academy have one more talent in the future, so he generously announced that he would admit defeat.