"If you are willing to become an Arcanist, you can stay in my magic tower and practice, and my old man will personally guide you. Joey threw out very tempting conditions.

Constantine's eyelids jumped, and a great magister personally instructed him to study, this kind of treatment, even a few princes of the empire didn't have it, right?

And be able to enjoy the resources of a top magician in the magic tower, and can you find a more suitable cultivation environment than this?

In the face of this life-changing decision, the young man only hesitated for a few seconds, and then bowed to the old mage, "Thank you, Master for your advice." ”

Joey was very satisfied with Constantine's attitude, stroked his beard and chuckled, "Little one, don't be in a hurry to be happy, if you want to become a qualified arcanist, it is not as easy as memorizing spells, you still have a long way to go!"

Capturing the look of ill will in Joey's eyes, Constantine chuckled inwardly, wondering if he had made a bad decision.

Back in the room, Karena was sitting upright in her chair, playing with an alchemy dagger in her hand, "Have you and Lord Joey talked about it?"

"Yes, there is another teacher for no reason, although I think this old man is a bit unreliable. Constantine scratched his head.

"You should be glad to have an archmage instructing you to practice, and if you don't kill you one day, I will tell the people in the guild. Red Moon didn't seem to be in a good mood to talk, and her voice was weak.

Constantine suddenly sympathized with the woman, and now that Younas was gone, and the entire Luciferian Order was leaderless, the situation of those heretic companions who lived with her day and night must be more and more difficult in the future.

On this trip to the imperial capital, she could be said to have gained nothing, and she was even coldly ordered to be expelled from the sect by her own sect leader, and her feelings must be complicated and indescribable.

"May the light be with you. Constantine subconsciously drew a cross on his chest, and said a prayer, as soon as the words came out, he felt that it was wrong, the woman in front of him was regarded as a half-blood race of heresy, and a race that was incompatible with the Lord of Radiance, this sentence was a blessing on ordinary people, and it seemed to be no different from a curse on her.

But Karena was not annoyed, she sighed, her expression was very dazed, "It's a pity, Constantine, since I was born, I have felt that there has never been sunlight in my world, even if I walk in the sun and raise my head, I see that it is still a dark night sky, maybe this is the common fate of all half-bloods, I can neither become a pure blood race, nor can I integrate into the human world, I am destined to walk alone in the night." ”

Constantine patted the woman on the shoulder, "If one day you are really desperate, you can come to Azero, and I will let you live well." ”

"Maybe, but I shouldn't be able to see that day. Karena smiled, "Goodbye, Lord Morningstar, my buddies are still waiting for me." ”

The red-haired woman walked out of the room, looking a little lonely on her back.

Joey sat by the window and looked at the figure under the tower, "You just let her go, aren't you afraid that she will reveal something?"

"In the sewers, she didn't make a move on me, and I owe her once. Constantine shook his head. "Even bounty hunters have their own principles. ”

"Remember who you are, you're an Arcanist now, little one, get ready to train. Joey smiled grimly, "I dare say, Elliottard boy, it's not going to be much easier than when you were a killer. ”

.........

The fifth floor of the Mage Tower.

"What's the most important thing for a good arcanist?" asked Joey, holding his teacup.

Constantine thought seriously for a moment and said: "For magicians, the most important thing is the strength of spiritual power, spiritual power is the fulcrum of magic power, only strong enough spiritual power can cast higher-level spells in the mage battle, and have more spell slots to achieve a decisive advantage." ”

This is a very orthodox answer, and almost every magician will be tired of emphasizing the importance of spiritual power when they are educated in magic.

The textbook answer seems to have been well taught. The old mage shook his teacup, but he didn't seem very satisfied with the answer, "But, pay attention to the question I asked, if you want to be a good arcanist, you can't think of yourself as an ordinary magician. ”

Constantine thought about it, but still didn't think there was anything wrong with this answer.

"So, let me ask you, what is your biggest flaw in the Arcanist relative to ordinary mages?"

Constantine had studied this question, "Compared with other legal professions, arcanists lack powerful offensive means in the middle and low ranks, and have almost no lethal ability. ”

"Low-level elemental magic, whether it is fireballs, frost rays, ground thorns, wind marks, is more powerful than pure energy arcane missiles, and can carry negative effects such as burns, freezing, and slowdowns, and has a certain control ability in itself, and its role is much greater than that of an arcane master of the same level in actual combat. ”

"Quite right. Joey nodded expressionlessly, "So, suppose you're an arcane and you're going to win against an elemental mage with similar mental power to you?"

Constantine pondered for a moment, according to his previous habits, the best way must be to try all means to get close, and then stab the opponent with a sword, with the morning sun in his hand, even a crown-level archmage has a great chance to defeat.

After all, the vast majority of mages are not good at melee combat, and once they are close to each other by a killer, they can almost only wait for death.

But that was certainly not the answer Joey wanted to hear.

"You should have heard of Rommel's kid who defeated many high-level mages, among those guys who were defeated by him, many people's magic power was actually above him, but he suppressed it from beginning to end and had no room to fight back, why is this?"

"Actually, the reason is very simple, although Rommel's kid's mental power is not strong, and the magic power that can be mobilized is not much, but he has the most important ability of a good arcanist, that is, spell casting speed. Joey said, I'm afraid that there are only a few people in the entire continent, including him, who dare to make such a comment on the existence of the Dragon Vein Warlock, which is so powerful that it will only make ordinary magicians feel desperate.

"Speed?" Constantine was stunned for a moment.

"The speed of spell casting is a sign of the maturity of an arcanist, in the same time, when someone else casts one magic, you can cast two, and the last one will definitely suffer the other party.

"If one arcane missile doesn't hurt enough, then throw two, three, or even dozens of them, and then others will hold back a fireball at most, where will they be your opponents?"

Joey continued to say with a blank face, "So, a good Arcanist will never give an opponent a chance to finish the spell in battle. ”

Constantine shook his head and said, "However, it takes time for an arcane to cast magic, and as we all know, unless it is a crown mage, no mage can master such a powerful technique as magic instantaneous at a low level. ”

Joey smiled coldly and said, "It's nonsense made up by the old men of the Magic Guild who don't understand the laws of the arcane, in fact, magicians are fully capable of instantaneous magic at a low level." ”

"How is this possible?" Constantine was surprised, theoretically, all magic needs to be activated by corresponding spells or gestures, which is the cornerstone of the entire magic system, unless it is a crown mage, or some being with a strong bloodline.

Spells, as a bridge between will and magic, are considered the greatest invention in the history of magic, through spells, magicians can master the rules of use of magic, without spells, human magic civilization is estimated to stay in the stage of rubbing the flames for most of the day.

The role of spells is so great, its meaning has long been deeply rooted in the minds of every mage, and successive generations of mages have summed up spells in countless explorations and experiments, and only then has there been a flourishing of magical civilization.

"The idea that all magic needs spells to activate is so ingrained that many mages are only interested in learning more and more advanced spells, but few people really think about what the nature of spells is?" If magic were to be compared to a book, many magicians today are immersed in the thrill of learning to use new words, and still read in the same way as a child. ”

"If you want to be a good arcanist, you have to get rid of this habit. ”

"Magic spells aren't holy texts in the hands of the Church's wands, they are not sacred, and it is foolish to recite them word for word in battle, especially for an Arcanist. ”

"It's a pity that many magicians don't understand this truth at all, they are the same as you, they focus on meditation to improve their mental power, which can indeed give them the ability to learn a higher level of magic, but combat is never a simple competition for the level of magic, even if your mental power is strong, the spell is too late to cast, so what is the use of a fart?"

"So, the first lesson I taught you was to increase the speed of spellcasting. ”

Joey pulled out a piece of golden parchment from behind him and threw it in front of Constantine, "There are twenty-seven arcane spells here, and your task is to master them all and turn them into spells that are no more than four syllables. ”

Constantine looked at the long string of dense incantations and felt a little dizzy in his head.