As the sun set and the sky was full of red, before nightfall, Radice and Albert's carriage drove into a unique manor house, where they had settled in the middle plane that the Holy Mountain had named the "Seven Gods", and where Radice would later live.

As for why this manor is unique, it is entirely because of the rare terrain in the vicinity.

The manor was built on the west side of the town of Elktor, less than ten miles away from the town's walls, but it was completely built in the dense El Forest.

A path that apparently had just been carved out of the forest, zigzagged through the flat road in front of the city gates, which was the only link between the estate and the outside world;

At the back of the estate is a clear lake of hundreds of hectares, the blue waves are clear and moving, and the reflection of the mountains in the distance is idyllic. It is hard to imagine that this was developed by Albert himself, drawing water from Lake Baikal, far west of the forest, on the outskirts of the Starfall Mountains, and such a huge project actually took less than half a month at that time;

A wall of roses several meters high replaces the fence, dividing the surrounding forest land into the back garden of the estate, and decorating the isolated silent castle with bright red flowers;

The trees outside the walls were low and sparse, but each one was incomparably thicker, and strangely they did not bear the slightest resemblance to the normal towering trees that were common in most parts of the El Forest, and thanks to them, the manor was well-lit, like a sunny villa, dispelling the gloomy aura that inevitably came with the deep and secluded environment—only Latis knew that these stout dwarf trees were actually the outermost defense system of the manor;

The flower wall is full of neat grasses and gardens, full of strange plants, the scenery is beautiful, like a secret place, but Albert has warned him many times that these plants are not ordinary flowers and plants, they are all magical plants, including precious varieties and commonly used magic materials, but for ordinary people it always means mystery and danger.

There are not many buildings in this manor, not one or two or three buildings in height, but the overall scope of the land is extremely amazing, if you count the artificial lake, I am afraid it is not much smaller than a barony. Radis was frightened more than once, asking if it was safe to do so, but Albert calmly took out a private territory qualification certificate, making it clear that this has become his legal territory, and he also has the right to develop the entire El Forest, in return, Albert needs to ensure that the hidden magical races and monsters in the El Forest no longer cause harm to nearby villages and towns-

In fact, in other words, the lord of Boshar County has no actual control over this dangerous forest and mountain range, let alone any resource development, and every year in order to defend and deal with the monsters and monsters that flow out of the forest, a lot of manpower and material resources have been consumed, and now there is a powerful mage who is willing to guard the periphery of the forest to reduce his burden, and the price paid is only the nominal ownership of a small piece of forest, why not do it? After receiving some benefits, he is naturally happy to give this face.

As for whether it would be too risky to live in such a dangerous place? Albert said that he knew a thing or two about magical biological transformation, not to mention whether the most medium-level monsters in the forest could break through the multiple formation enchantments laid by Albert himself, even if there were really one or two particularly powerful ones who could break in, they would definitely fall into the defense system in front of the manor and obediently capture, just enough to provide Albert with some experimental materials - yes, this is the means of an extraordinary mage, not to mention that Albert is not an ordinary transcendent.

These things made Laceis understand once again a truth: strong strength means privilege, and only strength is the greatest dependence on survival.

A strong man can really do whatever he wants, so the biggest goal of Latis, who understands this, is to become a strong man in this life, which is why he is so keen on pursuing the power of spells, not because of the high status of a mage.

In fact, as long as he can have a powerful power that truly belongs to him, he will not mind what the nature of that power is, and the so-called reserve and elegance of a mage that a normal mage talks about is really meaningless to him.

Albert, as a transcendent mage, expressed his full support for his attitude, and I have to say that the father and son really smell like each other.

However, Albert, who has a lot of experience, knows better than Radix how to gain power correctly and efficiently on the way to growth, as he often admonishes Radis: It is foolish to use limited time to learn infinite knowledge, you must be as efficient as possible in your own limited life, so that you can obtain infinite life step by step, and then you will be qualified to learn more knowledge, so child, first of all, you must learn to focus.

The way he has been teaching has also been consistent with this philosophy, not allowing Radis to learn things that are not important to him now, but devoting himself to strengthening his foundation, subtly teaching him correct concepts and study habits, and cultivating his ability to discern useful knowledge.

However, these boring and hardly able to bring about a significant improvement were often unacceptable to Radiis, who felt that he could move faster, even though he was only six years old now.

Just like today, after dinner, Latis once again asked his father to learn new spells and alchemy.

To Lades' surprise, Albert did not veto this time, but asked, "You have asked to learn alchemy more than once, why are you so interested in alchemy?"

Latis's eyes rolled, and he said casually: "What's so strange about this? How can there be mages who don't know a little about alchemy, and most magic apprentices don't start by helping their mentors deal with alchemy materials? I'm already an intermediate apprentice, and I haven't touched alchemy materials until now, so this is the most unreasonable, right?"

"You haven't given up on that idea yet, do you want to start with alchemy? I said it was just a waste of time, and you'll be able to find a way to help them when you become a full-fledged mage······"

Albert glanced at him noncommittally, although he saw the little caution in his heart, but after a few words of warning, he didn't say anything more, just pointed to the study and said: "Okay, since you want to learn so much, go find it yourself, just like you stole to learn spells before, there are materials in the yard, if you don't understand anything, come and ask me, if you can make something decent, at least it can prove that you have a certain ability to identify, analyze and create." ”

Pleasantly surprised by the unexpected promise, he asked in disbelief, "Is it really possible?"

"As long as you don't delay your daily meditation and basic courses. ”

"Great! Don't worry, Dad, I understand the importance of the basics, I won't miss my homework, I promise to only practice spells and alchemy in my spare time!

Seeing Ratis running into the study in a hurry, Albert shook his head a little helplessly, turned his head to deal with the magic materials he had purchased this time, and continued to arrange and strengthen the prohibition system of the manor - while he was still by Radis's side, he had to hurry up and leave him some more things······

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In fact, Radis doesn't have much spare time.

Because he is still young now, even if the strength of his soul is far beyond that of ordinary people, the time for meditation cannot exceed six hours a day, which still counts the shallow meditation time used to replace sleep, and the actual deep meditation time will not exceed two hours, and in the rest of the time, he needs to strengthen and manipulate the spiritual power, and learn the knowledge of the three major systems of magic foundation, The reading and application comprehension of various magical texts, these esoteric and tedious learning are the basic courses that Albert arranged for him, and even in the most focused state, it takes at least two-thirds of the day to complete these courses.

Today I went out with my father, and went to the largest city nearby, the capital of the county of Beauchar - the capital of abundance: Darius City, and purchased a large number of magic materials and manuscript magic books, many courses were not completed in time, and by the time he finished all his homework, it was already late at night, and it was time to enter deep meditation, so he could only pick out dozens of books that might record alchemy-related knowledge among the huge four-meter-high bookshelves, and then find time to study tomorrow.

"Alchemy?"

Before meditating, Latis looked at the alchemy books on the desk next to the bed, and his immature face exuded a bit of abruptness and embarrassment that did not match his age, and he sighed softly, and the sigh contained a faint trace of nostalgia and reminiscence:

"I hope it helps······ The only thing that has anything to do with my past life, if it can be realized, can be regarded as a consolation, at least it can make me more determined to go on. ”

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