"Are you two really probationary knights?" asked Bruce.

"yes, we're apprentice knights!" Blake nodded.

Bruce slowed his pace in disbelief, froze, as if he had forgotten that the run would be punished more heavily.

"No...... Wouldn't you, you say, you have only studied and practiced knightly cultivation for half a year?" asked Bruce with wide eyes.

"Right...... That's right. Blake's face returned to that kind of embarrassed smile, and Genosis said in a deep voice: "Run, don't stop, or you will be punished more severely later." ”

"Ah......h

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Morning drills are over. Bruce took the two to the cafeteria.

"You really only practiced knightly for half a year, and then completed the knight awakening ceremony?" Bruce confirmed again.

Geneross looked a little impatient and said, "If you have a question, ask it!

Bruce smiled awkwardly: "No, you guys are really amazing, I started studying and practicing knights three years ago, and I only completed the knight awakening ceremony two months ago, I was already very powerful, but I didn't expect you to be even more powerful." ”

Actually, it's just that Genosis and Blake have a high affinity for the light element, so the starting point stands tall and looks powerful. In fact, the two of them are still novices and don't know anything.

"Actually, I'm only nine years old...... And most of the people in this beginner knight class are ten or eleven years old. Bruce said.

Genosis looked helpless.

After lunch, I took a short break, and in the afternoon, I didn't continue to practice as I imagined, but listened to the lectures in a classroom on the E1 floor.

It wasn't Field who lectured, but Thompson, as Field called it. But in a standard knight's uniform, it looks pretty much the same.

Thompson said, "What we're going to talk about today is mana. Let's start with a review of what we talked about in the last lesson. ”

"Bruce, tell me what we talked about in the last lesson?"

"In the last class, we were learning about the power class. Bruce stood up with some nervousness to answer the question.

"So what are the classes we are into? Thompson asked.

"Well, one to ten levels, the eleventh level is called the Holy Domain, and each level is divided into a small stage, which is counted by star ratings. ”

"Okay, sit down, what we are talking about today is the basis and origin of this grading. ”

"Bruce, you answer, what is your affinity for the light element, and you don't have to stand up to answer. ”

Bruce said with some pride, "Seven stars." ”

"So, how long did it take you to cultivate to reach a state where you could complete the knight's awakening ritual?"

Bruce thought for a moment and replied, "Almost three years."

"Okay, then you should know that the higher the affinity of the light element, the earlier you can complete the knight's awakening ceremony, is there an eleven-year-old here with a five-star affinity for the light element?"

Brush.

About half of the beginner knight cadets in the class raised their hands.

"Did you notice that seven plus three equals ten, and then five plus eleven minus six, also equals ten?" Thompson asked.

Genosis suddenly spoke, "Do you want to tell us that every additional year of cultivation is equivalent to an increase in affinity by one star, and then at ten stars, we can only awaken?"

Thompson laughed and said, "No, no, no, your idea is good, but it's not quite right." That's what I'm going to talk about today, mana. ”

"First of all, you have to distinguish that the mana value and the light element affinity are completely different things, and they can't be compared!" Thompson and the others all nodded, and then said, "So this student, your idea is not right. However, it's close. ”

"I'll start with the beginner level of our knights. We knights were the first to do the light elemental affinity test, right?"

"Hmm. All the trainees nodded.

"So, just now Bruce said that his light element affinity is seven stars, then, his base mana value is seventy, and most of your other classmates, the light element affinity is five stars, then, the base mana value is fifty. ”

"Then a year's cultivation generally increases by ten mana points, and when it reaches one hundred, it can be performed before the knight awakening ceremony can be performed?" Geneosis replied uninvited.

"This student, you're a new student, right?"

Seeing that Generosis was rushing to answer again, Thompson asked with a smile.

"Well, how?"

"So, please go out to the punishment station, I didn't ask you what did you answer?"

Denosis was bored with himself, and walked out of the classroom and stood outside the classroom. But he still wanted to hear what was being said in the classroom.

"Ahem," Thompson paused, and then continued his lecture: "Just like the student said just now, our light elemental affinity is a few stars, so the basic mana value is dozens, and we need to cultivate the mana to a hundred, then we can awaken." ”

"However, after reaching the first order, the difference between each star between the first order and the second order is not ten, but fifteen, so if we want to cultivate to the second order, what is the mana value?"

The students present knew Thompson's habits, and he asked before he could answer.

"Two hundred and fifty. Everyone said in unison.

"Well, that's good, then let me tell you, the difference between each star from the second order to the third order is thirty, so, how much cultivation does it take to reach the third order?"

"Five hundred and fifty. Again, everyone spoke in unison.

"I tell you, no, it's six hundred. Looking at everyone's puzzled eyes, Thompson continued: "After reaching the third order, the strength gap of each order begins to gradually widen, the second order and ten stars are five hundred and fifty, but the third order and one star are based on six hundred. ”

"This is also why, the most difficult thing to cultivate at each level is the last star, that is, the star that causes qualitative change. ”

"For the time being, you should remember the relationship between magic power and strength below the third order, and we will continue to lecture. ”

"You must be surprised, magicians don't have spirit runes, that is, they only have a small amount of magic power in their bodies, then you must be wondering, how is their strength level calculated?"

Everyone nodded like chickens pecking rice.

"Remember, whether it's a knight or a mage, the strength level is calculated according to the maximum amount of mana that can be used at one time. For example, a third-order knight is six hundred mana, then, if they use it up at one time, then the most mana they can use at one time is not six hundred?"

The crowd continued to nod their heads like chickens pecking rice.

"Then, the third order of the magician is also six hundred, but he is a magic that requires six hundred mana at a time when his spiritual power is strong enough. ”

"So the strength level of magicians, they are not divided according to the amount of magic power in their bodies, but according to the strength of their spiritual power, but the specific numbers are the same as knights, for example, knights of the third order and one star, the magic value is six hundred, and then the magic power of the magicians of the third order and one star is also six hundred. ”

"Are there any problems?"

"Yes, of course," Genesis outside the classroom asked, pondering, "The knight can't use up all his mana at once, does he? ”

Thompson's face was a little strange, and he said: "That's the case, so, a third-order mage can send out an attack of six hundred magic units at one time, but the knight cannot, in fact, the knight can send out an attack at the level of one-third of his own magic power unit at one time, which is already very reluctant." ”

"In other words, an ordinary third-order one-star knight can only use a maximum of two hundred mana under normal circumstances, now do you understand?

Bruce was stunned and asked, "Since a third-order one-star knight can only use two hundred, and a third-order one-star mage can use six hundred, then why can't a mage still beat a knight?"

Thompson smiled: "It's a very general statement that a magician of the same level can't beat a knight, let me tell you why:"

"First, the mage needs to chant, and the knight doesn't, so as long as it's a solo battle, the mage won't have a chance to chant at all, right?"

"Second, the magic used by the vast majority of magicians is magic with a very large attack range, but once the range becomes larger, is the attack that can be concentrated on one point weak? The attack of the magician is like a basin of water, which can wet many places when it is sprinkled, but the attack that can be received by each position is relatively small; and the attack of our knight is like a basin of water frozen, and the number of attacks released is as much as it can be released, but the question is whether it can be hit. ”

"To be more detailed, for example, the magician's four-rank water-attribute magic blizzard, the effective attack range is a circle with a diameter of two hundred meters, and even if our knight is a six-rank air slash, the effective attack range is only a fan-shaped semicircle with a radius of twenty meters.

"But under normal circumstances, even if a fourth-rank blizzard is cast by a Sacred Domain Demon Master, it will be difficult to cause any damage to a high-level knight, but a ninth-order knight, if he uses the Sky Breaking Slash to attack an eleventh-order Sacred Demon Master who does not have any defensive skills, he can kill him!"

"Third, because magicians need to use strong spiritual power to drive the elemental energy of heaven and earth, they can generally only wear cloth clothes, and heavy armor will block the emission of spiritual power, but unlike us, we can wear all kinds of powerful armor at will without affecting our actions. ”

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Actually, Thompson was wrong, although a knight could not use all the light magic in the spirit rune at once, a mage could not mobilize all the mental power to drive magic at once. Therefore, the difference in the attack between knights and magicians of the same level will not reach a threefold gap as Bruce said.

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"Are there any questions?" Thompson asked.

"Yes!" This time it was Blake's turn: "Instructor, I want to ask, don't magicians have the skill to concentrate their magic power into one point and inflict attacks on knights?"

Thompson smiled: "Yes! For example, the fifth-grade fire attribute flame bomb, or the sixth-grade flame explosion nuclear fusion bomb, condenses the fire element to form a fireball that can explode, and the effective range of the explosion is generally about thirty meters in diameter, this kind of flame explosion bomb is enough to pose a deadly threat to the knight, but, please go back to the first point I said." ”

"If you encounter an enemy who will unleash flamebursts and he needs to be channeled, and you are a knight who doesn't need to be channeled, will you give him a chance?"

All the students shook their heads and said, "No." ”

"Are there any more questions? It's almost time, go to dinner, and there will be exercises in the evening. ”

"Yes, definitely!" Bruce said with some excitement, "I think, those two new students, should they introduce themselves, for example, tell everyone what your light elemental affinity is?"