Chapter 10: The Man Who Should Not Have Been to Redfar
The abyss is like the lowest layer of all planes. It seemed that all the dark thoughts of all the planes flowed to that place, piled up and fermented, and then absorbed by those demons, and then radiated even greater horror.
Catherine's bloodline comes from Thurman, the Great Ice Demon who was once the most likely to be promoted to Lord in the Abyss. Thurman during the Battle of the Abyss was powerful and ruthless, almost comparable to Esso, the Lord of the Dead Sea on the thirteenth floor.
It now seems that even though Thurman's traits have been weakened to a certain extent over the years, by Catherine's generation, what has been retained is still strong.
She is a person from another plane, said to be a member of the Rioster family of the Gustan dynasty. After Thurman, her clan has produced a number of legendary powerhouses, the most famous of which is Takoost, who holds the legendary class title of 'Frost Breaker': a glorious man who once led his team to the 12th level of the Abyss. In addition to this, after Thurman, Takoost was one of the purest people of Thurman's blood. Aside from the weakening of demonic traits due to hybridization, Tucker has almost equal talents and abilities to Thurman in terms of the frozen attribute.
In this context, Catherine's arrival seems to be incompatible with the city of Redfarr.
Thurman, the Great Demon of the Thirteenth Layer of the Abyss, the cold and white terrifying demon man, how could his descendants intersect with the descendants of Fryer, the dragon of life and passion?
It's just that her personality is like her blood, cold and arrogant, unapproachable. Catherine, who does not use Thurman's blood, is a slender and well-proportioned blonde figure with a shawl of hair hanging down. In normal times, she dresses as a female knight, but she can't see the sword she carries with her. The armor on his body is not made of steel, but a close-fitting wallet, which is said to be the leather of the Ice Throat of Hell, a higher ice creature, which can effectively defend against external forces and cooperate with Thurman's bloodline.
Upon arriving at Igbre, Catherine draped her leather armor over a mage's cloak, and the mana fluctuations on the cloak indicated that it was a very powerful magical item. It is speculated that it may be one of the treasures of the Oster family. She was covered with a cloak, and the upper edge of her face was covered by shadows, making the atmosphere of the whole person even more somber and cold.
Even in the meditation class, Catherine was still alone, like an ice sculpture. There was a clear line of demarcation between her surroundings and the others, and while some of it was due to the cold caused by her Thurman bloodline, Catherine's unfriendly attitude was the root of the problem.
Gustav looked around, and because of Catherine, it seemed that many people had chosen to gather towards a warmer place. Arcanists aren't as physically strong as warriors, and at least until they become spellcasters with some strength, mages don't seem to be much different from ordinary people in their perception and dislike of heat and cold.
"Once the students have found their place, they begin to meditate. The lecturer tactfully reminded Gustav, who was still unsettled.
Stubbornly, Gustav chose a place closer to Catherine.
This was his second day in Iggbre, and he had no clue about his forbidden nature yet.
Catherine opened her eyes, at this time, she had already stimulated Thurman's bloodline, and the talent of the upper ice demon was undoubtedly displayed. There is a layer of coldness in the ice-blue eyes, and the hair color turns to sea blue, and there is a frozen cold around it. She seemed rather surprised, at least since she entered Igbre, she had not met a student who had taken the initiative to approach her.
Gustav smiled awkwardly.
"Hello, Catherine, I'm ......"
"Gustav, I know your name. Catherine added. "You arrived more than a month later than expected, and you must have some kind of special ability. ”
Gustav was even more embarrassed, and for more than a month, he spent more than a month in Joseph's laboratory cooperating with various arcane experiments. Even so, after going through tests such as the Forbidden Demon Characteristic, the Demon Breaking Characteristic, the Conventional Elemental Affinity Enhancement Test, the Divine System Enhancement Test, and the Multiple Bloodline Test, Joseph was still puzzled by everything. A high-level mage of Redfarr, a fifteenth-level spellcaster, still behaved like this, and Gustav was even more confused about everything about himself.
"I don't have anything special about it, and the reason for this gap is that I was tested with one of the Lords in Redfar. Gustav explained.
"I think so, because no right-thinking apprentice would challenge the authority of the academy in a month. Even if ......" Catherine's gaze swept over some of the apprentices.
"No matter how great his forefathers were, no matter how amazing their talents, or even the big names in the Arcane Council of the Second Republic now, they must respect the spirit of the Academy. Catherine's tone was a little sarcastic: "So, you are not a genius, you are just a ...... Utter muddle?"
Gustav glanced back, and the apprentices cast curious glances. Feeling the sympathy or amusement in it, in a short time, he understood why Catherine was so unapproachable.
Shaking his head slightly, Gustav turned his head away.
"Do you think that the apprentices of your forefathers who have great people, including Catherine yourself?, I think that the one who interrupts the lecturer above the class, and shows his blood in a brazen manner, seems to be a strange fool. Gustav was a little upset and responded.
"Alright, now that they're all in place. Then start learning the 'inertia guided' way of exercising. At this time, the lecturer's voice began to sound. "Before this lesson, I'm sure most of you have mastered the way of meditation and have even opened up the spell slots of the Spiritual Secret Door. But out of an abundance of caution, I'd like to count the percentages here. ”
"I don't think students who have mastered the meditation method need to go to statistics, this is the prerequisite for entering here, and in the past month or so, I have also seen your meditation with my own eyes. The instructor skimmed the first step very smoothly: "After that, what I would like to ask is, how many of the students present are able to start accommodating a first-level standard arcane model, excluding the stress zero-level arcane?"
A standard arcane model, which is very classic in each set. Ice Arrows, Fireballs, Thunderbolts, Starlight, Moonburn...... There are dozens of different spells as a rough count. With the collapse of the magic god system and the collapse of the magic web, these previous spells were transformed into standard arcane models, which were widely circulated. With the exception of the Arcane Second Republic, each Arcane school has its own opinions and minor changes based on the Standard Model.