Chapter 7: The Duel
It's been a month, and although Thor has been marking the magic circuit every day, progress has been slow.
Mayne Corida's memory was a way to speed up cultivation, a kind of sacrificial magic, but unfortunately it was too vicious, and hundreds of people needed to be sacrificed at a time.
Although Saul is not a virgin, he also has his own conscience.
Moreover, the "Magic Teacher" Mönggol III, in "Basic Explanation of Magic Marks and Magic Circuits", said that the magic cycle completed by potions or special techniques is very unstable.
When using magic, it is easy to have magic turmoil, causing magic to fail, and then devouring itself.
As a newcomer on the road to magic, Thor thinks it's better to follow the words of his seniors.
However, Mönggol III also documented effective buff methods, the safest being the Magic Workshop, followed by the Companion Golem.
It's a pity that the former has to at least become an official magician, and building a magic workshop requires a lot of special resources, so Thor doesn't have to think about it at this stage.
As for the Companion Golem, it is more precious and rare than the Magic Workshop, and can even be called a Legendary Treasure.
Because the strongest ability of the companion puppet is to cancel out a death for the magician!
In the end, Thor reluctantly found a way, which was to use the demon to feed himself.
But Thor's messenger is the inherited Mayne Corida, and he is not summoned by his own ability.
Now he can only barely summon for a second, and when the time is exceeded, there is no mana supply, and Thor will consume his life essence.
Thor speculated that if he summoned the frog ghost for more than ten seconds, his body would collapse, and thirty seconds would suck him into a dry corpse.
Fortunately, in Mayne Corida's memory, frog ghosts could be fed by something.
Unfortunately, the place where that kind of thing exists is too dangerous, the Scarlet Wasteland.
The Scarlet Wasteland, located in the inland area of the Xinao Continent, in the north of the Xinlan Principality, needs to pass through the three northern allies.
It was a true primeval wilderness, once the place where the colonial armies of the Old World had been devastated.
Even the Church of the Holy Spirit has warned believers that there is evil in the Scarlet Wasteland!
Mayne Corrida explores several ruins on the outskirts of the wasteland and discovers a mysterious power within the Scarlet Wasteland.
It was a power older than magic, the ruler of the continent.
The Magic Society named this ancient power possessed by the indigenous people as a shaman!
Thor is a beginner apprentice, easy to go, and there is definitely no scum left.
For the past month, Thor had fantasized that something might get out, so he turned all the antiquities markets in Quill aside, but he didn't get lucky.
Everything can only be slowly figured out.
However, a month of cultivation is not useless, and every day, Thor clearly feels that he is getting stronger step by step.
In the process of engraving the magic circuit, his willpower and spiritual perception are enhanced;
The constant use of Bart's potion strengthened his physical fitness and control over his body.
It was precisely because he had just started cultivating that he had brought such a significant change to Thor that he became more and more obsessed with cultivation and wanted to go further.
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St. Jewel High School, archery team training ground, two people in a game.
On one side is a short-haired young man with a well-proportioned figure, his back muscles are propped up by the action of drawing the bow, his eyes are sharp, he is engrossed, and wherever his eyes go, long arrows break through the air.
None other than Thor!
On the other side, there is the vice-captain of the archery team, Elo.
At this time, this tall boy who often pointed at others, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he couldn't stop glancing at Thor, his face twitched, and his movements in his hands became more and more chaotic.
"Stop!"
On the side, Fiys shouted a halt with a cold face.
Thor put down his bow and arrows, shook his arm, relaxed his muscles, and heard the vice captain Iroh secretly let out a long sigh of relief, and couldn't help but laugh secretly.
In just one month, Thor's archery skills have improved rapidly.
Not only does he have the foundation of six or seven years in his previous life, but more importantly, his perception and physical fitness have surpassed ordinary people.
Now in the archery team, except for Fiys, Saul can justifiably call everyone here scum.
As for Fiys, in a normal game, in terms of scores, Thor is not weak, but he has an intuition that in real archery, Fiys is definitely stronger.
What is real archery?
Thor looked at the oncoming girl and said secretly: "You can kill someone!"
"You're very talented,"
Fiys's expression was serious, "I'm lucky to have you join the archery team. ”
With that, Fiys turned to look at the pale Iroh, hesitated, and said, "Iroh, you have a problem with your mentality. ”
Iroh nodded with an ugly face, and looked at Thor with a complicated gaze: Is this a genius?
"I'll adjust my mentality"
Iroh said, glancing at Thor intentionally or not, and continued, "By the way, Fiyse, I heard that The Macallan is back, and he won the sword championship again this time!"
The words "Sword Champion", Iroh deliberately bit hard, looking at Thor with a gloating gaze.
Thor understood Iroh's expression, but it didn't matter.
The name Macallan, Saul heard a lot in the archery team.
It is said to be Fiys's childhood sweetheart, and he has been the champion of the Xinlan Principality Sword League for two consecutive years.
Although this sword league is a competition between colleges and universities in the Principality of Xinlan, I heard that every time he competes, there is never an opponent who insists on three swords under him, which shows the strength of his swordsmanship.
It is said that McAllan was not only skilled in swordsmanship, but also skilled in bowing and arrowing, so he always wanted to join Fiyse's archery team.
It's a pity that all along, Fiys refused on the grounds that there was no shortage of people.
This time, a player transferred to another school, leaving a vacancy, and although McAllan went away from school to participate in the game, the story of his relationship with Fiys had already spread among the circle.
The old archery team didn't dare to introduce people, and Fiys was usually a loner and unsociable, and everyone thought that this vacant seat was waiting for McCarron.
However, the freshman Aaron Cap's little chatter turned out to be an accident!
Aaron saw Thor and thought of the lack of people in the team, so he recommended Fiys.
Now that McCarron is back, everyone thinks that Thor is going to be out of luck.
Tonight, for the first time, a new play that Saul's parents had been rehearsing intensively was performing.
Thor rushed straight to the theater after school, so he left late and left the training ground empty.
As soon as he walked out of the training ground, he saw Mark and Aaron running along the bluestone path with panicked expressions.
"Didn't these two clamoring to go back and pack up and go to the theater with me, why did they come back again?"
As soon as the two saw Thor, they shouted anxiously:
"Thor, here's the trouble!"
"Senior, hurry up and run, someone wants to duel with you!"
It was coming so soon, and Thor thought about it, and he probably understood what was going on.
Sure enough, I heard Mark panting: "Macallan, that sword champion, he is blocking the side of the road with a sword, saying that he wants to duel you." ”
Aaron was so panicked that his little round face turned red, and he kept saying:
"Yes, senior, run away, The Macallan is really powerful!"
"I've heard my father say that his family and Sister Fiys's family are both orthodox knightly families who have fought in the wars of the indigenous tribes. ”
"Senior, they have been trained in actual combat since they were children, and they practice real combat skills, you can't beat him, let's run away. ”
Thor turned and returned to the training ground.
The two of them immediately looked happy, they were afraid that Thor would be impulsive, and now that Thor agreed to escape, it would be great.
Aaron hurriedly pulled Fat Mark and chased after Saul's figure, and kept saying:
"Yes, yes, we can go around to the No. 1 Garden Building from the hill behind the training ground, sneak away, as long as we get out of the school......"
Before the words fell, the two of them looked at Thor who had returned with a dull expression.
Mark's legs and feet were weak, and he almost hit the ground with his butt, and Aaron's mouth trembled:
"Senior, what are you doing, what are you doing!"
I saw Thor holding a red longbow in his left hand, and a pot of feather arrows hanging on his right hand, striding over, greeting the two of them, and walking down the mountain.
When the two of them saw Sol's movements, they immediately cried: "It's over, it's over." ”
Mark gasped and said in a panic: "Thor, you weren't like this, why are you so impulsive now, don't go." ”
Thor was stunned, and Mark suddenly looked happy.
But he didn't want to, Sol just turned around and smiled at the two: "You guys go first, I'm fine." ”
Seeing Thor walking farther and farther, the two glanced at each other, gritted their teeth and hurriedly chased after them.
Out of the No. 3 Garden Building, I saw a tall boy surrounded by a group of people at the entrance.
Thor stopped and stood on top of the bluestone mountain road, looking at the long-known Macallan.
The crowd in the distance also spotted Thor, and in an instant there was silence, and on the silent mountain road, the birds in the forest of the Holy Jewel Mountain could be faintly heard.
After Mark and Aaron arrived, they were infected by this inexplicable atmosphere, and hurriedly covered their mouths, not daring to approach.
The Macallan was dressed in a brown hunting suit, with an unbladed, broad, two-handed sword at his feet.
With thick eyebrows and big eyes, a cold face, strong and confident, he looked up at Thor from afar at this time, his eyes were disdainful.
Especially after seeing the bow and arrow in Thor's hand, the corners of his mouth twitched, and the mockery was very obvious.
One of the two is on top and one is down, and there is a bluestone path of about 30 meters apart.
"You're The Macallan, coming to me for a duel?" Thor said coldly.
McCarron heard Thor's tone and saw Thor's expression, and a nameless burst of fire burst out: He is despising me, he dares, despising me!
"That's right, I'm going to make you ...... today"
McCarron gritted his teeth and said that he was going to humiliate Thor as much as he could, and then beat Thor to his knees and beg for mercy.
"Boom", an arrow broke through the air and was nailed in front of The Macallan.
"I accept, let's get started!"
Thor maintained an archery posture and said expressionlessly, "I'll let you shoot first." ”
The crowd of onlookers was in an uproar, and Macallan's face suddenly turned the color of pig liver.
I saw Macallan roar madly, pulled out his two-handed sword, kicked the ground quickly with both feet, and rushed up the bluestone mountain road in an instant with a cool-looking step.
"So fast!"
Thor was startled, but he didn't hesitate, bent his bow and arrows, and steadily retreated.