Chapter 3: Necromancy
Raphael didn't think much about it, and followed Edward into the city, where he came to the filthy slums of the city.
There was a small three-storey stone building, with a pointed stone building of irregular shape and a noble flag on the roof, which stood out among the low houses.
He followed Edward to the front of the building, and was surprised to see a few shoddy big characters written on the door number of the small building, Enoch Magic Tower in Oro City, and a skeleton on it.
It's called the Magic Tower, and this little building looks like a ...... at all. Oh my God, it's like a big pile of poop with flags pulling on it.
"Bang!" Raphael slammed into the street, feeling that his future was dark.
Edward smiled and knocked on the door, which opened a large crack and a pale skeleton poked out.
Two gray soul fires pulsed in the skeleton's eye sockets, startling Raphael, who immediately hid behind Edward.
The skeleton's jaws moved, and a high-pitched, indistinct voice said, "Who are you?" ”
Edward said: "Tell Enoch that his old acquaintance Edward is here, and he has good goods to bring him." ”
The skeleton flashed back, and the door slammed shut.
Raphael was a little apprehensive, and then the door opened again, and Edward pulled him in.
In the hall on the first floor of the magic tower, an old man with triangular eyes was standing in the hall, he was wearing a gray hooded mage robe, and when he saw Edward, he touched his long gray beard and said, "Old liar, the good goods you said last time are not very good, stupid to death, look, I made a skeleton." ”
Raphael was not stupid, he was considered the king of the village when he was a servant, and he was startled and rushed to the door without hesitation.
A miserable white figure flashed, and a strange beating soul fire appeared in front of him, and the skeleton held a bone stick on his bone, and it was a stick on his head.
Raphael exercised his mental strength for a few days, it was still useful, he clearly saw the skeleton's movements, and immediately kicked his foot on the ground, dodging hard, but his body couldn't keep up with his thoughts, his little fart was hit by a bone stick, he screamed in pain, and crawled back to the middle of the hall.
The skeleton made an unpleasant "click" sound, as if mocking, and it stopped at the door without chasing.
Raphael was anxious and flustered, his little face twitched, and he shouted at Edward, "Dead old man, I saved your life!"
Edward seemed to remember this, and said to himself in astonishment, "Yes, this little guy saved me, well, well, I have to tell some feelings." ”
Saying that, he whispered in Enoch's ear for a while, then took a bag of gold coins from Enoch's hand, and said: "Look, he saved me, old bone stick, for my sake, train him well, be a little more patient, don't kill him all at once, hehehe, this little guy's mental power is still quite good." ”
Enoch grimaced and said, "Old liar, this kid's magical talent is definitely not very good, otherwise I will abduct you to the alchemist, hum, I'll make do with it." ”
Edward said happily: "It's still an old friend who understands me, next time I'll find a better one, this kid is called Raphael, I'll go first." Ignoring Raphael, he laughed and slipped away.
When Raphael saw Edward gone, he was frightened and said, "Ah, Venerable Master Enoch, what do you want me to do, I am the best servant in the village, I cook a good dish, even the lady thinks it is good to eat it, except for the bed warmer, I am good at everything else, I am very useful, I will definitely not let you down." ”
Enoch touched his beard, stared at Raphael up and down with triangular eyes, and said grimly, "What do you burn? ”
Mage, whatever it may be, means powerful, violent, ferocious, and beyond the laws of the Empire.
Raphael shuddered and collapsed, he grabbed Enoch's leg and cried, "I want Mommy, I want to go home!"
Enoch smiled, kicked Raphael away, and said: "Lao Tzu wants a fart servant, Lao Tzu wants a magic assistant, you little guy and I study hard, and have a chance to become a great mage, if it's really a waste, then, look at that skeleton, hehehe." ”
When Raphael heard this, he had every chance, so he got up and lowered his eyebrows and said: "Teacher Enoch, you are just too low-key, I will become your true disciple, and let the teacher's name become a legend on the mainland." ”
Enoch touched his beard, his triangular eyes turned for a while, he dug in his robe, took out a handful of small bones and threw them on the table, and said: "Don't rush to call the teacher, come and try these bones, you can make three bones move at the same time, and you have the qualification to live, if you can't do it, I will look at the face of the old liar, give you half a year's chance, and after half a year, you can't do it again, hehe......"
Raphael gritted his teeth, came to the table, and tried to calm down, this was related to his future fate, he gasped for several breaths, before he calmed down, and began to concentrate, to indulge those bones, after a try, he was relieved, this bone was much simpler than a ball, and as long as it moved, there was no other requirement.
After he sold it to Edward, his mind matured a lot, and after three of them, he didn't do any more, and he could even be distracted to look at Enoch's expression, and when he saw Enoch touching his beard and nodding slightly in satisfaction, he let the bones move a little harder, fiddled with it for a while, and then stopped.
Enoch was indeed very satisfied, now that his experiment could continue, he said: "Raphael, I heard the old liar say that you have a very poor magical talent, a poor magical talent, and if you want to become a powerful necromancer, it is impossible, the old liar is lying to you." But, don't be discouraged, I've been working on a great discovery recently, if it succeeds, hehe, as long as you have good spiritual talents, you can learn magic and become a powerful mage, hahaha, I'm so great. ”
Raphael's heart moved, and he immediately said: "Yes, teacher, when I see you, teacher, I feel small, but with the encouragement of the teacher, my whole body is full of strength, and I can give my life for the teacher at any time." As long as I see the teacher, I feel that life is full of beauty, I feel that there is hope for the future of the empire, and I feel that mankind will have a great future......"
Why did these words sound so comfortable, Enoch immediately looked at Raphael, he unconsciously admitted that Raphael was his disciple, and said with a smile: "The teacher is not so great, he is just the greatest necromancer, in the long river of history, it is still nothing, roar roar." His face was raised, and his nostrils were almost ready to catch bird droppings.
However, he didn't confuse Raphael's sycophant, he took Raphael's hand and put a bone bracelet on Raphael.
The bone bracelet shrank and clasped tightly around Raphael's wrist.
Enoch gave the skeleton an order: "Xiaobai, you go and arrange a room for Raphael, stay on the ground floor, and then take him around the magic tower." Then he turned and went upstairs.
Raphael looked at the skeleton named Xiaobai, and his heart shivered slightly.
Xiaobai's chin moved "Gaba Gaba", scaring him: "If you don't meet the requirements of this old guy, you will become the same as me, this bone bracelet is worn, you run out of the city, the old guy will sense, don't think about running away, any struggle is in vain." ”
Raphael was so surprised, he was not afraid, and humans were even more afraid of the unknown and obscure, so he said, "You can actually think for yourself?"
Seeing that he was no longer afraid, the skeleton felt very bored, so he said: "Of course I can think, I didn't summon him, I killed him alive, made into a skeleton, and the soul was imprisoned in the head by the soul box, a bit like a wizard, but there is no wizard's power at all, but there are many things, I can't remember clearly." Then its soul was beating, and it said sinisterly: "Actually, this old guy's magic is weak, and he has no ability, and I was also careless and was killed by him." ”
Raphael didn't believe its nonsense, no matter how weak Enoch was, he was also a formal mage, and his strength was conceivable, so he followed the skeleton to take a good look at his room first, and then took a turn in the magic tower.
The lower floor of the magic tower is for living, and it is cleaned up quite cleanly, which is the credit of Xiaobai, and the second floor is for magic experiments, there are many shelves, and the books and magic materials on the shelves are a little messy, and the third floor is for cultivation, and the old guy lives on the third floor.
After Raphael finished visiting, he went to the second floor to find a book to read, anyway, Enoch didn't say that it was not easy to move, and he would talk about it after reading it.
There was a lot of dust on the shelves, and it was obvious that the old guy didn't touch them much. He looked closely, and found that the cover styles of these books were very ancient, the material was not gold or wood, not paper, and the content was even more messy, with marching formations, stratagems, naval battle strategies, and even punishments, etc., but there were no magic books.
Enoch's voice sounded behind him: "This is a book that I found with the old crook in an ancient tomb ruins, you can look at it casually, I am not interested in these things, and these things must be outdated, and it is useless to read them." You don't need to learn magic cultivation first, just rely on your physique, and if you learn it, it's all in vain, give me a good meditation, and help me tomorrow. ”
Raphael lowered his head and said, "Yes, teacher, then I will take these books to read in my free time to pass the boring time." ”
Enoch didn't object either, nodding.
Raphael went back to his room with a pile of books.
His room was well furnished, including a bathroom, and he put his book on the table, remembered the ring that the little beauty had given him, and looked at his finger.
There is a holy light emblem on the ring, I don't know what this ring is for, the girl looks noble, I don't think I will give a jewelry, right?
His heart moved, and he probed a wisp of spiritual power into this ring, and carefully sensed it, and found that the material of the ring should be very good, able to store magic elements, which should be light elements, and a small magic circle, once it is activated with spiritual power, it is estimated that a magic can be released.
Raphael raised his hand flat and activated the circle with his mind. Suddenly, the air brightened, and a little white light appeared, and the white light quickly condensed, forming a small spear of light.
He was overjoyed, this was the Holy Spear Spell, a powerful and practical type of light magic.
The Holy Spear floated in front of him, and he habitually used his sober meditation to control this Holy Spear, and the Holy Spear immediately shrank, compressed into a round ball, and quickly rotated around him, and the light magic inside seemed to be even more violent.
However, the ball of light only turned slightly, and he felt dizzy and tired.
The fact that the spiritual power can be used in a dispersed manner does not mean that the spiritual power is strong, and his spiritual strength is almost equal to that of a magic apprentice.
Raphael's heart tightened, and he immediately relaxed his control of the orb, which turned into bits of white light and disappeared into the air.
It seems that this kind of transformation control cannot be used at will, otherwise the mental power will not be enough.
Then, he sensed the ring again, and found that a magic spell consumed all the magic power of the ring, but the magic power was already slowly recovering, and it was estimated that it would take half a day.
With this ring, his heart settled down a little, and he picked up the book on the table and read it.