Chapter 19: Magician Certification
After Druff watched Sean's figure disappear, he turned around and asked in surprise, "Katjefu, what exactly does he want to verify and assess, and he needs to alarm Grand Magician Helmo?"
Katye Fu swallowed his mouth full of saliva with difficulty, and said, "He's here to conduct the verification and assessment of the official magician. ”
"Formal magician?" Although Druff had already been mentally prepared, he still couldn't believe his ears after hearing the news.
"But...... But he's young. Druff stammered, "He might, no, he must be much younger than me." ”
Indeed, although Sean is eighteen years old, he has always maintained the training of broadcasting, so from the outside, he looks very young, even a little younger than his real age. It's not at all surprising that people can see the details in this situation.
"What about being young, as long as you have strength. Katye gave him a disdainful look and said.
Mary frowned a slightly stiff brow and said, "No, I also sensed the magic fluctuations on his body, and it doesn't seem to be much stronger than us." ”
In fact, Mary didn't tell the truth, because in terms of energy fluctuation induction, Sean seemed to be a little weaker than everyone here, and he only looked like a fifth- or sixth-level apprentice mage, otherwise the apprentice mage behind the counter at the beginning would not have given him a look.
Katyefu hesitated for a moment and said, "Mary, what is this place?"
"The Magic Tower, of course. Druf glared at him angrily and preemptively said.
"Yes, this is the Magic Tower, so do you think this person has eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, so he came here to make trouble?"
Druff and Mary's faces changed at the same time, if Sean really only has the strength of the fifth or sixth level of performance, but he came to conduct the verification and assessment of the official magician, then he didn't say that he ate the bear's heart leopard gall, but he was afraid that it would be almost the same as eating the dragon's heart phoenix gall.
"I see. Mary took a deep breath and said, "This Mr. Magician must have used some method to suppress the magic fluctuations in his body, which is why he has created the illusion that his strength is not good. ”
"That's right. Katye Fu nodded and said, "You're smarter." ”
The eighth-level apprentice was coping with it in his mouth, while thinking about Sean's every move after entering, judging from his calm expression, he was definitely confident.
Suddenly, Katyefu's face changed drastically, and he thought of Sean's different attitudes towards everyone and the two Druve siblings, and for a while, there was an extremely strange look in his eyes.
"What's wrong with you, Katjefu?" asked Druff curiously, to his best friend.
Katye looked at Druff and asked in a trembling voice, "Druf, Mary, have you seen him before?" ”
"Nope. The two said in unison.
"Good. Katye nodded heavily and said, "Druf, Mary, are we friends?" ”
"Of course. ”
"Are you a good friend?"
"Nonsense. Druff asked impatiently, "What do you want to say?"
"Stupid, oh, no......" Katyefu gently slapped his face and said, "Druf, I'm used to it, please forgive me, and I promise that I won't call you stupid again." ”
Druf glared at him fiercely, not knowing what this guy was trying to do.
Katye cleared his throat and said, "Druf, Mary, listen to me, wait a while, if he comes out and really passes the verification assessment and becomes an official magician, then you go up immediately and beg him to accept you as a beginner disciple." ”
Druff and Mary looked at each other, excited in their eyes, but more hesitant and worried.
Although they all have the talent to learn magic, their basic talent is not very strong, otherwise they would have been accepted as introductory apprentices by official magicians more than ten years ago, and where would they still be the lowest level of ordinary free mages.
"Even if we go up and plead, he won't be able to agree. Druf's face darkened, and he said, "Over the years, have we not known what our specific situation is?"
Katyefu's head shook like a rattle, and said, "No, no, haven't you noticed that this Excellency is clearly different from the two of you?"
"Really?" Dhruf asked, with a glimmer of hope.
"Yes, he used to sit alone in the corner with disdain for us, but since the two of you walked in, he immediately smiled. He lowered his voice, looked around cautiously, and said, "I see, either he likes your qualifications, or he takes a fancy to ...... Uh, that ......"
Seeing that he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, Druff hurriedly said, "What did he like?"
Katjefu glanced at Mary's body, frowned, and said, "No, Mary is not a peerless beauty, could it be that he actually likes this type of girl?"
Druve and Mary glared at him fiercely at the same time, if it weren't for the fact that they were in the magic tower, they had to pay attention to etiquette at all times, and they couldn't fight casually, then they would have been fists and kicks a long time ago.
Katye waved his hand again and said, "Forget it, Druff and Mary, if you have the permission of the Lord to become his introductory apprentice, then don't forget my brother." ”
"Bah, we're not going to intercede for you. Mary snorted angrily, pursed her lips slightly, and made a gloating expression.
Katye smiled awkwardly and said, "I don't have the luxury of being able to become his introductory apprentice, but you always need an apprentice attendant, don't forget to leave me a spot when the time comes." ”
Druff opened his mouth, and was about to agree, when he suddenly thought that this matter had not been skimmed yet, and he couldn't help but sigh and said, "I hope he can take a fancy to our qualifications and accept us." ”
The three of them fell silent for a moment, although they said it lightly, but everyone knew how difficult it was to become an introductory apprentice of a full-fledged magician with their qualifications. And magicians of Sean's age, in general, will not recruit introductory apprentices.
Because for them, their own cultivation is the most important thing, and if they accept an introductory apprentice, they will have to disperse some of their energy, and if they can't advance because of this, it will be a thing that outweighs the loss.
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Follow the stone steps in the magic tower step by step, and soon come to the third floor.
The apprentice who led the way respectfully led Sean into a large room in which sat an old man of seventy or eighty years old.
His face was an unusual bluish yellow, reflecting a dark glow. The two eyes are one big and the other small, the cheekbones are high, and the few wrinkles on the forehead and cheeks are full of a strange color, as if they can't be washed off every morning.
However, Sean did not despise the old man's strange appearance, because the old man was wearing a set of half-worn magic robes, and on the left chest of the magic robe, he wore a golden magic badge.
Anyone who understands the magic system will be in awe when they see this badge.
Because the golden badge represents a mage at the level of a great mage, and this kind of mage is enough to be respected no matter where it is placed.
In many countries, a magician of this level is the chief archmage of the court. And the power in their hands is enough to destroy an ordinary city.
Sean silently sensed the energy fluctuations emanating from the other party, and after a while, he already knew that the strength of this great magician was indeed far superior to that of Teacher Mo Lun and himself, as for the comparison with Tiffany's great magician, it was unknown, because with Sean's ability, he couldn't tell the difference.
The apprentice who led the way bowed deeply to the old man in the room, and said, "Great Magician Helmo, this ......" He paused, and then remembered that he didn't even know Sean's name.
Helmo's eyes had been fixed on Sean since he came in, and with a slight wave of his hand, the apprentice stepped aside.
He didn't go out, but took out a strange magic prop on the side, and after Helmo nodded, he carefully put in the energy crystal and opened it.
Sean looked over in surprise, but he didn't recognize what it was.
Haiermo suddenly smiled and said, "Young man, haven't you seen the memory stone?"
Sean suddenly realized that since there is magic in this world, what can be done using technology in the previous life can also be replaced by magic in this world.
The Memory Stone is the photographic equipment of this world, and with the use of special magic items, images and sounds can be sealed in the Memory Stone and stored for generations.
I have heard that images preserved in this method will not disappear or blur even after tens of thousands of years, which is thousands of times better than the storage technology of the 21st century.
There was a hint of a smile on Helmo's face, although he was really not good-looking, but the smile also revealed a kind of elder-like care.
"Young man, for us in the wizarding world, everyone who can become an official magician is the most valuable asset, so when someone reaches this ability, we will record the assessment process of him becoming an official magician as a commemoration, I hope you can understand. ”
"Yes, Grand Magician Helmo. Sean bowed slightly and said, "It is indeed the greatest honor of my life to be able to keep this extremely glorious moment for me forever." ”
"No, I can guarantee that today is definitely not your most glorious moment. Grand Magician Helmo shook his head slightly and asked, "What is your name and who is the mentor?"
"Sean, as for my mentor...... Sean paused slightly, and said, "I beg your pardon, I can't say his name without my mentor's permission." ”
"Why? Didn't you come this time because your mentor allowed you?"
"Yes, I came to the Werewolf Empire on the orders of my mentor to go out for trials. So I can't name his old man until I return to the Magic Tower. Sean said respectfully.
Helmo smiled, but he was not surprised by Sean's insistence, because the surnames of magicians were originally strange, and a large part of them were impersonal guys.
"Well, although you didn't say who the mentor was, I'm sure he must be a great magician, maybe someone I know well. ”
Sean's face moved slightly, and a hint of disapproval flashed.
Helmer didn't care, but continued: "Don't believe it, I know all the great magicians in the Werewolf Empire and the Gohan Empire, even those who live in seclusion in the Horns. After a pause, he smiled and asked, "You're not yet twenty this year, are you?" ”
"Yes, I'm eighteen years old. Sean said honestly, because he knew that as long as the other party was willing, then he had countless means to verify his true age.
"Eighteen. Helmo closed his eyes slightly, his eyes of different sizes twitched slightly, and he said in an almost dreamlike voice: "What a young age, I think back then, I was eighteen years old." ”
Sean was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but feel a little crying and laughing.
I didn't expect my age to cause the other party's sudden emotion, which was really unexpected.
Fortunately, after a moment, the great magician reined in his mind and said, "The one who can train you to become a full-fledged magician before the age of twenty will definitely not be an ordinary mage. If I'm not mistaken, your mentor is at least a great magician, or even a magician. Right?"
Sean raised his eyebrows, lowered his head, and said, "I'm sorry, I can't answer your question." ”
Helmo laughed, shook his hand, and said, "It's okay, it's okay. ”
Looking at his expression, it seems that he has already decided that Sean's mentor must be an extremely powerful person.
However, in Sean's heart, he is really a little helpless at the moment, if he tells the truth, tell this confident magician. I don't know how his mentor would feel when he was just a Mo Lun with ordinary qualifications, who was lucky enough to become a one-star magician and had no hope of being promoted to the realm of a great magician for the rest of his life.
In fact, it is not that Sean deliberately conceals Morun's name, but that he is simply unable to make a perfect self-justification for his origins.
He had killed someone, offended a magician, and fled to the prairie, even though it was thousands of miles away from Louis. But God knows what kind of attitude the magician here will have when he knows that his enemy is a magician.
In the same way, he did not dare to lie in the magic tower, because he knew that these high-level magicians were far more powerful than himself. If their minds move and they use some means to verify whether they are lying, then the probability of being exposed is still very high.
So Sean simply came to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, and he didn't know anything at all, so that even if the other party had great magical powers, he would never want to find his origin.
Helmer smiled happily for a moment, and with a flick of his wrist, a wand suddenly appeared in his empty hand.
Sean looked up and saw that the length of the wand was nearly fifty centimeters, and the entire body of the wand was smooth and straight, with two magic cores of different colors embedded in the head of the wand. The whole wand was cleverly conceived, forming a very special personal style, holding it in Helmer's hand, with an indescribable sense of fit, as if the old man had become one with his magic wand.
Sean sighed slightly, this is the magic wand that the magicians have tailored for themselves, and the magic wand in Helmo's hand is much better than the one in his necklace.
But Sean didn't feel strange, with the strength of a great magician, if there was no such wand, it would be strange.
"Sean, do you have a magic wand?" Helmer asked.
"Yes. Sean reached out and touched the necklace, adding an extra magic wand.
Although this magic wand was far inferior to the one in the hands of Grand Magician Helmo in terms of appearance and power, Helmo still smiled with satisfaction when he took out this magic wand.
An eighteen-year-old mage who came to the Magic Tower for the official magician verification assessment not only has a magic wand, but also wears a rare space magic prop with him.
In anyone's eyes, these things must have been prepared for him by Sean's mentor, otherwise with his current identity and age, it would be absolutely impossible for him to earn these two treasures alone.
"Okay, you use your wand to perform level 3 magic. Helmo said with a smile: "If you can cast three in a row, even if you pass the level." ”
Sean was stunned and asked, "It's that simple?"
"Of course. Helmo said amicably, "I have sensed your magic fluctuations, and I am definitely qualified to become an official magician." So as long as you can cast three third-level magic, you can get my approval. ”
Sean answered, and the magic wand in his hand tapped lightly three times, and three magic spells suddenly appeared on his body.
Level 3 Magic Shield, Wind Soaring and Eagle Eye.
Looking at Sean, who was three centimeters above the ground and floating in the magic tower, Helmo's eyes couldn't help but show a hint of surprise.
In fact, when a level 10 apprentice wants to advance, he does need to cast three level 3 magic to pass the level, but according to convention, they can't use magic wands. Of course, the vast majority of Level 10 apprentices don't have the opportunity to get a real magic wand before they become full-fledged magicians.
But when Helmer heard about Sean's age, he couldn't help but let go of a little water.
Anyway, at the age of eighteen, as long as he can cast three third-level magic, then he is a supreme magic genius, even if he can't do it now, but at most in one or two years, he can reach this realm.
However, he didn't expect that when Sean cast three third-level magics, there was no delay at all, and even these three magics were activated by means of instantaneous silence.
Although Sean has a magic wand in his hand, being able to do this means that Sean's true strength has definitely reached the standard of a one-star magician.
Helmer's eyes finally showed extreme satisfaction, he nodded heavily, and said, "Great, Sean, you passed." However, he paused, seemed to hesitate, and said, "Of course, what you have obtained now is only the official mage qualification in the human world, and if you want to make a difference in the Werewolf Empire, then you must also go through a trial." ”
Sean Daqi, as far as he knows, no matter what race it is, the standard of a formal magician is exactly the same, why is there a different situation in Helmo's mouth?
Perhaps seeing Sean's doubts, Helmo explained with a smile: "Werewolves belong to the orcs, and for them, magicians who only know that they study magic in the magic tower cannot be recognized by them. If you want to earn their respect, you have to show a real record. ”
"What's the real record?" asked Sean in surprise.
"Defeat the hostile nations of the Werewolf Empire, or enter the desert to retrieve a sandworm egg. ”
Sean thought of the grievances between the green wolf clan and the snow wolf people, and suddenly understood a little, but he frowned slightly and asked, "Your Excellency the Great Magician of Haiermo, may I ask what the sandworm eggs are?"
"Sandworm eggs, naturally, are the eggs laid by sandworms. ”
The corners of Sean's mouth twitched slightly, isn't this nonsense......
"However, these sandworms live in the Saharto Desert, and it is not easy to get their eggs. Helmo explained.
Sean's heart moved slightly, and he said, "But I once heard people say that as long as people enter the Saharto Desert, there is never a survivor. ”
Helmo smiled dumbly and said, "Sean, don't forget who we are, we are magicians, do you still compare us to those ordinary people?"
Sean's face turned slightly red, and he said, "Your Excellency Helmer, I don't know anything about the desert, if I really enter it, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out." ”
When he said this, Sean was sincere, but he had already made up his mind in his heart that if he had time, he might as well go for a walk in the desert.
Anyway, with No. 1 in hand, there is absolutely no way he can get lost. As long as you are well prepared in advance, it is basically unlikely that you will encounter too much danger.
As for the crusade against the snow werewolves, since he met Milician, he has an extra heart, those werewolf shamans are not easy to mess with, if he is allowed to go to the territory of the snow werewolves alone, Sean will not be so stupid.
"Do you want to go to the Saharto Desert?" Helmo smiled and said, "I already knew that you young people, once you listen to the rules of the Werewolf Empire, you will definitely go to verify it regardless of the danger. But for things that are not familiar with the terrain, we have long thought about it. ”
Sean bowed deeply and said, "Please advise." ”
"Well, the Great Desert is a death trap for ordinary people, and it is also a very headache for us magicians. But for the werewolf shaman, it is not difficult to survive and walk in the great desert. ”
"Why?" asked Sean, surprised.
"Because werewolf shamans are a profession that they produce by combining their ontological souls with demonic beast souls, it is precisely because of the demonic beast spirits that most of the war shamans can sense the most correct direction in the great desert. ”
Sean blinked his eyes in surprise and asked, "There is such a magical thing, what does those demonic beast soul bodies have to do with the Great Desert?"
"I don't know. This time Helmo replied very cheerfully, and he smiled bitterly: "This is just the conclusion we have reached after thousands of years, as for why this is happening, whether it is the Wizards' Guild or the Orc Shamans, they have not been able to find the real reason yet." ”
Sean nodded silently, he didn't plan to find out the roots, so many handsome people spent thousands of years and still found nothing, so even if he threw all his energy into it, it was basically difficult to make a difference.
"I see, you want me to go to the Werewolf Empire, find a war shaman to work with, and go to the Saharto Desert. ”
"That's right. Haile said happily: "You are very smart, you can guess it at once." Hehe, in fact, the task of crusading against the enemy countries of the Werewolf Empire is relatively simple, but as long as it is a high-minded and arrogant person, he will not choose to do it to ordinary people, so it is inevitable to go to the Sahato Desert. ”
Sean couldn't help but smile bitterly, where is he arrogant and disdainful of bullying ordinary people.
In fact, if it weren't for the war shaman who had encountered them in the crusade against the snow werewolf tribe, then Sean would definitely have chosen this mission, because the killing canopy in his hand had not collected enough killing energy until now.
Nodding his head heavily, Sean said, "Mr. Helmo, I will find the right shaman to help, and I hope that the next time we meet, I can already get the approval of Mr. Werewolf." ”
"Okay, ambitious. Helmer asked, "Do you have any friends with war shamans, do you need me to introduce you to two?"
"Thank you for your kindness, I have a friend who has just broken through to the realm of a war shaman, and I think I should be able to get his help. Sean politely declined.
Helmo slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "Look at my head, your mentor will definitely prepare these things for you." ”
Sean smiled bitterly in his heart, but he was too embarrassed to refute it, so he simply acquiesced.
Helmo waved his hand and said, "Okay, I will now grant you the title and badge of a one-star magician in the name of the Werewolf Empire Magic Union, hoping that you can devote yourself to hard training and strive to reach the level of a two-star magician as soon as possible." ”
"Yes. Sean bowed deeply and took a badge from Helmo's hand and pinned it to his chest.
This badge has a special mark of the Magical Guild on it, and a dazzling star.
In the past, he could often see this badge on the body of the magician of Morun. Every time he saw it, he felt extremely envious, and he couldn't imagine that he also had the same badge.
Even though Sean could clearly sense the energy fluctuations above, he still felt a little still in a dream at the moment.
The apprentice in charge of the recording process swung the device, took out two small white stones from it, and handed them to Grand Magician Helmo and Sean, respectively.
Helmo smiled slightly and said, "Sean, you can take it and take it as a souvenir." ”
"Yes. Sean carefully put this memory stone into the necklace with mixed feelings, this thing is indeed of great significance to him.
Helmo hesitated, raised his hand and pointed out the door, and the apprentice immediately exited the room, closing the door as he left.
Sean's heart sank, knowing that Grand Magician Helmo was going to tell him something that was not suitable for a magic apprentice to hear.
"Sean, now that you're a full-fledged magician, you're qualified to recruit magical apprentices. Helmer said solemnly, "I hope that if possible, you can take as many magic apprentices as possible." ”
"Why?" said Sean.
Helmo let out a long sigh and said, "Because the number of our magicians is too small, and in the last few hundred years, more and more magicians have devoted themselves to cultivation, in order not to hinder their cultivation, let alone recruit apprentices, even if it is a fixed magic tower, they are not willing to build it." If this trend continues, then one day we will be in the awkward position of having no successor in the wizarding world. ”
Sean opened his mouth, his mind quickly thinking of the situation in the Duchy of Louis.
There were a total of six magicians who built the magic tower, but among the six magicians, only Moren took in six introductory apprentices. Among the rest of the people, the most of them were only three people, and under the disciples of the great magician of Tiffany, Betty was the only one.
Thinking about the qualifications of Ryan and Kim, although they are not the best ones, they are more or less at the upper middle level, and if they are carefully taught by a formal magician, then they still have a certain possibility of becoming official magicians in the end.
However, with such qualifications, the two of them still failed to worship any magician after wandering for more than thirty years.
From these aspects, what Grand Magician Helmo said is indeed the truth.
The vast majority of magicians are devoted to cultivation, and unless they meet a truly supreme genius, they will not be accepted as beginner disciples at all. Because every time there was an extra disciple, they had to be distracted and taken care of, which was definitely an unbearable thing for those who were concentrating on cultivation.
As a result, more and more apprentice-level mages with ordinary qualifications are unable to receive systematic teaching, which is very detrimental to their growth. Even apprentices who had the prospect of being promoted to the rank of magician lost the hope of this possibility.
With a frown, a thought suddenly surged in Sean's heart, if Magician Moren didn't know that his qualifications were not good enough to go further in this life, then would he still accept six magic apprentices?
Helmo waited for a while, estimating that Sean had already digested the meaning of this passage before he said: "In order to solve this serious problem, the magic unions in various places have made a lot of efforts, hoping that the official magicians can spend a little more time and try to get as many apprentices as possible who are expected to be promoted to get this opportunity, instead of focusing all their attention on those apprentices with supreme talent." ”
Sean couldn't help but say, "Your Excellency Helmer, do you mean to ask me to only recruit apprentices with ordinary qualifications, but not apprentices with outstanding talents?"
"Of course not. Helmey smiled dumbly and said, "If you can meet an apprentice with outstanding talent, then of course you can't let it go." But I hope that when you meet apprentices who are hopeful, you will not sit idly by, but will be able to give them a hope of success. ”
Sean thought of Kim and Ryan, who were doing penance in the mountains, and couldn't help but smile: "I understand, don't worry, Your Excellency Helmer." ”
Nodding slightly, Helmo continued: "In the past hundred years, our Magic Guild has changed several regulations, and before a formal magician is promoted to a great magician, he must recruit at least one apprentice and train him to a tenth-level apprentice or above. If the Grand Mage is unable to complete this minimum requirement, he will be banned from all Magic Guilds, and will not be able to exchange magic items for Magic items in any Guild until the requirements are completed. ”
Sean nodded slightly and said, "This condition is not harsh, but a tenth-level apprentice is really too little for a mage at the level of a great magician." ”
Helmo looked at Sean in surprise, and after a moment, he said with great satisfaction: "Yes, it would be great if every magician had such a sense of responsibility as you." He sighed for a while and said, "Of course, rewards and punishments are the right way." If a magician is able to bring out three full-fledged magicians, then he can get a certain reward in any magic guild. ”
Sean's eyes lit up and he asked, "What reward?"
"All kinds of high-grade magic materials, high-level scrolls, high-level magic cores, etc.......," Helmo smiled slightly, and said, "Whether you want to make a magic wand, or what magic props, these things are essential." And the more formal mages a mage teaches, the more rewards he can get, even ......"
Looking at Helmer's mysterious look, Sean finally couldn't help but ask, "Your Excellency, or even what?"
Helmo said slowly: "Even this magician can be received by several elders of the union, and get their guidance or gifts. ”
Sean asked inexplicably, "Elder of the Magic Guild?"
Helmer's two eyes grew larger, even the smaller one was round, and the gaze that looked at Sean was full of puzzlement, as if the question was such an idiot.
(To be continued)