Lance, a young magician, was lying on a large fluffy bed in a crewneck shirt with a lace neckline and linen bloomers.

On the bedside table is a magic lamp in the shape of a morning glory.

A thick parchment magic book with a few pages of magic notes and a basic copper cover.

On one side of the openwork carved book jacket are two angels protruding from the clouds.

On the back are two dragons hovering in the valley from the dragon's lair, and the copper book cover is full of green patina, which looks very old.

On the bedside table on the other side were plates and drinking glasses, and the white bread on the plate had not been touched at all.

"Lance, what do you feel uncomfortable with?"

Surdak strode into the room, the sound of his armor grinding especially harshly, he hung his helmet on the wooden shelf in the doorway, walked over to Lance's bedside, and asked the young magician.

Lance raised his head, revealing a pair of melancholy and distracted eyes, and said to Surdak:

"I'm fine, but some things can't be figured out."

"What did you encounter?" Surdakla asked, sitting on the edge of the bed as he crossed a chair.

In fact, he didn't have time to eat lunch, and when he saw two slices of white bread, he felt a little gurgling in his stomach, so he picked up two slices of bread and ate them into his stomach without seeing it.

After eating, he wiped his mouth, and asked again: "Which beautiful girl do you fall in love with, are you embarrassed to confess to her?" Or does she have a sweetheart? ”

"......No," Lance said.

"Do you think my merit exchange is a bit unreasonable?" Surdak asked him as he stared into Lance's eyes.

"Not really," said Lance, limply.

Surdak thought for a moment before he said: "That is, I just walked down from the battlefield and felt a little uncomfortable in my heart when I saw so many cavalry killed?" ”

"A little." Lance admitted.

Surdak patted him on the shoulder indifferently and said, "I was like this the first time I killed someone, I had nightmares for several days in a row, in fact, you should go and have a drink, it will help you sleep, and you may be able to get a good night's sleep." ”

Lance grabbed the golden curls on his head with both hands, and said with some pain: "I just think it's terrible to see them in front of my eyes, being thrown to the ground by those ghost-tattooed soldiers, and I can't do anything about it, if I were a little stronger, maybe they wouldn't have died." ”

Surdak looked down and rubbed the blood-red crescent in his hand, and whispered to Lance:

"This is a border town, and we have a once in a decade beast tide in front of us, and although we have taken the initiative in the situation, no one can guarantee that they will not return, and all we have to do is to be ready to fight. Since it is a war, how can there be an immortal ......"

Golena walked over to the window and pulled a line open the thick curtain to let in the sunlight outside.

"I'm not talking about this, I just feel like I should do better......"

The glare of the sun caused Lance to cover the back of his hand over his eyes, and Lance paused.

After a while, he adjusted to the light in the room before continuing: "Since I awakened the magic pool, I have been learning magic in that ivory tower painted with intricate runes, we are called magicians, we are more noble than others, not because we have magic, but because we can eradicate all evil in this world, because we are a group of magicians who control the power of the elements!" ”

Surdak was a little dumbfounded, is this young magician with a sense of justice going to be the embodiment of justice?

That's when Lance continued:

"People respect us because they think we have powerful magical powers that we can use to protect those around us."

"But now I find out...... There may still be a long way to go before this dream can be realized, and even though I have been studying tirelessly, I still can't do anything on the battlefield. ”

"So I was thinking that if I hadn't awakened the magic pool and had entered the Knight Academy to become a knight, it might have been much more useful than it is now."

He looked up and looked at the sword in Surdak's hand with some dazedness.

Surdak scratched his head in embarrassment and said:

"You're having a little bit of a problem with your self-worth, and if your mentor is around, I'm sure he can help you, but I probably can't, compared to that...... I'm better at surgery. ”

He felt that at this time, there should be a senior magician to enlighten Lance, and in a few words, Lance might figure it out.

Surdak lowered his voice and whispered in his ear: "If your body is not good, I have the ability to help you, and I can last for three days at a time!" ”

Standing on the sidelines, Golena and the sweet beauty magician both flushed with red tides and twisted their heads to the side.

He looked at Lance carefully, and with a 'tsk' sound came out of his mouth, he said:

"Your body is indeed a little weak, otherwise from today, I can make an exercise plan for you, I promise that in a month, you will be much healthier than now, and you will not feel how painful it is to exercise, do you want to try......"

Lance raised his arm and looked at it, although there was no muscle on it, it was obviously not as bad as Surdak said, so he said, "Forget it, I don't think my body is that bad." ”

Surdak smiled and said in the tone of a passerby:

"By the time you find out, it may be too late."

He put the blood-red crescent on the side of the bed, and then said to Lance in a serious manner:

"Na...... Now let's talk about what kind of profession a magician is, and what do you think is the ratio of children who can awaken the magic pool to become magicians compared to other children during the annual magic awakening ceremony in Highlandsa City? ”

Lance didn't answer, but looked at Gorena.

Without hesitation, Golina said, "Usually one out of three thousand to five thousand children may awaken the magic pool and become an apprentice in magic. I was in charge of recruiting magic apprentices at the Junior Academy of Magic in Highlandsa. ”

Surdak said enviously:

"This kind of lucky person who can only be selected by one in a thousand or one in a thousand can be selected, once he awakens the magic pool and becomes a magic apprentice, according to the decree of the Grimm Empire, he will be a magician nobleman, not only will he receive free education from the junior magic academy, but he will also receive a living allowance every month, which are all benefits that a magician can enjoy."

"Of course, as a magician, you usually feel superior to others when you enjoy such benefits......"

"You can also enjoy this and that privilege."

Surdak is talking about the current situation of all the mages in the empire, and many old noble lords do not have such good benefits.

Then he added: "Now on the battlefield, you will find that the soldiers don't care what the enemy is, whether it's the cavalry, the archers, or the magicians......

They don't show mercy because of your honorable status, and if you see those demons on the battlefields of the Warsaw plane, they will even give you magicians a little favor because of your abilities......"

Lance glared at Surdak angrily, and the pent-up mood finally burst out, and he sat down on the bed and shouted:

"It's not because of this, I think I should be stronger, I should be able to save everyone!"

"Of course, the heavy cavalry tends to rush to the front, and they are in a very dangerous situation when they directly face the ghost pattern soldier ants on the battlefield, especially if there are giant soldier ants in the colony." Surdak said: "If there is a strong support from the archers in the back, the situation will be very different, and if there are mages in the back, the situation will be easier. ”

Surdak added later: "That's what a magician does. ”

The two are finally on one channel.

Lance casually retorted:

"But I don't think so...... With the mage present, how much can the tide of battle change......"

Surdak nodded and admitted, "That defeat was under absolute superiority and absolute power. ”

Lance looked up at Surdak and asked him, "But when you arrived, why did the tide of the battle turn around all of a sudden?" ”

"......" Surdak was speechless for a while.

"I don't think a one-turn mage is even better than a one-turn knight!" Lance said with some melancholy.

Surdak wanted to say that Lao Tzu is a knight of the Holy Light who can speak dragon language and comprehend the Holy Seal and Aura, and you can just throw two fireballs...... What is this comparable to.

"Lance, that's because you weren't prepared enough, and you probably don't know how long I've been preparing for this fight." Surdak said. "Next time, the magic scroll you have with you...... The variety should be as complete as possible......"

"In addition, you have to be clear about the specific power of the fireballs released, in fact, you don't necessarily have to kill the opponent on the battlefield, but you must suppress their momentum, take the fireball technique as an example, even if you drop ten fireballs, you may not be able to burn a ghost pattern red ant to death, but each fireball explodes from the ant colony, at least it can affect the surrounding ghost pattern soldier ants, as long as you find the right time, you can make the results infinitely magnified......

"So it's not that magic is useless, it's that you lack actual combat experience, and you haven't mastered the way the various arms cooperate with each other to fight, so it's good to participate in a few more battles......"

Surdak talked a lot, and finally four of his friends joined in, and the six of them talked about what kind of magic a mage was going to use on the battlefield in Lance's bedroom.

The fire magicians of the Grimm Empire are relatively large, and the fire magic inheritance is relatively complete.

When discussing the use of magic on the battlefield, everyone prefers to use the Flame Burst and the Fire Shield, but they must know how to fight with the cavalry.

In the evening, Surdak invited Lance and a few of his friends to a sumptuous dinner at a barbecue restaurant in the town of Dodan, where the group drank a little ale.

Surdak hurriedly returned to the barracks and began to prepare to implant the Thunder Rhino in the caravan with the Life Pattern.

To be honest, it is almost impossible to implant the life demon patterns stripped from the bodies of these ghost-patterned male ants, but it is very suitable to implant these thunder rhinos.

According to the deal between the two parties, Surdak needed the merchant Malacombe to transform twenty-three Thunderrhinos.

However, so far, Surdak has only collected fourteen Ghost Pattern Male Ant Life Patterns.

To complete the deal, Surdak estimated that at least fifty or so males would need to be hunted, which means at least two colonies in the hills and mountains......

……

Facing the rising sun, Samira sat on the top of a stone pillar.

This is the cliff on the east side of the town of Dodan, and these stalagmite-like stone pillars grow halfway up the mountain.

Usually, Samira practices archery and rarely climbs here.

But this time it's a little different.

Last night, when Samira was still asleep, she felt that something in her body was about to move, and the wind that had been flowing around the meridians of her body was actually twisted into countless pure white silk threads, which came out of her body one by one.

These threads are so sharp that they are like long hair dancing in the wind.

The moment she sat up from the bed, a few silk threads had already cut the bed board and the wooden table in half.

Samira suddenly came to her senses, and the irrepressible power in her body surged like a sea, and silk-like threads continued to precipitate from her body.

Samira hurriedly pounced on the attic window, she was only wearing a tube nightdress, but she was as nimble as a cheetah, jumping through the attic window to the ridge, but seeing that the silk threads precipitated by her body could even easily cut the roof tiles, Samira did not dare to stay in the barracks.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, she tore the hem of her skirt open, revealing her long white legs, and jumped barefoot several times before jumping out of the barracks.

Samira was worried that the strong silk thread that had precipitated from her body would hurt people, so she kept avoiding running to a place where there were people, and she climbed halfway up the mountain along the wall of the town of Dodan, and in a few vertical jumps got into the thorny stone pillar, and chose a tall and long bamboo shoot-shaped stone pillar to climb up, and sat down at the top.

The silk threads that came out of the body were already like flying wildly, and the cuttings were also cut on the stalagmites.

Samira calmed down and slowly guided the silk threads that had been precipitated from her body to weave into a cocoon of light, enveloping herself in it.

The surging power in her body could not allow her to break through the invisible barrier, and in the condensed light cocoon, some runes appeared in front of Samira's eyes and flickered, Samira seemed to see the origin of the laws of the world, and these runes kept rotating around Samira's body.

But no matter what, she couldn't seize that opportunity.

The surging power in her body could no longer be controlled, and it broke through her body in an instant, but was stopped by the light cocoon outside her body.

These forces want to break through the light cocoon......

At this moment, Samira noticed that a wound appeared on her arm, and a trace of blood flowed out of her body, spilling into the light cocoon.

She is a half-elf, with a very thin elven blood in her body.

Little by little, the elven blood and the runes in the light cocoon fused into blood-colored runes, reconverging into a red crystal the size of a fingernail, floating in front of Samira, and the crystal exuded a trace of her familiar aura.

She raised her head slightly in the light cocoon, and the red crystal condensed some of the world's origin power in the light cocoon, gathering at the center of her forehead.

Just on her smooth forehead, a semi-embedded hedron appeared.

Samira closed her eyes and a gentle breeze on her face.

After a while, she opened her eyes and found that the light cocoon had cracked, and she was sitting on the top of the stalagmite, bathed in golden sunlight.

At this moment, the whole world seems to come alive and colorful.

All she had to do was stretch out her hand,

It seems that you can reach the source of power floating in the air......