Barbara looked at Ryan with some surprise, Ryan smiled at him, and continued: "There are two paths in front of you now, one is to continue to follow the path of promotion as a regular magician, although it will be a little slow in the early stage, but it will be much smoother in the later stage, and the other is a tortuous path full of thorns like me."

"Ah, which do you think I should choose?" Barbara's big eyes flickered, and she asked Ryan in a crisp voice, "It sounds like the first path will be safe, but why did you choose the second one?"

Ryan laughed and didn't answer Barbara's question, in fact, Ryan didn't have a choice at all, he didn't know anything about magic at that time, and his teacher Delaney only taught him magic in the second way, which naturally made Ryan think that other magicians were trained in this way.

"I'll choose the second one!" Barbara said suddenly.

"Oh, why?" asked Ryan, a little curious.

Barbara said in a milky voice: "It's very simple, teacher, you have spent so much effort tonight, I must hope that someone will choose the second way, right?"

Ryan smiled dumbly, it seemed that Barbara was really smart, and actually guessed his thoughts, so he nodded and admitted, and at the same time explained to Barbara: "Remember the ritual just now, I used my own mana to operate in your body, opening up a temporary channel for you, so that you can clearly understand the specific process of releasing a certain magic, and you will keep practicing according to the channel I opened for you, which is equivalent to solidifying this channel." ”

After seeing Barbara's blank look, Ryan realized that what he had just said was quite profound, so he simply said: "With the second method, you can quickly master several kinds of magic and master them through long-term practice, but the price is that it is difficult for you to learn other magic, at least other magic of the same level." ”

"That's not bad, didn't you mention that there are many types of magic? I don't think I can use them all, right?"

Ryan shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily, I used to think the same way, but since all magic has been created, it must have its scope of application, and on the second path, you can only use the ones you are proficient in to deal with all kinds of situations, and at this point you will be much more passive than a regular magician." ”

"Of course, don't be so pessimistic, because we can turn things in our favor. Ryan didn't want to hit Barbara too much, so he added, "For example, if I choose to focus on offensive magic, then my defense will be worse, and it seems that this is my weakness." ”

"Hmm. Barbara nodded, she thought the same way.

"However, the truth is that I have beaten almost all my opponents. Ryan thought for a moment and added, "Except for a few opponents who are much stronger than me." You must be wondering how I do it, but it's actually very simple, just play to your strengths. Since I am good at attacking, and the attack type of magic is more proficient than other magicians, the mana consumption is smaller, and the casting speed is faster, so why should I fight with others in a decent way? First bless myself with protective magic, and then patiently engage in a magic cracking battle with the opponent? No, I will strike first, directly suppress the opponent with a stormy attack, and never stop without destroying the opponent's will to resist!"

Ryan's few words made Barbara's blood boil, she wished that she immediately had infinite power, Ryan understood Barbara's feelings, he patted Barbara on the head again, and said to her, "Now that you have made your choice, then we can begin." ”

"Okay!" Barbara nodded her little head vigorously.

――――――*――――――*――――――*――――――*――――――"My lord, there is a cursed swamp ahead. The coachman's words reached Ryan's ears, and Ryan took a sip of water from his glass and said to Barbara and the other magic apprentices, "That's all for today, let's get out of the car and have a look." ”

Soon, the entire convoy came to a halt, and Ryan led Adela and the others up a small hillside, where he could see the Cursed Swamp about kilometers away. From a distance, the sky above the Cursed Swamp was shrouded in a black mist, and it was precisely because of this black fog that Ryan and the others could not see the situation inside the Cursed Swamp clearly.

"This is it. Rocheld, the priest who had treated the poisoned mercenary, said, "Just a little ahead, there are still footprints there." ”

Ryan looked up at the sky and said, "Let's camp on the spot, everyone have a good night's rest, and tomorrow we will try to enter the Cursed Swamp and see what is inside." ”

"Do you want me to take the scout to explore the path first?" asked Nancy, standing behind Ryan in a low voice.

Ryan shook his head and said, "No need, everyone has worked hard for two days in a row, except for the personnel in charge of the night watch, everyone else should have a good rest." Adela, Adams, Moses, Nancy, and Rochelde, let's talk about tomorrow's adventure. ”

Since Rocheld, the only member of the team had ever been in the group, so the adventure was largely based on the priest's narrative, and Ryan split the party into two parts, one staying outside and the other following Ryan into the Cursed Swamp, rotating as appropriate. Naturally, others would not have objections to Ryan's arrangement, so the list of the two teams was quickly determined.

Ryan almost divided the fighters evenly, he didn't want the team left behind to be attacked by people with ulterior motives, and he even gave Adams and Moses, who were in charge of staying behind, to conduct war alert and be ready to fight at any time. Ryan had been through this many times, such as the one in the tomb of King Alexander. Ryan didn't want his remaining personnel to suffer, after all, Ryan was the only one in the entire team who had the strength to turn the tide of battle.

For the poisonous spiders and bipedal wyverns that they are about to face, Moses and the others are still quite uneasy in their hearts, with their strength, they can completely kill such a magical beast, but under the description of Priest Rocheld, those terrible creatures are often in groups, and I am afraid that few mercenary groups still have their faces unchanged in the face of such dangers.

Ryan certainly understood everyone's feelings, he took out the gifts that had been prepared a long time ago, a large stack of magic scrolls, and distributed them to everyone present, looking at the fireball scrolls that had just been drawn in his hand, everyone's morale seemed to have improved a lot, what does it matter if there are more magic beasts? We have Fabia magicians, and there are a large number of fireball magic scrolls.