Chapter 8: First Taste of Magic
Arno's wooden house is divided into two floors, connected by a wooden staircase.
There was a large window on the lower floor, and the light was very bright, and under the window were two long wooden tables, on the left wooden table were some messy books, and on the right table were neatly placed some empty glass bottles and potions.
Arno himself sat on a chaise longue in the center of the room and took a book, but instead of looking at it, he looked out the window at the distant mountains.
Hall pushed the door open with the children, and Arno didn't look back.
His emotionless words came over: "You all know, right? We won't be attending tonight's party." ”
The children didn't speak, and they all bowed their heads in disappointment.
Arno slowly turned around, and said with no expression on his face: "Actually, that's nothing, if we don't participate, we can just start learning magic earlier." ”
"Really?!" the children seemed to be in the mood again, and one by one they were chattering, and Hall was frowning at Arno.
Arno nodded and said, "This is also considered to compensate you, let's start with the illumination technique." ”
"Wow!
Arno continued, "I'll teach you three performative magic first, which are [Illumination], [Object Movement], and [Magic Bubble]. When you learn it well, I will teach you other magic, and if you don't learn it well, I will continue to teach you to perform magic, and after you have learned it, you can go down the mountain to earn a living. ”
Arno made it clear that learning the first three spells was just to test the apprentices' abilities, and if they really didn't have talent, they would be abandoned.
Hall secretly made up his mind that he must learn the first three magics well, otherwise he would have to become a magician.
"Okay, let's get started. Arno opened the black book in his hand and read solemnly, "Listen! The god of nature, Faro Suratu, is a great almighty god. In the first year of the natural calendar, he inaugurated the first Divine Era in Uga, the Great Demon of the Golasdoc Flood Desolation. In order to prevent the demon god from being reborn, he divided the power of magic into three powers, namely magic, alchemy, and witchcraft. From this world came the world magicians, alchemists, and sorcerers, who represented the power of the elements, the power of creation, and the power of living beings, respectively. These three forces can only coexist and not merge, otherwise they will be punished by the gods. ”
Seeing the children's serious expressions, Arno nodded and said, "The origin of any magic comes from the [Meditation Method], it is the source of magical energy, and it is the source of increasing the level of magic. ”
Then Arno introduced the content of the meditation method, and everyone memorized it by heart.
Arno continued: "After the magic apprentice increases the elemental energy in his body through continuous meditation, he can increase the apprentice level, and when he reaches the tenth level of apprenticeship, a magic string will be formed in his body, and only when a magic string is formed can he become a real magician. Depending on the apprentice's elemental affinity, the magic string will form at a different rate. ”
Hearing this, Hale sighed, because the elemental affinity was his own soft inside.
"Okay, that's it...... You go down and practice the meditation method first, and after you finish the first meditation, come to me immediately, and I will teach you the [Illumination Technique]. Arnold picked up his glass, took a sip of water, and made a gesture for everyone to step back.
Walking out of the door, Hall was very excited, [Meditation Method] is the beginning of all magic, the key to enter the magic world, now this key has been given to himself, from now on his life will no longer be ordinary, how exciting is this?
Learning magic consumes elemental energy, and if you don't reserve energy first, you can't learn magic, and collecting elemental energy for the first time through [Meditation Rules] is the first test of children's potential.
When Hale returned to the cabin, he immediately closed the door, sat down on the bed, and began to meditate.
Meditation is as simple as reciting a mantra and closing your eyes on your knees.
After sitting there and reciting the mantra, it didn't take long for Hale to feel the flow of the elements around him, but it was a little faint. Hall was thrilled and felt his body absorbing energy from the outside world, which was amazing.
Four hours later, Hall felt a tingling sensation in his temples, and the elemental energy became active in his body, which was a sign of saturation of elemental energy.
Hall paused to meditate, and suddenly felt a rush of excitement. In the dimly lit room, I can see every corner clearly, and the popping sound of birds flapping their wings outside the house seems to be close to my ears, very clear.
"Magic is really amazing!" Hale laughed, because the effect of just the first meditation was so obvious, and the surprise of magic was really unexpected.
When I got out of bed and moved my muscles and bones, I felt that my spirit was clear for a while, and I even had more strength. Feeling a sense of accomplishment, I hurriedly pushed open the door and ran to the big room.
Pushing open the door of the large room, Arno was sitting in the middle of the room reading a book, the setting sun shining through the window, and his shadow was stretched long on the floor. Around him stood seven other children, none of whom spoke, and all of them looked at him with strange eyes.
Hearing someone come in, Arno didn't put down the book, but said, "You're finally here." ”
Hall felt that the atmosphere was not very right, and lowered his head and said, "Yes, sir......"
Arno finally put down the book, sighed, and said, "Hall, you...... Do you really want to learn?"
Hall was stunned, his face was a little pale, and he hurriedly asked, "Sir, what do you mean by this?" ”
Arno stood up, put the magic book on the table, walked up to Hall, and said, "I found you a job guarding the courtyard, you can get three gold coins a year, the daily work is not very hard, work there for three years, you can go down the mountain." ”
When Hall heard this, his heart trembled strongly, and he immediately knelt down, and tears flowed down his eyes, and he cried and said, "Sir, please don't say that, I ...... I'm going to do it! Please keep teaching me magic, you see! You see I'm done meditating, I can learn it. ”
Arno walked back to the recliner, sat down, and said with a wry smile: "It's not a matter of working hard or not, the apprentice here only needs half an hour to fifty minutes to meditate, and you need four hours, which means that your speed is more than eight times slower than others, with your qualifications, it takes almost two years to be promoted to a second-level magic apprentice, while others only need two months, isn't this a waste of your youth? You can take the money to go anywhere to live well, get married and have children, it's much better than wasting your time here." ”