Break that shackle...... The shackles that bound countless magicians...... Can that kid do it?

Sighing softly, Professor Hod lay on the couch in the hall and stared at the ceiling.

After a long time, Professor Hodd slowly stood up, walked to the closet in the hall, and hesitantly stretched out his hand to close the closet, only to see a glimmer of light, and a layer of drawers gradually appeared on the closet.

Professor Hodd slowly pulled out the drawer, and there was nothing in the drawer, except for a very old notebook...... The notebook, wrapped in impermeable thick cowhide, with its quaint patterns and slightly yellowed parchment, proves that this notebook has an unknown history.

Hesitating, Professor Hodd slowly opened his notes, only to see a column of words written diagonally and scribbly on the left side of the page.

[To the beloved Khod Kendi, Barrett]

"Heh!" As if recalling something interesting, Professor Hodd gently stroked the handwriting on the note, shook his head slowly, and sighed slightly, "I've disappointed you, mentor ......"

With a soft sigh, Professor Hodd flipped through the notebook, even though he had memorized the magical science and techniques it contained.

Barrett Mentor ...... It was as if Professor Hodder had seen the honored guest who had changed his life, Mentor Barrett...... It was a snowy day, and he was wearing a brown coat, a ridiculous travel hat, sunken eyes, a sparse beard, ...... 'Are you really going to teach me magic?'

'Well...... Even if it's your father's cask of cider, tell me, what magic do you want to learn?'

'I'...... I'm going to learn the most powerful magic!'

'Haha, little Kendi, there is no such thing as the most powerful magic in the world of magic!'

'What about the forbidden spell?'

'Huh, you know about the forbidden spell, where did you know that?'

That's it...... It's your notebook, I'...... I'll sneak ...... while you're drunk.'

'Hey, that's not what you're supposed to do......

'I'm sorry......'

'Hahaha, don't be afraid, look up, little Kendi, hehe, it's a good thing to be studious, hmm...... How about being my apprentice?'

'I'...... I'm just a commoner's son, and ...... And ......'

'And being bullied by the children of the village?'

‘......’

'Oh, then do you hate them?'

'I'...... I don't know ......'

'You're honest, son!' But if you're going to be my apprentice, don't be jealous of them...... There is a limit to the weight that the human heart can carry, and if your heart is occupied by anger, where is there room for magic?'

'I'...... If you lend me that notebook with a lot of great magic, I'll ...... I will not hate them......

'Ha, you little devil, you want to see that notebook, you're still early!, okay, don't look upset, I'll give you that notebook at a certain time, little Kendi, but it's too early for you...... Don't worry, maybe it's ten years, maybe twenty years, maybe you'll go further than me......

'Where are you going?'

'Go find something......

'What's that?'

'The true meaning of magic!'

'The true meaning of magic?'

'yes, those bastards think my theory is wrong, those bastards don't understand at all!yes, they don't understand, those bastards are just using magic in a vague way, they don't understand the nature of magic at all!spells, gestures, props, all of this can be ignored and discarded, I want to prove to those bastards that we still know too little about magic, there must be something we don't know yet......

'What's wrong with you?' Barrett ......

'Call me Mentor, you little ghost!, okay, don't think about those annoying things, okay little ghost, I'll teach you a magic, and then you can give me a good practice, by the way, don't bother me while I'm studying!'

'Didn't you say you were going to teach me magic?'

'Am I not teaching you?'

'Okay......

......'Mentor, I—I've performed the Fireball Technique!'

'Oh, got it!'

‘...... Don't you praise me?'

'Oh, yes, yes, that's amazing, little Kendi, he learned to meditate in a month, and he managed to use the fireball technique......

'It's twenty-two days!, and I learned to meditate very early!'

'Oh, yes? yes...... Ahem, you see, the mentor is now working on the most critical point, if you are disturbed......

'Oh......'

......'Are you leaving?' Mentor, isn't your research unsuccessful?'

'Ah, who called me one of the royal magicians, no way, King Sassen has issued a call for royal magicians......

'Call for Orders?'

'Yes, the Empire is going to attack Salonia, as a member of the Royal Magicians...... Oh, no way, if you don't join, you won't have enough research funding, and if you do, you'll lose your freedom......

'What ......about your research'

'I'll have to wait until I get back, of course, if I can get back......

'Guide......

Of course I'll be back, oh, yes, I've got a gift for you, right in your room, under the pillow, go ahead......! I'll go first, and if it's delayed, it's not fun......

'Mentor ......'

'You're a man, little Kendi, hahaha, I'm leaving!'

'Mentor walks slowly......'

'Hmm!'

......Boom!" A bang not far outside the room interrupted Professor Hodder's memories.

I saw Professor Hodd look at the door helplessly, let out a long sigh, then shook his head, carefully closed the note, put it back in the drawer, and then, with a flick of his right hand, the drawer suddenly disappeared into the closet again, as if the drawer did not exist at all.

"Boom!" Professor Hodd shook his head and said helplessly, "That little ghost who doesn't know the importance of it, don't set the house on ......fire," he said, as if he remembered something, and a smile suddenly took over his face.

"Imp...... Oh, go further than I am, Soth, break that shackles, step through that gate, and prove that he is right on the path we are taking!"

At the same time, in the open space behind the house, the little ghost in Huo De's mouth, Jiang Zhe was practicing with sweat.

[Flame Flash], when he really understood this magic, Jiang Zhe felt the power of this magic more and more.

This seemingly ordinary magic, in fact, is not pure magic in the end, it is actually a mixture of multiple magic techniques, and it is very difficult to truly master it.

After all, mastery does not mean casting, because the advantage of this magic is low consumption and high damage, but this high damage is only compared to the fireball, I think in terms of lethality alone, I am afraid that there are many fourth-level magic that can beat him, not to mention fifth-level magic and sixth-level magic.

However, there is a very special thing about the magic of [Flame Flash], that is, it does not have a spatial [damage distance].

Where magic is cast, from the caster to the receiver taking damage, there must be a period of time interval, just like fireballs, water arrows, etc., generally all green magic, few can ignore the spatial distance, only magic like illusions, curses and the like, only have a special surname that ignores the distance.

In fact, [Damage Distance] is also used as an important indicator to measure the level of mana.

Keeping a certain distance from the opponent to ensure safety is something that every mage knows well, of course, they do the same, I don't think there will be a mage who is willing to stupidly run into the range of the knight's attack, in the same strength, why the mage can win the knight, the key is the distance!

And in the battle of magicians, distance is equivalent to a double-edged sword, like a mirror, you can see him, he can naturally see you, you can attack him, he can naturally attack you, this is relative.

Why are curses and illusions so hard to prevent?

It is because these spells can ignore the distance of space, and some profound curses even have only a momentary pause.

Generally speaking, blue magic cannot ignore the distance of space, and only spiritual magic can reach this level, but the magic of [Flame Flash] completely subverts the magic theory we are familiar with.

Can we imagine what it would be like for someone to fight you with a fireball or something like magic, and when he was waiting for the fireball to hit you, but suddenly a ball of fire suddenly exploded on his body.

What would it be like when your opponent confidently opened a shield and prepared to resist your flames, only to have your flames explode directly inside the opponent's shield?

As long as you have enough spiritual power, as long as your [Perception Range] and [Aura Range] are broad enough, in front of your flames, the protective shield has no meaning at all!

It's the same with enchantments!, of course, except for fire-absorbing enchantments.

It's hard to guard against, and that's the terrible thing about the magic of [Flame Flash]!

Moreover, we know that the reason why the fireball can be cast multiple times is because its consumption is very low, and I don't think that there is no magician whose mental power is strong enough to cast multiple forbidden spells, even in the history of magic for hundreds of years, there has never been such an amazing deed.

And the magic of [Flame Flash] belongs to the type of low consumption, at best, it only has the consumption of third-level magic, but it can reach the basic damage of fourth-level magic, and it does not consume too much mental power, which means that it can be cast multiple times, just like Professor Huo De demonstrated to Jiang Zhe.

However, compared to low-level magic such as fireballs, the speed at which the magic [Flame Flash] is cast may make most mages shake their heads and sigh, because it is too slow...... Yes, you read that right, it is indeed slow!

Take Jiang Zhe as an example, if you completely cast this magic, it will take about thirty seconds, which is the disadvantage of this magic, because it is only a comprehensive use of several magic skills, and there is no spell at all...... But I don't think I need to say it, Jiang Zhe also understands what practice makes perfect!

The speed at which Professor Huo De unleashed the flame flash was just a pause, and the power was far above Jiang Zhe!

So what else can be said?

Practice!

"Boom, boom!"

"Boom, boom!"

The open space behind Professor Hodd's house barely stopped all day.

"Bang Bang!"

"Bang Bang!"

Compared with the rapid panting, Jiang Zhe snapped his fingers even softer.

It wasn't for the sake of being handsome, but he felt that the crisp snap of his fingers would allow him to concentrate quickly, especially when his mental power was depleted due to the depletion of his mana.

"Whew!" About a dozen yards away from Jiang Zhe, Alan straddled a boulder, held his chin and looked at his roommates in the field, and said angrily, "I thought something was wrong...... I said, man, isn't he stimulated by anything?" he said, turning his head to look at Scott, who was intently flipping through the magical materials under the tree.

"Humph!" Scott snorted faintly, pushing his glasses on the bridge of his nose.

Obviously, Scott's dullness made Alan feel very stuffy, I saw him twist his body uncomfortably, suddenly stood up, and said angrily, "Okay, okay, training, training, we can't let him leave us behind, right?"

"Oh?" Scott slowly raised his head, the reflection of his glasses with a hint of danger, which frightened Alan to take two steps back and hurriedly said, "No, no, no, it's just a friendly exchange, a discussion......"

"Hmph!" Scott snorted lightly, glanced at Jiang Zhe who was sweating profusely in the distance, hesitated, stood up, patted the dirt on his body, and said lightly, "Okay, I'll play with you......"

"Hey, hey!" Alan pouted in dissatisfaction, then suddenly felt as if his whole body was being restrained, and said with wide eyes, "Hey, this is the beginning?"

I saw Scott push his glasses, pointed at Alan with his right hand, and listened to a spell being chanted softly, and Alan was suddenly entangled in a black filamentous object.

"Hmph, can you say to your opponent, 'I'm not ready?'"

"That's right!" Alan smiled, then took a deep breath, only to see a faint red light flash on his body, and the black silk that bound him broke and disappeared in an instant.

What a strange force!

Muttering secretly, Scott hurriedly took a few steps back, pointing at Alan with his right hand.

[Curse: Bondage]

[Curse: Sluggish]

[Curse: Blindness]

[Curse: Loss of Power]

"Hey, that's so unfair, man!" Alan circled back and forth like a blind man, venting his frustration at Scott with his mouth.

Scott smiled faintly, suddenly as if he felt something, his eyes lit up, and he took a few steps back, only to see a groove as deep as a knuckle on the snow where he had been standing.

"Hehe, you seem to have forgotten something, man, it's not a knight who can only do close damage, it's a battle mage ......standing in front of you," he said, Alan waved the giant sword in his hand, only to hear the sound of breaking wind, and a fluctuation visible to the naked eye was like a moon blade swinging out of his giant sword.

"Brush!"

The sharp energy like a wind blade actually left a knuckle-thick mark on the snow along the road, and for a while, the sky was full of snowflakes.

"What is this?" said Scott, visibly surprised.

"Slash!" Allen looked fearless, carrying the broad knight's sword and said with a smile, "I heard that a powerful knight can rely on his strength to swing a slash that is not inferior to the wind blade, I tried it, hehe, what can be done with strength, it won't be difficult for me!"

"Oh, what if it's immodest......" Scott smiled as he pushed his glasses, and then said lightly, "Well, it's a bit of a surprise that you were able to find my place in this situation......"

"Hey, so it's not a knight standing in front of you, it's a future battle mage!" said Alan, who was still suffering from the blindness effect, his eyes closed, but his right hand was pointing at Scott very precisely.

"Dealing with knights doesn't work against mages, man, I can clearly 'see' you!"

"......" Scott was stunned, then shook his head and said, "yes, I almost forgot, but I didn't treat you like an ordinary knight...... Isn't that interesting!", he bent down, carefully placed the magic book in his left hand under the tree, then pushed his glasses, and said, "Here!"

"Bang bang!"

"Hey, man, it's time for me to win once!" As he spoke, Allen's broadsword swept across the ground with such force that the weeds on the ground distorted and clinged to the ground.

"Poof!"

"Think beautiful!" The black aura shrouded Scott's hands like black lightning, and the trunks of the trees that were hit by his lightning-like black aura turned yellow in an instant.

[Curse: Aging]

"Hey, you're still using such a dangerous curse on me?"

"I'm sure you can't die!"

"Don't believe me so much, can you? Hey, you're still coming?! I'm not welcome to come again...... I...... South, substitution, substitution!"

"Huh?" Jiang Zhe, who was practicing flame flashing not far from them, shook his sour right hand, looked at Alan being chased by Scott, and said funny, "Don't think I didn't hear it, Alan, you were the first to provoke, now, carry it yourself!"

"Hey, you're too boring, aren't you...... Hey, do you still use [Damage Amplification]? Do you know that it hurts to be hit like this...... Hiss ......"

"Hehe," Jiang Zhe let out a deep sigh as he heard the shouts from Allen in his ear, and then glanced down at his right hand, which was trembling because he had been running out of magic power for almost a long time.

"Soth!" With a clattering sound, several girls appeared in Jiang Zhe's eyes.

"Alan!" Lisa looked left and right, and finally found Alan's figure jumping up and down.

As if hearing Lisa's shout, Alan slashed with all his might, blowing away the black lightning-like energy that Scott had hit.

"Hey, hey, man, save me some face!"

"Okay!" Scott smiled, but his hand was still so heavy that Allen, who was inexplicably relaxed, was in a hurry.

"Hey, you ...... guy"

Interrupting Allen's words, Scott frowned and mocked, "When you meet an opponent in the future, do you also want to say, 'Hey, save me some face, or are you going to die?'"

“...... I don't mind if the other party wants to!"

"Humph!"

"Hey, don't come, it's really going to kill people......"

But Scott eventually stopped, as he realized that Lyrela was standing not far behind him.

"Yes, I'm sorry...... Distracted you......"

"......" glanced back at Lerella inexplicably, Scott felt suddenly out of interest, pushed his glasses and said lightly, "It's nothing, it's just a casual trick with him......"

"Tricking you with [aging]?" Alan muttered and pouted, "I'll have to change to a magic sword next time, I'll see how you ......"

At the same time, Dia and Lavia also walked in front of Jiang Zhe.

"Magic can't be practiced in a day or two, Soth ......," said softly, as Dia handed over a dry white towel.

"Thank you!" Jiang Zhe lowered his head slightly, reached out to take the towel and wiped his face.

"Take a break, South, Professor Hodd is preparing lunch, I think it'll be fine in about twenty minutes, take a break......"

As soon as Diya's words fell, Lavia glanced at Jiang Zhe, who was sweating profusely, and said with a complicated expression, "Have you trained that magic for a morning? It's just an apprentice-level magic power reserve...... What a horrible recovery speed...... If I had the talent of you......"

"Okay, okay," waved his hand impatiently, Jiang Zhe said speechlessly, "What if, don't you feel annoyed if you play this kind of trick every day for a day?"

"You ......" seemed to be because of the relationship that was exposed, Lavia's cheeks were slightly red, and she stammered, "What, what a trick, it's so unfair that a bad guy like you has such an enviable talent......! I ......"

"Really?"

"I ...... Of course! If it weren't for the professor, I wouldn't have bothered to urge you! Don't forget, you're my future enemy...... Future adversary!"

"Oh oh......" Jiang Zhe nodded suddenly in realization.

"You!"

"Okay, okay," shaking his head and handing the towel back to Dia, Jiang Zhe said angrily to Lavia, "There are still twenty minutes, right?"

It seemed that he had heard the meaning of Jiang Zhe's words, and the anger in Lavia's eyes suddenly turned into satisfaction.

"If you're feeling bored from practicing alone, then let me be your opponent......" As she spoke, Lavia's feet were already swinging, "Flame Flash, this magic is dangerous......"

"Stupid! Of course I'll use fire to absorb the enchantment! Come on, stop talking nonsense!"

"Ah, okay, don't rely on me if you're hurt......"

"Who...... Who's going to rely on you!"

At the same time, Argus was standing under the gates of the Imperial City of Sassen, tilting his head and smiling wickedly in the direction of the palace.

"What are you doing standing here, and you can't get in?" the guards, as if for the length of time Argus had been standing, came with suspicion in their eyes.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm going in......" Argus apologized as he wrapped his coat.

"Humph!" the guard frowned, glancing at Argus's thin coat, and snorted coldly with a hint of disgust and contempt.

"Ignorant humans......" After entering the city, Argus glanced back at the guard, a smile on his lips.

Finally...... It's finally time to begin!

(To be continued)