The professor said that [Fireball] and [Flame] are the two basic forms of fire-based blue magic, the former is a flame with a fixed form, and the latter is a flame without a fixed form.

As far as fire-based blue magic is concerned, although the academy stipulates that students must learn these two basic forms, it does not require them to be proficient in the corresponding advanced magic and derivative magic, because it is too difficult.

Even if there are only two most basic forms, but the follow-up magic of the two is not only dozens or hundreds? Each magic has its corresponding elemental arrangement and spells, if you can't immerse yourself in this way for more than ten years, it is obviously impossible to achieve it, even if it is a fire type great magician, who can guarantee that he can know all the fire magic?

In Jiang Zhe's opinion, whether it is a fireball or a flame, the damage of these two magic spells is very limited, even if Jiang Zhe once hit Professor Huo De with a fireball, but in the words of the professor, this kind of magic 'can only kick up dust at best'.

During his six months in Reox, Jiang Zhe gradually learned some knowledge of fire-based blue magic......

[Fireball] is an advanced magic of [Small Fireball], which increases the power of the first order, but this does not mean that the fireball is stronger than the [Small Fireball], in fact, the [Small Fireball] can also be called [Fireball], the special surname is Rapid Attack, High Temperature and Scorching Heat, and [Fireball] is just a quick attack of [Fireball] converted into an explosion, that's all, but the power of this explosion is really unsatisfactory.

And [Flame] is an advanced level of [Small Flame], which is a kind of magic that has no fixed form, just like an ordinary flame, and has many disadvantages compared to [Fireball], for example, the damage is weak, the heat energy is dissipated quickly, and it cannot be controlled well to spread, but in any case, the flame is continuous magic, which is far from being comparable to the Fireball.

In the assessment regulations of the academy, the qualification of [Small Flame] is very simple, as long as you can cast even a trace of flame, even if you pass, but [Flame] is different, as small as a palm, as large as overwhelming, this actually belongs to the category of flames.

Because it is a formless flame, the derivative magic of [Flame] is much more than that of [Fireball], [Spitfire] as a flame is the most basic application, the caster can spew a large amount of flame from the palm of the hand, and [Flame Torrent] is the advancement of this magic, whether it is in terms of damage or speed jet speed, it is far more than the former, and there is a special application of this kind of magic, that is, Anthropomorphism, Level 4 magic [Anthropomorphism: Fire Snake].

In the category of green magic, summoning magic is not called summoning, but anthropomorphism, just like the fire horse used to pull the carriage that Professor Hodder cast a long time ago, in formal terms, it is [Anthropomorphism: Fire Horse], and the 'summons' that are simulated will be endowed with the regular posture of this type, but it is not an entity, if the caster has very strong control, even if it is scattered, it can quickly recondense, so it is a very effective means to contain the opponent.

Generally speaking, [Fireball] and [Flame] are two different applications of fire-based blue magic, the former developing in the direction of damage and blow, and the latter developing in the direction of containment and enchantment.

As the saying goes, you can't have both, and it's the same in fire magic, there have been many magicians who want to combine the two into one, but in the end they all failed, because high damage means that the magic can't be dissipated energy, and if it doesn't lose energy, it can't be called continuous magic, so the [Fireball] route can't achieve anthropomorphism and enchantment, and similarly, the [Fire] route can never reach the former's high damage.

Speaking of which, it should be mentioned that if the fireball is long-range damage, then the flame is close-range damage, the former has great requirements for the caster's spatial concept, while the latter, has great requirements for control.

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On the day of the college event, the weather was very sunny.

The sun hung brightly in the sky, the breeze blowing on the face, not making people feel hot, and the air around was fresh, slightly moist, with a little damp earthy smell, mixed with the fragrance of some flowers and plants in the academy, as if after the first rain of spring.

Like the other students, Jiang Zhe and the others also came to the back of the ancient castle, that is, in front of the woods to the north.

It may be because of Professor Huode's 'advice' a long time ago, or it may be because Jiang Zhe himself is not interested in it, he has never entered the woods, but I have heard that some first-year freshmen sneaked into the woods at night because of curiosity, and were caught by the professor on duty at night.

What's in the woods?

Jiang Zhe didn't know, and he wasn't interested in knowing, but he heard Scott stand up a bit.

The woods are very large, and there are some evergreen plants on the periphery of the woods, just very ordinary trees, just like the trees on the earth, if there is any difference, it is that the trees here grow very tall and dense.

The area from the periphery to the interior, which we call the 'shallow forest', has plenty of light, and at first glance it is full of plants that cannot be named, and sometimes you will encounter one or two plants like 'sunflowers', but at least you will be careful and there will be no danger.

The shallow forest is inhabited by a few animals, but most of them are gentle, such as the long-eared rabbits, which are generally white, but only a few have red fur, and they are often a dozen or so gathered together, and when the students pass by, they will quickly hide behind trees, or hide in the dirt pits, and look at them with their little eyes.

There are also some chirping birds, they are not afraid of life, tilting their heads to stand on the trunk of the tree and look at the students passing by, looking very cute, but in fact they are not.

At least, Jiang Zhe hates these guys very much, and hates these hateful guys who will throw bird poop down.

"Hehe, don't be angry, this is a sign of the closeness of the white coo, they are usually very docile and likable, I have raised one...... Of course, you have to keep an eye on your teacup at all times......" may have seen some freshmen feel very angry and embarrassed by the white spots on their magic robes, a certain professor said with a smile.

Further down into the woods, there are fewer gentle animals, replaced by reptilian carnivores, such as snakes!

Probably because of the feeling of snakes in his dream, Jiang Zhe couldn't help but feel a little afraid and disgusted when he saw those spotted guys, especially when he looked at a tree with more than a dozen snakes entangled, he always felt a little creepy.

In addition to these, Jiang Zhe and the others saw a wolf with gray-white fur under a tree, which looked very small, like a small dog, squinting at the students not far away.

"Damn!" a professor near Jiang Zhe scolded in a low voice and ran forward, and the little wolf hurriedly turned around and ran away when he saw someone approaching.

Later, Jiang Zhe learned that it was a lost wolf cub, which generally lived with its kind in the dense forest at the end of the shallow forest, and was a nocturnal animal, which was not easy to see during the day.

What the professor wanted to do was to drive the young wolf back into the jungle in a friendly way, so as not to attract a large number of wolves.

After all, dark mages are not necromancers, and they will have a 'basic' respect for life - and this is on the premise of mutual friendship.

Of course, don't think that black magicians are those white magicians who have mercy on life, and the black magician's 'minimum respect' for life is to give them an end of 'self-worth'.

For example, alchemical materials?

Jiang Zhe and the others had already walked a long way in the woods, and further on, it was a dense forest.

Unlike the Asabayashi, the academy strictly forbade the academy to enter the dense forest, because the depths of the dense forest are not only poorly lit and easy to get lost if you are not careful, but also the forest is inhabited by some ferocious predators, and long ago, it used to be a place where dark magicians kept wild beasts in captivity, because they needed animal skins, bones, and blood for the study of magic.

Later, after the castle was converted into an academy, it was abandoned for a long time.

Of course, the Reochs Academy didn't want to tidy up this place, but first, the dense forest was too dense, the forest was not well lit, and there were very fierce beasts living in it, so it was very dangerous to rush there, and second, that forest really couldn't think of any big effect.

So, the magicians of Reochs didn't think it mattered much anyway, so the matter was put on hold.

However, there is also another legend that the jungle was once home to some unsociable black magicians, where they studied the unknown science of magic, and some people say that they once saw synthetic beasts in the jungle, which will not be mentioned here.

And this event is carried out in the shallow forest, well, all such activities in the history should be carried out in the shallow forest.

Actually, it is not accurate to say that this place is shallow, because there are not only trees in the forest, but occasionally you will see a few flat meadows, or a lake, and if you go a little further, you can even see a desolate flat land, full of rocks.

According to the accompanying professor, this is what the Reoks Academy deliberately made it look like it is now, after all, this activity is a disguised assessment, and choosing an environment that is beneficial to you is the most basic knowledge of a magician - of course, if you are a great magician, or you have the ability to expand the enchantment to create a favorable environment for yourself, you can ignore this rule.

"Bang bang!" Professor Manhet, who was in charge of the rules and regulations of Reochs Academy, walked up to the front of the large team, clapped his hands, and said in a deep voice, "Okay, this event is here. Before the event, I would like to emphasize that the school hopes that all students will compete in a friendly manner, and do not want to see something unpleasant. I would like to remind the senior students that this is a competition for the whole academy, including the first and second year colleges, for you, they are weak, and bullying the weak is not something to be praised, so the academy stipulates that students above the fourth grade cannot use more than the fourth level of magic when they meet juniors and juniors, and the casting of curses is restricted, and it is strictly forbidden to cast control spiritual magic......

In addition, I believe that the students of each team should have received a dark green communication stone and a white magic stone to represent the qualification of the event...... When you encounter danger, get lost, or get trapped, please use the communication stone in your hand to contact the academy, of course, if you have fun with it, you will be punished with a penalty of one to ten basic points deducted from the year-end assessment, I hope you remember that this is used to protect your life, and the professors of the academy do not have so much time to play with you.

As for the white Philosopher's Stone, it represents the qualification for this event, after the battle between the two teams, the losing side must hand over the Philosopher's Stone and smash it in front of the opponent, oh, and the magic map on you, but follow the direction of the powder to return to the castle, if you want to abstain, you can do the same. Of course, if it is a senior student who abstains for no reason, the academy will deduct three year-end basic assessment points, just like that, is there any doubt?" It may be that the wind magic has been cast, and Professor Manhet's voice has been heard far away.

"No, Professor!" compared to the casual laughter of the senior students, the freshmen of the first year seemed very interested.

"Very well, so the professors should prepare...... Students, this activity will start in ten minutes!"

At the end of Professor Manhet's lecture, most of the students dispersed, with the senior students taking advantage of their favor first, while the junior students, with their happy faces, searched the magic map for the buried magic props - after all, most of them thought it was an event and nothing else.

As a professor of the academy, he must act as a supervisor during the activities to ensure the safety of every student's life, but Professor Huo De still met Jiang Zhe before leaving.

"Attention, Soth!"

Jiang Zhe pursed his lips, which could be regarded as a tribute to Professor Huo De's 'ill-intentioned' smile.

What does it mean that if you can't last two hours, you will lose your face? What does it mean that if you lose your face, you will not reduce my year-end score?

It's so damning!

"Looks like Professor Hodd really values you, South!" Scott said with a smile.

"Hmph," Jiang Zhe snorted noncommittally, looking at the three of them who were still crowded around just now, and then he exhaled and said, "So now, what are we going to do?"

"Do you still need to ask?" Alan said with a smile, "Hurry up, Scott, get the map out, we'll ......"

"Shut up!" frowning and interrupting Allen's words, Scott said in a deep voice, "Like you, you must be the first to leave! Don't forget, the wizard's introductory codex says: As a magician, you must first ensure your own safety, and then you want to defeat the enemy...... As first-year students, we are very weak and have very little attack magic, so if we run against a senior team, we have to win...... It's very difficult!"

"Hey, hey!" Allen was obviously very dissatisfied with this, and was about to say something, when his shoulder was held down by Jiang Zhe.

"Alan, listen to Scott!"

Glancing at Jiang Zhe, Scott pushed his glasses and analyzed, "Of course, we are not without a chance of winning, first of all, Soth is almost at the level of a third year...... Soth, you're in charge of the fight, and as for containment, I'll do it with some idiot!"

"Hey, what's some idiot?" said Allen, tilting his head in dissatisfaction.

"What do you say?" Scott sneered twice and said in a low voice, "In the duel between magicians, the terrain is very important, but unfortunately there is no terrain suitable for the fire magic of Soth...... But that's fine, so as not to run into other teams in a row, Alan, you don't have armor in your robes, do you?"

"No!" Alan shrugged, suddenly reached out from under his robe, and said with a smile, "But I brought two wrist armors...... "I said, his fists clasped together, and he made a "bang", iron.

Jiang Zhe was speechless when he looked at it.

Once, Jiang Zhe used a fireball to test the sturdiness of that set of knight armor, but a fireball passed, and the armor was not damaged at all except for a little dust, if I didn't guess wrong, it was actually a set of enchanted knight armor......

This kind of knight's armor, both in weight and price, is not something that ordinary people can afford......

While Jiang Zhe was looking at Allen's wrist armor, Scott had already chosen a route for the map and followed the woods.

After all, as a relatively weak first-year freshman, it is very stupid to walk in a flat and empty place.

"Click, click!"

Walking through the thick leaves of the woods, the trio proceeded cautiously, and as far as Scott was concerned, he hoped to avoid all the groups in the first moment.

By this time, some sparse explosions, or shouts, had been heard in the woods—it seemed that there had already been a meeting of the troops.

Also, even if this forest is very huge, the place where the magic props are buried is much smaller, and the Riox Academy has thousands of students, how can it not be encountered?

According to Scott's thoughts, since there is a gap in strength, then it can only be made up for with physical strength: try to retain physical strength and use it to deal with the opponents you will encounter, after all, the closer you get to the burial point of the magic props, the more other teams will have.

With this in mind, the trio deliberately avoided some of the more densely populated areas of the other teams, and tried to walk towards the most remote places - they walked towards one of the most remote markers on the magic map.

Probably because of the protection of the goddess of luck, Jiang Zhe and the three of them did not encounter other teams along the way, and even if other teams approached, they were also informed in advance - maybe those were some junior students who did not know how to hide their traces.

But, as always, behind the luck is often misfortune......

Jiang Zhe and the three of them came to the marking point and found a gem in the trunk of a tree with a forked marking point.

What kind of gem is that?

Thumb-sized, sparkling with a fiery red glow, the inside of the gem flows like a liquid, and it is clear that this is the essence of the gemstone.

Flaming redstone!

A fire magician's favorite gem!

"Good luck, buddy!" Patting Jiang Zhe on the shoulder, Alan said with a grin.

But before he finished speaking, Scott, who was next to him, pushed his glasses and whispered, "I don't think it's very lucky......"

Jiang Zhe, who was surprised by the dazzling gems, raised his head in confusion, followed Scott's line of sight, and cried out in his heart.

I saw three girls wearing magic robes walking in the distance, not to mention anything else, just the one who walked in the front, the girl with fiery red hair and aristocratic temperament, which was the last thing Jiang Zhe wanted to see......

Lavia Fahualia, the arrogant and self-respecting aristocratic girl.

How could it be her?!

To be honest, Jiang Zhe didn't want to meet her because he hated her, after all, Jiang Zhe himself didn't have any disgust or other feelings for this girl, he just couldn't stand the hostile gaze of the girl when he looked at him.

"yes, it's filam, Ive!"

"Yes...... Is that ......."

"Ivey?"

Alan scratched his head and said in a feeling of incredulity, "Hey, can you meet like this?"

"It's not surprising, we want it, everyone else wants it," Scott whispered, taking off his glasses and wiping them with the handkerchief he was carrying, "What should I do?"

What to do?

Jiang Zhe really hopes that someone can tell him this answer now!

"Well, you're the ...... in the fire blue magic class"

"It's useless to set up friendships," said the short-haired girl of the three, "if you're unlucky enough to find something we like, if we hand over the fiery stone, we can consider letting you go!"

"Hey, girls should look like girls!" Alan muttered softly, and beside him, Scott put on his wiped glasses and didn't say anything.

After staring at Lavia for a long time, Jiang Zhe looked down at the flint in his hand, and said lightly with an indifferent expression, "You want this? ”

"Huh?" the two girls on the other side were obviously surprised, but while they were happy, they heard Lavia say in an angry tone, "Are you insulting me?

"Hey!" arched Gong Jiangzhe with his elbow, and Alan said in a strange voice, "Man, you're quite personable...... It's a pity that people don't appreciate it......"

"Ivey?" Obviously, Lavia's two female companions were also surprised.

In the silence, Lavia slowly raised her hand, pointed at Jiang Zhe and said, "If you win, you take it away, if you lose, you stay!"

"Hey," before Jiang Zhe could speak, Alan scratched his head and said in embarrassment, "I don't want to fight girls!"

"What do you mean by that!" the short-haired girl across from her was visibly dissatisfied with Alan's tone.

"Well, it seems that it is inevitable......" Seeing that Lavia's attitude was very resolute, Scott sighed in a low voice, looked up and said, "So, in what way?"

I saw Lavia turn around and whisper a few words to the two female companions beside her, and then, the short-haired girl pointed at Alan and said, "That tall one, I will let you retract what you just said!"

"What tall one, my name is Alan......" muttered, and Eren was a little reluctant to follow the girl.

At the same time, another girl also raised her hand and pointed at Scott, "The one with glasses!"

"......" pushed his glasses, and Scott walked to the side, and the girl was stunned and followed.

As a result, only Jiang Zhe and Lavia remained......

One!

Jiang Zhe hesitantly glanced at Alan and Scott who were leaving, not because he was worried about them, because Jiang Zhe knew the strength level of the two, he just felt a little troublesome, and he was most afraid of trouble......

"Do you want to show your composure, or do you simply not care about the opponent in front of you?" a sentence came with a deep anger.

"That's not it," Jiang Zhe shook his head and explained, "I just think it'......"

"What do you think?"

This girl is too strong, isn't she? Muttering, Jiang Zhe hesitated, frowned, and said, "You really want to fight......?"

"You mean, I'm not worthy of being your opponent?" Obviously, the girl was enraged, and looked at Jiang Zhe with a hint of humiliation in her angry eyes.

"That's not it, you're misunderstanding......"

"I hate your eyes!" interrupting Jiang Zhe's explanation, the girl gritted her teeth and said, then frowned and recited a few incantations, only to see a 'whew', the ground under her feet lit a circle of flames, and the crimson tongue of fire ignited the air, making a strange sound of sizzling.

"......" Jiang Zhe frowned and tilted his head, looking at the flames that spread out in all directions, feeling a little overwhelmed.

As mentioned earlier, the damage range of the flame route is very limited, I don't think anyone will be stupid enough to walk into the opponent's flames, and it stands to reason that the best way to encounter this situation is to keep a certain distance, so that the opponent will not be able to play tricks.

Probably seeing Jiang Zhe's strange eyes, Lavia turned red with shame, looked at Jiang Zhe stubbornly and said, "Since it is a duel between magicians, the trees on both sides are used as the boundary, and the front and back are twenty yards...... If you are a coward and dare not take on a woman's challenge, you can refuse ......"

Woman, are you early?

Besides, this rule is in your favor no matter how you look at it, right?

For a while, Jiang Zhe shook his head, crying and laughing.

"Accept it, Soth, the magician's apprentice!" Lavia bit her lip and shouted stubbornly, feeling the burning heat on her face, "It's from me, Lavia Fahualia's challenge!"

Jiang Zhe was silent, although he said that he wanted to see the mysteries of magic, but this did not mean that he liked to conflict with others, well, it was not that he didn't like it, it was that he felt that it was too troublesome for that kind of thing to happen, especially when the opponent was a girl.

Sighing slightly, Jiang Zhe reluctantly said, "Is it okay for me to admit defeat?"

"You!" may be that Lavia misunderstood the meaning of Jiang Zhe's words, and for a while her face turned red with anger, and the corners of her eyes flashed with a crystal that represented shame and stubbornness.

"You coward!"

"Cowards are cowards......" muttered with a sigh, Jiang Zhe took out the fiery red stone from his arms and spread his hand to Lavia, the meaning was obvious.

"You!" Lavia's eyes were slightly red and trembling with anger, and she looked at Jiang Zhe's eyes and said stubbornly, "You are valued by Professor Hodd like that, South, are you a coward who doesn't even dare to take on a woman's challenge! You coward! You are a disgrace to Reochs Academy! If you don't accept this duel, I will spread the word about it, and then the whole school will know that there is a coward in the first grade who doesn't dare to accept a woman's challenge!"

"Whatever you want. ”

"You bastard! You coward! You scum! You ...... You...... Woo...... "Lavia had never felt so humiliated, and two light tears flowed down unconsciously, but they were quickly wiped away by her reaction.

“......”

Jiang Zhe sighed depressedly, frowned, and said angrily, "Okay, okay, I'll accept the general line!

Lavia, who was wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes at a fast speed, was stunned and said angrily, "Who is crying? I just ...... I'm just ......," she calmed down, and said in a very serious tone, "I'll fight you with the dignity of a magician, so please don't insult me with perfunctory handling......!" I sincerely apologize to you for my gaffe!"

"Hmph," Jiang Zhe snorted angrily, "If you're injured, I'm not responsible!"

"You're too arrogant!" Lavia, who was still a little guilty, became angry when she heard this, and said, "You just try to hurt me as much as possible!" she said, she took a deep breath, and obscure incantations emerged from her murmur, and then turned into crimson runes, wrapping around her body, and at her feet, a crimson pentagram was slowly taking shape.

Enchantment?Jiang Zhe was stunned, and his eyes couldn't help but become a little solemn.

Even the most basic enchantment isn't something she can master right now, right?

This guy ......

I had a hunch that it would be troublesome!

Sighing helplessly, Jiang Zhe's white-gloved left hand was still in his pocket, but his right hand was slowly stretched out, and after reciting a few words, there was a faint fluctuation above his right hand, and with this fluctuation, the surrounding fire elements were rapidly condensed, because it was too dense, and the process of condensing the fire element was similar to a small vortex could be seen with the naked eye.

Immediately after, a fireball composed of purple and red flames slowly formed, whirring, dripping with liquid flames downward, scorching the ground under Jiang Zhe's feet.

Is there a qualitative gap?

Looking at the fireball in the distance, Lavia bit her lip unwillingly.

Bet on the dignity of a magician, I'm going to beat him!

I...... You can't lose!

ps: Modified the dialogue.,Or my sentence.,The protagonist himself is not an indifferent person.,I'm puzzled by this.,Please read the first chapter carefully.;