Chapter 31: The Weight of Knowledge
Heras was satisfied that the little girl was able to hold on to her beliefs, even if it was easy for him, he did not want to give knowledge to those who were unrestrained, although he could understand the helplessness of the female elf Sally, but it did not mean that he could accept that outlook on life. Alice's thirst for knowledge and power is still unwilling to sell herself, and her future achievements may not be limited to being a full-fledged mage.
Alice looked at the young Emma scholar in disbelief, she quickly wiped away her tears, and said respectfully, "Mr. Heras, were you testing me just now?" The girl quickly reacted and had to say that she was indeed smart.
"Yes, and I noticed that you call me Mr. Heras again. He said lightly.
Hearing Heras say this, Alice couldn't help but laugh a little, squeezing the remaining tears from the corners of her eyes a little more, and she immediately realized her faux pas and immediately covered her mouth with her hand.
"Talent is important to the caster, but not the most important, craving power makes us strong, but getting lost in power kills us. Speaking of this, he remembered the previous Young Master Heras, in terms of magical talent, there are not many people in the quicksand empire who can compare with him, but that extreme genius blew up his head after being promoted, and people who do whatever it takes for their strength may become strong, but they are more likely to die the worst. And the Marquis de Leolan's talent can only barely be called excellent, but he has become an outstanding ** master by relying on solid steps.
"I hope that on the road ahead, you can still stick to the bottom line as you did just now. Heras said as he found a thick hardcover book in his room with "The Wizard's Deep Sea Adventures" written on the cover, "Uh, you like to read these kinds of novels?"
Seeing Alice nodding embarrassedly, Heras couldn't help but smile, he blinked and said, "Let me write you something better"
Then he gently opened the cover of the book, and the pages turned as quickly as if they were being blown by the wind, and soon the ink was completely peeled off and floated around the book.
Heras then placed his palm flat on top of the unfolded blank page, and the inks automatically recombined on the original page, arranging completely different contents. He rewrote the Quick-Acting Meditation Classic Textbook and Common Promotion Circle, a classic universal magic textbook compiled by the Quicksand Empire's Magic Council. Although it may not be an eye-catcher for those magical families with their own unique heritage, this book is concise and easy to understand, pointing out the most modest path to advancement. Although it is a general textbook, this scripture is not easily accessible to ordinary mages, and only official council members can read it at will. His father, Yara, was a high-ranking official of the Quicksand Magic Council, so it was no problem to take a copy of it into the family library.
Although the common promotion circle is much inferior to those special inheritances in terms of soul qualitative transformation, it is easy to understand and master, and the cost of arrangement is relatively low, which is more suitable for spellcasters from civilian backgrounds.
Soon the book was transcribed, and Heras picked up another book and replaced it with "Analysis of the Configuration of Classical Spells" in the same way, which was edited by the Marquis de Leolin, and he had no pressure to copy it.
Alice's eyes were straight, she had never heard of this way of writing, and she had not even mentioned it in the old mayor's collection. In fact, this method has extremely high requirements for the accuracy of mental power control, which is generally only possible for high-level mages, but this is not a problem for the quantum brain at all, and the last thing Heras is afraid of is precision
After writing this book, Heras picked up another adventure novel under the girl's dull gaze, this time he wrote "The Principles and Design of Common Alchemy and Potion Experiments", which was also written by the Quicksand Magic Council.
After writing three books quickly, he simply disguised the cover and handed it to the girl, and said solemnly: "These three books are enough to guide you to be promoted to the first division, I think you know their preciousness." ”
The girl was smart, and Heras believed she was smart enough to hide them well.
"Archmage!?" Alice murmured in a difficult dream, the term that made her head buzz, what kind of concept was this?
She took a few steps forward, catching the three books with a trembling hand, and when she touched them, her hand became unusually steady, as if they were the whole weight of her life, and she was afraid of breaking them.
Holding them tightly to her chest, Alice's tears poured out uncontrollably, even more exaggerated than before, but her expression was full of excitement and ecstasy, as well as extreme gratitude.
She bowed deeply, and it took a long time for her to straighten up, almost falling down from being unsteady on her feet, "I don't know how to thank you and me, can I take the liberty of calling you teacher?"
"Of course, do one thing for your teacher now. Herasse gave her a dozen gold coins, "Swap all this money for dry bread." "He's leaving today, but there's a little more to do before that.
Without waiting for Alice to answer, he walked out of the room, waited for the girl to react, and ran out the door to find that it was empty.
The small fishing port of Solo is much more modest and cleaner than Yorktown, and there are no lawbreakers and outlaws, and the town is very peaceful. Due to the rarity of tourists, there are not even hotels in town. There is only one official professional in the town, and that is the presiding priest of the Temple of Poseidon.
Now Pastor Jack was cleaning the main hall of the temple, which the fishermen made a mess of every time they prayed. But he also got used to it, after all, he was a fisherman himself, and he actually sensed the aura of divine power during a certain prayer and became a trainee priest. He then left the town and traveled around the kingdom of Inheji, eventually receiving some guidance in the Grand Temple of the Vortex in the royal capital. Out of gratitude, he has been serving in the Great Temple for free, and after more than ten years, he was actually promoted to an official priest, which made him eager to pass on the grace of the sea god back to his hometown, so as soon as he submitted an application to return to his hometown to preside over the sea temple, it was immediately approved.
It had been a long time since there had been a formal professional in the town, and Jack's return to Thoreau caused quite a stir, and on the day of his return, many residents were vying to watch the roadside, and after witnessing the amazing magic power, the trainee priests in the town's sea temple were very excited, and finally there was an official priest to guide them
Since Jack's magic has saved many lives in the town, he is undoubtedly the highest ranking person in Solo Town, but he never pretends to do anything like cleaning the temple, and Jack believes that each temple is the abode of the King of the Vortex on earth, and therefore must be maintained by him, a loyal servant.
In this peaceful life of service, he was already about to be promoted to a second-level god, and he had to find a time to go back to the Vortex Great Temple to further his studies.
Just as Jack was thinking about his future study plans, a crisp bell sounded in front of the wooden door of the temple, "It must be Gru's bastard, he drinks late for every meeting, but today is too much!" Jack frowned, dissatisfied, thinking that this guy didn't come over until the prayer was over, and he must have reprimanded him fiercely today.
Jack picked up the broom upside down and made up his mind to hit Gru in the head if he saw him drunk.
The wooden door was slammed open, and Jack was about to preach, but he was barely able to make a sound when his mouth was halfway open.
"Emma!?" thought Jack, surprised, he was not one of those uninformed fishermen, and recognized at a glance the conspicuous features of the young man in front of the door. Yesterday he had heard from the inhabitants of the port that there was a strange foreigner in the town, but he didn't expect it to be a citizen of Golden Emma.
Immediately, his pupils contracted, and the young man's just standing in front of him casually caused him a lot of mental pressure, as a god who was close to the second level, of course Jack knew what it meant, "Rank suppression, this person is at least a middle-level mage, what is he doing in Solo Town?"
Suppressing the suspicion in his heart, Jack cautiously asked, "Hello, distinguished guest, do you need anything?"
"I'm a historian from Emma, and I want to consult the materials of the West Continent due to the need to compile books, uh, are all the books in the town kept in the Sea God Temple?"
"Of course, please," Jack breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Heras say this, "don't look at this town as a humble town, sir, there have been quite a few experienced captains here, and the materials they brought back after retirement cover most of the Western Continent. There is also the accumulation of the Sea God Temple itself, which is enough for you to have a general understanding of the Western Continent. ”
Speaking of which, Jack was a little puzzled, the Emma people are notoriously proud, and they will care about the history of the Western Continent?
But he didn't say much, and it wasn't anything important, just books on human geography and legends, and everyone in the town who wanted to travel would come and read it.
"It just so happens that the library has just been cleaned, please come in, and I'll pour you a glass of water." Jack then invited.