003. Caster Potential
Leo Dureto went back to his dilapidated house, threw on the table the goods and gadgets he had snatched from the young men who had returned from the city today, and lay down on his bed lazily, leaning against the bare walls, squinting his eyes and resting comfortably.
"Tsk, these descendants of yeoman farmers who have land and land at home, and they are Xisha oranges and snake letter fruits, all of which are college products that enhance brain power, do you really think that as long as you are meticulous in doing the questions, you can enter the academy?"
Leo pursed his lips and rummaged through the contents of his pocket, mocking the delusions of these young people, but in fact he was very sour.
If he hadn't had his parents died early, and he wouldn't have robbed other people's supplies in this way, who wouldn't want to get rid of the poor countryside of Lanju Village?
It's already the interstellar era, and no young person can still be willing to succumb to this kind of rural countryside under the temptation of the universe, and those noble mages often promote: go to the magic academy, get a diploma and serve in the fleet for two years, you can become a social elite, with a high income of 400 silver per month, and you can go to any city you like to settle down and buy a house.
With such a favorable welfare treatment, the villagers of Lanju Village are quite clear.
Their ancestors were laborers who worked on this educational planet, and many of them changed their fate through studying, and most importantly, through schooling, they changed their status and the status of themselves and their families, from a mere 30 silver per month to battle mages or monk bureaucrats.
Leo Dureto was full of jealousy of his fellow villagers, his parents died young, and his family's land was sold to the government at an early age.
Over the years, Leo had not been idle, he had a good physique, quite sturdy among the younger generation, but his appearance was somewhat intimidating, with hanging triangular eyes, messy blond hair, and his burly physique, he was exactly one of those barbarians recorded in ancient history.
This kind of appearance is naturally not easy to make a living, and it can only get along by stealing chickens and dogs and occasionally doing odd jobs.
While Leo is actively developing his side hustle into a homepage, his peers have already begun to actively prepare for the exam and have taken more than three magic aptitude tests.
Different from the demonization and delusion of the magical side civilization in the past, thinking that they are a kind of retro monarchy rule - in fact, the magic side civilization is very accurate in the selection of talents, because the magic technology and magic workshop system started very early, the civilization of the crystal tower is a typical parliamentary politics, from the factory to the front, from the pioneer team to the civilian group, for all kinds of spellcasters are always thirsty for knowledge.
Even, it is even more difficult for the magical side civilization to form a family nobility.
The fundamental reason is that the caster's potential is degraded.
Unless it is an extremely high-level magical creature, such as dragons and elves, in the case of ordinary biological populations, it will often take two generations to exhaust the potential of the spellcaster, and the next time it appears, it may be seven or eight generations later.
The problem is, dragons and elves, people don't bother to join an unrecognized civilization like you, you can keep some of their descendants, but even so, the caster's bloodline won't change much because of this.
But on the other hand, the number of innate spellcasters is small, which inevitably means that in the magic side civilization, the acquired spellcasters account for a large proportion, and even anti-guest-oriented, occupying the political arena and gaining the right to speak.
The best way to train spellcasters is to educate, and there is no one.
Intelligence is a stepping stone to the wizarding world, Leo's peers have been reading at night under the supervision of their parents since childhood, they are not necessarily the lucky ones who are born with the potential to cast spells, but if they study hard and improve their intelligence level, they will definitely be able to read those complex magic textbooks.
Descendants of laborers like them have provided a lot of convenience to the faculty, staff, and student groups of the White Candle Star all year round, so the crystal civilization still gives a lot of discounts, and an adult villager can take the "Magic Qualification Exam" at least five times, and once he is admitted, he will be separated from the identity of a farmer and have more choices as a 'magic apprentice'.
If you are young, you can go to study and go to the Academy of Magic for further study, and as soon as you graduate, you will be a full-fledged mage, with a high income and status.
If you are older, you can also work in a magic workshop, and after ten years, you can also qualify as a full-fledged mage, but you will also need to take some exams for continuing education to improve your academic level.
In fact, the content of the exam is not complicated, and the book has been given a long time ago, but the most fundamental problem is that if the level of intelligence is not up to standard, there is no qualification to understand the content between the lines.
Mage is not a profession with a low threshold, and if you can't even decipher the introductory textbook, you can basically say goodbye to the path of a spellcaster.
If you grind time slowly, the future is not impossible to memorize by rote, but Leo's own economic level makes him doubt whether he has this future.
The boys and girls in the same township basically took the exam three times, and each time they took the exam, the scores would be higher, and some of the families who were urged to get married, and after starting a family, they continued to study and take exams, even if they finally fell to Sun Shan, it would not be said that they didn't even have a whereabouts.
Leo was jealous of them, but he knew that there was no way to do it.
He was especially jealous of the dark-haired Luther Kling, who was a winner in Leo's eyes - his parents were alive, his looks were good, he had a sister and a house, and a bride, and his family was in the middle, at least he was good, and every time that kid still had a stinky face, and others said that he was good in the exam, he coldly replied that he didn't play well.
Damn, what are you pretending to!
Leo hunched his arms depressed, he couldn't see where his future lay at all, maybe the only thing he could do in this life was to die alone.
Just as Leo felt that his future was bleak, suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Tuk tuk!
"Who? Say! ”
Leo replied angrily.
Tuk tuk!
However, the people outside the door did not seem to hear, and did not answer anything, but still knocked on the door without relenting.
"What the hell, who's going to visit me if it's okay?"
Leo muttered as he stepped forward and pushed open the door, only to see the blue moonlight shining on the threshold of the stairs, glowing faintly fluorescent, and looking around, the air was completely silent except for the elemental butterflies that flew and frolicked in the middle of the night.
"Something, it's really going to entertain me."
Leo was confused and turned to go back to the house, only to find that for some reason, the door of his house had been locked and closed.
"Hey! What's the situation? I didn't close the door just now. ”
He quickly took out his pocket, and his face changed - it was bad, and he didn't bring the key with him when he went out.
This is over, so I can only smash the window and go in.
Leo blackened his face, picked up a rock, and was about to smash the window, when suddenly he heard the sound of a sneer in the grass, mixed with some laughter.
His heart moved, and he immediately thought of something.
"It seems that someone deliberately manipulated me - it must be that Luther boy, he didn't obey me today, he wanted to fight me, he just knocked on the door and closed the door, he must have done it."
Leo thought to himself, and hurriedly stepped into the grass in the dark, pushed aside the grass, and observed by the moonlight, and sure enough, he saw fresh footprints on the ground.
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"Sure enough."
The footprints stretched all the way, and Leo followed it all the way, he didn't want to smash the glass in vain, and wait until he caught the Luthor boy and made him pay for the glass.
After walking for a few miles, Leo felt a little strange - Luther, this kid, can he run like this?
Just when he was feeling suspicious, he suddenly heard the voice of a man whispering in front of him, and then Lin Ye trembled rapidly.
"Oh! This kid probably has helpers, and it seems that they found out! ”
Leo didn't doubt him, and hurriedly rushed forward, although he knew that he was getting farther and farther away from the countryside, Leo was not worried at all - there were no bandits and bandits here, even if it was some ferocious beasts, with his skills, he could easily escape.
He followed all the way, and could see that Luthor was already a little tired, and from time to time there would be gasps and whispers in the woods, Leo couldn't really hear it, but the tone and the sound of heavy breathing mixed in with it would not be fake.
"Hahaha, the stinky boy can't run!"
Leo quickened his pace, went directly into the tall bushes, quickly parted the blades of grass in front of him with both hands, and then saw a long black knife cut down towards his neck!
Ever!
Leo reacted very quickly, subconsciously stopped, rolled his head on the ground, dodged the slash alive, his heart was cold, the blade grazed his shoulder, easily tearing the air, reminding him of the village Curran magistrate - he could create an air blade thinner than a hair with a light rub of his fingernails, and tear steel apart.
"Father of Crystals!"
Leo prayed, quickly got up, grabbed a rock, and threw it at the killer, his strength was not small, the killer tilted his head slightly, and the stone threw instantly bombarded the mountain behind him like a cannonball, and forced a hole in the rock wall, deeply embedded in the rock wall, and then cracked countless small snake-like cracks.
"Not bad. The strength has reached the level of the Gama level, but the brain is not like the Gama level...... Although I'm smarter than me, I was tricked out with a little trick, probably not fully developed. ”
The killer glanced at the cracks in the rock wall, casually commenting in an unfamiliar language.
"You...... Who are you?! ”
Leo was shocked, how could he still have his usual arrogance, in the face of this sudden appearance of the knife-wielding thug, he didn't dare to escape, holding another big stone in his hand, looking at each other nervously.
That guy has run all the way to the present, his physical fitness and speed are definitely better than his own, and he will definitely not be able to escape, so it is better to buy some time, stabilize the other party's emotions, and see if there is room for negotiation.
He calmed down, grinned, and smiled more ugly than crying:
"If you have something to say, you should be able to understand me, big brother......"
The killer didn't answer, but slowly walked out of the woods, and the clear and beautiful moonlight fell on his face, leaving Leo frozen in place, and at that moment, even the moon was dwarfed by the person in front of him.
"It's beautiful...... Man? ”
Leo couldn't believe it, it was the first time he had seen such a man who made people feel good when they met, he was extremely good inside and out, his dark hair was casually on his shoulders, his gray eyes were as clear as crystal, full of dreamy atmosphere, every edge of his facial features and smooth skin seemed to be the product of the Creator's own carving, but no change could achieve such an effect.
Perfect - the word that immediately popped up in Leo's mind.
To describe the beauty in front of you perfectly, it is not perfect. But with his meagre intellectual reserves, he could not think of a more apt description than perfection.
Leo was stunned for a moment, but the beauty in front of him suddenly launched a surprise attack, mercilessly stabbing him in the throat with a sword.
"Uh-"
Before Leo's consciousness was extinguished, he vaguely felt that the other party dragged his ankle and quickly transferred to a place in the forest, and then, the killer beauty rummaged through the forest for a while, digging out a huge silver pool from a pile of leaves and sticks?
Syllable!
Leo's body was immediately thrown into the pool, in which his consciousness quickly became a lake of fog and eventually disappeared, but his body was maintained by various potions, repairing the wounds and maintaining life.
"It's really hard to deal with, I didn't stab me to death, this guy's physical fitness is strong enough!"
Li Aozi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the male body that was quietly precipitating at the bottom of the biochemical pool, and nodded with satisfaction.
Anyway, the body was finally in hand, and it took him a total of a week, and he would have to move the biochemical pool back to the vicinity of the ruins later, and put it here, it was too easy to expose.
"Then it's time for the moment."
Li Oz raised his hand, and the nerve tentacles popped out of his palm, and immediately stabbed into the neck of the blonde bully man, and his cells quickly divided and entered the blonde bully man's body.
[A new unconscious body has been detected, and you may have chosen to contaminate the body with your own cells, transforming it into your own colonization suit, or as a native body.] 】
【Cell Invasion Completed】
【Polluting ......】
Split, devour, combine, merge, complete replacement.
The whole process is already a breeze for Li Oz. After a while, a reddish-black flash appeared in Li Oz's eyes.
[The chromosome has been tampered with, and the genetic modification is complete]
The target has already been contaminated by you - you can choose one of the following options as the final treatment:
A-Sacrifice Body: Retains the target's talent and only exists as your alternate body, but when you switch to this body, you will not inherit any extraordinary perks other than your main attributes. (Conditions of use have been met)
B - Modified Colonization: Modify the target as a biological weapon, you can wear this Colonization Suit to maximize its combat effectiveness, but the Colonization Suit requires regular maintenance and maintenance. (Conditions of use have been met)
C - Inclusion in the genus: After genetically modifying this body, implant some of your thinking cells to make it your genus group, but its offspring will have a chance to inherit one of your own arcane abilities and talents (not meeting the use conditions: [intelligence] is less than 80)
"Well, it's a pity, option C is the most fun, and it turns out that my intelligence is not enough to cross the threshold. This is a hard requirement, and expertise can't be saved. ”
Including the option of the volume, Li Oz remembered that it was very suitable for the [Juggernaut] players from the Zerg, who could easily storm out hundreds of descendants, and they were not much worse than [Biochemists] in terms of production capacity - that is, these descendants generally have bad brains and are easy to goof.
Li Oz wanted to choose A from the beginning, and without much hesitation, he chose 'Sacrifice Body'.
The body trembled slightly, and the soul was familiar out of the body, and the consciousness body slowly flew away from the body's body, and Li Oz was slightly familiar with the actions of the thinking body, and then slowly flew towards the blonde bully man.
【Passing on the ......】
[Genetic differences are large, troubleshooting is ongoing]
[Neural link is not responding]
【Heavy Chain ......】
【Completion of Communication】
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Name: Leo Duretto
[Race]: Tanas Terran (Spell Eligibility: Caster)
[Gender]: Biological male
[Age]: 22
[Tier]: Garma Rank