Hearing that Ryan's magic was self-taught, Epfenli was very surprised, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow! You're amazing! You can practice magic without the guidance of a teacher, your magic talent is really high. () bubble - ()"

Ryan was speechless for a moment, if Epfenli knew Ryan's actual situation and said this, then Ryan would think that the other party was saying the opposite and humiliating himself. But in the current situation, Ryan couldn't explain his actual situation to the other party, so he had to let the other party say so.

However, after Ryan heard Epfenli's words, he also had some doubts: "Do many magicians have a teacher's guidance?" ”

"Yes, it's hard for a magic apprentice to become a magician without a teacher's guidance. When a magic apprentice is just getting started, it is very difficult and requires constant guidance from the teacher, so it is relatively easy. The stage of mana accumulation is a little better, as long as the magic apprentice works his own. After that, it is very difficult to learn to cast magic, and it is difficult to succeed without the guidance of a teacher, and it is difficult to improve the success rate. After advancing to level 1 magician, learning magic also needs the guidance of a teacher, otherwise it will progress very slowly. ”

"So, you also have a teacher to guide you."

"Yes, my teacher is a level 3 magician Roa Chabi." Suddenly, Epfenli's eyes darkened, as if he had thought of something sad.

Ryan was even more curious, and he wanted to ask what was going on, but Epfenli immediately digressed from the subject. In the end, Epfenli only said that his teacher had gone up to the Magic Tower to do something, so he waited in the hall on the first floor.

"I envy you for being free." Epfenli smiled, a little bleak.

Ryan was even more weird. He asked again what was going on, but Epfenli immediately diverted the subject.

Then the two chatted again, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became. Ryan also has a detailed understanding of the magic tower.

This magic tower in Megger City is a place where the Magic Society belongs. But there are also some places that are open to magicians and magic apprentices. Among them, the first floor of the magic tower is for people to rest and communicate. The second to fourth floors are for magicians or foreign merchants to set up shops and sell magical items. The fifth and sixth floors belong to the office of the Magic Association, for example, magic assessments, magic tests, magic notarizations and other affairs are handled here. 6th to 10th floors. It is said to be a place dedicated to magicians for a variety of services, such as magic trials, magic training, magic quests, and more. As for the tenth floor and above, it is said that it is not open to the public, and it belongs to the place where the magicians belonging to the Magic Association live.

Ryan and Epfenli chatted for about a quarter of an hour. The waiter who led the way just now hurried over and said respectfully to Ryan: "Your Excellency, please come with me, and I will take you to find the magician in charge of the magic promotion assessment." ”

So, Ryan said goodbye to Epfenli. Then he followed the waiter upstairs.

The height between the buildings is very high, so it takes a lot of time to climb each floor. Starting on the second floor, Ryan found that the layout of the floors was completely different from the first. The first floor is an empty hall. There is little arrangement. But the second floor is different, and the middle of the floor is full of rooms. Each room forms a circle, with the doorways all facing the outer ring. The outer circle is a circular corridor where you can walk through all the shops. At a glance, Ryan seems to be similar to the street, there are many shops, the only difference is that many of the shops are completely empty and deserted. Ryan had heard Epfenli say that most of the people who opened these shops were magic apprentices who couldn't become magicians, and they came to do this kind of business of buying and selling magic items when there was no hope of promotion. The rest of the shops were opened by foreign merchants.

When Ryan walked to the fifth floor, he found that the layout had changed, although it was still a circular area in the middle, and it was also a room, but the number of rooms was much less, only seven or eight, but the area of the room looked much larger, not as narrow as the shops below.

Instead of continuing to take Ryan upstairs, the waiter took Ryan to the door of a room on the fifth floor, knocked on the door, and motioned for Ryan to go in by himself.

Ryan ignored the waiter, pushed open the half-hidden wooden door, and stepped inside.

I saw a long wooden table on the side of the large room, and on the chair inside the table sat an old magician about fifty or sixty years old. The old magician was wearing a gray magician robe, obviously a low-level magician, and Ryan looked at the magician badge on the opponent's chest, and could tell that the other party was a level 2 magician.

Behind the old magician, against the wall, there was a long wooden cabinet with a locked door, and I didn't know what to put it.

On the other side of the room against the wall was a row of stone targets that Ryan had just learned from Epfen that they were meant to test the power of magic.

Ryan walked straight to a few meters in front of the old magician, then put his right hand on his shoulder, and bowed slightly in a magician salute. Ryan had seen others do this before, and he had just asked Epfenli for advice, so he was a good magician.

"Hello, Your Excellency, I am here to conduct the magic promotion assessment and apply for the promotion to level 1 magician." Ryan said politely.

The old magician didn't hold it up, and after he saluted Ryan, he also left his seat and stood, and returned a very standard magician salute. Obviously, with the other party's age, he has only reached the level of a level 2 magician, and it is estimated that he has no hope of advancing in this life, so he does not dare to offend these people who may become magicians at a young age.

Looking at the old magician, Ryan couldn't help but think of Uncle Pasiutas, Uncle Pasiutas used to work for the Magic Association, and it is estimated that his situation, like the old magician in front of him, is very old and has no hope of promotion, so he is at ease to engage in the daily work of this kind of magic association.

"Hello, are you sure you want to advance to level 1 magician?" The old magician had been looking at Ryan since he entered the door, and he couldn't help but reconfirm Ryan's stature because he was incredulous at his tall stature.

"Yes, I've met the criteria for promotion, so I'm here to apply for promotion." Ryan was slightly upset, but quickly adjusted his mood.

Unexpectedly, the old magician next said something that surprised Ryan: "Okay, please pay the assessment fee of 100 gold coins first." ”

"A hundred gold coins, why do you want so many?" Ryan was surprised, he hadn't heard Epfenli mention it just now, so he suspected that the old magician was cheating him out of his money.

The old magician was obviously surprised as well, and he couldn't help but ask Ryan, "Is a hundred gold coins a lot?" It's just a small amount of money. ”

Suddenly, Ryan was stunned for a while, and then suddenly thought that he had always been a mercenary and a swordsman, and he had been surviving with the mentality of a poor barehead. The magician, on the other hand, has a transcendent status and a noble status, and usually comes into contact with the aristocratic class, and does not take the gold coins to heart at all. A hundred gold coins may be a lot of wealth for a swordsman, even a mid-level swordsman like Ryan. But in the eyes of the magician, it can't be considered a little, but at least it can be regarded as money that can be easily taken out.

"It's no wonder that Epfen Liti didn't mention the assessment fee of a hundred gold coins just now, it is estimated that in his heart, this gold coin is not even necessary to be withdrawn." Rui Anxin said secretly.

Then, Ryan gritted his teeth, took out the money bag from his bosom, counted out a hundred gold coins and handed them to the old magician. Immediately after that, Ryan barely squeezed out a smile on his face and explained, "A hundred gold coins is not much, I'm just wondering why I should pay this money." ”

Unexpectedly, the old magician replied very kindly: "In the past, we did not set an assessment fee of one hundred gold coins, and it was completely free. However, there are some magic apprentices, who have not yet reached the standard of a level 1 magician, but they keep coming to the assessment with the mentality of luck, hoping that we will be able to make them advance if we are negligent for a while. This wasted a lot of our time, and in the end we had to set a hundred gold coins assessment fee to put an end to this phenomenon. After all, a hundred gold coins is not much, but it is still a small burden for a magic apprentice. ”

"Oh! I see. Ryan finally understood who was to blame.

The old magician took Ryan's hundred gold coins, and without counting them, he casually threw them into the table drawer. After asking Ryan for his name and other information, he explained to Ryan, "Then we will start the magic promotion assessment now." However, since this is your first time taking the assessment, I must explain to you the content of the assessment before you take the test. ”

"Please." Ryan had already asked Epfenli about the situation, but he wanted to hear what the old magician had to say.

"The magician promotion assessment is divided into two parts, first of all, a magic test, to test whether your magic reaches the level of a level 1 magician, and then to test the magic, as long as you can cast a level 1 magic, and cast ten times in a row, the success rate reaches more than nine times, you are considered to have passed the test." The old magician explained it briefly as usual, without going into details.

After listening to this, Ryan knew that it was the same as what Epfenli had explained, so he immediately replied, "Understood, please start." ”

The old magician stood up, walked to a large cabinet in the corner of the room, took the key from his bosom, opened the iron lock on the door of the cabinet, and then took out a magic crystal ball from the cabinet and placed it on the long table.

"You put your hand on this test crystal ball, perform magic meditation as usual, the crystal ball will show your mana reserves, as long as the mana can be filled with the crystal ball, the magic test will pass." The old magician then introduced.

Ryan was not polite, he stretched out his right hand, pressed it on the crystal ball, and immediately closed his eyes, and began to meditate magically. (To be continued.) )