Chapter 18: A Different Path

Outside the dungeon of the castle, Du Wei met Ruolin, the first female knight recruited by his command, and since coming to this castle, Ruolin has taken the initiative to take on the matter of guarding the mage's captives.

Ruolin did this, after all, the magician was once her companion, and although she was loyal to Du Wei, she still had to remember some old feelings. Although this magician was also attracted by his own beauty in the first place, and everyone's business was only a few days. Although Ruolin didn't dare to secretly let this guy go against Du Wei's wishes, she took care of him personally - so that at least she could take care of this former companion a little bit, which could be regarded as a little affection.

At least after arriving here last night, this magician was able to eat a full meal under Ruolin's care. Although he is still not allowed to sleep, and meditation is absolutely not okay. Ruolin's two servants, the Bull Warrior and the Archer, took turns guarding the magician, denying him a chance to recover his magic.

When Du Wei came to the dungeon, he was a little uncomfortable with the smell of dampness in the dungeon.

This long-legged chick originally had a charming and seductive face, but now she has probably made some changes in dress, cut her hair shorter, tie a ribbon on her forehead, and modify her eyebrows, which reduces some softness, but adds three points of heroism.

Especially after wearing the knight's costume, the whole person looked much more solemn - although the original short skirt was not worn, and the plump and beautiful long legs were no longer exposed. However, with a slender sword and the light knight's cuirass on the upper body, it has a bit of a knight's posture.

"Dear hosts. Seeing Du Wei walking into the dungeon, Ruolin immediately greeted him: "You are ......"

"I'm coming to see my captive. Du Wei's face was very cold, he was in a bad mood, and glanced at Ruolin: "Have you stayed here all night?"

Ruolin showed a hint of embarrassment on her face: "Master, this guy inside is my former companion after all, I want to ......"

"Do you want to intercede?" Du Wei shook his head: "You don't have to, I don't want to embarrass him, as long as he obediently answers me a few questions, I will let him go immediately." ”

After speaking, Du Wei walked past Ruolin's side, and at the same time left a sentence: "I am alone with him, all of you are waiting outside, and you are not allowed to come in casually." ”

The room in which the magician was closed was originally the largest in the dungeon of the castle, and when Du Wei came in, the magician was already pale and his eyes were almost open.

Although the magician's jīng divine power is strong, after all, he fought with everyone in the tavern during the previous trip, and also performed magic, which consumed a lot of jīng divine power, and then he was caught, and he has never had the opportunity to meditate and recover the consumed jīng divine power, but he has not been able to sleep for the past two days, and he can't support it at the moment.

After being locked up in this dungeon, one night came, and every time I closed my eyes, I immediately poured a bucket of cold water. Although Ruolin was polite to him, Ruolin's two subordinates were not polite at all.

Originally, in that small adventure team, the bull warrior and archer looked at this magician very unpleasantly, because this magician was attracted by Ruolin's beauty, so he was often despised by the bull warrior and archer. The relationship with each other has not been harmonious.

At this moment, seeing the little nobleman enter the dungeon room, the magician already felt that he was about to collapse. He didn't have any chains on him, anyway, a magician who had lost his magic power was not as strong as an ordinary person. It's just that the dungeon is wet, and he doesn't know how many buckets of water have been poured on, and his lips are so cold that his lips are white, and when Du Wei walked in, the magician was sitting on a stone bed with his knees crossed, and the barbarian warrior next to him shouted to himself: "Hey, don't close your eyes! Otherwise, I'll douse you with water again!

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his head and saw Du Wei coming in, and immediately closed his mouth, Du Wei waved his hand, motioned him to go out, and then walked up to the magician: "How is it? Is everything okay here?"

Okay? Do I look like I'm okay?" The mage was full of scolding, but there was a pleading expression on his face: "Sir, why do you have to embarrass me so much for a nobleman with such status? As the eldest son of the Count of the Rollin family, if it is rumored that you treat a magician so badly, then in the future, I am afraid that it will be difficult for your family to make friends with magicians!"

Still want to threaten me?

Du Wei pursed his lips: "Oh, yes, so if it spreads, a small first-level magician actually mastered the instantaneous technique, then what will be the consequences?"

The magician's face turned pale, and there was a hint of trepidation in his eyes.

Consequence?

The consequence is very simple! That is, if other magicians learn such news, then soon, he will become the common prey of the magicians of the entire continent! Any magician is eager to learn the top-level skill of instantaneous magic! And when a small first-level magician can actually master this ability...... As a result, do you still need to ask?

It's like a three-year-old child, completely unguarded, but with hundreds of millions of dollars!

"Say it. Du Wei smiled: "Actually, I know that your so-called instantaneous technique is not a real instantaneous technique. You must have done this by some kind of opportunistic means, did you? I'm not a magician, and even if you tell me, it won't hurt you. I just wanted to satisfy my curiosity. ”

The magician lowered his head, a hint of struggle on his face.

"What else is there to hesitate about?" Du Wei sighed, "You are only a first-class magician, although in this world, magicians are rare and respected, but they are limited to those magicians above the intermediate level. Even if I kill you here, or lock you up here for the rest of your life, no one will care about you. Even if it's a magic society, it won't offend a big nobleman for the sake of an inconspicuous lowest-level magician, right?"

"You ......" The magician's eyes finally loosened, and his psychological defense began to collapse, biting his lip with difficulty: "You...... If I told you, you must swear not to say it. Because...... It's about being a magician!"

"Yes, absolutely. Du Wei immediately raised his hand and swore an oath: "I, Du Wei Rollin, swear here, I will remember everything you said to me today, and I will not tell others again." Otherwise, let the Goddess of Light punish me!"

"......" The magician's expression was a little complicated, his eyes showed a hint of emptiness, and then his lips squirmed a few times: "I...... Actually, I'm just an apprentice in magic. ”

“...... What?" Du Wei was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"

"I ......," the magician seemed to say with great difficulty, "I said, in fact, I am only a magic apprentice, and my real magic strength is only at the level of a magic apprentice." And my qualification as a first-class magician was deceived through some means. ”

"Liar?" Du Wei began to feel a little tempted in his heart!

Tricked into qualifying as a magician?

According to what Du Wei knew, the assessment of the Magician Society on the mainland was not easy to pass by tricks! If the qualifications of a magician could be easily deceived, wouldn't it be a joke?

"I started learning magic when I was a child, and my master, a low-level magician, thought I had a talent for magic, and took me as an apprentice, and I was apprenticed to magic when I was thirteen...... It's not that hard. The magician's tone was a little resentful: "There are only a few hundred real magicians on the continent, but there are thousands of people with magic apprenticeship qualifications. Unfortunately, the road to becoming a real magician is too difficult, and the vast majority of magic apprentices will not be able to pass the first-level assessment even if they work hard for a lifetime. You can only stay at the level of a magic apprentice for the rest of your life. And I'm ...... Also one of these poor creatures. ”

"Each magician will take in several apprentices, but the magician himself knows that not all of these apprentices can become magicians, and it is likely that they will not be able to teach a magician disciple in their lifetime. But every magician on the continent will still recruit many apprentices. Because...... A person of this status as a magician is so noble and revered. How could such a person be without an entourage? Therefore, each magician would bring a different number of magic apprentices with him. Most of these apprentices had dreams of magic, but as a result, only a few of them were able to realize their dreams. The most hateful thing is that there are many magicians, who know that these magic apprentices have no possibility of becoming magicians, but they don't tell them...... Because magicians need obedient apprentices around them, someone to help them with magic experiments, someone to help them with their hands, to be their assistant, or even seem to be a servant...... Moreover, such servants do not need them to spend even a single gold coin!

That's how I went through, when I was thirteen years old, I met my master, and he told me that I was gifted, and then took me away from home, saying that he wanted to teach me to be a magician. I followed him with infinite longing, but alas...... Later I found out that it was an impossible dream to come true. My master has more than a dozen disciples, and each of them has passed the assessment of a magic apprentice. Master just uses us as free servants, free assistants.

He still deceives us with false lies, but he knows that many of these disciples will never become magicians in their lifetime. He knows! But he just won't say it!

I worked as an apprentice in magic for ten years, and finally realized that I had no talent for it. I did have a little bit of divine power since I was a child, and I could sense a little bit of the power of nature...... But this is already the limit. I have limited talent.

Later, I had no choice but to ...... Only...... Studied magic potions. ”

Magical Pharmaceutics?

Du Wei's eyes lit up!

This guy's experience is very similar to his own!

It's just that he can't even pass the assessment of the lowest level of magic apprenticeship...... Du Wei smiled bitterly in his heart.

In fact, even Du Wei himself didn't know that the situation was not what he thought.

Magicians are a strange group, most of them are withdrawn and proud, they see themselves as people who stand above all beings, they are people who can call the wind and rain, and they can use the power of the gods. In the eyes of most magicians, the so-called severities are just ants that can be used casually.

Many magicians recruit magic apprentices, in fact, the magic talent is even inferior to Du Wei! But magicians need to be entouraged, although magicians are rich, but they can't spend money to recruit servants like ordinary nobles - what is that?

As a sacred magician, as a mysterious magician, the servants around him naturally need to have the identity of a magic apprentice! How can you use ordinary people, isn't it very cheap?

However, there are only a handful of people who have the talent for magic. Therefore, most magicians, in order to have some magic apprentices around them, even do not hesitate to lower their standards to recruit magic apprentices! Obviously, some people with insufficient talent, even if they are only slightly stronger than ordinary people, will be accepted by magicians with the temptation of "teaching you to become a magician".

Afterwards...... These people who are not actually talented enough to become magicians are waiting to be cheap labor for teachers for the rest of their lives!

This situation has caused the assessment of magic apprentices on the mainland to be very chaotic!

It's just that the last time he was in dìdū, the assessment that Du Wei underwent was carried out according to really strict standards......! That Clark mage, don't dare to deceive the second person in the emperor's ** side, the eldest son of the head of the Rollin family!

Because of Dewey's identity, Mage Clark didn't dare to trick him into working as cheap labor.

Otherwise, if Du Wei is an ordinary person...... Then that day, Master Clark saw that he had such jīng divine power that was beyond ordinary people, and he had already accepted Du Wei!

Even if he knew that Du Wei had no talent for magic, Clark would definitely accept him as an apprentice! Because, with a magic apprentice by his side, it would be very convenient for him to do magic experiments by himself in the future.

In fact, many magicians on the continent do just that. If Du Wei was not the eldest son of the earl, I am afraid that he would have been cheated away, and then he would have dreamed of becoming a magician, serving as a cheap labor force for a magician, and even wasted his life and delayed his future.

"It was by chance that I learned that my teacher had known that I could not be a magician. There was a hint of bitterness in the captive's voice: "Even when he took me away from his house, he knew this very well! Many of the teacher's disciples are just like me, some of them are very magical, and some of them are very sensitive. But they all have major flaws, but they are left by the teacher's side by a beautiful dream woven out, wasting their lives!"

“...... And then?" Du Wei sighed.

"Like I said...... After I learned the facts, at first, I was angry, and then I ...... I decided to change my fate. Since I can't learn real magic, then ...... I decided to study magical pharmacey. The magician captive sighed, "Because, the magic apothecary is also a kind of magician who is explicitly recognized by the Magic Society. Though...... This view is considered ridiculous by most people, although most people feel that magic apothecaries are not real magicians at all. ”

“...... And then?" Du Wei felt his heart start to beat faster!

Don't...... This guy ......

He's as ungifted as himself, but he's now a magician! He's in the tavern, but he's really using magic!

Since he, a person with no talent, finally didn't know how to learn magic...... So, if only he could tell how he did it...... Well, by yourself, maybe you can too!

If you can find a way to learn magic, then ......

Isn't it possible to learn the astrology left by Semel in the secret room in the castle, and the star magic that Semel has studied all his life?!

"Can jīng become a magician if he is proficient in magic apothecary?" Du Wei looked at the captive: "But according to what I know, the qualification assessment of the Magic Society, the assessment of magic apothecary is completely different from that of other magicians. ”

On the mainland, for true magicians, it is divided into ten levels. Every time you pass the first level of the exam, the difficulty will increase a lot! Therefore, the higher the level of the magician, the stronger the strength will naturally be.

However, although the assessment of a magic apothecary, which is also called "a type of magician", is much simpler.

Even, so simple that it can feel perfunctory!

There is no grading for the assessment of magic apothecaries!

Just one level!

As long as you pass the test, you will be a magic apothecary, and the Magical Society will also issue you a badge, which symbolizes the official recognition that you are a magician.

Although, this recognition, most people do not recognize.

Moreover, even the badges issued by the Magic Society itself are also treated with a certain amount of "discrimination"!

The Magic Apothecary, who was awarded a bronze round badge, was simple to make, and ...... There are no magical anti-counterfeiting spells either.

Perhaps, the Magic Society itself knows that I am afraid that no one would be interested in impersonating such a profession that not many people can afford.

A magic apothecary, commonly known as a poisoner, has a social status that is not even as high as that of an ordinary physician.

And the real magician, even if it is a first-level one, is a silver badge!

Of course, Du Wei will not forget that in the fierce battle in the tavern that day, what he seized from the body of this magician's captive was a genuine silver leaf badge!

In other words, he did not pass the examination of a magical apothecary!

How the hell did he do it?

Learning magic originally seemed to be a dream that had been shattered, but at this moment, hope surged back in Du Wei's heart!

"My talent is magic out of sè, and my natural jīng divine power is a little stronger than ordinary people. If it is an ordinary person, it is just that the jīng strength is more vigorous than that of ordinary people, it is not easy to get tired, and so on...... However, I lacked sensibility. No matter how much I meditated, no matter how hard I tried, at first, I couldn't sense even the slightest fluctuation of the power of nature. The captive said slowly, "Later, after I had studied magic potions for ten years, I suddenly had a question...... What is the so-called force of nature? The teacher told me that it is everything! It is everything in this world! It is wind, fire, water, even the slightest bit of it. But this statement is still too vague. A thought crossed my mind...... If I can understand what the so-called 'force of nature' is, then maybe I still have hope. ”

Du Wei listened quietly, and at the same time, he was also carefully pondering this guy's words in his heart.

"Fire-based magic, for example. Magicians can use the fire element in the natural world through spells, and then they can use magic to conjure flames! And in magic potions, there can also be more than a dozen ways to use potions to generate flames! For example, the simplest one......" Speaking of this, the magician captive glanced at Du Wei: "Do you understand what I said?"

"Please go on, I can understand. Du Wei smiled faintly: "I have also read some books on magic potions. ”

"Okay. The magician continued, "In magic potions, there are more than a dozen ways to achieve the same basic principles as fire magic...... For example, the most basic kind is that you can use a kind of fire phosphograss to grind powder and burn it on its own! Then I thought...... Fire phosphoweed can make fire, and the mage's fire magic can also make fire. Don't...... Does the fire phosphorus grass contain the so-called magic elements of the power of nature? Or is there something in the fire phosphorus grass, which is the fire magic element?"

Du Wei's heart moved, as if he had thought of something, but he couldn't grasp it for a while.

The magician captive was heard to continue, "I have discovered another delicate thing. All the magic spells! I mean all of them, though the spells can be small and powerful. Or take the fire magic as an example, the simplest fireball technique, and the legendary 'Burning City' forbidden spell that can destroy the world! Although the power is countless times different, in fact, the principle is the same! They are all burned with flames! But ...... Here comes the subtle thing...... For example, fire magic, although apothecary can't make the power of the large-scale and powerful forbidden spell level of 'Burning City', the principle of fire is the same! Another example is wind magic, water magic, and so on...... All kinds of magic can be done with potions! It can only be done with the simplest basic principles, but it can be done! Why is that? Perhaps...... I was thinking, perhaps, those precious raw materials of pharmacy actually contain the so-called 'magical elements' of various types of magic, right?"

The captive had a look of pride on his face, "Since I can't use meditation to extract the magical elements of nature...... Then, I'll use the method of a pharmacist to extract the magic element from the potion!!"