Chapter 32: The Sight of the Crowd

First, the suspended part gradually turned into seawater, dripping down like a light rain.

Then there is the ice at the top, which shrinks rapidly at a visible rate, and the water flows down the edge, and after a distance of several tens of meters, a small waterfall has formed at the foot of the iceberg, and the merged water merges into the beach that has been partially dried under the sun.

Soon, the crust of the ice gradually dissolved.

The spray also came into view, crashing against the white ice until the remnants of the sea were over and crashing again.

Melting ice is not too difficult for any mage, especially a fire mage. The challenge in this situation is to deal with the ice that spreads across the coastline at the same time, so that it does not tip directly and the water that has accumulated behind it pours out.

As a powerful mage of the fire system and a merman born close to the ocean, Austin is naturally handy with this approach.

When everything is done, the waterfront is completely restored to its original state.

"Well done!"

Melissa gave two applause in a hearty way, "In that case, Inspector Eraberg, the three of us will take our leave first." As I said before, we might have to stay here for a few more days. First mate, I remember you were practicing space magic? ”

Before Elaberg could answer, Austin was full of black lines and immediately spoke, "What are you thinking?" I'm in this state now, and it's amazing that I can successfully pass it back, and you still want to pass it on to three people? Are the mages of your regiment treated like animals? ”

Melissa pressed the brim of her hat, "Mine mine." ”

"First mate, do I need a helping hand?" Connor is considerate.

"I'm not a waste, you go away!"

Austin was as irascible and stubborn as ever. But between the words not "get out" but "go away", he barely accepted the love.

Seeing this, Mogan thought about the problem of the Blue Eagle Pirate Group mentioned earlier.

The Blue Eagle Pirate Regiment has good conditions, but it's a bit of a mage.

As a pirate group with a large ship but a crew of no more than twenty people, almost all the members of the Blue Eagle Pirate Regiment were warriors.

It is well known that Terrans who do not have magical abilities to become mages have to pay a harsh price.

However, in order for kingdoms to form armies, they must not rely solely on people to cut off their children and grandchildren, and there is no successor - those soldiers and knights whose abilities are called warriors are also a vital part of warfare.

On the continent full of magic, there is a big difference between the essence of people who can do magic and those who cannot. In contrast, although a warrior does not practice spells, he can also make himself a being that can compete with mages in a strange way.

But magical power has always been an important part of the training of warriors. The warrior himself focuses on physical training, often using weapons that have been forged by a special person and infused with magical power by fellow mages. After reaching a certain level of physical strength, you can supplement it with the corresponding potions refined by the mage, and further improve on the basis of the "strong man", and train yourself to a steel body far beyond ordinary people.

After that, they can not only use magic weapons to mobilize a certain amount of magical power to carry out resonant attacks in battle, but their own lifespan can also be partially extended.

If the mage's ability is based on understanding the mysteries of magic, the strength of a warrior is a combination of physical and magical power—both with their own strengths, but also with their own dilemmas and problems.

In addition to the inherent cost of mages, the biggest obstacle is that they need to rely on comprehension to overcome the hurdle.

In addition to learning ancient languages and memorizing obscure mantras, reciting mantras requires more understanding and practice. The intersyllabic succession, the structure of the spell effecting, the amount of magical power that needs to be poured in the right amount, and so on......

Chanting is not just memorization.

A wand may be able to help the caster complete the magic of the corresponding attribute and increase the probability of perfect spellcasting, but this is only due to the resonance of the wand's material, and it is nothing without a foundation.

is like a musical score and a singing teleprompter, if you can't sing and play, you can't figure out a three-seven-twenty-one if you see through the paper.

Because everyone's magic is different, the path of learning spells and practicing magic cannot be completely copied from the notes written by those who came before them. Some people lack understanding and have no opportunities, and they cannot seek the hope of breakthrough in their lives, and the road ahead is bleak, so they have to stop.

Comparatively speaking, the ultimate way to improve a warrior is much simpler: train, fight, and strengthen your weapon.

Exercise to enhance physical fitness, improve agility and strength; Gain experience in battle, strengthen skills and reactions; The last one remains, of course, just as the name suggests. The ascension of the warrior is gradual, there are no jumps to speak of, but there are some shortcuts to take.

If you can't understand the moves and techniques that best suit you, you can also learn the moves and combat methods of others to improve, but in addition, because of the special nature of the foundation, there are some additional risks on the warrior.

As the saying goes, rote memorization can't become a mage, and hard stuffing potions can't make a warrior.

Compared with the former, at most, it is a matter of paying the price in vain, and it is a big deal to tear down and start over and reflect on it; The latter has a medicinal impact that bombards indiscriminately in the body, spending a lot of money to buy powerful potions, but in exchange for a risk of bleeding to death.

There are many types of potions made from magical materials, and most animal, plant, and mineral magical materials can be extracted into effective magical ingredients, which can be used as a basis for exercising magic beyond the limits of the human body itself. In this case, a mage who is good at preparing potions and is familiar with the characteristics of the materials is needed.

It's not normal to be like ordinary people can't make potions by boiling potions according to the formula, but they just want to distinguish the characteristics of potions and magic strength, and derive the best optimal ratio through this basic information, magic and spells are indispensable tools.

However, these magical products are not homologous to the human body after all, and in order to merge with each other and achieve each other, they must first be able to "defeat".

This is a gap that no number of auxiliary mages can fill, and they can only rely on themselves.

In any case, the warrior class, which can see the direction of progress, does have unique advantages compared to learning spells that may be stuck halfway through the process at a lifelong cost. Because of the common sense that "one mind cannot be used for two purposes", making choices is also part of the education in the Kingdom of Cole.

In fact, Mogan's earliest training was not the practice of magic spells, but the physical training to become a warrior.

His father was born as a warrior, and his mother has a talent for magic, but he is still a domineering wind dragon who is used to ontology combat, and even if the field is limited to fighting in a humanoid state, he will "wear armor and chant spells", "cast spells and cut people", relying on his talent and talent, he is quite unmartial arts.

To this day, however, Mogan has not decided between the two.

On the proposition of "making a choice", he does not want to make a conclusion, and he is more willful.

Rather than choose one or the other, Mogan preferred to have them all – but no one stopped him.

Because compared to being cautious about this matter, and even making rules for their children to assign professional roles and maintain the honor of the family of nobles or other knight families, his parents are more special.

The evil dragon mother of the Grande family is both sides of the world, and she loves to do what she likes to do, and she doesn't think that there must be any problems with everything, and her father Lincero thinks that since she has both talents, it is a loss to choose one less, and it is better to "win-win*".

What's more, in Mogan's own opinion, even as a warrior, it would be more economical to take the potions he had prepared and refined.

…… Maybe it can have a more reassuring effect.

To get back to the point, not only the Blue Eagle Pirate Regiment, but most of the Pirate Regiment's members are mainly composed of warriors and supplemented by mages.

This is because the sea environment is ever-changing, and all kinds of disasters can easily incapacitate people, and it is easier for a warrior with strong physical fitness to survive in this situation than a mage who needs to chant a mantra for active defense.

But as a warrior who needs to be trained with the help of magic, he naturally can't do without the assistance of a mage.

Refining potions is still one thing, after all, you can find someone to replace you after you go ashore and store the finished potion.

Most importantly, it has to be the magical ability to directly fight the catastrophe at sea.

Ships are not "perpetual motion machines" for sea navigation.

When the Restoration Charm can temporarily solve the problem of partial ship damage, the tokens of Fire Magic can temporarily replace depleted fuel, and even the Weather Magic can directly dispel existing storms, the Mage becomes a very convenient companion.

Because of this, recruiting mages in every pirate group is a top priority, since most mages are not so good in physical fitness, and it is not easy to have time to chant, it is indeed easy to die in a disaster casually, and mages are usually the objects that need to be protected in critical moments, whether they are docked on the islands or sailing at sea, they enjoy good treatment.

In the midst of this risk, mages are hard to find, and many pirate groups have a saying.

"Captain of the water, mage of iron."

Unlike the new pirate groups such as the Blue Eagle Pirates, most of them are accompanied by a new generation, with occasional captains.

However, whenever the mage volunteered to join the pirate group, he was basically offered, and if he wanted to get off the ship, he would be persuaded by good words. If you can adapt to or even love this environment, you don't want to come down, so it is naturally difficult to replace.

But this "law of nature" is the opposite in the Blue Eagle Pirates.

"Captain!" Conor tugged at Melissa's sleeve, "Shall we go back to the boat first?" Or I'll take the first mate back to the ship for repairs, and you will go and see if there is any situation? If needed, I can go and inform Chef Leonard to get ready to cook! ”

It was then that Mogan suddenly realized that things had changed.

As the danger was lifted, many new onlookers came to the beach one after another, and the eyes of the crowd were focused again.

This is also normal, after all, there is a merman with a very different appearance. However, the three pirate group did not care about the prying eyes of passers-by.

This one may be thinking about how to use the topic next time he is angry, the one who is excited to find a new duty and job for himself, and the remaining one may not want the new mage he has recruited with great difficulty to be angry and run away, and he wants to speak many times, forcing the desire to open his mouth.

It's just that Mogan found a problem.

He wasn't standing with the three pirate groups right now, nor was he in the crowd.

And a familiar figure in the crowd was quietly hiding inside, staring at a person who surprised Mogan.