- "As I've said before, although through the existence of a source of magical power, magical girls use magical power almost instinctively. But it doesn't mean that we can't control it finely, you will have this problem of too fast consumption of mana, in addition to the lack of your own mana, it is essentially the result of using mana completely unrestrained. ”

It was night, Lin Xiaolu's home.

Delphinium is sitting on her couch giving a lecture to two newcomers.

Because there are some special arrangements today, she specially informed her daughter as Lin Yun two days in advance, saying that she was going to the next city on a business trip for a day and would not go home at night.

After that, he used the identity of Delphinch to inform the two newcomers that the next class might be indoors, and he would go to the Alien Bureau to ask for the venue and ask the two if they had any opinions.

She didn't think about what kind of chemistry these two pieces of information would produce together, but the result was that Lin Xiaolu volunteered to set the location of the first indoor class at her home.

After thinking about it, she felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so the delphinium agreed with the boat.

The content of this day's lesson is to refine the control of basic abilities and how to plan the use of one's own magic power.

The four basic abilities of a class-level magical girl are flying, strengthening, mana release and magic perception. After all, it is only the initial stage of ability development, so the means available are very limited.

As you enter the bud level to obtain the magic power construct, and enter the leaf level to learn to use the spell, the magical girl's combat methods will gradually become more diversified, and the difference in style will become more and more obvious.

However, no matter what stage it is, the basic abilities that are possessed from the seed level are the most frequently used, so many further skills are derived from this.

For example, the ability to fly has derived many techniques such as "levitation", "mana body", "cannonball fire", "perpetual flight", "overspeed flash", etc., which can be used to change the effect of the ability to fly, and can also control the consumption of mana more finely.

And Lin Xiaolu's skills in magic control are terrible, for example, when she flies, she is always squandering her magic power, not to mention that her magic power is consumed too fast, and her flight speed is not fast. It is also because there is too much wasted magic to produce a fireworks-like effect, which is huge but lacks practicality.

Delphia's lecture today is an attempt to correct this shortcoming, at least to clarify the goal of her future efforts.

A person sat there and talked for two hours in a row, even with the physique of a magical girl, she felt thirsty, so she picked up the teacup in front of her and took a sip, lubricated her throat, and then spoke again:

"In short, the technical things are here first, but striking iron also needs its own hardness, in addition to consciously controlling the consumption of mana during battle, its own mana reserves are also very important."

Putting down the cup, she stretched out her right hand: "I didn't ask if you said that there was a final exam at the school, but today I have to check the progress of your magic growth." ”

Several Favo runes spread out from her palm, forming a halo of light around her arm, and the lines in them were bright and flickering, looking like a magic circle from a fictional story.

Obviously, this is some kind of special technique.

Delphinium looked calm and motioned to the two newcomers: "Transform now, and then release your magic power against my rune array, this is the stage exam for your magic cultivation." ”

As early as the first time she taught the two of them, she had already emphasized the importance of daily practice to Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang, and taught magical girls the means to improve themselves.

The core power of a magical girl is magic and soul, and how talented a magical girl is in cultivation depends on the sensitivity of her soul to magic and the total amount of innate magic power.

However, the power of the soul and will does not manifest until the later stage of the ability to be enlightened, so in the early stage, magic is a more important indicator.

The total amount of magic power of a magical girl is not absolute, because magic power can be increased through hard work, and a genius who is content with the status quo and does not want to make progress, the total amount of magic power will also be surpassed by mediocre talents who have been working hard.

There are two main ways to achieve growth through this self-effort, which magical girls call "forging" and "spirituality".

Forging focuses on increasing mana quickly.

As the name suggests, this method increases the mana by constantly using it. Not only in battle, but even in ordinary life, you can take the initiative to release and practice.

Although forging power has a significant effect on mana, it has no effect on the soul. On top of that, using this method to increase mana is more tiring, and it takes a lot of willpower and perseverance to persist in the long term.

Psionics can increase both mana and soul, which is a more balanced approach.

The specific principle is to hook one's own soul through the source of magic power in the seed of the heart, so that the soul can drive the magic power, merge and refine each other, so as to achieve the common growth of the two powers.

Of course, when it comes to improving the efficiency of magic power, spiritual thinking is actually much weaker than tempering, but it is better than a long stream.

The two methods are not superior or mutually exclusive, but they serve different purposes. Forging is more suitable for magical girls who want to quickly improve their magic power in the short term, while Lingsi is used for daily practice.

It is only by accumulating spiritual thinking over time, so that the magic power and soul can meet the requirements of promotion, and the degree of integration between each other is enough to form the true phase, the magical girl of the seed level can further develop her ability to reach the bud level.

Under the gaze of Delphinium, Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang each transformed, and then released their magic power with a hesitant expression.

The magic of light blue and hibiscus purple turned into two paths of light, connected to the rune array created by the delphinium, and between the obscure changes, a lot of information was known to the delphinium.

To be honest, it was better than she expected.

If you have to give a clear number, based on the minimum consumption of a single mana release, then Lin Xiaolu can release it about 50 times, and Xia Liang can release it 90 times; In comparison, when facing the cavity-type remnant beast before, the numbers were around 40 and 75, respectively.

It was enough to surprise her that she had been able to make such significant progress in balancing her daily life and magic cultivation in less than a month.

"Well, qualified."

Putting away the array of spells in front of him, Delphinium clasped his hands, and a slight look of satisfaction appeared on his face: "You both performed very well. ”

As soon as these words came out, the two newcomers who were worried in their hearts breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, for children like them who don't like to study, the assessment of Delphinium makes them more nervous than the final exam at school.

Lin Xiaolu knows even more that it is already something to be proud of to be satisfied with the always strict Delphinch.

It's just that for her, that's not enough. Just satisfying Delphinium wasn't her real wish.

So after passing this assessment, she hesitated several times, but still chose to speak: "Delphinch." ”

"What's wrong?" The delphinium looked at her in response.

Facing the quiet and clear, blue jewel-like eyes, Lin Xiaolu felt an indescribable coercion, and what she wanted to say suddenly stuck in her mouth.

Will your next words seem overwhelming? Does it make her feel like a high-minded person?

There were so many distractions in her heart that she regretted her impulsiveness and couldn't help but want to back down.

But the retreat had only just risen, and she remembered the man who had stood in the rain a few days ago. And the feeling that appeared in my heart when I saw him:

Adults, in fact, are not as calm as they seem.

Delphinch, who has always regarded herself as a senior and an adult, is she really as relaxed as she appears?

So Lin Xiaolu clenched her fists, made up her mind again, met the gaze of the delphinch, and said firmly:

"How strong do I need to be to fight with you in a crisis?"