Chapter 9: The Dragon and the Maiden

"Please take the test"

Under the gaze of the gray-robed old man, John walked up to the summoning platform, he first saluted the old man, and then bowed to the teachers in the audience, and several judges looked at him with blank faces and did not make any movements.

John stood at the stone bowl next to the Great Circle, which was a special place for summoners to place summoning materials, and he slowly took out his summoning materials, and put a fire-based demon core into it.

It should be mentioned here that the magic of summoning the circle was originally the magic of the Seven Rings, but it was later simplified by an archmage who spent his entire life.

By combining a simplified version of the summoning circle with a secondary one, anyone with magical powers, including a magic apprentice, can successfully summon a magical beast summoned by someone of their own rank.

This astonishing move shocked the entire Karen continent and changed the direction of study for all magicians and magic academies, because it can greatly increase the combat power of low-level magicians, so the kingdom stipulates that all mages must master this spell, just like the 0 ring trick - the mage's hand.

John began to construct a secondary magic circle, and the fire demon core slowly melted into several slender red magic lines in the container, interspersed and flying in the air, and a secondary summoning circle slowly emerged.

As the circle gradually became complete, beads of sweat began to appear on John's head.

Constructing a circle requires a lot of calculations in the brain, and drawing the lines of the circle with magic power must be drawn once without interruption, otherwise the construction will fail and the magic core will dissipate.

This can take a lot of energy and magic, and many magic apprentices fail at this step.

John successfully built the secondary circle, and then he only needed to combine the secondary circle with the grand summoning circle, read out the content of the contract, and wait for the Warcraft contract.

There are two types of general summoning contracts, the master-servant contract and the equality contract.

As the name suggests, the master-servant contract is a contract in which the summoned party unconditionally enslaves the summoned party, and it is a contract in which the master can control the life and death of the servant at any time.

Most of the people who sign this kind of contract are low-level elemental creatures with no intelligence, and intelligent monsters will not agree to become other people's slaves.

The equal contract is the opposite, the two parties to the contract cannot harm each other, but it will not force the summoned party's actions, it is generally the summoner's need to give the summoned monster, which is a kind of employment relationship.

John chose the master-servant contract.

With the output of Crimson's mana, the mana vortex is moving faster and faster, and while waiting for the beast to agree to the contract, the summoner must always consume mana to maintain the circle, and if the mana is not enough to run the circle, the contract will also fail.

"Whew"

A spherical creature that burns with flames, comes out of the vortex with a hot breath.

The contract is formed

The voice of the machine sounded in John's head, and he stood up excitedly, the fire element is the strongest in the life of the first-order element, and this time it is stable.

"Very good, first-order elemental creature 'fire elemental', go to the rest area and talk to your new friends"

The gray-robed old man smiled and watched John leave, then announced that the next student would take the stage.

John took his fire elemental and walked towards the rest area, but his eyes looked at the figure sitting in the back row on the platform.

Vivien noticed, and turned her head to meet John's gaze.

The magic core in his hand clenched again.

The more than 100 magic apprentices present were as short as a few seconds or as long as half a minute, and they all ended their exams relatively quickly, after all, their magic power was not enough to support the magic array for too long.

Teachers discuss with each other at the bottom to grade them, and quill pens float out of thin air to mark each student.

Mage's Hand: 0 ring trick, can lift objects up to 5 pounds.

The rest area next to it was gradually filled with strange creatures.

The three elemental creatures of the fire element, the water element, and the wind element are the most, followed by some first-order creatures and monsters: fire rats, digging insects, stinging bees, and so on.

These beasts who have just arrived on the main plane seem to be a little flustered, which requires a summoner to appease them, and it is also an important step in strengthening the relationship.

You can always trust your summoned beasts. - Elise

"Next, Vivien"

"In!"

Vivien hurriedly got up, raised her little hand, and trotted all the way up to the summoning platform.

Some of the students in the audience were talking again, which was nothing more than some familiar words.

After saluting the teachers, Vivien placed the Wind Core in the container, she looked to the side, and the gray-robed teacher nodded to her, signaling that she could start summoning.

Taking a deep breath, Vivien cheered herself up inwardly.

"Believe in yourself, Vivien, you are the best, you will be able to summon it!"

The cyan lines of magic began to outline, following the route that had been simulated countless times in his mind, and he moved forward silkily.

1st node, 2nd, 3rd ......

1st Layer of Magic Wires, 2nd Floor, 3rd Floor.....

"Slow down"

"Slow a little longer"

"Remember Mr. Carol's words, be sure to output magic smoothly, don't be in a hurry"

Beads of sweat began to appear on the small noses, and Vivien had no time to care about them, the magic power in her body continued to output, and the magic circle was gradually outlined, flying towards the big magic circle.

"It must be successful!"

A vortex of magic slowly appeared, and Vivien began to chant the Declaration of Contract.

She chose a contract of equality, and she preferred a relationship of equal communication with the other party rather than summoning a slave.

Vivien didn't have any friends, so even if it was an elemental creature, she longed for someone to talk to.

No one knew how much pressure she was under, and John's stark gaze made her sit on pins and needles, and she was sure what would happen to her if she failed to summon her.

"O demonic beast of the other world, according to the law of the god of contract, are you willing to make an equal contract with me?"

Whispering the contents of the contract, Vivien watched the summoning circle and uttered the last incantation.

"I will do my best to meet your request."

The moment he finished reading the contract, the slowly rotating magic vortex seemed to have been hit by something, and surging flames and bursting lava erupted from the summoning circle, covering almost the entire classroom!

The gray-robed mage and several mages in the audience changed color, and instantly took out their staffs, and the magicians invariably performed the same magic.

"Two-Ring Magic: Wind of Guardianship!"

A massive cyan tornado gathers all the flying magma and flames to prevent it from harming the surrounding students.

Only then did the students in the audience react.

"Ah!!h

"Help!!"

"Mommy ....."

Screams filled the classroom.

The gray-robed mage raised his deadwood staff and pointed at the 'Magma Whirlwind' after chanting a spell in silence, and the massive mana surged upwards.

"Blazing Empowerment!"

In an instant, all the flames disappeared as if they had been eaten by an invisible beast, leaving only blackened lava stones scattered to the ground.

The students also quieted down, looked at each other's embarrassed appearances, and quickly got up and sorted out their outfits.

They were noble magicians, how could they be as embarrassed as that commoner.

"Boom!"

A loud crash came from behind him.

The teachers breathed a sigh of relief, and were startled by the loud impact again, and turned their heads to look at the summoning platform, where a two-meter-long, blood-covered dragon-like creature was lying on the summoning array.

Blood! A lot of blood!

Vivien had never seen so much blood in her life.

A fountain of blood spurted from the dragon-like creature in front of her, staining her mage robes blood-red.

If the creature in front of him was a cephalic dragon, his body from the belly down had largely disappeared, and behind him was a cotton wool-like flesh mud connected only by a layer of skin.

Vivien could even see his slowly beating heart through the void of minced flesh, he didn't have a single intact dragon scale on his body, and his entire body was stained red with blood.

Tick, tick

Blood dripped from the corners of his mouth

Even in this state, the dragon still held up its head and looked at the silver-haired girl in front of him.

The gray-robed old man instantly moved in front of Vivien, the magic elements gathered on the staff, and the faint magic light indicated that this powerful attack magic could be released at any time, and he watched vigilantly at this seriously injured ..... No, it's supposed to be a dying baby dragon.

As long as the other party dares to move, he can send him to heaven, and with the strength of his great magister, this young dragon should directly turn into a pool of flesh and blood.

"Headmaster, may I talk to him?"

Vivien's voice rang out from behind her.

Gandalf van Andrew frowned, and he turned his head to look at the girl, he was sure that he was not experiencing auditory hallucinations.

Vivien's clear eyes met him, and her blood-stained cheeks showed no fear.

Maybe it's the throbbing in my heart, or maybe it's the eye contact just for a moment.

Vivien decides to save him, because the look in his eyes is so similar to his former self.

Indifferent? Sadness? Wrath? And...... Helpless.

"It must have hurt to be so badly injured."

......

"Don't be afraid, I'm not your enemy, the headmaster they're just worried that you'll hurt your classmates by mistake"

She slowly walked over to the drake.

Gandalf looked at the girl and the young dragon hesitantly, and then at the summoning circle under him, and finally slowly moved away, but the light on the staff never dissipated.

The audience almost held their breath as they watched the dragon and the girl get closer and closer.

Vivien met Ron's eyes again, reaching out and slowly touching his dragon kiss, the remaining elemental burning her hand, but she didn't let go, just looked at the dragon eyes.

The little magic she had left was released from her hands, and it was the only 0-ring trick she had learned besides summoning magic: Pain Transfer.

Pain Transfer: Transferring a portion of the pain from the other person's body to oneself without treating the other person.

This magic has no healing effect and will put itself in a state of pain, and even if this thankless magic is very easy to learn, no one learns it.

As a noble magician, how could he be willing to suffer for others?

The pain from the magic made her body tremble, it was only a small part of the pain in his body, but there was only so much she could help him.

Suddenly, a colorful glow appeared on Vivien's hand.

Colorful energy was slowly released from the young dragon's body, gradually converging on the back of the girl's hand, as if a rainbow-like light bloomed from her hand, illuminating the entire classroom.

The other teachers and students watched in shock at the changes that took place on the stage.

The seven-colored light faded away, and a strange text appeared in her hand.

It is the oldest dragon script, and legend has it that it is one of the twelve primordial runes left behind by Io, but no dragon has yet studied their specific use.

But this kind of dragon inscription is regarded as a treasure by the true dragons, and only the alien race who has obtained the friendship of the true dragon can get this gift, and the other dragons will also maintain the most basic respect for her when they see the person with this rune engraved on their body, which means that you have obtained the approval of a true dragon.

"The contract is made"

A warm and clear teenage voice sounded in her head.