……

"Hint: You have initially comprehended the mystery of Transfiguration Spell "Casting Impulse", and you have obtained Elemental Transfiguration *10 in the Spell Realm.

Spell Casting Impulse: When you cast spells related to the Transformation Realm, when you have a firm urge to cast spells in your heart, your casting success rate will be greatly increased.

+50% your Spell Learning Speed (Transfiguration Field)"

……

Comfortable.

Although Sity's stumble was a little embarrassing, Matthew's face was still filled with joy.

The transformation realm was originally a headache for him, but he didn't expect that with the help of Rhaegar's two gods, he not only successfully mastered two spells, but also comprehended a mystery.

This means that Matthew will be unimpeded when learning transformational spells in the future - in fact, even if there is an obstacle, it is fine, he is now full of confidence in Rhaegar, and even considered encouraging the other party to open a crash course in transformation spells in the alliance!

"I'll go."

After Seve withdrew, Zeller spoke:

"This has to be explained, after all, I was there too."

With that, he hurried out in pursuit.

Only Rhaegar was left staring at Matthew.

The smile on Matthew's face disappeared instantly, and he remembered the horror of being dominated by Rhaeggar's great sword, so he said softly:

"I'm sorry, my lord, but that feeling is fleeting, and I don't dare miss it."

"Fart!"

Rhaegar gritted his teeth and said:

"Why didn't you shoot Zeller?"

Matthew said innocently:

"I only feel that way when I'm in front of you."

"Bastard!"

Rhaegar was furious:

"Also, why does Seve run in every time like this? Did you secretly let her lie in ambush outside, ready to see my appearance? ”

Matthew tries to analyze rationally:

"It's not good for me to do me this matter, take ten thousand steps back, if Sifu misunderstands what happened between us, wouldn't it be your heart?"

Rhaegar thought for a moment, as if that was the truth.

His complexion softened slightly:

"Anyway, don't ask me to practice spells with you in the future, or I'll have to kill you!"

Matthew immediately assured:

"If you don't agree, I will definitely not let you practice spells with me in the future!"

Rhaegar added:

"You have to pay me for the pajamas just now, its market is more than fifty gold coins, I only charge you fifty gold, settle it immediately, and you won't be in arrears!"

Matthew was stunned and said:

"What pajamas cost fifty gold coins?!"

Rhaegar said hatefully:

"That was Alena's gift to me last year! It is a silk texture shipped from the Far East, and the style is also the most popular in Deep Blue Harbor! ”

Matthew suddenly realized:

"So you hooked up with the female city lord of Deep Blue Harbor last year?"

Rhaegar squinted at him:

"Give money."

Matthew hesitated for a moment and honestly paid the money.

That's it, just pay a fee to the NPC who learns the spell.

Rhaega got fifty gold, and his mood suddenly improved a lot, and he went back to the bedroom to change his clothes, and when he came out, he asked Matthew seriously:

"What do you think about war?"

Matthew thought for a moment:

"According to my speculation, with the existing productivity and military power of the city-states of Aindor, it is difficult to break out a large-scale war without the intervention of external forces.

If the mystery of civilization is really completely broken, then local skirmishes may not stop.

There may be a few battles between several powerful forces, but the tragic cost of the war will make them quickly come to their senses.

After a period of time, the parties will enter a period of dormancy and peace.

During this period, all careerists will strive to learn the art of war and pave the way for their own ambitions, and human society will enter a period of rapid development.

It will be a dozen or more decades before a truly large-scale battle is possible. ”

Rhaegar looked at him in amazement:

"Do you know divination?"

Matthew shook his head and said:

"I guessed."

Rhaegar said angrily:

"What I want to ask you is, if Red Earth Mountain annexes the Golden Fertile Fields and waves its troops north to attack Rolling Stone, how will we respond?"

Matthew's innocent response:

"My lord, I'm just your spell advisor, and I don't know much about warfare than you do."

"I feel like I'm more like your spell advisor!"

Rhaegar sneered:

"And can't you talk about it from a spell perspective?"

Matthew thought for a moment:

"If an enemy does invade Rolling Stone, my bone dragon will let them go."

Rhaegar looked at him with burning eyes, and asked insightfully:

"Tell me the truth, how many people can you and your undead men stop?"

Matthew cautiously replied:

"It's hard to say, it depends on the intensity of the means."

Rhaegar asks:

"I allow you to use the most drastic means."

Matthew said confidently:

"As long as the enemy army doesn't have legendary units, that's how many people come and die!"

Rhaegar was surprised:

"Are you that good now?"

Matthew said calmly:

"It's not that I'm powerful, but the undead natural disaster is powerful, and in the case of unscrupulous means, a high-level necromancer who is not short of money and is very good at saving his life will become a nightmare for all enemies."

Matthew hasn't mastered the Undead Scourge yet, but as long as there are enough materials, the Death Canopy is equally effective, and as long as there is a steady stream of undead being pulled up, then the two play the same role.

Rhaegar couldn't help but shudder after hearing Matthew's description.

He hurriedly said:

"Not yet."

Matthew smiled:

"Of course I know, and I'd love to see the peace in Rolling Stone, where my skeletons and zombies are only used to grow trees;

I also believe that you have the ability to protect our town, and I have already given you the answer, and you will give me the answer when you will give it to me-

Before, Asma and Doreen appeared almost out of thin air, where have they gone now, is it convenient to reveal? ”

Rhaeggar's expression was very serious:

"This is a secret of the Blood Banner Family."

"If you want to know this secret, you have to become a member of the Blood Banner Family, and at least you have to swear allegiance to me."

Matthew nodded:

"I see, but unfortunately I'm not used to being loyal to people for the time being."

Rhaegar said sincerely:

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you."

Matthew looked understanding.

Everyone has their own secrets, and if Rolling Rock can survive after all the ore disappears overnight, the Blood Banner family must have something in their hands.

"Speaking of which, rumors of the undead near Traces of the Dead have been circulating in the town lately, and the number of zombies under your command is increasing, and the residents are worried about it."

Rhaegar took a sip of coffee and changed his words:

"There's no point in hiding it, and I'm going to present last year's Rolling Rock Outstanding Citizen Medal at this summer's Potato Dog Fighting Conference."

Matthew was surprised:

"Is it me?"

Rhaegar asked rhetorically:

"Do you want me to give it to Howard?"

"Remember to dress up and prepare a good speech that day, and strive to leave a good impression on everyone, and it is best to dispel everyone's doubts about the undead."

Matthew was overjoyed:

"So I can get the bonus for outstanding citizens?"

Rhaegar played with the fifty gold coins on the table, and said disdainfully:

"Anyway, you're also a mage, a little money, as for it?"

Matthew cleared his throat:

"It just so happens that I have a business here, I wonder if the lord is interested in cooperating?"

Rhaegar suddenly came to the spirit:

"Elaborate."

……

Four o'clock in the morning.

On the 14th floor of the Crucible House, the Union offices, there was already a long queue outside a temporarily requisitioned room.

A few days ago, with David's help, Matthew got an initial roster of 120 people.

Today is the day of the official interview for the "Traces of the Dead" program.

Many of the apprentices looked nervous.

This is one of the few A1 projects that is open for apprentices - most of the A1s are already filled with people.

Therefore, they all attach great importance to today's interview, and they are dressed up in good spirits, introduce themselves well, and constantly recall their best spells even when they are queuing.

"Next!"

The cold voice of a mechanical gnome shouting at the door.

One by one, the apprentices walked in with confidence or with a hard head.

Soon.

They came out of another passage in the room.

There were golem guards in charge of maintaining order, and those who had been interviewed were not allowed to communicate with the queues, and they were quickly driven away.

The people who were still in line could only frantically look at the faces of those who came out.

However, no matter what kind of state they were in when they entered, the faces of those who came out were full of doubts.

Some of the apprentices agreed with each other that the first to go first would be coded by those who came after.

But it's coming.

The people who come out are often confused.

The signal to a companion is often "I don't know what he's asking!" "He seems to let me go just by looking at the materials", "A1-sama has no special tendencies!" "These.

The apprentices who were still in line became more and more confused and anxious.

The team kept moving forward.

The backs of the apprentices were like fish and shrimp swallowed by a giant whale, and they disappeared into the door one after another.

"Next!"

"Frey. Estine. ”

in the room.

Matthew was sitting behind a long desk at the moment.

Next to him sat only David.

As the shy-looking male apprentice walked in, another mechanical gnome standing in the doorway quickly recited the information on Frey.

After interviewing many people in a row, Matthew, who was already a little tired, yawned.

But when I heard one of them.

He lifted his spirits slightly.

"Hello Lord Matthew, my name is Frey......"

The male apprentice stumbles to try to introduce himself.

Matthew interrupted him:

"No need to repeat, I already know your basic information, what is your best spell?"

Frey said nervously:

"I'm not very good at fighting......"

Matthew frowned and said:

"Getting to the point."

Frey became more nervous, and replied in an almost weeping tone:

"I'm good at water-related spells!"

Matthew nodded:

"What about "water formation"? How much clean water do you produce in a day? ”

Frey was stunned for a moment, and then he puffed out his chest proudly:

"If I go all out, I can produce a ton of clean water a day!"

Matthew immediately clapped his hands and said:

"Okay, Frey, you're exactly what I need!"

David next to him immediately wrote the name "Frey" on a blank list.

Frey looked at Matthew in surprise.

When he realized what had happened, his face turned red, the green tendons on his neck rose high, and he couldn't say a word of excitement.

"Go ahead, kid."

"Assemble in three days, don't be late, this is the project instructions."

David kindly handed over a standard note.

It is full of disclaimers and precautions for the "Traces of the Dead" item.

"I see, thank you, Master Matthew!"

Frey bowed four times excitedly, took the note from David's hand tremblingly, and walked out the back door.

"Next!"

A new apprentice has walked in.

This apprentice has an excellent resume, and his own level is enough LV8, and in terms of rank, he can already stand on his own.

His expression skills are also good, and his self-introduction and routine questions are answered without leakage.

Matthew, however, didn't give him a second look.

After a few simple questions, he let the other person go.

David looked at Matthew deeply, he was actually curious about Matthew's criteria for choosing an apprentice, but as a well-informed old mechanical gnome, he chose to bury his curiosity.

Whatever Matthew tells him to do, he does.

Matthew doesn't say, he doesn't ask.

That's what a servant does.

That's it.

Apprentices came and went, and only a few places were added to David's roster, and judging by their resumes alone, it seemed that they didn't have much in common.

After some time.

The mechanical gnome at the door shouted:

"Next!"

"Leslie. Schmidt! ”

A familiar face walked in with a twist on the waist of the water snake.

Matthew raised an eyebrow.

It's the bold blonde girl.

Leslie was dressed more maturely today than last time, and even her robe had been changed to a tight-fitting one, which set off her figure.

"Good morning, Master Matthew!"

Leslie greeted generously:

"Have you had breakfast? I have prepared a few desserts for you. ”

Matthew smiled and shook his head:

"No, let's just get to the interview."

A look of regret flashed in Leslie's eyes.

In no time, she was in shape.

But seeing Leslie coquettishly take out a staff from behind her, and slowly paced in front of Matthew:

"Master Matthew, I have learned a new spell, please check it."

As she spoke, her staff was a little empty, and the robe on her body suddenly disappeared, revealing a scene that was inappropriate for children.

David turned his head without squinting.

Matthew, however, was unmoved.

He just looked at Leslie's eyes calmly, and spoke:

"I'm going to have 20 apprentices on my project, and if I put all 20 of them in your hands, can you promise me that they won't go wrong?"

"I can tell you in advance: during the half month of the project, you can only operate in a very small area that has been designated, and most of you may not be able to work on content directly related to the traces of the dead, and the work I have assigned to you may be very hard, and you will not be able to do anything until you have completed my mission."

"Under such conditions, if I appoint you as an assistant, can you manage them for me?"

Leslie looked like she was thinking quickly.

Two seconds later, she said seriously:

"I can."

Matthew nodded:

"If you can complete the task I gave you, then when the project is over, I guarantee that you will get 2 knowledge points."

Leslie's eyes lit up.

"But if something goes wrong in the middle, I'll turn you into one of those five."

Matthew said lightly.

Leslie's eyes narrowed, and she felt a hint of fear, but that fear was quickly replaced by a strong will.

She said solemnly:

"I'm going to do it."

"I hope so."

Matthew motioned for David to add Leslie's name to the list.

At this time, Leslie was a little embarrassed in front of Matthew:

"That, my lord, I also have a girlfriend named Palaya, and she didn't make the squad."

Matthew frowned:

"What's your girlfriend's specialty?"

Leslie recalled:

"She's a cow."

Matthew said angrily:

"Say something else!"

"Forget it, does she know how to make bread?"

Leslie was pleasantly surprised:

"She will, and she will!"

"In fact, she made all the snacks I brought you!"

Matthew sighed:

"I mean 'breading'!"

Leslie hesitated:

"She should."

"She must know!"

Matthew said without question:

"Won't she just go and learn right away, try to improve her proficiency in a few days, and after the project started, I asked her to produce 22 servings of bread in a day, understand?"

Leslie's eyes couldn't help but widen:

"22 servings? Do you want to? ”

Ma Xiu said bluntly:

"I can't let everybody go hungry!"

"David, add another name, Palaya, all right, Leslie, go back and get ready with your best friend."

"Next!"

Around noon.

This slightly weird interview was over.

A final list of twenty-three people has been released.

The apprentices were full of doubts about the interview process and the results, but considering the title of the interviewer, they could only swallow these doubts in their stomachs and turn them into gossip from the Southern Law Academy.

Only David looked at the list with a thoughtful expression.

In this list, Leslie is Matthew's assistant, her best friend Palaya is in charge of breading, the shy man named Frey is good at watermaking, and there is an apprentice in the back who is proficient in the spells of turning mushrooms into mushroom huts.

In addition, Matthew also recruited four apprentices from the necromantic system, and the rest were all spell types!

"This Master Matthew is really an extreme pragmatist."

David sighed softly.

……

Three days later, at 4:15 a.m.

A group of apprentices dressed in academy robes walked out of the gate of the cauldron house, they looked curiously at everything around them, if the architecture of the mage's quarter was still gorgeous and suitable for the apprentices' perception, but as they left the town, everything seemed to be a little backward.

Matthew didn't pay attention to the apprentices' gaze, he led the group to the wasteland north of the oak grove, and then said lightly:

"Everyone, you must move within the boundaries I have designated, and if someone leaves without permission, I don't mind resurrecting him and serving me in another way."

Everyone was in good spirits when they heard this.

"Leslie, I'll leave it to you."

With that, Matthew walked away without looking back.

Only the apprentices were left in place, staring blankly at the desolate scenery around them.

……

Ranbir was an apprentice in the spell system, and he was adept at summoning otherworldly creatures with spells.

After the interview, he was completely unconfident because he felt that his presence was terrible and he didn't highlight the spells he was good at.

However, he soon received a notification that he had passed the interview.

This made him ecstatic.

He carefully prepared according to the instructions on the note.

Even though Master Matthew led him to a wasteland, he didn't let this slow down his enthusiasm for the project.

However, the next moment, when Leslie announced that the task assigned to them by Master Matthew was to dig a hole in this wasteland according to certain laws, everyone was not calm.

The same goes for Ranbir.

But Leslie made it clear, and that was what Master Matthew intended.

"If you don't want to, you can quit now, Master Matthew won't pursue anything, but once you start, if you want to give up halfway, I'm afraid it's not that simple."

As she spoke, Leslie also pointed to the slow-moving immortals in the distance and said:

"There are traces of death, strictly speaking, we do work near the project site, Master Matthew promised, will give each of us 0.5 knowledge points afterwards, what we need to do is to dig a pit for him in half a month, is there a simpler source of points in the world? Not to mention that at the end of the program, we will receive a letter of recommendation from Master Matthew and an excellent resume of participating in the A1 program. ”

"I've made it very clear, you can't dig a pit, let's go now."

None of the attendees withdrew.

The same is true for Ranbir.

Just kidding, isn't it just digging a pit, is it more dangerous to dig a pit than to participate in real spell experiments?

Everyone has done everything possible to win this opportunity, and naturally they will not back down because of this.

Soon.

They received shovels from Leslie.

While digging a pit according to the distribution map, one of the mage's apprentices had an idea and summoned a bear to help him, and the rest of the people did the same.

Most of the people present were from the spell system, and which one didn't have one or two contract beasts?

Soon, more than a dozen contract beasts appeared out of thin air on the wasteland.

These various contract creatures work hard to assist their masters in digging holes.

The scene was in full swing for a while.

Ranbir worked like this all day, from early morning to dusk.

It's not like he didn't want to be lazy and rest.

Just whenever he's hungry.

The girl named Palaya always came over with a big basket of spell bread to offer condolences.

I'm thirsty.

There's always one of Frey's guys who stammers over and asks:

"Do you want water? I can come out at any time. ”

And in the evening.

Tired and half dead, Ranbir was surprised to find that a mushroom hut had appeared behind him and the others.

According to Leslie and the apprentice in charge of building the mushroom hut.

They will sleep in such a house for the next half month, and although the mushroom hut smells bigger, it is at least safer than a tent.

Evening.

Ranbir lay on the bed in the mushroom hut, drinking Frey's water, eating the bread offered by Palaya, and thinking about life with blank eyes.

But it didn't take long.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, and several mage apprentices screamed excitedly.

Ranbir went out to take a look, but saw a minotaur skeleton pushing a cart in outside, and shouted as he went:

"Rolling Stone's food trucks, Rolling Stone's food trucks, does anyone want to taste the local food in Rolling Stone? 3 gold, 3 gold! ”

Quite a few apprentices surrounded him.

Smell the tantalizing aroma of food.

Ranbir was very impressed.

He thought about it, and the dinner for 3 gold coins was not very expensive, so he went over and bought one.

A moment later.

When Ranbir, who had sweated all day and nibbled on bread for most of the day, was eating in the mushroom hut with hot food in his eyes and tears in his eyes, he suddenly felt that life was so fulfilling!

"This place, it doesn't seem that bad."

He thought so.

……

Night.

A figure quietly appeared outside the door of a mushroom hut.

This scene happened to be seen by Leslie, who was patrolling nearby.

She didn't say anything, just pouted:

"I know, damn it, obviously I'm not small!"

She watched as Matthew's figure entered the mushroom hut where her best friend Palaya was.

Driven by curiosity.

Leslie boldly leaned against the door, listening to the movement inside.

"Master Matthew? What are you going to do? ”

Palaya's voice is filled with the smell of green tea.

While Leslie was happy for her best friend, she couldn't help but show a disdainful expression:

"Little smash!"

The next second.

She heard Matthew's serious voice:

"I have to tell you one thing, your bread is so delicious!"

"Huh?"

Palaya also sounds completely blindfolded.

"Then you came to visit in the middle of the night, do you want to eat more?!"

Her voice was seductive.

"No!"

Matthew said firmly:

"Remember to make the bread a little unpalatable tomorrow!"

said.

He turned and left the mushroom hut and hit Leslie headbutt.

……

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(End of chapter)