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The crucible house has 15 floors.

In a classroom the size of a basketball court, Matthew met his personal instructor, Ms. Margaret.

According to David, the lady was known for her ferocious and vicious battle spells.

In the Battle Mage tournament held within the Alliance, she won the championship in all categories of events.

Margaret is also the only Senior Mage with the A1 title who is still active as an instructor for a long time.

She has a level of LV20 and is only one step away from being legendary.

When Matthew saw her, she was dressed in ordinary home clothes, with slippers under her feet, and ten white toes covered with crystal clear rose-red nail polish.

She wears a pair of half-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, and the rose-red border makes her skin appear fairer.

Compared to her fame on the outside, Margaret was petite, and even if she stood on the stairs, she could only reach Matthew's chin.

But this did not in any way detract from her majesty.

As soon as Matthew walked into the classroom, he felt as if he was being targeted by an apex predator just by one glance at Margaret.

That feeling is a tremor from the depths of the soul.

"Hello, Ms. Margaret, my name is Matthew......"

Didn't wait for Matthew to finish introducing himself.

The counterparty rudely interrupted:

"I know your name is Matthew, you know my name is Margaret, that's enough, don't talk so much nonsense, my time is precious, and the time in this magic classroom is even more precious - if it is someone else, if you want to start a full class of "Suriel's magic class", you have to spend at least 20,000 gold coins or 1 knowledge point, and my cost will be halved, but you also have to race against time."

"Let's make a long story short, I know you have some background, but here, you don't count all other identities, you can only be my student, and you must obey all my commands unconditionally, even if I make you kneel down and lick my toes, understand?"

Matthew was stunned for a moment.

He disliked Margaret's strong style, but the high-level mages had more or less strange flaws, and Margaret must have something to offer in her fame.

In order to learn the spell, Matthew decides to endure the humiliation:

"I see."

Margaret nudged the right temple:

"If you make a stupid mistake, I'll just get you on your knees and lick it;

But if I find out that you made this mistake on purpose, I will make your experience even more memorable, and I hope you don't get caught in the flaws, my dear student. ”

After speaking.

She motioned for Matthew to sit down with her eyes, then pulled a staff out of her ear and tapped it gently.

The next second.

Something happened to Matthew's surprise -

A round of magical light swirled around Margaret's body.

Her lounge clothes vanished.

Instead, a white shirt on the upper body, a tight black uniform, and a familiar hip-hugging skirt were placed.

This dress is matched with her glasses, and she looks at Matthew who is both social death and heartbeat.

"I heard that you like this kind of dress, so I deliberately changed it like this, don't get me wrong, having a good mood helps to improve the efficiency of the class, and I will take all measures to make students more focused."

Margaret said blandly.

Matthew shamefully asked:

"Where did you hear that?"

Margaret replied:

"Ekmond."

"I heard that you just joined the alliance, so you must not know that our mage master is a super invincible gossip king-

He is a keen gossip seeker and is happy to share the gossip he sees.

What's even more terrifying is that he has extremely powerful insight.

Because of the presence of Lord Ekmond, there is almost no gossip within the alliance that has been banned.

Luckily in disguise, Lord Ekmond was always able to catch many spies from the outer planes or other forces that had been planted within the Alliance when he was watching the gossip.

Anyway, if you have a secret, it's best to stay away from that kind-looking old pervert. ”

"Of course, not everyone knows about your fetishes, and Ekmund only shares it with a handful of friends, and he told the news to my teacher Surreel, who in turn told me about it."

Margaret spoke very quickly.

Fortunately, Matthew's attention was highly focused, so he listened to it word for word.

Surrell.

He noticed a very important name.

"No wonder Margaret said at the beginning that she didn't care who I was, it turned out that she was a student of Surrell."

Matthew's heart suddenly dawned.

Surreel is one of the three current Babel mages in the Alliance, and she herself is said to have been on a par with Isabelle, and her current rank may be a high-ranking legend or a god mage, no one can be sure for the time being.

In short, she is a figure on the same level as Isabel.

"I see, but why don't you change back, I look more comfortable with my previous outfit."

Matthew said bitterly.

No way.

The realm of moderation told him that he was here to learn dry goods today, and that he would talk about rewarding himself later.

Margaret didn't say anything, and changed back violently.

The next second.

Margaret's staff tapped again.

Behind her, a wall of light appeared with ultra-clear light.

There are words and pictures on the light wall, giving it the feeling of a slideshow.

"My crash course is divided into two parts: theory and practice, and the first two classes start with theory."

"Before we get into a formal battle, we must learn to judge what kind of enemy we cannot provoke, or rather, we must learn to measure the fighting power of our enemies."

"As a mage, what attributes do you think are the most important?"

Accompanied by Margaret's sonorous and powerful narration.

Several semantically similar or repetitive words popped out of the slide behind her—

"Money!"

"Gold!"

"All resources or powers that can be converted into gold!"

Matthew listened silently.

Margaret said categorically:

"Any mage who tells you that money doesn't matter, or that money isn't the most important thing, can be classified as battle scrap.

I can tell you for sure that below the legend, gold can be converted into combat power in almost equal amounts;

On top of the legend, I will only encourage you to make more money.

There is no doubt that the most important attribute of a mage is wealth.

If you still have doubts, then I'll give you an example. ”

said.

Margaret suddenly had a shiny thing in her hand, and at the same time, thousands of gold coins floated behind her, which grew wings like butterflies and flew around her quickly.

In a flash.

The scene of the magic classroom in which the two of them were located was quickly replaced by an overwhelming mountain of rocks and lava.

Matthew couldn't help but stand up.

He found himself standing on a volcanic crater!

A new round of eruption of magma was brewing in the belly of the mountain, and thick smoke was billowing all around.

What's even more terrifying.

He also saw that on the other side of the pass, there was a red dragon staring at him!

"What a real illusion!"

Matthew was amazed at the realism of the scene.

"All the illusion scenarios you see are based on real-world data, and this is the most valuable thing about Surreel's magic classroom, if you're willing to spend money, you can even write enemy information into the storage scrolls of this classroom, and then you can practice simulation training here."

"Look carefully!"

Margaret said aloud as she strode towards the red dragon.

Sensing that the tiny creature dared to walk towards him, the red dragon raised its head angrily, and a bright yellow light bulged out from his chest, apparently brewing dragon breath.

Margaret was undaunted.

She threw the dragon scales in her hand into the sky, and the thousands of gold coins also slammed into the dragon scales.

Eventually, all of this dissipated into the air.

Accompanied by the sound of Margaret's loud incantation.

A platinum magic shield appeared at her side.

Matthew noted.

The floating shield seemed to be able to defend only one direction, but the shield spread out tassel-like rays of light in all directions.

These rays of light intertwine with each other to form a large, translucent, egg-shaped structure that encloses Margaret tightly inside.

Scorching dragon's breath sprayed over.

The shield is frontal.

It was like a column of water hitting a rock, and the flames were forced to disperse and scatter around.

And Margaret herself was not affected in the slightest.

She's still striding towards the crater!

"Fei Capital's Platinum Shield!"

"This spell can withstand attacks of three hundred and sixty degrees without dead ends, and it is immune to all spells below the fifth order as well as physical attacks equal to the power of fifth-order spells - even if the enemy smashes it with a legendary spell, as long as it does not completely destroy this platinum shield, it can slowly repair itself."

"It comes with a powerful force field space inside, and everyone who wants to get close to you will be pushed away, including matter and fluid."

"With this spell, you can even lie in the magma and fight the mage's hand!"

Say that.

Margaret jumped straight into the crater.

Matthew stared intently.

She landed lightly in the magma lake against the egg-shaped structure, and strode on it!

The red dragon flew down in anger.

He bit down on the shell of the platinum shield, then tilted his head to swallow it, only to get his jaw stuck in the egg-shaped structure!

Margaret sat leisurely in the mouth of the red dragon and explained to Matthew above:

"This spell is not difficult to learn, under normal circumstances, a fourth-order mage can learn it;

If you have some experience in the field of protection or plastic energy, you can learn in advance even the third level.

Once released, Fei Capital's platinum shield will provide you with a steady stream of protection for twenty-four hours.

And its cooldown time is an hour, so theoretically, you can achieve perpetual perpetuality of the platinum shield of the fee capital.

One of the pain points for most people is that the Platinum Shield's casting materials are very expensive.

Each time you use it, you need to consume 10,000 gold coins or the equivalent of gold, plus a dragon scale.

Also, this spell doesn't accept the effects of the Material-Free Casting ability, so don't expect it to give you a discount.

The same.

As long as you are rich enough, you can also learn a spell comparable to the legend when you are at the fifth order, that is, the "Dragon Slayer Spear of Fei Capital". ”

"As the name suggests, the effect of this spell is to kill a dragon for you."

Margaret slowly and methodically took out her staff and clicked it in the void a few times.

In an instant, hundreds of gold coins that were hundreds of times more than the number just now danced in the red dragon's mouth!

This scene made the red dragon stunned and dazzled.

Guided by a magic spell, the gold coins in the sky instantly turned into powder.

Immediately after, a stout golden spear descended from the sky, piercing the sky and plunging straight into the crater.

Bang!

The golden spear nailed the red dragon to the belly of the volcano.

The illusions around him began to slowly fade away.

Matthew's eyes were back in front of the familiar background of the magic classroom.

Margaret's explanation continues:

"Fei Capital's dragon slaying spear doesn't need dragon scales or anything, but the premise is that you must consume half a million gold coins or equivalent gold resources in one go."

"In the history of the Alliance, the famous Mr. Fei Capital once used this spell to kill a black dragon that claimed to be immune to all magic, and in the end, he not only successfully confirmed that the black dragon's magic immunity is a joke, but also proved that in his magic system, gold coins are indeed invincible."

"If you're proficient in capital-consuming spells and you're rich, then even legends may be picked off by you."

"Of course, this spell is also notoriously uneconomical.

On that occasion in history, Mr. Fei Capital sacrificed a small gold mine he discovered in a sub-plane, and finally killed the black dragon to provide him with an income of about 60,000 gold coins.

It's not proportional to his efforts.

Afterwards, he deliberately went to count the wealth of the dragons, and found that most of the dragons' net worth ranged from 20,000 gold coins to 200,000 gold coins, even if it was an ancient dragon, it was a net worth of 200,000 yuan.

Because they lack the ability to make profits, it is difficult for them to truly become rich.

In contrast, the Devil Lord of Purgatory or some of the monsters of the Astral Plane are much richer than the Dragons.

If you are interested in this part, you can go and buy the magic textbook written by Mr. Fei Capital.

Of course, his textbooks, like his name, don't save much money. ”

"Having said that, I just want you to understand one thing, if you meet a very rich mage, and he also belongs to the Alliance, then try not to go against him, unless you are richer than him."

"In addition, if you want to quickly improve your combat power, then making money is the best way, open the spell textbook of Fei Capital, and you will find a whole new world."

After saying this, Margaret changed herself into a cup of black tea and drank it all.

Matthew smiled wryly when he heard this.

Margaret immediately asked:

"What? Look down on this way of fighting? ”

Matthew shook his head and said:

"I'm not very rich."

Margaret didn't care:

"No one is born rich, mage is a profession that can create miracles, I'm just telling you the importance of money, it's almost all about mages, but it can't completely replace mages themselves after all."

"Throughout the history of the Alliance, every legendary mage is a master of making money, if you are naturally not sensitive to money, I am afraid that your legendary path will be very bumpy."

Matthew listened and his heart moved:

"And what about Your Excellency? I hear you're also on your way to legend. ”

For the first time, a helpless expression appeared on Margaret's face:

"I've been shut out by Legend for 10 years and still haven't found the right opportunity.

Don't look at what I'm talking about, in fact, I'm not good at making money at all.

The relationship between legendary mages and money that I just said-

It's a reflection of me.

I'm a magic genius, a real genius.

But I really don't make money, and I'm still relying on teachers to help me when I get into A1, and I have to earn some knowledge points by teaching others.

You may think I'm making excuses, but that's from my heart.

So, Matthew, if you want to become a legendary mage, make yourself rich first. ”

No wonder the mages in the alliance are one by one, and those who can be corrupt are never honest.

I didn't expect that there would be a god-defying mage like Fei Capital who directly equates gold coins with combat power.

Matthew nodded with mixed feelings.

"That's all for today's class, and I'll be here on time at the same time tomorrow, I don't like to wait for someone."

"As for homework, write an essay on how to make money, and leave it to me at this time."

Margaret confessed in a hurry.

Matthew was stunned:

"That's the end of it?"

Margaret asked rhetorically:

"Or else?"

"Every lesson of mine is the essence, of course I can continue to talk about it, but can you digest it?"

"Don't chew too much, remember to do your homework well, if I make money with your methods, I will reward you."

Her attitude is also honest.

Matthew asked curiously:

"What's the reward?"

Margaret suddenly showed a disgusted expression:

"You don't really want to lick my toes, do you?"

Matthew hurriedly denied it.

Unexpectedly, Margaret actually said to herself:

"It's not impossible."

Matthew was full of question marks.

"I heard you had a conflict with Blinken?"

Margaret asked suddenly.

Matthew thought for a moment and replied cautiously:

"There were a few skirmishes, but they didn't really get into a fight."

"That's a shame."

Margaret said to him:

"If you see him next time, be sure to beat him to death! If you can agree to my request, I can even give you a detailed introduction to Blinken's specific information and combat habits. ”

Matthew asks:

"Do you have a grudge against him?"

Margaret replied lightly:

"You can't talk about deep hatred."

"But he's my ex-boyfriend."

"If you can kill him, I'll give you the real sweetness."

……

When leaving the Crucible House.

Matthew is still buzzing in his head.

He had long recognized the importance of money to mages.

But Margaret's presentation today opened the door to a new world for him.

After class.

Matthew went straight to Isabel's lab and exchanged a handful of points for several spell textbooks written by Fei Capital himself, which also included a list of Fei Capital's series of spells.

It is worth mentioning.

Matthew noticed that the exchange frequency of these textbooks was not high, which meant that the Fee Capital series of spells was also less popular within the Alliance.

He glanced at the list, and the individual spells marked on it didn't cost more than the others.

However, the fact that it costs gold to cast spells is still prohibitive for most people.

Matthew has no intention or ability to go down the path of capital expense.

But he still understands the truth of knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and being invincible.

He is now studying these techniques so that he can have a little resistance when he encounters a kryptonite player one day.

Walk the streets of the Mage Quarter.

The early summer wind whipped Matthew's face.

Walking and walking.

He slapped his thigh suddenly.

"Oops!"

Matthew suddenly remembered what he had forgotten.

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(End of chapter)