Chapter 12: A Strange Lesson
Following Owen all the way to the westernmost part of the castle's third floor, Leo had already seen the intricately carved door, which was the legendary magic room.
Owen didn't immediately push the door in, but pointed to a small wooden door opposite the real yàn room, and said: "You will live there in the future, remember, every morning at six o'clock in the morning, show up at the door of the real yàn room on time, receive daily supplies and your food, and then you need to stay in the real yàn room until eighteen o'clock in the afternoon." At 20 o'clock, it is time for the teacher to eat and rest, and you can also use these two hours to have free activities. ”
Because he was in a hurry, Owen took a breath and continued: "After twenty o'clock, the teacher usually has to start meditating, but he may also continue to practice, at this time, you can go to sleep, but I recommend that you don't sleep too hard, because the teacher will summon you at any time." ”
"Not bad, at least two hours free time. Leo nodded and responded, "I will definitely stick to the time." ”
Owen nodded in satisfaction, took out a metal badge, handed it to Leo, and said very strictly: "If you don't bring this into the real yàn room, it will set off an alarm." The teacher will also summon you, and if the badge vibrates, you must rush to the teacher's side as soon as possible, don't lose it!"
Finally pushed the door in, different from the dark and terrifying imagined, the entire magic room was very spacious and bright, almost two or three hundred square meters, surrounded by four closed inner rooms. Along the walls are various cabinets and bookshelves, and in the center is a large metal desk with many bottles and jars and instruments that do not know the function.
At this time, an old man in a brown mage robe was writing in front of the blackboard near the window, while two young men, a man and a woman, were both wearing the same light blue robes as Owen, sitting around and watching intently.
The old man had gray hair and wrinkled face, and looked to be at least seventy or eighty years old. Leo had worked in the castle for several years, and naturally knew him: the current chief mage of the castle, Byron Joseph, and the uncle of the head of the house, Klemond Joseph.
As for the two young men, Leo also knew each other. The girl's name is Claire Joseph, who is the second daughter of the earl, and the boy's name is Montoya Joseph, who is the earl's nephew, and they should both have a good talent for magic, so they studied with Byron to lay the foundation for further study in the magic academy in the future.
According to the general custom, the color of the mage's robe is clearly defined, and whether or not to comply with it depends entirely on the requirements of the organization. However, most mages are still willing to abide by it, after all, the hierarchy is too deeply rooted in this world.
Among them, the apprentice is light blue, the low-level mage is gray, the intermediate mage is brown, and the high-level mage is red, symbolizing the four elements of water, wind, earth and fire, while the sacred mage is generally gold, symbolizing authority and nobility, as for the legendary mage, those who have infinite power, can wear whatever they want, and no one dares to prescribe.
"Master Byron seems to be a level 6 mage, and it would definitely be quite beneficial if he could hear something during his lectures. Thinking of this, Leo actually looked forward to it, and his fear of the magic room also decreased a lot.
Seeing that the old man was writing, Owen did not speak immediately, and waited until the other party finished writing, and then said, "Teacher, a new servant has been brought." ”
The old man turned his head and glanced at Leo casually, "Well, go and arrange a job for him, come back and listen to the lecture right away, you better not miss the accurate calculation and drawing method of the regular octagon, which is related to the foundation of many magic components." ”
"Okay, please wait a minute. As soon as Owen heard something important, he turned to Leo and said, "Come with me." ”
Of course, Leo knew how to draw the octagon, but he didn't expect that Master Byron's class would be like this.
"Junior high school geometry, do they usually talk about this?" muttered secretly, he didn't dare to delay more, and hurriedly followed Owen to the innermost door of the real yàn room.
Coming to the heavy anti-magic metal door, Owen pulled down the iron bolt and opened the door, and before he could open it, Leo could already smell a strong fishy smell.
"What are you doing, come in. Owen said impatiently.
Leo cautiously walked through the door, momentarily stunned by what he saw.
He couldn't have imagined that there were more than a dozen silver-white giant wolves with chains around their necks in the room. The ground was covered with Yin Yin's bloodstains, and judging from the freshness of Cheng Dù, it should have not been sprinkled for a long time.
"Storm Wolves, why are you raising Storm Wolves here?" Leo's heart was beating wildly, and although he was full of questions, he finally knew what the servants had been torn to pieces by before.
As a mid-level magical creature, the Storm Wolf is much more powerful than ordinary beasts and even low-level magical creatures. Not only is he strong and agile, but he can also release some spells, such as wind blades, miniature tornadoes, etc., and if you want to kill an ordinary person, you don't need to get close at all. Not to mention Leo, even an experienced old hunter, he didn't dare to try hunting.
Fortunately, at this moment, these storm wolves were all daunted, lying quietly on their stomachs, as if they were suppressed by some kind of force.
Owen didn't care at all, and said, "Here, you have three things you must do, let me hear clearly! First, every morning, feed these guys with the fresh meat they have received; second, they must be cleaned up in time, the teacher will not want to see any dirty things left here; and third, if the teacher has any other requirements, you must do your best!"
"Okay, I remember. Even if Leo didn't want to, he could only show obedience.
Owen took out a thumb-sized crystal from his bosom and pointed to something that resembled a light bulb slot at the door, "This is the magic crystal, and the one over there is the base of the magic array, as long as the magic crystal is inserted into the base, these guys will not be able to move, and you will not be in any danger." But you have to remember that every morning when feeding, pull out the crystals first, otherwise they will not be able to eat. After that, you have to insert the magic crystal back immediately, if the teacher's work is affected because of the howling of these guys, your fate will not be much better than being eaten by wolves!"
It seemed that he was listening carefully to the other party's explanation, but Leo's thoughts didn't know where to go, and his eyes were staring at the magic crystal.
"This is the precious magic crystal! the source of energy that drives the magic array, and it is also necessary to advance to the magic array!"
Leo felt his heart beating faster and faster, but it was good to see how to show it on his face. Taking a deep breath, he asked calmly, "Young Master Owen, what if the mana crystals are exhausted?"
"Find a teacher to apply. A piece of crystal can last the magic circle for at least two weeks, and you'd better not be like the last fool who forgot to check the magic crystal and was cut into pieces by the wind blade. Owen handed the magic crystal to Leo and added, "I'll keep this piece for you first, do you have any other questions?"
According to the introduction in the guide, to build a promotion circle, you need three standard amounts of low-level magic crystals, as well as some magic materials that are not rare, such as Ning Shen Flower, Dragon Whisker Grass, etc., Leo couldn't help but have an idea: "If I can stay here long enough, maybe I have a chance to get everything!"
Seeing that Owen was waiting for his answer, he took the magic crystal, and he didn't dare to check it, so he carefully put it in his pocket and said in a low voice: "No, Young Master Owen, please rest assured, I will definitely do a good job." ”
"Well, now you clean up here, be lighter, and don't make any noise. Owen made one last arrangement, and pushed the door out impatiently. He was preparing to learn a new level 0 magic recently, and he didn't want to miss the lesson of drawing a regular octagon, after all, Mr. Byron had a lot of other important work to do, and he only took two hours a day to guide himself.
In order not to cause trouble, Leo decided to study the magic crystal later, and there was still a pool of blood waiting to be cleaned up by himself.
Looking at a room full of storm wolves looking at him with miserable green eyes, he couldn't help but feel even more apprehensive in his heart, although there was a magic array control, but in case it failed, if these guys wanted to kill themselves, it wouldn't take much effort at all.
"It seems that we have to learn the next magic quickly, well, the protective crust technique, that's it, it can harden the skin and resist a small amount of damage, although I don't know how effective it is, but it is definitely stronger than now. ”
Having made up his mind, Leo gently pushed the door open, ready to go to the bathroom to get a bucket of water first.
The old mage's voice immediately came: "Montoya, what are the degrees of each angle of the regular octagon?"
The boy named Montoya stood up and hesitated, "You don't seem to have taught this ......"
The old mage frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "But I taught you how to calculate, and even if you guess, you should be able to guess!
Montoya went on for a long time, but he couldn't get any help from the two classmates, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "Yes...... Yes 100......"
"Stupid, what a stupid idiot!How can it be 100 degrees, open your eyes and see, is this 100 degrees!" The old mage roared, and the whole room buzzed.
Montoya shuddered and hung her head, "I'm sorry teacher." ”
"Don't call me teacher, I don't have a stupid student like you!" The old mage glared at the other party, and turned to the girl, "Claire, tell me, how many degrees?"
The girl stood up very calmly, and her voice was crisp and beautiful, "It's 135 degrees, teacher." ”
"How?" the old mage continued.
Claire replied without thinking: "The sum of the inner angles of the polygon, the number of sides minus 2, multiplied by 180." ”
"Very well, sit down. The old mage glanced at Montoya, who was blushing again, and sighed: "Your mental power is not bad, but if you can't learn this, you are not suitable for learning magic at all, so you should quickly tell your father to go and change to other professions." ”
Regardless of the other party's reaction, he continued to say to himself: "With your level of spiritual power, you still have a chance to become a priest. In our county of Joseph, there happens to be a church of the God of Courage, so that your father can definitely enter it. That kind of monotonous prayer is good as long as the heart is sincere, it doesn't need to be understood, and it suits you well. ”
Hearing Master Byron say this, Owen couldn't help but snicker, if Montoya is really gone, then the teacher's letter of recommendation must definitely fall firmly in his hands.
Owen was not a member of the Joseph family, but the grandson of a vassal nobleman, Viscount Raleigh. Although he will definitely inherit the title in the future, he has already been tested, and there is basically no chance to awaken his grandfather's dinosaur bloodline, and now the whole family can count on him to get a letter of recommendation and enter the magic academy, so as to keep the fiefdom.
Montoya almost burst into tears, "Teacher, I don't want to be a pastor, I joined the church, but I didn't have a chance to come out." ”
Seeing that he looked uncompetitive, the old mage became fierce again, and said loudly: "Then study hard for me, I will hold a test next month, if you still can't pass guò, don't think about my letter of recommendation!"
On the other hand, in order not to attract their attention, Leo walked slowly along the wall of the real yàn room, eavesdropping, and his eyes couldn't stop looking at the blackboard.
Although it is not very real, the triangle on the blackboard is still very obvious. He became more and more surprised: "No, they are really learning junior high school geometry, and the easiest part?"