At that time, a giant octopus came near the wreck, and quietly dragged a few people to the bottom of the sea, until it attacked the people next to Rand and them, and the movement was too loud to realize that the monster was in the water.

If Rand wants to drive it away in normal times, there is still a way, although this giant octopus can be regarded as a kind of Warcraft, but it is not without weaknesses, it is difficult to kill it, but it can still be done to scare it away.

But at that time, Rand and they had been soaking in the icy sea for several hours, and they had to protect the mother and daughter on the wooden board from freezing to death, and he had been casting spells since he fell into the water, and when the big octopus came, his magic power was running out, in fact, if he hadn't been connected to Skynet later, he and Lady Sarah, mother and daughter, might have frozen to death.

When the octopus attacked, he and the men who were still alive bravely met it, and at least a dozen people died before causing some damage to the big octopus, and many people were like him, after falling into the water, their physical energy and magic power were spent on resisting the harsh environment.

Rand had no choice but to lure it away and dive underwater.

As a result, he was almost strangled by the octopus chasing him underwater, and at the moment of life and death, he tried indiscriminately and actually connected to the arcane sky net again.

Although his own magic power has been depleted, as long as he can connect to the arcane skynet, he has at least some of his spellcasting ability restored.

However, under the circumstances at that time, he could only focus on first- to third-level spells, which was not as good as his own mage level, and if he wanted to defeat a mid-level demonic beast, it was not just a difficult problem, but a fatal problem.

Moreover, he casts spells with the help of arcane Skynet, which is limited by spell slots, which means that even if there is a chance to combine the spells he can cast at that time into a set of methods that can fight or scare away the big octopus. Also affected by spell slots.

This is exactly what happened. The mysterious gentleman helped Rand just in time.

He hadn't thought about how to use a combination of low-level spells. And it is to escape when there is a spell slot restriction and it is the home of the big octopus.

However, the mysterious gentleman instructed him in an arcane combination, and the image disguise and frustrated gaze succeeded in making the big octopus mistake him for a predator of his own kind, and finally escaped.

Rand admired this gentleman very much afterwards, and if this gentleman showed him how to kill monsters with higher-level spells, he would not be too surprised, because afterwards he originally thought that the other party was an extremely wise archmage.

There is also a difference between archmages and archmages. Limit your strength like this, and even only allow low-level spells to fight monsters or enemies with higher levels than yourself, Rand has also tried it in school, simulating it through elf magic chess, but generally dealing with monsters that are slightly stronger than himself, if you want to deal with enemies that are obviously higher than yourself, such as dealing with low-level strength to deal with the middle level, which usually occurs in squad-type trials, he and other students form a team to deal with the powerful monsters in the trial level of magic chess.

A super-level monster that can only be dealt with by multiple people by one person. And it's not about dealing with the elite, powerful, and extraordinary in the same rank, which is something that only excellent students can do. The low-level level is more difficult to deal with the mid-level, because the low-level and middle-level are not specific ranks, and the more vague statement is that the low-level is a zero-order to a third-order creature, while the mid-level can be a fourth-order to a sixth-order creature.

Therefore, Rand admired this mysterious mage who guided him to escape death, and he had no doubt that the other party had the level of a high-level mage, and at least the level of a quasi-legendary, and even if it was a legendary mage, he would not be surprised.

However, he only had such a vague understanding of the identity of the other party, and it was the mysterious mage who took the initiative to contact him at that time.

He didn't know how the other party contacted him through the arcane Skynet, under normal circumstances, this is impossible, if the mages want to find another person on the Skynet, as long as they can sense the breath of the other party's secret law imprint at close range, they can take a psychic connection or a secondary psychic connection;

He could only attribute it to the fact that the other party was a high-level mage or above, and maybe there was some special way, even bypassing the general Skynet restrictions.

"Sir, I haven't thanked you for saving my life that day. Rand said to the other party, and all of this was done in the spirit connection environment of the arcane Skynet, so that Lady Sarah, who was sleeping next to him right now, didn't know that he was talking to a mysterious person.

"Hello, I just happened to meet you that day. Mr. Mystery said.

"You're so good, I'm done without you that day. Rand complimented.

But the other party's answer was unexpected: "By the way, after that day, I thought about it carefully, in fact, with your spell position at that time, not only can you escape, but you can also expel the other party, as long as you cast a foul breath on yourself." ”

Rand couldn't help but be dumbfounded by his answer, the other party was mysterious and powerful, but judging from this answer, it seemed a bit nerdy, this kind of person would often quarrel over a magic question or a calculation on magic research in the major salon forums of Skynet, and often their real identities were researchers or magic engineers.

"Do you have anything else?" asked Mr. Mystery, who usually meant saying goodbye.

For the other party, Rand may be a junior who points out by the way, and casually helps a small favor.

But Rand really wanted to get acquainted with the mysterious mage, so he immediately said, "It's fine, but, but I want to say, do you have anything I need to help?"

"No, but I sense that you have some negative energy connected to the spirit of Arcane Skynet, which is not a good thing for you. ”

Rand couldn't help but be surprised, he couldn't imagine that his not very good mental state could be detected by this mysterious gentleman.

During this time, he did live a relatively depressed life, and the reasons are not easy to say, ostensibly because of the sequelae of the shipwreck.

But in fact, the shipwreck had a bad effect on him. It's still going on. But that's only part of the story. And it will eventually dissipate over time, and part of the reason is buried deeper in his heart.

That was the impact on him from the time he went to the Emerald Continent.

This kind of impact he has not been able to accurately refine, so that he does not know what is true and what is right, or what he vaguely wants to say is wrong, but he finds that he wants to blame. It's hard to separate what you want to criticize.

In this way, his mental state is indeed not very good, although on the surface in the eyes of everyone is fine, but in fact his mental state is worse than imagined, and he can't do anything.

He also wanted to be excited, but he couldn't find a good way, and only when Lady Sarah galloped on him could he feel a little more calm.

Fortunately, neither Mr. Jimenez paid much attention to his "infatuation" with Lady Sarah, but was a little woman. As long as Rand doesn't go crazy and wants to turn her into a young lady.

Mr. Mystery was able to sense such a thing, and Rand was surprised. I couldn't help but talk about the reason why my mental state was not very good.

A mage's mental state is not good, it will affect perception, and when fighting, it will affect the casting distance, casting speed, and reaction to the enemy, which is only a superficial problem, and the deeper level is decadence, and even the fighting spirit is gone.

There is such a mysterious archmage in front of him, why not ask him for advice, Rand thought.

"You don't seem to have a problem with magic. "It's a psychological, mental problem, well, but the mind of living beings is so wonderful, it affects the spirit and soul, and in my research, bad mental forms will always cause disharmony at the soul level, and bring you obstacles in casting spells." If you want to solve this puzzle, you first have to solve the problem of your mind. ”

Rand smiled bitterly: "You're not bad at all, that's right, but I don't know what is right and what is wrong now." At first, I was just confused by the Ambergris War, but when I returned, I looked through the records and research of the war on the Azure Continent again, and everyone thought that it was caused by the High Elves blocking free trade. But my experience in the Emerald Continent has taught me that the ambergris trade itself is unjust. Or do we have different positions, and living beings are inherently selfish? And even from here I wonder if the civilization we are creating is more advanced than the civilization of the High Elves, and if we are not as advanced as the High Elves, does it mean that we have destroyed more advanced and better things out of selfishness? If we are more advanced than the High Elves, why are so many people still living miserable lives? ”

The emotion of the latter sentence was expressed by Rand. In the past, when he was studying at the University of Magic in St. Quentine, he didn't pay much attention to some of the phenomena he had seen, but after returning from the Emerald Continent, he would think about some people or things around him from perspectives that he hadn't thought about before.

For example, when he moved Lady Sarah's mother and daughter out of the slums, he suddenly realized why he had never thought about why so many people were still living miserable lives.

"To solve these doubts of yours, I think you might as well investigate them truthfully. "Everything should be based on truth, and without investigation there is no voice." ”

"You're right. "Rand said, on the truth of the ambergris trade, if it weren't for the Emerald Continent, he wouldn't have seen the other side.

"Then you should investigate first, I'm also interested in this. ”

"You're also interested?" Rand said in surprise, although he was surprised, but Rand felt encouraged, because not only was he concerned about this kind of issue, but the other party might also be a high-level mage.

"Yes, although this is a social issue, I think it is also closely related to us. If you don't mind, let me know the results of your survey and I'll keep you in touch. Mr. Mystery said.

"Absolutely. Rand said excitedly, "That's it." ”

There was no more sound after that, and Rand was not interested in going anywhere else, but quit the arcane Skynet.

Lady Sarah had woken up and was surprised to see that the man's face had improved a lot.

But before she could ask, Rand turned her over in a position he didn't usually use.

After the morning exercise, Lady Sarah went lazily to make breakfast for Rand.

"After a while, you go to the company to help me ask for leave, and you say that I have personal matters to do, and I won't go to the company today. Rand commanded as he dressed.

"Oh, okay. Lady Sarah replied in the kitchen. (To be continued.) )