"Are you confident?" asked Caterina aggressively.

Lance hesitated for a moment, then nodded slowly. Caterina didn't give him a lot of time, but in three years, he was confident that he would be promoted to a second-level wizard. With the assistance of the chip, Lance still has a great grasp of the opponents in the same level.

"Good. Caterina blinked, "Now, tell me what you mean." I remember that since you became my apprentice, you have never come to me on your own initiative except for one purchase of knowledge. Was it that I was too fierce last time and scared you out?"

After that, she showed a look of resentment, and she looked like a wronged little girl.

Lance smiled bitterly, Katerina's attitude changed so quickly that he couldn't even react. However, as soon as he thought of such a beautiful appearance, which was actually just a lonely human skin, he shuddered a little, and all thoughts that he shouldn't have immediately disappeared.

"I'm here to buy knowledge and spell runes from the teacher. Lance quickly said what he meant.

It seems that Caterina didn't care about hiding her magic, which is great news. Also, for a third-level wizard like them, the strength of these high-level apprentices like Lance is too insignificant, and it is normal not to care too much.

"The knowledge and runes I bought last time were learned so quickly, isn't it?"

In the face of Lance's request, Caterina was as generous as ever.

"What knowledge and spell runes do you want to learn this time?" she waved her small hand, and suddenly countless light blue balls of light emerged from the void. Swirling around Reims.

Lance immediately stated his request, which included four core knowledge necessary for the advancement of the Magnetic Storm Mage and two first-level spells exclusive to the Magnetic Storm Mage.

In fact, he also wanted to buy all the knowledge in one go, but after buying the Spirit Suction Pendant, his magic stones were only about five hundred pieces left, and the consumption was very powerful. And the knowledge and runes of the Magnetic Storm Mage are very expensive to death, and it is said that this is the result of Caterina deliberately giving Lance a seven-fold discount.

He estimated that the magic stones and resource points he currently had on hand could only buy those four core knowledge and two spell runes.

Caterina didn't say much, still waving her hand domineeringly, except for six balls of light of different sizes. The rest of the blue balls of light disappeared at once.

Lance playfully handed over his witchcraft nameplate. At the same time, hand over the full amount of magic stones to the brazier on the side.

"You're running out of resources, and the next time you want to buy spells and knowledge, it's estimated that you'll have to save up for a while. Caterina transferred Lance's resource points to her nameplate, and then suggested, "In the Crimson Castle." Resource points are a currency that is more important than magic stones. You don't have magic stones. It can be obtained by many means, but if there are no resource points. It's very difficult. This aspect must be noted. ”

Lance nodded repeatedly. Six pale blue orbs of light dimmed, four of them took the shape of books, and the other two revealed the scrolls within.

He put away the books and scrolls. Then, taking advantage of Katarina's rare posture of a mentor today, she asked humbly: "Master Mentor, I wonder if there is any quick way to earn enough resource points?"

Caterina tilted her head and thought about it, then suddenly pinched her fingers and did the math, and shouted, "Oh! If you don't ask, I'll almost forget." ”

"That thing...... It's been three years, and it's almost, that's it. ”

Watching her talk to herself, Lance took a composure and just stood there, looking at the blonde Lori, who was two heads shorter than him, with an inquiring gaze.

Caterina muttered, "I was going to tell you about this matter, but I was so annoyed by the affairs of that bullshit red-robed brotherhood that I forgot about it for a while. ”

"I'm glad you brought it up, and I'll tell you about it. ”

Lance looked deaf, judging by Caterina's appearance, this should be a pretty important thing.

"I don't know if you've heard of the Blood Sail War?" Caterina said slowly, "Participating in the Blood Sail Battle is the fastest way to get a large number of resource points!"

"Bloodsails scramble?" Lance looked familiar.

"Well, once every three years, the next one should be held soon. Caterina's eyes flashed with a strange light, "Actually, even if you can't advance to the final competition, the rewards for the qualifiers of the Blood Sail Battle are very rich. If you are in the top 20, almost all of them will be rewarded with more than 600 resource points!"

"More than six hundred?!" Lance startled. That's an exaggeration!

In Crimson Castle, a very important and scarce resource for resource points. More than six hundred resource points almost meant that a large amount of high-level knowledge had opened his arms to him for free.

Lance has checked the official missions released by Crimson Castle, and even if it is a puppet city mission, the reward resource points are very small.

What is this battle for blood sails?

Seeing Lance's puzzled look, Caterina simply said, "Anyway, I don't have any important experiments today, so I'll explain it to you in detail." ”

"Thank you, mentor. Lance hurriedly bent down to thank him. The time of a third-level wizard is very precious, and Caterina has caused such a sensation for herself before, even if she has any ulterior motives behind her, she has to be grateful.

"The Battle for the Bloodsails is the most important event for our Crimson Castle. Held every three years, the qualifiers take place on our campus outside of Crimson Castle, and the eventual winners, the top 10, will advance to the main event of the Battle for the Bloodsails. The final victory of the main competition is related to the ownership of the outer campus of the Scarlet Castle. Caterina tilted her head and said, "You may be a little confused, what is the outer campus?

Lance nodded.

Caterina snapped her fingers, and a puff of smoke rose from her right hand, and out of the smoke, a rapid black shadow suddenly burst out!

The dark shadow swept past Lance quickly, unbelievably fast.

Lance only felt a chill in his ears. There was a faint line of blood on his neck.

"This is ......," Lance was suddenly vigilant.

"It's a vampire. ”

The black shadow flew back into the smoke, and Caterina continued to snap her fingers, and the smoke disappeared: "That is, the power of competing with us humans for the ownership of the campus outside the Crimson Castle. ”

"Vampire?" Lance was silent, he touched the blood on his neck, but his heart was far less calm than it seemed.

He listened a lot to the legends of vampires. Before entering the Crimson Castle, he had been told that two-thirds of the mages in the Crimson Castle were vampires or powerful blood mages with vampire blood—but after entering the castle, he had never seen a vampire at all.

It is only occasionally when you pass by the reliefs next to the train station that you can catch a glimpse of the face of the legendary vampire.

He had always thought. Vampires are just a misinterpretation and misreading of Crimson Castle. In fact, there are no real vampires in Crimson Castle.

However, Caterina's words subverted Lance's cognition.

"Three years ago, the last human mage defeated the vampires in the sixth Battle for the Bloodsails, continuing the tradition of winning more with less. As a result, the outer campus of the Crimson Castle is still tightly controlled by our human power. And the vampires who failed. It can only be confined to the inner campus. Although the relationship between the two sides does not rise to the level of old enemies. However, they rarely interact with each other, so the apprentices who have just joined are generally unaware of the existence of vampires. Caterina spread her hands and said:

"But in fact. They are there and ready to counterattack at any time. If I'm not mistaken, the last time we won was three times in a row when the human forces defeated the vampires in the Battle of the Blood Sails. Those self-proclaimed monsters will never tolerate a fourth defeat, so this time the battle for the blood sails will be extremely fierce. ”

"In order to control the resources of the outer campus and the Scarlet Castle's voice in Ferendor, the castle high-level council will offer extremely high bounties and resource points every time to stimulate the enthusiasm of the higher apprentices. So, even in the qualifiers, you'll be able to get a lot of resource points - if you survive, the battle for the Bloodsails is brutal. ”

"What are the consequences if we fail?" Lance asked calmly, quickly digesting the information given by Katarina.

"All human mages have moved to the inner campus and are disqualified from endorsing in Ferendor. Caterina spread her hands: "Like those vampires, they have disappeared in Ferendor for the time being." A lot of witchcraft resources are handed over to people. ”

"Then why do you want the senior apprentices to decide where to belong to the outer campus of Crimson Castle?" asked Lance.

"Because it limits the fight to a manageable range. Caterina's patience today was surprisingly good: "If it's a second-level wizard or a third-level wizard fighting, no matter which side wins, it will cause a significant decline in the overall strength of the Crimson Castle. Don't forget, we're not the only wizarding organization in Ferrendor. Rainbow Island and the Tree Worshippers Lodge teamed up many years ago to remove us from Ferendor. Vampires and humans can't cooperate, but they belong to the same power as Crimson Castle, and there is no doubt about that. ”

"In other words, when there is an external war, the vampires of the inner campus and the human mages of the outer campus will be on the same line, right?" asked Lance.

"Almost. A long time ago, we made a pact with the vampires that lasted for a thousand years. The battle between the two sides is only to promote the rapid development of the castle and ensure that the scarlet castle, a wizarding organization, will not slowly become decayed due to the precipitation of time. Caterina said solemnly: "Only constant fighting, only a high level of crisis, can force the mages to keep improving, instead of becoming nerds who only know how to study the Dao!"

"This is also the reason why the mages of our Crimson Castle are relatively strong. The casters of Rainbow Island and the Treeworshipper's Hut don't have to deal with such a brutal elimination mechanic. I'm sure that in another hundred years, even if the tree worshippers and the law wizards join forces, they will surrender to the feet of the Crimson Castle!" (To be continued......)

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