Arcane Age Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Magic apprentice.



The most splendid fireworks in the preface.

"Red alert: An emergency energy explosion is found, with a distance of 0.005 light-years and an energy level of 5S. It is suspected of being a supernova explosion! The energy bin was hit by cosmic rays, and space jump cannot be carried out during troubleshooting! "

Lin Xi quietly looked through the huge porthole of the exploration ship at the huge star in front of him that suddenly burst to the end of life, a crimson sphere with a mass of about 100 times that of the sun.

"The star should have at least one hundred thousand years of life, isn't it? Zero! " Lin Xi sighed, and his straight, emaciated figure stood still.

"The universe is always full of accidents, sooner or later we will meet one. In the past 32 years, master, you have successfully evaded nearly 100 accidents, covering millions of light-years in three Emperor-class galaxies, and discovered fully six habitable planets, becoming the greatest interstellar explorer in the Federation! "

In Lin Xi's ear rang a soft female voice, which is his intelligence core and his only companion on the long journey to the stars-Zero.

"Supernova explosion! One of the really rare wonders of the universe! This star was brighter than thousands of suns in its short time, and it burst out all its energy completely, that it must be clearly visible even thousands of light years away. This gorgeous fireworks and the extinction of this galaxy are enough to pay tribute to my impending death! "

The next moment, endless light and flames poured out, devouring the only human being in the vast starry sky with the 7,300-meter-long explorer.

...

Accompanied by loud and clear singing, a group of seagulls glided across the blue sea and passed by the narrow window of the tower.

A handsome young man was sitting on the window edge with his white teeth gently biting a piece of emerald horsetail grass, his blue eyes staring at the sea in front of him, his blond hair drifting away in the wind.

"The model of secret seal and acid jet spell has been analyzed. Only the mage's hand is left to analyze the known zero-ring spell, and the analysis is currently in progress at 23%."

"Zero, how are you recovering now?" Former interstellar explorer Lin Xi and current magic apprentice Siwei asked in his mind about his companion who accompanied him to the new world.

"The basic intelligent module has been completely repaired, the primary intelligent module cannot be activated, the overall damage degree is 98.7%, the maintenance program cannot be started; the maintenance plan is being retrieved ..."

Siwei's mind echoed with a mechanical and the now empty female voice.

Zero, which once activated the advanced intelligence module, can be regarded as a real human being in terms of emotional thinking, but now it has only the most basic functions. Even so, zero can still provide a lot of help to oneself-auxiliary analytic spells, which makes the newly-born young Siwei master five zero-ring spells in a short span of ten days, and has successfully reached the level of high-level magic apprentice in magic accumulation.

A high-ranking magic apprentice has enough magic to cast 10 zero-ring spells, and when his magic accumulation reaches 20 zero-ring spells, the door of being a formal wizard will be opened to the young talents.

"Senior Siwei, Instructor Gatling told everyone to go to the round hall on the fifth floor of the tower. Please be sure to arrive within five minutes!" A little boy with flaxen hair and freckles gasped to the blond boy.

Siwei lightly turned and jumped off the window sill, and smiled: "Thank you for reminding me, Gus, I will be there soon!" His right hand, slender and white fingers, stretched out from under the black robe. Accompanied by a few crisp and mysterious syllables in his mouth, for an instant there was a light blue shine in his fingertips, soon, a light blue halo has appeared at his foot including Gus'.

The zero-ring spell, flurry, can effectively improve the caster's moving speed, and after the activation of flurry, Siwei started running faster than earth times's Olympic 100m champion.

However, by the time the two arrived at the round hall on the fifth floor of the tower, almost all the apprentices in the tower had already arrived, and mentor Gatling had already stood on the steps.

Old Gatling has white hair, white eyebrows and white beard, and looks like Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings movie. Unfortunately, his aquiline nose and the hostility in his eyes make Siwei always have a little guard against him.

Gatling is the only magic teacher in the tower. For decades, he has devoted himself to training real magicians. For this reason, he has provided his apprentices with complete magic books and sufficient casting materials, while all 56 magic apprentices are standing in the circle hall.

On the steps, after inspecting all the magic apprentices in front of him one by one with his eyes, Gatling nodded with satisfaction: "My children, I'm glad you didn't relax during this period of time. In yesterday's test, you all made great progress! To this end, I would like to commend outstanding apprentices! "

"Gus, Carter, come up! Congratulations on your success as an advanced intermediate magic apprentice! You will be able to enter the third floor of the tower to live! From now on, magic books and casting materials in the intermediate zone will be open to you. I hope you can continue your efforts! "

Freckled teenager Gus stepped up the steps with another small fat man and excitedly received a small silver badge from Gatling, representing their successful progression to the intermediate magic apprentice.

"Siwei, Meryl, come up! Congratulations on your success as an Advanced Master Magic Apprentice! You will enter the fourth floor of the tower to live! All magic books and casting materials in the tower will be open to you! Becoming a real wizard at an early date is what I expect of you! "

Siwei quickly stepped forward, and with him advanced is a little girl with yellow hair, a look at some stunted growth.

After receiving a gold badge from the amiable mentor Gatling, Siwei bowed and thanked him, and walked back into the crowd under the envious gaze of most magic apprentices.

At this time, he suddenly found a little follower behind him, that is, the girl with withered and yellow hair named Meryl, who has been foolishly imitating his actions since he came to power just now, so that she has been following him here.

This Meryl seems to be only 14 years old and came to the tower three years ago.

In Siwei's limited memory, the girl is either gnawing with a thick tome of magic classics or carrying out meticulous magic experiments. Her talent in magic is outstanding.

At this moment, Gatling's voice was also high: "Children, pay tribute to Palin, the best of you, the high-ranking magic apprentice! He is only 17 years old, and has been able to cast a full 20 zero ring spells, only one step away from a real wizard! Palin, my child! I am proud of you! I will prepare the materials for your promotion ceremony, and in three days, I will officially carry out the wizard promotion ceremony for you!"

The eyes of all the people in the audience became hot. They looked at a tall, thin, dark-haired young man in the crowd like stars and moons. It is very likely that a new magician will be born in the tower!

However, Siwei was keenly aware that the smile on the face of the future Master Palin seemed far-fetched. He was not even as happy as other apprentices.

Mentor Gatling has reached the age when he is going to meet the Lord of Glory. Over the years, he seldom gives guidance to apprentices, so he left the circle hall soon after giving recognition. At this moment, an old man with gray mixed hair, hawksbill glasses and two moustaches walked quickly to the front of Siwei: "Siwei, Meryl, please follow me, I will prepare a new room for you!"

The old man, Edward, was a close confidant of Mentor Gatling and the steward of the tower.

Before that, the tower had only six high-ranking magic apprentices, and the greatest benefit for Siwei was that he would be able to enjoy a separate room and laboratory from now on.

Siwei nodded lightly. His room had nothing but a few change of clothes and so he moved quickly. Unexpectedly, Meryl, as a girl, came out of her room with only a few books and a pile of parchment with magic runes in her hands. In addition, she only had a magic robe at the bottom.

Siwei leaned into Meryl's ear with some curiosity and asked softly, "Do you only have two magic robes?"

The next moment, a red cloud rose from Meryl's sickly pale neck. She said with a voice similar to whistle: "One is dirty, the other is washed. It's change clothes ... "

The little girl was so shy that Siwei made a secret comment. He was not a person who was good at communicating with others. Otherwise, he would not have explored alone in the boundless Milky Way for many years.

The room belonging to the high-level magic apprentice is about seventeen or eighteen square meters, with a spacious and comfortable bed and a thick walnut table. The closed room is ablaze with soft dark yellow magic lights. The quiet environment makes Siwei relax and flop down on the soft mattress in a large font.

Those who have passed away cannot remonstrate; those who have come can still pursue.

This is a world with swords and magic, demons and gods. Siwei, who did not resist the supernova explosion, maintains the necessary awe and respect for the new world. To live well in this world, becoming a mage is undoubtedly the best choice.

Magic in this world is essentially similar to blue bar casting. There is no limit on the number of spell positions and there is no need to prepare spells in advance. Mages can cast corresponding spells according to their own circumstances. Meditation is the most important and basic method to increase spirit and restore mana.

At the stage of magic apprenticeship, the casting of spells is similar to the method of learning to solve a math problem and then reciting a paragraph of Chinese. You must first master the structure and texture, and you must also be skilled in memorizing without making any mistakes. As a matter of fact, Siwei, who has zero's assistance from the intelligent core, has no difficulty in memorizing. The only difficulty lies in understanding and analyzing the spell model.

"Weak resistance enhancement, acid splash, magic detection, toxicity detection, flash, light, frozen ray, switch, transcription, secret seal, magic trick, transcription, the basic zero-ring spell in the tower has been mastered, and only the mage's hand is left to analyze!"

"However, these spells are generally useless. Most of them are auxiliary spells. The lethality of acid splash and frozen rays is also very limited. There is no way to ascend to heaven in terms of spirit. Only you can combine and innovate some more effective apprentice magic!"

In fact, the "flurry" developed by Siwei himself is a simplified version of the one-ring spell "sole smearing", which can be cast with the mana of about three standard zero-ring spells, though the acceleration effect is only half of that of "sole smearing".

"Advanced magic apprentice... The distance to becoming a formal wizard is only one step away! However, it has been six years since he entered the tower. Gatling has been the only wizard in the large tower who does not know the specific order, and the apprentices who held the wizard promotion ceremony one by one have never returned. Although the official saying is that these formal wizards have left the tower and have a brighter future, but ... "

Just as Siwei was thinking, there was a knock on the door.