Chapter 18 [A Different Path]

Chapter 18 A Different Path

Outside the

dungeon of the castle, Du Wei met Ruolin, the first female knight he had recruited, and since coming to this castle, Ruolin had taken the initiative to guard the capture of the magician.

Ruolin did this, after all, the magician was once her companion, and although she was loyal to Du Wei, she still had to remember some old feelings. Although this magician was also attracted by his beauty, and everyone was only a few short days. Although Ruolin did not dare to go against Du Wei's will and secretly released this guy, she personally supervised him - at least she was able to take care of this former companion a little, which can be regarded as a little love.

At least after arriving here last night, this magician was able to eat a full meal under Ruolin's care. Although he is still not allowed to sleep, and meditation is absolutely not allowed. Ruo Lin's two minions, the brute warrior and the archer, took turns guarding the magician, preventing him from having a chance to regain his magical power.

When Du Wei came to the dungeon, he was a little uncomfortable with the damp and gloomy smell of the dungeon.

Instead, Ruolin who changed into a knight's outfit made Du Wei's eyes shine! This long-legged chick originally had a charming and seductive face, but now she probably made some changes in dress, cut her hair shorter, tied a ribbon on her forehead, and modified her eyebrows, which reduced some softness, but was more heroic.

Especially after wearing the knightly costume, the whole person looks much more solemn - although the original short skirt is not worn, the plump and beautiful long legs are not exposed again. However, with a slender sword and the light knight's cuirass on the upper body, it is quite a bit of a knight's posture.

"Respected master." Seeing Du Wei enter the dungeon, Ruolin immediately greeted him: "You are..."

"I'll come and see my captives." Du Wei's face was very cold, he was in a bad mood, and glanced at Ruolin: "Have you stayed here all night?"

Ruolin's face showed a look of embarrassment: "Master, this guy inside is my former companion after all, I think..."

"Intercede?" Du Wei shook his head: "No need, I didn't want to embarrass him, as long as he obediently answered me a few questions, I will immediately let him go."

After

that, Du Wei walked past Ruolin's side, and left a sentence at the same time: "I am alone with him, all of you are waiting outside, and you are not allowed to come in casually."

Guan's room was originally the largest in the dungeon in the castle, and when Du Wei came in, the magician was already pale and his eyes were almost open.

Although the magician's spiritual power is strong, after all, he fought with everyone in the tavern during the previous trip, and also cast magic, which consumed a lot of mental power, and then he was caught, and he never had the opportunity to meditate and restore the consumed spiritual power, but he couldn't sleep for the past two days, and he couldn't support it at the moment.

With being locked up in this dungeon, one night came over, and every time my eyes were closed, a bucket of cold water was immediately poured down. Although Ruolin was more polite to him, Ruolin's two subordinates were not polite at all.

Originally, in that small adventure team, the barbarian warrior and archer looked at this magician very badly, because this magician was attracted by Ruolin's beauty, so he was often despised by barbarian warriors and archers. The relationship between each other has also been not harmonious.

At this moment, seeing this little nobleman enter the dungeon room, the magician already felt that he was about to collapse. He didn't have any chains on him, anyway, a magician who had lost his magic power was not as strong as an ordinary person. It's just that the dungeon is gloomy and damp, and he doesn't know how many buckets of water have been poured, so cold that his lips are white, when Du Wei walked in, the magician was sitting on a stone bed with his knees hugged, and the brute warrior next to him still drank to himself: "Hey, don't close your eyes!" Otherwise I'll douse you with water again!" This night is just to carry water, how many times I have run!

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his head and saw Du Wei coming in, and immediately closed his mouth, Du Wei waved his hand, signaled him to go out, and then walked to the magician: "How is it?" Dear Mr. Master. Is everything okay here? "

Good? Do I look "okay"? The mage's stomach was full of slander, but his face showed a pleading expression: "Sir, why do you have to embarrass me so much for a nobleman with status?" As the eldest son of the Earl of the Rollin family, if it is spread that you treat a magician so badly, then in the future, I am afraid that it will be difficult for your family to make friends with magicians! Still

trying to threaten me?

Du Wei pouted: "Oh, yes? So if it gets out and a small first-level magician actually masters the instantaneous technique, then what will be the consequences? The

magician's face turned pale, and there was a hint of trepidation in his eyes.

Consequence?

The consequences are simple! If other magicians learn such a news, then soon, he will become the common prey of magicians throughout the continent! Any magician is eager to learn the top skill of teleportation! And when a small first-level magician can actually master this kind of skill... As a result, do you still need to ask?

It's like a three-year-old child, completely undefended, but with hundreds of millions of dollars on his body!

"Say it." Du Wei smiled: "Actually, I know that your so-called instantaneous technique is not a real instantaneous technique. You must have done this opportunistically, right? I'm not a magician, and even if you tell me, you won't have much to lose. I just wanted to satisfy my curiosity.

The

magician lowered his head, a look of struggle on his face.

"What else is there to hesitate?" Du Wei sighed: "You are just a first-level magician, although in this world, magicians are rare and respected, but they are only limited to those magicians above the intermediate level." A lowest-level first-level magician like you, even if I kill you here, or lock you up here for the rest of your life, I'm afraid no one will care. Even the Magic Society would not offend a great nobleman for the sake of an inconspicuous lowest-level first-level magician, right?

"You..." The magician's eyes finally loosened, his psychological defenses began to collapse, and he bit his lip with difficulty: "You... If I tell you, you must swear not to say it. Because... It's about my status as a magician!

"Yes, abundancely." Du Wei immediately raised his hand and swore an oath: "I, Du Wei Luolin, swear here that everything you said to me today, I will remember it mentally, and I will not tell others again." Otherwise, let the Goddess of Light punish me!"

The magician's expression was a little complicated, his eyes showed a hint of weakness, and then his lips squirmed a few times: "I... Actually, I'm just a magic apprentice. "

"... What the? Du Wei was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"

"I..." the magician seemed to have struggled to speak: "I said, in fact, I am just a magic apprentice, and my real magic strength is only at the level of a magic apprentice. And my qualification as a first-level magician was deceived by some means.

"Liar?" Du Wei's heart began to be a little moved!

Scam the qualifications of a magician?

According to what Du Wei knew, the assessment of the Mainland Magician Society was not easy to pass by tricks! Wouldn't it be a joke if the qualifications of magicians could be easily deceived?

"I started studying magic when I was a child, my master was a low-level magician, he thought I had a talent for magic, he accepted me as an apprentice, I qualified as a magic apprentice when I was thirteen years old... It's not that hard. The magician's tone was a little resentful: "A true magician on the continentThere are only a few hundred people, but there are thousands of people with magic apprenticeships. Unfortunately, the road to becoming a real magician is too difficult, and the vast majority of magic apprentices, even if they work hard for a lifetime, cannot pass the first-level assessment. You can only stay at the level of a magic apprentice for the rest of your life. And I... Also one of these poor bugs.

"Every magician will take a few apprentices, but the magician himself knows that not all of these apprentices can become magicians, and it is likely that they will not be able to teach a magician disciple in their lifetime." But every magician on the continent will still recruit many apprentices. Because... A person of the status of a magician is so sublime and feared. How can such a person have an identity without a retinue? As a result, each magician will bring with him a different number of magic apprentices. Most of these apprentices had dreams of magic, but as a result, only a very few were able to realize their dreams. The most disgusting thing is that many magicians, they know that these magic apprentices have no possibility of becoming magicians, but they do not tell them... Because magicians need obedient apprentices around them, someone to help them with magic experiments, someone to help them with the fight, as their assistants, and even seem to be servants... Moreover, this kind of servant does not need to spend even a single gold coin on them!

That's how I went through, when I was thirteen, I met my master, who told me that I was gifted, and then took me away from the house, saying that he wanted to teach me to be a great magician. I followed him with infinite longing, but alas... Later, I found out that this was simply an impossible dream. My master has more than a dozen disciples, and each of them has passed the examination of a magic apprentice. Master is just using us as free servants, free assistants.

He will still deceive us with false lies, but he knows that many of these disciples will never become magicians in their lifetimes. He knows! But he just didn't say it!

I was a magic apprentice for ten years and finally realized that I had no talent at all. I have indeed been a little stronger than ordinary people since I was a child, and I can also sense a little bit of natural power... But this is already the limit. My talent is limited.

Later, in desperation, I was helpless... Only... Studied magic potions. "

Magic Pharmacy?

Du Wei's eyes lit up!

This guy's experience is very similar to himself!

It's just that he can't even pass the assessment of the lowest level of magic apprenticeship... Du Wei smiled bitterly in his heart.

In fact, even Du Wei himself did not know that the situation was not what he thought.

Magicians are a strange group, most of them are withdrawn and proud by nature, they see themselves as people who stand above all living beings, they are people who can call the wind and rain, and they can use the power of the gods. The so-called sentient beings, in the eyes of most magicians, are just ants that can be used at will.

Many magicians recruit magic apprentices, but their magical talent is not even as good as Du Wei! But magicians need retinues, and magicians, although they have money, cannot spend money to recruit servants like ordinary nobles - what kind of words is that!

As a divine magician, as a mysterious magician, the servants around him naturally need to have the status of magic apprentices! How can you use ordinary people, isn't it very cheap?

However, people with magical talents are a minority after all. Therefore, most magicians, in order to have some magic apprentices around them, even hesitate to lower their standards to recruit magic apprentices! It is clear that some people with insufficient talent, even if they are only slightly stronger than ordinary people, will be accepted by the temptation of magicians to "teach you to be magicians".

Afterwards... These people who are not talented enough to become magicians are waiting to be cheap labor for teachers for a lifetime!

In this situation, the assessment of magic apprentices on the continent is actually very chaotic! The level is also uneven.

It's just that the last time he was in the imperial capital, the assessment that Du Wei experienced was carried out according to truly strict standards! Because... That Clark mage, don't dare to deceive the second figure of the emperor ** side, the eldest son of the head of the Luolin family!

Because of Du Wei's identity, Mage Clark did not dare to trick him into using him as cheap labor.

Otherwise, if Du Wei was an ordinary person... Then that day, Mage Clark saw that he had such spiritual power beyond ordinary people, and he had already accepted Du Wei!

Even if he knew that Du Wei had no magical talent, Clark would definitely accept him as an apprentice! Because having a magic apprentice with excellent magic power by your side will have a lot of convenience when you do magic experiments by yourself in the future.

In fact, many magicians on the continent do this. If Du Wei was not the eldest son of the count, I am afraid that he would also be deceived, and then he dreamed of becoming a magician, a cheap labor force for a magician, and even wasted his life and delayed his future.

"It was by chance that I learned the fact that my teacher had already known that I couldn't be a magician." The captive's voice had a hint of bitterness in it: "Even when he took me away from his home, he already knew this!" It's just that he sees that my magic talent is good, and he feels that with such a free servant as me by his side, it will be more convenient when doing magic experiments in the future. There are many disciples under the teacher's disciples who are like me, some of them are very magical, and some of them are good at sensing. But they all have major flaws, but they are left by the teacher's side by a beautiful dream that is woven out, wasting their lives! "

"... And then what? Du Wei sighed.

"Like I just said... After I knew the truth, at first, I was angry, and later... I decided to change my destiny. Since I can't learn real magic, then... I decided to study magic potions. The magician captive sighed: "Because, the magic apothecary is also a kind of magician explicitly recognized by the magic society. Though... This view is ridiculous by most people, although most people think that magic apothecaries are not real magicians at all. "

"... And then what? Du Wei felt his heartbeat start to accelerate!

Don't... This guy...

Like himself, he has no magical talent! But now he is a magician! Besides, he's in the tavern, but he's really using magic!

Since he, a person without talent, actually didn't know what method to use to learn magic in the end... Well, as long as he can tell what method he did it... Well, yourself, maybe you can too!

If you can find a way to learn magic, then...

Aren't the astrology left by Saimel in the secret room of the castle, the star magic that Saimel has studied all his life?!

"If you are proficient in magic potions, can you become a magician?" Du Wei looked at this captive: "But according to what I know, the qualification assessment of the Magic Society, the assessment of the magic apothecary is completely different from other magicians." On

the continent, for real magicians, there are ten levels. With each level of the exam, the difficulty increases a lot! Therefore, the higher the level of the magician, the stronger the strength will naturally be.

However, although the assessment of magic apothecaries, who are called "also a kind of magician", is much simpler.

Even, it can feel perfunctory!

The assessment of the magic apothecary is not graded!

Just one level!

As long as you pass the assessment! You're a magic apothecary! The Society of Magic will then issue you a badge that symbolizes the official recognition that you are a magician.

Although, this recognition, most people are not recognized.

Moreover, even the badges issued by the Academy of Magic itself are also subject to a certain "differential treatment"!

The magic apothecary, presented with a bronze round badge, is very simple, and... There are also no magic anti-counterfeiting spells.

Perhaps, the Magic Society itself knows that no one will be interested in impersonating such a profession that not many people can afford.

A magic apothecary, commonly known as a poison apothecary, has a higher social status than an ordinary doctor.

And the real magician, even if it is a first-level one, the badge is also a silver one! A first-level magician is the Silver Leaf Badge.

Of course, Du Wei will not forget that in the fierce battle in the tavern that day, what he captured from the body of this magician captive was a genuine silver leaf badge!

In other words, he did not pass the examination of a magic apothecary! It's the assessment of a real magician!!

How the hell did he do it?

Learning magic originally seemed to be a dream that had been shattered, but at this moment, hope surged in Du Wei's heart again!

"My talent is excellent magic, and my innate mental power is stronger than ordinary people. If it is an ordinary person, it is just manifested as the energy is more vigorous than ordinary people, not easy to fatigue, and so on... However, I lacked sensibility. No matter how I meditated and tried, at the beginning, I could not sense even the slightest fluctuation of the power of nature. The captive said slowly, "Later, after studying magic potions for ten years, I suddenly had a question... What is the so-called force of nature? The teacher told me that it was everything! It's everything in this world! It's wind, it's fire, it's water, it's even a little bit. But this statement is still too vague. A thought came to my mind... If I can understand what the so-called 'force of nature' is, then maybe I still have hope.

Du Wei listened quietly, and at the same time he was carefully pondering this guy's words in his heart.

"For example, fire magic. Magicians can use spells to use the natural fire element, and then use magic to conjure flames! And in magic potions, there can also be more than a dozen ways to use potions to generate flames! For example, the simplest one..." Speaking of this, the magician captive glanced at Du Wei: "Do you understand what I said?"

"Please go on, I can understand." Du Wei smiled lightly: "I have also read some magic potions books. "Okay

." The magician continued, "In magic potions, there are more than a dozen ways to achieve the same basic principles as fire magic... Firing! For example, the most basic one can be burned by itself with a powder ground from a fire phosphorus! Then I'm thinking... Fire phosphorus grass can make fire, and the magician's fire magic can also make fire. Don't... Does the fire phosphorus grass contain magical elements in the so-called force of nature? Or is there something in the fire phosphorus grass, which is the fire magic element?

Du Wei's heart moved, as if he also thought of something, but he still couldn't grasp it for a while.

Then I heard the magician captive continue, "I have discovered another delicate matter. All magic spells! I mean all! Although the power of the spell can be small and large. Or take fire magic as an example, the simplest fireball technique, and the legendary 'Burning City' forbidden spell that can destroy the sky and the earth! Although the power is countless times worse, in fact, the principle is the same! It's all burning with flames! But... Here comes the subtlety... Everything that magic can do, so can magic potions! For example, fire magic, although pharmacy cannot make the power of the large-scale powerful forbidden spell level of 'Burning City', but the principle of making fire is the same! For example, wind magic, water magic, and so on... All the magic of the department can be done with pharmacy! You can only do the simplest basic principles, but you can do it! Why is that? Maybe... I was thinking, perhaps, those precious pharmacy raw materials actually contain the so-called 'magic elements' of various types of magic! Isn't it?

A proud expression appeared on the captive's face: "Since I can't use meditation to extract the magical elements in nature... Then, I will use the apothecary's method to extract the magic elements from the potion!! (

Be sure to remember to smash the ticket~)-