Arcane Age

The most splendid fireworks in the prologue

"Red Alert: An emergency energy burst is found, the distance is 0.005 light-years, the energy level is 5S, and it is suspected to be a supernova explosion! The energy chamber was hit by cosmic rays, and the fault is being repaired, and the space jump cannot be performed!"

Lin Xi quietly looked through the huge porthole of the exploration ship at the huge star in front of him that suddenly exploded and was about to end its life, a dark red sphere with a mass about a hundred times that of the sun.

"This star should have at least 100,000 years of life, right? Zero!" Lin Xi sighed, his straight and thin figure stood quietly.

"The universe is always full of accidents, and you will encounter them sooner or later. Over the past thirty-two years, you have successfully avoided nearly a hundred accidents, traveled millions of light years, and traveled across three Milky Way-level galaxies. Six planets suitable for human habitation have become the greatest interstellar explorer of the Federation!"

A light female voice echoed in Lin Xi's ears. This was his intelligence core and his only companion on the journey to the stars——Zero.

"Supernova explosion! It's really a rare cosmic spectacle! This star will be brighter than a thousand suns in just a moment, and all her energy will be completely exploded, and it will be clearly visible even tens of millions of light years away. This A splendid firework, the extinction of this galaxy is enough to commemorate my imminent death!"

The next moment, endless light and flames spewed out, swallowing the only human being in this vast starry sky and the 7,300-meter-long "Explorer" together.

Chapter One

Accompanied by high-pitched and loud singing, a group of seagulls gently crossed the blue sea and flashed past the narrow window of the tower.

A handsome young man was leaning on the window sill, biting a piece of emerald green horsetail grass lightly with his white teeth, staring blankly at the sea in front of him with azure blue eyes, his blond hair blowing away in the wind.

"The models of the secret imprint and the acid flying spell have been analyzed. It is known that only the magician's hand has not completed the analysis of the zero-ring spell. The current progress is 23%, and the analysis is in progress."

"Zero, how is your recovery now?" Former interstellar explorer Lin Xi and current magic apprentice Xi Wei asked his partner who accompanied him to the new world in his mind.

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

A mechanical and hollow female voice echoed in Xi Wei's mind.

Zero, who had already activated the advanced intelligence module, can already be regarded as a real human being in terms of emotional thinking, but now only the most basic functions are left. Even so, Zero can still provide him with great help—assisting analysis of spells, which enabled the newly born young Xi Wei to master five zero-ring spells in just ten days, and also successfully reached the level in terms of magic power accumulation. The level of high-level magic apprentices.

A high-level magic apprentice has enough magic power to cast ten zero-ring spells, and when his magic power accumulation reaches twenty zero-ring spells, the door of a formal magician will be opened to this young talent.

"Senior Xi Wei, Instructor Gatling told everyone to go to the round hall on the fifth floor of the tower. Please be there within five minutes!" A short boy with flaxen hair and freckles panted and said to the blond boy.

Xi Wei turned around lightly and jumped off the window sill, smiling slightly: "Thank you for your reminder, Gus, we will be there soon!" The slender and fair fingers of his right hand protruded from under the black robe, accompanied by a few crisp and clear words in his mouth. With the mysterious syllable, there was a light blue light flowing around his fingertips in an instant, and soon, a light blue halo appeared under the feet of the two teenagers.

The zero-ring spell - Gale Art, can effectively increase the movement speed of the caster. After being blessed with the Gale Art, Xi Wei's starting speed has surpassed the Olympic 100-meter champion in the Earth era.

However, when the two arrived at the rotunda on the fifth floor of the tower, almost all the apprentices in the tower had already arrived, and Gatling was already standing on the steps.

The aged mentor Gatling has white hair, white eyebrows and white beard, and looks like Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" movie. Unfortunately, his hooked nose and the inadvertent hostility in his eyes made Xi Wei always hold a little bit of him towards him. alert.

Gatling is the only magic instructor in the tower. For decades, he has devoted himself to cultivating real magicians. For this reason, he has provided the apprentices with complete magic books and sufficient materials for casting spells. Fifty-six magic apprentices.

Gatling, who was on the steps, inspected the magic apprentices in front of him one by one, and nodded with satisfaction: "My children, I'm glad you didn't relax during this time. In yesterday's test, They have made a lot of progress! For this reason, I want to commend outstanding apprentices!"

"Gaith, Carter, come out! Congratulations on your success as an intermediate magic apprentice! You will be able to live on the third floor of the tower! From now on, the magic books and spell-casting materials in the intermediate area will be open to you. I hope you can continue to work hard! "

The freckled boy Gase walked up the steps with another chubby boy, and excitedly received a small silver badge from Gatling's mentor, which represented that they had successfully advanced to the intermediate magic apprenticeship.

"Xi Wei, Meryl, come out! Congratulations on your successful advancement to high-level magic apprentices! You will enter the tower to live on the fourth floor! All the magic books and spell-casting materials in the tower will be open to you! Become real magic apprentices as soon as possible! Magicians are what I expect from you!"

Xi Wei walked forward quickly, and the one who advanced with him was a little girl with withered and yellow hair, who looked a little stunted at first glance.

After receiving a gold badge from the amiable mentor Gatling, Xi Wei bowed to thank him, and then walked back into the crowd under the envious eyes of most of the magic apprentices in the audience.

At this time, he suddenly realized that there was a little follower behind him, that girl with yellow hair named Meryl, who had been clumsily imitating her actions since she came on stage, so that she followed here all the time.

This Meryl seemed to be just fourteen years old and had only come to the Tower three years ago.

In Xi Wei's limited memory, the girl was either chewing on a thick tome of magic books, or was meticulously conducting magic experiments. Her talent in magic was considered outstanding.

At this moment, Gatling's voice also became high-pitched: "Children, pay tribute to the best of you, the high-level magic apprentice Palin! He is only seventeen years old, and he has already been able to cast a full twenty zeros." Ring magic is only one step away from being a real magician! Palin, my child! I am proud of you! I will prepare the materials for the promotion ceremony for you, and three days later, I will officially conduct the magician promotion ceremony for you!"

The gazes of everyone in the audience became hot. They looked at a tall, thin, black-haired young man in the crowd like stars. It is very likely that a new magician will be born in the tower!

However, Xi Wei was keenly aware that the smile on the face of the future mage Palin seemed a bit far-fetched, and he was not even as happy as the other apprentices.

Instructor Gatling has reached the age where he is about to meet the Lord of Radiance. Over the years, he has seldom guided the apprentices, so he left the round hall soon after the commendation. At this moment, an old man with gray and white hair, tortoiseshell glasses, and mustache quickly walked up to Xi Wei: "Xi Wei, Meryl, please follow me, I A new room will be prepared for you!"

The old man's name was Edward, he was Gatling's mentor's confidant, and he was also the steward of the entire tower.

Before that, there were only six high-level magic apprentices in the tower. The biggest benefit of this advancement for Xi Wei was naturally that he would be able to enjoy a separate room and laboratory from now on.

Xi Wei nodded lightly. There was nothing in his room except for a few sets of changed clothes, and moving was very easy. Unexpectedly, as a girl, Meryl came out of her room with only a few books and a stack of parchment with magic runes in her hands. The bottom set of magic robes.

Xi Wei moved to Meryl's ear curiously and asked softly, "Do you only have two magic robes?"

The next moment, Meryl's originally sickly pale neck instantly rose into a red mist, and she cowardly said in a voice that was close to a whisper: "One set is dirty, one set is dirty; another one is worn..."

This little girl was really too shy, and Xi Wei secretly commented that he himself is not a person who is good at communicating with people, otherwise he would not have explored the vast galaxy alone for many years.

The room belonging to high-level magic apprentices is about 17 to 18 square meters. It has a large and comfortable bed and a thick walnut table. The closed room is shining with soft dark yellow magic lights. The quiet environment makes Xi Wei's whole body They all relaxed and fell down on the soft mattress in a big shape.

The past cannot be admonished, but the coming can still be pursued.

This is a world with swords and magic, demons and gods. Xi Wei, who died in a supernova explosion without any resistance, maintained the necessary awe and respect for the new world, and wanted to live well in this world and become a Master mage is undoubtedly the best choice.

The magic in this world is essentially similar to blue bar spellcasting. There is no limit to spell slots, and there is no need to prepare spells in advance. Mages can cast corresponding spells according to circumstances, and meditation is the most important thing to increase mental power and restore mana. The most basic way.

In the magic apprenticeship stage, the casting of spells is similar to the method of first learning to solve a math problem, and then recite a piece of Chinese. You must first master the structure and texture, and you must be proficient in memorization without making any mistakes. In fact, Xi Wei, who has zero assistance from the intelligent core, has no difficulty in memorizing. The only difficulty lies in the understanding and analysis of the spell model.

"Weak resistance improvement, acid splash, detect magic, detect poison, flash, light, freezing ray, switch, scribe, arcane imprint, magic trick, scribe, the basic zeros already in the tower The ring spells have been mastered, and the only thing that is still being analyzed is the hand of the mage!"

"However, these spells are generally useless. Most of them are auxiliary spells. The lethality of acid splash and freezing rays is also very limited, and there is no one-step way to improve mental power. You can only combine and innovate by yourself. More effective apprentice-level magic!"

In fact, Xi Wei's own researched "Gasph Art" is a simplified version of the first-ring spell "Foot Oil", which can be cast with about three standard zero-ring spells, and the acceleration effect is only half of that of "Foot Oil". .

"A high-level magic apprentice is only one step away from becoming an official magician! However, it has been a full six years since I entered the high tower, and Gatling has always been the only one in the huge high tower who doesn't know the exact rank. Magicians, and the apprentices who held the magician promotion ceremony one by one have never returned, although the official statement is that these official magicians have left the tower to have a brighter future, but..."

Just as Xi Wei was thinking wildly, "Duk Tuk Tuk", a crisp knock on the door suddenly sounded.