Arcane Lord

When it comes to his younger brother, Sammy talks more, "It's a pity that my younger brother's talent is too poor. He stayed in the Mage Tower for three years and failed to become a formal apprentice. The family really can't afford an apprentice with no talent, so let him go back." Yes, I just left yesterday.”

Xia Duo said silently, the agreement period for an apprentice to join the Mage Tower is three years. If there is no idea of ​​progress, it is nothing more than a job with a lower salary and more knowledge.

But if you have the idea of ​​progress, no amount of money will be enough to build it.

Xia Duo could tell that Sammy's family should be pretty good, at least a little richer than Neil's family, but even so, they couldn't afford two children to learn magic at the same time.

It seemed like I was feeling pressure again.

…

It wasn't until they arrived at the Arcane Garden that Sami calmed down his emotions a little, and turned into the mage image that Sha Duo had in mind, rational and indifferent.

Walking out of the elevator is the Arcane Garden. The entire second level is like an independent space, with farmland, stables, rivers, mills, and houses.

The destination of Xia Duo and others was the houses. From a distance, they saw in front of a row of stone houses, a middle-aged man wearing a linen jacket and bare arms, who was looking at the book in his hand in ecstasy. Xia Duo and others didn't care about their arrival.

"Master Mage, we are here to replenish the manpower of Arcane Garden." After approaching, Sami said softly.

"Yeah. Sami, right? There's also Xia Duo." The mage looked at Sami, then at Xia Duo, and said, "Leave all the work to your own arrangements. I don't look at the process, only the results. Go ahead and don’t bother me if you have nothing to do.”

Sha Duo has seen several formal mages do this. Sami has spent far more time in the mage tower than Sha Duo, and has long been accustomed to it. He called Sha Duo and others to go to the stone house.

"Xia Duo, come here." Sami pulled Xia Duo mysteriously, leaving the others to a corner of the house. "If you need anything, just ask them. We don't need a few of us to do the work. We will help them at the end of the month." Just ask once.”

"..."

Xia Duo nodded, indicating that he understood that exchanging questions for other resources was not exclusive to Xia Duo. Other formal apprentices must have developed similar exchanges long ago. The only difference was the price.

"How many people are here? Do all formal apprentices do this?" Sha Duo asked.

"About 30 people. The exact number is not clear, but I know that there are only three formal apprentices, including us."

"There are so few formal apprentices?"

"Quite a few. The work of a formal apprentice is generally related to magic. There is no threshold for the Arcane Garden."

Xia Duo nodded thoughtfully. The overall number of formal apprentices may be quite large, but it is usually difficult for ordinary apprentices to come into contact with formal apprentices. If there is an opportunity to ask questions, they will always take it.

Just like Dean, not to mention how excited he was when Xia Duo proposed the trade.

Thinking about it, Sami should be at the bottom among the formal apprentices, but Shado is at the bottom even lower than Sami, and he has not even touched the key magic [Repair Technique] that Dean said is the key to becoming a formal apprentice.

Still need to work hard!

…

Sha Duo and Sami agreed to use the opportunity to ask questions in exchange for others to help them work, while they did their own thing, while the three ordinary apprentices on the other side also changed their work clothes and were ready to go to work.

It was no surprise to see that neither Sha Duo nor Sami had changed their clothes. They were both "old apprentices" in the Mage Tower. They must have understood the unspoken rules of the Arcane Garden before coming here.

For them, the more formal apprentices there are, the better, because each additional one means one more question can be asked at the end of the month, and the more people there are, the easier it is to coordinate what questions to ask without causing too many differences.

In this way, Sha Duo and Sammy began the formal "work" of the day.

During this period, Sami brought Shado to meet Devine, another formal apprentice of Arcane Garden, and they parted ways after a brief conversation.

Xia Duo found an apple tree full of fruits. He took off his mage robe and laid it on the ground. He leaned against the tree trunk and began to memorize Nese characters.

At this time, Xia Duo actually felt that he was about to take the college entrance examination, but before the college entrance examination, he was not as conscious as he is now!

…

The Arcane Garden is mainly used for growing food and raising livestock. Unlike other layers where the temperature is constant at the most suitable temperature for the human body, the temperature here is quite hot. Even after taking off the mage robe, Xia Duo still feels a little hot, and he doesn't know that Sa How did rice solve it.

In addition to heat, there is also light. The light in the Arcane Garden is like the midday sun. Even if you hide in the shade of the apple tree and stare at the words on the parchment for a long time, your eyes will still sting and feel sore.

This was originally a place to work, but it was only used by Xia Duo and others for study. It was not a real place for learning.

After memorizing it for a while, Xia Duo felt that his head was bloated and his eyes were black, not from fatigue, but from the sun.

Imagine that at noon in the dog days, even studying under the shade of a tree requires a strong will.

Concentration, one of the core elements of a mage's spellcasting, largely comes from will. However, modern people are accustomed to a privileged life, and what they lack most is will.

Xia Duo is making progress, but at this moment, his willpower is obviously insufficient. He thought of the official mage he saw before, wasn't he also reading a book seriously?

And not in the shade.

As for Sami, Shado no longer thinks about Sami. What he should be concerned about is himself.

Pinch the inner thigh hard.

"hiss--"

Xia Duo immediately felt a sharp pain spread throughout his body, but his spirit was also extremely concentrated at this moment, and then he continued to learn Nese characters with this moment of concentration.

He knew that using physical pain to enhance concentration was a heresy, but he also knew that necessary stimulation was okay before the spiritual will could overcome the inertia of the physical body.

In this way, a morning passed.

When Shado limped on the elevator, Sammy and another official apprentice, Devine, looked at him with a strange look, but they didn't say much.

As for ordinary apprentices, they won't say anything. They have to work hard for a long time and care about themselves, so how can they care about others.

…

Lunch was eaten in the restaurant on the first floor. Compared with the breakfast and dinner, lunch time was obviously much more lively. It was rare for apprentices to chat for a while at this time.

And compared to the monotony of breakfast and dinner, lunch is also relatively rich. In addition to the bread and cheese for breakfast and dinner, there is also a small piece of barbecue, lettuce leaves, and a small half glass of wine.

You need to bring your own container for wine, and the restaurant does not provide containers. Fortunately, Chateau's wooden wine glass is portable.

After lunch, Shado found Sami and asked:

"There are other apprentices at the Arcane Garden in the morning, can we not go?"

Although you can practice concentration and willpower there, the actual learning efficiency is not as good as in other places, especially now that Xia Duo urgently needs to learn Nese characters.

However, Sami's answer was negative, "You don't think that the mage has the final say in the end-of-month attendance check. There are also records of the tower spirit. Leaving the Arcane Garden during working hours is considered absenteeism. You can leave your books and notes Take it there, it’s the same.”

It may be the same for you, but not necessarily for me. Xia Duo complained in his heart and gave up on this plan. In this case, he must make good use of other time.

After that, the two separated.