Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 61—The Diary of Master Rands

As Claude had expected, the diary written by Master Landers was not as good as the memoir. Because Master Landers had been promoted to a third-level rune mage when he wrote this diary, he stood out among the more than one hundred low-level wizards and magic apprentices in the magic tower that was later destroyed by gunpowder, and finally had a place. A separate room on the basement floor is used as his bedroom. It was also because of the individual's independent space that Master Landers used the rewards of several Sullivan gold coins he had obtained and bought a notebook made of this rune paper to write a diary...

So in the opening of the diary, Master Rands tirelessly talked about his childhood experiences, family situations, the hard work of parents, the love of brothers and sisters, and so on. The first ten pages of the diary are full of memories and mourning for the home that they have left. But Crowder still noticed from the ten-page diary that Master Rands’ pride in his successful promotion to the third-level rune wizard took only four years from an illiterate 14-year-old boy. A third-level runic wizard, Master Landers believes that he has not lived up to the expectations of his parents and the magical talent he has.

Because Master Landers used the Guhtz language to write a diary, Claude looked very slow, and occasionally had to look up the dictionary to find some relatively unfamiliar words. But from the dozens of pages of memories written by Master Landers, Claude found that it seems that the magician is not as evil as the legendary on the Faurea continent.

Master Landers wrote that his home is in the White Deer Village, on the shores of the picturesque Beringa Lake. Well, this Claude knows that it is the predecessor of Bailu Town. However, Master Landers also said that the entire southwestern region, now the three southwestern counties, including Bailu Village, is the owner of the Bailuzhou Magic Tower and the territory of the Lenke Seven-Round Grand Faith. It is only the Master Lornek who is bent on exploring the mysteries of magic. He has taken care of these mundane things and entrusted all the things on the land to the management of the three magical families.

Master Landers has eight people in his family. In addition to his parents and himself, there are two older brothers and two sisters. Another one does not like Master Rands, and Master Landers doesn’t like her very much. They live in their home and live with their family.

Randez’s father had a small fishing boat, and the two brothers with the Master Rands, who had been blacking out early every day, went fishing on the Beringa Lake. There are five acres of land and a small vegetable dish in the house, which is taken care of by the mother and a sister. In addition, the family also has a cow and a hummer. This is what Lord Rands was responsible for when he was a child. He cut a lot of grass every day. To feed these two large animals.

Master Rands’s sister and sister have to do a lot of housework at home, and they have to feed a dozen chickens. The family is busy all day, but the annual harvest is handed over to the butler who sent the magic aristocrats to collect taxes, and the rest can only make a young and old eight barely maintain a food and clothing.

Seeing that the two brothers and a sister of Master Rands are about to grow up, it is time to consider their lifelong events. The parents of Master Rands began to worry and worry, how to get a lot of money. Let your children get married and get married. Just then, the magic apprenticeship test began every ten years.

The so-called magic apprentice test is a magical talent test conducted by the Lonker Seventh Ring Master on the children in the entire Southwest Territories. The children tested were between the ages of five and fifteen. Children who have been tested for magical talents, who are over the age of 12, will be taken to the Magic Tower to become a magic apprentice. Those who are under the age of 12 will be registered and will be tested again when they are twelve. Magical talent. If there is no change, he will be taken to the magic tower to become an apprentice...

Magic talent can change? Claude is deeply puzzled. However, the following diary records quickly made him feel excited, because Master Landers said that his hearing was very sensitive since he was a child, even if he whispered in front of his parents, saying that he was not lazy and playful today. He listened very well to the bad things of the big animals at the two ends of the house, so even if he was treated equally in front of his brothers and sisters, he still didn't like her, and even hated it...

Master Landers said that sometimes he went to cattle and horses, cattle and horses graze on the grass, and he lay on the grass. But even if you close your eyes, the surrounding scenes and the movements of the cows and horses will still appear clearly in your mind, just like you witnessed. Isn't this the same as my situation? Claude thought, it seems that this Landers Master is also very strong...

To the White Deer Village to test the children's magical talent is a bearded magician, wearing a black robe, looking serious, in the eyes of the children is a terrible person.

However, this terrible magician was accompanied by the housekeeper who took the guards to collect taxes every year. The villagers who were informed were very honest with their age-old children waiting for a long queue. Magic talent test.

Master Randez’s parents took him and his sister to the end of the team. There were more than forty families in front and more than fifty children to test.

Bailu Village should be the last stop for the magical talent test in the entire southwestern region. There are still ten children in the same style of gray robes standing next to the terrible magician. There are men and women, this moment. They all stood there proudly, watching the children who were doing magical talent tests without a word.

The test was fast, but none of the children in front of the Rand Master were tested for magical talent. Soon, it was the turn of the Landers Master family. His parents asked his sister to test first. The props tested were a transparent crystal ball. The black-faced mage let the sister stare at the crystal ball. Master Landers seems to I saw the crystal ball flashing green, and then I heard that the black-faced mage announced that the wood element affinity was three and failed.

Finally, it was the turn of Master Landers to test. He carefully looked at the crystal ball on the shelf in front of him. He wanted to feel his hand and feel it. But the black-faced mage did not give him this opportunity, just pointed to the crystal ball and told him to stare at the crystal ball to see what was inside.

Master Landers discovered that this transparent crystal autumn seems to have a faint thing that people can't see clearly. It is colorless and transparent, much like liquid flowing inside the crystal ball. The more this is the case, the more it attracts the efforts of Master Landers to stare at it, to see what it is...

Master Landers was not disappointed. He finally saw what was inside the crystal ball. It was a fire burning, and the more it burned, the more red the color, the flames flashed and changed into a variety of ways. Like the clouds in the sky, sometimes like sheep, sometimes like a house...

When the color of the flame in the crystal ball gradually dimmed and became the colorless and transparent liquid, Master Landers returned to God. As soon as he looked up, he saw the face of the magician who had been black face exposed. The expression of unusual surprise, he is almost shouting, the fire element affinity is nine, the mental strength is eight, you are very good, you are selected.

In the diary, Master Landers said that after the magic tower became a magic apprentice, he learned literacy and had a certain basic knowledge of magic. He knew that the crystal ball was called the magic talent test ball and was the master of the magic tower. A magical item reworked by Master Enke, used exclusively to test magical talents.

In the eyes of the magician, everyone in this world has magical talents, and mortals are no exception, just more or less. They refer to magical talent as elemental affinity, divided into five levels, one to two, low, three to four, normal, five to six, generally or qualified.

But if it is a mortal, then forget it, training needs to consume a certain amount of magic resources, promotion level will be very troublesome. But if it is those mages or relatives of children of the magic family, the level of elemental affinity of five to six means that you can also try to save.

For the magical aristocrats who occupy the right to distribute most of the magical resources, there is a saying that they have their hearts, that is, talent is not enough, resources are coming together. Just like the computer games of Claude's previous life, the RMB player is the most worthy God of the game operator.

Even if you have a lot of time and effort for a normal player to train your game characters to a high level, you can still rival those RMB players. They can spend all their money to arm their game characters with all kinds of advanced props, and then you can hang and abuse you with all kinds of tricks...

Elemental affinity is seven to eight, which means that you have excellent magical talents, even if the mortal children are worthy of training by the magician. There is no need to spend a lot of magic resources. These magical apprentices with a degree of affinity of seven to eight can learn basic magical knowledge. With their hard work and accumulation of time, it is normal to be promoted to a five-ring wizard. By that time, they will be qualified to become high-level mages' assistants and independent masters.

The highest level of magical talent is elemental affinity of nine to ten, which is already a genius classification. If the children of those magical families are found to have such a high degree of elemental affinity, then this magical family will surely celebrate with joy and enthusiasm, and the family will not have to worry about it for at least two or three hundred years.

It is a pity that those mortal children, who have such a high magical talent, will not bring any help to their future. Anyway, in the end, it is nothing more than a five-ring Black Iron Master. In this respect, they are not even as good as the children of those magical families with a degree of affinity of five to six. The magical resources that those people can get are those that mortal children can't hope for in their lifetime...

In addition to checking the affinity of the elements, the magic talent can also check the mental strength of the testee. In general, the test subject with high affinity for elements has less mental strength.

Just like the performance of Master Landers when he was tested, he is a member of the fire element, so when he stares at the crystal ball and concentrates on it, the colorless magic liquid inside the crystal ball will change to represent the fire because of his concentration. The flame of the element, and how much light reflects with his affinity. This light himself may not be noticed by concentration, but the magician standing next to him can see clearly...

The amount of mental energy is reflected in the change of the test liquid in the crystal ball. The higher the mental strength of the testee, the liquid in the crystal ball he cares about, will change several times, and the time will be even more Lasting.

Like Master Randez, the flame inside the crystal ball is like a cloud, changing and changing into various images and patterns. This is actually his mental power being reflected on the crystal test ball, also by the magician next to him. Look in my eyes.

Master Landers didn't know what the black-faced mage said when you were chosen. He just was scared. But soon the housekeeper who took the tax collection went to his parents, congratulations on their children's election, and at the same time announced that because Landers became a magic apprentice, their family's tax can be completely waived.

This news is a big surprise for Landers' parents, and they can finally confirm that the selection of Master Landers is a good thing. So when they got home, they held a grand celebration and invited their neighbors to celebrate. They were desperately trying to pour the bad ale on their stomachs, and they didn’t forget to talk about the tax without paying taxes. The family would be very Quickly get rich, and in two or three years, you can build a new house for your grown-up children...

This was a big blow to Master Landers, and the family seemed to have forgotten that he would follow the black-faced magician the next morning to leave the familiar town and embark on an unknown future. He was very panicked, very scared, and felt very lonely. After all, he was a 14-year-old boy who never left the town to go somewhere else, or followed a group of strangers...