Broad World

Chapter Fourteen: High Fort and the Apprentice Test

In late June, Molian came to Belgoost with a letter of recommendation. Also coming with her was the Grand Duke of Irtan's reward of 6,000 gold coins, Henry's 4,000, and Cagan's 00.

In the past twenty days, Henry was not only blacksmithing, but also copying scrolls. After selling a large number of scrolls to the businesswoman as agreed, I got another 5,000 gold coins. Learning magic is a costly thing, and he is now working hard to save every penny. On \u003cg, he exchanged 15,000 gold coins for two golden tickets of the Seven Suns Alliance. This kind of golden ticket can be exchanged for cash or directly traded at any time in Baldur's Gate and Amn. Open the panel:

Strength: 15 After strict blacksmith training your strength has increased

Agility: 18

System: 15 A lot of physical labor increases your stamina a lot

Intelligence: 21

Wisdom: 18

Glamour: 17 You now have both good looks and a strong body. She is simply a female (basic male) killer.

He looked at his surname, then at his muscles that had barely formed in the past few days and smiled. Tomorrow we will leave for Gaolibao. There are countless questions in my heart about what magic is, and what the mage relies on to exert the power to destroy the world. All will find the answer there. Henry forced his excited spirit to calm down. If he doesn't have a good rest, he won't be able to go on his way tomorrow.

Henry got up early the next morning, and started packing his luggage after breakfast. High Ridge Castle is not far from Belgost, and it only takes six to eight hours to walk there, so you don’t need to bring too many things. A small bag of 50 gold coins, put two gold tickets and letters of recommendation next to her body, and carry a bag of change of clothes on her back. Pin on the scimitar streamer and crossbow. Insert the fireball staff behind him, after many days of recharging, it has now stored thirty fireballs. When he came downstairs, he found his mother, sister and Cagan were waiting for him.

"Henry, be careful all the way. Here is the lunch I prepared for you. Come back often." The mother's eyes were a little red and she came over and hugged him.

"I'll meet Mom, you know it's not far away, it's only half a day away. I will come back to see you often." Henry took the lunch and put it in his backpack after hugging.

"Brother, I want to give you a hug too." Henry wrapped his sister up and kissed her forehead and said, "Be good at home and don't be naughty. Go to Grandpa Cagan if you have anything to do. Do you hear me?"

"Well, I will be obedient. Remember to come back and teach me magic."

"Little Henry, do you really not need me to accompany you?" Cagan said.

"No need, such a short distance is fine." After speaking, he hugged the dwarf. "Goodbye, Mom, Cagan, and my lovely sister," she turned and walked out the door.

After a four-hour journey, Henry entered the boundaries of High Ridge Castle. As soon as I arrived here, I felt unusual magical energy flooding the forest, and there were some skeletons wandering in the distance. These are all manifestations of excessive accumulation of magical energy. He carefully cast an invisibility on himself and quickly passed through the large group of skeletons in front of him.

Coming to the depths of the forest, Henry saw a huge castle standing between the sky and the earth. The main body of the castle is a whole piece of granite, with no gaps at all. Eight huge pillars connect several walls to form a whole.

When Henry was thinking about how to enter, the gate of the castle opened, and an old man walked out from inside. Gray hair and beard, deep blue eyes show the master's wisdom. He hurriedly took out the letter of recommendation from his body and stepped forward to bow. "Hi, respected Master Tyrantyr. I am Henry from Belgost, and I am here to accept your guidance. This is my Letter of recommendation."

The old man took the letter and glanced at it. "Well, you did a good job when you used the spell to pass through the skeleton. What a rational mage should do is to know how to avoid unnecessary battles. Next, I will give you a little The test, if you pass you are my apprentice. Come with me."

After following the archmage into the castle, Henry was stunned by the sight in front of him. This is a mage tower. The huge elemental pool is divided into four parts, where the energy of fire, water, air and earth gathers. It provides power for the operation of the mage tower. A gigantic magic crystal whirled above the pool. Several golems patrolled the corridor vigilantly.

Henry was taken to an empty room. The cleric turned to him and said: "Next, I will cast a teleportation spell on you, sending you into a maze, there will be ten levels. You need to find the exit from the maze. Whenever you pass through a tube card I will give you a score. Full score is 5 points, excellent 4 points, pass 3 points, poor 2 points, poor 1 point, failure 0 points. The test will end when your total score exceeds 30 or you pass all the checkpoints If the total score reaches 30, you will be my apprentice. In addition, all the magic items on your body will be taken off, and the magic weapon will also leave you unable to use them during the test."

After hearing the old man’s explanation, Henry unloaded his backpack. Put down the fireball staff and take off the magic ring. The pixies were also driven out of Henry's hair. Then stepped forward. "I'm ready, master, let's start."

The magician began to chant spells, and his dry hands did not affect his casting speed. On the contrary, Henry couldn't see the shadow of the old man's fingers at all. "Albert" A bright light flashed in front of his eyes as the last incantation was completed. He immediately closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, he was already in an underground labyrinth.

Henry pulled out the streamer along the passage of the maze, walked forward carefully and made marks along the way. Soon he came to the first level. A human face was revealed on one wall. "If you want to pass here, you need to complete a puzzle. In ancient times, in order to allow more men to have more wives, the king of a country promulgated such a law: After a mother gave birth to her first boy, She is immediately barred from having children. Then some families will have several girls and only one boy. So it won't be long before the population of women will greatly outnumber the population of men. You think this law will fulfill his wishes Why? Why."

Henry thought for a while before answering: "This law will not realize his wish. According to the normal birth law, the proportion of males and females in the first birth of all women is equal. If the mother gives birth to a boy You can't have another child, but the mother who gave birth to a girl can still have a second child, and the ratio of boys and girls to all second-born children is equal. Then the mother who gave birth to a boy in the second birth withdraws from the birth team, and the mother who gave birth to a girl can still give birth to a third child. In each round the ratio is divided equally between males and females. Therefore, adding up the results of each round of births, there is always an equal ratio of males and females. The same conclusion applies when the girls grow up to become new mothers. "

After hearing the answer, Stone Face said: "Congratulations, you answered correctly, you can pass now." After speaking, the wall in front of him disappeared. A string of text appeared in front of Henry: You are very smart with 5 points. Passed the first level perfectly.

Through the stone gate, Henry continued on. After avoiding several collapse traps, we came to the second level. The guard was a clay golem, and Henry's current spellcasting level was basically unlikely to cause any serious damage to it. After simple thinking, he picked up the crossbow and shot an arrow at the golem, turned around and ran away. The huge golem was activated, and quickly caught up with seemingly slow steps. When passing through the collapsed trap, Henry quickly jumped over it, and the golem was not so lucky. With a bang, one of its legs sank in and was firmly stuck in it. Carefully avoid the thick arm of the golem and pass the second level safely. "5 points, there is no blind and arrogant use of spells. Every resource is used reasonably." The words composed of white light appeared in front of Henry's eyes out of thin air, which made him heave a sigh of relief.

After going around the maze a few times, Henry came to the third level, where there were two bottles of alcohol on the table. According to the description, they are not fatal enough, but the effect will not disappear until the fourth level is passed. Both levels will be graded together. One of the bottles can cause severe pain, and the other can easily cause hallucinations. Without any hesitation, he drank the painful bottle and moved on.

It didn't take long for the medicine to take effect, and it felt like being pierced into the internal organs by an awl. The severe pain blurred his vision. By the time he reached the fourth level, just sweating had already made him slightly dehydrated. This time he had to deal with a winter wolf. It must be killed to pass. It is a dangerous and cunning magical beast. They are completely unafraid of the cold and speak the common language. It can attack by spraying frost from its mouth. Fire can do great damage to it.

He gritted his teeth and retreated to a safe distance before preparing for the first spell. The severe pain almost made him fail to cast the spell. Grease, he released a large piece of grease in front of himself. Then he raised the crossbow and shot at the winter wolf. The great distance did no harm to the wolf, but it still enraged the beast. It rushed over quickly. Henry endured the pain and began to prepare to cast the second spell. The cunning beast made a deft circle when it saw the grease all over the floor. In order to avoid the range of the greasy technique, it circled far away, when it was about to hunt its prey. "Spider Art" a large number of spiders trapped it on the ground.

Henry walked around the wolf's head very carefully and approached from behind, biting his lip in severe pain. Pulling out Liu Guang and throwing it vigorously, the spinning blade flashed a cold light and directly cut off the winter wolf's head. "10 points of perseverance is a good quality, the pain does not make you lose your mind. The greasy bait before killing the winter wolf is very good. With the words that appeared out of thin air, all the pain in the body disappeared. As if they It's never been the same. Henry knew that he had to pass the remaining levels quickly, and he was a little exhausted and didn't have much energy.

After drinking a little bit of wolf blood, eating a few mouthfuls of raw meat, made a few gallons of water, drank a few mouthfuls and washed his face, he continued on his way. —————————————————————————————————

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