Dawn of the Grey Tower

, Dawn of the Grey Tower

"To understand an animal, you can't just worship and deify it as a separate totem or object. You have to know what it eats, what it drinks, how to excrete and how to mate. In the shaman's magic heritage, only the old shaman Man will have the ability to transform into animals, this is not because of their higher level of spells, in fact, in many primitive schools, the level of spellcasters will enter the bottleneck very early, because there is a lack of opportunities to guide or break through. So the old shaman can master the transformation spell better, because they have passed the period of fanatical worship of totems, or in other words, in the worship year after year, they can see the more comprehensive state of totem animals."

Cheese sat opposite Yuni. He didn't know how to use words to appease his apprentice, but he knew how to find something for curious children to do. Having a goal in mind can greatly reduce anxiety and confusion.

"But that's the way of shamanism, they mystify or even deify totems to gain power, we don't need to do that. So we don't need to go through the process of deifying animals and then de-deifying or coexisting with deification, your deformed objects are in Respect for you, but never supremacy, that is so dangerous that you get lost in an animal state. So if you have to imagine the most perfect creature, it's yourself , only yourself. This is something Transfiguration practitioners have to remember. But it's easier said than done, and you should feel it."

The young apprentice nodded slightly, not too big or too small, "Yes. The more I understand them, the more incredible they are. Those movements and body structures, I don't understand art, but I think they are Works of art, no, higher than works of art, they are bigger, greater things. It's hard not to adore them, they're full of power and dexterity and grace, and I, I'm just…”

"It doesn't matter. Individual animals may have their own sense of beauty, but as a mage, you need to know the source of beauty, and you need to deeply understand their structure and habits. Habits are very important, no matter what animal it is, it cannot exist alone. , plants need suitable soil to survive, so do animals. What an animal eats, lives, fears, and habituates, it is not a single individual, but part of a chain of ecological relationships. You want to study it, just We must also study the entire ecological chain on which it was born and relied on. Well, when we get home, I will ask you to build your own ecological box, and you will ensure the operation of the creatures inside. Before that, you must be prepared.”

"Yes!" Yuni, who was given the exam subject, responded forcefully. This may be the happiest answer he has answered in the past two days. Students are not afraid of exams, because it is better than being ignored and ignored.

"Then you'd better absorb enough theoretical knowledge here, because on the way back, there will be no such environment that can be compared with here. But on the way, you will have more opportunities to touch real objects."

Leaving Yuni to continue studying animals, Cheese left with a little relief. The apprentice's condition was better than he thought. Although Yuni was keenly aware that something was wrong with the current situation, he chose to believe in himself. Besides, who else could he trust?

However, this almost blind trust is not what Cheese expects. Although he knows that if Yuni gets rid of this self-enclosed and inferiority complex, he may become too credulous or even alienate himself, but Gray Pao still expects his apprentice to be rational. Thinking. Then he will understand that the man who brought him out is trustworthy.

"Ah, isn't it? She has such thoughts."

A flash of enlightenment suddenly flashed across Cheese's mind. Aren't he and Yuni just like Anleina to him? Although there are subtle differences between the two relationships, it is undeniable that the underage Cheese has a deeper trust in Ann Lena than the teacher, and this trust has also transformed with his own independence and vision in the past few years. For doubt and suspicion.

But before he could think about it, someone came.

"Sir, the person you want is ready. We will take them to the meeting place you designated and wait for you to come back there." The person who came was a middle-aged mage wearing a totem school robe.

Different from the regular wide robes with large sleeves, the robes on his body have obvious close-fitting design, and even have additional protection similar to armor in some key parts, but overall, this is still a robe whose decorative effect is greater than actual combat effect. .

It's not that the magicians are not pragmatic enough, but as spellcasters, they don't rely on metal protective gear like ordinary people to protect themselves, but more on their own spells.

"Well, you can just bring people to the vicinity of the hotel, and someone will take them to the meeting place later." Cheese nodded and said to the other party. If it was before, he may indeed ask these mages to guard the killer group and wait until he goes back to make plans, but now that Boffis is present, what he needs to consider is not how to calm down those unlucky ones, but how to make them not too much Quickly lose the will to survive.

"If you insist." The totem mage no longer said much, the mage acquiesced to two principles, one is the same mage and the other party will not have intellectual problems, even if he says something unreasonable, it is because he did not tell you. The whole picture of the matter; the second is that every mage is a planner, so don't try to think for others, especially when the person has clearly expressed his wishes.

Saying goodbye to the mage responsible for escorting the killer, Cheese is going to his last stop today, the School of Life. He wants to find Atta and Kailas there, convince or help them take the goblins away from the area of ​​the School of Life, and make them the last force against the Mage of the Speechless, which is also the real 's living force.

With the help of fairies who are extremely resistant to magic, no matter what ultimate move the opponent prepares, its effect will be greatly reduced.

However, it will not be easy to convince the current female swordsman and the fairies she leads, which is why Cheese put this matter related to his companions last. Gray Robe had heard about the never-ending hatred from someone of the same age as his teacher long ago, and he also tried to stop the wheel that was enough to crush a long time by himself.

As far as the result is concerned, he temporarily stabilized the situation of the wheel, but the future is not in his hands. And this time, he only wanted to be a witness, not because he was tired or had no mercy on the goblin, but he thought there was a better person to handle this matter than himself.

"Master, please stay." Cheese turned around and saw an older female mage. To be honest, being called a master by a mage who was much older than him, the gray robe was somewhat uncomfortable.

"Is there anything else?"

"Mr. Zayek asked me to lend it to you temporarily, saying that it will allow you to guard against beasts." The female mage said, raising her left hand to reveal a creature she was holding in the crook of her right arm, a slap in the face. Bigger limited bunny.

Cheese frowned slightly, but soon a name appeared in his mind, and he realized that this rabbit was not actually a rabbit, but another rare creature that existed almost only in anecdotes.

"I see, thank him for me. When the matter is finished, I will send it back myself. By the way, does this little guy have a name?"

"It's called Thunderbolt, please feed it some food first, so that when you call it, it will respond to you."