My Magic Age

I stood on the water surface of the fountain with a calm face. The students of Stans College who were running at the back were only about 20 steps away from me, which was the best distance for the "charge" skill. If I dodge at this time, the two knights rushing out of the castle will have a great chance to stop the two students of Stans College.

Since I promised Tracy, I must do my best.

The smooth magic lines intertwined into a net in front of me. The thin magic silk threads seemed to be there and not there under the night sky. The magic cloud pattern formed by the magic lines seemed so chaotic. The whole magic array was constructed very quickly. The moment the two knights just stepped across the domain to the edge of the pool, I had already thrown this spider web-shaped array at my feet. I refused to stop for a moment and turned around and ran behind me.

I kept running. Every time I paused slightly and briefly, an ice shield would appear around my body, and three ice shields appeared around my body.

The two knights didn't stop at the pool, and turned into two white lights and rushed towards me.

"Charge"

The most practical skill for warriors in the early stage. When we were in Guludin Town, Kuz and I suffered a lot in order to learn to dodge this skill.

Now, I feel that the suffering I suffered at that time was not in vain.

At the moment when the two knights turned into white light and locked me, my body did not retreat but advanced, like a carp in the river, my whole body jumped into the air above the water surface of the pool, and my body was folded in half in the air. At this moment, the two white lights brushed my body and rushed past, and I avoided their "charge" skill by a hair's breadth.

The two knights could not change the trajectory of the "charge". Under the horrified eyes, the two white lights collided with each other, splashing a huge ball of water, and the two knights fell directly into the pool. They were wearing half-body armor. After falling into the water, they were suddenly hung on a huge ice ridge. This ice ridge was originally like a huge spider web, floating under the surface of the pool.

If it weren't for a close and careful observation, it would be difficult to find this six-pointed star-shaped magic formation.

The two knights fell into the water, and the heavy armor directly took them to the bottom of the water, and hit the giant ice ridge floating under the water. The whole body was instantly stained with a light blue flame, and a strange cold rushed into the bodies of the two knights. The water on the surface of their bodies condensed into frost, making them look like diamond people in the elemental world.

They were extremely embarrassed in the pool at this time. They were floating and holding the giant spider-web-like ice prism branches that were intertwined under the water. The armor on their bodies was covered with a thick layer of frost. The blue ice flames attached to the ice prisms, constantly corroding their armor. As long as they did not let go of the giant ice prism, the frost on their bodies would continue to condense, but they could not let go. Once they let go of the giant ice prism, the heavy armor would make them sink directly to the bottom of the pool.

So, the two knights could only endure the extreme cold awkwardly, holding the ice prism tightly and refusing to let go.

This fountain with a radius of less than two acres is not endless. The knights in the castle have captured the students who fled in the corridors on both sides of the fountain one by one, but those students of Stans College who went directly out of the fountain had already rushed out of the gate at this time. The knights only chased them to the gate and stopped.

They turned their eyes back to me. I had just escaped from the pursuit of the two knights and was about to quietly jump to the shore and slip into the bushes.

The knights did not speak. After they found me, they chased me without any hesitation. It was obvious that they hated me to the core.

I stood by the row of bushes by the pool, waved to the knights, and then jumped into the low bushes, as agile as a monkey.

When the knights chased after me, they saw that the bush wall was trampled to a large gap, and broken branches and leaves fell all over the ground. The knight who led the team snorted coldly and said only one word to the knights around him: "Chase."

I think they didn't have any target at all, because at this time I turned on the "Shadow Cloak" and squatted on the edge of the bushes less than half a meter away from him. I saw with my own eyes that the knights stomped their feet and scattered, chasing my traces everywhere in the garden in front of the castle. Several knights brought over two heavy knight lances, and they worked together to rescue the knight who was trapped on the water and almost frozen into an ice man.

There were four knights guarding the gate of the manor. I was worried that my shadow mist would be discovered by them, so I dared not slip out of the gate again. I had to hide in the shadows at the base of the wall and go around the corridor to the backyard.

While the castle was in chaos, I hid in the shadows and slowly moved towards the back garden of the castle.

Just as I was about to reach the chestnut tree growing outside the wall, an old man suddenly appeared under the tree. He was the guard of this castle - the lame old soldier.

I recognized him. Every autumn when I came here to pick chestnuts, I could see him standing leisurely outside the gate of the castle, hunched over, quietly watching me pick up chestnuts on the ground. Every time I would salute him from a distance out of politeness. After all, these chestnuts belonged to Field Castle. I took his chestnuts and saluted him. This was not excessive.

At this time, I was hiding in the black mist. Originally, these mist could blend into the night in the dark night. Even if I was still lurking in the shadows, it would be difficult for even a first-level warrior to find my traces. But he is clearly staring at me now, and there is a faint smile on his face. His wrinkled face is covered with large and small age spots. His eyes are staring at my hiding place. He nodded kindly to me.

I don’t know how he discovered me, and I was so frightened that I almost turned around and ran away.

"Don't be afraid, kid, I don't mean any harm!" This was the first thing he said to me. He pointed to the side door next to him and said to me: "Stop climbing the tree, you are so reckless." , will break the branches of this chestnut tree, so get out from there!”

Following his fingers, I discovered that there was a small door less than twenty meters away, which was very hidden.

I didn't understand why the lame veteran helped me until I pushed open the side door and got out.

Full of suspicion, he asked the lame veteran: "Why do you want to help me?"

"I'm not helping you, I just want you not to trample my chestnut tree!" The veteran said to me with a half-serious smile before turning around and leaving.

I stood at the side door and looked at him stubbornly, wanting him to give me a satisfactory answer.

The smile on the lame veteran's face faded. He leaned against the chestnut tree with difficulty, then went down the tree trunk and sat on a raised root. He casually felt in his pocket and took out Half a cigar, I took two strong puffs and put it back in my pocket.

Tobacco leaves can also be grown here in Ayr City.

In El City, many unmarried and pretty girls are engaged in this industry that pays fairly well, that is, cigarettes. They will spray the baked tobacco leaves with water, then stick the tobacco leaves on their thighs, slowly roll them up from one end, and roll them into a cigarette as thick as a thumb little by little, and then roll the cigarette The cigarettes are tied with a very thin vanilla leaf to prevent the cigarettes from loosening. Then they are put into a large pot of prepared cigarettes and boiled repeatedly until the potion soup is completely soaked into the cigarettes and dried in the sun. After that, it became the most characteristic cigar of El City.

The lame veteran exhaled a deep breath, looked at the hook-like crescent moon, paused for a long time and then said: "What difference does it make if you say it or not?"

The lame old man seemed to miss the past, closed his cloudy eyes and said: "When Viscount Field was in power, he always advocated that true nobles must abide by the most basic spirit of chivalry." The lame old man smiled a little. Bitter, and then said to himself: "But what's the use, those who always want to be private The nobles who recruited civilian soldiers began to recruit soldiers aggressively in order to expand their territory. However, this was a small border town, and the men who died in barbarian attacks every year accounted for almost half of the total men in El City. Few warriors are willing to join some nobles and become their followers."

The lame veteran continued: "The nobles at that time have always been role models for the common people. They shouldered the important responsibility of maintaining the stability of the entire society, and they must treat the common people with the minimum respect. The nobles at that time would lead As the common people resist foreign aggression, everyone trusts each other and unites as one..."

The Lame Veteran tells the story of the estrangement between nobles and commoners. It seems that this contradiction has been accumulated over time.

I don’t know since when, the most basic trust between nobles and commoners has become indifferent.

The new recruitment method of the nobles, with the binding force of deception and contract, has created a tall wall between the nobles and the common people...

The lame veteran let me go because he wanted someone to break this increasingly bad situation. Unfortunately, I was not the person he had in mind.

...beautiful dividing line...

I went to meet up with them at Tracy's hiding place.

Seeing my safe return, Tracy emerged from the bushes.

She came up excitedly, punched me hard on the shoulder, and then said to me: "Well done, Jijia, I just saw Vernon and the others leaving safely with the people in the college. Thank you, Jijia!”

"I hope those knights won't invite them to the guard camp for tea tomorrow morning!" I sighed and said. In the eyes of those nobles, these college students are like prey that has reached their mouths. Now that they have opened their mouths, How could Dawang let it go so easily?

"Thank God, you're back safely. Tracy was so anxious just now when she saw that you didn't come out with everyone else!" Rowling said exaggeratedly to me.

I said to Tracy and Rowling, "Let's go too!"

I don't want to stay here any longer, even for a minute. Although this place is far away from Field Manor, I still feel a little panicked.

At this time, I felt a faint tremor in the street. It was the sound of countless horseshoes hitting the bluestone, like the faint roar of the sea tide at night.

I quickly squatted on the ground, half-face on the ground, and listened carefully to the sound of the cavalry's horses treading the ground. It was the knights from the guard camp who were dispatched. Unexpectedly, the usually procrastinating and sloppy knights were dispatched at an unprecedented speed tonight. It was probably because someone reported that some students on campus were besieging Field Manor or something like that!

The three of us crouched behind the tree wall on the street, trying to slow down our breathing as much as possible to avoid being spotted by the knights passing by.

The group of cavalry passed by us in a mighty manner...

...beautiful dividing line...

It was very late when we got home. Tracy and I rarely went out together, so Fanny insisted on waiting until we came back together before going to bed. Holding a plate of cold onion rings and two pieces of fried fish, and holding two wine glasses and a bottle of golden cider in the other hand, she followed Tracy up to the second floor quietly. I had already taken a shower and was only wearing a cool nightgown. It was empty and there was no electric light in the room. I could vaguely see the pair of tall silhouettes.

Putting the plate on the balcony on the second floor, I sat on my chair and looked to the north of the East District, but unfortunately I couldn't see anything.

After the night's events, neither of us felt sleepy, so Tracy suggested drinking some cider to help us sleep. I rummaged through the entire kitchen to find something edible.

A cloud like smoke floats above our heads...

Pouring a glass of wine directly into her mouth, Tracy drank very boldly. She also drank a lot in the pub. After this glass of wine, her cheeks turned red.

She opened her sleepy eyes and said softly to me: "Jijia, I want to join the army, join the North Wind Legion!"

I opened my mouth wide and didn't understand why she had such an idea. I was afraid of waking up Fanny and Liant downstairs, so I could only lower my voice and said: "Tracy. You are crazy. Women have no obligation to serve in the military." , Don’t you know that Fanny and Liante will definitely object to this?”

She moved her body, made herself lie on the chair, became more comfortable, and said to me: "That's why I told you secretly, I want you to help me!"

I yelled angrily in a low voice: "Tracy, tell me, what do you want to do?"

I can only imagine how heartbroken Fanny would be if she heard about this.

"I want to see the outside world..." She said feeling a little guilty.

I gave her a better suggestion: "Then join an adventure group after graduation! Adventure groups can travel around the world, but they are definitely safer than the army. If you want to go, I will try to convince Fen Ni and Liant, I will also introduce you to two famous adventure groups."

If you want to join the army, forget it. The North Wind Legion faced barbarians on the ice and snow tundra. Facing these barbarians, the death rate in the army was still very high. Especially when small groups of troops encountered encounters in the wild, few escaped unscathed.

But at this time, she seemed very silent, speechless for a while.

"..."

However, in Tracy's eyes, I actually saw loneliness, longing and bitterness. She frowned and looked at the night sky in the distance in a daze.

It suddenly dawned on me, so I asked, "Are you going to find Arent?"

She hesitated for a moment, but still mustered up the courage to nod to me, and bravely looked me in the face and said, "...Yeah!"

Tracy is the kind of woman who is rarely willing to reveal her true feelings, but maybe she drank a little too much tonight, or maybe after experiencing so many things one night, she became a little emotional, so she said to me again: "I Suddenly I found that I had missed someone who I shouldn’t have missed, and I wanted to find him myself, or at least tell him in person!”

As long as I think of Allente's depressed expression before leaving, I really want to see what Tracy will look like when he appears in front of him.

However, I still give the greatest support to Tracy in this relationship, because Ellente and I are also friends, and I think he is a pretty good person, so I said to her: "Then you can go see him, too. It’s not necessary to join the North Wind Legion. I think this guy will laugh when he dreams!”

"You support me?" Tracy asked in surprise.

I was a little surprised and said, "Why not?"

Tracy's eyes became brighter. I thought she might not be able to sleep no matter how much she drank tonight!

She hesitated and asked me hesitantly: "Then what should I tell Fanny?"

I said to her: "Just tell your thoughts directly. Fanny is a very open-minded person..."

She drank the cider in the glass in one gulp again, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, as if she was recalling the happy times in the past...