The Truth of Magic

Chapter 20 Dragon Language and Spellcasting

Zhao Xu didn't know what Antinoya's face was under the hood.

But what she did next made Zhao Xu understand that she should be very relieved.

"Very well, you made this choice. But I also hope that you will not regret it in the future."

"Compared to those mages who are doing research comfortably in the floating city, as a battle mage, you may encounter various predicaments."

Hearing what Antinoya said, Zhao Xu smiled indifferently.

In those days of pursuing revenge, which day did he not lick blood on the edge of a knife and temper himself.

"If I'm not sure that you can't greatly modify your face and age, otherwise I would think you are a middle-aged person."

Zhao Xu's smile became a little more bitter.

"Okay, you can read this book next, and convert your language first, you should still have a language quota."

A heavy book flew directly into Zhao Xu's hands from the bookshelf.

He knew that this was the hand of a zero-level arcane mage used by Antinoya.

The only strange thing was that Antinoya didn't make a spellcasting action the whole time.

It seems that the words follow the law, and the books fly automatically.

Zhao Xu weighed the book and gently stroked the title "Secret of Dragon Language" on the cover.

Confused, he raised his head and glanced at his mentor.

"I'm here to learn the language now? Don't you need to read those books on the principles of magic?"

Antinoya sat casually on the soft chair in the room. This was the first time she sat down in three days.

"Originally, you will automatically recognize some content in the future. I let you watch it at the beginning, just to hone your temper."

Zhao Xu didn't expect Antinoya to mean that, and looked at him curiously.

"Magic, what a mysterious power. If you rush to cast spells as soon as you come up, and don't fear magic, then you are just a craftsman who uses spells, and what is the difference from those forts on the city walls."

"Even when you're doing research, the lack of that sense of awe can only lead to disaster."

When Antinoya said these words, her tone was a little lonely.

"Actually, when you return to the dormitory the next day, through the way of your earth adventurers. You should have noticed that the mage training you and those players received is somewhat different."

"Basically every mage, we will identify them. Some people will have the same experience as you. You are the selected seedlings starting from these ancient classics."

"The difference is that those who take the initiative to study the classics are their own choices. And you are forced by me. The advantage is that you will definitely be on the right track and get the real teaching. The disadvantage is when will this stage end? It's up to me."

Zhao Xu didn't expect that in two or three sentences, Antinoya would give him a top tip.

He said why it was so difficult for mages in the previous life to learn some advanced and powerful specialties.

It turns out that there is such an extra hurdle, learn the principles first, and the Nature Association will make proper arrangements for you.

But first touch those spell models to learn how to cast spells, and then you have to slowly suffer.

When you have proved your character, that is when you start to get in touch with the colorful mage society.

It's just this point, no one has ever mentioned it in the forum in the previous life.

At best, some senior mages among the players advised novices to read more of the magic books inside.

But Zhao Xu was still a little hard to understand.

"Isn't this screening method too arbitrary?"

"I just praised you for being mature. There are so many organizational forces in this society, and the Mage Association can only arrange the initial few specialties and possible advancements for you players. When you reach level 5, it is natural to see your own chance. , Those who are really misunderstood will also climb out with their own strength."

Zhao Xu couldn't help but take a deep breath. The mages in the previous life had difficulties in the early stages, and these associations probably had to bear some responsibility.

Like him, there is one human talent feat, two defect feats, and one level 1 character feat, all of which are 4 jumps.

4 strong specialties and 4 garbage specialties are completely different.

Zhao Xu could only say that because of time travel, he had always had a natural sense of awe towards Arthur, which more or less allowed him to pass Antinoya's initial test.

At this time, Zhao Xu's attention also returned to the book Antinoya gave him.

"Many ancient books are written in dragon language, so there is a dragon language in the professional requirements of a mage. After you read it, you can start trying to transform this language." Antinoya said.

Zhao Xu knew that this transformation was actually to activate their dragon language translation function.

Everyone is born with a command of Common, the language of their race, and an additional language equal to their Intelligence modifier.

He has a +3 Intelligence modifier for exactly 3 additional languages.

He lacked the opportunity before, so naturally he couldn't activate and master Dragon Language.

Now that I think about it, the secret book in my hand is the dragon language activation key that the players said, allowing them to transform into a dragon language.

It's just that they didn't expect that what they had were dragon bones, dragon skins, dragon blood, etc., and they were actually a regular book.

After a while, after Zhao Xu finished browsing, he found that his personal panel had also been updated.

Name: Zhong Xia

Race: Human/Outsider (Earth)

Age: 22 years old

Sex: Male

Body Shape: Medium

Weight: 76 kg

Height: 183 cm

Identity: Final Scroll - Secret Biography

Alignment: absolute neutral

Faith: Sisilvina, Goddess of Magic

Eyes: black

Skin Tone: Yellow

Hair color: black

Basic speed: walking 30 feet/round (about 9.1 meters every 6 seconds)

Language: Common, Draconic, TBD, TBD

Racial characteristics: 4 extra skill points at level 1, 1 extra skill point for each subsequent level up, automatically gain an additional specialty at level 1

It was at this time that Zhao Xu knew for the first time that he was actually an esoteric person, probably at the bottom of the organization.

However, Antinoya did not relax at all. The books on the bookshelf flew over one by one and stacked them on his desk.

"Just read the first book "Basics of Spell Models" and the second book "Spells, Postures - On the Components of Spellcasting", and then read the last book "Zero-Level Tricks" at the bottom."

"After reading these three books, I will come back to confirm with you the choice of the first specialty."

Hearing these words, Zhao Xu almost shed tears. He finally took the first step and started to learn how to cast spells.

Immediately, Zhao Xu began to calm down and entered a state of study.

Like every novice mage in Arthur, if he couldn't understand it, he memorized it by rote, and forcibly memorized the spell models of various constructions.

It's just that those magic theories before saw that the input could not see the output.

And these books, these books all show that his spellcasting progress bar is rising by 1%, 1%, so Zhao Xu's enthusiasm is completely different.

And Antinoya listened to his flipping the pages of the book, as if reading his mind, knowing exactly what he was looking at and what doubts would arise in his heart, and gradually explained the content to him.

As for other mage academies on the mainland at this time, countless apprentices were copying the models by hand while reciting them. Only when they were completely written silently could they be qualified to enter the next stage of listening.

According to those instructors, if you can't memorize a few simple books, what qualifications do you have to be a mage?