City of Sin: Twenty-four if in winter

It's autumn and winter.

The early autumn of Floating Ice Bay is already very cold, and late autumn is no different from severe winter. Only a few differences can be distinguished from the bright colors that the vegetation has not faded away.

During the entire autumn, Richard is like a long-lost volcano blowout, and suddenly a huge energy burst out. The madness of learning to practice and the craving for knowledge has shocked Archmage who were still surprised by the speed of summer again. They can hardly believe that a person can squeeze his time like this, and all of this does appear on the small body of Richard.

The adjusted schedule of Richard has not left any room for thinking, and the use of time has been Precision (accurate) to minutes and seconds. Every day when he is extremely tired, he will immediately empty his brain, fall to bed, and go to sleep, even the most basic vigilance of life in the mountains is lifted. Only in this way can Richard get the deepest sleep, recover the energy required for a day of study in three hours, and make the Mana that grows in three hours of sleep no less than the three hours of Meditation.

A report flew to Blackgold like a snow flake, making the gray dwarf jump like a thunder. He did his best to compress the number of Legendary Mage desks lest the excessive joy of His Royal Highness Sharon drag down the dark blue, which has appeared to be somewhat fragile. However, the strength of the gray dwarf is sometimes poor, and the blowout records are flying in every corner of the dark blue, and even many reports have enough energy to directly pass him and sent it to the Sharon.

So Dark Blue ’s balance of payments began to falter. Fortunately, the Duke Solam somehow suddenly made up a large sum of sponsorship fees, and another self-paying discipleship was auctioned at the Millennium Empire, one of the three major countries of mankind, to add two pieces to the deep blue autumn and winter financial reports Big shame cloth. But the gray dwarf is not a short-sighted race. Blackgold has a long-term strategic vision. In the past, he often worried about the financial situation of dark blue three hundred years later. But the real situation in front of us is that it does not take three hundred years, and will not be able to survive next spring.

The gray dwarf went down haggardly every day, and his sturdy body miraculously showed a trace of bone, and his obviously unfit jacket fluttered with each curse of his fist, like the fragility of the book. Balance. He has to deal with massive numbers every day, but his income is stable, but his expenditure is always difficult to measure, and every time he exceeds the expected direction, it will not be pleasant. The erosion of every piece of profit makes Blackgold feel that a piece of meat on his body has been cut off. But the joy of Legendary Mage is also not shifted by the will of the gray dwarf. Sometimes she even cheers for a small achievement of Richard.

In the autumn, the only person in one by one who does not want to see "Sharon's Delight" is the gray dwarf.

At the most helpless, the gray dwarf even got the idea of ​​Sharon personal wallet. As long as His Highness opened his pocketbook even for a small corner, the dark blue situation would be solved. Blackgold was once fascinated by this idea. Your exquisite little purse, Your Royal Highness, contains a lot of Giant Dragon wealth! Fortunately, however, he quickly sobered up and understood how stupid the idea was, even Giant Dragon did not dare to play the Sharon wallet, let alone a little gray dwarf?

And Blackgold was not frightened, he quickly found his own motivation. If he can't solve the dilemma in front of him, then what should he do? The Treasurer is not just for keeping accounts, it is the job that the high elves will do.

The gray dwarf is haggard, but Richard, who is also in a dark mood, is just the opposite.

On the last day of late autumn, Richard ** stood in front of the floor-standing mirror and carefully examined himself in the mirror. This is a masculine body with broad shoulders, two initial shaped chest muscless, a fast-closing waistline, tight and strong hips, and even elven-style slender but powerful legs. His face has changed slightly, perhaps because he has n’t laughed for a long time, perhaps because of long-term silent thoughts, some of the childishness and softness that remained in spring have all faded away, and the corners have begun to stand out, like a giant ax In the Steelrock, each line is buried with flowing magma. As for the eyes of both eyes, it was so quiet, like a deep, gloomy, cold, bottomless.

Richard moved his thoughts a little, then looked at his lower body. The male characteristics there are already standing tall, ready to pierce and conquer, but now it is already extraordinary, and there is more room for growth in the future. Seeing the awesome weapon, Richard's mouth finally showed a long-lost smile.

I am already a man.

However, at this moment, the crisp and heavy voice of Erin suddenly sounded in the ear of Richard: "Yes, just last night."

Richard shivered immediately. He raised his hands to cover his ears, but raised it halfway and put it down again, because he knew that no matter how hard he tried, the conversation would be repeated completely.

"Why?!"

"I need money."

"I have a lot!"

"But I don't want to make your money."

…….

Richard no longer looks at himself in the context, but relies on that conversation to echo in his ear, striding toward the magic laboratory. A steel puppet was erected in the corner of the laboratory. It was originally used to test the power of magic, but now it is used by Richard to sharpen its fists. Whenever his heart is burnt and irritated by the past, he will strengthen his physical strength and torture himself at the same time. This time too.

Walking in front of the steel puppet, Richard stood as usual, the distance between the legs and the width of the shoulders, and he completed the preparatory posture for punching exactly, taking a deep breath. The surface of the steel puppet is very smooth, clearly reflecting the face of Richard. Somehow, when I saw myself on the steel armor, Richard suddenly felt an unstoppable anger! He hated himself, and even more why he failed to discover the embarrassment of Erin as early as possible, but indulged his loss and came to an unacceptable result in silence. The anger ignited the hidden blood veins, and the flowing blood instantaneously boiled and burned, turning into a roaring lava, rushing straight to the head!

The burning blood suddenly gave Richard infinite strength, every blood vessel was about to burst under pressure, every meridian seemed to be broken at the next moment, he issued a beast-like roar, waved a punch, ruthlessly Smashed **** the chest of the steel doll!

Chests made of forged steel should collapse and sag, or even have hidden cracks. Not only is the fist, Richard's small forearm is not in the doll's chest, berserk's power is too strong, even a vortex with suction is formed, the doll is sucked tightly on the top of the fist, the scope of deformation is still expanding. Finally, when all the bursting power came out, the twisted puppet flew back suddenly, heavily hit the wall and deformed again.

This is a standard magic figure with a defensive power comparable to military-style half body armor. This means that the power of Richard is enough to kill an elite knight wearing a half-body steel armor from the front. If converted by energy level, it is also equivalent to a weakened Fireball Spell.

So, on the day from autumn to winter, Richard awakened the first lifeblood of life: an explosion.

The winter is like winter.

Winter is a killing season for every native life of this Plane. Even creatures that are used to living in the cold regions will prefer spring and summer. Because in those two seasons they can find more food, can mate, can multiply, and can store fat for late autumn and cold winter.

The season is no different for Richard. The curious bird that originally looked at the outside completely closed his eyes and sealed off his senses. Richard didn't care about anything from the outside, but just madly invested himself in the world of magic. His Mana grew crazy again. In the frozen season in the north of Floating Ice Bay, Mana of Richard reached 24, which has exceeded the standard of Level 3 Master. Almost all the mentors who taught Richard were ecstatic about his progress, with one exception: the master who taught him art.

The paintings handed in by Richard made the master suffocate one by one. They are all outlined in plain colors, and all are outlined by thin feather pens. At the beginning, the picture also emphasized composition and light and shadow, and various characters appeared. According to the master's instruction, the portrait will give the soul of the picture. However, in the paintings handed in by Richard, people appear less and less, and the environment is more and more suppressed. Later, there were no more creatures in the picture, and even the scenery gradually blurred. But in the eyes of the master, these paintings are more powerful than one, just like the sea at night, with only a few waves on the surface, and storms will come at any time.

Sometimes the master ca n’t help but look at the lines carefully. Every time the lines are outlined, twisted, and smooth, he seems to hear the cry of the soul from the depths of hell! Even a line is so powerful! The master cannot imagine what Richard should look like when painting. One day, it was just a master of Level 12 Mage, and suddenly realized that he was already having some difficulty with the spiritual impact of those paintings. But his duty as a mentor made him have to seriously examine every painting that Richard handed in.

In the Richard paintings, the use of light is getting less and less, and the scenery is becoming more and more blurred, and large shadows are beginning to occupy a larger area. Finally, one day, when Richard handed over a ‘paint’ composed entirely of messy lines, the master suddenly smashed everything in the studio that could be smashed!

In the winter, there are two small things that disturb the life of Richard.

One is that in a certain course, Richard once again met the young mage calling himself Stevenson. The young mage is very enthusiastic and irreproachable, fully showing the etiquette of the noble children. The identity of the Sharon family disciple makes him and Richard naturally have a gap. Another student of Legendary Mage, Minnie, was also present. At ordinary times, she seemed to be a lot more lively. At the moment, after listening for a while, she not only took the initiative to join, but also started a few topics.

Whether Stevenson or Minnie has good attainments in magic, so they are talking about magic. Although Richard did not want to talk to anyone, the magic discussion was an exception, so it was difficult for him to chat with them for a little while, but fortunately the course started soon, and Richard was able to return to lonely loneliness.

Throughout the conversation, Richard felt their faint hostility from beginning to end. Although they cover up very well, some of the detailed movements on the limbs are captured by Precision Blessing of Richard and analyzed by wisdom. It is normal to be hostile. Almost everyone seen in Richard in Deep Blue is more or less hostile to himself, except for Sharon and Erin. What he didn't understand was that regardless of Stevenson or Minnie, his personal background was stronger than himself. Why is there still hostility? However, these two people are actually not important in Richard's mind. At night, he almost completely forgot Stevenson and Minnie.

Another trivial matter is that he saw Erin again. It was just a distant view. In the largest trading area near the ground floor, the flow of people was passing by and flashed away, but Richard knew that it was her. There is also a man beside Erin, who hugged her waist openly and gestured intimately. It does n’t matter where they go, and it does n’t matter what they do, because everything has shown that what has been done has already been done. It doesn't matter if it's more or less.

Richard did not catch up and did not look at it again. The young men around Erin are a bit like Stevenson, but Richard has not continued to compare. It ’s no longer important for anyone around the girl, so Richard removes her and the men around her from the mind. The process is quite simple and easy.

It ’s still not easy to forget, but there are many ways to stop the pain. This may be a harvest for Richard in this winter.