Mage Adam Chapter 10: Coming soon
"...What is the value of this question? It depends on your choice. Now Miss Ophelia can test it first."
Ophelia stepped forward with excitement, and pressed her hands on the crystal ball with anticipation. Although she couldn't catch up with Adam's speed, she was faster than Krystal. Strangely, other people The fillings in the crystal balls, including Adam, are almost white, while Ophelia's crystal **** are black and red.
Ophelia doesn't understand the meaning of the color of the crystal ball, she just wants to know what her mage tendency is, but the crystal ball does not respond when it is filled.
Ophelia was a little panicked. She pressed the crystal ball hard again, but there was still no light coming out. She couldn't help but turn pale, "Am I very poor?"
"It's alright, Miss Ophelia." Mage Black waved his hand gently, and a breeze appeared and bounced Ophelia. Although the crystal ball was miraculous, it was only a simple alchemy product, and it couldn't stand a big knight. ravaged by all means.
Ophelia stood at a loss and looked at Mage Black's face pleading: "Dear Mage Black, I think I can try it once, it shouldn't be like this..."
Mage Black motioned her to take it easy, and then said, "Don't panic Miss Ophelia, as I said, there are many ways to be a mage, and some mage tendencies don't make the crystal ball glow, but this does not It doesn't mean low quality."
Then he turned to Earl Johnson and asked, "Earl, do you need my answer, this answer is worth two-fifths of the income of a small energy vein."
"Of course, Mage Black."
Adam wrote down the words of Mage Black. Although there is only one sample in front of him, there may be errors in the judgment, but if Mage Black is not particularly upright, this situation shows that the mage is adhering to the principle of fair trade. .
If the judgment is true, it is undoubtedly a good thing, which shows that the wizard world has broken away from the primitive jungle law and has evolved to the stage of civilization.
After the transaction was established, Mage Black said in detail: "Including me, the souls of most mages tend to be elemental, but elements are not the whole of the path of mages, and Miss Ophelia has something different from elemental magic. Innate talent, the mages call this path the Body Refinement Mage."
"Elemental mages pursue the sublimation of the soul. We engrave knowledge into the soul. The body is the carrier of the soul, and it evolves passively as the soul strengthens. Unlike the refining mages, although they also need knowledge, they apply knowledge. In the development of the body, we pursue the evolution of the essence of life, and the sublimation of the soul is driven by the strength of the body.”
"And Miss Ophelia has a very strong talent in this area. Due to the clear path of the body refiner, there is no bottleneck in the process from the apprentice stage to the first-level mage stage, but everything has advantages and disadvantages. On the contrary, Body Refining Mage needs a lot of resources to build..." Mage Black paused, and seemed to be amazed by what he thought of, "At the high level, even the resources of the entire plane are not enough for one person to consume."
Adam understands that this is an advanced version of the Road of Knights, but there is a problem, the body tissue of carbon-based life cannot carry such a large amount of energy, how does the body refiner do it?
As a strong man who has reached the pinnacle of knighthood, Earl Johnson also understands this problem, but the reason why mages are mages is because the knowledge they master can do incredible things, so he did not struggle with this, but asked: "Dear Mage Black, what are the resources? Energy veins?"
Mage Black said: "Oh, let me tell you this question for free. Power stone is the lowest level resource available to Mage, and its value is not as high as you think. , what is needed is the body tissue of a large amount of alien advanced creatures, and, well, this is too far for you."
Master Black's explanation stayed here and said to the apprentices: "You have one night to pack your bags and say goodbye to your family. After breakfast tomorrow morning, we will set off for Moldo College."
Earl Johnson motioned to Ophelia to wait for him to return, while he himself guided the mage to leave to rest.
Several new mage apprentices greeted each other as they walked. The three male apprentices were named Mike Gast, Henry Hugh, and Sam Aiden. They were all from noble families, and Costrell was the same as Adam. , without a last name.
They were all very curious about Adam, but they had no choice. They had never heard of such a descendant of a noble in the North, and Mage Black made it clear that Adam's talent was the highest among all, and the nobles' instinct allowed them to befriend everything. If you are good friends, even if you can't be your partner, don't be your enemy.
"My name is Adam." Adam's expression was still expressionless, but the etiquette was in place, which did not appear arrogant. Sophistication and even aristocratic etiquette are a matter of procedure for Adam. It is impossible for him to deliberately be independent in this regard. It does not show uniqueness, but only proves stupidity.
Several people are waiting for Adam to say his surname and become a mage apprentice at the same time. They already have a special relationship. The family can use this as a reason to cooperate, but...
"Civilians, no surnames."
The impeccable smiles on the faces of the three male apprentices stiffened, commoners? It was an accident that Crystal was able to participate in the test. This accident happened for the second time? Did Earl Johnson switch to charity?
On the other hand, Crystal had a big smile on her face. Although her identity changed suddenly, the habit she had developed over the past ten years made her instinctively fear nobles. Adam and her commoner identity made her feel close. However live.
Also because of habit, the three descendants of nobles still smiled, but the sense of intimacy disappeared. Fortunately, they were not stupid and did not express disdain and contempt in person.
When she came to the fork, Adam stopped and said goodbye. Krystal did not respond. She also said goodbye and left. She wanted to go home to share today's good news with her parents and younger brother, and share the final reunion.
On the other hand, the other three were once again amazed. How could a commoner live in the City Lord's Mansion? Moreover, the direction Adam left was towards the inner palace, and it was obviously impossible for the servants to live in the inner palace.
The three of them looked at each other and found that the other people had the same doubts as themselves. They all decided to go home and ask their father, not to offend those who shouldn't be offended because of their arrogance.
Adam returned to his residence to continue his work on optimizing the spiritual rune. At the same time, in the main hall of the city lord's mansion, Count Johnson was having an awkward conversation with Ophelia.
"First of all, congratulations on becoming a mage apprentice. I look forward to calling you Mage Ophelia Johnson in my lifetime."
"Johnson." Ophelia laughed at herself and then fell silent, the family always had a strange ability to make her good mood disappear.
Earl Johnson doesn't care, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, this world may not have this word, but the reason is the same, he does not expect his daughter to suddenly change her attitude, and the attitude is not important, the surname of Johnson that matters.
"Two-fifths of the income from the energy lode will be handed over to Mage Black, and the remaining three-fifths will be your family's support for you. The north is barren, and only this lode has been found so far. I will mobilize manpower to continue to find it."
Ophelia remained silent.
"I agreed to take part in the test in Krystal. It was originally just a tentative investment, but I didn't expect to see the benefits so quickly. She is very important, and Mage Black's attitude is absolutely impossible for no reason. The family There is no connection with the wizard world, but Krystal can get the preferential treatment of the wizard, and it will be of great help to you to befriend her."
If you ignore the family words constantly mentioned in Earl Johnson's words, this should be a harmonious father-daughter dialogue, but now, for Ophelia, who is instinctively opposed to the family, she can't be touched at all.
"Also, don't invest too much in Adam, no matter what. I can't feel any kind of breath from him, but it's like facing the mage. He has no feelings, and will never be because of Feelings to help you."
Ophelia couldn't help saying, "I didn't..."
Earl Johnson said unceremoniously: "Ask your own heart~IndoMTL.com~ There is no best, if there is, I hope you will listen to me, whether it is because you are my daughter or family interests, this time I won't hurt you."
Ophelia bowed her head and fell silent again.
"But that's fine. The trading relationship based on pure interests is the purest and most solid. If you can give him the resources he needs, he will do what he should do." Earl Johnson said sharply.
"Just now, after I made a deal with Mage Black, I didn't drive out the other apprentices. My daughter, if you're not an idiot, you should know what I mean by doing so. Through this opportunity, gradually win over you through your identity. They, and even subdue them. No one can go to the top alone, ordinary people can't, and I believe the same can't be done by mages."
The conversation was over, Earl Johnson got up, "Finally, congratulations once again, and I wish you all the best and smooth sailing." After speaking, he walked out of the main hall without looking at Ophelia again.
Leaving Ophelia alone in confusion Couldn't keep it cold.
If it were Adam, he would have said that human beings are always so stupid, burdened with emotions and desires, and easily shake their will. But Ophelia is not Adam.
The rest of the night was silent.
Early the next morning, the five people gathered outside the city lord's mansion with different moods. Master Black didn't care about their moods. Seeing that they were not late, he nodded with satisfaction, and then simply said: "Then, let's go. Well."