Chapter 80: Pass smoothly
If bards want to use their professional abilities, they must be able to sing poetry. This is the foundation for their livelihood.
Similarly, it is impossible for the bard assessment not to examine Edu's singing ability.
"You can choose three poems of your own, and you can start when you are ready."
The examiners present admired the young man Edu very much. Naturally, Edu, who was well prepared, would not let them wait any longer.
After he extended his hand to signal, he sang the "Song of Spring" that all bards would sing during the entry-level examination.
This poem is peaceful and does not consume much magic power, but it can easily cause magic power fluctuations and release magic effects.
Singing this poem at the beginning can save your magic power, so that you can still have enough magic power when you sing the next two poems.
"A solid choice, pretty good."
The boy at the front desk, who was the deputy examiner, nodded. When he was conducting the assessment, he also chose this poem as the opening.
"However, boy Edu's singing is much better than what you did back then."
Compared with the guy at the front desk, the intermediate bard who is the examiner has a much better perception of the effect of poetry.
Having served as an examiner many times, he can feel that as soon as Edu opens his mouth, his singing skills are extremely excellent.
As the tone gradually increased, the magic power in his body was also released in an orderly and peaceful manner, which was much better than the behavior of many newcomers who randomly released magic power during the assessment.
"Boy Edu's understanding of "Song of Spring" is quite good. Whether it is from the perspective of singing skills or the magic effect, it can be regarded as excellent."
The examiner quickly recorded in the book in his hand that based on his personal opinion, Edu could pass the examination after singing this poem.
But the assessment process is not over yet. Edu still has two poems to sing, which will test his magic control and magic reserves, as well as his understanding of poetry.
"Next song, "Winnie Town Ditty"."
After singing "Song of Spring", the entire backyard of the Minstrel Guild was filled with a warm and peaceful feeling.
The examiner and Edu both entered a state of vitality, and Bell, who was sleeping in his satchel, slept more soundly.
He basically takes Edu with him every night to sing poetry at home. In terms of pure singing skills, Bell is not particularly good.
But he was mentally strong enough and had an extremely keen sense of magic power. When Edu was singing, Bell paid a little attention to his technique, and in line with the changes in magic power, he quickly mastered good skills.
With Bell's tutoring, Edu has made rapid progress, and has a much greater perception and understanding of the magic of poetry than a normal bard.
"Winnietown" is a gentle folk tune. Compared with "Spring Song" in the form of a long poem, "Winnietown" is more catchy.
As a song that Edu's mother loved to hum when she was alive, Edu had a good understanding of the song and finished singing it quickly, with almost perfect control over his magic power consumption.
In "Winnie Town Ditty", the examiner took out the knife he carried with him and slashed the back of his hand. In an instant, a two-centimeter-deep wound appeared on the back of the examiner's hand.
But the newly appeared wounds did not bleed out. Instead, they slowly wriggled and healed at a moderate speed.
This is the magical effect of "Winnie Town Ditty", and it is also a rare healing ability among many professions that can be possessed in the early stage of the profession.
"Perfect performance. If he can finish the third song in this state, he can be regarded as a rare genius."
Compared with many young people I have seen, Edu's performance in the eyes of the examiner can definitely be regarded as an extremely outstanding one.
From these days of teaching, he could also see that Edu was quite talented and down-to-earth. Not to mention the examiner, all the examiners present believed that Edu was fully capable of being certified as an apprentice.
A bard.
After singing the soothing tune, Edu took a breath, patted his face with both hands, and said seriously:
"The last short poem, "The Final Chapter of a Rainy Night."
After hearing Edu's choice, the examiner was slightly stunned.
It's not that Edu's choice is so unpopular, on the contrary, "The Final Chapter of the Rainy Night" is one of the most familiar poems of the bard.
After all, its poetic effect is to summon ice arrows to attack the enemy. Before becoming an intermediate bard, this short poem is the best attack method for bards.
"The Rainy Night Finale" has two major advantages: first, it does not consume much magic power, and second, the short poem only has a few crosses and can be sung quickly.
But as a poem about storms and rainy nights, if it is sung when the sky is bright, the magic effect it can induce is very poor.
Not to mention that Edu had previously sung "Song of Spring" and "Winnie Town Ditty", and the magic in the entire courtyard was biased toward positive activation. Under this situation, even if the examiner sang "The Final Chapter of a Rainy Night", it would be able to exert its effect.
The actual effect will not be very good.
If it were an ordinary apprentice-level bard chanting in this situation, he would probably not be able to condense ice arrows with sufficient lethality.
"If it were me, I would choose to sing "Song of Courage" at this time. With the blessing of positive magic, it is easy to exert the magical effect of "Song of Courage"."
"However, the fact that Edu boy can make this choice proves that he has sufficient confidence."
The two deputy examiners were communicating in low voices, and a target had been erected not far from Edu.
Under Edu's rapid chanting, a large amount of water was extracted from the air and condensed into an ice arrow as long as an adult's forearm in front of him.
"簌——"
The moment after the ice arrows are condensed, they are shot out at an extremely fast speed, instantly punching through the erected target.
In this attack, Edu's control over the ice arrows, the power of the ice arrows, and his singing performance in quickly summoning the ice arrows under unfavorable circumstances were all very good.
"There's nothing to say, boy Edu, come tomorrow to get the apprentice bard's emblem."
The examiner patted Edu on the shoulder. He was very optimistic about this kid.
Judging from Edu's learning speed, he can even take the low-level bard certification exam before the New Year.
After all, compared to apprentice-level bards, low-level bards only have more poetry reserves and more magic reserves.
When it comes to the application of magic instruments and music theory, low-level bards are also a bunch of dabblers.
"Boy Edu, speaking of which, I want to know why you chose "The End of the Rainy Night" when singing the last poem. You should know that this song is not suitable for the magical aftermath caused by your first two songs.
Match."
Chapter completed!