Hearing that Ruian's magic was self-taught, Epfenli was very surprised. He couldn't help but sigh: "Wow! You are so amazing! You can practice magic without the guidance of a teacher. Your magic talent is really high. As for
The tenth floor and above are said to be closed to the public and are where magicians affiliated with the Magic Association live.
Ruian and Epfenli chatted for almost two quarters of an hour. The waiter who had just led the way hurried over and said respectfully to Ruian: "Your Excellency, please come with me. I will take you to find the magician responsible for the magic promotion assessment.
division."
So Ruian said goodbye to Epfenli and then followed the waiter upstairs.
The height between the buildings is very high, so it takes a lot of time to climb each floor. Starting from the second floor, Ruian found that the layout of the floors was completely different from the first floor. The first floor was an empty hall. Almost
There is no layout. But it is different from the second floor. The middle of the floor is all rooms. The rooms form a circle, and the doorways all face the outer circle. The outer circle is a ring-shaped corridor, as long as
Walk around in a circle,
You can pass by all the shops. At a glance, Ruian looks like the street, with many shops. The only difference is that many shops have no customers at all and are very deserted. Ruian heard from Epfenli before that the people who opened these shops
Most of the people are magic apprentices who cannot become magicians. When there is no hope of promotion, they come to this business of buying and selling magic items. The rest of the shops are opened by outside businessmen.
When Ruian walked to the fifth floor, he found that the layout had changed. Although there was still a circular area in the middle with rooms, the number of rooms was much smaller, only seven or eight. However, the area of the rooms looked large.
It's a lot bigger, not as narrow as the shop below. ~
The waiter did not continue to take Ryan upstairs, but took Ryan to the door of a room on the fifth floor, knocked on the door, and motioned for Ryan to go in by himself.
Ruian ignored the waiter, pushed open the half-open wooden door, and stepped in.
In the large room, there was a long wooden table placed next to it. Sitting on the chair inside the table was an old magician who was about fifty or sixty years old. The old magician was wearing a gray magician robe.
He was obviously a low-level magician. Looking at the magician badge on the other person's chest, Ryan could tell that the other person was a level 2 magician.
Behind the old magician, there is a long wooden cabinet placed against the wall. The door is locked, and I don't know what to put in it.
On the other side of the room, there is a row of stone targets placed against the wall. Ryan just learned from Epfenli that these targets are used to test the power of magic.
Ryan walked straight to a few meters in front of the old magician, then touched his shoulder with his right hand, bowed slightly and performed a magician's salute. Ryan had seen this etiquette done by others before, and had just asked Epfenli for advice, so as a magician he
The etiquette was done in a decent manner.
"Hello, Your Excellency, I'm here to take the magic promotion assessment and apply to be promoted to level 1 magician." Ruian said politely.
The old magician didn't make excuses. After Ruian saluted, he also stood up and returned a very standard magician's salute. Obviously, given his age, he had only reached the level of a second-level magician, and he probably would never be promoted in this life.
Hope, and therefore do not dare to offend these people who may become magicians at such a young age.
Looking at the old magician, Ryan couldn't help but think of Uncle Paxiucas. Uncle Paxiucas used to work for the Magic Association. It is estimated that his situation is the same as that of the old magician in front of him. He is very old and has no
With hope of promotion, I can engage in the daily work of this magic association with peace of mind.
"Hello, are you sure you want to be promoted to level 1 magician?" The old magician has been looking at Ryan since he came in. He was incredible at Ryan's tall figure, so he couldn't help but confirm again.
"Yes, I have met the promotion standards, so I came to apply for promotion." Ruian was slightly unhappy, but quickly adjusted his mood.
Unexpectedly, the old magician said something that shocked Ruian: "Well, please pay the assessment fee of 100 gold coins first."
"One hundred gold coins, why do you need so much?" Ruian was surprised. He hadn't heard Epfenli mention this just now, so he suspected that the old magician was cheating him of his money.
The old magician was obviously surprised. He couldn't help but ask Ryan: "Is one hundred gold coins a lot? It's just a small amount of money."
Suddenly, Ruian was stunned for a while and then suddenly thought that he had always been a mercenary and swordsman, and he had lived with the mentality of a pauper. The magician, on the other hand, had a transcendent status and noble status, and usually came into contact with the aristocratic class.
He didn't take gold coins seriously at all. One hundred gold coins, for a swordsman, even an intermediate swordsman like Ruian, might be a lot of wealth. But in the eyes of a magician, it can't be considered a small amount, but
At least it's money that can be easily withdrawn.
"No wonder Epfenlitti didn't mention the assessment fee of 100 gold coins just now. I guess in his mind, there is no need to even mention this gold coin." Ruian thought to himself.
Then, Ruian gritted his teeth, took out the money bag from his arms, counted out a hundred gold coins and handed it to the old magician. Then Ruian forced a smile on his face and explained: "One hundred gold coins is not too much, I
I’m just wondering why I have to pay this amount of money.”
Unexpectedly, the old magician replied very kindly: "In the past, we did not set an assessment fee of one hundred gold coins. It was completely free. However, there are some magic apprentices who have not yet reached the standard of a level 1 magician, but they insist on it.
I keep coming to the assessment with a fluke mentality, hoping that
We were able to let them advance due to our negligence. This wasted a lot of time, and in the end we had to set an assessment fee of one hundred gold coins to put an end to this phenomenon. After all, although one hundred gold coins is not much, it is very important for a magic apprentice.
That said, it’s still a small burden.”
"Oh! That's it." Ryan finally understood who the culprit was.
The old magician took Ryan's one hundred gold coins and threw them into the desk drawer without counting them. After asking for Ryan's name and other information, he explained to Ryan: "Then we will start the magic promotion assessment now. But because of you
This is the first time to conduct an assessment, and I must explain the content of the assessment to you before you take the assessment."
"Please speak." Ryan has just asked Epfenli about the situation, but now he still wants to hear what the old magician has to say.
"The magician promotion assessment is divided into two parts. First, the magic test is conducted to test whether your magic power reaches the level of a level 1 magician. Then, the magic test is performed. As long as you can cast a level 1 magic and cast it ten times in a row, it will be successful.
If the rate reaches more than nine times, it will be considered as passing the test." The old magician simply explained it as if it were a routine, without going into details.
After listening to it, Ruian realized that it was consistent with what Epfenli had explained, so he immediately replied: "I understand, please start."
The old magician stood up, walked to a large cabinet in the corner of the room, took out the key from his pocket, opened the iron lock on the cabinet door, then took out a magic crystal ball from the cabinet and placed it on the long table.
"Put your hand on this test crystal ball and perform magic meditation as usual. The crystal ball will display your magic power reserves. As long as the magic power can fill the crystal ball, the magic power test will be passed." The old magician then introduced.
Ruian was not polite and stretched out his right hand, pressed it on the crystal ball, then closed his eyes and began to meditate on magic.