Magic Apprentice

The fragrance of pine trees mixed with the fragrance of dew broke into Enleco's nose, and this faint fragrance awakened him who had been sleeping for a long time.

Enleco, who regained consciousness a little, felt powerless, and even the feeling seemed to have left him.The numbness of the body is accompanied by the dullness of the brain.

After a while, Enleco found that he was lying on a stretcher made of pine branches, and one end of the stretcher was dragged by something.

Because there are thick pine branches underneath, the stretcher does not look bumpy when sliding on the rough mountain road.

Enleco didn't even have the strength to look up, he could only stare blankly at the sky.

The rising sun has just covered the earth with a faint golden red.There are rolling mountains on both sides, and they are obviously walking in a valley.

Completely different from the desert, here is full of breath of life.Even on the edge of the cliff, there are lush pine trees.

The morning dew has not yet evaporated, and the sun shines on the pine branches, hanging there like crystals of bright jewels.

The wind in the mountains is extremely cool, and there is plenty of water in the wind. Although it is a little wet, it can make people feel refreshed.

The wind in the mountains is more fragrant, and the depression between the peaks is like a steamer, mixing the fragrance of the trees and the freshness of the grass with the vitality of the rain and dew, turning it into a refreshing aroma. The breeze blows and spreads far, far away.

Enleco hasn't enjoyed all this for a long time.He breathed greedily, letting the faint fragrance fill his lung cavity.

This feeling was extremely comfortable, and Enleco breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ah, you're awake, you're finally awake." A rough voice suddenly came from the front.

Enleco felt that the other end of the stretcher was put down, and then, a dark cloud covered most of the sky.After Enleco got used to the change of light a little bit, he realized that the dark cloud was a figure of a person.

What surprised Enleco was that this person was so tall that even the great wizard Kobe Leo would look like a dwarf standing here.

"Since I picked you up, you have been lying down for four days and four nights. Do you want to eat something? Here are dried seeds and bacon." The man said.

After a long period of coma, Enleco didn't feel hungry. His stomach had already dried up and he couldn't secrete any gastric juice.

He licked his chapped lips and said as loudly as possible, "Is there any water? I want to drink some water."

"Drink water? Okay." Saying that, the burly man took out a clay pot from his waist.He brought the crock to Enleco's mouth.

This guy obviously had never served a patient before. He kept pouring, and Enleco was almost choked and passed out again because of his shortness of breath.

Looking at Enleco who was coughing violently, the big man shook his head and said, "Your bodies are too fragile, but God has given you the most powerful strength."

Hearing the thoughtless words of the big man, Enleco looked at the big man carefully.

I saw that the big man was covered with a thick layer of wild animal fur, and was covered with a rough breastplate made of rhinoceros hide and rotten iron leather, and a wolfskin apron around his waist.He didn't wear shoes on his feet, but they were simply wrapped in deerskin, and the outside was tightly tied with cowhide strips.

The big man's skin was dark brown, as rough as the fur of a wild animal, and his unkempt hair was curly and loose.High cheekbones, slightly protruding jaw, low forehead.

All of this proved the identity of the big man in front of him.

Although Enleco has heard about it for a long time, there is a unique human race hidden in the mountains of the Kingdom of Ledin.From time immemorial, they have given up civilization and progress, choosing a life of isolation.

These people are called savages.

Enleco had heard of barbarians when he was with Teacher Chris.

In fact, that crazy woman had even considered capturing some savages for her experiments.

Because the body of the barbarians is extremely powerful, they are isolated from the world, not really giving up progress, but choosing another path of progress.

Nearly [-] years have made them the most powerful creatures other than demonic creatures.

While abandoning magic civilization, they turned their bodies into the most terrifying and deadly weapons.

Barbarians have a special power, which is somewhat similar to the sacred magic "Light of Power" cast by the priest of the military god, and somewhat similar to the "Rage" cast by spiritual magicians.

The barbarian's blow was so fierce that even the paladins didn't dare to resist it head-on.

Legend has it that the rite of passage for a barbarian is to hunt a dragon alone.

But savages are very rare, and they live in places where no one has ever traveled.Barbarians who come into contact with human society are even rarer.

But once they show up, they are extremely popular with the locals.Because these barbarians would exchange large quantities of keels, ivory, and gold and silver for much cheaper goods.

Everyone who does business with the barbarians will become one of the few richest people in the area.

However, no one ever intends to rob a savage.

Unless a magician is invited to sit in the town, the enraged barbarians can easily wash the entire city with blood.

But magicians are definitely not so easy to be invited, they are special people who are aloof.What's more, they wouldn't act just to rob the barbarians.

The friendship between magicians and barbarians in the Kingdom of Lydin is much deeper than that of ordinary people.

Because magicians conduct magic experiments, they need a lot of precious minerals.Most of these precious mineral deposits are buried in remote mountains, which are the homes of barbarians.

Knowing one or two barbarian friends is a shortcut for these magicians to obtain precious magic raw materials.

Enleco stared blankly at the barbarian, and asked after a while, "You saved me?"

Although he knew that this question was stupid, Enleco couldn't think of anything else that would be more appropriate to say at this moment. .

"Yes, I picked you up on the way and saw you bleeding a lot. You were lucky, you didn't attract the wolves with the blood on your body. Otherwise, when I saw you, I'm afraid there were only A skeleton," said the savage with a grin.

"Where am I now?" Enleco asked.

"In the mountains, surrounded by mountains, you should be able to see that. If you want to ask the name of the place you have divided, I can't tell you. But I am taking you to the town ahead, in three days , and you can stay with your kind," replied the savage.

Enleco looked at the barbarian in surprise.

The savage's tongue was so fluent.Although his accent was a little stiff, he didn't appear to be stuttering, and he didn't feel like he was sluggish.

"Why are you going to the town? Are you carrying goods?" Enleco asked, but he didn't see piles of ivory and leather bags containing gold sand and silver.

"The goods are almost sold out in the previous town, and the food in exchange should be enough for our tribe to eat for three years. In that small town, I heard that your capital city is holding a grand ceremony, as if you are preparing for war. Some A lot of people with high abilities gathered there, I want to see how powerful those among you are." The barbarian explained.

"Do you know the way?" Enleco asked puzzledly.

"I don't know, but just ask along the way. Anyway, I still have some gold, don't you guys like these things the most?" said the barbarian.

Enleco suddenly remembered something, and he asked, "Are you the leader of your tribe? What should I call you?"

"Leader? I used to be the leader. However, since I am not in the clan, someone else will take my place as leader. My name is Spike, and if you think this name is not easy to accept, you can call me Mark Lu .It was a name given to me by a man who knew me well," said the Savage.

"Maclu? Forest wolf? Is that friend of yours a magician?" Enleco asked. He was very familiar with the name of Maklu, which reminded him of the rogue old wolf he met in the magic forest. .

This guy's scientific name is Malu.However, this name is only mentioned more often among magicians, and ordinary people all call them magic wolves or three-headed magic wolves.

"That's right, that guy is indeed a magician. And I heard that he has a high status among you." The barbarian Mark Lu took out dry food from his arms and began to chew.

"You are also a strong man." asked the barbarian.

Enleco was taken aback for a moment, he didn't know why this barbarian saw this.

"Why do you say that?" Enleco didn't answer the question directly, he asked instead.

"Don't you have a knife with you? I have never seen such a powerful knife. If you are not strong, how could you have it?" Barbarian Mark Lu explained.

Only then did Enleco realize that the "dark red teardrop" was lying beside him, but now this monstrous scimitar had an extra scabbard with extremely rough workmanship.

A rope was attached to the scabbard, tightly tying the machete and the stretcher together.

"Where did this come from? I have never seen such a beautiful stone. Seeing it is like seeing the starry sky at night." Just as Enleco was struggling to reach for the machete, He heard the barbarian Mark Lu seem to be talking to himself.

Turning his head, Enleco was surprised to find that the astrolabe he had carefully crafted was in the hands of Marklu.

Malu wove a net out of straw rope, covered the astrolabe, and tied a leather rope to it.

Looking at the appearance of that barbarian, it is obvious that he quite likes this dark green jade bead dotted with streaks of gold threads and a little bit of gold stars.

"Mr. Mark Lu, can you return that thing to me? It is very important to me, but it is just an ornament to you. I can use other things to repay your life-saving grace." Enleco pleaded.

The barbarian curled his lips and said disapprovingly: "I like this thing very much. I don't care if you give me anything else. In our tribe, since I saved you, all your things are It should belong to me. I left you the knife as a hero, we will not take away the weapon of the hero. Because it means the dignity of the hero, but everything else is at my disposal."

Enleco did not intend to refute Malu's argument.Ever since he saw how the Kaoqi proposed marriage, Enleco knew how much tradition affects a person.

As long as it is related to tradition, it is difficult to convince a certain person.

It doesn't make sense, it's only a lure, but Enleco obviously doesn't know what this barbarian likes.

"Mr. Maclue, maybe I can use other methods to compensate you for saving my life. You just said that a brave man cannot be deprived of a weapon. In fact, that thing is really my weapon. It has a powerful Strength, without it, I can't regain it." Enleke said with a long sigh.

"Weapon? I can't see it. You can use it to me after your injury is healed. If this is indeed your weapon, I will return it to you. But before that, I will keep this stone for the time being." Said Watching the barbarian stuff the astrolabe into his arms.

Enleco suddenly thought that besides the astrolabe, he had several important things, among which the sealed soul ring was especially important.

Ever since this soul ring was unearthed on the prairie of Stryer County, it has become Enleco's indispensable right-hand man.

Enleco touched his pocket with difficulty, but the pocket was empty, nothing.

He shook his head and asked helplessly, "Mr. Marklu, I have another weapon which is a ring. I don't know if it is with you."

"Ring?" The barbarian thought for a while and said, "It's the thing you wear on your fingers? If you're talking about that thing, you don't need to look for it anymore. I've already sold it in the small town ahead." .”

Seeing the barbarian's indifference, Enleco felt annoyed and funny.Such a powerful magic weapon was sold by this ignorant guy casually.

The person who received the soul ring must also be an ignorant fellow.

Enleco felt really helpless, and now he had no choice but to get his body back as soon as possible.

He couldn't be more familiar with that soul ring.

As long as the magic power is recovered, and with his knowledge of the soul ring, Enleco is absolutely confident that he can get this soul ring back.

Just in case, he placed tracking magic on his soul ring.

As long as you go to the bustling city ahead and buy a piece of emerald with a slightly better texture, you can make a piece of "Heart of Reason".

With the "heart of reason", one can easily find the magic wave emanating from the soul ring.

But all of this can only be done after your body has fully recovered.

"Mr. Marklu, can you give me some food?" After waking up for a while, Enleco felt a little hungry.

The barbarian threw a leather bag on Enleco.

Enleco struggled to take out a handful of crumpled dry seed cakes from the leather bag.This can be said to be the most unpalatable food Enleco has ever eaten.

There is no salt in the dry seed cake, and there is a bitter taste after being burnt.

Enleco frowned, and after finally swallowing two mouthfuls, he couldn't eat any more.

The barbarian looked at Enleco's painful expression, shook his head and said, "You guys are really too delicate. If you were in my tribe, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to survive even a day."

Enleco was really speechless, so he had to change the subject: "Mr. Marklu, do you often associate with people here? I thought you rarely interact with others."

"Not necessarily. You have a lot of food, which we want very much. And we have a lot of gold, and I know you like these things that you can neither eat nor drink. Just a little gold can get you There is a lot of food in exchange. Why not associate with you?

"What's more, there are our natural enemies in the mountains, those nasty goblins. They are our nemesis. We can't do anything about them. But the magicians among you can make these goblins dare not act rashly. But these goblins also It’s not useless, they can prevent people who cut wood and mine gold from entering our forest. Isn’t this very good?” the barbarian Maklu grinned and said with a smile.

Enleco never expected that the barbarian in front of him would have such superb insight.Originally, like most people, he thought that these savages lived by instinct with well-developed limbs, and were closer to the existence of beasts.

"Fairy? You mean elves." Enleco heard another thing he was interested in from Malu's mouth, and he asked immediately.

"Fairy? Elf? I can't tell the difference. In my opinion, they are exactly the same. It's just that one has a fixed place, as long as you don't mess with them, nothing will happen; while the other one may meet at any time. At that time Then there will be great trouble." The barbarian Marklu waved his hand and shook his head, apparently these two races had troubled him quite a bit.

"I thought the goblins had completely disappeared since the Great War of Gods and Demons, but I didn't expect them to remain alive." Enleco's temper was immediately lifted.

"I really want to see these nasty guys go extinct as soon as possible. They are countless times more troublesome than elves. Two or three people from my tribe disappear every year. This is what those elves do.

"As for the elves, except for the dry season, when we sometimes fight with them for robbing water sources, we usually live in peace." Although he said so, the barbarian obviously didn't like the two races.

"Do the fairies feed on people?" Enleco asked curiously.Although in Teacher Chris's laboratory, he had read a lot of materials on magical creatures, but there were still very few descriptions of goblins in those materials.

These evil creatures who stood on the side of the demons in the battle between gods and demons always walked alone, even among their own kind, they never went together.

Among the demonic creatures on the demon side, goblins are the most disgusting life forms after vampires.They have the ability to capture and manipulate other creatures.

Enleco's knowledge of goblins is limited to these.But with elves, he knew much more completely.

Compared with goblins, elves have much more contact with humans.

Although most elves don't like to interact with people.However, some of them live in the mountains and forests close to humans.

Elves are born magicians of the four elements, and they have the power to manipulate magic elements from birth.However, compared with human magicians, although elves have talents, they lack the ability to create.

Interacting with humans makes up for their shortcomings in this regard.

And human magicians also use these elves, who can manipulate magic elements extremely finely, to conduct some magical experiments that they cannot do.

There are also elves in the Kingdom of Sophie, and their original destination of the magic apprentice trial test - Kaiqin Island is the place where many elves live.

Similarly, Keqin Island is also the center of magical culture in the Kingdom of Sophie.

Enleco even heard that some elves and humans love each other so much that they become husband and wife.Such unions can also have offspring.

When Chris, a crazy woman, was exiled to the magic forest, one of the major crimes was that she lured a child born of an elf and a human to conduct magical experiments.

This matter caused a lot of trouble. The elves living on Kaiqin Island almost had a war with human magicians.

The Magic Association took the opportunity to kick Chris, the biggest threat and most unstable factor in history, into the depths of the desolate magic forest once and for all.

This kind of exile finally calmed down the anger of the elves.

After all, for the relatively mild elves, exile is already the most severe punishment.In the world of elves, there is no physical punishment.

Enleco admired these elegant creatures quite a lot, and he really wanted to see these magical races with his own eyes one day. .

Of course, in front of those elves, Enleco would never say that he was a disciple of Teacher Chris.In the laboratory of Mr. Chris, when Mr. Kris knew that he was Victor's disciple, Enleco still remembers the bitterness he experienced.

He definitely doesn't want to go on another trip to the Underworld.

Regarding Enleco's question, the barbarian Marklu shook his head helplessly.Even to them, goblins are enigmatic creatures.

"Maybe it's just blood sucking. Sometimes we will find the abandoned corpses of missing people. Their corpses are all extremely old. Apart from the white hair, they are even skinny. But we have never seen mutilated corpses. "Maclu said while thinking.

"Have you seen a goblin before?" Enleco asked again, he really wanted to see this legendary extinct creature.Of course, the premise is after his body returns to health.

As long as he has an astrolabe, Enleco is confident that he can retreat from any enemy.

"No, that's why I can live until today. Besides, this time I'm going to your capital. Apart from seeing how powerful the strong among you really are, I also want to ask my friend how many chains In the past few days, for some reason, the goblins have suddenly become active. We and several nearby tribes have disappeared one after another, and even the elves have disappeared. This is almost impossible in normal times, and goblins never Take the initiative to attack the elves' territory." The barbarian Maklu told in detail what happened in the mountains.

"This is really interesting. I really want to meet these legendary goblins." Enleco said what was in his heart.

Mark Lu glanced at Enleco, and suddenly grabbed Enleco with his huge hand, checked him upside down for a while, and then said in a rough voice: "I don't see how much power you have, Your arms are not strong enough, even among you human beings, you are still relatively thin. Unless your power comes from magic, but except for my friend, no other magician I have ever seen Dare to take the initiative to provoke those goblins."

Having said that, he threw Enleco back into the stretcher as if he wanted to understand something, shook his head and said: "It can be seen that your age is quite young among you humans, so you will say this Kind of like that. Well, I've had three kids at your age."

"Then how many children do you have now?" Enleco didn't care about Malu's rudeness, otherwise how could these guys be called barbarians?His interest is completely on a matter completely unrelated to his current situation.

Mark Lu grinned extremely proudly: "I now have five sons and seven daughters."

Hearing this answer, Enleco was secretly speechless.Although he couldn't tell how old the barbarian in front of him was, this number was enough to surprise him.

"So how many people are there in your tribe?" Enleco couldn't help asking.

"Two or three hundred." Marklu frowned and thought for a while, then replied uncertainly: "I don't know how to count. Other people are responsible for this matter."

Enleco estimated that the size of a small town of two to 300 people is not small, and the population of his hometown Sevina is less than [-].

"Are other tribes the same as you?" Enleco asked.

"Basically, who knows? If we have nothing to do, we will never go to other tribes. If it weren't for those annoying goblins, I wouldn't travel so far." Mark Lu said.

"How far is the town ahead?" Enleco asked.

"Maybe we can get there at noon the day after tomorrow." Maklu replied vaguely, obviously he is not very good at anything related to numbers.

Seeing this guy like this, Enleco couldn't help but worry.

Although he didn't know which city he was referring to as the capital, it was certain that the gold in this guy's hands must have been cheated before arriving there.

"By the way, when we go to the city to find a bald man in red clothes, it would be great if we can also learn this skill. Those bald men can restore the health of patients just by touching them." Mark Lu said helplessly.

"In addition to those bald heads, another thing we envy is the magicians among you. If we have magicians, we don't have to worry about those annoying goblins, and we don't need to look at the elves. Every year in the dry season , Most of the water sources are in their hands. They still don’t think there is enough, and they come to grab us.” Speaking of this, Mark Lu gradually couldn’t restrain his emotions, and he became more and more excited as he spoke.

Enleco began to be a little afraid that Chi Yu would be hurt.He didn't want to be punched by the extremely strong barbarian in front of him because of such inexplicable things.

That would surely kill him.

However, what Malu just said made his heart move.

Back then, he was also an ordinary person who was not suitable for learning magic. It was his greatest wish to let most people be able to cast magic.

When he was in Daweier, he tried hard.It is precisely because of this that magic mercenaries appeared.

In a sense, I have already gained a little.

Since it was proved that relying on the help of the magic circle can indeed enable ordinary people with slightly better aptitude to learn magic in a short period of time, it may also be useful for barbarians.

The only thing that worries Enleco is whether Malu can understand him.

Although Malu is not as stupid as a beast like the barbarian he originally imagined, his intelligence is not inferior to ordinary people in Enleco's view.

However, Marklu's lack of understanding of numbers makes Enleco not sure whether this guy will also be lacking in other aspects.

Magic can be said to be an extremely mysterious knowledge.

This barbarian may not be able to understand the mystery of magic at all, and it may not be a simple matter to explain it clearly.

Just when Enleco was hesitating, Moster, who was unwilling to be lonely, quietly drilled out from the depths of Enleco's soul. .

"This big guy is quite strong. You can consider using him for some experiments. Such experimental products are not easy to find." Most quietly said in Enleco's mind.

Let Moster say this, Enleco is indeed quite moved, but he is still worried about whether he can make this barbarian understand the profound and mysterious magic.

Most, who knew what Enleco was thinking, immediately said: "Don't worry anymore, I know how to teach this big guy to perform magic.

"Don't forget, you were no different from this guy tens of thousands of years ago, even more stupid and clumsy than him. But after our training, you can also slowly understand the mysteries of magic.

"In fact, the set of things you are learning now is just the most suitable method for most magicians to learn and master magic after a long period of exploration. That is not the essence of magic.

"Magic is very simple to put it bluntly. It is just using mental power to manipulate the magical energy and magic elements of the outside world. Using other methods can also do this.

"You would never think that the newly born elves and demonic creatures have more advanced intelligence than you. The natural tattoos on the elves and the magic core buried in the brains of demonic creatures play the same role as magic circles But you will never see any similarities between the two. The natural tattoos of elves can not only quickly gather magical energy and elements, but also finely control all of them; as for the magic core, it can gather extremely concentrated High magical energy and magic element.

"You can't make this big guy understand the magic you know. It's almost useless to do that. However, you can try to find magic that this big guy can understand. At that time, I think you should really understand magic to the end What is it."

Although Enleco still found it difficult to understand what Most said, he seemed to have seen a completely different world.

This world is a strange world that he has never seen or heard before.

The only thing that bothers Enleco is that in this world, he is the only one wandering alone in the vast ocean.

He didn't know where the land was, and Mostert could be said to be the only sign to identify the direction.

However, according to Enleco's understanding of Most, this knowledgeable dark life form will never point him in the right direction.

Enleco was delighted to have the opportunity to explore the true meaning of magic.He is now more and more able to understand the mood of Teacher Chris at the beginning. Of course, Enleco still has a grudge against Chris' vicious methods.

"Marklu, I can try to teach you how to perform magic." With the backing of Most, Enleco spoke more confidently.

"Magic? Are you a magician?" Mark Lu glanced at Enleco with distrustful eyes and said, "Most of the magicians I have seen are guys with white beards, and those without beards." Magicians are extremely weak, but even the weakest of them is much older than you."

Enleco can fully understand Malu's disdain.In the wizarding world, under normal circumstances, strength and age are indeed directly proportional.

But occasionally there are some exceptions, and myself, Kate and Bertina, and even Teacher Chris are the exceptions among the exceptions.

The strength of Kate and Bertina is the result of their painful experience and Teacher Chris's inhumane training methods.

As for myself, it was because of the help of a wise monster called Mostert.

Although Enleco didn't know why Teacher Chris was so powerful.But he absolutely believed that in order to obtain such a powerful force, Teacher Chris used a method beyond the conventional.

Enleco tried his best to convince the barbarian in front of him to become his experiment.

In the next hour or so, Enleco finally experienced the stubbornness and stubbornness of the barbarians.

After grinding his lips for a long time, the barbarian Mark Lu finally agreed to wait until Enleco recovered from his injury, and then demonstrate his strength to Mark Lu.

Having got the promise, Enleko lay down on the stretcher contentedly, and now he is thinking about how to recover as soon as possible...

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