Lord of Arcane

Chapter 178 Short Board Inviting Guests

Next, both of them honestly took out their notes and began to copy the spell, because neither of them had learned this spell before.

Xia Duo intends to show a wave of arcane geometry results, but in a short period of time, he is unable to transform all the structure and elements of the spell that he has seen for the first time into two-dimensional graphics.

Therefore, like Gardner, he can only record this spell through some conventional symbols and language.

For now, there is no need for such spells to be recorded in ciphertext, or in other words, Xia Duo, who is unwilling to use the earth script, has not yet started to study his own ciphertext.

……

Time passed little by little, and soon the two of them finished recording [Magic Missile], and then researched, understood, and memorized it separately.

But until noon, Niya still didn't move at all. Xia Duo tentatively asked, "Mentor, Niya's mentor!"

"..."

There was no response. This should not be a normal reaction of an intermediate mage. Xia Duo realized that Niya might have left, so he discussed with Ganal:
"It's already noon, should we leave first, or wait for Teacher Niya to come back?"

It may be that his words triggered something. Before Ganal could react, a stiff but clearly recognizable Niya voice came from Niya——

"Practice by yourself when you go back. I want to see that you can successfully cast spells tomorrow morning!"

The sound ended, and Niya's figure dissipated little by little.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo and Ganal looked at each other, and finally Xia Duo said first, "Let's leave first!"

"it is good!"

……

Since the rules of the arcane competition have been determined, Xia Duo's plan has also changed a lot in order to cope with the competition.

First of all, the production of scrolls has stopped. Making scrolls is equivalent to casting spells. He wants to use the limited chances of casting spells every day to train spell duels.

The second is that there is less personal disposable time. In the morning, I have to go to Niya's side, and in the afternoon, I have to practice by myself and study the plane transformation of the spell structure.

Sometimes, Gardner would ask him to spar, which made Xia Duo feel the urgency of time like never before.Of course, the greater urgency comes from the mentor Niya, because she is not satisfied with the performance of Xia Duo and Ganal.

Although Xia Duo's progress rate is very fast, due to the short time of exposure to magic, his spellcasting skills are almost absolute shortcomings.

Even if he started learning [Magic Missile] at the same time as Ganal, there is a clear gap between him and Ganal in terms of proficiency in casting spells.

It's just that this gap can be made up with skills, but skills also require proficiency, not to mention that skills are no match for Gardner.

This gap is like a novice carpenter and a carpenter who has been a carpenter for three years, making a piece of furniture at the same time. Even if the former knows more skills, nothing can be changed.

Because that level of skill alone doesn't make up for experience.

In a spell duel practice, Xia Duo had just countered the magic missile launched by Ganal, but was stopped by Niya. From her expressionless expression, it can be seen that the mentor is very dissatisfied and very angry.

"Xia Duo, you don't need to practice confrontation anymore. I know you are very talented and have a deep understanding of the essence of spells, but why do you have to wait until the magic missile is almost close to your face before you can counter successfully, do you know?"

Xia Duo was silent, he knew it, and because he knew it, he was speechless.Even for the 0-level spells, he couldn't cast all of them instantly, let alone the newly learned 1-level spells!

Spellcasting training, like physical training, requires recovery. It is impossible to practice non-stop all the time. The time to get in touch with magic and become a mage is too short, which is Xia Duo's biggest shortcoming.

If there is no this arcane competition, Xia Duo can still practice slowly and make up for it in the end, but with this relatively "rushing" arcane competition, Xia Duo's shortcomings are completely exposed.

Before, Xia Duo's plan was still too optimistic. He always thought that as long as he stayed in the mage tower for spellcasting training, he could put it on the back burner, but now the reality gave him a blow.

Fortunately, this time it was just an arcane competition, so there would be no danger, but if there were signs of a sudden battle like last year's wave of orcs, it would be bad.

Maybe his strength is enough to deal with most situations, but as long as he misses once, it is too late to regret.

Xia Duo is already stepping up his practice, but he still can't satisfy Niya.

At this moment, the sparring was suspended, and Xia Duo had no choice but to hide in the communication room to practice alone. As for Ganal, Niya replaced Xia Duo to train him.

……

While Xia Duo and Ganal were intensely training, the core area of ​​the empire, the territory of Iolum, was inside a white tower.

Lord Epps of Savile Territory has been staying here for several days, but he still hasn't seen his grandfather's fellow disciple—Grand Arcanist Brod.

Of course, Iolum, the teacher of his grandfather, the great Arcanist Saville, would never even be able to see him. Since he came here, he has been kept in the guest room by Brod's housekeeper.

He neither said see nor said no, and the answer to asking the butler was always——the master is conducting an important experiment, please wait patiently.

Never being rude, but never doing business, the celebration time prepared by Lord Epps has been less than half a month, and the arcane competition is just after the celebration.

It is necessary to invite enough important guests and contestants, otherwise, the Savile collar may really become a laughing stock.

Lord Epps guessed that Her Royal Highness might make arrangements, but he would not bet all the reputation of the Savile family on the princess, and he had to try his best to fight for it.

In the guest room, Lord Epps was pacing back and forth. Eberke had sent him a message just now, asking him to return to the territory as soon as possible. As a Lord, it is always bad not to show up for a long time.

"Ugh--"

Epps let out a long sigh, his face extremely disappointed. This time he might not see Grand Arcanist Brod again. He was going to make the next best thing and ask Brod's students to support the scene.

"Taling, is Archmage Gavani free now?"

Ta Ling responded immediately, "Unauthorized, please ask the Master Tower supervisor Miller Butler."

Upon hearing Butler Miller, Epps subconsciously clenched his fists. He really didn't want to face that seemingly polite but extremely indifferent zombie face again.

Of course, the most important thing is that the butler Miller is also a high-level mage. Facing him, Epps has no psychological advantage.

But thinking of the "unauthorized" that Taling answered just now, even Epps, who is Taling's essence, knows in his heart that the butler Miller can't get around it.

Sighing again, Epps reluctantly put his hand on the calling device in the room.

A moment later, a figure appeared in the room, it was the smiling butler Miller, "Lord Savile, what are your orders?"

Epps suppressed a smile and asked, "Is Archmage Gavani free now?"

"The archmage's whereabouts have not been authorized, so I can't answer." While refusing, Butler Miller still looked at Epps with a smile.

"Lord Savile, do you have any other questions?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)