Rex was a man of swift and decisive actions. That afternoon, he brought Fangzheng and Nimf out of the Holy Temple, then used the wizard's teleportation array to arrive at a slightly dilapidated wizard tower.
"From today onwards, the two of you will live here."
Although the room in front of them looked a little dilapidated, at least it was clean. Rex obviously did not care about these "small matters". He clapped his hands in satisfaction, then took out a book that was almost as heavy as a dictionary and threw it in front of Fangzheng.
"Read this first, then start practicing. How much you can learn will depend on your own luck. If you don't understand anything, come upstairs to find me. But remember, if there's a sign on the door, don't come in. Otherwise, you'll be beaten to a crisp, and nobody will care about you! "
After saying this, Rex turned around and left, leaving Fangzheng and Nimf behind.
"Looks like wizards are really as hard to deal with as the rumors say."
Fangzheng picked up the heavy "Dictionary" and looked out the window. The scene outside the window was no longer as prosperous as the capital of the Northern Reaches. On the contrary, there was a sea of forests and snowfields everywhere. Needless to say, this wizard tower must have been built in a deserted place …. That was how wizards usually did things.
"Really, that guy actually dared to be rude to Master!"
Nimf was obviously not as calm as Fangzheng. If not for Fangzheng telling her to be quiet, she would have already jumped up and fought with Rex.
"He's just a mere earthworm …."
"Alright, it's actually no big deal."
Picking up the "Dictionary", Fangzheng flipped through it casually, then sat down on a chair at the side. Rex had made it very clear that he only had one month. If he could not get Rex's approval within this month, then he would not be able to enter the White Tower, which meant that he would have to return to the Holy Temple …. Fangzheng was not willing. Although he did not say it explicitly, both sides were well aware that he did not have a strong sense of belonging to the Holy Temple. They were just short of saying it out loud. If he went back now, would he still have any face left?
For the sake of face, he couldn't let go of this opportunity!
Thinking of this, Fangzheng immediately began to read the "Cihai" in front of him carefully. Nimf looked at Fangzheng. After thinking for a while, she sat on another chair not far behind him and gazed at the man in front of her.
Although Rex had a sharp tongue, it was obvious that he had his own way of teaching. After a rough reading of the preface, Fangzheng realized that this book was more or less a Beginner's Guide to Magic.
According to the contents of the book, Fangzheng finally understood how mages used spiritual energy in battle.
Unlike knights and other melee professions that directly attached spiritual energy to their weapons or launched attacks, the greatest use of spiritual energy for mages was to condense magic runes. According to the "Magic Beginner's Guide", there were a total of 69 magic runes in the world, and the nature of these magic runes was somewhat similar to the "Periodic Table of Elements". Each rune had a different attribute and meaning, and the process of a mage casting a spell was actually the process of condensing the magic runes with their own soul power, combining them into a spell, and then releasing the spell.
In Fangzheng's view, this was a bit like a combination of Candy Crush and Scrabble. If magic runes were compared to blocks of different colors, then what a mage did was to arrange them into combinations of the same attributes, and then eliminate them in one go.
As everyone knew, the more blocks you eliminated in one go, the higher the score you would get.
Similarly, the more magic runes a mage formed in resonance, the more powerful the magic would be.
However, this did not mean that you could leisurely type as many magic runes as you wanted. On the contrary, if you used spiritual energy to condense magic runes directly, the duration of each rune was quite limited, almost only a few seconds. This also meant that the mage had to construct the magic runes in the fastest and smoothest manner in these few seconds. Otherwise, the entire basic model of the spell would collapse, and the power would flow backward. Otherwise, the spell would fail directly and could not be used at all.
Therefore, Fangzheng finally understood why Charles' casting speed was so fast when he was fighting him … But it made sense. If a mage was slow to cast a spell, he would have been killed long ago.
In addition, there was also information about the characteristics of spells and the characteristics of magic factions … In short, as a popular book on magic, this book was quite qualified.
Therefore, Fangzheng did not hesitate to immerse himself in the study of magic.
Fortunately, with the help of this body that had been reconstructed by the Zerg, Fangzheng was full of energy. He would not feel the slightest bit tired even if he stayed up for three days and three nights. Not to mention, Nimf was by his side. According to Nimf, artificial angels had their own source of power, so they did not need to rest or sleep.
Although this "Magic Beginner's Guide" was indeed very complicated, Fangzheng spent two days to familiarize himself with it. Then, he went to the space where Rex was at the top of the tower and knocked on the door. Soon, Rex's voice came from inside.
"The door isn't locked. Come in."
"Sorry to disturb you."
As he spoke, Fangzheng pushed the door open and walked into the room. He saw Rex sitting on a chair, staring at the boiling flask in front of him. When he saw Fangzheng walk in, Rex glanced at him and said nonchalantly, "What's wrong?
You think it's troublesome, so you don't want to learn anymore? If you don't want to learn anymore, just leave. There's no extra time for you to waste here. I'll just tell that old fart later. "
"It's like this, Mr. Rex …."
Hearing Rex's words, Fangzheng rolled his eyes, then took out the book that Rex had given him previously.
"I've almost mastered the contents of this book. I want to ask what I should do next …."
"What?"
However, before Fangzheng could finish his sentence, he saw Rex look over with a mocking and surprised expression.
"You've mastered it? I say, kid, do you think that this is just a book, and you only need to memorize the contents in it and you will be fine? This isn't some stupid thing that the Holy Cathedral uses to brainwash people. You know, mages are …. "
But Rex stopped before he finished speaking. He stared blankly at Fangzheng — or rather, at the ball of light floating in Fangzheng's hand.
It was a level-0 spell, Illumination. For Rex, this spell was nothing strange. In fact, any apprentice mage could master this spell. But the problem was …. the one who cast this spell was Fangzheng! And it had only been less than three days since he started learning magic!!
"An Illumination? Looks like you're working hard …. But …. "
But before Rex could finish, he saw Fangzheng's finger tap lightly. The next moment, a white ray filled with cold air suddenly shot out from his fingertip and hit the table not far away, freezing the candlestick on it in white frost.
Freezing Ray!
Rex was dumbfounded. He opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. After a while, Rex slowly looked at Fangzheng and asked.
"How many level-0 tricks do you know in this book?"
"I've learned all of them."
This was also the reason why Fangzheng came to Rex. After all, in his opinion, the things in this book were only beginners, and the spells recorded in it were the lowest-level tricks. These things had almost no lethality. They couldn't even be considered spells.
Next, he should be able to learn some real spells.
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