Hearing Roland's words, the magic apprentices were briefly stunned. Then, they all put on an expectant expression.
After all, Roland was already an official Mage, and he was only one step away from the Elite level. He had even learned Language Proficiency. He was definitely a rare genius.
If an ordinary magic apprentice had said that level-zero cantrips were possible, they would definitely have laughed out loud. However, it was an official Mage who said it. Even if it was different from their common sense, it was still worth listening to.
Besides, they didn't have anyone to teach them. It was already great that someone was willing to explain magic to them.
While the magic apprentices looked at him expectantly, Roland summoned a Hand of Magic.
It was a normal spell cast. The Hand of Magic was the same size, and there was nothing special about it. Most of the magic apprentices were disappointed.
Vivian, on the other hand, was still looking at Roland expectantly.
"I know you're all disappointed." Roland looked around and smiled. "But that's exactly what's going to surprise you."
Roland snapped his fingers, and the blue, translucent Hand of Magic expanded more than three times as if it were being inflated.
At this moment, the magic apprentices finally showed slight curiosity.
But it wasn't enough to really move them.
After all, Hand of Magic was just a level-zero trick. In their eyes, it didn't have any combat power. It was just a bit bigger.
Roland looked around and found a wooden dummy … Because this was a magic lab, there were a lot of props here.
Naturally, there were a lot of dummies that were used to test the power of spells.
The Hand of Magic, which had expanded more than three times, grabbed a wooden dummy and crushed it into pieces easily.
Looking at the pieces that fell from the sky, the magic apprentices all had their mouths wide open.
Roland had already mastered Hand of Magic. After more than a month of derivations and experiments, it could lift about three tons and grip about one ton.
What did one ton mean?
Hand of Magic could twist an iron bar that was as thick as an arm, not to mention a wooden dummy.
"Hand of Magic is just a level-zero spell, but it can still be powerful if you're good at it."
As Roland spoke, he flicked his finger again.
At this time, the Magician's Hand quickly shrank into the shape of a spear and swung to the side. The blue spear directly pierced through a nearby wooden puppet and pulverized its upper body.
"The simpler the spell, the easier it is to control. It's also less likely for problems to occur. " Roland explained, "Personally, I think that since you can't cast more advanced spells for now, you might as well study level-zero tricks such as Hand of Magic and Light Ball first. This will increase your mental strength and make your control over the magical elements more outstanding. This will lay a solid foundation for your future path as a mage. "
When Roland said that, the Hand of Magic turned from a spear into a sword, from a sword into a shield, and finally into a glove on his arm.
Then, he took two steps forward and punched with a horse stance. The huge blue fist sent a stone dummy flying. It crashed into the rock wall in front of it and bounced back.
When they bounced back in midair, they shattered into countless pebbles and landed in front of the magic apprentices and at their feet.
This time, the magic apprentices' eyes were almost wide open.
"As long as you can use magic, even if it's just a trick, you're already much better than ordinary people." Roland knew the importance of encouragement. He glanced at everybody and said slowly, "Don't bite off more than you can chew. You can't move forward until you have a solid foundation."
At this moment, Claus raised his hand.
Roland gestured for him to speak.
"But if we don't know level-one spells, people won't admit that we're mages."
Roland chuckled. "Think about it. You can defeat those who use level-one and level-two spells with level-zero tricks. Doesn't that make you more awesome?"
Claus was briefly stunned. Then, he suddenly put on an enlightened expression.
"I'll draw the model of Hand of Magic for you," Roland said in frustration. "Unfortunately, I don't know your language. I'll dictate later. Someone, write down the routes of the magic nodes of Hand of Magic and the annotations!"
"I'll do it!" Vivian stood out.
Roland looked at the other magic apprentices, who were all looking at the ground, as if they didn't want to compete with her for this opportunity!
"Okay, Vivian it will be."
Vivian smiled gently, her cheeks slightly blushing.
About two hours later, the detailed model of Hand of Magic was drawn on a piece of parchment that was almost the size of a table. Vivian's handwriting was excellent, and she was very patient.
She left Roland's library with the parchment. Hardly had she gone to the second floor when she was surrounded by her colleagues.
"Vivian, hang it up on the bulletin board in the middle. Nobody can monopolize this model."
"Yes, yes, yes!"
"I didn't know that Hand of Magic could be so powerful."
"Yes, it can be transformed. I've never heard of anyone's Hand of Magic that can be transformed to such an extent. It must've been invented by Branch Chairman Roland himself, right?"
"I think so."
"He's a genius. Maybe even better than the chairman!"
"I think so, too."
Vivian pinned the parchment to the bulletin board on her tiptoes. There were lines everywhere on the eighteen nodes of the spell model. It seemed messy at first glance, but on closer inspection, one would discover that the lines were real and fake, thick and thin, and annotated. They could be easily sorted out as long as one was careful enough.
"Who are you saying is more genius than me?"
At this moment, mockery came from behind the magic apprentices. The magic apprentices looked back, only to be scared out of their wits. They all shouted "Chairman!" and stood aside, not daring to talk anymore.
Aldo was wearing a noble suit this time. It seemed that he had just come here after a routine social meeting with a certain noble.
Vivian hurried to stand aside too.
Aldo wasn't angry. There was only a playful smile on his face, without any negative feelings. Then, he noticed the bulletin board and said, "Well, it's from Hand of Magic …"
"Wait!" Aldo's eyes suddenly widened. He quickly walked to the bulletin board and swiped his finger on a thick black line.
"Such a detailed model with notes on derivative spells."
Aldo was much more knowledgeable than the magic apprentices. If the magic apprentices didn't know what was going on, Aldo was the one who really knew how awesome this model of Hand of Magic was!
"Who got this blueprint?!" Aldo asked sternly.
The magic apprentices all looked up.
Roland!
Aldo pondered for a moment and said, "Put this blueprint away immediately. It will be the private property of the Magic Tower in the future. You have to pay thirty points to view it once!"
"Ahhh!!!"
The magic apprentices wailed in disappointment.
It wasn't hard to earn thirty points, but everybody would feel sad when something free suddenly became a fee.
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