There's a black hole inside me - Chapter 374

c374 Simon and Roanna

Simon Langham, a junior water magic apprentice.

He is 23 years old and comes from an ordinary farmer’s family. He was found to have a certain talent for magic. After entering the door of the magic world, his life changed.

Although the most powerful water magic he mastered was only a level 2 water bullet, which could condense a ball of pure water that was enough for an adult to drink for a day.

He could release up to ten bullets a day to solve the drinking water problem for ten people.

It could only play a less obvious interference role when used to attack the enemy, and the range was only 30 yards.

Even so.

After joining the Magician Association and the Adventurer’s Guild and participating in many adventure activities.

He can still earn about 20 gold coins a year, which is twenty times the annual income of his parents who farm in his hometown.

Not only can he easily support himself.

He can also take out part of the money to honor his parents and family, greatly improving the lives of his family.

Even if he nods, he can easily solve his single problem, marry a village flower-level wife, and build a happy and wealthy family.

But…

Simon is still very young.

It is not the kind of life that is content with a small fortune and only pursues a plain life with a wife and children.

Although his magic talent is ordinary and below average.

He wants to get rid of the status of a magic apprentice and be promoted to a formal magician before the age of 30.

That is, he can launch the 4th level water magic “Water Sword” with the power to penetrate the heavy armor knight, and then he will be recognized as a formal magician, otherwise he will always be a magic apprentice and play a little miscellaneous role in the team.

The dream is very full.

But the reality is very cruel and skinny.

There are more than one trillion intelligent lives in the world of Julius Soma, but magicians only account for one ten-thousandth of them, and only one millionth of them can be formal mages on the stage. Simon is just the most inconspicuous one in the audience.

The reason is very simple.

The advancement of magicians requires a lot of resources.

The first is knowledge, the knowledge of magician theory, various magic books, which are monopolized by a large number of magic families and guilds. Even the entry-level magic books are sold at a very high price, not to mention more advanced theories, or the notes of those well-known magicians.

To gain knowledge, you have to pay a huge price.

The second is resources.

The magic stone with high concentration of magic elements used in meditation, the meditation stone that can calm the mood and speed up the meditation efficiency, the awakening potion with large side effects, and the magic potion often used in battle, the recovery potion for recuperation, etc…. are all very useful for magicians.

This means that the cost will be very large.

Without a rich enough family background, you can only accumulate slowly, and the improvement is very slow. Even if you are a genius with outstanding talent, it takes a lot of time and energy to become a formal magician.

In summary.

Under the premise of no special circumstances, with Simon’s qualifications, it will take at least 40 to 50 years old to be promoted to a formal magician.

But he was unwilling!

You must know that under the great magician, the lifespan of magic apprentices, junior magicians, and intermediate magicians is about 100 years old, and rarely exceeds 100 years old. In a limited life, you have to spend half of your time and work hard to officially get started, which is really too slow.

Even if you succeed in the promotion, you will not be able to enjoy it for a few years. In addition, as you get older, your body gradually ages, your brain is not flexible enough, and you will start to go downhill.

Such a life of a mage.

It is simply despairing.

It is generally recognized that if you want to have a better future and development, it is best to become a formal mage before the age of 30, a mid-level mage before the age of 40, and finally work hard to impact the great magician, break the shackles of life, and embrace a long life of 300 years. That can be considered a relatively successful life.

If you don’t make any breakthroughs before the age of 30, there is basically no hope in this life, and you will never become a role on the big stage.

So Simon made up his mind that no matter what he paid, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, even if he had to risk his life, he would strive for that one in ten million possibility.

It happened to be at this time.

A message came from thousands of miles away, which shocked Simon.

Liyuan Gobi, Magic Research City.

Recently, the news about this new force reached his ears, which aroused his great interest and even shocked him.

There was no way that the newly emerged force was making too much noise.

A huge magic tower was built within one day.

Tens of millions of acres of land were reclaimed and harvested in one long day.

What surprised everyone even more was that the lord of the Magic Research City actually distributed millions of Karens of high-quality grain for free. Anyone could take it. As long as they could carry it, they could take as much as they wanted.

And after the first batch, the second batch was ripe again, and they could not take it all.

It is said that the people of the Principality of Aaron and the noble lords do not need to grow grain at all in the past two years, and they do not have to worry about starving to death.

This is only one aspect.

On the other hand, through the unmanned flying equipment flying in the sky, the news that the Magic Research City is recruiting magicians has also spread to the area thousands of miles away.

Simon heard the announcement broadcast by the unmanned flying equipment:

“Whether it is a magic apprentice, junior, intermediate or great magician, we welcome you with open arms.”

“In order to study the ultimate secret of magic, we have prepared generous rewards. As long as you are willing to share your knowledge, we will give you corresponding rewards. An annual salary of one million gold coins or tens of millions of gold coins is not a dream, as long as you have this value. ”

“At the same time, we also welcome all those with magic talents and qualifications to study in the Magic Research City. We have prepared 100,000 student places for the first batch, regardless of high or low, just based on talent. Anyone can sign up, and all tuition fees are free. , and provide generous scholarships to outstanding students… We do not ask for any fees, and all meals and accommodation are included, just to pursue the ultimate truth. ”

“Come here, this is a really good place. Everyone can learn something and gain something. We will provide a free knowledge sharing platform so that even students with the lowest qualifications can become students as long as they are willing to work hard. “The Great Magician.”

“We welcome you with open arms.”

Plop~

My heart is moved.

Simon was moved at that time.

Although he didn’t understand many new terms, he completely understood the core meanings.

Tuition is free.

All accommodation and food included.

Knowledge exchange and sharing.

Those who excel are generously rewarded.

Just to crack the ultimate mystery of magic.

Etc., etc.

The above alone made Simon very excited, and he wished he could go to the so-called magic research city immediately.

“I have a hunch that that might be the place that can change my destiny.”

“The Magic Guild and those families have monopolized knowledge too completely. Magicians from small families, no matter how talented they are, will never get ahead.”

“I have no money, no resources, almost nothing. The only thing I have is an unwilling heart.”

“If the Magic Research City is willing to provide me with everything I need, even if it means signing a prostitution agreement and serving them forever, I will be willing!”

“Hope, my hope is there, go to the Magic Research City immediately!”

Simon made up his mind immediately.

So after handing over the cargo escort task at hand, he went to the group leader Stego and proposed the idea of ​​quitting the adventure group and going to the Magic Research City for further studies.

When he had something unspeakable, he expressed his thoughts.

“Are you going to the Magic Research City too?”

The leader of the group, Stego, a tall, muscular man, looked at him in surprise and said, “I just took on a new mission. I have to escort a noble lady and a batch of important supplies to the Magic Research City.” Well, since you want to go too, let’s go together. I won’t charge you for the sake of our cooperation for several years.”

“Thank you, leader!”

Simon nodded immediately, overjoyed.

After all, when a person goes out, he will encounter various dangers. As a magic apprentice, his self-defense ability is limited. A farmer can threaten his life. If he can go with the adventure group, his safety will be greatly improved.

He was naturally very happy.

…

Two days of rest and preparation.

The convoy sets off again.

The destination is the Magic Research City thousands of miles away, and it is expected to arrive in half a month (half a long day).

Simon, who was dressed energetically and looked somewhat handsome, also saw the noble lady whom the adventure group hired to protect – an exquisite beauty under twenty years old, wearing gorgeous clothes and with smooth blond hair. Very noble, with a slightly raised chin, a proud temperament, and complains about the poor conditions from time to time.

Her name is Roanna Snowdy. She is a direct descendant of the famous magic family, the Snowdy family. Her status is indeed extremely noble.

In addition, although she is less than 20 years old, she has invested a lot of resources and has outstanding talent. She is already a junior fire magician. Her magical power can enter a room and release explosive fireballs that can kill people easily.

The appearance and temperament are quite outstanding.

The only thing is that his personality is a little bit bad.

So along the way, Simon, who was also a magician, turned out to be a servant serving this noble lady, and was ordered around to do a lot of things.

“The water provided by the escort is too bad to drink! Simon, get me some pure water. I can’t drink other water.”

“Yes, Miss Roanna!”

Simon bowed politely like a gentleman, then released the water balloon technique, poured it into a water bag, and handed it to Roanna’s hand.

“I want to eat honey bread. Buy some honey bread for me.”

“Yes, Miss Roanna.”

“My leather boots are a little stained. Use water polo to help clean them, but don’t get them too wet.”

“yes!”

“Go give it to me…”

Along the way, just two or three days.

Luo Anna ordered at least hundreds of small tasks, put forward various needs, and asked Simon to run errands. She was very attentive in directing.

Simon had no choice but to refuse and offend such a noble lady, so he could only do it one by one. Even if some small tasks were very troublesome, he would try his best to satisfy her.

The fourth day.

Luo Anna praised him for the first time and said: “You have performed very well these days. I also know that you are going to study abroad in the Magic Research City, which is the same as mine. Then, you can be my servant. For such a little brother, please express your gratitude quickly. With me protecting you, no one will dare to bully you. Cherish this rare opportunity.”

Simon: “???”

A question mark on his head.

But looking at this noble lady, she raised her chin slightly, as if she was waiting to hear his oath of allegiance.

In order not to spoil her mood, he could only say: “Thank you Miss Luo Anna, I will do my best!”

Seeing Simon so sensible, Luo Anna’s mood improved a lot, and the relationship between the two became closer.

In private, she did not hide some things that were not convenient to say in her heart, so she said in front of Simon with a disdainful and complaining tone:

“To be honest, I am not very willing to come to this remote wilderness, to any magic research city.”

“And also brought all the magic research books of the family, even including the fire magic books that the family has studied and explored for thousands of years-at the request of the family, the most valuable trump cards of the Xue Di family were brought here and all handed over to the magic research city.”

“Humph, it’s just a new force that has just been established not long ago. Why should our thousand-year-old family, the Xue Di family, take out the family’s unique skills and carry out any strategic cooperation? What foundation do they have? The fire magic of the Xue Di family is an existence that no force dares to underestimate. It obviously has infinite growth potential, but it was deceived by a new force. The elders of the family are too short-sighted.”

Magic books?

Simon immediately asked curiously: “Since Magic Research City is a new force with no resources and foundation, why did your family agree to cooperate?”

“Magic Research City gave too much.”

Roanna said with a little embarrassment: “It just so happens that our family is a little short of money. We need a sum of money to buy expensive potions to help my grandfather break through to the forbidden spell magician (a level above the great magician). It requires millions of gold coins. The Magic Research City gave this money, and it was high-value ten-cent gold. For the sake of money, our family reached a cooperation with Magic Research City.”

She immediately added: “But obviously, our family suffered a loss. How could the magic knowledge passed down for thousands of years be worth only a million gold coins? Our family had no choice but to suffer this big loss. Under normal circumstances, we would not cooperate no matter how much money was given.”

Simon nodded, thinking that what she said made sense.

Because fire magic is a very powerful magic with the highest practical value, being able to practice the fire magic book of the great magician is definitely priceless knowledge, which cannot be measured by a million gold coins.

So Roanna complained and despised all the way.

A few days later

Only about a hundred miles away from the Magic Research City, Luo Anna suddenly stopped complaining, her delicate little mouth opened wide, her face full of disbelief.

Light column.

There was a thick white light column that penetrated the sky and the earth in the west, which was extremely dazzling.

And at this distance.

The thousand-meter-high tower-like building below the light column could be barely seen, standing there like a miracle, and no one knew how it was built.

Compare it with the family’s small castle that was only a dozen meters high.

Luo Anna had to temporarily put away her contempt and began to pay attention to it.