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"I see, please wait a moment..." The front desk mage pressed the button to call the receptionist, and while waiting, he took out the file for mage tower number 3610 and began to look at it.
"Fifth Ring, nearing advancement, all-elemental mages?"
She frowned slightly, glanced at the half-elf who was continuing to examine the magic scrolls on the wall with his hands behind his back, and then looked down at her back. Suddenly, a word caught her attention.
"Arterifus Herod... Herod?"
The mage at the front desk looked up, about to say something, when Miss Amber, the receptionist, came out from the side door and started talking to the half-elf, so she had to calm herself down.
"Not just any ordinary half-breed who's been separated from their race, but a Herod? It seems we really need to contact Lady Oriana this time..."
……
The half-elf followed the receptionist, Amber, to the recording room. Amber took out a magical artifact that looked like an ordinary book but actually contained countless documents, and handed a file to the half-elf, saying:
"Sir, please check if the information in your apprenticeship record is accurate."
Artemis took the document, glanced at Epona's slightly inquisitive and curious gaze, and then looked down to examine it with a puzzled expression.
Name, Mage Rank, Faction...
Soon, she saw "brother and lover" written in the relationship section of the register. A surge of warmth rose to her cheeks. She put down the document, put her slightly trembling left hand behind her back, raised her head, and said calmly:
"no problem."
"Eh? Eh!..." Apo let out two ambiguous exclamations. She took the document from the half-elf's hand, glanced at the slight upturn of the half-elf's lips without leaving a trace, coughed lightly, and put it back into the book creation.
"Lord Herod, we'll be heading to the training grounds for our spell tests next." Amber, suppressing her excitement at discovering a teacher-student romance, explained with impeccable professionalism:
"The integrated magic network system in the testing zone can comprehensively assess your mastery of spells, which helps us monitor the mage ecosystem in Lundia. You should know that once you reach the level of a high-ranking mage, you will generally begin to research your own legendary path, and this path is basically explored by mages alone, so it is easy for various problems to arise."
"Therefore, we will comprehensively assess the time intervals between when mages appear in the association's field of vision, and then convene them for spell tests. By using the magic network to analyze the mage's spell casting accuracy, magic sensitivity, and other indicators, we can quickly determine whether the mage has gone astray and correct it in time."
"A Magic Network assessment?"
The half-elf looked down at his hands. Some time ago, Latis had used some kind of magic rune, supposedly from a nun from the Church of Goddess, to remove the blasphemous mark from himself.
Although she didn't feel anything, she figured she was now able to connect to the magic network. However, she wasn't interested in it. In the eyes of the elves, the magic network wasn't very useful, so she hadn't paid any attention to it.
"Yes, watch your step." Aibo tapped her wristwatch, and a short-range teleportation array appeared beneath their feet, instantly transporting them to the training ground.
……
"what?"
Ye Ye's ears twitched, and she instantly increased her magical output, completing the spell in her hands.
This is the first self-created spell she completed with the help of Silvershur and the additions from Latis. It combines the "Fourth Ring Spell - Tentacle Impact" and the "First Ring Spell - Charm Human" to give the tentacles a mental deterrent effect on enemies. Combined with the Tentacle Impact's area attack and multiple damage, it can quickly stack control effects on enemies in a short period of time.
As for the effect of the tentacle slime corroding clothing, it was simply because she had inadvertently retained some decorative magic runes to show that she had indeed seriously studied the magic rune fusion course.
It was absolutely not intentional.
In short, she named the new technique "Four Rings Folk Magic - Painter's Self-Use Human Frame," a very ambiguous name, but it fits Yaya's mental state perfectly.
"Flying skills score: 0.75; Acceleration skills score: 0.7; Artist's own human body support score: 0.95. After weighted analysis, Miss Yeye's weekly test score is 0.9, which is excellent. The test results have been sent to Teacher Yin Xiuer of Qing Teng Academy. Welcome to visit again, goodbye."
"Great! After breathing in fresh magic energy outside all night, I'm incredibly strong right now!"
The instrument's evaluation score made Ye Ye jump up in surprise. She proudly packed up her belongings, glanced back at the two people standing outside the door, and was immediately stunned.
"Brother Gouzi's mentor?"
She scratched her head. Although she had gone to dinner with Latis at his invitation last time, she hadn't spoken much with the adults in the mage territory, so she was still relatively unfamiliar with Ateliers.
Ye Ye stepped out the door, greeted the half-elf awkwardly, and was about to leave when she suddenly heard the receptionist's words, which were full of desire to ship them as a couple.
"Lord Herod, your lover, cough, your apprentice achieved a composite score of 1.32 in the last test, which is almost at the top of our mid-level mage record..."
"?!"
Ye Ye's mouth dropped open, and she froze on the spot as if petrified. She turned her head back, her head bobbing, and looked at the half-elf's proud and light steps after hearing about Latis's achievement, and the smile on her face that she couldn't hide. Ye Ye felt like her eyes were about to pop out of their sockets.
"Love, love, love... lover?" ! 』
Ye Ye couldn't help but take a step back, feeling as if her brain was starting to boil.
"Me? Huh? He...what?"
She quickly shook her head to clear her mind, then looked at the half-elf's back again and gasped.
"Gouzi and his mentor? ...It doesn't seem like a bad idea?"
As an omnivore, Ye Ye instantly calmed down, crossed her arms, and her eyes began to sparkle with excitement.
"Although Teacher Yin is perfectly suited to be Gouzi's subordinate, that doesn't stop you, Master, from being his superior! Hmm, the more I think about it, the more suitable it seems... Hmph, my writing urge is kicking in! Time to go home and pick up my pen!"
She grabbed her backpack and ran off.
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"So, casting spells in this area automatically triggers the magic network's analysis? That's terrifying..."
The half-elf glanced at the receptionist who had already left the arena and took a deep breath.
"But Miss April didn't say I had to use the magic network for casting, so I guess I can use a magic book too?"
She sighed helplessly and shook her head. Although reason told her that this wouldn't work, she decided to give it a try since things had come to this point.
The half-elf raised his arm and used his consciousness to draw upon the magical energy within his body, slowly gathering it in his palm.
"Tree Leap Technique!"
The magic of the five rings created a strong fluctuation around her, and the wooden props in the training ground trembled slightly. The next second, the half-elf's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot, and a phantom flashed in front of the wooden props, from which the half-elf walked out lightly.
She calmed her magic and waited for the testing equipment to evaluate her. Suddenly, the magic circle on the equipment lit up slightly, and then the equipment announced in a slightly different voice:
"Tree Leap Spell Power 1.5, Casting Stability 1.5, Rune Purity 1.35, Magic Affinity 1.35, Magic Network Connection 0...1.5. After weighted analysis, Lady Arterifus Herod's overall magical aptitude score is 1.45, passing the mage status test. Welcome back next time, goodbye."
The slightly different broadcast voice made the half-elf a little suspicious. She turned to look at Aypo outside the training ground, only to find that she was talking to an older woman and did not seem to have noticed the broadcast.
Artemis stroked her chin, pondering:
"My announcement sounded like it had been tampered with. Miss Amber shouldn't have access to this kind of information... At least I passed the test. Things should be fine in the Mage Territory now. I should go back and ask my brother if he's heard of anything similar..."
She stepped outside, only to find that the older woman she had spoken to earlier was gone. April checked her test results, clapped her hands, and laughed:
"Congratulations, Lord Herod. Your mage status test has been passed, and you are now officially a member of the Lundian mages. As a Lundian mage, you have the right and qualification to reside in Lundian and to accept the summons of the royal capital. Furthermore, as the master of your mage territory, you can upgrade and transform your mage territory by completing the commissions of the Mage Association."
The half-elf, who had intended to go home, instinctively raised his pointed ears and asked curiously:
"Upgrades and modifications? Isn't the terrain of Lundia off-limits to destruction?"
"Unauthorized destruction is not permitted." Apo emphasized the rules of the Mage's Association, then continued to explain:
"The Mage Guild can upgrade and modify your mage territory without altering the terrain. The specific scope is vast, including adding or upgrading teleportation arrays within the mage territory; if you wish to raise monsters, we can add a natural-environment-mimicking magic circle; or if you want to add attack capabilities to your mage tower, that's certainly possible..."
"and many more."
Artemis was completely confused and quickly asked:
"Where can the newly added teleportation array lead? As far as I know, if you want to go to a teleportation array in another region, you need to obtain official authorization from that region before you can connect to the teleportation array, right?"
"Also, Miss Apo, what's the use of that attack function you mentioned earlier? In Lundia, surely no one would intrude on someone else's mage tower?"
Amber opened the book artifact in her hand, and a phantom of a mage tower appeared on the book. She smiled and said:
"This is an ability unique to our Mage Association! After adding the teleportation array, you'll receive an initial location marker. No matter where you place it, you can teleport there! After that, each upgrade adds another location marker. Of course, upgrading the teleportation array comes at a very high cost..."
She conjured the illusory image of the mage tower with her finger and continued:
"As for the attack function, although not many mages are equipped with this function, it is very useful. Oh, I forgot to tell you, once your mage tower and you are registered with the Mage Association, you can synchronize with your own mage tower."
Aibo dragged an accessory from the void and merged it into the phantom of the mage tower, then flicked the phantom.
Suddenly, two illusory pillars of fire appeared from the phantom, which swept aimlessly for a while before slowly settling into stillness.
"If you are a battle mage who often goes on adventures, you must try this modification, because after you have synchronized your mage tower, you can summon your own mage tower at any time in the wild to defend against monsters."
"However, when you are in the wild, even if you enter the Mage Tower, it does not mean that you have returned to Lundia. Your family in Lundia will not be able to see you inside the Mage Tower."
"The great Lady Orianna created this spell and named it 'Orianna's Mobile Turret.' The principle is roughly to project a mage tower from another plane onto your location. Magic, isn't it amazing?"
Artemis was stunned by what Abe said. Although she had seen many amazing natural spells in her race as an elf, she had never met a legendary human mage. Today, she realized that even the once-powerful elves had not been able to fully explore all the mysteries of magic.
"So, what kind of requests can I accept?" the half-elf asked after a moment's thought.
“Before you leave the Mage Association, I will compile all the categories and explain them to you in detail,” Amber said mysteriously, blinking.
“Before that, if you are not in a hurry to leave, the great Lady Oriana would like to see you.”
Chapter 194: Someone's Rise to the Mage's Hand (forum moderator)
The magic element in the air slowly dispersed into mono-elemental magic element clouds of different levels and colors through visible fluctuations.
Artemis dodged the floating clouds of magic, curiously surveyed the interior of the strange spherical building, and quietly stepped inside.
The legendary mage, Lady Oriana, is a mysterious figure who ventured into the stars long before Ateliers was even born. When she first appeared in the works of bards, the Kingdom of Norrad had only two territories; now, it dominates more than a quarter of the continent of Atlantis.
"By all accounts, Lady Oriana should be over a hundred years old, and to still be active is considered very long-lived among humans..."
The half-elf passed through a layer of gauze-like one-way translucent membrane, then curiously glanced back, his eyes gleaming.
"The molted shell of a star mayfly? It looks like a very precious material... but the Mage Guild has already subtly demonstrated their arrogance to the fullest extent."
She took two steps forward and suddenly realized that the older woman she had seen at the training ground was already leaning against a window watching her. Upon seeing this, she was startled and her pointed ears perked up.
"I've rarely seen the elves of Herod since the city began its fall twenty years ago. There are still a few people with elven features in human settlements, but they are fundamentally different from the elves."
The woman, dressed in a simple, ruffled robe, somewhat undignifiedly held an empty teacup in her hand, and as she turned her gaze away from the spire wall outside the window, she said:
"Your racial magic is somewhat lacking, but your bloodline concentration makes up for it. I heard that the last King Herod had an eldest daughter who hated the tedious rules and regulations of social occasions, so she ran away from Herod City when she was young... I suppose this eldest daughter is you, Lady Artemis."
The half-elf glanced at the grimoire on his waist that had been flipped through by something, but didn't mind the somewhat offensive act. He nodded and said:
“It is I, Lady Oriana.”
“Ah, elves…” A hint of reminiscence appeared in Oriana’s eyes. She didn’t say much, but glanced at the sparsely populated Tianhai Street in the morning and asked:
Do you know that the mages on this continent are divided into several different factions?
"Huh?" The half-elf was taken aback, not expecting Orianna to ask such a question. The combination of "mage" and "faction" caught her off guard, leaving her momentarily speechless. After a moment's thought, she said:
"Hmm... a magic network mage and a magic calligrapher?"