The carriage was running fast on the spacious and straight road. Ryan leaned against the carriage with his eyes closed, seeming to have fallen asleep. Beside Ryan, Barbara opened her eyes wide and stared at the carriage. The wooden sign hanging on a thin rope opposite was a target for her to practice magic.
Although the road is flat, the carriage will still sway to a certain extent while running. What Barbara has to do is to recite magic spells in this environment to attack the wooden sign that is the target, and Ryan is very concerned about Barbara. The additional requirement is that the magic missile must be used to hit the target, but at the same time, the power of the magic missile must be controlled so that it can only hit the wooden sign but not destroy it. This is really difficult for Barbara, who is still a magic apprentice. Very high difficulty,
Barbara has been practicing like this for three days. On average, she has to release at least 100 magic missiles every day. This amount of mana consumption has exceeded the capacity of the magic apprentices, but Barbara has Ryan to help. As long as you wear the amethyst jewelry she made, you can continuously replenish the arcane energy consumed in releasing magic missiles.
After more than 300 exercises, Barbara was able to successfully hit the target no more than 10 times, and basically every time she hit the target, the wooden sign would be broken or shattered. This made Barbara very distressed because of the magic missile's Although it's not very powerful, if it can't even break a small wooden sign, then there's no point in using it to attack the enemy.
It seems that the task that Ryan assigned to Barbara is an impossible task. If she wants to hit the swinging wooden sign on the bumpy carriage, Barbara must be very quick to hit, but the magic missile that meets this requirement must The wooden sign will inevitably be damaged, which makes Barbara feel at a loss.
"Why, I can't bear this setback." Ryan, who had his eyes closed, suddenly spoke: "Aren't you determined to be a powerful magician, but you want to give up so soon?"
"I don't." Barbara immediately answered her teacher: "It's just that this request is too... too difficult."
"Is it difficult?" Ryan opened his eyes, smiled at Barbara, who was staring at him, and gently stretched out a finger.
Barbara saw with her own eyes a small ball flying out of Ryan's fingertips, drawing an arc in the air, and gently hitting the wooden sign that was swinging left and right, and then the wooden sign emitted It flew back with a crisp sound, but it was tied by a string. After the string was tightened, the wooden sign flew back, hung there and swayed several times, and then slowly returned to its original swing frequency.
"Obviously this request is not impossible." Ryan said with a smile,
Barbara had been practicing for three days, and of course she knew it was not easy to do this, so she said to Ryan with a look of admiration: "You are my teacher, of course there is no problem, but I, I learn magic. It’s only been a few months…”
"Don't use the length of study time to measure your strength, Barbara." Ryan immediately corrected Barbara: "You know, it only took me a few years from learning magic to going out on adventures alone, and I was able to use forbidden spells. The archmage of magic, Victor, is only in his 30s."
Barbara muttered softly: "Isn't it just to show off that you are smarter than me?"
Because Barbara almost squeezed out this sentence through her teeth, Ryan couldn't hear clearly. He asked Barbara: "What did you say."
Barbara quickly replied: "I know, Teacher Fabia, but how can I be as proficient as you?"
Ryan smiled, patted Barbara on the head and said, "How many times a day do you practice now."
Barbara tilted her head and counted, and replied: "I didn't calculate the specific number, but it must be more than 100 times."
Ryan nodded and said to Barbara: "For an ordinary magician, releasing hundreds of magic missiles a day is a very difficult task..."
Barbara rarely heard a word of praise from Ryan, and her face suddenly became happy, but who knew that Ryan's tone changed and he said to her in scolding words: "It just means that the magician consumes his own mana. , and all your consumption comes from that accessory, it doesn’t really belong to you.”
"Well, I understand." Barbara only felt a little aggrieved. She thought she had worked very hard, but Ryan's requirements for her were too strict, which made Barbara's frustration grow day by day.
"Do you think I'm too strict with you?" Ryan gently stroked Barbara's hair and asked softly,
Barbara nodded involuntarily, but she immediately shook her head desperately and said, "No, no, it's because I didn't work hard."
Ryan couldn't help laughing when he saw Barbara's cute look. However, he soon discovered that his action was not conducive to maintaining the dignity of the teacher, so he pulled a straight face and said to Barbara : "It's better to work harder now than die at the hands of the enemy."
Barbara nodded obediently, and Ryan continued: "I remember when I first came out for adventure, I didn't have much confidence in my magic. In fact, I relied more on the martial arts learned from Teacher Galib. , or in other words, I use martial arts when defending, and release magic when attacking. This combat idea has been maintained for a long time, until... "
When Ryan said this, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the car window outside. Barbara quickly moved her body over and opened the car window. It was Vivian who came into view.
"Sister Vivian." Barbara called out happily, and Vivian put a hand into the carriage, gently tapped Barbara on the head, and then said to Ryan: "Hey, Sophie is awake. She has something to tell you."
Ryan knew that the carriage where Sophie and Julia were sitting was behind him. He thought for a moment and decided to go see Sophie to see what her plans were. So Ryan gently knocked on the carriage and said in a loud voice: "Move over. Stop for a moment." The coachman replied respectfully from the front, and then the carriage began to slow down slowly.
Ryan took this opportunity to speak faster and said to Barbara: "There is no shortcut to practicing magic. It's just that practice makes perfect. You are just relying on a piece of magic jewelry to replenish your mana. If you are really allowed to use your own savings to With the power, you can release a few more missiles."
"Remember, the journey of magic is never-ending. In order to pursue the power that seems within reach, you may have to spend incredible time and energy." Ryan stroked Barbara's hair lovingly , said to her: "When the carriage shakes, your body must adapt to it instead of forcing it to change. In battle, those who can only release magic by assuming a good posture are targets. The enemy likes it best, not to mention standing." , crouching, even if you are sprinting, rolling, or even on your head and feet, you can launch attacks anytime and anywhere."
"Barbara remembers it." Barbara nodded solemnly,
"Okay, let's experience it for ourselves. Is 100 times a day a lot? I had to release it at least 1,000 times a day."
"Wow, how is that possible?" Barbara was startled. She took Ryan's hand and asked repeatedly: "Teacher, how did you do it."
At this time, the carriage had stopped. Ryan opened the door and turned to Barbara and said, "I don't advocate that you do this, but I really did it at the beginning. It was nothing more than not eating or sleeping. All the time you spend thinking about it is used to release magic, and when the mana is exhausted, use it to think."
After Ryan said these words, he slowly got out of the carriage, and Vivian, who was walking closely behind the carriage, also reined in the horse and jumped down from it.
"Why don't you take the car?" Ryan asked Vivian, "You didn't sleep all night last night."
"You haven't slept all night, and you're not that energetic yet." Vivian curled her lips and said, "It's just a crazy night. Besides, riding horses is really fun. Adela once told me that her oldest My dream is to command a knighthood to charge into battle, but it's a pity..."
"Of course, if you don't mind being targeted by the existence of the Royal Knights, I don't care." Ryan spread his hands and said: "This is an imperial ban, but it has been strictly enforced for 200 years. Even if it is a traitor, Military leader Senat has not set foot in this restricted area.”
"I know, you're getting more and more verbose." Vivian lightly punched Ryan on the shoulder, and then changed the subject: "The car behind is coming, you can get in the car yourself."
"Well, the priest, has she woken up?" Ryan nodded, and then asked again: "I remember her injuries were nothing."
"I insisted carefully, and her body was fine at all. I think she couldn't accept that fact, so she subconsciously forced herself into a coma. At least this way she didn't have to wake up and face reality." Weiwei An said,
"Maybe." Ryan replied casually. At this time, the carriage containing Sophie and Julia had stopped beside Ryan, so Ryan said: "I'm going to listen to what she has to say, will you come with me? "
An ambiguous smile appeared on Vivian's face. She shook her head and said, "Who knows if they are whispering something to you? I'm just a little slave, so just go away obediently."
Ryan only felt angry and funny. He deliberately glared at Vivian and said fiercely: "You still know your identity. I thought our statuses were reversed." It's a pity that Ryan didn't pretend to be natural enough. At the end of the sentence, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. Anyone who saw his appearance knew that Ryan should be in a very happy mood at the moment.
"Well, it doesn't matter. Whoever is on top and who is at bottom are still the same anyway." Vivian replied casually, but she soon discovered that there was a huge language error in her words, but she didn't wait for an explanation. , a "hee hee" laughter came from the side, and the one who made this laughter was Barbara who stuck her little head out of the car window.
Of course Ryan knew the ambiguity of Vivian's words, but he didn't expect that Barbara, who was just a teenager, could actually hear it. He became angry and tapped Barbara on the exposed head. He took a shot, and then said fiercely: "Practice honestly, I will test you tonight, ten consecutive shots and a 20-meter target practice. If you can't pass the test, just save dinner."
"Ah." Barbara was startled and quickly retracted her head, while Ryan glared at Vivian again and stepped onto Sophie's carriage.