Under Hamfist's "threat", Ryan reluctantly agreed. Hamfist nodded with satisfaction and said to Ryan: "Don't worry, I will do this test for you personally, and it will be done on my own." It’s a dedicated training ground, so you don’t have to worry about outsiders finding out, unless you can’t trust me, an old man.”
Ryan burst into laughter and said to Hamfist: "If the president of the Imperial Capital Magic Guild can't believe it, I really can't find anyone in this world that I can trust."
Ryan's words of obvious compliment to Hamfest made the president of the Imperial Capital Magic Guild laugh. Amidst the continuous laughter, Hamfest waved his hand and summoned a bright white light. Wrapping himself and Ryan up, the white light burst out with dazzling brilliance in an instant, and Hamfist and Ryan were also teleported out.
After the white halo surrounding his body disappeared, Ryan let out a long sigh. Just now, Hamfist took Ryan directly without asking for his opinion. Obviously, the president himself His strength is definitely not that of an ordinary magician. In Ryan's impression, only a few people such as Victor and Blair can do this. Therefore, Ryan has no intention of looking down on the Imperial Capital Magic Guild or this person in front of him. I mean, grown up,
The destination of Hamfist's teleportation this time was an empty space. There was no way to see the surrounding area at a glance. Looking up at the night sky, the stars in the sky seemed to be plucked with one hand. Looking down at the earth, the endless greenery was also lifelike. However, Ryan understands that these are just illusions. This place and the training ground in his teacher Dranai's magic tower are both made using the same principle. This should also be a skill inherited from the archmage Meren.
"Okay, let's do it here." Hamfist said with a smile: "This kind of private test does not have to follow the rigid rules, but some of the most basic requirements still have to be followed, no matter you Whether it’s already clear or not, I’ll explain it to you first, this is a necessary procedure.”
"Please." Ryan used honorifics unknowingly. This was his heartfelt respect for the powerful.
"You don't need to be so restrained. In fact, we should all be from the same line." Hamfist said: "As the president of the Magic Guild of the Imperial City, of course I will know all the secrets. For example, the great mage Mellen once formulated a A complete set of magician training methods, but it was a pity that it was burned down by a fire."
"However, Archmage Melen still left something behind in another way. I once saw a few words in one of his diaries, but unfortunately it was unclear. But according to my own guess, Archmage Melen should have left something behind. These things were given to his youngest student Jie Xi. Since you are wearing the magic mask that Jie Xi never left, you must have some kind of relationship with this magic master. So strictly speaking, we are all the great mage Mei. The descendant of Lun."
Ryan did not make any comment on Hamfist's words, but Hamfist knew that he had guessed it right, but this topic was not suitable to continue. The two of them had a tacit understanding and did not talk about it anymore. Mentioning this matter, it's as if Hamfist had never said what he said before.
Hamfister continued to talk about some key points in the magic test: "The levels of magicians are roughly divided into four categories: magic apprentice, magician, magister, and archmage. Like magicians, they include junior, intermediate, and Advanced, these detailed levels are all artificially formulated, which does not mean that this is correct, but there must always be such a standard to measure it."
"The only reference for this standard is the magical power mastered by the magician himself. In order to test and compare these powers, we grade a wide variety of magic according to the difficulty of using magic and other factors, and according to the level of magic mastered by the magician It is different to evaluate the magician's own level. In fact, magic itself is impossible to quantify. For example, for the same fireball magic, the power released by Farasi is absolutely incomparable with that released by Victor. , so this system is filled with many self-contradictory things.”
"At this point, you may ask, since there are so many problems with this system, why should we continue to maintain its existence." Hamfist explained: "This is like a country, although there are often cases where nobles oppress common people. Things, but without this country, the civilians in this country will face greater pain because they have lost their protection, for example, being robbed by orcs and becoming slaves, life would be worse than death."
"Of course, in order to maintain this magic system, we have added a lot of improvements over the years." Hamfist said with a smile on his face: "A level 3 magic fireball, released by a junior magician, a standard The chanting time is 5 seconds, the attack range is 20 to 30 meters, and the explosion power is 3 to 5 meters in radius. Well, if it is released by a senior magician, the casting time may be shorter, and it may be flying. If it is further away and the killing power is greater, then we can directly increase the fireball spell released by the latter by one or several levels, so that the latter's fireball spell is more powerful, and its magic level is no longer level 3, but It’s Level 4 or even Level 5.”
"This is like the difference between fireball and pyrotechnics. In fact, the latter is simply a variant of the former, but it can play a greater role in certain situations, so it evolved into a new magic over time." Hamfist said: "This improved method can completely solve the problems I mentioned before. It can also solve the problem that it is difficult for magicians to grade their own magic. We only need to find each of the ten magic levels in advance. Come up with a few of the most commonly used magics, and spend some time carefully formulating the detailed parameters of these magics, then you can use this as a basis to measure and compare other magics."
"It sounds complicated, but if you think about it carefully, it makes perfect sense. According to your improvement, many problems can indeed be solved." Ryan said with admiration: "This is simply a pioneering work."
"Well, in fact, the entire improved system has not been implemented in practice. The power of habit is powerful. Even the forbidden curse can only change the long-term view of certain things in human hearts." Hamfist suddenly said: " But Ryan, you will be the first user of this system, but it’s a pity that the entire testing process cannot be disclosed to the public.”
"I'm honored." Ryan agreed happily: "I don't care about fame and fortune at all. If I can better pursue magical power, I am willing to give up those flashy illusions."
"Haha, that's all you can think of. Well, let's stop talking nonsense and let's get started." Hamfist said, "Are you ready, Mr. Lion Magician?"
"Ready, President." Ryan replied loudly,
"Very good. I'm going to taste a glass of wine first. Do you want one?" Hamfist said something that made Ryan almost fall to the ground.
"This..." The only thing Ryan can do now is to desperately slander the president of the Imperial Capital Magic Guild.
"Well, let's test your level 1 magic first." Hamfist picked up a crystal cup with his left hand, took a sip of the bright red Bordeaux, and said slowly: "Actually, level 1 magic is completely Magic is used for basic exercises. Generally speaking, it is not used in formal battles. Ryan, according to the rules of the test, you must use three different spells for each level of magic. Now aim at those targets and attack. .”
After Hamfest finished speaking, he pointed with his right hand at the bouncing snow velvet rabbit on the ground, and continued: "Using level 1 magic to deal with level 1 monsters, my idea is not bad, of course these goals are It is illusory. You don’t have to worry about them attacking you. In other words, you have enough time to cast spells. Once these targets are attacked by you, they will disappear and the various parameters of your magic will be collected by the entire magic circle. , used to compare with those magics that have detailed standards."
"Okay." Ryan nodded, flicked it casually, and released a magic missile, which easily hit the snow velvet rabbit closest to him. The snow velvet rabbit immediately emitted a slight white light after being hit. The entire body gradually faded away, leaving only a rough outline of the body shape. After a few seconds, the entire looming body outline slowly disappeared into the air.
"Well, magic missiles are magic that any magician can use." Hamfist nodded slightly, and then he saw Ryan filling his entire palm with lightning energy and grabbing another snow The velvet rabbit, and then caught the third snow velvet rabbit with his flaming palm,
Regarding "Lightning Hand" and "Burning Hand", low-level magic for magic apprentices to practice, Hamfist did not think they could play any role in actual combat, but if Adela and others were here, they would definitely He scoffed at Hamfest's idea, because this seemingly insignificant magic played a huge role in Ryan's hands. The simplest way to use it is to deal with enemies who try to attack the magician at close range. ,
"This mirror image technique is well used." Hamfist took another sip of wine and couldn't help but praise a few words in his heart, because in front of him, Ryan used this level 2 magic to directly transform 6 mirror images. In fact, according to the magic level improvement rules mentioned by Hamfest before, the magic released by Ryan should have exceeded level 3.
And Ryan did not wait for the previous magic to end before releasing the magic of love. Instead, he directly started to bless the six mirror images with the "Power of the Barbarian Bull" and the "Agility of the Civet Cat", watching the red colors appear on the six Ryans at the same time. With light and green light, Hamfist drank up the wine in the crystal glass in one gulp and threw it to the ground. At the same time, the president of the Imperial Capital Magic Guild also clapped his hands excitedly because he found the six Ryans. The effects of "Burning Hand" and "Lightning Hand" on the mirror hand have not disappeared, and Hamfist immediately guessed Ryan's purpose of doing this, which is to prevent the enemy from getting close.