It was only the next day that Anna learned from Natalie that the demon had beaten up many mages after she left.
Natalie's little face was full of regret: "It would have been better if we hadn't left at that time. I heard that Master Raymond easily defeated those three-star mages who offered to challenge, and because they were too fast, they had not yet After realizing how powerful he was, he stepped forward to challenge one after another without overestimating his abilities. Later, almost all the three-star mages present were beaten up. It’s amazing that Raymond’s mental power can persist for so long. He is so talented. It’s really enviable!”
Anna thought to herself that if they hadn't left at that time, she might be the one who got beaten up later because she had angered the devil.
However, from the perspective of watching more actual battles and gaining experience, it is indeed a pity that they were not able to see so many actual battles yesterday.
Anna once saw two four-star mages fighting, one of whom was still a demon underneath his skin. Yesterday, she also saw a demon using the body of a two-star mage to fight a three-star mage. She discovered a characteristic. Mages fight mainly by their imagination.
In fact, the spell circuits she learned were so adjustable, which laid the foundation for the variety of spell casting forms in actual combat.
The kind of battle in novels where you stand and chant spells, and you use a big move and I use a big move, does not exist here. The coveted storage bags and rings in novels are not available here.
What is compared in actual combat is mental strength and imagination.
The amount of mental power determines durability, and the richness of imagination determines the variability of combat methods.
From what she has seen, natural elements can be condensed and "thrown" in various shapes, or natural elements can be condensed to develop different actual combat capabilities based on their own intrinsic attributes.
As for the huge fire dragon that the devil possessed Ulysses made in front of her before, it was really good for scaring people. Anyway, she was frightened at the time.
The battle between Raymond and the mages yesterday seemed to have aroused the fighting spirit of the mages, and many people also applied for a fight in the arena today.
Anna originally wanted to review her studies today, but the purpose of theory is ultimately practice. After hearing from Natalie that such large-scale actual combat competitions were rare, she went to watch it with Natalie.
The first thing the two of them watched was a battle between two-star mages. The battle lasted for more than ten minutes. Anna couldn't help but yawn after seeing it.
Compared to yesterday's battle between the devil and Hansen, this one was like playing house. They lack imagination. Although they don't just stand there and cast spells, they actually shoot spells most of the time, which is a bit like a turn-based system, so it looks a bit boring.
Later, after watching a duel between three-star mages, Anna realized that the demon was actually very powerful in actual combat.
Even if he only uses the mental power of a two-star mage, he can still exert his strength far beyond that of an ordinary two-star mage with the vision and experience of a four-star mage or above.
Anna once watched a duel between two four-star mages. The urgency and calculation that could not happen at any moment made her still remember it when she just wanted to escape.
And the scene where the demon possessed me yesterday was far more exciting than what I saw today. Even his opponent at the time, Hanson York, was able to fight him back and forth, which shows that his strength is not weak.
Therefore, the competition between these people in front of them, despite their flying spells and special effects, is really a fight between novices.
Natalie didn't watch much actual combat in the past, but now she was watching it with great interest. She came back to reality after being pulled by Anna.
"Let's go back and read, these practical exercises are boring." Anna said.
"But... isn't it a pretty good fight?" Natalie asked puzzledly.
"It's not a performance. What's the point of playing well? Let's go."
After Anna finished speaking, she left. Although Natalie was a little reluctant to leave, she still followed.
On this day, Anna read two books and exchanged spot checks with Natalie. Tests are very conducive to learning. It is best to finish the test on the same day, and the learning efficiency can be greatly improved.
In the next few days, Anna and Natalie almost lived in the library, reading the books on the book list at a rate of one to two books a day and completing the test on the same day.
In terms of theory, Natalie is considered the strongest among all subjects. Her years spent in the library have not been useless, so she can barely keep up with Anna's progress.
After reading all the books on the book list, Anna took out the notes she made when flipping through the books for the first time. On this basis, she added details and created a mind map, tying together the brief contents of the fifteen books. together.
Natalie told Anna that the theory papers for the promotion assessment mainly include fill-in-the-blanks and short answers, which test memory. Anna wrote a simulation paper based on the mind map. She reviewed it carefully during the process of writing the paper, so this paper was written for Natalie alone. Anna timed Natalie according to the two-hour real theoretical test for the promotion assessment and asked her to simulate the test.
In the end, Natalie scored 81 out of 100 points, which is average.
Natalie was extremely happy as she held the paper. She had never scored such a high score in her life, and the few theoretical exams she had passed before were all passed by at low altitude.
"Put away the paper and review it from time to time. Next, we will focus on special training and practical exercises. A deeper understanding of the theory will be helpful to improve the theoretical test scores." Anna paused and gave Nata Li said with a smile, "For the rest of the two months, if you strictly follow my plan, it won't be a problem to do well in the theoretical exam, and it will be natural to pass the practical class."
The promotion assessment for a one-star mage seemed to Anna to be very simple. At least the contents of the fifteen reference books given by Leon were simple and not many in number. It was not difficult to get high scores in the theoretical examination.
She cares more about practical issues. Natalie's practical project was a complete mess.
Anna has hardly seen the devil in the past few days, perhaps because of her rejection of him in the library that day, or perhaps because he was thinking of other plans.
In fact, if you think about it from her perspective, it is quite difficult for the devil. He has changed several bodies and used various methods, but he has not been able to harvest her soul. And because of the sunk costs, he certainly won’t give up.
Of course, she won't just surrender. Since he doesn't stop her from learning magic, she will show him how to become a five-star mage! At least until she was convinced that a five-star mage couldn't defeat him, becoming a five-star mage was her only chance.
During the past few days of focusing on reading, Anna did not neglect her mental training. After returning home every day, she would meditate until she went to sleep. At the same time, she continued to practice and build the spell circuits that she had already mastered, hoping to become her muscle memory and achieve the goal of performing magic at a single thought. to the point where success can be achieved.
One of the books in the book list given by Leon was devoted to the spells that could be learned at the stage of a mage apprentice or even a one-star mage. It was full of pictures and texts. She practiced them one by one after returning home, and now she has mastered all the spells at the stage of the mage apprentice. She did not dare to practice the spells at the Star Mage stage at home for the time being, for fear that no one would be able to save her if something went wrong.
After this period of study, Anna is almost certain that Dibian is right, she is a talented person. It's just that talent in the mage world can only be seen through accumulation over time. She was preparing to become a blockbuster when she was waiting for the promotion test.
If you have talent, don't hide it. She also wants to rely on her talent to find a good teacher, so that she can get twice the result with half the effort in future studies. It would be best if she was attracted by a four-star mage. From then on, she would have a small backer. Although she still couldn't defeat the devil, at least she wouldn't have to worry about other monsters.
As Anna's learning partner, Natalie had no problem building basic spell circuits, but when there were two or more spell circuits, she stumbled a bit.
The solution Anna gave to this is to practice! Practice every day, practice hard, and remember this feeling with your body.
Natalie practiced very hard, but in order not to marry the old man and to be able to control her own destiny in the future, she gritted her teeth and endured all the hard work.
Moreover, she felt that Anna had a harder time than her. In addition to practicing by herself, Anna also had to keep an eye on her, help her analyze what was wrong, and help her feel and adjust together.
The longer she spends special training with Anna, the more she feels that the tug she gave her in the library was definitely a gift from the goddess.
The feeling of working hard towards a goal and noticing that you are making progress every day is really great. Compared with her previous days when she said she was working hard to study but actually had no goals and no plans, it was a shameful memory.
After Anna finished reading all the books, she went to a women's clothing store, ostensibly to look at the newly acquired clothes, but actually to see if the clerk promoted her magic potion.
To Anna's disappointment, the clerk didn't have much to say other than enthusiastically saying thank you very much for the potion.
This was originally a casual move, and Anna was not too disappointed. She left without buying new clothes. The clerk walked her to the door and welcomed her to come back next time.
Half a month after starting the special training, there was still no movement from the devil, but Anna gradually had some ideas in her mind. Especially when she was flipping through the book to review, she accidentally discovered that she had forgotten to throw away the note she should have thrown away. When inside.
After seeing some results from Natalie's special training, Anna had already planned for the two of them to enter the actual combat training stage. Adjust in actual combat and progress will be very fast. But the martial arts arena was too expensive for her, and she didn't want to be embarrassed by people watching when she and Natalie were still novices.
So, she plans to harvest the devil's wool again!
Before actually doing it, Anna shared her thoughts with Natalie. Natalie was shocked after hearing this: "Are we going to fight World of Warcraft in the line of life and death now?"
Anna corrected her: "No, we are training near the line of life and death under the protection of an excellent two-star mage who is about to become a three-star mage."
If someone else had told Natalie this, she would have thought that person was crazy. She had never dared to come close to the line between life and death in her life!
However, she has seen the strength of Master Raymond, and of course she does not want to miss such a rare opportunity!
"But, it's been so long, has Master Raymond already been there?" Natalie asked hesitantly.
"Impossible," Anna said very confidently. Without her to follow, why would the devil go to the line of life and death alone? "Besides, even if you've been there, can't you go again?"
Natalie nodded ignorantly. Although she felt that the note was from half a month ago and was considered expired, and Anna had directly rejected it at the time, she thought that Anna must have a way and be able to do it!
Anna never had a bad conscience when it came to gathering the devil's wool. He already wanted her soul, so she would use his hand to gain practical experience. Isn't that too much
Moreover, she knew very well that he would not let her die before he got her soul...unless she completely pissed him off. But now that she took the initiative to find him, she felt that he should be quite happy and that he was okay again.
There are no mobile phones in this world, and it is impossible for Anna to find Raymond's house. Therefore, after walking around the campus for two times without finding the devil, she went to the service desk and told Teresa to let her see "Raymond." Mond" then told him that she had something important to do with him and that if he wanted to see her, he could find her in the meditation room.
Teresa carefully wrote down Anna's message and agreed. No matter what thoughts came to her mind, there was no strange smile on her face.
Anna basically spent the past few days in the meditation room practicing the spells that a one-star mage can master during the day.
The standard that distinguishes the spells that can be used by mages of each level is mainly mental power. Mages who can pass the promotion test have mental power that meets the standard. There will be no mental restrictions on learning new spells.
Anna's situation is slightly different.
She hadn't had time to take the promotion test yet, so she couldn't know the strength of her mental power, but when she tried it in the meditation room, she found that she could quickly master the spells available to a one-star mage.
It has been more than a month since she started meditating, and her mental power has increased a lot. After a long period of extensive meditation in a stable environment, her mental power has increased faster, surpassing that of an average mage apprentice. It's not impossible.
After feeling a slight sign of mental exhaustion, Anna ended today's spell practice.
She walked out of the meditation room and saw Natalie waiting for her outside. Natalie seemed to be inferior to Anna in terms of total mental power and fine operations. She exhausted herself early every time during the past two days of training.
The two walked out of the meditation building and saw "Raymond" not far away.
Natalie looked at "Raymond" in surprise, then looked at Anna, and blinked in disbelief: He was really here!
Ana raised her eyebrows: I told you before!
She is still very confident in the deliciousness of her soul.
Anna asked Natalie to wait here, and she took the initiative to greet her.
She smiled and said: "Master Raymond, you are really here."
Rotgar felt a little unreal when he saw Anna's warm smile.
There is no doubt that she put on such a bright smile because she was asking for something from him, instead of the cold face she had when she rejected him that day in the library.
After being rejected in the library that day, and later running away in the martial arts arena, Rotgar realized that he was too impatient. Why should he be so anxious when he clearly had four months
Look, when he gets anxious, doesn’t Anna run away
So he endured it for half a month. He knew that Anna read in the library every day and later went to the meditation room to practice spells, but he just didn't show up in front of her. He had to wait for a good time.
Of course, he has not been idle in the past half month, constantly observing Anna and thinking about all her behaviors when he interacted with Anna in the past. He now knew that in her eyes, magic was the first, but in the past two months, there always seemed to be something inconsistent with her performance that he couldn't figure out.
But before he could figure out the reason, the service desk gave him a message.
Anna looks for him.
At that moment, Rotgar's overconfidence, which had been slightly weakened by Anna, came back. He ignored her for a while, but didn't she take the initiative to come to him
But considering the failure last time, Rotgar waited for Anna outside the meditation room for another day after receiving the oral message.
"What's the matter with you?" Rotgar went straight to the point, his tone was cold, and he exaggeratedly showed his indifference.
Anna doesn't care what his attitude is. What kind of attitude has she not seen? She has seen extreme situations where she was threatened by fire dragons, and she would not even blink in the face of such indifference.
She also took out the note very directly: "Does this still count?"
She knows the final result, so it's just a process.
Rotgar saw that the note in Anna's hand was the note he gave her in the library that day. He didn't expect that she had kept it until now, which surprised him.
She was able to keep the note he wrote casually... Could it be that she had begun to be attracted to him
Rotgar didn't know that he had used wrong information to draw the wrong conclusion. He glanced at the note, suppressed his good mood and said coldly: "That was half a month ago."
"Yeah, so what?" Anna held the note in one hand and said with a smile, "Whether it still counts, isn't it just a matter of your words?"
Rotgar looked at the sly and even cunning Anna smiling in front of him, and suddenly remembered the obedient Anna who at least seemed respectful to him when she was still in the Earl's Mansion of Blue Stone City.
She hides it really deeply.
Rotgar wanted to refuse first, but he suddenly felt that if he refused at this time, she might turn around and leave, so after weighing it, he said lightly: "Let's leave tomorrow."
Then he turned and left.
Anna returned to Natalie. Natalie didn't hear the conversation between the two, but only saw their expressions and movements. She couldn't help but worry and said: "Master Raymond didn't agree?"
Seeing "Raymond's" extremely cold expression from a distance, and the two of them breaking up after saying a few words, Natalie could not help but think about the worst-case scenario.
"He said we would leave tomorrow." Anna smiled, "I'll just say it, it's very easy!"
Natalie didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and she couldn't help but laugh happily.
Before going home that day, Anna took Natalie to the task column to pick and choose some tasks that the mage apprentice could complete and record them.
It was rare to take her "bodyguard" on a trip near the line of life and death. Of course, she wanted to maximize the benefits of this trip.
The next day, Anna came to the association and was stopped by Natalie before she entered: "Anna, here!"
Natalie used to wear a skirt under her mage robe, but today, she put on pants and tied up her blond hair, looking full of energy.
but…
"Is it so troublesome for you nobles to travel?" Anna looked at the carriage where Natalie jumped out and couldn't help but sigh.
Natalie came over and whispered: "I told my father that Master Raymond invited several of us mage apprentices to go to the line of life and death together. My father was very happy and gave me the best carriage in the family."
She curled her lips: "He must be happy that I can meet Master Raymond. He also hinted to me that if I can marry Raymond, I don't have to marry that old man. I don't want to marry anyone, so I want to Become a one-star mage!"
"Good ambition! Of course you can do it." After Anna encouraged Natalie, she looked around and saw a more luxurious carriage not far away.
She motioned Natalie to go back to the carriage and wait for her, and she walked straight to the luxury carriage.
Anna knocked on the carriage window, and the window opened to reveal "Raymond's" clear-cut profile.
"Master Raymond, everyone is here, can we go?" Anna raised her head slightly and asked.
Rotgar frowned, pointed his slender fingers in front of him, and said with dissatisfaction in his voice: "What's going on with that?"
According to his idea, of course he just took Anna out to hunt monsters. He knew that she wanted to make money, and if he used this method to help her achieve her goal, of course she would be grateful to him.
But why is there one more person
"Ah? Natalie and I have always studied special training together." Although Anna understood what the devil meant, she was pretending to be stupid, "Besides, don't you want a handyman? Isn't it good to have another handyman? "
Rotgar looked at Anna with a cold face for a few seconds, then closed the carriage window with a bang.
After a while, he heard Anna say as if she didn't realize he was angry: "Then you go ahead, Natalie and I will follow."
Then, her footsteps walked away.
There was a sweet aroma wafting in the carriage. Rotgar originally didn't like this overly viscous aroma, but in order to make Anna fully appreciate him, he still asked the chef at home to prepare a dish that was said to be for girls early in the morning. A platter of desserts that everyone liked came out.
At this moment, the sweets with bright colors and rich aroma were lying quietly on the elegant porcelain plate, but the owner who was supposed to enjoy them went to another carriage.
Rotgar moved his fingers slightly, and a subtle golden light flashed across, knocking over the plate of desserts, and the aroma in the carriage became even sweeter.
He even prepared soft pillows for Anna!
The next second, the cushion was split in half in the golden light, and the duck down flew out in the carriage.