"Dumb, why don't you practice the fire technique quickly, what are you doing in a daze?"
"Oh. The fire elements that fill the sky and the earth! Please give me your warm power, condense into a ball..."
Another three months have passed. Although Corris didn’t teach him, Duan still learned a lot about alchemists from him. Now Dui doesn’t understand anything like when he first came here. In the eyes of Corris, he is completely a qualified apprentice, and it is precisely because of Duan's help that all preparations for Corris went extremely smoothly, much earlier than he had imagined.
Dumb didn't say it because he suffered too much pain when he ate the old fruit. He was afraid that Corris would be angry if he knew that he was eating indiscriminately. Now in the eyes of Dumb, Corris is definitely the most important person. to so many novelty things. In his eyes, Corris is now completely a kind elder, and Duan only has deep respect for him. Deep in his heart, he had already regarded Corris as his father.
As time passed, Corris's inner struggle became more and more intense. He clearly knew that Dumb was the most important thing in order to fulfill his wish. However, if the experiment was successful, Dumb would definitely die because of it. After getting along with each other for a long time, Corris has unknowingly fallen in love with this stupid boy, which made him, who has always been cruel and merciless, hesitate.
However, the charm of the experiment made Corris finally abandon all scruples. That wish is really important to him. It can be said that his life's research will be realized through perhaps the last refining in his life. That is a celestial phenomenon that only appears once in a thousand years! Many alchemists at the master level would not be able to wait for this opportunity even if they waited for a lifetime. Desire overcame emotion, and Corlis decided to proceed as usual, and when that day came, he began his final refinement.
On this day, Corris found Ah-Dai beside him, and said to him, "Dai, you have been here for more than eight months."
Duan pinched his fingers to calculate, nodded and said: "Yes, teacher, I have been here for eight months."
Corris said: "I'm leaving here tomorrow to find a very important raw material, and you will take care of it here."
Duan was stunned, and lost his voice: "What? Teacher, you have to leave again!"
Corliss said solemnly: "I have to get back the raw materials. It is related to a very important experiment of mine. You must take care of your home. I estimate that I will have to go for three months before I can come back."
Dumb was full of reluctance, "Teacher, can you take me with you?"
Corris looked at Ah-Dai's expectant eyes, and sighed in his heart, how could I take you with me? The reason why I left was to alienate you, so that in the end I could be ruthless enough to use you for this experiment. Thinking of this, Corris gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, don't act like a child, it's not like I won't come back."
Dumb choked up and said: "Teacher, teacher, you must come back soon! Dumb will miss you."
Corris nodded silently, and said: "Before I leave, I will teach you the application of fire magic, you have to practice it well. In the past eight months, your magic power has improved quite slowly, and you can already use this magic. "
Normally, if Corris said that he would teach him magic, Duan would jump up excitedly, but today is different, his reluctance for Corris far outweighs his desire to learn magic.
Corris didn't see the happy look in Ah-Dai's eyes, and couldn't help being taken aback. During this time, Ah-Dai had begged himself several times to teach him some magic tricks, but he didn't agree. This time he offered to teach him. Why isn't he excited? ? I couldn't help asking: "What? Don't you want to learn?"
Dumb shook his head and said, "No, I want to learn, but I want you to stay more. Dumb wants to be with the teacher."
Corris's heart felt hot, his throat seemed to be blocked, and he almost blurted out his promise. For a long while, the old and the young faced each other silently.
"Dumb, the teacher promises you that after you come back this time, you won't leave, okay?" Corris said gently. He clearly understood that if he didn't leave here again, he might not be able to make up his mind to use Dumb for experiments. So, he just lied.
Dumb's big eyes suddenly lit up, with a look that he didn't have in the past, "Really? Teacher. Then, then I will wait for you to come back."
Corris nodded, and said: "Okay, now I will teach you a fireball magic. The basis of this magic is fireball and flame. You have to listen carefully. If you don't understand anything, just ask me today, do you know?" ?”
Dumb nodded. Concentrate on listening to Corris' explanation.
Fire Meteor is actually a basic fire magic that uses multiple fireballs to attack the enemy in a large area. The biggest feature of this magic is that it will produce different powers depending on the size of the caster's magic power. If Corris is used, it can cast a fire meteor containing black flames, which is so powerful that it can reach the level of advanced magic.
"Before using the fire meteor magic, you must combine the fire technique and the fireball technique. You see, the fire technique you use now can already burn blue and blue flames, but the fireball you send out is still Red, this is not acceptable. You have to..." After explaining for a whole morning, Dui barely memorized the principle and method of using Bolide. In order to prevent him from forgetting, Corris wrote down the method of using Bolide so that Dumb could practice better. In the afternoon, Dumb began to practice hard. If he had any questions, he asked Corris for advice one by one. Corris was surprisingly gentle, and he continued to explain it tirelessly. Finally, in the evening, Ah-Dai was able to emit fireball magic, no, to be precise, he could already emit a spark, and its power could only burn through leaves. Corris told him that he hoped to see a blue fireball with a diameter of one centimeter from him when he came back.
Early the next morning, Corris tidied up briefly, and left quietly with complicated emotions before Ah-Dai woke up. He wanted to find a place to calm down and prepare himself mentally for the final experiment.
After Corris left, Ah-Dai felt extremely lonely. Compared with the first time, he missed Corris more earnestly, and would often sit alone in front of the wooden house and stare at the direction Corris should return in a daze. The magic of Bolide is still very profound to Duan. Although he has been practicing hard, the effect is very small, and there is no power at all.
Two months passed quickly. On this day, Dumb picked the fruit from the mist, and after eating his own breakfast, he resumed his sluggishness before practicing magic. Sitting in front of the wooden house, he carefully took out the silver steamed bun, praying for Corris to come back soon. Back then, he didn't want to eat all the steamed buns Corris brought back for him, so he kept one, and while Corris was taking a bath, he sneaked into the laboratory and used a refining method to wrap a layer of silver tin on the steamed buns. The biggest characteristic of this kind of silver tin refined by Corris is freshness preservation, which is also the first experiment that Dumb completed independently. Of course Corris knew what Dumb had done? But he pretended not to know and didn't expose him. Duan's actions that time also left a deep mark in Corris' heart.
Touching the silver tin on the outside of the steamed bun, Ah-Dai murmured stupidly, "Teacher, it's been two months, you should be back soon. Come back soon! Ah-Dai misses you so much."
"Bell, bell, bell. Bell, bell, bell" The bell hanging on the eaves suddenly rang. Dumb was startled, and stood up from the ground. This bell was arranged by Corlis back then, and there is a special magic device in it. As long as someone invades the three-mile radius of the wooden house, the bell will ring. The most ingenious part of this device is that the magic circle set in it can distinguish the difference between humans and beasts, that is to say, if the beast enters this range, the bell will not ring. Within one mile of the wooden house, Corris has another layout, which is a natural moat that wild animals cannot cross. Therefore, all along, there has never been an attack by wild animals.
Duan knew that this outsider would definitely not be Corris, because Corris would come back along a fixed route, and that fixed route would not trigger the alarm device. Could it be that an outsider came? Who will come here? Although there were various organs arranged by Corris around him, Dumb still became nervous. He identified the sound of the bell according to the method that Corris had said at the beginning, and he found that the outsider touched the device in the north, and that direction was the direction Corris came back from.
The so-called concern leads to chaos, Duan thought, could it be that Mr. Corris came back, did he accidentally touch the mechanism? can you? Could it be him? The place three miles away is already outside the range of dense fog. Although there is also fog there, it is much thinner. He has been here for ten months, and Dui has already figured out everything around him. Although he still doesn't know how to get out of the psychedelic forest, he can already clearly identify the direction within a radius of ten miles.
No, Teacher Corris may be injured, it must be Teacher Corris, I'm going to pick him up. The strong sense of longing urged Ah-Dai to run out and into the mist.
Duan ran desperately, he had already forgotten Corris's advice not to run too far, along the way, he identified the direction and kept moving forward. For Dumb, who was already in good health, the three-mile journey was nothing. Soon, he had already run out of the thick fog.
"Ding, ding, ah!" The sounds of weapon collisions and screams continued, and Dumb was anxious, and ran towards the direction of the sound. From a distance, he saw more than a dozen figures jumping up and down fighting, and there was still a dead body lying on the ground. He carefully hid behind a big tree, discerning if there was Corris in it.
After a while, he didn't find the familiar figure of Corris, and he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. Observation allowed him to discover that this group of people was divided into two factions, a total of twelve people, of which eleven men in black belonged to one faction, and they were besieging a tall man wielding a broadsword. Due to the short distance, it was difficult for Dumb to see their appearance. It can only be distinguished from the color of the clothes. The person who was besieged was wearing the most obvious clothes, which were off-white. Lights of various colors shone continuously on this group of people. A large area of trees around was blown to pieces by the violent grudge. Even at a distance of a hundred meters, Duan could still feel the horror of this group of people, and the surging vigor filled the surroundings with a murderous aura. In his eyes, no matter who these people are, they are much more powerful than the pirate leader Corlis said he met on the ship. Especially the tall man in white. He was 1.9 meters tall, with broad shoulders and a broad back. Waving an epee with one hand seemed as easy as waving a feather.
Even though he fought more and beat less, the man in white who was besieged didn't seem to suffer much. A broad sword was shining with white light, and it kept resolving the attacks of the eleven people one by one. His swordsmanship Wide open and closed, full of indomitable momentum. Except for him, the other eleven people all used narrow swords. The blades of the swords were as black as their attires. If it was night, the non-reflective blades would be difficult to see. The eleven narrow swords were like eleven poisonous snakes, constantly searching for the flaws in the man in white.
Suddenly, the man in white shook for no reason, and a poisonous snake took the opportunity to kiss his shoulder. A strong white light suddenly radiated from the man in white. He held the broadsword in his hand with both hands, and swung three light arcs violently. Although the poisonous snake didn't really bite his shoulder, the sharp sword aura still pierced through it. his clothes.
The eleven black-clothed men looked helpless in front of the sudden burst of huge energy, and retreated ten meters away at the same time, pointing their narrow swords obliquely at the ground, staring intently at the white-clothed men in front of them.
A man in black spoke, his voice was low and hoarse: "Boss Pluto, forget it, don't struggle anymore. If you are in the best condition, we will never come to court death, but now you have won the Holy Water of Wudu It’s very poisonous, and it’s pretty good to be able to persist here. Come back with us and deal with it. With your status in the organization, admit your mistake to the Lord, and he will definitely forgive you.”