Chapter 65
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Jascord and a large number of examiners gathered somewhere in the Tower of the Stars, watching a live video of this year's caster exam.
"The first candidate...... What did he summon? Demons? β
The 'stereoscopic image' in mid-air just reached the image of the black shadow behind Bodner swallowing the minotaur in one gulp.
"No, no, it doesn't feel like a demon"
The other mage took a closer look at the dark shadow in the screen, and had the impression that it was more similar except for the Shadow Fiend. But it's just something like that, the Shadow Fiend is much more powerful than the 'Black Shadow'.
"It must be an evil creature from the lower planes, it seems to be mixed with some traces of necromancy"
A mage who looked like a skeleton applauded:
"It's a talent to know how to transform creatures with necromancy at such a young age."
Well, he's just a skeleton...... Lich.
The Tower of the Stars is one of the most powerful spellcaster organizations, and its members are certainly not limited to humans. Like elves, halflings and other 'common' races grab a lot of them, even if they are lichs, corpse witches, etc., there are a lot of 'evil monsters' who are randomly taken out to be big bosses in dungeons.
Spellcasters don't care about the justice of the world or the so-called good and evil. For them, spells are tools and their lifelong pursuits, but what race are the people who use the 'tools'? Is it necessary to care?
"However, I remember that the candidate of Bodner was good at spells...... Why did you suddenly become good at necromancy? β
A mage huddled in the corner of the room spoke.
He looked like a large head floating in mid-air, two meters wide, and wearing a custom-made robe. In the center is a purple eyeball the size of half a face, and below it is a terrifying mouth full of sharp teeth. Its 'hair' is somewhat like tentacles, slightly moist, but also very flexible. Each tentacle has a small eyeball at the tip.
It's an eye-seeker.
Known as the 'Adventurer's Nightmare' in the outside world, each of his eyes has its own unique and powerful spell-like abilities, such as Petrification Ray, Dissociation, Death Finger, etc. Fighting it is like fighting a powerful mage who can unleash B-rank skills at will.
True? Kill you with your eyes.
However, this Eye Demon is a little different from his kind, as half of his eyes are blind.
If the Beholder wants to learn spells, he must blind his own eyes. Avoid interfering with your innate spell-like abilities as you learn spells.
As a result, mages like it are very marginalized from the community, which is one of the reasons why it is willing to join the Tower of the Stars. At least there's no one here to point a finger at it about studying spells.
"Being good at spells has nothing to do with whether or not he can be a necromancy, although it is indeed a bit ahead of his age, but it shows his talent even more"
The Lich who previously praised Bodna explained.
The Eye Demon nodded...... The whole body swayed along.
"Then put him on the key list, and when the exam is over, send someone to tell him, try not to use that 'black shadow' outside, the gods can't wait to find us in trouble"
The mages present agreed with the eye magician's words. None of these people are the villains propagated by the pastors. The kind of registration word that can stop children crying at night!
"Look, another good seedling"
On the screen, Billy took his turn to appear, and it took a total of three spells to get rid of the trolls.
"Cook boys. The quality of the candidates this year is good, in previous years, there was already a high incense worth cultivating, and this year there are already two"
"He seems to be a little biased? The flame spells are good, I don't know how the other spells are."
"It shouldn't be too far off, he graduated with the 6th place in the academy"
"Even a spell as difficult to learn as the Fire Jumping Technique has been learned, and this kid will achieve a lot in the future. Congratulations on adding another genius to the Department of Plastic Energy."
The Eye Demon sighed and said to a sturdy mage next door.
"Politely, Bodner, who was the first to play, was no worse than him. I'm sure you're already planning a training plan for him, right? β
"It's rare to meet a talent who is proficient in the spell system, so naturally you have to plan well and wait until the exam is over."
That being said, anyone can see the joy of the Eye Demon.
The characteristic is that his horrible mouth laughs even more terrifyingly......
The Star Tower has 4 sub-towers, led by mages from various magic factions, and every time it comes to the qualification exam, it is also the day when the bosses of these factions are looking for new forces.
"Huh? Another Cooks? β
Just in time for John to come in, the lich was curious about his last name.
"Oh, that's the rubbish known as the Cooks' house. Billy's cousin, John? Kuks. It's good to talk about talent, but I don't know how to do it, I can't learn offensive spells, and I can't learn anything with attack power."
The Eye Demon has obviously memorized all the information of the candidates, and it can tell who is who and what it is good at every time it plays.
"Then why is he still here to take the test? Looking for a draw? β
The stout mage was obviously an extreme violent, and in his eyes there were only two kinds of spells, the one that could be used directly to make a fool of one's face and the one that could turn a corner to make a fool of one's face.
A mage who can't learn offensive spells is still called a mage?
A mage who is not good at being a fort is not a good mage......
"I heard that old Cooks gave a death order, and if he didn't go home, he would be killed, and this kid can't help it."
The Know-It-All Demon thought for a moment, and remembered that there seemed to be such a thing some time ago.
"Look, I hope he doesn't die inside the Tower of Trials"
"Uh-huh" XN......
Jascord didn't intervene in the conversation between his subordinates, even though he had seen Bodner's details at the beginning, and he hadn't said a word to anyone else.
"The lower plane? Hehe, still too young. Forget it, let's add some fun to the exam."
Jaskord's age is unknown, but he was already one of the most powerful spellcasters in the mortal world long before the Tower of the Stars was established. Still, it's a little weird for him to say that a group of 'old' looking mages are 'too young'.
As for the mages' comments on John, Jescord was even more noncommittal.
The more powerful the mage, the more he understands that the condition that determines a mage's combat effectiveness is not as simple as whether or not he can cast powerful spells.
"Let me see, how much you've grown"
Jescord stared at John in the picture, or Ann Finger who was instructing John on tactics to be precise......
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Back to the scene.
John's opponent is an ogre.
The ogre's appearance resembles a magnified and fattened goblin, a tall, ugly monster.
As a first-tier combat object, it has a notorious ability...... It really stinks!
Ogres can secrete sweat with a strong odor from the sweat glands, and the more intense the ogre's activity, the more active the sweat glands will be. Often as soon as it is played, it is like a mobile septic tank, and it smells like a wind and smells for three miles......
So playing melee with it is very challenging, and it can't be solved by will. So much so that many melee combatants can't get close to the ogre, and they can't even open their eyes because of the stench, which shows how smelly this thing is.
As soon as John entered, he was almost vomited by the stench from the pavement, and was forced to use a spell called the air filter bubble to endure it.
Seeing that John was so unbearable, the ogre cracked his mouth and laughed, revealing his black and yellow teeth...... The nausea is doubled!
In terms of intelligence, the ogre was second only to the minotaur among the four monsters in the first layer, so he didn't rush straight over like a troll.
It chose to constantly change its position, and move its body as much as possible, using its natural advantage to let a large amount of stink rush on John, and carefully and efficiently shorten the distance between it and John.
"Don't panic and don't look into its eyes"
John silently recited Ann's words, trying to be as brave as he could.
"The tactics will work, even if you don't succeed, you will be fine, you can do it, come on John, you can do it!"
Seeing that the ogre was getting closer and closer, even the air filter bubble spell was almost unable to filter the overwhelming stench. John crouched down and pressed his hands to the ground:
"Stone Plasticity"
Rows of gray stone walls rose from the ground, and four stone walls seemed to come to life to protect John, forming a semi-circular 'hut'.
"Roar! Ha ha! β
The ogre was a little scared at first, it didn't understand why the stone was protecting the human, but then it gave up thinking about itβin its head, thinking about it was tiring in itself.....
Its IQ is indeed ranked below that of the Minotaur, and fortunately, the average IQ of these four monsters is not very good.
Picking up the giant hammer in his hand, he smashed the first layer of stone wall in two strokes. This made it quicken its movements, and it was more important for it to grab the beautiful feast of the human.
Bang ~ Bang ~ Bang ~ Bang ~
Sledgehammers fly, saliva splashes.
The thought of the delicate flesh of human beings makes the ogre saliva rush and flow everywhere.
"Roar?"
When it smashed open the last stone wall, it found that there was no sign of John inside. Unbelieving, it put down its sledgehammer and used its hands to pull apart the remaining ruins, but still did not find where the delicious little fresh meat was.
Just as it was wondering what was going on, a large bundle of ropes suddenly burst out of the corner of the stone wall, and tied it up with three strokes and five divisions, and it was impossible to break free for a moment with its brute strength.
It's the activation rope!
"Fossils are mud!"
John's trembling voice came from the ogre's feet, and he realized that he was sinking!
With the ogre as the center, the radius of 3 meters turns from hard rock to quicksand with the effect of the spell.
If it was usually able to grasp the stone at the edge with its strong physical strength, it would naturally be able to hold on to the stone at the edge and not let itself sink, but it had just been bound by the activated rope that was thick as an adult's arm, and it could only scream and wriggle and struggle in despair.
This move made him sink faster!
At the same time, John, who was below the ground, grabbed one of the ogre's toes and dragged it down with all his milking strength.
Eventually, only a small section of the Ogre's half-bald Celestial Spirit Cover leaked out, and almost all of it sank into the quicksand.
"Huhu~ Success!"
John gasped and crawled out from under the ground, and amazingly, he looked like he had just climbed out of the pool, as if the rocks on the ground were nothing more than running water.
"Turn mud into stone!"
Eventually, the spell was released, and the quicksand, which had just sunk the ogre, turned into hard stone again, sealing the ogre in completely......