Chapter 15: Becoming an Apprentice
Henry continued in the labyrinth, and what he had just eaten did not bring much energy. The resulting clean water also does not replace the severely lost salt. If he doesn't finish the test within an hour, he will start to get tired. This is followed by weakness in the limbs, dizziness and nausea. If it is more than three hours, nausea, vomiting, muscle spasms, and visual power will also be affected. I thought I had to pick up the pace.
After fifteen minutes of rapid travel, he came to the fifth level. Here is a room with a table on which a dead baby is placed. On either side of the table sat a beautiful woman and an ugly man, who were a couple. After questioning, it was learned that the man and woman accused each other of killing their children. The rule was that Henry could ask each of them three questions. Then decide who is the murderer. Henry looked at the dead baby carefully for a while, and there was not a single scar on his body. The darkening of the face is a death from poisoning. After thinking about it for a while, I decided to ask the woman first.
"First question, ma'am, do you love your child?" Henry carefully observed the woman's expression.
The woman said sadly, "Of course, my children are all I have." My heart was broken when I learned that he was dead. ”
"The second question is, do your children usually like you more or do they like their father more?"
"Of course my baby likes mom the most, he only eats my milk."
"The last question, do you usually change your child's diaper?" After asking the question, he glanced at the woman's hand and found it smooth.
"Yes, I change his diapers regularly every day." The woman replied.
He turned to the man and said, "Sir, I'm going to start asking questions now, are you ready?" ”
"Just ask, I don't have anything to lose right now anyway." The man's face was blank, as if there was nothing worth his concern in this world.
"The first question is, does your child like you more or does he like mom more."
"Of course it's me, only I'll be there for him all the time. As soon as my little one cries, I will pick him up. ”
"The second question is who usually feeds the children."
"The child's mother, this child only eats the milk that her mother feeds him."
"The last question, can you show me your hand?" The man stretched out his hands and said, "Here, look at it." Henry looked at it and noticed that the man's hands were covered with calluses.
"I declare now," said Henry, pointing to the woman, "that she is the murderer." Because firstly, the hands of people who change diapers frequently must be rough, and secondly, the time of changing diapers for babies is simply not fixed. So the mother lied all the time. The body of the child did not have any wounds, but it was poisoned and died. Babies can only eat breast milk, and most likely the mother has poisoned the milk.
With that, the two men and the baby disappeared, and a hole opened in the wall of the room. As he walked through the wall, the magic words reappeared. 5 points: You are not confused by the appearance of things, and your keen observation and meticulous reasoning have allowed you to find the right answer.
Whew, just complete one more level perfectly. He'll be able to pass without a hitch. After re-entering the maze, he made some water and poured it on himself from head to toe, so that the tired brain was a little refreshed. The maze in the sixth level is extremely complex and time-consuming. It's been half an hour. It's not the end yet. Henry felt that his strength was about to reach its limit, and he was now starting to weaken his limbs. The original fast walking could not be sustained.
I want to lie on the ground and fall asleep, this is his current state. After another ten minutes of hard walking, he finally saw a little light in the huge dark room in front of him, which must be a jewel. This is the sixth level. As he was about to enter the room, he suddenly became alert, and he rolled backwards, and a huge spider pounced on the place where he had been standing.
After turning over, he took out his scimitar and threw it at the spider, and the sharp scimitar cut off the spider's right two feet, causing it to temporarily lose its balance and fall to the ground. Henry hurriedly took the opportunity to cast a spell, and the spell was completed just as the spider limped and approached. "Invisibility" then his body slowly disappeared into thin air. The giant star spider swooped down. Henry quickly walked through the spider into the room and found it covered in webs. It's best to get the gem in your hands before it returns. Spiders can sense prey on the web.
Come to the stone platform and watch a yellow gem glow softly magical. Henry didn't take it directly. "Mage's hand," he carefully kept a safe distance, lifting the gem out of thin air. "Boom", when the gem left the stone platform, there was an explosion. The flames consumed everything within ten meters. Henry controlled the mage's hand and finally got the gem in his hand.
A flash of light flashed, and when he opened his eyes again, he was back in the room. The archmage looked at Henry with a smile and said, "Very good boy, you have shown tenacity in this final level, and your cautious attitude towards magic and vigilance against the environment are perfect. I'll give you a secret. You've got a total of 30 points, and now you're my apprentice. Call me Mentor from today onwards. You can have a separate room on the third floor, and the first three rows of bookshelves in the library on the second floor are open to you free of charge. You can use 5% of the tower's energy for research and item crafting every day. If you use summons in between, you need to apply with me in advance. The magic items you make are sold by me, and you can get 60% of the profits. If you need a magic scroll or need me to cast a spell, you will be ranked according to the first-level spell 50 gold, the second-level spell 100 gold, the third-level spell 200 gold, the fourth-level spell 400 gold, and so on. You can ask me 10 free questions every month, usually on the first day of the month. After that, each question will be charged according to its difficulty. Do you understand all of the above? ”
Henry took a deep breath and replied, "Yes, my mentor, I understand everything. The archmage smiled and said, "Come with me, and I'll take you to your room." With that, he turned around and walked out of the room and up the stairs. Henry hurriedly picked up all the things on the ground and beckoned his demon ** to follow.
"By the way, I'll tell you one more thing, you're not the only apprentice here. There is also a child named Melikan who also studies here. The old man sighed visibly. I don't recommend too much contact with you, though, as he's a bit aggressive about magic. Always likes to do things that are beyond his means, and this month there have been 3 explosions that have made a mess of his room. ”
Merikan? Isn't this a mage who turned himself into a chicken twice in the game? It turned out that he was already so fierce during his apprenticeship. Henry wiped his sweat and said to his mentor, "Please rest assured, what I need most now is theoretical knowledge. I'm not going to do magic experiments lately, so I'm going to read more books. "But I think you can rest assured, I must stay away from him. This is a dangerous person, and I must stay away from him.
The archmage smiled with satisfaction and said to Henry, "What I admire most is your caution about magic, and Merikan seems to lack a reverence for magic. Only a prudent mage can live long to remember. With that, the two of them came to the door of a room. Your room is here, go in for yourself. If you need anything, just talk to Taling. His name is Freeman. The archmage finished and left.
Henry watched the archmage leave, then pushed the door open. A large suite with a bedroom inside. There was a bathtub and toilet in the toilet and clean water was running at all times. Outside is a workshop with all the necessary instruments stacked on the alchemy bench. This will be your home for some time to come. Let's take a shower and go to the library.
After taking a shower, change into clean clothes. Henry began to contact Taling and said, "Freeman, what should I do with the dirty laundry I took off?" ”
"Put him in a barrel at the door, and the butler golem will take care of the cleaning. It will be sent back to your room after washing. Taling was quick to answer.
"How to solve the three meals."
"Say the name of the dish you want to eat on the plate in the bedroom. It will be automatically teleported. After eating, shout at the plate to clean up, and it will be empty again. The recipe is placed right next to the plate in the bedroom. Do you have any other questions? ”
Henry thought about it for a while, and felt that there was no problem for the time being, and said to Freeman: "Not for the time being, if there is still a problem, I will contact you at any time." ”
"I'm here for you, sir."
Back in the bedroom, Henry picked up the menu and was taken aback. More than 200 dishes are ready to be served. "Beef in sauce, pumpkin juice." I ordered a main course, a glass of juice, and began to eat. After eating, he said, "Clean up." "All the leftovers are gone." Magic is really handy. He began to envy the mages who had magic towers.
Descending to the second floor to the library, the golem at the door confirmed his identity and let him in. There are many books here, there are eight bookshelves in a row, and five hundred books are placed on one shelf. There were seven rows of archmages who allowed him to look at the first three rows, which meant that there were twelve thousand books waiting for him to read. After a brief look, I skipped first about geography and history, and then skipped about gods. Then skim over the monsters about plants. There are 50 books that need to be read first. He first took the magic enlightenment, the principles of magic, the history of magic, arcane geometry, the principles of alchemy, and the techniques of spellcasting. Wait for the basic genre to take back to the room and read slowly.
Holding the six books, Henry returned to his room, opened the history of magic first, and read it carefully. The book doesn't have a lot of words, and I finished reading it in less than two hours. In general, it was the elves who used powerful magic to break their worldly realm, and then opened the passage to the ancient feron continent of the Torrell realm. After wars with dragons and several wars with the crown, the continent was torn apart by them, and magic was taught to humans. After the discovery of the Netherel Scrolls, the glorious modern magical civilization began, and the humans abandoned the magic taught by the elves in favor of the above knowledge. After studying, they created the Mithic Core and created the Floating City. Later, it developed into the Eight Schools of Magic, and almost all the magical knowledge in modern times was passed down from that era.
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