Seeing Master Messer again, Donald already had a blank badge on his chest. This is a mage apprenticeship certificate that is common in the continent, and was invented by the magic empire Ban Nai thousands of years ago. If he can become a Black Iron First Rank Mage, then there will be an extra spell pattern on top of the badge.

"Master Messer!"

I didn't have much social experience in my previous life, but I also knew the truth that many people were not to blame, and the world hierarchy of this strong man was relatively strict, so when he saw an existence with a higher status than himself, even if he was an enemy, he must be respectful.

Dressed in the casual attire of an aristocracy, Master Messer sat on the sofa like an old man next door.

"Sit down!

Donald sat across from Master Messer without any extra movement.

"Donald apprentice, I invited you over this time because I have some personal opinions, but before I say it, there are some small things prepared here, as a gift for me, a senior to celebrate becoming an official apprentice for you, so you must accept it!"

Listening to the old mage's unquestioning tone, coupled with the caring look revealed in the other party's eyes, Donald felt a warm heart, and took the tray placed on the coffee table in his hand without pretentiousness.

"Thank you Master for your kindness, Donald is very grateful!"

The tray contained three items, the first was a roll of parchment, the second was a small bag, and the third was a bronze ring encrusted with crystals.

The old mage pointed to three ordinary-looking items and said with a smile: "This parchment scroll is a detailed explanation of the first-level spells and spells I listed, there are a few primary-elemental crystals in the bag, and the last ring is the equipment I used when I was young, although it is just a gadget, but it is still very helpful for spellcasters below the bronze level, especially apprentices!"

"It has a certain spiritual amplification ability, which can enable you to master some first-level spells in advance, with this white crystal ring, you can learn the first three spells on the parchment roll now, and you don't have to worry about the spell backlash, which should be of some help to you to become a full-fledged mage!"

Donald was overjoyed when he heard this, this is not just a little help, but a big help, this kind of equipment that can increase the strength of mental power and make people leapfrog the level of spell casting is simply an artifact for junior mages and apprentices!

Hearing that Master Messer's gift was so valuable, Donald was a little afraid to accept it.

Seeing Donald's hesitation, the old mage smiled and said:

"Don't worry, although this equipment is good, it doesn't have much effect on me at my current level! Our Celt Kingdom has been isolated from the center of the continent for hundreds of years, and its strength is relatively low, and in terms of the number of mage levels, it is far inferior to the mage kingdom of Bolin, a descendant of the Bannai Empire, and in terms of the number and strength of warriors, it is even less than the swordsman kingdom Curt, and even the small Siren Knight Principality, the continent is as powerful as a cloud, and our people in Celt can only work hard to improve their strength, so that they will not be annexed by other countries, any mage of the Celt Kingdom, seeing such an excellent apprentice as you, will give some help to make your new generation grow up, so you don't have to worry about my gift！”

After hearing these words, Donald's admiration for the old mage in his heart skyrocketed. There may not be many patriotic mages, but there are probably not many who are as upright, noble and selfless as Messer.

"Actually, I also have selfish intentions in doing this, in the past few decades called a formal mage, I have only accepted two apprentices, but they have unfortunately left before me, I have no intention of teaching students anymore, no matter if your appearance makes me change this mind, I wonder if Donald you are willing to become my official student?"

Donald was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. He hadn't thought that the high-ranking No. 1 Mage of the Northern County, the most powerful master in the Mage Guild, would want to take him as an apprentice.

Seeing this, Messer's expression darkened: "If you don't want to, it doesn't matter, you can still come to me for help at any time!"

"No, Master, I'm so surprised, I'm very willing to be a student of the teacher!"

After saying that, he formally saluted Messer, and the old mage laughed and helped Donald up.

After receiving a gift from Mr. Messer and some precautions regarding the promotion of the Black Iron Mage, Donald was sent by the old mage to the library of the Boulder City Mage Club.

According to the old mage, "The collection of books in the Mage Guild of Boulder City is not large, but it is enough for apprentices and mages below the bronze level. If you have the opportunity, you can go to the Mage Tower of the Royal Capital Mage Association, which can enrich your knowledge and vision, and make you grow faster. ”

Anyone who becomes a full-fledged apprentice can use the Mage Apprentice badge to enter the clubhouse's library, but they must pay a fee at all times except for the first time when it is free and there is a certain time limit. This is also the case for the mage organizations of the general kingdom. This is a theory derived from the Magic Empire Bannay thousands of years ago.

Only by mastering knowledge can you become a more powerful mage. And the more ancient Arcanist Empire has a saying that says, "If everyone could become Arcanists, there would be no need for gods in this world." ”

Of course, such a rebellious "sin word" does not appear in the records of all races, except for the books left by ancient mages who were committed to the pursuit of the truth of the existence of the world and did not believe in the gods.

Donald is under the care of Master Melinna, so there is no time limit this time.

After entering the library, he didn't rush to look through those spell books for the first time, but was very interested in looking through those historical records and mage diaries first. If you want to understand something, you must first understand its history. This is the experience of Donald from his past life.

However, the new apprentice, Donald, was unaware of his actions, much to the satisfaction of Master Messer, who had observed him through his spells. Some new apprentices, when they came to this library and faced with so many spell books, immediately looked through those spells that exceeded their own level, and pursued powerful attack spells. This is a manifestation of mental instability, and early contact with those is not conducive to the future development of apprentices.

And this apprentice with the best talent he had ever seen, not only did not do that, but first focused on the historical truth and the origin of the mage, which are the precious legacies left by the predecessors, which are all valuable knowledge that can establish the apprentice to form a correct mage worldview and style, and can help them how to become a truly strong master. This proves that Donald is not only a talented student, but also has a calm mind and is reassuring in every way.

Satisfied, Master Messer withdrew the visitation spell, and Donald was immersed in the vast and magnificent history of this world.

The information here is very different from the history books that Donald has read, but this is also what he expected, compared with all the church canons with God as the highest center, and the kingdom epics that perfectly interpret what is called the four words of praise and virtue, only rigorous mages will truly and objectively record the truth of history, and there will be no subjective beautification and scandalization of false information.

Through this information, Donald has a general understanding of the situation in the world in which he lives.

It was a world of gods, powerful dragons and ancient monsters once ruled the continent, and many years later, the High Elves were born from the World Tree, and soon they became the new masters of the world.

Countless years have passed, and the newborn High Elves have gradually degraded from the initial demigod strength to the gold level, and intelligent races such as humans, orcs, dwarves, and goblins have appeared one after another, but the High Elves are still worthy masters of the world, and the powerful elven empire they established ruled everything on the continent, and soon conquered the vast oceans.

However, due to the continuous expansion of the Overworld, the Mother World Tree of the High Elves had to disperse into energy to support the plane barrier of the Overworld, so as not to be violated by her children from the Otherworld. Since then, although there is a branch of the World Tree, the Tree of Life, to maintain the existence of the High Elves, there is only one Tree of Life, which cannot take into account the High Elves distributed on the continent and the sea, so that the fertility of the High Elves has begun to weaken significantly. As a result, there are tens of thousands of Elven Ancient Tree seeds bred by the Tree of Life at the cost of reducing its strength. When the Elven Ancient Tree was nurtured by the High Elves from all over the world, their descendants, the Elves, were born.

Since then, except for the elven holy land where the tree of life is located, no other elven tribe can give birth to high elves. This is because unlike humans, who are congenitally weak races, the soul of the elves is condensed from nature by the elven ancient tree, and the high elves are born with gold-level strength, while the elf ancient trees naturally cannot be compared with the tree of life and the tree of the world of their parents and ancestors, so both parents are also high elves, but they can only give birth to ordinary elf offspring. Even if it is an elf, its soul strength can be at least compared to that of a black iron level spellcaster at birth, so although the number of elves is scarce, each of them is a very powerful warrior or mage, which is also the reason why they once ruled the continent and still occupy a certain position in this period of human strength.

Here I have to say that one of the most powerful professions other than true gods since the birth of the Overworld has been recognized by the gods, the Arcanist.

The ancient Arcanist is the source of today's mages, and it can be said that today's mages are actually a branch of the Arcanists of the past.

The earliest arcanists can be traced back tens of thousands of years to antiquity, and were originally founded by the High Elves, but it was humans who really carried the arcane to life.

Ten thousand years ago, the high elves had to withdraw from the position of the ruler of the continent because of the population, and the humans, dwarves and orcs and other races also began to become stronger, among which the humans who were good at creating and learning soon stood out, and they got the inheritance of the arcanists from the high elves, and some of the talented human arcanists with their short lifespan of no more than a hundred years actually reached the achievements of the top high arcanists of the elf race, and even produced a few great arcanists who were also rare among the high elves.

As a result, the High Elves took note of the nature of the human race, and withdrew from the stage of history to form friends with humans, and recognized the status of human arcanists as equal to those of elves. A lot of arcane research was done together with humans, and different ideas soon led to the rapid development of the arcane system, creating countless wisdom riches such as sky cities, magic crystal cannons, realm enchantments, artificial wisdom puppets, etc., which once reached a height that even the gods admired.

It's a pity that such a splendid civilization is because some arcanists have set their sights on the realm of the gods because of their whimsical research, which has caused the dissatisfaction of the gods and brought the cause for the collapse of the Arcanist Empire.

The gods need faith to increase their power, but the kingdom led by the Arcanist Suo is full of people who pursue arcane and truth, and they have a hunch that if this development continues, within a thousand years, the Arcanists may be able to reach the level of the gods, so the gods decided to weaken the Arcanist and impose a ban on mortals so that they can better believe in themselves.

For the hostility and suppression of the gods, the arcanists who yearn for freedom naturally will not sit idly by and let the gods enslave them, they rise up to resist, but except for the top group of great arcanists, there are few existences that can compete with divine power.

For the sake of humanity's victory, the Arcanist leaders made the wrong decision to open the Plane Gate of the Overworld, summoning an army of demons from the dark side of the universe, the dark and evil Endless Abyss.

The Abyssal Demon dealt a great blow to the gods, causing most of the true gods to fall, and most of the current gods were only crowned gods after that catastrophe, and only a few ancient true gods still exist today.

The Arcanists were victorious, but only disastrously, and the demons inflicted incalculable disasters on the Overworld. And the legacy of many arcanists has been buried under the ruins of history, which makes the strength of later arcanists inferior from generation to generation, until the division of the Bannai Empire a thousand years ago, and the title of arcanist has completely disappeared from people's eyes.

The Old Magic Empire of Bennai is arguably the last swan song of the Arcanists in the history of the world, when humans, elves, and dwarves had a common enemy, and that was the orcs.

Although orcs are not as intelligent as human elves and other races, their strong reproductive ability and omnivorous nature have caused their numbers to increase all the time. The large population base gives the orc god line a huge faith. Like the orcs on earth, their gods are as aggressive as beasts.

Feel that the orcs are encroaching on the lands of the races, trying to rule the entire continent, like humans and elves, and build a powerful empire on the continent, which is intolerable to humans and other races and gods.

When the war was raging on the ground, the gods led by humans and the orc gods also fought in the starry sky.

The most powerful human nation was Bannai, who was ruled by the Arcanist descendants at that time, and with the support of their many powerful combat power beyond the gold level, the orc tribes with insufficient spell casting ability were quickly defeated and driven to the bitter cold western plateau of the continent.

The Arcanists of Bannai also succeeded in dominating the entire continent and forming a second empire dominated by Arcanists. And the remnants of arcane knowledge were unified and organized, creating a new profession of mage.

Originally, when the arcane arts were developed to the extreme, they were divided into eight major factions, which included the abilities of almost all the spellcasters in the world. The mage class, which is based on the mutilated arcane legacy, has only a limited number of branches, such as elemental mages, alchemists, summoners, and wizards who specialize in souls and curses.

It's a pity that the ancient magic empire Bannai has just reached its glory, and it will dissipate like a firework.

Because after the human gods defeated the orc god system, the spatial rift caused in the main world caused the abyss demon that once destroyed the ancient Arcanist empire to descend again. This is the origin of the second demonic plague recorded in the continental calendar.

After the catastrophe, there was inevitably a second Arcanist Empire in the world, and the Bannai Empire was split under the deliberate actions of the gods, thinking that the world would be peaceful, but due to the influence of many forces between the main world and the abyssal plane, a number of stable spatial gaps were formed, and through such gaps, every once in a while, or ten or a hundred years, abyssal creatures would run to the main world to cause chaos. Some of the larger spatial rifts even have a small number of demons appearing throughout the year, invading the creatures of the Overworld. Although the rift is small and fragile, it cannot withstand the entry and exit of powerful demons, but even the lowest-level small demons are stronger than an adult human, and they also have the innate ability of spells, so they have always been a cancer that threatens the creatures of the Overworld.

Fortunately, the human countries and various ethnic forces also have the support of powerful professionals and the Church of the Gods, and several large-scale demonic disasters that have broken out in the past thousand years have been successfully exterminated by the alliance of various races. And once a small group of demonic disasters occur, they will soon be wiped out under the attention of all forces.

This world is not only between the nations of the human race, but also between the human race and the alien race, between the creatures of the main world and the evil creatures of the other plane, there are constant wars. I think this is also the reason why this world civilization has developed for at least tens of thousands of years, but it is still similar to the medieval era in the previous life, not only the result of the control of the gods, but also the continuous wars between these various races, at least part of the reason.

Knowing these real historical situations, Donald did not panic at all about the invasion of orcs and the infestation of demons, but the whole person became excited!

He still remembers a fantasy novel written by a famous god author he read in his previous life, after the protagonist traveled through another world, he relied on his exploits in the demon disaster to step by step to the top of power, and even finally succeeded in becoming a god.

"Doesn't that mean that if I can fight between the human nations of this world and the orcs and fight against the demonic calamities of demonic creatures, then I will definitely be able to obtain a new fiefdom, re-establish the glory of the Melina family, and even go one step further, and become a true nobleman?"

With the power of the Book of Truth, Donald thought he could do something in it.

Although the demons are powerful, they must not be powerful species that can reach the main world from the abyss through spatial cracks, and according to the research of the mages, the orcs have never had a professional above the gold level since the fall of their gods.

"Even if the war with the orcs breaks out, those orc masters will naturally have powerful human professionals to deal with, as long as I choose the soft pinch, relying on the power of the summoning army, it is easy to earn enough merit in exchange for a reward. ”

Donald has no doubts about this and is confident.