Duke frowned, as if that was all he could do for the time being.

Duke has nothing to complain about, and under the blind collision, he also gave him **** luck to complete the foundation building. With the arcane fire circuit inherited from the High Elf King, Duke is already happier than most mages.

Duke slowly opened his eyes, and what greeted him was the frightened old man Norton, hiding in a magic shield and even trembling a little.

"You've finished building your magic circuit?" asked the old man tentatively.

"Hmm. I'm afraid I'm going to call the elven prince Kael'thas as my brother in the future. Duke said playfully.

The old man almost fainted in fright: "Please, don't scare me." Stealing from the elves without permission, no, the inheritance of the elf king, it will be a big trouble!"

"It's okay, the Sun King will ...... soon" Duke wanted to say, it won't be long before the Sun King will hang, but suddenly remembered that the secret of heaven cannot be revealed, so he still kept his mouth shut.

"What's the Sun King?"

"No, it's really a big deal, the one who gave me the Codex will be in the top jar. Duke didn't really want Aurelia to carry the cauldron, what he was thinking about was how to further transform his magic circuit, and in the future, even if the Sun King stood in front of him, he wouldn't be able to see it.

"yes, where did you go to collect mana just now?"

Duke looked at the old man's feet full of dull mana gems, and suddenly his heart ached, the old man had already paid him the coffin in order to build a good arcane circuit.

Unable to bear to bother the old man Norton, Duke made a 'shh ”

Who knows, the old man actually screamed, "No way! The Guardian has been missing since last Wednesday." He was neither in Stormwind nor back to Karazan without any greeting. ”

Duke's heart thumped and pounded violently.

Medivan is missing!?

Duke, who is well versed in the history of the world of Azeroth, certainly knows what that means.

Medivan's disappearance is a huge event for the Stormwind Kingdom and the entire world. During Medivan's disappearance, Sargeras, who was hidden in his body, was no longer content to hide in the shadows and secretly influence Medivan's decision, and Sargeras began to devour Medivan's soul.

When Medivan reappears in the Stormwind Kingdom, he will unleash the most famous first Dark Gate event in history, introducing orcs to the world of Azeroth. It was also the beginning of a series of upheavals and annihilations in the world of Azeroth.

At this moment, Duke finally felt that the wheel of history, which seemed to have stagnated, was still turning in an irreversible direction!

Duke couldn't help but be dumbfounded: "Okay, I admit that I took the mana from the mana crystal that Medivan put in the mage tower. But it's not me who took it, it's the Sun King's back door. Duke told Norton about the backdoor on the Codex that the Sun King had left behind with his mental powers.

The old man was really happy and surprised.

Happily, this time Duke and he didn't have to have an accident. What was surprising was that the elves were not kind, and the mana gems that flowed out to the human race actually left a hand.

Seeing the old man's frightened look, Duke comforted the old man: "Don't worry, I have a pearl route in my hand now, it's a big deal that I can go back and buy a batch of mana gems to compensate Medivan." ”

It's no wonder that it will be compensated!

The next time I see Medivan, that guy is already the boss of the Burning Legion!

Of course, Duke's hand still comforted the old man very well. When Duke offered to compensate the old man for the mana crystal, the old man refused.

"No need. I don't have any children, and I've been practicing arcane arts for most of my life, until I suddenly realized that I was really too old to be old, and I remembered that I should take in a disciple. Even though you are not my true disciple, I regard you as a closed disciple. Itana may be better, and is expected to attack the Sky Mage. But it would be nice for Daniel to be able to reach the Earth Mage in this life. ”

The old man put his hand on Duke's shoulder: "My research depends on your help to pass it on." ”

"I ......"

Duke's eyes couldn't help but be red and moist.

Just as a father gives birth to a son, and a son gives birth to a grandson. In the mage's world, inheritance is all the same. Many times, for the sake of learning, many things are so unrewarded.

"You don't have to be surprised, when you're old, you'll think the same way. Alright, now that you have a solid foundation, you can start learning my arcane skills in earnest starting tomorrow. ”

"Got it. ”

At this time, there was a chaotic sound outside the house, and it should be the guards and mages on duty from the Spell Academy.

"Hey, Abara Norton, you old ghost, are you dead? A rude shout came from outside the window.

"Phillet, I'm not dead if you're dead!" Old Norton roared angrily.

"Good. What about Duke Marcus's little guy?"

"In a little while, you will be able to sit with him in the Sky Mage's seat. ”

"Oh hell, my life has been for nothing. Yes, where are the bills sent? You are here or Marcus? This time there is a lot of loss, and I can't handle it without a few thousand gold coins. ”

As soon as he heard a few thousand gold coins, Old Man Norton's head shrank: "Of course Marcus kid did it himself." ”

Duke, stammering, just because the old man didn't need him to pay for the crystal, the emotion was all gone.

Hey, what about a good mentor doing everything?

Give me back my touches!

Faced with Duke's complaining gaze, Old Man Norton decisively changed the subject: "Yes! Your arcane foundation has been well built. Now it's time to strengthen your knowledge of the arcane. Starting tomorrow, you'll come to me to learn the tricks of the arcane. ”

Well, that's all it takes.

After this day, the entire academy knew that Duke had been promoted to a ninth-rank earth mage. The gazes of all the official mages looking at Duke changed.

At first, Duke didn't understand, but later the old man told him that in the mage world, only a mage who really formed a magic circuit and could continuously circulate and absorb the free mana in the atmosphere would be recognized as a real mage. The standard of being able to cast three first-level spells is purely to facilitate the determination of the boundary between a mage and an apprentice.

In the days that followed, Duke focused on learning the arcane arts, the supermagic specialty, from Old Man Norton.

It's different from the game where you can have special effects by simply adding points. In the case that the system elf cannot parse, Duke can only act like a real apprentice, constantly using his senses to perceive.

Again and again, in constant failure and repetition. There were so many failures that Duke couldn't remember how many times he had failed.

Finally, Duke succeeded.

[Arcane Subtlety]: Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells, and the specific effect depends on whether you can grasp the target's weaknesses in actual combat.

Arcane Focus: Gives you a 10% chance to enter an energy-saving spell state after casting any of the damaging spells. Saving Cast Status reduces the amount of mana consumed by your next damaging spell by 100%.

[Arcane Meditation]: Causes you to maintain 15% mana regeneration rate when casting.

Just when Duke thought that his days of training would last indefinitely, a spell mark in his hand became hot.