Duke was stunned.

The breath that came out of his mouth and nose was full of surprise.

The old man looked at Duke, his seemingly old, cloudy eyes shining with wisdom. The furnishings in the room were simple, soft beige walls, two comfortable chairs, a low coffee table, and that's all, so simple that it was impossible to distract yourself from something other than the other person.

After a brief moment of surprise, Duke confronted the old mage who had given him a chance and a new beginning in the world of Azeroth.

It was a very complicated look, with the disappointment of self-abandonment and the hope of pinning hope on others.

On the old man's face, Duke seemed to see the last wish of an old man who was obsessed with magic and had struggled for magic all his life but had no great achievements. For the expectation of this kind of old man who has come to the end of his life, Duke couldn't bear to refuse, and finally nodded.

"If you agree, I'll call you 'Teacher' in the future. ”

Old man Norton suddenly felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his whole body was shocked, as if his ears were not good, and he had auditory hallucinations, his eyes widened, and his face was incredulous--what? That arrogant kid who couldn't even look down on the world's strongest mage, Medivan, actually called me teacher?

Happiness came so suddenly, the old man didn't believe it.

"Uh, Duke, that ...... I did want to be your teacher...... But Madison ...... That one...... I, actually, ......" The old man was a little incoherent.

Duke stepped forward and grabbed Old Norton's hand: "Don't underestimate yourself. If North-County Abbey, without your proposal, maybe I'd have been beaten to death by that Brando guy. As for my refusal to become a disciple of Medivan, it is not simply because of ambition, but for a deep reason, and you will understand my distress in the future. ”

The old man's mouth squirmed, and his eyes moistened, after all, the old man did not cry, but sighed: "Please forgive me for being an old man who can do some spells, but has little courage." I'm ashamed to be your teacher. To be your teacher, I should use my body to be your safe haven. At that moment, I didn't stand up and I knew I had lost the opportunity to be your teacher forever. However, I will be honored to be your guide to the temple of magic. ”

Seeing that the old man had made up his mind, Duke could only nod.

Teachers and guides, this is not the same concept. But that's all there is to it.

Old man Norton immediately put on a strict appearance, he took out the [High Elf Mage Apprentice Introductory Codex] in one hand, and took out a translation written by him himself.

"I have carefully studied this [Introductory Codex] for a long time, and I have found that for thousands of years, human research in the field of magic has actually taken a long detour. ”

"Detour?"

Traditional magic training is nothing more than giving a qualified child a lot of magical knowledge first, and then letting him communicate with the elemental world and other other worlds with magical energy, and then guiding magical energy into his body through meditation, transforming himself, and then forming a magic circuit. Then there is the cultivation day after day, making the magic circuit rough and strong. ”

Speaking of this, the old man pointed to the elven text on the codex and suddenly took a sip: "This is the safest way to cultivate, right." At a time when humans had no contact with magic at all thousands of years ago, this practice was indeed the safest and safest way to cultivate. But the cunning elf kept a hand. ”

"Got a hand?" Duke pricked up his ears.

Do you know why the High Elves are naturally better at magic than humans?"

Duke frowned, "Racial talent?"

"Of course, there is another reason--the sunwell!"

Duke realized something immediately: "You mean ......"

"Yes, in fact, for good seedlings with excellent physical fitness, the foundation of magic can be completely accelerated. No, even an apprentice of average physical fitness could easily be promoted to the level of Morning Star Mage. The premise is that you need a source of mana with highly concentrated magic power, and you need to transform your body day and night, and it must be the body of a child whose body is still developing. ”

Duke's head is big, where is he going to find a sunwell to come out? That thing is a high elf who is so desperate that he will fight whoever moves, he doesn't think he has the ability to go to Quel'Thalas to get the Sun King.

At this time, Old Man Norton patted Duke on the shoulder: "I bet that even the person who gave you this [Apprentice's Codex] didn't realize what an amazing treasure trove he gave you!"

Duke added in his mind: It's 'she', not 'him'.

"The first 49 pages are essentially no different from the human mage's apprentice training manual, at most they are refined. But the last page ...... "The old man turned the last page of the codex, and Duke did not know Elf, which did not prevent him from seeing that the Elvish written on it suddenly became scribbled, completely different from the fair and atmospheric handwriting of the previous one, and seemed to be very casual.

The old man also opened Duke's translation. Duke found that the last page was not translated.

"Do you know why I didn't translate?"

Duke shook his head.

"Because the elven language on this page is bullshit. The old man squinted and laughed, "Just as you created a pearl course out of thin air." I was also suddenly inspired that this was not a language at all, but a special magic circuit layout. ”

The old man suddenly became excited: "Haha! It's just me, the arcane expert, who will discover the secrets above. This is a special magic circuit design that can absorb the free arcane energy around it into the body like a whirlpool!"

"It's ......," Duke surprised.

"And this is a completely different magic circuit cultivation method commonly used by elves, and it has a more extensive way of expanding the magic circuit for the absorption of arcane energy. I don't know why the Sun King would suggest that Prince Kael'thas cultivate like this, but it is tantamount to helping you, and if you follow this cultivation, you can quickly increase and enhance your magic circuits even without the need for the Sunwell. ”

As soon as Old Norton said this, Duke immediately understood why. If the history of the game is followed, in the near future, Quel'Salas will fall, and all the remaining High Elves will fall into a strong addiction to arcane energy.

As the king of the High Elves, the Sun King Anastrian certainly knew how bad the Sunwells were for the Elves' addiction. So he sent Kael'thas to Dalaran to study, which was also to give Kael'thas more hope and a broader future in disguise.

It's just that the Sun King didn't expect that his little selfishness, which he thought was impossible to discover, would flow into the hands of Aurelia and give it to Duke.

Duke suddenly sighed, Aurelia is really his nobleman!