In the evening, Mage Jersey sent Lillian to call the Austin siblings to the study, and Lillian changed into a maid outfit and dressed as a standard mage.
"Irene is she? What a lovely girl. Jersey was kind enough to give the girl a smile when he first met.
"Thank you for the compliment. Irene politely pinched the corners of her skirt and curtsied, as Lillian had taught her during the day.
Jersey smiled again and said, "You and Austin are already my apprentices, and every Monday evening at eight o'clock is my time to teach apprentices, you must remember, and you must be punctual, those who are late are not allowed to come in." "
"But don't be too nervous, my teaching method is mainly based on questions and answers, you ask, I will answer, do you feel much more relaxed?"
It was a funny remark, and Austin and Irenora's nervousness was immediately dispelled, but the mage's next words lifted their hearts again.
"But once in a while I ask you some questions, and if you can't answer them, you will be punished. I think she does, doesn't she? Mage Jersey turned his head to Lillian's side.
"Yes, yes. If you can't answer the knowledge you have taught, you will copy books or assign chores when it is light, and you will be disqualified from attending classes for the next period of time when it is heavy. Lillian replied truthfully.
"Yes, that's it, if you are really suitable to become a mage, you will slowly feel how painful, how difficult, and how worrying it is to be cut off from knowledge. "
"Alright, without further ado, let's start today's lesson. Austin, Irenora, you don't have any basics, so I'll listen in first, and when Lillian's questions are answered, I'll give you some basic spell principles. "
As soon as Mage Zecill's words fell, Lillian couldn't wait to get up from her chair and ask some of the doubts she had encountered in the previous week, some about spell modeling, some about formula derivation, and one of the doubts that Austin had caused her: was that spell that combined with Hell Visualization considered a spell?
Austen, of course, wanted to know the answer to this question, and looked at Master Zecil expectantly, and pricked up his ears, unwilling to leave a word.
"My answer to this question is: it's not a spell. It's just a clever mental suggestion technique. Of course, in some special cases, such as when Austin, a special mage of the demon bloodline, awakens, it is more effective than many real spells, as long as you firmly believe that it can protect you from evil thoughts, then it will have the effect you expect. "
"Alright, Lillian, if you have no other questions, you can go back first, I don't think you want to spend any more time listening to the basic theory. "
"No, teacher, thank you for teaching!" With that, Lillian got up and left, leaving Austin and Irena to continue listening.
"Well, it's the two of you're in turn, how about it, you just listened hard, didn't you? Could it be that you've lost interest in magic by these boring formulas and theories?"
Austin scratched her head honestly and replied, "Sort of..."
Irena responded with a yawn, and she had been sleepy for nearly two hours had just taken by Mage Jersey to explain everything to Lillian.
"It's normal for you to feel this way, but I'm sure you'll be obsessed with it when you can cast spells with these boring things. Now, cheer up, I'm going to give you a basic sorcery theory. "
"As we all know, spells are cast with the help of magic nets. So what is a magic web? Is it a big spider web? You can imagine it, but the magic web is unimaginably big, covering almost every corner of the universe. Moreover, the magic net cannot be touched by hand, even if it exists all around us all the time, the only way we can perceive it is to use our own spiritual power. "
"Austin, you have opened your own sea of spiritual power, and you have established a connection with the magic net, talk about what spiritual power is. "Master Jersey took the test for Austin by the way.
"Uh... I feel that mental power is my other invisible hand. Austin, who was asked, replied nervously.
It's a rough answer, but the meaning is pretty much the same, spiritual power is like a pair of invisible hands that extend out, it can help us touch the magic web. "
"But you can't cast a spell just by touching the net, it's not playing the harp, you can make a sound when you pluck it. We also need to use our spiritual power to construct a language and symbols that can be recognized by the magic net, that is, the magic model. "
"A spell model is a three-dimensional pattern composed of various dots and lines, each spell has its own unique appearance, and the more advanced the spell, the more complex it is, and its complexity is almost 10 times higher at each level. So don't simply think that building a spell model is drawing, because people's memory is limited, and a simple spell model of level 0 and level 1 may still be able to be traced according to the gourd painting, but it can be thousands of times more complicated?"
"Only by truly understanding the meaning behind the spell model and how it is derived from formulas can we find patterns in the process of outlining spell models, reduce the burden on memory, and reduce errors. "
"Austin, remember what I said to you last time? Learning from each other on the two paths of special mages and mages will take you far. Master Jersey turned his attention to Austin again, and as for the little girl who was already drooping his head and about to listen to the fall asleep, he could only secretly shake his head in his heart.
"Remember, remember, I've always remembered. "
"Yes, that's good. You've taken a step forward on the path of a special mage, and you've acquired multiple spells, so when you have time, you can focus on studying their spell models, which is much more intuitive than looking at the patterns in a book. Once you've memorized a spell model in its entirety, you can start trying to build it in your own spiritual sea. "
"Huh, teacher, don't you advocate drawing a scoop from a gourd?" Austin listened attentively.
Jersey showed a helpless expression and said, "Austen, you have to learn to be flexible! Don't you want to increase your strength quickly? Do you really want to learn five or six years to master a trick?"
"Your conditions are much better than those of ordinary apprentices, not only have you opened the sea of spiritual power at the beginning and connected to the magic net, but you can also have an intuitive spell model as a reference, and with the strength of your mental power, it is estimated that the spell model within level 3 can also be learned by drawing a scoop according to the gourd. "
"Do you know your strengths this time?"
"I know, I'll study the spell model as soon as I have free time in the future, and strive to become a mage as soon as possible. Austin quickly nodded. "But... But will this affect my special mage career growth?"
"No, special mages are the same as dragons, they can become stronger after eating and sleeping, and of course fighting can speed up this process, do you want to struggle on the death line every day? I can introduce you to Severn Fortress as a spellcaster with the army. "
"I don't want to, I don't want to..." Austin quickly shook his head, he pursued a rich and beautiful life, and he would never risk his life easily.
"Just don't want to. Now take your sleeping sister back to rest, and she won't be able to attend the lecture next Monday. "
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