Salomon's learning period is much longer than that of other mages - this is not only because he is a disciple of the Supreme Mage, but more importantly because of his age.
Kamal Taj would not let a minor hold a position in the temple under any circumstances. No matter how powerful Salomon's magic was, in everyone's opinion, he still needed to learn.
Therefore, he naturally did not have the idea of quick success, but followed the courses arranged by the Supreme Mage and Athena day after day. This is very important. The accumulation of basic knowledge will be of great help to Salomon in the future.
If Salomon, like Strange, uses translation software to read those grimoires that have been cracked, and if he encounters a grimoire that needs to be deciphered in a ruin like there is no Internet, then he will be helpless.
[Language proficiency cannot decode secret messages hidden in words or symbols, such as magic runes. These codes are not part of the written language, and the reading of grimoires requires deciphering, as does the wizard's magic books and scrolls.
Copying also has a failure rate.]
Therefore, His Holiness attaches great importance to Salomon’s linguistics education, and in order to help Salomon understand modern society (in His Holiness’s opinion, Salomon only understands magic but not science), the Ancient One
The Master also specially arranged for the London Temple to find a school for Salomon to enroll in. When Salomon is old enough, he will take the exam.
He had already taken the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 exams when he was seven years old. With the results of this SATs exam, Salomon can successfully take the entrance exam that he must take when he is thirteen——
Although he did not go to school even once, the London Temple solved the problem with banknotes. This was the first time for Kamal Taj to do this, because the school-age children in Kamal Taj could only practice martial arts and then go to the secular world.
For example, Alice Gulliver, the daughter of Wu Guiyue, the guardian of the Hong Kong Temple, only came to the Kama Taj headquarters to learn self-protection skills.
There has never been any minor who devoted himself to the study of magic like Salomon. Although Salomon did not seem to feel uncomfortable with this almost isolated life, but actually enjoyed it, Master Gu Yi was still a little worried
This kind of life decoupled from secular society will make Salomon develop a withdrawn character. Sometimes His Holiness even suspected that he had passed on his too indifferent character to Salomon.
This is not possible. This kind of personality cannot deter those extradimensional creatures trying to invade the earth.
The joy of living in a dead house is unimaginable by others. Salomon still changes the posters in his bedroom every three months. Due to his proficiency in the language, he can see the new broadcasts as quickly as possible without any need.
Translation: It is difficult for others to understand Salomon's happiness. As long as there is Internet and food, he can stay at home forever. Except for Mount Athena, he does not need to go out at all.
This month his wife is Holo, a girl with a wolf tail and wolf ears who cannot be refuted. (New episode in January 2008)
This kind of life seems extremely abnormal to outsiders. On countless occasions, Master Xiao Wang tried to pull Salomon out of the room so that he could take him for a walk on the street. However, Salomon refused every time.
The rainy weather makes him a little uncomfortable. If he wants to eat fish and chips or go to the British Museum, he will go by himself. As for New York, it is better not to show up there.
Who knows when a big green fat man will suddenly appear there, beating and smashing him, or maybe two of them; he has been to Hong Kong a lot, and he is a frequent visitor to the snack street outside the temple, now Salo
Meng speaks fluent Cantonese and can communicate with the stall owners.
As for entertainment? What entertainment can compare to magic? My friend, isn’t the most magical thing in the world interesting enough? The only thing that makes Salomon a little uncomfortable is the need to face the dark dimension from time to time.
"I have already known my wife Adria when I was your age." Casilios was very friendly to Salomon. Although he was often very harsh when training in self-protection, he was very aggressive when facing Salomon.
When Luo Meng was watching, he would often guide without boredom.
He said to Salomon who was staying in the room, "You should go out for more walks instead of immersing yourself in books all the time. Kama Taj's work is not heavy enough to require you to share it. You should go to school and meet a few people."
Girl, staying at Kamal Taj will make you feel like an old man.
If my child were still alive, he would probably be as old as you, and I might even risk being sued to let him taste beer... Anyway, it's not a good thing to stay in the room all the time, if you
If you want to exercise, you can come to me."
Casilios kept his head down when he said this, and Salomon could not clearly see his expression. Was it grief? Or nostalgia? But looking back a few years later, Salomon could only recall the sound of wind blowing from the Himalayas.
The cold smell of the cold wind mixed with the decaying dust in the room, and the man standing in front of him with gray-white hair who had lost everything.
It is said that Casilios was introduced by Baron Mordo, because the purpose of Karma Taj has always been to lend a helping hand to those in need. Of course, these people must have magical talents.
Except for those personally recruited by His Holiness, such as Salomon and Strange, almost all other mages got started in this way. The original Kama Taj was established by Master Gu Yi through this method.
His Holiness’s idea is similar to “escaping into Buddhism”, because only those who have almost lost everything are attracted by Kama Taj’s direction lock that protects the earth, so that they can not be tempted by worldly wealth and honor, and wholeheartedly take on the responsibility of the external dimension.
It is the duty of fighting, so Kamal Taj pays attention to purification, with the purpose of calming down the tortured souls of practitioners.
It cannot be said that this idea is not good. The selection criteria of the Ancient One Master have lasted for more than a thousand years. This system has withstood the test of time. However, there are still many apprentices similar to Cassilios, and not all of them.
Everyone is willing to immerse themselves in the magical world like Salomon.
Some people are attracted by the concept of Kama Taj, such as Mordo, who is attracted by the concept of the Mage Monastery to protect the earth, and voluntarily becomes a mage to resist the outer dimensions. He has been dedicated to the protection of the earth for more than a thousand years.
I have great respect for the ancient mage who fights against outer dimensions.
There are also some people, those mage families. These people are all combined from the mage who first practiced in Kama Taj. They are all descendants of the first batch of disciples of the Venerable, such as Wang and Wu Guiyue. This is the case.
Some people are also an important part of Kamal Taj. These people have spent their whole lives in Kamal Taj. They have accepted the teachings of the Venerable for several generations. There are still a few people in these families who have been infinitely close to the position of the Supreme Master.
It's just that they were tortured to death by the Venerable one after another.
Despite this, they are still important supporters of the ancient master.
And those practitioners who are recruited from the secular world are often not pure enough. They still have regrets in the secular world, such as Cassilios, whose purpose is to see his wife again; or who learn magic just to find a way out and achieve
Purpose: After learning magic, there are not many people in Kama Taj who enter the secular world to become kings and hegemons, or do evil and enjoy material things that are difficult for ordinary people to achieve.
Although the Venerable has no prejudice against material enjoyment, Master Gu Yi has also bloodily cleaned up some people who used magic to cause mischief.
In modern times, Master Gu Yi rarely does this kind of thing. The reason is very simple - with the progress of the times, the amount of information that modern people gain in a day far exceeds that in the past. If we really want to completely require the Master to have no distracting thoughts, then
It is very likely that there will be no one in Kama Taj. His Holiness is well aware that there will be no fish in the clearest water, so His Holiness also relaxed the selection criteria for new members of Kama Taj - Come to Kama
It doesn't matter if Taj has a purpose. As long as she doesn't use magic to do evil, as long as she takes on the responsibility of protecting the earth, then it doesn't matter. Only belief in Dormammu is something the Ancient One Mage will never tolerate.
Now it seems that Salomon's soul seems to be too peaceful.
So Master Ancient One planned to ask Salomon to do something.
ps: It’s a throw away from the setting, and combines the comic and movie settings. The next chapter is a new event.