Seeing Rega walking out of the room and Zeller working at the table next to him, Matthew told him the information about the Order of the Blight, and also introduced Eli's situation.
Hearing this, Rega showed an expression like someone who had come before:
"Oh, infatuated boy, this is really difficult to handle."
"I've seen that white cat. To be honest, she's not bad looking, and she has an indescribable charm about her."
"My suggestion is to find a more exciting substitute for the kid named Eli. If his taste is stronger, why not try the hairless cats from Purgatory? They are more charming and explicit."
Matthew looked at Rega strangely:
"Do you even understand the aesthetics of cats?"
Zeller interjected:
"Rhaegar's ex-wife has the blood of the Infernal Hairless Cat."
Rhaegar immediately retorted:
"It's not my ex-wife, she and I haven't divorced yet!"
"And it's not completely hairless either."
Zeller shrugged:
"you're right."
Matthew looked at Rhaegar suspiciously, always feeling that letting this guy come up with ideas would just be making trouble.
So he told everyone his plan.
"I plan to completely eradicate the Blight Order. After that, I will resolve the emotional dispute between Eli and the little white cat."
"Loran, can you postpone your departure for a few days? I need you to keep an eye on them for me, and help me take care of the woods by the way."
Matthew looked at Lorraine.
The latter nodded, and then showed an emotional expression:
"Matthew, you are obviously only in your twenties, why do you act like an old father?
But having said that, Eli is really lucky to meet you.
If I had a trustworthy friend like you when I was young, maybe I wouldn't have gone astray."
Matthew is completely immune to the high hat he puts on himself:
"Your evil path refers to demigods and legends?"
"Tell me, what do you want?"
Luo Lan said with a playful smile:
"Can you help me intercede with Ekmund and ask him to help me remove the alliance's wanted order?"
Rhaegar was shocked:
"Are you a wanted criminal of the Seven Saints Alliance?"
Lorraine admitted:
"More than ten years ago, I made a mistake while on business and committed a crime.
The main reason was that I accidentally provoked a high-level mage, and that mage seemed to be a relative of Ekmund, so I accidentally got on the wanted file of the alliance and became a fraudster.
Fortunately, it has been a long time and the amount is not large. Now almost no one remembers this incident.
But it still bothers me because I can't use my identity openly.
I act under a pseudonym every time, which is somewhat of a pity for me."
Matthew pondered:
"How much money did you cheat?"
Lorraine recalled:
"Not much, twenty or thirty thousand?"
Matthew is a little strange:
"The amount of 20,000 to 30,000 won't be on the wanted file, right?"
Luo Lan sighed and said:
"It has nothing to do with money, and everything to do with people."
Matthew responded quickly:
"Did you lie to his family?"
Lorraine coughed:
"His daughter can indeed be considered a victim."
"At first, she and I just met by chance and just played around. She told me personally that she would not cause me any trouble. But after a few days, she changed her mind and dragged her father to her house to force me to marry her."
"When I ran away, I forgot to leave the bracelet she gave me, so I was labeled a fraudster."
The office hall suddenly became quiet.
Matthew also stopped asking for details.
He thought for a moment and replied:
"I can't guarantee that Lord Ekmund will give me this face. The relationship between me and him is actually very shallow, but I will try."
Lorraine made a loving gesture:
"Don't worry, I will keep an eye on Eli for you. I guarantee that he will not lose his virginity during your absence."
Matthew felt relieved after hearing this.
With two legends, Lorraine and Richard, as well as Ekmund's clone, there should be no security risks in Rolling Stone Town and Oak Forest in the short term.
He looked at the other two people:
"Has the matter in the south been completely resolved?"
Zeller replied as he wrote the document:
"Last night, Red Earth Mountain sent an urgent letter, and their lord issued a declaration of non-infringement to us.
To show their sincerity, the Red Earth Mountain army even withdrew to the south of the Prancing Horse River. They vacated nearly one-third of the golden fertile fields, which we can eat or use as a buffer zone."
Matthew nodded:
"Kusulus' reaction is so quick."
Zeller also lamented:
"This is the power of the Seven Saints Alliance. It can scare away an ambitious dragon without using a knife or a gun!"
"But we will be very busy next. After the news spreads, it is expected that many residents of Golden Fertile Field will defect to Rolling Stone Town, including some small nobles or soldiers who are trying to retaliate against Red Earth Mountain. We must handle it carefully.
These people cannot have any impact on the existing order of Rolling Stone Town."
Rhaegar also sighed and said:
"Yeah, I'll be very busy next time."
Matthew and Zeller looked at him askance at the same time.
The latter silently raised the Alliance Weekly and covered his face.
"Mrs. Wesley, some coffee!"
He shouted loudly as if nothing had happened.
Zeller suddenly said:
"Matthew, I'm still a little worried about you going to deal with the Blight Order alone. Take Rhaegar with you. He has nothing to do anyway."
Rega immediately put down the newspaper and protested:
"What does it mean to be idle and have nothing to do?"
"As the lord of Rolling Stone Town, am I not the most important backbone?"
"Without me, this territory would have been dispersed long ago!"
Zeller just looked at him:
"are you going?"
"You can choose to go on your own initiative and decently, or you can choose to go less than decently after being persuaded by me."
"I remember Asma and Brynn were coming out from behind the door soon, right? If it's too late, I'll let them pick you up then."
Rhaegar glared at Matthew, and then said weakly:
"Okay, okay, I'll just go with Matthew."
"I don't need to pack my bags, I can go now!"
Matthew raised his hand to stop and said:
"Wait, we can't leave now."
Instead, Rhaegar urged eagerly:
"It won't be too late."
Matthew looked at the sky outside:
"Let's leave in the afternoon, I have classes in the morning."
Rhaegar's expression suddenly became a little disappointed.
At this time, Zeller suddenly said quietly:
"Speaking of which, regarding the young man named Eli, do you need me to find him a succubus?"
Faced with Matthew's surprised look.
Zeller explained:
"I heard that it is difficult for men who have experienced the ravages of succubi to fall in love with women of other races. Of course, I only heard that."
"Or we could try something else?"
"How about finding him another type of hobby?"
"For example, planting trees?"
Lorraine shook his head:
"It won't work. He is a born infatuated person who likes to weave illusory traps for himself and then fall into them."
"It's not so much that women lied to him, but that he likes to lie to himself."
Rega couldn't help but put down the newspaper and suggested:
"How about letting him see the woman's true face?"
"Find a bad woman to train him?"
Zeller said angrily:
"Are you afraid that he won't sink deep enough?"
Luo Lan thinks this plan is feasible.
The three of them talked to each other and had a heated discussion.
Gradually, the atmosphere of heated discussions in the office hall gave Matthew the illusion of being in a neighborhood committee.
…
Crucible House.
Margaret wore a cow-pattern housecoat today.
She looked a little listless.
But during class, Margaret’s voice was still sonorous and powerful:
"Today is the third theoretical class, which is mainly about frontal spellcasting and confrontation.
What is the most important part of the face-to-face spellcasting confrontation?
It's chanting!
We all know that the spell chanting time for levels 1 to 2 is about 2 to 4 seconds;
The spell chanting time for levels 3 to 4 is extended to 3 to 8 seconds;
Level 5 spells generally take 6 to 10 seconds;
Legendary spells are longer, taking half a minute or even a minute.
Although there are various abilities to assist spell casting: chant acceleration, silent spell casting, spell instant casting...but these skills are difficult to use on spells of the same level.
Assuming you are a legend, you can certainly cast spells below level 5 instantly, but it will be difficult for you to do so with legendary spells.
By the way, bullying is not part of our curriculum.
I will only teach you how to face opponents of the same level or even higher in various situations.
Therefore, in a head-on confrontation at the same level.
Singing is a link that is almost impossible to avoid.
At this stage, I need to emphasize three pieces of content to you, namely "Spell Knowledge", "Spell Ability" and "Suriel Chanting Method"."
Swish, brush, brush!
The feather note in Matthew's hand flew up.
Margaret took a sip of water and explained one by one:
""Spell Knowledge" is the most useful ability, it is essentially a spell.
It can help you determine what spell the enemy is chanting, or at least what field of spell it is, through the first few syllables of the enemy's chant.
Knowing what spells the enemy is using allows us to respond better.
He is holding back the fireball, so we give him "Evocation Spell Reversal";
He is summoning celestial creatures, and we are prepared in advance to "destroy alien creatures";
He is constructing an illusion, we can just hang up the high-level gem of knowledge and watch the clown.
In short, knowledge of spells is the basic skill for head-on confrontation."
Matthew couldn't help but nodded.
This is an ability he lacks very much.
He has good eyesight and good hearing, but due to lack of training and insufficient knowledge of magic, it is difficult for him to predict the enemy's spells.
Usually only after the other party has finished using it, Matthew reacts belatedly.
In this regard, the system actually only plays an auxiliary role. It can only provide data and intuitive information about Matthew's perception, and rarely can skip Matthew's perception to do more.
This is actually a very dangerous signal!
Margaret gave Matthew no chance to think deeply.
She gushed:
"The second point is "spell ability".
As the name suggests, this process is to solidify the combat spells you often use into your own abilities.
Spells require chanting, but abilities do not. This is the meaning of spell ability.
There are currently dozens of ways to turn spells into abilities within the alliance.
But I personally only recommend two.
First, find a high-level mage and ask him to help you solidify the target spell on your body. This is the simplest and easiest way. You can just lie down. The only thing you need to pay may be interpersonal relationships;
Second, train hard, use the spell every day, and use the corresponding potion. Usually after 2 to 3 training cycles, you can initially turn a common spell into your own ability.
Each training cycle ranges from 14 to 21 days.
This method is very hard, but it is the most down-to-earth method.
Spells such as "Counterspell", "Spell Knowledge", "Spell Reversal", "Copper Skin and Iron Bone", "Bull Power", "Surge", etc. are all very suitable for ability-based spells.
By the way, I can reveal to you——
I have more than 40 empowered spells."
Matthew heard this and exclaimed:
"You work so hard!"
Margaret glanced at him:
"No."
"Only 1/4 of this was obtained through my own hard training, and the rest was made by me paying to find legendary or quasi-legendary mages to help me solidify it."
"They are the root cause of my debt."
Speaking of which.
She sighed sadly:
"This brings us back to our first lesson."
"What is the most important thing about a mage?"
"Money! Money! Still fucking money!"
Margaret looked very resentful.
It seems that her financing plan has not been going smoothly recently.
Matthew obediently lowered his head and listened.
Fortunately, she quickly got into explaining mode again:
"The third piece of content is the focus of today's class, and it is also the best singing technique that I currently think. It comes from my teacher, Ms. Suriel.
After in-depth exchanges with the dragons, Ms. Suriel extracted part of the essence from dragon language magic and integrated it into the chanting of human spells. From then on, the "Suriel Chanting Method" was born.
The advantage of this chanting method is that the sentences are clearly read, the rhythm is ups and downs, and the speed and rhythm of the chanting can be controlled by oneself, thereby controlling the infusion and outflow of magic elements.
It's a bit abstract to say so, let me show you a comparison."
Said.
Three figures appeared in front of Matthew's eyes.
They were all chanting the classic spell of fireball.
Margaret clicked gently.
The three of them opened their mouths, and three different styles of chanting sounded in Matthew's ears, but the volume was all full.
According to Margaret.
The first person was a wild mage who had not been trained by the alliance. He used the most common singing method.
Matthew listened to it once and found that his singing was indeed not very good, a bit like a third-rate rapper rapping.
The second person is a mage apprentice with a professional background. He uses the "mechanical chanting method" currently being vigorously promoted by the alliance.
The characteristic of this singing method is that it has no characteristics.
The monk chanted sutras throughout the whole process, without any emotional ups and downs, which was somewhat similar to the electronic synthesized sound.
The advantage of the mechanical chanting method is that the specifications are unified and the threshold is very low. Once you form a habit, you will get started with new spells much faster.
It is commonly used to train mage apprentices.
The third image is of Margaret herself.
As soon as she opened her mouth, Matthew was shocked——
At first, a few sopranos sang alone, but soon fell back.
Between the paragraphs, the lines are clear, sometimes like gurgling water, sometimes like turbulent waves.
A small fireball spell, 18 syllables in total, 3 seconds long.
Matthew actually felt like an opera!
"You can see the changes in the magic elements around my body when I sing."
Margaret shows a cross-section of the flow of magical elements.
"The Suriel chanting method can actively control the progress of the spell, control the flow of magic power and elements, and thereby make a spell cast more powerful.
But if it were just that, I wouldn't recommend it to you.
Its biggest advantage is that it can use "Screaming Sound" to realize self-interruption and perform more advanced skills: "Spell Grafting"."
Said.
She then showed Matthew herself chanting another spell.
"Note, what I am chanting here at the beginning is the standard fifth-level spell "Gate of Alien". This spell takes a long time. Even if I have spell casting assistance, it will take a full 13 seconds to complete the chant.
But here in the middle, you listen—"
Margaret spoke as the phantom chant played.
In order to prevent Matthew from hearing it, she also specially set the speed to 0.3 times.
Matthew listened attentively, and indeed heard a slightly unexpected scream in the other party's singing.
And with that syllable.
All the magical elements in her went backwards.
This means that this spell was actively interrupted by her when the chant was halfway through!
Immediately afterwards.
An even more bizarre scene occurred.
After the scream, Margaret's chanting continued, and soon, she completed the spell after 8 seconds.
It's just a "Gate to Another World" that summons alien creatures from a large scale.
It has become "Ten Thousand Arrows Pierce the Heart" that summons a large number of arrows to physically pierce and throw strikes at the target area.
Matthew's back felt cold.
If her opponent uses "Spell Knowledge" at this time and determines that she is using the Gate of Alienity, then the opponent's response will most likely not be able to withstand a thousand arrows piercing the heart!
Margaret looked at Matthew seriously:
"You are smart enough to realize how powerful this chanting method is right now, right?
Not to mention that this chanting method brings spell amplification effect.
"Screaming Sound" allows you to interrupt the spell at any time when the singing progress does not exceed 2/3;
And "Spell Grafting" can secretly and conditionally replace it with another spell.
Mastered the Suriel chanting method.
This gives you an absolute advantage in the head-to-head confrontation between mages!
Now.
Come sing with me.
Ah~~~!”
Matthew opened his mouth subconsciously:
"Ah~~!"
"No, look at my mouth shape!"
Margaret corrected:
"At the same time, pay attention to my chest. To use Suriel chanting method, you must master abdominal breathing."
"Come, open your mouth with me -"
"Ah~~~!"
Matthew followed her, raised his head, straightened his chest and tightened his abdomen:
"Ah~~~!"
Margaret pointed carefully:
"Yes, and also wrong."
"Right now."
"No, no."
"Half right."
soon.
The only sounds left in the magic classroom were "Ahhhhhh".