My Magic Age

Unlike other test benches that were filled with spare magic equipment, the one in front of me was tightly packed with a very simple fish skin hood.

This fish skin hood was even a little rough. The fish man's leather still kept the same look as before he died. His eyes were lifeless and empty as he looked at the sky. The dense fangs in his mouth had been removed, and a layer of thick silk cloth was sewn on it. It was barely recognizable as a hat.

A magician from the Inscription Union walked to my test bench. He looked at the fish skin hood in front of me in astonishment and asked me, "Are you going to use this hood to make a magic pattern structure later?"

I stood in front of the test bench and saw the magic badge on the magician's chest. I found that he was a level 15 magician, so I said to the magician respectfully, "Yes, sir."

He pulled the glasses on his nose, then lowered his head, letting his eyes shoot out from the gap between the glasses and eyebrows. His eyebrows were thick, his eyes were bright, and his eyes were piercing. He said to me seriously, "Is this the only fish skin hood? Do you have any other spare ones?"

I nodded and said, "Yes."

After that, he took out another fish skin hood from the magic waist bag and placed it on the test bench.

My face was a little hot, because this hat was rougher than the previous one, and the fish skin also had some defects. There was a fish man's calf missing behind the hood, and I didn't know when it was torn off.

The magician reminded me again: "After the exam begins, you can no longer take out any items from the magic waist bag. You must use the magic ink and magic carving knife prepared on the test bench. So if there is anything special that needs to be prepared, take it out quickly. I will evaluate whether these things can be used during the competition."

I hurriedly said, "No more."

The magician carefully checked the fish skin hood, then his face eased slightly, and said to me: "Okay! There is no problem with the two fish skin hoods I checked."

The magician nodded to me, turned around and walked out two steps, then stopped again, turned back and said to me: "Pay attention, even if the two hoods fail in the production process, you can no longer take out the fish skin hood from the magic waist bag, understand?"

I nodded and said, "Yes, sir"

The things placed on the test benches of other magicians are far more than mine. Looking at their postures, they can't wait to move their own exclusive test benches over.

More than 20 magicians checked each test bench one by one. They checked very carefully. After every magician who took the junior inscription master qualification exam had finished the inspection, the chief examiner standing on the stage in front of the hall announced: the second test officially began.

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Just when the other magicians around him began to make magic pattern structures, Norbert turned around and said hello to me, and whispered to me: "Ji Jia, I'm going to start making magic pattern structures, let's work hard together!"

I smiled and nodded to him.

But when he saw the two fish skin hoods on my test bench, he was a little slow to react, and turned back with a look of surprise.

Three seconds later, Norbert turned back quickly and asked me quickly: "Is this fish skin hood the magic pattern structure you prepared for the exam?"

I picked up a fish skin hood and put it on my head casually. I was so happy! �

Norbert covered his eyes with his hands, turned around and said to me: "Okay, Jijia, take the exam with peace of mind! We can talk about other things after the exam."

"..." I felt like he was comforting me. It seemed that this shabby fish skin hood had also blinded Norbert's eyes.

Seeing that the magicians on other test benches had begun to nervously debug the magic engraving pen and spread the magic equipment on the test bench, I also reached out and picked up a magic engraving pen on the pen holder of the test bench, found a piece of magic parchment, dipped a little magic ink, tested the feel, and then without hesitation, I started to draw the "Flexible Thoughts" magic pattern array on the fish skin hood.

'Flexible Thoughts' is a very common primary water-based gain magic. Its magic effect is only to slightly increase the casting speed, but many magicians don't like it, because after having the "Time Stagnation" magic, most primary magics complete all casting within two seconds of sub-dimensional space. In this way, most primary magics have become instant magic, so the role of the fish skin hood has become very small.

This 'magic pattern array' is very simple, and I have practiced it dozens of times recently. I can draw it intact even with my eyes closed. So a few minutes later, a complete fish skin hood with the 'flexible thoughts' magic pattern appeared on my test bench. I skillfully installed the gem base on the top of the fish skin hood, and then installed a magic crystal fragment into the gem base. In an instant, a light blue magic light flashed across the fish skin hood.

I put this fish skin hood on my head and tried it out. I immediately had a wonderful feeling of being in the ocean. My magic perception continued to extend outward, and my mental power was like a magic source, constantly gushing out water magic elements in the magic pool.

The fish skin hood was successfully made!

I put down the magic engraving pen in my hand, held the fish skin hood and raised my hand first, indicating to the examiner in the hall: My magic pattern construction is ready.

At this time, only a few minutes had passed since the start of making the magic pattern structure. Some magicians on the field had not even started writing, but they looked at me blankly with a fish skin hood and followed the examiner out of the examination hall.

There was a slight commotion in the examination hall, and many magicians noticed me at this time.

Although there was no time limit for the second exam to make the magic pattern structure, the magician who completed the magic pattern structure earlier actually had a certain advantage. Because the third part of this junior inscription master exam was to defend the magic pattern structure in front of the examiner, and the process of defending was the process of persuading the chief examiner.

It is said that in the chief examiner's mind, the number of places for the junior inscription master qualification certificate issued each year is limited.

The more advanced the candidates are, the easier it is to convince the chief examiner with some strange ideas.

But later, when there were not so many junior inscription master qualification certificates, the chief examiner would become more and more picky, so the more candidates who defended before the exam, the easier it was to pass.

It's just that the magicians who took the exam didn't expect that I would finish the magic pattern construction so quickly. Some of them didn't even have their hands warm yet...

Watching me walk out of the examination hall step by step, I could feel some changes in the eyes of many magicians. The atmosphere in the examination hall was no longer so dull. A sense of urgency rolled over like the dark clouds before the storm.

After the examiner took me out of the examination hall, he took away the fish skin hood I made.

In front of me, the examiner put the fish skin hood and the magic parchment paper I wrote into a magic sealing box, and then put a round label on the lid of the magic sealing box with the word "one" written on it, and handed me a hand card.

The examiner told me that the third defense would not start until at least the afternoon. During this time, I could walk around at will or choose to leave the Inscription Union Headquarters Building. There was no restriction on this. The only requirement was that I must come back after lunch. If I failed to come back in time, it would be regarded as a waiver of the exam.

Before leaving, the examiner patted my shoulder and said to me with a smile: "Anyway, you are the fastest person to hand in the second magic pattern construction exam in recent years."

Then, he said to himself: "Your name is Jijia? Why does this name seem to have been heard somewhere before? It's so familiar."

I was originally planning to chat with him for a few words, but when I heard him say that, I was scared and ran away immediately.

While waiting for the defense, I deliberately ran to the corridor on the second floor of the Inscription Union Headquarters Building and carefully looked at the magic pattern construction design drawings on the wall one by one. I looked very seriously. Among them, the drawings of the three primary magic pattern constructions mentioned by the Yekis scholar were hung on the wall. They were lined up side by side and framed in exquisite frames. They were "Primary Agility", "Primary Strength" and "Primary Constitution", the three primary magic pattern constructions.

"It is estimated that they will be taken off the wall soon." A magician stood beside me and said lightly.

He and I looked up at the three magic runes together, and his tone was full of nostalgia.

I didn't turn my head, my eyes kept wandering along the magic lines on the design, and I responded casually: "Really? That's a pity, why do you want to take down such a classic magic rune design?"

The 'fangs of the magic rune of the Yekis scholar is derived from the 'primary agility' magic rune.

The magic lines of the 'fangs of the magic rune' are much more complicated than those of the 'primary agility' magic rune, and the carrying capacity is also much increased, almost reaching the limit that a peak warrior can bear. If it weren't for the 'reduced demand' companion magic rune that reduced the carrying capacity, perhaps the 'primary agility' enhanced version of the magic rune design of the Yekis scholar would have become a conceptual thing.

The magician then said, "The era that belongs to them has passed. There will be more classic elementary magic pattern construction designs here."

My heart moved and I answered, "Oh!..."

When I wanted to chat with him for a few more words, I found that he turned around and walked away.

I hesitated for a moment. I had the urge to chase him, but after thinking about it, I decided to forget it.

It was almost noon. I walked out of the Inscription Union Headquarters Building and met up with Katarina who was waiting downstairs. I had lunch on the back street of the Tower of Pride, and then brought back two portions for Qi Ge and Takama. Only then did I rush back to the Inscription Union Headquarters Building on time.

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I didn't expect that I had already walked around the Inscription Union Building and went out for lunch. The exam for magic pattern construction here has not been completely over. Although most of the magicians have completed the magic pattern construction, the examination room has inquired that there are still a few magicians leaning over the test bench, carefully drawing the magic pattern construction.

But obviously, the magic patterns constructed by the last few magicians had all failed, and the wasted magic equipment was scattered beside their test benches, looking messy.

I saw Norbert among the people waiting for the defense, and just wanted to go over and talk to him.

At this time, a magician from the Inscription Union came out and said loudly to the group of magicians waiting for the third defense: "Okay, we won't wait any longer. If we wait any longer, I don't know when the third defense will be delayed today."

The magician next to him took down the magic boxes on the shelf one by one, handed them to us according to the numbers on the cards, and then said loudly: "Everyone take your own magic box and line up according to the numbers on the magic box."

I stood in the front, followed the magician, walked into a room like a lecture hall, sat down in order, and then, like other magicians, placed the magic box in the most conspicuous place on the table.

Not long after, the old magician who led us into the Inscription Union headquarters building in the morning took the lead and walked in. Behind him were several magicians, and the magic badges on their chests were all golden. They stood on the podium without saying a word.

The old magician took two steps forward and raised his hand to signal us to keep quiet.

When the lecture hall became silent, he slowly said: "I know that many of you here designed your works with the help of the inscription tutor."

"This is also a trend formed in the imperial capital in recent years. You will bring your best works. These works are designed without any flaws, and they will make some small design changes to the magic pattern structure according to the examination requirements of our inscription union."

"But I hope that each of your works has some unique elements in it, which can be some new ideas or some simple changes, but these must be beneficial and have the idea of ​​promoting inscription literature."

"Of course, not everyone here can do this. If the magic pattern structure you designed weakens the original magic effect, or the structure of the magic pattern line becomes more complicated, I hope you can prepare a reason to convince me."

"Maybe you can also try to convince them..."

The old magician pointed to the six second-turn magicians behind him.

"Next, the third exam begins."

After saying these words, the old magician turned and left, and the six second-turn magicians followed him out of the lecture hall.

The magician who brought us here looked at me and said, "Please follow the order of the words on the magic box, and the rest of you please wait patiently..."

At this time, I realized that I was about to defend the primary inscription test, so I quickly picked up the magic box and followed the magician's instructions to walk into a room behind the lecture hall.

The seven magicians sat in a row behind the long table in the room. The old magician sat in the middle and looked at me calmly.

A magician gestured for me to put the magic box in front of him, and then asked me to sit on a chair opposite them...