The Lord of Ashes

Thane didn't understand Tiandi's little thoughts.

However, he never announced anything to the outside world.

As for how long Tiandi can pull off this tiger skin, it all depends on her own luck and ability.

And if something really troubles Thain in the future, Thain will not only refuse to admit it, but will also fall out.

There are no truly good people in the Dark Arts Academy.

Thain is not a good person, he just has a certain bottom line.

But if someone takes advantage of his bottom line and does something harmful to his interests, Thane will use the magic flame to tell it what true cruelty is.

…

Except for the tutor Moshe Duo here, Thain became the focus of the class.

Dierth, another official black magician in the same class, seems to be paying more attention to Thane.

In Thain's opinion, this official black magician, who is the most beautiful in the Black Magic Academy, has asked Thain many times in public in class.

Thain did not think that Master Diers paid so much attention to him because of his disciple Meili who was sitting not far from him.

Thain guessed that it was probably related to his mentor Moses.

Although Thain's visits to his mentor have become less frequent recently, there were a few times when he went there and found that Master Diers was also visiting his mentor.

Do these two official black magicians often go back and forth between each other?

Or does this female black magician have a special relationship with her mentor, Thain couldn't help but think to himself.

Although Master Diers is beautiful, her behavior is still consistent with that of a black magician.

Thane experienced more than once the scene where Master Diers asked several entry-level apprentices to "test the medicine" in public.

Some apprentices are lucky and nothing happens after trying the medicine, and they may even get some benefits.

However, more apprentices are not so lucky. It is just physical pain or some sequelae that are minor.

Thain had seen an apprentice explode into a blood mist in public, and the entire classroom was covered in blood. The scarlet color at the corner of Master Diers' mouth was impressive.

Meili became one of the other party's disciples. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing.

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Studying in public classrooms has kept Thain busy and enriched for some time.

However, while participating in public classes, Thain did not forget to construct and master several intermediate magic spells.

This is the fourth time Thain has come to the public library this month.

The one hundred academy point reward obtained in the grade assessment was enough for Thain to exchange for knowledge related to two intermediate-level magics.

In fact, among the five magic books given by the instructor, the two books "Fire Element Shaping Properties" and "Anchor Annotations" each contain an intermediate magic.

They are: Hands of Fire and Object Control.

Hands of Fire is an offensive magic with obvious characteristics. It has a wider attack range than the secondary fireball spell and its target is more precise.

A huge hand of fire element will eventually appear in the chants of the casters, and it will hold the enemy tightly, and also has the function of locking the enemy.

Object control is a functional magic. Its greatest role is not in combat, but in helping apprentices complete some trivial tasks in daily life and magic experiments.

Commanding the broom to clean the room by yourself, or letting the experimental beaker float next to you, ready to prepare relevant reagents at any time, etc. These are all wonderful uses of object control.

Therefore, despite the fact that object control has little combat effectiveness, the more advanced magic apprentices will specialize in learning it.

Including formal black magicians, they often demonstrate this ability in experiments and public classes.

Thain is mainly learning Hands of Fire during this period, because his mandatory task for the academy is coming soon.

Thain didn't want to perform any garrison or patrol tasks in the city. He wanted to take a look outside the city. This was also a demonstration of his specific strength after he was promoted to an intermediate apprentice.

During this period, Lina mainly read the magic book "Anchor Annotations", which records the intermediate magic of object control.

Magicians value knowledge and are exclusive in inheritance. If Mentor Moses knew that Thain had given his magic notes to others, I am afraid that the mentor would personally teach Thain a lesson.

But it’s not like Moses and many teachers didn’t know about it.

And with the close relationship between Thane and Lina, he didn't feel that he had committed any taboo by sharing a magic book given by his mentor with Lina.

Just as Lina had taught him knowledge about fireballs and other magical knowledge in the past.

After Thane had something good, he never minded sharing it with Lena.

Perhaps it was Thain's character and his consistent approach that gradually warmed and melted the heart of Lina, a "crazy woman".

Making the two of them truly become a couple who share weal and woe.

Just mastering the intermediate magic of Flame Hand is not enough

Enough, after experiencing many battles and having the honor to watch an official battle between black magicians, Thain felt that it was necessary to learn a defensive magic.

The shortcomings of magicians in the field of melee combat and their weak physique make them obviously possess powerful elemental power, but they will be passive after being attacked in close combat or their defenses are broken.

Thane does not have as many magical equipment as his mentor Moses.

Similarly, Thain, who is only an intermediate apprentice, does not have enough financial resources and knowledge to make a puppet human shield.

Therefore, Thane must find another way to provide himself with magic.

"According to Lina, most of the shield magics are spell models that can only be mastered by advanced apprentices."

"The limited number of lower-level magic shields provide very little protection, but the difficulty of mastering them and the consumption of magic power are surprisingly high."

"After all, unlike those offensive magics that are released all at once, shield magic requires apprentices to maintain a stable output of magic power."

"Those mid- and low-level shield magics are not of high value for learning, so which magic should I choose to provide myself with a certain amount of defense?"

Walking among the huge bookshelves on the third floor of the public library, looking at the rows of dense magic books in front of him, Thain finally stopped with his fingers on a magic book with a red cover - "Explanation on the Construction of the Basic Model of the Fire Wall Technique" 》.

Strictly speaking, Fire Wall is an offensive magic.

Its function is to summon a wall of fire during battle, pressing it forward.

In terms of the magic coverage area, the Fire Wall Technique is even wider than the Flame Hand that Thain has roughly learned to control, and it can barely be counted among the range attack magic.

However, in terms of specific lethality and fixed-point strike capabilities, it is not only inferior to the Hands of Fire, but is even inferior to Thane's own enhanced version of the secondary fireball technique.

It can also be seen from here that the several magic books given to Thain by the mentor Moses have corresponding considerations and are of great value.

They are both mid-level magics. In terms of value, Hands of Fire is at least twice as valuable as the Fire Wall spell available in the public library.

However, after careful consideration and consideration, Thain chose to exchange for the intermediate magic of Fire Wall.

For no other reason than because under certain circumstances, Fire Wall can be used as a defensive magic to block attacks from a certain direction for Thane.

And whether it is the difficulty of constructing the spell model or the amount of mental energy and magic power consumed, the Fire Wall technique is within the acceptable range of Thain.