Chapter 289: New Life
Chapter 289: New Life
On the second floor of the Enchanting Guild, Mendane had been wandering on the corridor between the two tall towers. When he saw Ivan appear, he hurriedly took a few steps forward, his eyes full of anticipation.
"Elder Mendane, I hope I did not disturb you." Ivan was very confident in his own achievements and specially invited this kind-hearted old enchanter.
"It is my honor to witness such a great initiative," Mendane said sincerely.
"You'll see it soon," Ivan said.
The two men continued to go deeper along the corridor, and their arrival did not attract any attention.
For the guild, this was just an ordinary day. The enchanters were on duty and doing research, just like any other day.
Afterwards, the two came to the enchanting workshop to verify the finished product.
The area of the market hall occupies almost a quarter of this floor of the tower, and the guild tower is four or five times the size of the Swift Wood Tower. Apart from some materials, there are only rune lines on the walls, making it look particularly deserted.
"Elder Loggins, sorry for the wait."
"Elder Mendane, Elder Ivan, we have just arrived. The vice president will be here soon."
There were already a few people at the door. Wizard Loggins was also from the Space School. He was preparing everything for the assessment, including finding three apprentices.
Wizards always keep their promises and are punctual.
Less than two minutes later, Vice President Angus appeared leisurely, accompanied by two great enchanters. The three of them walked towards the enchanting workshop with serious expressions on their faces.
Seeing these three people, Ivan's mood became a little more serious.
If he was not mistaken, the person on Angus' left was Casgui, the vice president of the School of Life, and the person on the right was Qiao Mo, the vice president of the School of Shaping.
All three of them are important figures, which shows the importance the Enchanting Guild attaches to the verification of this project.
When the three men approached, the group hurried forward to greet them.
"Ivan, whether this wizard can save face in front of the two vice presidents today depends on you." Angus said with a faint smile.
"Don't worry, I have prepared everything." Ivan replied confidently.
"Very good, we'll wait and see." Angus nodded slightly, waved his hand behind him, and the door of the enchanting workshop slowly closed.
He glanced at the other two vice presidents, and Casgui and Qiao Mo nodded respectively.
"Ivan, let's get started."
"Please wait a moment, everyone."
Ivan signaled to everyone, walked to the center of the area and started his operation.
The principle of the Enchanting Guild is 'seeking truth from facts', and the enchanters believe more in what they see with their own eyes. If there are no inconveniences, he needs to refine the Black Magic Wind and Fire Array under the eyes of several people.
Various raw materials have been placed around.
At this moment, Ivan was like a top art master who had the ability to turn decay into magic. Various raw materials were processed and shaped by him in different ways.
The people present were either great enchanters or senior enchanters, all of whom had extraordinary levels of enchantment and did not find Ivan's methods new.
After all, as an elder of the guild, he should have such standards.
Only the chosen apprentices were dazzled by what they saw, and became more and more excited about the part they were about to participate in.
Time passed by minute by minute.
Soon, a black magic wind and fire formation took shape, with a black background and copper patterns, like a work of art.
After Ivan's deletions and improvements, this formation used a portion of magic copper and also took into account some healing effects. It finally contained 14 rune bundles. It was the culmination of his work and was of better quality than the one used by Jiushiti at the beginning.
"This is the 'Black Magic Wind and Fire Array', which can help most apprentices cross that critical threshold, even if they only have first-class talent." Ivan gave a brief introduction while standing nearby.
"What are the disadvantages?" asked Casgui of the School of Life.
"Just as my application materials said, if an apprentice relies solely on the Black Magic Wind and Fire Array to be promoted to a wizard, this external force will occupy the key to promotion. After becoming a first-level wizard, training will be extremely difficult, and it will probably be difficult to become a second-level wizard." Ivan said truthfully.
After further research into the Black Magic Wind and Fire Array and wizard promotion, he discovered that the reason why it was difficult to practice in this way to become a formal wizard was not only due to the impurity of mental power, but also involved other factors.
All in all, it is a complex issue.
"Life is accompanied by miracles, it's just that practicing is difficult. There may be a solution." Casgui said.
"For many apprentices, becoming a formal wizard is a great blessing." Qiao Mo of the Shaping School said with some emotion.
Hearing this, the three apprentices standing at the back nodded continuously, agreeing with what was said.
In this continent, people have always been divided into three, six, nine classes, from low to high, there are commoners, nobles, apprentices, and wizards. The distinction between the classes is clear, and the lives of lower-class people can be easily decided.
The promotion statistics are there, and there are always apprentices who fail to be promoted to wizards due to various factors.
For any apprentice, it would be extremely painful if he could not become a formal wizard.
I'd rather die than become a wizard!
The three apprentices have a deep understanding of this.
"Bowen, you go first." Loggins pointed to an apprentice at the right time. "Sir Ivan, thank you for giving me this opportunity." Bowen bowed to the people present, and when he walked to Ivan, he solemnly expressed his gratitude.
At Ivan's signal, Bowen sat cross-legged directly in the center of the Black Magic Wind and Fire Array.
"Three vice presidents, Bowen is an apprentice with third-class talent. He has experienced two failed promotions before and has some hidden dangers in his body. According to past experience, the probability of his successful third promotion is very small." Logins added in a low voice.
He selected the people, and without exception, they were all apprentices who had lost their potential for promotion.
Compared with the three apprentices, Bowen has a slightly higher probability of promotion.
"Bowen, are you ready?"
On the side, Bowen heard Ivan's question, looked at him gratefully, and quickly suppressed other distracting thoughts.
For the elders and the vice president, this was just a verification of the subject, but for Bowen, it was a matter of life and death, and failure would mean death.
"Sir Ivan, I'm ready."
After a pause of one or two minutes, Bowen couldn't help but take a deep breath. In order to fight for the last time, he drank two promotion potions similar to the "Water of Alva" and stepped into the promotion state with great courage.
The next second, he felt like he was in a steamer, his body turned red, and a lot of sweat turned into mist.
Ivan activated the Black Magic Wind and Fire Array. The medium-quality magic stones placed on it melted quickly and were repeatedly tempered, turning into a pure spiritual energy that penetrated into Bowen's body bit by bit.
It is foreseeable that Bowen will face the most critical hours of his life.
This scene was clearly seen by everyone, making them nervous, and the three vice presidents were no exception.
Once the vision becomes reality, there is no doubt that this event will shock both inside and outside the community, and may even help promote the development of wizards and create a more resounding reputation for the Dongdu Enchanting Guild.
“Faster than normal promotion.”
"After all, it was a tricky method."
In just two and a half hours, elemental anomalies began to emerge, causing the concentration of particles in the enchanting workshop to increase significantly, but it did not affect people outside the workshop at all.
Seeing this, the three vice presidents commented with a satisfied look on their faces.
With his knowledge, it is not difficult to see that this promotion will be successful in nine out of ten cases.
Sure enough, in less than half an hour, when Bowen's body was extremely weak, his aura suddenly increased a lot, and he obviously became an official wizard.
"Sir Ivan, Bowen thanks you for giving me a new life. I will always remember this great kindness in my heart." After Bowen became a first-level wizard, the first thing he did was to kneel down and kowtow to Ivan.
He knew that his strength was far inferior to that of Lord Ivan and he was not worthy of being commanded by the other party, so he could only express his gratitude in this way.
"Don't slack off even if you become a wizard. As Lord Casgui said, there are infinite possibilities in life and knowledge, and you may have the opportunity to go further." Ivan said a few words to comfort him.
"Bowen will definitely remember your teachings." Bowen's tone was still full of excitement.
At this time, Angus and others were clapping their hands around to show their appreciation.
The sound echoed in the enchanting workshop.
Not long after, when the elemental particles in the air calmed down, the second apprentice was called up to the Black Magic Wind and Fire Formation and sat in the center of the formation like Bowen.
"Billy is a second-class talented apprentice who has failed to be promoted twice. Based on past experience, it can be judged that his path to promotion has been ruined."
Following Logins' introduction, several groups of magic stones were sprinkled on the Black Magic Wind and Fire Array in an orderly manner, and the array was activated.
A few hours passed in a flash, and just like the last time, under Ivan's meticulous management, another apprentice crossed the threshold to become a formal wizard and became a first-level wizard.
"Thank you, thank you—"
Reborn from despair, Billy burst into tears and kept thanking the people around him.
It took him a while to come back to his senses from his gaffe.
The third person who participated in the verification was a female apprentice named 'Angie'. She had an outstanding appearance and fourth-class talent. She had experienced three failures and had undergone a certain degree of blood transformation. She had a lot of problems of her own.
This is an abnormal experimental subject.
After checking Angie's physical condition, Ivan couldn't help but frown slightly. He even suspected that Logins was deliberately making things difficult for him.
"Wizard Ivan, Angie is a descendant of my family. She was too careless and conceited in her early years, and made mistakes step by step, which led to the disastrous consequences today. I asked her to come here only to borrow your help to fight for a chance. I hope you can bear with me."
Seeing Ivan's unhappy expression, Loggins hurried forward to explain.
He naturally had his own selfish motives. Since this matter was about the assessment, Wizard Ivan would definitely do his best to increase Angie's success rate by 50%.
Secondly, once the finished product has passed verification and has been promoted by the guild, it is impossible for Ivan, the creator, to preside over every apprentice promotion. The success rate of other enchanters is certainly not as high as his, which is also part of what needs to be considered in the subject verification.
He slightly increased the difficulty, which better demonstrated the feasibility of the finished product and could not be considered a violation.
See, the three vice presidents did not raise any objection when seeing this situation, only Mendane glared at him.
(End of this chapter)