The mage arrives

After reading the thick stack of documents, Gordon also grasped the details of the mission.His only dissatisfaction was that the departure time was January 25th, which was only fifteen days away from the Dragon God's Blessing Day on February [-]st.

Gordon's hope of leaving after the Dragon God's blessing day was shattered.Successfully complete the task before February [-], return triumphantly, and have a happy holiday?Less likely.

"Dragon God's Blessing Day is also the time when the empire's defenses are the most lax. The orcs on the barren tundra in the north are very aware of this. They are likely to make big moves at the end of January or early February, so you don't have time to enjoy life leisurely. We must hurry up and go.”

Lord Scepter's explanation was reasonable, and Gordon couldn't complain.

After the matter was explained, Gordon took his leave and left.But before leaving, Grand Duke Antaello gave Gordon a gift: "Teresa, you take Gordon to my study, and give him my copy of "Attack and Defense—Selection of Five-ring Spells" .”

If in "Ancient Era", Grand Duke Rob Andelo must be the best npc who will do what the player asks for and make bold moves—of course, the premise is that you have enough favorability.

After Gordon thanked him, Ms. Bishop led him to the study room, and found the bookcase with the magic mechanism with ease, then chanted the opening spell, and handed Gordon a spell book with a black and white cover.

"The most direct method is often the most effective method - Rob Antello."

Opening the spell book, the first page is the preface written by the Grand Duke in the beautiful Feleton aristocratic style.

Every mage has his own understanding of the arcane.As a master who has stepped into the legendary realm, Rob Antello naturally has his own unique views on magic.

This archduke doesn't like spells from the mind, illusion, or divination schools, but prefers protection and evocation with direct effects.

"If you can directly kill the enemy with a fireball, why use illusion to confuse them first, and then use other means to destroy the target?"

Lord Scepter Lord's concept is reasonable, but it cannot be said to be suitable for all situations.There are many times when problems cannot be solved directly by violence.The spells of the mind or the illusion school can come in handy.

Rob Antello's formation of this point of view has a lot to do with his background as a battle mage.But Gordon believes that he never put these words on the title page to make the reader believe completely.If Gordon really did this, he might disappoint the Grand Duke.

A mage must have his own judgment and establish his own understanding and application of spells.

Independent thinking is one of the most important qualities of a mage.

"Antelo Force Wall Technique..."

The first spell recorded in the spell list in the book gave Gordon a taste of surprise.

There are thousands of spells, so there are naturally common and rare differences.In the five-ring spell.The common ones are cloud of death, teleportation, dominating human beings... and the wall of force is a very rare and extremely useful spell that is only spread in a small area.

First of all, listen to the name, this is a spell of the protection school.But in fact.This is a spell of the evocation school.

As the school that focuses most on offense and destruction, there are very few defensive spells in the evocation department.Bigby palms probably count as one.But this is one of the series of spells developed by Bigby Archmage.It is very common among fifth-ring spells, and its preciousness cannot be compared with the wall of force spell.

This spell can create a transparent wall of force field energy that can resist most attacks and spell effects.And the most against the sky, it can block the dispelling magic!

In the battle between mages and mages, in order to counter the opponent's spells, they usually prepare several dispelling spells.And the force wall technique.But countermeasures are possible.

In the battle between spellcasters, it is self-evident how strategic this spell is.

And the wall of force technique recorded in this book "Attack and Defense—Selected Five-ring Spells" has the name of the lord of the scepter signed on the front.It means that this is an exclusive spell that has been improved by him.It is better than the usual version of the wall of force.

In addition to the Antaello force wall technique, the book also recorded Bigby's protective palm, Antaello burst gem, a total of three evocation school spells.

The last two spells recorded in this book belong to the School of Protection.They are backlash vortex and trigger energy resistance respectively.

The backlash vortex is a rare offensive spell in the protection school, and it has the same effect as the wall of force in the evocation school.This spell causes objects or creatures with the spell's effects to suffer backlash damage.And the higher the spell level, the stronger the damage.

Triggering energy resistance is a protective spell with extremely wide applicability.

The best energy defense spell that Gordon currently has is the three-ring spell to protect against energy damage.To use this spell, the caster must first choose an energy type, such as fire.

If the next enemy the caster encounters is a fire elemental, then this spell works well.But if he encountered a thunder and lightning ghost, then the spell that only had a defensive effect on fire energy would be completely wasted.

But the spell that triggers energy resistance is different.After the caster blesses the spell, he does not choose a specific energy type.During the duration, when receiving the first energy attack, this spell will automatically convert into the corresponding energy shield.

With this spell, my mother no longer has to worry about how I choose the type of protective energy.

The five spells recorded in this book "Attack and Defense—Selected Five-ring Spells" are all extremely practical.Moreover, Grand Duke Rob Antello also wrote his understanding and application of spells on it.If Gordon learns any one at random, it will greatly improve his own strength.

But what he lacks the most right now is time.Even with the assistance of the system, it is extremely difficult for him to master any spell in the fifteen days before departure.Every time a mage advances in the magic net, the complexity of the spell will increase exponentially.

After flipping through the spell book briefly, Gordon put it into his dimensional bag, and then left the study with Ms. Bishop.

Although time was tight and he wished to devote all his time to the study of spells, Gordon was still going to visit his family.Xiona and Shelley, and the family of the maid and sisters.

Hearing that Gordon was going to visit his family in the other courtyard of Rainbow Springs Manor, Ms. Bishop also proposed to go with him.She liked Xiona very much, and wanted to see how the little girl was recovering.

The two left the mansion.In order to hurry, Gordon did not take the main road, but chose to take a shortcut and advance along a pine forest trail.

Gordon and Ms. Bishop chatted while walking, and soon the evergreen coniferous forest blocked the outside scenery, and the light dimmed.

Suddenly, the two stopped at the same time.Gordon took out the Nether staff, and Ms. Bishop also held the handle of the saber.

"Gordon Freeman! Die!"

A gust of winter wind blew by, and amidst the rustling of the coniferous forest, a screech full of resentment floated along with the wind.

Gordon followed the sound of the wind and saw a thin woman rushing out from the shadow of the tree trunk.

This is a young girl.Wearing a winter maid dress, holding a dagger.

Gordon subconsciously thought it was an enemy—for example, a professional killer sent by Earl Thompson's subordinates who were still loyal to him.But on closer inspection, it turns out that's not the case.

This uninvited guest was well hidden just now.But after being discovered by Gordon and Ms. Bishop, they had to come out of the ambush in advance and launch an attack.She is agile, um, even surpasses many professionally trained scouts, but obviously has not learned any combat skills.

Her footsteps were chaotic, she just rushed towards the target blindly, without any skill at all.What's even more ridiculous is that she didn't even hold the dagger in the correct posture.

Gordon noticed that the assassin's black hair fluttering in the wind was a bit familiar, and then looked at her face, and found that it was the maid next to Knight Derlington von Eisenstein.

This is probably not a premeditated assassination, but the girl's unauthorized action.

It is too simple to deal with this kind of commoner girl who has little fighting power.Gordon quickly recited the spell, and it was shaped into shape by the hands of a zero-ring spell mage.

Against this kind of target, a trick is enough.

The Mage Hand can only provide a maximum of three kilograms of strength.But if used skillfully, this spell can also play a big role.

The maid spread her legs and ran fast, holding the dagger tightly, her palms already soaked in sweat.Her eyes were fixed on Gordon, and her mind was full of hopeless images of her parents dying under the poison of demons in the long agony.

"The chief culprit who killed your parents was Gordon Freeman. If it wasn't for him, your parents would not have been ruthlessly abandoned. You should help us to defeat Gordon, the evil mage..." Durlington His words seemed to be still echoing in his ears.

For this tall, handsome, brave and upright knight who saved his life and took him in, the maid almost believed what he said unconditionally.

She knew that there was a big difference between her and Durrington's identities, but the Cinderella's love for Prince Charming couldn't be restrained from growing.

The deeper the love for Durrington, the deeper the hatred for Gordon.

In order to repay Dellington, she did not hesitate to stand up in the noble assembly and accuse Gordon as a witness.But in this confrontation, Gordon still won in the end.

After today's aristocratic meeting ended, the handsome and noble knight returned home, locked himself in the room rarely, and lost his temper.

This is the first time the maid has seen the perfect man in her heart lose his composure.

Naturally, she also blamed Gordon for all the mistakes.

In order to avenge her parents and repay the Prince Charming in her heart, she took the risk and came to Rainbow Spring Manor to assassinate Gordon.

But her clumsy assassination was over before it even started. (To be continued..)