There's a black hole inside me

Simon Langham, a junior water magic apprentice.

He is 23 years old and comes from an ordinary farmer's family. He was found to have a certain talent for magic. After entering the door of the magic world, his life changed.

Although the most powerful water magic he mastered was only a level 2 water bullet, which could condense a ball of pure water that was enough for an adult to drink for a day.

He could release up to ten bullets a day to solve the drinking water problem for ten people.

It could only play a less obvious interference role when used to attack the enemy, and the range was only 30 yards.

Even so.

After joining the Magician Association and the Adventurer's Guild and participating in many adventure activities.

He can still earn about 20 gold coins a year, which is twenty times the annual income of his parents who farm in his hometown.

Not only can he easily support himself.

He can also take out part of the money to honor his parents and family, greatly improving the lives of his family.

Even if he nods, he can easily solve his single problem, marry a village flower-level wife, and build a happy and wealthy family.

But...

Simon is still very young.

It is not the kind of life that is content with a small fortune and only pursues a plain life with a wife and children.

Although his magic talent is ordinary and below average.

He wants to get rid of the status of a magic apprentice and be promoted to a formal magician before the age of 30.

That is, he can launch the 4th level water magic "Water Sword" with the power to penetrate the heavy armor knight, and then he will be recognized as a formal magician. Otherwise, he will always be a magic apprentice and play a little miscellaneous role in the team.

The dream is very full.

But the reality is very cruel and skinny.

There are more than one trillion intelligent lives in the world of Julius Soma, but magicians only account for one ten-thousandth of them, and only one millionth of them can be formal mages on the stage. Simon is just the most inconspicuous one in the audience.

The reason is very simple.

The advancement of magicians requires a lot of resources.

The first is knowledge, the knowledge of magician theory, various magic books, which are monopolized by a large number of magic families and guilds. Even the entry-level magic books are sold at a very high price, not to mention more advanced theories, or the notes of those well-known magicians.

To gain knowledge, you have to pay a huge price.

The second is resources.

The magic stone with high concentration of magic elements used in meditation, the meditation stone that can calm the mood and speed up the meditation efficiency, the awakening potion with large side effects, and the magic potion often used in battle, the recovery potion for recuperation, etc.... are all very useful for magicians.

This means that the cost will be very large.

Without a rich enough family background, you can only accumulate slowly, and the improvement is very slow. Even if you are a genius with outstanding talent, it takes a lot of time and energy to become a formal magician.

In summary.

Under the premise of no special circumstances, with Simon's qualifications, it will take at least 40 to 50 years old to be promoted to a formal magician.

But he was unwilling!

You must know that under the great magician, the lifespan of magic apprentices, junior magicians, and intermediate magicians is about 100 years old, and rarely exceeds 100 years old. In a limited life, you have to spend half of your time and work hard to officially get started, which is really too slow.

Even if you succeed in the promotion, you will not be able to enjoy it for a few years. In addition, as you get older, your body gradually ages, your brain is not flexible enough, and you will start to go downhill.

Such a life of a mage.

It is simply despairing.

It is generally recognized that if you want to have a better future and development, it is best to become a formal mage before the age of 30, and a mid-level mage before the age of 40. Finally, work hard to impact the great magician, break the shackles of life, and embrace a long life of 300 years. That can be considered a relatively successful life.

If you don’t make any breakthroughs before the age of 30, there is basically no hope in this life, and you will never become a role on the big stage.

So Simon made up his mind that no matter what he paid, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, even if he had to risk his life, he would strive for that one in ten million possibility.

It happened to be at this time.

A message came from thousands of miles away, which shocked Simon.

Liyuan Gobi, Magic Research City.

Recently, the news about this new force reached his ears, which aroused his great interest and even shocked him.

There was no way that the newly emerged force was making too much noise.

A huge magic tower was built within one day.

Tens of millions of acres of land were reclaimed and harvested in one long day.

What surprised everyone even more was that the lord of the Magic Research City actually distributed millions of Karens of high-quality grain for free. Anyone could take it. As long as they could carry it, they could take as much as they wanted.

And after the first batch, the second batch was ripe again, and they could not take it all.

It is said that the people of the Principality of Aaron and the noble lords do not need to grow grain at all in the past two years, and they do not have to worry about starving to death.

This is only one aspect.

On the other hand, through the unmanned flying equipment flying in the sky, the news that the Magic Research City is recruiting magicians has also spread to the area thousands of miles away.

Simon heard the announcement broadcast by the unmanned flying equipment:

"Whether it is a magic apprentice, junior, intermediate or great magician, we welcome you with open arms."

"In order to study the ultimate secrets of magic, we have prepared generous rewards. As long as you are willing to share your knowledge, we will give you corresponding rewards. An annual salary of one million gold coins or tens of millions of gold coins is not a dream, as long as you have this value."

"At the same time, we also welcome all personnel with magician talent and qualifications to go to the Magic Research City to study. We have prepared 100,000 student places for the first batch. Regardless of status, only talent is considered. Anyone can sign up, and all tuition fees are free. We will provide generous scholarships for outstanding students... We do not charge any fees, and food and accommodation are all included, just to pursue the ultimate truth."

"Come here, this is a really good place. Everyone can learn and gain something. We will provide a free knowledge sharing platform so that even the worst students can become great magicians as long as they are willing to work hard."

"We welcome you with open arms."

Plop~

My heart was moved.

Simon was moved at that time.

Although he did not understand many new terms, he completely understood the core meanings.

Tuition is free.

Food and accommodation are all included.

Knowledge exchange and sharing.

The rewards for the outstanding are generous.

Just to crack the ultimate secret of magic.

And so on.

Just based on the above, Simon was so excited that he wanted to go to the so-called Magic Research City immediately.

"I have a hunch that it may be a place that can change my destiny."

"The Magic Guild and those families have monopolized knowledge too thoroughly. Magicians from small families, no matter how talented they are, will never succeed."

"I have no money, no resources, almost nothing, the only thing I have is an unwilling heart."

"If the Magic Research City is willing to provide everything I need, even if it means signing a self-selling agreement and serving them forever, I am willing!"

"Hope, my hope is there, go to the Magic Research City immediately!"

Simon made up his mind immediately.

So after handing over the cargo escort mission at hand, he found the team leader Stig and proposed the idea of ​​quitting the adventure group and going to the Magic Research City for further studies.

When he said his idea with some difficulty,

"You are going to the Magic Research City too?"

The leader, Stig, a tall and muscular man, looked at him in surprise and said, "I just received a new mission to escort a noble lady and a batch of important supplies to the Magic Research City. Since you are going too, let's go together. I won't charge you any fees, considering our cooperation for several years."

"Thank you, leader!"

Simon nodded immediately, overjoyed.

After all, when a person goes out, he will encounter all kinds of dangers. As a magic apprentice, he has limited self-defense ability, and a farmer can threaten his life. If he can go with the adventure team, his safety will be greatly improved.

He was naturally very happy.

...

After two days of rest and preparation.

The convoy set off again.

The destination is the Magic Research City thousands of miles away, and it is expected to arrive in half a month (half a long day).

Simon, who was dressed up and looked quite handsome, also met the noble lady who hired the adventure team to protect her - a delicate beauty under 20 years old, wearing gorgeous clothes, with smooth blonde hair that looked very noble, with her chin slightly raised, and a proud temperament, complaining about the poor conditions from time to time.

Her name is Roanna Xuedi, a noble lady of the famous magic family - Xuedi family, and her status is indeed extremely noble.

In addition, although she is less than 20 years old, she has invested a lot of resources, coupled with outstanding talent, and has become a junior fire magician. Her magic strength has reached the level of the room, and the explosive fireballs she releases can easily take people's lives.

Her appearance and temperament are quite outstanding.

The only thing is that her personality is a little bad.

So along the way, Simon, who is also a magician, actually became a servant serving this noble lady, and was ordered to do a lot of things.

"The water provided by the guards is too unpalatable! Simon, get me some purified water. I can't get used to other water."

"Yes, Miss Roanna!"

Simon bowed politely like a gentleman, then released the water ball technique, poured it into a water bag, and handed it to Roanna.

"I want to eat honey bread, buy me some honey bread."

"Yes, Miss Roanna."

"My leather boots are a little dirty, use the water ball technique to help clean them, but don't get them too wet."

"Yes!"

"Go give me..."

On the way, it was just two or three days.

Roanna ordered at least hundreds of small tasks, put forward various requirements, and asked Simon to run errands, and commanded very attentively.

Simon had no choice but to not refuse to offend such a noble lady, so he could only do it one by one, even if some small tasks were very troublesome, he would try his best to satisfy her.

Day 4.

Luo Anna praised him for the first time, saying, "You have performed well these days. I also know that you are going to study abroad in the Magic Research City, which is the same as my purpose. Then, you can be my servant. I just need such a little brother. Hurry up and express your gratitude. With me behind you, no one should dare to bully you. Cherish this rare opportunity."

Simon: "???"

He had a question mark on his head.

But looking at this noble lady, he slightly raised his chin, as if waiting to hear his oath of allegiance.

In order not to spoil her interest, he could only say: "Thank you, Miss Luo Anna, I will behave well!"

Seeing that Simon was so sensible, Luo Anna felt much better, and the relationship between the two became closer.

In private, she did not hide some words that were not convenient to say in her heart, so she said in front of Simon with a disdainful and complaining tone:

"To be honest, I don't want to come to this remote wilderness or go to any magic research city."

"And I also brought all the magic research books in the family, including the fire magic book that the family has studied and explored for thousands of years. At the request of the family, the Xuedi family's most valuable trump cards were all brought here. Leave it to the Magic Research City."

"Humph, it's just a new force that has just been established. Why should our thousand-year-old family, the Xue Di family, use their family's secret knowledge to carry out any strategic cooperation? Do they have any background? The fire element of the Xue Di family Magic is an existence that no force dares to underestimate. It obviously has unlimited potential for growth, but it was deceived by a new force. The elders of the family were too short-sighted. "

Magic books?

Simon immediately asked very curiously: "Since Magic Research City is a new force with few resources and foundation, why did your family agree to cooperate?"

"The Magic Research City gave you too much."

Luo Anna said with a slight embarrassment: "It happens that our family is a little short of money. We need a sum of money to buy expensive potions to help my grandfather break through to the forbidden magician (a level above the great magician). It requires millions of gold coins. "The money given by the Magic Research City is still high-value gold. For the sake of money, our family has reached a cooperation with the Magic Research City."

She immediately added: "But obviously, our family suffered a loss. How could the magic knowledge passed down for thousands of years be worth only a million gold coins? Our family had no choice but to suffer such a big loss. Under normal circumstances, if we give it another I won’t cooperate even if I have too much money.”

Simon nodded, feeling that what she said made sense.

Because fire magic is a magic with strong attack power and the highest practical value. Being able to practice the fire magic book of a great magician is definitely priceless knowledge that cannot be measured by millions of gold coins.

So Luo Anna complained and disliked her all the way.

A few days later.

Only about a hundred miles away from the Magic Research City, Luo Anna suddenly stopped complaining, her delicate little mouth opened wide, and her face was full of disbelief.

pillar of light.

To the west, there is a thick white light pillar that penetrates the sky and the earth, which is extremely dazzling.

And at this distance.

The thousand-meter-high tower-like building below the light beam can barely be seen. It stands there like a miracle. I don't know how it was built.

Compare it to the family's small castle, which is only a dozen meters high.

Luo Anna had to temporarily put away her contempt and began to take it seriously.