Chapter 184 Throughout Life (Three-in-One)
Vivian, who successfully broke through the first-level knight, officially assumed the position of captain of Duke's guard knights and began to form a guard knight team.
When early humans first set foot on the Wilderness Continent, the Knights were the trump cards on the battlefield.
Now that arcane mages have risen, knights have taken a back seat and become security personnel responsible for public security in various places or protecting arcane mages.
The Knights have long existed in name only, and the Cavaliers are the common standard.
"We can slowly look for members of the Guard Knights. If we find a good one, we will arrange to live on the tenth floor of the third building of Huanshuiyuan." Duke thought for a while and said, "As for you, you should continue to live here and listen to me at any time. Let's arrange it."
Since moving into Villa No. 17, Vivian has accepted her fate, so she did not refuse: "Yes, sir."
After a pause, Vivian asked: "Sir, what do you think about the knight guard? Are there any standards for selecting members of the team?"
"I hope the quality is higher and the family background is clean."
"Understood."
"Remember, it's better to be short than excessive. I don't have an urgent need to protect the Cavaliers."
"Yes."
Looking at the rigid Vivian before she recovered, Duke said: "You don't need to be so tense in front of me, relax a little, I have no relatives, so I treat you all as my family and friends. "
I understand your kindness, but as a guard knight, you cannot relax at all and need to be alert at all times." It didn't make
sense to Vivian, who was sometimes stubborn.
Duke shook his head helplessly: "Okay, it's up to you, but you have made a breakthrough. I'll give you two days off and go home to rest." "
Sir..."
"Don't refuse, this is an order."
Vivian Pursing his lips: "Yes!"
The next day Duke motioned to the driver Royce to take Vivian home first and then to Penrose Mage Tower.
After Vivian got off the bus, Mulali beat Duke's legs and whispered, "Sir, it seems like Sister Vivian doesn't want to go home." "Why?"
Duke leaned on his seat, feeling comfortable. Enjoying the service of the assistant.
"I don't know very well, but I can feel that Sister Vivian is quite resistant to family. Maybe she doesn't like her own family." "
Really." Duke said casually.
But in his heart, he thought of the time when Assistant Vikas recommended Vivian to him as a guard knight, and he didn't seem to care about Vivian's attitude.
And Vivian seems to be more afraid of Vikas than family affection.
"And speaking of it, it seems that I have never asked about Vivian's parents?" Duke thought in his mind. He always thought that Vivian's family was harmonious.
But based on some small details, it doesn't seem to be the case.
So he said to Mulali: "How much do you know about Vivian?"
"Not much, sir. Sister Vivian is very boring and doesn't like to talk. When I see her, she is basically practicing."
"Do you know about her family situation?"
"I heard from Vikas's assistants that Sister Vivian's father seems to be Vikas's illegitimate son..." "
Huh?" Duke asked. She looked at Mulali, "Illegitimate child?"
"Yes, sir, it is very common for Master Ao Mage to have one or two lovers." When Mulali said this, a blush appeared on her face, "Vikas The assistant is a second-level arcane mage, and he should...should have a lot of illegitimate children."
Duke didn't say anything else. The situation of illegitimate children is indeed very common.
The law of the Seven Towers Federation is monogamy, but the law is difficult to restrain the powerful, so arcane mages generally have lovers.
The great knights and great spiritual envoys at the bottom also have lovers.
At least Duke knew that Boss James had several lovers, all of whom were kept on the farm over in Snake Head Town.
Enter the mage tower, do experiments in the morning, and continue classes in the afternoon.
"Okay, the 1-ring spirit storage card has been successfully made. I have already talked about all the important points. You can go back and think about my process of making the card. You have to figure out the rest by yourself." Assistant Vikas, Handed the 1-ring spirit storage card to Duke.
Duke stood up and thanked you: "Thank you for your teaching, and for taking up your time all afternoon." "
I am a tutor's assistant, and teaching falls within my scope of work. There is no need to be so polite to me. But you, you are too busy working and studying. You have to learn from Sanfis, he sneaks out to socialize when he has time." "
I prefer studying card making to socializing." Duke smiled and left the office.
Returning to his office, he looked at the time and saw that he would get off work in an hour, so he continued to practice the blank spirit card.
"Xiaoyi, report the progress!"
"Good master... Process 3: Making the first-ring spirit storage card, research and development consumes 26% of power. The current research and development progress is 97%, and the time budget is 3 days." "Not bad,
keep working hard, in three days It’s time to accept the results!"
Putting aside some distracting thoughts, Duke focused on making the 1-ring spirit storage card. Three days passed by in a flash, and it was still the same office.
Duke put a new blank spiritual card into the ring press.
Irrigation and spiritual canals have been completed, and the spliced blank spirit cards are suitable for card making. Xiaoyi quickly calculates, and on the Dou Qi holographic screen, the projection of the spell model of the spirit card with modified details is given, as well as the energy line placement point of each stroke. .
He held the psychic pen, took a deep breath, and cooperated with Xiaoyi to start drawing energy lines.
One stroke after another, the energy lines merged in the force field of the ring pressing device, and were compressed into the central area of the card material by the ring pressing device. After a few strokes, the card core was determined
.
The card-making process went smoothly, Duke continued to adjust his techniques, and Xiaoyi also continued to assist in calculations, adjusting the accuracy of the spell model at all times.
One person and one machine, maintaining a high degree of concentration, completed more than 80% of the energy line drawing without even realizing it.
"Xiaoyi, the next critical moment has come again. This time, let's try not to let the chain slip."
"Okay master."
After a few more strokes, the energy line compressed into the core of the card by the ring pressing instrument has already outlined the reserve. The approximate spell model of the spirit card.
Some details remain.
This part is quite energy-consuming. Duke must pay great attention and cooperate with Xiaoyi's powerful computing power to complete the final step of calibration.
Card making is not simply about drawing and carving spell models. Each stroke will have unexpected effects, and Xiaoyi needs to make adjustments at any time.
This is a synchronous operation between man and machine.
Soon, the final touch was reached, and Duke remained unmoved. All his excitement was consumed by previous failures again and again.
At this time, he was just like a robot, maintaining a stable state, cooperating with Xiaoyi's calculation results, holding the psychic pen steadily, and simply sketched an energy line in the air.
Start the pressure ring instrument.
The ring press quickly compresses the last energy line into the card core, and then the energy line spontaneously connects with the first energy line end to end, forming a closed loop.
The light flashes little by little, indicating that the spell model has been perfectly embedded in the card core.
There is no failure.
Duke was a little stunned, even a little disappointed. The countless failed card-making experiments during this period had almost made him form a conditioned reflex.
It seems that failure is what runs through life, not success.
Until Xiaoyi's voice brought him back to reality from his trance: "Congratulations to the master for successfully producing a 1-ring spirit storage card. The production and development of the 1-ring spirit storage card has been completed. The data in the database is running normally, and the 1-ring spirit storage card can be opened at any time. "Card making work for the Soul Storage Card."
...
I started learning card making in late December last year. On January 23 this year, I successfully made a 1-ring Soul Storage Card, which took only one month.
Duke leaned on the sofa and turned it to face the office window.
The entire Shenjiao City can be overlooked from the window.
The location closest to Penrose Mage Tower is a large number of factories emitting thick smoke, but the constant level 1 arcane spell - Endless Wind blows away the black smoke and does not affect Penrose Mage Tower.
The fingertips are turning the freshly baked 1-ring spirit storage card, which has been wrapped in a cover. When the psychic energy is triggered, you can see lines flashing on it.
This is a manifestation of the normal operation of the magic model inside the spirit card.
"This is a success... It's just the most basic 1-ring spirit storage card, but it took Xiaoyi and I a full month of hard work, and no less than four thousand blank spirit storage cards were discarded... As you can imagine , How difficult is it to make a card!"
Duke was filled with emotion.
In the past, Xiaoyi did all the research and development on his own. He had never participated in it, so he didn't understand the difficulties and obstacles involved.
Now, he and Xiaoyi are working together to make cards.
The difficulty was experienced very deeply, so the feelings were also very profound: "It is so difficult for me to have a small art. What about other card makers... Forget about Vikas' tutoring, just rely on time... Can Instructor Penrose become a card maker?" Card Scholar, your strength is evident!"
He admired Master Penrose's strength in his heart, but Duke did not take himself lightly.
With his small skills, his talent in the field of spiritual arcana is no less than that of any arcana scholar. He can make cards in more than a month, which is proof of this.
He turned back to the sofa and rang the rope bell on the table.
Mulali, who was bored to trim her nails outside the office, soon walked in with a sweet smile: "Sir, what are your instructions?" "
Send this spiritual card to Assistant Vikas's office."
" Ok sir."
Mulali took the spirit card and left with light steps.
After the second grandfather "sent" her to Duke, after the initial hesitation, Mulali felt that her current life was quite good.
Eat well, drink well, and work easily.
Moreover, the boss who followed me was a talented arcane mage who was similar in age and had a calm personality, so he didn't feel restricted at all.
Soon she entered Director Vikas' office and sent the spiritual card over: "Sir Vikas, my husband asked me to give this to you." "Duke gave it to me?"
Vikas He raised his eyebrows and picked up the spirit card on the table.
Seeing clearly that this was a level 1 spirit storage card, Vikas' pupils suddenly dilated and he did not hesitate to inject spiritual energy into the spirit card.
The lines light up and the spirit card is activated.
Vikas couldn't help but show a hint of shock on his face. He quickly noticed that in this level 1 spirit storage card, Duke's signature was left on an energy line of the spell model.
This is the card maker's signature, an industry custom.
It has nothing to do with anti-counterfeiting - only card makers can make products like Ling Card, and it is impossible for ordinary people to counterfeit them. It is too easy for card makers to make money, and there is no need to resort to fraud.
"Hiss!"
Vikas saw Duke's signature clearly and immediately stood up and said, "Mulali, right? Is your boss still in the office?" "He
is."
"I'm going to see him."
Vikas didn't make any move . Without delay, he rushed to Duke's office with this spiritual card. As soon as he met him, he asked in a trembling voice: "Duke, is this the spiritual card you made?" "Isn't it signed by
me, Vikas?" Guidance." Duke smiled back.
Vikas asked seriously: "This kind of thing can't be faked!"
"There can be no fakes."
"Unless you make a soul storage card on the spot, I won't believe you." Vikas put his hands on the table Go up, eyes fixed on Duke, "It's not that I don't want to believe you, it's just that this is too unexpected. I thought that even with your talent and understanding, it would take a year to achieve this!" He paused
. After a pause, Vikas added: "Sanfisi has been studying for two and a half years, and has been learning card making with Lidman for more than a year, and he has never succeeded once!" Duke did not answer
.
He just stood up and picked up a blank spiritual card, turned on the card-making equipment that had not been put away on the table, and started to repeat the steps of making spiritual cards.
Assistant Vikas stood opposite, watching Duke's every move.
Irrigating card materials and digging spiritual canals, Duke carried out meticulously according to the plan formulated by Xiaoyi, and soon successfully drew 90% of the energy lines. However, at this moment, among the energy lines in the card core, A conflict occurred between them, directly melting the card material.
Duke looked up at Vikas.
Vikas did not speak, but just looked at Duke.
So Duke took out a blank spirit card again and repeated the previous steps: "My current success rate in card making is not high."
Each blank spirit card is made of different materials. Although with Xiaoyi's assistance, After all, there is insufficient success experience to ensure 100% success.
However, as the number of times he successfully creates cards increases, Xiaoyi's database will become more and more complete, and the success rate will naturally increase.
A few minutes later.
As Vikas watched with wide eyes, Duke did not fail again, but successfully made another 1-ring spirit storage card.
When the spirit card was wrapped in a cover and handed to him, Vikas was still in a trance: "Is the production successful?" "
Yes, didn't you say that one method can solve all methods? With one success With experience, it is not difficult to succeed again." Duke clapped his hands and stopped making cards.
Vikas put the previous spirit storage card and this new spirit storage card into his pocket: "When the mentor comes back, I will share this good news with the mentor. Please be patient and wait... Unexpected You are so talented in the field of card making..."
Quickly.
Vikas left Duke's office with endless emotions.
However, when he got off work, Mentor Penrose did not come back. As the ruler of the Union Tower, he had too many official duties to deal with.
Duke went off work as usual.
Only Vikas had been waiting in the mage tower, and it was not until eight o'clock in the evening that the drunken mentor Penrose returned to the mage tower.
The Wizard's Tower Castle is Penrose's home.
"Teacher, you are finally back." Vikas rushed over immediately.
"It's Vikas. You're still here so late. Why don't you go back and rest?" Penrose stood in the castle hall, with a group of servants surrounding him to change his clothes.
"There is a very important matter that I need to report to you, mentor."
Penrose, who had changed into his home clothes, motioned for Vikas to sit down and sent the servants away. Then he asked, "What is it?"
"Teacher, you Look at this." Vikas handed over two 1-ring spirit storage cards.
Penrose took it in his hand and narrowed his eyes slightly. He had already checked the two spirit cards with his spiritual energy and said calmly: "Well, Duke has successfully made the card?" "Teacher, you don't seem... surprised?
"
" What's so surprising? Levski has been keeping an eye on his card-making progress for me. Counting the time, it's only in the past few days." Penrose seemed not to be surprised at all, and his tone was as calm as usual.
But Vikas was keenly aware that Mentor Penrose's hand was shaking slightly as he held the Lingka.
...
"Genius!"
Every time Secretary Levsky brought over Duke's spiritual card that failed to practice, Penrose couldn't help but sigh in admiration when he saw the signs of improvement on it.
Card making is a field that looks simple but is actually quite difficult.
With his level as a card-making scholar, when he first came into contact with card-making, it took him half a year to successfully make his first spirit card.
But he asked Vikas to teach Duke how to make cards. In just one month, Duke's card making progress soared like a rocket.
At that time, the failure card that Levski brought for the first time, and the drawing progress on it, shocked him.
Almost every day from then on, Lewski would bring one or two failure cards for him to check Duke's practice progress.
The progress is getting faster day by day.
What takes others a week to achieve, Duke can often overcome in just one day.
Such an amazing and outstanding talent really frightened Penrose. When combined with the previous inspection of the research team, he found that Duke had learned most of the spell models, so he had to admit that he had really encountered a genius arcanist this time.
Not the kind of pseudo-genius who occasionally receives spiritual blessings.
so.
When Vikas came over with the 1-ring spirit storage card made by Duke, Penrose was not surprised at all. He had expected it.
But he couldn't control the excitement in his heart: "Where's Duke?"
"He's off work."
"Let him come to my office tomorrow morning." Penrose said calmly, "You should go back and rest early. ."
What did Vikas want to say? He felt that his mentor's mood shouldn't be so dull. You should know that he had been excited all afternoon.
Learn how to make cards in one month, this is the real genius of card making.
However, seeing Penrose's indifferent response, he could only suppress his inner excitement: "Yes, mentor, I'll go back right away."
Waiting for Vikas to leave.
Penrose sat on the sofa, lost in thought.
To be honest, he has no idea of looking for a successor. After all, he is only eighty-six years old. As expected, he still has eighty or ninety years to live. There is enough time for him to study spiritual arcana and enjoy squandering.
And he also enjoyed the glory of being the only card-making scholar in the entire Black Dragon River land.
He even plans to delve deeper into the field of card making and seek opportunities to break through the fourth-level earth arcane mage. Then everything will be different.
"But talent is hard to find, especially a dazzling genius like Duke... With the talent he has shown, given time, I am afraid he will be another card-making scholar... It took me fifty years to get the title of scholar, and he, Ten years? Five years?"
Penrose felt uncomfortable when he thought that in ten years, or five years, the title of card maker scholar would no longer be unique.
He thought about suppressing Duke and maintaining his absolute status.
But this is not realistic. The registered arcane mages of the Magical Tower are all strongly protected by the Seven Towers Federation, and ordinary means of suppression have no effect at all.
They cannot kill each other, and ordinary means will not have any deterrent effect.
Unless he leads Duke to a point of no return, such as researching prohibited human experiments or defecting to the Seven Towers Federation and then being expelled from the Faling Tower.
But Duke doesn't act like a fool.
So Penrose could only suppress the dark side of his heart and thought silently: "If it is destined to be unable to suppress Duke, then help him and help him stand out early... After all, he is the arcane mage who walked out of my Penrose mage tower! "
After finishing his ideological work, Penrose felt relaxed.
…
The next day, Duke received the notice from Vikas and immediately entered Mentor Penrose’s office.
"Teacher, are you looking for me?"
"Sit down." Penrose said in a friendly tone, "Instructor Vikas has given me your 1-ring spirit storage card to look at. It is enough for you to learn how to make cards in such a short time. It proves your hard work during this period. Geniuses also need to be watered by sweat."
"You are right, I think so too." "
Now that you have learned the most basic card making, I will teach you personally. I don't have much free time, so the teaching time is scheduled every Thursday afternoon."
Duke said happily: "Thank you, tutor!"
It is undoubtedly a great joy to be taught by a card-making scholar in person, and Penrose gave a casual pointer , maybe it can help him deepen his understanding of the ring and the spiritual arcana.
"In addition, you should finish the research topic in your hand as soon as possible and summarize a paper, and I will help you revise it." "
Yes."
"When this topic is over, I will choose a new topic for you to help you become familiar with it as soon as possible. Research in the field of card printing."
"Thank you, tutor."
Duke couldn't help but smile after coming out of Penrose's office.
In the Penrose Mage Tower before, he was basically a little transparent. Except for the tutor Vikas who cared about him more and the Shanfeisi who was closer, he was not close to the other arcane mages, and the Penrose mentor paid little attention to him. .
But things were different now. After showing off his card-making talent, Instructor Penrose had to face up to his existence.
"This wave has brought in a lot of resources!"
With Penrose's personal guidance and the resources of the Mage Tower, it is foreseeable that his card-making skills will continue to improve in the future.
The improvement of skills will also promote the understanding of rings, thereby improving one's own cultivation progress.
Be promoted to level 2 Arcane Mage as soon as possible.
By the afternoon, the news that Duke had successfully produced a 1-ring spirit storage card spread in Penrose Mage Tower.
It was Assistant Vikas who got the signal from Penrose and spread the news.
"Wow, no, Duke!" Shanfeisi was the first to yell, "I haven't learned how to make cards yet, and you've secretly made spirit cards?" "It's just good luck." Duke said modestly
. Wave your hands.
"This cannot be explained by luck. You have successfully set a new pace for card makers in this city. There is no one in the entire Wind Breath field who can learn to make cards faster than you!" Oriana said with envy, " You will be as successful as your mentor!"
"I am only in the field of card making. I am half-way ahead and need more efforts." "
Excessive humility is pride, Duke. You may be able to make a success in the field of card making. Farther than any of us, anyway congratulations to you." Blanc said with a smile.
Galba also congratulated him, but he didn't seem so sincere.
Especially when he saw Oriana complimenting Duke, a jealous look flashed under his smile.
Then, even Lidman, who was always cold, knocked on Duke's office door: "Come here and congratulate you." "
Thank you." Duke extended the invitation, "I plan to treat you all to a drink at the Castle Bistro after work. , Director Lidman, please be sure to honor me."
Lidman thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay."
Then he stood up and left.
"Mu Lali, send Lidman off for me."
"No need."
After Lidman was sent out of the office, the excitement on Mu Lali's face had not dissipated when she came back: "Sir, this is unbelievable. You have become a card maker!"
Duke raised the corner of his mouth: "Little Lili, you have to learn to get used to this kind of thing by my side in the future."
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