“When you set foot here, you will be an enemy of the gods.”
A sandalwood table.
A person.
A writing brush.
A stack of parchments.
A late-stage chuunibyou opening statement.
Tang Shidao wanted to retort, “Did you take your medicine before you went out this morning? I’m just looking for a job to mop the floor or wash the dishes. You’re asking me to be an enemy of the gods? Saving the world is the job of other people’s children. I’m just sitting in front of the TV and watching other people’s children save the world. You’re asking me to be an enemy of the gods? Do you believe that I’ll give you a free room in a mental hospital? “
Tang Shidao wanted to flip the table, but he held back.
Because the speaker was a scarecrow!
Tang Shidao was able to stand firm and not tremble in the face of a talking scarecrow.
This was not a prank from a TV show.
Tang Shidao entered the door. In the time it took him to blink, he was already standing in a library. This library was very strange. It had countless bookshelves. These bookshelves were all cylindrical, and each of them was about ten meters in diameter. The most bizarre thing was that each of them had no top. They all looked like towers that reached into the clouds. The top could not be seen at all.
The end of the library could not be seen. Looking around, there was an endless number of shelves in all directions.
If this was a prank, it would not be possible to set up such a strange view.
“Residence: Sun Empire, Earth Emperor Planet, Zulong Country, Nanzhou, Tea City. Name: Tang Shidao. Gender: Male. Is the above information correct? Do you need to correct it? “The scarecrow ignored Tang Shidao’s reaction and only reported a simple paragraph of information.
“Yes, that’s right,” Tang Shidao answered subconsciously and tried to think about what was happening.
“Welcome to the Mage Network.” The scarecrow showed a scary smile, and his tone changed again. “Do you need to be given a period to scream or run away like crazy? I can understand. That’s what you do in your movies. “
“Oh … There’s no need for that. I’m not an actor,” Tang Shidao was at a loss for words, so he quickly asked, “Then, what do you mean by going against the gods …”
“It’s just a saying.”
“Huh?”
“It’s like you when you say god bless you. If there is a god, do you believe that he will give his blessing just because you said those words? “
“I … don’t think so.”
“Hmm, I have no opinion. Please use your way of thinking to understand what we discussed. For example, if you suspect that you are dreaming, this is also a possibility. I must receive you, record you, and guide you through the first round of tests. After that, I won’t care about you anymore. “The scarecrow looked like a teacher who leaves after assigning homework.
“What’s the test?” Tang Shidao felt that he had read too many novels and had been tricked by them.
“It’s a test to see if you’re qualified to become a mage.”
“Why me? Could it be that my aptitude … “
“It’s random.”
“…”
“Every day, the Mage Net will randomly select an individual, from a random plane as a candidate seed. It’s just like you won the lottery. Now, you’ve won the lottery. Having said that, I have to tell you this, which part of my duties: This doesn’t mean that you’ll be lucky and live a glorious life. All the newbies I’ve seen die died in the first round of the tests. If you don’t pass, you’ll die. One second later, you’ll become an unlucky guy who went to a small hotel to look for a job and was unfortunately killed by a lamp that fell from the ceiling. “
“What if I pass?” Tang Shidao couldn’t stay calm after hearing that. He really did enter a small hotel, and he really did stand under a slightly swaying lamp that seemed like it might fall.
“I’ve already told you. Nothing is guaranteed. Don’t you know how to think things through? If you still think you are guaranteed success after you pass and die due to that, you deserve it. “
“…”
The scarecrow said as he recorded the information. After he finished writing, he handed a contract to Tang Shidao with the written information. Tang Shidao naively thought that he could take a look at the contract. Who knew that his finger would hurt and a drop of blood would automatically float out, forming a bloody imprint on the sheepskin parchment? Then, all the procedures were unreasonably completed.
Tang Shidao was a little dumbfounded.
He didn’t say anything.
He wondered if there was a professional association that he could complain to.
The scarecrow put away the sheepskin document, and the four elemental runes of ‘fire, water, earth, and wind’ appeared on his right palm. “There are three steps to becoming a mage. The first step is to choose a belief. Because you don’t have any fragments of gods' belief, you only have the four primitive choices of fire, water, earth, and wind. Please start, Don’t waste my time, although I’m very free. “
Tang Shidao was almost speechless. “Do I have to choose? I don’t believe in gods.”
“I don’t believe in gods either.”
“…”
“Well then, the Fire God.” You don’t believe in gods and you still want me to believe in them? Tang Shidao felt that there was something wrong with the scarecrow’s head. It was probably full of grass.
As soon as he finished speaking.
A spark floated to the palm of Tang Shidao’s left hand and branded a fire mark. At the same time, a message floated in Tang Shidao’s mind:
.............................................................................................Received the elementary belief of the Fire God, the upper limit of magic power temporarily increased by 1 point.
Received Fire Mastery, the effect of fire spells increased by 100%.
Received the basic fire spell ‘Fireball’, casting requirement: 1 point of magic power.
...............................................................................................
After reading this message, Tang Shidao was stunned.
The script was wrong.
The scene turned into a fantasy setting in one second, and then into an online game setting in the next second. Did he eat the wrong medicine?
“I didn’t expect to become a believer of the Fire God just like that …”
“Not satisfied? You can exchange. ” The scarecrow interrupted Tang Shidao’s sudden exclamation, with the tone of a seller who offers an alternative product to a customer dissatisfied with their previous choice.
“Belief can be exchanged?”
“Of course. Belief is just a choice. It’s like whether you want to wear a suit or a swimsuit. You can wear whatever you like. You can exchange with me now. In the future, when you find the Water God Fragment, Beast God Fragment, War God Fragment, and so on, you can exchange by yourself. “The scarecrow indicated that the ‘God’s Belief’ thing was just for fun.
“Can I believe in two?”
“No. Can you put a firecracker and a lit match into your mouth at the same time? “
Tang Shidao was speechless.
This analogy was really first-rate.
Now he understood. The Fire God’s belief was an online game profession, and it was the kind of game where you could change professions at any time.
“There are three steps to becoming a mage. For the second step, please randomly draw a talent spell.” The scarecrow didn’t care if Tang Shidao accepted what was said or not and did his own work.
In an instant.
Countless spell patterns floated in the air. It was even denser than in the sea of people in the Capital.
“Must I draw?” Tang Shidao asked subconsciously.
“Mages have always been ‘left-hand belief, right-hand talent’. Neither can be missing. According to my duties, I have to tell you: these are the legacies of the mages. All the mages in the Mage Network will leave behind one of their spells after they die. It could be their innate talent spell, it could be the strongest spell that they learned, or it could be the weakest spell that they deliberately left behind. In short, a mage will definitely leave behind one after they die. After you draw, you will enter the entry trial. If you die in this entry trial, the talent spell you draw will automatically become your legacy, “the scarecrow said.
Tang Shidao didn’t ask anymore and began to draw randomly.
After drawing.
Just as he was about to speak, The scarecrow beat him to it.
“Young man, please don’t reveal to anyone what your talent spell is. Even if the other party is your parents, your children, your wife, or even your puppet or puppet avatar, you can’t reveal it to them. Telling others what your talent spell is is equivalent to telling everyone what your ‘weakness’ is. “
Tang Shidao looked at his right hand and found that the casting requirement of this talent spell was … 0 MP.
At this time, the scarecrow spoke again. “Generally, all spells have casting restrictions. For example, the most common fireball spell requires 1 MP to cast. Talent spells don’t. Talent spells are a special gift from the Mage Network. They will be with you just like your hands and feet. If you draw the ‘Bursting Fireball’ that requires 10 MP as your talent spell, you can cast it with 0 MP. “
Tang Shidao asked subconsciously, “Why?”
The scarecrow answered, “There’s no reason. Talent spells are a mage’s talent, just like how fish can swim and birds can fly. Can you tell me why birds can fly? “
Tang Shidao didn’t ask anymore. He understood why he couldn’t tell anyone about his talent spell.
Talent spells were a mage’s biggest trump card.
“There are three steps to becoming a mage. The third step is to kill a group of the weakest magic monsters and survive.” After the scarecrow finished speaking, he waved his hand, and hundreds of light gates appeared in the library, each with a special symbol. There were little orbs of light, skeleton warriors, mud golems, water monsters, fire beetles, wind elementals, and so on.
Tang Shidao really felt like he had been transported into an online game, a game that was either life or death.
“Can I ask what the Mage Network is? How many mages are there on Earth Emperor Planet? ” Tang Shidao walked to a light gate marked by a skeleton warrior and turned his head to ask. He felt a little uneasy when he asked the question.
Hearing this, The scarecrow stopped writing and said, “About the Mage Network, to put it in a way that you can easily understand, there are people who learn arcane magic in every plane and space, and they jointly build something called the Mage Network. It’s the same as your Internet, except that it stores power, all power related to magic. Your Internet is a network of ‘signals,’ while the Mage Network is a network of ‘power.’ You can download knowledge on the Internet, and power on the Mage Network. As for how many mages there are on Earth Emperor Planet, you should’ve heard me if you haven't been driven crazy with all the new information you heard … One person is randomly selected from each plane. Remember? Not to mention Earth Emperor Planet, you’re the only one in the universe that your little brain can understand. Of course, when you die, the Mage Network will randomly select a second person. “
Tang Shidao was very puzzled. “Just me? Then what’s my mission? “
The scarecrow was also puzzled. “What’s your mission on the Internet?”
“Nothing, just wandering around.”
“Well, the Mage Network is the same. Nothing, just wandering around. “
“…”
Tang Shidao was silent. He thought it through and calmed down … To hell with thinking, my IQ is not online right now.
He nodded slightly.
To express his gratitude.
“It’s fine if it’s just me. Anyway, I don’t want to be a free volunteer for the Hero Team.” With that, Tang Shidao turned and walked into the light gate.
He stepped into it.
All the 100 Skeleton Warriors with big wooden clubs inside the light gate turned their heads and immediately rushed over with a ‘kacha’ sound.
Tang Shidao usually played too many games on the Internet, so he still reacted relatively quickly.
Boom! A fireball.
A skeleton warrior exploded and fell to the ground. After one move, there were only 99 left. It didn’t seem too difficult. However, Tang Shidao found another problem: he was out of MP! His magic power limit was 1, and he had no MP after using 1 point of MP. It took an hour to recover 1 point of MP. To deal with 99 skeleton warriors, hehehehe …
“Now I know why those seniors died … Bad luck.” Tang Shidao laughed at himself and looked at the talent spell on his right hand.
It was: Reincarnation!
As a newbie in the Mage Network, he should’ve laughed for three days and three nights after obtaining this talent spell.
However, the last stage of the Mage Network was to kill monsters … F * ck, can reincarnation help him kill monsters? This is a resurrection spell! It’s not even a holy light kind of spell, and it can’t even hurt the skeleton warriors.
This is a dream, okay?
I’m just an ordinary third-year high school student who wants to find a job washing dishes to earn some tuition. How did it become ‘killing monsters’?
Kommentarer