Chapter 12: call

　　 Time is passing fast. It has been half a month since he came to the psychic hall belonging to Rasputin.
　　 On this day, Richard finally marked all the recorded ancient empire texts and gave them to the wizard leader who could decide his own life and death. The gaze of the man wearing the silver-white mask swept across the scroll in his hand, nodding slightly, as if expressing satisfaction with his work.
　　 "Yes, all the preparations have been completed since then. This time you have a credit. After the ceremony is successful, I will reward you. Abraham, what do you want?"
　　 "It is my honor to serve you. I am just a humble apprentice and dare not pray."
　　 Richard quickly bowed and said. This is what Master Peter taught him on the road before. Regardless of the wizard leader's own intentions, it is a necessary etiquette to show respect and humility to high-ranking people, and it is insurmountable.
　　 "It doesn't matter to me whether you are an apprentice or a master." The other party said, "I have always been rewarded and punished. If you want to, just say it."
　　 This sounds familiar... Richard thought. However, Rasputin was in a good mood today, even speaking a lot more. The anxiety from before was no longer felt in him. Did the ceremony succeed?
　　 Richard did not raise his head. While thinking, he said the answer he had prepared a long time ago: "I hope I have the opportunity to continue to study the magic way."
　　 Rasputin agreed without hesitation.
　　 "Okay. You can choose any member of the school to be your mentor. I will let him teach you everything. As for your physical problems..."
　　 He glanced at Richard.
　　 "It's not impossible to solve it. Some high-level potions have the effect of changing physique. There are life-domain wizards in the magic tower that can refine such drugs."
　　 Hearing this, the apprentice suddenly opened his mouth in surprise and could not speak for a while.
　　 "Don't you want to believe it? Or do you need me to make an oath?"
　　 Rasputin said jokingly. It seems that he is in a really happy mood now. It's just that this joke is really a bit scary, Richard gave a jolt and quickly explained.
　　 "No, no, of course not... I'm just too happy."
　　 The reason why he feels nervous is very simple: the so-called "vow" in this world refers to a contractual relationship in which both parties swear by their real names.
　　 Wizards believe that everything in the world has a hidden "real name" given by God. It is the real power that records and stores everything, and mastering the true name of a thing means completely mastering the thing itself. Therefore, any transcendent person regards his real name as the most cherished secret, and at the same time the greatest threat to his life. They believe that once someone's real name is known by others, that person will be easily replaced, or become a servant or even a slave of the other party in an instant. No matter how powerful this person is and how lofty his status is, he will become Meaningless.
The oath is based on the real name, and its effectiveness can be imagined. Although no one has ever proved this secret legend, and just signing a contract will not expose the real name, but only one thing can be confirmed: it is based on the real name. No matter who it is, the contract cannot be violated.
However, the existence of the oath is not well known, and those who master the oath are also extremely rare. Even the signing of a certain oath often becomes an opportunity for a major turning point in history: for example, the "hidden treaty" where the gods leave the world, and even the wizards. The reason why spells can be used is said to be realized only after humans in ancient times signed a real-name contract with the magic net.
　　As a legendary wizard, Rasputin is not impossible to have a secret vow, but it is impossible to give it to an apprentice anyway.
Although Rasputin is joking, on the other hand, this seems to mean that the other party is not cheating; and taking a step back, it is hard to imagine that a big figure like a legendary wizard will deliberately lie and deceive one. Apprentices whose status differs from their own.
　　 In this way, his physique can really be changed? When Richard realized this, a burst of uncontrollable ecstasy followed. The road of wizards can finally be on the right track. He has been in another world for more than a year. As a traverser, he will at least be able to live a normal life without opening his gold fingers and embarking on a sturdy life.
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　　 While the apprentice was still immersed in joy, the wizard leader had already walked to the center of the huge circle.
　　 He raised his staff high, and the atmosphere roared and the space vibrated.
　　 Richard's feet were unstable and almost fell. After recovering from his excitement, he stared at the place where the vibration was coming from, this is... Are you ready to start now? Is it too fast?
　　 But this wizard leader is obviously a resolute type. The light screen that I have seen before, recording the ancient empire text, once again appeared in the air. But this time there was more than one, but a light screen with more than a hundred sides, hovering upward like a tornado column, around Rasputin. Immediately afterwards, the words were peeled off the light screen one by one and piled up into astronomical symbols, like countless star dust floating in the Milky Way in the sky. UU Reading www.uukanshu.cOM
　　 This scene is full of shocking and brilliant beauty, but Richard only felt uneasy from the heart, and did not dare to stay here. After he calmed down, he looked left and right, his eyes falling on the corridor behind the hall. It was through there that he returned to a room in the back to rest.
　　 However, it was not until he ran there that he found an invisible wall in the air blocking the way. He touched it once with his hand, and he didn't notice any gaps. Faced with insurmountable obstacles, Richard could only turn around. A violent storm swept from behind, and he squinted his eyes to the center of the hall with the help of the protection of the wall.
　　 At this time, the floating characters have dissipated in the air, and at the same time, the shining light of the magic circle on the ground has been intense to the extreme, like the sun falling on the ground, making people unable to open their eyes. The wizard leader stood in the center, holding his hands high, chanting an unknown mantra aloud. He held the staff tightly in his left hand, and what he was holding in the other hand, thought to be the magic book handed down from the ancient empire. At this time Richard finally understood why the Book of Magic is also called the "magic clay tablet", because what he held in Rasputin's hands at this time was obviously not the book or scroll he had imagined in the past, but A plate covered with lines.
　　 The wind was blowing fiercely, and he even felt that he was about to fly his feet off the ground; not only the wind, but he could feel the temperature in the air gradually rising, and soon reached the temperature almost in the steamer. Richard felt like he had come from the cold hall to the scorching desert in a blink of an eye.
　　 "Boss, it doesn't matter what you want to do, can you let me out first?!"
　　 For a while, he only felt dizzy, the harsh environment did not disappear with the passage of time, and there was pain like cutting fire everywhere in his body.