"What do you think of this shepherd?" Doakes looked at Angel.
Angel blurted out without thinking: "An interesting person."
Doakes raised an eyebrow: "Interesting? Just interesting?"
Angel thought for a moment and said, "He is also a person with stories."
Doakes smiled: "Who here doesn't have a story?"
Angel remained silent for a longer time this time: "That's a person who is interesting, has stories, and also hides some secrets."
Doakes still looked like he didn't have all the answers, and kept mumbling, who is the person here who doesn't have secrets?
Faced with the bully who was unsatisfied no matter how you answered, Angel chose to remain silent and turn a blind eye.
In fact, Angel's first answer contained everything he thought about the shepherd: an interesting person.
Angel noticed the shepherd from the beginning. It can be said that among the apprentices opposite, Angel paid the most attention to the shepherd.
The reason is not the vague title of "Rhythm Apprentice", but because the Shepherd is quite calm and incompatible with others among all his peers who are anxious, cautious, and panicked.
His calmness is not pretending on the surface, nor is he forcing himself to be calm. It is even a little different from the gray merchant's calmness. His calmness tends to be more calm, leisurely and relaxed.
How comfortable is it? Previously, he rested against a black-faced sheep with his eyes closed. He was really sleeping.
It's really weird to be able to maintain such a relaxed state of mind in such an environment.
Maybe he is quite confident in his own strength and doesn't care about the sorrows and joys of the outside world?
Let’s not talk about whether the shepherd is really powerful, even if he hides his strength; however, under the dual pressure of the wise master and the black earl, who still believes that his own strength is indifferent to sorrow and joy, that can only be a wizard above the legend. . But now in the Southern Territory, except for the inspectors, there are no legendary wizards at all.
Maybe he knows his future and doesn't care about the outside world?
The prerequisite for this question is that he is a prophetic wizard, or he has received some kind of prophecy and revelation. This kind of "prophet" has a very typical characteristic, which is that he is emotionally weak and prefers to sit on the sidelines. Although the shepherd's mood was calm, it was not to the point of watching indifferently. He still had the joy and emotion that he should have. This was not the emotional feedback that a "prophet" should have.
Or maybe it’s just a matter of personality and doesn’t look at external objects?
This is difficult to prove. Character is too idealistic. But as of now, the shepherd's character is indeed gentle, or... loose? But this kind of character is not enough for him to face the current scene calmly.
Excluding all the above possibilities, Angel still didn't see clearly the reason for the shepherd's calmness.
This is why Angel said, "He is a man with secrets."
As for what secrets he hides? But the battle is not over yet. If he really has a secret, and the support the secret can give him far exceeds his own strength, then he will always be exposed in the next battle.
…
On the arena, the wind was still blowing, and with the sound of the shepherd's flute, the wind on the arena changed differently.
When the tune was long and graceful, the wind blew through Kael's limbs and imprisoned his limbs without leaving a trace.
When the tune was dull, the surrounding wind turned into a large number of wind blades. These wind blades were like birds that could automatically search for enemies and would never dissipate unless they touched Kael.
This also resulted in the wind blades being like cyan petals, constantly moving back and forth around Kael.
The tone gradually climbed, and the heavy feeling of the wind became more and more obvious. Not only did it make Kael unable to breathe, it even blocked all the magic power around Kael, making it difficult for him to mobilize any magic power, so he could only keep doing it. Internal friction. This kind of internal friction can be dealt with in the short term as long as the magic source is not exhausted, but over time, it will be difficult to persist.
And this is just the shepherd's control of the wind. He himself has not moved at all and has been suspended in mid-air, playing the flute with his eyes closed.
Kael knew that he couldn't drag it out any longer. The current wind was just a "first sight". Judging from the sound of the shepherd's flute, the tune has not even reached its climax yet. When it really reaches its climax, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Kael to even stand on the arena.
Therefore, we must deal with the shepherd as soon as possible... at least interrupt him to continue playing the flute.
If Kael followed his own tactics, he originally planned to use the cracks in space to tilt the surrounding wind into the void like a flood.
But after simulating the battle situation in his mind, Kael gave up this plan.
The space system is very special in the mysterious side. Whether it is tricks or spells, the probability of backlash is greater than that of other systems, and once it backfires, the damage received is far greater than other types of backlash.
This also caused the space system to focus its attention when performing the technique, and did not dare to be distracted at all.
Nowadays, the wind is constantly raging around, giving Kael no time to seriously perform the spell. It is very likely that he will encounter a hurricane while performing the spell, and will eventually be defeated by the backlash.
Therefore, he directly chose to give up the method of "discharging floods" through space cracks.
Since his tactics could not be formed, Kael did not struggle much and directly summoned the alchemy puppet in front of him. Use the means provided by Angel to fight this duel.
The whole body of the alchemy puppet exudes a dazzling metallic luster, especially its face, which seems to be coated with a layer of paint, and the metal's reflectivity is even more obvious. And his face was engraved with a weird clown smile by the maker, so when it takes action, there is always a hint of weirdness and ridicule.
The shepherd didn't pay attention to the appearance of the alchemy puppet at all. His whole heart seemed to be immersed in the performance.
It wasn't until the shepherd was halfway through playing and found that the wind around him was getting thinner and thinner that he opened his eyes in confusion.
When he opened his eyes, he was greeted by a big metal fist.
The shepherd was startled, stretched out his piccolo and quickly moved the hand in front of him, and then released one end of the piccolo forward to release a wind vortex. The reaction force brought by the wind vortex caused the shepherd to retreat quickly.
In this brief contact, neither side was injured, but the shepherd's playing was interrupted.
As the shepherd's playing broke, the surrounding wind became thinner, and the heavy wind that had previously bound Kael gradually dissipated.
The war situation seems to have returned to the beginning.
"The wind has disappeared?" the shepherd murmured: "No, the carols in the wind have not disappeared, the wind has not disappeared, but has been transformed."
Previously, he was immersed in playing and did not notice the changes in the outside world. Now, he finally sensed that the wind around him had not disappeared, but had "rebellion", which is what he called "transformation". The overall amount of wind power has not changed. The reason why he feels that the power of the wind is getting weaker and weaker is precisely because the wind has been transformed away by the opponent.
Therefore, the carols are still there and the wind is still there, but the situation of the war has changed drastically.
The wind he controlled was transformed. This is the first time the shepherd has encountered it in battle.
Generally speaking, only strong winds can convert weak winds.
The difference between the strength and weakness of the wind here lies in the strength of the person controlling the wind.
There had been a transformation of the wind before, which meant that the shepherd fell behind in the competition of wind's ability.
This is very strange.
The traveler opposite is an apprentice of the space system. If he wants to deal with the power of wind, he usually swallows the wind, or exiles him to the void.
But instead of using the power of space, he used the power of wind to fight head-on?
He actually won in the end? How did he do it?
…
The changes on the field were also noticed by those watching the game.
"The wind has been transformed? Has this traveler practiced the power of wind across different systems?" Fen Mo asked with some confusion.
The evil woman and the gray merchant were fully focused on the arena and did not answer her questions. However, the defeated ghost said from the side: "Even if you practice the power of wind across all elements, can you be stronger than a shepherd who specializes in the wind element?"
"Then what would it be if it wasn't cross-department cultivation?" Fen Mo also didn't believe that the traveler could defeat the shepherd in the confrontation with the wind. In fact, even among the wind apprentices, there are very few who can defeat the shepherd. After all, the shepherd is the "rhythm apprentice" of the wind element!
But the duel on the arena is difficult to fake. The traveler did transform the shepherd's "weak wind" through the strong wind. This is equivalent to saying that the shepherd is not as powerful as the traveler in terms of wind power!
Fen Mo guessed again: "Could it be said that the traveler has dual talents?"
Dual-system talents are actually not uncommon, but generally speaking, during the apprenticeship period, you will not be distracted by practicing multiple systems, because your life span is limited and your time to practice is also limited. After becoming a formal wizard, his life span is greatly extended, and then he has time to practice in multiple disciplines.
Therefore, although Fen Mo guessed that the traveler had a dual-system talent, she still had doubts in her words.
Ghost Shadow: "Even if it is a dual-system talent, how strong do you think the traveler's wind power must be to transform the shepherd's wind?"
Before Fen Mo could answer, Guiying gave the answer directly: "You must at least become a 'Sequence Apprentice' in order to steadily transform the Shepherd's Wind."
"As for the sequence apprentices, how many wind-type apprentices can there be? And among the known ones, none of them match the characteristics of a traveler."
Rhythm, sequence, sexual change, transition, and reincarnation are the single-system perfection pursued by elemental wizards.
Although there are rhythm apprentices in various departments, the one that can truly reach the peak at the apprentice level is not the rhythm of wind, but the rhythm of water.
The one who can reach the ultimate level in the wind system is the wind sequence, and the apprentice stage corresponds to the so-called sequence apprentice.
Whether they are rhythm apprentices or sequence apprentices, it does not mean that they have mastered rhythm and sequence, but that they have initially glimpsed the true meaning of this path.
If you want to truly understand and embark on this path of pursuit of perfection, you must at least become an official wizard.
But even so, being able to get a glimpse of true meaning at the apprentice stage is enough to show that he has great potential.
In the Southern Wizarding World, almost all of the apprentices who have glimpsed the true meaning are not unknown people. Even if the apprentices themselves are very low-key, formal wizards who can teach such apprentices will not help hide it. This is a good opportunity to prove their teaching ability.
The existence of the tea party also makes it difficult for these potential apprentices to hide their identities.
Therefore, although Guiying proposed the name "Sequence Apprentice", he did not think that the traveler was a Sequence Apprentice.
Not a sequence apprentice, how did the traveler transform the power of wind?
While Guiying and Fenmo were thinking about it, the shepherd on the arena gave a new guess.
"Is that it?" The shepherd pointed at the alchemy puppet: "Can it transform wind?"
Kael said nothing.
The shepherd didn't care and chuckled: "Since you don't want to answer, I will test it myself."
The moment the words fell, the shepherd's flute blew, no longer a minor tune, but a crisp tune calling for the sheep.
As soon as the yodel-flavored tunes played, four black-faced sheep walked out from behind the shepherd in a row, walking left and right, left and right.
It was as if there was a gate behind the shepherd, summoning these four cute-looking lambs from the fertile grassland to the arena.
As the four black-faced sheep stepped onto the arena, the originally rather serious style suddenly changed.
The four black-faced sheep kept calling the shepherd and bleating. And they were walking around the shepherd, their footsteps sounding very consistent, as if they were tap dancing.
The shepherd's always serious expression became very embarrassed because of the four black-faced sheep who acted out of order.
The most embarrassing thing is that the alchemy puppet opposite is still a "clown face".
With the bleating and tap-dancing black-faced sheep, the arena seemed to have turned into a circus performance.
"Black one, black two, black three, baby, if you don't stop, you won't be able to eat windmill grass in the next month." The shepherd's calm attitude was directly destroyed by the four black-faced sheep.
Fortunately, the four black-faced sheep seemed to be very concerned about their rations. When the shepherd threatened them with rations, they immediately became obedient.
The shepherd coughed and expressed his gratitude to Kael...Thanks to Kael for not attacking him when he was embarrassed.
Then, the battle began dramatically.
But this time, the shepherd did not play the flute, but walked around the arena to the rhythm of the black-faced sheep's kicks.
At the same time, every kick of the black-faced sheep can generate a wisp of breeze. This wisp of breeze swirls around the black-faced sheep, eventually forming a whirlpool-like existence.
The black-faced sheep turned into whirlpools of wind, jumping and galloping on the arena. All obstacles created by Kael were sucked into their bodies and turned into residue.
Even the black-faced sheep was not afraid of space cracks. He jumped directly through the crack. Apart from losing a little bit of the breeze, there was no other loss. And the lost breeze will be replenished in the next kick of the black-faced sheep.
They are like perpetual motion machines, chasing...the alchemical puppets.
Yes, it's the Alchemy Puppet.
They didn't look at Kal-El at all...perhaps this was the shepherd's order.
However, Kael was not without danger. The black-faced sheep chased the alchemy puppet, and the shepherds wandering around the arena began to attack him.
