First, the suspended part gradually turned into sea water, dripping down like light rain.
Then came the top of the ice, shrinking rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. The sea water flowed down along the edge. After a distance of tens of meters, a small waterfall was formed at the foot of the iceberg. The merging water merged into the water that had been partially dried by the sun. beach.
Soon, the crust of ice gradually dissolved.
The waves also appeared in sight, crashing against the white ice until the sea rolled over the remaining parts and lapped again.
Melting ice is actually not difficult for any mage, especially fire mage. The difficulty in this situation is to deal with the ice blocks that have spread across the entire coastline at the same time, preventing them from dumping directly, and at the same time causing the seawater that has accumulated behind them to pour out.
As a powerful mage of the fire element and a mermaid born close to the ocean, Austin is naturally comfortable with this approach.
After everything was completed, the seaside completely returned to its original state.
"Well done!"
Melissa applauded twice in a dignified manner, "In this case, Inspector Ellaberg, the three of us will leave first. As we said before, we may stay here for a few more days. Big Vice, I remember you are practicing space magic?"
Before Ella Berg could answer, Austin's head was full of black threads and he immediately spoke, "What are you thinking? In my current state, it would be great if I could successfully pass it back. You still want to pass three people? Your group's Are mages treated like animals?”
The stern Melissa pressed the brim of her hat, "My, my, my."
"First mate, do you need a hand?" Kang Na was considerate.
"I'm not a loser, go away!"
Austin is as grumpy and stubborn as ever. But since the word was not "go away" but "go away", he could barely accept it.
Seeing this scene, Mogan thought about the problem of the Blue Eagle Pirates mentioned before.
The Blue Eagle Pirates have all good conditions, except that they cost a little bit to use the mage.
As a pirate group with a large ship but a crew of only twenty people, almost all members of the Blue Eagle Pirate Group are warriors.
As we all know, humans without magical abilities need to pay a harsh price to become a mage.
However, when various kingdoms want to form armies, they cannot rely solely on people to cut off descendants and leave no successors. Soldiers and knights whose abilities and professions are called warriors are also a crucial part of the war.
In a continent full of magic, there is a huge gap in the nature of people who can do magic and those who can't. In comparison, although warriors do not practice spells, they can still use strange methods to make themselves capable of competing with mages.
But magical power has always been an important part of cultivating warriors. Warriors themselves pay attention to physical exercise, and usually use weapons that have been forged by special personnel and imbued with magical power by mages of the same lineage. After reaching a certain physical strength, you can supplement it with the corresponding magic potion refined by the mage to further improve on the basis of a "strong person" and train yourself into a body of steel far beyond ordinary people.
After that, they can not only use magic weapons and mobilize a certain amount of magic power to carry out resonant attacks in battle, but their lifespan can also be partially extended.
If the magician's ability is based on understanding the secrets of magic, the warrior's strength is the combination of physical strength and magical power - both have advantages, but also have their own difficulties and problems.
In addition to the inherent cost of being a mage, the biggest obstacle is the hurdle that needs to be overcome through comprehension.
In addition to learning various ancient languages and memorizing obscure incantations, chanting incantations also requires more understanding and practice. The connection between syllables, the structure of the spell's effectiveness, the amount of magical power that needs to be poured in, and so on...
Singing is not just recitation.
A magic wand may be able to help the caster complete magic with corresponding attributes and increase the probability of perfect spell casting, but this is only due to the resonance characteristics of the wand's material selection, and it is nothing without a foundation.
Just like music scores and teleprompters for singing, if you can't sing and play, you can't figure out anything even if you look through the paper.
Because everyone's magic is different, the path to learning spells and practicing magic cannot completely copy the notes written by predecessors. Some people lack understanding and have no luck. They cannot find any hope of breakthrough throughout their lives. The road ahead is bleak and they have no choice but to stop.
Relatively speaking, the ultimate way for a warrior to improve is much simpler and clearer: exercising, fighting, and strengthening weapons.
Exercise to enhance physical fitness, improve agility and strength; battle to accumulate experience, strengthen skills and reactions; the last one is, of course, just as the name suggests. The improvement of a warrior is gradual, with no jumps to speak of, but there are shortcuts to a certain extent.
If you are unable to understand the moves and techniques that are most suitable for you, you can also seek improvement by learning other people's moves and fighting methods. However, in addition, due to the particularity of the foundation, there are also some additional risks for warriors.
As the saying goes, you can't become a mage by memorizing things by rote, and you can't make a warrior by cramming in magic potions.
Compared with the former, at best, you have to pay the price in vain, and at worst, you have to start over and reflect deeply; the latter has the impact of medicinal properties bombarding the body, spending a lot of money to purchase powerful potions, but in exchange for the risk of bleeding to death.
There are many types of magic potions refined from magic materials. Most animal, plant, and mineral magic materials can extract effective magic ingredients, which can be used as a magic base for training beyond the limits of the human body. At this time, you need the assistance of a mage who is good at preparing magic potions and is familiar with the properties of the materials.
It’s not like ordinary people can’t make a potion by boiling it according to the formula. I just want to distinguish the characteristics and magic strength of the potion. Through this basic information, I can get the best optimized ratio. Magic and spells are essential. tool.
But after all, these magical products are not of the same origin as the human body. To integrate and achieve each other, they must first be "defeated".
This is a gap that no amount of auxiliary mages can fill, and they can only rely on themselves.
In any case, compared to paying a lifelong price and possibly getting stuck in the middle of learning spells, the warrior profession that can see the direction of progress does have unique advantages. Because of the common sense of "one mind cannot do two things", making choices is also part of the education in Cole Kingdom.
In fact, the earliest training that Mogan received was not the practice of magic spells, but the physical training to become a warrior.
His father was a warrior, and his mother was talented in magic, but she was still a domineering wind dragon who was used to fighting in her own body. Even if the venue was limited to human form, she would "wear armor and recite spells" and "cast spells to kill people." She relied on her superior talent. Quite devoid of martial ethics.
But to this day, Mo Gan has not made a choice between the two.
When it comes to the proposition of "making a choice", he doesn't want to make a final conclusion and is more willful.
Rather than choosing one of the two, Morgan was more inclined to want them all - but no one stopped him.
Because compared to nobles or other knight families who are very cautious about this matter and even set rules for their children to assign professional roles and maintain family honor, his parents are special.
The mother of the evil dragon of the Grande family is good at both. She does whatever she likes and does not think there is any problem with both. His father Lincero even feels that since he has both talents, choosing less of them will be a loss. Well, it’s better to have a “win-win*” situation.
What's more, in Mogan's own opinion, even as a warrior, it would be more economical to take potions prepared by oneself.
...maybe even more reassuring.
Closer to home, not only the Blue Eagle Pirate Group, but most pirate groups are composed of warriors as the main members and mages as the supplements.
This is because the sea environment is ever-changing, and various disasters can easily make people incapacitated. Compared with mages who need to chant spells to "read" for active defense, warriors with strong physical fitness are more likely to be incapacitated in this situation. Survive.
But as a warrior who needs magical assistance to train, he naturally cannot do without the help of a mage.
Refining potions is still one thing. After all, you can find someone to take your place after landing and store the completed potions.
The most important thing is the magical ability to directly combat disasters at sea.
Maritime navigation mainly relies on ships, but ships are not "perpetual motion machines".
When the restoration spell can temporarily solve the problem of partial damage to the ship, the derivatives of fire magic can temporarily replace the exhausted fuel, and even the use of weather magic can directly eliminate the existing storm, the mage has become a very convenient tool. partner.
Because of this, recruiting mages is a top priority for every pirate group. Since most mages do not have such good physical fitness and do not have the time to sing, it is indeed easy to die in a disaster. At the same time, mages are usually the ones who need to be protected in critical moments. They enjoy preferential treatment whether they are docked on an island or sailing on the sea.
Due to this kind of risk, it is really difficult to find a mage, as many pirate groups have a saying.
"The captain of flowing water, the mage of iron."
Unlike emerging pirate groups like the Blue Eagle Pirates, most pirate groups are constantly being updated and sometimes have to change captains.
However, as long as the mage voluntarily joins the pirate group, he is basically being supported. If he wants to get off the ship, there will be people who can persuade him. If you can adapt to this kind of environment or even like it, and you don't want to leave, it will naturally be difficult to replace it.
But this "natural law" is exactly the opposite in the Blue Eagle Pirates.
"Captain!" Kangna tugged on Melissa's sleeve, "Shall we go back to the ship now? Or I will take the first mate back to the ship to make repairs, and then you can go and see if there is anything going on? If necessary, I can notify Lai Chef Nader is ready to cook!”
At this moment, Mogan suddenly realized that things had changed.
As the danger was lifted, many new onlookers came to the beach one after another, and the eyes of the crowd focused again.
This is normal, after all, there is a shark with a very different appearance. However, the three pirates did not care about the prying eyes of passers-by.
This person may be thinking about how to use the topic next time he is angry, the other one is excitedly finding new responsibilities and jobs for himself, and the remaining one, who may not want to recruit a new mage with great difficulty, was angry and ran away. He hesitated many times, Suppressing the desire to talk nonsense.
But Mogan discovered a problem.
He is neither standing with the three pirates nor among the crowd.
And there was a familiar figure quietly hiding in the crowd, staring at a person that Mo Gan didn't expect.
