Chapter 174 Kino Playing the Flute

Joan took the "window box" handed over by Master Rawls with both hands, and stared at this exquisite magic device with fascination.

There are countless gears and linkages embedded in the small metal box, and it is impossible for him to understand such a complicated device with his current structural knowledge.

Thomas and Edward were also full of question marks, and could only praise Master Rawls's ingenious construction skills.

Rolls took back the "clockwork box" and stuffed it back into the chest of the wooden golem, and said to the three of Joan: "Making golems and clockwork devices is my best skill, and I will use these skills without reservation." Pass it on to you, as for how much you can learn, it depends on your understanding and diligence."

Joan was heartbroken when he heard this, and secretly swore that he must learn Master Rawls' famous stunt!

"This is not a classroom. We will have plenty of time to talk about constructs in the future. Let's solve the group of little mice that are bothering you first."

Master Rawls took out the decorative handkerchief in his shirt pocket, and with a flick of his hand, the blue handkerchief magically turned into a flute.

Joan couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Is this a "magic trick"?

No, magic tricks don't have such magical functions!

Master Rawls picked up the flute, narrowed his eyes, and tried to play it twice as if he was feeling emotional.

...It's really ugly, it's like a pig squawking!

Thomas couldn't help laughing.

"Is it hard to hear? It's actually normal. After all, this is the first time I try to play a musical instrument, and it seems much more difficult than I imagined." Master Rawls shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands mockingly, "Fortunately, Kino's discovery The skill 'playing the flute' is included in the box, and we'll hear it in action next."

The wooden golem "Kino" took the flute from the master, and skillfully played it in front of the two carved wooden lips.

Its performance skills are not very high, but it is much better than its master. The cheerful and agile flute sound is not only pleasant to the ear, but also contains a trace of magical fluctuations.

When the sound of the flute came to their ears, Joan, Edward, and Thomas were in a daze at first, but after all, they were extremely talented mages, and their willpower was far stronger than ordinary people. They soon woke up and realized that Kino was passing the flute. Play a piece of hypnotic magic, like a "bard".

Joan was standing near the stairs leading to the basement, and heard rustling noises coming from behind the closed staircase door. After a little thought, he guessed the reason, and grabbed the doorknob and pulled it vigorously.

The moment the wooden door opened, countless rats rushed out, like a gray torrent, squeaking and rushing past his feet, rushing towards the wooden golem.

Edward saw so many rats running around in his living room, his face paled with fright, and he almost passed out.

Thomas was also yelled in fright, and jumped onto the sofa in a hurry, lest the mouse would crawl on him.

Master Rawls sat calmly on the chair, smiled and gestured to the wooden golem: "Kino, take your audience to the other side of the river."

The wooden golem nodded stiffly, while continuing to play the fife, slowly turned and walked towards the small river that meanders across the campus.

Bewitched by the sound of the flute, groups of mice followed Kino in groups and gradually moved away.

After the mouse left, the living room returned to silence.

Joan breathed a sigh of relief, walked quickly to the window, and looked out to watch the wooden golem leading the rats towards the river. Two heads popped out of the other two windows one after another. Thomas and Edward lay on the windows watching the wooden golem's receding back, their eyes full of curiosity.

The wooden golem Kino passed through the courtyard and walked straight to the river. The sound of the flute and the footsteps did not stop, and it just walked into the river while playing the flute.

The water level of the small river was not too deep. When Kino walked to the deepest part of the river, his chest was still above the water. Although his feet were sunken in the mud at the bottom of the river and his walking speed was obviously slowed down, the sound of the flute was not out of tune at all, attracting mice. They followed it in droves and jumped into the river.

The river wasn't strong enough to submerge a seven-foot wooden golem, but it was deadly enough for a rat.

When Kino trudged to the opposite side of the river and stepped onto the river bank with his long muddy legs, there was no trace of his followers behind him—all the rats that followed him and jumped into the river were swallowed by the rapids in an instant.

Even the rats coming one after another from the opposite bank could not escape the bewilderment of the sound of the flute, they jumped into the river one after another, and what awaited them would be a catastrophe.

Joan was lying on the window looking dazzled, when Master Rawls's loud laughter came from behind him.

"Okay, children, the rat problem has been solved, let's talk about learning next."

Joan hurried back to the living room, sat on the sofa opposite Master Rawls, and waited for his instruction.

"Children, from today until the day you graduate, I will spend a long time with you, teaching you to learn magic, but I want to tell you the truth - learning magic is something that only mediocre people need." The teacher teaches by hand, and the genius mainly relies on self-study.”

"Children, it's not that I want to be lazy. After all, I came here like this. The place for self-study is in the old castle you can see from the window. The library on the second floor of the old castle has collections of Asian books. The most complete books and spell scrolls in the Wolfheim area, you can borrow various books from the library with your student ID to make up for your lack of knowledge."

"You can also find and copy spell scrolls in the library, but you need to pay. It costs 100 Gold Duga to copy a first-level spell. The higher the spell level you copy, the more expensive it is, and you can only borrow one scroll at a time. , can only be transcribed in the reading room, and cannot be taken out of the library, and other books that record arcane techniques also pay borrowing fees according to different contents and rarity."

"It should be noted that students can only borrow spell scrolls that they can currently learn. For example, the three of you are all level 2 mages and can cast 0-level and 1-level spells, so you can only borrow 0-1 level spell scrolls in the library. However, they do not have the right to borrow scrolls with 2 rings and above."

"If you are lucky enough to find books or spell scrolls that are not recorded in the library catalog in the antique market or other occasions, you must remember to transcribe a template and submit it to the library, and you can get a corresponding reward."

"Children, after listening to what I just said, you may have a question: 'Since students mainly rely on self-study, what's the use of you as a tutor'?"

Master Rawls put away his smile, and glanced at the three slightly childish faces one by one, his expression became extraordinarily solemn, and his tone changed from soft to passionate.

"Children, I think the value of a tutor is mainly reflected in two aspects: First, when you encounter confusion in the process of self-study, you can ask the tutor for advice, and the tutor is obliged to do everything possible to answer students' doubts, so that students can learn more Avoid detours in the process; secondly, the instructor should also pass on to the students those unique skills that he has summed up through years of study and research that cannot be found in the library, and encourage students to carry forward their unique skills."

"Only by achieving the above two points can you be worthy of the title of 'mentor'!"

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