Survive the Fourth Natural Disaster

Hill doesn't plan to have too much contact with Russell in the near future.

Although the child will definitely recognize him later, there is no need to do it so quickly.

Seven days is enough for the child's memory to fade a little.

As for the old man in the ring, he has left a message for Russell... There is something he wants in the magic tower, and the side tower where Gilbert is located is not suitable for souls to live in, so he will leave temporarily.

As for the magic book, Hill only needs to present the same content as Gilbert's book.

In this world, the magic book of the apprenticeship is slightly different from the orthodox spells, but that is due to the difference in the world and is not a mistake.

Even if Hill can change, there are some things that cannot be changed... after all, they are missing too many positive spells.

Of course, spells related to positive energy cannot be used here.

But if they all use pure negative energy spells, these mages will become difficult to control in the future.

Evil corrodes people's hearts. A world full of evil mages would definitely not be as easy to manage as it is now.

So this world is obviously using neutral spells to balance the inner self of mages.

The use of more spell types in the neutral camp will also make the mage think too rationally and only consider his own gains and losses.

Otherwise, the world wouldn't be like this... To be honest, Hill shudders when he thinks that most high-level mages are people like Delacruz.

It's better to be evil and let's go to war directly.

Before even raising his fist, he would engage in hundreds of rounds of psychological warfare. Hill really didn't like this kind of bullshit and troublesome thing.

Fortunately, Hill's spells during the apprenticeship were quite easy to sort out, and it was no problem even if he had to combine them with the somewhat biased elemental environment of this world.

Otherwise, he wouldn't really be so relieved to let Russell learn on his own... He has learned the standard runes and the 0-level spells, which is equivalent to learning Arabic numerals and the multiplication table plus four more Rules of operation.

It's just basic math problems and doesn't require any further teaching from Hill.

After all, Russell's IQ is still sufficient.

As for Carpenter, who is slightly underused, that is Russell's responsibility.

Hill knew very well that he would definitely not be able to teach him.

Because he doesn't understand at all. Since everyone knows that multiplication and division should be done before addition and subtraction, and parentheses take precedence, why would someone do the opposite?

This kind of thing is too difficult for him, and he is not a good teacher.

The other thing was more troublesome. He had to deduce the appropriate protective spell according to the laws and logic of this world.

Fortunately, Russell is a child who grew up according to the rules. Although luck and talent are good, they are only good. Hill still has plenty of time.

Although this may be because the will of the world has lost the ability to add special buffs to Russell, in a certain respect, it has also hidden him perfectly.

Even the well-informed Asmodeus would probably not think that such a useless Child of Destiny still exists in the multiverse.

Therefore, if that person cannot be resurrected after a long period of time in hell, Russell may not be able to make a comeback... Even if Hill does not come, this child will definitely enter the Tower of Black Mystery, and he will know it from Gilbert Many secrets related to the world.

Although the archmage monitors his students, he does not monitor them all the time. Especially when he is so anxious and has to be taken care of by others soon, he must be more concerned about other things. Besides, with Russell's luck, he will not be able to monitor his students all the time. It would be so unlucky.

But Hill also understood that if it weren't for the things he did after arriving in Toril, with Asmodeus's mobility, he would probably have conquered Paradise Mountain faster.

As long as he thinks of this, Hill's mood will instantly improve.

Especially when he felt that his situation was no longer particularly dangerous... World Tree might not have noticed Hill's inexplicable disappearance before, but after Hill came into contact with Styx, he would definitely know.

Although it is unknown when the River Styx arose, it is the first and middle birth of the fantasy world, and everything else was born near the World Tree.

Otherwise, there would be no saying that this ancestor knew all the secrets of the multiverse... The elemental world plus the River Styx would be enough for him to understand all the secrets.

It’s just that he definitely won’t pay attention to every little thing.

But he will definitely be very concerned about the contact between Styx and his descendants, even if there is a red dragon in the middle as an intermediary. As long as the power of nature and the power of death meet, they will feel each other's roots.

After all, the ancestor of World Tree is actually very defensive, and he will never tolerate Styx touching his family at will.

It's another thing for a child to seek death on his own. It's definitely not okay if others dare to touch it.

Although Hill had counted on this at the beginning, he really didn't expect that it would go so smoothly.

In fact, he was just thinking that if he was really discovered and Asmodeus chased him until there was no way out, he would run directly to hell... The Styx River flows through the uppermost level of the Nine Hells.

As long as he jumped into the River Styx, the roots of his ancestors might reach in.

In that case, he would be easier to escape than the elemental world.

It's just that this kind of thing is easy to do but hard to say, and Hill is embarrassed to talk to his own tower spirit.

Normally, he would have the greatest chance of being fished out, but... Hill could pretend that he didn't know there was such a way.

Otherwise, it would not be painless if the ancestor's head was hit by the tree roots.

So he still rushed into this world with the hope that he could escape.

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Russell had no idea what his teacher, who had changed his name to Hilbert, was thinking about. He only knew that this new teacher was more ruthless than his ancestor who didn't know what he was doing.

I don’t know if the Heinalson family has any special educational heritage. Why do all the official mages like to squeeze the limits of their students?

If it weren't for the magic analysis book left behind by the suspected ancestor, Russell felt that he would never be able to read this so-called 'apprentice's notebook' within seven days based on those vague booklets on the bookshelf. It would also allow Carpenter to make some progress.

The most troublesome thing is that their little light ball reminds them of meditation, meal and rest time every day... At such a stressful time, they both have to sleep for 4 hours a day.

Because a mage has a very strong mental power, 4 hours is a very sufficient amount of sleep time!

Even when nothing happens, Russell can only sleep for 6 hours at most.

He really didn't understand Teacher Gilbert's thoughts, but as an apprentice, Russell could only do it honestly.

Russell had a very fulfilling seven days.

Even Carpenter, who had always been a bit lazy due to lack of talent, was put on a fast track by him.

Therefore, when the time came and they walked towards the passage that had been hidden from them for seven days, even Carpenter, who had been overly nervous when facing strong men, couldn't help but relax for a few seconds.

Russell glanced at his sister, whose shoulders were in relaxed mode. For a moment, he really suspected that his teacher did this just to let them understand that there is nothing worthy of awe except knowledge.

But looking at the thick notes in his hand and the last five questions left after deletions and deletions, he felt that he was thinking too much.

Then, he walked firmly towards Gilbert, who had turned to look at them.

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"Good day, teacher." The two apprentices bowed respectfully.

"Is there any problem?" Hill tilted his head slightly, "It seems that you have had a fulfilling seven days, which is good."

"Yes, teacher." Russell replied neatly, "It feels good that I didn't waste any time.

However, I still have five questions that I have yet to find answers to. "

"Oh~" Hill smiled with interest, "You tell me."

He was actually very happy that Russell dared to ask questions after the first study...after all, what he said at the beginning could easily make people afraid to ask questions.

Knowing that he might make a mistake and be punished by the teacher, he still persisted in asking questions. Russell, if nothing else, has really strong willpower and is full of enthusiasm and desire for knowledge.

This is really an excellent quality for a child who is barely 16 years old.

Talent is indeed very useful in the initial stage, and of course it will not be useless in the later stages, but willpower can determine how far a mage can go in the future.

But understanding the weight of knowledge can allow a mage to reach high in the sky.

Then Hill quickly discovered Russell's weakness: this kid was really confused about the principles of change spells.

Three of the five questions were related to the system of change.

This child seems to think that they are all transformation spells, and there must be some connection between them. However, he is a little unclear about the connection between the 'switching spell' and the 'forbidden light spell', but he always feels that there is still a connection.

Although the question is a bit strange, ordinary children will not have this kind of inference about the principles of law.

As long as most people can learn it, it's fine, and they won't think about so many reasons... They all put this time to the future when they are stronger.

Hill thought for a while and then said with a smile: "I can't answer this question for you yet, but you can try it yourself."