[Human beings cannot control their creations, and the world turns into purgatory.]

[The gods listen to the groans of the faithful.]

[They complained together to Candesbronn, who ruled the world:

"Look, this is the terrifying and furious monster you created? No one in the world can take up arms to fight against it."]

[It travels across the land, turning the land into lava, the forests into ashes, and the rivers drying up.]

[It does not leave wives with their husbands, daughters with their fathers, and mothers with their children.]

[So the gods asked Candesbronn to create another monster that was as violent, as powerful, and as terrifying as it to rival it.]

[They believe that this will definitely bring new peace to the world.]

[Thus, the second monster was born, which drew power from Ninur's Tower.]

[It has the same appearance, the same rage, and the same power as the first monster.]

[They fight in the ruined cities, they fight on the burning and cracked plains, they fight on the crumbling and collapsed mountains, they fight in the endless blue sea...]

[Everyone is waiting for the fate of the gods, but they are always high above.]

[Finally, Samikina, the god who symbolizes death and redemption, marveled at the power of the two monsters, so he subdued them and brought them to Zero Prison.]

[One is placed in Aniaheim to protect the Lightless City; the other is placed in Osiphelm to protect the Lake of Burning Blood...]

…

In fact, although this book is called "The Epic of Menton", the real protagonist "Munton" does not appear until the middle and late stages of the book.

According to the description in the book, Menton is a hero born in the post-Kandersbronn era. Legend has it that he was the son of the last emperor of Candesbronn in a dream and the goddess Wenbusha, the mother of all things.

Born with the body of a demigod.

In the process of growing up, he led the declining empire and wiped out the monsters that were ravaging the land. Finally, he climbed to Ossipurheim and faced the former empire's creation and the current guardian of the Lake of Burning Blood.

The final result of "Mangton's Epic" is also different from the epic stories that Jiang Xilin is familiar with.

Although the protagonist Menton in the story defeated monsters like the protagonists in other epic stories, he did not achieve a life of great splendor and glory like other epic protagonists.

In the story, Menton's act of destroying the guardians of the Lake of Burning Blood angered Samikina, the god of death and redemption.

The angry Samikina turned Menton into a giant beast that could only feed on souls but always remained hungry, and imprisoned him in the Lake of Burning Blood to take over the responsibility of guarding the entrance to Zero Prison.

…

Jiang Xilin, who was sitting on the sofa, casually put aside the "Menton Epic" that he had read more than half of, leaned back and put his hand on his forehead.

Various place names that are unclear whether they are fabricated or real, a lot of gods with intricate relationships, plus some humans who have inexplicable strange relationships with the gods, as well as strange offspring born between gods and gods, gods and humans, gods and animals

…

This seems to be what legendary stories or epics with mythological color should be.

At this moment, Jiang Xilin felt as if a ball of wool had been forcefully stuffed into his brain, which made him feel like he had returned to his high school days when he was once dominated by Mendel's peas.

Now he feels more and more what a wise decision it was to give up the path of the magic stick when he first came to the other world.

Compared with the chaotic and complicated theology, the arcane science that pays more attention to logical reasoning and analytical operations is more suitable for him.

It's getting late, and although he hasn't had dinner yet, Jiang Xilin doesn't plan to eat either.

Turning off the phlogiston lamp in the living room, he returned to the bedroom on the second floor.

…

…

A night of silence.

The next morning, Jiangxi Lin got up very early, washed up, and then made some breakfast in the kitchen.

After eating, we took the first steam bus and rushed to the Kingdom Scholars Union in Gressel District.

It's no different from the last scene.

The door of the Kingdom Scholars Association was closed tightly, and the candidates gathered in the square.

Jiangxi Lin's mood today is different from the last time. The difference is probably the mood when he took the Birdsong Level 4 and Birdsong Level 6 exams.

Soon, the door of the Kingdom Scholars Association opened, and the subjects entered the main building hall one after another.

Different from the last time when he didn't understand anything, this time Jiangxi Lin seemed to be much more familiar with the road.

He took the metal nameplate and quickly found the testing room on the third floor.

After entering the room, Jiang Xilin found that there were already four or five test takers participating in the assessment.

The oldest among them looks to be in his fifties, and the youngest... is naturally himself.

I found a seat and sat down quietly.

As time goes by, there are more and more people in the room.

Finally, when the examiner saw that everyone had arrived, he began to call names one by one and verify the information.

The first round is still a mental strength test.

As names were called one after another, red and green lights flashed alternately in the room.

The red light represents elimination, while the green light represents promotion.

This was not difficult for Jiang Xilin, and he did not deliberately suppress his mental strength like last time.

Suddenly a bright blue light filled the room, attracting everyone's attention.

Jiangxi Lin returned to his seat with a calm expression.

It's just basic operation, nothing to be proud of.

If it weren't for the Kingdom Scholars Association's plan to waste money and stipulate that the level must be rated one level, and promotion from junior level to intermediate level requires corresponding academic contributions, he would have been an intermediate arcanist long ago.

The second session is a theoretical test.

Jiangxi Lin still chose the branch of arcane magic.

What is worth mentioning is that he was the only one who chose the arcane magic circle branch in this junior arcanist level evaluation.

"At such a young age, he has the mental strength of an intermediate arcanist. If he is willing to study carefully, he will at least be a high-level arcanist in the future. Unfortunately, he chose the arcane magic circle study."

The three examiners all felt sorry for him, but they did not give him "life advice" like Andorra did.

The questions in the test papers have been prepared in advance.

Jiang Xilin got the test paper and looked through it. He found that there were a total of twenty short answer questions on it, and more than half of them appeared in the books Anglia Tongen gave him, and they were all underlined by Tongen.

of.

So, does this count as her winning the question?

Jiang Xilin felt that if her predictions were so accurate, it would be more profitable to set up a "Tong'en Arcane Array Branch Arcanist Rating Tutorial Center" than to run the current Tong'en Research Institute.

"It should be that the branch of arcane magic circle science is not taken seriously, so the relevant knowledge is very lacking. In addition, the assessments organized by the Kingdom Scholars Association are very frequent, so the examiner has no questions to answer."

Jiang Xilin was distractedly thinking about these messy things while burying his head in writing furiously.

There is no doubt that he was the first person to complete the test questions and received full marks.

After submitting the test paper, the examiner saw Jiang Xilin sitting in his seat looking around as if he was doing nothing, so he decided to give him the third test - the practical test - without waiting for the others.

The question of the practical test is to etch a set of standard arcane energy matrices within the specified time.

The Kingdom Scholars Association and the Kingdom Arcanist Society jointly stipulated that a standard arcane energy matrix consists of four basic arcane energy arrays.

This is a new regulation introduced at the beginning of this year to save arcane materials.

Jiang Xilin clearly remembered that the first time he etched the basic arcane energy circle, it took him almost a day to complete it.

And now...

Sorry, in less than an hour, he successfully completed the etching of four basic arcane energy formations.

Then it took another ten minutes to skillfully combine the four basic arcane energy arrays into a standard arcane energy matrix.

"Mr. Examiner, I'm done."

Jiangxi Lin raised his hand.
Chapter completed!