Encounter (above)

　　"Boom."

　　There was a loud and dull ringing sound, and it seemed that the whole basement was shaking.

　　After a while, Merlin stood up from the ground, he slightly patted his head, his head and clothes were covered with dust. And on the ground, the huge ball of fire hit the place, the direct formation of a half-meter diameter crater, it is clear that the huge ball of fire just how terrifying power.

　　Merlin hurriedly checked in the sea of consciousness and found that the horizontal frame had turned gray again, while the spell model had not changed much other than after the mana had been consumed again.

　　Looking at the huge crater on the ground, Merlin still has some palpitations, the power of that ball of fire, beyond his expectations, and the appearance of that huge ball of fire, must have a close relationship with the horizontal frame that appeared in the sea of consciousness for no reason.

　　Next, Merlin exhausted all his options, he paid close attention to the changes of the horizontal frame in the sea of consciousness, and finally, Merlin discovered the function of the horizontal frame.

　　It turns out that as long as Merlin released the fireball spell three times, the color of the horizontal frame will change from gray to red, at this time, as long as thespiritual power to stimulate the horizontal frame, then the spell model will be tugged, releasing a giant-like fireball, the power is terrifying, than the general fireball, at least three times stronger.

　　The reason for the appearance of the horizontal frame, Merlin puzzled, perhaps because of the "Matrix" redesigned spell model, or perhaps because of Merlin's travellers, so the horizontal frame appeared.

　　However, whatever the reason, this horizontal frame is of great benefit to Merlin, at least for the moment, being able to be three times more powerful than a normal level zero spell. Although Merlin does not know how powerful the first level spells are, but if the cross frame is activated, the fireball it releases, even if it is worse than the first level spells, it should not be much worse.

　　Moreover, this is Merlin's hidden power, which can be used as a killer application.

　　Based on the huge fireball released by the horizontal frame, Merlin then called the fireball spell inspired by the horizontal frame the Great Fireball spell, and the name is very apt and figurative.

　　Next, Merlin was in the basement, continuing to practice his fireball technique.

　　Late at night, Merlin was lying on his writing desk in the dim candlelight, carefully flipping through the last volume of the spell handbook.

　　Aita old man's spell handbook has a total of three volumes, the first book is aita old man about the caster of some introduction, as well as the usual spell casting some experience.

　　The second book is dedicated to recording the various spell models constructed by old man Etta over the past ten years, with much effort. Merlin finished the first two volumes of the spell handbook, and thus reconstructed the spell model, and also simulated the spell model of fireball spell in the sea of consciousness, but he discovered some of his current shortcomings during the practice of fireball spell in the basement.

　　One of the most important points is the lack of spiritual power!

　　The spell model is related to whether or not you can become a spell caster, while the spiritual power is related to whether or not you can become a more powerful spell caster. Therefore, a powerful spell caster, whether in building a spell model or in spiritual power, must be very good in order to overcome all the obstacles along the way and eventually become a powerful spell caster high above the ground.

　　And the only way to improve spiritual power is to meditate.

　　The current spiritual power of Merlin, canonly control a spell model, if you want to build a second spell model in the sea of consciousness, he is not able to do it. This is why Merlin looked at old man Eta's spellbook, he believed that old man Eta would have left a spiritual meditation in the spellbook.

　　The mysterious third handbook, Merlin slowly turned over, from the few pages inside, did find some spiritual meditation ideas, but these spiritual meditation ideas, according to the introduction of old man Aita, are only primary meditation ideas, the effect is limited.

　　These meditations also each have some different characteristics, some meditations are good at restoring mental energy, once the loss of too much mental energy, this time meditation, will be able to recover in a very short period of time.

　　And some meditation methods can grow spiritual power, Merlin want is this type of meditation ideas to grow spiritual power.

　　After careful selection, Merlin selected a primary meditation and began to follow the method of this meditation, closing his eyes and keeping his mental energy smooth.

　　Like this kind of spiritual meditation, it is necessary to practice for a long time to change in a subtle way, so Merlin opened his eyes and stood up after mastering the steps of meditation, and did not check the situation of spiritual power, and he did not expect the spiritual meditation to work immediately.

　　"Young Master Merlin."

　　Outside the door of the room, Lucretia's voice rang out.

　　"Come in."

　　Merlin was up and dressed by now.

　　Lucretia pushed open the door, came into the room with her head down, and said to Merlin, "Master Merlin, the butler asked me to come and take the young master's measurements so that he could make some clothes for him."

　　Merlin looked down at his body, he also recently felt, the clothes on his body seem to be a little smaller, his body type is not sure why, these months like a balloon, quickly become strong, the previous clothes to wear, looks very ill-fitting, and very inconvenient to move.

　　"Come on."

　　Merlin hesitated, but still took off his jacket, wearing only a thin shirt, opened his hands and gestured for Lucretia to come up and measure his body.

　　Lucretia hurriedly came forward, measuring tape in hand, to measure Merlin's height.

　　But Merlin these months, the height has also surged a big cut, so Lucretia some reach, they can only stand on tiptoe, gently next to Merlin's forehead, hard to measure the height of Merlin.

　　Lucretia tilted her head, wearing a white maid's outfit, the collar put a little open, Merlin slightly lowered his head, you can see a gorgeous white inside.

　　Lucretia was already very beautiful, a few freckles on her face, not only did not affect her beauty, but also looked a little charming. Merlin's eyes were slightly narrowed, his gaze was somewhat recklessly measuring Luciga, and for a while, even though it was cold outside the old castle, Merlin still felt a hot breath that seemed to rise up inside his body.

　　"Young Master Merlin, the measurement is ready."

　　Lucretia seemed to notice Merlin's gaze, the look on her face was somewhat alarmed, and she hurriedly took a few steps back, lowering her head and not daring to look at Merlin.

　　"All right, you get out."

　　Merlin waved his hand and sent Lucretia away, he walked to the mirror, looking at the young face inside, Merlin could not help but smile slightly and murmured: "It seems to be held in for a little too long ..."

　　Merlin has always had a sense of crisis since he came to this world, so whatever he does, he is careful and appears to be cautious.

　　Then came into contact with the spell, it will be a heart to the spell up.

　　But after all, the age of this body is only a mere sixteen years old, it is the age of blood and vigor, even if he does not have such a mind, but the body will also involuntarily appear some reaction.

　　Merlin put on his jacket and went downstairs, but he didn't see Mei Xue's figure.

　　"Butler, where is Mei Xue?"

　　"Miss May Snow has left for church."

　　Merlin nodded, he has been busy practicing fireball in the basement this month, from time to time even Mei Xue's face. However, seeing that Mei Xue leaves so early and returns late every day, it seems that there is still no breakthrough to become an elemental swordsman.

　　For elemental swordsman, Merlin only knows some general, to break through to become a real elemental swordsman, how exactly to do, Merlin is not very clear.

　　However, to become an elemental swordsman, the most important thing is the accumulation of elements, only when the elements have accumulated to a certain level in the body, you can successfully become an elemental swordsman.

　　Mei Xue is a fire attribute physique, what is needed is the accumulation of fire elements, the spell model in Mei Lin's sea of consciousness is also absorbing fire elements, there may be some commonality between the two.

　　"When Mei Xue comes back, find some time, try it out and see if you can help her break through to become an elemental swordsman."

　　Merlin made up his mind.

　　After breakfast, Merlin wrapped a gray scarf around his neck and walked directly outside the old castle.

　　The butler asked with some surprise, "Young Master Merlin, you want to go out?"

　　"I'm going out for a walk."

　　"Young Master Merlin wait a moment, I'll get Moss."

　　Merlin shook his head slightly and said, "No, I just want to go out for a walk by myself."

　　After saying that, ignoring the butler's surprise, he directly left the ancient castle.

　　Merlin walked a little way to the front of old man Etta's cabin.

　　Looking at the cabin from afar, Merlin's expression was complicated.

　　The cabin has been completely deserted, because this is where the evil heretics used to live, so there is usually no one at all, the small garden in front of the cabin, there were still some flowers and plants left, at this time are covered with snow, you can only see a white blanket.

　　Merlin hands in his coat pockets, with his hat on his head, he looked around and saw that there was indeed no one there, before he stepped forward and pushed open the rusty iron fence and walked up the wooden stairs.

　　Merlin took off his hat and gently patted the snowflakes off his hat, he looked up at the second floor and was about to walk upstairs when suddenly, his eyes narrowed slightly and his expression instantly turned tense.

　　"Footprints, someone has been here."

　　Merlin said softly, he saw the original covered with dust on the stairs, actually appeared a very clear footprints, and look at its top also stained with some very wet mud, it is clear that these footprints of time is not long, someone came here, or even, the other party is likely to be still upstairs!

　　Thinking of this, Merlin looked upstairs warily, then gently put on his hat, lightened his footsteps, and carefully walked towards the upper floors.

　　The footprints on the stairs are still very clear, thanks to the cabin has not been cleaned for a long time, so the stairs are particularly dusty, which can be very clear to see the footprints.

　　Came to the second floor, Merlin carefully looked at the handle on the door, there is very little dust on it, should be someone holding the handle to open the door.

　　"Who the hell is it?"

　　Merlin did not rush into the house, he squinted his eyes, his mind flashed through one familiar person after another, the footprints looked very petite, not like a man's footprints, but should be a woman.

　　"Could it be Miss Keris?"

　　Merlin could not help but think of Kaelis, after all, the old man Aita is an evil heretic, the people of Blackwater City, generally do not dare to approach here, and with the old man Aita acquaintance and often come and go, only Merlin and Kaelis.

　　At that moment, Merlin's keen hearing suddenly heard a very light footsteps coming from the house, it was someone coming towards the door.

　　Merlin's heart moved, hurriedly close to hide in the left side of the door, eyes firmly on the door.