166 Gap (1/2)

”What business do you have for Silver Wings?” asked Hawk curiously.

Roland raised his cup at the rest of them and drank a mouthful of the wine, before he continued: ”How many Mages are there in Silver Wings? I'm talking about the dogged players who would not delete their characters halfway.”

”Around ten.” Hawk thought for a moment and continued, ”You know that Mage is too hard a class. Not everybody is as gifted as you. We have a lot of spellcasters, but most of them are Warlocks and Priests.”

Since the appearance of the Warriors was weakened, the number of Warlocks had soared. After all, Charm was the main stat for Warlocks, and Warlocks could automatically learn skills when they reached certain levels.

As a result, Warlocks were handsome and easy to play. Everybody liked that.

”I'm planning to establish a study group,” Roland said. ”You can ask the Mages of your guild to come to our Magic Tower and study together with the magic apprentices.”

Huh?

Not just Hawk, but Link and Jett were confused too.

Hawk asked Roland in confusion, ”Aren't you already the best Mage? Can't you teach those magic apprentices?”

Roland replied in embarrassment, ”I can teach them the theories, but when it comes to understanding and action, there is… a gap between me and them.”

After a long, stunned moment, Hawk said helplessly, ”Got it. The basics in the eyes of the experts and the basics in the eyes of the ordinary people are different, aren't they?”

Roland found it awkward too. ”I really don't know how I should explain myself.”

Indeed, Roland had explained every spell model detailed and clearly, but some of the simple actions for him were very hard in the eyes of the magic apprentices.

For example, an apprentice once asked, ”Deputy Chairman, how can you export magic power from this point to another point quickly?”

”You just focus enough magic power on the start point and push it to your destination with more mental power,” answered Roland.

But the magic apprentice was stunned. ”But how can I know whether or not I've gathered enough magic power?”

Roland said matter-of-factly, ”You can easily tell with your instincts.”

Then, the magic apprentice refused to talk to him again.

Looking at the apprentice's state, Roland remembered an old joke.

An experienced worker was teaching a student, and the student asked, ”Sir, how can you notice the flaw in the part we're working on just with your hand?”

”You just put your hand on the part and close your eyes.”

In the end, the student changed his career and became an equipment operator.

Although Roland believed in hard work, he had to admit that the gap between people in terms of talent could be desperately huge.

The magic apprentices were in a swamp, and they couldn't see Roland even if they were to raise their heads. They couldn't understand Roland's perception of magic power.