Chapter 54: Dark Clouds on the Island

Chapter 54: Dark Clouds on the Island

Chapter 54: Dark Clouds on the Island
As for what happened the night before, Ekz couldn't control his anger, and the noise was so loud that it spread in all directions, allowing people with ulterior motives outside the castle to hear some of the noise.

In the past two days, a woman outside the castle searched the island all over, seemingly looking for someone.

"I don't know where this damn Billel has gone. He has made my legs thinner."

The woman was wearing a leather skirt and a long sword hung at her waist. Perhaps she hadn't taken care of it for a long time, so her blonde hair, face and clothes looked a little messy. She found a mark left by her partner and tried to contact him through the secret mark, but there was no movement.

The exhaustion from days of searching made her start to curse.

After scolding, she still had to continue searching.

A moment later, she came to another area of ​​the island, on a pool of water not far from the seashore, and found another mark, but there was still no signal from the secret mark.

"Damn Birrell."

"Damn, damn."

She didn't care about etiquette and sat down on the stone next to her. She felt unsatisfied and kept muttering to herself.

With a bang, there was a loud noise in the pool, and waves splashed all around.

The woman was so frightened that she jumped up, turned around, drew her sword, and stared at the pool warily. A strange demonized sea snake poked its head out of the pool. The snake's body was as big as her and as thick as her legs. The woman thought to herself that she was unlucky.

"Hiss."

The demonized sea snake's head began to wriggle, and its dense scales retreated to the sides, gradually turning into a human head.

The woman's eyes widened and her gaze was fixed there, because she saw a somewhat familiar face. How could this be possible?

"Birrell?" the woman tried to call out.

"It's been a while, Pernie." The demonized sea snake, with half of its body still in the water, responded to her with a human head on the upper half.

"You...how did you become like this?" In Penny's eyes, Birrell had always been a favored child of the emperor, a handsome young man, a person with the rare fifth-level wizard talent, one level higher than herself, but he turned into this strange appearance in front of her, no different from a wild beast.

"Hiss..." Birrell's head had many snake features, and his tongue became thin and long, changing his tone of voice. "I am different from you. You have the favor of Earl Hobson and the valuables he gave you. What about me? How can I survive otherwise?

Penny, you have no right to say this, you have no right to look at me like this, I want to kill Toines, kill him--"

Stimulated by Penny's gaze, Billel became more and more excited as he spoke, his snake body swaying and ripples on the pool.

Pernie was frightened by his appearance, but she quickly calmed down and said, "I have good news for you. Someone else successfully broke into the castle and stole Ecks's potion and magic stone, which made Ecks furious. But they didn't catch anyone, and it seems that they didn't even see their shadow. I think there is something strange here, and it may be our chance."

Bieler rushed forward and stared at her with his snake-like pupils: "How did you know?"

Penny frowned and said, "I'm lucky to be nearby. I left a backup plan in the castle."

Seeing that the news did not seem false, Biller fell into deep thought.

No one knew better than him that when Wizard Toins was in charge of the castle, it was extremely difficult to break into the castle without being discovered, and even leaving the island was not easy.

Purney suggested expectantly, "Birrell, how about we go and seize the ship?"

Billel refused without a second thought: "No, there are puppets on the ship, and there is a giant iron-edged turtle guarding nearby. There may also be cloud servants. The possibility of seizing the ship is very small." His huge body fell into the pool little by little.

"what are you going to do?"

"I thought of something. I'm going to go find the thief you mentioned and team up with him. Wait for my good news."

"Wait, wait - damn Billel, you didn't keep your word. You promised to accompany me out of here."

By the pond, Penny walked back and forth in a lost and impatient manner, looking at the empty water surface.

…Inside the castle, in a dormitory on the left side, Ivan was already looking at the rest of the contents of the spell book.

Vine Entanglement, casting time 3 seconds, distance 7 meters. Cost: 1 spirit point, 1 mana point; Strength: 3-4 scales, can be up to 5 scales with casting materials.

"Is mana energy particles?"

He received some information from the crystal ball, basic spell model knowledge, which introduced that mana is the energy particles in his body, and the number is basically the same as the mental scale.

When casting a spell, you need mana as a trigger to fully cast the spell.

It takes time to cast a spell, but fortunately the spell has a wide range of effect. Once you become proficient in it, you can cast spells while retreating tactically, or use it in conjunction with swordsmanship, making it impossible to defend against.

Vine Entanglement has the lowest consumption. Since his current strength is not high, he will be in a dilemma of running out of mana after casting two spells.

Strength generally refers to the strength of spell attacks. When applied to vine entanglement, it refers to the toughness of the vines. The specific strength is difficult to compare for the time being.

Casting spells also involves another factor - the spell model. The spell model is the cornerstone of casting spells and needs to be outlined in the mind first, just like meditating on runes.

When fighting, first use mental power to outline a spell model, and then use magic power as an energy inducer. The combination of the two can initially materialize the spell, and then use incantations to attract the corresponding energy particles around. The combination of the three is a complete spell.

After understanding all the factors involved in casting a spell, Ivan came to the conclusion that the vine entanglement spell would probably take a month to complete.

“Try to learn it in one month.”

He struggled in his heart for a while and gave up the idea of ​​using the optical spell of wisdom.

To become a second-class apprentice in one month can be attributed to the proper use of potions, combined with understanding and luck, and to learn a spell in a few days. This clearly shows that there is something wrong with oneself and is not advisable.

Toins said it was still early and they would not have to pay the price so soon, there was still time.

Time passes day by day.

A month later.

Among the group of young men, there was still no one who became a second-class apprentice.

Iwen learned the spell of vine entanglement and made progress in many subjects. The biggest change was in energy particle science, which was not only upgraded to level 1, but also surpassed meditation.

After optimization and adjustment by the Light of Wisdom, he became more and more proficient in manipulating energy particles.

Fighting Qi and meditation do not conflict with each other. Many people practice breathing techniques at the same time, and he is no exception. Practicing the Eye of the Bat has increased his agility by 0.2 levels, reaching 3.8 levels.

[Pharmacy: lv3 (6/300)]
[Knight's Breathing Skills: lv3 (168/300)]
[Energy Particle Science: Lv1 (35/100)]
[Meditation: Lv1 (21/100)]
[Runes: Lv1 (3/100)]
[Linguistics: lv1 (22/100)]
Ivan put away the light film in his field of vision, wondering whether he should go to the little green-winged snake Lar to try to get some mental potion or formula.

A month passed, and the 12th meditation rune had not been deciphered, which made him realize the difficulty.

His energy particle science was upgraded to level 1, and he gained a level 1 light of wisdom. However, he was reluctant to use it. It was a bit of a waste to use it on meditation runes. Unfortunately, he didn't have the recipe for the mental power potion.

"Brother Ivan."

"Morning."

As he walked out of the dormitory, people would greet him from time to time on the road.

Among this group of people, his status as the eldest brother has become a recognized fact, and he is very powerful.

Laurie now avoids him, trying to avoid him whenever possible, for fear of meeting him face to face.

(End of this chapter)