Chapter 139: Level 3 Apprentice Limit
Chapter 139: The Limits of a Third-Class Apprentice (3000-word chapter)
Two months passed in a flash.
On one side of the teaching area, there is a wide shooting range for testing spells.
An apprentice in a grey robe with half brown and half green hair came to the information desk outside the shooting range and stood still. The two people inside the information desk could sense an invisible sense of oppression from him.
This made the two men dare not delay and they stood up quickly.
"What scale is the strongest spell target?"
"The upper limit is 16 scales. As long as you don't use special spellcasting materials and don't intentionally damage the crystal scale, the spell test target will not be damaged. You can use any scale on the ground. We will clean it up ourselves afterwards."
"Give me the strongest target for testing spells."
"Chenghui 15 magic stones, need to register your name."
After registration, one of them took a glance - Ivan Marichatton, an unknown name. He walked out of the information desk and led Ivan to the test range inside.
The spell testing range is extremely spacious, a place similar to a stadium, divided into several rooms with no ceiling.
According to the staff, there is a protective film on it, which prevents harmful energy particles or smoke from drifting to other rooms.
After a while, Ivan came to one of the testing rooms.
After the staff left, he began to test his attack.
"Try the power of fighting spirit first."
Ivan drew the long sword from his waist, weighed it in his hand, and found it was twice as heavy as the previous sword.
This was a long sword engraved with delicate patterns. It was not the sword he had used before, nor was it the Quillen sword given to him by his brother Paul. Instead, it was a low-level magic item he had refined not long ago. There were lines hidden in the patterns on it.
The sword is called 'Iron Shell Sword' and has the attribute of sharpness. After activating the rune beam on it, it can become sharper. It can also be enlarged and extended, and the sword body can be extended to six meters.
When I purchased the blueprints, there were magic sword items such as the Flame Sword, Ice Sword, and Wind Sword.
He didn't need those fancy abilities, and finally chose the sharpness of the iron sword.
"Oh!"
The next second he walked closer quickly, and the iron sword in his hand, entangled with fighting spirit, accurately slashed on the spell test target, accompanied by a dull sound.
The spell testing target is two meters high and is made entirely of metal. The rod below is made of hard metal, and the round target above with a diameter of one meter is made of soft metal. They should all be mixed metals and are a work of alchemy.
A small crystal is embedded in the metal rod, which is connected to the target above.
There are scales on the crystal surface, which clearly show the test results.
"Nine scales."
Ivan nodded with satisfaction. This was the strongest attack he could make with his fighting spirit alone.
He activated the rune beam of the iron-shell sword and struck the spell test target again.
11 scale.
The effect is good.
Low-level magic items have a drawback, which is that they consume a lot of energy when activated, so it is best to charge them before use and keep them ready for later use.
'The Dark Hand'
He casually crushed three low-grade magic stones and slapped the spell test target with one hand. A transparent palm with a faint black glow formed in the air. The palm was more than one meter long, and a string of runes was faintly visible in the palm, which heavily slammed the test target.
12 scale.
"Not bad, it only consumes 3 scales of mental power and 1 scale of mana."
Ivan was also quite satisfied that a casual attack could have such power. The highlight of the Black Magic Hand was its special effect. It could form a strong mental deterrent to living beings, and even shake their minds and cause physical stiffness.
The Dark Hand can also be used in conjunction with a rune array, just as he did in the Kanda Mine.
To this end, he developed another array based on the original stone array, which is hanging on his bracelet.
Nowadays, there are a few more pendants on the bracelet on his wrist, including three small square shields, which are the green tree stars, and three small round plates, which are the circular array plates he developed, which can be enlarged when used.
He estimated that if he used the array plate to launch the strongest attack of the Black Demon's Hand, the spell test target might not be able to withstand it, but the consumption would be too great, so he would not use it easily.
'Thorn Jungle'
He then stomped his feet and cast another spell.
At this moment, he was 15 meters away from the spell target. A large number of thorny vines drilled out of the ground and surrounded the spell target. The dense thorny vines avoided the crystal scale and launched a joint stranglehold on the test target, a real thorny vine stranglehold.
The harsh friction sound was endless.
He frowned and waved his hand. The thorny vines dispersed, revealing a crystal dial with 12 scales.
Cost: 3 ticks of spirit, 3 ticks of mana.
He took out a piece of dead branch and cast Thorny Jungle once again. This time the vines were completely different. Many of them had clear rune patterns on them, and there was a frosty air in the jungle.
The strangulation ended and the scale was revealed - 14.
The spell energy consumption remained the same, and he called it "Thorn Forest", which was further improved by combining the thorn forest with specific runes. He didn't know how other people's improved spells were, but his powerful spells were all combined with runes, and he found that runes and spells were surprisingly compatible.
"When you are surrounded by people, using this spell will also have a good effect."
He nodded slightly. In fact, according to his tactics, the greatest effect of the Thorn Jungle was to use it in conjunction with the Swift Wood Silkworms, allowing the Swift Wood Silkworms to shuttle through it. Obviously, the effect could not be tested here.
In addition to these two spells, he also deduced 'Strong Immobilization' and 'Eyes of Shadows: Bug Version', both of which are auxiliary spells.
Afterwards, Ivan tried changing the casting mode several times, and it took him a while to leave the spell testing room, leaving a mess on the ground.
Shortly after he left, two people pushed the door and entered the testing room. They felt the remaining energy particles and compared them with the scale on the crystal watch. They looked at each other and were a little surprised.
"Look, this is definitely a wizard seed, and an extreme apprentice who is just waiting to be promoted to a wizard. I wonder which group he came from."
"There are so many talented people emerging recently. I don't know when we will have a chance to shine."
The two of them obviously guessed that the person just now was at the limit of a third-class apprentice. This kind of apprentice is the most difficult to mess with. Not to mention their status, their strength alone is not easy to mess with, not to mention that the other party may become a formal wizard one day.
On the other side, Ivan had already left the teaching area.
If he knew the two people's guesses, he would definitely say, you are both right.
Strength: 4.6, Agility: 6.3, Constitution: 5.5, Spirit: 15
His mental power increased from 11 to 15. He used three bottles of medium-level magic stone water, the second one increased it by 2.1, the third by 1.5, and the fourth by 0.4. Then his mental power seemed to have encountered a solid wall and could not make any further progress.
At the wizard apprentice stage, fifteen scales is the limit of spiritual power.
One step up is to become a formal wizard.
When he stood with other apprentices, he felt a sense of oppression, but it was because he had not yet fully adapted to his current extreme state. His mental strength was too full and dissipated unintentionally, giving people a feeling of oppression.
"Evan Marichatton, Wizard Bernardson wants to see you."
"Please lead the way."
In front of the dormitory door of the living area, there was a shadow ant servant waiting there.
In another wizard tower, Ivan met Bernardson, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. Bernardson belonged to the patrol team, and he roughly guessed what the other party was going to say.
"Wan'an, Wizard Bernardson."
When he saw him for the first time, Bernardson paused for a moment before nodding.
Bernardson remembered clearly that the other party's talent was only third-rate, which was neither good nor bad. It was truly impressive that he had reached this point so quickly.
He also knew that whether or not one could become a wizard was another matter. The probability of an apprentice with third-rate talent being promoted to a formal wizard was not very high. If one could not be promoted to a wizard, everything would be in vain.
"You followed me from Tidal Island to the Mona Ant Farm Hut, so I'll just tell you what I want to say."
"Please tell me."
"I want to tell you three things."
Ivan's heart was filled with awe, and he listened carefully to every word that followed.
"First, your teacher, Wizard Toins, is indeed alive. He must have some mental problems. He is very likely to abandon the way of wizards, betray the academy, and become our enemy."
"Second, we didn't find him in person. He is now missing."
"Third, if he comes looking for you, remember to notify the patrol team in time."
Bernardson stated his words in a calm tone. They went to hunt down Toins but returned in vain, having lost track of him again. They suspected that Toins had joined other forces and received help from other wizards.
The academy will not ignore any of the wizards under its jurisdiction, no matter whether they are good or bad, and there must be a result.
Ivan responded solemnly, "I understand."
He had a strong premonition that Toines would most likely come looking for him.
After returning to his dormitory from the Wu Tower, Ivan continued to summarize the gains and losses of the recent period.
[Pharmacy: lv6 (57/2000)]
[Runes: Lv5 (123/1500)]
[Energy Particle Science: Lv4 (35/1000)]
[Meditation: Lv3 (102/300)]
These were the subjects that had been upgraded on the academic master's panel not long ago, allowing him to successively reap the light of small wisdom, the light of wisdom, and the light of great wisdom.
It also consumed a lot of energy. He used it to optimize and develop spells. He consumed a total of five level 3 wisdom lights.
Fortunately, there is both inflow and outflow. Finally, the remaining light of wisdom on the panel are: one level 3, two level 5, one level 6, and three levels of light of great wisdom, which is actually an increase compared to before.
He knew in his heart that some subjects were destined not to be able to be advanced to very high levels, such as linguistics and biology. The difficulty of improvement increased significantly after the third level, and the final achievement was unlikely to be very high.
"Right now, the most important thing is promotion. We have to find a way to increase the success rate of promotion. As long as we become a first-level wizard, Toins won't be able to cause any trouble."
"A third-level talent only has a 4% promotion success rate. This is a really worrying number."
"I don't know how Pernie is doing. She probably became a third-class apprentice."
The first condition for being promoted to an official wizard is to have a mental power of 15 levels. Now that Ivan has achieved it, the next step is to prepare for the promotion. He must get the potions he needs, consider signing the contracts he needs to sign, and also do other things that need to be done.
In short, in order to be promoted to a formal wizard, he will do his best, and he is ready to do his best.
(End of this chapter)