Warlock of the Magus World 1-596

by Wen Chao Gong

  Using these Nitrogen Crystals to make a test tube — this was often used to store potions which were more valuable.

  According to the olden texts, test tube made from Nitrogen Crystals were known to have preserved the contents even after a thousand years.

  Within the faint yellow test tube, there was a ball of translucent liquid.

  Leylin casually swirled the test tube. Under the refraction of the light, the liquid within gave off a rainbow-coloured glow, as it continuously whirled, seemingly beautiful.

  “This is the Grine Water of the myths which could aid acolytes to breakthrough into an official Magus!” Leylin looked at the test tube and muttered.

  Earlier, under the suppression of the Magus from Lighthouse of the Night, the chairmen of Sage Gotham’s Hut and Whitewoods Castle had had no choice but to bow their heads, then leading their acolytes away.

  Even Torash’s professor was not that stupid to offend the high ranking Magus for the second time.

  As for Leylin and the rest, they were led back to Abyssal Bone Forest Academy by their professors.

  Leylin intentionally glanced and saw that at this moment the acolytes in Abyssal Bone Forest Academy did not amount to over 50.

  As for any regular academy, they would have thousands of acolytes!

  One can say that Sage Gotham’s Hut and Whitewoods Castle had accomplished their mission by almost swallowing the entire batch of successors in Abyssal Bone Forest Academy; if it were not for the fact that a few of their genius acolytes had perished inside the secret plane!

  Even so, they originally had 200 acolytes enter the secret plane. Yet in the end only about a hundred came out from it.

  Compared to Abyssal Bone Forest Academy, this was considered a great victory.

  “However… All these have nothing to do with me!” Leylin looked at the potion in his hands that seemed like an illusion.

  “What matters is that I got the Grine Water! Moreover, the academy has an anonymous exchange policy, which is extremely thoughtful for its acolytes!”

  On the way back to the academy, Leylin and the fortunate surviving acolytes were told about the contribution points they obtained and the details of it, where they can undergo the exchange privately.

  Furthermore, the person that was in charge of the exchange was an alchemy beast created by the chairman with no human feelings whatsoever, so it wouldn’t reveal the acolytes’ exchanges.

  One can say that although Abyssal Bone Forest Academy was extremely bloodthirsty, where there was a strong culture of the strong eats the weak, towards the protection of acolytes with true strength and abilities, they still did a rather good job.

  Leylin only barely managed to scrape 50 contribution points, exchanging for a standard amount of Grine Water.

  As for the catalogue on the contribution points exchange list, there were various precious ingredients, Rank 1 spell models, and even Spiritual Force Potions. Looking on, Leylin felt overwhelmed by it.

  At that time, deep down Leylin had some regret over not taking the few genius acolytes’ badges along with him.

  However, after seeing Jayden with a gloomy expression, Leylin very soon buried this tinge of regret deep inside his heart.

  Although Torash’s badge was worth at least 50 contribution points, which could be exchanged with many resources, the look that other acolytes had when they saw Jayden was full of pity.

  Incurring the wrath of an official Magus for these resources, was it really worth it?

  Moreover, the other professors did not know of their apprentices’ scores, yet Dorotte knew Jayden’s amount of contribution points like the back of his hand. Before anything else, at the very least, half of Torash’s contribution points would be taken by Dorotte.

  After all, he defended an opposing Rank 1 Magus for Jayden!

  “Before becoming an official Magus, it is best to maintain a low profile. There won’t be anything wrong with that!” Seeing Jayden’s outcome, Leylin steeled his heart with this resolve.

  His senior Merlin was a great example of this.

  Merlin’s achievements and talent in Potioneering could be said to be extraordinary. If not for Leylin cheating by using the A.I. Chip, he would definitely be left far behind in this aspect.

  But so what?

  It was due to Merlin’s reputation that made his enemies concentrate their attacks on him, finally causing him to die during the secret plane’s bloodbath.

  No matter how genius an acolyte was before they manage to grow strong, they weren’t even comparable to a pebble on the road.

  As for Leylin, he always created the false image of being inferior to Merlin, allowing Merlin to attract the attention off from him. He successfully managed to divert his enemy’s attention, so there were very few that bothered about him inside the secret plane.

  “However, this trick will not work for the time being!”

  Leylin toyed with the Grine Water in his hands, his face gradually turning solemn.

  The surviving acolytes after the bloodbath amounted to less than 50, which was even less than the number of professors.

  Moreover, all survivors will be deemed as elites!

  Under these circumstances, greater attention will be paid to any acolytes!

  Leylin did not have any confidence whatsoever to try anything funny for the fear of being discovered.

  “Perhaps, I should make a trip outside. Previously, Roman spoke of the high-grade meditation technique. If I found it, it would definitely be much better than the Grine Water…”

  Previously, before the Fallen Star Pendant was completed, Leylin had managed to swindle much information from that vengeful spirit, Roman, regarding the information of high-grade meditation technique left behind by the Great Magus Serholm.

  According to Roman, the inheritance of Great Magus Serholm was located inside the Dylan Gardens of the Zither Moon Mountain Plains.

  Magi who used high-grade meditation techniques were definitely stronger than Magi who used the Grine Water to breakthrough! Moreover, more potential would be realised, revealing more possibilities for future development.

  Leylin wanted to climb to the apex of the Magus World. If he wished to have the potential for future advancements, using the Grine Water to breakthrough would be his last resort.

  Thinking of the Fallen Star Pendant, Leylin removed the silvery grey cross from his neck.

  On the surface of the cross was embedded with various colours of gemstones, which looked to be an impeccable art piece.

  However, right now the gemstones on the Fallen Star Pendant seemed to glow dimly, as it had undergone a huge consumption.

  [Fallen Star Pendant: Low-grade Magic Artifact. Effect: Instantly cast a defence. Current condition: All energy consumed, 0%]

  The A.I. Chip showed the stats of the Fallen Star Pendant to Leylin.

  Fallen Star Pendant — it was the item that attributed the most to Leylin’s survival and killing the geniuses of the enemy this time.

  The instantaneous layer of defense that the silvery cross radiated, no matter if it was physical of magical resistance, had reached a very high degree. Few below the ranks of an official Magus could penetrate its defenses.

  However, in any world, the law of conservation of energy must be fulfilled. Every time the Fallen Star Pendant was activated, it required a consumption of energy. Once the energy was fully consumed, it wouldn’t be anything more than a pretty necklace!

  “The Fallen Star Pendant’s defence is rather good, only that the energy is not enough!”

  Leylin felt somewhat regretful, “A.I. Chip! Establish mission. Apart from the calculation ability for the Host, use all remaining computation abilities to find out ways to conserve the energy of the Fallen Star Pendant!”

  [Beep! Mission establishing! Beginning to use idle processes to calculate, time is unknown!] The A.I. Chip’s voice intoned.

  Leylin nodded his head and came to the experiment at the side. He placed the Fallen Star Pendant in the centr
e of a mysterious spell formation. Around it, were many blue glittering stones.

  “Activating process of recharging!”

  * Weng Weng! * With the command of Leylin, faint blue light beams shone from the formation. Starlight was extracted from these stones and placed into the Fallen Star Pendant.

  [Fallen Star Pendant recharging in process, current state: 1%….] The A.I. Chip’s voice intoned.

  The recharge of the Fallen Star Pendant actually only required for starlight to be shone on it. As long as it was bathed in starlight when the energy was fully consumed, the Fallen Star Pendant would automatically complete the recharging process.

  However, in the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy, wanting to bathe it in starlight was an impossible task. Thus, Leylin could only use other methods to conduct the recharging process.

  100 - An Exception

  Time passed by.

  The Abyssal Bone Forest Academy’s professors and acolytes had gradually recovered from all these sad events and adapted themselves to the present situation.

  The current Abyssal Bone Forest Academy had almost become a tomb.

  Within such a great academy, one would rarely see another soul.

  The classrooms were vacant, the Trading Area was left uninhabited and even the academy’s mission area — which has a large, wide wall; on which the missions were hung up — only had a few acolytes accepting missions.

  The entire Abyssal Bone Forest Academy had sunk into a stillness as silent and steady as a grave.

  In these circumstances, if an ordinary person were to stay here, he would be frightened to death!

  However; the great thing was that the acolytes who survived the bloodbath, as well as other professors, were extremely resolute; so they were able to maintain the operations of the academy, even under such circumstances.

  However, these state of affairs would not last very long.

  According to Leylin’s guess, the enrollment period for new acolytes joining the academies of the South Coast was fast approaching.

  This time, the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy would certainly lower their requirements. Then a large number of acolytes would be able to join and thus reinstate the glory on the surface.

  But the nurturing of any talented acolyte will consume a vast amount of time and energy, and not to mention the aptitude of 5th-grade acolytes — where and how would it be easy to find one with such a talent?

  The Abyssal Bone Forest Academy’s heritage had declined drastically during Leylin’s generation. It was likely that at least 10 years would be required to regain their former level of glory.

  However, Leylin wasn’t greatly concerned about these issues.

  He once again returned to a thread-like monotonous life — he would cooperate with his professor in his experiments and thus learn from experience.

  Meanwhile, he took advantage of the privileges granted to a Level 3 Acolyte — he purchased large amounts of magical resources and stored information on advanced subjects.

  Leylin’s aptitude in the Magus World was considered average, neither high nor low, but it was rather decent.

  Moreover, he had succeeded in advancing to a Level 3 Acolyte. In the future, there would be plenty of time for him to breakthrough into an official Magus!

  Considering this point, regardless of a professor or an acolyte, all would regard him as a person of very great importance.

  Whenever Leylin encounters an official Magus, he would greet them. In return, they would nod their heads in recognition and approval. Also, when acolytes see Leylin from afar, they would immediately greet him.

  As for Nyssa and the rest, they did not dare to appear in front of Leylin.

  Thinking of Nyssa, Leylin could not help but feel happy for her. In such a bloodbath, she was actually able to preserve her life and even obtain a few contribution points, which was an extremely difficult thing to do.

  He overheard that Nyssa had been able to exchange her contribution points for a potion to increase Spiritual Force and was preparing to breakthrough to Level 3 Acolyte.

  “I hope she succeeds! To heal her body, she needs to, at least, become a proper Magus!”

  Leylin thought of Nyssa’s injuries and was somewhat dismayed. Right now, in Abyssal Bone Forest Academy; there was only himself, Nyssa, and Jayden who hailed from the Chernobyl Islands.

  These thoughts only passed through Leylin’s mind. Very soon, he concentrated on the book in front of him.

  The book in his hands was extremely thick, the same thickness of two bricks together. However, the paper’s surface was extremely small. This was the style of ancient books.

  “Mother Earth laid down on the ground and gave birth to 7 children. They are Anger, Sorrow, Greed, Sloth, Lust, Gluttony, and Fear. Each of her children inherited one of their mother’s power, where they could rip apart mountains and part seas….”

  The book in Leylin’s hands concerned myths.

  “The ancient writing is extremely obscure, in it, many information about Magi is concealed…”

  Leylin’s eyes flashed as he commanded, “A.I. Chip! Record!”

  Ever since Leylin registered under the administrative area and became a potential Magus, he managed to obtain more access within Abyssal Bone Forest Academy.

  One of this was to peruse the hidden library section!

  Of course, within these books, many information regarding official Magus were erased. At the very most, they were briefly mentioned in passing, with cryptic writings. Normally, people would just gloss over this information.

  Even so, Leylin with the A.I. Chip obtained much more information from this hidden library section.

  First of all, the A.I. Chip had recorded almost all information that was beneath the topics of Magi. Right now, Leylin could vouch for himself that most professors in Abyssal Bone Forest Academy could not match his knowledge concerning acolytes.

  This was a great foundation buildup for Leylin in the acolyte level.

  At least now he was aware of the mistakes from breaking through to a Level 3 Acolyte and even tried to correct them.

  One should not look down on such information. If the mistakes are not corrected, even after Leylin becomes an official Magus, his Spiritual Force would stall for a long period of time, with no chance of ever breaking through.

  Furthermore, Leylin found some content regarding advanced meditation techniques.

  According to these bits and pieces, together with Roman’s information, Leylin could confirm that the chairman of Abyssal Bone Forest Academy and those leaders of major guilds and magisterium in the South Coast used these advanced meditation techniques to break through.

  Hence, they were able to achieve their current levels.

  As for the majority of the Magi in the South Coast, as well as many professors in the academies, they did not know of the existence of advanced meditation techniques. They used Grine Water to breakthrough, causing them to remain at the level of Rank 1 Magus for their entire life!

  After looking at all these, Leylin completely sealed the notion of using Grine Water to breakthrough.

  “It seems like heading towards the Zither Moon Mountain Plains and obtaining the advanced meditation technique that the Great Magus Serholm left behind is necessary for future developments!”