Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 557 Yaro's Battle Plan

Yaro then asked, "Bevin, do you know if, at a certain distance, say fifty meters, a regular crossbow can penetrate one hundred eggs? What's the maximum number it can penetrate?"

Shoot an egg from 50 meters?

It's definitely all the way through!

However, considering the teacher's question couldn't be that simple, Bevin hesitated and said:
"...Fifty?"

Yaro shook his head: "No more than ten."

A normal bullet can't even break five eggs.

Considering the greater stability of crossbows and arrows, Yaro increased the number to ten.

"How is this possible!" Bevan exclaimed in a low voice.

Yaro explained, “Don’t underestimate an egg. Although the eggshell is thin, it has a unique arched structure that can cleverly distribute the applied pressure evenly to all parts of the shell.”

"Furthermore, the eggs are oval-shaped and irregular in shape, making it difficult to accurately align the center points of each egg in a straight line when placing them."

"In addition, the resistance of the eggshell and the internal egg white and yolk is much greater than that of air..."

"Each time an arrow pierces an egg, it will deviate slightly. If there are several, the deviation will exceed the range where the eggs are placed."

This explanation is not comprehensive, but it is enough for Bevin to roughly understand the underlying principles.

"Is it similar to the deviation caused by light shining into water?" Bevan pondered.

"That's one way to understand it."

Yarrow nodded and continued:

"The parameters of the 'Arrow Defense' are perfect in all aspects. It is completely targeted at the structural characteristics and speed range of arrows and crossbows. As long as you follow the same pattern, you can counter arrows and crossbows."

"Similarly, as long as you have a deep enough understanding of 'defense arrows,' you can make slight adjustments or redesign the structure of 'defense arrows' to resist the solution you mentioned earlier, which is to move a small object with magic."

"Of course, the energy levels in between can't be too far apart. You can't take a strong bow with a power of more than ten stones and shoot it close to an egg. That would exceed the strength that the egg can withstand, and you wouldn't be able to achieve that effect."

Yaro paused for a moment, giving Bevin some time to think.

In conclusion:
"In general, it means that as long as you are in the same energy level range, such as being an apprentice or a full-fledged wizard, you may only need one unit of magic to block a 'small object' that someone else creates with ten units of magic."

"The combat method you just suggested can be used in low-level wizard apprentice battles, but it's basically useless once you're above the intermediate apprentice level."

Therefore, the Owl Wizarding Academy also prohibits its students from carrying bows and crossbows.

Weapons that only strengthen the infighting among low-level apprentices are meaningless to the Owl Wizarding Academy.

As for why the word 'basic' is emphasized...

Although the "defense against arrows" trick wasn't as serious as the "crime of possessing armor" in ancient times, both the difficulty of obtaining it from the academy and its market price were very high.

At least, most of the enemies that Yarrow encountered did not have similar methods.

Bevan asked curiously, "Teacher, what is the best way to fight?"

“Who dares to say which method is the best?” Yaro smiled. “We can only say that the method that is most suitable for us is the one that is best suited to us.”

As he spoke, Yaro looked at the paper on the desk: "Just like this little game, this is my understanding of combat, as well as my combat plan and combat methods."

Bevin looked down at the words again—'Ten portions of magic movement'.

"Full acceleration?"

"It's not full acceleration, it's concentrating all the magic power on yourself."

Bevan cast a questioning look at him.

Yaro picked up the paper on the table, looked at Bevan's writing of 'Ten Magic Attacks', and said:

"To kill an enemy, you'd obviously need the most powerful magic trick, right? Like in this little game, you use all your magic on attacks, but what about in a real situation?" Yarrow waved the paper in his hand and shook his head.
“The magic power of a wizard’s regular spells is consumed as soon as they are cast, regardless of whether they hit the enemy or not.”

"If I use up all my magic power just by encountering an enemy, what if it's just an outpost?"

Before Bevin could refute him, Yaro immediately asked the opposite possibility: "What if you use too little magic and the enemy comes at you with 'ten parts magic' right away?"

"Yes, that's right. No matter what you do, it seems to be wrong for a normal wizard apprentice."

Here, "normal" refers to a poor but normal apprentice. Wealthy wizard apprentices usually have protective treasures, scrolls, and magical artifacts, so it's okay to let the enemy make the first move.

Yaro concluded, "In any case, it's not a wise choice to unleash all your magic power when you encounter an enemy."

After sharing his thoughts on combat, Yaro began to impart his summarized combat strategies.

"So, my idea is to concentrate all the magic on myself and prioritize movement."

"A magic trick is like lighting a lump of grease and throwing it out."

"Moving is like eating that lump of fat and using its energy to keep running. As long as you run, you'll burn it off, but you can also stop whenever you want..."

In their past lives, no animal possessed the ability to breathe fire. Was it because they couldn't?

No.

The three essential elements for the generation of fire are combustible material, oxidizer, and ignition source.

Combustible material (methane), oxidizer (oxygen), and ignition source (electricity)—clearly, organisms from the previous life could produce all of these.

The reason why there were no fire-breathing animals in the past life was not only because they could not resist flames, but more importantly because of their energy utilization efficiency.

"Movement is not like attacking; it doesn't involve throwing magic directly out. Instead, you consume magic as you move, using it as you go, so you don't use up all your magic at once."

"If the enemy is found to be too strong, a retreat can be initiated immediately."

"If you can win, you can immediately get close to them. Most wizards are not immune to the spells you cast. As long as you get close, they will not dare to cast powerful area-of-effect spells."

"The magic power can be used to immediately launch an attack when you realize that you cannot break through the enemy's defense. Attacks at close range are also difficult to avoid, reducing the waste of magic power."

"Furthermore, even if all magic power is used for movement, there will still be inertia, and the power of this inertia should not be ignored; it also has the ability to kill!"

Bevin was completely confused, his brows furrowed, and he said with a pained expression:

"Teacher, the more you explain, the more confused I get. If that's the case, then why did you say before that 'magic is a tool, the core is people'?"

"What I mean is, don't place too much importance on magic power. As long as you kill the enemy's body, the enemy is dead!"

Yaro retorted irritably, "Tools? Aren't the weapons in a soldier's hands tools too?"

"Look at my hands!"

Yaro raised his hands and summoned two orbs of light.

"Let's assume that's the magic of the two apprentices."

Then, Yaro threw the ball of light from his left hand toward the ball of light from his right hand.

"So this is what you mean, to attack the enemy with all your magic."

The ball of light in the left hand floated slowly, heading towards the right hand.

The tail of the light sphere in his right hand seemed to deflate, spraying out light specks and suddenly increasing its speed, quickly bypassing the incoming light sphere.

"Snapped!"

Put your hands together.

"you are dead!"