Chess Mage of Faerûn

Chapter 108 The End
"Cough cough~" Zhang Yuan was just jolted awake from his reverie by the coughing sound, and saw Tyrantir asking tentatively with his old face:

"Of course, this is just my guess. If we want to be sure, it would be better to do an in-depth test and analysis. How about we go to the assembly research lab later?"

...This old bastard, is he trying to take advantage of my little one again? A little flustered, Zhang Yuan quickly declined:

"No need, really no need to trouble you, teacher. You already know the structure of this stone golem. It's just a bit bigger. There's no need to waste your time with redundant research."

The archmage, whose apprentice had flatly refused, did not press the matter. He ordered the flesh golem beside him to collect the rock fragments scattered on the ground from Xiao Xiao and carefully transport them to the laboratory.

Seeing this scene made Zhang Yuan feel a chill run down his spine. At the same time, he made up his mind to let Xiao Xiao show herself less often in the future, lest one day his cheap teacher suddenly loses his beastly nature and recklessly sends his chess piece to the dismantling room.

"Alright, have your stone golem use the throwing skill as we agreed before."

The previously interrupted experiment was finally able to continue. Upon receiving instructions, Zhang Yuan directly ordered Xiao Xiao to grab a nearby round stone and prepare to throw it.

Considering that the magic training ground, despite its special spatial expansion, was only about twenty meters high, Zhang Yuan didn't dare let Xiao Xiao unleash her full power. If she accidentally damaged the ceiling, he might be extorted for repair costs.

Thus, Xiao Xiao could not unleash her original bold and unrestrained "fire-wielding" technique. She could only restrain herself and gently toss the stone in her hand like a coin.

The gentleness in Xiaoxiao's eyes was not the same to the group of target puppets opposite her. A large round stone rose to a height of about twenty meters at an extremely fast speed, and then, without slowing down, it swooped down at an even faster speed.

Pong!! As the round stone shattered upon impact, it also unleashed a massive wave of dust and debris, sweeping across the area like a circular shockwave.

The entire area of ​​spell targets and puppets were all lifted into the air and then scattered by the impact. These objects, made of hard and heavy solid wood, were now being tossed around like rag dolls.

Even worse off were the kobolds who had been tied to the spot beforehand and were unable to move.

They could only watch helplessly as a giant rock flew towards them like a meteor. Although it didn't hit anyone, the shockwave it generated felt like a giant hammer slamming into their heads and bodies. Before losing consciousness, the last thought of these kobolds was: This is the feeling of flying.

Every single one of the kobolds was thrown into the air by the impact, bleeding from their mouths and noses before falling into a coma. A quick examination revealed that not only their heads but also their internal organs had suffered damage from the severe blow.

This power caused Tyrantir's expression to change slightly, and Zhang Yuan beside him was extremely satisfied. If the previous throwing skill was more of a movement and control skill, then now, the damage it caused was already quite remarkable.

"How many times a day can your stone golem use this ability?"

"There's no limit to the number of times, but there are long intervals, and it takes time to recharge. I probably can't do it today." Zhang Yuan was also helpless. He really didn't want to bring out the Crystal Maiden to recharge Xiao Xiao. Who knows what kind of trouble it would cause.

I'm so looking forward to it! (﹃) He promptly upgraded the Ice Maiden to a two-star unit. What if she also had some self-awareness?

Tyrantir frowned, not only because he had to wait another day for the second skill demonstration, but also because the power of this skill exceeded his expectations. To completely replicate this ability and implement it into a new spell would probably not be an easy task.

It wasn't the power and principles of the spell that surprised the archmage; in fact, he could easily do even more powerful spells. However, how to implement this skill as a low-level arcane spell was a bit of a problem.

“From today onward, you will come here every morning to summon your stone golem. We’ll be busy for a while,” the archmage declared. “Yes, Master.”

The heavy wooden door creaked open, and the long-awaited sunlight made Zhang Yuan squint involuntarily.

Spring's footsteps have already departed with the goddess of new buds, Ciona. The sunlight is no longer as gentle as it once was; the high-hanging sun signifies that the land of Faerûn has entered the festival of the Month of the Sun.

The dazzling sunlight and heat at midday in summer gave Zhang Yuan a disorienting feeling of time and space shifting.

Six months have passed. From the month of Winter Claws to the month of the Sun, he has been staying in Highhold, by the side of his cheap master, for a full six months.

The biting wind transformed into a sweltering heatwave, and the frost and snowflakes turned into a flurry of falling petals.

I still remember when I first entered the tower, the snow was heavy and the vast earth was covered in silver. Today, when I look at it again, it is a scene of red flowers and green grass.

Zhang Yuan felt as if he had not spent the past six months on this land, but rather as if he had experienced time travel once again, abruptly inserting himself into the picture before him, having crossed over those six months of time and space.

"So it's already August." Zhang Yuan sighed as he shielded his eyes from the sun and gazed into the distance, greedily taking in all the lush greenery around Gaolibao before descending the steps.

His steps were slow, and he had to be slow, otherwise Zhang Yuan, who was somewhat dazed by the memories surfacing in his mind, might have fallen down.

A newly promoted, dignified level six mage actually stumbled and fell at the entrance of his own mage tower. It's truly embarrassing to talk about.

During the two months he spent researching new spells with Tyrantir, or to put it more clearly, while the Archmage was working tirelessly and painstakingly, he was responsible for listening to the Archmage's mutterings, which were either instruction or self-talk; occasionally taking on the odd jobs of serving tea and water for the puppet golems; and arriving early in the morning to summon Tiny. During these two months, he was relegated to being an observer, but he did not neglect his own studies.

Since there was nothing he could do to help anyway, Zhang Yuan simply took the books he had chosen and stayed by Tyrantir's side to study on his own while observing her. This also made it convenient for him to ask her questions whenever he had any.

While someone wouldn't stoop to interrupting a Grand Mage's experiment just to ask a question, Tyrantir never got angry at his cheap apprentice for seizing every opportunity to ask a question.

Zhang Yuan, this transfer student on the path to becoming a mage, this young man who has been exposed to arcane arts for less than a year, surprisingly possesses all the conditions to climb this mountain.

In these two months, he gained far more than just a spellcasting level increase. Simply observing Tyrantir's research process and receiving his occasional explanations and tips resulted in two new specializations appearing on Zhang Yuan's attribute panel:

"Insight into Magic": You have gained a deep understanding of the essential structure of magic and a thorough understanding of its operating principles, which further enhances your spell learning ability and speed, and can accelerate your spell casting speed to a certain extent.

"Drawing Scrolls": You have gained the ability to copy the spells you have learned onto scrolls.

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