I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 119 I Will Support You

Seeing that Roland had been silent, the senior student thought that Roland didn't want to go. She was a little helpless about Roland now, so she told him the benefits of getting a ranking.

"You know, your talent is very difficult to cultivate. I never thought you could be promoted to an intermediate apprentice so quickly. As for being promoted to an advanced apprentice, it would be almost impossible without the help of potions.

The forbidden area contains many rare potions not found in the Black Forest. Furthermore, if you rank high enough, everyone will receive a good deal. This will help you advance to advanced apprenticeship. Furthermore, there's a 100-credit bonus from the academy, which many people won't even earn by the time they graduate.

I had previously secretly searched for formulas suitable for Roland's advancement to advanced apprentice, and even secretly collected many potions and tried to improve them. But the results weren't very good. However, there were quite a few potions that could be used in the forbidden area.

Catherine then took out another potion and said, "I don't know what the academy will give you this time, but this is something special for you. It's an elemental advancement potion. It should increase your chances of advancement by 20%. Also, I have an improved recipe. It doesn't require special potions and can be used in conjunction with this potion. However, if you don't use special potions, it will increase your chances of advancement by one level."

If Roland wasn't willing to help Catherine, their relationship would likely end there. However, while Catherine offered her belongings as a reward for participating in the trial, she was actually willing to give them to Roland even if Roland didn't help her this time and they parted ways.

Roland pondered for a moment.

His advancement was extremely difficult. The potion Hikari had given him wasn't enough, and even the improved formula wasn't enough. But if he used the original ancient formula and gathered the right potion from the forbidden land and ripened it, his advancement to Advanced Apprentice would be very possible.

Roland collected the formula and potion given by the senior and asked, "What can the credits be used for?"

The senior knew what Roland was concerned about, so she said, "Anything that's not available on the market can be exchanged. Forbidden knowledge, materials for rare items, rare potions..."

After a pause, Catherine said, "Actually, the apprentices handed in a potion last time after exploring the forbidden area. There might still be some left. They can all be exchanged for credits."

Roland nodded and looked at the recipe given by his senior: Shadow Roar.

Shadow Roar (revised): +10% promotion chance for intermediate apprentices' first breakthrough, +5% promotion chance for second breakthrough.

[Condition: Shadow Element Affinity]

[Special Effect: Chance to increase curse resistance, chance to increase shadow magic effect.]

Materials: ... (both original materials and probability materials are included) ...

【Note: This potion is not suitable for low-level apprentices.】

This recipe needs to be redeemed at the academy for at least 300 credits.

Using the improved formula would only increase the probability by 1%. Adding another potion would only increase the probability by 3%.

However, if we use the original formula and accelerate the potion, it will not be a problem to increase the probability by 20 to 30%.

If you don't use potions, your chance of advancing is 0. You have to take two different types of potions at once to have a chance of advancing.

So for Roland, the effect of the potion would naturally be as good as possible!
If I can gather the original formula together, and add the bottle given by my senior, I should have a chance of advancing to the next level with 50 or 60 points.

And with the original formula of the potion, if you make a few more bottles, you can try again if you fail to advance the first time.

He made up his mind to go and take a look at the forbidden area.

I now have a mysterious object in my hand. If I really win the jackpot in the forbidden area or encounter a mysterious phenomenon, I can run away without any problem.

Moreover, if you really encounter a mysterious phenomenon and find yourself trapped there, you may reach a bottleneck after practicing in the mysterious phenomenon for a period of time.

Therefore, if you can collect all the magic potions in the forbidden area, you may be able to refine the potions in the forbidden area and advance.

Roland couldn't help but become serious.

He said, "I'll do my best to help you get a rank and solve your headache. Our academy should be very strong, right? I heard that Magic Chess is even more powerful than Red Skull. Add in the people who were officially selected, and our academy should be pretty good, right?"

Catherine sighed: "The highest ranking in history is eighth."

Roland: “???”

Catherine took out a list and showed it to Roland.

The highest-achieving student in the entire academy only managed to place eighth. His name surprised Roland greatly. It was Charlie.

Catherine saw Roland's confusion and said, "Everyone in the Magic Chess Club gave their gifts to Charlie, and then unexpectedly withdrew from the trial. So Charlie was the only one who submitted the gifts in the end."

Roland suddenly realized.

The Magic Chess Club played a trick last time, but even so, they only managed to finish eighth.

No wonder the senior asked her to join the Magic Chess Club. She must have some arrangements in the Magic Chess Club, and planned to let everyone help her "take the exam".

Roland saw many familiar names on the list, including one named 'Canon', who was number 9.

Roland remembered Helena saying that Canon was an Alexandra who always kept to herself. He was ranked ninth in this teamwork based on his individual strength, which was truly remarkable.

After taking a look, Roland asked with some confusion, "Are they all middle-level apprentices?"

Catherine said: "That was the case last time, but it may not be the case this time."

Roland's eyes lit up.

"Then, Senior, you... well, if you, the instructor, participate, wouldn't it be easy?" He hadn't noticed that Senior had already advanced to the rank of a full-fledged wizard, so he assumed she could participate. He even flattered her.

Catherine made no reply.

She changed the subject and told Roland about the Academy Cup. The purpose of the Academy Cup was to purify pollution and contain the mystery. The apprentices' primary job was exploration and sampling. If they could eliminate small pollution sources, they would receive extra points.

Of course, the apprentices only need to do some preliminary work. After the preliminary work is completed, the apprentices will come out and the Academy Cup will end.

The subsequent work of purifying the pollution is mainly done by wizards.

So, although it is called the College Cup, in reality the apprentices are asked to do the hard, dirty and tiring work.

Of course, highly polluted and abnormal areas often yield valuable rare materials, potions, and mutant monster eggs. These are all treasures.

Although part of the collected information must be submitted to the college or tutor, even if only a part is kept, the gains are still great.

As she spoke, Catherine noticed Roland's reluctant expression, so she frowned and said, "That place is different from the Fern Forest. Each school of thought organizes personnel to clean it up every once in a while. The pollution level won't increase at all, so there won't be any mysterious phenomena."

Roland was still quite reluctant, so Catherine continued, "None of the rare items I have are suitable for public viewing. Otherwise, I'll get into big trouble. After much deliberation, I think this is the only one I should use in public. It's not only a top-grade item that can be used for both offense and defense, but it's also a protective amulet. People from all the major schools will recognize it and give it some respect when they see it."

Catherine hadn't lied. The treasure in her hand was either a witch's or something from hell. If anyone saw it, it would cause endless trouble.

But she did have a good thing in her hand, which she had always intended to give to Roland.

"This is a relic of my ancestor (younger brother), so I'll give it to you. Besides that, I'll discuss it with your mentor. Except for what she needs, everything else will be yours."

In this trial, Roland was determined to obtain many things.

Secondly, the senior sister arranged for him to take the exam for her and gave him a rare item. After getting the item, he could also reap a lot of benefits.

Finally, even if Roland did not follow the senior student but followed another instructor, the instructor would definitely force him to register without saying anything.

So, senior sister has been very kind.

Roland finally showed a look of joy, and Catherine threw something on the carpet in the living room with an unhappy look on her face.

This thing was originally only the size of a palm, but after being thrown out, it turned into a strange giant snake.

Suddenly, the giant snake filled the living room and its body even spread outside.

This strange snake had eight eyes and horns, and the ferocious horns on its head were coiled together like a crown. It looked exactly like the emblem of the Black Abyss.

Its eyes and mouth are very special, and it is definitely more than just being able to swallow and see people.

Roland was overjoyed. Catherine smiled triumphantly and reached out to let the strange snake return to her palm, turning it into a small snakeskin wallet.

She tossed the wallet to Roland and said, "You've met 'Little Jimmy' before, and it just so happens he likes you. It's forged from materials taken from the body of the Black Abyss Dragon. It was originally intended to be a mysterious treasure, but my ancestor (younger brother) was only at the peak of a first-level wizard back then."

With a snap, Roland threw the wallet back into Catherine's arms.

Roland's face was dark as he said, "I don't want this thing. Give me the magic stone and I will buy the rare item myself."

Catherine's face turned red and white with anger. She was furious because this guy was so picky and would not accept a toast but would drink a forfeit. Even more infuriating was that she had no money to give him.

"Take it or not!" Catherine put away her wallet and stood up to leave.

"Wait." Roland called out to his mentor.

Catherine frowned, but saw Roland slap six medium-grade magic stones on the coffee table.

Catherine suddenly remembered the 500 magic stones mentioned by Wallace. Including principal and interest, it was exactly 600.

She looked at Roland's half-smile again, as if to say - come and beg me, you have no money, daddy will give it to you.

Catherine was immediately furious. Without saying a word, she walked over and slapped Roland in the face.

Roland covered his face with his hands, pointing to Catherine's waist in shock. "If you don't want to exchange your Ghost Gem, then don't exchange it. Why are you hitting me?"

Catherine was slightly startled and looked at her waist. There was an ornament there, inlaid with a ghost gem.

It cost over a thousand magic stones, and Roland probably wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get it at a discount, then use it and the Red Spirit to refine a magic puppet to pair with the Ballet Ghost. Then, one real and one fake, it would be a perfect trick.

Roland's original intention was to take advantage of the senior, but the senior understood it as taking advantage of him!
Catherine knew she was in the wrong and her face flushed. But she still kept a straight face and told Roland to go upstairs to do his homework.

After a moment's thought, she turned around and took the Elven Poetry books away, leaving Roland with a few books in the languages ​​of the dead and demons, and assigned him a lot of homework.

She also warned Roland not to read extracurricular books until he had mastered the two languages, and then took away the books of elven poetry.

Roland secretly breathed a sigh of relief, cursing in his heart: "Roland, Roland, you are really possessed! Just because you have a few dirty dollars, you have the guts to tease me!"

Apparently, Senior Sister hadn't misunderstood at all! She was a natural born witch, and her mind-reading skills were incredible. She could tell what Roland was thinking just by looking at his eyes. How could she be wrong?
He deserves this slap!
After packing up a few books, Roland walked up the stairs, only to find that the senior was walking above him.

This witch lady is 1.77 meters tall and has a slim and well-proportioned figure. Her long legs are so charming when she walks.

Looking up, it looks like a twisting ripe peach, full of temptation and charm as it goes up the stairs.

Roland was terrified.

Catherine suddenly stopped and turned to look at Roland with a frosty face. She found that Roland was reading a book, so she frowned in confusion and went up to the attic.

(End of this chapter)