I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 17 New Magic: The Power of Thunder and Lightning
If you look closely at her eyes, you'll see they're glazed over. "Roland, how about we make a bet?" Catherine said with a half-smile. "Don't you really dislike that wallet? If you can learn the magic in the book before we reach our next destination, I'll take the wallet."

Roland raised his head and said, "What about your bet?"

Catherine was slightly taken aback. She really needed a bet because if Roland lost, it would mean that he would have to carry this wallet forever.

After a moment, she said, "If you win, I'll take the wallet and agree to one condition."

Roland muttered softly, "I hope you keep your word."

The mentor sneered.

Catherine didn't mean to embarrass Roland. She knew he was special and felt he should be able to meet her requirements before reaching the fern forest. They were about to enter the fern forest, so she had to push him! Otherwise, he wouldn't survive.

Roland had no idea what his mentor was thinking, nor did he know how long it normally took an apprentice to learn magic. He simply thought this amount of time was sufficient, so he studied the book very diligently.

After flipping through the books for a while, Roland was surprised to find that the author of "Arcane: Two or Three Solutions to Chain Lightning" and "A Brief Discussion of Mind Magic" seemed to be the same person, and both were handwritten by Teacher Catherine.

The contents of the book seem to be written casually, but they are profound and concise, making them very suitable as teaching materials for apprentices.

Roland felt that when the author wrote this book, her thoughts and realm had returned to nature.

When he saw the tenth page, he suddenly realized that he might not need to read on, because after he finished reading the spells on this page, he slowly felt that he almost knew it.

"Katherine said that most pure-blood wizards have a single elemental affinity, and the more elemental affinity, the better the affinity. Wizards with only one elemental affinity are first-class talents and are called natural magic users."
"Most Muggles have affinity for 5-7 elements, so they're not qualified to learn magic. I have affinity for 7 elements, which is the worst qualification. But Catherine also said that although multi-element affinity is very difficult to practice, it is very easy to use magic."
"It seems to be the case. Doesn't that mean that if ordinary people can possess magical powers, then those Muggles and hybrids that we pure-blood wizards call them will be stronger than them?"
Roland suddenly discovered something - those wild wizards (Muggle magicians who have no access to the wizarding world) who are looked down upon by wizards are mostly of rubbish qualifications above level 5, but among them there may be great ones!

It's difficult for someone with affinity for five or more elements to gain magic power through meditation. However, if someone can gain magic power through a unique method like the 'Alayeh Codex' like Roland, there will be great potential.

Catherine had always believed that ordinary people like Roland, once they possessed magical powers, would be more suitable for studying magic than pure-blood wizards. Many things that happened to Roland now proved this point.

Roland thought to himself, "However, when I was learning magic before, I wasn't as fast as I am today. Is it because I got in-depth exposure to the lower world when I advanced last night?"

Roland didn't know that his mentor was going to take him to the fern forest. He thought that mentor Catherine said the next destination was a small town.

At this time, he was still halfway to the town, and he continued to study "Chain Lightning".

"The chain lightning in En's book is a modification of the original by the author. It requires very high skill from the caster. A skilled user can connect to multiple targets at once, while a poor user can only manage to hit one person."
"It's best to study this magic thoroughly, or she won't give me trouble later."
Roland looked up his mastery of this magic in the Alayeh Notebook:
【Revised. Chain Lightning I (0/100)】

【illustrate:
1. Call upon the power of thunder, releasing it from both hands, striking 1-3 distant enemies (level 1), dealing heavy damage (1-2 units). The higher the spell level, the more enemies the chain lightning can connect to.

2. Each time an enemy is hit, the chain lightning damage is reduced by 15%】

3. This spell has been improved by a wizard, significantly reducing mana consumption and dealing double damage (1-4 units) when hitting only one enemy. However, this also increases its difficulty to learn.

[Effect: Level 1 chain lightning deals 0-4 units of lightning damage to the first enemy.]

"Before the improvements, the damage from this spell wasn't even as good as Mind Blast. After the improvements, the damage is already quite impressive."

"Although the damage fluctuates greatly, the cost is very low. Not only does it have a long casting distance, but it's also an area-of-effect attack."

"If Mind Blast is my ultimate move, then this spell is my secondary skill. It's very good."

If the other apprentices heard Roland say that Chain Lightning had a low cost and considered it a minor skill, they would definitely shout, "Just brag! You rubbish with a seventh-rate talent!"

You know, the maximum damage of this magic is 4 points!
Moreover, it is a range-destroying magic. If you learn it well, you can kill a large group of people with one move!
Imagine a low-level apprentice surrounded by three or five other low-level apprentices, seemingly doomed to die. But a flash of lightning knocks all the enemies down. Isn't that a killer move?

Of course, the prerequisite is that the caster has mastered this magic to perfection, and can ensure that multiple targets are hit each time, and each lightning released can achieve the maximum damage value.

But it is still a killer move!
If you learn this magic well, you can walk all over the low-level apprentices with just this one trick.

However, the mana cost of arcane magic has always been terrifying. Before Catherine's improvements, low-level apprentices couldn't use this magic at all. Even with Catherine's improvements, with the magic power of an average low-level apprentice, it was only good enough to cast it once a day. But for Roland, it was different. When he advanced, his magic power increased by 300%, making it easy for him to unleash three or five chain lightning strikes in a single battle.

"I should be able to cast this magic instantly, but if I want to hit multiple enemies at the same time and have the magic reach its maximum damage each time, I still need repeated practice to achieve it."

Roland vaguely felt that he could actually practice this magic repeatedly in a very low-energy way, but he couldn't grasp this feeling.

He scratched his head and flipped through "Arcane: Two or Three Solutions to Chain Lightning" again.

The second half of the book made him suddenly realize that the author had specially created a little 'trick' for chain lightning, called 'arc'.

Sleight of hand is a type of magic commonly used among apprentices.

Their characteristics are simple to cast, low cost, and no damage. However, since they are only auxiliary magic, wizards classify this type of magic as "sleight of hand" and "magic".

But these tricks can help wizard apprentices better understand formal magic.

The author of "Arcane: Two or Three Solutions to Chain Lightning" specially designed the trick of "Arc" so that learners can become familiar with the casting of Chain Lightning by practicing Arc.

To put it bluntly, as long as you learn the Arc trick, the experience value of Chain Lightning will increase every time you successfully perform the Arc!
"The ancestor of the mentor's family, the witch named Alexandra, is simply a genius!"

Roland developed a great admiration for the witch.

Although Roland had some inspiration when studying chain lightning, he couldn't come up with a trick like the arc. But that witch lady had a great idea!

This made Roland feel a sense of admiration.

However, Roland is actually a bit modest.

Although he wasn't good at designing magic, his comprehension was terrifying, constantly generating all sorts of inspiration. However, his thoughts were too jumpy and chaotic. When there were too many inspirations, it was difficult to sort them out.

So, let Roland generate inspiration, and he generated a hundred. But he found it difficult to systematically organize his inspirations into a single, pure, and complete system.

The witch of Alexandra was the complete opposite of Roland.

She was so experienced that she had already formed a fixed mindset. Her fixed mindset in magic was difficult to break, so it was difficult for her to come up with any strange ideas.

However, she is very good at perfecting systems - as long as someone provides her with a framework of inspiration, she can fill in the framework and take a bird's-eye view.

At this time, the carriage had entered the town at the foot of the mountain.

A certain witch lady raised her head and asked, "How's the progress?"

The instructor asked this question to put pressure on Roland. He hadn't mentioned the next destination, had he? So, the next destination could be the Fern Forest or the town of Valeria, right?
She planned to deliberately suppress this boy, scold him as a "waste", and then tell him to give him another two hours.

But who knew that just as Catherine asked "What's the situation?", Roland stretched out two fingers, and then an arc of electricity appeared between the two fingers.

Seeing this scene, the instructor opened his mouth wide - instantly!
But this is not over yet!
Roland stretched out three fingers and released another arc of electricity. This arc started from his thumb, connected to his index finger, and then jumped from the index finger to the middle finger. However, when the arc jumped to the third finger, a problem occurred in the middle, causing the spell to fail.

Roland's face showed an awkward expression. He coughed and looked at Catherine: "Teacher, I think I have fulfilled your request, right?"

Catherine's face looked a little ugly. She pretended not to hear and just flipped through the magic book without saying a word.

Roland didn't say anything. He remembered one thing - Catherine owed him a condition.

(End of this chapter)