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Chapter 79: Choose One of Two Talent Skills
The other members of the squad were indeed watching Lant, and they were all prepared.

Marcus's muscles were taut, ready to launch a charge at any moment.

Gray drew his sword three inches from its sheath, the next step being a deadly forward slash.

Vales drew back his bowstring, and the arrow, imbued with battle aura, was poised to fire.

Hill had a throwing knife strapped to his fingertip, ready to be thrown at any moment.

Even at the top of Zelier's ash wood, wind blades were spinning and condensing, ready to be unleashed.

If Lant really can't do it, they'll kill him before the kobold's stone axe falls.

They gave Lant the opportunity to make mistakes, but they wouldn't make him pay the price for them.

Just as the kobold was less than five meters away from Lant, and Zelier was about to unleash his Wind Blade spell, Lant suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze unusually resolute!
"Ughhhhhh!!!"

With a roar brimming with courage, Lant broke through the cowardice in his heart!
The complex circuits in the mind, driven by the subconscious, are released in an extremely smooth way!

At the tip of the wand, the sapphire shone brightly, formed from condensed ice crystals that exuded a chilling aura.

Ice Spike!
"call out!"

The ice crystal shot out and hit the kobold's head precisely!
"boom!"

With a crisp sound of ice exploding, the kobold's charge came to an abrupt halt.

Its skull was completely burst open by the freezing ice, killing it instantly!

The headless corpse lurched forward a few more steps due to inertia before collapsing in front of Lant.

Kill!

As if all his strength had been drained, Lant collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

Did I... did I succeed?

Lant first looked at his own hands, then at the corpse on the ground.

"I...I really did it!"

"It's just killing a kobold, why are you making such a big deal out of it?"

Seeing Lant's expression, Gray smiled easily, "But congratulations anyway, Lant, you've taken the first step."

A shadow was cast down in front of me.

Zelil smiled, reached out, and pulled Lantra up, then patted him hard on the shoulder.

"Well done, Lant."

lv.7（40/250）-lv.8（55/275），升级！

This time, Zelier killed two giant kobolds and more than a dozen ordinary kobolds, gaining 265 experience points.

In addition, the Cloud Mist spell that Lant just cast has also been added to the analysis queue.

Without the slightest hesitation, Zellier continued to relentlessly hone his intelligence.

I refuse to believe it; this time, I won't even reach the threshold for a lower-level mage.

Power: 65
Agility: 61
Constitution: 68
Spirit: 71
Intelligence: 86-90
Perception: 30
Charm: 50-51
Luck: 41
Talent skills:
Techniques and evolution.

Just as his intelligence attribute reached 90, a strange feeling suddenly blossomed in Zelier's sea of ​​consciousness.

That wasn't the gradual improvement like the previous method of adding points each time.

This time, it's more like breaking through some obstacles, bringing oneself to the point of almost succeeding.

Could it be... that I'm about to break through the shackles of being a lower-level mage?
Zellier suppressed his excitement for the time being.

There's no rush now. I can study it slowly when I get back...

With the last kobold defeated, the battle in the main hall cave came to an end.

The squad began cleaning up the battlefield.

Unlike goblins and skeletons, kobolds produce magic cores.

Gray used his dagger to cut open the corpse of an ordinary kobold and picked out a stone ball the size of a longan from the center of the chest cavity.

After wiping away the bloodstains, you can still see some ember-like red light flowing on it.

The magic cores produced by the giant kobolds are much larger, resembling a pitch-black egg, with a more intense red light flowing over them, and the entire magic core radiates a faint warmth.

"that……"

Lant's voice was hesitant as he pointed to the kobold he had finally killed. "Can I keep this magic core?"

"of course can."

"Keep it safe," Zellier said. "Consider it a souvenir of your first adventure."

After clearing out the loot in the cave, the team returned to Blackrock Town by carriage to complete the mission.

The squad killed two giant kobolds and twenty-three ordinary kobolds in total.

The bounty for a giant kobold is 5 gold coins, and the bounty for a magic core is 3 gold coins. The bounty for a regular kobold is 5 silver coins, and the bounty for a magic core is 3 silver coins.

They would receive a total of seventeen gold and eighty-four silver. Marcus would divide the silver according to a ratio of 3/2/2/1.5/1.5, with Zellir taking the largest share, followed by Sylvales, and then himself and Gray.

Lant immediately kept his promise and gave each squad member an extra five gold coins as a reward.

For this mission, Zelier earned a total of ten gold and thirty-five silver.

His total wealth also smoothly reached forty gold and seventy-one silver.

A low-level two-star mission that isn't too difficult offers rewards almost as good as a twelve-gold goblin horde clearing mission.

"I am truly grateful to everyone for your protection and guidance today."

At sunset, in front of the Adventurers' Guild.

Lant bowed deeply to the team members, "I learned a lot from this adventure, and it also made me realize my shortcomings. I will definitely work harder and try to go on missions with you again in the future!"

"Will there be extra pay next time?" Gray chuckled.

"Ugh..."

Lant touched his now-empty fanny pack. "Let's...we'll talk about it next time!"

Although Lant is usually not short of money, this time he spent twenty-five gold coins, which is a month's allowance... He still needs to save up some more.

"Alright, stop listening to that Gray guy's nonsense."

Zellier ruffled Lant's hair. "Go back now. I look forward to your future progress."

"Yes! I will definitely work hard!"

……

Blackstone Town.

Suburbs.

Beside the clear stream, Zelier sat cross-legged, channeling his mental energy into a light meditation.

Since completing the mission to eliminate the kobolds, Zellir had focused on this task for several days.

He had been trying to capture that magical feeling he had in the cave that day.

Zellier slowed his breathing.

As consciousness gradually sank into darkness, the surface of thought slowly receded, and in the vast and boundless universe of consciousness, the seed of the source was radiating a brilliant light.

Finally, a clear sense of enlightenment emerged from the depths of my consciousness.

Zellier opened his eyes, and a shimmering blue panel appeared.

The talent skills section underwent a slight tremor before a new change occurred.

[Advanced Talent Skills]

Unlocked after becoming a junior mage.

pick one of two.

Firstly: Overloaded source.

Once activated, your Source Seed will enter an overload state for a short period of time.

During the Overload period, both magic power and magic recovery speed will be significantly increased.

In addition, the casting speed of all spells will be shortened to some extent.

This state will not cause any side effects.

However, it should be noted that after using Source Overload, you must have a high-quality sleep to fully restore your magic power before you can use it again.

"You think this is my limit?"

Secondly: Magical Contract.

You have reached a perfect consensus with your own magic, and the two complement each other, entering into a covenant.

Choosing this talent will immediately increase your Strength, Agility, and Constitution attributes.

The increase is equivalent to 25% of the current Spirit attribute.

After that, every time your Spirit attribute increases by 4 points, you will gain an additional 2 attribute points that you can freely allocate to Strength, Agility, and Constitution.

"Try cutting me again!"

Zell stared blankly at the two emerging innate skills, unconsciously softening his breathing.

Finally... finally we can see the next stage of talent skills!

Just like when I first transmigrated here, I can't choose between these two talents yet, but I can preview them in advance.

This also means one thing—if I level up just one more time, I will be able to officially break through from the magic apprentice level and reach the realm of a lower-level mage!

(End of this chapter)