Wizards: Starting with the Refined Meditation Technique Guide

Chapter 342 Who's Lying?

Even when it comes to loyalty, a wizard's dedication to their own research is often far greater than their loyalty to other wizards.

In this respect, Augusta, as the tower master of the Tower of Dawn, had a clear understanding of the situation when he interacted with the group of formal wizards under his command.

Augusta asked, "Leo, where did you get this black gold?"

"It was found in the deep red sea."

Leo tried his best to keep his expression calm.

Leo had already prepared an explanation for the matter of the black gold. He said, "Although I don't know why there's an extra share, I believe that the black gold in my hand, as well as the black gold in Wizard Beth's hand, is genuine."

Augusta remained silent for a long time before saying, "Since we can't figure it out, it must be that we've overlooked something in our research on Mojin."

"Perhaps, when the Mojin is about to disappear, it will trigger some kind of mechanism, causing it to rebound and generate a Mojin share that exceeds the theoretical data."

When Augusta answered, he seemed to genuinely have a normal research attitude towards the increase in Moghan production.

This attitude also puzzled Leo.

After all, Stoffen believed that Augusta had manipulated the situation, limiting the number of Mokin and thus controlling the number of people who could be promoted to formal wizards.

Is Stoffen lying?

wrong.

Rather than lying, he seems more like... paranoia?

When the word came to Leo's mind.

He connected Stoffel's behavior to the situation.

This conjecture seems quite fitting to describe Stoffens.

Leo felt that Stoffen had doubts about him on many occasions.

This suspicious and paranoid attitude is indeed similar to paranoia.

Augusta said, "Alright, Leo, you can go now."

Leo turned and left the top-floor room.

The official wizard at the door looked at Leo.

Then, the formal wizard withdrew his gaze.

This time, the official wizard was also someone Leo didn't recognize.

However, unlike Beth, he didn't show the same level of interest in Leo; instead, he was lukewarm towards him.

Leo actually felt relaxed by this attitude.

Leo is now being targeted by many formal wizards.

If it weren't for Stoffen's defeat of Saga, these formal wizards might have done something quite different.

After leaving the top floor of the tower, Leo arrived at the expedition island.

However, when Leo saw Stoffen, he was slightly taken aback.

At this moment, Stoffen looked quite haggard.

Leo asked, "Master Stoffen, you don't look well. Has something happened?"

"Nothing much..." Stoffen smirked, "It's Augusta's trick. Do you remember when I talked to you before, about using magic to hinder Augusta's observation of us?"

Leo suddenly realized and asked, "Because he couldn't observe our conversation, Augusta became suspicious and attacked you?"

"Um.

""

Stoffen affirmed Augusta's statement: "Augusta is a petty person. On the surface, he pretends to be upright and honorable, but in reality, he has always been secretly sabotaging other formal wizards."

Leo noticed that after Stoffen gained the ability to block Augusta's senses, he became more casual in his conversations with him.

For a moment, Leo also felt that Stoffen might become paranoid, and perhaps he couldn't be blamed for it.

Anyone who is constantly being spied on by others will become suspicious.

If it were Leo himself, the situation might have been even more serious than Stoffen's.

Leo's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "Master Stoffen, I wonder if you could teach me a way to avoid Augusta's attention?"

Stoffen said, "Teaching you is no problem. But even if I teach you, you'd better not use it."

"Augusta can't do anything to me. Even if he notices it, he can only use divination spells to disrupt my research. But you're different. If you use it, he might become suspicious and use divination spells to kill you."

"I will use it with caution, Professor Stoffen."

"Alright, here it is, take it and use it." Stoffen said, a box appearing in his hand. He tossed it to Leo and said, "This is an instrument containing my spiritual energy, with a detailed explanation of this secret technique recorded inside."

Leo took the box.

Stoffen reminded him again, "In short, you can learn this, but you must use it carefully and not let Augusta notice anything amiss."

Leo responded.

Then, Stoffen said, "You came to me this time because of the prototype of your permanent defensive force field. I've been thinking about it ever since you mentioned it in our communications. And now I have a hypothesis."

"Leo, cast this combination spell once first."

Upon hearing this, Leo began to unleash his power.

A layer of light gray mist spread outwards from Leo's body, then coalesced into a soul form resembling a woman.

This soul enveloped Leo within it.

Leo said, "This is the combination spell I developed, and this is its second stage."

Leo snapped his fingers, and the appearance of the soul changed.

Originally a female soul, it transformed into a pair of skeletal arms that protected Leo.

Leo said, "Master Stoffen, this is the second form of this combination spell."

"As you can see, although this is a combination spell, it is not a prototype of a permanent defensive field. It cannot automatically appear to defend itself when I have a thought."

Stoffen's eyes flashed with scrutiny as he spoke.

"Leo, the first stage of your necromancy spell is based on a 'necromantic protective wall,' while the second stage is a complete physical resistance effect."

Leo nodded and said, "That's right. However, the first stage maintains defensive capabilities comparable to ordinary combination spells. In the second stage, the effect against necromancy is weakened, but the defensive capabilities in other aspects are greatly increased."

Stoffen said, "After seeing it with my own eyes, I feel that your combination spell is just as I expected."

"Leo, your combination spell is very powerful, exceeding the scope of ordinary combination spells. Just looking at the spell pressure, it probably exceeds ten thousand, which is on par with the spells cast by an ordinary first-ring wizard."

"However, the problem lies in its excessive power. Because it is so powerful, it requires even more mental energy to transform into the prototype of a permanent defensive force field."

"And this is clearly not a spiritual energy that a first-class wizard apprentice can unleash."

"At the very least, your combination spell requires the mental energy of a formal wizard to function. This also means that you cannot convert it into a permanent defensive field."