Magicians never make wishes

After seeing off the distraught new monarch, Ronan immediately returned to his desk.

The Book of Magical Knowledge remained unchanged after I read that trashy book.

Clearly, the flesh-enhancing scheme in the book is not within the scope of optimization in the Book of Magical Knowledge.

He then picked up a book titled "The Past and Present Life of a Necromancer".

The magic in this book is purely a product of personal imagination and does not exist in reality.

After a quick read, Ronan glanced at the book of magical knowledge; not a single word was on the pages.

It seems that the optimization needs to be based on reality.

He set aside the books he had read, and then pulled out a copy of "The Roots of Fear".

This time, the book of magical knowledge has changed.

The pages of the book began to slowly record knowledge related to psychological fears.

If these books were more reliable, perhaps an optimized version of Fear Magic would already be out by now.

Ronan became increasingly excited and began speed-reading one book after another.

If the quality isn't good enough, then make up for it with quantity.

Fortunately, these books offer fairly comprehensive knowledge on the psychological aspects and fear.

At this moment, on the pages of the Book of Magical Knowledge.

A brand new "psychic terror" magic is gradually taking shape.

He had seen it on the Adventurers' Guild's exchange list.

The effect of the zero-ring spell "Fear" is that it is triggered by the caster, forcing the target into a state of fear and causing them to attempt to escape from the caster.

However, his optimized magic, "Mental Fear," takes a different path.

Passively triggered.

If the relevant conditions are met, it is also possible to force the target into a state of fear.

At the same time, whether the target attempts to escape the caster will depend on the specific level of fear.

Simply put, "psychological fear" has the same effect as "fear spell," but it is more flexible and adjustable.

The triggering mechanism of "mental fear" is another core aspect of this magic.

"Mental fear" can be nurtured by mental energy to form a secret seal, which can then attach to external objects as a triggering medium.

For example, Ronan could cast this spell on a book, with the trigger condition set to turn to page 23.

Even if no one else is around, as long as the secret seal nourished by spiritual energy remains,

Once someone turns to page 23 of the book, it will immediately trigger "psychological fear" and result in an attack.

The advantages of relying on external objects as triggering media

Firstly, it is more secretive and unpredictable; secondly, it reduces the spellcasting burden on magicians.

Ronan always felt that this method of using secret seals as a medium for casting spells was more or less due to the reason in Shinjun's paper.

However, if a secret seal is to remain permanently attached to an external object, it not only needs constant nourishment with spiritual energy, but also requires the addition of some special materials.

Only then can it be sustained and stable, that is, to achieve the effect of constant magic.

After much deliberation, Ronan finally decided to use the Mask of Truth as the trigger for "psychological fear".

He planned to keep the seal permanently in the eye socket area of ​​the mask.

It will be triggered immediately if you make eye contact with him for three seconds with a malicious look.

However, the malice here is a bit hard to control...

He felt he needed to go to the second floor area again to buy more goods from the manure pit.

Ronan believed that even disregarding the core triggering method, the magic of "psychic fear" alone...

That's enough to write a paper to improve one's academic standing.

Therefore, he immediately castrated the "Mental Fear" spell, creating only a simplified version of the seal that could not last long.

Finally, a paper was completed.

After checking the information, he learned that the students' papers needed to be submitted to Mayer at the second-floor area registration office.

Perfect timing! A trip to the second floor area will allow me to submit my thesis and purchase manure at the same time.

"You're going to the second floor area?"

As soon as he stepped outside, he ran into his neighbor.

"Yes, I'd like to borrow some more books and submit an academic paper as well." Ronan nodded.

"You finished your paper so quickly?"

The new ruler looked surprised, then advised, "Shouldn't we polish it a bit more?"

Ronan thought about it carefully.

I feel the paper is already quite censored; it doesn't even include the core technologies...

So he shook his head and said, "That's fine, let's publish it first."

"How about... we publish it in a few days?"

"Let me make it clear first, it's not that I don't want you to write about the Spirit Seed; you can use it as much as you want. I just won't publish mine, it's just..."

The new emperor looked hesitant, as if he had some unspeakable secret.

"I didn't write about the seed of spiritual power; I wrote about something else," Ronan said.

"what?"

The new emperor was taken aback; this answer was unexpected.

The two had just finished discussing the application of the spiritual power seed, how come there's a new paper already?

Even the most extraordinary person has to comply with the basic law, right?

He followed Ronan in a daze, muttering things like "How is this possible?" and "There's no time," as he walked towards the second floor.

As Ronan walked down the street, he noticed that he encountered far fewer people.

The further you go into the second floor area, the more prestigious the color of the collar on the uniform robes of the students you encounter.

Ronan even saw a group of students in orange collars walking past him in perfect unison.

As they passed each other, the leader of the other party didn't forget to scrutinize the two of them from head to toe.

White, green, blue, purple, and orange correspond to levels 1 to 5, and this group of people are all level 5 students.

Level 5 students are the backbone of the Arcane Arts Society, and are arcane apprentices.

"This atmosphere isn't quite right, is it?" Ronan asked the new emperor behind him.

"No, no way..." The new king's eyes darted away.

Upon entering the second-floor area, Ronan noticed a group of people standing near the registration desk.

They were muttering to themselves, sometimes responding enthusiastically, sometimes arguing endlessly.

Ronan approached and listened, and cold sweat instantly poured down his forehead.

"Abnormal spirits could appear at any time, so be alert..."

"Such excellent research material should be given to me. I've captured many similar spirits before..."

"Watch out for the property here, or Meyer will tear us all apart..."

"The arcane apprentice has already investigated; didn't they find nothing...?"

"What do you know! They're just level 5 students. I'll advance twice more and I'll be just as good as them..."

……

No one noticed that the 'abnormal soul' they were looking for was standing right behind them.

Ronan nodded repeatedly at the back of the crowd, occasionally giving a thumbs-up, and chatted happily with the stranger next to him.

They blended perfectly into the crowd.

He turned to look at the new emperor and asked in a low voice, only the two of them could hear:

"Didn't you say you'd explained it clearly?"

The new emperor blushed and dared not look him in the eye.

"Darcy explained it to me clearly, but I didn't dare tell the arcane apprentices about the soul thing..."

"I thought if they couldn't find any clues, they would just pretend nothing happened..."

"How can you be so dishonest?" Ronan's voice unconsciously rose a few decibels.

"Keep your voice down..."

Xin Jun quickly reminded him, then smiled at a student who had turned around and gave him a thumbs up.

"Well, you'll have to help me move the books this time." Ronan straightened his expression and walked away from the crowd toward the registration desk.

"Sir, this is my academic paper that I'm going to publish. Please check it." He placed the paper in front of Meyer.

"..."

Seeing that the old man was ignoring him, he didn't care and went to the sea of ​​books to start panning for treasures.

The new emperor quickly and attentively followed, readily accepting the books the emperor had selected.

Ronan remembered that maintaining "Mental Fear" on the Mask of Truth would require consuming some magical materials, so he asked,

"Where can I find magical materials?"

"The mission area has a list of materials that can be exchanged, but it requires points."

The new leader suggested, "Since you've just joined, you can only earn points through tasks."

"Of course, if you also have a large family fortune to inherit like me, you can also exchange it for gold dragons..."

"Of course I'll choose to do the mission."

Ronan said calmly, "You might not believe it, but I actually have a wealth of mission experience..."

……

registry.

Meyer put down the pink-covered book he was holding, picked up the academic paper Ronan had submitted, and spoke with a hint of impatience.

"What's this kid up to? He's only been here a short time and he's already trying to disgust this old man with garbage..."

He angrily opened the paper...