Fanatics of the Magic Academy

Rose wandered around and eventually returned to the trash can where she had slept before.

He rummaged through the trash can and pulled out a pile of clothes wrapped together behind it.

He pulled open his clothes, took out two enhancement agents wrapped inside, and put them in his pocket.

Then, he spread out his clothes, sat on them, and placed the porridge he had received on the ground.

It's almost afternoon now, and he hasn't eaten anything since morning.

Rose ate bread with porridge.

Although it's called porridge, according to my understanding from my previous life, it's more like soup.

It's similar to a stew, mixed with various vegetables, including tomatoes, onions, beans, and some other vegetables I can't name, and you can even vaguely see diced meat.

The ingredients for these soup kitchens most likely come from social donations; the soup is merely a medium. Therefore, what the soup kitchen makes depends on what ingredients are available.

Perhaps because she was so hungry, Rose surprisingly found the soup quite delicious.

Soon, more than half of the bread was gone, the porridge in the paper cup was almost empty, and some vegetables remained at the bottom of the cup.

Rose raised her glass, rim to her lips, scraped some food off her face with bread, and then took a bite of bread.

After finishing the bread, there were still some vegetable crumbs left at the bottom of the cup. Adhering to the principle of not wasting food,

Rose reached out her little hand and scraped the remaining vegetables into her mouth.

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Rose didn't rush to find the old homeless man with the enhancer.

Instead, he spread his clothes on the side of the trash can, leaned against it, and actually closed his eyes.

He has already used up his focus three times today: 0.4 in the morning, 4.3 in fighting someone, 2.5 in kicking the old magician away, and 4 points in maintaining the [Materialistic] state.

A total of 11.2 units of focus were consumed, leaving 1.8 units of focus remaining.

His remaining focus was no longer enough for him to go and learn magic from the old vagrant.

The "materialism" can only be maintained for less than two hours. If an accident occurs on the way, the believer's identity may be exposed.

Seeing the old homeless man's good spirits, Rose wasn't worried that he wouldn't die anytime soon.

Moreover, the magic capital is truly a place of outstanding people and resources; even top magicians from the past can be found in the slums.

Based on the old homeless man's experience, Rossai guessed that there were probably quite a few people like him in the slums.

In her past life, in the orphanage, Rose loved reading fantasy novels about heroes from other worlds.

Back then, the thoughtful Rose often wondered why heroes could always meet companions in the starting village who could defeat the Demon King together.

Now I understand. If all other worlds were like this one, then a hero could gather an entire hero team just by wandering around the slums a couple of times.

Not that few, not that many rotations.

God's.

Rose stopped his random thoughts, closed his eyes, and his materialistic state was released, his pupils below his eyelids turning into golden vertical pupils.

He imagined the ancient dragon's electric current flowing through his body, and [Ancient Dragon Meditation] quietly activated.

The electric current originating from the ancient dragon connected with his physical body and nourished his soul, causing a tingling and numb sensation. Rose felt his consciousness becoming somewhat hazy and slowly lost consciousness.

However, this was not a true slumber; at this time, Rose's physical body and soul were more active than usual.

Although he was unconscious, his body was still sensing the external environment.

As long as there is any change in the external environment, Rose will regain consciousness in a very short time.

Otherwise, just call it "Ancient Dragon Asleep" instead of "Ancient Dragon Meditation".

As the [Ancient Dragon Meditation] was activated, the food that Rose had just eaten was being rapidly consumed, turning into nutrients to nourish Rose's body.

After an unknown amount of time, Rose slowly opened her eyes, and lightning seemed to flicker beneath her gilded vertical pupils.

He looked around blankly, then subconsciously activated [Materialism].

The gilded vertical pupils transformed into azure blue pupils.

He looked up at the sky; it was still afternoon. He had probably slept and meditated for about an hour.

This meditation did not increase Rose's stats on the panel.

However, Rose could still vaguely sense that her physical fitness had improved slightly, her mental state had improved a bit, and her concentration had been fully restored.

As for the cost, the cost is that most of what I ate has been digested. Although I'm not hungry, it's practically the same as not eating at all.

If I had to put it in perspective, I went from being 8-9% full to being 3% full.

Since it was still early before evening, Rose decided to go and trade magic with the old magician, and buy some food along the way.

With that thought in mind, Rose took off his shoes, pulled out 10 marks, and put them in his pocket. He planned to buy some food.

【Gu Long Meditation】can improve physical fitness and increase the upper limit of concentration. Increasing the upper limit of concentration can extend the activity time.

The only cost is the need for enough food.

He packed up his clothes, tucked the two vials of enhancement agent into his pocket, and left the alley.

Soon, Rose returned to the spot where she had met the old homeless man.

He looked at the empty streets and suddenly realized something.

"Damn it, I forgot to sell that corpse from this morning!"

The body had long since disappeared.

Oh no, I haven't lived in the slums long enough, and I'm not used to it yet.

By this time, the old homeless man had recovered and was sitting in front of the dilapidated, dirty tent, seemingly lost in thought.

Rose walked up to the old homeless man and said:

"Mr. Kenneth, I've come to trade magic with you."

After saying that, he pulled out a booster from his pocket and waved it in front of Kenneth.

Upon seeing the enhancer, Kenneth's cloudy eyes lit up. He rushed towards Rose, urgently calling out:

"Quick, give it to me, you brat!"

Having anticipated this, Rose dodged backward, avoiding Kenneth's lunge.

"Mr. Kenneth, I can give it to you, but on one condition: you must teach me magic first, otherwise I won't give it to you."

Rose looked at Kenneth, who had fallen to the ground after missing his target, and said.

After all, if we give him the enhancer first, and he gets high and collapses on the ground convulsing, how are we supposed to teach Rose magic?

"Damn it, kid, would it kill you to give it to me first?!"

Kenneth, who was lying on the ground, pounded the floor twice and then sat up.

His cloudy eyes looked at Luo Sai.

"Then I'll start by teaching you the simplest one. I'll teach you the simplest first-level magic, [Air Compression], which is the move I used before."

Upon hearing this, Rose curled her lip in disdain and said:

"You mean something that can't even scratch the wall counts as magic? Old Peter, are you kidding me?"

Their successive visits are quite amusing.

"Damn it! Has my sanity dropped to the point where even using a first-level spell would be laughed at by a brat?"

Kenneth looked somewhat dejected, then explained to Rose:

"Kid, you need to know that reason is the source of a magician's power. The power that allowed you to trip the person who stole your food from a distance also came from reason."

When Rose heard that Kenneth was going to say something real, she perked up her ears and became serious.

"When rationality exceeds 25 points, one can then use certain special techniques to interfere with reality."

Rose recalled that the unlocking condition for his [Glimmering Ancient Dragon Follower Legacy] was also reaching 25 points of Faith.

"We call someone whose sanity exceeds 25 points a 'First-Ring Mage'."

"But you didn't need any skills before; you could intervene in reality simply by relying on a high level of rationality, which should be at least 30 points."

"As I said before, rationality is the source of a mage's power. The higher a person's rationality, the stronger the effect of the same spell."

"We call this phenomenon 'the rational correction of magical effects.'"

"Because of my use of drugs that temporarily enhanced my sanity in my earlier years, and my long-term drug use now, my sanity has dropped to a very low level, so it's normal that the drug's effects aren't very strong."

"But you're different. With at least 30 points of sanity, the power of your [Air Compression] technique far surpasses mine now."

Kenneth pointed to the scratches he had previously made on the wall and said:

"At least you can blow that wall down."

"However, as a first-circle spell, its casting model has limitations; reason cannot infinitely correct it."

"We call this phenomenon a magical 'correction limit'."

"The correction limit for 【Air Compression】 is 40 points, which is just right for you in terms of both learning difficulty and correction strength."

Rose calmly opened the panel. He now understood why the [Glimmer-level Ancient Dragon Faith] prayer bonus was capped at 40 points.

It seems that the power systems of believers and magicians have many similarities.

"Generally speaking, to achieve a rationality level of 30 or higher, it would require at least 10 years of meditation from a talented ordinary person."

Kenneth stared at the racetrack with his cloudy eyes:

"And you, you were born to stand at that level, a born first-ring magician."