Fanatics of the Magic Academy

Chapter 126 Buffer Zone: The Near-Impossible Magical Side Confrontation

About an hour and 24 minutes later, Rose had probably calmed down and resumed her "materialism".

The gold in the pupils faded quickly, and the narrow pupil in the center of the eye transformed into a round, azure pupil.

Rose chanted "Take the shape of a cloud" again, and a powerful wind lifted the two machines on the ground. Rose did not go straight home.

Instead, they arrived at an inconspicuous house in the southern district. The house showed obvious signs of habitation inside, with a kitchen, bedroom,

The living room is fully equipped, and the furniture inside is neatly arranged.

If you use [Perception] magic to observe the basement, you will find various test tubes neatly arranged inside.

The worktable contains basic pharmaceutical equipment such as crucibles and grinding pestles, and three pharmaceutical machines covered with runes are placed in the center.

This is where Rose lives under the guise of her life in the South District, and it's the first place Rose comes to after every party.

This is the place where Rose faked her life, experiments, and drug production in the South District. One of the reasons Rose occupied the South District was to use it as a buffer zone to cover up her actual life in the civilian area.

Rose came here to recreate traces of life and to maintain the [spell constancy] that Rose had set up in this house.

Rose placed [Spell Stabilization] in easily accessible, easily interfered with, and easily hidden places such as doorways, under the floorboards, under the stairs leading to the basement, and on the walls.

Rose's [Spell Stabilization] spell in this house is very simple and extremely secretive. Once triggered, it immediately sends sanity fluctuations to five different locations.

There are also five similar [Spell Stabilization] hidden in those five locations. After receiving this fluctuation of rationality, it will still transmit the fluctuation of rationality in several directions.

After several rounds of transmission, four of these paths eventually lead to Rose's house. As soon as someone comes to investigate the house, Rose can receive the information immediately and react in advance.

The two seemingly professional alchemy machines in the basement were model machines that Rose created by self-studying the basics of runes and rune machines, based on the models in the basement.

They look alright on the surface, but once you use reason to intervene, you'll find that their accuracy is shockingly low; they can barely function. Furthermore, if these three machines are interfered with by reason, they will also send out reason fluctuations in a certain direction.

Unless you're a mage who's an expert in rune machines, you generally won't notice anything unusual.

After making simple arrangements, disguising himself, and maintaining the [Spell Stabilization] inside, Rose returned home discreetly with the two machines.

After a brief greeting, Rose and Tiana went to the basement.

He placed the two pharmaceutical machines on the worktable, pulled out a chair from under the worktable, sat down, and fell into thought.

First, let's define the nature of the event. Rose can now confirm that he and Silas are mortal enemies, and only one of them can survive.

However, the problem is that, according to the information obtained from Finn, Silas's current level of sanity is quite high, and he should have a sanity level of the second ring.

However, this does not mean that the total strength level of Silas is at the second level; it should be higher than this value.

Because we need to consider that the other party was once a third-circle mage at his peak. According to the known information, a third-circle mage will undergo a "life leap". In addition, he has the experience and methods that far surpass those of a second-circle mage as a third-circle mage. Furthermore, according to Finn, Silas fell to his current state as a mage purely because of the turmoil in social relations, and was not eliminated from the social system because of his advanced age and irreversible decline in brain development.

This situation was not insurmountable for former third-circle mages; they could rely on their [Life Leap] ability.

The body is forcibly enhanced to improve brain development while ignoring mental instability, allowing rationality to return to the level of the third ring.

Therefore, considering all factors, the opponent's rationality level fluctuates between 130 and 160, and their strength should be at the high level of the second ring normally, reaching the third ring level for a short period of time.

In comparison, Rose's stats appear exceptionally meager.

Rosena's physical abilities, which are superior to those of ordinary magicians, have been dulled due to the fact that the opponent underwent a "life leap," so Rosena is likely at a disadvantage in physical combat.

Her normal level of rationality is only around 54 points, which is still at a low level in the second ring. It is almost impossible for her to improve significantly in the short term. In fact, since the beginning, Rose's stat improvement has been significantly slowed down due to her physical development.

The only thing that might give me an advantage over the other is my own level of concentration, which has reached 92 points, close to 100. However, the problem is rather counterintuitive: the mana bar of mages in this world is not long, while the mana bar of believers is much longer than that of mages.

The so-called blue bar, or focus, is essentially the power cultivated from the unity of essence, energy, and spirit, which drives extraordinary power.

Magicians develop their bodies and focus far less effectively than those who rely on faith, a consequence of the inherent nature of "reason," a supernatural power.

When a mage reaches the mid-to-high level of the second rank or the third rank, they mainly rely on using a small amount of focus to drive the power of reason, and using the power of reason to leverage the power of magic.

Because the advantage of magicians lies in their ability to intervene in external affairs.

Therefore, Silas, as a former third-circle mage, must have profound skills in the use and control of magic, while Rose only has some basic understanding of magic.

If magic power is taken into account, Rose's advantage in concentration would be neutralized. But saying it would be neutralized is actually Rose being self-aggrandizing. At the same level of concentration, a magician who can control magic power can crush a magician who cannot.

Therefore, it seems unrealistic for Rose to use magical means to fight against Silas. A simple comparison reveals that Silas has an overwhelming advantage over Rose.

Furthermore, Silas will not wait indefinitely for Rose. Judging from Finn's words, Silas will stay in the slums for about two years, and after the storm has passed, he will seek to make a comeback and leave the slums.

Rose's scores will only show a significant improvement at least three years after she enters puberty.

Therefore, Rose needs to use faith-based methods to fight against it, which means using his own power as a [Follower of the Ancient Dragon].

Although under normal power conditions, even as a [Follower of the Ancient Dragons], Rose is not at an advantage, he does have relevant means of countering it.

For example, there's the [Overload] technique for the Ancient Dragon Current that Rose was developing, along with the special nutrient solution that goes with it.

Previously, Rose couldn't concoct this nutrient solution because his rune machine lacked precision. Now, having purchased a brand-new pharmaceutical machine from Finn, Rose is fully capable of developing a completely new nutrient solution.

General, Wutong