Fanatics of the Magic Academy

Rose looked at Kenneth and remained silent.

In Rose's eyes, it was incredible that Kenneth was still alive and kicking.

Although my rationality has long since faded, the life leap I experienced after advancing to the third ring still remains.

However, it seems that it has already exhausted its life force.

Kenneth lowered his head and turned to look at the racetrack:

"Are you here to learn magic today too?"

"Um."

A smile forced a shape onto Kenneth's gaunt face as he said:

"It's good that you like learning. Learning more magic will help you avoid being bullied here."

What kind of magic do you want to learn?

Rose thought for a moment and said:

"For defensive types, I now have attack and reconnaissance, but I'm still missing defense."

Kenneth thought for a moment and said:

"Alright, today I'll teach you the first-level storm-type defensive spell, [Transform into Cloud Form]."

There are a total of 8 runes.

"[Wind!][Centered on me][Gathering, compressing][Deflection][Synchronization][Feedback][Translation][Transformation!]"

Kenneth took out a notebook and pen from the tent behind him and continued:

"You've already learned the ones: 【Wind!】, 【Center on Me】, 【Condensation, Compression】, and 【Translation】. You only need to learn the remaining four."

"This is a continuous spell; the final rune is 'Transform!' instead of 'Cast.'"

Kenneth then scribbled in his notebook, drawing the remaining four runes and marking the locations of all the rune interfaces.

"Okay, that's all."

Kenneth handed the notebook to Rose and said:

"Go back and practice diligently. With your talent, you can master it easily."

"This magic can gather air on the skin's surface, deflecting attacks."

Speed ​​can be increased by controlling the high-pressure and low-pressure zones of the air, as well as by controlling the gas ejection.

With practice, one can even perform micro-management, such as increasing the speed of a punch.

"Combining defense and support functions."

After finishing his introduction, Kenneth paused, then continued:

"Also, it's good that you have your own independent thoughts about magic."

You previously mentioned that you know reconnaissance and offensive magic, but you're missing defensive magic.

This means you are building your own magic system.

That's good, but you have some misunderstandings about magic.

He seemed to be in a good mood to talk today, explaining to Rose:

"Perhaps for low-level magic, a balanced approach of offense and defense is more reasonable."

Because the casting range is relatively short at lower rings, the cost of defense is roughly the same as the cost of offense.

Adding appropriate defensive magic to a system can sometimes be advantageous.

"but!"

Kenneth emphasized the word "but," as if afraid Rose wouldn't have heard him:

"With your talent, you can definitely reach the second or third ring, or even higher."

When you reach the second or even third ring, the cost of defensive magic becomes extremely high compared to offensive magic.

After all, to create an offensive spell, you only need to destroy, while a defensive spell requires a whole system, and the costs are completely different.

When fighting mages of higher ranks...

The main areas for improvement are reconnaissance, attack, and escape.

The defense primarily relies on interception using reconnaissance and offensive magic.

Some mages who excelled at learning defensive magic in lower ranks maintained the same approach even in higher ranks.

You'll suffer a great loss then, and might even lose your life.

Therefore, the magic I'm teaching you is more defensive and functional.

We don't want you to develop path dependency and suffer losses later.

After listening, Rose thought for a moment, then suddenly realized and nodded in agreement.

It's actually quite easy to understand, and it aligns well with Rossai's military theories from his previous life.

In the early stages of the game, it's like the era of cold weapons; wearing good armor and wielding good weapons makes it easy to gain the upper hand.

By the time the high-level rings were reached, it was already the era of firearms, and the cost of defense far exceeded the cost of offense.

Modern military defense systems are mostly based on interception rather than simply physical defense.

Seeing that Rose seemed to understand, Kenneth nodded.

Then, Rose took out the enhancement agent from her pocket, handed it to Kenneth, and bowed to him.

"Thank you, Mr. Kenneth."

Under normal circumstances, Kenneth would have snatched it away with his eyes lighting up.

At this moment, Kenneth stared blankly at the enhancer, without saying a word.

Seeing that Kenneth hadn't taken it, Rose looked up and glanced at Kenneth with a puzzled expression.

Kenneth pursed his chapped lips, took the enhancer, and casually put it into the tent.

He looked at Rose, his cloudy eyes revealing a hint of determination, and said:

"Don't buy any more enhancers. Getting involved with this stuff will ruin your life."

Rose looked at Kenneth with some surprise.

"And Mr. Kenneth... what about the deal...?"

Kenneth pointed to the notebook in Rose's hand.

"This week, I wrote down four first-circle spells and one second-circle spell in my notebook."

"That's enough for you to learn; you don't need to get involved in this kind of thing anymore."

At this point, Kenneth pursed his lips again, a strange emotion flickering in his eyes as he looked at the Luo Sai Road:

"Of course, even though you are very talented, you can still come to me for help if you encounter any problems while learning magic."

Rose was somewhat taken aback. He opened the notebook and found that it did indeed contain several pages of runes and annotations.

Rose closed the notebook, remained silent for a moment, and then said:

"Thank you, Mr. Kenneth. I will definitely come to visit you more often when I have time."

Rose gave this former third-circle mage a long look.

The current homeless and drug addict.

He turned and left.

Rose returned to the tent, put the notebook aside, lay down on the mattress, and stared blankly at the tent ceiling.

After a while, Rose sat up, her eyes regaining their resolve.

"Let's learn magic first, and then buy him more fruit and food, and spend more time with him."

Rose could sense that Kenneth's days were numbered; as the saying goes, a dying man's words are often the most virtuous.

As he sensed his life was nearing its end, he spoke with Rose and reminisced about his life.

He briefly escaped the effects of his misfortune and the enhancer.

But Rose knew clearly that Kenneth was beyond saving and that there was nothing he could do about it.

Perhaps they briefly regained their humanity today, but what will happen when the drug addiction kicks in?

He turned back into that addict who would do anything just to take a hit.

This may also be why he wrote the magic in his notebook beforehand.

Rose opened the notebook and looked at the magic spells Kenneth had written for him.

There are a total of 4 first rings and 1 second ring.

The four ring-one skills are: [Storm Blade], [Bombardment], [Whirlwind], and [Fireball].

The second ring one is the [Cyclic Fireball].

Rose frowned slightly when she saw this second-circle spell, not for any other reason.

This is because the sanity requirement for this second-circle spell is only 38, and there are only 9 runes in total.

And Kenneth's writing is also very strange.

"This is a cyclical spell, which is boosted by both reason and focus."

This was the first time Rose had ever seen magic that could be corrected by concentration.