Fanatics of the Magic Academy

Rose immediately became interested in this magic.

He spread out his notebook and began to study it. Before long, he roughly understood the principle behind the magic.

The runes for this magic are:

[Flames!] [Gather!] [Compressed Core] [Spiral Cycle] [Absorb Magic Power] [Stabilize] [Cycle Count] [Critical Perception] [Explode!]

The rune "Spiral Cycle" has a total of 312 strokes.

This "spiral cycle" is not a single rune, but rather an entire structure composed of eight runes.

Used to create cycles.

The entire spell's incantation sequence is as follows: after chanting the penultimate rune, "Critical Perception," then chant "Absorb Magic" and "Stabilize" again.

Each time [Absorb Magic] and [Stabilize] are chanted, the fireball's power increases by one point, while also consuming an additional 4 points of Focus.

The entire basic magic requires 18 points of focus. Each additional cycle consumes more focus, but the power increases by one point.

The ultimate limit is 8 cycles, consuming 50 points of focus, so this spell is affected by both reason and focus.

The downside is that the casting is extremely slow, but the upside is that it has power that surpasses most second-circle spells after four cycles, but it only requires 38 sanity to use.

Rose stepped out of the tent and found a secluded alley to begin her experiment.

After all, just from the name, you know that if you mess with this thing, you might accidentally burn the tent.

Moreover, it's the rainy season now, and it rains almost every two days.

You can practice anywhere; there's no need to worry about causing a fire.

Rose began practicing in the alley, recalling the runes and chanting in his mind.

"Flames! Converge! Compress the core!"

Rose reached out her hand, and a small fireball began to slowly gather in her palm.

With the foundation of learning the [Wind Web Perception] spell, which is close to the difficulty of a second-circle spell, the first three runes were quickly chanted.

However, when we get to the third rune, the Spiral Cycle, or what we might call this large rune composed of eight runes, the "structure,"

Rose couldn't sing it no matter what she tried.

The reason why Kenneth's [Spiral Cycle] is listed as a separate rune in the chanting is because...

This is because the eight runes contained in this architecture must all be chanted in one breath.

You can't stop at all; you have to sing it out without any pause.

This requires not only a feel for rune connections, but also a very high level of proficiency.

If there is even the slightest pause, the entire structure collapses, and then the first three chanted runes also collapse.

Rossai was not discouraged. He believed that as long as he kept practicing, he would eventually learn it.

Furthermore, he also has the cheat code [Ancient Dragon Meditation].

The efficiency of leveling up proficiency is many times higher than that of a normal mage.

Then Rose began training like crazy. When her concentration was almost gone, she went back to her tent to eat and meditate to regain her focus.

This cycle continued endlessly, and the food Rose had stockpiled in the tent began to be consumed rapidly.

His appetite is now enormous, after all, his physical fitness has greatly improved and his body is still developing, so his consumption of food is naturally high.

Now I continue to use [Gu Long Meditation] to quickly restore my focus.

Left with no other choice, Rose went to the store again to buy supplies, and then continued practicing.

Rose practiced for two days, and finally...

The red temperature has broken through the defenses.

"Damn, this barren [spiral cycle] poet!"

Rose's face turned red, her belly felt warm, and Byd was burning with anger.

These eight runes are not only complex with many strokes, but they also have to be chanted out in one breath.

The entire architecture collapses instantly if there is even the slightest delay or sluggishness.

Moreover, in the past two days, I've used up all the 200+ marks I had saved up, leaving me with only 100 marks.

Left with no other choice, Rose temporarily halted her studies in magic.

The remaining 100 Mark Rosses are for emergencies.

In case of any emergency, these 100 marks might save your life.

After all, the slums of this world are a bit gloomy, completely different from what I saw in novels in my previous life.

Despite his significantly improved stats, he still couldn't withstand two shots to the body and one to the head from that kid.

Not to mention who knows how many mages are still lurking here and have been killed.

For example, those drug addicts whose bodies have become deformed are the result of some unknown magician's scheme.

But now we can maintain a materialistic mindset for longer periods of time, and our physical fitness and endurance have been greatly enhanced.

While we need to be careful, there's no need to be overly timid.

Otherwise, all those stats I accumulated would have been for nothing.

Rose stepped out of the tent, intending to use [Wind Network Perception] to continue searching for corpses in exchange for some money.

This way is still the fastest and risk-free way to make money.

After all, although his scores exceeded those of a normal adult, he still looked like a child.

It's highly unlikely that he'll be given a legitimate illegal job.

After all, the fact that even the lowest-level gangs in this world possess relatively advanced firearms shows that...

The world's industrial base has most likely moved beyond the stage where child labor is needed to clean chimneys.

Furthermore, the impact of magic on the industrial base also needs to be considered.

Rose walked down the street and began searching for the body.

A young man came to the slums of Lovillia and remarked:

"There's gold everywhere here."

Rose arrived at a street where scattered tents were clustered together, a relatively remote area in the slums.

In areas with densely packed tents, you generally won't find any corpses.

After all, if there were any, someone else would have gotten there first.

You're such a poor neighbor, do you think I don't know when you're going to die?

This is like leaving a section of cable exposed on the street; it will be taken away and sold within two days.

Rose found several locations on the street and activated [Wind Network Perception] to cover as much area as possible.

However, to Rose's surprise, there were more corpses than usual.

Rose casually opened a tent and peered inside. There were bags and needles scattered around, and Rose's pleased expression.

This is clearly due to being high on drugs and experiencing organ failure.

Rose then searched for several more secluded places, such as sewers and ventilation shafts.

Many of these bodies were found, indicating that the victims had died from high drug use.

Rose frowned slightly.

"Has someone set up another scheme?"

Rose thought to herself.

If someone else sets up another trap, then it's truly ruined; the corpse might have to be dismantled.

But Rose quickly dismissed the idea.

He carefully searched the body of a homeless man and found no abnormalities on his body.

Based on the rich experience gained in the slums over the past few days,

He could roughly determine that their cause of death was indeed organ failure from flying too high.

Or it could be that the person died indirectly due to an extreme action taken while high on drugs.

Rose walked around for a while and found a total of nine bodies.

Rose frowned, deep in thought, hesitating whether to go and collect Joel's body.

"what?"

Just then, [Wind Network Perception] transmitted a message from somewhere that he found somewhat difficult to understand.

That was a...

A tent that's twisting and writhing on the ground?!