Wizard: Surviving in the Steam Age with Points for Demon Hunter

Chapter 87 Give Me Back My Believers!

"A high-level wizard apprentice..."

Wei En took out the intelligence officer's tools and thought to himself: This progress should be pretty good.

More than three months have passed since the timeline began from the time of the predecessor city-state of Castel.

At the speed of the Ghostly Meditation Method, those talented monsters who directly entered the school to study should have advanced to advanced apprentice level in a little over a hundred days, right?

That's what I think.

But what Wayne didn't know was that his advancement speed not only far exceeded that of his peers, but also triggered an unusual alarm bell tolling within the school.

but,

Even if he knew that, he still wouldn't choose to suppress his advancement speed.

The danger level of the Caster City-State had far exceeded his previous estimates. If his strength had increased too slowly, he wouldn't even need to wait until later; he would be dead right here at the Ceres Manor today...

Buzz,

"Has something arrived?"

Just as Wei En placed all the work tools on the table, the blue and white box made a sound.

Could it be that the false information we sent last time was discovered?

It's only been two days.

He then opened the box and took a look—a letter, three rolls of parchment, and a black handbag.

"A letter, parchment..."

Wayne breathed a slight sigh of relief; these things were clearly not sent by the liaison officer.

With that in mind, he took out the letter and started reading.

Unlike before, the letter not only bore the seal of the Ghost School, but also indicated that the sender was Qadir Khan Harrison.

If he remembered correctly, this should be the administrator of the apprenticeship management office who had previously warned him not to blindly study potion-making?

"To Wayne Loft"

"First of all, congratulations on your promotion to Senior Wizard Apprentice. According to the school's management regulations for apprentices, every Senior Wizard Apprentice will receive a school reward."

"Based on the knowledge you recently redeemed, I am sending you three volumes of spell knowledge related to the necromancy system, as well as a toolkit."

"Note: This toolkit is designed specifically for undead modification. Please keep it safe."

"At the same time, the exchange list is now open up to the advanced wizard apprentice level, and you can choose the knowledge that suits you to exchange."

"Finally, on the path of seeking knowledge, death is not the end—Khedir Khan Harrison, Apprentice Administration of the Ghost School."

Unexpectedly, the school sent him a reward right after he successfully advanced, and even thoughtfully selected items suitable for his use...

Not bad.

Wayne took the parchments and opened them one by one to look at them.

One of the documents was written in Common Language about the experiences of a high-ranking wizard apprentice in advancing to a full wizard, but the contents recorded on it were of little use to him.

Only the conditions for becoming a formal wizard were somewhat relevant to him.

The rest of the content concerns the accumulation and improvement of spells, and how to accelerate the effects of meditation.

The other two records contain two level-zero spells: Corpse Explosion and Undead Frenzy.

Corpse Explosion is a technique that uses the corpse of any creature, including mutants, to create a powerful area-of-effect attack and has a contamination effect.

Simply put, once a creature afflicted by the Corpse Explosion spell dies, its corpse will also explode.

Furthermore, the effect of the Corpse Explosion spell varies depending on the corpse selected.

To put it more vividly, the corpse of an ordinary person is at most as powerful as a hand grenade. But the corpse of a superhuman or a mutant is as powerful as a rocket.

Of course, this only applies to apprentice-level wizards.

As the spell level increases and the wizard advances in rank, the power of Corpse Explosion increases exponentially.

The only thing to be careful about is that the Corpse Explosion spell is absolutely forbidden within the city-state or against ordinary people, otherwise, if it becomes a chain reaction...

Hmm, do you want to see countless fireworks burst into bloody fragments?

The other spell, Undead Frenzy, is more peaceful. It's a spell used only against undead summoned creatures, with a simple effect: forcing undead creatures into a bloodthirsty frenzy state.

"Not bad, they're all pretty practical spells."

Especially the Corpse Explosion Technique,

If he had known this spell when they were at the Ceres Manor today, combined with the death properties of the Mechanical Box, those people probably wouldn't have lasted a minute.

As for the last toolkit, Wayne opened it and took a look. As the letter said, it contained knives, needles and thread for undead modification.

After glancing at them, Wayne put them aside. He had a lot to improve today, so he decided to prepare everything first.

In terms of runes, he is five runes short of advancing from beginner to proficient. Including Corpse Explosion and Undead Frenzy, he is three spell runes short.

In potion-making, I'm missing seven potion recipes...

In addition, there are the tools needed to make potions and machines...

Immediately afterwards, Wayne began searching through the exchange list for the items he needed.

"A set of isolation magic arrays, seven potion recipes, three spells, and tools for making mechanical puppets..."

All of these items cost a total of 103 gold pounds, most of which were used to purchase materials needed to make potions.

Looking at his money bag, which had shrunk by more than half, Wayne couldn't help but sigh, "No matter how many gold pounds I have, it's still not enough."

Even this was the result of his careful selection.

If the choices were more flexible, for example, choosing the Plague spell worth 60 gold pounds, or the armor piece infused with adamantite...

Before long, Wayne moved all these things to the studio. Some of the mechanical puppet materials couldn't fit in his space ring, so he asked Miss Zombie for help.

"Let's start with runes."

Wayne took out the five parchment sheets containing the spells and began to copy the spell runes.

[You have successfully drawn the Corpse Explosion rune. Special reward: Survival Points +3, Spirit Level +1.]

[You have successfully drawn the Undead Berserk Rune...]

You have successfully drawn the Heart of the Elements rune...

[...blinking runes...]

[...The Heart of Flesh and Blood Rune...]

Wein did not choose to exchange for the necromancy spell runes.

Instead, they chose the core rune of the Mystic School's elemental magic system—the Heart of the Elements—and the Blink spell for easy escape.

And the core rune of the Blood Spirit School's flesh enhancement system—the Heart of Flesh and Blood.

The main reason was that the two newborn primordial offspring did not have rune marks on their foreheads, and he always felt that they did not resemble the mature Little Axi.

Immediately afterwards, Wayne spent 50 survival points to upgrade all five spell runes to the maximum level.

[Congratulations on acquiring a max-level Rune Knowledge. Your Rune Knowledge beginner progress is 6/10. Special reward: Spirit Level +1.]

【…】

[Congratulations on acquiring a max-level Rune Knowledge. Your Rune Knowledge beginner progress is 10/10. Special reward: Spirit Level +1.]

[Congratulations! You have successfully advanced from Beginner to Proficient in Rune Arts: 0/100. Special Rewards: Survival Points +10, Resilience Rating +3, Spirit Rating +3.]

Runecraft Proficiency Level Reached!

As this prompt appeared, a vast amount of complex knowledge flooded into Wayne's mind.

"hiss--"

Even with his current level of origin and spiritual power, he still finds it difficult to bear such a vast amount of knowledge.

The patterns of all basic runes, the classification of basic runes, methods of rune composition, drawing techniques, and the theory of basic rune arrays...

All this knowledge related to the basics of rune literature was stored in his mind, waiting for him to learn and absorb it.

After a long while, Wei En stood up, feeling dizzy and lightheaded, still feeling the world spinning as he leaned on the worktable.

"What a vast knowledge system..."

If he hadn't acquired such a vast amount of rune knowledge in this way, he would probably have had to expend a tremendous amount of effort to read and memorize it.

Now, simply by allocating points through the panel, he has acquired all the basic theoretical knowledge of runic literature...

All I can say is that the control panel is forever the best!

After resting with his eyes closed for more than an hour, Wayne finally felt a little better.

However, given his current condition, he probably won't be able to improve his basic potion-making skills today.

If he were to be bombarded with another round of potions knowledge, his head would probably explode on the spot...

"I'll just learn a few of the potion recipes and wait a few days... I'll also absorb some knowledge of runic literature, which will be beneficial for the creation of mechanical golems."

The rune array of the [Ironheart Fury] mechanical puppet was even more complex. Breaking it down into its various parts, it would be difficult to complete without a certain level of rune design skills.

Following that, Wayne continued to study the spell runes, especially attempting to fuse them with the Death God's original runes.

The previous Mechanical Box (Death) rune brought him a great boost, and also made him have a strong desire for fusion runes.

Unfortunately,

After initial research, only the Heart of Flesh rune, Blink spell rune, and Corpse Explosion rune have hexagram patterns, which can be attempted to be fused with the Death Origin rune.

The other two are the Undead Rage Rune, which is a seven-pointed star, and the Elemental Heart, which is more complex and is a nine-pointed star.

None of them possess the conditions to merge with the Death God's original runes.

Fortunately, the subsequent fusion research went smoothly, thanks to the experience from the previous one, coupled with Wayne's current ultimate understanding of basic runic literature.

This time, he successfully fused the three runes in less than an hour.

[You have successfully combined the Origin Rune of Death, Olane, with the Heart of Flesh rune and completed the drawing. Evaluation: "Genius" is no longer enough to describe you; "monster" is more appropriate. Special Rewards: Survival Points +5, Spirit Level +1, Resilience Level +1.]

[You have successfully combined the Death God Olane's primordial runes with the Blink spell runes and successfully created... Survival Points +5, Spirit Level +1, Resilience Level +1.]

[You have successfully combined the Death God Olanael's Primal Rune with the Corpse Explosion Rune... Survival Points +5, Spirit Level +1, Resilience Level +1.]

It's also worth mentioning that the Soul Devouring Rune is even more complex than the Elemental Heart Rune, reaching a terrifying twelve-pointed star.

Looking back now, I realize that it took a lot of effort to learn this rune.

Once everything was ready, Wayne lavishly drank a bottle of perfect-grade enlightenment potion to restore his mental power to its best state, and then began to imprint runes on the little Asis.

First, the two newborn little Asis were branded with Soul-Eating Runes...

Then, imprint the five newly learned runes onto the three heads respectively...

The driver, who had nothing, smacked his lips, watching his three brothers scream "miserably," his eyes filled with envy.

Baba, why don't you give me a shot too?

……

……

At the same time, a low, desperate sound once again echoed over the streets of Laos.

"Dawn will pass, but the red moon will live on forever."

"A tragic final song, all things wither and die."

"May I serve the Red Moon for all eternity..."

"May the glory of the Lord of the Red Moon forever shine upon the world, and may all illusions in this world become eternal nightmares..."

Aside from those who had previously transformed into handsome men and beautiful women, the new residents of the slums, guided by these voices, exposed themselves to the red moon.

Furthermore, as time passed, these people gradually transformed into servants of the Red Moon, chanting in unison: "The Lord of the Red Moon will eventually descend, to redeem or to destroy..."

"Immortality is the truth."

Padilla and Hector were watching with satisfaction when they suddenly heard this charming voice and were momentarily stunned...

"Did you hear that, Padilla?"

Padila, dressed in a red robe, glared at him irritably. "I'm not deaf, how could I not hear you?"

"It's the Eternal Life Society..." Hector scanned the crowd in the street.

Handsome man, handsome man, beautiful woman, Claire, Claire, Claire...

Ok?

It seems like something strange has been mixed in?

"It's Claire!!"

Padilla looked at the several Crimson Moon servants who had transformed into Claire's faces. "Hector, what happened to the Despair Domain I asked you to set up?"

"No need to look, my setup is fine."

Hector stared grimly at the group of 'Claire's, "It seems she's discovered this place..."

Padilla's expression also darkened. "Claire, what are you doing here?"

"We're all old friends, I just came to catch up with you all~"

One of them, Claire, walked up to the two with a swaying, alluring gait. "I must say, the Red Moon Church's pollution properties are very useful."

"Hmph!" Padilla turned her head away. "You only dare to send puppets."

"Oh, are you angry?"

Claire glanced at Hector with a flirtatious look and said with a coquettish smile, "Look, Hector isn't angry. Why should you, my helper who was just brought here, get upset?"

"Claire," Hector said coldly, "you're the one who stole the totem of our Cult of Despair, aren't you?"

"totem?"

Claire tilted her head and thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "You mean that? Tsk tsk, you Despair Cult can't even keep an eye on this, you deserve to lose it."

"Don't think that just because your true form isn't here, I can't do anything to you."

"Really? Then how about giving it a try?"

Snapped.

Claire snapped her fingers, and one by one, the people in the block behind her, regardless of gender, transformed into her likeness…

Hector was stunned by what he saw and muttered, "We've been working on this for two days..."

Padilla's face contorted with rage: "Damn it, give me back my followers!"

"Your followers?"

Claire gave a dismissive laugh. "Why don't you ask who your followers are?"

"Why don't you ask which one is...?"

"Do you want to...?"

"Your believers..."

"only……"

For a moment, her distinctive voice echoed throughout the entire Laos district, making Padilla and Hector's expressions grow increasingly grim.

"Claire!!!"

A tremendous roar pierced through the streets of Laos and carried far beyond...

Thank you so much to the God of Dealing Cards for the 5000 coin reward!

The initial subscription results were so-so, so I'll stop here for today. I'll take a nap and recharge, and then I'll continue with more updates tomorrow.

PS: I updated 1 words today, which isn't a small amount.

(End of this chapter)