The Wizard: Starting with Infinite Part-Time Jobs

Right now, in the classroom.

"It's been a long time. It seems your strength has improved quite a bit. At the very least, the look between your brows doesn't seem like that of a rookie when you first joined the organization." The wizard Leon was sitting opposite Aiden, carefully examining him before speaking with a smile.

He leaned back on the stone chair, one leg crossed over the other, his large beard hanging down to his chest.

He was also somewhat surprised, as if Aiden had undergone a complete transformation.

The timid and hesitant demeanor of the past has largely disappeared, replaced by a calm and composed air.

Aiden smiled and said honestly, "Lord Leon, it's because I recently went to the Witch City with Senior Sister Iseli. There I met many formal wizards, and even some great figures who are like titans in wand studies." Aiden paused, then continued, "Seeing these people made me realize how short-sighted I had been, with all my so-called caution and modesty."

After Aiden spoke frankly, his intuition told him that the bearded first-ring wizard, Lord Leon, was a good person and would not harm him.

Otherwise, they would have arrested him and dissected him long ago, after he demonstrated his remarkable talent in runic literature.

"I see. We wizards specialize in mental power, and breakthroughs often happen in the blink of an eye. Mental power enhancement is very precious. The most common way to enhance mental power is to go out and travel to different places to broaden our horizons." Wizard Leon stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"As for your point about being cautious, I don't think there's anything wrong with that. But you should know that the wizards in our Rune Courtyard are all excellent. In other words, under the governance of the Wizarding Council for thousands of years, most white wizards are still quite law-abiding." Wizard Leon paused, picked up the teacup on the table, and took a sip.

"Otherwise, a single report would lead to law enforcement arresting and prosecuting those who break the law. Because the wizarding world has too many external enemies, if the internal order is unstable, it would be a catastrophe for all wizards," Wizard Leon said earnestly, putting down his teacup.

"I see. The Wizarding Council members are indeed quite decisive," Aiden nodded and said.

"When I published the article in the Wizarding Daily, those law enforcement officers from the Wizarding Council who came to me for confirmation only met with me once and left cleanly in less than a minute," Aiden continued.

He held up his hand and made a "one" gesture, his tone tinged with a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of deep emotion or reflection).

"I feel like they are all righteous people, at least they don't have any other thoughts in their hearts, except for one wizard who wanted to poach me, but the old headmaster stopped him in the end," Aiden said with a smile.

"Haha, that's normal. But since you have a non-compete agreement, most wizarding organizations won't try to poach you unless you demonstrate tremendous potential. In that case, many wizarding organizations will be willing to pay the high compensation under the non-compete agreement to try and poach you," Wizard Leon said with a laugh.

He patted Aiden on the shoulder.

Soon, the two exchanged updates on their recent situations.

Most importantly, Aiden shared his understanding and questions about cultivation and witchcraft with the wizard Leon.

Compared to Senior Sister Iseli, this wizard Leon was much older, looking like a middle-aged man with many wrinkles on his face and some gray hair at his temples.

The wizard Leon had more experience in cultivation, so Aiden also voiced some of his doubts.

The main argument is about the allocation of resources.

"You're right. In fact, witchcraft is one of the simplest things in the entire training process of a wizard. There's also meditation. Meditation is the foundation. You can only practice witchcraft after you've mastered meditation," the wizard Leon said with a smile.

"The second is acquiring resources. These resources can be used to build your knowledge system or to directly purchase other people's knowledge systems. For example, I currently possess nearly 10 types of knowledge-based weapons. These weapons allow me to far surpass other first-ring wizards of the same level. Even if a first-ring wizard has just advanced, the gap between him and me is significant, even if we are both first-ring wizards," Wizard Leon said with a smile.

"For example, he only has two knowledge-based weapons, while I have ten. So one of my spells is equivalent to four or five of his spells. Do you understand that difference?" the wizard Leon said earnestly.

"I understand, the difference between these levels is indeed significant," Aiden said, nodding earnestly. He took a breath, his brow furrowed.

"Not only that, theoretically, as long as the knowledge armament can absorb enough, then the power of a first-level witchcraft can be no less than that of a higher-level witchcraft. Some exceptionally talented wizards can even challenge those of higher levels." Wizard Leon finished speaking, his face filled with longing.

"It seems my next goal in cultivation is to finish mastering witchcraft and then acquire some knowledge to arm myself," Aiden reminded himself.

He lowered his head, his fingers unconsciously tapping twice on the rough tabletop.

Seeing Aiden's thoughtful expression, the wizard Leon nodded in satisfaction.

Leon knew that Aiden had now joined Iselly's ranks and become a wand-making apprentice.

He had only heard the news from someone a few days ago, and he was stunned for a while, feeling a mix of emotions.

This second job is a huge boost for Aiden.

However, he was somewhat worried that Aiden might follow the same path as Iselly in the future.

Iseli's combat talent is quite good, but it is still somewhat ordinary compared to her wand-making talent. Therefore, Iseli focuses a lot of attention and energy on her wand-making talent.

The thought of Iseli caused Leon's brows to furrow involuntarily, forming a deep frown on his forehead.

This also caused her training progress to gradually slow down as she delved deeper into the wand-maker profession.

In many battles against the enemy, the only way to win is through shameless resource overwhelm.

He recalled the scene when he last saw Iseli make a move. The woman threw out handfuls of magical artifacts, their multicolored lights intertwined, as if they were free, leaving the people opposite her no chance to fight back.

Lyon's lips twitched involuntarily, his heart filled with a mixture of admiration and helplessness.

That scene, to put it nicely, was extravagant; to put it bluntly, it was wasteful. Anyone with that much wealth could have fought like that.

While this fighting style allows Iseli to have the upper hand in most situations, once resources are exhausted or some unexpected event occurs, her original strength will not be able to keep up.

Moreover, this will also hinder her own advancement, since it is very difficult for a wizard to advance, and they all need to rely on their own mental strength to break through.

However, magical artifacts and external items such as wands cannot help a wizard advance in rank; at the very least, it is very difficult to break through to the intermediate level.

It might be relatively easy for Iseli to break through to the third ring wizard level in the early stages, but it will be very difficult to break through further.

Although he was thinking this in his heart, the wizard Leon didn't say much.

After all, every wizard has his own plans. For example, although he was exceptionally talented and a master wizard apprentice, he had also misplanned his life. It wasn't until he met Aiden, a gifted rune-writing prodigy, that he slowly let go of his past regrets and began to pick up his path of cultivation again.

Thinking about the detours he had taken in the past, a complex expression flashed across Leon's face, a mixture of regret, relief, and a touch of unspeakable bitterness.

"By the way, getting back to the point, the reason I returned to the organization this time is to find you. Or rather, can you understand this?" As he spoke, the wizard Leon took out a few torn pieces of paper, carefully placed them on the table, and let Aiden look at them.

His tone suddenly changed, becoming more urgent, a stark contrast to his previous composed demeanor.

His movements were very light and slow, as if the pieces of paper would crumble at the slightest touch, or as if he were holding some extraordinary treasure.

The edges of the paper pieces were yellowed and curled, and some pieces were even missing corners, making them look very old.

Some strange patterns painted with special pigments can be vaguely seen on it. The lines are twisted and complicated, and they are faintly visible in the dim light.

Lyon began to breathe very carefully, afraid that he might accidentally destroy the pieces of paper, and he didn't dare to breathe too loudly.

Aiden nodded and looked over.

He quickly realized that this was a new rune, but apart from him, it seemed that the wizard Leon could not understand the text on it.

Aiden thought for a moment, then raised an eyebrow and said, "Lord Leon, this is a new rune."

His voice wasn't loud, but it was heard very clearly in the quiet classroom.