The Wizard: Starting with Infinite Part-Time Jobs

"thump!"

As expected, the magic arrow, devoid of any elemental attribute, struck the soil three meters away from Aiden's feet, kicking up a small cloud of dust.

There was still a long distance between us and the iron target, which was 10 meters away.

Aiden shook his head, sighed helplessly, and said, "It's much harder than I imagined. I thought I could hit it."

"This is just a fixed iron target. If it were a real battle, the enemy would definitely move, and hitting them would be nothing short of a pipe dream."

Aiden then realized that he wanted to become an excellent wizard.

It not only requires a huge amount of resources, but also rigorous training and talent.

"No, I need to find a way to improve my mental strength in the future. My basic talent is still too low." Looking at the results of some formal wizard apprentices hitting the iron target not far away, Aiden clenched his fist and secretly vowed.

As night fell, the number of people at the shooting range gradually decreased.

Aiden continued training, repeatedly condensing elemental magic arrows and shooting them out.

Finally, he managed to shoot a magic arrow with no attribute into the iron target about 3 meters to the left front.

"That's enough training for today. Although we didn't hit the target, my aiming skills for this non-elemental magic arrow have improved a lot." Aiden felt a little dizzy and swayed, almost falling over.

A few formal wizard apprentices were still training, their wands gleaming brightly in the darkness.

Aiden shook his head and chose to leave.

It's not that he didn't want to continue practicing, nor that he wasn't working hard enough.

The basic mental strength is simply too low, so there's no training effect at all.

"Fortunately, I have a special talent: a basic mana pocket. This gives me an advantage over others when consuming mana to condense witchcraft," Aiden said to himself as he walked.

……

For the next week, Aiden lived a very simple life, going back and forth between two places.

Aside from his daily laboratory work, he spends all his time at the shooting range.

A faint magical aura permeated the shooting range, and the ground was covered with traces of magical attacks.

During this time, the walnut wand that was used at the beginning had been completely used to its limit.

As Aiden conjured another magic arrow, it snapped in the middle of the wand with a "crack".

Wood chips are flying everywhere, it's unusable.

Aiden looked at the wand that had broken in two, gave a helpless wry smile, and tossed it aside.

He and the archer Rock also became training partners, and the two often found nearby iron stakes to train on, supervising each other.

During his rest, Rock would repeatedly draw his bow and shoot arrows, which would fly out with a "whoosh" and embed themselves in the iron target.

Aiden, meanwhile, condensed a magic arrow of no elemental attribute and then shot it at the iron target.

Although he missed most of the time, he did not give up.

"Aiden, you've been hiding your true abilities!" Rock stared wide-eyed at the ash wood wand Aiden had pulled out, his face full of envy.

He always used the cheapest walnut wand.

Walnut wands are not as good as ash wands and need to be replaced frequently.

And it takes some time to get used to each new wand.

"Haha, well, the old walnut wand is ruined." Aiden grinned, patting his brand-new ash wand as he spoke.

He mentally praised angel investor Mr. Ford once again.

"Although I have low talent, I have quite a lot of resources." Aiden felt very comfortable.

"But in terms of resources, Bondi has more. I wonder where his father, the emperor of the Atlantis Empire, got so many magic stones?" Aiden frowned and muttered to himself.

As Aiden learned more about the wizarding world, he realized that the magic stone was mined from magic stone mines on the continent.

Even in the Wizarding World, it is a universal currency.

"Bondy isn't training at this basic range anymore," Aiden paused, then continued, "He's already training at the intermediate range."

"In our most basic shooting range, the target is 10 meters away from the shooting position. If the hit rate of the zero-ring magic arrow reaches 80%, then in the overall evaluation, it can be considered that the arrow has reached the mastery level."

"As for the intermediate shooting range, the targets and positions there are both 50 meters apart. Similarly, if the hit rate of non-elemental arrows reaches 80%, then the overall assessment is proficiency."

"The rest is the advanced shooting range, where the distance between the target and the shooting position is 100 meters. If the hit rate of the non-elemental arrows reaches 80%, then the overall assessment is proficient."

"To become an intermediate wizard apprentice, one needs a zero-ring trick at the mastery level."

These were all things that the archer Rock had explained to him.

Aiden then realized just how difficult it was to advance.

He gripped the magic wand tightly, his knuckles turning white.

Right now, he's been using this basic shooting range so hard that he's ruined his walnut wand and his accuracy is only about 50%.

"I want to train to the proficiency level and hit a target 100 meters away. That's probably a bit too difficult. I wonder how many wands I'll need to practice with," Aiden said with a wry smile, his smile tinged with helplessness.

"My mental strength is still too low."

"Aiden, let's have an archery contest, let's clear our heads."

Rock also finished a round of training.

He strode over, patted Aiden on the shoulder forcefully, and smiled broadly.

Just a few days ago, when Aiden was tired from training, he borrowed Rock's turquoise longbow and shot a few arrows.

Although his accuracy wasn't as high as that of a standard archer like Rock, he couldn't shoot arrows with his eyes closed.

Crook could also tell that Aiden knew how to use a bow and arrow.

Since then, Rock and Aiden have become even closer.

After all, there weren't many archers among the wizard apprentices in this Forbidden Forest Basin, and Rock felt lonely.

But ever since Aiden appeared, he has found that he has someone to talk to.

"I'm definitely no match for you; my skills are all self-taught." Aiden waved his hand with a smile and took a step back.

He wanted to test his bow and arrow skills, but only to improve Lin Ying's apprentice's resolution.

He had absolutely no core skills as an archer; in other words, he knew nothing and had to figure everything out by trial and error.

As he spoke, he scratched his head, a hint of embarrassment on his face.

"It's okay, I can teach you if you want to learn," Rock said earnestly, patting his chest.

"Sure, you can teach me, and I'll treat you to drinks later," Aiden replied with a smile.

He had already figured it out; Rock was a kind-hearted guy.

If Rock could teach him archery skills, he would probably be able to grind resolution much faster.

"It's nothing. Our Emerald Shadow Empire started out with archers." Rock waved his hand dismissively, a relaxed smile on his face, and patted Aiden on the shoulder.

Rock also had the idea of ​​befriending Aiden.

He squinted, pondering to himself.

Wizard apprentices are human too, and human beings are bound by the exchange of interests.

Rock's intuition told him that Aiden, the brown-haired youth who always had a smile on his face, was not as simple as he seemed.

His gaze swept over Aiden.

At the very least, Aiden is the only one who became a formal wizarding apprentice as a commoner.

Not to mention he uses an ash wood wand that many people would be reluctant to use, and he seems to be very generous and much easier to get along with than the usual reclusive wizard apprentices.

Soon, Rock began to teach Aiden step by step.

He stood behind Aiden, gripping Aiden's bow-wielding hands and adjusting the angle with force, repeatedly saying, "Steady your arm a little more, yes, that's it."

"The most important things for us archers are focus and fine motor control. Although the future of archers is far less promising than that of wizards, I think it's somewhat related to the spellcasting of wizards."

As he spoke, Rock demonstrated the action of drawing a bow, his arm muscles tense, and the bowstring creaked as it was pulled.

Aiden listened attentively.

He nodded, adjusting his posture as Rock instructed.

After all, there was a proper archery teacher here, who corrected many of the misunderstandings he had previously figured out on his own.

……

a few days later.

Aiden was in his cabin, drawing his bow and arrow.

He took a deep breath, gripped the bow firmly with both hands, and nocked the arrow onto the string with practiced and fluid movements.

He followed Rock's instructions meticulously, paying close attention to his posture and the angle at which he drew the bow.

He then released the arrow, which shot out with a "whoosh" and, as if it had eyes, struck the scarecrow not far away. The scarecrow swayed slightly after being hit by the arrow.

"Not bad, not bad. Rock taught me real skills. The resolution of Lin Ying's apprentice on the job panel is rising much faster than before. I estimate that the breakthrough and unlocking will happen today."

Aiden grinned and rubbed his hands together excitedly.