What kind of wizard are you if you don't have any entries?

Riding his magic broom, Vilin traveled along the rocky valley, observing the conditions of this mysterious place.

"There are no signs of biological activity, so it's highly likely that no dangerous creatures live here. The air isn't too polluted, and the fact that a large amount of fluorescent moss can grow here also indicates that this isn't some kind of dead zone."

"There are a large number of carved stone pillars and animal statues on both sides, and some stone carving patterns are still left on the rock walls."

"Judging from the style of the carvings and the types of these stone statues, this place is clearly very old."

Verin carefully examined the statue in front of him, which should be that of a "mystical wizard".

The head, shrouded in a stone robe, hung low, and the contours of the face had become slightly blurred due to the passage of time.

It is made entirely of grayish-white dry stone, and the remnants of solidified rock runes are still preserved on it.

"Is this... the land of ancient inhabitants?"

Verin had a guess in his mind.

Legend has it that in ancient times, an alien plane invaded, and humanity suffered repeated defeats on the surface world, forcing them to retreat to the underground world with its own set of dungeon rules.

In many dungeon worlds, the remains of ancient inhabitants can still be found today.

Soon, Verin's suspicions were confirmed.

At the end of the rocky valley passage stands a majestic altar, a full twenty meters high, which has retained its remarkably intact outline despite the passage of time.

As Vilin examined the ancient altar, a sense of solemnity and reverence arose within him.

These ancient inhabitants lived underground for tens of thousands of years, in places where the sun never shines, which allowed the human race to continue.

One after another, statues of various kinds, including winged angels, Valkyries, ancient heroes, and temple guardians, are scattered around the altar.

"what?"

When Verin's gaze swept over a relatively intact and valiant Valkyrie statue, he let out a slight sound of surprise.

He approached the statue of the Valkyrie and examined it closely.

The Valkyrie, riding a galloping steed and wielding a spear, seemed to exude a peculiar aura of the origin of the term.

"Generally speaking, these kinds of altar statues possess a certain spirituality when they are first carved, and in the hands of some masters, they can even come to life and become statue guardians, just like gargoyles."

After a moment's thought, Vilin's spiritual tentacles slowly seeped into the Valkyrie statue.

When the spiritual tentacles entered deep into the body of the Valkyrie statue.

"There really is something!"

A hint of joy flickered across Weilin's face.

An ancient and obscure witchcraft was slowly drawn into Virin's mind through his spiritual tentacles.

If other people came here, they probably wouldn't gain anything.

But spiritual tentacles can directly access the lineage within the spiritual realm.

Of course, this is on the premise that the other party cannot resist.

If the Valkyrie statue were still in its prime, Valin's desecration would likely have earned him divine punishment.

But now, the Valkyrie statue, which has almost no spirituality, can only be thoroughly explored by Vyrin using his tentacles.

Soon, Verin had completed the acquisition of a spell.

Rare-grade sorcery: [Demon-Slaying Holy Spear].

Unlike the [Gate of the Others] that Valin had previously acquired, which had a complete chapter on sorcery covering low, medium, high, and ring levels.

This rare-level sorcery, [Demon-Slaying Holy Spear], only has the advanced sorcery chapter.

While this greatly diminishes its value, it still represents a powerful offensive spell for Valin.

"As a high-level form of witchcraft, it generally requires the formation of a spell model before it can be cast effectively."

"But to condense a spell model is something only a high-level wizard apprentice can do."

"It's not that intermediate wizard apprentices can't use it, but both the difficulty of learning it and the energy consumption during casting are quite enormous."

"These aren't big problems for me."

"The key lies in..."

Verin rubbed his temples.

"I don't have a Light-related entry!"

"Without the light element to link the elements, even if this high-level spell is condensed, its power will be mediocre."

As he pondered, Verin's gaze fell upon the other statues that were still relatively well-preserved.

After a moment's thought, Velin stepped forward, waving his spiritual tentacles, and began to explore each one in depth.

A silent statue of the Valkyrie.

A useless ancient ruin altar.

A despicable outsider who uses his tentacles to explore ever deeper.

Strange and bizarre scenes unfolded in this ancient land.

Before long, all the altar statues had been thoroughly examined by Virin using his mental tentacles.

Although he did not regain complete witchcraft, Vilin did gain a considerable amount of knowledge about witchcraft.

Verin was already quite satisfied with what he had gained.

After circling around, he returned to the Valkyrie statue. Verin rested his chin on his hand, gazing thoughtfully at the lifelike statue.

"The fact that the statue has been able to maintain its integrity for so long must mean that, in addition to its inherent spirituality, it is also being replenished by a source of holy light."

As he pondered, Vilin turned around and looked at the ancient altar, which was also relatively well-preserved.

After being promoted to intermediate wizard apprentice, Verin's mental tentacles could now extend to twelve or thirteen meters in length.

We arrived at the top of the ancient altar.

After a moment of contemplation, Verin began to stretch out his spiritual tentacles to explore within.

As soon as the mental tentacles probed inside, Velin raised an eyebrow.

"There's an elemental aura in this direction."

Following the trail deeper, the spiritual tentacles soon touched a blazing and bright source.

[Ancient root word fragment detected. Absorb?]

The system notification tone then sounded.

"Fragments of the Ancient Origins entry?"

Based on my knowledge of ancient times, although I'm not entirely clear on the specific types of ancient origin entries, this is clearly a good thing.

"yes!"

Compared to the fire element entries previously absorbed from volcanic lava crystals.

This group of ancient origin entries is clearly much more refined.

[Ancient Origins Fragment]: 5.2/50

I opened the system and scanned the new fragments of terms.

A hint of joy appeared on Weilin's face.

"The previous fire element attribute had a threshold of 20, and its quality was Black Iron."

"And for this ancient root term, 50 is the critical value."

"That means its quality is... Bronze grade."

"What about a qualitative leap at the Bronze rank?"

Verin's eyes suddenly lit up.

"That's a gold-level keyword."

"Gold-tier keywords are great!"

For high-quality entries, the more the better.

Firstly, a larger number of gold-tier attributes can more effectively enhance the foundation of gold, making all aspects of the stats better.

Secondly, having more vocabulary entries in reserve might unlock some powerful wizarding classes someday.

For wizards, as the number of entries increases, the entries themselves are one aspect, but the mechanisms and abilities unlocked by the interaction of entries are even more important.

These powerful mechanics are the keys to unlocking many different playstyles.

"continue!"

Valin composed himself and continued to manipulate his mental tentacles, beginning to search and excavate the ancient fragments hidden within the altar like a miner.

To Verin's surprise, as he went deeper, he discovered that the number of orbs containing the source of the word hidden in the altar was quite considerable.