Wizard: This mushroom is too fierce.

Upon opening the potion bottle, a faint, pleasant aroma of magic wafted towards Roland's nose. He then drank the pale blue potion in one gulp.

After finishing his drink, Roland first took out Starlight Insect Powder and Black Flame Crystal from the Starry Sky Ring to speed up his meditation.

After everything was ready, Roland closed his eyes and projected his mental energy into his mental space.

The next moment, two rune diagrams appeared before Roland's eyes. The hunting rune on the left was still radiating a seven-colored light.

Although they currently only have two runes, the primary rune is the Hunting Rune and the secondary rune is the Summoning Rune, the space they occupy is comparable to that of the wood attribute rune diagram next to them.

Roland turned his gaze to the wood-elemental runes that were emitting a bright green light. At this moment, they had transformed into the shape of levers, which was the manifestation of the star map.

Meanwhile, as time went on, the effects of the potion and the magical materials began to take effect, and a large amount of wood element began to flow into the mental space.

Its quality and quantity were unprecedented for Roland, as if the wood element had always regarded him as a companion.

Meditation begins

Roland's avatar in the spiritual realm began absorbing wood elements and using these elements to inscribe new runes beneath the Lever Star Chart.

One...two...

This star chart is a derivative of the leveraged star chart, and it's called: "The Smile of the Goddess of Fortune!"

Of course, Roland thought it should have a simpler name: Critical Strike!

Yes, Roland believed that the effect of this star chart was a critical strike. According to the interpretation of the Fate Meditation Method, once the star chart was completed, there was a chance that it would produce a greater and better effect when casting spells.

Although the Leverage Star Chart also involves stacking multipliers, it's a normalized enhancement; Roland's spellcasting can double the enhancement each time.

But this critical hit star chart is different; it's random.

The rune construction begins at the lower left corner of the lever, extending along the tail of the lever to form a narrow passageway, ending with a five-pointed star-shaped star map.

With this, the star map was completed, and Roland had learned a specific number.

【0.14】

The critical hit chance is 0.14. To increase it further, you need to enhance your runes by absorbing specific magical materials.

What are magical materials?

Roland felt a chill in his heart as he pondered the contents of the Destiny Meditation Method: [Banshee's Heart] + [Enchanting Potion] + [Flower Fairy's Tears]...

"Damn it..." Roland cursed under his breath. None of these things were cheap. Banshees were first-class wizard apprentices upon reaching adulthood, and they were social creatures. If you killed one, a whole group would come.

The demonizing potion is even more outrageous. It's questionable whether such a thing even exists in the Deep Caverns. This thing should be something only black wizards would use. Its specific effect seems to be to corrupt the soul, and it's only used in those aberration experiments.

Furthermore, the tears of the Flower Fairy—could a wizard apprentice truly obtain something like that?

Flower fairies are allies of wizards, and they are naturally happy creatures who rarely experience sadness, unless captured by a dark wizard and tortured to the point of shedding tears.

If that were the case… Roland murmured to himself: This would be subject to trial in court…

With the critical strike star map completed, Roland's meditation speed had not slowed down. He lowered his gaze and began to focus on increasing the number of wood element runes, striving to significantly enhance his mental strength before the end.

Half a day later, when Roland opened his eyes again, Dean Lester had already left the room.

【Mental Power: 29.4】

The moment the numbers appeared, Roland raised an eyebrow, feeling quite satisfied. Thanks to the Tide Radiance Potion and the Scorching Sun Potion he had taken before, his mental strength had increased rapidly, rising by 14.2 in just half a day.

"I've already completed half of the path to becoming a third-class wizard apprentice." Roland pondered for a moment. According to his prediction, after this, he would most likely not lack magic stones for the time being. He planned to put everything else aside and focus all his efforts on improving his mental strength, striving to raise it to 50 points within half a year and break through to become a second-class wizard apprentice.

The situation is quite different between a second-class wizard apprentice and a third-class wizard apprentice.

According to the book on wizarding ranks, once a wizarding apprentice has advanced to a higher level, their soul will undergo a qualitative change, which will greatly improve the purity of their spiritual power.

An increase in the purity of mental power represents a comprehensive enhancement of various attributes, including spellcasting and mental abilities. In other words, in the wizarding world, it is impossible to challenge opponents of higher levels.

For Roland, once he advances to the second-tier wizard apprentice level, his Fate Meditation technique will also improve slightly, and the two major rune construction systems will be further developed.

According to his teacher Ashius, his hunting rune will most likely evolve into a new secondary rune. He couldn't explain its specific characteristics, only that it would be further developed according to Roland's ideas, which is one of the benefits of the Hunting Rune School's legacy.

For the wood-attribute runes represented by the Leverage Star Chart, Roland can also take advantage of the opportunity to advance his soul transformation to further strengthen the runes under the Star Chart, making them more solid and thus slightly affecting the leverage multiplier.

......

After finishing his meditation, Roland returned to his residence and obtained magic stones worth a total of six thousand from Olivia and his teacher's servants, three thousand from Olivia and three thousand from the servants.

Olivia also gained approximately three thousand magic stones through this opportunity.

Having suddenly become rich, Olivia felt lightheaded. She seemed to still be indulging in the thrill of gambling, even planning to bet more next time she had the chance, perhaps even taking out a loan.

Roland frowned, and before leaving, he said softly, "As a wizard, I advise you to focus your energy on your studies."

"The reason I won so much this time... is entirely because no one knew my background, and because I intentionally manipulated the game." Roland was silent for a moment before continuing, "Gambling is a losing proposition nine times out of ten... I suggest you stick to the right path and don't get too involved."

Olivia blinked her amber eyes, her rosy lips slightly upturned, and she put her hands on her hips and raised her head: "I won't get addicted, I'm just very happy. With these magic stones, I can participate in the potion master assistant assessment."

"Remember that, Roland. From now on, your captain will be the potion master's assistant."

"From now on, you can buy low-level potions from me, and I'll give you a 25% discount."

As soon as he finished speaking, Roland's gaze sharpened, and a progress bar appeared in his vision.

[Basic Meditation Method: 98/100 (Proficient)]

During the first public meditation class, Lord Lucius, who followed the path of warriors and plants, said that the basic meditation method was created by the Council of Truth specifically for beginners. By raising it to a certain level, one can obtain a blank rune.

Roland later learned more about the concept of blank runes. According to rune literature, they were a gift from the wizarding world, a meditation method transformed by the Council of Truth through a certain ritual and special knowledge techniques. Their true purpose was to select geniuses.

In other words, possessing this rune means that your mental space can absorb another element again.

For Roland, his next target is the fire element!

The Wizarding World currently has the most widely known uses and the most complete promotion system.