Wizard's Journey

Chapter 137 Hesitation

Green entered his room on the airship.

The room was small, only about 15 square meters. Besides a bed and a simple table, there was a toilet that also served as a shower.

"We'll arrive at Moon Lake in about two days," the wizard apprentice piloting the airship said respectfully in a deep voice, gazing enviously at the halo above Green's head.

"Hmm," Green replied casually.

crunch...

After the wizard apprentice left the room, Green casually glanced at the room's layout before removing his pale mask, then taking off his three-piece armor and the gray wizard's robe covering it, and walked naked into the bathing room, the rising steam filling the air.

The reason Peranos went to Lake Mondstadt first was because he wanted to visit a friend he hadn't seen for many years.

Later.

After showering and dressing, Green opened the window, letting the warm sunlight stream into the room. Sitting at the table, enjoying the gentle sunlight, Green quickly dried his slightly damp golden hair, sensed the time, and then took out two broken branches and a notebook.

As the lightning patterns on the broken branch, resembling mirrored layers, flashed and disappeared, Green's eyes lit up slightly before he casually tucked the broken branch away from his body and looked at his notebook.

This notebook records Green's research findings on "The Annihilation Characteristics of Explosive Flame Spells," including some conjectures about the annihilation energy characteristics in the original work, as well as some of Green's self-awareness after casting Explosive Flame Spells.

First, annihilation energy cannot be collected using any known matter, energy, or even an energy balance sealing system.

Secondly, annihilation energy only exhibits an extremely strong energy reaction for a fleeting moment before being automatically erased by the rules of the world. Therefore, it cannot be observed using ordinary sensory organs in a traditional laboratory using conventional elemental testing methods.

Furthermore, the annihilation energy will also completely annihilate any mental energy waves that attempt to approach, just like a bizarre life form that can devour anything, including light. After the "moment" of its birth, it will also completely devour itself.

Finally, the Bursting Flame Spell is only the most basic utilization of annihilation energy. As mentioned in "The Annihilation Characteristics of Bursting Flame Spell", the clash between fire and water elements can produce some annihilation energy reaction, but it is only a natural form of annihilation energy reaction to enhance the fire element attack attribute. The spell developed is only inclined towards the elemental damage of fire element, rather than annihilation damage. Therefore, Grin's fiery body will have a bonus to the Bursting Flame Spell.

seem……

According to "The Annihilation Properties of Explosive Flame Spells", ancient wizards had developed advanced spells with more annihilation properties. The principle of this spell was to make the fire and water elements more stable, thereby producing purer and more thorough annihilation energy.

but!

No matter how hard the ancient wizards tried, the annihilating power developed by this heterosexual energy in the nature of witchcraft was a natural form of annihilation power, which the wizards could not control.

(Note: The so-called self-control of energy by a wizard, that is, the alteration of the form of elements, can be understood as the magical forms of fireballs, firebirds, and firebats constantly moving towards perfect control of the elements. The natural form is the primordial flame energy, referring to the energy application patterns of creatures from other worlds.)

For a moment, Green was caught in a dilemma.

How should I decide the direction of the experiment?

Is it to follow in the footsteps of ancient wizards, constantly using purer and more stable water and fire elements to create uncontrollable annihilation power magic, forming an upgraded version of explosive flame magic, or to experiment and study the characteristics of annihilation energy on your own?

No wonder Green was in a dilemma.

If Green had followed the path of the ancient wizards, this seemingly powerful explosive flame magic would, in the eyes of a high-level wizard, be nothing more than a sophisticated and skillful use of shallow water and fire elemental energy. As for the sublimation-level energy of annihilation power, it was uncontrollable and could not achieve the deeper level of leveraging the rules by wizards.

(Explanation: The power of annihilation is a new type of advanced energy obtained by leveraging the power of water and fire elements. It is a higher evolution of the application of basic leverage by wizards. If one can further control the power of annihilation on this basis, it is equivalent to applying the multiplication rule of leverage "on" this advanced energy. If one attempts to obtain a purer and more uncontrollable power of annihilation for development, it is equivalent to applying the addition rule "under" this advanced energy. This involves some mathematical logic, and those who are not good at mathematical logic may need to think about it more.)

In general, once a high-level wizard reaches a certain level of knowledge and understanding, spells like the upgraded version of the ancient wizard's explosive flames will gradually become obsolete due to their rudimentary application of leverage.

In other words, if Green chooses to continue the research path of ancient wizards, he may gradually transform from an outstanding top wizard apprentice during his current wizard apprenticeship into a mediocre high wizard.

Green absolutely will not allow himself to be like that!

but……

In that case, Green was left with only two choices. One was to independently explore and master the power of annihilation; the other was to abandon in-depth research on the power of annihilation and instead attempt in-depth research on individual elements such as fire, water, or space.

However, if he were to abandon the study of the power of annihilation and turn to in-depth research on these basic talents, given the commonality of basic elements, Green could not guarantee that he would gain anything and forge his own unique path.

If he cannot forge his own unique path, then becoming a powerful, top-tier wizard will remain out of reach for Grimm. At most, Grimm can only become a distinctive wizard by relying on the exclusive knowledge he gained during his wizarding apprenticeship.

However, as the level of life increases and the knowledge of the life code gradually becomes more basic, Green's "uniqueness" will become increasingly mediocre.

Ok?

Oh right! How could you forget your own talent?

According to Ice Age Millie during the Holy Tower Qualifying Tournament, her talent should be the ability to communicate across dimensional gaps, making her the ideal vessel for high-level wizarding knowledge and spacetime sealing techniques. Perhaps, after advancing to a formal wizard, she could try to leverage her innate talent?

but……

Millie had said that this talent was useless for low-level wizards, but was one of the strongest talents for high-level wizards. In that case, it would be even more difficult for her to pursue this path from a low-level wizard, perhaps even... hopeless.

"never mind!"

Green put away his notebook and shook his head, saying, "We'll discuss the specific path after I become a full-fledged wizard. If the talent for communicating with dimensional gaps is indeed impossible to research at a low-level wizard level, then I'll focus all my efforts on researching the properties of annihilating energy! Of course... this 'foolish' behavior might cause me to stagnate in elemental magic for a long time after becoming a full-fledged wizard, and some advantages I had during my apprenticeship will gradually be lost during my time as a full-fledged wizard. However, fortunately, I still have the powerful characteristic of dual cellular evolution. If my research on mixed poison body tempering keeps up with the mental energy conversion system after becoming a full-fledged wizard, I shouldn't be too weak in the short term."

(Here, having gained two years of foresight at the Black Tower Wizarding Academy, Green knew that if he intended to devote himself to researching annihilation energy, elemental magic would be weaker for some time. Therefore, in order not to die from his "foolishness" during this period of weakness, he decided to replace the Pale Mask during the newcomer trial with the trump card of body-refining wizard.)

"Right, since my main priority is survival, and I'll have over a hundred years of peaceful time to meditate on my mental energy after becoming a formal wizard, perhaps I should consider increasing my passive resistance to the regular elements? If that's the case, I should also pay attention to the high-grade ingredients from the Holy Tower..." Green muttered to himself, planning his scheme.

Later.

hiss……

Grimm gasped and frowned, picking up a pen and scribbling casually on a piece of white paper: "It seems that buying high-grade ingredients requires a large amount of magic stones or a stable, long-term income. Now that I've tasted so many wizarding delicacies, if I want to passively evolve my elemental resistance to the highest level, the magic stones I'll need will be far beyond what a wizarding apprentice could ever afford."

Is it better to spend a lot of time trying to invent a product that flexibly utilizes knowledge, like "Venus the Goddess of Love," or to use up the witch essence obtained after consuming the fragments of the Heart of the World?

Boom, boom, boom!

As Green was lost in thought, the wooden door to the room suddenly creaked open. Green got up and opened the door, and was slightly taken aback to find that the person who came in was none other than the green-eyed witch apprentice, Guillie, from the Wizarding Academy of District 19.

Huh? What's she doing here?

Somewhat puzzled, but out of basic wizarding etiquette, Green stepped aside to let the other person into the room.

"Hmph, is this your true face? I didn't expect you to be so handsome." The green-eyed witch said this while sitting opposite Green, and kept looking Green up and down.

Green wasn't used to being stared at like that, and somewhat regretted not wearing the Pale Mask. He frowned and said calmly, "What do you want from me?"

Seeing Green's displeased expression, Gulini pursed her lips, and two strange vortexes appeared in her eyes, from which two little bee-like creatures, resembling elves from fairy tales, materialized.

"Hehe, Sister Guli Ni." A little elf quickly flapped its transparent wings and laughed.

"Huh? He is... Ah! That mech we sensed before, he was a disguised dark wizard apprentice during the regional war." Another sprite pointed at Grimm in fear and shouted.

Gulini shrugged, reassured the two little elves, and then said to Grimm indifferently, "I came here this time for that mech heart you have. You don't look like a wizard apprentice studying mechanics, do you? As for the price I paid, I guarantee you'll be satisfied. It's a valuable item that you dark wizards will definitely need."

Mech Heart?

What is this thing...?

Suddenly, a thought struck Green: Could it be that metal sphere that he had been unable to develop successfully?

(In the underground ruins of the Black Tower, during his final moments, Grimm picked up a metal sphere, similar to the one that Victor, the Mechanical Heart, researched during the Newcomer Trials.)

A slight surprise welled up in my heart; this little metal ball was actually a Mech Heart that could transform into a mech?

Although Green had not studied mechanics in depth and could not operate a mecha without mechanical blood, he certainly would not do the foolish thing of trading away the mecha's heart before understanding its specific value.

Feeling relieved, Green laughed and said, "That's right, I do have a mech heart, but I won't be making a deal with you right now."

Guli Ni pouted and said, "You still don't know the price I'm willing to pay. Hmph, never mind, give me your crystal ball mark. I'll contact you again after we get to the Seventh Ring Holy Tower. It's a bit inconvenient with the mentor around right now."

A moment later, after Gulini left Green's room, Green excitedly took out the metal sphere called the Mech Heart and began to examine it closely. Green already knew that the metal sphere's certain extensibility and spatial properties made it a good thing, at least worth the value of a complete worker ant-level puppet, or even more.

(End of this chapter)