Witch, don't be so lazy

Because he had been peeking before, An Ke knew that the scale on the upper half of the circle corresponded to the apprentice-level magic. When he got close to the guards, the pointer in the disk would start to move.

As for the lower half circle, it corresponds to the mage-level magic power. There is no scale. After all, mages of any level are not something the guards can deal with. They just need to report it, and there is a high probability that it cannot be measured.

Like now.

An Ke tried to get closer to the disc, and at the same time, a thought came to his mind.

I found that the pointer of the disc was located somewhere in the upper half, almost the same as the scale of the previous guard.

It’s surprisingly accurate.

An Ke raised her eyebrows. As the shadow energy changed, the pointer of the disk also shook.

That's right, this is the new ability she just got this morning.

[Shadow Hide: 15/5000/Master]

Previously, during the invisibility spell period, An Ke could only hide his body shape and magic power.

When she reached the stage of specializing in power, she began to be able to hide her own aura, that is, information such as temperature, sound, and smell, and shadow energy could also cover up part of it.

And now, when the Invisibility Spell is upgraded to Hide in Shadow, the changes are very significant.

The most obvious thing is that she can control the shadow power, showing different magic and aura according to her own ideas. It turns out that the old man used this spell to pretend to be weak...

Well, maybe it should be a bit more advanced, because Hans can obscure the spirituality, and Encore can't do that right now.

However, she was also very satisfied. This thing was like the breath-concealing method in the fairy tales of her previous life. It was indeed a necessary method to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger.

At the same time, the stealth and concealment functions have naturally been improved, and the ability to resist insight spells and dispel spells has also increased.

Considering that Anke possesses the shadow protection and the bonus of elemental affinity, it seems that even a first-level mage who has practiced detection and dispel spells would not be able to see through her disguise.

Of course, the above does not include special cases - for example, the opponent's spell has been blessed, such as "Eye of Judgment"; or the opponent has spiritual talent in perception, provided that it is not too bad; or has obtained special bonuses, such as magic circle amplification, potion amplification.

Still can't slack off, still have to work hard!

An Ke said secretly in his heart.

In general, "Hide in Shadow" is indeed the most suitable advanced spell for her.

If the first cold seal (four) is replaced by another advanced one.

Specializing in wide areas, the advanced "Group Invisibility Spell", as the name suggests, also adds invisibility to creatures within a certain range around it.

In fact, the function is quite good, as long as you don’t encounter dispel and reconnaissance of the same level, otherwise you will be exposed in an instant.

With the addition of ingenuity, the advanced "Breath Throwing" can cut the shadow energy and cover other things for a short time. Because the spellcasters of the Shadow School like to throw hidden weapons, it is named "Throwing".

This is also quite good, the problem is that it will conflict with some other spells, such as not being able to cover the fireball with shadow, and it can achieve a similar effect by stacking the shadow rune on the mage's hand with Anchor.

One thing must be pointed out.

Ordinary mages do not have the freedom to choose their specialization at will.

When they choose their specialization, the first thing they think about is whether their talent allows it. Maybe they want to specialize in power, but they often encounter obstacles when practicing. However, practicing in a wide range can achieve twice the result with half the effort. In that case, most people will not be so stubborn.

Secondly, it also depends on whether they have suitable inheritance and experience at hand, which can help them speed up the process of cultivation.

However, Mio 玐伽z罒琉８（+七）妻安可 has no such troubles at all, highlighting a sense of freedom, and can choose whatever she wants.

Theoretically speaking, she can continue to specialize and master the "Group Invisibility Spell" and "Breath Throw" at the same time. Moreover, due to the ability to apply what she has learned to other similar situations, the speed of practicing these two skills will also be improved.

The only problem is that a person's time and energy are limited after all. It took nearly five months to upgrade the "Invisibility Spell" to "Shadow Hide".

Instead of spending all her time on mastering the other two less useful specializations, she might as well focus on other spells, which would give her a more obvious improvement in combat power.

Furthermore, if you finally manage to get it, but end up encountering someone with a powerful detection or dispel spell, and one spell directly destroys three of your own, that would be too ridiculous. It would be better to continue to click on "Hide in Shadows" to at least ensure that you can have the advantage in the confrontation as much as possible.

Most mages have this attitude, unless they are stuck and really need those specializations.

I thought a lot in my mind, but in reality not much time passed.

An Ke suddenly stopped performing the "Shadow Hide" action, and the pointer on the disk in front of him also stopped moving.

Because she felt a gaze.

It is normal for ordinary people to glance at themselves, but it is abnormal if they stare at you for a long time, or even feel a little pressured.

Could this be some perverted uncle from somewhere?

Anko turned around.

then.

A girl dressed strangely came into view.

He had flaxen hair, a slightly chubby face, a gray hooded robe with silver edges, and a cloth bag in front of him filled with colorful bottles and jars.

That's a common pharmacist's belt.

Her palms and elbows were wrapped in white bandages, and her legs were tied with leggings. Combined with her bright eyes, she looked like a martial arts fighter.

Perhaps because their eyes met, the girl gave a friendly smile.

...If he's not a perverted uncle, then it's okay.

Having said that, Anke subconsciously cast the Eye of Judgment.

There wasn't even a trace of magic in the other person, let alone spirituality.

Ordinary people.

An Ke smiled sweetly in response, turned her head away and ignored him.

Maybe the other person just thinks you are pretty and cute, so he stares at you for a little longer.

She thought to herself as she took back her documents, put them away, and followed the caravan into the city.

at the same time.

The girl across from her couldn't help but smile, dimples forming on her chubby cheeks.

"She's so cute, secretly playing with the Scout Disc while hiding in the shadows. When she senses someone watching her, she jumps like a little hamster."

The girl lowered her head and looked at the gray gecko that crawled out from her shoulder. "What do you think, Little Gray?"

"Quite impressive. Already at the first level at this age, and with at least two low-level spells. That reconnaissance spell feels very special."

The gray gecko's voice echoed in the girl's mind.

"So does this count as a good start? Should I go after her and chat her up? Or should I just knock her out and kidnap her? And then proceed with the assessment?"

The girl began to search for items in her pocket.

"Momo, who did you learn this from? We're recruiting students, not kidnapping them!"

The gray gecko couldn't help but shout at the girl, then sighed.

"Forget it, let's not worry about this for now. Let's go find the trace of the Disaster Cult first. This is your graduation mission, so pay more attention to it."

As a spirit of nature, it actually has to worry about the studies of its contractor. It's really tiring.

"alright."

The girl put the medicine bottle back in disappointment and continued to queue obediently.

There was no trace of magic in her.

But if someone's vision could penetrate the layers of rock and soil, they would be shocked to find that with every step the girl took, the energy of the earth veins below would stir up huge waves with tremendous momentum.

……

Farewell to the caravan.

Anko went to the Adventurer's Guild on her own.

I just asked passers-by and found it easily.

Located on the central street of Arstar City, it is a huge and imposing building with countless adventurers coming and going. It is completely incomparable to the tavern in Cedar Town.

It's time for her to verify her identity and replace her badge.

Chapter 93 Rank

The Adventurer's Guild in Arstar City is much larger than the one in Xueshan Town.

The building on the ground alone has eight floors, and the facade is extremely magnificent, with neatly arranged snowflake rock steps and columns that can barely be hugged by three people working together. There are reliefs painted on them in a very northern style, which are bold, majestic and cold.

There were also different murals painted on the surrounding walls, recording the important events that the Adventurer's Guild of Arstar City had participated in. There were also many portraits hanging on the walls, which should be the former branch presidents and outstanding figures.

Naturally, the level of bustle here is far beyond what a small town can match.

A quick glance revealed that there were at least several hundred adventurers in the hall, coming in and out, chatting and shouting, making it as noisy as a busy city.

There were dozens of staff members, all of them extremely busy. There wasn't even a formal smile on their faces, only fatigue and impatience.

I had an inexplicable hallucination of the big hospital in my previous life, it was scary.

Even now there are still few people.

"Master Anko, there are no issues with your badge and certification. Your files and identity have been updated. However, the issuance of the bronze badge requires the presence of President Matikka and at least one steward. Steward Catro should be in the meditation room underground, but...

The staff member spoke with trepidation, "Although Lady Luya informed us a week ago, President Matika went to the Taichir Ruins yesterday. We don't know when the president will be back. Would you like to rest in the VIP room upstairs first..."

Some of the surrounding businesses stopped and several staff members came running over.

The adventurers cursed at first, but after seeing the attitude and the scene, they vaguely realized something and all lowered their voices to whisper, with many curious eyes focused on Anke.

It instantly came into focus again.

To avoid unnecessary stress, Anke followed the staff upstairs and into a beautifully decorated room.

She ordered desserts, fruit plates, and most importantly, some information about Asda City and the Adventurer's Guild. She didn't bother the staff and quietly read through it herself.

There is no need to elaborate on the blocks, roads, and important buildings.

The first person Anke noticed was the city mage.

In addition to the most powerful third-level mages of the Kunda City Lord, the rest are eight second-level mages, including the dean of the Asda City Magic Academy, the heads of the five families of Golden Dawn, Abbas Assembly, Iris Workshop, Adventurer's Guild and Winter Magic Chamber of Commerce, and two great nobles, the elders of the Turner family and the head of the Page family.

As for the first-level mages, there were quite a lot of them. Even if we excluded those who were traveling outside, there were as many as seventy-three of them. There were even two young mages of the same age as An Ke, one male and one female.

Of course, they all had backgrounds and had been practicing magic since childhood - one was the daughter of the Turner family and was promoted to a wizard seven months ago; the other, although from a declining noble family, had long shown his talent and became a disciple of the head of the Iris Workshop, completing his promotion more than two months ago.

There was even a new addition to the manual, saying that Haan Aleman, the last disciple of the Golden Dawn's leader, Master Smoya, also had great potential to be promoted to a wizard before the magic exam.

After all, there are still 119 days, nearly four months, away from this year's exam.

If the promotion goes smoothly, three people from Asda City will be able to go to the academy under the command of the legendary wizard Si Er (3) Private Ba Si this year. This is a qualitative leap compared to previous years when no one was in such a miserable state.

...Tsk tsk, this is the genius of the big city.

Encore couldn't help but sigh that she had to try her best and spent more than half a year struggling before she could finally stand on the same starting line with them (boo), she was almost in tears.

In addition to these, she also paid attention to the resources available in Asda City.

It mainly refers to various spell experiences, learning materials, weapons and equipment, potions and runes, etc.

Compared to Xueshan Town, the resources in this area are indeed much richer.

Apart from anything else, even in the Adventurer's Guild alone, although the supply of first and second level monster materials, precious herbs and metal ores cannot be said to be sufficient, they are at least guaranteed to be available, and not only locally produced, but also resources from other cities and even things from other countries.

As for the rest, you'll have to look in other guilds.

There's nothing much to say about this. Since Cedar Town is small, the adventurer's base has taken on too many functions. But in Arthda City, for potions, go to the Abbas Gathering; for weapons and equipment, go to the Golden Dawn; for enchantments and scrolls, go to the Iris Workshop; for books and various props and sundries, go to the Winter Magic Chamber of Commerce. This has long become common sense.

Theoretically, several of these companies are large, multinational organizations, but since they operate in the North, they have naturally become joint ventures...

Well, actually, this statement is not correct, because now they can be regarded as part of the official North, and even infiltrate the headquarters and extend their own faction in the originally neutral and loose organization.

The first to openly pull this trick was the Papal States. The great legendary hunter Van Helsing formed the Demon Hunting Corps within the Adventurer's Guild. This Corps was almost an extension of the will of the Church.

Then other countries will naturally follow suit.

For example, the North currently has its own Watch Group in the Adventurer's Guild, and its leader is the seventh seat of the Council, the "Almighty Man".

Naturally, other guilds were not spared either.

Of course, they didn't sit idly by. Several major guilds moved their headquarters to Cloud City, forming a larger alliance to cultivate so-called free mages and avoid becoming vassals of any country as much as possible.

……

Encore didn't stay in the VIP room for long.

She ran back to the hall and observed the commissions in the guild.

The locations and objects involved in the above commissions are varied, and the number is many times more than that of Xueshan Town, but generally speaking, most of them are tasks related to monster hunting, exploration, guarding, and gathering.