Witch, don't be so lazy

They have learned their lesson. If they had used this trick from the very beginning and tried to get An Ke, who has no insight, to be infected with the poisonous lamp grass, she would probably be the one who would be corrupted.

Of course, maybe at first they were reluctant to give up this expensive addictive substance and thought kidnapping a little girl would be easy. Moreover, Anke quickly moved into the Adventurer's Guild and obviously received Luya's care. As a result, the action failed again, and the Huangtu Gang had no choice but to shift their target.

But they went about their business, and Anke kept writing things down in a little notebook.

I was busy with promotion before and had no time, and I was afraid of failure due to my weak strength, so I never settled the accounts.

But now it's better.

Before leaving Xueshan Town and heading to Asda City, Miss Anke must wipe out the Huangtu Gang!

It just so happened that my wallet was relatively empty due to the preparation for the ceremony, and by the way, I could also put my [Devil's Gospel] to use.

Since we want to annihilate the Huangtu Gang, the focus must be on their leader.

"Grey Wolf" Thornes, the founder of the Wasteland Gang, is a first-level mage of the natural school. He has no special background and is just an ordinary adventurer.

According to the information given by Hans, the three spells that Thornes mastered should be "Werewolf Transformation", "Friend of Animals" and "Bloodlust Curse: Wide Area", two low-level spells and one trick.

"Werewolf Transformation" is an advanced version of "Transfiguration·Wolf", which increases vitality, significantly improves physique and strength, and can spread wolf poison. Of course, it is just a weakened version of blood poison.

"Friend of Animals" is a required spell for animal trainers. It can raise loyal animals. Thornes raised a group of terrible steppe wolves.

"Bloodthirsty Curse·Wide Area" means literally that it can make yourself and your companions around you become bloodthirsty in a short period of time, ignore pain, and enhance combat effectiveness. The longer the spell lasts, the weaker you will be after it ends, and it may even cause irreversible damage.

To be fair, Thornes's fighting ability is actually quite good.

"Werewolf Transformation" is a powerful low-level spell of the natural school. It has comprehensive amplification and can also spread wolf poison to create chaos.

The coordination of the next two spells is also good. The Steppe Wolf is a monster and has good combat power on its own. When it is added with bloodlust, it becomes even more difficult to deal with.

Of course, this is rather mediocre in Encore's eyes.

Having experienced the monster brawl in Hongyan Town and seen the real blood-origin demon wolf, she has the confidence to say this.

But here's the thing.

This is the old Thornes, who hasn't really fought in many years.

Hans also deliberately pointed out this point when he was sharing the intelligence, thinking that he was very likely to have upgraded the "Blood Curse" to "Blood Frenzy".

However, what Anke is more concerned about is Thornes' abnormal behavior in recent months.

He took great pains to find girls, specifically orphans with sufficient magical powers.

Obviously, this is either a magical experiment, a cruel practice, or an evil ritual.

On the other hand, Thornes's behavior became more rampant.

Although his ability to spread wolfsbane can easily cause chaos, the real reason why the Aleman family condones him and the Huangtu Gang is actually his wisdom and prudence.

Every once in a while, the Sheriff's Department would go to the neighborhoods of the Huangtu Gang to conduct a cleanup. On the one hand, they confiscated a large amount of illegal gains and filled the warehouses. On the other hand, they also improved the townspeople's sense of security and made them grateful to the Aleman family.

In short, the Huangtu Gang has always acted as the black glove of the Lord's Mansion and the wolf that intimidates the sheep.

Thornes always kept a low profile, only doing things in his own territory, in those poor neighborhoods, and never extended his hands to the prosperous areas of the town, which was the territory of the nobles.

But he has obviously changed recently. He has gone against his usual behavior and not only started causing trouble in the center of the town, but also started attacking the wizards who follow the Aleman family.

Although the three girls were nothing in the eyes of the Lord's Mansion, the reputation of the Aleman family was extremely precious.

An could probably tell at a glance that it was Thornes who did it, and the Lord's Mansion naturally knew it as well.

I remember when I was getting my wizard certificate, the tax officer said, "Chief Lyle, who is in charge of public security, has something important to attend to and therefore cannot be present."

Cedar Town has been peaceful now, and the so-called priority of public security is probably to teach Thornes a lesson.

Thornes must have understood the reaction of the Lord's Mansion.

So where does his confidence come from?

Lord Yom is just recuperating from his injuries, he is not dead.

Furthermore, there are always two first-level wizards, the tax collector and the chief, outside. Although those fully armed guards suffered heavy losses in the White Walker incident, their foundation still exists.

What gave Thornes the courage?

It can't be that there is something wrong with his brain and he is seeking his own death, right?

An Ke pondered for a moment.

Forget it.

Anyway, I have to go find Hans and ask him. If that doesn't work, I'll investigate it myself.

……

In the shop.

A round table, two beautiful porcelain teacups, and a bag of gold coins.

Two figures, one big and one small, sat quietly, and the atmosphere changed strangely, like the white steam overflowing from black tea.

"Is there something wrong with you?"

Encore couldn't help it. This isn't a Gu Long novel. I don't know what the old guy is pretending to be.

"You've been staring there for most of the day without saying a word. What's going on? I've counted the gold coins I gave you many times. I'm warning you, don't spend all your time trying to blackmail children!"

"...Am I that kind of person? Don't talk nonsense."

Hans ignored the contemptuous look and just stared at Anke, then frowned, "Why do you have a faint scorching sun spirit?"

In fact, this was not what he was curious about. What he really wanted to ask was why there was no more sky blue spirituality.

This shouldn't happen at all!

Now that we know the real name of the Winter Witch Malchana and mentioned the Moon Corona Meditation, the damn kid should be the one chosen by the Witch. At the very least, he should increase his elemental affinity with the Frost School.

Could it be that we haven't made formal contact yet?

"Don't tell you."

An Ke blinked, "Why do you have so little shadow spirituality? You're at the same level as Sister Luna. Is there any way to hide this thing?"

"Heh, because I'm just an ordinary first-level mage."

Hans took a sip of tea and said calmly, "On the contrary, you can guess the reason even without telling me. Remember, if you can hide your spiritual talent, hide it first. Don't be stupid and reveal it."

Normal low-level insight spells are almost unable to observe spiritual possibilities.

If one is knowledgeable enough, and combines it with the scorching sun spirituality above, one can almost immediately determine that this is Anke's new talent.

[Glorious Vision]? Or [Eternal Light]?

These two feelings are the most consistent, but we cannot rule out the possibility that Xiao Gui has obtained a more powerful upper-level talent, and only a part of it has been shown so far.

A series of names subconsciously flashed through Hans' mind.

"...I don't understand what you're saying, Yo-Yo."

Enke appeared to be still being stubborn, but she was actually very happy in her heart.

It really works.

From now on, she can attribute all the special performance of the "Eye of Judgment" to the spiritual world talent -

It can perfectly cover up the fact that the "Lord of the Dark Sun" helped her transform her insight, and it can also hide her true spiritual talent [Devil's Gospel].

"Heh, little brat."

Hans is not next to me - Dream. 2 (-9) Lin Wu 3! Yasaki was stubborn about Encore's stubbornness, but after a second thought, he said,

"It's just that your talent is quite good. At the age of thirteen, with no inheritance and no abundant resources, you've managed to go from an apprentice who doesn't even know a single trick to a full-fledged mage. Even looking at the entire North, you're considered a second-rate genius."

"Ah? What's the level of first-class?"

"You've only just mastered three tricks and then held a promotion ceremony. If you could master one or two, you'd be considered a top-tier talent and could apply to the Tower Academy."

Hans paused, stroked his beard, and then said comfortingly, "But don't worry, your attainments in runes will give you a lot of extra points. After all, there is still hope."

"And talent isn't everything. Luck and perseverance are equally important. Back then, I was at a similar level to you, but I was still able to achieve great things... Hey, you little brat, what's with that expression on your face?"

"It's nothing. I just think you're cursing me. If I work hard until I'm seventy or eighty years old, and the only thing I've accomplished is to be an ordinary first-level mage—"

An Ke deliberately stretched out her voice and rolled her eyes, "Then I might as well find a piece of tofu and kill myself."

Anger, shivering, cold!

Hans nearly pulled his beard out.

Although he was clearly trying to comfort her with good intentions, this damn brat was only concerned with finding loopholes in his words and then launched a ruthless attack.

Is it because I laughed at her a few times?

How come you don’t know how to respect the elderly!

Fortunately, this wasn't the first time the two had attacked each other, and Hans was used to it, so he counterattacked directly:

"Haha, I'll go find some tofu for you right now, so you don't waste decades of your life and end up dying on tofu!"

cut.

These verbal attacks were completely unable to shake Miss Anke, who now had a more accurate understanding of her own level.

...Speaking of which, it would be completely unimaginable to outsiders that An Ke had actually upgraded all of his magic tricks to the expert level within those four months, not just three, but four.

You will understand if you understand the relationship between the mantras.

The mastery level means that the caster has perfectly mastered the spell and reached the level of the founder. Further exploration is actually deduction and innovation.

At the expert level, a feasible path has been deduced, and the prototype of a more powerful spell has been obtained. To put it more bluntly, the tricks at this stage can be compared to low-level spells at the skilled level.

Of course, in reality, due to the difference in rank and spell configuration, the former is still weaker than the latter, but the difference is not big.

It is for this reason that there is such a huge difference in price and difficulty between ordinary enchantments and specialized enchantments.

And because he has several specialized spells in his hands, An Ke's combat power seems exaggerated. Although he is an apprentice with weaker magic power and rank, he can beat the first-level monsters in Hongyan Town to their knees.

As for the signature tricks, it has been emphasized countless times that their essence is a completely deduced new spell. Because it is "completely deduced", the spellcaster who has gone through the entire process will naturally reach the level of proficiency in mastery.

In fact.

Not to mention apprentices, the magic skills of a normal wizard are likely to be just tricks at the specialist level.

For example, Thornes' "Bloodlust Curse: Wide Area".

Luya's skills are even more obvious. She uses "Swift Ice Bullet·Imprisonment", "Frost Armor·Wide Area" and "Hailstorm·Power" to fight against the White Walker leader. All three are specialized tricks.

The only low-level spell she knew was the "Cold Wave Spell," which focused on reconnaissance.

therefore.

According to Hans, if one could master one or two specialized tricks on his own before the magic college entrance exam, that is, before the age of fourteen, without family inheritance and resources, then he would indeed be considered a top-notch genius in the North.

An Ke blinked and couldn't help asking:

"What's above first-rate? Top-tier? Monster?"

"So ambitious."

Hans glanced at Anke at first, but after thinking about it, he replied,

"Haven't you seen the exchange competition in the capital? Those seventeen or eighteen-year-old second-level mages are the best of the best. Almost all of them are students from the High Tower Academy and the four major universities."

An Ke was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized:

"You mean those people who didn't even have the video? They didn't pay much attention. Everyone's focus was on Lorena and the others."

"...Don't act like they're just stepping stones. While they certainly can't compare to those monsters worthy of becoming direct disciples of legendary mages, they're still countless times stronger than a brat like you."

Hans blew his beard and glared, "Also, don't yell 'Lorena Lorena' all the time. It's very rude. Miss Lorena is the future of the North!"

...Old man, are you also a loyal fan of Xiaoyang?

An Ke couldn't help but complain in her heart.

I'm so anxious about this. If I told you that I had ridden on her neighbor Meng Qiling Wu Shi Liuba (Seven)% fin in the spiritual world, you would faint from anger on the spot.

Scratching his little face, Anke changed the subject:

"Oh, I have two things to consult you about today."

"explain."

"Old man, do you know of any way to move freely on the surface of the spirit world? To be able to travel through different areas."

"How could I possibly know such an advanced method?"