Please be my partner.

Nasim said somewhat puzzledly: "Brother Mellen, isn't there a similar shop in the college's commercial district?"

Of course, there are props made by wizards in the college's commercial area, but in the final analysis, those are things for students. To put it nicely, they are called witchcraft props, and to put it bluntly, they are some "toys."

Mellen is now about to go to the Special Affairs Bureau, so it would be good if he could be more thoroughly prepared.

Then, he needs some more powerful and practical props that can play a greater role when facing possible dangers!

In this case, the toys sold in the college's commercial area would not be very suitable.

So, Melen said, "Senior, I want to buy some more 'special' witchcraft props!"

Seeing Mellen's behavior, Nasim showed an amused expression and waved his hand, saying, "Brother Mellen, formal wizards usually have their own shops selling witchcraft props. Although not many people know about this, it is not a secret. You don't have to be so cautious."

"If you want to buy some 'special' witchcraft props, go to Geger Alley. It's a neutral gathering place for extraordinary people. My mentor has a witchcraft hut there, and I occasionally go there to help."

After thanking Senior Nasim, Mellen left the office area.

Speaking of which, the profession of [Wizard] is quite special among many professions.

Except for professions like [Knight], which require hard work to hone the body and prepare for a mortal counterattack, even people without qualifications can achieve extraordinary careers, most professions can be tried as long as the core abilities are fully mastered.

With careful teaching, this period is usually between one and three months.

Of course, whether you can successfully find the job is another matter.

Any extraordinary profession is inherently dangerous, and many are simply gambling with one's life!

But [Wizard] is completely different!

[Wizards] not only need to improve and purify their spirits through meditation day after day during the apprenticeship stage, but also need to learn a lot of relevant knowledge.

These are all necessary preparations before taking up the job of a wizard, and this preparation usually takes quite a long time.

Most wizard apprentices at the Kingdom's Mystical Academy are unable to meet employment requirements before graduation.

Of course, facing such difficult conditions, the [Wizard] profession is still popular because it has advantages that match it.

Their abilities are powerful and strange, and they can easily dominate those at the same level. There are many examples of them defeating enemies of higher levels when they are well prepared.

More importantly, wizards can make a variety of witchcraft props and witchcraft potions, which is what other professionals envy the most.

What everyone knows is that wizards often need huge amounts of gold coins to support their various experimental research.

But everyone also knows that wizards can easily earn more than ten times the profit by just making one witchcraft prop or witchcraft potion!

So, wizards are all rich people!

Chapter 51 [Totem Knight]

"...Do you have any further questions about the [Totem Knight] bloodline cohesion?"

Faced with Mentor Zoran's question, Melen thought carefully for a moment and shook his head slightly.

Teacher Zolan nodded, and was very satisfied with the learning progress of the students in front of him.

Now, Melen has completely mastered the core abilities of the [Totem Knight] and has also understood the method of bloodline cohesion, perfectly achieving his original expectations.

Although he was also envious of the basic and advanced abilities that came with the [Totem Knight], he was currently short of money, so he didn't plan to let his dog learn more abilities, at least until Spike completed the [Heavy Mountain] of the [Branded Knight] and advanced to the second level.

One word...

poverty!

After all, after [Heavy Mountain] there is [Giant Engine]. Just to complete these two combined imprints, a total of about 60 spiritual energy will be required.

Moreover, after the combination is completed, [Heavy Mountain] and [Giant Engine] are equivalent to new advanced abilities, and there is still greater room for improvement. If you want to improve quickly in the future, the spiritual energy consumed will be a huge number like a mountain or an ocean.

Instead of being distracted by considering acquiring more and more diverse abilities, it is better to focus on one thing and follow the path of [Branded Knight] to the end.

After saying goodbye to mentor Zoran, Spike took up the post of [Totem Knight]. Melen was not going to ask the former to help take care of him.

Because Spike does not need to use the blood of extraordinary beasts to engrave the totem, this has almost avoided 99% of the dangers of the [Totem Knight], and safety is guaranteed.

More importantly, it concerns Spike's true bloodline, which is something Mellen wants to carefully hide and is unwilling to expose.

He didn't want anyone to follow the clues and discover that Spike could evolve his bloodline.

Of course, in order to prepare for the worst, Mellen also made extra preparations.

It was the soul-soothing potion he had purchased from Mentor Zoran for 100 gold coins.

For the [Totem Knight], when engraving the totem, he needs to defeat and tame the projections of extraordinary ferocious beasts in the spiritual world. These projections are violent and crazy and extremely difficult to deal with.

The soothing potion can soothe the madness of the extraordinary projections to a certain extent, weakening their strength while making them relatively easier to tame.

However, [Totem Knight] is a newly developed professional system after all. Although the Soul-Calming Potion has been improved many times, it is still far behind the blending liquid of [Branded Knight].

Mellen bought the soothing potion to prevent the rare event that the brutality and madness in Spike's blood would backfire on him.

Training area, independent practice room.

Mellen shared all the information he had learned about [Totem Knight] with Spike, and after giving the dog the soothing potion, they entered a state of mental connection.

The next moment, Spike's blood began to boil.

The process of using Spike's own bloodline to engrave and become a [Totem Knight] is somewhat similar to the time when it evolved from a [Bulldog] to a [Fighting Dog], but it is much gentler than that time.

Slowly, the blood in Spike's body began to condense and integrate, dividing into groups of different sizes. The most powerful one among them occupied the absolute upper hand from the beginning. As soon as it took shape, it quickly devoured the remaining edges and corners.

In just a moment, all the weak ones were wiped out.

Afterwards, wisps of blood-red mist floated out from Spike's pores all over his body and condensed above his body into a fighting dog that was three times his size and about 70% similar to him.

Waves of ferocious and crazy growls came from the blood mist dog.

until……

Spike looked up to the sky and let out a wild... Woof!

The blood mist dog suddenly dissipated and drilled back into Spike's body.

Mellen disconnected the link and nodded slightly, knowing that the most important step had been completed.

At this time, Spike's aura was still fluctuating, but it was gradually transitioning to a stable state.

When Spike opened his eyes, Mellen could clearly feel that the dog's strength and momentum had made a small leap.

After communicating with Spike, Mellen understood...

Although the dog's species is already a [Fighting Dog], because it evolved from a [Bulldog], there is still a very small trace of the latter's bloodline left.

These bloodline traces will only be gradually replaced as the [Fighting Dog] bloodline continues to grow and mature.

Now, the inauguration of [Totem Knight] directly gave Spike an opportunity to integrate his own bloodline, allowing it to completely digest and absorb those lower-level bloodlines and become a truly complete [Fighting Dog].

Although it was only the last bit of supplementation, it was like completing the last piece of a puzzle, causing its four racial abilities, [Strong Physique], [Flesh and Blood Explosion], [Iron Bones], and [Bone Armor], to undergo slight adjustments and changes, becoming more suitable for itself and able to achieve greater effects with less consumption.

Moreover, with just this one move, the spiritual energy required for Spike to evolve into a [Fighting Dog] was reduced by nearly 10 points to 42.

What surprised Melen even more was the effect of [Totem Knight] in condensing blood.

As he had expected, the results were indeed remarkable.

Because of his growing strength, the spiritual energy required for Spike to evolve into a [Fighting Dog] was reduced by about 0.1 per day. Now that he has become a [Totem Knight], this value has increased to 0.3 through a two-pronged approach.

Moreover, this is data without affecting Spike's normal actions. If it concentrates on coagulation, or becomes more proficient in coagulating blood in the future, the speed will become even faster.

That is to say, even if from now on, Melen does not provide any spiritual energy for Spike's evolution, it will only take the dog about four months at most to meet the requirements for the next evolution.

In addition, after completing the inauguration of [Totem Knight], Spike also gained a professional skill called [Totem Descent].

[Totem Arrives]: At the cost of a partial reduction in sanity, fully activate the engraved extraordinary bloodline.

This was a universal, basic skill gained upon becoming a Totem Knight. Melen had initially held low hopes for it, as Spike was using his own bloodline. However, reality had given him another surprise...?!

When Spike activates this skill, Blood Mist Dog reappears, providing it with a terrifying all-round strength bonus!

Melen did not test the specific amount of bonus, because this skill actually consumes Spike's evolution progress!

Mellen looked at Spike speechlessly and sighed, "Gouzi, what's wrong with you? All these abilities cost either krypton gold or krypton life?!"

Spike stared at Mellen silently, as if to say...

Young man, wasn't this path I'm walking on all chosen by you?!

Chapter 52 Procurement

In the evening, the breeze blows, making the green leaves on the trees rustle.

Although summer is approaching, Roland City's climate is still pleasant due to its geographical location.

Mellen held the cage containing the little red lotus in his left hand and followed Spike on his right hand, and came to an alley with a relatively complex terrain not far north of the academy.

This is the Geger Alley, which is famous among the extraordinary professionals.

Geger Alley is a semi-public gathering place for extraordinary professionals in Roland City, and it is considered an officially registered place.

There is no actual manager here, but it is maintained by several powerful shop owners who are elected.

To be honest, the image of Mellen holding a cage in his left hand and leading a dog in his right hand was a bit eye-catching, but there was nothing he could do about it.

He originally planned to leave Spike and Xiao Honglian at the academy and get a cloak to cover himself when he came, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was unnecessary.

More importantly, extraordinary pets in the academy are not allowed to run around alone, and his lounge is more than 1000 meters away from Geger Alley, which is beyond the range of his [Contract Summoning].

In the end, between maintaining secrecy and ensuring his own safety, Mellen chose the latter.

He could feel the faint gazes from all around him, some of which were even hot, cold, or as if something slippery was licking his body, making him feel quite uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Geger Alley has its own tacit rules, and these gazes are basically withdrawn immediately without any additional meaning.

Walking in the alleys, most of the shops around have no names, but you can see people coming in and out from time to time.

Most shops are deserted at this time, but there is an exception, that is a bar called "Lao Yan".

From a distance, Melen could hear all kinds of shouting and noise coming from inside.

Soon, he found his destination, a shop called Nathan's Hut.

Unlike other shops, this shop is made entirely of wood. At the bottom is a huge tree root. The hut does not look like it was built, but rather seems to have grown directly from the tree root.

The hut is not big, and from the outside it looks like only about 20 or 30 square meters.

When Mellen pushed the door open, the bell on the door automatically made a clear and pleasant sound, reminding the people inside that there was a guest.

There are two counters in the room forming a right angle, on which are placed a variety of things, and there are also many small items hanging on the walls.

Behind the counter, a young man was dozing off with his head resting on his arm. When he heard the doorbell, he rubbed his eyes and yawned.

The young man seemed to be in a very bad state of mind, with heavy dark circles under his eyes, and it was obvious that he often stayed up late.

Seeing that the young man was still a little confused for a moment, Melen did not urge him, but looked at the items in the cabin.

The items in the hut are varied, including statues, ornaments, and various daily tools...

Mellen watched for a moment, and seeing that the young man was still in a daze, he reluctantly stepped forward, knocked on the counter, and said, "Hello!"

The young man suddenly came back to his senses, yawned again, and said impatiently, "Have you chosen?"

Mellen was speechless. What should he choose? He didn't even know the specific uses of these items? Shouldn't he be introduced to them first?!

People say wizards are arrogant. He didn't feel anything when he was in college, but now he finally sees it.

At this moment, a door behind the young man was pushed open, and Nasim walked out. When he saw Mellen, he smiled and said, "I knew you would come today."

Then, he said to the young man, "Senior Yiman, this is a junior student I know well. Let me greet him."

Iman nodded without comment and lay down to sleep again.

Melen looked thoughtfully at the door that Nasim came out of.

He had observed it from outside before, and the small house was clearly only as big as what he saw in front of him, but from the glimpse he got when the door opened and closed, he saw that there seemed to be a much larger space behind it.

Teleportation? Or a hidden space?!

Without giving it much thought, Nasim came to his side and said with a smile, "Brother Melen, you're here to buy witchcraft props. Are you really here to deal with the dangers you might encounter after joining the Special Affairs Bureau?!"

Mellen nodded calmly and said, "That's right, Senior Nasim."

Nasim shrugged and said, "In that case, let me recommend something to you."

He picked up a black box on the counter, about the size of a baby's fist, and said, "The Screaming Box is a single-use witchcraft item. It contains the scream of the Mandrake Dryad. It can cause ordinary people to faint within one meter, and to feel pain and nausea within three meters. It also has a greater lethality to spiritual beings."

Then, Nasim smiled mysteriously and said, "Of course, using it could easily cause negative effects, such as... alerting the enemy. Its sound is penetrating, and in relatively open areas, it can often travel over 1000 meters."