Chapter 95: Balance (Fourth Update)
Chapter 95
After leaving Sonya's room, Lin En walked through the entire furnace, but found that the furnace was empty at this time, and there was not even a single figure in sight.
Looking at this silent furnace, Lin En's gaze couldn't help but look towards the direction of the Green Island Forest, and he suddenly understood.
The furnace was so empty inside, obviously because today's operation was quite large in scale.
Perhaps, this time, the Master of the Forge really has a chance to rescue the black dragon witch Astrid who is trapped in the depths of the Fallen Forest...
“There’s really no comparison,” Lin En shook his head mockingly and sighed in his heart, “Estri was trapped in the Fallen Forest, and the Master of the Forge personally rescued her; but what about Sonya? After today, perhaps I will be the only one who will remember her… I witnessed with my own eyes a third-level apprentice sprinting towards a formal wizard, but ultimately failed and died.”
Lin En's face showed a bit of grief. He shook his head, brought his thoughts back to himself, and began to plan his next move.
To be honest, he didn't want to leave the furnace easily.
After all, the Crucible is a great place to live.
Here, if you want extraordinary knowledge, you can go directly to the library to read books; if you want extraordinary materials, you can buy them through channels; all the connections Lin En knows in the wizarding world are also in the Crucible.
Especially for a natural wizard apprentice like Lin En, his combat power is deeply limited by the seed of life and he is not suitable for traveling outside at all.
It can be said that if there were no external threats, Lin En would be willing to stay in the Crucible and wait to break through to become a formal wizard before making plans for the next step.
Unfortunately, external threats are always around.
Lynn knew very well that once his identity was revealed, a nightmare-like desperate situation would be waiting for him: the image of Astrid herself holding a knife and scissors, tying him to the laboratory table and slicing him for research was simply unforgettable.
Seven days ago, after Lin En left his teacher Rosalind's house, he did not go directly to find Sonya, but went to the Forge's base first to sell the extra resources in his hands.
Thanks to the furnace's mandatory tasks, resources such as enchanted items and potions are in short supply and their prices have skyrocketed.
Lin En took the opportunity to sell off the extra magic items he had, leaving only the Flower Language Heart and the dagger.
This wave of operations made Lin En’s combat merit points soar to 120 points!
He spent 110 points of military merit without hesitation and exchanged them for a formal witchcraft template that he had longed for.
It is worth mentioning that the witchcraft mastered by formal wizards is extremely complex and difficult to learn.
For a third-level apprentice, it is almost an impossible task to fully master a formal witchcraft in one go.
Therefore, the wizarding world gradually developed a more flexible way of learning - a combined formal wizarding template.
Powerful wizards disassembled the complete formal witchcraft into several zero-ring advanced witchcrafts and attached a final synthesis drawing.
Third-level apprentices can gradually learn these zero-ring advanced witchcrafts, and when conditions are ripe, they can combine them by studying synthesis drawings to eventually form a complete first-level witchcraft.
Sonya adopted exactly this strategy.
Before she rushed to become a formal wizard, she had already selected the formal witchcraft template she needed, and used a large number of points to exchange for the zero-ring advanced witchcraft in the template before the war broke out.
As the war began, she took a series of desperate actions, completed the advanced meditation methods and auxiliary potions, and finally gathered all the conditions to sprint to become an official wizard.
When it comes to choosing a formal wizard template, most wizards have a highly consistent tendency - giving priority to defensive wizardry.
The reason is simple: after breaking through to become an official wizard, the official witchcraft template they choose will become their permanent witchcraft mark, protecting their safety at all times.
The advantages of defensive witchcraft are obvious.
With the protection of the first-level defensive magic, a formal wizard is almost immune to all damage below the first-level magic.
No matter whether it was the poison of a mortal, the sword of a great knight, or the witchcraft attack of a third-level apprentice, none of them could pose a substantial threat to them.
Breaking it down further, the choice of a formal wizardry template will usually be tied to the apprentice's research direction.
For example, a third-level apprentice who focuses on the study of the element of fire will often choose first-level defensive magic related to the fire attribute.
Apprentices like Sonya who specialize in water elements will naturally choose the first-level water-attributed defensive magic as a template.
As an apprentice of a natural wizard, Rosalind had specifically told Lynn that the best option was to choose a formal witchcraft template based on his own elemental affinity.
In this way, not only can the efficiency of training be improved, but also one's own combat power growth can be maximized.
Lynn finally made his own choice - he did not follow Rosalind's advice and choose a witchcraft with a higher elemental affinity.
Because he didn't want to choose any elemental type of defensive sorcery.
All elemental defensive magic will have weaknesses that are mutually reinforcing and counteracting.
For example, the water element defense magic chosen by Sonya will greatly reduce its defense ability once it encounters magic that restrains the water element.
Ordinary apprentices have no choice but to rely on their own elemental affinity to increase their training speed and choose corresponding elemental defensive witchcraft.
But Lin En is different. He has talent to support him, and his training speed is not limited to the witchcraft in the elemental field.
In fact, bloodline wizards do not need to choose traditional witchcraft templates at all. They will naturally obtain unique formal witchcraft by tapping into the extraordinary knowledge deep in their bloodlines.
These witchcrafts usually do not fall into any elemental category and are more unpredictable in nature.
In addition, great wizards have long surpassed the boundaries of the wizarding world and are exploring into the endless unknown.
During their exploration of the other world, they discovered countless non-elemental sorcery.
Lynn had read descriptions of it in library books.
In addition to the conventional elemental types, there are many types of witchcraft in the world, such as mystery, dimension, evil spirit, chaos, space, etc.
Although these witchcrafts are often high-level witchcrafts, far beyond what Lin En can achieve at his current stage, their existence has opened up new horizons for him.
Lin En finally chose attributeless witchcraft.
As the name suggests, attributeless witchcraft is not restrained by any elemental witchcraft, and it cannot restrain any type of element.
It may seem ordinary, but it is safe and reliable, and will not suffer from fatal weaknesses due to conflict.
His choice was the non-elemental first-level defensive sorcery - to be empty and quiet.
"It can be subdivided into three zero-ring advanced witchcrafts, namely the Art of the Void Law, the Art of the Unviolated Law, and the Art of the Yao Change."
Lin En had never come into contact with zero-ring advanced witchcraft before. The reason was very simple. The release of each zero-ring advanced witchcraft required about ten points of mental power, and he did not meet the requirements at all.
In fact, he is not qualified now. He may have to wait until his mental strength reaches 40 points before he can barely activate it.
"The Nightmare Rift Valley is a very strong neutral force. It can be reached along the border between the black wizards and the white wizards..."
Lynn whispered to herself.
He was used to planning ahead, and ever since the failure of Nightshade Bunker had brought him down to the mortal world, he knew how to prepare in advance.
His space props were already filled with enough gold, silver and other valuables to prepare for emergencies.
Not only that, he also exchanged the furnace points for magic stones early on.
It is worth mentioning that he had already repaid the Alchemy Contract signed with the Potions Garden in full.
"If I want to leave, I can leave the furnace now without any constraints."
Lin En sorted everything out, stood up, looked around the furnace with complicated eyes, and murmured in a low voice: "Goodbye, furnace..."
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However, just as he took the first step to leave, a sudden palpitation suddenly hit him, causing his body and mind to tremble instantly.
He stopped suddenly and looked down at his chest, feeling a strange itchy sensation there.
He lifted his robe, looked down, and his eyes froze.
On his chest, a vague mark appeared faintly.
Although the illusion was unclear, Lin En could clearly feel that the mark exuded the breath from the depths of the Cuidao Forest.
"What is this!"
Lin En's heart sank. He had been preparing to leave, but now he could no longer remain calm.
He looked at the blurred mark on his chest, thoughts surging in his mind, and vaguely felt that this was not a complete mark, but an unfinished state.
He suddenly thought of something, took out Little Green from the space prop on his waist, and with the help of Ifgrid's breath, tried to establish a connection with this strange mark.
In an instant, the blurred mark suddenly became clear and turned into a sentence written in wizard language: "According to the rules of the great existence, equal exchange, on the other side of the scale, you need to leave your life here..."
Lin En's pupils shrank suddenly, his fists clenched, and his voice was low:
"Great Being? Equivalent exchange? What on earth did I exchange? What the hell is this!"
His face was as gloomy as water, and the mark on his chest was like a heavy chain, nailing him firmly to this land.
He was unwilling to give up, so he turned around and prepared to force his way out of the furnace and away from the direction of the Green Island Forest.
However, as soon as he took a step, the mark on his chest began to burn and his palpitations suddenly intensified.
His mental strength seemed to become disordered, and the seed of life began to wither. The signs of decay made him dare not take another step.
Finally, Lin En stopped and looked up at the vague silhouette of the Green Island Forest in the distance.
His eyes gradually became cold and sharp, and murderous intent quietly emerged.
"It seems that I can't leave without killing you..."
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In the realm of dark wizards, the Great Forest of Emerald Isle is surrounded by three countries, namely the Kingdom of Eluria, the Principality of Kesira, and the Kingdom of Salam.
However, outside the borders of the Three Kingdoms, a terrifying pressure suddenly descended, and for a moment the heaven and earth seemed to be eclipsed.
It was a tall figure, wearing a gorgeous wizard robe with stars all over the robe. The paths of the stars were complex and mysterious, interwoven with indescribable majesty and mystery.
And on the back of his robe, the bright light of the stars surrounded a dazzling golden sun.
The meaning of the golden sun is extremely profound, symbolizing the great origin of the wizard world! The stars surround the golden sun robe, which marks his identity as a law enforcement wizard.
They are not any independent force, but are directly affiliated with the Wizarding Council, which is at the top of the entire wizarding world.
His arrival shocked everything silently, and his aura was as deep as the ocean, unfathomable.
Even beings like the Lord of the Furnace and the Lord of the White Heart Tower do not possess such terrifying power as him!
"It's those damn rats from the Meteorite Council again..."
His voice was low and cold, and his eyes were looking into the distance with a bit of boredom and murderous intent.
"Haha, you've been blocking me all the way. You're really haunting me..."
He stood in the void, his eyes slightly closed, as if sensing something strange around him.
After a moment, he slowly said, "The wizard world's protective formation was once activated here, wasting a lot of energy... What was the reason?"
After saying that, he cast his gaze into the distance, as if he could penetrate endless time and space, but in the end he did not step forward. Instead, he paused slightly and said in a cold voice: "Get out, rats of the Meteoric Council!"
His voice spread out, shaking the whole area, with irresistible majesty.
However, just as he finished speaking, a frivolous voice came from a distance:
"Tsk tsk tsk, the law enforcement wizard is so fierce... I'm so scared..."
The voice was charming and contained a hint of teasing and contempt.
Then, a woman's figure slowly emerged.
She was wearing a short skirt and a short top, revealing a large area of snow-white skin. Her graceful figure was like the most perfect work of art in nature, and she exuded a fatal attraction from head to toe.
Her every frown and smile seemed to be able to captivate people. Her lips were lightly pursed, and tears flowed in her eyes, revealing a hint of innocence and charm, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
“Tsk tsk tsk, you’re still a female rat, come on, I can’t stop killing you!”
The murderous intent in the eyes of the law enforcement wizard suddenly gathered, and he smiled ferociously! (End of this chapter)
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