Wizard Bloodline

"Fortunately, I have saved up a lot of magic stones during this period. Even if the prices in the town are ridiculously high now, I should be able to hold on for a while."

Ronan thought to himself and then opened his character panel.

[Name: Ronan Damien]

[Age: 16]

[Talent: No attribute affinity]

[Strength: Level 5 wizard apprentice (5%)]

[Skills: Basic Meditation (Expert 219/800)

Energy Missile (Expert 799/800)

Charge Weapon (Mastery 342/400)

Rune Marking - Clean (Proficient 177/200), Shining (Proficient 27/200), Protection (Entry 13/100)

Physique Body Forging (Mastery 101/400)

Basic Swordsmanship (Mastery 388/400)

Fireball (Entry 10/100)

Ice Ball (Entry 20/100)

Detection (Mastery 5/200)]

Compared to two months ago, Ronan's panel information has changed again.

He learned three more low-level zero-level spells, which are the three remaining in the spell book.

He didn't spend too much time on the offensive [Fireball] and [Iceball], just getting started.

He did practice the only auxiliary spell [Detection] among the five low-level zero-level spells to a proficient level.

"..Eye of the Truth"

Ronan chanted in a low voice, and as his mental power surged, a faint white light appeared in his eyes.

The release of [Detection] is very simple, and almost no hand gestures are required, but its effect is also limited.

It can only detect some breaths that cannot be captured by the naked eye, the traces of energy particles condensed after the spell is released, and a detection of the strength of other wizards, but there is a certain probability of failure.

[Detection] can be regarded as making up for some of his shortcomings in reconnaissance methods.

In two months, Ronan's mental power has hardly increased, only 4% more progress than before.

"The soul qualification of this body is really poor"

Even the expert-level [Basic Meditation] can't save it.

At this rate, Ronan will need a full four years to be promoted from a fifth-level apprentice to a sixth-level apprentice.

The further you advance on the path of a wizard, the more difficult it becomes. If Ronan doesn't take drugs later, he estimates that even if he spends his entire life, he may not be able to break through to the realm of a formal wizard.

Even reaching the ninth-level apprentice is a big problem.

Because most of his energy was spent on hard work, Ronan's rune engraving skill proficiency increased moderately.

The [Clean] rune is still at the proficient level, and the [Shining] rune barely passed the entry level. However, he successfully studied the zero-level intermediate [Protection] rune.

"Now the price of the [Protection] rune in the market has risen to nearly twenty low-level magic stones per piece... Even if my success rate of engraving the [Protection] rune is a little lower, I still make more money than before."

Ronan now has more than a dozen [Protection] runes on hand. He wants to wait and wait until the price reaches its peak before making a move.

"The invasion of the Black Witch Land has not officially begun. When the real fighting begins, a large number of magic tools will be lost, especially protective magic tools. That is when the [Protection] rune will be in short supply and most valuable..."

Now the major workshops in the market are buying up all kinds of low- and medium-level runes. Ronan now thinks back and thinks carefully. These shops and workshops probably received the news of the Black Witch Land's imminent invasion from the academy a long time ago, and they have already arranged it privately.

This can also explain why his first trip to the Welling Workshop to sell runes went so smoothly.

However, these workshops are not targeting the rune stone business. Most of them have their own forgers and enchanters, and they want to stock up on finished magic tools.

In the past two months, Ronan has been practicing hard day and night, but the [Energy Missile] is stuck at a certain level, and the level of body forging is also stuck.

In fact, the practice of body forging was quite smooth at the beginning. With the help of monster meat, the proficiency increased rapidly.

But when he broke through the mastery and practiced [Austerity Body Training] to the fifth posture, Ronan really couldn't practice anymore.

His body could bear it, but his willpower really couldn't bear it.

During the practice, the pain that penetrated into the bone marrow almost made Ronan lose control of his bowels and bladder several times.

"If the mental power doesn't break through, it will be difficult for [Austerity Body Training] to continue to improve. Eating monster meat every day is useless."

Ronan felt that the effect of monster meat can only be said to speed up the speed of body training. The key to determining the upper limit of the progress of [Austerity Body Training] is still willpower.

Although mental power and willpower are not completely linked, if the mental power is strong enough, people will still be more tolerant of pain, at least they will not faint from the pain or lose control of their bodies.

"Why do you have to make it so hard on yourself? In my last life, I was even afraid of having blood drawn or injections."

"I'll practice again when my mental strength improves, or look for a potion that can enhance pain tolerance."

Ronan walked to a clearing in the forest covered with thick fallen leaves, stopped, and slowly pulled out the one-handed sword from his waist.

Looking back, the biggest gains he made in the past two months were [Basic Swordsmanship] and [Charge Weapon] that he added every time he practiced swordsmanship.

One is about to master the skill, and the other is about to be promoted to an expert.

Ronan chanted in a low voice, and gently wiped the blade of the one-handed sword with his left hand, and a layer of flowing light attached to it.

When the originally ordinary silver one-handed long sword became brilliant, Ronan began to move.

"Squeak!"

The sword pierced the air with a tearing sound, and the sword slashed horizontally, bringing up a violent airflow. The fallen leaves on the ground were quickly rolled up and then torn into pieces, like a group of wildly dancing dead leaf butterflies, flying around.

The moves Ronan practiced were very ordinary, but the connection between the sword moves was extremely smooth and natural, and he was as skilled as those senior adventurers who had been obsessed with the Knight's Way for many years and even had to hold a big sword when sleeping.

The sword technique Ronan practiced was simple in itself, and it became easier to practice after forming muscle memory.

As his proficiency increased, his understanding of this sword technique was also deepening. After each practice, the sword technique moves would be constantly modified in a direction that was more in line with his personal habits, and transformed.

After practicing for a while, Ronan felt a little hot, so he simply took off his robe, revealing a strong and perfect body.

Every time he swung his sword, the muscles in his arms, shoulders, chest, abdomen, and thighs would move along with it, the subcutaneous muscles undulating like water waves, sweat dripping down, showing the beauty of masculine wildness.

"Bang!"

Ronan shook his wrist, and the streamer attached to the one-handed long sword exploded, directly throwing out a white air wave visible to the naked eye, and a big pit was directly blown up in the grass in front of him. Two large trees that were unfortunately affected fell down with a creak, and leaves were scattered all over the sky.

"Hu——"

Ronan exhaled a foul breath, put away the long sword, and scanned the mess all around. A sense of accomplishment arose in his heart.

"The general zero-level intermediate protective magic tool may not be able to withstand my magic sword energy!"

The enchanted energy particle explosion effect of [Charge Weapon], coupled with Ronan's terrifying physical strength, is indeed quite amazing, and is almost as powerful as [Energy Missile] when he first entered the expert level.

The key is that there is no need to do any spellcasting guidance. [Charge Weapon] can be cast in advance, and the effect of [Charge Weapon] at the master level can last for about five minutes.

"An apprentice-level wizard who has not undergone body modification is just like an ordinary person. As long as you can get closer and attack before the opponent's spellcasting guidance is completed, a senior apprentice will probably die under the sword.

Of course, the premise is that the opponent does not have any activated protective magic tools."

"Is this a new profession that combines wizards and knights, a magic swordsman?!"

Ronan thought, lowered his head to check the long sword in his hand, and reached out to touch the fine cracks on the sword.

"It's a pity that the material of this sword is a bit poor. It has been damaged so much by simple practice. I'm afraid it will be completely scrapped after two actual battles."