Wizard Bloodline.

Chapter 83 Expert Ice Hockey, No. 131 Tongding Street

After being promoted to a first-level wizard, Ronan's biggest regret was that he could not maximize the advantages of mastering the two extraordinary domains of magic.

When he was at Hoddam College, he made the choice to major in energy magic in front of Grace, in order to make use of the trump card [Energy Missile-Particle Torrent] and build a stronger spell system with it as the core.

Later, he came to the Silver Magic Circle and wanted to join the magic circle with great enthusiasm, also because the metal magic spell inheritance of the Silver Magic Circle and [Charged Weapon-Breaking Power] are a "match made in heaven", which can bring the power of this magic domain to the extreme.

Unfortunately, both plans failed, and Ronan finally chose to study ice magic.

It would be a bit foolish to ask him to put aside his good first-level spells and turn around to practice zero-level spells just for an ice-type extraordinary domain. The trump card spell that derives the domain is already [Particle Torrent], and there is no shortage of this ice-type spell. Can't a first-level spell be used to practice an extraordinary domain?

But now, the situation has become a little different.

"If my idea is really feasible."

Ronan suppressed the excitement in his heart, took a deep breath, and said with a gleam in his eyes, "Then in my hands, the [Frozen Earth] rune may reach an unprecedented height!"

With his current strength as a first-level wizard, he could go back and brush up his proficiency in zero-level spells. Raising a zero-level spell to the master level would be as easy as eating and drinking and would be much easier than mastering a first-level spell.

Once the spell evolves into an extraordinary domain, the icy field constructed by the [Frozen Earth] talisman will most likely undergo a qualitative leap!
Fortunately, he also has almost all the zero-level ice spells from Linus.

Ronan calmed himself down and made plans quickly without delay.

The three first-level spells originally set as anchor points are [Ice Armor], [Frost Spear], and [Frost Howl].

Only two are left, and they can be selected according to different situations. The vacant anchor point is reserved for the zero-level low-level [Ice Ball], the zero-level intermediate [Frost Ray], and the zero-level advanced [Ice Blade].
These are the skills that Ronan will focus on next.

A new domain architecture was formed.

Perhaps in a short period of time, the power of this new icy domain will be weakened, but once the proficiency of the "holding back" zero-order spells is promoted to the master level and the extraordinary domain is derived, everything will be completely different.

At this moment, Ronan was full of energy and was about to start practicing [Ice Hockey].

He has a certain foundation in this skill and his proficiency is almost at the level of mastery. It probably won't take him long to reach the master level.

"Harmful!"

Ronan casually threw an ice ball at the spell testing wall in the distance, shattering a small piece of energy-absorbing crystal, and suddenly shook his head in realization.

"Why would I need a spell training room to practice level zero spells? I don't care how powerful it can be. It's a complete waste. I can just find a random place in the wild to practice."

Ronan immediately left the training room and did not return to the Blueberry Inn. He headed straight to the outside of the Ring of Law.

Walk out of the huge metal arch and step out of the protection of the rune circle.

Ronan stood on the edge of the base of seven silver towers, overlooking the empty valley below. The strong wind from the sky made his robe rustle.

He took out the flying ring and turned it gently. Ronan was lifted up by an invisible force and flew downwards.

This was his first time out of the city after entering the Silver Magic Ring. In the distance was an endless forest. White mist filled the forest, and from time to time, strange roars could be heard from afar.

Ronan stretched out a hand and watched the tiny pieces of ice crystals and snow drifting out from between his fingers and being blown away by the wind.

"From now on, I am a proper ice wizard."

This is a small tavern. The air is filled with the sound of harps like the sound of flowing streams. Wizards in colorful robes sit together in twos and threes, creating a quiet and leisurely atmosphere.

Along with the pleasant sound of wind chimes, the door of the tavern was pushed open and a figure walked in from outside.

This is a tall and burly man with a rugged appearance and fiery red hair. If it weren't for the dense flame patterns on his cheeks and neck, he would look more like a knight than a wizard.

The red-haired man walked into the tavern and looked around. His eyes quickly locked on a figure in the corner. He strode over with a smile on his face.

"You're late again, Creed."

Before the red-haired man had completely approached the figure, a cold voice sounded.

Sitting alone in front of the brown wooden round table in the corner, a figure in a silver-gray robe raised his head, revealing a handsome and heroic face.

This was definitely an absolutely handsome man, young and full of charm, but his overly calm lake blue eyes and the slight chill emanating from his body always sent out a signal that no strangers were allowed to enter.

"Only a minute. You're being harsh, Damien."

The red-haired man shrugged, snapped his fingers and announced the drinks he wanted, then sat down in front of the handsome man with great confidence, "Are all ice wizards as difficult to get along with as you?"

“Am I difficult to get along with?”

Ronan gently shook the crystal glass in his hand, squinted his eyes to look at the blurry shadow of the boy reflected in the glass, and whispered: "Maybe."

He also just realized that, without realizing it, he seemed to have slowly become an alien who was eccentric and difficult to get along with in the eyes of others.

Is it because I have been walking alone on the path of a wizard for too long, or is it because I have been practicing ice magic for more than a month?

Ronan didn't know... maybe it was both.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. It's the same old rule."

The red-haired man looked at Ronan with a smile, and Ronan casually took out a small black cloth bag from his storage waist bag and threw it on the table.

The pocket hit the table with a rustling sound. It seemed to be filled with many small gems, and looked heavy.

The red-haired man quickly opened the bag and took a look. After a while, he picked out a thumb-sized, irregularly shaped blue crystal and exclaimed, "A crystal core of a first-level intermediate magical beast?! Tsk tsk, Damien, you've become stronger again!"

Ronan said nothing, just looked at him calmly.

The red-haired man shouted loudly for a while, quickly checked and counted all the crystal cores in his pocket, then took out a bunch of bottles and jars from his storage waist bag and placed them in front of Ronan.

"Pick out the potion you want to improve your mental strength."

Ronan's eyes were focused on the potions in front of him. He checked and selected the potions on the table in an orderly and quick manner.

When he stopped moving his hands, he only kept three bottles of the pile of potions that the red-haired man had taken out, and returned the rest.

"Convert the rest into equivalent magic stones for me."

Ronan spoke, his face calm and unremarkable.

"Damien, you're going to become a drug addict if you keep going like this."

The red-haired man put away the remaining potions on the table and muttered, "As a friend, I have to remind you that over-reliance on potions is not good for your future. Sooner or later, the impurities in your mental power will become as numerous as lice on a carpet that hasn't been cleaned for decades."

Ronan listened to the red-haired man's chattering with an expressionless face.

The man in front of him, named Quidi, was someone he met this month and could barely be considered a friend.

Like him, they were all initial-stage first-level wizards, majoring in fire magic and not joining the magic circle.

It is said that this guy was a knight mercenary in his past and had been a wandering adventurer for decades. Later, by chance, he was detected to have the potential to become a wizard, and a pretty good one at that, so he embarked on the path of a wizard.

Because he was born as a knight adventurer, Creed didn't have the patience to study runes, potions, and alchemy. His main source of income in the Circle of Magic was hunting monsters in the forest outside the Circle of Magic, obtaining monster cores for sale, and also doing some part-time work in purchasing and reselling. That's why Ronan came to him.

This month, he has been practicing ice magic on various first-level monsters in the forest outside the magic circle, familiarizing himself with his newly constructed spell system. All the crystal cores he obtained were used with the help of Quidi, which can be regarded as a stable extra income.

Moreover, Creed had been in the outer reaches of the Circle of Magic for many years and knew many first-level wizards like him. Some of them studied potions and would ask him to help sell the potions they made. The prices might not be cheaper than those in the pharmacy, but the variety was much greater.

Ronan had already tried all the level one wizard mental power enhancement potions in the pharmacy, and he just happened to rely on Creed as a channel to obtain more new formula potions that he had not tried before.

But this road seems to be coming to an end. Last time, Ronan could pick out two or three "new products" from the potions that Quidi took out, but this time there is only one.

"Nothing, I'll leave first."

After collecting the potions on the table and the difference in magic stones that Quidi had replenished, Ronan stood up and prepared to leave.

The latter slammed the table with a helpless look on his face and shouted at him: "Come on Damien, a wizard's life is not just about meditation and fighting!"

"Yes, there is also spell research, rune research, and potion research."

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Quidi was speechless for a moment. "It's really boring to chat with you. Forget it, tell me something you're interested in."

Ronan stopped walking and turned his head to look at Creed, "Tell me about it."

Quidi took a big gulp of beer and said, “A formal member of the magic circle wants to find an ice wizard to help adjust the rune array.

This quest has been hanging in the Law Circle for almost two months and no one has taken it up. Haven't you always wanted to find someone to sponsor you to apply to join the Law Circle?

Maybe this is an opportunity.”

Ronan turned around.

He knew that Creed had special channels that allowed him to receive some missions that were only open to members of the Circle of Justice.

These are usually tasks that have low rewards and that official members of the Circle of Justice are unwilling to take on, but that must be completed by someone.

At this time, it will pass through "middlemen" like Creed and fall into the hands of the formal group of wizards who are "waiting to join the magic circle."

"Is this task difficult?"

Ronan thought for a moment and asked.

"It's not difficult."

Creed shook his head and explained, “Actually, this is a long-term task that will be released every month.

The key is that the person who issued the task has a big problem. "

"Is there a problem with the person who issued the task?"

Ronan frowned.

“That guy has offended many people in the Circle of Law, so no one in the Circle of Law will accept his mission.

The rewards for the missions they can offer are very low, but their tempers are terrible."

Quidi spread his hands and said, "So no one outside the Circle of Magic wants to take on this mission."

“That was a really good opportunity.”

“It’s just a chance.”

Quidi threw a thin piece of paper at Ronan, picked up the wine glass and drank, smacking his lips and said, "Be prepared, there were ice wizards who had similar ideas to you before, but they all failed without exception.
In fact, I don’t think there’s any need to rush to join the Dharma Circle. It’s true that there are inheritances and resources within the Dharma Circle, but how much of them can actually benefit us?
There are so many restrictions. Wouldn’t it be nice to live a free and easy life for the first 30 years?
There's still plenty of time for us, right Damien?
Damien! Damien! Shit, are you listening to me? "

Ronan had already walked far away, leaving Creed's shouting behind him.

He lowered his head to look at the piece of paper that Quidi had given him, and saw a simple address written on it - No. 131 Tongding Street.

If there is a "slum" outside the Seventh Ring City, Tongding Street should be it.

Ronan strolled along the desolate and dilapidated long street. The ground beneath his feet was covered with cracks, and both sides of the street were lined with abandoned houses and shops.

As we walked along, we could only see a few crystal street lamps in front of the houses that were still on.

It is hard to imagine that a wizard who is a formal member of the Circle of Magic would choose to live in such a place. Even the most destitute first-level formal wizard would not be able to endure such an environment.

A pigeon egg-sized piece of ice condensed in Ronan's hand, and he turned it back and forth between his slender and well-proportioned fingers. This was a little trick he had figured out to practice his control over ice energy.

As he walked slowly along the long street, he opened his character panel to check.

[Strength: First-level official wizard (24%)]

After drinking bottle after bottle of mental power-enhancing potion, his strength progressed to 24% of a first-level official wizard, and his mental power more than doubled compared to when he was first promoted.

If classified according to the standards of the wizarding world, he should be approaching the middle stage of level one.

Because of his frequent drug use and the need to constantly remove impurities from his mental power, Ronan also practiced [Basic Meditation] very diligently. His [State of Emptiness] was almost always on, and his proficiency in [Basic Meditation] broke through the master-level proficiency mark of 100.

Every hundred points of proficiency is a threshold. Ronan clearly found that his efficiency in removing impurities using [Basic Meditation] has improved a lot.

Everyone who knows him a little bit will advise him to take less drugs and be careful not to let his mental strength become confused and affect his subsequent promotion.

In fact, Ronan's real situation is exactly the opposite of what everyone imagines. Because of the constant cleansing of the [Realm of Emptiness], his mental power is not only not impure, but much purer than the mental power of an ordinary first-level wizard.

Even Ronan has already felt the benefits of pure mental power - faster casting speed, less mental power consumption, and smoother connection between spells.
The only thing that has been hindering his progress has always been his soul aptitude. Even though he has undergone a soul purification, his soul aptitude can only be considered the most ordinary among first-level wizards.

Because he had been focusing on practicing ice magic, his proficiency in several commonly used spells had not improved much. However, Ronan had practiced the three first-level ice spells [Ice Armor], [Frost Spear] and [Frost Howl] to a proficient level.

I have worked hard to master the [Ice Hockey Technique] and have even mastered it to (Expert 784/800).

It won’t be long before he can break through to the master level.

With the strength of a first-level wizard, if he focuses on practicing a zero-level spell, and a low-level one at that, his proficiency will increase very quickly.

In the past, it would take at least three months to achieve this level of progress.

Ronan has tried it before. He is now using the expert-level [Ice Hockey] that is close to perfection and two first-order spells as anchors to construct an icy field. The power generated by the field is no less than the effect when it was constructed with all first-order spells before.

If the fourth anchor spell [Ice Hockey] is added on the original basis, the power of the ice field can be enhanced by almost one third.

It turns out that the direction of his efforts was correct.

But whether it can really bring about a qualitative change in the field can only be known after [Ice Hockey] is completely promoted to the master level and derives into the extraordinary domain.

Before he knew it, Ronan arrived at his destination.

(End of this chapter)