Above the mage!

Chapter 100 Awakening Expertise
This was the first time that Gaode had seen a geo vein creature of such a huge size, and it was also the first time that he had witnessed a 2-ring geo vein creature with his own eyes.

He felt shocked and a little emotional.

The shocking thing is that the purple worm's size and strength are incredibly huge, and the visual effect is too exaggerated.

It feels a bit like a science fiction movie being played out in reality.

The regret is that the flaws of this giant earth vein creature are too obvious and fatal.

They are so large that they move quite slowly.

At the same time, because of its large size, it is too obvious a target.

Therefore, they are basically unable to dodge spell attacks and can only choose to take it head-on.

If you can withstand it, you are invincible - what can you do if you can't break its defense?

Unable to withstand it, it was just like this purple worm, being toyed with by the 2nd-ring mage Versa.

This thing looks scary, but its combat power should be at the bottom among the 2nd ring earth vein creatures.

The sudden appearance of the purple worms resulted in the deaths of five people, including an unlucky mage apprentice.

But this did not cause much waves.

The people in this world have a kind of familiarity with death that Gaode's previous life never had.

Human life is like a mustard.

Gao De still had some strange emotions in his heart.

The soul from the age of order will ultimately be unable to become indifferent to life in a short period of time.

But Gaode found that he was gradually integrating into this atmosphere and learning to accept this environment.

People always have to adapt to the environment.

Next, the guards quickly tidied up the temporary camp that had become chaotic due to the appearance of purple worms.

Several more guards came forward and dissected the purple worm along the cracks in the cuticle of its corpse.

Half an hour later, the bodies of the five unlucky guys who were swallowed by the purple worms were dug out by the guards.

In less than an hour after being swallowed, the bodies of the five people had been corroded beyond human form.

It’s not surprising. You know, the stomach of a purple worm can corrode and digest even leather armor, let alone the human body?
After the guards simply searched their bodies and took away their belongings, they found a vacant area, dug a hole, and buried them all together.

As for the relics found, they will be returned to the family of the deceased after we return.

This is already humane enough.

If you can't bring back the body, at least you can bring back the belongings to give people some memories.

Harvest Moon, 9st.

Last night's accident did not affect the continued progress of the land reclamation.

The underground creatures living in the dense forests on both sides of the official road are still being cleared out in batches.

Everyone is familiar with the whole process.

"We are so far away from the Hogan Leyline, normally there won't be any 2nd ring leyline creatures appearing."

"Fortunately, it was Mage Weiersa who led the team this time, otherwise it wouldn't be as simple as just five deaths."

Maciej was a relatively talkative mage, and he shared a few words of exclamation with the group before they discovered the leyline creatures.

"Mage Versa is a battle mage, and she has been promoted to the 2nd ring for more than ten years, so she can easily take down a 2nd ring earth creature."

When he talked about Versa, his face was full of admiration.

"Battle Mage? Why is there such a distinction? What is the basis?"

This is already the sixth day of land reclamation.

The relationships among this temporary team have become much more familiar.

When Maciej spoke up, someone immediately started a new topic.

Maciej didn't mind sharing some common sense knowledge with everyone. "It's normal that you haven't heard of it. You usually only learn about it after you advance to the first ring," Maciej explained.

Except for him, the rest of the team were mage apprentices.

"Every time a mage successfully upgrades his level, he will randomly awaken a special ability."

"This special ability can be targeted at a single spell, only enhancing the power of that spell."

"It can be targeted at a certain type of spell. For example, it can gain certain benefits when casting a protection spell, or enhance the effect of a summoning spell, or enhance the power of all damage-type spells. All are possible."

"It can also be a universal enhancement applicable to all spells, such as reducing the casting time of all spells, or increasing the casting distance of spells, etc."

"Or it could be aimed at strengthening oneself, such as increasing one's resistance to certain elements, improving one's reaction speed, improving one's skills with a certain type of weapon, or even simply and crudely improving one's magic power and mental strength."

"It can even be used to enhance skills, such as increasing the success rate or speed of making alchemical items."

"It can also be some strange auxiliary effects, such as increasing your practice speed."

"Besides that, it can also allow you to directly master a certain unique spell."

"In short, any special abilities you can think of or even those you can't think of may appear when you awaken."

"We call these special abilities, which have various types and effects but are extremely magical, specialties."

"There is no universally recognized standard for the level of expertise. After all, it is extremely difficult to find two identical expertises in the world."

"But based on the effects of their expertise, they can be divided into multiple types."

"That is, combat expertise, creation expertise, metamagic expertise, auxiliary expertise, and special expertise."

"Among them, the expertise that can significantly improve the mage's combat power is classified as combat expertise."

"Once you awaken your combat expertise, learn multiple damaging spells, and become proficient in combat, you can be called a combat mage."

Although these are just common sense that is not worth mentioning to Maciej, they are extremely valuable knowledge to the wild mages in the team who have not yet touched the field of formal mages.

Everyone listened with great interest.

"Every time a mage levels up, he or she can obtain a random feat. As a 2nd-level mage, Mage Versa is said to have awakened two combat feats."

"So even in the law enforcement team, she is a top-ranked battle mage."

At this point, everyone finally understood why Maciej was thankful that it was Versa who led the team.

"You said that the awakening of expertise is random. Does that mean it all depends on luck?"

"Then isn't it possible that a wild mage could also awaken a specialty that is far superior to that of a genius mage?"

"Or is it possible for a genius mage to awaken useless specialties? Wouldn't this make those talented mages very depressed?"

Suddenly, someone in the team asked a question that Gaode was also considering.

"It's definitely correct to say it's random, but it's not completely random. It should be called pseudo-random." Maciej shook his head and explained in detail:
"You can't control what specialization you awaken, so it's random."

"But the awakened expertise is related to the mage's own knowledge, spells, and even the guidance and meditation techniques of his practice."

"What kind of association is that?" Still unable to understand the concept of expertise, another person couldn't help but ask.

Maciej continued without getting impatient, "Let me give you a few simple examples. If all the spells you know are functional spells and you don't know any damage spells, then you basically won't be able to awaken combat expertise."

"If you master multiple spells of the School of Protection and have your own unique understanding of how to use them, there is a high probability that you will awaken the metamagic expertise of the School of Protection spells."

"Or, if you are an outstanding alchemist who has a better grasp of alchemy knowledge than other knowledge, it is very likely that you will awaken the creation specialty."

"In short, based on experience, there is a consensus that the more and deeper the spells a wizard masters, the more profound his knowledge, and the stronger his magic and mental power, the higher the possibility of awakening a certain type of powerful expertise."

“So it’s random, but it’s actually random within a controllable range.”

"Those genius mages, whether in terms of knowledge or spells, are far superior to ordinary mages, so in 99% of cases, the specialties they awaken will be exceptionally powerful."

"I see." This question popped up in the minds of not only the person who asked the question, but everyone present.

Everyone became thoughtful and subconsciously began to consider what kind of expertise they would awaken after being promoted to a 1st-level mage based on their own situation.

(End of this chapter)