god of tomorrow

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

That night.

At 7 p.m., Gao Wen returned to his dormitory an hour earlier than yesterday.

Seeing that Hill hadn't gone out to enjoy himself yet, he decisively held him down, took out paper and pen, and asked him to write a ridiculous little story about nobles, with keywords including but not limited to gatherings, wilderness, exchanges, and star rage...

Tone it down a bit. Don't write about promiscuity, sex, or eating. Many of our ordinary students are inexperienced and the impact is too great. It can leave them with a huge psychological scar, affecting their physical and mental development.

Besides, there are too many prohibited words, and the school newspaper is full of gibberish, which no one can understand!

During the tutoring session, Gao Wen quickly finished reading today's textbook and stared intently at Buber, making the latter feel uneasy and hurriedly take out a handkerchief to wipe away the sweat.

Booth knew that Gawain had amazing learning abilities, but this was too exaggerated. He thought he could hold on for a while longer.

"Professor Buber, is this your last teaching material?"

"Most of the freshmen are here."

Büber was sweating profusely, his sweat enough to cook a dish: "As for the basics, there's nothing more I can teach you. From here on out, you can pursue further studies in the library, or if you're interested in writing papers, I can..."

"Excuse me."

Gawain immediately called a halt: "Teacher, aren't you still teaching magic to the new students?"

"This won't do, your meditation class grades..."

Buber shook his head immediately, not wanting to force things. Halfway through his sentence, he thought of Gawain's unparalleled learning ability and asked dryly, "Gawain, how far have you progressed in your meditation class?"

"We're about to break through to the third step."

"So fast?"

Buber was shocked. It was understandable that one was strong in one aspect, but it was also understandable that one was strong in all aspects. After all, the Royal Magic University had a large number of geniuses, so it was normal for one or two prodigies to emerge.

"Teacher, I want to learn Order Magic. Do you have any?"

"No! There isn't any!"

Buber resolutely refused, his face serious: "I can teach you basic elemental magic, you are capable of it now, but not order magic. The school rules are for your own good."

To learn Order Magic, one must first become a formal mage, and one's magic power must break through the threshold, no longer being strands of magic threads, but converging into a stream, in order to have the foundation to form a magic circuit.

Only in this way can divine power open the magic circuit during the sacrificial ritual, firmly imprinting knowledge into the magician's body and forming a spellcasting instinct.

If you insist on demanding it, the gods won't care; they won't lose anything by taking the offerings.

Magic apprentices who rashly offer sacrifices will suffer greatly. At best, their magic circuits will be unable to open, resulting in the loss of the sacrifice; at worst, their magic circuits will be permanently closed, causing them to become paralyzed and incontinent.

Wait a minute, I've already mastered three types of magic, and I don't feel any discomfort.

Gawain blinked. The God of Wishes was a chaotic magic that initially consumed life force to cast spells, so it had little to do with magic power and therefore no magic circuits. As for the summoning of the dead and the sacrifice of the Dark Vision in the underworld, he vaguely remembered that the magic circuits were shaped by the Lord of Death himself.

Although he is the god of the underworld, bringing with him the oppressive feeling of the Grim Reaper, he is very gentle towards him because he is poor. Money can make the devil turn the millstone, and death is no exception.

Gao Wen sorted things out, wanting to defend himself, but realized he was a special case, not of conventional reference value, and had no way to argue.

"Teacher, how can I become stronger in a short time?"

"Continue meditating. Once you reach the third stage and guide the four elements to strengthen your own magic, your physique will also become stronger..."

Bush told Gawain to be patient and not to rush things. He said the foundation-building stage was very important, and once Gawain entered the third stage, he would find himself getting stronger every day.

Their physical bodies become stronger and their magical reserves become much larger; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they change every day.

Even among geniuses, there are differences. Many students diverge at this stage, setting a lower limit for their potential. This is a crucial stage that influences a magician's entire life.

"I get stronger every day..."

Gawain raised an eyebrow, his built-in translator activated, and entered the third stage of meditation, communicating with the four elements, adding points on his own every day.

That's right, I was misled by the system and forgot that cultivation really can make you stronger!

Chapter 44 I've gotten this far entirely through my own hard work.

4 month 28 day.

The weather was fine and sunny, a perfect Saturday for sleeping in.

Leaving aside those who have to work overtime on Saturdays, it's common knowledge that Friday nights are the perfect time to stay up late. The thought of not having to go to work/school tomorrow makes the desire overcome the will, and the urge to stay up late is impossible to suppress.

Gao Wen didn't stay up late, as staying up late is bad for your health, so he stayed up all night.

At 8 a.m., sunlight streamed into the bedroom. Gao Wen sat cross-legged on the bed, his hands hanging naturally on his knees, his eyes slightly closed, and his breathing even. He maintained this posture for the entire night.

There is no fixed posture for meditation. Just like that, you can stand, lie down, kneel, or stand upside down. It depends on the individual. Do whatever is comfortable and makes it easy to enter a state of meditation.

Gao Wen chose the meditation posture purely because he had read too many martial arts novels and insisted that this posture was more ritualistic and brought him pleasure faster.

Magic, right? You know, it's the same as internal energy.

The so-called meditation method is actually an internal energy cultivation method. The meditation method of the Royal Magic University is the most advanced internal energy cultivation method on the market. Sitting cross-legged is the right way to practice it.

Gao Wen's comparisons were not arbitrary. There is a saying that the cultivation of internal energy techniques should be done naturally, and the same applies to meditation. The most taboo thing is to be diligent. The more effort you put in, the more you force it, the more you will go against the grain and end up doing nothing but wasting your energy.

In comparison, magic power and internal energy are not that different; the different names are due to different world backgrounds.

Gao Wenming kept in mind the taboos of meditation, neither forcing himself nor overexerting himself. The reason he stayed up all night was because his physical condition was different.

According to the AI ​​assistant's scan results, even though they are both at the magic apprentice stage, his potential far exceeds that of other freshmen.

Students meditate for half an hour and then must stop to rest; otherwise, they will be physically and mentally exhausted, and will feel weak for ten days or half a month. Trying to do too much is counterproductive. He is different. He has a good physical body, and his basic numerical data is presented. Half an hour is not his limit. He can push himself to the limit and meditate all night and still be full of energy.

Having learned from his teacher, Mr. Buber, that the third stage of meditation had many benefits, Gawain launched a fierce attack on this stage, determined not to give up until he tasted its benefits.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

People with perseverance and determination can actually succeed.

After several nights of intense effort, combining tactical maneuvers with overwhelming firepower, Gao Wen finally delivered the decisive blow in the early hours of the morning. His mind became highly focused, undergoing a qualitative change, and his thinking was elevated, allowing him to enter the third stage of meditation.

The third stage involves perceiving the elements and strengthening one's own magic.

The elevated mental state allows for an exceptionally clear view of the world, enabling Gawain to perceive the four elements floating in the air during meditation. By incorporating these four elements that constitute the world into his body, while not necessarily having the miraculous effect of reshaping the physical body, the increase in basic stats is readily apparent.

Adding a little something makes people happy!

With a stronger physical body, the seeds of magic within the body sprout and grow simultaneously, resulting in double the joy!

Teacher Frey is right. Imagine your body as an empty container; an empty mind will automatically capture the four elements from the outside world. It's somewhat like an imbalance of internal and external pressure. The number of the four elements that make up the human body is inherently less than the number of external elements. A qualitative change in mental thinking opens a gap, allowing the four elements from the outside world to flood into the body.

Because the physical body is strengthened by the four elements, it can store more magic power. In the process of storing magic power, magic threads spread throughout the body, gradually washing over the flesh and bones, making the body even stronger.

In other words, entering the third stage of meditation is like stepping into the realm of the extraordinary, thus separating oneself from ordinary people.

But this is not without end. Everything has its limits, and where the end is depends on talent.

The human body can only absorb a limited number of the four elements. Once the limit is reached, the internal and external pressures become equal, making it impossible to introduce more of the four elements. At the same time, the magic power of the threads converging into a fine stream will not continue to increase.

At this point, the transformative power of the mind is no longer sufficient; to take it a step further, a breakthrough must be sought in the physical body…

These are too far off for magic apprentices; let's just talk about Gawain's current third stage of meditation.

The end of this stage lies in the limit of the four elements that the body can withstand. Generally speaking, the upper limit is higher for noble students and relatively lower for commoners.

Having wealthy ancestors is indeed useful.

According to scientific research, intelligence cannot be inherited, but a magician's talent can be passed on to the next generation through bloodline. The Finn family is full of brilliant stars and is known as the Star Family. It is precisely because "Light Chaser" Ochi Finn set a good example that his descendants endured all the hardships.

Similarly, this is the main reason why aristocratic children are either exceptionally talented or exceptionally unlucky. They are born with the talent to reach the pinnacle, but the decadent lifestyle corrupts their minds, leaving them with talent but lacking a strong inner strength, ultimately being surpassed by commoners who did not start from a high point.

These commoners will achieve great deeds and become new nobles. Their descendants will grow up in luxury and never suffer hardship, continuing their path to becoming gods or ghosts.

History teachers are like this: they tirelessly impart the same principle, but few people can actually listen.

The main reason why Gawain deserves special attention is that, according to his file, his flesh and blood have undergone a mutation, giving him an extremely high starting point. Whether it is his martial arts skills or his magical reserves, he is far ahead of other mages of the same level.

In truth, if their malignant flesh mutations weren't aesthetically pleasing and so anti-human, they would have been praised as geniuses instead of being labeled monsters.

Getting back to the main point, Gao Wen had been meditating intensely for twelve consecutive hours, and his mental state could no longer support the city gate. The four elements outside were clamoring that they couldn't get in, causing some unpleasantness.

Please wait a moment, everyone. I will rest for a day and then open the city gates tonight to welcome the king's army!

Gao Wen stopped meditating and remained in a cross-legged position, not opening his eyes immediately.

These days, aside from eating, drinking, sleeping, going to class, being forcibly taken to the shopping street by Hervy, I spend the rest of my time doing tasks and meditating.

It was so fulfilling that I was a little tired, but I reaped a great harvest and made a fortune.

The Great Fool and his Great Fool brother brought Gao Wen four missions, all of which were rated S+, with doubled rewards, making him rich.

In the third stage of meditation, all attribute points were allocated evenly, except for a slight increase in magic power. This might be because the magic power points were allocated too aggressively before, exceeding the objective limits of the current physical body.

On one hand, there's the task reward; on the other, there's your own effort...

No, the task was earned through my own efforts.

What, the system?

Stop joking, the system was all created by Gao himself!

There is no such thing as a Heavenly Emperor, nor do Brother Tongzi and Uncle Tongzi exist. They are merely the manifestation of the God of Wishes' abilities. He got to where he is today entirely through his own efforts.

That's right, that's it!

With this in mind, Gao Wen looked at his personal panel with a clear conscience.

[Character Panel - Ordinary Iron]

Name: Gao Wen (Level 1 VIP)

Race: Terran

Class: Mage (Necromancer, Shadow Mage)

Level: 11

Experience: 1.1w/1.4w

Speed: 122 (S+)

Strength: 120 (S+)

Endurance: 117 (S+)

Charisma: 88 (A+)