Clinging to the Witcher world to become a god of martial arts

"Goodbye!" The girl with the ahoge left without looking back, leaving Lorne with only her back view.

Hopefully, this personality won't cause him any trouble in the future... Lorne smiled, watching the other person's figure disappear into the teleportation array, and he always felt that Penny harbored some resentment towards him.

However, as the two returned to the apprenticeship area and parted ways, none of that mattered anymore.

"My lord, is it about 'merits'?" Lorne already had a general idea in mind and urgently needed the lead wizard's answer.

But to his surprise, the leading wizard didn't seem to know much about it either.

"Merit? That's not something you should be thinking about right now." The lead wizard's gaze fell on the silver apprentice badge on Lorne's chest.

"I'm just following orders to keep you here."

Could it be that I guessed wrong?

Even if an apprentice makes a great contribution during the recruitment process, does that mean they cannot receive the so-called merit if they do not become a formal wizard?

The future development path requires a lot of resources to try and practice step by step. Lorne originally hoped that this achievement could be used to exchange for resources.

Should I examine myself for more details in this recruitment process?

Lorne was overwhelmed with thoughts.

Regarding how a first-level apprentice could survive in Aislin's hands, his explanation was that Aislin's attention was entirely focused on the fallen lich, and he paid no attention to an apprentice.

In reality, upon closer examination, this claim is simply untenable.

Lorne was deeply worried. If the Black Tower really interrogated him and had a way to make him confess the truth, then the truth about killing the big man and causing Gunnar's death would be completely exposed...

"Lord Cologne."

Lorne, who had been lost in thought for a while, was brought back to reality by these words and didn't even notice a wizard walking up to him.

The leading wizard greeted the newcomer very respectfully.

The wizard who approached the two was dressed in a long, unwrinkled black robe with a sun emblem on his shoulder that was burning with black flames.

He was a middle-aged man with long gray hair and a short stubble.

"Hand him over to me, and you may leave."

"Yes, Lord Cologne." The leading wizard looked at Lorne with some surprise and confusion before walking away completely.

As the leading wizard left, Lorne felt a surge of powerful spiritual energy erupt from the middle-aged man named Coron in front of him, enveloping him.

The feeling was like running naked down the street and being stared at.

The mental sea, the size of a small lake, trembled slightly, and the extremely uncomfortable feeling gave Lorne goosebumps.

"A level two apprentice forcibly promoted? This mental energy is far too mixed..." Cologne said with a scrutinizing tone.

"His physical strength far exceeds that of ordinary people. Although there are traces of body tempering, they are very subtle."

"Strange? What is this sphere in my abdomen? It allows stellar energy particles and water-attribute energy particles to be stored in my body in a substantial form..."

With even his underwear completely exposed, Lorne didn't dare to breathe loudly. He simply bowed down and said respectfully, "Lord Cologne."

The lack of a means to isolate oneself from mental perception is a real problem.

Any wizard with even a slightly stronger mental strength would have no way to resist if they had the idea of ​​spying.

He has quite a few secrets of his own. The star vortex condensed by cultivating the "Heavenly River True Qi" should be a very novel thing in the eyes of a wizard.

With these guys' somewhat perverse thirst for knowledge, I'm afraid I'll end up being dissected and studied...

Moreover, there are too many unusual aspects to this recruitment, and logically speaking, there are too many problems, making no sense.

Just when Lorne thought he was doomed, the powerful mental pressure quietly dissipated.

"Interesting." Cologne withdrew his mental energy and looked at Lorne again with a deep gaze, no longer like he was looking at a low-level apprentice.

"Don't worry, I'm not some crazy academic." As if understanding what his apprentice was thinking, Cologne explained, "I just find it very novel."

"You bear subtle traces of being tempered by fire elements, and your body is filled with a violent aura, yet the energy flowing through your abdomen and body is completely opposite..."

"It's a very serious physical conflict problem, but there's nothing wrong with my body at all, as if it's been forcibly suppressed."

Everyone has secrets, and apprentices are no exception.

However, Cologne had no intention of digging into other people's secrets, and the reason he used his mental energy to investigate an apprentice was quite simple.

I just wanted to see the true strength of the guy who "luckily" survived in front of a fifth-tier wizard and who will be restarting the Prodigy Tournament in the near future.

I thought I was just a first-level apprentice, at most cannon fodder, but I didn't expect it to be so interesting.

Cologne is now somewhat curious about how long this apprentice in front of him can hold out.

"Let me introduce myself, I'm the Executive Director, Cologne."

"Lor... Lorne." Lorne was shocked, not expecting that the other party could see through his problems so easily.

After using fire elemental breathing techniques, one develops the "Boiling Blood" physique. However, when cultivating the "Heavenly River True Qi," the inevitable incorporation of water elemental power causes the "Boiling Blood" to be sealed.

The problem of physical conflict must be resolved sooner or later; otherwise, the cultivation of the Flame Breathing Technique will be slow to progress, and the idea of ​​integrating it with the breathing technique will be impossible to test.

Currently, only the breathing technique related to the fire element is compatible with the [Boiling Blood] physique, so switching to other breathing techniques is a last resort.

"Lord Cologne, how should we resolve the issue of the constitution conflict?" Since Cologne was able to pinpoint this problem so accurately, he must have a solution. Lorne didn't want to let this opportunity slip by.

As the Minister of Enforcement, he must be very knowledgeable and experienced. What if he's willing to make a few recommendations?

"Solution? It's simple. Destroy that sphere in the abdomen, and then specialize in fire elemental magic from now on."

Although Cologne gave an answer, it wasn't what Lorne wanted.

His [Boiling Blood] physique was already formed, and it was almost impossible to change it. He knew the fastest way to solve this problem was to cripple his internal energy.

Of course, given the current less-than-optimistic situation, improving our strength is extremely urgent.

Lorne will make the best choice by balancing the time and energy invested in retraining an internal skill and resolving the conflict in his constitution, while also ensuring a return on his investment.

It would be best if a solution could be found to resolve the issue of constitution conflict.

If you can't find it, or if the conditions for achieving both are too demanding, you can only abandon your internal skills and start cultivating another type of internal skill.

It's always better to start over than to have your future path completely blocked.

"I advise you to abandon your immature ideas," Cologne interrupted as he saw Lorne deep in thought.

"Have you ever wondered why most wizards master a rather eclectic array of spells during their apprenticeships, but then settle into a fixed school of thought after becoming full-fledged wizards?"