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

After being promoted to wizard apprentice, the most troublesome problem is not the small pool of mental energy, but the way to acquire spells.

There aren't many options in this regard either.

You either have to spend expensive magic crystals to buy them at the market, or you have to find someone else to teach you.

With only seven low-grade magic crystals remaining and no runes yet being crafted, there is no income, making the first option clearly unrealistic.

As for the second option, who would teach magic to someone who is not related to them for free?

The image of a curly-haired boy flashed into Lorne's mind.

His only connection in the apprenticeship area: Theodore.

Theodore demonstrated two spells: Arcane Blast and Frostbolt, and the number he actually mastered was certainly far more than that.

Looking at the darkening sky outside the window, Lorne suppressed the urge to run to him right now.

It's time to rest...

Including a whole night of meditation, Lorne hadn't slept for almost a day, devoting himself entirely to breaking through to the Wizard Apprentice level.

With the opening of my spiritual sea and the increase in my spiritual power, I am not sleepy at this moment.

With an additional 9 points in constitution attribute, the body is very resilient and does not require long periods of sleep or rest.

In his current state, he could easily go three days and three nights without sleeping.

What truly needs to be calmed is the jumble of thoughts.

Taking the blueprints for the "protection" from his moonlight pouch, Lorne lay down on the bed and began studying them as a lullaby before bedtime.

The 'Spirit Vision' rune is still far beyond his reach at the moment.

The three runes, 'Dust Removal', 'Water Gathering', and 'Resilience', are sold at extremely low prices.

A blank rune plate costs one low-grade magic crystal, while 'Dust Removal' and 'Water Gathering' cost only one and a half crystals each, and 'Toughness' is slightly better, costing two crystals.

The income from wasting time crafting these three runes is too low to be worthwhile.

Even the simplest 'protection' rune sells for as much as five low-grade magic crystals.

Instead of wasting time trying to win by sheer quantity, it's better to directly create 'protective' runes.

The light in the room grew dimmer, and the contents of the parchment scroll gradually became blurred.

After being completely plunged into darkness, Lorne put away the parchment scroll in his hand and forced himself into a state of sleep.

He tossed and turned several times, then got up again and lit the candle on the wooden table...

The next morning, while Lorne was still studying the blueprints for the 'Protection' rune, a series of urgent knocks came from outside.

"Knock knock—"

"Lorne, I've come to see you!"

Theodore? Lorne recognized him immediately by the voice.

Lorne was just about to go to Theodore's place to see him today when he happened to come over.

That saved a lot of trouble...

"Coming," Lorne replied, opening the wooden door.

Theodore, drenched in sweat outside, rushed over: "Lorne, I've broken through to the second level of wizard apprenticeship!"

"Level 2?" Lorne was tightly restrained and stood there stunned.

It's only been a week since the two last met, hasn't it?

So fast!

Sometimes you really have to lament the unfairness of fate.

He forced himself to take drugs and used up all his savings to barely break through to the first level of wizard apprentice. How come Theodore's breakthrough was as easy as drinking water?

Moreover, his mental sea is incredibly vast, many times larger than Lorne's, making it much more difficult for him to enhance his mental strength.

"Gently, gently." Lorne could sense that the brat was very excited.

Indeed, the scene of Lennart picking on me a week ago is still fresh in my mind.

Despite Theodore's timidity and tendency to back down, he is also a sensitive and stubborn man.

They're the type who won't turn back until they hit a brick wall.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to survive in the forest where they were escaping Wall Manor.

You must have been holding back a lot of energy all week...

Thinking of this, Lorne gently patted his back.

After Theodore calmed down, Lorne couldn't help but ask him for advice:

"What have you been doing these past few days? You've broken through so quickly, do you have a secret?"

Theodore scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly: "I've been practicing spells, and before I knew it, I had broken through to level two."

Lorne: "..."

After a moment of silence, Lorne invited Theodore into the house: "Come in, it's hot outside."

"Hmm!" Theodore sat on the wooden bed and began to chatter incessantly.

He told Lorne about his experiences over the past seven days, the interesting things that happened, and his time with Lily and Dante.

"..."

"I just broke through to level two, and came to find you after saying goodbye to Dante."

Theodore finished speaking about a lot of things in one go before stopping, his mouth dry.

Lorne reached into his moonlight pouch; the food inside was almost gone, but thankfully there was still some water left.

After taking out the deerskin water pouch and handing it to Theodore, he asked with a question, "Dant?"

Theodore uncorked the cork, took a big gulp, and casually wiped his mouth. "Yeah, he's quite concerned about you, Lorne. He even insisted on coming with me."

I have some recollection of it, but not much...

Lorne has been so engrossed in meditation these past few days that he has completely lost track of time.

Theodore wasn't much better than himself.

According to him, he spent the entire week either practicing spells in the training grounds or practicing spells in the training grounds.

Fortunately, Lenore didn't cause any more trouble, and Theodore officially broke through to the second level wizard apprentice this morning.

After the small talk, Lorne got back to the main topic: "Theodore, do you have any simple spells you can teach me?"

"Lorne, you too?" Theodore's eyes widened in surprise.

He accused Lorne of being disloyal in a reproachful tone: "Why didn't you tell me?"

As Lorne faced Theodore's onslaught of "iron fists," he smiled and explained, "I just broke through too."

After his reprimand, Theodore returned to the main point: "I just happen to have mastered a few simple spells."

"But we don't need it now." He took a wizarding book from his ring and solemnly handed it to Lorne:

"This was a gift from Lady Katarina."

Lorne took the wizard's book and flipped through it briefly.

This book contains descriptions and instructions on how to cast six simple spells.

In addition to the Arcane Blast and Ice Arrow spells that Lorne had seen before, there were also four simple spells.

They are: Spark Splatter, Lightning Ball, Stone Throw, and Wind Blade.

These are all elemental destructive spells, and they are well worth learning.

However, it's wiser to focus on one thing at a time rather than trying to do too much at once.

"Of these six simple spells, Arcane Impact, Ice Arrow, Lightning Ball, and Spark Shot are the most difficult to learn," Theodore explained.

"Stone Throw and Wind Blade are dispensable, and their subsequent upgrades to Tier 0 spells are not powerful enough."

Zero-order spell?

Lorne, still throbbing with pain as he recalled Lauren's Arcane Missiles and Fireball, silently added Arcane Impact and Spark Shot to his must-learn martial arts training...