Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

At the same time, after that campaign, the Golden Crown completely sealed off the Black Mist Shadow's sorcery runes, preventing them from circulating in the market.

Therefore, the Shadow of the Black Mist can be considered a unique form of witchcraft possessed by members of the Black Ring Crown.

In addition, there are some black-ringed crown items that Hughes obtained from Imos.

He estimated that once he mastered this witchcraft, things would be much easier for him in the future, and he could even frame Black Ring Crown for any trouble he encountered.

Another valuable find is Schultz's notes, which record his insights and understanding of compressed ice elements.

During his previous battle with Shutal, Hughes had noticed the sorcery Shutal used, which contained an extremely rich element of ice.

This was thanks to the knowledge of elemental compression bestowed upon him by the Tree of Life of Shutal.

If one has a certain level of control over magic, one can not only improve the properties of elements, but also control the form and concentration of their output.

Of course, knowledge involving elemental manipulation is quite difficult for wizard apprentices; even Shutal only managed to master this technique thanks to the gift of the Tree of Life.

Therefore, Hughes's concept for his self-created witchcraft lies in the compression and variability of the energy of the ice element.

Level zero ice elemental magic mostly has the effects of "freezing" and "physical attack". If Hughes can unexpectedly unleash an ice elemental magic with extremely destructive elemental power, it will surely catch the opponent off guard.

Hughes glanced at Shutal's notes. Fortunately, he had also recorded the knowledge bestowed upon him by the Tree of Life, which would make it easier for him to mark and improve it.

Of course, the knowledge here is somewhat difficult for Hughes, as it involves some Elvish language and knowledge related to the Elven race.

However, with this notebook, the basic framework of Hughes' self-created witchcraft has been largely established. What remains is to understand this notebook and, as far as possible, improve it into human knowledge.

Over the next few days, Hughes studied Shutal's notes and the sorcery runes of the Shadow of the Black Mist. To enhance his understanding of the ice element, Hughes also purchased some level zero sorcery to learn.

As the days went by, the number of third-class apprentices at Everfrost Spire increased, and the academy opened up some channels that were normally restricted.

"What? You want to find a linguist?"

Inside Bohr's potion shop, Hughes handed over the potions Bohr had been making recently and asked him to introduce him to a linguist.

To become a linguist, one needs to be proficient in the communicative languages ​​of at least five races, as well as their magical languages—the best teachers of languages.

The notes contained a large amount of text and involved the magical language of the elves.

So Hughes thought that instead of translating them one by one, it would be better to learn a basic Elvish language.

When learning a language, the best option is not to make friends with people of that race, but to find a linguist with a rich understanding of the language.

After all, many races do not learn their languages; rather, they are directly instilled by external objects. Only linguists have studied the mindset of "learning languages."

Hughes did try to learn about element compression from commercially available resources.

However, most of these are geared towards formal wizards, while only Shutal's is for apprentices with no barriers to learning.

Moreover, the part of this knowledge concerning the formal wizard level requires Huthar to be promoted to a formal wizard to obtain it.

However, knowledge is interconnected, and Hughes was fully capable of building his own knowledge system based on this foundation.

As a businessman, Bohr naturally had a wide network of connections, and most importantly, he didn't pry into people's lives.

This time, he didn't ask Hughes too many questions about why he wanted to learn Elvish.

"...I do know a formal wizard who...is indeed obsessed with languages, and is willing to teach apprentices. His learning schedule is also very flexible, but..."

Bohr hesitated, clearly indicating that there were certain conditions for learning languages ​​from him, but linguists were very rare, and this was the only one he knew.

"He... will be leaving eastern Maranseur soon, he said so himself."

This is fatal, as it means Hughes has very limited time to learn.

"Leaving Maranseur? Approximately how long will I have to study?"

He frowned and asked.

"It will probably be three to four months. Lord Cyrus and our family have signed a new contract for regularly inscribing runes, and the cooperation period will be within this range."

Bohr replied and handed over the reward for the potions to Hughes.

Runemasters are not necessarily linguists, but linguists can easily become runemasters, and most linguists also work as runemasters.

However, with the Five Crown Trials approaching, and the difficulty of runic literature being comparable to potion-making, which takes a long time, Hughes does not plan to delve into runic literature with Cyrus for the time being, but simply wants to learn the language.

"Three months...okay, but could you please get in touch with Master Cyrus for me?"

After a moment's thought, Hughes said confidently, a confidence stemming from the Esso notes he had previously studied.

Three months is enough time for him to get a basic grasp of Elvish. You have to understand that the common language of the continent and Esso have made huge contributions to the wizarding system.

Not only does it contain a knowledge system that integrates a large number of races, but the reason for this is that it is interoperable with the languages ​​of various races.

When learning other languages ​​later, one can see many traces of Esso in their systems, which greatly reduces the difficulty of learning and promotes communication and development among various ethnic groups.

Hughes, on the other hand, was studying the Esso language, which was personally compiled by Gabriel, and it would likely also play a role in his learning of the magical language of the Elves.

"Okay, then wait for me to send a message through the communication crystal."

……

Back in his dormitory, Hughes took some time to go to the alchemy room and planted all the enchanted plants he had bought on the magical soil.

Unbeknownst to him, the corridor outside was already a complete mess.

"Click—"

Hughes opened the door, preparing to go to the black market to sell the unused witchcraft tools he had acquired during this adventure.

After all, the useful magical tools were actually worn by the apprentices of the Natural Speakers, and were already largely damaged and lost their function during the battle.

"Whoosh whoosh-!!!"

Suddenly, several deep purple afterimages shot out from outside the corridor.

Fortunately, Hughes reacted extremely quickly, and with a wave of his hand, he shifted the field of view, deflecting the incoming projectile to another direction in the room.

"Ping pong—"

The purple substance pierced some of Hughes's personal belongings, but fortunately, he had already stored the expensive items in his storage bag, and the things in the living room were just ordinary items.

Only then did Hughes see the full appearance of these things; they were none other than the Cordoll Bone-Eating Vines that had been planted on the roof earlier.