Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Finally, the cyclone slowly dissipated, turning into fine ice shards.

After testing the intensity of the heatwave, Hughes slowly withdrew his arm, along with the greatsword embedded in the ice crystals, which also slipped from Nist's hand.

He glanced at the greatsword still hanging on his arm, raised his hand, and gently pulled it out of the ice crystal.

After pulling it out, he discovered that the greatsword had already been deformed, and even the thick blade was dented inward by the ice crystals.

As for why it was able to be cleaved in, it was simply because its user forced it in with brute force.

Then, he threw the greatsword in his hand to the ground.

"Clang—"

This greatsword is actually quite ordinary; it is made of the most common enchanted metal and is just a standard greatsword that wizards often give to great knights.

The ability of it to scorch the air just now actually originated from the sorcery that Hughes solidified in Nist's palm: [Scorching Weapon].

The effect of this spell is to imbue any weapon it touches with fire element.

However, its further effect is that it can directly ignite flames on the surface of weapons, including demonic flames.

However, Hughes was afraid that the greatsword could not withstand the damage, so he only applied the burning status to Nister.

As for the heat wave that was powerful enough to shatter the ice cyclone, it came from the demonized organs within Nist's body.

Unfortunately, due to the biological characteristics of the original owner of the demonized organ, the heat could not be ejected over long distances and could only form this heat field at close range.

This is Nist's current main fighting style.

In general, thermal fields can be used for defense, while scorching weapons can amplify melee attacks.

The combination of these two elements makes it a formidable close-combat fighter.

"..."

A short while later, looking at the cratered ground left by Nyster's attack, Hughes took a breath and said:

"Phew... let's stop testing here for today."

After saying that, he raised his hand and waved it, summoning Nister back into the space of the dead.

Now, he can summon and recall the two powerful corpses, Mr. Poison and Nister, instantly.

At the same time, they were given the means of flight to compensate for their inability to fight in the air.

"Phew... Counting the days, it's almost time to put the plan into action."

Back in his dormitory, Hughes gazed at the distant crimson spire and sighed softly.

"Then it seems that a real war is not far off."

Soon after, Valerius will travel to the Bloodbone Rift to steal the remaining flesh and blood of Osiris.

When that time comes, it will be time for him and Iluya to carry out their plan.

But at the same time, this also means that the vampires' long-planned scheme has begun to quietly take shape across the entire Maransel region.

Hughes, however, had made ample preparations for this.

Not to mention that he currently controls two corpses with the strength of formal wizards, he himself has already stepped into the ranks of half-pool wizards.

Not to mention the size of his magic pool, which is probably comparable to a pool full of wizards.

In this way, during wartime, he would possess considerable combat strength, but the academy would not use him as a top-tier fighter.

As for his family, his eldest sister Nora joined the Lily family's knowledge tower at the academy after becoming a full-fledged wizard.

Given Lily's status within the family, the other party would naturally receive some protection.

At the very least, he'll be by Lily's side then.

Furthermore, he had already sent the other party a valuable set of witchcraft tools, with functions particularly focused on survival.

As for his family in the far east of the continent, he had already prepared a lot of magic potions and witchcraft tools, intending to send them over when he had the chance.

Unfortunately, although he had almost finished preparing for the war.

However, once war breaks out, his current academy life will inevitably be completely disrupted.

At that time, most of those intellectual elites will likely temporarily shut down all their research projects.

After all, he had already inquired and learned that when the academy went to war with the sea creatures, all the spires of the spatial factions were completely shut down.

This is because these rare space wizards are responsible for a series of important tasks related to space management, such as opening teleportation portals and setting up space channels for the army.

"It's still urgent..."

Thinking of this, Hughes couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Perhaps... I should focus on studying one system instead of advancing all systems at the same time."

The system of Koya Spire has come to an end, but if the remaining knowledge system is to be derived, it will take him a lot of time.

The fastest it will take is two or three years, and the slowest is currently unpredictable.

Of course, if he focuses on only one system, it will undoubtedly speed things up and allow him to acquire some Spire Marks as soon as possible.

This was an idea that Hughes had already conceived, after all, there was actually an unwritten rule at the Tower of Trials:

Aside from their family, the more Spire Marks they acquire, the higher their status within the academy.

The higher one's status, the more say one naturally has within the academy.

At that time, it will be more advantageous to oneself.

With that thought in mind, Hughes seemed to have made up his mind, turned around and walked back to his dormitory...

……

A few days later, Hughes appeared in the sky above the Spire of Ten Thousand Edges.

He was levitating, moving forward at breakneck speed, his black robes fluttering in the howling wind.

"I must say, the scenery in the center of Maranseur is indeed more beautiful than the surrounding areas."

Looking down at the rapidly receding scenery below, Hughes murmured.

Of course, he didn't come out to enjoy the scenery or relax this time, but to go to the place closest to the Holy Wall in Madhya.

There was a branch of the Golden Ring there that could deliver the things he had prepared to the east of Maransel, to his own family.

Even after becoming a resident of the mainland center, he was still able to contact his family who originally lived on the outskirts of the mainland, and could even send them some things.

Of course, all these items need to undergo strict inspection first, and there is only one opportunity to send them out every ten years, with a limit on the amount.

However, this is the only legal way.

"..."

Soon after, Hughes flew over the only inland sea in the center of the continent and arrived above a mountain range.

But at that moment, dense orange-red dots of light suddenly appeared in the distance.

He frowned, and was about to step aside when he vaguely sensed a strong elemental aura.

He instantly spread his mental energy and discovered that the so-called points of light were actually several solid fireballs.

——！

Seeing this, Hughes knew he had been ambushed.

Without much thought, he paused slightly in mid-air, then suddenly soared upwards.

"Whoosh—!!"