Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Next, Boss began to talk about Hughes's companions this time, pointing first to Irene's portrait and saying:

"This is the captain of Hughes's squad, Elena Mosolde—currently, she is the only one among the latest batch of apprentices to have advanced to the third rank in the entire academy."

He tapped his fingertips lightly on the table, his tone carrying a subtle hint of seriousness.

"Even more astonishing is that her affinity for ice elements has reached level five, and it's said that she cultivates a rare intermediate meditation technique!"

Everyone was shocked upon hearing this, followed by envy. They might never see an intermediate meditation method in their lifetime.

"Boss Reber, should we...?"

Leila, standing to the side, made a gesture of slicing her neck with her hand, the meaning of which was self-evident.

However, her goal did not seem to be just the intermediate meditation manual. She stared intently at Elena's cold and beautiful face on the parchment, her green eyes filled with jealousy.

"No, she is the heir of the Fourth Ring Family, and there is a Level Two Wizard behind her."

Reber said expressionlessly. In fact, he was also very interested in intermediate meditation, but his many years of life in the wizarding academy had taught him one thing—don't mess with the Golden Ring family.

"I just used my darkvision to sense their house, but I only saw four people. That Elena might have some kind of anti-sensory artifact, or—her mental power has surpassed mine," Reber said gravely.

"Damn it, is this what intermediate meditation is? The offspring of the Golden Ring family are really lucky." A male apprentice wearing a mask said resentfully, his mouthful of sharp teeth hidden beneath the mask.

He was Billy Rick, not even a nobleman, but the son of a hunter from the Abandoned Lands who, by chance, encountered a wizarding apprentice being tested for aptitude and passed the test.

In the Everfrost Spire, he was all alone, without a mentor or any resources. In order to gain some strength in the early stages and earn magic stones, he had no choice but to participate in a biological modification experiment.

The modified demonic creature was a sawtooth wolf. Fortunately, he succeeded. The symbolic blood of the sawtooth wolf granted him powerful physical attributes and a strong sense of danger.

But a year later, he developed a health problem; his teeth began to grow longer and sharper, even sharper than the serrated teeth of the serrated wolf.

After that, in order to prevent his sharp teeth from piercing his chin, he had to spend a lot of time every day grinding down his sharp teeth, which made him a lot of people laugh at him.

He hated his current appearance, but dared not undergo any more biological modifications. He could only pin his hopes on the gradual change in his body after being promoted to a third-class wizard apprentice.

"It's best not to provoke Elena. It seems that taking her by force is impossible, and our interests probably won't sway her either," Reber said.

"This is Vivian Nodira, a second-class wizard apprentice. She is a flower fairy with a fourth-class affinity for plants. However, she doesn't seem to be from the Sisterhood of Thorns, but that shouldn't have much impact on our plans."

Then, Bosch pointed to Jovin's portrait and said:

"This is Jovin Kthow, a second-class wizard apprentice with a fourth-class affinity for earth element. He is also a rock elf, and his Tree of Life has granted him the spell Petrifying Ray."

After the introduction, Bosch suddenly seemed to remember something and said:

"Oh, he's from the Shadowweavers. The Shadowweavers were quite famous recently. They escaped from the Dragonborn dwarves' ambush and provided important intelligence."

"I vaguely remember that the leader of this organization is Rais Mosold, and Elena is his older sister. However, it seems that due to his talent and other reasons, his status in the Mosold family is not very high," Reber said in a low voice.

Billy chimed in, "Oh? That good-for-nothing who only has a third-degree affinity for curses? I didn't expect him to have built a small organization. I bet he hasn't even learned much curse magic, has he?"

Reber's eyes darkened as he said, "No, I've seen that Rice before. He's also from Outpost Seven and was assigned to John's team."

The burly apprentice exclaimed in surprise, "Brother John? I didn't expect that kid to be so lucky. With Brother John around, even if Rice accidentally shoots the curse on himself, he won't die, right? Haha..."

As he spoke, he exchanged a glance with Billy next to him and laughed.

His name is Hack Setiwe. Although he is quite large, he is not a body-refining wizard, but a proper elemental wizard.

As for John, whom I just mentioned, he is his eldest brother. The two brothers have a very good relationship, and John is one of only two people in their organization to be promoted to third-class wizard apprentice.

John has a fourth-degree affinity for the light element, and he is particularly skilled in healing magic. Most elements have corresponding healing spells.

Among these, the healing magic of the light element has the strongest healing power, and during the apprenticeship period there is also a super rare magic - purification.

Healing magic can heal not only the body but also the soul. However, during the apprentice period, the understanding of Esso is relatively shallow, and the magic power and mental strength are not very high. Therefore, level zero healing magic can only treat physical healing.

For apprentices, their soul defenses are already weak, and once they encounter soul-damaging methods such as curses, they are often helpless—they either have to spend a lot of money to buy soul-healing items or seek help from a formal wizard, both of which are extremely costly.

This is why the Soul Healing Dew recipe that Hughes obtained from Norana is so precious; it can quickly heal the apprentice's soul wounds without any side effects.

A single bottle can be a lifeline for an apprentice in a crisis, but this value comes with extremely high difficulty in refining it. Hughes is still not very confident in attempting to refine it.

In the Fourth Age, a group of wizards dedicated to studying the element of light invented a level zero wizarding technique called Purification, which was a way to counter curses.

Based on the "purification" ability of the light element, their purification spells can nullify some curses and even cause cursed creatures to die directly.

This is a level zero spell, which can be learned during the apprenticeship period, and some wizards even use it in battle. However, its rune construction is obscure and difficult to understand, which discourages many apprentices with light elemental affinity.

“I’ve run into John’s group before,” Reber said.

"Back then, I hadn't been infected by the Azureflame People yet. I wanted to go out and find some materials, and I happened to run into them in the forest. Their mission was to attack the Frostskin Dwarves' camp." Reber thought of something and felt a chill run down his spine.

"That Rice's curse magic is not only highly skilled, but what terrifies me is that he seems to be planning to transform himself into an organized creature."