Dark Wizard: Rise! My undead army!

Gregor rubbed his hands together, gave an awkward smile, and began his long-winded speech.

"Young Lin, as you know, the support the college provides for our research project is decreasing year by year."

"I, as the mentor, often rely on lecturing and completing tasks to keep this project going; otherwise, it would have collapsed long ago."

"But I believe that if our project succeeds, it will definitely cause a sensation throughout the entire wizarding world!"

"Think about it, how many wizards in this world live their entire lives regretting their inability to advance their rank?"

"If there were a way to drastically enhance one's mental strength and innate talent, wouldn't they be willing to spend their entire fortune to try and achieve it?"

"Will we still have to worry about magic stones then? We can just use one and throw it away, and sleep in a pile of magic stones every day."

"As for now... it's just a small trough on the road to success... you have to believe..."

Listening to Gregor's grand vision, Lynn couldn't help but let out a burp.

Hmm... I haven't eaten anything today, so why do I feel choked?

Seeing that his mentor was getting more and more carried away and seemed to be immersed in the joy of success, Lynn quickly reached out to interrupt him.

"Alright, alright... I certainly believe in my mentor's abilities; success is inevitable!"

"I don't need you to give me magic stones right now, but I feel I'll be able to break through to the second-level apprentice level soon, and I hope you can sponsor some apprentice-level witchcraft..."

Gregor breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

You didn't want magic stones, why didn't you say so earlier...

It's just apprentice-level witchcraft, no big deal!

As the Hand of All Things, Gregor is essentially a library of sorcery, possessing mastery over most of the sorcery collected within the academy.

Moreover, given his level within the academy, he could simply request any witchcraft he didn't know from the academy without incurring much cost.

"Tell me, what kind of witchcraft do you want? I can find it for you!" Gregor said confidently, waving his hand.

"Of course, the more the better. Students also want to inherit the teacher's philosophy of 'all things' and become well-rounded individuals."

When Lynn said this, his face was full of admiration, as if he regarded his mentor as his lifelong faith.

Gregor's expression stiffened slightly upon hearing this.

What does "the more the better" mean?

You've got quite the appetite, haven't you?

"Young Lin, it's not that I'm reluctant, but the path of [Myriad Manifestations] is not easy. You'll understand when you reach my level..."

"The reason why others specialize in one path is because specializing in one path allows them to comprehend the laws more quickly and reach a higher realm."

"The concept of 'all things' is too grand, requiring one to comprehend and integrate many laws of the world in order to achieve 'greatness'."

"This road... is too difficult, and it's simply... impassable..." A slightly hoarse voice came from Gregor's mouth.

Upon hearing this, he seemed to have lost all his energy and aged considerably.

The fact that one has adhered to a path for over a hundred years has been overturned by one's own hands is no less than the collapse of one's inner faith. It is extremely difficult for one to be able to speak of it calmly now.

Over the years, Gregor has realized how naive his ideas were, and he has become a laughing stock among the other wizards in the academy.

Seeing his colleagues gather holy marks and become holy mark wizards one by one, he has not made any progress in a hundred years and is still stuck in the third ring.

He was only deceiving himself by placing his hopes on "death transformation".

Even if one's talent increases and mental strength surges, so what?

Once you reach the formal wizard stage, talent is no longer as important as you might imagine; what matters more is the accumulation of knowledge and the understanding of laws.

If I were to stubbornly pursue the path of [All Things], I fear I would never attain the Holy Mark in this lifetime.

Now, seeing his students following the same path, he felt a pang of pity and finally admitted that the path he had taken was wrong.

Lynn didn't know how to respond, so she could only remain silent.

With the recording and analysis panel, he wasn't worried that learning too much witchcraft would waste his time.

It's just unclear whether the "parse" function can parse the rules.

If one can only comprehend the laws on their own, they will likely follow in their mentor's footsteps.

However... methods are static, but people are dynamic.

If one path is blocked, just try another; why dwell on it?

Thinking of this, Lynn spoke up to comfort her:

"Rest assured, mentor. You know my talent and aptitude; learning witchcraft won't take long."

"When I reach the stage of comprehending the laws, I will then specialize in a particular path."

Upon hearing this, Gregor said no more.

Ultimately, he has to walk his own path. He has already stated the pros and cons, and whether or not he listens is up to his own opinion.

He wrote the names and descriptions of all the apprentice-level sorcery he had mastered on the bone plate, and then handed it to Lynn.

"First, decide which skills you want to learn. Don't try to learn everything; you'll end up not doing anything worthwhile."

"Besides, I don't have the time to get it all done for you."

Lynn accepted the bone plate, thanked him, and prepared to study it carefully.

The zero-level tricks he has mastered are quite practical, and each one has a corresponding upper-level apprentice-level sorcery.

Rather, these tricks are simply simplified versions of apprentice-level witchcraft.

The mentor was indeed very helpful, writing down hundreds of commonly used apprentice-level witchcraft spells.

As for some less common witchcraft, or witchcraft that "mutates" from orthodox witchcraft, they are not included.

After all, the path of wizardry has been around for countless years, and no one knows how many kinds of magic wizards have developed during this time.

Everyone has a different understanding of witchcraft, and the paths they take in developing it are also different.

This results in many spells being exclusive to the developer, making it difficult for others to perfectly replicate them.

The old man in front of me has developed some witchcraft that is unique to him.

Previously, during the experiment, he had used [Gregor's Hand of All Things] to summon countless energy arms to assist in the experiment.

Each measurable arm contains different elemental energies, and the colorful arms resemble a thousand-armed Guanyin, which looks quite stunning.

And then there's his defensive magic, which he relied on for survival—Gregor's paradoxical bias.

This witchcraft is ingenious, yet appears quite ordinary; it simply creates a self-rotating, contradictory vortex of logic in front of the person.

However, it can cause targeted sorcery or energy attacks to fall into "self-contradiction" and disintegrate or deflect before reaching the caster.

The most peculiar thing about this witchcraft is that its defensive power does not depend on the intensity of energy, but on the complexity of its model itself and the depth of its understanding of the rules of the world.

Given Gregor's vast knowledge, it would be difficult for wizards of the same level to break free from his "paradoxical vortex".

This also allowed Gregor to remain undefeated in battle.

He may not be the strongest third-ring wizard, but he is definitely the most troublesome!

There is also a byproduct of the research on the [Death Metamorphosis Ritual] – [Gregor's Flesh and Blood Field].

This thing can be considered a legitimate "Cthulhu" conversion field.

Once cast, it can create a persistent negative energy field.

All living beings within the field will begin to undergo random mutations uncontrollably.

It may grow extra eyes, tentacles or limbs, keratinize the skin, or spontaneously strengthen or dissolve muscle fibers.

The effect is completely random and difficult to predict.

This witchcraft provided Gregor with a lot of research material and also created a lot of "monsters".