Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

Dago was like someone who had been sleeping for a thousand years, finally waking up slowly from his dream, rubbing his sleepy eyes.

He hurried outside and was surprised to find that the sun was almost setting, casting its last rays.

At that moment, he felt as if he had been resurrected.

Dargo's first thought was to cook as soon as possible, otherwise it would be too uncomfortable to cook by candlelight when it was completely dark.

Moreover, he felt his stomach was empty and he was so hungry that he was dizzy.

He went to the pile of junk, took out the small iron pot, washed it, then scooped two spoonfuls of grain from the rice bin, poured it in, added water to rinse it, and then placed the small iron pot on the fireplace to simmer.

While the rice was cooking, he cooked another pot of meat and vegetable soup with smoked dried meat and wild vegetables. Not long after, Dago brought a pot of rice and meat and vegetable soup to the table and started eating.

The simple meal tasted like a delicacy, and he finished it all in no time.

After he finished eating and drinking, and cleared away the dishes, it was already completely dark.

Dago lit the candle standing upright on the shelter table with a flint and steel, and the dim candlelight illuminated the entire shelter.

He pushed open the rickety wooden door and slowly walked out of the shelter.

He noticed that the moonlight reflected on the ground was unusually bright. Looking up, he saw two moons hanging high in the night sky.

A bright white moon, a silvery white moon.

The bright white moon is about the same size as the moon in my previous life, while the silvery white moon is only about one-sixth the size of the bright white moon.

Besides its size, another thing is that it spontaneously emits a faint glow, adding a little light to the dark night sky.

Within the Wizarding Alliance, the Silver Moon holds an extremely high status; even the colossal wizarding organization, which is akin to a god, willingly refers to it as the Origin Moon.

Because it is the mother of all the extraordinary things in the world, and also protects and blesses wizards.

Dago shook his head, banishing the memory fragments that suddenly flashed through his mind, and returned to reality.

At first glance, the dark forest resembled an abyss, and although the moonlight was bright, it was still blocked by the tall trees.

A gentle breeze swept by, and countless shadows, like writhing monsters, seemed poised to devour anyone who dared to approach. This startled Dago so much that he quickly retreated back into his small shelter.

The flickering candlelight on the wooden table gave him a profound sense of security.

He walked toward a stone wall in the shelter, removed a loose stone, and created a hole in the wall.

After rummaging around in the cave, Dago found a box, took it out, and held it in his hands.

He blew the dirt off the box and walked to the wooden table to sit down.

By the light of the candle on the table, I opened the box and found a book called "General Wizarding Meditation Method" lying inside.

This was the most valuable treasure of its predecessor, and this book represents the very beginning of the wizarding path.

Many of the people who gathered in the town of Aynak came with the same dream of becoming wizards as him, and like him, they were also unfortunate people who would be harvested like leeks.

The admission criteria for the School of Wizardry, Enark, are very simple: you just need to have exceptional talent or a little bit of money.

As for those who have neither talent nor money, I'm sorry, you'll have to suffer in town for a while. If you make it before you turn eighteen, you can enter the academy.

At the Academy of Wizarding Arts, the path to becoming a wizard is a business, and unfortunately, it belongs to those who are neither talented nor rich.

Dargo opened the old "General Wizarding Meditation Method" and began to read it carefully.

He finished reading after two-thirds of the candle had burned, closed the book, and silently savored its essence.

Mental power is the core of the wizard's power system, and meditation is the main way to acquire mental power.

What is mental power?

First, you must believe that the human soul exists. Once you believe in the existence of your own soul, then there must exist a realm where souls exist, which is the spirit world.

"Spiritual power" is the outer manifestation of the "soul," and the spiritual space is the outermost layer of the spirit world.

The spiritual space is like a "small bubble" floating on the outermost edge of the spirit world. The energy of the spirit world seeps into the "bubble" and forms the drifting mist in the spiritual space.

After opening up one's own spiritual space, a spiritual core will be formed, which is the place where spiritual power is refined and stored, and also the dwelling place of the soul.

Once the spiritual core is lost, the soul dies in severe cases, and one becomes mentally impaired or even stupid in mild cases.

In fact, every conscious soul has the potential to open up its own mental space.

However, most people do not have the so-called wizarding aptitude, and after reaching the age of eighteen, they no longer have the possibility of opening up their own mental space.

"Relax your body, clear your mind, and focus your attention on one point."

Dago followed the steps described in the book one by one.

The world fell silent for a moment, then his vision went dark, as if he had suddenly fallen from the sky into the deep sea, with icy water surging in from all directions.

The seawater held onto Dago, the uninvited guest who had strayed into this deep sea, tightly, attempting to trap him here forever.

icy!

despair!

He could no longer distinguish between reality and illusion, as if he were in the real deep sea.

He felt himself sinking little by little, his consciousness slowly fading, and his soul merging into the sea.

Just as Dago's soul was about to completely dissolve into this abyss.

Suddenly, an invincible power erupted from the depths of Dago's soul, and his consciousness was instantly cleared.

Instantly, countless points of light emerged from the depths of his soul, swirling and leaping around it, enveloping it, and transforming into a crimson-gold sphere of light.

The sphere of light emitted boundless radiance, instantly evaporating countless seawaters, which then transformed into numerous bubbles that floated upwards. The sphere of light flew along the direction in which the bubbles rose, moving at an extremely fast speed, like a shooting star streaking across the night sky.

What appeared to be a pitch-black sea upon which countless mental mists floated.

The black sea surged violently, suddenly unleashing terrifying, towering waves that swept towards the sphere of light, attempting to slam it back into the abyss.

Just as the colossal wave was about to crash down, the sphere of light flashed again, and countless crimson-gold rays, like golden swords, blasted the wave into a shower of raindrops.

The sphere of light transformed into a shooting star against the current, soaring straight up from the sea.

After flying for an unknown amount of time, the ball of light slowly came to a stop. Dago's consciousness had no idea how high he had flown in the mental space, but he could feel that the dark ocean still occupied the mental space below him, with towering waves crashing endlessly.

But they couldn't do anything to the light sphere, and the light sphere couldn't do anything to the Black Sea either.

The two sides were locked in a stalemate.

Dago couldn't control the Black Sea first; he planned to follow the steps in the meditation book to first transform his spiritual power.

With mental power, he was able to control his mental space and thus understand what the Black Sea was.

Focus your thoughts and eliminate distractions.

The sphere of light began to slowly rotate, becoming the spiritual core of the spiritual space, drawing in a large amount of spiritual mist from the surrounding area and refining it into spiritual power.

At this moment, Dago's soul was curled up in the center of the sphere of light, which was a hazy, star-studded humanoid body without specific facial features.

After the mental mist was drawn into the sphere of light, it was continuously spun and refined, eventually transforming into a drop of dark blue water that disappeared into the space between the eyebrows of the humanoid body.

From then on, Dago possessed mental power, meaning he was now a first-level apprentice wizard and qualified to learn magic.

With a thought, Dago's consciousness exited the mental space and returned to reality.

"What is that pitch-black ocean? Why did it unleash such invincible power when we were almost lost?"

Dago frowned, deep in thought.

At that moment, a voice originating from the depths of one's soul resounded.

"Ding!"

"Soul binding successful with host."

"Host's soul is about to be annihilated. The first principle of self-preservation in the event of destruction is activated by the Progress System!"

"System self-rescue procedure initiated; all Hope Energy will be prioritized for the system self-rescue procedure!"

"System power output has exceeded the limit, overload! Overload! The system is about to shut down and restart!"

"Core error detected: 3#￥#2, the core agent is dormant and cannot be woken up!"

"Core error detected: ￥#￥#, indicating a missing host module, which cannot be repaired!"

"System self-check started, unable to wake up, unable to repair, unable to wake up, unable to repair..."

"System 900 millionth restart, time 100 million/1 second, concept loading successful!"

These "voices" emanating from the depths of his soul carried messages that he naturally understood and received.

While I was in a daze, a tiny speck of light, the size of a grain of rice, jumped into my field of vision, then split at the speed of light until it formed a screen of light.

Welcome to the improved system after 900 million reboots!

Dago was completely dumbfounded. He rubbed his eyes hard, but the light screen in front of him remained motionless.

"This has taken off like a rocket from Wuhu, and it explains most of the problems with the mental space."

"The system was crippled by an anomaly in the mental space right at the start. That's just too bad."

"However, judging from the information received, this leader is not a good leader either; he is a leader who wants to overthrow the Heavenly Gang."

Dago was so overjoyed that he started gesturing wildly and talking to himself.

After a long while, he finally managed to suppress the corners of his mouth that he couldn't control from turning up.

"Phew... Right now, let's figure out the general function of this system."

Dago steadied himself, exhaled a breath of stale air, and calmed down to begin studying the system.

With a thought of "collapse," the light screen disappeared.

The thought of "getting out" crossed his mind, and the light screen reappeared.

After repeating this several times, Dago realized that the light curtain was controlled by his thoughts.

After trying various codes, the light screen didn't react at all; it just showed the same string of text.

Without the system's built-in guide, he was completely bewildered and could only keep trying and testing the system's functions by using mental words one by one.

However, after trying countless words over two lifetimes without getting a single word out, Dago had no choice but to put the system aside for now.

The night was long and he couldn't sleep. He decided to strike while the iron was hot.

Dago's attention returned to the mental space.

He re-entered the mental space.

This time, the entry was incredibly smooth. With focused concentration, I entered the mental space in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, the Black Sea was still churning with towering waves, attempting to devour the sphere of light in the sky.

Dago chose to ignore the Black Sea. The sphere of light slowly rotated, refining the mental mist into mental power that merged into his soul.

But as the mental energy mist he was refining increased, Dago noticed something was wrong; he felt his soul was a little dizzy from the mental energy.

Left with no other choice, he had to leave the mental space.

In the blink of an eye, the light screen in his eyes shifted.

[Skill that can be improved: Wizarding General Meditation Technique. Would you like to improve it?]

Dago was completely stunned, and quickly chose yes using his mind.

[Wizard General Meditation Technique (Beginner 1/100): Progress Value +1]

The characters on the screen flickered and instantly transformed into a completely new version. This time, Dago couldn't suppress a smile. Exhausted, he had no desire to sleep at all.

I decided to stay up late reading and studying the system.

I only went to bed and fell into a deep sleep when I could no longer suppress my drowsiness.