Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

A whooshing sound of wind pressure came from the direction of the academy in front of them.

Dago stopped and looked out along with the many apathetic people on the street.

Amidst the snow-covered peaks of the Aynak Wizarding Academy, three small, silver-patterned airships, each twenty or thirty meters long and resembling sailboats, rose into the air.

"The academy seems to be sending out airships more and more frequently lately. Has the situation changed again?"

Dago stared at the few airships disappearing into the distance under the falling snow, his eyes gleaming as he thought to himself.

He glanced at it twice, then continued forward and entered the wizard's hall.

The wizarding hall was deserted at this time, with only a few wandering apprentice wizards doing their business. In recent days, most of the academy wizards whose identities had been verified had chosen to return to the academy.

Dago decided not to return to the academy yet, as that Viser would definitely cause trouble for him. Rather than getting into trouble, he decided to let him be smug for a while.

He arrived at the Level 3 Apprentice counter in the lobby, where the pretty young woman from his first visit stood. To her astonishment, he completed the process of using the meditation room.

The deposit is a low-level magic stone, the usage time is five hours, and the usage fee is one-fifth of a low-level magic stone.

Dargo was quite taken aback by the exorbitant fees charged for the meditation room, and he longed for the days when he could freely unleash his magic in the sanctuary.

Stepping into the meditation room, you find a room made entirely of stone, with walls constructed of bluish-gray granite.

One of the stone walls is covered with pits of varying depths, marks left by the apprentice wizards when they cast spells.

The ground was covered with a half-foot-thick layer of jute, and in the center was a hexagonal rune array. The eye of the array was embedded with a fist-sized "elemental crystal," the color of which would change with the external elements.

When the fire element is abundant in the air, it appears reddish; when the ice element is active, it appears bluish.

The room was completely silent, thanks to the sound-absorbing runes surrounding it.

The pitted stone wall has an energy-absorbing rune array, which can be used for experiments with spells.

Dago activated his mental vision and sensed a "humming" in the air, which was the resonance produced by the collision of elements.

He mainly practiced three skills in the meditation room: Meditation Technique, Detection Technique, and Resonance Technique. He dared not use any other combat skills.

The main concern is that if this rune wall is destroyed, even selling him wouldn't be enough to cover the losses.

Dago brought up the system panel and displayed the progress values ​​of these three skills.

【《巫师通用冥想法》（蜕变1310/10000）；《共鸣术》（蜕变80/10000）；《探测术》（蜕变57/10000）】

Meditation goes without saying; it's an essential daily practice skill.

With its advancement, the range of mental power it can reach has reached five meters, and the time for expelling soul entropy has reached five minutes.

After his mental energy is depleted, he can slowly convert mental mist to provide mental energy, thus improving his mana regeneration ability.

The resonance spell has now captured enough ice element to cover his arms and chest.

Moreover, he discovered that after the resonance technique progressed to the transformation stage, it was actually improving his physical condition.

The body, which had long coexisted with ice elements, received extremely small amounts of elemental radiation.

Essentially, this is a witchcraft that works from the outside in; once mastered to a high level, it will cause the physical body to rot.

To put it bluntly, the human body cannot withstand the power of elements unless you have the bloodline of an ancient species.

"Could it be that I possess the legendary talent to become one in ten thousand bloodline wizards?"

Dago thought to himself with delight.

The progress of "Detection Technique" is also obvious; it can now detect a fan-shaped area forty meters in front of you.

And the basic information about witchcraft within the attached range—this magical change was probably given by the system.

As the "elemental crystal" in the center of the room flashed with a deep blue light, Dago also entered cultivation mode.

In the afternoon, after finishing his meditation in the meditation room and settling the bill, Dago returned to the wizard's inn.

As soon as Dago stepped into the hotel, he saw Serena and old Marico sitting in the empty tea room drinking refreshing tea.

According to Dago, this is a magical plant that the UMNO imported from the far East, and it is also a tea that he is familiar with.

It's said to be a refreshing and invigorating drink, often called a "mini stimulant," but unfortunately, it's a bit pricey.

The two chatted with smiles on their faces, and upon seeing Dago, they immediately invited him to sit down.

Old Marico looked at Dago's long hair and said with a wicked grin, "Dago, your hair is quite long now. Luckily, our little Serena is a good hairdresser. How about it, interested in getting a haircut in the courtyard?"

Serena blushed instantly upon hearing this, but she didn't refuse; she just kept stealing glances at Dago's expression.

Dago looked at his shoulder-length hair and nodded. He thought to himself, "Yeah, it's been almost two months since he cut his own hair with a dagger in the shelter."

Seeing that Dago had agreed, Serena's face lit up with a smile, and she ran upstairs to get her iron scissors and linen cloak.

A few minutes later, Dago, draped in burlap with only his head showing, sat on a wooden chair, while Serena gently but deftly cut his long, black hair.

She made almost no sound while getting her hair cut; all Dago could hear was the rustling sound of his hair being cut off.

Old Maric walked beside them, watching with a smile, and said, "Mrs. and Mrs. Evan said they want to treat the three of us to dinner to thank us for taking care of them during our patrol."

Dago searched his memory. The Evans were the couple who left the group after Gavin's death, saying they were moving to town to stay with relatives.

"Of course, no problem. I also miss the days when we were in the patrol team," Dago said without turning his head.

It seems that Marico has run into quite a few old friends recently.

In fact, he was well aware of the plight of the wizards living in the forest.

After migrating to towns, most of them find it difficult to adapt, like free birds that once had the sky suddenly being caged.

Apprentice wizards who choose to live in the forest are those who lack any special skills and find it difficult to make a good living in a town.

More importantly, without magic stones, given the town's current exorbitant cost of living, even apprentice wizards with some savings would struggle to survive, and their savings would quickly be depleted.

As Dago was thinking, he sensed that Serena had stopped moving.

She took off the cloak from Dago's body, blushing as she indicated that it was all cut.

Then, as if by magic, she produced a silver mirror from behind her back and held it up in front of Dago.

In the mirror, the eighteen-year-old looked like a pine tree kissed by the morning light, his brow bone sharp as if carved by a knife, and his eye sockets sunken with the light shadows unique to young people.

Coupled with his freshly cut buzz cut, he exudes a handsome charm that blends youthful innocence with sharp edge.

He smiled at Serena. "Your cooking is excellent. I feel like you could open a shop in town."

Serena, overjoyed at receiving Dago's approval, said, "Thank you for the compliment, Captain Dago."

Dago got up and went back to his room to wash off the stray hairs. He then used a small amount of mental energy to compress air and make a small hairdryer to dry his hair.

After he finished all that, he went downstairs to meet the two of them, and they prepared to go to their appointment with Mr. and Mrs. Evan.