Wizard: I devour the stars with swarms of insects.

The titles that Morse's mentor gave to his three books of sorcery tricks were: *Thorns Piercing the Tongue*, *Wriggling Scales*, and *The Slow Eye*.

These belong to three different types of witchcraft tricks: one is attack, one is defense, and one is control.

【Thorn Tongue: Extracted and refined from the main tongue of the giant armored anteater, fused with thorns, iron element potion, and blades, it is transformed into a living biological weapon. It is attached to the arm and can be lashed out like a whip to attack when needed. Spikes and blades can pop out from the tongue.】

[Wriggling Scales: Five modified "scale seeds" are implanted under the skin. When attacked, the user consumes their own magic to stimulate the "seeds" to instantly proliferate and keratinize, covering the skin at the point of impact and forming localized, active biological scales.]

【Eye of Slowness: Modifying the user's eyes using the eyeballs of the Greyscale Rock Serpent allows the user to emit an energy field that hinders and slows down the opponent's movements】

"Well, it really does seem to fit the skill style of a bio-modification wizard; it's all witchcraft related to bio-modification..."

Seeing the skill descriptions of these sorcery tricks, Wayne felt both amused and exasperated.

It either involves modifying one's own eyeball or implanting scale tissue under the skin.

No wonder there aren't many wizarding apprentices willing to come to Professor Morse's Natural Symbiotic Wizard Tower.

He's only an apprentice wizard, yet he's already transforming himself into something neither human nor ghost...

If I were to advance to become a full-fledged wizard in the future, who knows what indescribable grotesque form I would be transformed into...

Next, shaking his head, Wayne dismissed these thoughts and activated the [Hive] intelligent assistant in his mind, scanning and storing all three witchcraft spells in the Hive memory bank.

That way, I can study anytime, anywhere, whenever I want.

The benefit of having the [Honeycomb] smart assistant is that you don't have to be bound by flipping through paper books!

[Scanning... 14%... 37%... 68%... 100%! Scan complete!]

[A corresponding database has been established, and the skills have been named as follows: 1. Thorn Tongue; 2. Creeping Scales; 3. Slowing Eye]

Now that he had scanned and stored all three sorcery tricks, Wayne began to think about which skill he should focus on next.

Although, according to his mentor Morse's instructions, one can only begin learning if one's mental strength reaches a level of 5.0 or higher—that is, the level of a second-class wizard apprentice.

Otherwise, it's easy for the magic to backfire during the learning process, harming oneself.

However, at least I can familiarize myself with it beforehand, instead of having to formally practice.

After all, even if I reach the level of a second-class wizard apprentice in the future, I will still need to prepare the relevant experimental materials in advance if I want to master these witchcraft tricks.

"Thorn Tongue, Wriggling Scales, Slowing Eye—one is an offensive skill, one is a defensive skill, and the other is a control skill..."

"Which one should I choose...?"

Wayne stroked his chin, deep in thought.

I now possess a basic control skill called [Spirit Binding Threads].

Therefore, it's best to choose either an offensive or defensive type of witchcraft trick for the next step.

This will enhance one's ability to protect oneself in the future when facing enemies or engaging in battle.

Wayne's gaze swept over the two skills, [Thorn Tongue] and [Crawling Scales], stored in the memory bank after the Hive Assistant scanned them.

One is an offensive skill, and the other is a defensive skill.

After comparing the options, Wayne decided to learn the [Thorn Tongue] sorcery trick first.

Because I urgently need an offensive type of witchcraft skill for self-defense.

Furthermore, compared to the [Wriggling Scales] which requires the implantation of five "scale seeds" and the [Slow Eyes] which requires the use of the Grayscale Rock Serpent's eyeball to modify its own eyeball, this [Slow Eyes] is a different story.

At least the [Thorn Tongue] sorcery trick only involves extracting and refining the main tongue of the "Giant Armored Anteater," transforming it into a living biological weapon, and then attaching it to one's own arm.

It did not directly involve any modification to its own parts or components.

For some reason, Wayne remembered Morse's modified goat-like left eye with its vertical pupil, and the scaly skin that occasionally peeked out from under the wizard's robes.

Professor Morse is practically inhuman right now...

At least for now, I don't want to develop into something inhuman too early.

Therefore, Wayne decided to focus his main efforts on the sorcery trick of [Thorns Tongue].

Furthermore, you need to pay attention to collecting the necessary materials for [Thorn Tongue] in the coming period.

So that when you officially begin to learn and master this witchcraft in the future, you won't even have all the materials ready.

According to the description in the skill book of the "Thorns Tongue" sorcery trick, the materials required to master the "Thorns Tongue" sorcery trick are as follows.

[One complete main tongue of a giant armored anteater: This creature inhabits the vicinity of ancient termite mounds deep in the Black Forest. Its tongue is long and elastic, with a unique muscle structure that allows it to propel itself several meters in an instant. It must be obtained within one hour of its death and soaked in a "preservative active liquid" (a mixture of menthol and groundroot juice) to maintain tissue activity.]

[Iron Potion x1: An alchemical potion rich in iron, usually available for purchase in the Wizard Market in the Black Forest City]

[5 pairs of forelimbs of the Blade-winged Mantis: The forelimbs of this insect are as sharp as sickles, shaped like serrated blades, and made of metal. The joints must be carefully removed to preserve its natural "splash-retract" muscle and tendon structure, and its activity must be temporarily sealed with "curing resin".]

[One bottle of nerve vine extract: A bioactive vine extract with the ability to conduct bioelectrical signals, used to construct a control neural network inside the tongue]

[Thorn Grass: Thorn grass from the jungle, after being tempered with iron potion, can have an effect similar to "iron thorns"]

However, of course, I still have one more important thing to do right now.

That means you need to increase your mental strength as soon as possible to a value of 5.0.

Only in this way can I formally begin to learn the [Thorn Tongue] sorcery trick!

Just as Wayne was thinking about how to collect experimental materials and improve his mental strength,

Suddenly, a message popped up in the [Hive] network in his mind, showing a blurry humanoid silhouette hovering outside the wizard tower.

This is... that female knight, Isabelle has arrived?

And it seems to be lingering outside the Wizard's Tower.

What did she want from me?

After thinking for a moment, Wayne put the three sorcery and magic skill books back in the drawer and tidied his clothes.

Leave the room and head towards the entrance of the Wizard Tower.