Wizard: I devour the stars with swarms of insects.

Upon entering, one finds an elderly wizard apprentice sitting guard near the entrance.

This is a librarian in the library.

There are many similar professions in the wizarding academy of the Black Forest City, and they are often held by wizarding apprentices.

However, of course, one can only get such a job if they reach the level of a first-class wizard apprentice.

"Hello, I would like to consult some books related to the earth element, preferably witchcraft models related to the yellow sand type."

After entering, Wayne spoke very politely.

"Books about the earth element, such as those about yellow sand, are on the third row of stone bookshelves on the left, fifth column, fourth row."

The wizard apprentice, sitting behind the black iron wooden table, didn't even look up, and spoke in a muffled voice.

He seemed to be playing with a rune disk that flickered with red, yellow, blue, and green light, which looked like some kind of "Rubik's Cube".

It seems that this job is indeed very boring for him.

And indeed, he was already quite old. Since there was no hope of breaking through to become a formal wizard, he stayed here, taking on a sinecure and just waiting to die.

"OK, thanks."

Wayne said.

Next, after arriving at the corresponding library area, I started browsing the bookshelves.

The bookshelves here are made of cold, grayish-white stone, illuminated by magical lamps overhead, and surrounded by a "cleaning" type of sorcery, so they are spotless.

Soon, Wayne found a dark yellow book. After pulling it out of the bookshelf, he saw a picture of a raging sandstorm outlined in raised lines in the center of the cover.

Below, written in ancient Archaic script, was the text: "The Book of Earth Elements: A Hundred Explanations of the Sand Magic Model."

And when Wayne's finger traced the raised sandstorm graphic in the center of the cover.

It felt as if yellow sand was gently flowing between my fingertips, with a slight suction force and a faint whistling sound like the wind passing through the crevices of a canyon.

"What an amazing effect..."

Wayne's face showed surprise.

Next, Wayne went through the book, flipping through the pages and scanning the various witchcraft models recorded on it.

"Dust storm: Using a vortex force field to control sand dunes, causing them to rotate at high speed and forming a dusty area that obstructs vision and interferes with breathing."

"Hand of Sandstorm: Uses magic to guide airflow, enveloping sand grains to form a sand flow force field that can be grabbed, pushed, pulled, and thrown at will. It can be used for tactical transport, seizing small items, etc."

"Dust Explosion: Extremely compresses dry dust in an area and then detonates it instantly, generating a violent shock wave and a scorching blast of air. It is suitable for use in enclosed or dusty spaces."

"Sandwall: A flowing sand slope with sand grains constantly sliding down from above to one's own side, which can effectively buffer and deflect projectiles such as arrows and spears, and protect oneself."

"Sand Construct: Quickly condense a large amount of sand and gravel into a simple sand and gravel golem, such as a giant hand or a beast, which can execute simple commands such as ramming, digging, or defending."

"Sand bridge: Quickly shape yellow sand to construct a temporary sand bridge or staircase to cross ravines or ascend to higher ground; its duration is limited."

"Sand Blade Spin: Condenses several high-speed rotating ring-shaped sand blades that can fly and cut along irregular trajectories and return to the caster before their magic power is exhausted."

As he flipped through the pages, Wayne's eyes flickered.

"These sand-based witchcraft skills can all be used as a reference, except that in sand-based witchcraft skills, the object of manipulation is individual grains of sand, while you only need to replace them with individual 'insects.'"

Next, I thought about it.

Wayne issued commands to the Hive Intelligence in his mind.

"Start the search and enter all the witchcraft models from the book into the database!"

Then, I continued turning the pages of the book.

A pale blue waterfall of data flashed before my eyes, like a scanner, imprinting the contents of the book into the database.

[Entry in progress... Entry complete!]

Soon, with the help of Wayne's eyes scanning, Hive Intelligence had synchronized the witchcraft models, moves, and skills on it.

All data has been entered into the [Honeycomb] database.

This way, if Wayne needs anything in the future, he can retrieve these witchcraft models from the database at any time without having to go to the library to look them up.

After the recording was completed, Wayne put the book back on the shelf and began browsing other related books on the surrounding shelves.

Any sorcery model that relates to "individual" and "whole", and has a cluster effect, such as Blizzard, schools of fish, bird formations, etc.

All of these will be entered into Hive Intelligence for reference.

"We've begun integrating the entered sorcery models, refining and optimizing them based on the characteristics of the 'Swarm,' and extracting those that can be replaced by the 'Swarm'!"

After recording all the sorcery skill models related to cluster types, Wayne spoke to the Hive AI in his mind.

[Data integration in progress, optimization and improvement in progress... Estimated time: 2 days!] A notification from Hive Intelligence appeared in my mind.

"All right."

So, Wayne put all the books back.

When I came out of the library, I saw that it was almost evening.

Outside, the afterglow of the setting sun bathed the towering buildings and winding streets of the Black Forest City in a warm golden hue, and the daytime hustle and bustle subsided slightly.

On the horizon, the outline of the academy appears mysterious and solemn in the twilight forest.

"By now that we're back, Professor Morse should be back by then..."

Looking out at the city in the Black Forest under the setting sun, Wayne thought to himself.

......

Twenty minutes later, Wayne returned to the Natural Symbiosis Wizard Tower.

Upon arriving at the foot of the Wizard Tower, I looked up and saw orange lights shining in the laboratory on the top floor of the tower.

Wayne's eyes lit up.

Sure enough, Professor Morse has returned!

So Wayne went up the stairs to the upstairs location, and after knocking on the door and receiving permission from his mentor Morse, Wayne pushed the door open and came in.

"Oh, it's Wayne. What's up...?"

Before Morse could finish speaking, he suddenly turned around as if he had sensed something.

The modified goat-like eyes stared intently at Wayne in front of him.

After sensing the faint spiritual energy field emanating from Wayne, and even feeling that it was somewhat immature and unstable.

Instructor Morse exclaimed in disbelief, "Your mental energy field...you...you've broken through the threshold and advanced to first-class apprentice?!"

"Yes, mentor."

Wayne replied with a gentle smile.