Wizards begin by accessing the Inspiration panel.

Chapter 42 Trouble Comes Knocking (Please Read On)

Richard ate his breakfast with a bitter taste, his mind preoccupied with the news he had just heard!

The creature that could cause such heavy casualties to the school must not be a low-level monster like the Crystal Web Spider. Otherwise, even if there were many of them, it would be impossible to explain the deaths of so many second-level or higher wizard apprentices.

So there's basically only one reason: the night elf likely killed more than just the one he killed, but a whole squad of shadow hunters, or even more!

Then another question arises: where did they come from?

With many questions in mind, Richard finished his breakfast.

Richard wanted to have Seres examine the mysterious white egg and also ask Senior Sister Meiluo about the situation, but when he arrived at the laboratory on the second floor, he found that the door was closed and neither Seres nor Meiluo were there.

He wasn't familiar with the other upperclassmen on the first floor, so Richard returned to his dorm and began to briefly tally up his spoils: one mysterious white egg whose use was still unknown, and one hundred magic stones. There were also fifty magic stones that he would never get back.

In addition, the Shadow Hunter's Great Bow is quite good, and its craftsmanship is also excellent. Unfortunately, it is currently still in the School's Protection Department.

However, none of the above gains were the main attraction. Richard pulled up the panel and took a look:

Name: Richard Clavel

[Attributes]: Strength 2.2, Agility 2.5, Constitution 2.3, Spirit 4.1

[Witchcraft]: Rodrigo Meditation (Basic 3%, Arcane: Lesser Mental Shock), Shadow Grip (Proficient 34%), Manipulate Bones (Proficient 16%)

[Skills]: Clavier's Breathing Technique (Proficient 2%), Cornell Swordsmanship (Master 6%, Secret Technique: High-Frequency Vibration), Bow and Crossbow (Master 13%, Secret Technique: Shortbow Rapid Fire, Multiple Shots)

[Shortbow Rapid Fire: A special skill that allows for the continuous, rapid, and accurate firing of arrows within a short period of time, consuming a large amount of stamina. Requires a shortbow.]

[Multi-Shot: Fires up to three arrows at once, attacking three different targets. Using this technique consecutively will consume a lot of stamina.]

[Secondary Mental Breakthrough: Instantly consumes a special pure mental energy to attack the opponent's sea of ​​consciousness, causing dizziness, unconsciousness, or even death. The stronger the opponent's mental energy, the less damage is suffered, depending on the difference in mental energy between the two parties.]

[Energy Points]: 12614

The five-figure energy points were the key point, which made Richard feel as if all his worries had disappeared!

Do not!

Still there.

It's just a question of how to spend it.

After thinking for a long time, Richard decided to continue improving his meditation technique. If he had more than nine points of mental strength, his tactics would be more flexible and varied, unlike now, where he had learned Shadow Grip but only had the power to deliver a single blow!

His mental strength of 4.1 severely hampered his ability to perform many spells.

[Host detected practicing Rodriguez meditation. Should energy be consumed to gain inspiration for practicing Rodriguez meditation?]

This time, looking at the numbers 1 and 12614 at both ends of the slider, Richard thought for a moment and decided to leave it as a round number, ten thousand. He immediately dragged the slider to 2614 and selected "Yes!"

In an instant, Richard was transported into a dreamlike state as if his soul had left his body. In this dream, he was in the center of an ancient hall, possessing the body of a man in black robes, and began to meditate.

With the boost of his inspiration, Richard keenly realized that the mental energy that had previously flowed through the Great Cycle was not all the mental energy in his mind, but only a small part.

No wonder, with only one meditation session per day, mental strength can only increase by a fraction of a second!

Therefore, Richard repeatedly tried to increase the proportion of his mental energy participating in the Great Cycle!

After hundreds and thousands of attempts, finally, the spiritual power he participated in the Great Cycle increased from 10% to 11%, then gradually rose to around 23% before stopping. The pure spiritual power in the center also seemed to have grown slightly stronger because of this process.

In an instant, Richard returned to his original form!

Richard immediately began to try out the results from his dream.

The mental energy flowed gently through all seven runes in the mind like a babbling brook, taking about half an hour to successfully complete one major cycle.

After the cycle ended, Richard felt that his mental energy had become significantly purer, and the extremely pure mental energy in the center of the seven runes slowly took shape again, feeling that its power was even greater than the last time.

Sure enough, Richard estimated that this time, following the techniques he learned after being inspired in his dream, he mobilized nearly twice as much mental energy as before to participate in the cycle, and the effect was quite explosive.

After the loop ended, Richard immediately checked the panel.

[Attributes]: Strength 2.3, Agility 2.6, Constitution 2.4, Spirit 4.3

[Witchcraft]: Rodrigo Meditation (Proficiency 76%, Arcane: Lesser Mental Shock)

Rodrigo's meditation technique has been improved to a high level of proficiency. The effect on Richard is that all his attributes have been slightly improved after this run, but his mental strength has increased by 0.2, which is almost the same as when he first ran the meditation technique!

It's important to know that the effects of general meditation methods gradually decrease if the level of mastery remains unchanged, becoming less effective as you progress. This is why most level three wizard apprentices abandon the school's basic meditation methods.

Therefore, if one does not take any potions or elixirs that can enhance mental strength, the only way to maintain a relatively steady increase in mental strength is to continuously improve one's mastery of meditation techniques.

But here's the contradiction: meditation can only be performed once a day, so how can one quickly improve their level of mastery?

Comprehension!

Therefore, the implicit aptitude of comprehension in wizarding talents shows its importance, as this aptitude, unlike the previous mental strength and elemental affinity, cannot be directly detected.

Next, as long as Richard persists in practicing meditation once a day, his mental strength will steadily improve in the near future.

Richard, who originally planned to attend class, discovered that the instructors of several general courses had also issued temporary notices suspending the scheduled classes.

The entire school of thought seemed to be filled with a sense of impending doom!

For seven consecutive days, Richard lived an unusually regular life at the Ignis School, going between his dormitory, the cafeteria, and the library. He eagerly borrowed general knowledge books from the library to learn basic knowledge, while diligently practicing his daily meditation.

Since it was the initial stage after his mastery of meditation had improved, the effect was very significant. Richard could almost feel himself making subtle progress every day. Looking at the panel, the attribute column looked like this:

[Attributes]: Strength 2.7, Agility 3.9, Constitution 2.9, Spirit 5.3

The effects of mastering the layered meditation method were not obvious in a day, but after a week, the changes were quite significant, which brought a satisfied smile to Richard's face.

"Knock knock knock," a knocking sound rang out. Richard was delighted, thinking that it was Senior Sister Meiluo returning.

The door was opened immediately, only to find a tall, thin male apprentice with an unfamiliar face standing outside. The two crossed bone clubs on his gray robe indicated that he was a level two wizard apprentice!

Richard was greatly puzzled; clearly, he didn't know the other person! He knew very few second-level wizard apprentices.

"Richard Clavel?" the other person asked in a somber voice.

"Yes, that's me. And who are you?" Richard asked cautiously.

"Hehe, who I am is not important. I'm just entrusted to give you a message: return Stephanie Knight's belongings to the Knight family immediately, or it will bring you a disaster you cannot withstand!" The other party said this with a half-smile on his face.

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