Wizard: I can predict the future

Looking at Gray's expression, Nord couldn't help but feel a little curious.

"What secret?"

"Actually, to build a mental power model, you don't necessarily have to fully understand those locations."

"Just keep trying to build it in your mind."

"Try it again."

"It will work out eventually."

Nord was somewhat disappointed, having thought it was some kind of exciting secret.

However, he also understood.

Although Gray was born in the Southern Region, his family was probably not well-off, and he was at least not a descendant of wizards.

Otherwise, with his near-fifth-level wizard talent, he wouldn't be living here.

Seeing this, Gray snorted and stood up.

"I didn't make this up."

"It was passed down from a senior student in the college."

As he spoke, his tone became more serious.

"Some of the top-tier talents in the reserve, if they really want to fully understand meditation, even if there are public courses, it will take them several years."

"That's why some people have come up with this kind of shortcut."

"Otherwise, during the unified assessment three years later, we'll just have to wait to be laid off."

Nord instantly grasped the key point.

"What's the assessment three years from now?"

When Gray saw that Nord had taken the initiative to ask, he immediately became interested.

"The Ash Academy has three assessments in total: the final assessment in the third, fifth, and tenth years."

"The first assessment is said to weed out some wizard apprentices who lack talent or don't work hard."

"The second assessment is to select the ten most outstanding individuals for focused training."

At this point, a hint of envy appeared on his face.

"It is said that the top ten will not only receive a lot of resources from the academy, but will also be accepted as disciples by a formal wizard."

Hearing this, Nord had already made up his mind.

In the fifth year of the assessment, I must get into the top ten no matter what.

In any aspect, there is a fundamental difference in improvement between having someone to teach you and not having someone to teach you.

Moreover, there is also the allocation of resources from the college.

"And what about the final assessment?"

Gray shook his head.

"The final assessment has little to do with the vast majority of us."

"To participate in the final assessment, one must become a first-level wizard apprentice within ten years, and then be selected from among them."

"The winner will be able to directly choose one first-circle sorcery."

The magic that wizard apprentices learn is collectively called magic tricks.

Only when a formally qualified wizard masters and uses it can it be called first-circle witchcraft.

Most importantly, there is only one path for a wizard apprentice to become a full-fledged wizard.

That is, to integrate a first-level witchcraft into one's mental power model.

There is no other way.

This is information that Nord found in the wizarding common sense.

Looking at Nord's completely indifferent expression.

Gray couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Don't you even know what first-circle witchcraft means?"

Nord glanced at him, his tone calm.

"Is first-level sorcery expensive? How many magic stones does it cost?"

In his mind, as long as he could buy it, it wasn't worth risking his life.

Now that he has dozens of Source Points, he can deduce for several years, so finding a way to earn Magic Stones shouldn't be difficult.

Gray leaned back in his chair and burst out laughing.

"It's like casting pearls before swine."

"A magic stone?"

That's just the most basic stuff.

He looked at Nord, his tone slowing.

"Even if an ordinary wizard apprentice emptied his entire fortune, he might not be able to afford it."

He paused for a moment, then corrected himself.

"It's not that I can't afford it."

"It's simply impossible to buy them."

Gray's gaze became more serious.

"Witchcraft is something that can never be bought with money."

"It involves lineage, knowledge, and even the fatal weaknesses of some wizards."

"Therefore, it is very difficult to buy from outside."

After hearing this, Nord instantly gained a true understanding of how difficult it was to purchase first-circle sorcery.

"How do wizard apprentices at the academy advance in their ranks?"

Gray picked up the glass of water on the table and drank it all in one gulp.

"What else can we do?"

"Buy it from the academy, but instead of magic stones, you'll use academy points."

Upon hearing this...

Nord vaguely understood.

How do the Ashes Academy, and other wizarding factions, keep people firmly within their systems?

They do not forcibly restrain them.

There is no need to deliberately control it.

All you need to master is the most essential thing, which is knowledge.

Suddenly, the dormitory fell silent.

After a moment, Gray got up, went back to the balcony, and continued tending to the plants.

As if suddenly remembering something, he turned his head and looked at Nord.

"Nord, let's go to the Elemental Masterclass tomorrow."

Nord frowned slightly, recalling the records in the common knowledge of wizards.

During the apprenticeship period, lifespan and energy are limited, so it is best to specialize in one area and avoid trying to do too much at once.

"My wizarding talent lies in potions."

He didn't want to waste his precious time on unnecessary things.

Everything can wait until later, when he has time to study it.

Gray glanced at him but did not refute him.

"what ever."

"However, these open courses are only free in the first year. After that, apart from the direction assigned to you by the academy, you will have to pay with magic stones for everything else."

"If I understand some of this now, I won't be caught off guard when I encounter other types of witchcraft in the future."

Watching Gray continue his busy work.

Nord didn't bother him any further, but instead took out the books he had obtained from Poker City.

This book has no cover.

As he turned the pages, what came into view was not the written record he had imagined.

Instead, they were pages of messy manuscripts.

The handwriting was very fine and hurried.

In some places, it even looks as if the person holding the pen had too much emotional fluctuation, causing the pen to suddenly stop, leaving scratches of varying depths.

The entire book is filled with all sorts of strange images.

Some are metal strips of varying lengths, some are nested rings, and others are things like gears, buckles, and shafts.

The lines intersect, and the structure is complex.

Some of the patterns are also marked with densely packed small text.

It looks like dimensions, but it also looks like some kind of usage description.

Nord looked at them for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what they were.

They are not like weapons.

It's more like some kind of disassembled part.

Nord frowned slightly and continued flipping through the pages.

The further along you go, the more of these images there are.

It looks somewhat like a cross-sectional view of a core component.

Some resemble the overall outline after countless parts are pieced together layer by layer.

On some of the pages, there are even drawings of thin pipes connected to some kind of oval hollow structure.

A string of hastily written annotations was next to it:

"The conductivity is too low; the outer casing must be redesigned."

"The third node remains unstable, which is suspected to be related to the order of arrangement."

"If we could shrink it down, perhaps we could embed it directly..."

That last sentence ends here.

It was as if I was writing halfway through when something interrupted me.

Nord looked at the book in front of him; it didn't look like a messy notebook he had jotted down.

It's more like an experimental manuscript left by someone who has been researching something for a long time.

However, Nord looked at some of the parts in the manuscript and they seemed to resemble something very similar.

However, their structures are quite different.