Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 112 A New Beginning

Early in the morning.

The sky is bright.

Link Grand woke up on time, got out of bed, and opened the window.

The cool morning breeze caressed my face, refreshing and invigorating.

Two months have passed since the start of the spring semester, and the period has been calm and uneventful.

All the exciting events that happened during the holiday have gone quiet.

The Storm Sea newcomers who died outside the academy and the local apprentices were no longer talked about;

The once-sensational witch rights movement was quickly quelled after the intervention of unspeakable forces.

As the midterm exams approach, everyone, whether on the college forum or in private chats, is most concerned about the inter-district competition to be held three days after the midterm exams!

The focus of the new recruits in the Storm Sea of ​​the South District and the local apprentices in the North District is naturally different.

Different roles and different positions naturally lead to different considerations.

The local apprentices from the North District proudly showed off their past results from the two district competitions.

It was as if they hadn't even started, yet they had already achieved another crushing overall victory!

This selectively ignores the fact that the North District consistently has a numerical advantage over its opponents every year.

Moreover, it has never squeezed any new talent from the South District out of the top three, not even once.

The hot topic among the new recruits in the Southern District's Storm Sea is which 30 people will represent this year's new blood to compete against the more than 1,000 local apprentices from the Northern District!

30 people are facing 1000+.

Just hearing the comparison of numbers gives one a sense of tragedy and grandeur.

Link had no such feeling; he was simply steadily advancing his preparations for the two-district competition while learning the new spring semester courses.

"system."

After washing up, Link dried his face and looked at himself in the mirror, noticing he had grown even taller, and silently thought to himself.

A simple, unadorned subtitle panel appeared before my eyes.

Link Grand

Wizard aptitude: Level 4, Innate mental strength 17, high affinity for water element, high affinity for wood element.

Wizard Rank: Second-Class Wizard Apprentice, Mental Strength: 75

0st Ring Sorcery:

Water Element (28): Lesser Mist Rain (Innovation), Water Shield (Innovation), Water Ball (Perfect), Water Purification (Perfect), Water Blade (Perfect), Ice Cone (Perfect)...

Wood Element (28): Growth Spell (Perfect), Thorn Entanglement (Innovation), Thorn Whiplash (Perfect), Leaf Arrow Spell (Perfect), Withering Spell (Perfect), Green Field Tracking (Perfect)...

Card Pack: None

Used: Occlumency Learning Card, Pomona Sprout's Botanical Talent Card, Philius Flitwick's Charms Talent Card, Severus Snape's Potions Talent Card

Card draw count: 1 (10 standard level 2 magic stones)

Link has improved significantly compared to two months ago.

First, the third level of meditation has been mastered, and mental strength has reached the standard for advancement to a third-class wizard apprentice, 75 standard units. The nine runes have also been completed.

The reason why I haven't been promoted from a second-class wizard apprentice to a third-class wizard apprentice is because my sea of ​​consciousness/sea of ​​mental energy has undergone a small transformation.

Before this minor transformation was over, Link was still a second-class wizard apprentice.

Everyone has different aptitudes, different backgrounds, different levels of understanding of meditation techniques, and different levels of mastery of rune arts, so the time required for transformation varies, some being long and some short.

During this period, you can continue to practice the fourth level of meditation or continue to accumulate spiritual energy.

This is why some geniuses remain second-class wizard apprentices even in their third year, yet they are not flustered at all.

Once the transformation was complete, his cultivation progress skyrocketed.

Link estimated that even if he couldn't advance before the two-district competition, he could still complete this small transformation in the early stages of the competition.

So it's not a big problem, it won't have much of an impact.

Secondly, the reserves of witchcraft are extremely rich and comprehensive.

He has mastered 28 spells each of the 0-level water and 0-level wood magic.

Among them, the water system and the wood system each have 2 categories that have reached the level of innovation;

Those who reach the perfect level each have 10 gates;

The remaining small portion are at the proficiency level, an even smaller portion are at the skilled level, and the vast majority are at the beginner level.

In both offense and defense, Link currently relies most on magical artifacts rather than sorcery.

The purpose of stockpiling so many level 0 sorcery spells is to deal with various different situations; the goal is to have a full range of functions.

Finally, there's the number of times you can draw cards.

After two months of accumulation, and with Celine the Wizard's Li Xuancao series selling well for nearly two months, she generously distributed a few hundred million magic stones.

Link finally had enough standard level 1 magic stones to exchange for a standard level 2 magic stone, which granted him one more chance to draw a card.

There's no time like the present, so Link decided to draw it now!

May God bless you!

Link silently recited a command and began drawing cards.

The system's gacha draw was simple and unpretentious, ending instantly without any special effects.

The subtitle panel has been updated with one new feature:

[Card Pack: "Multi-threaded Thinking" Status Card (Once every 96 hours)]

Link couldn't help but wonder why he drew a new card instead of continuing to draw talent cards.

The three talent cards from the HP universe were incredibly helpful, giving Link a lot of assistance.

The wool hasn't even been completely plucked yet, how come it suddenly changed?

I wonder how powerful the "Multi-Threaded Thinking" status card, which cost 1 standard level 2 magic stone (equivalent to 1200 standard level 1 magic stones), is.

If the effect is powerful, just how powerful is it?

After all, it was specifically stated that it can only be used once every 96 hours!

Without wasting any time, Link immediately used the "Multi-threaded Thinking" state card.

He changed completely in an instant!

The world I perceived changed instantly.

Link felt like he had completely changed his mind!

It's like upgrading from the Pentium 486 to the Intel i9-13900ks.

Perhaps the wording is a bit exaggerated, but that's the gist of it.

Link intuitively felt that his brain's computing power had increased several times, and he could think about at least 8 questions at the same time, and mobilize all the memories and knowledge in his mind to fully attack all doubts.

Some questions that had accumulated in subjects such as mathematics, semaphore, pharmacology, physiology, and pathology were instantly resolved.

If Link hadn't activated "Brain Occlusion" at full power in time, he felt his brain would have overloaded and burned out.

It's like a computer running too fast, overloading the CPU, and burning out and smoking.

Even though his brain could handle it, Link only maintained it for less than 3 seconds before "uninstalling" the "multi-threaded thinking" state card.

This card consumes an absolutely terrifying amount of mental energy.

It was "burning" at a rate of almost 3 points of mental energy per second, burning wildly.

With Link's current mental energy reserves, even if he fully activates the "Multi-threaded Thinking" state card, he can only maintain it for a maximum of 25 seconds.

However, for the sake of their lives, they can only maintain it for 10 to 15 seconds at most.

Any longer and it won't work.

Otherwise, if one's mental energy is exhausted in a short period of time, one might faint on the spot.

While the "Multi-Threaded Thinking" status card was still in effect, Link figured out the best combination and the best use case for this card.

"Brain Occupation Technique" + "Multi-Threaded Thinking" Status Card = Humanoid Supercomputer Equipped with Top-Tier AI.

Whether in learning, research, experimentation, or in deciphering, exploration, and combat, it can exert amazing effectiveness.

A rough calculation showed that Link felt he had been instantly strengthened two to three times!

"Terrifying indeed."

Link hissed in shock, making a small contribution to global warming in the wizarding world.

Rubbing his slightly throbbing head, Link walked out of the bathroom, changed his clothes, and went downstairs.

canteen.

Jasmine had already prepared breakfast for Link and was waiting in her usual seat.

"Is there anything I can help you with? It's a little late today."

Jasmine had also grown a little taller, with a beautiful face, a graceful figure, shining blonde hair, clear blue eyes, and a slender, intelligent, and gentle demeanor.

Her current demeanor is vastly different from when she first entered Rivoss College.

It was as if they were two different people.

"It's nothing."

Link sat down, picked up his knife and fork, and offered no direct explanation.

How can you explain something like cheating?

Not wanting to lie, I could only give a perfunctory answer.

"Good morning, boss and big sister."

The five gentlemen, Buck Watt, Dalton Collen, Ezio Leakey, Deeja Finley, and Lynn Hewitt, then came over with their trays and greeted him politely.

The five men are easily recognizable by their distinct appearance and daily behavior.

Buck Watt is tall and square-faced, a chatterbox, loves to show off, loves to boast, and loves to bully others. The reason he became the apparent boss is purely because he talks too much.

Ezio Leakey was tall and thin, with sharply defined features, much like his stubborn and unyielding temperament. He was not a man of many words.

His madness and foolishness were merely a disguise and a protective layer.

DeeJ Finley is a delicate-looking young man. If he doesn't deliberately speak in a rough voice, his voice is soft and feminine, comparable to that of Yu Changhua.

But he is genuinely honest and straightforward, and stubborn.

Lynn Hewitt has a very ordinary appearance; he's the kind of person who would be hard to spot in a crowd. He's quiet and reserved, but he's a classic example of someone who appears simple-minded but is actually quite wise.

After the five men banded together, under Buck Watt's influence, they acted erratically for quite some time.

They offended many people, yet they managed to get along well with everyone.

It was because Lynn Hewitt was advising them.

"morning."

Link put down his knife and fork, picked up a napkin to wipe his mouth, and asked casually, "How's the preparation going?"

He wasn't asking about preparations for next week's midterm exams, but rather about the competition between the two districts.

All seven students present consistently ranked in the top fifteen, or even the top ten, in their midterm exams.

That goes without saying.

After the five men approached Link, Link didn't hold back and led them in preparations for the common format of the two district competitions over the years.

nothing left.

As for how well they were prepared, Link never asked in the past, relying entirely on their own initiative.

Now that the competition between the two districts is approaching, I'm just asking this question.

"fine."

Buck Watt was the first to answer.

"good."

Ezio Leakey nodded.

Deeja Finley replied in a gruff voice, "Thank you for your guidance all this time, brother."

Lynn Hewitt pondered for a moment before saying, "It depends on the format of this year's inter-district competition. If there are no new formats, there shouldn't be any problems. But if there are new formats, it's hard to say."

"Yes, I think so too."

Dalton Collen, who has a very low profile and is easily overlooked, spoke up in agreement with Lynn Hewitt's opinion.

"And you, Jasmine?"

Link looked at Jasmine, who was listening quietly.

Her personality gradually calmed down, and apart from chatting with Link a few more times, she gradually became less talkative.

Jasmine stretched out her right hand and made a gesture with her index and middle fingers.

Link understood immediately.

This means I've been promoted to a second-class wizard apprentice.

Not bad.

Everyone is having a new beginning.

A good start.

(End of this chapter)