Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 203 The Heartless Capitalist (Choosing a chapter title is really difficult)

"Are you having some trouble over there?"

Upon hearing the roar of the abyss demon, the sorceress Celine immediately inquired with concern.

"It's nothing, don't worry, it's just a small matter."

Sage Paro looked down at his abdomen, which had been ripped open, and said casually.

It was just a poke from an abyssal demon who was unwilling to die like that, and was willing to burn its soul and offer it to the will of the abyss in order to fight to the death.

Aside from being able to see the intestines moving, it's nothing serious.

Sage Paro glanced again at the abyss demon that had been dismembered into eight pieces.

It's really a small matter.

He didn't lie.

"Really? Don't hide things from me. I'm not as weak as you think; I was once the commander of a main force regiment!"

The witch Celine spoke with utmost seriousness.

Back then, on the battlefield of the heavens, she had entered and exited many times, following the legion to fight her way through several worlds with a level cap of 5 or 6.

They are not those hothouse flowers that have never seen blood.

Not so delicate as to be easily hurt by the elements.

However, unable to resist Paro's strong demands, he gradually stepped down from his position as commander of the main force and focused on developing pharmacology, eventually transitioning to logistics.

They then retreated from the front lines back to their homeland and opened pharmacies.

"Um."

The Sage Paro did not seem inclined to delve deeper into the topic.

Can one find peace while conquering the heavens?

They're risking their lives; they might not live to see tomorrow.

Since you have a pharmacy specialty and the potential to become a master pharmacist, you can stay in the local area or the main campus of the academy. Why live a precarious life?

It's not the kind of person who's naturally drawn to thrills.

Instead, they are tired of the intense competition and yearn for a peaceful life.

So, just stay in your home country.

Conquer the heavens?

Don't even think about it.

Wizard Celine could sense the inexplicable persistence of Sage Paro. After a moment of silence, she said, "If you're busy, we can talk when you have some free time."

Sage Paro glanced at the Star Destroyer Fortress, meticulously modified from a derelict planet, which was emitting an extremely dazzling annihilation light as it shot towards the portal to the Abyss World.

Wherever the light of annihilation passed, all the spacetime constraints based on gravity were shattered.

With a single shot, it opened up the abyss world and shattered the wormhole-like portal that connected it to the fairy world.

Incidentally, it interferes with the Abyss World's acquisition of the Fairy World's spacetime coordinates.

This causes the will of the abyss to only receive a bunch of gibberish.

He glanced back at the battlefield, where even the royal guards had been sent out to clean up, and saw strings of low-level demons that could be used as fertilizer.

He said calmly, "I'm almost done here, I'm not in a hurry, you can talk to me."

Celine the Wizard didn't delay any longer and said, "Link just contacted me, wanting some information and documents related to the soul, the sea of ​​consciousness, and meditation techniques. I reckon he's already read through all the information and documents he has access to right now, which is why he contacted me."

"Meditation?"

The wizard Paro immediately grasped the key point, "Give it to him, give him whatever information and documents he wants, including all the drafts from when we tried to create our own meditation method."

Is this a good idea?

At this moment, the wizard Celine hesitated. "This path is not easy to walk, and it's easy to run into problems. If something really goes wrong, this little guy will be ruined."

"Give it to him! If he wants it, give it to him!"

Sage Paro said decisively, then explained, "He's not the kind of person who gets carried away easily. The fact that he might be creating his own meditation method proves that a huge change must have occurred in him. And this change is very likely to be a good thing, an excessively good thing."

This is based on the experience of someone who's been there.

"Alright."

The sorceress Celine hesitated before agreeing.

She paused, then said with concern, "Take care of yourself, don't..."

He swallowed the words he was about to say.

"What do you mean?"

The Sage Paro's lips curled into a slight upward curve, and his eyes narrowed slightly as he pressed for an answer.

Don't ruin your health!

Wizard Celine scoffed, "Even sages are human. Humans get tired. Don't think that just because you've become a sage, you can work tirelessly without rest. Remember to rest!"

"Yes, I will."

The evil attribute damage to the wound on Paro Wizard's abdomen was removed, the wound began to heal gradually, the pain subsided, and his tone finally softened.

"That's all for now. Remember to take good care of yourself."

Celine the Wizard didn't take the opportunity to chat any longer; she left those words and decisively hung up the call.

She was afraid that if she continued talking, she would seem too nagging, and she was also worried that she would delay Paro's important business.

After all, we're on the battlefield; how can he just say he's alright?

That guy never tells the truth; he's always lying to her.

She doesn't believe it.

The Sage Paro put down the encrypted communicator.

He suppressed the smile on his face, as well as the barely noticeable feeling of happiness.

With a disdainful glance at the abyss demon who thought he could pull off a last-ditch counterattack, he didn't bother to deal with the shattered corpse and simply let the boundary wall of the fairy world swallow it up completely.

From now on, the fairy world will bear the mark of the Sage Paro. Why would anyone care about the profit from the corpse of a Tier 4 Abyss Demon?

Even the corpses of low-level demons on the battlefield, as well as the captured low-level demons, will be used to feed the fairy world.

To help the fairy world develop properly and make up for some of its shortcomings.

In that case, if a suitable new world cannot be found later, using the fairy world as one's "home world" to prepare for the advancement to a great sage would not be too bad.

Villa, study.

"Come in."

Celine the wizard briefly interrupted the eavesdropping prevention and called out.

Link, who had been waiting outside the study, pushed open the door and entered upon hearing the sound.

"Please sit down and wait a moment. There's a lot of information."

She gestured for Link to sit back in his previous seat, and then, following her memory, the wizard Celine began searching the study.

Before long, she summoned four offline AI devices, which were used to store data and documents, from several corners of the study, stacked them together, and handed them to Link.

"The top two contain relevant materials and documents; the bottom two contain some of Paro's and my research drafts from back then, which are also about our self-created meditation method."

Celine the Wizard emphasized, "Much of what's in here, whether it's data, documents, or our drafts, is for reference only. It's not meant to be taken literally, understand?"

"Yes, I understand."

Link nodded and replied in a deep voice, then sincerely thanked her, "Thank you, Wizard Celine. Please also convey my thanks to Sage Paro. I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Celine the Wizard scoffed and said, "You tell him yourself. I wouldn't bother contacting that annoying guy if there's nothing wrong."

Link remained silent.

The boss's woman can complain about him however she wants.

You absolutely must not respond to anything casually.

"Alright, go back by yourself, driving that car of yours that I'm even a little envious of."

Celine the Wizard, too lazy to compose herself, waved her hand and complained, "Go away, go away, just looking at you annoys me! Of all people to be like, why did you have to be like that annoying guy Paro? Why can't everyone just walk the peaceful path and insist on creating their own meditation methods?"

Goodbye, Wizard Celine.

Link didn't want to listen anymore, so he immediately got up, said goodbye, and turned to leave.

I was afraid that once I finished walking around, I would have to listen to more complaints.

After leaving Celine's villa, Link took out the "Phantom Coupe" and traveled at a relatively safe speed.

His authority isn't as high as that of the wizard Celine, so he wouldn't dare to drive recklessly.

From the North District, take the Ring Road, go around halfway, and then drive at high speed towards the college.

The process went smoothly, and nothing dramatic happened.

Upon returning to the academy, Link began to devote his time and energy to two things:

Study the materials and documents obtained from the witch Celine, especially the original research manuscripts of the sage Paro;

The advanced college offers two courses: a major and an elective.

A true word is passed on, and a thousand volumes of books are falsely passed on.

"What is the essence of a wizard?"

What is the essence of meditation?

What is the essence of spiritual power?

What is the essence of runes?

The opening questions of the Palo sage's research manuscript revealed the key to understanding the subject.

This made Link realize how he should explore the direction of creating his own meditation method.

To create a meditation method that suits you, you need to start by understanding the origins and nature of wizards, the origins and nature of witchcraft, the origins, nature and development of runes, and the origins, nature and development of meditation.

The main task after that was to learn the runes and to keep trying and failing.

The main content of the Paro Sage's research manuscript is a detailed record of trial and error time and time again.

It includes the idea proposed by Sage Paro and Wizard Celine, why this idea was proposed, how to verify this idea, the specific verification process, the verification results, and the analysis of the reasons for failure.

Yes, there are only records of failures; successes are only mentioned briefly.

After three years of continuous trial and error, a special meditation method suitable for the special circumstances of the Sage Paro was finally developed.

With successful precedents in place, Link's confidence grew even stronger.

In particular, he can stand on the shoulders of giants and see further.

However far ahead he can see, Link still has to take it one step at a time and learn little by little.

Let's start with the origins of wizards.

What is the origin of wizards?

It is briefly mentioned in the first-grade textbook "A Brief History of Wizarding Civilization", but it is not accurate or detailed enough.

The origin of wizards lies in the fact that in order to escape the rule of powerful magical beasts, human sages "learned from the barbarians to control the barbarians," and after suffering heavy casualties in hunting down the weaker magical beasts, they conducted various studies on them.

This includes, but is not limited to, dissection, consumption, and weapon manufacturing.

Whether by chance or by necessity, the ancient sages of humankind finally discovered the reason for the power of magical beasts: they found runes and rune combinations on their corpses.

The long-term consumption of monster meat made the spiritual power of human sages no longer ethereal and elusive.

The earliest wizards were born.

They do not meditate or practice witchcraft. Instead, they rely on their mental energy to stimulate primitive, crude rune items made from the hides, bones, eyes, and horns of magical beasts to activate the beasts' innate abilities in order to fight and survive.

It wasn't until the first Will Rune that could be used to increase spiritual power was discovered that the ancient wizards began to meditate and embark on the path of self-strengthening, where great power came from within, rather than simply relying on external objects.

A wizard is not truly born until the first complete spell is peeled from a monster's skin.

So, what is the essence of a wizard?

In Link's view, the essence of a wizard is that of a "scientist" who understands, influences, and transforms the world.

Witchcraft is the most powerful tool these "scientists" use to influence and transform the world, based on their understanding of it.

Secondly, there are witchcraft artifacts.

Once you understand the origins and development of wizards and witchcraft, it's not hard to understand the essence of meditation.

The essence of meditation is to use runes, mainly will runes, to increase and concentrate spiritual power.

To create your own meditation method, you must have a deep understanding of spiritual power and runes.

What is the essence of spiritual power?

Aside from all philosophical, psychological, and cultural definitions and explanations, spiritual power can be viewed as a kind of matter, a very special kind of "electromagnetic wave," with the concepts of "frequency" and "wavelength."

The frequency and wavelength are adjustable.

What is revealed is the difference between people, and the difference between different meditation methods.

Runes are the superficial manifestation of the underlying rules of the world.

Meditation is a method that, without deviating from the fundamental rules of the world, uses different combinations of runes and their characteristics to stimulate and adjust the "frequency" and "wavelength" of mental energy, creating repeated cycles to achieve the goal of increasing quantity and improving quality.

Having understood these points, Link had a clearer direction on how to create a meditation method that suited him.

Willpower runes, especially those that increase the quantity and quality of mental power, should be learned first, regardless of their usefulness or necessity.

Learn the rule runes and elemental runes first, as they frequently appear in various meditation techniques.

These are the basics.

Then, you need to address your two unique characteristics.

One is compatible with all elements, the other is a "small world".

Try to create the framework of meditation layer by layer.

Take the first level of the apprentice chapter of the "Water and Wood Mutual Generation Meditation Method" as an example.

It only requires three runes: the "Derivation" rune, which increases the amount of spiritual power; the "Water Element Aggregation" rune, which gathers and absorbs water element into the body; and the "Wood Element Aggregation" rune, which gathers and absorbs wood element into the body.

This aligns with Link's initial affinity for water and wood elements.

Link completed the full elemental affinity later, so the first level of the Apprentice series must have runes that aggregate all elements.

After that, figuring out how to combine it with the Will Runes, how to arrange it, and how to connect them is the technical part.

We need to make bold assumptions and carefully verify them.

It requires continuous trial and error.

As for the fact that the capacity of the "small world" is far greater than that of the sea of ​​consciousness, Link also has a specific idea.

The origin of the world includes birth, growth, and destruction.

Its state is not static; it can change.

So, could we refer to the forms of rune barriers and advanced magical artifacts and inscribe the structure and layout of meditation into the origin of the "small world"?

Rune barriers are composed of rune arrays. High-level magical artifacts are engraved with rune arrays, and the structure and layout of meditation methods are themselves rune arrays.

In this way, the "little world" grows up and matures, and can fully learn to meditate on its own, sharing the burdens of its master.

Even if the "small world" doesn't meditate on its own, there's still Flandre, who is a "spirit."

She is perfectly capable of manipulating the "small world" for meditation.

Link's idea was inspired by the rotation and revolution of planets, tidal phenomena, and the fact that planets are always in motion.

In worlds at a certain level or above, there exists a world will!

Enter a "multi-threaded thinking" state, repeatedly verifying your findings, ideas, and insights to ensure they have a certain degree of feasibility.

Link then adjusted his mindset, no longer being too distracted by meditation, and devoted some time and energy to advanced studies at the advanced academy.

Not to mention the first monthly exam is coming up soon, what if I don't do well? Wouldn't that be embarrassing?

In terms of the advanced courses themselves, the major course on elemental wizardry and the minor course on true spirit wizardry are of extremely high quality and will greatly enhance Link's strength.

We cannot neglect one aspect for another, nor can we show favoritism or bias.

We must do both things well!

The additional settings, though perhaps tedious, should make Link's power surge and more believable.

(End of this chapter)