Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 23 Surge

While Rivers was furious, Enrique was plotting with someone.

The target of their conspiracy is Mina Haveczek, the girl who was pursued by Enrique last year, but was later ruined and dumped by Rivers.

Initially, Mina Haveczek was about to accept Enrique's advances, but during a "New Blood Mutual Aid Society" event, Rivers, consumed by lust, lost control and forcibly abducted Mina.

Rivers not only harmed Mina, but also left behind some "photos" and "videos".

Using this as leverage, Rivers forced Mina to accompany him several more times until she successfully found an opportunity to destroy the "photos" and "videos".

After a period of self-healing, Mina rallied and decided to take revenge on Rivers.

After careful observation and analysis, Mina found a commonality between the two girls who were later harmed by Rivers: they, like Mina, were blonde and blue-eyed.

Coincidentally, a new batch of fresh blood has arrived, and Mina is certain that Rivers will target this batch of new blood.

The reason is actually quite simple: Mina contacted all the girls in her year and Rivers' year who fit Rivers' XP, and used herself and two other victims as examples to expose Rivers' evil to them.

After that, Mina approached Enrique again.

She knew Enrique; she knew that although he looked like a roughneck, he was actually very cunning, power-hungry, and unwilling to be second to anyone.

After several conversations, Mina and Enrique finalized a plan to deal with Rivers.

That would cause Rivers to be consumed by lust, suffer the backlash of the "Rage of the Meditation" technique, and thus be unable to advance to the rank of a formal wizard.

In this way, she both got revenge on Rivers and crippled him, while Enrique also had the opportunity to replace Rivers in the "New Blood Mutual Aid Society." Neither of them had violated the academy's rules and would not be punished.

After finalizing the plan, the two divided the work and cooperated.

Enrique is responsible for arranging "encounters" between Rivers and girls who fit Rivers's XP, igniting and amplifying Rivers's lust.

Mina secretly contacted the girls, revealing Rivers' true colors by telling them interesting anecdotes from the academy, and persuading them to leave.

Molly Kidman was the first girl Enrique arranged for Rivers to "meet" this semester.

What followed was a “threat” that Link found very inexplicable, and afterwards, a “girlfriend” kept relaying messages to Jasmine.

"Are you sure this will actually work?"

With the moment approaching and almost everything prepared, Mina Haveczek suddenly felt uneasy.

She had a gut feeling that something had gone wrong somewhere.

At Enrique's instigation, Rivers arranged for someone to teach Link Grand a lesson the next day, to provoke Link Grand's anger, and then Mina would lure Molly Kidman to a certain place.

Enrique would declare to Rivers that he had Molly Kidman under his control and that Rivers could have her anytime.

Meanwhile, Mina would secretly guide Link Grand to report to the Academy and help him stop Rivers's violence in time, causing Rivers's pent-up lust to backfire on him.

With the academy's intelligent law enforcement bots around, there's no need to worry about Rivers using violence.

In this way, Rivers was punished, Molly Kidman was unharmed, and Link Grande got a beating—everyone was happy.

"certainly."

Enrique nodded, looking confident. "The entire 'Rage of Flames Meditation Method' is a meditation technique that only formal wizards can practice. The requirements for practicing it are not only a super affinity for the fire element, but also an extremely strong ability to control emotions, or taking a potion to calm desires. Rivers has none of these, and he's only practicing an incomplete version. As long as we proceed according to plan, constantly stirring up his lust without letting him vent it, the final result will definitely be that he is consumed by his lust."

"What if he loses his mind and forces himself on Link Grand with his AI enforcement puppet before they arrive, doing something unspeakable?"

Mina couldn't help but ask, her only intention was to get revenge on Rivers, and she didn't want anyone else to get hurt.

"Don't worry, if he loses control and goes berserk, I'll stop him."

Enrique patted his chest and made a strong promise.

However, what he was really thinking was, wouldn't it be better if Rivers made a big mistake and got caught red-handed?

The academy will punish them.

He Enrique secured the position of vice president of the "New Blood Mutual Aid Association" after his promotion.

It was Mina Havček who wanted to get rid of Rivers, never Enrique.

All Enrique wanted was the position, along with the resources and hidden benefits that came with it.

To this end, he did not hesitate to humble himself and become Rivers's follower, all in order to find the crucial opportunity to strike a fatal blow.

This is exactly what Mina did – trying to negotiate with a tiger for its skin.

After Enrique left, Mina Havček remained unsettled and anxious.

After some hesitation, the desire for revenge took over.

In the end, Mina gave up the idea of ​​telling Molly Kidman the whole truth.

……

the next day.

Early in the morning, Link went to the Third Botanical Garden.

Having expended more than half of his mental and magical energy, Link cast a Lesser Mist Rain spell to nourish all the Silver Star Flower seeds in the greenhouse.

Actually, the normal cost of Lesser Mist Rain spell isn't that high.

With Link's current mental strength of around 21 and the corresponding magical energy reserves his body can hold, he can cast the Lesser Mist Rain spell in normal mode four times in a row.

However, the greenhouse area is quite large, and the number of seeds sown is also large. The secondary mist and rain spell cast in normal mode cannot moisten all the seeds.

Link slightly modified his casting method, choosing to consume more mental energy to extend the duration of the Lesser Mist Rain spell, so that he could deliver the full amount of rain in one go.

Sitting on the ridge, Link meditated briefly to fully restore his depleted mental and magical energy before leaving the greenhouse and the Third Botanical Garden.

Today is Sunday, no classes.

Link headed to the library, remaining vigilant on the way, wary of potential attacks.

The journey was peaceful.

As Link approached the corner and neared the library, several people blocked his path.

These were several new blood members with fifth-level qualifications who had joined the "New Blood Mutual Aid Association".

Link remained calm, smiled, and asked, "Is it absolutely necessary to have a fight?"

The group exchanged glances, and one of the new recruits, who was no shorter than Link, stepped forward and said, "It's your fault for offending the vice president! Don't worry, we'll only beat you up. As long as you don't report it to the academy, you'll be fine. But if you do report it, you'll be in for a lot more trouble later."

Link glanced at the group, a contemptuous look suddenly appearing on his face. He sneered, "You'd rather be dogs than human! You're supposed to be fifth-grade geniuses, yet you have no pride whatsoever, letting others do as you please. I'm ashamed to share a roof with you."

With that, Link raised his left hand and pointed at the person who had stepped forward: "Look carefully, it's a Spellbreaker Crossbow, three bolts. Any three of you who want to die, come and try it."

Several people looked at each other.

As for?

(End of this chapter)