Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 257 Dilemma

A real man never looks back at an explosion.

Link ignored the loud crash of the portal collapsing behind him.

It seems the plan to come to the academy has been successful.

That level 5 Yin Demon probably won't understand how it died until it does.

Just like Link still can't understand how Lissandra altered his perception back then.

The methods of high-level True Spirit Wizards are truly terrifying and bizarre.

It's simply impossible to guard against.

Absolutely outrageous!

Link secretly decided that he must continue to study the True Spirit Wizard system as a supplementary skill.

The feeling of manipulating people and killing them silently is exhilarating.

He'll become a villain who's impossible to guard against in the future.

The kind of sinister, smirking laugh. (╯□╰)

Stopping his wild fantasies, Link pulled out a spare vehicle of the 1st Ring Wizard Artifact level from his "small world" and drove towards the apothecary at the rear camp.

As Murphy said, once the battle on the front lines begins, the portal connecting the rear camps to the Wizarding World will change from free two-way passage to one-way controlled passage.

Only those holding a transfer order approved by both the Academy and the Legion can return to the Wizarding World homeland through the rear camp portal.

Otherwise, one can only enter from the Wizarding World itself, and cannot exit from the rear camp of the Wasteland.

Therefore, Link had to stay at the rear camp for a period of time.

Only after the battle between the Palo Sages' Legion and the Abyss Demon Army ends and the portal becomes freely passable in both directions again can one return to the Wizarding World.

We just drove out of the portal plaza and are heading to the warehouse area.

From a distance, Link could see the Rukia family crest hanging high and the two legion banners fluttering in the wind.

Link decisively set the vehicle's windows to a matte finish.

This prevents outsiders and surveillance personnel from clearly seeing Link's appearance through the glass window.

Sage Paro didn't tell Link that the legion arranged by the academy to support the fairy world at any time was actually a mixed force of elites from the two legions of the Rukia family!

Perhaps he didn't know, or perhaps he knew but forgot; in any case, Link didn't know.

On the way to the pharmacy headquarters, Link was speechless with frustration.

Damn!

What the hell is this?

When Pleasant Goat visits Big Big Wolf's house, does he wash himself clean and deliver himself to the door?

Damn it, what the hell!

While complaining about the academy's arrangements and the unreliability of the Sage of Paro, Link quickly drove straight into the Pharmacy Department's headquarters.

After getting off the bus, he tried to avoid everyone's gaze and surveillance, and quietly entered the dormitory where he used to live.

It's impossible to fake it; even with superb camouflage skills, it won't be easily detected.

But doing this is likely to attract the attention of surveillance cameras.

Sneaking around like that, tell me, what are you doing here?

After closing the door, Link immediately activated the dormitory's defense mode.

I don't know what old man Murphy was thinking, but after Link left, he didn't arrange for anyone else to move into this dormitory.

Link can stay at the rear camp in the desolate world while waiting for the front-line battle to end.

"Link Grand?"

However, Link has been low-key and fast enough.

His process of getting off the vehicle and entering the dormitory was still captured by the ubiquitous surveillance cameras during wartime.

In the mixed legion's base monitoring department, Link recognized an old acquaintance, Sophie Lucia.

Upon hearing Sophie's voice, Trish Lucia, who was also in charge of monitoring the rear camp, turned around and warned sternly, "Don't do anything reckless at this crucial moment!"

"Um."

Sophie Lucia nodded, but her eyes were fixed on the empty area on the monitor screen.

His eyes flickered, his thoughts were subtle, and it was unclear what he was plotting.

After entering the dormitory, Link's eyelids started twitching uncontrollably.

Triggered by intuition and premonition, I always feel that I am about to be in big trouble.

"Could it be that Soren Lucia is here too?"

When Link was attacked, he did not realize that his attacker was Soren Lucia, and he was unaware of the mass defection of the core members of the Lucia family, which led him to make this guess.

Of all the Rukia family members, Link fears Sauron the most.

This person is flexible and adaptable; he's a formidable character and extremely troublesome.

"Looks like we need to find a way to get out of here as soon as possible."

With a thought in mind, Link made this decision decisively.

A wise person avoids standing under a dangerous wall; it's best to reach a safe area as soon as possible.

"Come out, Flandre."

Link summoned Flandre and instructed, "Carefully scout the surroundings. If you encounter any unusual situations, return to the 'small world' immediately. Don't take any risks, understand?"

"Understood, sir."

Flandre responded sweetly, then transformed into a wind sprite and gracefully departed.

Sitting on the headboard, Link shared Flandre's view.

They quietly observed the slightly altered layout of the rear camp and the deployment of the Rukia family's mixed legion.

Even with a premonition of crisis, Link dared not act rashly because the situation was still unclear.

If the hasty avoidance measures you take happen to put you in danger, just as your premonition of a crisis comes true, that would be quite embarrassing.

Let's investigate first before discussing anything else.

Flandre kept Link's advice in mind and only went to places where she intuitively felt there was no danger, or where there was a slight but manageable danger, to investigate.

After looking around, Flandre didn't find anything special.

"Master, master."

Flandre called out to Link in his mind, "Should Flandre go visit those places?"

The places she mentioned were several large tents located in the very heart of the mixed legion's encampment.

Based on the layout of the Paro Sage Legion's forward base, it can be inferred that it houses the offices of the following functional departments: command headquarters, attendant's office, staff office, monitoring department, guard office, and personal guard regiment headquarters.

Not only is it heavily guarded, but it is also mostly staffed by third-level wizards or senior second-level wizards.

Only the Monitoring Department and the Staff Office have relatively low requirements for wizard level.

The former requires keen eyesight, meticulousness, and patience, while the latter requires wisdom, tactical skills, and command ability.

Even in these two functional departments, there are senior level two or level three wizards in charge.

If Flandre were to rashly go in to investigate, she would most likely be caught red-handed.

Never underestimate the power of a wizard!

"Forget it, Flandre, don't take the risk."

To be on the safe side, Link not only rejected Flandre's proposal, but also recalled her directly.

The unstable external environment, coupled with being in a "small world," better ensures Flandre's safety.

"Hmph! Master underestimates Flandre."

At such a young age, he has a big temper.

Since "hanging out" with Jasmine, Flandre has actually learned to get angry and give the silent treatment.

With a cold snort, Flandre hid in a corner and started drawing circles, ignoring Link completely.

"hehe."

Link smiled and didn't take the little incident to heart.

He began to ponder the origins of his sense of crisis.

The more I think about it, the more uneasy I feel.

So he activated the "Brain Closure Technique" at full power, entered a "multi-threaded thinking" state, mobilized the source power of the "small world" for support, and, in conjunction with the mental self-examination methods of the True Spirit Wizard, checked his sea of ​​consciousness and cognition again and again.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Link was traumatized after being assaulted by Lissandra Diormand, nearly collapsing from the inability to get up.

Therefore, they brought out their strongest lineup and were at their peak to examine their own mindset.

Once it was confirmed that, given his current level and ability, he had not found any trace of his understanding being tampered with, the weight on his mind actually increased slightly.

From 10,000 meters above the ground, it became 10,001 meters above the ground.

The fact that the perception has not been altered proves that this sense of crisis is real.

He is truly about to face a deadly crisis!

屮!

"I'm examining loneliness."

Retiring from his peak, Link spread his hands, looked left and right, and sighed.

Soon, Link gathered his scattered thoughts and seriously considered his current situation and how to break the deadlock.

First, he had to figure out where the deadly crisis was coming from.

Secondly, he needs to assess his strength and whether he can nip the deadly crisis in the bud.

Finally, he had to think carefully about whether he should leave the desolate world's rear camp now, pilot the "Sky Shuttle" into the vast sea of ​​stars, and begin his interstellar journey.

However, after considering all three aspects, Link was unable to reach a conclusion on any of them.

Link suddenly realized that he felt like he was trapped in an information cocoon.

Everything I do feels wrong, but I can't find any useful information.

Like a headless fly, it was spinning around aimlessly.

Taking a deep breath, Link decides to draw a card!

After accumulating resources over this period, through the operation of Grand Pharmacy, the patent transfer of "Sublimation" potion, and the patent licensing of "Empowerment" potion, Link has finally saved up 10000 standard level 2 magic stones.

Finally, I can do my eighth draw. It wasn't easy!

"Go to hell, God of Europe!"

This time, Link realized the true nature of a wizard and no longer hoped for the protection of the gods, who were the mortal enemies of wizards. Instead, he uttered a curse!

"System, draw!"

With a silent command in his mind, Link summoned the unadorned control panel.

Link Grand

Wizarding aptitude: Unknown, all elemental affinity (to be completed later).

Wizard Rank: Level 1 Official Wizard, Mental Strength: 399 (Liquefying)

0rd Ring Sorcery: (omitted)

Innate Sorcery: Armor (Expandable)

1rd Ring Sorcery: (omitted)

Card Pack: "Multi-threaded Thinking" Status Card, Specific Talent Upgrade Card

Used: Occlumency Learning Card, Severus Snape's Potions Talent Card, Sorcery Specialization Talent Card, Materials Specialization Talent Card

Card draw count: 0 (1 standard Tier 3 Magic Stones)

"屮!"

Link felt like he'd just wasted his time.

He wanted to draw something that could change his current predicament, rather than a designated talent upgrade card that had already appeared twice.

Currently, only the "Severus Snape's Potions Talent" talent card can be upgraded.

Using the upgrade card to upgrade "Potion Mastery" will indeed help Link.

The problem is that this kind of help is not the same as that kind of help.

A distant source of water cannot quench an immediate thirst!

Filled with resentment, Link used a designated talent upgrade card he had drawn at the cost of 10000 standard level 2 magic stones to upgrade the "Severus Snape's Potions Talent" talent card to the "Alchemy Specialization" talent card.

Tch, "Alchemy Specialization," I thought something amazing would come out of it.

and many more……

Alchemy Specialization?

Is the increase really that big?

Well……

In this wizarding world, potion-making did indeed intersect with alchemical potion-making to give rise to a sub-discipline: alchemical potion-making.

Upgrading from "Potion Mastery" to "Alchemy Specialization" in the corresponding field of potion science isn't unreasonable.

Thinking about it this way, it's a logical closed loop.

Link quickly accepted this.

I feel that spending 10000 standard level 2 magic stones was not a waste.

I closed the panel, not in a hurry to experience the changes brought about by the "Alchemy Specialization" talent.

Link discovered that the eighth draw not only failed to help him break the deadlock, but also added a new problem.

The ninth draw requires one standard level 1 magic stone, which seems like a small amount, but it is very difficult to obtain.

Standard Tier 3 Magic Stone, also known as Magic Stone Mother Ore!

The so-called mother mine is a strategic resource that can give rise to an entire magic stone vein, absorbing free magic power and continuously producing standard first-level or standard second-level magic stones.

No wizarding organization would easily give away even a single piece of magic stone ore.

Where is Link supposed to get that?

Shaking his head, Link put the new worry out of his mind and continued to think of a way to break the deadlock.

"Master, master."

Suddenly, Flandre called out in Link's mind, "Flandre has thought of a way!"

When they shared their vision before, the two were of one mind, and Flandre was well aware of Link's predicament.

Back in the "small world," she appeared angry, but in reality, she was racking her brains to come up with a solution for Link.

"Oh? What method?"

Link asked curiously.

"If all else fails, we can just go back to the fairy world."

Flandre tilted her head, her big, bright eyes blinking innocently and adorably.

"Hehehe..."

Link gave an awkward smile, then praised her, "Flandre is truly brilliant."

This method is so simple, Link certainly thought of it too!

The problem is that this is a last resort, a desperate measure.

Retreat before battle is permissible.

After all, you're not a member of the Palo Sage Legion.

Why are they coming back after the war?

Is the fairy world your backyard?

Come and go as you please?

According to the rules of the wizarding world and the regulations of the academy, the fairy world has long been officially the base and asset of the Paro Sage Legion!

Strictly speaking, Link's actions constituted illegal immigration and "burglary."

If the rules of the wizarding world and the regulations of the academy were to be strictly enforced, the Palo Sages Legion could certainly punish Link!

Even if the Sage of Paro doesn't punish Link, he won't even give him a cold shoulder.

However, Link couldn't save face.

Flandre is still too naive and simple-minded, lacking understanding of human relationships and social customs.

However, Link didn't dampen Flandre's enthusiasm, explaining earnestly, "Flandre, hiding back in the fairy world is certainly an excellent way to break the deadlock. But then, when will we be able to return to the wizarding world's homeland?"

"That's right."

Flandre scratched her head, looking dejected, and said, "In that case, Flandre won't see Master and Madam for a long time. Master and Madam promised to take Flandre shopping and buy her pretty little dresses."

Thinking of her master and mistress, Flandre suddenly remembered something and immediately exclaimed, "Master, Master, Master and Mistress asked Flandre to remind you to contact her promptly and let her know you are safe!"

"Okay, I understand."

Link indicated that he understood, but did not take any action.

Not to mention whether Jasmine has left the cultivation realm.

With his personal smart device destroyed and no backup device stored, he couldn't contact anyone.

A wizard's personal AI is not something that can be configured casually.

A series of identity verification and binding processes are required.

In cases like Link's, he needs to report to the Tower Spirit of the Academy before the newly purchased personal AI can inherit all the permissions and data of the original AI.

Seeing this, Flandre also realized this and suddenly muttered, "It's all that Lucia named Soren's fault. She has no sense of morality and attacked the master."

"Huh? Soren Lucia? She ambushed me?"

Link was slightly shocked and quickly asked, "Flandre, are you sure?"

Flandre blinked and asked, "Didn't Master notice?"

"no."

Link answered frankly.

"oh."

Flandre raised her chin slightly and hummed, "At the time, there was only Sauron's aura nearby. Flandre thought Master knew, so she didn't mention it to him. It turns out Master didn't know."

Link gave an awkward smile: "Yeah, I didn't know."

Was this being looked down upon?

屮!

Sorry, everyone!

The chapter's release date is incorrect.

Chapter 147 was released ahead of schedule.

I quickly replaced the content.

This chapter is...

Chapter 146: The Predicament

(End of this chapter)