Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Are you sure?

Link was quite surprised to hear Asander say that.

The last time Asander gave Link a gift in the fairy world, he revealed that he had advanced to the third level of wizardry.

It's even more surprising that a level 3 wizard would join an organization whose founder was only a level 2 wizard than Sandra joined.

"I'm sure!"

Asander nodded vigorously in affirmation, his tone resolute.

Link fell silent upon hearing this, unsure how to respond for a moment.

It wasn't that Link was afraid to accept Asander's request to join, or that he was worried that Asander's joining would impact his position in "freedom to do whatever he wants".

It wasn't that he hadn't figured out yet why Asander didn't choose to join the Clark family after leaving the Paro Sage Legion.

He was thinking about what kind of help Asander could get if he really joined "Freedom to Do Anything" or Link Grand.

Jasmine, who had been sitting quietly to the side, then interjected, asking, "Could you explain your reasons and needs for wanting to join 'Freedom to Do Anything'?"

After a pause, Jasmine explained, "You know, I've always been in charge of 'freedom to do whatever you want.' Even now, reports from the local side are still sent to me regularly every week."

Since Asander wanted to join, he must have done his research and understood this.

He knew that Molly Kidman, Link Grand's girlfriend, was also a great help in his career.

Jasmine deserves a great deal of credit for the success of both "freedom to do whatever you want" and Grand Pharmacy.

You could even say he was the biggest contributor!

Meeting Jasmine's questioning gaze, Asander frankly replied, "Because joining the Clark family was the worst choice I could make. Sage Cody did invite me to join his legion, but I declined. The reasons are obvious to you."

After a pause, Asander emphasized:

"I believe that my joining 'Freedom to Do Anything' can serve as a complementary role."

You two are currently studying at the main campus and will need to complete two years before you can return to the mainland.

During this period, a group of first-level wizards alone could not support Link's growing reputation and the booming trend of "freedom to do anything".

I would like to recommend myself. I believe that if I become the front-line representative who offers "freedom to do whatever I want," I can fully support the hard-won reputation and development trend.

What you said makes perfect sense.

The Brotherhood and the Social Anxiety Group are the second tier of "freedom to do anything," and both are first-level wizards.

If they want to advance to the second-level wizard level, it will probably take them at least three to five years.

It does indeed seem a bit underwhelming.

Asander's arrival is perfectly timed.

"I have no objection."

Jasmine understands the current situation of "being free to do whatever you want" much better than Link.

She knew that even if Asander had his own selfish motives, joining would provide Link with "freedom to do whatever he wanted," which would be of great help.

I agree.

Link had figured it out by then: making Asander his "freedom to do whatever he wanted" front-line agent was the greatest reward for Asander.

In this way, he can have a respectable title and status at his upcoming wedding with Renée Clark.

"Jasmine, you prepare the appointment and seal. I'll write a letter to Buck and Lynn to explain the details."

Now that the decision has been made, let's execute it immediately.

Link has always been decisive and never procrastinates.

At this point, Asander waited quietly.

Before long, Link's handwritten letter was finished, and Jasmine's appointment letter and seal were made.

The appointment letter and seal were given directly to Asander, while the handwritten letter was sent directly to Buck and Lynn through a separate channel.

"Asander".

Before Asander could continue his conversation with Link and Jasmine, Sage Paro, who had left Sage Celine's office, issued a "summoning".

"Time is tight, I have to go now. I'll report back to you via video conference later."

Asander immediately got up and walked outside, talking as he went.

He placed himself in a very proper position, using the phrase "reporting progress" instead of "contacting".

Link and Jasmine escorted him downstairs, and then took the opportunity to say goodbye to Sage Paro.

Once the two figures were completely out of sight, Link and Jasmine were summoned to Sage Celine's office.

in the office.

Sage Celine remained expressionless as she quietly observed Link and Jasmine, whose faces were both composed.

After a long silence, Sage Celine spoke, asking in a detached tone, "Don't you want to explain?"

Link and Jasmine exchanged a glance, then asked in confusion, "Explain what? Did we do anything special?"

Well, this rhetorical question silenced Sage Celine.

What could she say?

Does this mean Link and Molly shouldn't have discussed her entanglement with Paro in a more intimate way?

As a result, Paro learned of her attitude and actually followed her advice, relentlessly pursuing her.

They just started talking about the past without any regard for anything else.

In his excitement, he even used a speed-up spell and, taking advantage of her unpreparedness, stole a kiss on her forehead.

Not to mention that she and Paro overheard each other's thoughts, which constitutes eavesdropping on their privacy.

Judging solely from the subsequent developments, it certainly aligned with her wishes.

What Link and Jasmine did seemed to be entirely beneficial to her.

"Fine, you can go."

Sage Celine was exhausted. She originally wanted to confront the culprit, but ended up being the one who got the CPU.

Seeing this couple in front of me makes me feel irritated.

Link chuckled and left Sage Celine's office with Jasmine.

After that, there were finally no more trivial matters to bother me.

The two continued their research, which they hadn't finished before heading to the Level 3 Zerg world, to catch up on their progress.

Immersed in various experiments and a mountain of data, Link had forgotten the passage of time and everything around him.

I was only awakened when I heard a muffled voice.

Loken, the experimental subject, finally arrived at the laboratory building before noon.

Link took a deep breath and suddenly became excited.

"You're here again."

Jasmine sensed Link's change and was speechless with disbelief.

The reason Link was so dedicated to the work of the pharmacy teaching and research group over the past two months was that he could legitimately torment Loken.

Literal torture!

Loken couldn't refuse, couldn't resist; no matter how outrageous it was, Loken had to accept it all.

As long as Link can produce some progress on the topic of optimizing and innovating the potions used in combat against body-refining wizards after he has finished torturing Loken.

"Opportunity knocks but once. We must seize it!"

Link responded to Jasmine's teasing with a smile.

He never hid his desire to torment Loken.

Not only did Jasmine know this, but Sage Celine also knew it, and even Loken himself knew it.

"Finish what you need to do first, then go find some fun."

Jasmine didn't stop Link; she simply made a reasonable request.

"certainly."

Link readily agreed and then quickened his pace.

"you!"

Loken, who was undergoing a detailed physical examination under the guidance of Wizard Tina, greeted Link as soon as he entered.

The use of just one personal pronoun conveyed Loken's anger and helplessness.

"What? I'm fine. How have you been lately?"

Link greeted her with a grin, then walked over to Tina, the wizard, and asked, "Tina, how are the materials doing today? I have a great idea that requires a high-intensity test. I'm wondering if the materials can handle it?"

Wizard Tina glared at Link and said irritably, "Just shut up already. It's only because you were away these past few days that Wizard Loken's health has been able to recover, and he hasn't been as severely overworked as he was before."

"Okay, okay, I'll be gentler later."

Link ignored Loken's angry glare and made a meaningless promise with a grin.

Just kidding, not to mention his personal feud with Loken.

Just consider this: Loken has been pursuing Sage Celine, and even forcibly broke away from the Paro Sage Legion, preferring to come to the academy headquarters as an experimental subject.

As the most valued junior of the Sage of Paro in recent years, and having received much care and protection from the Sage of Paro, Link must take the initiative to do something, even if the Sage of Paro has not mentioned it.

Sage Seren saw what Link did but didn't say anything.

Everything was Loken's own choice, so Loken has to take responsibility for it.

"What tricks are you trying to pull now? Bring it on, even a single utterance will be considered an admission of defeat!"

Loken knew his angry glare was useless and wouldn't change Link's mind, so he could only put on a tough-guy stance.

"Don't worry, it's nothing bad, it won't hurt this time. In fact, it will be of great help to you."

Lin Ke said a few words and turned to leave the examination room.

Arriving at the comprehensive experimental area, the entire third basement floor, which was specially allocated by Sage Serene to the research group on the optimization and innovation of combat potions for body-refining wizards.

Jasmine arrived here before Link went to the medical examination room to provoke Loken, and made preparations in advance.

The experiment we're going to do this time was actually inspired by Jasmine.

After thoroughly understanding Loken's combat system, its strengths and weaknesses, especially its shortcomings, she has been thinking about how to improve Loken's combat performance from an objective and neutral perspective.

Finally, Jasmine pointed out that since Loken lacked flexibility, it would be very difficult to improve.

Why not simply ignore this weakness and maximize the advantages of strength and physique?

This idea immediately inspired Link, reminding him of two kinds of creatures:

King Kong, and the Hulk.

Whether it's King Kong or the Hulk, even if their speed is comparable, their agility is far inferior to their strength and physique.

Since these two can roam freely with their strength and physique.

Then Loken is also an option!

As long as your physique is high enough and your strength is strong enough!

Therefore, Link had always been thinking about how to maximize the increase in the strength and physique of body-refining wizards, represented by Loken, during wartime.

Everything still comes down to the "empowering" potion.

Based on Link's preliminary research, the "Empowerment" project promoted in the fairy world takes the path of permanent enhancement.

Slight modifications to achieve short-term improvements, prioritizing timeliness over qualitative change, are entirely feasible.

However, the source of the power intended to be granted to the user cannot be a fairy from the fairy world.

This time, Link chose a bull-type magical beast that was on the verge of extinction in the Wizarding World.

This bull-type monster is strong, has great stamina, a robust physique, and a gentle, mild temperament, making it the perfect match for Link's "New Empowerment" potion.

"Are you ready?"

Through the loudspeaker, Link asked the wizard Loken, who had voluntarily entered the heavily fortified isolation room.

"bring it on."

Bare-chested, revealing his strong muscles, the wizard Loken raised his head and roared in a deep, booming voice.

"hehe……"

Link chuckled and manipulated the intelligent machine to deliver the "new empowering potion" prepared by Jasmine to Loken.

"snort!"

Loken pulled out the stopper from the potion bottle, tilted his head back, and drank the emerald green potion.

"roar!"

The medicine was very effective; it took effect immediately upon ingestion.

Loken clenched his fists, veins bulging all over his body, and unleashed a barrage of battle cries.

Without needing to transform, Loken entered the berserk battle mode of a body-refining wizard, his body suddenly growing taller and stronger, increasing in size by three sizes.

With a height approaching four meters and thigh circumference wider than the average woman's hips, this little giant is not to be trifled with!

With a loud bang.

Without using the special magic of body-refining wizards to calm his mind and suppress the manic and destructive urges within him, Loken showed a tendency to lose control of his violent tendencies.

He slammed a fist into the one-way mirror.

The entire isolation room, including all five walls and the transparent glass, shook slightly.

One-way transparent glass even developed tiny pits and cracks.

The power of that punch left Tina, the wizard, speechless with shock.

The isolation room was built to extremely high standards, with five walls and transparent glass capable of withstanding a full-power shot from a large-caliber planet-destroying cannon without any damage.

Even with Sage Celine's full-force attack, it would take several third-circle spells to break the one-way glass.

Fourth-circle sorcery involves a slight application of the power of rules, and cannot be used to accurately measure the defensive strength of see-through glass.

Loken's casual punch just now actually damaged the see-through glass. What does that mean?

This shows that after Loken took the "New Empowerment" potion, a casual punch already had the attack power and destructive force of a normal third-circle sorcery spell.

This demonstrates that Link's "new empowerment" drug has immense research value and extremely high practicality.

"roar!"

Loken then used his transformation ability, and with a shake of his body, he transformed into a giant nearly eight meters tall.

After the roar, seven spells instantly appeared on his body, comprehensively amplifying his strength, physique, and speed, and adding spell-breaking, penetration, and shock effects. Then, he threw out another simple and unadorned punch.

A sharp, piercing sonic boom was generated inside the isolation room.

In the blink of an eye, the fist made its second intimate contact with the transparent glass.

This time, however, there was no loud "boom" as expected.

Tina the wizard's mouth gaped even wider.

She could actually see that the transparent glass had spiderweb-like cracks.

Just one more punch and the see-through glass that could withstand several third-circle spells from Sage Celine would shatter!

"Locken, calm down!"

Sage Celine sensed the commotion and rushed over in time, stopping Loken, who was already in a frenzy and was about to break the see-through glass in one go to have a brutal, bloody fight with Link!

"roar!"

Loken glared at Link, who showed no fear whatsoever, and then deactivated his transformation.

The effects of the "New Empowerment" drug lingered, keeping his size three sizes larger than usual.

His body was covered in bulging muscles, he looked like a tough guy and was a reckless person.

"Tina, organize the relevant data. Link, give me the original report on the potion."

Sage Celine ignored Loken and issued orders.

Link stretched his right hand to the side, and Jasmine immediately handed him the documents she had prepared that morning.

"Ha, you were prepared all along."

The witch Celine observed the unspoken understanding between the two, their thoughts subtly intertwined.

Wizard Tina quickly retrieved all the test data before and after Loken took the "New Empowerment" potion, compiled a report, and handed it to Sage Celine.

"I need to study these contents carefully. You all go about your own business."

Sage Celine, having obtained the desired data and report, walked outside, saying as she went, "Loken, rest and recuperate. Link, don't do anything reckless."

"Yes."

Link and Locken responded at the same time.

Anyone who didn't know better would think they had a very good relationship.

Loken glared at Link, then walked out of the isolation room and headed towards the treatment room.

Link exchanged pleasantries with the wizard Tina and then took Jasmine back to his villa.

We had a short lunch and rested for a while.

The two then went to the laboratory donated by Dean Forrest and went about their own business.

Jasmine is busy cultivating the mother nest seeds and increasing her strength.

Link, on the other hand, consulted relevant materials and literature on alchemy, hoping to make use of the dilapidated Mother Nest stored in the "Small World".

He had a concept for a combat-type magical artifact, which might be realized by modifying the damaged mother nest.

The problem is that the knowledge base of alchemy is still insufficient.

The road ahead is long and arduous. (End of Chapter)