Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 41 Ambush

Harmfulness is not allowed, and defensiveness is indispensable.

Link checked his equipment: a level 1 wizard vest, and rune items including boots and a crossbow.

Considering the weather was about to turn cool, Link thought it would be good to put on his cloak.

So, after dinner, Link found an excuse to go back to his dormitory and put the cloak on.

The cloak is made of a very lightweight material, neither bulky nor heavy, yet it is windproof and rainproof, which is really good.

Looking at Link who had reappeared before her, Jasmine finally understood why she had felt something was off about Link these past two days.

It turns out that the first thing this guy did after becoming rich was to arm himself.

Jasmine looked her over carefully and was surprised to find that it wasn't just the cloak behind her...

The boots on their feet, and the vest with a glimpse of its collar, were all rune-inscribed items.

Forgive Jasmine for not recognizing the witch artifact; her hair was too long.

"OK!"

Jasmine gritted her teeth, looking heartbroken, and cried out in sorrow.

"You bought so many nice things behind my back without even reminding me so I could arm myself. Hmph... Tell me, are you having an affair? Do you want some other woman to move into our house after I die?"

Link rolled his eyes, took a deep breath, and suppressed the urge to vomit.

After things calmed down for quite some time, Link thought that Jasmine had "repented" and stopped playing these tricks.

Unexpectedly, they just didn't want to use it anymore, not that they stopped using it altogether.

When needed, she can act cute and charming at any time, and there's even a hint that it might escalate into crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide.

"I'll accept your supernatural powers now. Be careful, you might get scolded!"

Link replied irritably, then pointed at Jasmine, "Don't think I don't know what you're hiding."

"You...you..."

Jasmine's face paled instantly, then she became furious and retorted, "How did you know?"

Link glanced at Jasmine, didn't answer, his face indifferent, and turned to leave.

This person cheated; when they couldn't win, they ran away.

despise!

Jasmine wrinkled her nose and glared fiercely at Link's back. Her expression was as fierce as it could possibly be, yet it gave off a cute and endearing vibe.

She followed Link's footsteps toward the library.

On the way, Jasmine kept muttering to herself, "How did that blockhead know?"

It turns out that when Jasmine left home, she always carried a rune item with her.

It was a flying needle, about the thickness and length of a little finger, her last line of defense.

Jasmine always kept the flying needles hidden inside the hem of her top.

So well hidden, how could outsiders possibly know?

If something truly unbearable happens, and you encounter a talkative villain, at least you'll have a way to fight back with your life.

Unexpectedly, Link discovered it.

"Hmph!"

Thinking of this, Jasmine couldn't help but feel angry. She grumbled at Link a few times to show that she was unhappy.

Link didn't even turn his head, he just raised his right hand and waved, not caring at all.

Jasmine whined for a while longer, her little face remaining stern, looking unhappy.

However, as she remained silent, Jasmine suddenly couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Link is a blockhead, isn't that something we've known for a long time?

There's no need to get angry about this!

However, at that moment, Link suddenly turned around and pounced on him.

Before Jasmine could react, Link pulled her into his arms and held her tightly.

Her face flushed slightly, and her heart skipped a beat.

With the offensive and defensive positions reversed, Jasmine was shocked to find that she could no longer be as uninhibited as before.

Those language skills they thought they had mastered, those cute and charming tricks, were all forgotten.

"Don't move."

Link whispered something in Jasmine's ear and activated the cloak's optical invisibility function, making the two of them disappear.

The route from the cafeteria to the teaching building and the library was initially the same.

Until you reach a low slope, the road forks. Continuing straight leads to the teaching building, while turning right uphill leads to a winding, tree-lined path. Beyond that, you'll find the library.

As soon as Link crossed the three-way intersection and stepped onto the tree-lined path, his intuition gave him a frantic warning.

Last week, Link created his sixth rune, "Wood Element Extraction," and mastered the second level of the "Water and Wood Mutual Generation Meditation Method," advancing to the second-class apprentice level.

Their sixth sense is further enhanced, their intuition becomes more accurate, and their perception of malice becomes more acute.

I warned Jasmine earlier that Mina Havelchak wasn't a good person because I had met her a few days ago and sensed malice from her.

Why did Link suddenly return to the dormitory and equip the cloak as well? It was also his intuition that "told" him that he should equip it.

Link always prefers to believe in such things rather than dismiss them.

This is exactly what comes in handy, isn't it?

Concealing his presence, Link continued his movements, instantly casting Lesser Mist Rain to create an extremely dense fog with visibility of less than 1 meter from the outside, while silently shifting his position.

Instead of immediately leading Jasmine away, he continued deeper into the woods.

"Report to the academy and call for an intelligent law enforcement puppet."

As they moved, Link gave instructions to Jasmine.

Jasmine calmed down and carefully took out her personal smart device. Using Link's cloak to cover the light emitted by the device, she reported the attack to the academy.

Since hearing the command "Don't move," Jasmine remained quiet and did whatever she was told, only moving when instructed and closely following Link's steps.

Link was very satisfied with this.

In a crisis, it's good if you're not a useless teammate!

With his left hand releasing Jasmine, signaling her to stay still, Link cleared the firing range of his crossbow, while his right hand took out a handful of seeds from his pocket and scattered them around.

As a wizard apprentice interested in botany, it's perfectly normal to carry some seeds with you, right?

With a thought, another fertility-inducing spell was cast.

The seeds that Link scattered had been specially treated beforehand and then stimulated by a growth-inducing spell, instantly becoming vibrant with life.

At this point, how could the person hiding in the shadows, preparing to ambush Link and Molly, not know that they had been exposed?

"Get out here!"

The man roared angrily.

"You treacherous villain, come out and fight me one-on-one!"

Sigh... It's been two hours since my appeal was unblocked, and I haven't received any feedback. So... I'll just resubmit it. I apologize to all the readers who have experienced this inconvenience!

(End of this chapter)