Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 55 Drill

The seventh floor of the laboratory building.

Link checked into a room by swiping his ID card.

The battlefield environment is designed to simulate different arrow-shaped spells being fired at different angles and speeds.

It can scatter or volley, with no pattern whatsoever; it's purely random.

"I'll go first!"

Jasmine, eager to try, couldn't help but speak up.

You go first.

Link had no objection and stood in the spectator area, giving up the opportunity for the first practice session.

Jasmine tapped her boots lightly, tightened the bracelet on her left wrist, and, ready, called out in a crisp voice, "Begin."

The moment he finished speaking, he was met with a show of force.

Five magical arrows, some made of water, some of metal, and some of wood, shot out from five different angles, some earlier, some later, some faster, some slower, all aimed at Jasmine.

Fortunately, Jasmine was prepared and reacted quickly. She had also practiced some physical skills and ran away as soon as she spoke.

This allowed her to avoid being hit by two arrows.

But three arrows still covered her.

No sooner said than done.

Jasmine crouched down, exerted force with her ankles, and activated the same boots that Link was wearing. She hovered, accelerated, and in a flash, darted to the left front.

Two more arrows were dodged.

However, he was powerless to dodge the last arrow.

Jasmine decided to stop dodging and raised her left arm to activate the enchantment of her bracelet: a shield of energy!

This is a very niche defensive enchantment effect that highly compresses and shapes the air to impede attacks.

Its strength is much greater than that of the Water Shield spell, but its disadvantage is that it is not lasting and the compressed air is easy to dissipate.

Its advantage is that it can defend against a wide variety of attacks, making it difficult to target.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.

The high-speed arrow collided and rubbed against the highly compressed and solidified air wall, sending sparks flying.

The result was, of course, that the air shield won, and the arrow broke off and fell to the ground.

However, before Jasmine could rejoice, a second wave of attacks arrived.

A metallic arrow, silent and stealthy, struck silently from behind, aiming straight for Jasmine's back.

Jasmine sensed danger intuitively and made a decisive move to activate the last and most expensive rune item she had recently purchased.

The necklace worn around her snow-white neck emitted a wisp of blue light, which quickly dispersed, solidified, and finally formed an inverted bowl-shaped light shield, firmly protecting Jasmine who was squatting on the ground.

The hidden arrow broke upon contact with the light shield.

The light shield only swayed slightly, rippling like waves on water, thus neutralizing the attack, and then remained steadfast.

"stop!"

Jasmine spoke up, temporarily halting the impending third wave of attacks, her tone tinged with a hint of grievance and self-blame.

She never expected that even after using three rune items, she would still be so weak.

It's one thing that she didn't dodge the first wave of attacks, but at least she didn't choose the right time to activate her boots.

It should have been activated from the beginning.

But she only sensed the second wave of sneak attacks when she was about to be hit, and could only hurriedly use her life-saving necklace.

Even if the shield is strong and has good defensive capabilities, it can withstand the third wave of attacks.

What about the fourth and fifth waves?

This shows that Jasmine's tactical skills are indeed lacking.

Jasmine realized this herself, which is why she stopped the live-fire exercise.

She needs to take a break, summarize her experience, and then conduct some targeted training.

"It's alright, take your time. Nobody is born knowing how to fight."

After thinking for a moment, Link still offered some words of comfort.

Unfortunately, Jasmine didn't appreciate it. Instead, she felt even more aggrieved and immediately retorted, "You haven't even practiced, yet you think you can defeat Enrique!"

amount……

Link was stunned.

I thought to myself, I took advantage of someone's vulnerability, and I behaved terribly, with a whole host of problems.

But Link really couldn't explain anything, otherwise it would seem like he was just praising himself.

He then said, "You take a rest, I'll take over."

"snort!"

Jasmine pursed her lips, frowned, and said fiercely to Link, "Fine, you come at me! Let's see what you're capable of!"

A good man doesn't argue with a woman.

Link shrugged and didn't respond.

Resetting the attack mode, Link stood in the center of the battle area, facing the impending attack, and shouted in a deep voice, "Begin."

As soon as he finished speaking, a water shield formed by a ring of water appeared in front of Link and then swirled around him.

This is the change when Water Shield Technique reaches the mastery level. It can be controlled at will, and the position can be changed at any time, making the protection more effective.

In fact, with the pseudo-natal spell, Link can maintain three water shields at the same time, greatly increasing his defense.

With Jasmine present, Link still had to hold back a bit.

Their friendship has indeed deepened considerably after spending so much time together.

But it's far from being a place where one can entrust their life and death to someone.

I won't reveal too much about my trump card for survival.

What Link is about to practice is another application of the Water Shield spell, which is based on pseudo-natal sorcery.

The first wave of attacks came quickly.

Four arrows, three in front and one behind.

The first three branches form a triangular shape, while the last branch follows closely behind, less conspicuous and more insidious.

Seeing this, Link narrowed his eyes and made a decision in an instant.

The water shield stepped forward to meet them.

Before the arrows could make contact with the water shield, another water shield appeared in front of Link and quickly followed up to intercept the arrows.

The four arrows collided with the two water shields one after the other, their force being dissipated by the water flow, and finally they fell to the ground powerless.

Both water shields were punctured with four large holes and could no longer function.

Link simply dispersed, and before the second wave of attacks was launched, he summoned two water shields to protect himself.

The second wave of attacks consisted of shooting an arrow from each of the left and right sides.

Since a single water shield can't be split into two and is ineffective, then...

Link summoned another water shield.

In short, as long as Link's mental strength is sufficient, he can continuously "store" the spell models of two water shield spells beneath the surface of the lake in his sea of ​​consciousness, replenishing them as needed, in an endless stream.

The resulting form is one water shield after another, seamlessly connected and smoothly rotating.

And so, Link withstood six waves of arrows without even moving his feet, thanks to the Water Shield spell, a level 0 sorcery.

Jasmine was completely dumbfounded.

After all six waves of attacks had landed, the exercise was over. Jasmine immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Link, what kind of witchcraft is that? How can it be so cool and powerful?"

Link recalled his previous experience using it while explaining, "Water Shield. But the power isn't in the magic itself, but in the way I use it. Unfortunately, I can only use this method; I can't teach it."

"oh."

Jasmine's hopes were instantly dashed. She responded weakly and pitifully, then lowered her head, looking utterly pathetic.

Link ignored Jasmine's tea ceremony performance.

He didn't deceive Jasmine; he genuinely only knew how to use it, not how to teach it.

Even if we could find another pay-to-win gacha system, there's no guarantee that you'd get "Occlumency" first and then "Felius Flitwick's Charisma," right?

Link did not hold anything back, therefore he has a clear conscience.

(End of this chapter)