Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 56 Seeking refuge

Come here.

Link was certainly in no hurry to leave.

After a short rest, he began his second live-fire exercise.

It's still the same combat environment set up before, only the attack mode has been reset.

This time, Link didn't stay still; instead, he wandered around.

This undoubtedly increases the difficulty of the spell, placing extremely high demands on Link's spatial imagination, knowledge of coordinate systems, and mental calculation abilities.

Even with the aid of "Occlumency" and "Felius Flitwick's talent in Conjuration", Link still made two minor mistakes.

Before the fifth wave of attacks ended, the water shield broke its seamless rhythm.

This forced Link to activate the levitation and acceleration functions of his rune boots, allowing him to dodge the last arrow with considerable difficulty.

Just as they dodged it, the sixth wave of attacks arrived.

Link simply changed his fighting style, leaving a water shield for protection, and then attacking back and forth, using Leaf Arrow Technique to intercept incoming arrows halfway.

The results speak for themselves.

The Leaf Arrow Technique, which has not yet reached the level of proficiency, has two drawbacks: firstly, the casting time is too long, requiring at least 2 seconds; secondly, it is not easy to control and it is difficult to adjust the direction.

The interception naturally failed.

Fortunately, Link didn't completely rely on the half-baked Leaf Arrow Technique.

The water shield met the arrow in time, and it also accelerated suddenly, leaping far away.

The sixth wave of attacks was then neutralized.

Link practiced in real combat twice and cast spells no less than ten times, so his mental and magical energy were almost depleted.

Upon closer inspection, the weakness becomes clear: the magic's endurance is truly insufficient.

However, Link remained calm.

During the first-class wizard apprentice stage, Link's mental strength ranges from 17 to 30, and he can cast spells four to ten times.

During the second-tier wizard apprenticeship stage, Link's mental strength ranges from 31 to 75, and he can cast spells ten to twenty-five times.

He's only been promoted to a second-class wizard apprentice for a short time. As his mental strength improves, his magical endurance will naturally increase.

Link made room for the drills.

After a period of rest, observation, and reflection, Jasmine was ready to practice again.

This time, Jasmine activated her rune boots as soon as she entered the arena.

She still adopts the strategy of avoiding it if possible, and defending on the spot if she can't avoid it.

Jasmine performed much better than last time.

The first wave of attacks was completely dodged.

It wasn't until the very end of the second wave of attacks that Jasmine was forced to activate the air shield on her enchanted bracelet.

As for the rune necklace around her snow-white neck, it was activated midway through the third wave of attacks.

The light shield was very strong, and it withstood the fourth wave of attacks until the end.

However, Link also saw a fatal weakness.

Jasmine cannot be moved while the light shield is in place.

If you move it, the light shield will dissipate.

This sacrifices the ability to dodge in order to enhance defensive capabilities!

Although the live-fire exercise ended prematurely once again, Jasmine was in a much better mood than before.

There's progress, which means she can still improve.

"Link, we should come here often!"

As she walked up to the viewing platform, Jasmine spoke with great enthusiasm, behaving like a warmonger.

Jasmine has not forgotten her original intention of enrolling in the Revosos School of Biology and Medicine.

She still wanted to be a logistics and medical professional, avoiding high-intensity frontal combat as much as possible.

But Enrique's surprise attack made Jasmine realize that many troubles come to you by their own hand.

Therefore, one may not be warlike, but one cannot be unskilled in warfare.

In this day and age, even if you're out in the world practicing medicine and saving lives, how can you protect yourself without some fighting skills?

Link replied casually, "Two or three times a week, after I finish what I need to do in the lab."

"Okay, it's settled then!"

Jasmine shouted loudly, raised her right hand, and extended it towards Link, assuming the posture for a high five.

"childish."

Lin Kecai didn't want to play these childish games and refused coldly.

However, Jasmine held her right hand high and grabbed Link's clothes with her left, preventing him from leaving.

Pulling and tugging is uncivilized.

Link tugged at the corner of his clothes.

Jasmine didn't let go, staring intently at Link, her eyes watery, not pleading with tears in her eyes, but simply gazing calmly.

Left with no other choice, Link could only raise his right hand and gently slap Jasmine's raised right palm.

They did it perfunctorily.

"snort."

Jasmine immediately raised her head, like a victorious general, and strode ahead of Link, leaving the room.

Library, reading room.

After the excitement of the combat exercise ended, Jasmine plunged into a vast amount of data and documents.

Link sat in the chair, head bowed and eyes closed, spending some time in a light meditation to recover his depleted mental and magical energy before beginning to read the documents.

His recent extracurricular studies, besides continuing his research on pseudo-natal witchcraft, also include designing a hybridization breeding experiment for silver star flower seeds.

This requires him to constantly recall biological knowledge from his past life through "brain shut-in" and the Hall of Mind, and then combine it with the wizarding world's "Botany" and related literature, integrating the strengths of the two worlds' knowledge, discarding the dross and retaining the essence, and taking the best to make up for the shortcomings.

There's no rush, take your time.

Night was falling.

After leaving the library, Link first dropped Jasmine off before returning to his dormitory.

Just as Link turned the corner of the stairwell, he found five figures blocking the door to his dormitory.

What's going on?

Link instantly went into combat alert mode, Water Shield and Thorn Entanglement ready to be used at any time, and Spellbreaker also aimed forward.

The five people outside the door turned around at the sound of footsteps.

Link then realized that they were the five gentlemen with fifth-grade aptitude.

However, the five men were in a rather miserable state, all with bruises and swollen faces, beaten up like pigs.

"What's going on here?"

Link remained vigilant and asked.

"Boss, we're being bullied!"

The five men cried out in unison, "Please, big boss, do us justice!"

???

A row of question marks flew overhead.

There's no subordinate relationship between us, is there?

"Explain yourself clearly."

Link raised his right hand, stopping the five men who were about to lunge forward and grab the ground.

"Boss, the president of the 'New Blood Mutual Aid Association' is a real scoundrel. He heard that we were close to the boss, so he dragged us over and interrogated us repeatedly about things related to the boss. After he finished questioning us, he took his anger out on us and beat us up badly."

The spokesperson for the five gentlemen was beaten the worst; when he spoke, his mouth was slurred.

"to be honest!"

Lin Kecai didn't believe such nonsense that was obviously diluted with a lot of fluff, and immediately shouted coldly.

The five men exchanged glances and hesitated for a moment.

Finally, the spokesperson, who didn't even deserve a name, stammered, "The president has found out that we stole the magic stones from Vice President Rivers."

After saying this, the spokesperson loudly proclaimed, "Boss, although someone secretly suggested we come to you, please believe in our sincere intentions!"

"Sorry, I don't take on underlings, nor do I have the ability to do so."

Link coldly refused.

He bypassed the five men, went straight into the dormitory, and slammed the door shut.

The five gentlemen were turned away.

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