Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 66 Shopping Ideas and Setbacks

What will I do if I have money?

Of course, we'll buy, buy, buy!

Back in his dorm, Link retrieved the magic stones from his mailbox and hid most of them in his study.

He didn't linger in the dormitory any longer, and immediately headed towards the student service building with dozens of magic stones in his pocket.

I've had my eye on a casual outfit and a formal outfit for a while now, including a jacket and trousers, and I'm taking them with me.

Casual and formal wear are rune items, belonging to sets, and their defensive effect is close to the peak of the defense ability of 0-ring defense-type sorcery.

The effect is outstanding, but the price is not cheap; the two-piece set cost a total of thirty-six magic stones.

At this point, the defensive system constructed from the magical artifacts and runic items on Link's body was basically complete.

In addition to the various uses of the Water Shield spell, Link's defensive capabilities are second to none among wizard apprentices.

Below the level of a formal wizard, only a few top-tier third-class wizard apprentices possess the ability to break through Link's defenses.

Let's not even talk about how he's been running rampant in the South Campus of the Junior Academy; that would be too arrogant.

Setting such a flag can easily lead to disaster.

But Link wouldn't back down against any of the Stormsea's new recruits, including third or fourth-year students.

With basic personal safety guaranteed, let's just do it, who's afraid of who?

Jasmine, on the other hand, showed Link what it means to follow the trend.

A level 1 witchcraft top for women, similar in style to the vest Link is wearing, priced at 35 magic stones.

With a wave of his hand, he bought it!

Buy the same women's casual and formal wear!

Buy the same women's cape!

The same model but a completely upgraded version of the Spellbreaker Crossbow, buy it!

Self-destructing fire grenades, magic-suppressing net guns, and incendiary bombs—buy

In short, there's one principle: as long as Link has carefully selected the magical artifacts and rune items, Jasmine will blindly follow suit.

Including the 1st-ring level wizard glasses that Link wears on his nose, isn't that just 2 "credits"?

Jasmine generously spent all two "credits" she had just been assigned.

This person is determined to use themselves as a mere accessory, tightly binding themselves to Link.

Link watched, somewhat speechless, but did not stop it.

So be it.

Back in his dormitory after leaving the student services building, Link reviewed his eight level 0 spells and realized he was missing one or two offensive spells.

The water and wood elemental spells at the sorcery trading center were rather weak in terms of offensive capabilities, and none of them were particularly to Link's liking.

Link believed that the academy definitely had powerful attack-type level 0 sorcery, but it just hadn't made it available for the apprentices to exchange for.

The college has its reasons for doing this.

Possessing a sharp weapon, the desire to kill is naturally ignited.

Teenagers aged 12 to 16, whose minds are not yet mature and whose values ​​are not yet fully formed, are naturally prone to conflicts and disputes.

It's common for them to get into fights over a single disagreement.

If the new bloodline masters powerful offensive level 0 sorcery, wouldn't that just increase the rate of bloodshed and even firefights that result in casualties?

What?

You mean witchcraft artifacts and runic items?

Among the new blood from the Storm Sea, how many can earn magic stones like Link and arm themselves so madly?

The magic stones they brought with them simply couldn't support such spending.

Take Jasmine as an example. She is the only daughter of a baron family, and she only has one rune item, a throwing knife, and ten standard level one magic stones.

Even if the new nobles from families with a higher social standing than Jasmine are somewhat wealthy, they won't be that rich.

Moreover, the academy does not sell offensive magical artifacts; the offensive rune items available for sale are mostly consumables.

Once used, it's gone and extremely difficult to replenish, so new blood will naturally cherish it and won't abuse it.

By combining several measures, along with the deployment of intelligent law enforcement robots throughout the campus, the college has effectively suppressed the incidence of bloody conflicts on campus at their source.

This has led to Link's current predicament.

I have magic stones, but not the sorcery model scroll I want to exchange for.

Link couldn't help but have the idea of ​​going to bookstores, scroll shops, or even the black market to look for scrolls of witchcraft models.

Where there are people, there is a world of intrigue; where there is intrigue, there is a black market.

Various shady activities, such as selling stolen goods, buying intelligence, and commissioning murders, occur numerous times every day on the black market.

It is said that the black market often sells powerful magic model scrolls that are not recorded in the academy's information system.

The academy is located in the Rivosos district of the Tudor region on the west coast of the main continent.

After leaving the academy, take a "bus" or "rail transit train" for about 10 minutes to reach the only major city in the Rivosos region, Rivosos City.

The city of Rivoss has five districts: East, South, West, North, and Central.

The western area has two airports, three rail transit stations, three passenger stations, and six freight stations, making it the logistics hub of Rivos City.

The black market exists in the West District.

This information can be found on the college's "forum".

The college's attitude is clear.

On campus, the academy will do its best to ensure the personal safety of its students, but if students go off campus and do dangerous things, the academy will not forcibly intervene.

After all, even if an apprentice dies outside the school, as long as the body is not completely destroyed, the academy has various ways to recoup the resources invested.

As for Rivosos City, as its name suggests, it belongs to the Academy, or rather, to the Great Sage Rivo and the Great Sage Soth. How many people would dare to violate the unspoken rules set by the Academy?

Although many apprentices die in the West End every year, their bodies are rarely destroyed and are eventually recovered by the College.

Link's strength suddenly increased significantly, and his heart became wild; he actually wanted to go and explore the black market.

Is that a place you can just wander around in?

"I got carried away, I really did get carried away!"

Link reflected on his actions in time and used "Brain Lockdown" to suppress his somewhat smug attitude.

Even if you want to find something off campus, there's no need to rush, and certainly no need to head straight for the black market.

There are only four weeks left in the fall semester.

Let's wait until after the final exams and during the holidays, and then we'll get everything ready.

Having made up his mind, Link stopped daydreaming and settled into deep meditation.

……

After stabilizing his mindset, Link continued his daily life of studying, practicing, experimenting, and meditating—a monotonous but disciplined routine.

Everything else is fine, even if the online attacks on the "forum" have resurfaced and caused another uproar.

The only thing that bothered Link was that his research had run into trouble.

There are no problems with seed germination, cultivation, and leaf extraction.

Routine laboratory procedures, with the aid of some witchcraft.

However, determining which component in the extract is responsible for its calming and soothing effect, how to enhance this effect, and how to develop a mature product are all crucial steps.

These parts, which involve pharmacology, drug development and manufacturing, gave Link a real headache.

He had little exposure to related knowledge in his previous life and lacked references.

Currently, only the course "Botany" briefly touches on pharmacology and pharmacology.

The courses "Pharmacology", "Pharmaceutics Principles and Research and Development", and "Alchemy Pharmaceutics" will not be offered until the fall semester of the third year.

In other words, Link's strategic shift inadvertently led him too far astray.

We can't even manage to cross the river by feeling for stones.

(End of this chapter)