Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 75 Seduction

Link plans to ambush Harold Andrews.

Spider's End Alley was the ambush location that Link specifically chose.

This place isn't too far from the black market; the street thugs should be able to lure Harold Andrews here.

Don't be fooled by how easily Link deals with the street thugs; they might not seem like pushovers.

It wasn't that the street thugs were weak; rather, Link was already considered one of the strongest among the first-tier wizard apprentices.

Aside from magical artifacts and runic items, apart from top-tier third-class apprentices who are about to become full-fledged wizards, even senior third-class wizard apprentices in their fourth year would only lose or die if they fought Link.

In a contest of level 0 sorcery, the first thing to consider is the casting time, and the second is the effect of the spell.

Whoever can cast the spell faster, and whoever can master the more powerful and effective spells, has a greater chance of winning.

Link can not only cast spells faster, but also cast several spells at the same time.

In order not to affect his studies and life, Link only keeps two spells in a "pending activation" state on weekdays.

With battle about to begin, the more spells to be "activated," the better.

When Link unleashes his power, he becomes a walking, humanoid machine gun of sorcery.

Only when you include the magical artifacts and runic items did Link find a weakness.

He also lacks powerful offensive magical artifacts.

The defensive system built around the level 1 wizard artifacts—glasses and vest—and a few rune items is becoming outdated and needs to be upgraded.

Harold Andrews—not that Link underestimated him, but he was certainly still at the level of a first-class wizard apprentice.

According to Link's observation, the five street thugs were all second-class wizard apprentices, and dealing with Harold Andrews would be no problem for them.

Link arrived at Spider's End Alley ahead of time and hid there.

He wasn't worried at all that the street thugs would take the magic stone and run away without doing anything.

What are the people who live on the streets most afraid of?

They are those scoundrels who are supposed to be civilized.

Wearing gold-rimmed glasses, with a friendly smile on his face, he says he means no harm, and then casually kills you.

Combining the latest map of the West District with the information in my mind,

Link was certain that Spider's End Alley, a small area of ​​ruins nearby, was currently unsecured and devoid of surveillance cameras or intelligent law enforcement bots.

The gang that originally occupied Spider's End Alley was eradicated by the college's law enforcement department a few months ago.

Well……

The idiot who dared to sell the sorcerer's device, which could block the signals of the intelligent law enforcement puppet, into the academy was a member of this unfortunate gang.

Before long, Link saw in the distance that street thugs were escorting Harold Andrews to the nearby ruins.

"How much longer? Have we arrived yet? If we haven't, then I'm not going!"

Harold Andrews, who had been frequenting the black market lately to get a feel for the street atmosphere in the West End, was starting to get a little scared as he saw Harold Andrews getting increasingly out of control.

He stopped, quickly took a few steps back, and moved away from the encirclement of the street thugs, shouting warily.

The Swift Boots on his feet were activated, and his right hand reached for his waist, ready to attack, defend, or escape at any time, depending on the situation.

Just a quarter of an hour ago, he had just left the black market when these street thugs he had met before approached him, saying they had some good stuff they wanted to sell and asking if he was interested.

Harold Andrews knew that the West End had many street thugs who stole, robbed, dug through ruins, or dug up corpses, and often got their hands on some good stuff.

But street thugs don't have the capital to set up stalls on the black market, and they're unwilling to sell to stall owners or gangsters at low prices, so they wander around the black market looking for people to sell to.

Harold Andrews once bought a good item from another group of street thugs.

That tool is great for long-distance covert photography; it's extremely discreet and hard to detect. Aside from the slightly blurry image quality, it has no other drawbacks.

Harold Andrews used this tool to secretly photograph the despicable Link Grand and the annoying Molly Kidman several times, spreading rumors and stirring up trouble on the "forum," and was never caught.

Today, Harold Andrews bought several rune items on the black market, and has almost spent all the magic stones he brought from home and the magic stones he has accumulated through various means since enrolling in school.

Suddenly, upon hearing of a chance to snag a bargain, Harold Andrews, who was short of money but desperately needed to equip himself, certainly didn't want to miss it.

So he followed the street thugs to this ruin.

But the further they strayed from the right path, the more suspicious Harold Andrews began to wonder if these street thugs actually had any goods, or if they had tricked him into coming here with ulterior motives.

Street thugs are known for their swindling and cheating; how could they possibly be fooled by Harold Andrew?

"Brother, what are you afraid of? If we dare to do anything to you, we'll be dead in the street tonight."

The gang leader laughed and said, "We'll be there soon, it's in the alley ahead."

"Spider's End Alley?"

Harold Andrews frowned upon hearing this, somewhat disbelieving. "The gangs there have been completely wiped out. What good stuff could there possibly be?"

Clearly, he had also heard about what happened at Spider's End.

The gang leader, feigning ignorance, sneered, "Brother, you don't understand. Those gangsters love burying things underground. A few days ago, we were bored and came over for a stroll. We casually dug up a yard, and guess what we found?"

"What?"

Harold Andrews, seeing that the street thugs showed no sign of making a move, felt slightly relieved and did not leave immediately, but asked curiously.

The gang leader looked around furtively, making sure no one was around before speaking, and deliberately lowered his voice to ask, "A signal jammer, ever heard of it?"

"I've heard of it."

Harold Andrews nodded, his curiosity piqued.

A jammer is a kind of magical device that can temporarily block intelligent law enforcement puppets.

"We've found a fully functional jamming device!"

The gang leader lowered his voice again and revealed the answer.

That's true, they did find a jamming device in Spider's End Alley.

Isn't that a coincidence?

But that jamming device was sold long ago!

The gang leader's tone and expression were flawless.

Harold Andrews couldn't help but believe it.

I was tempted too.

His actions on the college's "forum," launching a media attack against Link Grand, are not something he can do at will.

Not only does it require a special AI that can anonymously contact others and log into forums, but it also requires hiding from others and intelligent law enforcement puppets.

Every time he caused trouble, Harold Andrews had to hide in the school building's restrooms.

That way, you won't have to worry about being monitored.

If he had a signal jammer, why would he have to suffer like this?

"Alright then..."

After some hesitation, Harold Andrews finally succumbed to the temptation and set off again.

The thugs seemed to consider Harold's feelings and stopped surrounding him, instead keeping their distance from him.

We're almost at the alley entrance.

(End of this chapter)