Wizarding Age: I can analyze everything

Chapter 2 The Ring of Truth

In the afternoon, the elemental science course ended.

The students walked out of the classroom in twos and threes.

"Pei Ze, how about we get something to drink?" Ye Bin suggested. "I heard that Shining Restaurant has a new drink called Green Apricot Juice. It tastes amazing and it even enhances mental strength."

Pei Ze was somewhat tempted, but after touching his wallet in his pocket, he gave up the idea.

"No, I need to go back to cultivate."

"Why work so hard?" Ye Bin pursed his lips. "Anyway, I've figured it out. I have no talent to become a wizard. When the academy reassigns students in half a month, I'll apply to transfer to the Knight Academy. If I can't be a wizard, becoming a knight is not bad either."

A knight is a warrior who has condensed the seed of life, possesses physical qualities far exceeding the limits of ordinary people, and has mastered powerful combat skills.

Although knights are not as prestigious as wizards, they are still a privileged class that rises above ordinary people. The vast majority of students who have no hope of becoming wizard apprentices will eventually choose to become knights.

Pei Ze was about to speak when he heard a commotion ahead.

"It's Shao Hong and his group!" someone whispered.

Following the gaze of the crowd, Pei Ze saw a group of young men and women dressed in gray apprentice robes walking past from dozens of meters away, their every move radiating confidence.

The people around them looked at them with undisguised envy.

Including Ye Bin, who was just clamoring to transfer to the Knight Department.

While they were still struggling to advance to the level of wizard apprentice, Shao Hong and others had already begun to learn real magic. How could this not make people envious and jealous?

Pei Ze glanced at it a few times, then calmly looked away, greeted Ye Bin, and turned to leave.

As I walked out of the academy, it was already getting dark.

All the gray stone streetlights on both sides of the street were lit up.

The yellowish light spilled onto the ground, looking like huge yellow patches, and when a pedestrian passed by, it cast a long shadow on them.

Pei Ze squinted at the streetlights, his mind wandering.

As the name suggests, a graystone lamp is a lighting device that uses graystone as its energy source. Graystone is a special mineral that contains a small amount of energy and is a byproduct of magic stone, hence it is also known as secondary magic stone.

Magic stones are expensive, and only wizards can afford them.

Therefore, the use of secondary magic stones is more widespread among the people, and they have basically become a common energy source in civilized society, with a status equivalent to oil in Pei Ze's previous life.

Whether it's streetlights or machines running in factories, they all use limestone as their power source.

It is worth mentioning that this world is somewhat similar to Europe during the Industrial Revolution, except that in many ways it is not quite the same.

For example, there are no cars or airplanes.

The most common means of transportation here is horse-drawn carriages, or various riding animals.

There are no weapons of mass destruction.

Although they had firearms, they were still at the level of muskets.

After all, there is no space or environment for the development of firearms in this world. Whether it is the magic of wizards or the battle aura of knights, they all crush ordinary firearms and cannons.

A pistol bullet that can penetrate a 3mm thick steel plate at 100 meters cannot penetrate a knight's protective aura, let alone a wizard's defensive force field.

Or rather, in this world, wizards are the most powerful weapons of mass destruction.

Pei Ze once saw a scene of a high-level wizard casting a spell on a recording crystal. A single nine-ring spell, Meteor Explosion, razed an area of ​​five kilometers to the ground, with a power comparable to the dense bombardment of more than ten Tomahawk missiles.

Those who can withstand this spell were able to withstand the overwhelming attack of air-to-ground missiles in their previous life.

It was that scene that solidified Pei Ze's resolve to become a wizard.

The fact that I've traveled through time is irreversible, and complaining won't help. Since that's the case, I might as well accept reality, work hard to cultivate and reach the pinnacle of this world, and see more wonderful scenery!

With his all-seeing eye, Pei Ze believed he would achieve his goal sooner or later!

Even if we don't aim to reach the pinnacle, but simply for a better life, we must become wizards!

Pei Ze looked up into the distance and, through the undulating building tops, could vaguely see the towering white wall reaching into the clouds.

That is the ring of truth!

A massive ring wall divides Dawn City into two major areas, an inner and an outer one.

Separated by only a wall, the living environment and level of prosperity are worlds apart.

In the inner city, even the streetlights are powered by precious magic stones.

In many people's minds, the inner city is a paradise on earth, and countless people dream of living there.

However, very few people can realize this dream.

Only three types of people are allowed to stay in the inner city.

The first type is the sorcerer who claims to have grasped the truth.

The second category consists of the sorcerer's relatives, attendants, and servants.

The third type is those who provide services to the first two types of people.

"Classes exist in every world and every era."

Pei Ze murmured to himself.

Once upon a time, it was also a part of the inner city's residents.

Two years ago, her parents died unexpectedly, and her relatives plotted to seize her inheritance, causing her to lose her right to live in the inner city. That's why she was forced to come to the outer city.

Even after two years, Pei Ze could still clearly feel the intense resentment and unwillingness of his predecessor from the memories left in his mind.

"Now that I've taken over your body, I will bear the consequences of your actions. One day I will make those guys pay the price," he thought to himself.

More than ten minutes later.

Pei Ze returned to his residence.

What came into view was a dilapidated building.

The exterior is covered with white rectangular tiles, many of which have cracks, showing signs of age and making one want to spray the word "demolish" over the exterior wall.

Pushing open the door, Pei Ze groped his way to the light switch in the dark and turned on the only gray stone lamp in the room.

The dim, yellow light instantly illuminated the entire house.

It has one bedroom, one living room, one bathroom, and one kitchen, with an area of ​​no more than 40 square meters, making it cramped and narrow.

However, having experienced renting a place as a wage slave in his previous life, Pei Ze felt that this environment was already quite good.

At least the living room and bedroom are separate, and the kitchen and bathroom are also clearly separated.

Pei Ze threw a honeycomb briquette into the stove, lit it, cooked some noodles, and quickly finished his dinner before sitting down in the living room.

"Omniscient".

He silently recited it in his heart.

The light curtain slowly unfolded like flowing water.

【Spirit 2.45】

[Body Condition 1.45]

[Task: Analysis of Rune #1 Willpower is in progress, estimated to take another 4 minutes]

Pei Ze suppressed his expectations and waited patiently.

Four minutes passed quickly, and finally a prompt came to my mind.

[Analysis of Rune #1, Willpower, complete!]

In an instant, a flood of information rushed into Pei Ze's mind, causing his head to feel swollen and his temples to throb.

It took Pei Ze quite a while to process the information in his mind before he opened his eyes, which were shining brightly.

【Spirit 3.45】

[Body Condition 1.75]

The successful construction of each Will Rune will greatly enhance mental power.

This time, his spirit increased by a full 1 point!

In the past, it would have taken at least seven or eight days of meditation to achieve this result.

In addition, physical fitness also increased by 0.3.

The mind influences the body, and the wizard's meditation method also has the effect of tempering the body, but the efficiency is far less than that of improving the mind.

Coming to his senses, Pei Ze's lips curled into a slight smile, revealing a delighted expression.

According to the wizarding world's classification of apprentice levels, the standard for a first-level wizard apprentice is to be able to successfully construct the first Will Rune and reach a Spirit Scale of 3.

In other words, he is now a genuine first-level wizard apprentice!

(End of this chapter)