Wizarding Age: I can analyze everything

Chapter 76 Huo Nan's Regret

Pei Ze.

Gu Lin appeared beside Pei Ze at some point, looking at him with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.

The girl leaned closer and whispered, "You're not really going to desert at the last minute, are you?"

It's no wonder she thought that way; Pei Ze didn't look like he had been through a fierce battle at all.

Although Pei Ze is a student of the Tower Academy, once he participates in the operation, he will be under the jurisdiction of the city guards. If he did not strictly carry out the defense mission last night, the city guards will not be lenient.

Especially since Huo Nan was still eyeing him covetously.

Before Pei Ze could answer, Su Ya couldn't help but interject, "That's not how it is, Lord Pei Ze..."

Pei Ze raised his hand to stop Su Ya from speaking, not intending to waste any more words. He strode towards the temporary registration desk not far away, took off his recording ring, placed it on the desk, and said to the staff, "Register for merit points."

The staff member snapped out of their daze and quickly took the recording ring to begin their investigation.

A few seconds later, his eyes suddenly widened, revealing an expression as if he had seen something incredibly shocking.

The group of wizard apprentices couldn't help but become very curious upon seeing this.

An apprentice who lived closer to the registration desk impatiently urged, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up!"

The staff member then realized what was happening, looked at Pei Ze with awe, quickly wrote a line on a piece of paper, and then looked up again, saying respectfully to Pei Ze, "714 merit points, registration complete."

As soon as he finished speaking, the hall fell silent.

Immediately afterwards, the crowd erupted in uproar.

714 merit points?! You didn't read that wrong, did you?

"Really? That's unbelievable!"

"How many heretics were killed?"

"Unbelievable, that's more than ten times my amount!"

Everyone stared at Pei Ze in shock, unable to recover for a moment.

Although they expressed doubt and disbelief, everyone knew in reality that the recording ring could not possibly be wrong.

Moreover, the recording ring also has the function of preserving images. Afterwards, by comparing it with the battle situation at that time, the number of merit points can be further confirmed. The person involved has no need to falsify anything.

In other words, Pei Ze did indeed kill a large number of heretics and gained more than 700 merit points!

Instantly, the way many wizard apprentices looked at Pei Ze changed.

With over 700 merit points, Pei Ze must have killed at least a dozen or twenty demonic disciples!

Moreover, it definitely includes more than one demon disciple at the peak of the Grand Knight level!

They would never have been able to do that.

This level of strength undoubtedly far surpasses that of the vast majority of people present!

Gu Lin was also stunned for a while. After regaining his senses, his gaze towards Pei Ze became extremely complicated.

"I was worried about you for nothing."

After muttering something to herself, she couldn't help but sigh again.

"I thought my two hundred merit points were pretty good, but now it seems like I'm incredibly weak."

"You're a monster!"

Su Ya, standing to the side, pursed her lips and nodded in deep agreement.

She had seen many third-level wizard apprentices at the camp these past few days, and had also observed some wizard apprentices casting spells in the square, but none of them were like Pei Ze, who at such a young age had mastered the art of casting spells silently, whose casting speed was incredibly fast, and whose spell power was even more formidable.

And it also has an incredibly powerful magical pet!

To be honest, it wouldn't be surprising if these traits appeared in a wizard.

The fact that it appeared in a sixteen-year-old third-level wizard apprentice was particularly shocking.

At this moment, the apprentices around him looked at Pei Ze as if he were some kind of incredible being.

Pei Ze didn't want to stay and be stared at like a rare animal, so he waved his hand, said "I'm going back to rest," and left gracefully.

The crackdown is not over yet; we still need to clean up the remnants of the heretics. There's no need to rush to exchange for merit points for now.

Back to the residence.

Pei Ze lifted his robe and hood, tilting his head slightly to look inside. Little Yi was sleeping soundly.

This little guy is practically using his robe and hat as his dorm room.

Pei Ze shook his head and chuckled.

He now takes Xiao Yi with him whenever he goes out, or leaves Wu Yu to accompany him, to prevent the little one from being stolen by some greedy wizard apprentices.

The little one is also very sensitive to danger, or rather, very afraid of death. Whenever a battle occurs, she will hide in Pei Ze's robe and hood beforehand. As long as the enemy cannot break through Pei Ze's defense, they cannot harm her.

Only after the battle is over will she jump out to show off and celebrate her and Pei Ze's rampage.

"babble"

Xiao Yi opened her eyes groggily, stared blankly for a few seconds, then rubbed her eyes to wake up and wobbled out of her robe and hat.

"Ee-ee."

"well."

Pei Ze responded, took out the prepared honey, poured it into a cup, and placed it on the table.

Xiao Yi cheered and flew to the table, picked up the cup, and drank heartily.

Looking at the little guy's happy expression, Pei Ze couldn't help but smile.

Pei Ze sat cross-legged on the bed, took out a book of spell models, and began scanning the pages.

Of the seven spell models I purchased, only Jump and Weakening Ray are still unmastered.

Last night's battle didn't consume much of my mental energy, so I can use it now to analyze the two spells.

As the name suggests, the jumping technique can greatly enhance the jump ability of the user.

This spell is similar in effect to the Featherfall spell.

One is typically used to counteract gravity when descending from a height, while the other is typically used to increase speed and reduce the impact of terrain when chasing enemies.

However, some wizards often use it to cast jump spells on their followers, indirectly increasing their agility and dexterity.

The Weakening Ray releases a ray that inflicts a weakening effect, reducing the strength of enemies and making them physically weak.

If the spell is powerful enough, it can even turn a great knight into a paralyzed and powerless cripple on the spot.

These two spells, one a buff and the other a debuff, are both quite useful.

For wizards, unless they reach a level where they can crush everything with sheer power, the combination of spells is extremely important.

A well-chosen combination of spells allows a wizard to defeat enemies in the most efficient and swift way during battle.

A powerful wizard must be able to choose the appropriate spell to defeat the enemy at the first moment, no matter what situation they face.

To do this, one must master a sufficient number of powerful spells.

Both quantity and quality should be taken into account.

Therefore, wizards are always on the path of pursuing knowledge.

Of course, most wizards cannot balance quantity and quality.

After all, a person's energy is limited.

When both cannot be achieved, most wizards can only give up quantity in favor of quality, specializing in a few spells.

But Pei Ze is different.

With his all-seeing eye, he only needs seven or eight days to learn a first-level spell.

When you're pushing your mental energy to its limit, you can learn a maximum of four or five first-level spells a day.

If given a month, he can learn all the first-level spells.

The reason we didn't do that is simply because it wasn't necessary.

Many of the first-level spells have overlapping functions, so Pei Ze only plans to focus on learning the ones that don't overlap, which will only add up to about twenty or thirty in total.

After all, mental energy is needed in many places nowadays, and there's no need to waste it on unnecessary spells.

With a slight thought, the spell models for the Leap and Weakening Ray were instantly formed in Pei Ze's mind, and related knowledge also flooded into the depths of his mind.

After closing his eyes and contemplating for a moment to digest the knowledge, Pei Ze opened his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Now we'll have to wait until we get back to the academy to buy new spell models."

"For now, I'll focus on building will runes and improving spells."

Suddenly, Pei Ze's expression shifted slightly. With a flick of his wrist, he manipulated wind-elemental energy particles to create a gust of wind that sent Xiao Yi, who was about to sneak out the window, tumbling over.

"babble."

Xiao Yi, having regained her balance, shouted in protest.

"Stay in your room."

Pei Ze released the mist feather, instructing it to keep a close watch on Xiao Yi, and then closed his eyes to begin his meditation for the day.

Click!

Upon hearing his subordinate's report, the crystal glass in Huo Nan's hand shattered instantly, shards mixed with wine splashing all over the ground.

However, he couldn't care less about that now; his face was ashen, and his eyes were filled with shock and anger.

Pei Ze has returned alive and well!

Damn it! How is this possible?!

Huo Nan glared at his kneeling confidant, his face grim, and said, "Speak, what exactly happened?"

"Sir, I...I don't know what happened?"

His trusted aide was drenched in cold sweat.

"Last night, we followed your instructions, pretending to be outmatched and secretly allowing a large number of heretics to break through, including twenty or thirty demonic disciples alone. Logically, Pei Ze shouldn't still be alive!"

Huo Nan's expression kept changing.

He believed his confidants wouldn't dare lie to him, since such things were easy to verify.

"Did Pei Ze really get that many merit points?" Huo Nan suddenly asked.

The confidant paused for a moment, then whispered, "The logistics department has already verified that Pei Ze's merit points are entirely in accordance with the rules."

Huo Nan remained silent.

After a moment, he said in a deep voice, "Go to the logistics department and bring me Pei Ze's recording ring."

The confidant immediately agreed and hurriedly got up to leave.

Before long, he ran back with a recording ring and respectfully handed it to Huo Nan with both hands.

Huo Nan took the ring, turned it around, pressed it to the center of his forehead, and then closed his eyes.

About four or five minutes later, he opened his eyes again, his face filled with shock and disbelief.

"Silent spellcasting. This kid actually mastered silent spellcasting during his apprenticeship!"

For the first time, Huo Nan regretted agreeing to help Pei Yonggao deal with Pei Ze.

A genius who has mastered the art of spellcasting during his apprenticeship and can single-handedly kill more than a dozen demon apprentices—once he successfully advances to the rank of wizard, one can only imagine how bright his future will be.

Offending such a future genius wizard is a terrifying thought.

Huo Nan's face immediately turned extremely ugly.

His trusted aide cautiously observed his expression and tentatively asked, "Sir, what should we do next?"

Huo Nan suddenly looked up, gave him a cold glance, and shouted, "Useless trash, get out of here!"

His confidant trembled and hurriedly scrambled away.

In the blink of an eye, Huo Nan was the only one left in the room.

His expression shifted for a long while, then he suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Now that things have come to this, I have to kill Pei Ze, otherwise he will definitely not let me go once I become a wizard!"

Huo Nan knew very well that if he failed to kill Pei Ze this time, he would lose his value in Pei Yonggao's eyes, and the latter would never waste his energy protecting him.

By then, there won't even be a need for Pei Ze to become a wizard; Mo Weng, standing behind Pei Ze, will be able to easily deal with him.

Now that things have developed to this point, he has no way out.

Either kill Pei Ze, or he gets killed!

On the second day after the siege of the stronghold, the city guards began their sweep of the remaining heretics.

Early in the morning, all the wizard apprentices and knight cadets in the camp received a message and were to assemble in the command hall.

Upon re-entering the command center, Pei Ze keenly noticed that there were significantly fewer people.

This is mainly reflected in the number of wizard apprentices.

There were originally 120 teams, which meant 120 wizard apprentices.

But now there are only a little over a hundred people left in the hall.

The dozen or so missing wizard apprentices, it is unknown whether they died in the battle that night or were injured and forced to withdraw from the operation.

If this is true even for wizard apprentices, then it goes without saying that it is true for knight cadets.

The number of people who died or were injured and forced to leave the country was at least three or four times that of the former.

However, the positions vacated after they left were quickly filled by new knight cadets, so it didn't seem like there were that many casualties.

"Junior Brother Pei Ze." Fan He walked over, a hint of amazement in his eyes as he looked at Pei Ze. "I heard that you took down more than twenty demon disciples in one night, earning over seven hundred merit points. Impressive!"

Fan He felt both envious and admiring.

Put yourself in his shoes; if he were defending zone 28, he would be a corpse by now.

After all, he couldn't possibly stop so many demonic followers.

Pei Ze not only emerged unscathed, but also gained a large number of merit points, a feat that commands respect.

The wizarding world is one where the strong are respected.

Although Fan He valued Pei Ze highly before, he treated him as an equal and did not put on airs as an older student.

But now, when he was talking to Pei Ze, his words and demeanor carried a hint of subtle respect, implying that Pei Ze was in a higher position than himself.

A short while later, Gu Lin also arrived.

The three casually chatted about the upcoming sweep operation.

"Although Abep's strongholds have been destroyed, many remnants have managed to escape."

Fan Heyou's clansmen served as officers in the city guards and also participated in this operation, so he knew more information than others.

"Fortunately, Lord Ai Yuan of the Tower Academy, along with more than ten wizard instructors, had already set up a barrier in the northern district of the outer city. Any creature tainted with demonic aura would be alerted the moment it touched the barrier, allowing the city guards stationed nearby to capture it immediately."

"In addition, the city guards also dispatched their main forces to guard all the major transportation routes. If any heretics dared to show their faces, they would be met with a head-on attack."

"Our next task should be to cooperate with the city guards to clear out the remaining heretics hiding in the northern district."

After listening to Fan He's words, Gu Lin pondered and said, "The remaining heretics are already terrified and are not a threat. However, if they are determined to hide, it will not be easy to find them."

Infidels may be bad at everything else, but they are masters of hiding.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to hide under the wizard's nose for so many years.

Fan He laughed and said, "There's no need to worry about that. The wizards will definitely find a way to locate them."

He paused, his expression turning serious, and said in a deep voice, "Furthermore, you must not let your guard down. I have heard that among the heretics who are wandering around, there is a heavy drinker."

(End of this chapter)