Wizarding Age: I can analyze everything

Chapter 78 Taking Control of Your Destiny

Ten days later, at noon.

A two-story villa with a small yard suddenly had its second-floor window shatter with a loud bang.

Amidst the scattering of glass shards, two figures leaped out one after the other, landing in the courtyard almost simultaneously.

As soon as he landed, Peng Yan rolled to his feet and pounced on the heretic in front of him like a bear, bringing his massive sword, as wide as a door panel, down on his head.

The broad blade tore through the air with a deafening whooshing sound, and the swirling wind made one's chest tighten.

The heretic's expression changed slightly, and he quickly raised his arms, which were covered in stone armor, and crossed them in front of him to block his way.

The next second, there was a loud bang, and the sword blade struck the arms heavily!

Click!

Almost instantly, the stone armor on the heretic's arms shattered, and fragments of stone scattered like bullets.

The powerful force from the arm made the heretic's face turn pale. Before he could catch his breath, Peng Yan suddenly raised his foot and kicked him hard in the abdomen. He screamed in agony, coughed up blood, and flew backward.

Peng Yan pressed his advantage, wielding his massive sword, weighing hundreds of kilograms, with incredible speed and power, leaving the heretic utterly unable to lift his head and suffering immensely.

At this moment, Suya pushed open the door on the first floor and came out, dragging a heretic's corpse with her left hand like a dead dog.

She glanced at the situation in the courtyard, frowned, and said, "Peng Yan, hurry up and get it done. Don't keep Lord Pei Ze waiting too long."

Peng Yan responded and his attack became even more intense.

After about seven or eight breaths, the heretic finally couldn't hold on any longer. In terror, Peng Yan cleaved his head off with a single sword strike, and blood gushed out from his severed neck, staining the surrounding flowers and plants red.

Seeing that the battle was over, Su Ya threw down the corpse and quickly went to the carriage parked in front of the villa, saying respectfully, "My lord, it's all over."

"Um."

A faint sound came from inside the carriage.

Immediately afterwards, the car door opened, and Pei Ze calmly stepped out, slowly walking into the courtyard and activating the recording ring to begin absorbing soul energy.

Su Ya stood behind Pei Ze, looking at his tall and slender figure, her eyes shimmering.

Over the past ten days, they have thoroughly searched almost the entire area under their jurisdiction, much faster than originally anticipated.

And the results were also very fruitful.

To date, more than thirty heretics have been killed, including five demons.

The efficiency was beyond her imagination!

Unlike the honest and simple-minded Peng Yan, Su Ya had observed for the past few days that there was something strange about the demonic fingers on Pei Ze's hand.

Not only was the detection range significantly farther than the city guards had described, but it also seemed to be able to accurately detect the number and strength of the heretics.

Su Ya didn't know how Pei Ze did it, nor did she intend to investigate.

She was just glad that she was lucky enough to be by Pei Ze's side.

In less than half a month, she had already earned more contribution points than she had in a whole year of hard work completing academy tasks.

Among the knight cadets who participated in this operation, it's unlikely that anyone gained more than her and Peng Yan.

And all of this is thanks to Pei Ze!

Thinking of this, Su Ya's gaze toward Pei Ze became even more intense.

The more she interacted with Pei Ze, the more she could feel his strength.

Without a doubt, Pei Ze is a genius with a bright future.

If she could establish a relationship with him, it would be a great thing for both her personally and her family.

Gazing at Pei Ze's retreating figure, Su Ya secretly resolved to win his favor and become his follower.

Or, go even further!

The girl's face was slightly flushed.

At that moment, she suddenly felt grateful that she had a quarter of succubus blood in her body.

Pei Ze was unaware of the girl's ulterior motives. After absorbing the soul energy, he called for the two to leave.

The carriage soon set off again.

Leaning back in his seat, Pei Ze pondered the gains he had made over the past few days.

Since the start of the sweep operation, he has earned a total of more than two hundred merit points, less than half of what he earned on the night of the encirclement and suppression operation.

However, this was to be expected.

After all, most of the heretics were killed in the operation that night, and probably less than one-fifth survived.

He was able to identify more than thirty heretics in these days only because the area he was assigned to happened to be a residential area, a high-risk area for heretic remnants to hide in; otherwise, the harvest would have been even less.

From this perspective, he had an advantage from the very beginning in his bet with Gu Lin.

"I wonder how Gu Lin's sweeping is going?"

Pei Ze smiled inwardly.

It is worth mentioning that most of the heretics found in recent days have been handed over to Su Ya and Peng Yan to deal with.

He only made a few moves occasionally, and those were when Wu Yu was involved. He himself hardly used any spells, and almost all of his mental energy was used to accelerate the Eye of Omniscience.

Thanks to this, the 24th Will Rune has been successfully constructed.

The second rune, number 25, was also largely analyzed.

In addition, improvements to Fireball and Spell Missile have been completed.

In addition to the increased power of each individual missile and the reduced casting time, the improved spell missiles now have a massive increase in quantity, now up to twenty.

When unleashed, its power is far more ferocious than machine gun fire.

As for the Fireball spell, the improved version has relatively simple changes: the explosive power and range have been increased, and the fixed casting time has been reduced.

"The improved first-level spell, combined with the segmented casting, has reduced the casting preparation time to less than half a second."

Pei Ze nodded secretly.

The casting time is one of the decisive factors affecting a wizard's combat effectiveness.

Sometimes, a difference of half a second can determine the outcome of a battle.

Many third-level wizard apprentices need more than a second to prepare before casting a first-circle spell, which greatly limits their combat effectiveness.

Especially when facing a Grand Knight-level being, a second is enough for the opponent to sprint from a hundred meters away to your front.

Without sufficient defensive measures, a level three wizard apprentice might not even be able to defeat a junior high knight.

A wizarding apprentice who cannot cast spells has no chance of instilling fear in his enemies.

In fact, when Pei Ze casts an unmodified first-level spell, he also needs about one second of preparation time.

However, with Mist Feather responsible for restraining the enemy, he had ample time to cast spells during the battle.

"However, we cannot be complacent because of this. All spells that are frequently used in battle must be improved."

Pei Ze pondered silently, reciting in his heart:

"Omniscient, detect my current state."

【Spirit 108.23】

[Body Condition 58.72]

[Task 1: Analyze Rune #25, estimated time 45 days]

[Task 2: Improve the model of the Weakening Ray spell, estimated time 84 days]

[Task 3: Improve the Silent Illusion spell model, estimated time 82 days]

"I'm still missing 8 Willpower Runes, and my Spirit attribute is also more than 50 points short."

Pei Ze silently estimated that even if he couldn't exchange for a spot in the Realm of Truth after this operation, he could still exchange for enough Evil Illusion Potions.

At that time, the mental attribute will increase again.

Once the remaining 8 Will Runes are completed, your Spirit should reach approximately 160 points.

In a month at most, he will meet the requirements for becoming a wizard.

All that's left is to solidify the spiritual essence.

"Forging a spiritual crystallization is also a difficult hurdle."

As far as Pei Ze knew, many level three wizard apprentices were stuck at this stage.

Despite having met the required standards in both willpower runes and mental strength, they were unable to condense a spiritual crystal. Until their lifespan ended, they failed to break through to become wizards and died with endless regrets.

It can only be said that the difficulties and hardships that need to be overcome from a wizard apprentice to a wizard are beyond imagination.

To become a wizard, talent, resources, and opportunity are all indispensable.

Lacking any one of these could very well mean wasting one's entire life as a wizard apprentice.

That is why wizards are so rare and why they hold such a high position in the Astral Alliance.

"But this is already considered good."

"It is said that in the ancient Dark Ages, due to the break in the lineage and the scarcity of resources, not even one out of thousands of wizard apprentices could become a wizard. Moreover, those wizard apprentices were elites carefully selected from all over the continent."

"Even if one can advance, it takes more than ten years. Those who advance to wizard in just four or five years can be considered geniuses."

"Compared to this, the present era is much better."

Pei Ze sometimes couldn't help but think that if he had traveled to the ancient Dark Ages, even with the All-Seeing Eye, he would probably still be struggling at the first-level wizard apprentice stage.

Shaking his head, Pei Ze collected his thoughts and focused his attention back on the matter at hand.

The most important thing at this stage is to reach the standard of condensing spiritual crystals as soon as possible, and then find a way to advance to the level of a wizard.

Even though he now has Mo Weng as his teacher and is considered to have a background, he still doesn't feel secure as long as he doesn't advance to the level of a wizard.

Throughout the tens of thousands of years of wizarding civilization, geniuses have been as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, yet just as many have died prematurely.

In the wizarding world, only those who grow up to be geniuses can be called true geniuses.

No matter how talented a wizard apprentice is, as long as they haven't been promoted to wizard, they are ultimately just a nobody in the eyes of the higher-ups.

For example, if he were a legitimate wizard, would Pei Yonggao dare to instigate Huo Nan to target him so blatantly?

Ultimately, they were just taking advantage of the fact that he was just a wizard apprentice.

In this world where wizards hold a high status, only by becoming a wizard can one truly control their own destiny!

"Without becoming a wizard, one is ultimately no different from an ant."

A glint of light flashed in Pei Ze's eyes as he looked out the window.

Since the last time he forcefully changed his garrison area, Huo Nan has made no further moves, as if he had given up.

However, Pei Ze didn't think Huo Nan would really give up.

Unless Huo Nan is stupid, he knows that there is no room for reconciliation between them after that incident.

Even if Mo Weng doesn't take action later, he will definitely retaliate once he becomes a wizard.

So unless Huo Nan is stupid, he will definitely kill him before that happens.

This sweeping operation is Huo Nan's last chance.

Otherwise, once the operation is over and he returns to the Tower Academy, Huo Nan will no longer be able to extend his reach into the academy.

Pei Ze guessed that if Huo Nan was secretly plotting something, he would probably take action in the next few days.

As Pei Ze pondered, the demon's fingers in his palm suddenly heated up, interrupting his thoughts.

More traces of heretics have been discovered!

Pei Ze immediately collected his thoughts and said in a deep voice, "Turn left at the intersection ahead."

The driver did as instructed.

Su Ya and Peng Yan both showed excitement at the same time.

Another contribution point has been credited to your account!

Night fell.

The bustling streets during the day fall silent at night.

The joint operation between the City Guard and the Tower Academy was made no attempt to conceal it. Ordinary citizens knew that the North District was currently carrying out a large-scale arrest of heretics. To avoid being implicated, they obediently stayed at home at night and did not go out unless necessary.

The vast streets were deserted and deathly silent.

At first glance, the lights were scattered.

Only near the city guard's garrison was there more light.

Upon returning to his post, Pei Ze was met by Gu Lin.

The two had been busy searching for heretics these past few days, and this was their first meeting since they made their bet.

Upon seeing Pei Ze, Gu Lin's eyes lit up immediately. He approached with a smile and asked, "How's it going, Pei Ze? How many merit points have you earned lately?"

Before Pei Ze could answer, she raised her chin slightly and smiled smugly, "I already have more than 180 merit points."

Upon hearing this, Su Ya and Peng Yan, who were standing behind Pei Ze, immediately showed strange expressions and tightened their lips to prevent themselves from laughing out loud.

Pei Ze glanced at Gu Lin and said with a half-smile, "Oh, that's impressive."

Gu Lin's smile faltered slightly. She keenly sensed the sarcasm in Pei Ze's words and immediately felt a sense of foreboding. Her eyes widened as she asked, "How many merit points have you gotten?"

Pei Ze stopped teasing her and smiled, "A little over two hundred and thirty."

Gu Lin was immediately taken aback.

How is that possible?!

She used special methods to greatly improve the efficiency of searching for heretics, which is why she got more than 180 merit points. Why does Pei Ze have more than her?

Could it be that Pei Ze also has a trump card?

Gu Lin was stunned for several seconds before he came to his senses, and his face fell.

Is it possible that we're going to lose to Pei Ze again?

She didn't care much about the gem enchanting knowledge involved in the bet, and she didn't mind losing.

She was more concerned with whether she could beat Pei Ze once.

But now it seems that the same mistake will be repeated this time.

"No!"

"A difference of only forty or fifty merit points can be made by killing a single demon disciple. We absolutely cannot admit defeat like this!"

Gu Lin encouraged himself and quickly cheered up again.

She waved her fist at Pei Ze and shouted, "It's not time to decide the winner yet! You wait and see, I will definitely win the bet!"

After uttering a harsh remark, Gu Lin turned and left the camp in a hurry, preparing to search for heretics overnight.

The two knights in the same team exchanged a glance, smiled wryly, and chased after them.

Watching the three walk away, Su Ya smiled and said, "It seems that Lord Gu Lin really hopes to defeat you."

"I never realized she was so competitive before," Pei Ze chuckled and shook his head. "Unfortunately, I won't give her that chance."

He was determined to acquire the knowledge of gem enchanting.

"Go back and get some rest for the night. We'll continue the search tomorrow," Pei Ze said, turning around.

Su Ya and Peng Yan responded in unison, bowed to Pei Ze, and then turned to leave.

Pei Ze was about to go back to rest when he suddenly stopped and looked at the brightly lit building in the distance.

That's where the command post is located.

He could feel a malevolent gaze fixed on him.

Pei Ze knew without a doubt who was looking at him. He smiled sneered and turned to leave.

Inside a distant building, Huo Nan stood by the window, his face so gloomy it looked as if he were about to burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)