Sixth Ring Wizard

Chapter 44 Flash

At the mission window in the mission hall, Andrew watched Hrag's departing figure and muttered, "Are Sleeping Mushrooms so easy to dig up lately? But besides him, there's hardly anyone else doing Sleeping Mushroom missions. Strange."

He took out the runestone, opened McCann's chat window, and asked, "I haven't seen you submit any Sleeping Mushrooms for several days. How have you been lately?"

McCann was an experienced Sleeping Mushroom hunter who frequently came to Andrew's place to exchange Sleeping Mushrooms for Magic Stones, so the two became quite familiar with each other.

"Stop talking about it. Where did all those damn sleeping mushrooms go these past few days? I still haven't collected ten." McCann complained with a gloomy face.

"Really? Someone I know recently submitted a total of ninety Sleeping Mushrooms. I thought it was so easy to dig them up lately, and I'm even thinking of giving it a try myself," Andrew exclaimed in surprise.

"Ninety? How is that possible!" McCann's first reaction was disbelief.

He'd been digging for sleeping mushrooms for a while now, and he'd never seen anyone dig up so many.

Seeing his disbelief, Andrew continued, "It's true, he's a first-class wizard apprentice who just joined the Woodlands not long ago. He submitted fifty Sleeping Mushrooms four days ago, and forty more today. You hang out in Moonglade often, you might even know him."

"What's his name?" McCann asked.

"Hellag, do you know him?" Andrew asked casually.

When McCann saw the name, it felt both familiar and unfamiliar. Then he suddenly slapped his thigh: "Isn't that the loner?!"

"No wonder he wasn't paying much attention to us. Looks like he has some special method for digging up sleeping mushrooms. No wonder we haven't harvested much these past few days; it seems this kid has dug them all up." McKen felt a surge of resentment as he thought about how all his hard work these past few days had yielded nothing.

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"We currently have a total of eight magic stones, which is enough for now. We need to convert these into real-time combat power."

Herag activated the runestone and contacted Larry: "Mr. Larry, how much are your Ice Shield and Mana Shield?"

He planned to learn all three shield spells and create a turtle-shell tactic.

"These two are a bit cheaper, both costing two magic stones," Larry replied.

"I'm going to buy them all. Mr. Larry, do you have any recommendations for attack spells?" Herag asked.

"You bought them all? Oh, right. The Dark Energy Shield is indeed a bit difficult for you. It's not a bad idea to learn these two instead." Larry thought that Herag couldn't learn the Dark Energy Shield.

He continued, "I have too many level zero spells here. Some are offensive, and some are control and support spells. That's about it."

"Earth Spike, Bone Spike, Small Fireball, Frost Arrow, Ice Cone, Magic Perception, Teleport, Stun, Earth Bind..."

Larry sent over a long list of level 0 spell names, leaving Horrag bewildered.

The first few spells were common offensive spells, but many of the later spells were ones that Horag had never even heard of.

He asked, "Mr. Larry, what kind of effect does Magic Perception have?"

"Magic perception can spread your magic power to a certain range around your body, forming a circle. You can sense everything that happens within this range. The stronger your mental power, the larger this circle will be. It's a pretty practical spell, and it's very effective in actual combat. I would recommend you learn it," Larry explained.

"The effect is good, but I have the more powerful Deep Blue, so this seems a bit useless." Herag thought to himself, Deep Blue's range has now reached 250 meters.

Magic can be limited in many ways, but Deep Blue's detection is very difficult to limit.

"What is the effect of the Blink spell?" Herag continued to look at the spells behind him.

"This spell is also quite good. It's one of the few spatial spells among level zero spells, allowing you to teleport within a small area. However, this spell consumes a lot of mana, so a first-class wizard apprentice like you might only be able to cast it once per battle," Larry explained.

Herag's eyes lit up: "This spell is pretty good! It'll be very useful in a pinch."

He then asked, "Mr. Larry, how much does Flash cost?"

"This one is a bit more expensive, three magic stones."

"Then I'll take all seven magic stones, including Blink, Ice Shield, and Mana Shield." With a wave of his hand, Herag was left with only one magic stone.

Larry joked, "You're pretty rich, kid."

He didn't ask Herag where he got so many magic stones.

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In Building 5, Area C, Herag was holding three thick books and a notebook.

The note is for the Blink spell; Larry doesn't have notes for the other two spells.

"These spells will keep you busy studying for a long time," Larry said, taking a sip of coffee.

Herag, holding the book, said, "Yes, I will study it carefully when I get back."

Larry suddenly remembered something, put down his coffee cup, and said, "Oh, right, I'm going to start a potion course soon. You can sign up and listen. Once you advance to second-class apprentice, you'll also need to brew the Dawn Potion."

"Dawn Potion?" Herag had only a basic understanding of it, knowing that a potion was needed to advance to the second-class apprentice level after reaching the required mental strength, but he had not learned anything about it in detail, and he was still quite far from advancing.

"Dawn Elixir can help you advance to the second-class apprentice level. With your aptitude, you should be able to advance easily with Dawn Elixir. However, you need to buy the raw materials to make Dawn Elixir yourself, or buy the materials and entrust someone else to make it," Larry explained.

"How much are the materials?" Herag asked.

"One batch costs around forty magic stones. If you're commissioning a formal wizard like me to refine it, you'll need to prepare at least two sets of materials, and the service fee starts at thirty magic stones. If you succeed on the first try, the materials are non-refundable and considered as payment for the commission. Even if you fail twice, you can't get your service fee back; that's the rule."

Larry continued, "However, potion making is a fundamental skill for a wizard. You'll definitely need to master this skill in the future; you can't always ask someone else to make potions for you. So, it's best to enroll in the potion making course later."

Herag, holding the books, found it difficult to bow properly, so he stored them away in his spatial ring and then thanked him, saying, "Understood, thank you for your guidance, Mr. Larry."

"Your spatial ring is quite nice. I didn't expect a first-class wizard apprentice like you to have something like this." Larry had noticed it before but hadn't mentioned it, so he just casually said it now.

"This was a gift from a friend, Lillian from Augustus Academy," Herag said.

He only learned after arriving in Moonglade that spatial rings were very rare and valuable even there, and most wizard apprentices couldn't afford them.

"I owe a lot of favors." Herag thought for a moment. He didn't have anything to repay Lillian with right now, so he'd think about it later.

(End of this chapter)