Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 82 Knowledge? Monster?

Fortunately, Monica later gave everyone a detailed explanation of the semi-immersive meditation method.

Even Thor, a newcomer who learned semi-immersive meditation on his own, gained a lot of insights from it.

He used to enter semi-immersion meditation to observe contamination and anomalies. But in Monica's explanation, semi-immersion meditation is actually a temporary means of stabilizing the mental body and urgently replenishing magical energy.

When Thor was in danger in his mentor Katz's lab, he used semi-immersive meditation to stabilize his mental body.

But afterwards, he almost used his meditation to discover alienated materials, and almost forgot its original purpose.

Thor's magic power has increased significantly compared to three months ago. Now, he can no longer quickly restore his full magic power using full immersion meditation, let alone semi-immersion meditation.

However, the advantage of semi-immersion is that it can start quickly, and its magic in restoring one's energy in a short time is actually greater than that of immersive meditation.

However, this method of meditation, which relies solely on oneself and does not utilize auxiliary tools, is not so easy to master.

It requires the apprentice to be sufficiently familiar with their meditation diagram and to be proficient in the use of mental energy.

If you simply follow the patterns in the pictures to circulate your mental energy during each meditation session, you will immediately fall into a memory maze of "it seems like this, but it doesn't seem like it" after putting down the book.

After most of the new apprentices began trying semi-immersive meditation, Monica wandered aimlessly around the classroom.

Occasionally, senior apprentices will ask some questions.

She answered some questions, and others she simply smiled and remained silent.

As Monica walked past him, Saul raised his hand and asked a question.

"Monica, are the meditation charts different for Level 1 and Level 2 apprentices? Or do we need to familiarize ourselves with different meditation charts at each stage?"

"Second-level apprentices have already learned at least one first-level sorcery. Their mental bodies are strong enough to withstand more dangerous meditation diagrams, so they can choose to change their meditation diagrams." Monica faced Thor again, her smile returning. "However, once you become third-level apprentices, you won't need meditation diagrams anymore."

"No longer needed?" Thor was taken aback, but he quickly realized, "The locator?"

Monica raised an eyebrow. "It seems you've really learned a lot of advanced knowledge. That's good, but it's also dangerous."

Monica extended a finger and gently tapped Saul's forehead.

"Snapped!"

An arc of electricity flashed.

Thor was startled and immediately dodged backward, but still felt a sharp pain on his forehead.

"If you learn too much knowledge that is beyond your current capabilities, you must be prepared to bear the corresponding risks behind that knowledge."

After saying that, Monica walked on with her hands behind her back, leaving Thor to cover his forehead and ponder alone.

Almost all senior students and mentors have mentioned that wizards will encounter unknown dangers on their journey to pursue knowledge.

At first, Thor thought that when learning complex knowledge, his brain, or rather his mind, was dizzy and overwhelmed by the complexity and profundity of the knowledge.

But now that I think about it, it seems to be more than that.

This gave him the illusion that knowledge itself was a monster.

Unfortunately, no one answered this question.

Thor pondered this question until get out of class ended, he had lunch, and he went to the second floor of the East Tower.

However, before entering the morgue, he encountered his mentor, Kaz, once again.

"Mentor?" Thor was a little surprised, as Mentor Kaz usually didn't appear this often.

He's been seeing his advisor quite frequently lately.

"As the first place in the test, you can choose a companion flower, and I'll take you there." After saying that, Kaz turned and walked away without waiting for Thor's reply.

Thor followed, completely bewildered.

The idea of ​​giving a companion flower as a reward was first proposed by senior student Luo Kai.

Since the other party was the apparent leader of the mutual aid society, Thor didn't want to have too much contact with him, so he didn't pay much attention to the companion flower.

Unexpectedly, his mentor would personally take him to choose companion flowers.

Thor followed behind his mentor Katz, taking out "Basic Knowledge of Everything" from his backpack and searching through the plant section.

Companion Flower: It can establish a blood connection with living beings and dies after bearing fruit. The fruits it produces are of many kinds, each with different effects, mainly to slightly enhance magical power and stabilize mental strength.

The brief introduction gave Sol some anticipation for the companion flower.

Increasing magic power may become a subject Thor will study forever.

Thor then found himself and his mentor, Kaz, turning into an unfamiliar passageway.

This appears to be the fifth floor of the East Tower, a warehouse area that apprentices cannot freely enter.

After Thor followed Kaz into the building, they passed the warehouse gate and continued walking. They then turned into another intersection, and as they walked, the road began to slope downwards.

This time they walked down for a long time.

Saul haphazardly stuffed the books back into his backpack and peered ahead curiously.

The gray stone bricks gradually became covered with dust, and the candlelight on both sides became increasingly sparse and old.

One of the lampstands was damaged and was dangling precariously on the wall.

This is something that has never happened before in the tower.

In his memory, the wizard tower was always clean and orderly, and there was always someone carefully taking care of everything inside.

Thor began to guess where the companion flower was.

After all, they are plants, and most of them still live in the soil.

But the land inside the Wizard's Tower is limited... Could the companion flower be outside?

Thor's heart began to race, filled with a mixture of anticipation and fear.

I'm afraid that in the end I'll only be disappointed.

But this time, life didn't disappoint him.

After descending some distance, Thor saw a large wooden gate with a metal frame, wide open.

None of the nearby candles were lit, but it was by no means dim here.

An extremely bright yet gentle light shone in from outside the door, creating a stark contrast with the pale candlelight.

Mentor Katz paused at this point, turned back to Thor, who was craning his neck to look around, and said, "Calm down, don't act like an ignorant monkey."

Thor immediately shrank back.

But his eyes were still shining.

"Mentor, should we leave the tower?"

"Don't make a fuss. Once you reach level two, you'll have plenty of opportunities to leave the tower. The reason we're not letting you leave now is because we don't want your minds to be disturbed by the outside world and you to stop studying properly."

Kaz glared at Thor, feeling that this young apprentice would embarrass him.

As he drew closer to the gate leading out of the tower, a scene flashed through Thor's mind.

That was the horrific scene I witnessed at Rum's place: scorched earth, bubbling mud, scattered corpses, and black, unidentified tentacles...

Is that the scene at the bottom of the tower? A place like purgatory.

Kaz had already disappeared behind the door. Thor took a deep breath and stepped outside.

Even if it's terrifying, it's still fascinating.

however……

A gentle breeze brushed my face, bringing with it the scent of damp grass.

Beyond the gates of the Wizard's Tower lay a flat expanse of land.

There was no pitch-black mud, only light yellow soil.

The road beneath your feet has been specially repaired and extends in all directions to facilitate people's travel.

The sky above was still a clear blue, and the distant mountains and forests were still green; nothing had transformed into a living hell in the vicinity.

Not far from the road was a garden, simply separated by a wooden fence. A small wooden house stood at the entrance to the garden, and a person could be vaguely seen sitting inside.

Through the fence, you can see the garden inside, with many colorful flower branches swaying in the wind. However, it looks somewhat messy and not like it has been carefully arranged.

A series of hoofbeats followed by the sound of wheels clattering.

Saul turned his head to look and saw a two-horse carriage speeding towards him from afar, coming along another main road.

That main road leads to the Wizard's Tower from another direction.

The carriage was quickly obscured by the high walls of the wizard's tower and disappeared behind it.

"That's the vehicle entrance," Katz explained casually when he saw Thor gazing into the distance.

Thor nodded, his gaze shifting to the surrounding scenery.

The Wizard Tower stands in a desolate wilderness, with other villages only visible in the distance, perhaps intentionally driving away ordinary people.

Although there weren't many people here, it wasn't as terrifying as in the illusion; it was just a bit desolate.

Saul couldn't help but wonder, "Was what I saw just a scare tactic by Professor Rum, or was it all my imagination?"

(End of this chapter)