Wizard: I'm leveling up by AFK in another world

Five Flower Island is a flying island that travels between the material world and the spiritual world. It is named after the five wizard towers on the island that are named after flowers.

Thanks to the characteristics of the spirit world, the island's wizards can easily open spacetime passages to the material world along the way.

These darlings of the spirit world, like space pirates, colonize and plunder wherever they go, showing no mercy.

Once the flying island was far away and the space-time tunnel connecting to the other world was on the verge of collapse, the wizards packed up and left without leaving a trace.

The Blue Ocean Realm was the unfortunate world that was targeted by these pirates ten years ago.

With a maximum level of only three, it was unable to mount any effective resistance and quickly became a colony of wizards.

This is a small world mostly covered by seawater, where rich mineral resources are buried beneath the seabed ruled by the Sea Clan Empire.

A commotion came from ahead.

Claire looked up from the guidebook and saw a magnificent starship, as grand as a dragon, suddenly appear in mid-air, eliciting gasps from the crowd below.

He tightened his backpack on his back and was about to follow the flow of people into the security checkpoint when an anxious voice called out to him:

"Claire? Wait, friend!"

Claire turned her head and saw a familiar face.

That was Matthew, his classmate who served in the same cohort.

At this moment, Matthew's eyes were sunken, his pupils were bloodshot, and he appeared unusually excited.

He leaned closer, grinning broadly, "Claire, you're just a little bit away from promotion, aren't you? Listen, I have a way."

He paused, looked around for a moment, and lowered his voice, saying, "The Silver Moon Merchant Guild is having a promotion right now. If you borrow money, you can buy discounted psychic potions from them. If you borrow together, you get even more discounts. As long as you and I..."

"Thank you for your kind offer, but I decline," Claire politely interrupted him.

Matthew's smile froze.

"Are you crazy? Without the psychic potion, how are you going to pass the assessment in three months with your seventh-grade talent?" He gripped Claire's shoulder nervously. "Are you going to give up? You've worked so hard for so long, just one last step away!"

Claire brushed his hand aside and revealed the temporary exploration pass in her hand.

Matthew was taken aback for a moment, then let out a mocking laugh: "The Blue Ocean Realm? Don't think I'm ignorant. It's very turbulent there right now; the apprentice mortality rate has reached 60% in the last six months!"

"You're just a penniless and powerless novice apprentice. Who can you find to explore with? Even mid-level apprentices might not dare to act alone there. Are you going to be a snack for the merfolk?"

Those around noticed the argument and, after seeing the novice apprentice badge on Claire's robes, cast intrigued glances at her.

The Blue Ocean Realm, one of the smaller worlds newly colonized by the Crimson Tower, boasts abundant resources and was once a top choice for many apprentices.

In the past six months, the murlocs suddenly rebelled, but the Crimson Tower was caught up in a war with a large world and had no time to deal with it.

The task of suppressing the rebellion was then assigned to the lower-ranking wizards.

Various factions holding exploration and development rights, including the Joint Development Agency, have significantly lowered the entry price for the Blue Ocean Realm to attract more wizards.

Judging from Claire's honest appearance, she's probably a clueless newbie with no savings. Seeing the heavily discounted voucher, she thinks it's a gift from fate.

Claire remained calm, sensing the gazes around her.

"At least, I won't pledge my soul to those heartless monsters." He waved his hand and walked away without looking back. "Goodbye, Matthew. Best of luck."

"You idiot! You'll die without a trace!" Matthew dropped his pretense and roared hysterically.

Only his back was there to him.

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Claire stepped off the gangway and was greeted by a gust of moist sea breeze carrying a strong, fishy smell.

After the dizziness from traveling through the time tunnel subsided slightly, his vision was awestruck by the magnificent sight before him.

That was the colonial capital, Whale City, a city floating on the sea, with an anti-gravity array covering the entire city making it as stable as Mount Tai amidst towering waves.

A pale purple star hung in the sky, its light spilling onto the shimmering sea, creating an eerie yet magnificent hue.

The port was filled with hurried wizard apprentices and merman slaves with huge iron chains around their throats.

These native creatures have blue scales and exposed gills, and their eyes are filled with flames of hatred.

The blueprints initially generated by the panel were based on these creatures.

According to the guidebook, although they have developed intelligence, they still retain their wild nature.

This means that they cannot manipulate magic purely through mental power like humans, but rather, like magical beasts, their bloodline or physical structure plays a major role.

Therefore, even though the fishman clone contained Claire's soul, it was unable to properly practice the basic meditation techniques.

In fact, a similar phenomenon exists among wizards, namely bloodline wizards.

These wizards were not pure human blood even when they were still human.

Just like the element of water to the Blue Ocean Fishmen, they already possess a natural affinity for one or even multiple elements before illuminating the sea of ​​spirit.

Based on this, practicing meditation techniques specific to one's element can resolve the problems caused by one's wild bloodline.

The problem is that Claire, as a pure-blooded human, was only assigned the basic, general meditation techniques when she served.

With my current net worth of sixteen magic stones, it's a pipe dream to think I can buy a water-based meditation technique that costs at least several hundred.

"I'm poor," Claire sighed.

After enjoying the port's specialty fish rice, Claire used the map in the guidebook to find the Explorers' Guild in the city.

In a mature colony, compared to the major institutions or companies that have moved in, the guilds that have already completed their historical mission are basically just empty shells, like symbols.

This place is a gathering place for low-level explorers hoping to try their luck, and of course, an endless stream of drunkards.

Pushing open the door, the lobby was noisy and chaotic, with a huge notice board covered with a dense array of task sheets.

Many people stopped to watch, but very few actually went up to take the order.

By this time, there was very little "profit" left for the Explorers' Guild; most of it consisted of dirty work that required a lot of effort but yielded few good results.

The recent rebellion of the fishmen has given various companies a reason to cut taxes, and the decline in city hall revenue has further exacerbated this situation.

Moreover, this will be a vicious cycle.

Claire also lingered in front of the notice board for a long time before finally peeling off a piece of parchment that was about to be covered up in the corner: a dirty creature cleaning underground drains.

"This?" The wizard apprentice behind the counter glanced lazily at Claire. "You'll work for a week, and the pay is only two magic stones."

"It's my first time here, so I'd like to give it a try first," Claire said with a fawning smile.

The wizard apprentice said nothing more. After writing a few strokes on the parchment in his hand, he tossed a dark wooden plaque to Claire without looking up.

"You have a guidebook, right? Keep walking downhill, and if anyone stops you, just show them your sign... It's very dark down there, so be careful!"