Mages, Adventurers, and Women

"It doesn't seem like... half an hour?"

At this moment, a student from the mage academy recognized Li Wei. He and his companions, who had previously mocked him, said he was more likely to win the magic-based professional exchange than Li Wei, and changed their tune, saying:

"I have a feeling that the Mage Academy's chances are in jeopardy this year..."

"I dare not say anything else, but Li Wei's probability of winning the exchange meeting is greater than your probability of being a legendary mage."

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The first floor of the Dharma Masters Association.

Someone has brought up the latest rankings for the Goblin Group of the Adventurers' Guild on Golden Island at the beginning of the month.

This caused everyone on the first floor to fall silent.

Multiple thoughts lingered in everyone's minds, intertwined.

"Who is Li Wei? He killed the entire Silver Sword squad?!"

"Bare-handedly breaking the elemental tilt and Freys's super fireball?"

"This guy's a mage?!"

"The Silver Sword squad badge I bought has turned into some kind of worthless junk called a dwarf beard?!"

"Also, where did Yulia's squad come from?!"

From the corner, someone murmured:

"Could the Levi on the third floor who's deciphering the cryptic character records be the same Levi from Yulia's team?"

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Chapter 88: Golden Dragon Level [Update frequency resumed at 18:33 on August 8.12th; this chapter is an extra chapter, please vote with monthly tickets!]

"Vivian: 2068 points."

"Li Wei: 453 points."

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"Li Wei: 623 points."

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"Li Wei: 1028 points."

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"Li Wei: 1836 points."

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"Li Wei: 2069 points."

"Vivian: 2068 points."

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Li Wei stopped here.

If Vivian hadn't brought up his competitive spirit...

He wouldn't deconstruct the three more scrolls of arcane characters.

The inheritance of lightning, ice, and wind spells, plus three rare Tier 1 spells: Elemental Slant, Spirit Shield, and Lightning Strike, all for only 2050 points.

Deconstructing arcane characters does not grant any increase in [Knowledge] or [Exploration]. It is simply knowledge that Li Wei has accumulated. Taking it out and organizing it will only earn him points in the Mage Guild, and will not serve any other purpose.

Li Wei had consulted the Mage Association's Tier 1 Exchange Manual.

Aside from the three magic inheritances and three rare Tier 1 spells, nothing else was of any use to him.

First time in Golden City.

Li Wei's time is very precious.

Of the 5034 miscellaneous books I took from Rolling Stone, 861 remain unread.

The library of the Mage Academy also has countless miscellaneous books, such as those by the charming and alluring Samantha, Elda, Melanie, and Orisa... who use every means to seduce Levi into bed and beg him to look through and explore them.

The third floor was packed with monks watching the spectacle.

Initially, one might be amazed by Livy's unstoppable speed of deconstruction.

Later on, everyone became numb.

Seeing Li Wei stop, someone murmured:

"How long did it take him? Two hours?"

The monk by the window glanced out and muttered:

"Almost there, the orc slave trader selling jam bread at noon hasn't arrived yet..."

"Is Li Wei really a sorcerer from a barbaric place like Rolling Stone Town? Compared to him, I feel like we're from Rolling Stone Town, while he's like a sorcerer from the Golden City."

"I mean... haven't you all realized how serious this situation is?"

"what?"

"Princess Sylvie previously deconstructed most of the simple arcane characters, and Vivian deconstructed most of the remaining simple and slightly difficult arcane character phrases. This time, Levi deconstructed the difficult and extremely difficult arcane character phrases. They've left us with a bunch of long-standing unsolved problems—where are we going to earn points from now on?"

"Damn it! I was trying to save up points to buy the Tier 1 rare spell 'Earth Armor,' but this isn't like a dwarf bending over—I'm doomed!"

"I heard that the 'Eternal Vine' potion merchant guild in the commercial district is recruiting potion testers. They're cooperating with the Mage Association, and you can get dozens of points for each test..."

"If you want to die, don't drag me down with you. The Vine of Immortality has been tested so many times, how many have you seen come out unscathed? Do you think you can even spend those points?"

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Daphne, who was by Levi's side, saw things most clearly.

In just about two hours.

Her worldview was severely impacted.

The continent of Grand has such a rich collection of allegorical stories about racial discrimination?!

I never imagined that deconstructing arcane characters would be like a thoroughly gratifying process of racial discrimination.

Daphne recalled that her sister Sylvie had shown unparalleled racist tendencies since childhood.

When Sylvie had just learned to speak, she babbled about wanting to tie up the orcs to give birth to their cubs and then sell them to other places to increase the income of the Golden Kingdom. Sylvie learned from her maid that the construction of the Golden City was thanks to the orcs' hard work. The maid praised the orcs for their honest and simple nature, which made them popular with various races and forces when they were building projects.

Daphne had never understood why Sylvie would associate this with the long-abandoned orc serf system.

She suddenly realized what was going on.

This must be an innate talent for "mystical characters".

"Your Highness Daphne, you've been following me around with something you want to talk to, haven't you?"

Li Wei glanced sideways at Daphne's large breasts, which she had hidden under her shawl, and chatted as they walked.

Daphne pulled herself out of her reverie and said seriously, "Yes."

"Okay, that's exactly what I wanted to ask you."

Li Wei withdrew his gaze, subconsciously thinking of Melanie, whose chest was equally prominent, but immediately banished Melanie from his mind.

Melanie is a level 3 priest with great power. Before sleeping with her, Levi made it clear that it was just for fun and that he wouldn't talk about feelings or responsibilities.

However, given the precedent of Elda, who was also a pastor, Levi was very suspicious that Melanie would do something even more extreme than Elda—for example, putting Elda's verbal threats into action.

Li Wei prayed that he would never meet Melanie again before leaving the Golden Island.

That woman wasn't the little elf Orisa; she was too weak to escape from Levi's grasp.

On second thought, Li Wei realized he was worrying unnecessarily.

Melanie is a citizen of the Duchy of Storms. After the incident in Rolling Stone Town, she would definitely return to the Duchy of Storms. How could she possibly come to the Golden Kingdom?

On the contrary, you have a chance to encounter Elda while doing quests in the Golden Kingdom.

"Huh? You wanted to see me?"

Daphne asked curiously.

There were too many people in the Mage's Association, and Li Wei's meeting with Daphne was a personal matter, so he couldn't go into details.

He suggested tactfully, "Shall we find a place to sit down and talk?"

Daphne replied frankly, "I'll listen to you!"

Li Wei walked towards the stairwell, while the other mages on the third floor pretended not to care but were actually watching him and Daphne closely out of the corner of their eyes.

Legend has it that the solid wood flooring of the "Big Leaf Palm Tree," which is said to have the bloodline of the "Isley" tree, creaks and groans when stepped on, and its inherent magic diffuses out, swirling around the body, making people mentally active and clear-headed, and preventing them from becoming mentally foggy from prolonged immersion in deciphering arcane characters.

Li Wei is now very clear-headed, and he has two questions for Daphne.

Sleeping with Daphne is not among them.

The inheritance of lightning, ice, and wind spells, along with the first-tier rare spells Elemental Slide, Spirit Shield, and Lightning Strike, are very important to Li Wei.

There are priorities in everything. Even when sleeping with a woman, there is a proper order of events. Li Wei plans to first acquire the most powerful lightning magic and the "Lightning Strike" spell to make up for his lack of a decisive weapon.

[Element Lv1: 51.03%] ↑8.5%

The element has unknowingly surpassed 50% progress.

Li Wei has been busy lately and has little time to focus on other things.

In any case, the elements would flow into his body on their own at all times, quietly completing the upgrade.

As a sorcerer, one should dedicate time to more important research on spells and academic studies.

If one still needs to absorb elements to advance, how is that different from non-elemental classes like barbarian warriors?

Earth-based six spells: Rock Smash, Sandstorm, Earthquake, Falling Rocks, Mud Trap, Earth Spikes;

The six necromancy spells are: Summoning, Necromancy, Bone Trap, Bone Spear, Bone Hand, and Wail of the Dead.

Li Weijun has mastered it; he has tried "insertion" fusion, but the effect is mediocre.

The only truly useful combination is the fusion of Earth Spikes and Fire Blast, which is similar to Bone Spear plus Fire Blast, possessing power equivalent to a rare spell.

Spells are not simply one plus one equals two. If their natures don't match, forcibly combining them will only result in something incongruous and fall into inferior form.

Lightning magic inheritance and lightning strikes can make up for Livi's lack of magic.

He has no shortage of points; the combined cost of inheriting lightning magic and lightning strike magic is 1500 gold coins and 20 magic crystals.

This morning, Francis sent someone to deliver the "Moon Town" quest reward: 200 gold coins.

During the journey, Yulia's team killed the leader of the Parasitic Coral and obtained a magic crystal.

During the Moon Town quest, I killed four Tier 1 Black Dragon-level monsters and creatures.

Based on his experience with the Deer Antler Demon quest, Li Wei estimates he can sell it for around 1200 gold coins.

There's no need to borrow gold coins from Sylvie; it's enough to buy two spells.

The biggest shortage is in magic crystals, which are strictly controlled in the Golden City.

Daphne is the leader of the first adventurer party in the Goblin Gang, and also the princess of the Golden City. Levi plans to ask her about some quests to earn magic crystals.

In addition, Li Wei also wanted to ask Daphne about things outside of "Golden Island".

With the absorption of the Necromantic and Earthly inheritances completed.

Li Wei's eleven-element progression has been significantly updated.

Fire, spirit, necromancy, and earth are all bright.

Lightning, wind, ice, alchemy, nature, water, and light are illuminated.

Logically speaking, he has already achieved the Great Perfection of the First-Order Golden Dragon Level/Four-Element Fusion.

It possesses the ability to defeat ordinary Tier 2 professionals.

Frey once said that the upper limit for a Tier 1 mage is the fusion of the four elements.

Sylvie said that all the mages who tried to combine five or six elements were blown to dust.