Three days had passed, and Ivan had used the third Magic Stone Water, his ntal power reaching 3.0 graduated degrees, which was the limit for a 1st Class apprentice.
"Indeed, there is an invisible barrier between 1st Class and 2nd Class—the checkpoint between levels, stronger than the previous one."
According to the information passed down by his ntor, the first two checkpoints were minor ones, relatively easy to break through; on the other hand, the checkpoint from 2nd to 3rd Class was significantly more challenging, which he needn’t worry about for the ti being.
He revisited the information in his mind and had his calculations ready.
ditation runes and spiritual power complented each other; higher spiritual power made it easier to delineate corresponding runes. Conversely, if the spiritual power hadn’t reached a certain level, even a master of ditation runes couldn’t delineate them all at once.
Ivan’s spiritual power had reached the limit of a 1st Class apprentice, corresponding to the first 10 ditation runes of the "Ode to Spring Trees." A day later, he delineated the tenth ditation rune in his mind.
[ditation Skill Experience Points 2]
[ditation Skill: Lv1(11/100)]
[Runes Skill Experience Points 1]
[Runes Skill: Lv1(1/100)]
Having leveled up to Level 1 in Runes Skill, he beca exceptionally proficient with the newly grasped ditation runes under the influence of the Small Light of Wisdom.
He easily delineated the first 10 ditation runes in his mind at once. This ti, he did not break through the barrier between levels, which he had anticipated, as the eleventh ditation rune needed to be deciphered first.
However, the eleventh ditation rune was noticeably more difficult; it corresponded to 0.3 graduated degrees of spiritual power, whereas the previous ones were only 0.2.
"Two Level 1s, one Level 2, and two Level 3s—it’s ti they ca into play again."
Looking at all the Lights of Wisdom displayed on the light mbrane, Ivan was like a seasoned farr viewing the crops in his field, wearing a gratified smile.
The next day, he attempted to decipher the eleventh ditation rune by himself. Initially, he estimated it would take nearly a month; only then did he realize the difficulty of delineating ditation runes had reached such a level.
At this rate of decoding, a 2nd Class apprentice corresponds to 10 ditation runes, with each subsequent rune more difficult than the preceding one. Compared to the first 10 runes, he estimated it could take up to three years to reach the upper limit of 2nd Class, while 3rd Class involved 20 ditation runes.
Thinking of the Magic Stone Water, he pondered thoughtfully.
In the following two days, he first used a Level 1 Light of Wisdom, settling for most of the day; the next day, he used another Level 1 Light of Wisdom to delineate the eleventh ditation rune.
[ditation Skill Experience Points 10]
[ditation Skill: Lv1(21/100)]
[Runes Skill Experience Points 2]
[Runes Skill: Lv1(3/100)]
"Not worth it."
Ivan summarized his actions of the past two days, feeling sowhat wasteful.
If it weren’t for the unknown dangers on the island, if it hadn’t been over a month since he landed, he surely wouldn’t have spent the Lights of Wisdom in such a manner.
On the light mbrane, the experience points had quintupled, consistent with the difficulty of the ditation runes.
After resting a few hours, he once again delineated all 11 runes in his mind; the mbrane of light within lightly trembled, shattering the barrier, and the invisible shackles on his spiritual power vanished without a trace.
As before, a substantial influx of energy particles in varying shades—predominantly green with a few blue and red ones—flowed into his body, giving him a unique sense of comfort and subtly enhancing his constitution.
Strength: 3.0, Agility: 3.6, Constitution: 3.7, Spirit: 3.2
Afterward, light mbranes appeared in Ivan’s vision; indeed, it was not his misconception—his spirit had broken free and increased by 0.2 graduated degrees, his body also becoming stronger, with a 0.1 increase in agility and 0.3 in constitution.
He, Ivan Marichardon, beca a 2nd Class sorcerer apprentice.
Compared to before, he had a clearer sense of the energy particles, no wonder 2nd Class apprentices could learn spells.
"Tomorrow, I’ll find the ntor to learn spells, no idea what types." Discover stories at .Côm
Setting aside his concerns, Toyennes was undeniably a good ntor, he had no intentions of playing dumb to catch the clever, impractical as it was. Moreover, sorcerers might have so ans of investigation, no need to look for trouble.
...
That night.
There was no moon or starlight on the castle in the night, save for a few scattered lights, everywhere else was pitch black.
"Who’s there? Co out."
An irate shout abruptly broke the silence of the castle; it was Eckerz, the experienced apprentice, apparently enraged by soone.
The castle on the island was isolated from the world, similar in ways to a prison, rare was an occurrence as unusual as this, and many opened their doors to peer from the balustrades at the front of their quarters.
After the growth of ntal power, many aspects of the body had substantially strengthened, such as mory, acuity, reaction ti, vision, etc., it was pitch black in front, but to a 1st Class apprentice’s eyes, it was no different than having bright moonlight.
The castle was situated on a hillside, Eckerz and their quarters were almost at the sa height, but they were on the left, Eckerz on the right, standing outside, they could see each other’s quarters.
"Billerie! Pearney! I know it’s one of you, co out."
"Co out, or else don’t bla for going after your Harley and Hobson families."
At that mont, Eckerz was outside, raging, evidently provoked beyond care.
On the left side, the young n looked at each other, uncertain of Eckerz’s madness.
Although Eckerz was more revered than them and ate in the sa dining hall, he had servants specifically to serve him als, and they rarely interacted. So servants privately revealed that Eckerz was always unpredictable.
"Eckerz, what are you yelling about!" the little green winged snake appeared and scolded Eckerz.
"Lahr, you’re just in ti. A thief stole my things—herbs, potions, magic stones, magicalized items are all gone. Besides those two traitors on the island, I can’t think of anyone else capable of this," Eckerz still couldn’t contain his anger as his possessions had been swiped in one stroke.
Upon hearing this, the little green winged snake was so stunned that it montarily forgot to flap its wings.
It was aware, despite the few guards in the castle, Sorcerer Toyennes had long ago set up warning and protective asures; no one could break in without alerting Sorcerer Toyennes.
"Are you sure?"
"Just go inside and see for yourself."
"No need to look, it can’t be Billerie and Pearney, they don’t have such skills. No, I must go back and report this to Sorcerer Toyennes."
After confirming multiple tis and seeing Eckerz was telling the truth, the little green winged snake could no longer stay put and hurried back to report.
Eckerz sobered up, realizing the castle was safeguarded by Toyennes with a runes array, it likely wasn’t those two, now he had no one to scold, he was fuming with no place to vent.
On the other side, seeing that the situation was amiss, worried they’d be targeted by Eckerz, the young n had already quietly slipped back to their rooms.
When Ivan heard that Eckerz had been robbed, he had already returned to his own dorm.
"Could it be that thing?"
Stealing in mind, he recalled the thief who had swiped his Ocean Blue Potion all in one stroke on Dark Lahr, that exceedingly strange severed arm.
He rembered that night, he only realized he was robbed after the fact, only because he practiced Bat’s Eyes with exceptional hearing, otherwise he might have discovered nothing. If it was as he guessed, that severed arm must have grown significantly, even Eckerz had fallen victim to it.
The island was becoming increasingly unsafe.
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