Early the next morning.
A knock on the door woke Lor from his ditation.
He put away the Magic Crystal in his hand and glanced at the ga panel.
[Energy points: 21, 57%]
"Earning 3.5 energy points in one night isn’t bad."
Back when he was in town, it took him a month to earn 6 energy points. Now getting 3 points in one night was a great improvent.
After tidying up the bed slightly, he put on the newly acquired Wizard Robe, stood up, and opened the door.
To his surprise, the one knocking wasn’t Kateya as he expected but a white-haired old man in a second-ring Wizard’s Robe. Lor couldn’t help but be startled and imdiately greeted him, asking:
"Wizard sir, what instructions do you have for ?"
"My na is Biggs Agular. You are now my student," Agular said with a gentle smile, though his words carried an undeniable authority.
"Yes, ntor," Lor imdiately changed his address.
Having a second-ring wizard as a ntor, Lor was quite pleased.
At the very least, he now had soone to consult when he encountered so difficulties while creating Microscope Witchcraft.
"Hmm, if you need to consult about sothing, you can contact through this Communication Ball."
Agular nodded in satisfaction and handed Lor a black tal sphere, saying, "It has a constant Earth Vein Communication Witchcraft. You can use Spiritual Power to activate it and send a ssage to ."
"Of course, before using it, you must make so progress, in any aspect, as that’s the reward for answering your questions."
The requirent he set was not harsh; compared to other wizards, it was quite lenient.
Not to ntion those Wizard Apprentices who couldn’t find a ntor at all; even if they did find one, most had to spend contribution points to ask questions.
This wasn’t surprising, as knowledge was precious, and understanding of it even more so.
"Understood, ntor," Lor quickly took the tal ball, responding promptly.
"Alright, that’s it then. I’ll be going first," Agular said, and disappeared instantly.
"I wonder if I can get so apprentice spell slots from this ntor."
Lor closed the door, returned to his bed in the bedroom, fiddling with the tal ball as he thought to himself:
"It will be difficult. In this era, second-ring wizards of Fire and Earth Elents have no predecessors; each is a pioneer, and their apprentice spell slots should be scarce."
"Unless I can present a feasible prototype of Microscope Witchcraft, there’s little hope of getting more."
Although second-ring wizards can’t directly give apprentices their spell combinations to learn, they can break them down into multiple parts for experintal assembly without any issues.
Each spell is their own creation, and breaking them apart is a piece of cake.
Therefore, their apprentice allocations are even more scarce.
"Take it slow; with so opportunities to ask questions, I can refine a prototype in at most three to five months, no rush."
Lor took a deep breath, stopped overthinking it, put away the tal ball, and retrieved the Magic Crystal to continue his ditation.
The creation of Microscope Witchcraft needed to proceed, and the cultivation of Spiritual Power and gathering of energy points couldn’t be neglected.
...
An hour later.
"Knock knock—"
There was another knocking at the door.
Lor paused his cultivation, got up, and opened the door.
This ti, it was no surprise; it was indeed Kateya.
"Lord Lor, here’s the breakfast I brought you," Kateya handed a tray to Lor.
The food on the tray was nothing new: bread, beef, vegetable soup, and fruit.
"Hmm, would you like to co in for a sit?" Lor took the tray and didn’t turn Kateya away this ti.
After all, she was already his experintal assistant and should get to know his research direction.
Two heads are better than one, and maybe she could bring so inspiration?
Of course, a necessary reminder couldn’t be forgotten.
Just when Kateya accepted the invitation with delight and entered the room, anticipating the next steps, Lor shared so good news:
"Kateya, just before you ca, ntor Agular stopped by and took in as his student."
"Oh...what?!"
Kateya was stunned for a mont, but the next second she reacted with excitent, "Congratulations, Lord Lor, Wizard Agular is a second-ring wizard!"
Although Lor’s words weren’t exactly what she anticipated, this news obviously made her happier than what she had initially thought of.
"Yes."
Lor smiled, leading her to the study as he said, "Let show you the progress of my spell creation. If you can offer any suggestions, that would be even better."
"Alright."
Hearing this, Kateya completely cald down and also guessed the purpose behind Lor’s earlier statent about becoming Agular’s apprentice.
"So cautious," she thought to herself, "But rightly so. Without this caution, I’m sure he wouldn’t have survived as the only person on the Flying Ship."
Soon, they reached the study.
Lor sat by the desk, set the tray aside, and handed parchnt to Kateya, "Take a look at these Witchcraft Models and try to guess the type of spell I’m aiming to create."
"Yes." Kateya took the parchnt and began to study it seriously.
She knew Lor was testing her abilities.
If she failed, there was little chance of being replaced, but her position in Lor’s mind would drop significantly.
About twenty minutes later, after Lor finished his al, he looked up and asked with a smile:
"So, did you figure anything out?"
"Hmm, the spell you want to create seems to be a support-type spell," Kateya replied.
"Not bad. What else?" Lor continued to ask.
"This spell is quite special; it seems to act within the Sea of Consciousness rather than externally?!" Kateya said sowhat hesitantly.
It really was because even she found this guess a bit absurd, but no conductive runes were present.
Any spell intended for external use requires a conductive rune as an integral part.
Without that rune as a foundation, a wizard couldn’t guide the Elents out of the Sea of Consciousness.
"Your guess is correct."
Lor affird with a smile, asking, "Do you rember yesterday when we spent an hour in the central library and couldn’t find sothing?"
"I rember, you said you wanted to find a spell that allows seeing extrely fine details."
With a slight frown, Kateya looked at the basic rune units on the parchnt, "But can this combination really achieve that?"
Compressing the Earth Elent to the limit might form elent particles similar to the glass-like material created by burning Fire Elent.
But what practical use does overlapping and folding them have?
"Let create a practical model for you first then."
Lor raised his hand, mobilizing a trace amount of Earth Elent to form a small lump of earth, followed by activating the Fire Elent to burn it.
He decided to manually craft a microscope to facilitate Kateya’s understanding and also for when he sought apprentice spell slots from his ntor later on.
Compared to explaining a lot, a tangible object is clearly more persuasive.
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