Chapter 44 Harvest
“Is this the wizarding world’s specific description of the master-level spell realm?”

Ronan couldn’t help but speculate, but unfortunately there was no confirmation.

His knowledge of the wizarding world was too limited.

There are many things that I am not clear about, do not understand, or have never even heard of.

It’s not easy to find someone to ask, and I guess no one around me knows.

This is the embodiment of the gap between wandering wizards and academy wizards with orthodox heritage.

This is also the main reason why most academy wizards have a natural sense of superiority when facing wandering wizards. Regardless of other things, the two sides are not on the same level in terms of knowledge.

“I have to enter the academy as soon as possible. Inheritance and the acquisition of knowledge are too important for a wizard.”

Ronan made up his mind secretly.

In fact, he had originally planned to join the academy directly for further studies when he left the forest tree house area this time.

The Hoddam Wizard Academy has very strict admission standards for formal students and has very high requirements for soul qualifications.

But if it is just the qualification of an auditor, then the conditions are much more relaxed, as long as you have enough magic stones.

Ronan’s predecessor entered the academy as an auditor, but he had little money, so he had to drop out after inheriting the most basic low-level wizard apprenticeship.

Auditors have almost no rights in the academy, and they have to spend magic stones to do anything.

But Ronan didn’t care because he had money now.

During this fight and escape, there were as many as three black-robed wizards who died at his hands, and they were all wizard apprentices of intermediate level or above, and one of them was a senior apprentice.

Each one is equipped with a storage waist bag, the conditions are really great.

Thinking of this, Ronan couldn’t help but take out all three storage waist bags with great anticipation and put them on the table to examine them carefully.

From the appearance, the most beautiful waist bag is from the senior wizard apprentice, the black-robed man with blood-red tattoos on his face.

The pure black leather waist bag feels very textured and is embroidered with many exquisite patterns, making it look very high-end.

The storage waist bags of the remaining two intermediate apprentices were all gray and looked inconspicuous.

During his previous escape, Ronan had never found a chance to open it, and now he couldn’t wait to check them one by one.

As a result, a few minutes later, Ronan’s face turned ugly.

He currently can’t open any of the three storage waist bags!

“This thing actually has a lock?!”

Ronan was a little depressed.

He also just found out that the storage waist bag can be locked.

There is a special small rune at the opening of each waist bag, which requires the spiritual power of the owner of the waist bag to be injected to open it, just like the “fingerprint password lock” on mobile phones and computers in the previous life.

If an outsider wants to open the waist bag, he must first erase the mental imprint left by the original owner in the rune lock.

This process is rather troublesome.

The best way to fully open the waist bag without damaging the “lock” is to take your time and grind it slowly, bit by bit.

The stronger the mental imprint left by the original owner of the waist bag, the longer it will take to grind it.

Ronan’s expression changed for a while, and then he sighed and accepted the fact helplessly.

“Just go slow, good things come to those who wait. When your strength improves, sooner or later I will open all of them for you in one go.”

Ronan could only comfort himself in this way.

He put the three storage waist bags aside and took the bag used to collect protection fees during the day.

I opened them all and poured them out on the table and counted them.

A total of 48 low-level magic stones, much more than Ronan expected, and this was after he spared Barry and his son. In the battle with the senior apprentice black-robed wizard, almost half of the gray-robed wizards with him died. Logically, Ronan’s income should have shrunk by half.

But in fact, many surviving wizards gave extra money on top of the original four low-level magic stones.

Compared to escaping with his life from a high-level apprentice-level black-robed wizard, the extra “protection fee” was simply insignificant.

This is also the reason why a group of gray robes sincerely paid Ronan the highest courtesy of wizards in the town square during the day.

“They won’t tell anyone about this, will they?”

Ronan suddenly became worried that the news of him killing the senior wizard apprentice Black Robe would be publicized and cause him unnecessary trouble.

But he quickly let it go, “If I tell anyone, who will believe me?”

Yes, a small fifth-level wandering wizard single-handedly killed a senior apprentice black-robed wizard.

Even if this kind of thing really happened right in front of you, everyone who saw it would pinch their thighs hard to see if they were dreaming.

Not to mention that it’s just hearsay. Who can believe it?

“Forty-eight low-level magic stones, plus the ones I brought with me, a total of fifty-five.”

Ronan looked at the small pile of sparkling pigeon eggs in front of him, without much emotion.

This amount of money was only equivalent to his income from rune engraving for more than a month. In the past, he might have been a little excited, but in this period of soaring prices, it was really not worth spending.

The hotel he was staying in now was a shabby little hotel that was almost built outside the town. It cost one low-level magic stone per night, and breakfast and dinner were not included.

“If I want to improve my ability quickly, the money I earn from attending classes at the academy is far from enough.”

Ronan stood up from the table and walked to the window of the hostel room, pushing it open and feeling the moonlight.

“Find a way to open the black robe’s waist bag as soon as possible. If possible, find a chance to go to the tree house area again and get back the belongings that were hidden before.
Also, the skill of rune engraving must not be lost.”

Ronan leaned his hands on the windowsill, letting the breeze blow his half-dry long hair, thinking secretly in his mind.

It was late at night, but there were still people walking on the street below the hotel.

There were people whispering and there seemed to be sounds of quarreling.

In the distance, the small square at the entrance of the town was brightly lit. Standing there, Ronan seemed to be able to hear the melodious and sad tune of the requiem.

Everything was brought about by the black robes.

It is foreseeable that in the days to come, the wizarding land will become even more restless.

Ronan listened to all this and thought about his master-level energy missiles.

At the level of a wizard apprentice, he barely had a trump card that could save his life.

Although the cost of activating this trump card is quite high, it will exhaust all his mental strength in an instant, and may even take away part of his life… This is Ronan’s guess based on his sudden white hair.

“【Energy Missile】is promoted to master level and has transformed into an extraordinary domain. Can other low-level spells also be used?
If every spell could have such a qualitative leap as long as the proficiency reached master level, then I would be awesome.”

Ronan thought of a possibility and his heartbeat quickened slightly, but he quickly faced reality.

Even if it was really as he thought, at this stage he could only use one at most in each battle. His mental strength was too low to support such huge and frequent consumption.

However, the proficiency of [Charged Weapon] can be upgraded to expert level immediately, so it is quite necessary to master this spell to the master level.

He still had to find time to buy a good long sword, as the previous one was broken in the battle with the black robe.
Ronan was thinking when he suddenly heard a roar similar to the roar of a whale.

He quickly looked in the direction of the sound.

After turning around, I saw a huge monster roaring into the sky in the center of town, in the direction of the Hoddam Wizard Academy.

Under the bright moonlight, a huge black ship rose into the sky through the fog and sailed away into the thick night.

Ronan was stunned, and for a moment he couldn’t help but stare blankly.
(End of this chapter)