CHAPTER 43: CHAPTER 38: INVISIBLE SERVANT

Half an hour passed quickly.

Madam Hecate, as always, never taught Shawn for more than half an hour.

Shawn watched Madam Hecate’s departing figure, hesitating to speak.

At this moment, Madam Hecate turned around and said softly, "Do you have anything else?"

Shawn hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Teacher. Could you help me change the confusion to glasses like yours?"

In previous battles, Shawn noticed that confusion greatly affected combat.

Monocle. Unstable.

This old-fashioned monocle was used by that Witch Demon, but now it’s a new era, and the glasses style used by wizards has long changed.

Curios can be redesigned, but currently, Shawn cannot manage it.

Making Shawn wear a monocle in battle is fine from a distance, but once close, it’s a disaster. Previously, it was due to survival pressure, and now he certainly hopes to switch to a curios appearance more suited for combat; the confusion style feels as if it’s meant for a skull.

Madam Hecate smiled gently at the words, turned, and said, "Sure. Tomorrow afternoon."

Shawn quickly said, "Thank you, teacher."

In the short term, Shawn could not do without confusion; the style of the monocle is simply not suited for combat. The glasses styles of the previous era are slightly better, ideally being a more durable type, even one that won’t be an issue in close combat.

After watching Madam Hecate leave, Shawn turned his gaze to the few books in front of him.

—— "Thirty-six Special Evil Objects with Super Magical Power"!

—— "Necromancy School Beginner’s Guide"!

Shawn felt a bit overwhelmed.

It’s obvious this time Madam Hecate had her maid bring him unusual books; previously, most of the books Shawn read were ordinary ones, easily imprinting the knowledge into his mind with reading magic at the zero ring.

But now, these magic books were filled with mystical knowledge, and not a small amount, slowing down Shawn’s reading magic memory speed considerably, plus he must be careful of mystical knowledge backlash.

Shawn’s mystical knowledge must suppress the knowledge on these magic books to completely memorize them in his brain.

Otherwise, it might increase madness.

"Just like how defeating monsters drops new spells, the super magic techniques of casters from the old era are all invalid now."

"Wizards who want to master super magic techniques can only find those evil objects innately possessing super magical power!"

Super Magic Techniques.

As the name suggests, it lets your mastered spell perform extraordinarily; this unique ability greatly enhances the spell’s power, but mastering it is much more difficult than learning a new spell.

"Are they all relatively rare evil objects?"

"Equivalent to the rare monsters of the Bizarre Realm?"

Shawn was increasingly accustomed to using his cognition to define this insane realm, otherwise some knowledge points were really obscurely profound and difficult to understand.

"Necromancy School’s Beginner’s Guide?"

"Hmm."

"Indeed, this is the main base for the [Death] Path, so the core spells are definitely necromancy spells."

It’s okay not to understand it; memorize it first anyway.

Shawn could only stay in the Bizarre Realm for three months, and his main task during this time was to memorize as much as possible. If he doesn’t seize this opportunity to remember more, it won’t be easy to return to the Bizarre Realm later.

The Bizarre Realm is utterly unsuitable for ordinary survival.

Even.

Shawn even doubted if the Bizarre Realm is the actual ’real world’, while the real world is just a domain created by destiny miracles.

"The reality between cracks..."

If reality is indeed reality, how could it exist within the world’s cracks?

Days passed by like this.

Shawn felt as if he was back in his high school exam days, working during the day, visiting the Maze Library in the afternoon, and going back at night to review and understand the new material learned that day.

The Butcher wasn’t there every day.

He spent most of his time dealing with the Pillar of Flesh and Blood and occasionally went ’hunting’ every few days; what hunting specifically meant, Shawn still wasn’t very clear on it.

The Bizarre Realm is extremely dangerous, he couldn’t leave this area.

Madam Hecate still taught him new content daily, but each class never exceeded half an hour, not a minute more.

Shawn’s strength was gradually improving.

After mastering the first second ring spell, he distinctly felt that the speed at which he was digesting extraordinary essence had slowed considerably; he was mentally prepared for this since the advancement speed of the wizard path is indeed slower compared to other professions.

A month and a half passed quickly.

Shawn further digested the extraordinary essence within him, and the mystical knowledge he mastered had already formed a complete rune imprint.

Returning to his residence one day, Shawn seemed to suddenly sense something.

He quickly entered the room.

Knowledge flowed in his brain, and Shawn sensed a new spell; he had digested the extraordinary essence of the next small stage.

"Transcription Magic."

"A zero-ring cantrip."

Shawn actively used the knowledge he mastered to envelop the flowing, digesting extraordinary essence, and soon a level-zero cantrip was engraved in his brain.

It could be used to transcribe mysterious knowledge, similar to a printer when used for ordinary knowledge.

Shawn casually took out a book.

As he lightly raised his fingertip, the book opened to a page, and soon the blank paper beside it began to display writing almost exactly like the book’s, looking much like copy-pasting but could only be used to transcribe the non-magical parts.

"About 250 words per minute."

If transcribing the mysterious knowledge part, Shawn must have the corresponding mystical knowledge in his mind to complete the transcription, and the efficiency drops significantly.

"A very practical zero-level cantrip," Shawn muttered to himself.

Knowledge further digested.

— Invisible Servant (First Ring Spell).

This is an intriguing spell, and once Shawn grasped this knowledge, he sensed its utility.

"You can summon an invisible, mindless, shapeless servant from the Spirit Realm, and under your command, it can carry out some simple tasks for you."

"It can carry items, open unlocked doors, hold chairs, or clean up clutter, etc."

"The servant can only do one thing at a time, but as long as the spell remains effective, you can have it repeatedly do the same task."

Heaven-sent laborer!

Shawn mobilized the knowledge in his brain to further interpret this spell; he needed to know more detailed spell effects.

— "The invisible servant summoned by the master can last for 4 hours."

Knowledge answered earnestly.

— "The invisible servant is weak, unable to trigger some mechanisms. It can only withstand a tiny bit of damage, and can’t be used to block bullets."

Shawn was a bit disappointed, the knowledge was somewhat fearful.

Summon!

Shawn mobilized the mystical knowledge within him, driven by primitive magic power, setting up a simple Spirit Realm ceremony.

In the next second.

A dim, barely visible silhouette appeared, in Shawn’s Spiritual Vision, it was just a humanoid blur, like a human shadow.

"No intellect whatsoever."

"But it can execute simple commands."

"The king of assembly lines!" Shawn exclaimed.

The strength of the invisible servant is indeed very weak, able to lift about fifteen pounds of weight and drag an object weighing roughly ninety pounds, but this strength is more than sufficient for assembly line work.

It doesn’t tire; it doesn’t lose efficiency after repetitive work, capable of working tirelessly for 4 hours per invocation, and as Shawn’s strength improves, the summoning’s duration increases as well.

More importantly, it doesn’t require wages.

For Shawn at the moment, there are so many applications for this spell’s Spirit Realm servant.

If he could summon a bunch of invisible servants, he thought he could be even more imaginative!

He already thought of how to fleece the Spirit Realm.

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