CHAPTER 26: CHAPTER 26: GOALS AND DEBATES

"As expected, we can only see the surface now, not the elemental molecules."

Lor smiled, "No need to rush, we can slowly upgrade the microscope rune later and explore the microscopic elemental domain."

In just ten days, he was already satisfied with the progress he had made.

Apart from the monthly 500 contribution points reward as a laboratory researcher, he could also absorb Magic Crystal energy without any worries and convert it into charging points.

With enough charging points, he could optimize other witchcraft models and reap another harvest.

"Unfortunately, the improvement of Spiritual Power still needs to be gradual and cannot be rushed."

Lor sighed, "I don’t know when the Divine Kingdom exploration competition will start. Once it begins, even if I become a First Ring Wizard in there, no one would suspect anything."

His current Spiritual Power had already reached 6.1, and once it reached 10 points, he would be a Level Two Apprentice, gaining two witchcraft positions.

Judging by the current progress of increasing 0.2 spiritual power in ten days, it would take at least half a year to become a Level Two Apprentice.

With a boost to 30 points, he could advance to a Level Three Apprentice and gain two more witchcraft positions.

To become a Level Three Apprentice would take more than three years.

And to reach the threshold for breaking through to an Official Wizard, his Spiritual Power needed to be raised to 100 points.

This seemed far off.

As for using potions or similar things to speed up the process, it would have side effects, and there was no need for them at the moment.

"Becoming a Level Three Apprentice within four years is actually acceptable, but becoming an Official Wizard would be too slow."

Lor shook his head, "Let’s hope there’s a Divine Kingdom exploration competition within eight years."

After developing the Microscope Witchcraft, he now had three main goals: one was to become an Official Wizard within eight years.

Another was to accumulate enough contribution points during this period to find a Third Ring Wizard to take him to other continents.

"I wonder if I can obtain the channel to contact Third Ring Wizards through the laboratory, and how many contribution points are needed to release a task," Lor thought to himself.

The biggest obstacle to traveling to other continents in today’s era was the exotic beasts in the sea.

Among them, there were some extremely terrifying existences.

Unlike the land which has been cleansed again and again, leaving only a few big cats and small ones.

Only Third Ring Wizards could ensure safety.

But Third Ring Wizards weren’t accessible whenever one wished; in the Wizard Tower’s seventh-level task hall, one could only issue Level Three Apprentice tasks at best.

Higher level tasks were probably at the upper levels.

Thus, up till now, Lor still didn’t know exactly how many contribution points it would take to ask a Third Ring Wizard to take him to other continents.

"If it really doesn’t work, I could ask my mentor for help to issue a task, but I’d need to think of a good reason."

...

On the twenty-seventh floor of the Wizard Tower, inside a manor.

Gu Lei and Agular sat opposite each other, with only a piece of parchment on the long table in front of them, which looked quite empty.

"Gu Lei, take a look at this witchcraft."

Agular said in a deep voice, "This Microscope Witchcraft was researched by Lor in just ten days."

"Now I’m thinking about one thing, if letting him walk our path to assist in optimizing witchcraft would be too much of a waste?"

His original idea was to let Lor choose one of the paths he or Gu Lei had opened.

With Lor’s talent in optimizing witchcraft runes, at least he could provide them with some inspiration.

But as Lor developed quite a useful piece of witchcraft in such a short time, Agular’s inner thoughts gradually shifted.

Wouldn’t there be bigger surprises if he were given more freedom of choice?

Doing this might benefit him less, but if Lor achieved Third Ring, or even higher, it would definitely bring significant changes to the situation of Earth and Fire Faction wizards on Murphy Continent.

"Let me take a look first."

Gu Lei reached out and picked up the parchment on the table, looking at it carefully.

About ten minutes later, he put down the parchment, looked up at Agular, and said with a smile:

"Interesting, this witchcraft seems to be something he thought to create because he didn’t find it in the library, right?"

"Because he couldn’t find it, he went on to create it, and did so swiftly, which is truly decisive and full of wisdom."

Saying this, Gu Lei paused, his face becoming serious, "I don’t deny he is a genius, but is the path chosen by a genius necessarily correct?"

"It’s not like that, Agular."

"Think closely, how many geniuses from the same era as you ended up as failures due to choosing their own paths, recklessly integrating witchcraft?"

"During my apprentice years, I personally saw at least five geniuses from other elemental factions become failures for such reasons, still being First Ring Wizards to this day."

"Among them, at least two showed talent that was quite similar to Lor’s."

"After becoming a wizard, I’ve seen even more genius apprentices turning into failures."

"Agular, don’t tell me you haven’t seen this yourself."

Undeniably, there was some personal interest in his words.

But more importantly, it was his genuine concern for Lor’s future.

"I’ve seen more than you." Agular shook his head and softly said, "But in the Earth and Fire Faction, I’ve only seen Lor; he is truly the genius of our faction."

"You only mentioned those geniuses who failed in integrating witchcraft, but what about those who succeeded?"

"Those Fourth Ring Dual-Element Mages, capable of competing with Fifth Ring Single Element Mages, were mostly born out of Fusion Witchcraft."

"If Lor truly..."

"Are you crazy?"

Gu Lei hammered the table interrupting Agular’s words and said somewhat displeased:

"How many geniuses like Lor do you think it takes to produce one such great existence?"

"Saying \"not even three in a thousand\" wouldn’t be an exaggeration."

"In any case, I absolutely can’t watch Lor become a failure. If you give up making him choose your Core Witchcraft System, I will enforce him to build mine."

"Let’s wait and see then, for now, let’s help him apply for a laboratory." Agular sighed.

After hearing Gu Lei’s words, he also felt that he might have been somewhat delusional.

It mainly stemmed from being influenced by Lor’s talent, teaching such a genius for the first time.

Unknowingly, he began to be filled with fantasies about his future, ignoring the three in a thousand success rate.

"Alright, deal with the laboratory application yourself, I’m leaving now." Gu Lei nodded and disappeared on the spot using Earth Vein Traveling Witchcraft.

"Three in a thousand chance..." Agular looked at the long table cracked by Gu Lei’s hammering, his thoughts swirling.

Those Second Ring Wizards who didn’t dare to integrate witchcraft had only about a five percent chance of becoming Third Ring.

As for becoming Fourth Ring, having a one in ten thousand chance would be lucky, and even then, they’d only be slightly stronger than ordinary Single Element Fourth Ring Wizards.

Actually, in other continents, the Earth and Fire Faction has successfully optimized their advancement, even with Fusion Witchcraft, upgrading to Third Ring.

But unfortunately, those folks are somewhat stingy, never releasing their witchcraft publicly into the Wizard Alliance database.

As for Fourth Ring, there really isn’t any.

Lor has a three in a thousand chance of opening a grand path, which is already quite high.

"If I insist, dealing with Gu Lei won’t be easy, let’s further observe Lor’s performance. If he continues to be this outstanding..."