CHAPTER 27: CHAPTER 27: TAKING OVER THE LABORATORY

Three days later, on the fifteenth floor of the Wizard Tower.

Lor and Kateya followed Agular along the way, flanked by neatly aligned, simplistic square buildings.

Each building covers an area of approximately three hundred square meters.

Signs hang on the doors with words like: Rolbo Potion Research Institute, Yana Witchcraft Optimization Laboratory, and more.

Occasionally, one or two Wizards dressed in various colored robes of the First and Second Ring would pass by the trio, their gaze lingering a moment when they saw Lor and Kateya following behind Agular.

There are undoubtedly very few apprentices who can reach this level, and almost all are geniuses, except for a few lucky ones.

"Agular, is this the genius apprentice from your Earth and Fire Faction who invented the Microscope Witchcraft?"

At this moment, a tall Second Ring Wizard wearing an earth-colored robe approached, scanning Lor with interest and asking.

"Yes." Agular smiled and said, "Oakley, how do they compare to the top geniuses in your Earth Element Faction this year?"

"Not bad, just wondering if you dare to gamble. If you succeed, maybe Murphy Continent will have another Fire and Earth Wizard Tower."

Oakley tugged at the corner of his mouth, "If you don’t dare to gamble and continue on your path, you’ll likely end up with nothing."

"No need for your concern." Agular’s smile didn’t waver, "If there’s nothing else, I’ll take him to the laboratory now."

"Go ahead." Oakley waved his hand and turned to leave.

Once Oakley was out of sight, Agular’s expression became unpredictable.

He continued to walk forward, saying in a low voice, "Lor, do you know why he wanted to provoke me?"

"Why?" Lor feigned confusion, quickly asking.

In reality, his heart was as clear as a mirror. To put it simply, Oakley wanted to plant a seed of Fusion Witchcraft in his mind.

With his displayed talent, if he were to specialize in Fusion Witchcraft, a slight mishap could ruin him.

But if he succeeded, the rewards would be astonishing.

And following Agular’s path, he would likely become just an ordinary dual-attribute Third Ring Wizard, not of much use.

The high-levels of the Wizard Tower and Wizard Alliance naturally preferred Lor to engage in Fusion Witchcraft, gambling on the odds.

Yet this was ultimately an internal matter of the Earth and Fire Faction, so they couldn’t intervene much, only hint subtly.

"They want you to try Fusion Witchcraft for a chance, but they won’t tell you that with your talent, your success rate is only three in a thousand."

Agular said, "With a probability of nine hundred ninety-seven in a thousand, you’d become a waste."

"Only a three in a thousand chance of success?" Lor was shocked; he hadn’t expected the probability to be so low.

If this were the era when he got involved in his past life, with his displayed talent, he would have had at least a one percent chance of paving the way and becoming a Fourth Ring dual-attribute Wizard.

The limitations of the era were indeed significant.

"Yes." Agular nodded, "If given the choice, would you opt for steadily becoming a Second Ring Wizard, with a high probability of breaking through to the Third Ring, or gamble on that three in a thousand chance to become a Fourth Ring Wizard?"

"Whatever the mentor instructs." Lor lowered his head submissively and said, "Whichever path mentor suggests, that’s the one I’ll choose."

He couldn’t possibly reveal his plan, so he decided to go along for now.

If the Divine Kingdom exploration competition didn’t open in eight years, he’d rather run to another continent as an apprentice level.

"Haha, good!"

Agular’s face turned from cloudy to clear, his heart at ease, and he laughed,

"Actually, until now, I’m not sure which path you should choose, and there’s no rush. Let’s discuss when you become a Third Level apprentice."

"Yes, mentor." Lor nodded repeatedly.

While talking, the group of three took several turns and arrived at a laboratory with no sign on the door.

"Lor, give your laboratory a name."

Agular pointed to the empty space on the door and said with a smile, "If nothing unexpected happens, this laboratory will accompany you for quite a while."

Like the laboratory Randolph applied for through internal channels, once he became a First Ring Wizard, it would be reclaimed.

To have another, he would need to make enough achievements.

However, Lor’s laboratory was permanent, and even if he became a First Ring Wizard, it wouldn’t be taken back.

Of course, if he wanted better, he had to accomplish more.

"Let’s call it Lor’s Witchcraft Model Optimization and Creativity Laboratory." Lor casually improvised a name based on what he’d seen before.

It’s just a temporary laboratory, no need to be too serious.

"Alright." Agular nodded, raising his hand slightly. A stone slab measuring two meters long and half a meter wide slowly took shape in his hand.

Fourteen characters were inscribed on it, reading ’Lor’s Witchcraft Model Optimization and Creativity Laboratory.’

Wh~

Once fully formed, with a wave of his hand, the stone slab leisurely floated up and stuck above the laboratory door.

"Alright, go take a look, here’s the key."

Agular handed a key forged of black iron to Lor, advising:

"Take good care of it, there’s only one key, inscribed with a unique identification witchcraft rune. Losing it would be harder to replace than a Wizard Robe or Contribution Card."

"Yes, mentor." Lor nodded earnestly, taking the key and opening the laboratory door, stepping inside.

"Click~"

Seemingly sensing someone’s entry, the Magic Lamp above the laboratory automatically lit up, illuminating the once dark laboratory.

Lor looked around, seeing a clean... empty room?

This empty room was about fifty square meters, with three stone doors on the left, right, and behind.

"When Lord Nelson established the Wizard Tower, the plan for a third-class laboratory was a total area of three hundred square meters, four rooms: a reception hall, a laboratory, a washroom, and a resting room."

Agular followed into the laboratory, saying, "Of course, you can modify it as you please; the Wizard Tower doesn’t care about that."

"The other rooms aren’t much to talk about, but the laboratory is specially modified, capable of withstanding the power of top-level Second Ring witchcraft."

He pointed to the door at the back, "That one is the laboratory, and there are some pieces of equipment inside; you can open it and take a look."

"Okay, mentor." Lor nodded, walking to the door of the farthest laboratory, inserting the key once more.

"Click~"

The stone door opened in response.

Inside was a room approximately one hundred and fifty square meters.

In the center stood a furnace-like object, with a row of bookshelves on the left filled with parchment books, and a sandy area on the right with some strange tools in front.

Among them were two tools that Lus had taken out during the validation of the witchcraft model optimization: the Temperature Crystal Tube and the Earth Element Ball.

And at the innermost part of the laboratory, a Magic Array was constructed.