Chapter 181 (1/2)
In the Celestial Pool of the Heaven's Thorn Mage Tower
There weren't es to the structural spell this time, so the whole modification process went smoothly In ical Skillsspeed
And now, it was tiive it a final test
Vulcan's Hand!
As soon as the thought eed in Link's hout Link's body for a fraction of a second, then the spell structure of Vulcan's Hand eic seal Just before the fire elean to coalesce, Link halted the process abruptly, and in that instance the Machine Gun Suprean to reverberate!
The surface of the ht, which was then closely followed by the e fire eleed to form a miniature version of the titan's Hand
Link then tested a variety ofthis miniature titan's Hand Eventually he tried about 200 different movements with it and they were all a success
It's finally perfect, thought Link with a smile After all the experiments, his Mana had been depleted down to less than 200 points Had he not drunk a vial of potion before, it would've been down to zero by now
Just at the ht appeared on the interface Link took a look at it and discovered that it was a congratulatory notification
Player successfully broke through the spellcasting speed limit for Level-6 spells 50 Omni Points rewarded
Player successfully created a new Supreical Skill—Inter-Spell Resonance 20 Omni Points rewarded
With 70 newly earned O 150 points, Link now had 220 Omni Points He was always careful not to spend tooeencies
”Since you caughtsyste ti exactly did I take?”
065 seconds You have the potential to decrease it further by 01 seconds
Link was very satisfied with 065 seconds It was fast enough even if he had to fight against a Level-6 Warrior As for the potential to decrease it further by 01 seconds, Link was sure that he would achieve that naturally just by practicing anyway Thus, Link made a decision to call it a day He looked at the time and realized that it was only half an hour before noon He'd been busy all er, so he left the Celestial Pool to get himself an early lunch
When he reached the great hall on the first floor of the Mage Tower, Link noticed the servants bringing food to the table Selasse and the dean's other disciples were all at the table ready to start the meal
”Link!” Selasse greeted Link when he noticed hiether?”
Link thought it rude to refuse Besides, it wouldn't be his first tie Tower, so he went over to Selasse and the rest of the Magicians there and joined them at the table The servants then promptly provided him with a plate and a set of cutleries
”Have you been so busy that you can't even triician called Ivan teased
Link iic y unkeed ten years in the last month!
”Ah, you're right!” said Link ”I guess it's time for me to visit the barber!”
”You can cut your hair anyway you want,” said Selasse, ”but don't completely shave off all of your beard Otherwise you'd look like a teenaged boy and no one would believe your actual skill level and they ht underestimate you!”
The Magicians around all nodded in agreement to Selasse's re the center of attention He ment then pounced on the bread rolls which had just been served up by the servants
”I'er to change the subject, to which all the Magicians at the table erupted in laughter
During the ic and spells but chatted about their past experiences as well All of them were the dean's disciples and they were all in their pri only 41 years old With the exception of the poet Selasse, these Magicians were all of Level-4 and above They've all traveled extensively and had seen lorious faicians a the human realm
Link listened keenly to the tales told by these Magicians and gained a lot of new insights from their adventures and rich experiences
”Have any of you heard,” said Ivan suddenly, ”of the ruh-level deician Alliance?”
”How reliable is the rumor?” said Selasse, doubtful of the story's veracity If there really were high-level demons, they would've caused certain cataclysms that would be hard to miss Yet, the academy had not heard of such reports recently
Link's ears pricked up at the h-level demons should appear around this time Even if they did, shouldn't they be found here in Norton Kingdom? Why did they turn up in the South instead?
”Who cares how reliable it was?” said Ivan, who at the ti hearsay ”It's none of our business anyway I hear there were signs of not just one demon, but three of them! And you wouldn't believe this, but they said one of those deed to charician in the South, don't you?”
”Of course,” replied another Level-4 Magician naician Alliance!”
”Let me tell you,” continued Ivan with a mischievous smirk, ”they also said that Wavier was so besotted with the she-demon that he was soon overcootten so thin now that the president of the alliance got so worried his hair turned white within weeks!”
”What a character!” exclaih ”This Wavier was reported to be a man whose talents the world hadn't seen in a century, but ould've thought that his taste in women was just as unique!”
Several other Magicians broke out in laughter at this remark as they all took this rumor toon the food on his plate He had, in truth, sank deep into thought and was brooding about the rumor from the South
A high-level deh to charm Wavier off his wits, mused Link, could it be Celine? Link suspected that this she-demon in the rumors must really be Celine, and the other two must've been the demon soldiers her father had ordered to capture her back to the abyss
Link wasn't too pleased to hear of Wavier's lovesick behaviors He was also greatly disturbed by the thoughts of Celine being all alone while two of her father's deressively If only he could drop everything and run to the South to find her now!
But he knew full well he couldn't do that Not while the academy was still shadowed by the threat of the Black Moon Conspiracy and the release of the dee to go to Celine less in any way at all
After that, when Ivan and the other Magicians had moved on to other topics Link couldn't pay attention to a word they said any longer He wolfed down his food, said goodnight to everyone, and left the Heaven's Thorn alone
The sun still hung high in the sky when he calorious sunshi+ne and the fact that he had solved the spellcasting probleradually He took a walk around the academy for more than ten minutes, then when he walked past a barbershop he was suddenly reminded of Ivan and Selasse's remarks on his appearance Celine wouldn't like to see ht And so, he decided to enter the barbershop and have his hair and beard sorted out somehow
In the end, Link had his hair cut and his beard slightly trimmed He now looked as if he could be about 23 or 24 years old He walked out of the barbershop feeling like a new person, ready to go back to the Mage Tower to continue studying his ic textbooks