Chapter 190 - Fireball (1/2)

Two hours is not such a long period of time. It will pass pretty quickly, especially if a person is doing something in that time.

<Hmm, a few days ago, I would have just gone to the library and spent those two hours reading some books, but now there's no point in me going there.>

Evan had several options, one of which was to spend those two hours on ”Creation,” but he immediately dismissed the idea. He wouldn't have time to condense many drops of ”Void Liquid” in two hours. It was better to postpone it for later when he had more time.

Moreover, thanks to his knowledge from thousands of books, Evan knew how many drops of ”Void Liquid” he needed to get to the next level. To be honest, that number scared him a little, this time, he would need not 1000 drops but 5000 drops.

Sure, after Evan had made the breakthrough, the speed of his ”Creation” increased significantly, but not at five times. Moreover, the ”Barriers” on the ”One-Pointed Star” stage were much harder to penetrate than the previous ones.

Each ”Barrier” broken in the stage of ”One-Pointed Star”  was comparable to breaking three ”Barriers” in the previous stage at once.

<By the way, to become a student of the first rank, you need to reach  ”One-Pointed Star,” but to become the second ranked student, you only need to break through one ”Barrier”... is it really that hard?>

Evan thought to himself as he headed for the arena. He thought he would brighten his wait by watching the other apprentices fight. Evan also wanted to think about what he had learned.

<To become a third-ranked apprentice, you must break the second Barrier, but to become a fourth-ranked student, you must reach the ”Two- Pointed Star.” Those who break the first ”Barrier” at the ”Two- Pointed Star” stage can become a teacher of the first rank. I guess I won't be able to progress as fast as I did before.> Evan concluded as he reached the arena.

Evan had no intention of becoming a teacher, he didn't want to tie himself to this place in any way. Sure, he could become a teacher and leave town after a while, but that could be fraught with problems.

Evan had quite a few things on his mind at the moment. First, he wanted to learn how to create spells by himself. He understood that it might take years to master this art, but he was eager to get started.

Second, he needed to choose his first level spells and get into training. Third, he had to find the members of the ”Demonic Tree,” and to do that, he needed to find an informant. If there weren't one in this city, he'd have to look elsewhere.

What's more, Evan wanted to do experiments related to the ”Gust.” To do this, he needed power, money, and resources. At the same time, he had to be mindful of ”Creation” and breaking through ”Barriers.”

As Evan had already become a first-ranked student, he had nowhere else to rush. He had 10 years to become a student of the second rank, 25 years to become a third-ranked student, and 50 years to become a fourth-ranked one. Of course, these were all deadlines, and the vast majority of apprentices progressed much longer.

Evan didn't hold on to this Academy much, though. It was only a step up for him. Of course, the Academy was an extremely useful place. Here one could complete tasks and fight in the arena, which indirectly influenced the acceleration of progress. Moreover, not to forget the rooms for ”Creation,” alchemy, and blacksmith stores.

Evan spent the next two hours watching the first ranked students` fight. One young man surprised him, he was a ”Summoner” and summoned an Earth Golem and Stone Golem to help him. They were powerful, and his opponent could do nothing with these two.

The first level of the ”Summoning Magic” spells helped the magician to summon living creatures, not only roots, chains, or stone spikes.