I Have a Job

  Chapter 1 Wizard

  On the green grass slope, a figure jumped out of the forest.

  At first, he was jogging, then gradually he walked fast, and finally he walked slowly like a stroll.

  After walking for a while, he finally stopped when he was about to reach the lake at the bottom of the grass slope.

  "Huh-huh-"

  "I'm so tired after just a few steps. My body is too weak."

  Ronan stood by the lake, panting, complaining, and taking off his shoes.

  He tied the two deerskin boots he took off with the shoelaces and hung them around his neck, and rolled up the hem and sleeves of the long robe that was in the way, and then stepped carefully into the water in front of him step by step.

  When the icy cold lake water covered his ankles and slowly wrapped around his calves, Ronan scooped up some water and splashed it on his face. He immediately felt comfortable and relaxed.

  At this time, on the rippling water, the figure of a young man was swaying.

  With chestnut hair, thick eyebrows, and a high nose

  , his facial features are not bad, but his eyes are dull, his skin is dull, his face is swollen, and there are two particularly obvious dark circles under his eyes, giving him a bloated, decadent and almost wretched temperament.

  "This is... I usually reward myself too much."

  "Pah--"

  Ronan slapped the water, breaking up the reflection in front of him, and slowly turned and walked towards the shore.

  There was a green walnut tree on the shore of the lake, and there were wild grasses around the tree. Ronan lay down under the walnut tree, with his hands on the back of his head, looking at a few black goats grazing leisurely on the hillside in the distance and thinking about things.

  Counting it, this is the third day since he crossed over.

  The body he crossed over to was originally named Ronan, Ronan Damien, and he was the son of an earl in the kingdom.

  Because he was accidentally detected to have the potential to become a wizard, his family sent him thousands of miles away to study in this place where wizards gather.

  Unfortunately, this guy's aptitude is not good, and he himself is not very motivated. After half a year, he is still wandering around the wizard's gate, and his life is miserable.

  If Ronan had not been reincarnated, if nothing unexpected happened, in a few months, the original body would have been forced to pack up and leave.

  Thinking of this, Ronan couldn't help but feel a strong sense of resentment in his heart. It would be fine

  if he could have reincarnated half a year later, when the original body should have returned to his own earldom.

  After occupying the magpie's nest, he can still happily experience the life of a noble young master who rides horses, drinks tea, and plays poker with his personal maid every day.

  "I was born at the wrong time."

  Ronan sighed, propped himself up, and put on his shoes again.

  Today is the day he officially tried to walk out of the house after reincarnation. He planned to cross the hillside in front of him to the front of the forest and explore the small map nearby.

  But just after walking two steps forward, a few black goats that were originally grazing on the hillside in the distance suddenly ran away as if frightened.

  The next second, two small figures appeared in Ronan's vision.

  One in front and one behind, chasing each other quickly, with dazzling light bursting in the middle.

  "Fuck!"

  Ronan's pupils shrank and his expression suddenly became nervous.

  Without much hesitation, he immediately turned 180 degrees and ran away.

  Some fragmented memories flashed through his mind.

  The Hoddam Wizard Academy is located in the center of the gathering place of Hoddam wizards.

  The entire academy is under the protection of a huge rune array. It is peaceful and tranquil, and it is a paradise for practicing and living.

  Outside are large and small markets and living areas built on the academy. Although they are outside the protection of the rune array, they are usually managed by the wizards of the academy and the order is relatively stable.

  The place where Ronan is now is in the wild at the junction of the town and the forest. It is already out of the "safe zone". No one cares, and naturally there are no rules.

  On weekdays, those wizards will choose this area for PK, killing, revenge and treasure hunting.

  Ronan had only heard about it before, but he didn't expect to encounter it today.

  Before running into the forest, Ronan hurriedly looked back, and happened to see one of the two figures on the hillside in the distance slowly falling to the ground.

  His heart tightened, and he didn't dare to look anymore. He just buried his head in the hood of his robe and ran forward following his memory, trying to stay away from the right and wrong struggle in front of him as much as possible.

  It can't be said that Ronan is timid.   

  The main reason is that he is just a first-level wizard apprentice, the lowest level in the wizarding world.

  And so far, he has not even learned a zero-level spell. If he fights with others, he will be a lamb to be slaughtered.

  If he doesn't have the strength, why not run away when he encounters a big boss? Why stay where he is and wait to be killed by the aftermath?

  Ronan passed through bushes, earth slopes, and mud puddles. He turned around in the quiet forest until he stopped in front of a tall and dense oak tree.

  The oak tree was covered with dense old vines. Among the branches surrounded by vines, a gray cabin was located.

  This is Ronan's "home".

  The cabin was built on the tree to prevent wild beasts in the forest. The cabin itself has almost no protection.

  But when he saw his own cabin, Ronan felt more or less safe.

  The tree house was seven or eight meters above the ground. Without taking a breath, Ronan grabbed a vine hanging from the tree and climbed up.

  When he arrived in front of the tree house, he fumbled for a brass key from under his neck.

  "Click", "Bang!"

  He quickly opened the door, slipped in, and then closed the door hard.

  The cabin was hot and humid, and the air was filled with a faint smell of mold.

  Even though there was a window, the light in the house was still dim because of the leaves and vines outside.

  In the dark and quiet cabin, Ronan leaned against the wooden door and panted heavily, his heart beating like a drum.

  His mind was thinking quickly, what if the wizard on the hillside came to him to silence him after killing people? Should he escape quickly? Where to go? Is it too late?

  Ronan kept thinking until his heartbeat gradually calmed down. He let out a breath, groped his way to the table in the middle of the room, grabbed the kettle on the table, and gulped down a few mouthfuls of water.

  "Crack--"

  The flint struck, sparks flew, and a candle was lit.

  The dim candlelight quietly reflected Ronan's melancholy and gloomy face.

  Nothing happened at the moment, and it was estimated that there was a high probability that no one would come to kill him, but the experience of the crisis just now still made him feel uneasy.

  There was no sign at all, and it came to him unexpectedly!

  He was lucky to avoid it this time, but what about the next time? What about the next time?

  Similar things are not uncommon in the wild. Every murderous wizard has a different personality. What if he encounters a moody and murderous

  Ronan? His expression changed, and he suddenly seemed to have made up his mind.

  "Move! Move to the city tomorrow!"

  But when he searched through all his belongings and counted them, he could only give up the idea helplessly.

  Actually, the original body left behind a lot of treasures, after all, he was born into a noble family, but the currency in the wizarding world is magic stones, and secular gold and gems have no value here.

  All the magic stones on Ronan's body cannot be added together to make up a piece, and if he wants to live in the town living area, he needs a low-level magic stone for the deposit for renting a house.

  As for the college area?

  The monthly accommodation fee for the student dormitory there starts at one magic stone.

  "Unless I choose to sell the things I brought out from the college."

  Ronan was depressed.

  Selling the inheritance means completely abandoning his identity as a wizard and giving up this path. What's the point of him staying here? He might as well buy a boat ticket and go back home.

  "Forget it, let's just hold on."

  "Although the tree house area is dangerous, there are many people living there. Try to be careful, go out less and have less contact with people, and the danger may not fall on me..."

  Ronan could only comfort himself in this way.

  After a frantic run, his emotions fluctuated, and the dark and stuffy cabin, Ronan's tense nerves relaxed and he felt sleepy.

  He closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.  Chapter 2 Meditation

  When he woke up from his sleep, he rubbed his eyes and looked out the window, only to find that the sun was about to set outside.

  Ronan's first reaction was to cook quickly, otherwise it would be too uncomfortable to cook with candles when it got dark.

  And he was really hungry at the moment.

  After washing his hands with water from the water tank, Ronan took out the food left by his predecessor - a kind of mixed grains of quinoa, corn, black beans and various things he couldn't identify.

  This thing is probably worth only a few copper coins outside, but in the Hoddam Wizard Land, one kilogram requires one magic stone grain.

  A low-level magic stone can be split into one hundred magic stone grains, which means that one magic stone can only buy a mere one hundred kilograms of this coarse grain.

  It has to be said that the prices in the wizard land are really ridiculous.

  Ronan scooped two spoonfuls of grains into the small pot, and then added some water.

  While the rice was cooking, he cooked himself a bowl of soup with the wild mushrooms and a few pine pigeon eggs picked up by his predecessor in the forest.

  A simple dinner of rice with whole grains and mushroom egg drop soup is ready.

  When people are really hungry, they don't care about the texture and taste, as long as they can fill their stomachs.

  When Ronan was full and drank enough, he walked out of the tree house slowly with a bulging belly. The sky outside was completely dark.

  The night sky above his head turned into a deep blue, but the surrounding forest gradually gave birth to a faint light of stars, not dim.

  A large number of small creatures that looked like fireflies flew out from the ground, in groups, like dandelions blown by the wind, dyeing the quiet night into a fairy tale dream.

  Unfortunately,

  "Snap!"

  Ronan slapped his arm hard and killed a mosquito.

  "There are so many mosquitoes in this damn place at night."

  The robe on his body could not prevent mosquito bites at all. Ronan was bitten all over his head after standing at the door for a while.

  He hurried back to the cabin with a grin.

  After a moment, he walked out again.

  Ronan, who reappeared, sprinkled a large amount of insect repellent powder on his robe, and had a small net bag and a translucent white gauze bag in his hand.

  Ronan climbed on the branch of the old oak tree and used the net bag to catch the fluorescent lights dancing around in the night.

  This kind of firefly-like creature is actually not difficult to catch. After a while, the gauze bag in Ronan's hand was stuffed full.

  "Forty, only forty, should be enough."

  Ronan was hesitating whether to continue, when suddenly at this time, there was a rustling sound of people walking and talking not far away.

  Ronan immediately became alert and subconsciously wanted to hide back in the tree house.

  Unfortunately, he was a step too late.

  Two figures, one tall and one short, appeared from the woods.

  With the dim light of the moon and fireflies, it can be seen that they are a man and a woman in long robes, walking and talking side by side, as if they are taking a stroll at night.

  Ronan's body was frozen on the tree branch, holding the net bag and the gauze bag in his hands, not daring to move. Sweat broke out on his forehead, and his brain was spinning rapidly.

  Fortunately, the other party only glanced at him lightly, then retracted his gaze, and disappeared into the woods in the blink of an eye.

  "Huh--"

  When the two figures disappeared completely, Ronan breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense muscles slowly relaxed.

  Then he felt extremely depressed.

  "I'm almost like a frightened bird..."

  "It's because I'm too weak."

  Ronan sighed, and didn't want to catch insects anymore. He quickly returned to the tree house with his things.

  Blow out the candles in the house, hang the gauze bag full of fireflies on the roof beam, and a simple "light bulb" is ready.

  Unfortunately, it can only be used for one night.

  When the sun rises, all the insects in the bag will die.

  Ronan stared at the homemade gauze bag for a while, and saw the bright yellow glow of fireflies softly covering the entire cabin like water. Both the lighting effect and the aesthetics were far superior to candles. He withdrew his gaze with satisfaction and sat down at the oak round table in front of him.   

  At this time, the table was already full of books, all left by the previous incarnation.

  Ronan was mainly reading four of them -

  "Basic Meditation",

  "Zero-order Spells",

  "Runeology: Collection of Ten Common Zero-order Runes", and

  "Basics of Magical Potion Science"

  . These four books were his most valuable possessions.

  The previous incarnation had spent almost all the magic stones he brought from home to exchange for these four books from the Hoddam Wizard Academy.

  These four books represent knowledge and inheritance, and are also the key to open the door to wizards.

  A large part of the wizards gathered in the Hoddam Wizard Land are students of the Hoddam Wizard Academy.

  The admission standards of the Hoddam Wizard Academy are not harsh. Basically, as long as you have money to pay tuition, you will be admitted.

  In the academy, further study, course selection, lectures, meals, accommodation... everything costs money.

  Once you have used up all the magic stones on you, it will "invite" you out as easily as when you came in.

  Therefore, there are many students from Hoddam Wizard Academy, but few students can be truly recognized by Hoddam Academy. Once you have this honor, you will be synonymous with strength and genius.

  "This doesn't feel like going to school, but more like a business,"

  Ronan muttered, and then casually opened the black-covered "Basic Meditation Technique" in front of him.

  Mental power is the foundation and core of the wizard's power system, and meditation is the main way to improve mental power. Its importance is self-evident.

  Ronan has tried "meditation" several times in the past two days, but none of them succeeded. Every time he felt a little bit short.

  He seemed to have not integrated the experience and insights of his predecessor in this part at all, so he could only start from scratch as a pure novice.

  "..Empty your mind, abandon distracting thoughts, and focus your mind on one point."

  Ronan read the steps described in the book.

  After reading it, he closed the book, closed his eyes, and silently went over it several times in his mind, relaxing his mind.

  When Ronan felt that he was almost done, he got up, drank a sip of water, washed his hands, and washed his face.

  Then he took off his shoes and sat cross-legged on his small bed.

  In fact, wizards do not have specific requirements for body posture when meditating, they can lie down or lie prone.

  But Ronan tried it and it was easy to fall asleep that way.

  When he got into bed, the thin blanket under his body was accidentally torn open, revealing a line of small words.

  "The soul is the destination of immortality."

  Ronan read it softly, his expression slightly different.

  This sentence is the opening of "Basic Meditation Technique" and is a famous saying widely circulated in the wizarding world.

  Its meaning is to warn everyone who embarks on the path of wizards that mental power is the focus of practice, and the pursuit of the immortality of the soul is the real immortality.

  But now it has been engraved on the bed board to warn himself.

  Obviously, it was not engraved by the predecessor, because the handwriting looks a bit old.

  Perhaps it was the previous owner of this cabin, or the previous previous owner.

  Ronan started to associate in his mind, in the same cabin, under the same dim light, on the same bed board a long time ago.

  A boy who was about the same age as him sat in the same position, alone, meditating and practicing silently, dreaming that one day he could walk out of the tree house area and enter the academy.

  After thinking about this, Ronan inexplicably felt a bit of courage and motivation.

  He gained inexplicable encouragement and strength from the line of handwriting he accidentally discovered. The sequelae of being frightened twice in a row during the day and at night gradually subsided, and his mind was completely calmed down.  Chapter 3 Panel

  In the dark void, a white light appeared.

  The white light slowly rotated.

  If you draw the trajectory of its rotation, it should be a continuous circle that keeps expanding outward.

  It's like a mosquito coil that is growing and getting bigger.

  In this process, there are scattered, colorful light spots from the edge of the void, merging into the trajectory of the white light rotation.

  Circle, circle, circle.

  After who knows how many circles, Ronan opened his eyes.

  At this moment, Ronan felt that his spirit was particularly vigorous, as if he had a good sleep, woke up, refreshed, his brain was particularly clear, and the speed of thinking became abnormally fast.

  "Success?"

  Ronan's lips moved slightly, and there was an irrepressible joy on his face.

  It was indeed successful.

  He had sensed what was described in "Basic Meditation Technique". It seemed that there was a group of lively and transparent airflow in his brain. It was difficult to describe, but it really existed.

  That was the so-called mental power.

  Being able to sense the existence of mental power proved that Ronan's first meditation was very successful and he had officially entered the door.

  "Thank you."

  Ronan was in a good mood, and he reached out and stroked the line of "Soul" on the bed board and whispered.

  The success of this meditation was due to the line of small words under his hand. Ronan planned to find something to clean the dust and dirt accumulated in the indentations of the handwriting tomorrow, and read it every day in the future to alert and encourage himself.

  Thinking of this, Ronan, who was about to get out of bed and pour a glass of water to moisten his throat, suddenly felt that something seemed to flash quickly in front of his eyes.

  It was as if a bug suddenly got into his eyes.

  He blinked hard, trying to squeeze the thing out, but he never thought that the light in the corner of his eyes suddenly twisted a few times, and then a light blue light curtain jumped out.

  [Name: Ronan Damien]

  [Age: 16]

  [Talent: No attribute affinity]

  [Strength: Level 1 wizard apprentice (86%)]

  [Skill: Basic meditation (beginner 1/100)]

  "Uh"

  Ronan was stunned.

  He wondered if he was dazzled, and rubbed his eyes hard, but the light curtain in front of him did not move at all.

  A thought came to his mind, and the light curtain disappeared immediately.

  When the thought came back, the light curtain appeared again.

  After repeating this several times, he realized that it was actually controlled by his own mind.

  "Is this... the character panel in the game?!"

  Is it the golden finger that came with his travel, or is the current world in a very real game?

  Ronan thought about it and felt that the previous guess was more reliable.

  Or he was more inclined to the first guess.

  Of course, no matter which possibility it was, the result was not important, because he couldn't go back now. What really mattered was how to use the panel in front of him to live well here and make himself live better.

  After being shocked, Ronan suppressed his inner joy and began to study the many information displayed on the panel.

  "It turns out that I have no attribute affinity."

  According to the common sense about wizards left by his predecessor, no attribute affinity should mean that there is no benefit in practicing any wizard spell, and accordingly, there is no obstacle.

  This is actually not a good thing.

  Because if Ronan is now affinity with fire attribute energy, then it will be easier for him to practice fire spells than ordinary people, and the power of the fire spells he casts will also be improved.

  Although learning other magic is more difficult than normal people and the power is smaller, this shortcoming can be avoided by choosing the right magic direction.

  If you choose any magic course at Hoddam Wizard Academy, you can take a free attribute affinity talent test. Unfortunately, after paying the tuition and buying four inherited wizard books, my predecessor had almost spent all his magic stones and had no money to sign up for another magic course.   

  As a result, Ronan only now knows his attribute affinity and talent.

  It would be a lie to say that he is not disappointed, but he cannot choose to restart, so he can only accept it.

  The strength column on the panel shows Ronan's current realm, a first-level wizard apprentice, and the 86% behind should be the progress of the current realm.

  Reality once again hit Ronan hard. His predecessor has been in the Hoddam wizard land for half a year.

  Even though it was difficult to get started because there was no one to guide him and he had to rely on himself to explore, but after meditating for so long, his mental power is still a long way from reaching the standard of a second-level wizard apprentice, which is enough to show that his talent is really average.

  "I heard that some wizard seedlings with good talents can increase their mental power to the second level in a few weeks or even a few days after getting started with meditation. It's

  really annoying to compare yourself with others."

  Ronan now thinks of the small words engraved on the bed board, and feels that the words are full of irony.

  "With such a huge gap in innate talent, is acquired effort really useful?"

  Ronan asked himself self-deprecatingly, inevitably feeling a little discouraged.

  But when his eyes fell on the panel, he suddenly felt a little hope again.

  "Maybe."

  He continued to read.

  It seemed that there was nothing to see.

  It was a bare skill column, and only the basic meditation he had just started was included, and his proficiency was only a pitiful 1.

  No wonder he couldn't feel the memory of his previous life when he tried to meditate before. It turned out that it was directly cleared after crossing.

  "Forget it, it doesn't matter, start from the beginning, from now on!"

  "At least I am a man with external plug-ins now. Practice hard, everything is possible!"

  Ronan cheered himself up. He just meditated once and now he is full of energy and doesn't want to sleep at all. He

  simply stayed up all night, flipping through the remaining books while studying the golden finger he had just awakened.

  Unconsciously, the fireflies in the gauze bag above his head stopped flying, and the faint light gradually dimmed.

  "Chirp chirp--"

  The morning light and the sound of birds awakened the sleeping forest.

  On the tall, dense, vine-covered old oak tree, a gray cabin opened its door with a creak.

  A young man in a gray robe walked out of the cabin.

  The young man was of medium build, with slightly curly chestnut hair, and his eyelids and cheeks looked a little swollen. He looked weak and fat, but in good spirits.

  It was Ronan who came out to get some fresh air after staying up all night.

  "Heh--"

  Ronan yawned, and poured the urine jar he had been holding all night down the gap between the branches of the old oak tree.

  Then he went back to the house to change to another slightly smaller pottery jar and began to collect the morning dew that had accumulated on the leaves.

  In fact, Ronan was not very sleepy.

  He studied the wizard book all night, and when he was sleepy, he went to bed to meditate. Although it could not completely replace the effect of sleeping, it was much better than staying up all night.

  It was just that

  Ronan always felt stuffy in his chest and had a dull pain.

  His hands and feet were also a little weak, and he almost fell off the tree when collecting the morning dew.

  He felt that his body seemed to be a little weaker than yesterday.

  Maybe he was hungry because he didn't eat all night.

  Or maybe

  there was something wrong with his body? !  Chapter 4 Erosion

  "Excessive meditation causes a large amount of energy particles in the body to be stagnant and unable to be discharged, which then erodes the body organs and causes varying degrees of damage to the body's functions?!"

  Ronan looked through the memories of his previous life and finally found the cause of his "symptom".

  "Meditation too much can also harm the body?!"

  His face suddenly became a little ugly.

  He now finally understood why the physique of this body was so poor. He

  originally thought that his previous life was born as a noble young master, and he did not know how to restrain himself at a young age, and was hollowed out by alcohol and sex.

  Now it seems that the main reason is that he has been eroded by energy particles for a long time.

  "Because of poor qualifications, I have to spend more time on meditation than others.

  A large amount of energy particles accumulate in my body, and I can't afford to buy potions to dissolve them, so my body is getting worse and worse, and I am even worse than an ordinary person

  ." Ronan looked gloomy.

  The memories he merged were very fragmented and not thorough, and he had not entered the meditation technique before, so he had never noticed this.

  Now looking back, he found that the problem of the body being eroded by energy particles actually exists in many wizards.

  But it is not taken seriously.

  Or it was because of the sentence at the beginning of "Basic Meditation" - the soul is the destination of immortality.

  For wizards, the ultimate goal of practice is to pursue the so-called eternal existence of the soul. Apart from that, there is nothing that cannot be abandoned.

  This also includes their own physical body.

  Moreover, when a wizard apprentice is promoted to a formal wizard, the physical body will be slightly enhanced.

  Moreover, the body can be transformed through spells later.

  "No wonder the wizards this guy has seen in his memory are either very old or ugly and weird. Is this the current situation of low-level wizards?"

  Ronan felt powerless for a while.

  He is not a person who pays much attention to appearance, but he can accept that his external image is a little worse, but he can't accept that he has a sixty-year-old body at the age of sixteen.

  If he continues to practice at this rate, it will not be long before he has to rely on a cane to walk. He

  probably can't climb a tree anymore, so he has to eat, drink, defecate and urinate in the tree every day.

  "That's fucked up..."

  Ronan imagined in his mind the scene of himself trembling and holding onto a tree branch and peeing in his pants in mid-air. He couldn't bear to look at it.

  To solve the problem of energy particle erosion, it is actually very simple.

  One is to control the frequency of meditation.

  Reduce the number of meditations and increase the interval between two meditations.

  After one meditation, wait until the body slowly discharges the excess energy particles before the next meditation, and the situation will be much better.

  But this will undoubtedly greatly slow down the speed of cultivation, making Ronan's already terrible talent even worse.

  Another way is to take magic potions.

  But this method is even more impractical.

  A bottle of the cheapest magic potion costs more than ten low-level magic stones. With this money, Ronan might as well use it to buy auxiliary potions that can directly enhance mental strength.

  If you don't want to slow down the speed of cultivation and don't want to spend money, you can only...

  "Practice."

  Ronan exhaled a short breath and said sullenly: "From now on, physical exercise will be officially included in the daily practice items."

  This is the dumbest way.

  Train your body to be strong, and then fight those invading energy particles to the end!

  Poor people can only rely on themselves.

  After half an hour of hard work, Ronan collected a full jar of morning dew.

  This thing is a relatively easy-to-obtain wizard material. After reading a few books last night, Ronan began to collect it consciously.

  Put the jar full of morning dew in a cool place, Ronan plucked a handful of sage leaves, crushed them and stuffed them into his mouth, brushed his teeth hastily, and then began to prepare his breakfast.

  Breakfast is also simple, a small pot of multi-grain oatmeal porridge.   

  There were no side dishes to go with the porridge, so I added a little rock honey left by my predecessor, which had been stored for who knows how long.

  Unexpectedly, it tasted quite good.

  Ronan squatted at the door of the hut with a bowl in his hand, sipping the porridge, and opened his character panel.

  [Name: Ronan Damien]

  [Age: 16]

  [Talent: No attribute affinity]

  [Strength: Level 1 wizard apprentice (86%)]

  [Skill: Basic meditation (entry 5/100)]

  Over the course of one night, his strength progress remained the same, but his proficiency in meditation increased by five points.

  At this moment, Ronan was no longer as excited and happy as he was last night.

  The main reason was that he had studied this panel overnight and found that it seemed to have no other function except to display his practice status in real time.

  "I guess I still have to rely on my own liver."

  Ronan was a little depressed. He quickly finished his breakfast, washed the dishes, and then climbed down the tree along the long vine in front of the house.

  Now is a good time for morning exercise.

  The task of strengthening his physical fitness is urgent, and Ronan takes action now.

  He planned his morning jogging route a little.

  "Follow this path straight ahead, turn right under the fourth oak tree, and go around to the left when you see a quagmire."

  "If you encounter danger, return immediately!"

  Ronan felt that he was almost there, so he ran slowly along the forest path.

  The road in the woods is not easy to walk on, with ups and downs, and sometimes you will encounter stones and dead trees blocking the road.

  But it is just right for exercise.

  Ronan ran for a while, and his body began to sweat, and his breathing became much faster.

  In fact, if you want to exercise, the grass by the lake is the best.

  But since the wizard fight yesterday, Ronan has not planned to go there for the time being.

  The view on the grass is wide, and if you encounter anything, there is no place to hide.

  The robe on his body is soaked with sweat, and it is very uncomfortable to stick to the skin wetly. The fat sleeves and hem are also in the way.

  Ronan thought that he should change his clothes when he comes back. He remembered that there was a set of light hunting clothes in the change of clothes left by his predecessor, which is more suitable for activities in the forest.

  "I've gotten to this point, why should I still pay attention to wizard etiquette? Wearing wizard robes doesn't necessarily make me a wizard."

  Ronan was so tired that he was panting and his hair roots were wet.

  He pushed aside a bush and saw water bubbling out of a tree hole under a big tree in front of him, so he gradually slowed down his pace.

  "I've run about seven or eight miles."

  Ronan was not sure, so he took out a golden pocket watch from his arms and checked the time.

  It had been nearly an hour and a half since he left the tree house.

  Several places on his body were accidentally scratched by branches, leaving blood marks, which were hot and painful after being soaked with sweat.

  "Fortunately, there are no large wild animals in this area, otherwise I really wouldn't dare to go so deep."

  Ronan thought as he walked towards the tree hole in front of him where water was bubbling.

  When he arrived in front of the tree hole, he scooped up a handful of water with his hand and tasted it twice, and found that it tasted quite clear and sweet.

  After a simple scrubbing, Ronan took off his shoes and soaked his feet in.  Chapter 5 [Energy Missile]

  "It's so rare that there is such a water source here..."

  Ronan sighed happily while soaking his feet.

  "Remember the location, I can go here every time I run in the future."

  He usually went to the lake to get water, and filled two large water tanks at a time, which could be used for three to five days.

  "Rustle!"

  There was a sudden sound in his ears.

  Ronan turned his head quickly and saw a slightly shaking bush.

  Maybe it was a small animal that ran away in fear.

  Ronan didn't care.

  But thinking about it, he felt a little worried. He dried his feet, put on his shoes, and walked slowly along the shaking bush.

  Pushing aside a few low bushes covered with red berries, he walked forward for more than ten meters, and a dark green tree house appeared in Ronan's sight.

  "Is there anyone living here?!"

  Ronan was shocked, and quickly stopped, and then slowly retreated along the original path.

  It was common to run into other wizards in the tree house area. Ronan had avoided any signs of human habitation on the road before, but he didn't expect that this place was so remote that there were still people living there.

  "I can't come next time... I have to modify my route a little."

  Ronan made a decision and left in a hurry.

  After sweating profusely, he returned to his residence and took a short rest. It was not yet nine o'clock in the morning.

  Ronan's homework was still going on.

  "Meditation is the only way for me to improve my strength at this stage. The book says that every time I meditate after consuming my mental power, the effect will be greatly improved."

  Ronan sat under the oak tree at home, chewing wild fruits picked in the forest while studying the meditation book in his hand.

  The meditation book mentioned that the human soul is like a container, and mental power is the water in this container.

  Drain the water in the container first, and in the process of refilling it, the volume of the container will be significantly increased.

  The key is...

  how to consume mental power quickly.

  "All wizard activities require mental power.

  The most common ones are alchemy, enchantment, forging, and rune engraving.

  The most consuming is naturally spellcasting."

  Ronan put down the meditation book in his hand and picked up another wizard book with a black cover - "Zero-level Spells".

  This book was also obtained by the predecessor from Hoddam College.

  Although it is called a collection, it actually records the release methods of five zero-level spells.

  They are - [Fireball], [Ice Ball], [Energy Missile], [Charged Weapon], and [Detection]

  . Ronan looked at the introduction of the five zero-level spells and cheered up.

  His biggest problem now is that his combat power is weak, oh no, to be precise, he has no combat power.

  Learning a combat spell is urgently needed at this stage.

  Ronan read the introduction of the five spells carefully, and after weighing the pros and cons, he finally chose the [Energy Missile] spell as the main learning goal at present.

  He has a non-attribute affinity physique, so [Fireball] and [Iceball], which obviously have energy attribute tendencies, are naturally not his first choice.

  [Charge Weapon] needs to be used with weapons, and [Detection] is an auxiliary spell, so the long-range spell [Energy Missile] with no attribute requirements has become the most suitable choice for him.

  The release principle of [Energy Missile] is very simple, that is, through spells and gestures, the mental power and the free energy particles in nature resonate with the spell.

  But it is not easy to operate in practice.

  "Woolu... Babaqi."

  Ronan stumbled over a short spell. Each syllable of the spell needed to be matched with the corresponding gesture. Ronan was always busy with the spell and ignored the gesture; he got the gesture right but forgot to chant the spell.

  After practicing for several hours, Ronan was sweating profusely and his mouth was dry, but he still failed to successfully release the [Energy Missile] once.

  "Damn, this is too difficult!"

  Ronan looked at the thick spell book, wondering if he had made a mistake in practicing, or if he had not yet mastered the real trick.

  In fact, in this situation, it is usually best to find someone to guide you.

  Hoddam Academy provides this kind of service.   

  As long as you sign up for the [Energy Missile] spell class, there will naturally be an experienced old wizard who will break down and explain the release techniques of this spell to you in detail, so that you can avoid a lot of detours.

  But Ronan is not poor.

  Ten low-level magic stones would simply cost him his life.

  "I'd better practice on my own..."

  Ronan sighed and continued to practice hard.

  He didn't even have time to eat lunch. When he was tired of practicing, he would meditate for a while.

  He practiced until the sun was setting, around four o'clock in the afternoon.

  "Wulu Baba Zier Damu!"

  A series of strange and difficult syllables were accurately uttered from Ronan's mouth, and his ten fat white fingers also matched the landing points of the syllables and quickly changed into various gestures, without any error.

  When the spell and gestures were all completed successfully, Ronan intuitively heard a "hum" in his ears. Immediately

  afterwards, the lively and transparent mental power in his mind was immediately drained away.

  The next second, a piece of air in front of him was distorted, and a colorful ball of light the size of a ping-pong ball appeared out of thin air. With a slight change of mind, he shot out with a whoosh. It

  landed on an unlucky oak tree in front of him, and with a bang, a large mass of wood chips and debris exploded on the trunk.

  "It's done?!"

  Ronan was a little slow to react to the sudden success.

  A few seconds later, the huge joy and sense of accomplishment enveloped him like a tide.

  "It's done!"

  Ronan rushed forward excitedly and looked at the landing point of the [Energy Missile].

  A deep flaky pit remained on the oak tree, which was as thick as a person.

  "This power is greater than a shotgun!"

  Ronan looked again and again, and was amazed. When he looked away, he couldn't help but have many complicated thoughts in his heart.

  Wizard!

  At this moment, he can be regarded as a real wizard. He

  possesses extraordinary power that mortals cannot reach.

  There is also something called confidence in his heart.

  "Hu——"

  After exhaling a breath of turbid air, Ronan's heart unexpectedly became very calm.

  Instead of dwelling on the joy of success, he continued to practice.

  With Ronan's current mental power as a first-level wizard apprentice, it was almost exhausted after releasing two [Energy Missiles].

  And the time required to release two [Energy Missiles] was no more than two minutes.

  The purpose of quickly consuming mental power was also successfully achieved, and everything seemed to be slowly getting on track.

  After a casual dinner, Ronan was still practicing spells as fireflies rose in the forest.

  Somehow, since the first successful release of [Energy Missiles], the subsequent practice has become unusually smooth.

  Ronan's chanting speed has become faster and faster, and the coordinated gestures have become more and more silky.

  There has been almost no spell failure, only once because of mental fatigue and severe fluctuations in mental power, resulting in the incomplete casting of the spell.

  Late at night, Ronan dragged his tired body into the tree house, lay directly on the small bed as soon as he entered the door, and clicked on his character panel.

  [Name: Ronan Damien]

  [Age: 16]

  [Talent: No attribute affinity]

  [Strength: Level 1 wizard apprentice (88%)]

  [Skills: Basic Meditation (11/100 for beginners)

  Energy Missile (14/100 for beginners)]