Bloodline of the Wizard-Chapter 58 - Winter Night
Chapter 58: Chapter 58 Winter Night
Chapter 58 -58 Winter Night
Winter night.
The house was surrounded by fluttering goose-feather snowflakes, the cold biting to the bone, yet inside the steam rose high, the white mist veiling the windows.
Having just finished a round of body forging training, Ronan, drenched in sweat, stepped into a bathtub filled with hot water.
In this cold weather, to take a comfortable hot bath after a vigorous exercise was indeed a very pleasant thing.
Ronan lay in the bathtub, closed his eyes, and quietly enjoyed the moment for a while, then summoned his character panel.
[Name: Ronan Damien]
[Age: 16]
[Talent: No Attribute Affinity]
[Strength: Level 7 Wizard Apprentice (70%)]
[Skills: Basic Meditation Technique (Expert 439/800)
Energy Missile – Particle Torrent (Master 4/1600)
Charging Weapon (Expert 633/800)
Rune engraving—Clean (Proficiency 185/200), Shining (Proficiency 33/200), Protection (Mastery 112/400)
Ascetic Body Refinement (Expert 106/800)
Basic Swordsmanship (Expert 702/800)
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Ever since Ascetic Body Refinement reached expert level, the proficiency level has been increasing extremely slowly, to the degree that it might take three to five days just to increase by a point.
The main reason is Ronan’s very Zen-like attitude towards this cultivation technique.
He would train to the extent of pain he could endure without deliberately seeking breakthroughs or resorting to excessive self-torture.
After all…
for a wizard to have trained his body to this level was already a very rare and impressive feat.
Ronan raised his right arm, from the deltoid to the brachioradialis, the entire arm showing a perfect streamline.
With just a bit of effort, it would enter a state full of power.
Thinking back, his initial purpose for body refining was merely to alleviate the problem of the erosion by energy particles.
Not only has the problem been completely resolved now, but the subsequent development has far exceeded his expectations…
However, no matter how one trains the body refining method, once they reach the level of an official wizard, the advantages that the physique brings will be greatly reduced, or even completely lost.
There has never been an official wizard who specializes in flesh body cultivation.
Even if there were, it certainly wouldn’t be through self-training.
Therefore, Ronan treated it as a transition and had long been prepared to give it up.
The main reason why he still persists in practicing Ascetic Body Refinement at this stage is that he values its ability to help refine spiritual power and offset the side effects of using potions to level up.
“Continuous meditation has finally paid off, the spiritual power has started to grow, proving that most of the impurities have been eliminated, and I can continue to use potions to increase spiritual power…”
Thinking of this, Ronan checked the other skills on the panel.
[Basic Swordsmanship], as the “stretching exercise” after each body forging session, was quickly being pushed to complete the expert level by him.
It must be said, the proficiency level of such mundane techniques increases rapidly.
Throughout the training, he had not encountered any stagnation.
It was just unknown what kind of transformation would occur after [Basic Swordsmanship] advances to master level.
During this period, Ronan’s focus was more on [Energy Missile – Particle Torrent] and [Charging Weapon] these two spells.
The proficiency level of the former was successfully incremented by him by 1 point, and the latter also took a big step towards complete expert level.
Thinking of this, Ronan picked up the black longsword resting on the edge of the bathtub, his lips moved slightly, and his right hand slowly glided along the length of the longsword.
A water-like luminescence attached to it inch by inch.
At this stage, the effects of his [Charging Weapon] were completely different from the beginning.
The previously bestowed Charging Weapon enhanced the weapon with a dazzling and irregular radiance, allowing one to instantly feel the bursting and unstable spell power contained within.
However, now those energy particles attached to the surface of the longsword have become much tighter and more orderly.
The visual effect of the spell-enhanced weapon also shifted from the original patchiness to being profound and restrained, with the overall color tending towards blue.
Wielding the longsword enhanced with the Expert Level Charging Weapon with a casual swing, Ronan barely exerted any strength, yet the blade left behind visible ripples and waves in the air as it passed.
This power was already comparable to some Advanced Zero Rank spells cast by those with lower proficiency levels.
If he were in a state with his physique fully unleashed, the lethality would be even more terrifying…
After soaking for a while, Ronan felt the bathwater beneath him begin to cool, so he cast a spell, chanting to summon a fireball, and carefully submerged it into the water, bringing the temperature back up.
Repeating this process several times, Ronan felt the exhaustion from his body fade away and leisurely stepped out of the bathtub.
Wrapped in a thin towel, he sat down by the crackling fireplace, where the tea that was boiling on the stove was ready.
Ronan took out the clutch of eggs he got from killing the Two-headed Demon Lizard last time, selected a few to roast in the hot wood ash by the fireplace, drinking tea, while inspecting a few items.
Firstly, there was a seed.
It was the one Old Wells handed him on behalf of the Andre siblings before they left.
Ronan couldn’t recognize what plant the seed was from, and the Andre siblings hadn’t left behind any information to explain.
The only possible hint was the oak box that came with the seed, carved with some strange patterns and a line of small characters on the inner wall of the box.
Ronan asked Old Wells, and Old Wells said it was in ancient Elvish script, but even he did not know what it really meant.
Not sure what use the seed had, Ronan occasionally took it out to fiddle with, but mostly, he was studying that magic artifact fragment he obtained from the two foolish wizards!
The silver light flickered off the broken mirror-like magic artifact fragment in the reflection of the fireplace’s flame.
Ronan’s spiritual power seeped into it, silently observing the runes engraved within as if admiring a masterpiece by a great artist.
Every smooth line, every turn of detail…
Only a Rune Master would understand how exquisitely enchanting these rune patterns truly are.
The person who engraved these runes was definitely a Master among masters, their understanding of Rune Studies at least ten thousand times greater than Ronan’s.
At this stage, even if Ronan could only glimpse a fraction of the knowledge, it would still be immensely beneficial to him.
During this period of contemplating the runes inside the mirror artifact, Ronan felt his own proficiency in rune engraving had improved.
The Advanced Zero Rank Swift rune, which had stumped him for a long time, was now nearly at an entry-level understanding.
“Once I can engrave the Swift rune, my monthly income will increase significantly, and then I can consider preparing to make a push for becoming an Official Wizard…”
Sitting by the fireplace, Ronan dipped his fingers in the tea from his cup and carelessly traced the shape of the mysterious rune from the mirror artifact fragment on the floor.
While drawing, suddenly…
“Boom!”
A muffled sound abruptly rang in his ear.
Ronan instinctively looked up, staring in the direction the sound came from for a while, feeling it came from a distant place.
He did not hear it again for a long time.
Ronan shook his head and lowered his head to continue the unfinished tracing motion.
However, before he could continue for much longer…
“Bang!”
A loud noise like a hurricane swept across the entire cabin, shaking some dust off the ceiling, with the flames in the fireplace flickering slightly.
Ronan jumped up from the chair, swiftly donned his magic robe, and then walked outside the house.
This time he heard it clearly.
The sound was very close…
Within the town…
Something had happened.
…….
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