I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

Chapter 17: New Magic - Lightning Power

If you looked closely into her eyes, you would notice that the instructor's gaze was very dull.

"Roland, how about we make a bet?" Catherine said with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, "Don't you really dislike that purse? If you can learn the magic in the book before the next destination, I'll take the purse away."

Roland raised his head and said, "Then what's your stake?"

Catherine was slightly stunned; she did need a stake. Because if Roland lost, it would mean he would have to carry this purse forever.

After a moment, she said, "If you win, I'll take the purse and grant you one condition."

Roland muttered, "Hopefully, you'll keep your word."

The instructor sneered.

Catherine wasn't deliberately trying to make things difficult for Roland. She knew Roland was a bit special and felt that Roland should be able to barely meet her requirements before arriving at the Brown Bracken Fern Forest—they were about to enter the Brown Bracken Fern Forest, so she had to push this kid a bit! Otherwise, this kid wouldn't survive.

Roland didn't know what the instructor was thinking, nor did he know how long it would take a normal apprentice to learn magic; he just felt that this time was fine. So, he read the book very carefully.

After flipping through it for a while, Roland was surprised to discover that the authors of "Arcane: A Second and Third Explanation of Chain Lightning" and "A Brief Discussion on Mind Magic" seemed to be the same person, and both were hand-copied by Instructor Catherine.

The content of the book seemed to be written casually, but it was profound and easy to understand, making it very suitable as a textbook for apprentices.

Roland felt that when the author was writing this book, her thoughts and realm had already returned to simplicity.

When he saw the tenth page, he suddenly realized that he might not need to continue reading, because after reading the spell on this page, he slowly felt that he was almost there.

'Catherine said that most pure-blood wizards have a single elemental affinity, and the more singular the elemental affinity, the better the aptitude. Wizards with only one elemental affinity are considered first-rate and are called natural magic envoys.'

'Muggles mostly have 5-7 elemental affinities, so they are not qualified to learn magic. I have 7 elemental affinities, which is the worst aptitude. But Catherine also said that although multi-elemental affinity is very difficult in cultivation, it is very easy to use magic.'

'The situation seems to be true, so wouldn't that mean that if ordinary people can possess magic, the Muggles and Mudbloods in the mouths of us pure-blood wizards would be stronger than them?'

Roland suddenly discovered something—most of the wild wizards (Muggle magicians who can't access the wizarding world) despised by wizards have garbage aptitudes above the fifth level, but among them, there may be great talents!

People with more than 5 elemental affinities find it very difficult to obtain magic power through meditation. But once someone can obtain magic power through strange paths like Roland, such as the 'Aleya Handbook', they will have great potential.

Catherine has always believed that once ordinary people like Roland possess magic power, they will definitely be more suitable for researching magic than pure-blood wizards. Now, many things happening to Roland do prove this point.

Roland thought to himself, 'However, I didn't learn magic as quickly as I did today when I learned magic before. Is it because I came into deep contact with the underlying world during my advancement last night?'

Roland didn't know that the instructor was taking him to the Brown Bracken Fern Forest; he thought Instructor Catherine was talking about the next destination being a small town.

At this time, there was still half the journey to the town, and he continued to study 'Chain Lightning'.

'Well, the Chain Lightning in the book is a Chain Lightning that has been adapted by the author. It has very high requirements on the caster's skills. Those who use it well can link multiple targets at once, and those who don't use it well... it's good enough if they can hit one person with lightning.'

'It's best to study this magic thoroughly, lest she cause me trouble later.'

Roland learned about his mastery of this magic from the "Aleya Handbook":

[Modified Chain Lightning I (0/100)]

[Description:

1. Summon the power of thunder, release it from both hands, and penetrate 1-3 enemies in the distance (Level 1), causing a large amount of damage (1-2 units). The higher the spell level, the more enemies the chain lightning can connect to.]

2. Every time an enemy is hit, chain lightning damage is reduced by 15%]

3. This magic has been improved by a certain wizard, greatly reducing the spell consumption, and will cause double damage (1-4 units) when only one enemy is hit. But this also increases its learning difficulty.]

[Effect: Level 1 Chain Lightning deals 0-4 units of lightning damage to the first enemy.]

"The damage of this magic before the modification was even inferior to Mind Blast. After the modification, the damage is already considerable."

"Although the damage fluctuates greatly, the consumption is very low. Not only is the casting distance long, but it is also an area-of-effect attack."

"If Mind Blast is a big move, then this magic can be used as my small skill. It's very good."

If other apprentices heard Roland say that Chain Lightning consumes little and regarded it as a small skill, they would definitely shout, 'You're bragging! A trash with seventh-level talent!'

You must know that the highest damage of this magic can reach 4 points!

Moreover, it is still an area-of-effect killing magic. If you learn it well, you can kill a large group of people with one move!

Imagine, a low-level apprentice is surrounded by three or five low-level apprentices, a situation that was originally destined to be fatal. But a chain of lightning passes by, and all the enemies fall down. Isn't this a big killing move?

Of course, the premise is that the caster has cultivated this magic to perfection, can ensure that multiple targets are hit every time, and that the lightning released each time can reach the maximum damage value.

But, it is still a big killing move!

If you learn this magic well, you can walk sideways among low-level apprentices with just this one move.

However, the magic consumption of Arcane has always been very terrifying. Before Catherine's modification, low-level apprentices couldn't use this magic at all. Even if this magic has been modified by Catherine, an ordinary low-level apprentice can only cast it once a day with their magic power.

But it's different for Roland. When he advanced, his magic power increased by 300%, so there's no problem releasing three or five chains of lightning in a battle.

"I should be able to instantly cast this magic, but to hit multiple enemies at the same time and maximize the damage of the magic every time, I still need to practice repeatedly to do it."

Roland vaguely felt that he could actually practice this magic repeatedly in a very low-consumption way, but he couldn't grasp this feeling.

He scratched his head and flipped through "Arcane: A Second and Third Explanation of Chain Lightning" again.

The second half of the book enlightened him—the author of the book specially created a small 'trick' for Chain Lightning, called 'Arc'.

Tricks are commonly used magic among apprentices.

The characteristics are simple casting, low consumption, and no damage. However, because they are only auxiliary magic, wizards classify this type of magic into the category of 'tricks' and 'magic'.

But these tricks can allow wizard apprentices to better understand formal magic.

The author of "Arcane: A Second and Third Explanation of Chain Lightning" specifically designed the trick 'Arc' with the purpose of allowing learners to familiarize themselves with the casting of Chain Lightning by practicing Arc.

To put it bluntly, as long as you learn the trick Arc, then every successful casting of 'Arc' will also increase the experience value of Chain Lightning!

"The ancestor of the instructor's family, the witch named Alexandra, is simply a genius!"

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Roland had great admiration for that witch.

Although Roland had also had inspiration when studying Chain Lightning before, he couldn't design a trick like Arc. But that Miss Witch has a commanding view!

This gave Roland a feeling of looking up.

However, Roland is actually a bit modest.

Although he is not good at designing magic, his comprehension is very terrifying, and he can always burst out with various inspirations. It's just that his thinking is too jumpy and too chaotic. Once there are too many inspirations, it is difficult to sort them out.

Therefore, let Roland generate inspiration, and he can generate a hundred of them. But it is difficult for him to systematically sort out his inspiration, sort it into a single, pure, and complete system.

That Alexandra witch is the opposite of Roland.

Her experience is too rich, and she has formed a fixed way of thinking. Her inherent thinking in magic is difficult to break, so it is difficult for her to come up with strange ideas.

However, she is very good at perfecting systems—as long as someone provides her with a framework of inspiration, she can fill the framework and have a commanding view.

At this time, the carriage had already entered the town at the foot of the mountain.

A certain Miss Witch raised her head and asked, "How's the progress?"

The instructor asked this question with the intention of putting pressure on Roland—she didn't specify where the next destination was just now, right? So, the next destination could be the Brown Bracken Fern Forest, or it could be Valeria Town, right?

She planned to deliberately suppress this kid, scold him as 'trash', and then tell him to give him two more hours.

But who knew that just as Catherine finished asking 'How's the progress?', Roland stretched out two fingers, and then an arc appeared between the two fingers.

Seeing this scene, the instructor opened her mouth wide—instant cast!

But that wasn't the end of it!

Roland held up three fingers and released an arc of electricity. This arc started from his thumb, linked to his index finger, and then jumped from his index finger to his middle finger. However, when the arc jumped to the third finger, a problem occurred in the middle, causing the spell to fail.

An awkward expression appeared on Roland's face. He coughed and looked at Catherine, "Teacher, I should be considered to have fulfilled your request, right?"

Catherine's expression was a little unsightly. She pretended not to hear and just flipped through her magic book without saying a word.

Roland also remained silent. He remembered one thing—Catherine owed him a favor.