The Necromancer in the Wizarding World

Matthews was concentrating on practicing the burning magic, but suddenly received an urgent message from Finistin: Did you forget the afternoon fight? If you don't come, it will be too late, hurry up!

This sudden reminder startled Matthews, he had completely forgotten about this. Putting down the work in his hands, he hurried to the competition hall.

In the hall, Finistine was waiting anxiously. Seeing Matthews coming, she immediately stepped forward to explain: "Matthews, I'm sorry! I misunderstood you yesterday. I have talked to Tina, and she won't bother me anymore."

Tina had been anxiously waiting for Matthews to arrive in the arena. She mistakenly thought that Matthews would rather give up the fight than communicate with her. She was relieved until the lobby broadcast notified her to go to the designated arena.

In the arena, Matthews immediately deployed defensive magic and at the same time condensed offensive magic. He really wanted to split the opponent in half with a magic blade.

However, the other party had no intention of taking action at all, which made Matthews feel helpless: "What do you want?"

Tina's emotions were no longer aggressive because she knew that the other party was what her mother called a soft-hearted person: "First of all, I want to apologize to you. It was my fault for not making my words clear, which led to a lot of unnecessary misunderstandings."

Matthews' anger subsided a little, but he didn't know whether the other party had really figured it out or was forced by Finistine.

Tina continued, "Besides, I still want to know what happened in your fight with Tilly. Why did she break down like that? I want you to tell me the truth. Please!"

Matthews felt a little helpless. He really didn't buy into the hard approach, but if the approach was soft, he would be unable to cope.

"It was really just a fight. I didn't even say a word to her."

Tina was a little unconvinced. She knew that the other party always liked to use rhetoric to provoke his opponent. It was a pity that the fight was not broadcast live, so there was no video of the fight, otherwise she would not have to beg this scumbag so humbly.

Seeing that Tina remained silent, Matthews had to continue explaining: "I really didn't say a word to her. The elemental apprentice's behavior was indeed very strange. I just cracked her fireball spell, and she suddenly collapsed to the ground. I really don't know why she acted like that!"

Tina still found it hard to accept this explanation: "Impossible, my sister is a strong woman, how could she be so fragile!"

Unknown to Matthews, Tilly was originally ranked in the top 200, but she deliberately lost to an apprentice with a low score in order to help Tina, which led to the subsequent challenge.

However, the development of things was beyond her expectations. Not only did she fail to teach Matthews a lesson, but he easily cracked her specialty witchcraft. This was a big blow to her, because she had always thought highly of herself, but now she was defeated by a new apprentice. How could she not collapse?

Matthews was quite helpless: "I'm not belittling your sister. Maybe she has been too successful all the time, which leads to her lack of ability to withstand pressure. So, we need to find the reason from her own perspective."

Tina was even more confused after hearing this. Is that true? She suggested that Matthews go with her to see Tilly and talk things out in person.

However, Matthews' time is very precious, and he has no extra time to waste. "I'm sorry, I'm really busy, you may not understand this!"

What a mess, Tina just felt that the other party was looking for an excuse to reject her, however, she was determined to solve the problem for her sister. "Matthews, as long as you agree to my request, I will tell you a secret."

Matthews was speechless. He had no interest in the so-called "Second Generation of Witches" secrets. He could only say more bluntly: "I'm very sorry, I have to challenge the Shadow Apprentice tomorrow, so I need to go back and prepare. I really don't have time!"

"My secret can definitely help you, believe me!" Tina looked a little pitiful.

Matthews felt very embarrassed, he really didn't want to be entangled by the other party any longer. At the same time, he realized that the crux of the problem was Tilly. So he cut the Gordian knot quickly to avoid wasting more time.

"Okay, I promise you, but don't bother me again!"

Although Tina felt a little relieved, the other party's additional conditions made her angry. As a top beauty in the Eternal Night Cave, she had never been despised like this! However, she was more concerned about her sister's affairs, so she didn't bother with the other party for the time being.

Afterwards, Tina admitted defeat and led Matthews to the wizard residence.

Matthews had never been here before. The environment here was obviously more elegant and brighter than the apprentice area.

They came to a richly decorated alcove with magic lamps burning all the time. It was no longer a single room, but a spacious living room and several separate rooms, somewhat like a large flat floor on Earth.

Tina walked to one of the rooms and knocked on the door gently: “Sister!”

The room seemed empty, but Tina was convinced that Tilly was inside. She continued to knock on the door and said, "Sister, I know you are in there. I caught the person who bullied you."

Matthews was speechless after hearing this. He was a weakling and was "caught". However, Tina's words worked and the door was slowly opened.

Tilly looked at Matthews with mixed feelings. It was this man in front of her who completely destroyed her pride.

However, she could not resent the other party because it was a fight, and the other party did not use any dishonorable means during the fight. Moreover, the other party did not attack her from beginning to end, but was only on the defensive.

"I'm sorry! Tina was being naughty!" Tilly apologized to Matthews.

Matthews looked at the other party's sad face and couldn't help but feel a little sympathy in his heart. "Each kind of witchcraft has its own unique features. People often say that death-side witchcraft is relatively weak during the apprentice period, but I don't think so."

Tilly stared blankly at the stubborn man. She knew that this was the spirit and perseverance that a wizard should have.

Matthews thought Tilly was still having trouble letting it go, so he continued, "Each kind of witchcraft has its own unique features. Sometimes seemingly insignificant witchcraft can actually restrain those extremely powerful witchcraft. Therefore, you don't need to worry too much. The essence of the battle lies in how to use it flexibly!"

Tina was speechless. She had asked Matthews to apologize to her sister, but he started to lecture her. She thought that doing so would only make Tilly feel worse.

However, to her surprise, Tilly responded: "You're right, I was being too picky. I'm sorry!"

Tina couldn't believe her ears. She had never seen her sister so weak. In her memory, her sister had never apologized to anyone, even if she was wrong, but at this moment!

Matthews found that Tilly was not as unreasonable as Tina, so he continued, "You are quite strong, but you still lack combat experience and fighting will. The sayings 'the weak defeat the strong' and 'a careless move' fully illustrate their importance."

Tina finally couldn't help it. This guy actually dared to teach her sister a lesson. "Matthews, you just won a few games by luck, and you really think you are better than my sister. I'm not afraid to tell you that my sister was ranked in the top 200 before."

Matthews shook his head gently. "Tomorrow I will challenge the top 200 Shadow Apprentices. So, the ranking is not important. The key is to be able to face yourself."

Tina couldn't help but retort. She really couldn't stand Matthews' self-righteous attitude. "Keep bragging. Do you think the top 200 are cabbages? I tell you, the top 200 are the elite among the elites. They can't win by cheating!"

Matthews didn't care. "It's useless to say more. Let's just wait and see."

Tilly suddenly said, "I will go to watch your fight tomorrow!"

Matthews nodded. Since Tilly no longer closed herself off, his goal was achieved.

"Then I'll take my leave." But he still had to go back and continue engraving the staff. Tomorrow would be the time to verify its power.

Matthews didn't take the secret Tina wanted to tell seriously at first, but when she said it, he was shocked.

What Tina revealed was actually the important secret of Shadow Drift, and she repeatedly warned him not to tell anyone else.

It turns out that Shadow Drift can only drift three times each time it is cast, which means that after drifting three times, it must be cast again. The drift distance is very limited, at most three meters, and the drift interval cannot exceed five seconds.

Although Matthews didn't know how Tina knew this confidential information, it was too important to him.

Knowing these limitations of Shadow Drift, he can better formulate tactics to evade or deal with it.