CHAPTER 47: CHAPTER 47: SHIELD-FOCUSED WIZARD

Macken turned his head and saw a bright longsword swing past, clutching his throat and unable to speak, blood flowed like a waterfall, blood bubbles gurgled from his mouth. Looking at Herag, who was covered in shields, he collapsed to the ground full of confusion in his eyes.

"Remaining magic power at 3%," Shenlan issued a warning.

Herag felt mentally exhausted: "The spell Flash consumes too much magic power, casting it once uses up 49% of magic power."

At the moment the Ice Cone rushed towards him, he decisively used Flash to appear behind Macken, then killed Macken with a single strike.

Caught off-guard and with almost no magic power left, Macken died without being able to resist at all.

"Need to leave quickly." Herag searched the bodies of Macken and Sunny, found a ring and four Magic Stones, and quickly left the Moonlight Forest.

His current magic power was not even enough to cast a single Corrosive Arrow, so if danger arose, he could only rely on hand-to-hand combat.

After returning to the inn, Hellfoot arrived shortly after, with no one in the carriage.

The journey went smoothly, and once in the Northern Forest Region, it was quite safe, so Herag was able to relax his tense spirit a bit.

If Macken and Sunny’s bodies were not discovered in time, they would soon be dragged away and eaten by the beasts and magical creatures in the Moonlight Forest.

Even if discovered, it had nothing to do with him. The forest district would just record the incident, as such things were quite common.

During his stay in the Moonlight Forest, Herag felt it provided a platform.

Wizards study and exchange resources here, with everything requiring equal exchange and not like schools with strict wizard management.

Freedom also represents disorder.

"Wind Elf’s Ring: Enchanted with a Level 0 spell, Wind Elf’s Blessing."

The green ring in Herag’s hand was taken from Sunny, and the enchanted spell seemed to be able to increase the agility attribute. The exact value would need to be tested later when his magic power recovered.

"I’ll go pick mushrooms in the Moonlight Forest in a few days," Herag planned to wait until this matter settled before going, to avoid further trouble.

...

Two days later.

Herag pulled a chair onto the balcony and lay down, carefully studying the spell model of Flash.

Beside him, a small stove was burning brightly, with a teapot on top boiling coffee. The aroma wafted out, refreshing and enlivening him.

"The practical value of the spell Flash is high, but the magic power consumption is too much..."

Herag paused at this thought, then issued a command to Shenlan: "Shenlan, can you optimize the spell Flash to reduce magic power consumption?"

"Conducting data analysis..."

"Data analysis complete, calculations complete, Level 0 spell Flash can be optimized. After optimization, casting it once is estimated to consume 37% magic power."

"From 49% to 37%, it’s quite a significant optimization." This result was sufficient to reduce a lot of the magic power burden.

He continued to ask: "Shenlan, can you optimize the Level 0 spell Flash to increase the Flash distance?"

"Conducting data analysis..."

"Lack of sufficient spatial magic data, suggest providing ample fundamental principles of spatial magic."

"As expected..."

As Herag predicted, there was currently no way to increase the range of Flash.

He had almost no understanding of the principles of spatial magic, and all of Shenlan’s calculations required data as a foundation.

Only with enough input can calculations be performed and output generated.

"Shenlan, start optimizing the Level 0 spell Flash, direction of optimization is reduced magic power consumption."

"Task archived, estimated remaining time twenty-six minutes, estimated magic power consumption 31%."

...

"Level 0 spell Flash optimization complete."

Herag noticed some changes in the spell model of Flash in his mind, with some slight modifications that allowed more magic power to be saved without affecting the original effect of Flash.

"Shenlan, optimize the Level 0 spell Mana Shield. There are three optimization approaches: 1. Increase shield’s defense ability; 2. Reduce magic power consumption; 3. Both increase shield’s defense ability and reduce magic power consumption."

Herag proposed three optimization solutions for Mana Shield to see how far Shenlan could achieve.

"Conducting calculation and analysis..."

"Analysis complete, all three optimization solutions are feasible."

Seeing this was possible, Herag continued to inquire about optimization plans for Ice Shield and Dark Energy Shield.

Ice Shield could enhance defense capability and reduce magic power consumption, while Dark Energy Shield could only reduce magic power consumption, lacking data to enhance defense ability.

Herag thought it was likely due to a lack of knowledge in elemental magic, which would need to be supplemented later.

He then asked for an optimization solution for Corrosive Arrow: "Shenlan, how can Corrosive Arrow be optimized?"

"Conducting calculation and analysis..."

"Level 0 spell Corrosive Arrow can optimize the amount of magic power consumption, enhancing the corrosive effect."

After Shenlan provided the result, Herag began to arrange his own plan for optimizing Level 0 spells.

Shenlan optimizing spells required the consumption of magic power, and Herag had only so much magic power. It took him four days to fully optimize all his spells once over.

Even the Partial Petrification Technique had its magic power consumption reduced somewhat.

"Ice Shield!"

"Mana Shield!"

"Dark Energy Shield!"

Herag sequentially cast three shield spells on himself, checking his remaining magic power: "68%."

Before Shenlan optimized these three spells, just casting three shields would consume half of his mana. Now it only used up 32%.

With the Starry Sky Meditation Technique, the fifth star had solidified halfway. Herag estimated that he should complete this meditation within a month.

Once this star successfully formed, he would be close to advancing to a Second-Class Wizard Apprentice, ready to prepare the Dawn Potion needed for this promotion.

"Hmm? There’s a message." The Talisman Stone flickered with a green light.

Upon opening it, Herag found a message from Larry: "I’ve opened registration for the Magic Potion course. If you’re interested, you can sign up and attend."

"I’ll go sign up right away." After replying, Herag found the Start Magic Potions class by Larry in the course section.

The course cost twenty gold coins, not expensive at all.

"You don’t need to buy books, just use mine from before, which have some notes that can help you study." Larry continued.

"Thank you, Mr. Larry!" Herag clearly felt that Larry was placing more value on him, likely due to recognizing his potential.

Herag knew clearly that what he gained now, he would need to exchange with a corresponding price in the future.

As he grows gradually, if there’s a spot where Larry needs his help, he would likely ask him for some assistance.

Equivalent exchange is always the creed that wizards follow.