Chapter 103: Promotion
Late at night, the moonlight was cool and clear, gently falling through the glass window onto Jia Na's delicate face, which was like fine porcelain. It was like a still painting, quiet and beautiful.
"Exhale—inhale—exhale—"
A long, deep breath was continuously exhaled from Jia Na's mouth and nose, accompanied by the swirling emerald green light spots around her. The surrounding magical plants also quietly grew amidst the rich Life force. Even their branches and leaves, illuminated by the bright moonlight, became translucent green like jade.
"Exhale——inhale——exhale——inhale——"
The rhythm of her breathing slowly lengthened. As the moon rose above the treetops, just as the hour hand of the mechanical clock crossed midnight, Jia Na's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.
"Character Panel."
【Name: Jia Na-Luo Lan Profession: First-Level Wizard Apprentice Professional Level: Level 10 Mental Strength: 20
.....
After this period of meditation, finally, at this moment, Jia Na's mental strength finally broke through the twenty-point mark.
"Next is the construction of the soul circuit. Her consciousness sank, and after passing through the sea of consciousness, Jia Na arrived at the Wizard Tree deep within her soul.
"After the Wizard Talent was upgraded, the Wizard Tree also received nourishment."
Looking at the crystal-clear A-grade 【Spiritual Body Shuttle】 talent on the Wizard Tree, and the slightly dim B-grade 【Plant Affinity】
talent, Jia Na didn't hesitate and directly projected her will into the Wizard Tree.
"Crack—"
The trunk grew rapidly, and branches split off. Under the manipulation of Jia Na's consciousness, the Wizard Tree quickly split off a branch and extended it towards the boundary of her soul.
"Crackle—
—"
As the branch got closer and closer to the soul barrier, the sea of consciousness surrounding the soul also violently churned in Jia Na's soul vision. Subsequently, the seawater condensed, transforming into silver-white chains, continuously supporting the rapidly growing Wizard Tree branch.
Until the branch pierced the soul barrier, finally, just as the sea of consciousness was about to dry up, like a spiderweb network, the second soul circuit was officially connected and built between the Wizard Tree and the Wizard World ecosystem under Jia Na's conscious control.
"Success!"
Boom
Accompanied by a loud bang on the soul barrier, Jia Na, who had successfully been promoted to a Second-level Wizard Apprentice, opened her eyes again.
As the magical energy field around her continuously rose, emerald green plant-based magic particles also continuously danced and leaped around Jia Na, just like her agitated mood at this moment, which was difficult to calm down for a long time.
"Exhale."
She let out a deep breath, watching the gradually converging magical particle phenomena around her. Jia Na's joyful mood also gradually calmed down.
"It is said that when a Third-level Apprentice officially breaks through to become a Wizard, the infusion of the wizard's will and the power of Law can even cause changes in the climate—."
Of course, the phenomena accompanying a Wizard's breakthrough are mainly related to the Law of authority the Wizard grasps during the breakthrough. If they grasp Laws related to the sky domain, such as 【Clouds and Fog】 or 【Hurricane】, it will naturally cause temporary changes in the surrounding climate.
However, if the Wizard grasps special Laws like 【Blood】, 【Undead】, or 【Mirror Image】, the phenomena triggered by the Law will be bizarre and varied. In severe cases, it could even endanger the lives of ordinary people around.
Therefore, when Wizards are promoting, they will do so in places that are rarely visited or are heavily protected.
"So, what's next—"
"System, upgrade all Wizard skills to the current level cap!"
A flash of silver-white light quickly swept across every entry in the skill bar. As a large amount of accumulated skill experience was rapidly consumed, a tide-like surge of Witchcraft knowledge quickly poured into Jia Na's mind, causing her sea of consciousness to also churn violently.
【Wizard Skills: Contract Summoning (Level 29), Elf Summoning (Level 29), Soul Lash (Level 29), Vine Entanglement (Level 29), Acid Spray (Level 29), soul chain (Level 29), Siren's Chant (Level 29), Elementary Transformation (Level 29
class）、Hawk Eye Charm (Level 29), Magic Missile (Level 29), Floral Guardian (Level 29), Wizard's Hand (Level 29), Reading Magic (Level 29)】
Looking at the Witchcraft skills on the skill bar that had all been upgraded to the current level cap, Jia Na's face was filled with the exhilaration of adding points and leveling up.
"After the promotion, my soul capacity is more than double. At this rate, I can contract at least three more summoned creatures."
According to Jia Na's original plan, after being promoted to a Second-level Wizard Apprentice, the expansion of her soul capacity would allow her to perform at least two Summoning rituals.
However, plans often can't keep up with changes. Unexpectedly, the extent of the expansion of Jia Na's soul capacity during this promotion was much greater than she had anticipated.
Looking at the current situation, Jia Na can simultaneously have five contracted summoned beasts just at the Second-level Apprentice stage.
Although the burden on her soul power will increase, as long as it is managed properly, there won't be too many problems.
"Indeed, for Wizard factions that primarily rely on contracted creatures for combat, such as the Undead, Spirit, and Summoning schools, the later the stage, the greater the increase in combat power."
The most typical example is the Principal of White Coral Academy. With his powerful Undead Summoning Art, he can simultaneously contend with at least two Elemental Wizards of the same rank. Another example is the Black Bone Forest Apprentice Jia Na saw last time, the Ghost Child Pading-Green,
who is a Spirit-based apprentice with an A-grade Ghost Sense talent.
Relying on a skeletal ghost whose strength is comparable to a Third-level Apprentice, he not only made a name for himself as an A-grade mercenary in the Turin Mercenary Group but also, combined with Pading-Green's dark Witchcraft, which is no less potent than Ghost Summoning, he has the confidence to face two opponents of the same rank.
"Of course, the disadvantages of the Summoning school are also very obvious. Everyone knows that when fighting against a Summoning Wizard, you only need to deal with the summoner, and the summoned creatures will naturally collapse without a fight."
The night was quiet. In the latter half of the night, due to the clouds in the sky, the moonlight also dimmed slightly. Jia Na, who had gradually calmed down from the joy of promotion, also closed her eyes again and gradually entered a state of deep meditation, accompanied by the repeating long breaths.
The next day, early morning.
"Welcome to Zijinghua Wizard Bank—. Ah, it's Miss Jia Na."
The one who received Jia Na this time was still the same Gray-skinned Goblin from last time. Although goblins' aesthetics are different from humans, Jia Na's extremely high Charm still left a deep impression on the Gray-skinned Goblin.
"I want to withdraw all the jin sule inside."
After placing the withdrawal card with the Zijinghua pattern on the tray behind the counter glass window, Jia Na sat quietly on the chair, waiting for the other party to count the funds.
"There are a total of three hundred and sixty jin sule, Miss Jia Na. Would you like to withdraw all of them?"
"Yes."
"Clatter—"
After receiving Jia Na's confirmation, a total of three hundred and sixty jin sule, which was Jia Na's remaining salary and overtime pay from a whole month of hard work, was poured onto the tray by the Gray-skinned Goblin.