Looking at the Thorn Flower Fairy who was happily giggling along, Jia Na couldn't help but shake her head.
"Afu, you explain it to Lola."
"Yes, Master."
Suppressing her excited mood, Afu chattered away with the Thorn Flower Fairy in Spirit World Common Tongue. A moment later, seeing the Thorn Flower Fairy's half-understanding expression, the Celestial Sparrow confidently patted its tiny chest and assured Jia Na that the other party had understood Jia Na's meaning.
"Don't worry, Master, Lola is a plant-type Elf. Absorbing energy and nutrients is its forte and won't cause any waste."
"That's good."
After explaining the details one more time, Jia Na, surrounded by her two Contract Summoning Beasts, closed her eyes again.
...
"Inhale—Exhale—Inhale—Exhale—"
A vibrant green light once again covered Jia Na's hands. As her breathing frequency stabilized, connected by her mental power, Jia Na held nothing back. She directly urged the energy within the source energy fragment, beginning to absorb it without restraint.
"Inhale—Exhale—Inhale—Exhale—"
Feeling the energy storm that had already overflowed from the source energy fragment, the Celestial Sparrow, who had never seen such a spectacle, immediately tensed every feather on its body to absorb the pure energy that was about to dissipate into the air to the maximum extent.
And the Thorn Flower Fairy beside her, facing such abundant energy, was like eating and drinking. Driven by instinctive craving, its pink flower bud constantly opened and closed, and large streams of scattered energy were swallowed up like a dragon sucking water, leaving not a single trace of waste.
"Pop—"
Like a silver vase suddenly shattering, as Jia Na's magic circuit continuously absorbed the energy within the source energy fragment, a feeling as if a shackle had been broken suddenly arose from within Jia Na.
As the energy absorption progressed faster and faster, a feeling of fullness after eating caused Jia Na to have to awaken from her shallow meditation state.
"System, open the character panel."
【Name: Jia Na-Luo Lan
Profession: First-Level Wizard Apprentice
Profession Level: Level 10
Wizard Talent: Soul Projection (B-rank - Upgrade Progress 87%), Plant Affinity (B-rank - Upgrade Progress 15%)
Authority Law:
Wizard Skills: ...
Wizard Cantrips: ...
Physique: 6.1
Mental Power: 18.0
Strength: 5.3
Agility: 5.8
Perception: 6.7
Charm: 9.9
Comprehension: 10.7
Luck: 7.6】
Looking at her profession level on the character panel, which had finally risen to Level 10, Jia Na was happy in her heart, but also felt a little regretful.
"Although the profession level only increased by 1 level, it is also the current level cap for the First-Level Apprentice stage. Subsequently, as long as I gradually increase my mental power to 20 points, I can attempt to break through to Second-Level Apprentice."
It was a pity that due to the lack of mental power and Wizard ecological progress, Jia Na's absorption of the source energy fragment's energy was less than one-fifth of the total energy. Fortunately, the remaining energy was not wasted. Looking at the Celestial Sparrow and Thorn Flower Fairy who were still greedily swallowing the scattered energy, Jia Na became curious about what changes they would undergo after absorbing so much energy.
"The level increase of normal contracted creatures is closely related to the contractor. The level difference between the two cannot be too large, otherwise, there is a high risk of backlash..."
Thinking of this passage in the Contract Studies course, Jia Na was not bothered by it.
Given the current loyalty of the Celestial Sparrow and the Thorn Flower Fairy, even if their levels were significantly higher than Jia Na's, there would be no possibility of backlash.
After all, the Celestial Sparrow, as a Spirit World creature summoned by Jia Na using the Contract Summoning Witchcraft, signed the contract with Jia Na completely voluntarily, without any coercion. And the Thorn Flower Fairy, although it signed the Elf Summoning contract with Jia Na, which had a Enforcement nature, not only did the Thorn Flower Fairy not resist when signing the contract, but it was extremely cooperative.
Therefore, whether from the contract details or the loyalty of both parties, the situation of contracted summoning beasts backlashing mentioned in the Contract Studies course would not happen to Jia Na.
"Of course, this is also because their own attributes do not conflict with mine. If I contract some magical beasts with attributes contrary to my own and with eccentric personalities in the future, I will have to be more careful regarding loyalty..."
Crack—
As the last trace of energy dissipated from the source energy fragment, a crisp cracking sound came from the fragment, which then cracked inch by inch and turned into dust.
"Burp~~"
The emerald on its forehead continuously emitted a misty white light. The Celestial Sparrow, which had completed its final energy intake, humanely smacked its lips and let out a satisfied burp.
"Afu, you seem to have gotten a bit heavier."
Although its size hadn't changed, Jia Na could clearly feel that the Celestial Sparrow on her shoulder was significantly heavier.
"Yes, burp~~ Master, the energy in the source energy fragment not only strengthened my physique but also allowed me to comprehend a new ability."
"A new ability?"
Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise couldn't help but appear on Jia Na's face. She hadn't expected that a single energy absorption would allow the Celestial Sparrow to comprehend a new skill.
"What is the new ability you comprehended?"
"Sacred Blessing."
"Is it also a support ability? Cast it on me."
"Okay, Master."
Accompanied by a milky white halo flashing from the emerald on the Celestial Sparrow's head, in an instant, Jia Na, enveloped by the light, felt her body suddenly become very light. Every inch of muscle on her body was also filled with power at this moment.
"Agility increase, strength increase, and... the speed of magic power recovery has also increased."
Feeling the continuous stream of beneficial effects within her body, Jia Na nodded with satisfaction.
"Lola, did you comprehend a new ability?"
The Thorn Flower Fairy, who heard Jia Na's mental communication, also nodded happily, and immediately transmitted all its relevant information to Jia Na in a jumble.
"Growing sharp thorny spikes from the ground to attack prey... This sounds like the plant-type attack Witchcraft Thorn Impalement?"
After extracting the key points from the Thorn Flower Fairy's large amount of illogical information, Jia Na knew that the new ability the Thorn Flower Fairy had comprehended this time should be the powerful plant-type attack skill—Thorn Impalement, which is a very good assault skill.
"With the Thorn Flower Fairy mastering this skill, it makes up for my lack of single-target attack methods."
Currently, most of the Witchcraft Jia Na has mastered are mainly for control, illusion, and defense. Aside from summoning, she doesn't have many decent offensive methods.
Unlike the elemental apprentices in the same class as Jia Na, whether it's Vivian-Rose with the B-rank Flash Freeze talent or Andre-Green with the B-rank High Temperature talent, the Witchcraft they have mastered, in terms of destructive power alone, can be said to far exceed the current Jia Na...