[Year Six.] [Driven by a sense of unease.] [Like a sponge that can never absorb enough water, you dove headfirst into the vast ocean of magical knowledge.] [During the first few months, you systematically studied the “General Theory of Basic Elemental Magic.”] [Starting from the weakest elemental sensing exercises to constructing stable spell models.] [The heat of “Fireball,” the swiftness of “Wind Blade,” the heaviness of “Earth Wall,” the flexibility of “Water Stream”…] [You practiced, failed, and tried again repeatedly.] [Thanks to the mana foundation laid by the “Golden Meditation Method,” you quickly mastered these basic Tier 1 elemental magics.] [The process of casting spells in large quantities also inversely tempered your spirit and your control over mana.] [“Successfully Class Changed: Magic Apprentice!”] [“Spirit and Wisdom increased!
Maximum Mana slightly increased!”] [Once you learned all four basic magics…] [Congratulations, you have finally become a Professional!] [Aside from studying magic, you also enjoyed reading those yellowed magic notes.] [You learned that the path of a Mage has clear steps.] [Magic Apprentice → Low-Tier Mage → Mid-Tier Mage → High-Tier Mage → Legendary Mage.] [Those who can use magic are called Magic Apprentices.] [Those who can use Tier 1 to Tier 3 magic are called Low-Tier Mages.] [Mid-Tier is 3 to 6, High-Tier is 6 to 9.] [With every tier magic crosses, its power multiplies several times over.] [As for Legendary Mages?] [They are existences capable of casting Forbidden Curses and Over-Tier Magic.] [Additionally, every Mage has the opportunity to join the most influential magical organization—the Continental Mages Association.] [Judging from the words in the notes, a certain ancestor of the Chris family likely came from the Association.] [After all, the notes frequently express admiration for the Association’s founder, the “Wisdom Witch.”] [You studied selflessly.] [Occasionally, you would pluck up the courage to ask Lady Lily for guidance.] [Although she always put on an impatient front, she never refused you.] [“She’s definitely the tsundere type…”] [You would always grumble this to yourself.] [Despite your diligence, your level remained stagnant.] [You clearly felt a giant boulder blocking your path forward.] [No matter how hard you tried, you couldn’t budge it.] [“This is the bottleneck for advancing to the Elite rank.”] [Lily said to you.] [In this world of swords and magic, no matter the creature, every ten levels is a significant watershed.] [It signifies a leap in the level of existence.] [However, the bottleneck period varies from person to person.] [For example, dragons do not have a bottleneck before reaching Level 70.] [Humans are the same; rumors say that “Heroes” don’t even have a bottleneck before Level 90.] [But you just happened to be the son of a commoner.] [“Sigh.”] [You sighed, yet continued your daily cultivation.] [Hoping that one day, the bottleneck would loosen naturally.] [It’s worth mentioning that you were still using the “Golden Meditation Method.”] [Compared to the exquisite and profound “Golden Meditation Method” in your mind, the stock in the library was like sand compared to a pearl.] [It continuously and steadily broadened your spiritual world.] [Making the mana you condensed more abundant, thicker, and more “durable.”] [In the seventh year, after much accumulation…] [Your level finally broke through to LV.10.] [“Successfully Promoted: Low-Tier Mage!”] [“Become an Elite rank powerhouse!”] [“All attributes increased!
Extra growth in Spirit and Wisdom!
Slight increase in Elemental Perception and Affinity!”] [A warm current swept through your entire body, as if your soul had undergone a thorough cleansing.] [This feeling was like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon; only then did you understand what a leap in life meant.] [This year, you didn’t get greedy.] [After stabilizing your realm as a Low-Tier Mage, you only learned three additional new spells.] [The defensive “Tier 2 Magic: Earth Shield” and “Tier 2 Magic: Dynamic Sensory Enhancement.”] [And the practical utility “Tier 1 Magic: Appraisal.”] [Yes, you loved life-saving magic.] [After all, magic users shared a common nickname—”Glass Cannons.”] [The classic representative of high attack and low defense.] [You had to be a bit more responsible for your own life…] [You devoted most of your energy to practicing existing spells, striving to cast every magic as easily as moving your own limbs.] [Lady Lily saw all your diligence.] [She would occasionally send someone to deliver some “Low-Tier Mana Crystals” or “Exotic Incense” that helped stabilize the spirit.] [On the day you successfully promoted to Low-Tier Mage, she even personally handed a carefully prepared wand to you.] [Elemental Staff (Fine): Crafted from Gray Maple wood with good mana conductivity and trace elemental crystals.
It can slightly enhance the intensity of the elemental magic you cast and slightly reduce mana consumption.] [For you, who had just stepped into the realm of a Low-Tier Mage, this was truly like sending charcoal in a blizzard!] [In the eighth year, something you had been looking forward to for a long time happened!] [The Deception Art that had accompanied you for many years finally leveled up after day after day of “practice”!!] [“Deception Art proficiency is full, skill promoted!”] [“Acquired new skill: Illusory Heart.”] [Illusory Heart (91/10000 Proficient): Active skill.
Your words will be endowed with strange magic, capable of pulling the target into an illusion you weave.] [Just a few lines of description, yet they left you incredibly excited.] [A skill that assisted in trickery had directly transformed into a noble crowd-control skill!] [“Now…
I truly lack nothing!”] [You almost wanted to howl at the sky.] [Attack, defense, equipment, and now even control methods were in place!] [From then on, you had no more weaknesses.] [In the ninth year, the speed of your level increase significantly slowed down.] [Stuck at LV.11, your research into magic also hit a bottleneck.] [“No wonder they say I have no talent…”] [You sighed.] [If there wasn’t something that could change your constitution, your future cultivation would become increasingly difficult.] [In these days, you tried several times to seek guidance from Lady Lily.] [But you were always politely refused by the Head Maid on the grounds that “the Lady is busy with affairs and has no time for an audience.”] [Not just Lady Lily, the entire White Dew Castle had fallen into a strange atmosphere.] [The number of servants decreased, while the patrolling guards increased significantly.] [You keenly sensed something was wrong, and after some inquiries…] [You finally learned the truth from a senior maid.] [“Little Ray, walk around less outside lately…
Lady Lily’s father, Count Chris, has passed away.”] [“Now, those young masters in the family…
are making a scene.”] [You nodded, understanding dawned in your heart.] [“No wonder…”] [The struggle for inheritance in noble families was one of the bloodiest dramas in this world.] [You were powerless to intervene and didn’t even have the right to comment.] [All you could do was worry for this young lady lord.] [At the same time, you raised your vigilance to the highest level.] [Because you had a feeling…] [A storm…
is coming!!]