Chapter 326 - 1: The Path of Secret Skill
Chapter 326: Chapter 1: The Path of Secret Skill
Months later, at the Scarlet Flame Tower, Time Hut.
In the center of the wide ring-shaped plaza, Lynch sits serenely in the middle of a mysterious Magic Array, with several ethereal clocks drifting in the sky around him, ’Tick-tock! Tick-tock!’, the sound of time flowing resounding continuously.
In his ear, crisp notification sounds occasionally ring out:
[Time Wheel (Second Tier) Skill Level +1]
Not knowing how much time has passed…
Lynch stopped his meditation.
His gaze habitually swept across the system panel:
[Time Wheel (Second Rank) lv0: 28631/300000]
“So slow!”
Lynch couldn’t help but complain.
Although he knew that Second Order Level Cultivation wouldn’t be easy, actually starting it left Lynch surprised by the grinding progress, thirty thousand of skill levels… tsk tsk… it equals half the skill level requirement for the entire Wizard phase.
And to know, this is merely the first step of the Second Tier, the cultivation of the first Mystical Circuit, while the entire Second Tier has a total of 13 Mystical Circuits to break through…
“No wonder that for so many years, across the Ancient Ruins, only four have broken through the Second Tier to reach the third-tier Domain…”
Of course, on the Wizard’s Road, difficulty and rewards are always proportionate, each Mystical Circuit breakthrough provides enormous growth for the Wizard, including spiritual power, soul power, energy utilization, life force, etc.
The first Mystical Circuit is also known as the ’Efficiency Circuit’, breaking through it brings a qualitative change in spiritual power usage for the Wizard, enabling powerful energy release with less spiritual power.
Be it attack, defense, speed, etc., they all experience a substantial boost.
This kind of enhancement isn’t just a few percentages increase, the amplification is exponential, terrifyingly substantial…
The entire Mystical Rank is like this!
Each Mystical Circuit breakthrough grants massive improvement, with the enhancement being extraordinarily vast, making early Mystical Wizard and late Mystical Wizard almost completely different concepts.
Looking back at the Punishment Square, although both are Mystical, Lynch had to resort to surprise tactics to barely gain an advantage over Berserker Leo.
If it were a direct confrontation, Lynch wouldn’t have a chance of winning.
But then again, Leo has cultivated for hundreds or thousands of years, it’d be inappropriate for him to be defeated easily, wouldn’t it?
You know, the 13 Mystical Circuits, also means 13 bottlenecks and barriers, every breakthrough is extremely perilous, those people also poured an unknown amount of sweat and effort to achieve their formidable strength, definitely not easily defeated.
“Leo…”
“Next time we meet, let me test your moves properly!”
Lynch is somewhat vengeful, he hasn’t forgotten the experience of being nearly cornered, if he can’t win now, that’s fine, but if his strength catches up in the future, he’d happily go back to recover his pride.
The Ancient Ruins is definitely somewhere he plans to return, not to mention, the Magic Power Alchemy Research Institute that island is still drifting in the ocean, which he has regarded as his personal property.
Furthermore…
After all, it’s where he first arrived in this world, where his friends, classmates, and his…
“Take it slow!”
Shaking his head, Lynch dispels his random thoughts, now is not the time for such thinking, as someone from Earth, he understands the Crooked Mouth Dragon King’s situation.
Forced to escape like a stray dog, when returning, it must be with achievements and fame, or how could he justify his former disgrace?
…
After Blood Rain Day, Feiyan City’s Council completely took over holding the scepter of power, Feiyan City fully completed the rewriting of rules, departing from past noble rule, now every matter within the city is entirely dictated by the Council.
And council members are entirely selected from the city’s populace, Greywell imposed no restrictions on potential selectees, whether commoners or nobles, anyone interested could run.
But most nobles have basically fled, voluntarily yielding power, so basically, only commoners are selected as council members.
Difficulties certainly exist, commoners have received little to no education, barely literate, only able to perform simple tasks, with no capability to manage more complex issues like taxation and finance.
Merchants can’t trade normally and craftsmen’s wages can’t be paid… issues appear here and there, the town’s operation was even on the brink of paralysis.
However, the people are quite tolerant of this fledgling government, after all, they’ve proven themselves to the citizens on Blood Rain Day, showing they can safeguard this town’s safety sincerely working for everyone.
Therefore, although the lack of order led to all social classes bearing some loss, nobody overly blamed the council, instead, cooperating and gradually restoring town operations.
Meanwhile, Greywell’s school was established, this is widespread education, requiring every town resident to spend at least two hours weekly attending school for education, including basic literacy, arithmetic, even history and geography etc.
Those performing well in school receive rewards, quite rich rewards including food and money, even average attendees receive a loaf of bread and some copper coins every time.
Under such incentives, everyone is eager to learn; the school is packed every day, in just over two months, dozens have completed basic education, who were immediately employed as teachers by Greywell, passing on what they learned to other commoners.
Through this approach, Feiyan City’s populace as a whole is steadily increasing in thinking, ability, proficiency, soon a complete efficient governance team will surely be formed.
Then, any nobles wishing to return for competing positions might find it far from easy.
While completing the framework for the town’s new order, Lynch is also peculiarly advancing his ambitious plan…
Lynch Tower, Witch Master Room.
In the spacious Witch Master Room, Lynch sits on the sofa, Greywell beside him.
After listening to Lynch’s latest requirement, Greywell’s mouth couldn’t help twitching, even though he’d long known this Master Wizard liked being unconventional, he’s still surprised by his atypical working style.
After quite a while, Greywell finally accepted Green’s message.
Frowning, he asked, “You’re saying…”
“To make the Knight Breathing Method public, even have every commoner proceed with Knight Training?”
Greywell said, “Am I understanding correctly?”