Training-Addicted Mage In A Progression Fantasy-Chapter 76: Advanced Arcane

“I’ve been seeing your face quite often these days.”

Arpina smiled as she saw Leon visiting her office.Since he started helping with her research, she was the only one he saw consistently.

Leon smiled back and replied.

“I’ve come to receive your teachings, Master.”

Arpina’s mouth gaped open as she saw Leon bowing his head respectfully.

“...What?”

Her eyes widened as if she had heard something completely unexpected.

“I’ve hit a wall.”“You?”“Yes.”

Arpina continued to look at Leon with suspicious eyes, as if she couldn’t believe it.

“To make a breakthrough, I need new insights.”“Insights? Don’t tell me you’re attempting to reach Advanced Arcane?”“...That’s right.”“Advanced Arcane at 15... At this rate, you’ll become a Mystic-grade Mage by 16, or 17 at the latest...”

Arpina approached closer and started examining various parts of Leon’s body.

“Are you sure you’re not a Dragon using Polymorph to live a leisurely life?”

Her eyes were filled with confusion.Being of a rational nature, she found it even harder to believe.After all, it was a situation that couldn’t be explained by common sense.

Avoiding her intense gaze, Leon spoke in a small voice.

“And I’d like to start learning Harmony’s Providence in earnest.”“...”

Hearing his words, Arpina stared at him blankly for a moment, as if she had forgotten how to speak.

Her face, which had been full of questions, soon lit up with joy that words couldn’t fully express.It was an expression Leon had never seen before.

She seemed even happier than when he first called her Master.

From that day on, Leon and Arpina devoted themselves to training, going back and forth between the office and the Training Room every day.

He learned the true meaning of Electric Shock Magic, and also received personal instruction on Harmony’s Providence.It was then that Leon first explained to Arpina the concept of Harmony he had been thinking about on his own.It was a method of fusion that respected rather than diluted the unique characteristics of each Attribute.

“I’ve had similar thoughts at times. You might really be able to do it...”

At first, Leon was in the position of a learner, but from that point on, the boundary between Master and Disciple became blurred.

As Leon’s fresh perspective began to materialize, Arpina seemed to gain new inspiration and continued training alongside him.

There were frequent moments when Leon’s fresh approach and Arpina’s rich experience meshed together.

Time passed, and a month went by.

“To think you’d reach Advanced Arcane in just a month.”

In Leon’s solar plexus, there was a Core about the size of an adult man’s fist.That Core was much larger than before and its color had deepened.

When one reaches Mystic Grade, the Core will change qualitatively, just as it did when reaching Arcane from Apprentice.

The threads of will had also increased to 10.In fact, the side effects of rapidly increasing his Realm with the Elixir had completely disappeared.

Arpina spoke with sincere voice.

“Now, the day when you truly surpass me is not far off.”“I still have a long way to go.”“No, before I used to be motivated by the thought that I couldn’t be overtaken by a Disciple, but now I don’t even feel that way anymore.”

She wore a complex expression, mixed half with joy and half with resignation.

Even for a Master, it was impossible not to feel some resignation when seeing Leon’s growth as a fellow Mage.

***

The research on Golems had also entered its final stages.

“The paper will be published soon. Of course, Leon’s name will be included.”

Chief continued to speak politely to Leon, using honorifics.Seeing this, Leon humbly shook his head and replied.

“I didn’t do much though.”“That can’t be true. You provided valuable data on Ancient Golems, so it’s only right that your name is included.”“...I learned a lot too.”

While assisting Chief’s research, Leon asked various questions about modern Golems, and in the process, gained various knowledge.Chief’s teachings were directly reflected in Neo, the Golem Leon had developed.As a result, Neo gained a round face with a mouth.It could now speak.

“I heard that Arpina’s research is also finished. Well, that means there will be two papers published under Leon’s name already. Hehe... It’s going to be an interesting affair.”

Chief handed over the Orichalcum he was holding with a meaningful smile.

He also explained in detail how he came to discover that Orichalcum.

“I first discovered Orichalcum in a snowy mountain belonging to the Bperiet domain in the north.”

He said the vast snowy mountain stretched out like an endless mountain range.According to Chief, there was a high possibility that the snowy mountain was once the secret Lair of an Ancient Mage.

“Whether by accidentally triggering an old Magic Circle, or due to the effects of excessive experimentation, that place has turned into something like a dead land. The climate of the snowy mountain and the remnants of Magic have distorted the flow of nature, creating an environment that even Mages find difficult to approach.”

Of course, such obstacles couldn’t stop a Mage’s curiosity.Rather, the certainty that it was an Ancient Mage’s Lair attracted many Mages to that snowy mountain for exploration.

Chief was one of them.

Chief said he accidentally discovered the Orichalcum while wandering for days after getting stranded there.

“At that time, I really thought it was a miracle.”

Chief marked the exact location on the map Leon handed over and then took out a Golem Fragment from his own Spatial Pocket.It was a part of a Golem whose white light had faded with time.

“This is an Ancient Golem piece I found along with the Orichalcum. Although it’s just a small Fragment, it’s the most precious relic to me.”

True to his words about collecting Ancient Golems being his aspiration, Chief seemed to have more affection for that Golem Fragment than for the Orichalcum.This was why he hadn’t mentioned the Golem Fragment when giving the Orichalcum as a reward.

“In the end, I barely managed to escape that snowy mountain thanks to the Teleport Scroll I had. It was a place impossible to escape from with just bare hands. I don’t think other Mages have fully explored that snowy mountain yet.”

Lastly, Chief roughly indicated the location of the deep pit he had fallen into.

“You should be careful. That place isn’t just distorted in its flow of Magic Power. There are Beasts living there that even Arcane Mages would find difficult to handle.”

Leon didn’t intend to leave for Bperiet right away either.There must be a reason why numerous Mages haven’t finished exploring it yet.

I’ll probably need to be at least Mystic Grade before I can go there.

***

[Progression Assistant]• Information▶ Name: Leon▶ Grade: Intermediate Arcane▶ Magic Quality: D▶ Attribute Constitution: Full-Attribute Body (Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Wood, Lightning, Light, Darkness) • General Quest▶ Training (Completed)• Reward▶ Artifact (Changed) • Breakthrough Quest▶ Realm Ascension (Completed)[Progression Assistant]▶ Reward probability has increased due to realm ascension.▶ Provided 2000 hours of Space-Time Orb use.▶ Please select an additional Realm Ascension reward.▶ Magic Book (B+ Grade Fire, Wind Combination Magic 'Lava Storm') / Artifact (B+ Grade Mana Support Crystal)For the Realm Ascension reward, he received the Mana Support Crystal.

There was a time when he wanted Multi-Attribute Magic, but now he didn’t particularly need it.He already had the Melting Heaven Blast, a Magic that combined Fire, Wind, and Earth Attributes.

The Mana Support Crystal was a crystal that could store the same amount of Magic Power as Leon’s current Magic Power capacity.Like Memorize Magic, if you filled it with Magic Power in advance, you could use it like your own Magic Power.

It was a very useful Artifact for Leon, who currently had difficulty handling the Magic Power consumption of SSS-Grade Magic.

When Leon returned to his Training Room to stabilize his Advanced Arcane Realm, Arpina came to visit.

“We’ve got a lead on the Blood Mages.”

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Arpina’s face wasn’t very bright.As if recalling a troublesome problem, she rubbed her forehead as she continued speaking.

“First of all, we dealt with all the Beasts in the Valley of Souls long ago. They’ll probably release new Beasts again and manage them, but it will take time to manage as many Beasts as before.”

Contrary to the expectation that they would be stripped of authority over the Valley of Souls after the Mages from the council visited, it seemed that Asteria would continue to manage the Valley of Souls.

“And there was a hideout where Blood Mages were hiding inside... but there wasn’t much to salvage. We only managed to capture a few.”“When I faced them, they looked like Beasts. Did they still have their reason intact?”“They’re people who use blood as a sacrifice for Magic, so their reason gradually disappeared after subsisting only on Beast blood for a long time. The Blood Mage you dealt with was the one who ran out after losing his reason. Those who still had their reason intact were hiding inside.”

Arpina said she extracted information from them through special methods.

“There are Artifacts that make people spill the truth.”

Arpina explained about Asteria’s Artifacts.

“It’s an Artifact that can draw out information from a person’s subconscious. It’s one of the few Artifacts that Asteria keeps preciously.”

Leon also knew about such Artifacts.After all, the Mirror of Truth had appeared as a Realm Ascension reward.Although he ended up choosing a different reward in the end.

Given that she called it an Artifact, it was probably a higher grade than the Mirror of Truth.

If suspected of being a spy, you’d have no choice but to spill all your information.

Leon once again realized how wise a choice it was to be affiliated with a School, thanks to Arpina’s help.Otherwise, they might have captured Leon and made him spill all sorts of information.Or he might still be anxiously trying to hide his abilities.

“Anyway, the information we got from them is that the Blood Mage group is scattered in a cell organization, each carrying out their own missions. Their goal was to completely dominate the Valley of Souls, but unable to withstand the side effects, they eventually lost their reason and ran out.”

Arpina told Leon all the information she knew.

“And we’ve found another stronghold connected to these people. Since it’s a cell organization, we probably won’t get much new information even if we wipe them all out, but...”

Arpina glanced at Leon.

“Want to go?”

Leon answered firmly.

“I’ll go.”

What was important to Leon wasn’t information about the Blood Mage group.What he was curious about was Blood Magic itself.