Chapter 8

Translator: Henyee

What? It was another year that had yet to be completed, and the ending was still death?

Reiter was very surprised. He smiled and leaned back in his chair.

The cause of death this time was naturally because he was not a match for the Class 3 Thunder Armor Bear.

However, he suddenly remembered that the simulator did not take into account the inheritance he had obtained, which meant that he had not gone to Thorn Forest to collect the relics left behind by the magister.

With his current talent and the help of the Moonlight Potion, there was a high chance that he would break through to become a Grade 3 Mage next year.

With the standard of a Grade 2 Mage, his chances of winning against the Thunder Armor Bear were much higher. There was basically no possibility of defeat.

Reiter’s eyes revealed a hint of contemplation. From the looks of it, the [Word Simulation] in the simulator was not perfect. After all, people’s minds were fickle. He could not guarantee that he would definitely follow the trajectory described by the simulator in the future.

Moreover, the future could change. Different actions from the previous simulation might bring about future trajectory differences.

Overall, the simulator was quite reliable. The series of events that had happened around him, his family, and the territory could basically be confirmed to be true. And with this information, it was enough for him to make many responses in advance.

Remembering that there would be another crisis next year, Reiter got up, removed the napkin from his chest, and said, “I’m done.”

Then, he left the Deep Rock Castle. The snow outside was thick, but the manor had long been cleared of wide walkways. It had been snowing heavily for three days now, but today, it had turned into fine salt.

On the westward path of the territory, one could occasionally see the footprints of some wild beasts and sporadic plants standing on the snow.

This plain was actually not very good. In fact, 200 years ago, this was the territory of the beastmen. It was just a border at that time, guarded by some not-so-powerful tribes.

Later, a medium-sized war broke out, a war between Grade 4 and Grade 6, and it was the Kingdom of Jinlun that won. It was then they advanced 2,000 kilometers to the west in one go. There, the main force encountered a canyon that stretched for hundreds of miles. Moreover, the beastmen occupied a favorable terrain and background. Only then did they stop their attack.

The canyon defense line that was formed later came from this. Moreover, the front line that Reiter served on was the canyon defense line.

In fact, although the beastmen were the greatest enemy of the Kingdom of Jinlun, they weren’t the only enemy of the Kingdom of Jinlun. The beastmen also had irreconcilable conflicts with many other kingdoms.

In the past wars between humans and beastmen, there had always been wins and losses.

The Kingdom of Jinlun was no exception. Although they had reached the canyon defense line, there were other battlegrounds with the beastmen in other places. There were even other regions that had fallen, and not just once or twice.

Similarly, there was more than one defense line. The canyon defense line was considered a low-level battlefield. The battle situation was stable, and there were very few large-scale conflicts.

This was because this canyon defense line was not very important to the beastmen. Without especially precious resources, they naturally did not invest much energy.

Reiter had been on the battlefield before, so he knew this very well.

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Soon, Reiter arrived at the Wind Wolf’s lair alone. At this moment, the Wind Wolf was sleeping in the haystack, unaware that danger had arrived. As a Grade 2 Mage, he naturally had a way to make the Wind Wolf not notice his existence.

Earth Thrust!

Reiter silently recited the incantation. After an extremely short period of time, spear-like spikes pierced through the Wind Wolf’s abdomen again.

The Wind Wolf wailed indignantly, echoing especially clearly in the cave.

Reiter had killed beastmen on the battlefield for more than ten years, so his willpower was naturally very strong. Naturally, he would not be affected.

It was still a familiar place. Reiter took everything left behind by a Grade 5 Magister: a broken wand, two bottles of Moonlight Potion, a bottle of Spirit Rock Lizard’s bloodline potion, a bottle of essence liquid left behind by an unknown high-level water-type magical beast, half a bottle of Black Crow’s Death, and the ancient book.

This time, he finally had the time to read it carefully.

He sat down cross-legged and flipped through the thick book page by page. It was filled with dense words. From time to time, he would flip to some accompanying pictures. They were road maps, meditation diagrams, and so on.

A look of joy appeared on Reiter’s face. As expected, this was a meditation technique, and it was even stronger than the one he was currently cultivating.

The low-grade meditation technique he was using now did not even have a name. This book was not only a medium-grade meditation technique, but it also had a name—Furnace Meditation Technique.

The concept came from the blacksmith’s forging apparatus. With the characteristics of the furnace, one could roughly extract and smelt various ores to extract the materials they wanted.

Although this was just a metaphor, it was definitely not that simple.

Reiter spent two hours to begin the basics of this Furnace Meditation Technique. When he closed his eyes and meditated, he could feel that the speed of his cultivation had increased by three times compared to before according to the speed of his spiritual power’s growth.

“I can teach this meditation technique to Rylei. He is also a water mage. With this meditation technique, he might be able to reach the late-stage of Grade 1 in no time.” Reiter had a smile on his face and was very satisfied.

After understanding the effects of the Furnace Meditation Technique, Reiter ended his first meditation. He still had one important thing to do.

He arrived outside the cave.

Reiter held his breath and focused. He felt the mysterious earth element trajectory in the air and began to mobilize his spiritual power. He consciously controlled the earth element to move and condense along a specific trajectory.

This was a spell he had inherited after absorbing the Bloodline Potion.

A few seconds later, a bright stone spike appeared in the air and fell at an extremely fast speed. It pierced through the ground and was completely buried in the soil.

Seeing this effect, Reiter’s eyes lit up. He recognized this spell. It was called the Earth Cone Spell.

The Earth Cone Spell was a level-4 spell. It was extremely hard and sharp. It could easily pierce through a Grade 4 knight.

Generally speaking, Earth Mages were only qualified to learn and master it when they reached the corresponding level and their mental strength met the standard.

Through his bloodline inheritance, he was able to master this spell at Grade 2. Its actual power could not be compared to the standard Level 4 Earth Cone Spell, but compared to ordinary Level 2 spells, its overall power was much stronger due to its advanced structure.

Not only was the piercing force strong, but it was also very fast. It was unexpected and impossible to guard against!

In particular, Reiter felt that after mastering it in the future, he could even use it from 360 degrees.

“Not bad. I’ve mastered level-4 earth magic in advance. Moreover, it’s one of the more difficult types of earth magic among earth mages.” Reiter had a smile on his face.