Age of Adepts

It is precisely because the presence of dark caves is too important for many wizard families in the Dagon region that foreign elite apprentices like Grimm are the ones they like most to recruit.

Firstly, bringing together such outsiders would not have a disproportionate impact on their inherent pattern of interests. How dare a wizard apprentice without family support blatantly offend those formal wizards, so the elite apprentice who pulls together will only be their strongest fighter, but it is impossible to take advantage of the potential to become their competitor.

Secondly, the underground world is also unsettled, and the rare resources desperately needed by the surface wizards are also the object of robbery by the underground black bastards, so every underground expedition and harvest is also the beginning of a mixed war between the two sides.

As a result of the long exploration and development, the rare resources of the underground specialties were unearthed and labelled by both parties in the form of resource points. Each of these resources has its own minds set on when it matures and when it needs to be harvested. So around these resource points, every harvest is a bloody killing of your life.

Neither side will send an official wizard in this mixed war, limiting the battle to the level of Wizard Apprentice. Only the winners of the fighting between the two sides are eligible to enter the resource harvest, while the losers, slightly injured, flee and risk losing their lives there.

And so the bloody killing that you've been going around in this dark hole for over 300 years is almost an unwritten rule here. Both sides use powerful apprentices as leverage to compete for a fixed monthly share of resources. The winner eats, the loser dies, and is a great stage for the quasi-witches.

Now that Grimm is in the spotlight of a training camp led by skinhead Alfred because of his special abilities, he is fortunate to be part of the elite apprenticeship. This would make him more busy, taking part in underground cruises organized by training camps on an irregular basis, in addition to an apprenticeship mission organized by the Association of Wizards every 15 days.

In this way, Grimm will definitely get the contribution point much faster than normal people.

Having basically figured out what was going on at the training camp, Grimm said goodbye to Kevin and returned to his residence.

Until the door was locked and Grimm determined the perimeter was secure, he proceeded to remove the magic and witchcraft equipment from himself.

Aristocratic Head Ring, Thorn Armor Bracelet, Quick Leather Boots, Screaming Branches, Dwarf Engineering Goggles...

It was only after he had ascertained that he had no witchcraft effect that he spoke softly.

“Chip, start testing my current physical condition...”

“Dip, take the task, start scanning the subject...”

zzzzz……

As the slow and delicate mental bands spread throughout the body, Grim's latest body data was soon projected.

Name: Grim

Race: Human

Attributes: Strength 4.17, Agility 4.36, Physique 4.98, Mental Strength 8.42

Occupation: Wizard Apprentice (Junior)

HP: 1818

Profession Experience: 7651000

Status: Healthy

Vocational Skills: Scroll Scroll Copy, Magic Reading, Magic Puppet Production (Primary)

Personal Skills: Burning Hand (Cured), Flame Arrow (Cured), Flame Spear (Cured)

Looking at the row data, Grimm couldn't help but be happy.

Compared to the previous weak body, Grimm's physical data are now starting to rise across the board. The most prominent of these was undoubtedly the physique, which rose directly to nearly 2 points. You know, a month ago, Grimm had only 3 points of physical fitness, which is kind of a weak kind of apprentice.

The remaining 3 physical attributes, although not significantly improved, were all significantly improved, and no longer appeared to be immobilized by the previous adult tattoos.

Grimm looked through his body data, and this was done in the chair, grabbing a bottle of coagulant from the storage belt and holding it in silence in front of him.

The light blue agent gently swings in the sulfide vial, where subtle blue particles can be seen. Only in the case of breath isolation, it is difficult for the chip to accurately analyze the magic ingredients in the drug.

Grimm gently opened the cork and immediately a storm characteristic of the sea broke into his nose. Without hesitation, Grimyan swallowed the potion.

As soon as the potion entered, a light blue mist erupted from his nostrils, condensing in front of him a finger-sized amazing mermaid shape. The pocket version of the mermaid withered rapidly in the air, and as her illusory body was about to fade away, a loud, sharp howl suddenly rang in the house.

Not for long, the Mermaid's fiction soon disappeared as the fog dissipated, but the sharp voice penetrated a grievous curse into Grimm's heart.

“Chip, what just happened? ”

“Dip, the presence of a flesh curse is detected… Preliminarily estimated as a negative effect attached to the drug… If it is removed, it will reduce the efficacy of the drug… Ask the subject to choose whether to mobilize mental power to disperse the flesh curse? ”

Grimm secretly sighed.

Heard long ago that coagulants have strong side effects and now seem completely real. If you want to improve your spiritual strength, you can only silently endure the ravages of the flesh and blood curse.

“No. Keep dynamic monitoring only! ”

“Accept the order. The drug effect is starting to work...”

On the physical surveillance data projected in front of Grimm, the sequence of numbers belonging to mental strength began to increase slowly, and, synchronously, the body one began to fall significantly.

8.43...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

4.98… 4.97… 4.95… 4.92……

Fortunately, the ground dragon flesh, which had just been fed yesterday, gave Grimm much more than a normal day of bloodfilling, relieving him of the pain of eating thousands of ants inside his body, otherwise he was not sure that he would be able to sustain this painful process.

The only thing that makes him happy is the rising spiritual strength.

8.98……

9.03…

9.08……

Grimm grinned as she watched her spiritual strength finally cross the 8 o'clock, successfully climbing to 9 o'clock.

Grimm groaned when the final mental strength data rating stopped growing at 9.27.

“Chip, disperse the flesh curse! ”

“Take orders! Start releasing Fire Elementium..."

As a burst of warm heat continued to gush through the body, the painful sensation of acidity and numbness finally began to subside and disappear completely. By this time, Grimm's physical data had become: strength 4.12, agility 4.36, constitution 4.21, mental strength 9.27.

Uh... this bottle of coagulant gave Grimm an increase of 0.85 in mental strength, while his health declined by 0.77 points and even his strength declined by 0.05 points.

Grimm stood up for a moment and the emptiness of the decline, though present, was not as strong as expected. Looks like the big meal he had yesterday still brought him a lot of hidden benefits! The growth of mental power to Grimm, on the other hand, is a comprehensive increase in strength, both the rapid mental thinking and the deep spiritual perception have been greatly improved than in the past.

Grimm hesitated for half a second under the itch and pulled another bottle of coagulant from the storage belt, opening the cork and pouring it down his back.

The same journey, the same flesh and blood curse, Grimm, with strong expectations, endured the enormous side effects of the drug, trying to focus his spirit on the rising spiritual strength data.

9.29……

9.33……

9.46…

9.52…

……

In contrast, it is a slight alarm that the chip sounds.

“Warning that the body's flesh and blood tissue has been damaged by more than 17%. ”

“Damage has exceeded 19%. ”

“Damage has exceeded 21%. ”

“Drop… warning that the damage has exceeded 25% and if left unattended, the subject will enter a short-term debilitating state. Would you like to intervene? ”

Grimm bit his teeth slightly and sank: "No! ”

The original itchy tingle has now turned into a heart-wrenching pain, the bean-sized sweat beads rolling down Grimm's forehead, his body twisting painfully in the seat, with a strong will hard against no fainting past. If he does faint, then if he loses control, the flesh curse will have to dissipate itself. And this will undoubtedly cause more physical damage to him!

So even if it's just to lose 0.01, he has to be stubborn and sober.

9.87…

“Damage has reached 22%. ”

9.93……

“Damage has reached 23%. ”

9.99…

“Damage has reached 24%. ”

10.03……

“Damage has reached 25%. ”

Grimm finally screamed out loud when he realized that mental health data was no longer changing.

“Begin expulsion! ”

The pain finally began to subside completely as the warm torrents swelled through the body again.

Grimm's hands held the armrest on the seat for two consecutive shipments without being able to stand up, and his painful, almost numb body was no longer under his command. And at this point, his body data was finally refreshed.

Power 4.02, Agility 4.28, Physical 3.17, Mental 10.03.

It's finally past 10: 00!

From this moment on, Grimm has been honored to become an intermediate apprentice.

It took Grimm only a month and a half to upgrade from a junior apprentice at 8: 00 to a junior apprentice at 10: 00, when he struggled for six years. The difference between having and not having resources is so great that it is obvious.

Grimm, however, has also paid a huge physical price for this.

Mental strength rose from 9.27 to 10.03, crossing a small scale, while physical strength retreated from 4.21 to 3.17, a sharp decline. Together, Grim's power faded by 0.1 points and Agility faded by 0.08 points.

The damage to the body caused by coagulants is incremental!