It’s getting harder and harder to be a villain these days

There are countless people who hate him, and there are always a few who are determined to take revenge.

"Oh, these days are really getting more and more promising."

Strong financial resources are important, but for now, if he wants to protect himself, he needs a more direct method.

That is to improve one's own strength...

Chapter 5 Planning

In the college cafeteria.

Sophie stirred the cheap rice porridge with a wooden spoon and sighed.

"Ugh."

The script shouldn't be like this. Originally, she planned to make Vickrey embarrassed in public...

Although Vickery is known as a magic genius and an expert in magic circles, it is obvious that these honors are based on her father's service during his lifetime.

It stands to reason that without his father's help, Vickrey would not have been able to answer the situation just now, but in the end he was able to answer it easily? !

"No, he must be blind."

What about illusion-type barrier magic? How could he, a manipulation-type elemental mage, understand this?

You must know that magic in the illusion department is quite difficult to learn. Not only does it take time to overcome one's own perception of the outside world to achieve a state of selflessness, but the consumption of magic power is also terrifying, and the price-performance ratio is completely unequal...

And as Sophie knew, most illusion magic often requires the help of a medium to cast spells. I don’t know what the medium is, but what type of illusion can be deciphered by just looking at the magic circle?Do not make jokes.

Thinking of this, she became happy again as she thought she had once again seen through Vickrey's plot.

"Hmph, wait until I have a full meal before I fight with you."

But when she raised her spoon and drank the rice porridge, she remembered that her living expenses this week had bottomed out, and food and clothing were all problems...

Sophie's mood, which had just improved, fell to the bottom again.

"Sophie! Sophie!"

The loud shouting and the noisy footsteps made Sophie raise her head.

Ah, it was Judy, a classmate she met at the entrance ceremony for new wizards.

"Thanks to you, my credits are in place!"

Sophie blinked in confusion, and Judy immediately hugged her shoulders and shook her.

"It's the magic circle at the door of the dormitory last night!"

There was indeed an unknown magic circle stained with red slime engraved on the front door of the wizard's dormitory last night.

The academic community has never reported any relevant magic circle information, and the news that "this is the work of the devil" caused an uproar among students.

"Huh? But I didn't do anything?"

"How come? Didn't you ask Professor Vickery

Yet? "

"Uh...."

Sophie was very embarrassed, this was not her original intention.

"It sounds so dreamy. I was almost frightened when I was next to you. You are brave enough to dare to provoke Professor Weekly like this."

"Then you mean...what Vickrey said today was right?"

Sophie was a little disbelieving.

"Of course, assuming that the magic circle is a barrier, it becomes very easy to interpret the spell. Everything matches up. That Professor Weekly is really amazing. He knows it is barrier magic without a medium."

Sophie's mouth opened wider and wider as she listened. She was so distracted that she almost lost her spoon.

"Anyway, thank you Sophie. I'll write up the report later and upload it to the college. You can get a point or two anyway. If you're lucky, you'll get a scholarship. Don't worry, I'll add your name to it. It was added.”

"Huh? That's not necessary... No, please add my name."

Although it was inappropriate to do so, Sophie still blushed and agreed, considering her financial constraints.

"OK!" The classmate left with a smile.

Sophie stared at her back blankly.

She is such a kind person. It is okay not to write her name. She is completely opposite to some people...

But did her behavior this time increase Vickrey's popularity in disguise?

It seems really...

A minute later, Sophie decided to escape reality and took out a piece of paper from her backpack.

"No, I still have a chance, don't I?"

This is a lecture plan written by a professor for an upcoming course.

Although she does not intend to study further in elemental attributes, elemental magic can be said to be the basis of all magic, and it is necessary to listen to it.

What's more, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will be victorious in any battle, so it's not a bad idea to know the details of Vickrey.

"Wait? Why is it two weeks later? He is too lazy."

But when Sophie saw the start date on the plan, she was stunned and kept mumbling.

Since he failed to inherit the memory of the original owner, Vickrey now has no magic power, and his knowledge of wizards is simply a desert, and he needs to learn it from scratch.

However, through the system panel, he somehow knew that this body had elemental affinities with the dual attributes of fire and earth, and was also very talented in manipulation spells. In addition, he also knew a little alchemy.

Ok……

After thinking about the parliament carefully, Weekly had an idea in mind. He did not intend to follow the old path of the former.

Compared with traditional wizards, he is more suitable for magic swordsmen with specialized attack style.

In games, magic power usually has three uses.

One type is traditional wizards. They study magic all the time. They may never even come out of the mage tower in their lifetime. They are better at theoretical knowledge than actual combat. The professors in the academy are basically this type.

The second type is the magic swordsman. Of course, 'swordsman' is just a title. Its weapons are not limited. It consumes magic power to strengthen the body. The corresponding magic is more practical. Usually adventurers go this way. route.

The third type is more special and is the rarest profession in the game, the blood wizard.

It has all the advantages of the above two, with more magic power and a stronger body.

It also has some unique abilities, the most common of which is the blood of the demon hunter, which can even reach infinite magic power under certain conditions...

Logically speaking, as the Pod family is a branch of the demon hunters, he should also have this power.

But the strange thing is that the system does not display it...

But even without the power of blood, the route he wants to choose will not be too weak.

Fire and earth, the two combined create metal.

Alchemy, the ability to change the shape and properties of metals.

If you add the hand of the mage of the manipulation system, combined with the former, you can achieve both offense and defense.

Although the overall strength of the system will depend on the quality of the metal.

But this problem is too easy for Weekley to overcome. Can he just spend money to buy it?

You must know that dream metal exists in this world. Isn't this higher quality than what he created himself?As long as you spend money, you can become stronger!

Thinking of this, Vickery picked up the crystal ball and started calling Kitty.

'Kitty?Can you come over here? '

Within 5 minutes, Kitty ran back out of breath.

"Teach, Professor, what can I do?"

"I'll get off work today. Please help me find some books and I'll take them home to read."

"Ah, yes, I know."

Vickery handed her a piece of paper with several book titles written on it.

One is for elementary metal magic, and the other is for elementary manipulation magic.

Although Kitty was a little confused as to why the professor knew such basic things, she still obeyed and went to the library to borrow books...

Chapter 6 I believe you will not reject me, right?

After returning home and taking a short rest after dinner, Weekly sat at his desk and took out a magic book.

"Basic Manipulation Magic"

He planned to learn the manipulation magic, Mage's Hand, first. After all, only after mastering it could he take the next step.

Opening the book, the table of contents divides the entire book into four parts.

Vickrey jumped to the part about the junior mage's hand without hesitation.

The moment he saw the specific words, his vision darkened, and the whole world began to distort, spreading around like an oil painting.

Come.

The magic power in Vickrey's body boiled, and a brain surged to the top of his head.

At this moment, he is no longer observing the world with a mortal body, but looking down at everything with a higher-dimensional consciousness.

As for the magic circle in the hand of the mage, which is divided into straight lines and curves one by one, Weekly can understand it all graphically.

Driven by magic power, a huge magic circle called "Mage's Hand" appeared in the sky above the study, and then slowly shrank until it disappeared.

It turns out that the essence of the mage's hand is to inject magic into the object, so that after it condenses into a nucleus, the object can be manipulated with will.

In other words, the warlock controls the magic core inside it rather than the object itself.

It is not difficult to learn the magic hand. What is difficult is how to compress the size of the magic core and improve its precision.

Fortunately, after being baptized by the master's heart, this skill was firmly engraved in his brain, making it difficult to forget.

"Whoo~."

After losing his strength, Vickery took a long breath. Just now he almost thought his head was going to explode.

In order to verify his learning results, Weekly took out the pen from his inner pocket, injected magic power into it, and flew into the sky with his thoughts.

"It appears to have succeeded."

The activation of the mage's hand has become an instinct of the body. He does not need to recall the specific magic circle or deliberately mobilize the magic power. The magic circle has been firmly engraved in his mind and can be activated with just a thought.

"It's just that this power seems a bit small."

Vickery couldn't help but murmured as he looked at the pen that kept beating in the air.

It is only five kilograms of strength. If the hands of a junior mage are only at this level, then even if he masters the hands of an advanced mage, he may not be able to achieve the effect he wants.

Is there any way to increase its power?

Vickery suddenly had an idea.

"If I carve magic circles all over my body and cast spells multiple times..."

The magic of this world has many things in common.

The most representative one is, "The more magic circles there are, the stronger the power."

Of course, the more magic circles there are, the greater the mental burden, and ordinary mages can often do double casting.

But with the help of the Master's Heart, he can break this restriction far away. The only thing he needs to worry about is whether his body can withstand this kind of overloaded work.

Although it is dangerous, it is worth trying. After all, this is the fastest way to improve your strength.

At that moment, Vickery took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

There are still 800 points of magic power left, but it should be enough just to try to carve the magic circle.

He closed his eyes and reactivated the skill, letting the magic flow throughout his body.

"...!"

In an instant, Vickery's body tensed up, and the bones and muscles of his body struggled together, crackling like beans exploding.

Severe pain welled up in my heart.

Although he was an incompetent noble, the arrogance left behind by "Weikeli" did not allow him to shout out, and he would not compromise even if he was sweating in pain.