Werewolf wizard

"Because your magic system has made too many sacrifices and changes to survive the receding magic tide."

"In this case, using deepened spell model complexity as an alternative comes at the cost of advancement potential. But considering you claim there are Grand Arcanists deep underground, I suspect you have ways to use external objects to solve advancement bottlenecks."

Su Nan looked at the blank-faced Song Zhong and smiled. "You haven't thought at all about how to advance to become a formal wizard, or a Grand Arcanist, have you?"

"Since there's a legend of Grand Arcanists deep underground, you should be trying to find a way to become one."

Song Zhong was speechless for a moment, then said, "I'm already satisfied with becoming an Arcanist. Even my mother, Matron Black Rye, hasn't become a Grand Arcanist. Am I worthy?"

"Besides, that's Matron Rose's realm of Grand Arcanist, I... I..."

Su Nan frowned. "Although Arcanists evolved from wizards, if you don't maintain a heart of exploring the truth, what's the difference between you and warlocks?"

An expression of incomprehension appeared in Song Zhong's eyes.

'Forget it,' Su Nan thought. 'These Arcanist races have inherent problems with their origins, so those real Grand Arcanists deep in the underground world probably deliberately use this kind of education to limit their ability to think and learn.'

'After all, in an era of magical scarcity, having an extra Grand Arcanist is definitely not a good thing.'

'So, discussing this with this woman is like playing the lute to a cow.'

'This woman calls herself an Arcanist, but she only parrots what she's told. She doesn't use her brain, and she doesn't actively think or explore.'

Su Nan released his magic pressure towards her.

Immediately, Song Zhong gritted her teeth and said, "This is the feeling I've felt beside my mother. I've only felt it beside my mother, Matron Black Rye."

Su Nan raised his eyebrows. He did this to test the strength of Matron Black Rye.

Because only mental strength exceeding 80 can give birth to magic pressure.

It seems Matron Black Rye's mental strength is at least above 80.

Then even in the gathering of petrified witches, Matron Black Rye is among the most outstanding.

Su Nan asked Song Zhong, "It seems your mother has also transformed her mental strength into magic pressure."

"Do you feel that my magic pressure and your mother's magic pressure, which one is stronger?"

Song Zhong pondered for a while before hesitating, "Do you want to hear the truth, or do you want me to flatter you? I don't know what kind of slaver you are, but according to the rules of the underground world, I should say something that makes you happy."

Su Nan said, "The truth."

Song Zhong pursed her lips, then, as if finally finding a chance to regain a point, said proudly, "Then my truth is that my mother, Matron Black Rye's magic pressure, is stronger than yours."

"Far stronger!"

"You won't be my mother's opponent. As my master, if you can treat me well, I can tell you some places where you can avoid my mother's forces but still obtain resources."

Song Zhong thought for a long time, finally admitting that from the moment she was captured, she was a slave.

She would be a slave for life.

Although she was very frustrated, she could only prepare herself and try to live a better life with her new master.

Su Nan glanced at her.

So that's how it is.

Not a Grand Arcanist, so below a formal wizard, but her magic pressure is stronger than his own.

But that's nothing.

First of all, now that he has this aether mining area, he can use magic potions to increase his mental strength in a short period of time.

Secondly, the panel data doesn't explain everything.

As long as the other party is not a real formal wizard, then she is still a wizard apprentice, just a stronger wizard apprentice.

Even if her pure mental strength or magic power is temporarily stronger than his, what converts magic power into combat power is the quality of the meditation method, the power of the spell model, the mastery of many spells close to first-circle spells, and various magical items.

Su Nan was confident that although Matron Black Rye had an entire underground city's army, his werewolf pack and scarab beetle swarm were not inferior, and might even be stronger.

Su Nan didn't respond to Song Zhong's words, but said to her coldly, "You haven't talked about the aether black hole yet."

"Also, talk about the types of aether stones."

Song Zhong glanced weakly at Su Nan. She didn't understand why this surface wizard didn't have any emotional changes after hearing her evaluation.

Isn't he afraid?

That's an Arcanist among Arcanists.

Song Zhong said, "Surface dweller master. The aether black hole is an injury inflicted on our underground world by those evil wizards."

"Those evil wizards didn't have enough magical power to defeat the Arcanists."

"So, they did something very dangerous. They conducted secret research, combining a large number of aether stones with the bloodlines of various underground races."

"They wanted to use this method to summon the magic tide again, or at least a small magic tide. It was a huge magical experiment that failed."

Su Nan raised his eyebrows. So, the underground hiding wizards didn't just magically modify creatures in large numbers to create their own army.

But to summon the magic tide themselves.

It seems they originally didn't have this plan, and really just wanted to hide in the underground world and barely survive.

But there should be some underground hiding wizards who, after discovering a large number of aether stones, began to have new ideas.

Song Zhong continued, "As a result, the magic tide was not summoned, but instead, a sphere was formed that mixed biological flesh and blood characteristics with a highly condensed mixture of aether stones."

"I heard my mother say that you wizards created not just one such sphere, you wizards created dozens of such spheres in a row."

"These spheres, because they are a mixture of aether stones and flesh and blood creatures, are highly concentrated traditional aether magic, and also have a certain amount of their own consciousness, which can actively attack all living bodies that approach. They opened up a magic field called the aether black hole field. This black hole continues to expand, becoming more powerful as it devours more magic."

"The aether black hole will absorb the magic power in the air."

"Only by giving them sacrifices will they be quiet. Each aether black hole must be suppressed by a main town. If it is too powerful, several main towns may be needed."

"But there are also some good side effects, that is, the magic energy near the aether black hole will increase by several gradients due to its black hole absorption effect."

Su Nan looked at her suspiciously. "In that case, it's also possible that the so-called wizards you mentioned, and the ancestors of your Arcanists, initially cooperated to create the aether black hole. The purpose was to increase the magic energy concentration in certain areas of the underground world."

"It's just that later, their ideas differed, and wars broke out."

"After all, from the results, it seems you have instead gained huge benefits from the aether black hole."

"I think, without the aether black hole, you would probably have a harder time in those years without the magic tide."

Song Zhong wanted to refute, but she recalled the question she had once thought about.

That is, if there was no aether black hole under Black Rye Main City, how uncomfortable would she be as an Arcanist?

Probably having to calculate for a long time before using any magic.

Having to spend several months to recover on her own after consuming a little magic power.

There might even be a situation where her own magic power concentration exceeds the magic power concentration of the surrounding environment, and magic power not only does not recover, but continues to be lost.