Wizard: Start consuming attributes from the equipment slot.

Chapter 36 Guidance

In the afternoon, on the third floor of the laboratory building.

Manuggas, standing next to Viktor, spoke softly:

"The tentacles of the black squid are a relatively rare alchemical material. Due to their inherent properties, they are difficult to use for making potions or other purposes. However, because of their exceptional toughness, they are particularly suitable for body alchemy..."

Victor enveloped his palm with magic and slowly reached into the bottle in front of him, gently pinching the squid tentacles inside with his thumb and forefinger.

It felt a bit shriveled when I first picked it up, and even after soaking in water for a long time, it didn't change much.

Secondly, it has a rather unique toughness; when you squeeze it, it feels like you're squeezing a piece of rubber, and you can feel the elasticity it provides.

After a moment of feeling, Viktor used his fingers to pull the tentacle out of the bottle and carefully handed it to Manugs.

Manugs reached out and caught it, then immediately gathered magic in his hand and poured it into the tentacle.

Then, you can see that the tentacle begins to shed its skin quickly, revealing some pink muscle fibers inside... Manugs picks up the tools next to him and begins to process these muscle fibers, then places them on a separate arm on one side.

The process looks simple, but it is actually very quick.

From extracting the muscle fibers to completing the implantation, the entire process might take less than two seconds. He even managed to use magic to temporarily seal the wound in the arm simultaneously...

About two minutes later, a simple muscle implantation surgery was completed. Manuggus wiped his hands and turned to look at Viktor beside him:

"Did you understand?"

Viktor honestly shook his head:

"I don't quite understand, mentor."

"You moved too fast; I could only catch a general idea."

Manugs nodded slightly upon hearing this, but made no comment on Viktor, and continued:

"This arm is a spare arm that I prepared."

"There will be about four physical alchemy modifications in total. The improvement using the tentacles of the black squid is one of them. There will be three more to go. I hope you can be there for each one."

Victor naturally had no doubts:

"Okay, mentor."

"Just let me know, and I'll come to be your assistant."

Seemingly satisfied with Viktor's answer, Manugs paused for a moment, reached out and took out a bag, handing it to Viktor.

Victor reached out and took the bag. Before he could even be surprised, he knew what was inside—a whole bag of magic stones, at least a hundred in total.

"Mentor... what's this?"

"Consider this a reward for your work this month," Manuggas replied. "In addition to what I pay you every month, there's also your compensation as my assistant now."

"..."

Victor was still somewhat surprised.

After all, a hundred magic stones might not be much for a formal wizard, but for a wizarding apprentice, it is indeed a considerable sum.

But Manuggas clearly didn't care what he thought, and continued:

"Besides these magic stones, according to our rules, you can also learn some things from me."

"What would you like to learn?"

His words brought Viktor back to his senses.

That's right, Nina had told him before that this was one of the perks of being a servant apprentice.

However, Viktor had been so busy lately that he had almost forgotten about it. He didn't expect Manuggus to bring it up on his own initiative... so Viktor naturally wouldn't stand on ceremony.

After thinking about it for a while, Viktor really didn't know which direction to ask the other party for advice.

Logically speaking, even without actively seeking it out, one's progress in alchemy wouldn't be slow, and ancient rune techniques and physical alchemy techniques don't seem to require such an opportunity...

After hesitating for a moment, Viktor decided to focus on his equipment:

"Master, may I learn witchcraft from you?"

Manugges nodded:

"Sure, as long as I know how."

Victor immediately asked:

"Then, may I learn 'Magic Shield' from you?"

Manugges glanced at Viktor:

"Can."

"This witchcraft is very common and not difficult to learn. You only need to pay me twenty magic stones."

Do you want to start learning now?

"Of course, mentor." Viktor nodded immediately.

Because he also knew that this was indeed the discounted price offered by Manugges.

For most wizards, learning a spell is not an easy task. Not all wizards have the advantages of Dawnstar Academy, where they can freely exchange for a spell to learn by completing a few simple academy tasks.

Otherwise, Morningstar Academy wouldn't have become the largest wizarding organization on this planet.

In short, Manugs' price was reasonable, and Viktor immediately agreed. He then took out 20 magic stones from the bag containing magic stones that the other party had given him earlier and handed them back to him.

Manugs waved his hand, and the 20 magic stones disappeared. Then he looked at Victor:

"It's not convenient to study here. Let's go to the second floor. I'll quickly explain the magic structure of the 'Magic Shield' and some related techniques to you. After that, you'll need to practice on your own. If you don't understand anything, come and ask me."

Viktor nodded and silently followed behind him.

At the same time, I replaced the items in my equipment inventory with the 'Silver Key', ready to open the Inspiration Gate at any time to speed up the learning of new sorcery.

......

An hour and a half later.

Manugs stopped explaining, looked at Victor a few meters in front of him, who was carefully controlling the magical shield around his body, and nodded:

"It seems you have mastered the technique of casting this spell."

"Your talent is truly outstanding."

Victor held his breath, manipulating the magic shield floating around him back to his front. He then quickly drained his magic, and only after the magic shield completely disappeared did he breathe a sigh of relief, look at Manugs, and respectfully speak:

"It was your guidance that allowed me to learn this witchcraft so quickly, Master."

"Don't be modest, that will affect my judgment of you."

Manugs wasn't buying his flattery. He waited two seconds until Manugs had fully recovered before continuing:

"You did well today. I will still perform another physical alchemy transformation here tomorrow."

"You need to arrive here a little earlier to get the alchemical golem production line sorted out."

Victor nodded:

"I understand, mentor."

Manugs nodded, said nothing more, and turned to go back upstairs.

Viktor watched his retreating figure disappear down the stairs, letting out a soft sigh before heading down to the first floor, his mind racing with thoughts of the day's events:

"The condition for the Magic Shell to be absorbed is that the Magic Shield proficiency reaches the mastery level. I can temporarily give up practicing other sorcery and focus on practicing the Magic Shield. With the help of the Inspiration Gate, it will probably take about three to five days."

"Once I've absorbed the magic shell, I can consider trying to complete some of the tasks issued by the academy and earn some points."

"I've almost finished the basic alchemy course I learned with the points redemption; I need to catch up quickly."