I was an apprentice in Ferren

Chapter 49 Advancement to Battle Mage
Hearing this, everyone was a little intimidated. DuPont glanced at Charles when no one answered, and the latter leaned back in his chair with a swagger, his fat face twitching: "I think it's fine. Annie wasn't the best student in our class to begin with. Originally, it was only because we 15 men gave in to her that she became class monitor. Now that she's willingly acting as someone else's lackey, isn't that a slap in the face to all of us? I'll be the first to sign this!"

Upon hearing Charles's words, the others nodded in agreement. DuPont then took out a piece of parchment: "Let's do it today. Everyone sign it, and then Charles and I will go to our advisor. Don't worry, we'll take the lead. Whether it succeeds or not is our business and has nothing to do with you."

Hearing DuPont say this, everyone felt relieved and signed the parchment. However, Safis was a little puzzled: "But DuPont, even if Annie's position is removed, it doesn't seem to affect the outcome much. In the end, we still have to rely on the mage ring position. Wouldn't it be more suitable for Charles to be the class monitor?"

"I'll pass," Charles said, shaking his head in refusal. "Mentor Rock already promised to take me on as his personal apprentice at the end of the month." This drew envious glances from his classmates.

Although the mentor, Rock, is not as skilled as the other mentors, her special bloodline and network of connections are unique. Getting on her good side will make it much easier for Charles to pursue further studies or find a job after graduation. Charles will probably never have to work on construction sites under the scorching sun again, but will become a rising star of Northwestern College.

“I never thought a true phoenix could emerge from our humble abode.” Safis said with some envy, but Charles shook his head: “In fact, DuPont was also invited after the event, but he declined.”

Charles's words drew everyone's attention to DuPont. He smiled shyly and said, "I've been feeling quite inspired lately, and I'm learning magic fairly quickly. I should be able to become a level three apprentice in the next couple of days. However, I'm still far behind Charles, so it's nothing. I should just focus on building a solid foundation here."

"Sure!" The crowd immediately buzzed with excitement upon hearing this.

Although DuPont's progress wasn't outstanding in the academy, he hadn't even assembled a second-circle spell model last semester, and he became a third-level mage before summer vacation this year. This achievement was definitely among the best in the architecture department, and even in the entire academic year, it was considered above average.

"But don't worry, everyone, I won't be changing classes unless there's a special reason. What difference does it make where you learn magic? It's not like we don't have third-circle spells." DuPont sneered as he spoke of this matter: "We just don't study spells that are more focused on practical application, but who dares to say that our spells are useless, and who can deny that we are mages?"

As he spoke, he stood up, raised his glass, and encouraged, "Even the great sage Elminster, though a chosen one of the goddess, had worked as a warrior and thief, a profession most mages despise. Before becoming a legendary archmage, he had the humiliating experience of being captured by a group of old hags and forced into 1000 Star Wrathful Wrathful Witches. Compared to him, what are our current difficulties?"

Unexpectedly, many people spat out their juice upon hearing DuPont's words, whispering that they should be careful what they said. DuPont was puzzled by this scene, but then Charles relayed a message: "Don't talk nonsense. These unverified rumors are only for private conversation. If the church finds out, be careful they don't accuse you of slandering the chosen lady and insulting the great sage. In that case, going to jail to work on a sewing machine would be the least of your worries."

"Cough cough, I drank a bit too much today, my tongue's a little thick." DuPont put down his juice. "Enough said, from now on, if anyone looks down on our architecture department, whether it's staff fighting or spell practice, I'll take them on!"

Amidst the cheers and jeers, DuPont sat down with a smile. Judy smiled at his triumphant appearance, then turned back and silently began cutting potatoes.

DuPont says that cutting potatoes into strips, boiling them once, and then slowly frying them over medium heat can turn this ingredient, which is usually used in stews, into a delicious snack. Adding tomato sauce makes it even better.

Although potatoes are a delicious ingredient no matter how they're cooked, he'd never actually tried cooking them this way before, and he wanted to see if it was really true.

You have 21 days left to repay your loan.

Your malnutrition has disappeared.

When DuPont successfully unleashed his invisibility and dagger cloud techniques in Friday's training session, all the students understood one thing.

This kid wasn't bragging; he really did become a level three mage.

DuPont breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his experience had dropped to 86/3000.

DuPont
Age: 14 years old

Race: human

Class: Level 3 Wizard / Level 2 Barbarian
属性值：力量14、敏捷12、体质16、智力16、感知10、魅力16
Current Alignment: Chaos Good

Spell strengths: Alteration spells, Necromantic spells
Specialties: Scroll copying, tenacity, reckless attack, natural defense, mastery of earth and wood magic.

Special Abilities: Berserk; 0-level Spells: Message, Hand of the Wizard, Light, Repair Building, Repair Construct
First-level spells: Mage Shield, Grease, Emulsify the Feet, Summon Skeleton Minions, Magic Missiles
Second-circle spells: Dagger Cloud, Invisibility, Fox Wisdom (85%), Mechanized Mind (60%), Spider Walk (30%)

Assets: 36 gold coins, 3 silver coins, medium-sized dimensional bag, ring of dark vision, elven boots

You can choose a school of thought to enhance your subclass.

DuPont glanced at it and quickly determined his career path.

"Battle Mage".

You have become a Battle Mage and gained the following abilities: Arcane Deflection, War Mind.

Arcane Deflection: Unlike traditional and fragile mages, battle mages have learned to weave magic to withstand damage with greater resilience.

Effect: When you are hit by an attack or fail on a saving throw, you can temporarily gain a +2 defense or a +4 saving throw against the failed saving throw by quick analysis.

Warning: Once you use this feature, you cannot cast spells other than Trick until the end of your next turn.

Tactical Wisdom: Your rapid grasp of the strategic situation allows you to react quickly in battle.

Effect: You gain a bonus equal to your Intelligence modifier on initiative checks.

Although neither of these abilities increases one's own damage output, their support effects are incredibly powerful, making them particularly suitable for players like DuPont who prefer to play solo.

Upon advancing to level 3, DuPont gained two second-level spells. He chose Dagger Cloud and Invisibility. The former provides cheap physical area-of-effect attacks. As long as he maintains focus, he can create an obstacle made of daggers, which is effective for ambushing people or blocking doors.

As for invisibility, it goes without saying that it is excellent for survival and stealth. If you are not afraid of death, you can even sneak into women's bathhouses in some magical deserts. It is a spell that wanderers hate and grind their teeth at.

The experience requirement after this promotion isn't particularly outrageous. Normally, it takes about 2700 experience points to go from level 3 to level 4, but he needs 3000.

While the required experience has increased considerably, it is still within a reasonable range.

However, if DuPont remembers correctly, the experience points required to go from level 4 to level 5 seem to increase dramatically, from 2700 to 6500 in the original version. He's not sure exactly how much he needs.

However, when upgrading from 3 to 4, DuPont did not intend to use experience to upgrade, but instead planned to learn on its own to save that experience.

原住民3级升4级需要多学会总共4个二环法术，5个一环法术和4个戏法，他现在一环法术和戏法都满足，只需要再学会2个二环法术就可以晋级。

Since his intelligence reached 16, his approach to learning spells has become much clearer. He estimates that he can learn the spells Fox Wisdom and Mechanized Mind, which he has been studying for over a year, in about half a month at most. He can save the 3000 experience points needed to advance to level 4. He can use them to quickly advance to level 5 or improve other professions and increase attribute values, which would be a good choice.

However, before DuPont could ponder this further, he received a summons from his mentor in the Department of Change during his lunch break.

　Thank you to Necromancer Big Mouse for the 5000 reward, and thank you to Chen Dongxi Xia, Hidden Prisoner, Red Dragon Anthony, Beautiful Dragon, Ten Popes of Prussia, and Book Friend with ID 319 for the rewards.

　　The next chapter is under revision.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)