39: Rank 2 Apprentice

"But before I breakthrough, Abby can you now show the spirit value?" Wade asked.

[Beep! Spirit can now be represented in figures, proceed with conversion?] After the question Abby's voice sounded.

"Hm? It still seems a day early than expected! What happened?"

[The Spirit of the Host has increased and there is an unknown effect on me causing the processing speed to increase!]

A screen was projected by Abby, and it was littered with many curved lines and numbers like a chart.

From this, one could see that the processing ability of Abby had been increasing since he started meditation half a year ago.

"It seems like Abby has indeed undergone some qualitative changes after transcending worlds. Now that it has fused with my soul, the increase in my Spirit when my soul became more powerful has indirectly affected Abby's various effects!"

Wade guessed that the subject of souls was the most unfathomable. Although he had gotten Fred's research it could only manage to record the experience and grasp a few behaviours and patterns of the ectoplasmic beings. Moreover, only a Sage was qualified to browse the more deeper information. For Wade, it was still a long journey ahead.

"Abby having the ability to represent my Spirit in number is also a good thing as in the future using a crystal ball becomes unnecessary. Bring out my current stats!"

[Wade, Rank 1 Apprentice. Strength: 1.7, Agility: 1.6, Vitality: 2.3, Spirit : 3.0, Status: Healthy]

"Now let's breakthrough!!" saying so Wade went into a deep meditation.

One night passed. In the room, Wade opened his eyes.

"I have finally advanced to a Rank 2 Apprentice! I can sense that the energy particles in my body have increased several times more and been stored in the Rank 2 rune, compared to a Rank 1 Apprentice the difference is huge!"

"Abby show the new data" Wade commanded.

[Wade, Rank 2 Apprentice. Strength: 1.7, Agility: 1.6, Vitality: 2.4, Spirit : 4.3, Status: Healthy]

Abby projected a 3D image in front of Wade eyes and displayed his stats.

"My Spiritual Force stat is almost equivalent to that of 4 people combined?" Wade mused.

"Let's check whether the information is right or wrong!" Wade removed the crystal ball provided by the Academy and entered his new spirit in the ball.

[ Aptitude - Grade 4.

Element - Shadow & Darkness, Fire, Earth.

Talent - Clone: can create a clone according to host making, consists of strength based on creation, helpful during escape or curse situation.

Status- Rank 2 Apprentice

Strength - 1.7 Agility - 1.6

Vitality - 2.4. Spirit - 4.3.

Magic Power - 4 ]

Seeing that the data shown by Abby and the ball was similar he was relieved but then a question came to his mind.

Wade looked at the image and asked, "Abby! Evaluate the reason for the decreased growth after advancing to a Rank 2 Apprentice!"

[Mission establishing, inspection in process!]

[Reason discovered: The Host has grown more resistant to low-grade radiation!] Abby's voice sounded.

"As expected! Using radiation to increase my stats has its limits! I wonder what methods the Sages use to strengthen their bodies?" Wade thought.

"Now that I have ranked up its now time to learn some spells and finally start taking missions!" Wade decided and went towards the Academy's spell counter near the trading area.

This was a small region between the Academic Area and the Trading Post. It was where the academy sold higher-levelled goods such as spellbooks and such.

Although the items had set standards with no bargaining allowed, they were more expensive. The service of the staff was also bad and they were extremely cold.

Wade came to the front of a counter. Behind the glass casing was a grave-looking old man who wore a sleepy expression as if Wade's presence didn't make a difference.

"Excuse me!" Wade said. He could sense the energy waves of a Rank 4 Apprentice radiating from this old man.

"Abby! Inspect!"

"What do you want?" Being woken up the old man's voice sounded gloomy. It was like he had been distributed at an important time and his gaze gave him goosebumps.

[Beep! Name: Unknown. Strength: 2.0, Agility: 2.1, Vitality: 3.5, Spirit: 10.8, Status: Healthy ]

Wade gave a calm look back as he had, "Would you let me have a look at the basic spell models?"

"Take it!" The old man flung a dusty large book over to him and did not seem even slightly bothered about whether he was going to buy it or not.

"Respect the elderly!" Wade psyched himself and opened the book.

A spell model and the corresponding introduction appeared in his vision.

" Fireball. Description: Summon a formidable fireball to attack your enemies. Prerequisite courses: Foundations of Fire Energy, Construction of Spell Models."

"Shadow Sphere. Description: Use Shadow Energy to construct a fairly covert sphere. Prerequisite courses: Necromancy Studies, Construction of Spell Models."

" Earth spike. Description: Summon a spike from the ground to attack your enemies by surprise. Prerequisite courses: Foundations of Earth Energy, Construction of Spell Models."

"Shadow Clone. Description: Use Shadow Energy to construct a clone for scouting, fighting and escape purpose. Prerequisite courses: Necromancy Studies, Foundation of Darke energy, Construction of Spell Models."

After looking through most of the book he found that these were the most basic spells and no advanced spells used by those Rank 5 Apprentice were shown.