Chapter 33: Undercurrents

Human beings, after all, are group animals. The more books you read and the more you know, the more you will naturally express and communicate. Therefore, it is an inevitable choice for one to return one's attention to oneself and to gather with like-minded people and become an integral part of one's spiritual life. The same goes for Victor.

Through group activities such as dinners and discussions, Victor quickly integrated into a small circle of people in a month's time, and most of the people in this circle were teachers from the Basic Branch of Ainsted Magic Students.

"Stephen, am I being rude?"

In the teacher's lounge, Victor asked in a low voice, "Otherwise, why would the other teachers in our office ignore me?" ”

Stephen Raphael, the second-ring mage of the "Silver Scholar" and the first-level arcanist, has an equally harmonious relationship with Victor because his strength is about the same as that of Victor.

Looking at the magic pocket watch with a shiny silver case, Stephen pouted and replied, "You mean Werner Cecil's guys, right?" Don't waste any energy on them! ”

"Why?" Victor asked to the bottom of the matter: "It's all colleagues, there's no need to make the relationship so strained, right?" ”

"Hey, hey!"

Stephen sneered a few times and explained, "Victor, you don't know anything! They are all 'All Things Are One', rotten creatures who seek eternal sleep...... I have always looked down on us 'mortals' whose lives are limited! ”

"Since the development of the Magical Society has taken a qualitative leap, the voice within the Society is no longer the same......" Stephen sighed, "All major organizations have challenged the status of the 'Silver Scholar', and the method of 'All Things Are One' is the most intense!" If it weren't for Lord Grant's prestige, and if it weren't for the support of the 'Alchemy Hand', the Magical Society would have been torn apart long ago......"

"Don't they care about the threat of the Eternal Temple?" Victor pretended to be surprised and said, "The internal strife within the academy will only continue to consume one's own strength, and all of you adults are wise people, so they can't fail to see this, right?" ”

"Blame 'Sistile' if you want to blame it! As long as the floating city is functioning, the threat of the temple is nothing more than nonsense...... Alas, it's really 'Sistile' and 'Sistile' ......"

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After finishing the day's lesson, Victor returned to his residence with a heavy heart.

"It seems that the contradictions within the Magic Society have accumulated to a certain extent, and even an ordinary teacher can see this......"

"No! I can't just wait and see, I have to prepare! ”

Victor, who had made a secret decision, immediately began to estimate and measure his strength, "All the zero ring spells, the one ring spells 'Mage Armor', 'Greasy Spell', 'Mist Concealment Technique'...... And then, and then there was none? ”

After all the math, Victor found that there were too few hole cards in his hand! In Greenland, where there are occasional high-level mages, mid-level mages are everywhere, there are many low-level mages like dogs, and mage apprentices are running everywhere, he is simply a dispensable little character.

Once the conflict intensifies and turmoil occurs, Victor on the overseas island has nowhere to escape.

"What should I do?"

Victor activated the talent "Digital JΓΉ Analysis" and repeatedly deduced the current problem.

It wasn't until late at night that Victor, whose brain was overloaded, finally got a plan with the highest survival rate: "On the premise that the strength cannot be improved quickly, all kinds of magical equipment, weapons, and alchemy products...... It became the preferred choice. In addition, it is necessary to find the right partner, the necessary hiding place, and gather enough information ......"

Tired Victor lay on the bed, with all kinds of thoughts, and fell asleep.

……

Early the next morning, Victor, who had no teaching assignment, hurriedly left the Ainsted Academy of Magic and Magic, and took the fastest airship to the floating city of 'Sistir'.

The fifth floor of the Tower of Babel, the Mage Trading Center.

Victor wandered around the large supermarket-like trading place, searching for magical equipment suitable for him, as well as several necessary alchemical raw materials.

"This gentleman, may I ask if there is a junior mage's robe in the store?"

"What? This cheapest robes cost two Arcane Points? Can't it be cheaper? ”

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"Excuse me, how did you sell this staff?"

"Five arcane points??"

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"Hello, I want to buy some alchemy materials, do you have a full range of them in the store?"

"Huh? Can only be traded with Arcane Points? ”

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Victor, who spent a whole morning, cleared all his arcane points, but only bought a black classical mage robe, on which the three-ring spell "Defensive Energy Damage Shield" was constant once a day; and a cat's-eye magic ring with the second-ring spell "Scorching Ray" that can be used three times a day.

"One ...... for the Poor"

Victor smiled self-deprecatingly, he didn't buy any alchemy materials, so he could only make a plan.

"The attack is too simple, and the lethality is far from enough, and most importantly, there is a limit to the number of times the spells on the magic equipment are constant."

Back in the teacher's apartment, Victor racked his brains to think of ways to defend himself, "Which spell is my best at?" 'Projectile Items' and 'Mage Armor'. Defensive spells aside, what should I do to get the most out of the 'Projectile' zero-ring spell? Alchemical products. ”

After thinking about it, Victor found that the spell he was best at would be useless without the combination of alchemy products.

"Since I can't get the alchemy products in this world, will it work if I replace them with chemical dangerous products from my previous life?"

As soon as he thought of it, Victor used his status as a teacher to plunge headlong into the magical room of the academy.

"Vacuum Circle...... Urine ...... Isolated from air heating......"

Victor, who had a stern face, carefully operated the magic equipment in the real yΓ n room, and he kept muttering, "Huh? Failed again! Could it be that the airtightness of the equipment is not good enough? Or is the temperature provided by the heating circle not up to the mark? ”

If there is a person who is engaged in chemistry here, he can tell at a glance that the real yΓ n that Victor is carrying out at the moment is the extraction process of "white phosphorus".

White phosphorus?

That's right! The "ammunition" that Victor tailors for the spell "Projectile" is the "White Phosphorus Bomb", which was forbidden in his previous life.