(The second watch, there is still at night, please recommend!!)

William's family has not officially moved in yet, and in the past few days, they have been learning to helper with the housekeeper, running around the manor town at both ends, and starting to deal with affairs. Because he was exposed to a lot of things in the mage club, he was quick to get started with the management of the manor, and gave Kede a lot of help.

William's wife, Isabella, was also a hard-working woman, she was born into a small merchant family, she was literate and arithmetic, and she handled the housekeeping of the estate in an orderly manner as soon as she got started. And she also has a good sewing skill, although not as good as those famous tailors, but the simple stitches that can be modified and added or removed are also very good.

With the new helpers of William and his wife, the burden of the housekeeper Kode is much easier. After the manpower was sufficient, the affairs of the manor these days did not need to be bothered by Donald, the master, for the time being, as long as he reported every day and summarized once a month, so Donald turned his attention to improving his own strength.

Through more than a month of study, Donald has mastered most of the zero-level spells and several first-level spells, in addition to the two essential spells of magic missile and mage shield, the most proficient of which are the mage's hand, toxin detection, water formation, fire elemental hand, as well as the communication technique and the feather falling technique, which are several zero-level and first-level spells. Donald didn't focus on elemental spells that were powerful and relatively easy to cast, as most other young mages did. Rather, it purposefully selects spells that cover a wide range of aspects.

This choice made his teacher Messer very appreciative when he learned about it.

"The energy of a mage is limited, and no matter how powerful a mage is, it is impossible to master all the spells of all factions, and the limitation of mental power cannot make a mage cast too many spells in a short period of time, so mages usually only focus on their own suitable factions, and other spells can be understood more than one or two. Judging from your choices, you know that you are a cautious and wise man, Donald!"

"The teacher praised it, I just think about it this way, the summoner's ability is not omnipotent, since I still have the talent of other departments, I can't waste the gift of God, instead of chasing those attack spells that are not very powerful, it is better to let the summoned creature as the main attack in front, and then I will cast spells in the back to assist, so that it is easier to defeat the enemy!"

The reason why Donald chose these spells is because they are the most comprehensive and suitable for himself among all the first-level spells.

For example, the hand of the mage, which is equivalent to the empty objects in the martial arts novels of the previous life, is a profound kung fu that can only be learned by the top masters who have opened up the second vein of Ren Du, whether it is life or combat, it can be said to be a panacea-like skill.

And detecting toxins can distinguish whether food is toxic or not, and with the help of water formation and fire elemental hands, with these three spells, even in extreme environments such as deserts or rainforests, it can greatly enhance his survivability.

As for the communication technique, although there is a distance limit, it can also play a big role at the critical moment, and the levitation technique is a spell that he values very much, with this simple first-level spell, even if he falls from the cliff, he can fall slowly like a gentle feather, and he will not fall to death because of the rapid decline. In the future, if he is promoted, he will definitely learn the third-level levitation technique and the fifth-level flying technique, and the desire for the sky is the same no matter which world the human beings are.

As for the other first-level spells, either the effects of the spells coincide, or the effects were chicken, Donald just looked at them briefly and recorded them, and did not focus on studying them. The attack power of the first-level spell is not much of a threat to the warriors above the middle of the black iron. So Donald gave up on the fancy ones and chose only the practical ones, even if they were mostly secondary spells.

After learning about the power of the ancient Arcanist from the collection of the Mage Guild, Donald had the ambition to follow in the footsteps of the Arcanist, or at least to be a strong and well-rounded mage.

"If people before me were able to do it, I can do it if I am given the opportunity. Teacher, do you know why the strength of mages is getting worse now?"

After hearing the hopes of his apprentice, Messer was pleased and explained to him:

"If you can have such an ambitious goal, I will give my full support, teacher. Therefore, the mainstream of mages after the Bannai Empire is basically divided into elemental mages who are good at manipulating the four elements, alchemists who study creation, summoners who are proficient in space and otherworldly summoning knowledge, and wizards who are good at souls and curses. These four branches are not only missing four factions compared to the Arcanist Legacy of the Ancient Arcane Empire, but even these four branches themselves lack a lot of spells and knowledge. ”

"You must know that the ancient arcanists are divided into eight factions, plus the general faction that cultivates multiple factions, it can be said that there are a total of nine factions. ”

"The eight factions of Plastic, Protection, Spells, Prophecy, Illusion, Enchantment, Change, and Necromancy can cover almost all spellcasting directions in the world. For example, the current elemental mage is a branch of the sculpting system, the alchemist mainly inherits part of the knowledge of the transformation system and the enchantment system, and the summoner inherits part of the inheritance of the spell system. The wizard faction is the type of modern mage who inherits the most ancient arcane knowledge, and they have obtained another part of the spell inheritance that is different from summoners, and also refer to some spell principles of protection, prophecy, and necromancy, so they are best at weakening enemies with curse spells, and can manipulate negative energy to cast dark spells, which are more mysterious and eerie than other mages, and are usually considered evil to exist. ”

"In general, the ancient mages have obtained less than half of the inheritance of the ancient arcane masters, and the current mage professional structure has been formed after the improvement and creation of generations of genius mages in history. ”

After listening to his teacher's systematic narration, Donald became more and more certain in his heart, wanting to become a powerful being like the ancient general arcane master.

If you choose this path, you may have lower combat effectiveness in the early stage, and the speed of progress will be slowed down. But with a powerful high-level artifact like the Book of Truth as a backing, coupled with his age advantage, Donald is confident that he can break through the high-level boundary before the age of forty, he has enough strength to protect himself before he is strong, and he can afford to wait!

It is worth mentioning that with his strengthened excellent mental power talent, as well as the help of the white crystal ring given by Messer, Donald successfully cast and mastered a second-level spell, Wind Arrow, at the level of being promoted to Black Iron Mage.

As a second-level offensive spell, Wind Arrow is the most powerful offensive skill Donald himself has ever mastered. It is capable of compressing air to form an invisible arrow with a sharp front that can penetrate a wooden target at least a hundred meters away.

This power has already caught up with the small-caliber gunpowder pistol in the previous life, if it weren't for the limited number of casts due to the level suppression and mental power, Donald can only cast this second-level spell three times at present, otherwise with this move alone, he can win head-on against three ordinary black iron high-level warriors without the help of summoning holy relics.

However, the warriors below the bronze rank can be regarded as the bottom of this world, and there are more real powerhouses, if you only rely on your own half-baked mage strength, I am afraid it will be difficult to protect your own safety in a cruel battle that may occur under any circumstances.

Fortunately, Donald not only relied on his own mage strength, but also the natural spells and more powerful summoning abilities given by the Book of Truth as hole cards.