The direction of a wizard's apprenticeship is closely related to his future progression. The ocean of witchcraft is endless, and man's energy and time are limited. While inquisitive wizards are eager to learn as much as they can and master as many spells as possible, the reality is that no one is fully developed.

The so-called all-powerful wizard is just a joke.

After all, omnipotence, to a certain extent, means omnipotence.

Therefore, the threshold of the second-level wizard has become a watershed. When the apprentice wizard reined in his magic and created a pool of mana, they not only gained a physical and magical transformation, but also opened a path to greater specialization. They will continue their research in the direction of advancement that they have previously determined, and they will work tirelessly.

Every advanced direction is the result of the painstaking efforts of countless predecessors in the wizarding world. In the wizard's path, knowledge and talent are equally important.

Although Crimson Castle is known for producing blood mages, it is one of the three large wizarding organizations in Ferendor, and there are more than twenty advanced directions for wizards to choose from - but there are only a few of the most popular ones. Choosing a popular advanced direction means that there may be a lot less detours, after all, there are many mentors who study in these directions, and it is better to have mentors to guide you than to blindly explore them yourself.

As for those unpopular categories, some only have two or three second-level wizards as mentors, and some can't even find a wizard in the whole of Ferendor to study the same specialty. In this case, the path of the wizard's apprentice's cultivation is destined to be many more bumpy than others.

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In front of Lance was a thick stack of materials. These materials were given to him by old Fagan for free, and they covered almost all the advanced directions of the Crimson Castle.

The more popular the advanced direction, the more complete the information, such as the [Blood Mage] advanced direction, there are more than a hundred pages of information for Lance's reference, and those unpopular majors, the information is relatively scarce, such as Wesley, whom Lance met in the puppet city before, the [Forbidden Spell Mage] advanced direction he chose, Lance almost only had a general description in his hand, and he didn't even have the specific steps to advance!

"An apprentice wizard like Wesley probably also got the advanced way of the forbidden spell mage from the family behind him. Lance flipped through these materials and couldn't help but guess in his heart: "Otherwise, according to the information given by the Crimson Castle, it is impossible to explain the basic knowledge that advanced forbidden spell mages need to learn, how can they complete all the preparations." ”

The unpopular to such an advanced direction, Lance didn't plan to consider it at all. He is not Wesley, and he does not have enough power and financial support behind him, so he can only choose a relatively mature and perfect major.

But the popular majors in Crimson Castle, Lance is not particularly interested.

Also taking the most popular blood mage as an example, Lance learned that if he wants to advance to a blood mage, he must prepare for the apprenticeship stage as follows-

The first stage is the learning of reserve knowledge. (Required)

Advanced Blood Mages need to learn [Blood Purification and Separation (Beginner Stage)], [Anatomy (Intermediate)], [Introduction to Vampires and Blood Creatures (Lite Version)], [Sacrifice and Sacrifice Feedback], [Liquid Characteristics Mastery], [Ferendor's Famous Biography - Blood Mage Fascicle], [Blood Rituals] and other related knowledge. And the assessment rating is B- or above.

The second stage is the transformation of the body. (Required)

The transformative part of the body consists of two parts: the enlargement of the heart and the toughening of blood vessels. At this stage, the apprentices must take some special herbs and potions to transform their bodies to reach a certain level of strength, so that they can withstand the powerful counter-devouring power of the blood spell. You'll need a tougher heart and some blood vessels as strong as steel pipes to keep your body from being injured or even maimed by the boiling blood when casting spells.

The third stage is the fusion of ancient bloodlines. (optional)

Fusing some ancient bloodlines will have an immeasurable increase in the blood mage's spell ability. In particular, the bloodlines of creatures such as vampires, ancient fog dragons, and snow-capped mountain banshees can greatly improve the combat ability of blood mages.

In the above three stages, as long as the first two stages are prepared, the general preparation of the blood mage is completed. Once the mana exceeds 100 points, you can condense the mana pool, break through to the second-level wizard, and become a real blood mage.

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Objectively speaking, it's not without reason that Blood Mage is the most popular profession in Crimson Castle. The combat ability of this profession is very powerful, even after the magic power is exhausted, it can also use the blood in the body to perform some strange secret techniques, which is difficult to guard. Moreover, in the years of inheritance, the blood mage has already formed a very complete and mature system. At least choose this direction, and you won't have to worry about not being able to learn advanced knowledge in the future.

Unfortunately, Lance has a natural aversion to blood mages.

Not only that, but another popular profession in the castle, the necromancer, was not in Lance's consideration.

As a visitor to Earth with relatively strong nerves, Lance felt that he could barely do it by killing people and dissecting them. But it was a little hard for him to accept that he would be the object of his spell study and that he would be accompanied by countless days and nights for the rest of his spells.

And the ability to draw his own blood as a spell medium also made Lance a little uncomfortable.

"I'd rather learn law sorcery or elemental spells than blood spells. Lance sighed a little, after all, in terms of attack power, Rainbow Island's law witchcraft and elemental spells would not be much worse than blood spells. It's a pity that this is Crimson Castle, not Rainbow Island.

There are only three advanced directions in the castle regarding the elements and laws: [Flame Sorcerer], [Star Law Wizard], and [Four Ring Mage]. These three categories are all big unpopularity, especially the four-ring mage who learns the four major elemental spells at the same time, and there is not even a mentor to be found in the huge scarlet castle!

Thinking of this, Lance was a little depressed.

Excluding the popular categories, and also excluding the big unpopular categories, there are some advanced categories that seem to be mundane. Most of these categories are unremarkable, and nine out of ten people choose these categories because they only require a small amount of knowledge to learn - which means a lower cost of advancement, after all, learning spells and knowledge in the castle requires a lot of magic stones and resource points.

"These advanced categories are all weak in combat ability. If you are ready to live in a castle for the rest of your life, it is barely acceptable. ”

Obviously, Lance didn't plan to spend the rest of his life in the Crimson Castle. As a traverser, he has his own ambitions.

"What is the best direction to choose?" said Lance, flipping through the pages of information.

Most of the pile of materials was turned to the other side by him, and at this time, an old and yellowed information suddenly flashed in the white information page.

"Huh, this advanced classification seems to be a bit interesting......

Lance's eyes lit up, and he pulled the parchment out of the pile.

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Scarlet Castle, the second floor hall of the Apprenticeship Management Center.

"New self-financed students?" A girl with short red hair simply threw out a form. At the same time, he reminded Lance: "Use your nameplate, this will be faster." ”

Lance nodded. He spread the form flat on the counter and printed his nameplate on the top right corner of the form.

A flash of blue light flashed, and a few lines of information about Lance were automatically filled in on the form.

At the bottom of the form, there are still a few blank spaces that he needs to fill out on his own.

He picked up the quill on the counter, dipped it in ink, and quickly jotted down the messages.

"Give. Lance handed the form over.

The girl took the form and said to herself, "Lance Lane, there are very few new students joining this season, let me see what direction you are going to choose......

The red-haired girl looked at it, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, but she still read the entire form, then wrote a voucher with a brush, stamped it, and handed it to Lance: "In three days, until two weeks, you can come to me and choose your mentor...... Take this voucher to the first floor and find the caretaker, and he will give you the standard self-funded student line. ”

Lance thanked the girl and turned to leave.

The girl looked at Lance's back playfully, and muttered, "What a weird person...... It's been a long time since anyone chose this category, right?"

The girl smiled to herself, glancing at the advanced directions on the form again.

I saw that on the white paper, there was such a phrase written -

Magnetic Storm Mage.