Chapter 838: Chapter 493: Reform (Part 3)
Eliel was one of the few who fared relatively well. Similar to her, the merchant’s daughter by the banks of the Leibo River had already died in the war in Merredith City.
Eliel not only fared well, but also had extraordinary talent, which is why she was taken in as his student.
Now, ten years have passed, and she is already a dual Third Rank Wizard Knight, just a step away from the Fourth Rank.
If successful, Eliel will become the first Wizard to advance to the Fourth Rank under the new system, aside from Colin!
“Yes, mentor.” Eliel nodded, “As for the problem, there isn’t one for now.”
“Hmm, focus on your cultivation, and let me know when you’re about to advance.”
Colin continued to stride deeper into the Wizard Tower, feeling somewhat gratified yet unable to suppress a sigh.
Ten years have passed, and his strength has greatly increased compared to before. In terms of combat power, he is no less than a Supreme Councilman, and may even slightly surpass them.
Even when considering the Supreme Councilmen merged with the world will, he could still be considered the leading combat power among Wizards.
However… he was still Fourth Rank.
Or rather, the upper limit of the Wizard’s path is only Fourth Rank.
Throughout Wizard history, apart from the Supreme Councilmen who barely stepped into the Fifth Rank through merging with the world will, no Wizard has been able to break the limit of the Fourth Rank.
The Wizard Yanan originally ventured into the Star Realm to seek a path beyond the Fourth Rank.
Unfortunately, he failed and even summoned the Divine.
And now, though Colin has created a new system, the shackles of the Fourth Rank are still not easy to break.
The new system he created is also stuck here.
To break through from the ground up is extremely difficult.
The creation of the Wizard path by the Wizard Yanan back then took centuries in total.
Moreover, paving the way for cultivation is like stacking bricks; the higher it goes, the harder it becomes.
The reason he was able to create a new system so quickly before was primarily due to having references.
Strictly speaking, even the path of the Knight created back then had plenty of references to study and learn from…
A slight movement in thought.
An ancient Golden Paper, hovering between illusion and reality, appeared before his eyes.
Dense black characters filled the small Golden Paper.
Ten years have passed, and in the field of witchcraft, Colin has also reached the pinnacle of this world.
The circle of gold bordering the black characters on the Golden Paper is the best proof of this.
Just like the golden words behind the characters previously, this gold edging around the black characters signifies that it’s temporarily reached the limit as well.
About six years ago, he felt his power had no room to grow, so he devoted all his energy to witchcraft.
But after five and a half years, witchcraft also had no room for growth.
For half a year, his strength has shown no improvement.
“Be patient.” Colin silently reminded himself.
Although the characters on the Golden Paper were all gold-embellished, this only meant they had temporarily reached the limit, not that they couldn’t be improved further forever.
After advancing to the Fourth Rank, he not only gained immense power but also made an important discovery—
A method to reduce the effect of tainted babbling, or a Breathing Skill.
Long ago, Colin discovered that his resistance to tainted babbling was unusually strong.
But it wasn’t until he became the Miracle Master and studied carefully that he found out that this extraordinary resistance partly stemmed from the Golden Paper, and partly from Knight cultivation.
So he extracted the portion from Knight cultivation that could mitigate the tainted depressive effects and integrated it into a separate Breathing Skill.
Thanks to this, the risks associated with knowledge research were greatly reduced.
Coupled with his reforms in education, the Wizard World now sees a plethora of new knowledge discovered daily.
If things continue like this, Colin believes that someday, the golden edges of the characters on the Golden Paper would extinguish, and his strength would continue to grow.
As long as he remains patient, the day will eventually arrive.
Colin stopped at the entrance to the study.
Shelley and Lillian were snuggled together on the sofa by the study window, each holding a book in their hands. Sunlight filtering in from the window draped a warm golden blanket over the two beautiful Witches.
The warm scene eased Colin’s internal unease, and even the stern expression he maintained since becoming the Miracle Master softened a bit.
This place was the haven he forever longed for, the source of all his warmth…
For ten years, everything had been beautiful.
The three of them loved each other, sharing countless wonderful moments… so many it was hard to recount.
But there was also regret.
…He hadn’t yet held a wedding with them.
This was due to Colin’s stubbornness; he wanted to hold a grand wedding after the complete vanquishment of the Divine.
Initially, he thought that day wouldn’t be long, after all, it had taken him less than ten years to grow from a Wizard Apprentice to the Miracle Master.
But now, time had quietly slipped away, ten years had passed… yet the day of vanquishing the Divine seemed still out of reach.
Shelley and Lillian never brought up the matter, and the three of them continued to live happily together.
Yet Colin always felt somewhat guilty, which, in a way, was also why he felt restless inside.
Of course, his restlessness wasn’t solely due to this matter.
Without disturbing Shelley and Lillian, Colin quietly retracted his gaze and continued walking upwards in the Wizard Tower.