Chapter 95: Wilderness Training Course(3)
After killing the Torment Viper with her skeleton servants, she had one of the skeleton warriors harvest the Mana Core for her.
“Hm?” Leo immediately began pondering after seeing her actions.
‘Her summoned skeletons should be dark magic, which means I can also learn it…’
He looked at Lilith and asked her, “Hey, do you know the magic spell she’s using to summon skeletons? I want to learn it as well.”
“You want to be a necromancer as well?” She raised an eyebrow.
“That’s not it. I told you how I am getting tired of harvesting mana cores from monsters, right? Since I don’t want to hire people to do that work for me, I can simply make my summoned skeletons do the work! It’s a genius idea if you ask me!” He explained his reason for wanting to learn necromancy.
“Learning necromancy just so you can have an easier time harvesting mana cores… I don’t even know what to say…” Lilith stared at him with a dumbfounded look on her face.
“So? Do you know the magic spell?” Leo asked her again, his eyes filled with expectation.
“I do. Are you sure you want to learn it?” Lilith nodded.
“Yes, I—” Leo suddenly stopped, and a pondering look appeared on his face.
“What’s wrong?” She asked him.
“Hey, I just realized something… Is there a limit to how many magic spells a person can learn?” Leo asked.
“Of course. It’s common sense in this world.” Lilith nodded.
“In case you forgot, allow me to remind you that I am not from this world! How many spells can a single person learn on average?”
Lilith pondered for a moment before speaking, “Well, it really depends on your talent, but most ordinary magic users can learn around 10 spells. Talented people can learn around 15 to 30 magic spells. This is because memorizing magic spells actually take a huge toll on your mind and body— you just don’t feel it.”
“I wouldn’t be too worried if I were you. Your magic talent is immense and incomparable in this world’s standard. You can probably learn over 50 different magic spells with ease, not to mention the Magic System. I wouldn’t be surprised if you can learn unlimited magic spells.”
“I see… Alright, I will learn the skeleton magic.” Leo nodded.
“You want to do it now?” Lilith asked him.
“No, we’ll do it later.”
Sometime later, Leo and Nina continued to look for more monsters to hunt.
The second C-Rank monster they encountered was the Skinless Mongrel. It had the appearance of a large dog, but it lacked any fur on its body, and its skin tone looked like rotten meat.
“I got this one.” Leo said to Nina before approaching the Skinless Mongrel that was the size of an extra large dog.
“Start record.”
When it noticed Leo’s presence, the Skinless Mongrel began rushing at him. Despite its large size, the Skinless Mongrel was very agile and quick on its feet, zigzagging as it ran.
However, Leo could see all of its movements clearly, and once it was close enough, he swung his sword, severing its front legs.
Once the Skinless Mongrel fell on the ground, Leo stabbed his sword directly into its head, killing it instantly.
“Stop record.”
After killing the monster, Leo turned to look at Nina and asked, “Can I trouble you to harvest the mana core with your skeleton? I don’t want to get my hands dirty.”
“Sure.” Nina nodded.
She summoned a single skeleton warrior before commanding it to harvest the mana core.
Afterward, they continued to hunt for monsters.
Several hours later, they set up the tent to have lunch.
“How many points do you have now? I have 1,610 points.”
“2,300 points.”
“What? How do you have more points than me when I killed more monsters than you?” Leo asked with a raised eyebrow.
“I fought some monsters last night while you slept. Don’t worry, I had my servants do the job while I watched from inside the tent,” she said.
“…Being a necromancer seems like an easy job. After all, you just summon things and sit back while your summons do all the work.”
“Yes, but at the cost of requiring much more mana than your average magic user to be useful. Not only do I have to use mana to summon the skeletons, they will continuously drain my mana until I remove them. If I summon 100 skeleton mages at once, I would only be able to last about a minute before I run out of mana. The magic spells themselves are also very expensive. If the academy hadn’t given me the summon skeleton spells as a gift, I wouldn’t be a necromancer.”
“The academy gave you the spells? Did they say anything when you told them that you plan on leaving the academy?” Leo suddenly asked.
“I haven’t told them yet,” she shook her head.
“Eh? Why not?”
“Because they will try to convince me to stay.”
“So what are you going to do? Just leave the academy without saying a word?”
“Exactly.” She nodded.
“Unbelivable…” Yuan sighed.
After lunch, the two of them returned to hunting monsters, quickly raising their points.
Once it was getting dark outside, they set up their camp and retired for the night.
“We have over 7,000 points as a team now. Do you think we’re at the top of the ranking right now?” Leo asked out loud as he stared at his watch.
“You can see our ranking. Just tap the screen on the watch.” Nina said.
“Oh? I didn’t know it had such a function.”
Leo tapped on the watch the following moment.
[Rank: 334]
“Rank 334?! So there are 333 teams ahead of us?! How is that even possible? We went straight to C-Rank monsters, and we fought pretty much all day!” Leo was in disbelief.
Unless these teams were hunting B-Rank monsters, how can there be so many people ahead of them? But even that wouldn’t make sense since most students aren’t strong enough to fight B-Rank monsters.
“Seems about right.” Nina said.
Leo looked at her with raised eyebrows.
“Most of them probably have a full team of 6 people, so they can split into 2 or even 3 smaller teams and fight more monsters that way. Furthermore, I am willing to bet that most of them are hunting at night when there are more monsters roaming the Wilderness. If you want to rank first in this training course, we’ll need to fight B-Rank monsters at night and forget about sleeping.” Nina explained.
“I have underestimated this training course and the students. This is a fierce competition…” Leo swallowed nervously.
“I’m not surprised. Those who rank top will receive artifacts and other stuff, after all.”
“I see… I don’t care about getting first place in this training course, so we can just relax and—”
Before Leo could even finish his sentence, a notification appeared before him.
<You have received a Special Quest>
[Quest: Wilderness Training Course]
[Description: Rank Top 3 in the Wilderness Training Course]
[Reward: (Rank 3: 100,000 Magic Experience, 500 Magic Points), (Rank 2: 200,000 Magic Experience, 1,000 Magic Points), (Rank 1: 500,000 Magic Experience, 2,500 Magic Points)]
[Warning: Ranking below Top 3 will result in a penalty.]
Leo’s eyes widened with shock when he saw the details of the Special Quest.
‘2,500 Magic Points! I need to come in Rank 1!’ He cried inwardly.
Due to a lack of ordinary quests, he was having difficulties acquiring more Magic Points, and he’s running low on Magic Points as well, so this Special Quest was a blessing disguised as misfortune for him— at least that’s what he believed.
“Nina! We’re going to aim for rank 1!” Leo suddenly declared to her, who was staring at him with a dazed face.
“Rank 1…? That’s impossible. We don’t have the manpower nor the strength to achieve such a goal. The best we’ll do is probably top 50. And why the sudden change of heart? You said that you didn’t care about getting first place just moments ago…” She looked at him with a suspicious gaze.
“I have my reasons… Anyways, I am going to fight for rank 1. Of course, I won’t force you. If you want to take it slow, you can do so, but I will be going all out!”
Nina shook her head and said, “I never said that I wanted to take it slow. If you want to aim for rank 1, I will help you to the best of my ability.”
“Alright, then it’s decided. After dinner, we will look for B-Rank monsters since they give way more points.” Leo said.
“Okay.” Nina nodded.
After eating dinner, Lilith showed Leo the spell he wanted to learn earlier.
<You have learned the Magic Spell: Summon Skeleton Warrior>
[Summon Skeleton Warrior]
[Affinity: Dark]
[Tier: 3]
[Mana: 100]
[Mastery Rank: F]
[Summon Limit: 50]
“It’s a Tier 3 magic spell, huh?”
“Do you want to learn the other one as well? Summon Skeleton Mage is a different spell, and it’s a Tier 4 magic spell.” Lilith suddenly asked him afterward.
“It might come in handy so I will learn it as well.” Leo nodded.
“Alright.”
<You have learned the Magic Spell: Summon Skeleton Mage>
[Summon Skeleton Mage]
[Affinity: Dark]
[Tier: 4]
[Mana: 500]
[Mastery Rank: F]
[Summon Limit: 5]
“Thank you, Lilith.”
“No problem.” She gave him a thumbs up.
Once they were ready, they cleaned up the tent and started making their way deeper into the Wilderness, towards the area where B-Rank monsters roamed.