Combat Casting

Bang!

As the last Wyvern's carcass fell to the ground, Soren stood up, panting. He gritted his teeth and pressed down on his arm, repositioning it after it had been nearly dislocated by Dragon Wing. Before him lay three slain Wyvern, one of which had just returned from its hunt, and at the foot of the mountain lay a zebra he had thrown down to kill.

What are the casualties?

Soren stretched his arms, then turned to look at his men. Someone had just been knocked off the Wyvern's Dragon Nest. They were hundreds of meters above the foot of the mountain, and there was virtually no chance of survival.

A lean pirate captain counted the number of men and said in a deep voice, "Sir! Four are dead and seven are wounded."

"Hmm." Soren nodded silently.

The casualties are still within acceptable limits, considering that they were dealing with Draconic, and the possibility of no casualties is too small.

A Wyvern gave him nearly 5,000 Slaughter Experience, and clearing this place gave Soren nearly 30,000 Slaughter Experience, enough for him to level up his Wizard Class Level.

but.

Let's hold off for now, because Soren has already received two [Combat Casting] Feat prompts, and if he gets one more, he can directly master the Metamagic Feat.

Combat Casting progress is relatively slow.

However, if you master Combat Casting, your Combat Casting speed will also increase; many Feat complement each other.

There's no way to transport so many Wyvern carcasses back quickly.

Soren could only lead his men back first, and then arrange for the rest of his men to transport them back. This was a matter for the lower-ranking officers to handle. Soren himself took five Dragon Egg back. After dealing with these Wyvern, the area around the camp should be completely safe. Unless some dangerous creatures migrated there, there shouldn't be any more attacks in the near future.

Inside the camp.

Soren had just returned when he saw the retinue of the Lady of Fortune. They were clearly also observing the place, but due to Soren's prohibition, they could only observe the layout furtively. The location of the Shadow Rift was close to the warehouse, and no one was allowed to approach it at will; they could only observe the situation at the South Gate and east gates at most.

"Elder brother!?"

Not long after Soren returned, Vivian appeared here.

Today she was wearing a black princess dress, her beautiful long hair tied with a bow. Her big, bright eyes darted around restlessly as she entered, before finally settling on Soren's neatly arranged Dragon Egg. Behind the little girl was the petite Catgirl, who seemed unusually well-behaved today, following Vivian with a slightly nervous air, quite unlike her relaxed self yesterday. It was unclear whether it was the little girl in the black princess dress putting pressure on her today, or some other reason.

"Huh?"

The little girl opened her eyes wide and looked around, then tilted her head and asked, "Brother! Are these all Dragon Egg?"

Oops.

When Vivian spoke, Soren inwardly cursed, because he already knew that the little girl had always wanted to keep a majestic pet, and now that she had seen these Dragon Egg, she might just decide to raise one.

"Oops!"

The little girl skipped over to the table, reached out her small, white hand, and touched it. She exclaimed excitedly, "It really is Dragon Egg! I've wanted to raise one for so long!"

"My brother is so good!"

smack

Vivian stood on the chair, tiptoed, and gave Soren a quick kiss on the cheek. Then, she grabbed a Dragon Egg and ran outside.

They run as fast as the wind!

Based on the little girl's judgment, there was a 90% chance that Soren would disagree with her keeping such a dangerous creature. However, she had always really wanted to have a majestic pet. So, in the end, she decided to ignore everything, kiss her brother, and then run off with the Dragon Egg. She figured that once the baby dragon hatched in a couple of days, her brother wouldn't object anymore.

"Vivian!... Vivian!..."

Soren opened his mouth as if to speak, but then stopped himself, and finally let out a soft sigh.

He was indeed worried about letting the young girl raise a dragon, even if it was Draconic. Dragonkind possess genetic memories; the wildness of Draconic is innate. It's not that whoever hatches them will automatically identify them as parents upon first hatching Dragon Egg Dragon Egg. That's just a plot from Bard' stories. In reality, the Whelp are immediately driven to attack. The Dragonkind's genetic memories Church them instincts; true Dragon taming involves Spell Control and brainwashing.

"It's fine."

Goria appeared outside the door, wearing a long black dress and her hair casually tied back with a ribbon. After entering, she glanced briefly at Lulumiao, who had sneaked out, and then said to Soren, "With Vivian's current strength, raising a Draconic shouldn't be too dangerous."

"If it's a pure-blooded Dragon, it might be a little dangerous."

She walked to the table, glanced at the remaining Dragon Egg, and said softly, "Are you planning to tame them?"

Soren nodded slightly and said, "I have that idea."

Goria reached out and brushed the Dragon Egg, then frowned slightly and said, "This one has no Hit Points. Taming Dragon is very difficult; only the people of Dragon City know the secret. Perhaps hatching them is easy, and controlling them is also easy, but making them obey commands is quite difficult."

Upon hearing this, Soren placed his palm on the Dragon Egg that Goria had pointed to, and indeed found that the Hit Points force was extremely weak.

This Dragon Egg cannot be hatched.

Even among the Dragon Egg laid by Pure-blood Dragon, some may not hatch.

Sometimes it's similar to an egg.

The proportion of Wyrmling Dragon Egg is only average.

Soren set the Dragon Egg aside and replied, "Let's give it a try. The Drow have the skills to tame Basilisk. They've been relying on me for supplies lately, but have only sent a squad of Drow Warrior to serve them. It's time to get them to do something, and also to test the attitudes of the female drow!"

"If these female drows still can't grasp the situation, they can't blame me for showing no mercy!"

At this point, a cold glint appeared in Soren's eyes.

Goria gently brushed her long hair aside, a hint of worry in her eyes. "Drow are a race accustomed to Intrigue and betrayal. I still can't trust them. You'd better be careful!"

Subterranean organisms distrust surface organisms, and surface organisms distrust subterranean organisms.

Soren didn't speak, but simply nodded slightly and said, "I know. They can't cause any trouble. If they make any moves, I'll wipe them out immediately."

Goria gave a soft "hmm," then took out a scroll and handed it to Soren, saying, "During this time, Vivian and I have been researching how to set up the Teleportation Circle connecting the Shadow Plane, and deciphering the mysteries of this Spell Scroll. The little girl's talent is truly astonishing; her learning speed surprises even me. I'm afraid it won't be long before she completely surpasses me."

"The decoding of [Melf's Minute Meteors] is complete."

"This is a copy we made, which explains the Spell in a language you can understand. However, there's still a section in the original Arcane Script that we haven't been able to decipher. It doesn't seem to be part of the Spell; it's more like an improvement technique by some Arcanist. Vivian and I haven't been able to decipher it yet. It's a language created by a single individual, and we estimate it will take a long time to fully understand it."

Word.

There are many kinds of writing systems and languages in this world. When their power reaches a certain level, Wizard also like to create their own unique Arcane Script.

For example, if you draw a twisted, wavy line, it might just look like a wavy line to others, but within the text you create, it represents a different meaning. These Arcane Script created by individual Wizard are the most difficult to decipher unless the corresponding Spellbook is found or certain special abilities are used to understand them. Therefore, even the knowledgeable Goria could not decipher them in a short time.

"Finally deciphered!"

Soren reached out and took the scroll in front of him, then nodded and said, "Very good. I'll memorize it as soon as possible."

Goria's arrival was a great help.

The Spell <Melf's Minute Meteors>, which Vivian had spent over a month trying to decipher, was mostly analyzed shortly after Vivian arrived. Soren was quite looking forward to this Spell.

"Um."

Goria smiled and glanced at Soren, then turned and left the hall.

Night fell.

After briefly assigning the guards, Soren returned to his room.

He carefully unfolded the Spell Scroll in front of him, then picked up a quill pen and copied it onto the snow-white paper. The sheets of paper were filled with dense symbols. He finished writing on a whole stack of white paper before rubbing his forehead and sighing.

"How can it be so difficult!"

Soren felt a little dizzy and lightheaded. He got up, opened the window to let in some fresh air, and then sat back down.

That's way too difficult!

Although it was only a third-circle Spell, Soren felt that it was more difficult to master than Spell of the fifth circle or higher.

He studied it for a long time but couldn't even complete a Spell Formula. At this rate, it would take at least half a month to memorize it. It seemed that few Spell had been so difficult for him to learn since he started working part-time Wizard.

The night passed quickly.

Soren barely slept all night, and it wasn't until nearly dawn the next day that he put down his pen and rested for a while.

The Spell Formula analysis was less than 3% complete, and a nearly ten-centimeter-thick stack of papers covered with various symbols and characters had already been piled up on the table. Soren rubbed his forehead to relax his nerves, and then began to memorize the Spell he had mastered in the past.

The sky was just beginning to lighten.

Soren rose and left the room to make a Spell connection. Just as he finished using all his 1st-level Spell, the long-awaited notification finally appeared:

"Capability Enhancement!"

"Through long-term practice, you have acquired some information about the [Combat Casting] Feat."

"You have mastered the [Combat Casting] Feat!"

...(To be continued~^~)